Re: firewall got silly after apt-get upgrade
Hello debians, Got the firewall figured out, wasn't my firewall, it was my new ISP. They are blocking ports for telnet and ssh. Bummer but repaired by letting sshd listen to a new port. I read a long time ago about setting up power management. Would like to have hard drives spin down, cpu and monitor to suspend etc. Where do I look for this info? I have new(er) mommy board (100 MHz) and 450 pIII intel setup here. Any help would greatly be appreciated. Thanks all On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > Hello, > > I did an update/upgrade a while back, it was a large one too, took > a while on my 56k modem. I'm running the 2.2.14 kernel and have > potato loaded here. > > Before the upgrade, my sshd was available, no telnet cuz I shut it > off. Now however, I can ssh myself but users outside the firewall get > a reject. The only thing I can think it could be is my firewall. > > How can I easily repair this? > > thanks > > Jaye:-} Jaye [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Modem/PPP trouble ...
Hello everyone, I am having trouble setting up PPP for a friend's computer. Here are the details: 486 running Debian 2.1; base system installed by floppies. Modem: USR Sportster 33600 Internal ISA modem. UART: 16450 (According to setserial) Modem on /dev/ttyS1. No interrupt conflicts as far as setserial can see. Speed setting for serial port - 19200. (I tried 9600 and got the same problems). I am using chat to connect to the university's dialup service. The IP address is dynamically assigned. The problems are: 1> With only hardware flow control (hfc) enabled, pon does not even dial the number. (On an earlier Debian system on this computer, minicom did require hfc "off" to work. But as far as I can remember, for the ppp setting (which worked a few months back), I used the default /etc/ppp/options - which enables hfc). The chatscript usually aborts after sending ATZ to the modem. (Looks like it keeps waiting for the OK from the modem and doesn't get it). On one occasion, it did try to dial the number, and failed. The plog output: chat[124]: send (ATZ^M) chat[124]: expect (OK) chat[124]: alarm chat[124]: Failed pppd[123]: Connect script failed pppd[123]: Exit. 2> With sfc "on", the chatscript seems to work OK irrespective of hfc. It does connect - but within a few minutes everything freezes up and the connection is lost. (On some occasions, the link stayed up for about 2-3 minutes. For those few minutes - telnet worked, and I could ping other machines). The plog output on connecting: chat[120]: 19200/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS^M The user authentication works OK, and PPP connection is established ... pppd[119]: Serial connection established. pppd[119]: Using interface ppp0 pppd[119]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1 pppd[119]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] pppd[119]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x3b ] pppd[119]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x3b ] pppd[119]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 ] pppd[119]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0xb4ecdfe2] pppd[119]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] pppd[119]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x6f ] pppd[119]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x6f ] pppd[119]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0x966cbc3e] pppd[119]: rcvd [IPCP ConfRej id=0x1 ] pppd[119]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 ] pppd[119]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x2 ] pppd[119]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 ] pppd[119]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x3 ] pppd[119]: Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP pppd[119]: local IP address 136.152.195.249 pppd[119]: remote IP address 136.152.192.35 pppd[119]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x2 magic=0xb4ecdfe2] pppd[119]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x2 magic=0x966cbc3e] pppd[119]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x3 magic=0xb4ecdfe2] pppd[119]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x3 magic=0x966cbc3e] pppd[119]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x4 magic=0xb4ecdfe2] pppd[119]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x5 magic=0xb4ecdfe2] pppd[119]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x6 magic=0xb4ecdfe2] pppd[119]: rcvd [LCP EchoReq id=0x6 magic=0xb4ecdfe2] pppd[119]: sent [LCP EchoRep id=0x6 magic=0xb4ecdfe2] pppd[119]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x6 magic=0xb4ecdfe2] pppd[119]: appear to have received our own echo-reply! pppd[119]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x7 magic=0xb4ecdfe2] pppd[119]: rcvd [LCP EchoReq id=0x7 magic=0xb4ecdfe2] pppd[119]: sent [LCP EchoRep id=0x7 magic=0xb4ecdfe2] pppd[119]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x7 magic=0xb4ecdfe2] pppd[119]: appear to have received our own echo-reply! pppd[119]: No response to 4 echo-requests pppd[119]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. pppd[119]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "Peer not responding"] pppd[119]: rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "Peer not responding"] pppd[119]: sent [LCP TermAck id=0x2] pppd[119]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x3 "Peer not responding"] pppd[119]: rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0x3 "Peer not responding"] pppd[119]: sent [LCP TermAck id=0x3] pppd[119]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x3] pppd[119]: Connection terminated. pppd[119]: Exit. Any suggestions as to what is going wrong? Is this something to do with the serial port speed - 16450 UART not being able to keep up with a 33.6 Kbps modem? Or should I have my modem connect to the dialup modem at a lower speed? And why does enabling hfc without sfc make things go wrong? Thanks --- Karthik
Re: erratic ps/2 mouse behavior
On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 06:06:51PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote > > I have installed debian potato on a 600Mhz Athlon system and have been > having problems with the mouse: > > the problem is most noticable in X but also occurs in the console with > gpm, > > when i move the mouse it will at times go out of control, the pointer > starts jumping around the screen extremely fast with the buttons going > off randomly (i am not clicking the mouse buttons, but the windowmaker > menu, and window menus appear and my workspaces are switched around > when the mouse `clicks' my windowmaker clip several times, it has even > dragged icons off the dock and thrown them away) > > the pointer usually ends up in the upper right corner of the screen > but it jumps around so fast i can only see where it has been by where > menus pop up and windows get closed etc. it is exceedingly annoying. > > i have tried disabling gpm, with no effect, furthermore this problem > DOES occur in gpm without X and X without gpm, and with both running. > > i have also tried 3 seperate mice, 2 three button, one 2 button. all > exhibit this problem. > > the mouse only starts going into these `fits' when i use it, it never > does this when the mouse is sitting idle. > > it appears to go into these fits more often when i move the mouse > faster, but moving the mouse at all (even slowly) still triggers it > (just not quite as often) > > X and gpm are configured for ps/2 mouse at /dev/mouse (symlink to > /dev/psaux) i am using the same configuration on two other intel > systems with no such troubles. > > here is my gpm.conf, but note that i have disabled GPM and still had > these problems in X: > > device=/dev/mouse > responsiveness=15 > repeat_type= > type=ps2 > append="-3 -a 3 -d 5 -l \"a-zA-Z0-9_.:~/\300-\326\330-\366\370-\377\"" > > and here is my X config: > > Section "Pointer" >Protocol"PS/2" >Device "/dev/mouse" >Resolution 100 >Buttons 3 > EndSection > > the 2 seperate mice were all different brands, the one i am using now > is a 3 button Logitech PS/2. > > i am at a loss, i have NEVER seen anything like this before, any ideas? > > -- > Ethan Benson > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ It sounds like either: - Wrong mouse type (maybe, try type mman for gpm / Mouseman or MouseManPlusPS/2 in XF86Config); or - IRQ or I/O conflict: perhaps you have two devices on IRQ 12 (or wherever your PS/2 post is located), and you're waking the wrong one up? John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdt.net.au/~john Debian Linux admin & support:technical services
grep crashes machine
Hallo! I just stumbled upon the following. If I do # cd / # grep -r * stuff it outputs files for maybe half a second then hangs the whole machine. The last matches were under /dev. I can't remember grep ever scanning device files, but maybe it's just me... If I do the same as user the process exits at the same point with a message amounting to "out of memory." The machine is a P3-650E with 256MB RAM (+256MB swap) and ~200MB files on all disks. A quite fresh potato-test-2 install. Any comments? Christian
erratic ps/2 mouse behavior
I have installed debian potato on a 600Mhz Athlon system and have been having problems with the mouse: the problem is most noticable in X but also occurs in the console with gpm, when i move the mouse it will at times go out of control, the pointer starts jumping around the screen extremely fast with the buttons going off randomly (i am not clicking the mouse buttons, but the windowmaker menu, and window menus appear and my workspaces are switched around when the mouse `clicks' my windowmaker clip several times, it has even dragged icons off the dock and thrown them away) the pointer usually ends up in the upper right corner of the screen but it jumps around so fast i can only see where it has been by where menus pop up and windows get closed etc. it is exceedingly annoying. i have tried disabling gpm, with no effect, furthermore this problem DOES occur in gpm without X and X without gpm, and with both running. i have also tried 3 seperate mice, 2 three button, one 2 button. all exhibit this problem. the mouse only starts going into these `fits' when i use it, it never does this when the mouse is sitting idle. it appears to go into these fits more often when i move the mouse faster, but moving the mouse at all (even slowly) still triggers it (just not quite as often) X and gpm are configured for ps/2 mouse at /dev/mouse (symlink to /dev/psaux) i am using the same configuration on two other intel systems with no such troubles. here is my gpm.conf, but note that i have disabled GPM and still had these problems in X: device=/dev/mouse responsiveness=15 repeat_type= type=ps2 append="-3 -a 3 -d 5 -l \"a-zA-Z0-9_.:~/\300-\326\330-\366\370-\377\"" and here is my X config: Section "Pointer" Protocol"PS/2" Device "/dev/mouse" Resolution 100 Buttons 3 EndSection the 2 seperate mice were all different brands, the one i am using now is a 3 button Logitech PS/2. i am at a loss, i have NEVER seen anything like this before, any ideas? -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpPtxUJ5GZMn.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: LILO and Printer
Try putting the option 'prompt' at the top of your lilo.conf and running /sbin/lilo to write the changes. You also might want to increase the 'timeout' option as well. Jason > > > On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 06:55:57PM +1000, Chris Marsh wrote: > > Hi, > > I am a newbie to Debian having just installed a frozen version of > > Potato. I'm used to RedHat and am having problems with LILO > and setting up > > my printer. > > > > LILO: No changes allow me to select which OS to enter on > bootup. I can > > change it to Windows or Linux, but not to choose between them. > I do this > > by editing lilo.conf and then running lilo. In Redhat this sets up > > automatically, so I'm at a bit of a loss. > > Please list your lilo config file (/etc/lilo.conf? sorry, I use > grub, and you should too, it is better than lilo). > > > > > Printer: Can't find anywhere in KDE2 to setup a printer. Am used to > > printtool, but can't find it. Did I miss installing something, > if so what? > > Debian has printool. $ apt-get install printool > You could also try magicfilter or apsfilter? > > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > Chris Marsh > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > -- > Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Dare to be naive. > -- R. Buckminster Fuller > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: ip-up problem under X
Kai Weber writes: > If a watch the log on /dev/tty10 the output continues but not in a > xterminal with tail. Any ideas? Post the script. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin
Re: PNP hardware and dual boot machine.
On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 04:06:34PM -0400, adam b. wrote > isapnptools works okay, probably. > > I have gotten cards to recognize and load drivers, but I have never gotten > them actually working before giving up. > > Be prepared to edit long config files from pnpdump and also you must know > free IRQs, IO hexes, and Memory ranges for all your devices. They will > probe, but he'll come up with like 5 or 6 viable configurations, only 1 or > 2 of which might actually work (especially if you have a commercial > machine-in-a-box). Also, you _may_ have to put your devices in > Memory-Mapped mode (I've heard rumors to that effect). In this case, you > have to find a free memory range that's in the on-limits range for Debian. > Not too hard, but get the range from Debian.org before you go killing > things. > Well, if you already have Win95 installed it's not that bad; you can use Window's autoprobing to do the work for you. Open Control Panel -> System, click on the Device Manager (? working from memory here) tab, find your PnP devices in the list, write down what works for Windows; reboot, use that configuration in /etc/isapnp.conf. I've yet to see a device that requires a memory-mapped area (other than for ROM or video memory, anyway). John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdt.net.au/~john Debian Linux admin & support:technical services
Re: mutt and asking user
On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 12:22:20PM +0200, Sven Burgener wrote: > Hello > > What option needs changing / setting when I don't want mutt to always > ask me whether I want to "Move read messages to /home/$USER/mbox ([n],y)?" > when I am exiting? You could set your mbox to the file you want the mail to end up in (the same as where it starts) in your .muttrc with this command: set mbox="~/Mail/inbox" # replace with the file you want > > I always quit by pressing enter thereby choosing the default, which is > "no". > > I wasnt able to find this under /usr/doc/mutt/*, but then again, I might > have missed it somewhere. > > Thanks > Sven > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dare to be naive. -- R. Buckminster Fuller
Re: Using Partition Magic with Debian
On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 04:07:14PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anyone used Partition Magic in order to resize partitions under Debian? > The software claims to support resizing Linux EXT2 filesystems, etc, but will > I > trash my system if I do so? I used Norton Ghost to image my system from a > 2.1 > gig drive to an 8.4 gig drive and it's working great so far, but I have all > this slack space I would like to assign to various partitions, /usr etc. > > So, has anyone done this sucessfully and/or have alternate methods that can > be used to add slack space to existing partitions? > > Any suggestions would be appreiciated, > > Regards, > > Todd If you have linux running you could try parted, the GNU partition editor. I have no experience with it but I think is is stable. -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dare to be naive. -- R. Buckminster Fuller
apt-move and alternate config file
Is there a way to get apt-move to use an alternate config file (~/.apt-moverc)? Man page and docs reveal nothing. Tests of various .apt-move's fail. Should I report this as a wishlist bug? -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I cannot overemphasize the importance of good grammar. . What a crock. I could easily overemphasize the importance of good grammar. For example, I could say: "Bad grammar is the leading cause of slow, painful death in North America," or "Without good grammar, the United States would have lost World War II." -- Dave Barry, "An Utterly Absurd Look at Grammar"
Re: LILO and Printer
On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 06:55:57PM +1000, Chris Marsh wrote: > Hi, > I am a newbie to Debian having just installed a frozen version of > Potato. I'm used to RedHat and am having problems with LILO and setting up > my printer. > > LILO: No changes allow me to select which OS to enter on bootup. I can > change it to Windows or Linux, but not to choose between them. I do this > by editing lilo.conf and then running lilo. In Redhat this sets up > automatically, so I'm at a bit of a loss. Please list your lilo config file (/etc/lilo.conf? sorry, I use grub, and you should too, it is better than lilo). > > Printer: Can't find anywhere in KDE2 to setup a printer. Am used to > printtool, but can't find it. Did I miss installing something, if so what? Debian has printool. $ apt-get install printool You could also try magicfilter or apsfilter? > > Thanks for your help! > > Chris Marsh > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Pat Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dare to be naive. -- R. Buckminster Fuller
Re: ip-up problem under X
+ Kai Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have a mysterious problem here. If I start my ppp-conection with pon > on a terminal it does all it should do... But when starting from a > X-Terminal the ip-up script is not executed! Update: the problem isn't a starting ip-up script but a stopping "tail -f /var/log/messages" right after the connect. If a watch the log on /dev/tty10 the output continues but not in a xterminal with tail. Any ideas? Kai. -- + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/~bond/
voodoo3 board not found
Hi. Can anyone help me here? I've tried to run quake3 and the demo version of descent3 on my spanking new system, with its Voodo3 3K 16MB accelerator card. Neither can detect it -- the error message they give is: gd error (glide): Can't find or access Banshee/V3 board I haven't been able to figure out why. I'm running woody[1]; my gui is gnome+enlightenment. I think all the relevant packages are installed, including: libglide2-v3, glide2-base, libglade-gnome0, libglade0, libglib1.[12], and libgltt2. I don't quite grok video hardware, m'fraid... Thanks for your help, and have a good weekend. Aaron [1] More precisely, I have a CorelOS that's been converted to woody. That means remove all the packages with the string "corel" in them; edit sources.list; then apt-get update && apt-get upgrade.
ip-up problem under X
Hi, I have a mysterious problem here. If I start my ppp-conection with pon on a terminal it does all it should do... But when starting from a X-Terminal the ip-up script is not executed! I can not find a hint in the logfiles, maybe you have one? Kai. -- + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/~bond/
Re: staroffice
Quoth Ed Cogburn, > The registration is a PITA, and they provide no help when an > internet connection goes bad, you have to start the download all over > again. They don't allow ftp access which would have allowed me to > "resume" the download. The only other option was special plugins for > IE/Netscape browsers, but only Windoze versions. I had to download > the thing using the multiple files: 10 megabytes at a time. I have seen SO52 on at least one mirror FTP site (mirror.aarnet.edu.au, which, I believe, is only accessably to .au's), so there is a good possibility that you'll also find it on others. This lets you avoid registration (hey, it's free anyway), and also may allow you to resume. cheers, damon -- Damon Muller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) / It's not a sense of humor. * Criminologist / It's a sense of irony * Webmeister / disguised as one. * Linux Geek / - Bruce Sterling - Running Debian GNU/Linux: Doing my bit for World Domination (tm) - pgpNJ8e4IEcib.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: LILO and Printer
On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 06:55:57PM +1000, Chris Marsh wrote: > Hi, > I am a newbie to Debian having just installed a frozen version of > Potato. I'm used to RedHat and am having problems with LILO and setting up > my printer. > > LILO: No changes allow me to select which OS to enter on bootup. I can > change it to Windows or Linux, but not to choose between them. I do this > by editing lilo.conf and then running lilo. In Redhat this sets up > automatically, so I'm at a bit of a loss. See 'man lilo.conf' for instructions on how to configure lilo for the selection of multiple boot options. > > Printer: Can't find anywhere in KDE2 to setup a printer. Am used to > printtool, but can't find it. Did I miss installing something, if so what? Install magicfilter and run magicfilterconfig. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
Re: Re Rescue Disks, Tom's btrt
> > > LinuxCare does, with their Bootable Business Card: > > > ISO image: http://static.linuxcare.com/iso/lnx-gold.iso > > > Info: http://www.linuxcare.com/bootable_cd/download.epl You might also want to check out http://lubbock.sourceforge.net Lubbock is based on the BBC, but we are currently planning to switch to a Debian base... and broaden it to more than bootable cds, including zip drives, ls-120s and more... you'll be able to pick a selection of deb packages and build a custom image automagically. > Next, the BBC uses a file which starts off as a shell script then > includes actual image data, in compressed format, as a mounted static > image. I don't know what specific magic was done to this, but it's > possible that this could be made to work without extensive changes. check out the CVS for lubbock, we've got everything needed to make changes > If you do decide to do this, you might want to ask more generally for > hints (or solutions) from other folks (try the LinuxCare website), > and/or post your own results. Would make a cool little Linux Zip > distro. join the Lubbock mailing list, or even the Lubbock developer team... Seth Cohn lead developer
Re: PNP hardware and dual boot machine.
> isapnptools works okay, probably. > > I have gotten cards to recognize and load drivers, but I have never gotten > them actually working before giving up. > I only have one PNP card (my NIC). Works OK for me with the isapnptools. > Be prepared to edit long config files from pnpdump and also you must know > free IRQs, IO hexes, and Memory ranges for all your devices. They will > probe, but he'll come up with like 5 or 6 viable configurations, only 1 or > 2 of which might actually work (especially if you have a commercial > machine-in-a-box). Also, you _may_ have to put your devices in > Memory-Mapped mode (I've heard rumors to that effect). In this case, you > have to find a free memory range that's in the on-limits range for Debian. > Not too hard, but get the range from Debian.org before you go killing > things. > isapnp requires some reading, config file editing and knowledge of hardware parameters. I do not know how to avoid it. Other sources for the hardware info beside pnpdump might be /proc and MS-Win reports on the system resources (My computer -> properties?). > I have no clue about kernel PnP...I'd love to hear about it though! What > kernel are you running? I am running 2.2.17, which is, actually, 2.2.17pre6 if I am not mistaken. Here is my knowledge about the kernel PNP option: [01:41:05 /tmp]$ zgrep -A3 CONFIG_PNP /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.2.17/Document ation/Configure.help.gz CONFIG_PNP Plug and Play support allows the kernel to automatically configure some peripheral devices. Say Y to enable PnP. -- CONFIG_PNP_PARPORT Some IEEE-1284 conforming parallel-port devices can identify themselves when requested. Say Y to enable this feature, or M to compile it as a module (parport_probe.o). If in doubt, say N. [01:41:31 /tmp]$ Should go to the Documentation dir I suppose. > > --adam b. > > On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Shaul Karl wrote: > > > 1) Another tool for disk partition management is > > parted - The GNU Parted disk partition resizing program. > > I am not sure how GUI it is. > > 2) I believe that for a MS-Win and Linux dual boot machine you might want > > to > > look at the isapnptools deb. Suppose to let you use your PNP hardware > > without > > interfering MS-Win hardware management when it is booted. There is also a > > new > > kernel option for PNP which I have not explored. Any hints? > > > > > > > Addendum: > > > > > > The easiest (best?) way to get some hardware working under Linux is to > > > disable the Plug-n-Play features it may have. This makes it a royal pain > > > to keep those hardware components working under the Win9x side of your > > > computer. Making Linux do PnP or making Windows _not_ need PnP is one of > > > those annoying things that dual-boot people just have to deal with. This > > > is probably only a problem is you have ISA cards. > > > > > > Make sure to check out the hardware HOWTO before you get started to see if > > > there is any hardware you have that will require disabling PnP so you can > > > do so and get it working again under Windows before getting halfway in and > > > being annoyed. :) > > > > > > --adam b. > > > > > > On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Ethan Pierce wrote: > > > > > > > David, you certainly can. You will need to establish some linux > > > > partions...many on this list prefer fips utility, but I like partition > > > > magic > > > > for dos...its graphical and you can get a good feel for the disk layout. > > > > > > > > -Ethan > > > > - Original Message - > > > > From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: > > > > Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 2:48 PM > > > > Subject: hi > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm real interested in downloading and running Debian, but I have win > > > > > 95 > > > > > on my machine now, can I leave win 95 on there and use debian too or? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > > > > /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > -- > > > > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com
Re: [Q] virus susceptibility data
On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 12:59:47PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> Dear Debians,
>
> I'm looking for any kind of info on vulnerability to viruses on Debian
> and/or Linux. Pointers to anti-virus programs are also very welcome.
>
> If I can't convince some people here at work, I'm about to be told to
> disconnect from the net or use (heaven forbid!) Windows for any kind
> of internet activity beyond our firewall. And that seems to include
> sending email like this to the list. Gack!
In the better-late-than-sober dept.:
o Concur on the complete absence of Linux viruses *in a practical
sense*. Yes, Bliss and one, possibly two, proof-of-concept viruses
have been reported. As a practical matter, however, viruses are
*not* a security/integrity concern with Linux.
o For an unbiased, third-party perspective, go to the anti-virus
software vendors themselves. They maintain comprehensive lists of
known viruses, as well as general resources, virus-related FAQs, etc.
There is some concern that these vendors *overstate* the virus threat
in general (implicit business concern). Yet there is little to
suggest that there is a credible threat to Linux. Norton/Symantec,
MacAfee, F-Secure, etc.
o Check also general sources for virus-related information. Including
'Web search engines (Google, Alta Vista, Lycos), Usenet (Deja), etc.
A search at Google for "linux virus" turns up a MacAfee
announcement, and a ZDNet article discussing a Russian company's
announcement of a Linux market with discussion reflecting many of the
issues I raise here.
o Linux is *not* immune from "worms" of the type that plague Microsoft
systems, particularly through email interfaces, *if vendors and
developers start writing clients and software which run untrusted
applications without user intervention*. While Microsoft Outlook
("the security hole that happens to be an email client" -- Stephen
Vaughan-Nichols) doesn't infest Linux, an application with similar
capabilities could introduce similar security concerns. While the
Linux user / file permissions security model provides some
protection, individual users could destroy, damage, or compromise
data confidentiality. The fact that there is a *tradition* of not
adopting unsafe data practices doesn't mean that bad habits can't
develop. This is, however, an application-layer transmission vector
issue, and not specific to the Linux OS itself.
On a related note, it appears that StarOffice and/or Eazel may be
headed in the direction of automated association of filetypes with
applications. I asked about this at the StarOffice demo at this
week's O'Reilly Open Source Conference, specifically WRT
MS Outlook-style VBA macro exploits. I'm not convinced that SOffice
won't repeat these accidents of design, and would caution adoption of
it as a mail client until this issue is clarified.
o System security is a multi-faceted issue, and should be evaluated
_en toto_, not with respect to a single factor. There are known areas
in which Linux tends to suffer holes (primarily: service-related
exploits, buffer exploits, and user-related behaviors with poor
security practices). The same or substantively similar issues
affect proprietary Unices and WindowsNT, and are best addressed
by a thorough understanding and audit of your systems and services
required and provided. Any security-related objections raised against
introduction of Linux should reflect actual threats, and not fantasy.
In light of magnitude of the real threat to Windows vs. Linux from
viruses, the objection raised by management lies somewhere between
ill-informed and intentionally obstructionist. The first condition may
be remediable. In the event of the second, there are more and more firms
looking for skilled Linux experience, I'd suggest you start shopping
yourself where you *are* wanted.
--
Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org
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Re: Another ethernet configuration problem
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Hi, > > After having solved one problem with configuring an ethernet > card on one computer (thanks to the response to an earlier email > like this one!), I now have a problem with a different ethernet card > on another computer! > > The info I have on the card is as follows: > > 3Com905C Etherlink 10/100 PCI (-TX) > > Also, I've installed Debian 2.1. ^^ > From what I can tell, the problem is that I'm lacking the > proper driver in the directory /lib/modules/2.0.36/net (?). > There is a module called 3c59x.o (?) which I thought should > work, but which doesn't seems to. It should; if you were using a newer kernel the ethernet card will work just fine. In other words, the Linux software on your computer is too old to work with some of the hardware in your computer. If you install the latest kernel-image-2.2.x from what is currently known as 'frozen' (what will become Debian 2.2 - hopefully within the next month) you'll have much better luck. > I would appreciate any help on this matter very much! > > After searching on the web, I understand that a 3c90x driver does > exist, so I suspect, it's simply a matter of downloading the driver, > putting it in this directory, and then loading it up, etc. I'm not aware of a 3c90x driver - is that the one from 3com's website? > Problem (trivial, I'm sure): how do I download the driver when > I don't yet have a connection to the internet? I could download > it when I'm using Windows 98, but then how do I then get it > from one disk partition to the other? Anyway, I think you can > see what I'm getting at. Floppy. Zip disk. Debian should also be able to read the Win98 partition just fine. -- -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstien
Re: How stable is WINE?
On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 12:48:32PM +1000, Frank Copeland wrote: > wine has a long way to go before it provides a general replacement for > windows, but frankly that doesn't bother me one bit since I won't be using > it for that. Even so wine does two things that make it extremely useful > right now. One is that it allows people like Corel to port their > applications written for the windows API to linux without too much pain. In > fact much of the recent improvement in wine can be attributed to Corel. This is IMO the main function of WINE -- it's essentially a kit for porting Windows software to Linux, for certain values of Windows software. This is similar to the verso of Unix compatibility kits for Windows. Distinction being that the POSIX API is a well-documented and modularized standard, while the Win32 API is an undocumented, proprietary, tangled mess. -- Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 pgptMGqxusgvx.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: /bin/kill : Where art thou?
Pavel M. Penev writes: > ...all new packages should be aware of the in-building of the command... All POSIX shells do not provide 'kill' (ash, for example). > ...and not use explicit paths (like "/bin/kill"). Scripts should rely neither on $PATH nor on bashisms. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
Re: PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO THE VP-CUSTOMER SERVICE
On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 10:21:29PM -0500, Phil Brutsche wrote: > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... [...] > This is off http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/subscribe (down towards the > bottom): > > Mailing list advertising policy > > This policy is intended to fight mailing-list "spamming". > > The Debian Linux mailing lists accept commercial advertising for payment. > We offer a fee waiver if you can show us the canceled check for a $1000 > (U.S.) or more donation to "Software in the Public Interest" (SPI). One > donation per advertisement, please. If you don't wish to donate, simply > post your advertisement to the list, and the operator of the mailing lists > will bill you $1999 (U.S). The list operator will donate this amount, > minus the expense of collecting it, to SPI. Please note that the lists are > distributed automatically - messages are generally not read or checked in > any way before they are distributed. Has this fee ever actually been collected? Excepting the Loki case cited? -- Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 pgp8CqrJlAIQm.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Re Rescue Disks, Tom's btrt
On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 09:38:22PM +0100, Phillip Deackes wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > > LinuxCare does, with their Bootable Business Card: > > ISO image: http://static.linuxcare.com/iso/lnx-gold.iso > > Info: http://www.linuxcare.com/bootable_cd/download.epl > > Looks very interesting. > > I don't have a writeable CDROM drive, but I do have an internal zip100 > drive. Is there any way I can create a bootable Zip disk using the BBC? > My motherboard will boot from the zipdrive. I know nothing about ISO > images, but there must be a way to write them to other media. You should be able to mount the Bootable Business Card (BBC) ISO image as a loopback filesystem on your system, then copy this to the zipdisk, which gets you part of your solution. The BBC uses syslinux as a boot manager, I'm not overly familiar with how this works, but I assume you'd have to muck with the Zip disk to make it work properly. Next, the BBC uses a file which starts off as a shell script then includes actual image data, in compressed format, as a mounted static image. I don't know what specific magic was done to this, but it's possible that this could be made to work without extensive changes. Finally, you'd have to find where the BBC expects things to be on the CDROM, probably changing /etc/fstab and other portions of the disk. If you do decide to do this, you might want to ask more generally for hints (or solutions) from other folks (try the LinuxCare website), and/or post your own results. Would make a cool little Linux Zip distro. ...of which there are several which you may also want to look at. Cheers. -- Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
Re: Re Rescue Disks, Tom's btrt
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > LinuxCare does, with their Bootable Business Card: > ISO image: http://static.linuxcare.com/iso/lnx-gold.iso > Info: http://www.linuxcare.com/bootable_cd/download.epl Looks very interesting. I don't have a writeable CDROM drive, but I do have an internal zip100 drive. Is there any way I can create a bootable Zip disk using the BBC? My motherboard will boot from the zipdrive. I know nothing about ISO images, but there must be a way to write them to other media. Cheers. -- Phillip Deackes Using Storm Linux
Re: Another ethernet configuration problem
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, James Polson wrote: > > Problem (trivial, I'm sure): how do I download the driver when > I don't yet have a connection to the internet? I could download > it when I'm using Windows 98, but then how do I then get it > from one disk partition to the other? Anyway, I think you can > see what I'm getting at. > > Again, any help would be appreciated! > > Thanks, > > James Polson > on my laptop i do the following: mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/wintendo Make sure the directory /mnt/wintendo exists, and check out if your windows-partition is hda1 (correct if it's different). You can now access your windows-partition in the directory /mnt/wintendo and copy your file. bye Jos Lemmerling
Re: lock-up with thrashing
On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 01:37:12AM -0400, Michael Soulier wrote: > > So, I get home from finally seeing the X-Men movie (I truly > expected them to hack it up horribly, but I was impressed...) to find my > Debian box thrashing away like crazy. The mouse would barely respond, and > a ctrl-alt-backspace only partially shut down X. It just sort of hung > while the system went nuts, the harddrive sounding like it was about to > blow its way out the side of the tower. I waited and waited, but it didn't > give me a prompt, so I finally hit the reset. > It came back up fine, and all is well now, but looking in the > various logs, I can't tell what it was doing when this occurred. If > someone can give me a hint of what to look for and where, I'd love to > track this down to prevent it happening again. I've had experiences on memory anemic systems going into fatal thrash in low-memory situations. Your best bet may be to ssh into the box and start shutting down processes. This works becuase ssh runs a number of listener daemons which actually (IIUC) exec() a shell, meaning you can get a process running even in some situations when a fork() won't work. I'd used this to get first a user shell, then "exec su" to root, then "exec sash" to get the sash shell, though the problem in this case was a fully occupied process table. If you compile your kernel with magic-sysrq support, you can sometimes regain control of your system by using the key combinations it supports to shut down processes and restore a usable state. If that fails, you can usually safely unmount drives to prevent data loss. -- Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 pgptM0o1eMjy4.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: PNP hardware and dual boot machine.
isapnptools works okay, probably. I have gotten cards to recognize and load drivers, but I have never gotten them actually working before giving up. Be prepared to edit long config files from pnpdump and also you must know free IRQs, IO hexes, and Memory ranges for all your devices. They will probe, but he'll come up with like 5 or 6 viable configurations, only 1 or 2 of which might actually work (especially if you have a commercial machine-in-a-box). Also, you _may_ have to put your devices in Memory-Mapped mode (I've heard rumors to that effect). In this case, you have to find a free memory range that's in the on-limits range for Debian. Not too hard, but get the range from Debian.org before you go killing things. I have no clue about kernel PnP...I'd love to hear about it though! What kernel are you running? --adam b. On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Shaul Karl wrote: > 1) Another tool for disk partition management is >parted - The GNU Parted disk partition resizing program. > I am not sure how GUI it is. > 2) I believe that for a MS-Win and Linux dual boot machine you might want to > look at the isapnptools deb. Suppose to let you use your PNP hardware without > interfering MS-Win hardware management when it is booted. There is also a new > kernel option for PNP which I have not explored. Any hints? > > > > Addendum: > > > > The easiest (best?) way to get some hardware working under Linux is to > > disable the Plug-n-Play features it may have. This makes it a royal pain > > to keep those hardware components working under the Win9x side of your > > computer. Making Linux do PnP or making Windows _not_ need PnP is one of > > those annoying things that dual-boot people just have to deal with. This > > is probably only a problem is you have ISA cards. > > > > Make sure to check out the hardware HOWTO before you get started to see if > > there is any hardware you have that will require disabling PnP so you can > > do so and get it working again under Windows before getting halfway in and > > being annoyed. :) > > > > --adam b. > > > > On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Ethan Pierce wrote: > > > > > David, you certainly can. You will need to establish some linux > > > partions...many on this list prefer fips utility, but I like partition > > > magic > > > for dos...its graphical and you can get a good feel for the disk layout. > > > > > > -Ethan > > > - Original Message - > > > From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: > > > Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 2:48 PM > > > Subject: hi > > > > > > > > > > I'm real interested in downloading and running Debian, but I have win 95 > > > > on my machine now, can I leave win 95 on there and use debian too or? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > > > /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- > > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: Re Rescue Disks, Tom's btrt
On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 03:31:20PM -0400, David Teague wrote: > > All > > This is tangential to Richard's inquiry, but > > Has anyone considered distributing Tomsbtrt with Debian? That is one > of the most useful tools I have found. LinuxCare does, with their Bootable Business Card: ISO image: http://static.linuxcare.com/iso/lnx-gold.iso Info: http://www.linuxcare.com/bootable_cd/download.epl ...though I've found that while the TRB enclosed works, the Debian installer doesn't (tested on several systems). It's a cool idea though. Both TRB and the LinuxCare BBC earn my "SMA" award -- that's "saved my ass". Damned useful. -- Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 pgp2WslZVXfTl.pgp Description: PGP signature
PNP hardware and dual boot machine.
1) Another tool for disk partition management is parted - The GNU Parted disk partition resizing program. I am not sure how GUI it is. 2) I believe that for a MS-Win and Linux dual boot machine you might want to look at the isapnptools deb. Suppose to let you use your PNP hardware without interfering MS-Win hardware management when it is booted. There is also a new kernel option for PNP which I have not explored. Any hints? > Addendum: > > The easiest (best?) way to get some hardware working under Linux is to > disable the Plug-n-Play features it may have. This makes it a royal pain > to keep those hardware components working under the Win9x side of your > computer. Making Linux do PnP or making Windows _not_ need PnP is one of > those annoying things that dual-boot people just have to deal with. This > is probably only a problem is you have ISA cards. > > Make sure to check out the hardware HOWTO before you get started to see if > there is any hardware you have that will require disabling PnP so you can > do so and get it working again under Windows before getting halfway in and > being annoyed. :) > > --adam b. > > On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Ethan Pierce wrote: > > > David, you certainly can. You will need to establish some linux > > partions...many on this list prefer fips utility, but I like partition magic > > for dos...its graphical and you can get a good feel for the disk layout. > > > > -Ethan > > - Original Message - > > From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: > > Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 2:48 PM > > Subject: hi > > > > > > > I'm real interested in downloading and running Debian, but I have win 95 > > > on my machine now, can I leave win 95 on there and use debian too or? > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > > /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com
Re: /bin/kill : Where art thou?
I should of said "woody". -- According to MegaHAL: The emu is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace.
Re: staroffice
On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 11:05:11AM +, Richard Taylor wrote:
> Nick Croft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: staroffice:
> > On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, David Teague wrote:
> > > On Tue, 6 Jun 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > StarOffice is a bloated stuck pig. It handles MS file formats fairly
> > > > well though.
>
> > It may be the only use for SO, take a Word .doc and turn it into
> something
> > Unix or universal like html.
>
> > How fast does a computer need to be? I thought 133mh was slow. Put it on
> a
> > 333mh box today and it's no faster. Even at 600+ it would be slow if
> > processor is the clue to speed.
>
> 500 mhz works fairly well. Memory seems to be really important. I
> started getting good performance at around 128 megs. {linux and win}
> Admitted... the program's no speed demon and startups are slow as hell...
> I does run pretty nicely once it is started. This package is as capable
> as you make it... which makes it as good as anything on the market in my
> book. Nothing that's geared to working in HTML with all its attendant
> capabilities and is as well implemented and well organized as Star Office
> is should be written off as a format converter.
From the O'Reilly conference, there are really *three* significant
aspects to the SO announcement:
o Release under GPL.
o Dual licensing -- I expect to see this become a more common practice.
o Splitting up the applications.
The last should address performance issues with SOffice -- I saw a demo
at the show running IIRC on a Sparcstation, but roughly equivalent to a
200 - 300 MHz Intel system. I asked what the hardware was because
response was significantly snappier than I'm familiar with. Turns out
that pulling the integrated desktop out of the app reduces overhead.
> I don't need anything else {tho some sort of dict program would be nice
> but... that's available through an HTML interface anyway} for office,
> mail, HTML, database, etc, etc functions. Many people could get by with
> this program alone. {which would make that startup problem a bit less of
> an issue.}
I believe that plug-ins for optional dictionaries (eg: spell/ispell)
will be provided. Don't hold me to that.
--
Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org
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Another ethernet configuration problem
Hi, After having solved one problem with configuring an ethernet card on one computer (thanks to the response to an earlier email like this one!), I now have a problem with a different ethernet card on another computer! The info I have on the card is as follows: 3Com905C Etherlink 10/100 PCI (-TX) Also, I've installed Debian 2.1. >From what I can tell, the problem is that I'm lacking the proper driver in the directory /lib/modules/2.0.36/net (?). There is a module called 3c59x.o (?) which I thought should work, but which doesn't seems to. I would appreciate any help on this matter very much! After searching on the web, I understand that a 3c90x driver does exist, so I suspect, it's simply a matter of downloading the driver, putting it in this directory, and then loading it up, etc. Problem (trivial, I'm sure): how do I download the driver when I don't yet have a connection to the internet? I could download it when I'm using Windows 98, but then how do I then get it from one disk partition to the other? Anyway, I think you can see what I'm getting at. Again, any help would be appreciated! Thanks, James Polson
Re: /bin/kill : Where art thou?
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Eric G . Miller wrote: > I seemed to have lost /bin/kill. Now, I have /usr/bin/kill, but "poff" > (and possibily others) are looking for /bin/kill. I fixed poff, but I > don't know what else might get broken due to the disappearance of > /bin/kill. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on the > "movement" of kill? I'd think I'd still want a /bin/kill in case /usr > isn't mounted. The culprit seems to be "bsdutils", but I'm not sure. > > Ciao, As a matter of fact in newer bash-es (I'm not sure since which version) kill is a shell-built-in command, i. e. there is no separate executable for kill (in neither /bin/kill, nor /usr/bin/kill). Of course you can "ln -s /usr/bin/kill to /bin/", or write a script like: #!/bin/sh kill $@ and put it in /usr/bin; however, all new packages should be aware of the in-building of the command and not use explicit paths (like "/bin/kill"). Hope this is delightful, Pavel
Re: How to install Acroread
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Nianwei Xing wrote: > Hi, debians: > I am a new comer for Debian. I just want to install > acroread on my machine. I am not the super user and > also I have download the linux-ar-405.tar.gz. > Any infomation is appreciated! > > Nianwei acroread is packaged (there is a .deb in any debian site). So you can download it. The NORMAL way to install a package is to ask the sysadmin (the superuser). However, you can try unpacking it (try alien -- hope you have this at least), and then making an exhausting re-configuration (e.g. make it use something like /home/user/mypackage/etc instead of /etc for configuration files). Also not all packages may be installed without root permissions (I hope acroread is not one of them). Hope someone makes a better offer, Pavel
Re: A strange little kppp error
Barry Samuels writes: > That doesn't explain why the same error message is *not* displayed when > running kppp as root. The message originates with pppd. When it is unable to access the resources it needs it jumps to the erroneous conclusion that there is no ppp support in the kernel. When run by root it can access anything. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin
Re: Exim/fetchmail/procmail - bad mail files
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, James Green wrote: > OK so I give up trying to figure this one out :-( > > I've got exim up and running. I used eximconf and selected option > 2. I also have fetchmail and procmail up and running. > > Mail comes in from mail.linux.com using imap. The connection is > tunnelled over ssh. The connection goes fine and my proc.log shows > mail being received and filtered to my mail folders. > > I can fire up mutt, and point it at a mailbox (any) and I get: > /home/jg/mail.linux.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] is not a mailbox. > This also occurs on loading mutt, but with > /var/spool/mail/jg instead. > > The mail files themselves look like this: > > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: from mail.linux.com > by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.3.4) > for [EMAIL PROTECTED] (single-drop); Fri, 21 Jul 2000 20:47:26 +0100 > (BST) > Received: from seralph10.essex.ac.uk (seralph10.essex.ac.uk [155.245.240.160]) > by mail.linux.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA24469 > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 06:57:57 -0800 > Received: from sunlab19.essex.ac.uk > ([155.245.160.19] helo=sunlab19 ident=jmkgre) > by seralph10.essex.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #1) > id 12YVXA-0005xx-00 > for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:57:56 + > Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:57:55 + (GMT) > From: Green J M K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: vrml link > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Length: 33 > Lines: 3 > > http://www.best.com/~rikk/Book/ > > > [ at which point more emails follow ] > > This format is identical to /var/spool/mail/jg. > > I'm told that the formatting is wrong and that exim is to blame. > However I am unable to find anyone in IRC who knows exim to help. As far as I see the problem about the formatting is that you need a From <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> line at the beginning of every message. You can make it by creating a little wrapper-script in your favourite programming language (awk, perl, python, bash, tcsh, even C/C++), and piping the message through the script in your procmailrc. Ask for help if you are not a programmer, Pavel
RE: A strange little kppp error
** Reply to note from Andras Simonyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 22 Jul 2000 08:36:40 +0200 (CEST) > > Hi, > on 21-Jul-2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Debian Potato ( kernel 2.2.16 ) with Slink version KDE. > > > > When I start kppp it displays a message which says that I don't > > have ppp compiled > > into the kernel or loaded as a module which is wrong (I have ppp as > > a module). > > I ran into the same problem yesterday, (or was it today ?:), and for > my system (potato with kde stable for potato) the solution was to > upgrade kppp to the most recent version, 1.6.25 (I had to compile it > myself). Articles on Deja.com say that the older versions of kppp > relied on a bug in the kernels _before_ 2.2.14 IIRC. So the solution > seems to be either to upgrade kppp or to downgrade your kernel. > > Hope this helps > Andras Simonyi That doesn't explain why the same error message is *not* displayed when running kppp as root. Barry Samuels
Re: hi
Addendum: The easiest (best?) way to get some hardware working under Linux is to disable the Plug-n-Play features it may have. This makes it a royal pain to keep those hardware components working under the Win9x side of your computer. Making Linux do PnP or making Windows _not_ need PnP is one of those annoying things that dual-boot people just have to deal with. This is probably only a problem is you have ISA cards. Make sure to check out the hardware HOWTO before you get started to see if there is any hardware you have that will require disabling PnP so you can do so and get it working again under Windows before getting halfway in and being annoyed. :) --adam b. On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Ethan Pierce wrote: > David, you certainly can. You will need to establish some linux > partions...many on this list prefer fips utility, but I like partition magic > for dos...its graphical and you can get a good feel for the disk layout. > > -Ethan > - Original Message - > From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 2:48 PM > Subject: hi > > > > I'm real interested in downloading and running Debian, but I have win 95 > > on my machine now, can I leave win 95 on there and use debian too or? > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: hi
David, you certainly can. You will need to establish some linux partions...many on this list prefer fips utility, but I like partition magic for dos...its graphical and you can get a good feel for the disk layout. -Ethan - Original Message - From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 2:48 PM Subject: hi > I'm real interested in downloading and running Debian, but I have win 95 > on my machine now, can I leave win 95 on there and use debian too or? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: kernel patches
On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Art Edwards wrote: > I'm sure this is an old question, but I have found browsing the list > archives daunting. I'm attempting to build a new 2.2.15-ide kernel from > 2.2.15 sources. I have found the ide patch. I downloaded it into /root > and used dpkg to install it. Is it now applied to the 2.2.15 source > tree? If not, what do I do to apply it? Finally, do I need to rerun make > xconfig after the patch? > > Thanks Sorry, no answers but more questions... I downloaded the next patch (kernel-patch-2.2.15-ide_2405-1.deb) and i was wondering if this patch includes previous patches. Eg. To use the Onstream DI30, Onstream provided a patch called ide_2_2_15.2124.patch.gz . Is this patch also ``added'' if i install the debian-patch ?? TIA Jos Lemmerling
hi
I'm real interested in downloading and running Debian, but I have win 95 on my machine now, can I leave win 95 on there and use debian too or?
Re: Using Partition Magic with Debian
I have successfully used Partition Magic to alter the size of partitions which already have assigned mount points (I installed from an MS-DOS partition and then deleted the partition and made it part of root). It made the system scan the whole thing next time I booted up, but nothing bad happened. Try it on a partition which doesn't really matte first, though, just to be safe. :) --adam b. On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anyone used Partition Magic in order to resize partitions under Debian? > The software claims to support resizing Linux EXT2 filesystems, etc, but will > I > trash my system if I do so? I used Norton Ghost to image my system from a > 2.1 > gig drive to an 8.4 gig drive and it's working great so far, but I have all > this slack space I would like to assign to various partitions, /usr etc. > > So, has anyone done this sucessfully and/or have alternate methods that can > be used to add slack space to existing partitions? > > Any suggestions would be appreiciated, > > Regards, > > Todd > > > - > This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. > http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Using Partition Magic with Debian
Has anyone used Partition Magic in order to resize partitions under Debian? The software claims to support resizing Linux EXT2 filesystems, etc, but will I trash my system if I do so? I used Norton Ghost to image my system from a 2.1 gig drive to an 8.4 gig drive and it's working great so far, but I have all this slack space I would like to assign to various partitions, /usr etc. So, has anyone done this sucessfully and/or have alternate methods that can be used to add slack space to existing partitions? Any suggestions would be appreiciated, Regards, Todd - This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/
Stranded in console (XFree to 4.0.1 upgrade!)
Since no one responded to my messed up help request last night, Id thought Id help others that are trying to upgrade to x4.0.1 - Noah M got me off to a good start and I was up until 4AM getting it going today. Apparently in Debian the kernel headers in /usr/include/linux are kept totally separate from /usr/src/linux/include/linux I was getting make errors on the install for NVIDIAs Kernel module for XF4.0.1 The solution to this was to mv /usr/include/linux /usr/include/linux-old ; ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux /usr/include/linux The module compiled fine once I did that...that had been throwing me a curve ball for about a week. So anyway, Im up and running in XF4.0.1 - heres what I did to get my tnt2 working in it: 1. Compiled the source of XF4.0.1 from ftp.xfree86.org/pub/source (this takes about 15 mins on my machine, others without the 1/2 gig of ram will experience different, more timely results) 2. Installed the GLX OpenGL driver from www.nvidia.com 3. Compile the Nvidia Kernel Module also from nvidia.com Run xf86config, then add the driver line and glx load line from the FAQ at nvidia 4. XFree86 The downside to this is Enlightenment is now broken, I get an "error loading Shape Files, X-server out of date or misconfigured" If anyone knows how to fix this thats cool - a friend got me started with E from apt-get commands but I dont remember them...recompiling the kernel doesnt help :( The good news I get a HUGE performance boost on quake3 - my main goal! Hope this helps some people questing for 4.0.1 as I have been for some time. -Ethan
kernel patches
I'm sure this is an old question, but I have found browsing the list archives daunting. I'm attempting to build a new 2.2.15-ide kernel from 2.2.15 sources. I have found the ide patch. I downloaded it into /root and used dpkg to install it. Is it now applied to the 2.2.15 source tree? If not, what do I do to apply it? Finally, do I need to rerun make xconfig after the patch? Thanks -- Arthur H. Edwards 712 Valencia Dr. NE Abq. NM 87108 (505) 256-0834
autoconf, default sysconfdir value
Is there a simple way to do AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT, but with SYSCONFDIR instead? I want a configure script to check gnome-config --sysconfdir by default but let the user override this. Yes, my shell programming skills sucks. Tom Cato
Re: fetchmail troubles
On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 08:17:43AM -0300, Christoph Simon wrote: > > Well, I think, it is the POP server that is to be blamed. A POP3 > > server is supposed to return the message followed by a > > and '.' when a TOP n or a RETR n is given. It that does > > not happen, then a situation similar to the one you described can > > arise. Can you get your e-mail provider to change their broken > > POP server software? > > Indeed it is. My linux box is connected by DSL, but I also can connect > by modem by a windows box. And there it works without problems. If it > where the missing period at the end, how comes, that this affects only > the very last message, and that this last message is written as an > ever growing file in the spool directory. Wouldn't it be to > expect a missing period causing just doing nothing until a > timeout? Its not just the missing period. Its just a guess, but what if the POP server keeps returning spaces, instead of a period -- maybe due to some bug. Fetchmail just keeps reading till it gets the period. However, thats what all mail clients are expected to do. Since other mail clients (in Windows?) do not have this problem, there is a chance that my inference could be wrong! Try out a POP3 session by hand (telnet or nc to port 110). Then you can verify if it is the POP server is returning those spaces. -- Manoj Victor Mathew (GPG#: 3D96A9B9) Cochin, India.
Re: XFree4 Debs
Yes, http://www.debian.org/~branden No, no debs yet. Cheers, Corey J. Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Troy Telford wrote: > Anybody know where I can check on the progress of debianizing of XFree86 > 4? Are there any .debs of it yet? > > Thanks, > > Troy > > > > ___ > Why pay for something you could get for free? > NetZero provides FREE Internet Access and Email > http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: Question about MASQ chain behavior in ipchains
Stan Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : | Then in the rules for the External interface, only certain ports appear | to be let back in. I presume that the second and third rules with | destination ports 61000:65095 are for returning masqueraded packets, eh? right | This example doesn't make clear to me what happens to packets from the | Internal network when they're jumped to MASQ. Do they get a new port (in | the range 61000:65095) in addition to the masqueraded ip address so that | when they come back they get past the Bad interface to get | demasqueraded? yes | Or do they just go around the Bad interface because in | some other fashion they're identified as masqueraded packets through | something MASQ does? as you masquerade all sent packets, you should only receive masqueraded packets. Only port range identifies these packets. Too bad this mechanism could not be applied for a standalone system : packets are not forwarded. -- o-o [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michel Verdier) http://www.chez.com/mverdier
Re: fetchmail troubles
> > fetchmail: SMTP> DATA > > fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself > > > Well, I think, it is the POP server that is to be blamed. A POP3 > server is supposed to return the message followed by a > and '.' when a TOP n or a RETR n is given. It that does > not happen, then a situation similar to the one you described can > arise. Can you get your e-mail provider to change their broken > POP server software? > > I am surprised that other e-mail users (using the same POP3 > server) aren't complaining! Indeed it is. My linux box is connected by DSL, but I also can connect by modem by a windows box. And there it works without problems. If it where the missing period at the end, how comes, that this affects only the very last message, and that this last message is written as an ever growing file in the spool directory. Wouldn't it be to expect a missing period causing just doing nothing until a timeout? Christoph Simon -- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help .
Zope 2.2 on Woody broken?
Hello, I installed the Zope 2.2.0-1 Debian package from Woody with no problems. But when I try to access the web pages (localhost:9673) I get the following Zope error: Zope Error Zope has encountered an error while publishing this resource. Error Type: TypeError Error Value: unexpected keyword argument: validated_hook The same happens when trying to access localhost:9673/manage for maintenace. Looks to me like the page is broken. Any succesful installs? -- Pedro
Re: LILO and Printer
> I'm used to RedHat and am having problems with LILO... > > LILO: No changes allow me to select which OS to enter on bootup. I can > change it to Windows or Linux, but not to choose between them. I do this > by editing lilo.conf and then running lilo. Concerning your LILO-Problem: If you changed the Master Boot Record, you can do the following: Escape Booting by pressing SHIFT in the right moment. You should see something like "1FA" or "3FA" for example. If you type the displayed number you choose the harddrive-partition with the default OS. Type "F", if you wish to boot from Floppydisk. If you "type "A", you'll get a list of all hd-partitions plus the "F"-Option, something like "1234F". You can choose the OS by typing the number of the corresponding partition. So you can switch between the OSs just by typing "A1", "A2", "A3" or whatever. I hope, this helps. Andreas.
Re: mutt and asking user
On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 12:22:20PM +0200, Sven Burgener wrote: > What option needs changing / setting when I don't want mutt to always > ask me whether I want to "Move read messages to /home/$USER/mbox ([n],y)?" > when I am exiting? set move=no or unset move Whichever you prefer. -- Tommi Komulainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpb5T9SeJdTN.pgp Description: PGP signature
mutt and asking user
Hello What option needs changing / setting when I don't want mutt to always ask me whether I want to "Move read messages to /home/$USER/mbox ([n],y)?" when I am exiting? I always quit by pressing enter thereby choosing the default, which is "no". I wasnt able to find this under /usr/doc/mutt/*, but then again, I might have missed it somewhere. Thanks Sven
Re: Debian 2.1 => Kernel problem
Hello! I for myself have got a debian2.2/2.1 mix on my machine, but it took a bit of time until I solved all the dependency problems. So I suggest using a debian 2.1 disk set for base install, then Sven would have no problems switching dselect to multi_cd mode and installing further packages from his slink cds. The boot disk would have to be modified to recognize the scsi adapter. Sven, can you access your hard drive when booting from the install cd? Or can't you even install? Tom Pfeifer wrote: > Someone can probably help you with that SCSI problem, but failing that, > there's no need to buy Debian 2.2 (potato). In fact you probably can't > yet anyway since it isn't quite released yet. I agree he there's no need of installing potato. Because I think you can't also tell if the required module is included in the kernel bundled with debian 2.2, I found the following possible solution: One of us compiles an appropriate kernel, uploads a ready-to-go rescue boot disk image and then Sven installs using this disk and a base install disks set. Then he could boot Linux using the rescue disk and install the kernel from the disk onto his hard drive, lilo (after configuring lilo.conf) and boot from his HDD, although the kernel-image package installed is not appropriate for his scsi hdd. It's just "overwritten" manually. This is my suggestion because I don't also care much about the kernel/kernel modules/kernel src packages, I just download a .tar.gz kernel and compile it and configure lilo manually (no make kpkg or so). But other people might regard this way as a bad one (what do you think??) Kind Regards, Stephan Hachinger > > Sven Meister wrote: > > > > Hallo Debians, > > > > I just received the Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 distribution. It consists of 5 CDs. > > The first one is the install-CD. On this first CD there is the kernel 2.0 > > and this kernel will be automaticly installed. But then I'll have the > > problem that my SCSI-Controller won't be detected. So I need to install the > > 2.2.x kernel dure the install process. But there's the problem with the > > first CD. And so my systen will never boot up, because it can't detect my > > SCSI-Controller. Shall I buy the Debain 2.2 distribution and if so, what is > > the main difference to the 2.1 one. > > Sorry if I sometimes ask simple questions, but I'm a newbie in those things. > > BTW: My SuSE distribution works, but I do not want to use it anymore. I > > think you all know why, don't you? > > > > Thanks to all debains! > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: fetchmail troubles
On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 02:48:05PM -0300, Christoph Simon wrote: > > As a normal user I type: > fetchmail -v 2>&1 | tee /tmp/fm.log > [snip1] > fetchmail: POP3< +OK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > fetchmail: POP3> USER ciccio > fetchmail: POP3< +OK ciccio gets mail here > fetchmail: POP3> PASS * [snip2] > fetchmail: POP3> LIST > fetchmail: POP3< +OK Iteration follows > fetchmail: POP3< 1 3363 > fetchmail: POP3< . > fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 3363 octets > reading message 1 of 1 (3363 octets) > fetchmail: SMTP< 220 baco.haus ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21; > Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:30:22 -0300 [snip3] > fetchmail: SMTP> DATA > fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself > > Here it stays eternally. Listing the incoming file in > /var/spool/mqueue already showed 32k for the data file. The actual > message is at the beginning, the rest are spaces (or non-printing > characters shown as spaces by less(1)). Well, I think, it is the POP server that is to be blamed. A POP3 server is supposed to return the message followed by a and '.' when a TOP n or a RETR n is given. It that does not happen, then a situation similar to the one you described can arise. Can you get your e-mail provider to change their broken POP server software? I am surprised that other e-mail users (using the same POP3 server) aren't complaining! > > I can't tell if the lines > fetchmail: POP3> LAST > fetchmail: POP3< -ERR invalid command > fetchmail: invalid command > where happening before, as usually I included the option -a, and now I > did not. Then it wouldn't show. Either way, it does not matter. LAST is an optional command and fetchmail can function with LAST. -- Manoj Victor Mathew (GPG#: 3D96A9B9) Cochin, India.
Re: cron editor
On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 03:06:02PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > If I do a 'crontab -e' I get a strange editor, unlike vim > > which I get on met 2.1 box. Is there a way to change this > > behaviour? > > it reads the value of $EDITOR from the shell and defaults to ae > otherwise. In your .bashrc place: > > EDITOR=myeditor > export EDITOR > > this helps in many places. > > as an extra setting PAGER=less will use less instead of more > for things like man page viewing. > In Debian you have the alternatives system. You can use alternatives to decide which editor must be the default editor. See man 'update-alternatives' for more info. You can use 'update-alternatives --config editor' to change the default editor. For those who want Vim when 'vi' is called can have a look at 'update-alternatives --config vi' There also exists an entry for 'pager'. Each file in /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives is an alternative. HTH. -- Manoj Victor Mathew (GPG#: 3D96A9B9) Cochin, India.
Re: /bin/kill : Where art thou?
Not sure which Debian version you're running, but in both potato and slink it should be at /bin/kill according to the output of 'dpkg -L'. In potato, /bin/kill is in the procps package, while in slink it's in bsdutils. In both potato and slink there is also a /usr/bin/skill, and it's in the procps package. for potato: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg -L procps /. /etc /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/init.d /etc/init.d/procps.sh /lib /lib/libproc.so.2.0.6 /sbin /sbin/sysctl /bin /bin/ps /bin/kill /usr /usr/bin /usr/bin/free /usr/bin/skill ... for slink: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg -L bsdutils /. /usr /usr/doc /usr/doc/bsdutils /usr/doc/bsdutils/copyright /usr/doc/bsdutils/README.script /usr/doc/bsdutils/changelog.Debian.gz /usr/bin /usr/bin/logger /usr/bin/renice /usr/bin/script /usr/bin/wall /usr/man /usr/man/man1 /usr/man/man1/script.1.gz /usr/man/man1/wall.1.gz /usr/man/man1/kill.1.gz /usr/man/man1/logger.1.gz /usr/man/man8 /usr/man/man8/renice.8.gz /bin /bin/kill Tom "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > I seemed to have lost /bin/kill. Now, I have /usr/bin/kill, but "poff" > (and possibily others) are looking for /bin/kill. I fixed poff, but I > don't know what else might get broken due to the disappearance of > /bin/kill. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on the > "movement" of kill? I'd think I'd still want a /bin/kill in case /usr > isn't mounted. The culprit seems to be "bsdutils", but I'm not sure. > > Ciao,
LILO and Printer
Hi, I am a newbie to Debian having just installed a frozen version of Potato. I'm used to RedHat and am having problems with LILO and setting up my printer. LILO: No changes allow me to select which OS to enter on bootup. I can change it to Windows or Linux, but not to choose between them. I do this by editing lilo.conf and then running lilo. In Redhat this sets up automatically, so I'm at a bit of a loss. Printer: Can't find anywhere in KDE2 to setup a printer. Am used to printtool, but can't find it. Did I miss installing something, if so what? Thanks for your help! Chris Marsh
XFree4 Debs
Anybody know where I can check on the progress of debianizing of XFree86 4? Are there any .debs of it yet? Thanks, Troy ___ Why pay for something you could get for free? NetZero provides FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Exim says: retry timeout exceeded
For one single domain, and only for that domain, exim immediatly sends an error message saying "retry timeout exceeded" after I send a mail to that domain. This occurs for all kinds of receivers. Here the mainlog : 2000-07-21 22:54:23 13FjoN-3Y-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=jan P=loc al S=756 2000-07-21 22:54:23 13FjoN-3Y-00 == [EMAIL PROTECTED] e R=smarthost defer (-1): 2000-07-21 22:54:23 13FjoN-3Y-00 ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] e: retry timeout exceeded 2000-07-21 22:54:24 13FjoO-3a-00 <= <> R=13FjoN-3Y-00 U=mail P=local S=1 561 2000-07-21 22:54:24 13FjoN-3Y-00 Error message sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ngen.de I`m not able to sent a message to this domain anymore. What is the problem here and how can I solve it. My retry-part in exim-conf is the default. Any sugestions? JAN
Re: Blowfish
On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 04:02:13PM -0700, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > Hi all, > I have a OpenBSD machine that I have to pass all the accounts to a new > box running Linux (Debian). > I used the command newusers, but the passwords at OpenBSD are stored > using blowfish. Anyone knows how install Blowfish at Linux? I don't _know_ about Linux, but it might be possible, but nontrivial. In OpenBSD you do have a chioce with the algorithm you use, blowfish is just the default. I think MD5 is also one of the chioces, and I think you can edit the adduser script/adduser.conf for that. Another thing that occurs to me is that there is a way to transfer passwords from Linux to OpenBSD, it's in the FAQ, take a look at that, it might help you. I can recommend tha mailinglist misc@openbsd.org too, they are generally very helpfull and knowledgeable about such things. HTH HAND Morten -- UNIX, reach out and grep someone!
RE: A strange little kppp error
Hi, on 21-Jul-2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Debian Potato ( kernel 2.2.16 ) with Slink version KDE. > > When I start kppp it displays a message which says that I don't > have ppp compiled > into the kernel or loaded as a module which is wrong (I have ppp as > a module). I ran into the same problem yesterday, (or was it today ?:), and for my system (potato with kde stable for potato) the solution was to upgrade kppp to the most recent version, 1.6.25 (I had to compile it myself). Articles on Deja.com say that the older versions of kppp relied on a bug in the kernels _before_ 2.2.14 IIRC. So the solution seems to be either to upgrade kppp or to downgrade your kernel. Hope this helps Andras Simonyi
esd & mixer problem
When I try to adjust the audio properties with the "Audio Mixer" in GNOME I get these error message: "No Mixers Found. Make sure you have sound support compiled into the kernel" But I checked and this is the output of '% cat /dev/sndstat': ... ... ... Mixers: 0: Sound Blaster Live! = I used to have a similar problem with /dev/dsp and it turns out to be that the esd daemon was not properly loaded so I think it might be something like that with the Mixer. Which by the way, I appreciate somebody tell me if it's alright to put this line in /etc/init.d/gdm: # Load the esd daemon esd & Is this correct? Any sugestions will be appreciated, thanks in advance.
Re: libc.so.5
David S. Jackson wrote: > This is probably in a FAQ somewhere, but I don't know where. :-) > > I upgraded to Potato just recently (finally) and don't know the > name of the file that provides a compatability library for > libc.so.5. Can anyone tell me so I can apt-get it? Appropriately, the package name is libc5 -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | He that is slow to believe anything and | everything is of great understanding, '91 GS500E| for belief in one false principle is the Morgantown WV | beginning of all unwisdom.
libc.so.5
This is probably in a FAQ somewhere, but I don't know where. :-) I upgraded to Potato just recently (finally) and don't know the name of the file that provides a compatability library for libc.so.5. Can anyone tell me so I can apt-get it? TIA! -- David S. Jackson[EMAIL PROTECTED] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= these stupid head hunters want resumes in ms word format can you write shit in tex and convert it to word?
