Re: Debian installer stops before it is finished
Hi, It is a problem (probably) the most commonly ancountered. The problem is due to X setting which is done differently from the hardware that you have. You need to have detailed spec information especially about horizontal and vertical frequency of your monitor and name of the chipset on your video card. Alternatively, I would try to configure X using XF86Setup after installing debian without configuring X. Good luck. Daegyu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 작성: > > Hi. I've been trying to install Debian, but have been unsuccessful. I've > started over maybe five times (I've lost count). Before last time, the > installation was trying to switch to graphics mode but it said the window > server (or manager, I don't remember) wasn't responding or something (I > neglected to record the error messages). It kept repeating itself, I started > over again. > > This last time, it says that some of the packages could not be installed and > asks if I want to try again. I say yes, then it says scanning packages, then > goes to a login prompt. I log in, then I'm in bash. The installation appears > to have stopped. It gave an error message during this attempt which stated: > > "Errors were encountered while processing: > gmc > rstart > rstartd > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the > packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors > or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors > above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again > Press enter to continue" > > The installer gave the above message on the install attempt prior to the last > one also. > > I typed startx but it said I have to have screen type vga16 or mono in > XF86Config, I tried to modify it, but honestly, I don't know what I'm doing, > as the only systems I've used are MS (DOS or Windows). When the installer > asks questions or gives messages I don't have a clue as to what it's talking > about half the time. > > What do I do now? Is there any way to resume installation where I left off, > or must I start over again? Each time I start over, I start at the very > beginning by deleting all partitions of the HDD and recreating them to be > sure any mess left on the drive during an aborted installation attempt is > cleaned up. > > Anyone have any advice on how to minimise installation problems or make the > process go smoother? I've spent several hours trying to install it, and I'm > starting to believe that installing Debian (or any distribution of Linux) on > my system is futile. > > In case anyone needs to know in order to help, my hardware stats are: > > processor: Evergreen upgrade processor, Intel compatible equivalent to > 486DX-133 > RAM: 36 MB > HDD: 6.4 GB > chipset: Chips > primary BIOS: AST BIOS rel 2.03 1994 > secondary BIOS: SIIG enhanced BIOS (LBA, for HDD up to 8.4 GB; resides on an > add-in EIDE controller card) > *all HDD partitions are Linux ext2 > video: Cirrus Logic GD-54XX, 1 MB VRAM > CD-ROM: ATAPI IDE > > Thank you, > Brad > > ___ > Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! > Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mail client
Hello Mutt and kmail2. Mutt I use to send quick mails, and quickly sort through new emails. I save ones I need to think about and usually use kmail2 sometime later to respond etc. 90% of my mail I deal with directly through "mutt". I cannot stress how good mutt is :) Cliff On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 02:16:59PM -0500, D-Man wrote: > > I use mutt (www.mutt.org). I discovered it not very many weeks ago, > but it's the best I've ever found. (I even prefer it to the GUI > mailers I've tried). It has very nice mailing list support as well > (including sort by threads). > > For other people, check the "X-Mailer" and "User-Agent" headers on > their messages. (not all messages have such a header though). > > -D > > On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 05:51:21PM -0600, Casey Webster wrote: > | Hello, > | > | I've noticed debian doesnt distribute pine on its package mirrors, and > | as i've only really used pine under unix for mail, what mail clients do > | you guys use, so i can check them out. > | > | thanks > | -casey > | > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: whoops -subject meant to be software RAID
># Would this be worthwhile? How hard is it to set up a software raid? >what do I do? does it matter that i want the whole OS as well as the >data storage mirrored? > >Fairly easy. Read the appropriate HOWTOs are http://www.linuxdoc.org > >Dave > OK.. thanks for pointing me there. so on a debian potata box would i need to recompile the kernel? or could i #apt-get install kernel-patch-2.2.10-raid #apt-get install raidtools2 and then use the raidtools? www.debian.org package lists makes no use of RAID1 which is the level i'd want to go for...
Debian installer stops before it is finished
Hi. I've been trying to install Debian, but have been unsuccessful. I've started over maybe five times (I've lost count). Before last time, the installation was trying to switch to graphics mode but it said the window server (or manager, I don't remember) wasn't responding or something (I neglected to record the error messages). It kept repeating itself, I started over again. This last time, it says that some of the packages could not be installed and asks if I want to try again. I say yes, then it says scanning packages, then goes to a login prompt. I log in, then I'm in bash. The installation appears to have stopped. It gave an error message during this attempt which stated: "Errors were encountered while processing: gmc rstart rstartd E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again Press enter to continue" The installer gave the above message on the install attempt prior to the last one also. I typed startx but it said I have to have screen type vga16 or mono in XF86Config, I tried to modify it, but honestly, I don't know what I'm doing, as the only systems I've used are MS (DOS or Windows). When the installer asks questions or gives messages I don't have a clue as to what it's talking about half the time. What do I do now? Is there any way to resume installation where I left off, or must I start over again? Each time I start over, I start at the very beginning by deleting all partitions of the HDD and recreating them to be sure any mess left on the drive during an aborted installation attempt is cleaned up. Anyone have any advice on how to minimise installation problems or make the process go smoother? I've spent several hours trying to install it, and I'm starting to believe that installing Debian (or any distribution of Linux) on my system is futile. In case anyone needs to know in order to help, my hardware stats are: processor: Evergreen upgrade processor, Intel compatible equivalent to 486DX-133 RAM: 36 MB HDD: 6.4 GB chipset: Chips primary BIOS: AST BIOS rel 2.03 1994 secondary BIOS: SIIG enhanced BIOS (LBA, for HDD up to 8.4 GB; resides on an add-in EIDE controller card) *all HDD partitions are Linux ext2 video: Cirrus Logic GD-54XX, 1 MB VRAM CD-ROM: ATAPI IDE Thank you, Brad ___ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com
ssh problem (woody)
Hello... After doing an upgrade just now, the new version of ssh (& sshd) is OpenSSH_2.3.0p1. Before the upgrade (done with apt-get), ssh service was working fine. Now, it's not working. I can still login to other machines, but when trying to login here, I get a "Permission denied, please try again." error after entering the password. I don't know if this happens when using keys to authenticate. auth.log shows this: Jan 9 05:22:32 decoy sshd[6756]: Failed password for sena from 1.2.3.4 port 1023 Jan 9 05:22:36 decoy last message repeated 2 times Jan 9 05:22:36 decoy sshd[6756]: Connection closed by 1.2.3.4 Jan 9 05:22:36 decoy sshd[6756]: Cannot close PAM session[4]: System error The last line appears any time that I try to login. These lines appear when the server is started: Jan 9 05:24:35 decoy sshd[6774]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. Jan 9 05:24:35 decoy sshd[6774]: Generating 768 bit RSA key. Jan 9 05:24:36 decoy sshd[6774]: RSA key generation complete. So, no error here. And when the server is stopped: Jan 9 05:25:48 decoy sshd[6774]: Received signal 15; terminating. No error either. Anyone has a clue? TIA, sena... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.smux.net/~sena/ gpg fingerprint: F20B 12A8 A8F6 FD1F 9B1D BA62 C424 8E73 DD2E 47C8 SMUX - http://www.smux.net/
Re: Problems with Acer CD-RW 8432IA (cont...)
hi thanks Jaye ... I've tried quite a few different kernel configurations, including the one in your e-mail. I haven't been able to get this drive working at all under linux or Windows I think it's time to write Acer off as a bad mistake ... Andrew - Original Message - From: "Jaye Inabnit ke6sls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andrew McRobert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:14 PM Subject: Re: Problems with Acer CD-RW 8432IA (cont...) > > Andrew, > > Have you ever had this writer working under linux? It almost sounds like a > problem I had following a kernel upgrade from 2.0.36 to 2.2.17! I had left > in the atapi drivers in the kernel when I compiled it - - - I was kind of > going nutz over the whole deal. Finally my brother sent me a small email, and > that did the trick. I'll add it for you, and perhaps this might help. > > Re: no scsi found > From: "G. L. `Griz' Inabnit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Message was signed by unknown key ID 0x2FFB4B4A > Fire up 'make menuconfig' and follows this check list. > > 1. Block Devices > 1a. Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM support = N > 1b. SCSI emulation support = y > > 2. SCSI SUPPORT > 2a. SCSI support = y > 2b. SCSI CD-ROM support = Y > 2c. Enable vendor-specific extensions (for SCSI CDROM =Y > 2d. SCSI generic support = Y > > > On Sunday 10 December 2000 14:33, you were accused of writtng something like > this: > > > > Griz, > > > > I'm stumped. I have checked and recheckd and even re-re-compiled the kernel > > just to double make sure. I have included generic scsi and scsi emulation, > > but cdrecord -scanbus finds nothing. i'm reading the howto: > > http://www.guug.de/~winni/linux/cdr/html/CD-Writing-2.html > > But it is telling me that I can't include some things in the kernel and > > should be using ^m^ for modules. Did you mod the scsi stuff last time? I > > don't recall ever using modules on anything :| > > > > tnx > > I hope this is helpful. > > regards > > On Monday 08 January 2001 18:34, Andrew McRobert wrote: > > hi all > > > > I tried the command line suggestion of: > > > > cdrecord -v -dummy speed=2 dev=0,0 cd_image.raw > > > > with no luck ... here's the output from cdrecord if someone can help?!?!? > > > > thanks > > > > start-- > > Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling > > TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM > > scsidev: '0,0' > > scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 > > Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' > > atapi: 1 > > Device type: Removable CD-ROM > > Version: 0 > > Response Format: 1 > > Vendor_info: 'ATAPI ' > > Identifikation : 'CD-R/RW 8X4X32 ' > > Revision : '5.AX' > > Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. > > Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). > > Driver flags : SWABAUDIO > > Drive buf size : 1634304 = 1596 KB > > FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB > > Track 01: data 67 MB > > Total size: 77 MB (07:38.30) = 34373 sectors > > Lout start: 77 MB (07:40/23) = 34373 sectors > > Current Secsize: -1 > > ATIP start of lead in: -12525 (97:15/00) > > ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74) > > Disk type: Long strategy type (Cyanine, AZO or similar) > > Manuf. index: 26 > > Manufacturer: TDK Corporation > > Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 325476 > > Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in dummy mode for single session. > > Last chance to quit, starting dummy write in 9 seconds.8 seconds.7 > > seconds.6 seconds.5 seconds.4 seconds.3 seconds.2 seconds.1 seconds. > > Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. > > Starting new track at sector: 0 > > Track 01: 0 of 67 MB written.cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: > > scsi sendcmd: retryable error status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) > > CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 > > Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 21 00 00 00 > > Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 > > Sense Code: 0x21 Qual 0x00 (logical block address out of range) Fru 0x0 > > Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) > > cmd finished after 0.001s timeout 40s > > > > write track data: error after 0 bytes > > Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > Writing time:5.021s > > Fixating... > > WARNING: Some drives don't like fixation in dummy mode. > > Fixating time:0.002s > > cdrecord: fifo had 128 puts and 1 gets. > > cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%. > > end > > > > -- > > Andrew McRobert > > B.Sc.(Comp. Sci.) LL.B LL.M > > Info. Tech. Liaison Officer > > School of Law > > MURDOCH UNIVERSITY > > Ph: + 61 8 9360 6479 > > Fax: + 61 8 9310 6671 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > > Jaye Inabnit, ARS ke6sls e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 707-442-6579 h/m 707-268-4074268-4074//www.qsl
Re: Xfree86 with Intel i810
|> Does anyone know how to get the i810 driver to configure on Debian |> 2.2r2? I did this a couple of weeks ago on a Dell Optiplex under Debian 2.2r2. Like you, I downloaded the agpgart driver from the Intel site and compiled it locally. I didn't use XFree version 4, just the 3.3.6 which comes with Debian. It all works nicely. I didn't use the XF86Setup program, though, I just hand-edited XF86Config. I'll gladly send you the config file, but maybe it's crucial at your site that the XF86Setup program work in the way you describe? Jim
Re: Firewall Rules
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 01:16:29PM -0700, JD Kitch wrote: > I have 2 nics in my Linux box. One connected to my cable modem, and > the other has a windows machine attached to it, which I do > masquerading for. I need to be able to connection via VPN from the > windows box to an outside host. Is there a way to easily determine > what ports needs to be opened to accomplish this, or is there a way > to masquerade for the windows machine, but not do any firewalling for > that machine specifically, while still protecting my linux box? > > And lastly, can any one tell me what rule I could implement to still > be able to use Napster? there's several things to resolve, and probably a few more that are beyond my awareness -- but here's what i'd look for: 1) modconf -> ipv4 -> select and install ip-masq modules that look like they'd help with what you're after. 2) apt-get install ipmasq ... it'll take much of the worry and sweat out of configuring your firewall rules. 3) keep reading and soon someone will continue this thread showing where i'm all wet. -- See, if you were allowed to keep the money, you wouldn't create jobs with it. You'd throw it in the bushes or something. But the government will spend it, thereby creating jobs. -- Dave Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED]***http://www.dontUthink.com/ volunteer to document your experience for next week's newbies -- http://www.eGroups.com/messages/newbieDoc
Re: Wishlist project ?
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 09:36:08PM +0100, Tony Schonfeld wrote: > Good evening, > > With the risk of me repeter I like Debian but it is necessary well to > acknowledge which one has as handicap the fact that when a release comes > out, one is always late of a war compared to redhat and others on the > freshness of the packages. > > I believed to understand that there was precisely like project in Debian, > to > make so that one can make cohabit several library on a same installation. > That would make it possible by example to go to seek a software which one > has very took need and to install it in spite of necessary dependances > more > raised than the current versions installed. wow. i guess this is cut & pasted from some translation software... :) hope i read your post correctly -- here goes: with the debian "apt-get" command you can install packages from your CD or directly from a local file:/ directory or through the internet via http:// or ftp:// protocols. the command "apt-setup" will start you off; if you have the standard CD roms, you can start from there. one of the nice things about APT-GET is that it will resolve the dependencies automatically. for more details, see http://www.eGroups.com/files/newbieDoc/apt-get-intro.html -- See, if you were allowed to keep the money, you wouldn't create jobs with it. You'd throw it in the bushes or something. But the government will spend it, thereby creating jobs. -- Dave Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED]***http://www.dontUthink.com/ volunteer to document your experience for next week's newbies -- http://www.eGroups.com/messages/newbieDoc
Re: XDM background
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, COLPAERT, Koen wrote: > Hi, > > I installed Debian without any difficulties but I'm not amused with the > grey loginscreen from XDM. Someone told me to change this using xbanner > but that didn't satisfy me. Another user pointed me to some backgrounds > for XDM at http://x.themes.org . I took a nice Debian background ( > http://x.themes.org/php/pic.phtml?src=resources/xdm.969685173.jpg ) but > don't know how I can show it at the XDM-startup/login. How do I do this? > This worked for me. Add the following line to /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0: /usr/X11R6/bin/xv -root -maxpect -rmode 5 -quit image.jpg Today people in droves hurry up past Heumoz to Villars on the road to the ski hills, so they can rush down them as fast as possible, so they can hurry up again in order to rush down again. In a way this is funny,... Francis A Schaeffer David Purton http://www.chariot.net.au/~dcpurton/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unable to Install Debian From CD
> On 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have run dbootstrap from the Debian CD and installed the base system. > > I've done all the steps up to the point where the system is rebooted. When > > it reboots from a diskette, it runs the first part of the installation (set > > up partitions, install base system etc.), but if I try to access the CD, it > > says CDROM mount failed. > > > > When it boots from the HDD, I see that it finds the CDROM and calls it hdb. > > But when I run dselect, it only gives three options for access methods: > > > >nfs install from an NFS server (not yet mounted) > >floppy install from a pile of floppy disks > > * apt APT acquisition (file,http,ftp) > > > > I want to continue the installation from the CDROM discs resuming at the > > point where the Debian installation system boots from a Linux HDD, but I do > > not know how to proceed. Could someone provide assistance? Thank you. > > > > NOTES: The BIOS of my system does not support booting from CDROM. I believe > > I am using a standard ATAPI IDE drive (Wearnes CDS-2420). The CDROM drive > > is slaved to the HDD on the primary channel of an add-in IDE controller. > > On Sun, 07 January 2001, Sebastiaan wrote: > > Hi, > > have you included a /cdrom line in your fstab? If the installation program > cannot find a cdrom itself, you are able to fix it this way, I think, > > Greetz, > Sebastiaan > > >On 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Hello there. I have the following line in /etc/fstab: >/dev/cdrom/cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto0 0 > >Thanks, Brad. I found the problem. It seems that the drive I was using was "compatible" but had to be inisialised by the DOS driver before it would work under Linux. However, I borrowed a CD drive from another computer that Linux supports directly and had no problems with it (the original drive was malfunctioning anyway). -Brad ___ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com
Re: dirt-level networking
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 06:30:22PM +0100, tom wrote: > Hey All, > > First, can someone point me to somewhere other than the > ethernet or network howto for info on setting up a home network? > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linag2/book/index.html > I have two boxes, one nic for each, and a crossover cable. plus > a dialup modem in one. eventually I'd like my cheapie computer > (a bargain 486) > to be a firewall, but just want to mess with networking the two > first. > > one box has an isa card, the other a pci, but they're both > ne2000 compatable (pnp, unfortunately). > You may have to turn off the pnp on the isa card to get it to work. You can do so with a disk from the manufacturer. > Once I get the two connected, I'm gonna move my modem to the > 486. Am I gonna have to jump thru too many hoops to switch to a > dsl modem later? (I'll have to add another nic??) > -- You will have to change your setup some but it shouldn't be too hard. You'll have to have two nics, yes. hth, kent -- "In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." - Carl Sagan
Re: whoops -subject meant to be software RAID
To quote John Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # OK i've built a server to run a Linux/Apache/Mysql/PHP setup on. # # It works pretty well and we're happy with it. But i've statred hearing about Software RAID. Our budget won't run to SCSI or a RAID controller. There are relatively cheap IDE-based RAID solutions available, if you want to consider that. # But we could stick in a second HD on the other IDE controller. Yup. # Would this be worthwhile? How hard is it to set up a software raid? what do I do? does it matter that i want the whole OS as well as the data storage mirrored? Fairly easy. Read the appropriate HOWTOs are http://www.linuxdoc.org Dave
whoops -subject meant to be software RAID
OK i've built a server to run a Linux/Apache/Mysql/PHP setup on. It works pretty well and we're happy with it. But i've statred hearing about Software RAID. Our budget won't run to SCSI or a RAID controller. But we could stick in a second HD on the other IDE controller. Would this be worthwhile? How hard is it to set up a software raid? what do I do? does it matter that i want the whole OS as well as the data storage mirrored? I'm willing to take a speed hit in order to pick up a good fault-tolerance. Thanks in advance.. John
Re: Slow responses
OK i've built a server to run a Linux/Apache/Mysql/PHP setup on. It works pretty well and we're happy with it. But i've statred hearing about Software RAID. Our budget won't run to SCSI or a RAID controller. But we could stick in a second HD on the other IDE controller. Would this be worthwhile? How hard is it to set up a software raid? what do I do? does it matter that i want the whole OS as well as the data storage mirrored? I'm willing to take a speed hit in order to pick up a good fault-tolerance. Thanks in advance.. John
Re: startx xterm # by root, not user, causes pointer freeze
S Taylor wrote: > > (touchpad) Pointer Config in XF86Config: > Section "Pointer" > Protocol"GlidePoint" > Device "/dev/mouse" > Port"/dev/mouse" > Buttons 3 > > Where is this pointer freezing up? The > problem _may_ have begun after upgrading > to potato (apt-get update, apt-get > dist-upgrade). An strace of the two loads > doesn't show any clear point of freeze (that > this newbie recognizes). The pointer often > freezes after a screen-saver has been on. > Any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA be sure nothing else is using the mouse? e.g. gpm or something ..i suggest running lsof to see if anything is using the device before doing startx. if there is stop the process/daemon and see if that helps. nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mail client
Casey Webster wrote: > > Hello, > > I've noticed debian doesnt distribute pine on its package mirrors, and > as i've only really used pine under unix for mail, what mail clients do > you guys use, so i can check them out. > > thanks > -casey i use pine and netscape mostly ..i tried to use mutt but the mutt in potato doesn't have SSL support so for remote mail servers i use netscape. i have a mirror of pine 4.something for potato if your interested, apparently you can't re distribute it unless you have a "L in the filename or something..someone else did the work but i keep it around on my server because i build new machines often and usually need to re download it :) you can find it at http://portal.aphroland.org/debian/ i have not used them all that much but they seem to work. of course YMMV. use at your own risk, and all the other standard disclaimers apply. maybe there will be a non-us or non-free version of mutt with ssl sometime in a future _STABLE_ debian release.(note pine has no ssl support either incase your wondering) nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Slow responses
D-Man wrote: > Just an FYI, it seems that my outgoing mail takes quite a while to > reach the list. (I don't believe it is the list's fault) My message Re the > c++ compiler was sent several hours > ago, but just arrived in my folder. After sending my message I > received the message from other people sent around the same time as me > (even after!). > > This is just to avoid any flames about being behind schedule and just > mimicking other peoples messages. (I have already received such a > message) Hpmh. Email can take rather arbitrarily long to get from point a to point b (of course this is less true than it used to be..). I'm writing this on a net-disconnected laptop; the mail may not leave my laptop's queue until as late as sometime tomrrow morning when it automatically powers itself on and sends out queued mail over the network card I will hopefully remember to put in the laptop tonight. The moral is, if you're going to flame someone for being redundant, look at their message's Date header first. -- see shy jo
Re: alsa software mixing
Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > Is this not a case of hardware mixing? ymfpci has a hardware mixer, and > if alsa supports that, then audio streams should be mixed by the sound > hardware itself. Yep you're right, it is hardware mixing. -- see shy jo
Re: Linux related employment
Ray Percival wrote: > > This is a general question for some of you who may > be lucky enough to be able to use Linux in your > jobs. Besides coding what skillsets would really > set someone apart as a person looking for > a Linux job? I'm currently thinking about what to > start learning next and thought I'd ask. > Sorry if this offends anyone. > Thanks. course not :) what makes you stand out is if you know the talk...and know the systems, and are eager to learn. of course another requirement is being in the right location(geographical). you gotta be hard core to stand out(like me :) ). be willing to work long hours, have a flexible schedule and be able to work with multiple flavors of linux(i have worked with about 10-15). references and job experience are important too. education, at least in my case has not been an issue i don't even list education on my resume and don't really talk about it(people never ask me anyways). my job is system/network admin currently for a tier 2 linux company (at least according to LWN.net's stock index). started there in september, before that i worked for a big name free internet service provider that went down the tubes. provided knowledgable people interview you(note - don't be afraid of headhunters or contractors, for some reason many people don't like them), and you know how to respond(don't lie) then your in .. my salary has doubled in less then a year and could easily double again if i decided to persue other job offerings ...its crazy, blows me away what kind of demand there is for linux and unix people out there. i don't have plans to leave the current company i'm with, i have a lot of fun and the learning curve is great, exposure to many different unix platforms and i have a lot of influence on the company as a whole which is more important to me then more $$ at a bigger company. hope this helps ..don't mean to sound too excited but i can't help it :) having a job with linux/unix just plain RULES! i can't remember the last time i had a headache. nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Java jdk1.3 on Potato
> "David" == David Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> I solved the problem by using a sym link... ln -s David> /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 David> /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 David> Haven't fully tested the jdk, but java -version now works David> as expected. This is wrong. If the major version number of the library has increased, then this means that the libraries are (read: should be) incompatible. Otherwise, the same version would be used and this extra symlink would not be required. Yes, it might work, but why not just down-load the correct library version instead? -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Debian distribution with free support
Hi! I'd recomend Storm Linux (http://www.stormix.com). It's a great distribution based on Debian, with all the packages compatible. The instalation is even simpler than Mandrake or RedHat, and the plug-and-pray device configuration is very easy with SAS. It's a really great product. []s Guilherme Ceschiatti On Monday 08 January 2001 20:03, Charlie Kroeger wrote: > >Someone wrote me an e-mail and included an URL to a seller of > >-|"Official" Debian that included free support. > > That was > > www.libranet.com > > They do a debian distro variation for $25, looks interesting, here's a > paste from their 'support' page, where the 'debian users' are mentioned. > > >Support > > > >Usually no support is needed to get a Libranet system up and running. > >If you do need help, you can email the developers at > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please provide your registration number. > > > >The key to a successfull installation is following the 11 sheet step-by- > >step install guide which includes notes on system functions like editing > >files, setting up dual boot, etc. > > > >There is a wealth of documentation avalable both on your system and on > >the web. There are Debian user groups, forums and FAQ pages. See > >www.debian.org. > > > >To access the Linux HOWTO documentation on your Libranet system, > >click HOWTO. > > > >To access the Debian Guide on your Libranet system, click Debian Guide. > > > >Coming soon: We are working on a basic Support solutions section, > >which will provide solutions to common questions. > > > >Disclaimer > > Well, 'free' with registration. > > This is America, nothing's 'actually' free as such, just a well cherished > concept. > > C.K.
Re: gnome run command
I gleaned this info from my .blackboxrc file from the default installation of potato. >From the looks of it, there are 2. They are: /usr/bin/gnome-run /usr/bin/grun I know the gnome-run works out of the gnome enviroment. I haven't tried the other. HTH, Jeremy >Hi, > >does anybody know if it is possible to start the built-in run command >(similar to xexec) of the gnome-panel, outside the gnome desktop, e.g. >under icewm. I tried to find the command's name but did not succeeed. I >also tried to find it out by looking into the process-list, but the start >of the run command is not shown as a separate process under gnome. If a >start independent of Gnome should not be possible, I would ITP gRun for >Debian which does the job very well. Xexec is a pain in the ass, because >even if the focus is given to the window, you first have to click inside to >be able to write a command. This is not the case with gRun or the built-in >command. Any hints would be greatly appreciated. > >Cheers, >Guenter > >-- >Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences? > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /etc/shadow
> look at /usr/share/base-passwd/*.master and make sure your passwd files > are consistent, resolve any conflicts by relocating your accounts/groups > to higher uid/gid ranges. Also get rid of your 'ppp' group and put the users who you want to have ppp privileges is the dip group (gid 30). It exists for exactly that purpose. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin
Linux related employment
This is a general question for some of you who may be lucky enough to be able to use Linux in your jobs. Besides coding what skillsets would really set someone apart as a person looking for a Linux job? I'm currently thinking about what to start learning next and thought I'd ask. Sorry if this offends anyone. Thanks.
RE: Java jdk1.3 on Potato
I solved the problem by using a sym link... ln -s /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 Haven't fully tested the jdk, but java -version now works as expected. Thanks for the quick responses. Dave -Original Message- From: David Shepherd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 9 January 2001 1:10 p.m. To: Debian-User Subject: Java jdk1.3 on Potato Just installed jdk1.3 and get the following error when running java -version /usr/local/jdk/jdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java: error in loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Can someone tell me how I can fix this or if jdk1.3 is not yet supported. Thanks Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dazed and confused - pop3 port
Hello list currently i have a nice setup of debian potatoe and trying to add exim as a mail server. I want to check my mail with outlook express/pegasus/whatever via the pop3 port from the windows boxes Initially i had this setup under Red hat and sendmail (before i saw the light and was converted) Under redhat inetd.conf are the lines: smtp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/sendmail etc etc pop-3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd/pop3d Under debian i have : smtpstream tcp nowait mail/usr/sbin/exim exim -bs i added pop3stream tcp nowait mail/usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3d thinking along the lines of the redhat box, ..but she no work :( The port is now open (i can telnet to it ) but exim doesnt reply. my question is ... how do i activate the pop3 port so i can check my email like i used to do on the redhat box? I know of Qpopper but i (mistakenly?) dont think i need it. anyway if someone could explain to me why debian doesnt have this port in the inetd.conf file (there must be a valid reason) and why i should or should not use Qpopper or like product, because clearly i don't understand the correlation between exim, pop3 and qpopper and i would like to! :-) thanks Matt
Problems with Acer CD-RW 8432IA (cont...)
hi all I tried the command line suggestion of: cdrecord -v -dummy speed=2 dev=0,0 cd_image.raw with no luck ... here's the output from cdrecord if someone can help?!?!? thanks start-- Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '0,0' scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' atapi: 1 Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'ATAPI ' Identifikation : 'CD-R/RW 8X4X32 ' Revision : '5.AX' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO Drive buf size : 1634304 = 1596 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB Track 01: data 67 MB Total size: 77 MB (07:38.30) = 34373 sectors Lout start: 77 MB (07:40/23) = 34373 sectors Current Secsize: -1 ATIP start of lead in: -12525 (97:15/00) ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74) Disk type: Long strategy type (Cyanine, AZO or similar) Manuf. index: 26 Manufacturer: TDK Corporation Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 325476 Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in dummy mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting dummy write in 9 seconds.8 seconds.7 seconds.6 seconds.5 seconds.4 seconds.3 seconds.2 seconds.1 seconds. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. Starting new track at sector: 0 Track 01: 0 of 67 MB written.cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 21 00 00 00 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x21 Qual 0x00 (logical block address out of range) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 0.001s timeout 40s write track data: error after 0 bytes Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Writing time:5.021s Fixating... WARNING: Some drives don't like fixation in dummy mode. Fixating time:0.002s cdrecord: fifo had 128 puts and 1 gets. cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%. end -- Andrew McRobert B.Sc.(Comp. Sci.) LL.B LL.M Info. Tech. Liaison Officer School of Law MURDOCH UNIVERSITY Ph: + 61 8 9360 6479 Fax: + 61 8 9310 6671 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mutt mailbox default
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:07:02PM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: | Thanks to everyone who helped me with this!!! It worked fine. | The last question: how can I change the default mail folder? for example | from ~/Mail to ~/mail? | | Thanks in advance! | | ps: I know I should read the documentation, but I am quite hurry now... :P Yes, 'man muttrc' will bring up the help file. Then use "/" followed by a regex to search for text. man + less is your friend. ;-) The variable is "folder" which defaults to "~/Mail" ~~ set folder = "~/mail" ~~ -D
Re: Making a bootable LILO floppy
... I always just use 'mkboot [image]' on my main kernel image, which gives me the same lilo config on the floppy as for the HDD. Andrew -- Andrew McRobert B.Sc.(Comp. Sci.) LL.B LL.M Info. Tech. Liaison Officer School of Law MURDOCH UNIVERSITY Ph: + 61 8 9360 6479 Fax: + 61 8 9310 6671 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Sebastiaan wrote: > Hi, > > from /usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt: > > /sbin/mke2fs /dev/fd0 > mount /dev/fd0 /floppy > cp /boot/boot.b /floppy > cp /vmlinuz /floppy > echo image=/floppy/vmlinuz label=linux | /sbin/lilo -C - -b /dev/fd0 -i > /floppy/boot.b -c -m /floppy/map > umount /floppy > > > For bigger configurations it may be handier to: > /sbin/lilo -C floppylilo.conf -b /dev/fd0 -i /floppy/boot.b -c -m /floppy/map > > > Greetz, > Sebastiaan > > > On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Tom Schuetz wrote: > > > How would I save a LILO configuration to a floppy's MBR, so as to run LILO > > from the floppy? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
IP spoofing protection
I sent the following to debian-firewall, but noone reacted, so I try here. = Hai and a jolly new year, I'm in the process of switching from pmfirewall to ipmasq. I've read a lot, and now I'm confused:) I thought rp_filter was supposed to prevent ip spoofing, but ipmasq still adds rules like: ipchains -A input -j DENY -i ! lo -s 127.0.0.1/255.0.0.0 -l ipchains -A input -j DENY -i ! eth1 -s 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0 -l Am I correct in assuming this is only done to get the logging? The second point of confusion is here: ipchains -A output -j DENY -i ! eth1 -d 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0 -l Is this just the routing being checked by ipchains rules? Am I correct in assuming this would be useless on a well configured machine? -- groetjes, carel
Re: AOL on Linux?
Not yet--there was talk of it, but I've never heard anything else on it... Ask AOL: maybe they dropped it because of one-too-few-requests... On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi everybody, >I'm in position that I can't change my ISP. I would like to know, >whether there is any possibility how to run AOL on Linux. Thanks Jiri > > >K chatov?n? je tu http://www.XChat.cz >Zalo?te si sv?j mail na http://mail.centrum.cz > > > -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: booting with a floppy disk
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 09:48:37PM +, Davide Cavallari wrote: > I really need the image files resc1440.bin and drv1440.bin for debian potato. > I have a set of CDROMs but they are from a computer magazine and don't have > these files!! > Where can I get them? I looked for them in the debian web site, but I > couldn't find! > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/ You should take a look at -- http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/#new-inst kent -- "In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." - Carl Sagan
Re: color in x apps
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 12:30:10PM -0500, Brad Cramer wrote: > could someone tell me hoew to change the default color that is used with > x-apps (i.e. xfontsel, xcolsel, etc...) they are currently darkslategray > background and wheat foreground I would like for a gray background and black > foreground. > Thanks for any help What window manager are you using? kent -- "In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." - Carl Sagan
Re: Whirl logo instead of Tux
Francois Menard wrote: > > Has anybody update the patch that enables the Whirl logo instead of the > Tux logo on boot ? > > -=Francois=- > Yes, it works,but you have to recompile the kernel after you apply the patch for the new logo.
Re: mutt mailbox default
Thanks to everyone who helped me with this!!! It worked fine. The last question: how can I change the default mail folder? for example from ~/Mail to ~/mail? Thanks in advance! ps: I know I should read the documentation, but I am quite hurry now... :P On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 01:26:16AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:05:37PM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > Hi! > > I want to mutt open looking into a given mailbox file, for example > > /home/myself/mail/inbox. How can I do it? > > Just name it on the commandline: > > $ mutt -f ~/mail/inbox > > And if that file is part of mutt's default mail folder (normally > called ~/Mail) then this can be simplified to: > > $ mutt -f=inbox > > -- > groetjes, carel >
Re: mutt mailbox default
You could also make a symlink: ln -s /var/spool/mail/myself inbox from your ~/mail dir. > On 20010108.2205, Marcelo Chiapparini said ... > > Hi! > I want to mutt open looking into a given mailbox file, for example > /home/myself/mail/inbox. How can I do it? > > Thanks in advance > > Marcelo > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nis/nfs/automounter
To quote Daniel Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # Hey, having a problem with my debian box here, was wondering if anyone # has had this problem before. I have made my box an nfs server, and I # have my home directory located on it. I want to be able to automount my # home directory when I log into another machine on the network. I am # using NIS for authentication. I can authenticate successfully, and I # can even mount my home directory from another box. The only problem is # that unless I mount it on the Local machine, it is read-only. So # basically, I just want to be able to write to my home directory from # another computer. Any clues? Let me know if you need more info. Yeah, check out 'man exports'. The file you want is /etc/exports(which you probably already know). You probably want something like: /home other.computer(rw,no_root_squash) Dave
Need help with XFree86 (fwd)
Can anyone offer any advice on this problem? The logs are attached. AGPGART is installed, but the logs indicate there may be a problem. Any help greatly appreciated! Thanks, Russ -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 15:46:04 -0600 (CST) From: Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Need help with XFree86 Howdy! My wife bought me a new computer for Christmas, an E-machine with the i810 chipset. I was able to get X11 working under TurboLinux (the CD came with the LAN card I bought), but I'm having difficulty with Debian. Attached are the XF86Config file and the XFree86 log file. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks much, Russ XFree86 Version 4.0.2 (RC3) / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400) Release Date: 14 December 2000 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.2.18pre15 i686 [ELF] Module Loader present (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Fri Jan 5 15:07:16 2001 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (??) unknown. (==) ServerLayout "My Layout" (**) |-->Screen "My Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Samtron" (**) | |-->Device "i810" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104" (**) XKB: model: "pc104" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us" (**) XKB: layout: "us" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Mouse" (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (--) using VT number 7 (WW) Cannot open APM (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.3 XFree86 XInput driver : 0.1 XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1 XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.2 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3 (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x8001700c, mode1Res1 = 0x8000 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,7120 card 109f,3151 rev 03 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,7121 card 8086,7121 rev 03 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 8086,2418 card , rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:1f:0: chip 8086,2410 card , rev 02 class 06,01,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:1f:1: chip 8086,2411 card 8086,2411 rev 02 class 01,01,80 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1f:2: chip 8086,2412 card 8086,2412 rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1f:5: chip 8086,2415 card 109f,3151 rev 02 class 04,01,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:0d:0: chip 14f1,2013 card 155d,8850 rev 01 class 07,80,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:0e:0: chip 1317,0985 card 1317,0574 rev 11 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) LoadModule: "scanpci" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3 (II) UnloadModule: "scanpci" (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) PCI-to-ISA bridge: (II) PCI-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x00 (VGA_EN is cleared) (II) Bus 0 I/O range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x04 (VGA_EN is cleared) (II) Bus 1 I/O range: [0] -1 0x3000 - 0x30ff (0x100) IX[B] [1] -1 0x3400 - 0x34ff (0x100) IX[B] [2] -1 0x3800 - 0x38ff (0x100) IX[B] [3] -1 0x3c00 - 0x3cff (0x100) IX[B
Re: When was /dev/gpmdata put into use??
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:37:49PM +0100, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > * Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > In X it's clear from the visual context when the mouse is in > > `cut&paste' mode or in `command' mode. > > Is it? Not in xterms. You're right, it isn't:( > > So I think it's wise to have a Debian policy to *not* have the mouse > > act in `command' mode on the console, unless specified otherwise by > > the user. > > I am indifferent about this. Shift+mouse for cut&paste is documented > in mc's help. Whether you can cut&paste or not is not the point that bothers me, it's the fact that on the console all of a sudden a mouse click can provoke some action! That somehow feels unsafe to me. When you're like me used to use mouse-clicks for cut and paste in text (whether on a console or in a xterm or in some text-window) then it's horrifying to realise that some programs on a mere upgrade suddenly might start to react differently in this respect. And then you'll have to remember *which* programs do so, yack. > > Nontheless, I think the Debian mc man should alter the behaviour and > > the options for mc to reflect the above, > > If you can convince upstream (the mc2-devel@nuclecu.unam.mx) or make > it policy, then I will do it. > > I can't really judge if this is a good thing or not. I will only > change mc's behaviour in a incompatible way (different mouse handling) > to its prior version for compelling reasons. You're ever so right! Didn't think it thru, I guess. -- groetjes, carel
Re: mutt mailbox default
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:05:37PM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > I want to mutt open looking into a given mailbox file, for example > /home/myself/mail/inbox. How can I do it? I think you need to change the MAIL_DIR or MAIL_FILE in /etc/logins.defs Phil
Re: mutt mailbox default
Yes, see my other reply. You could put "alias mutt='mutt -f inbox'" in your .bashrc, or better yet put set spoolfile = "~/myinbox" in your .muttrc file. HTH, -D On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:27:42PM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: | Thank you! does exist a way to put the option -f into a script file? | | Marcelo |
Re: Configuration for login prompt
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:02:50PM +0100, Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote: > Hi all, > > which file(s) should I look at to solve the following problem: when I > login through ssh, I get a welcome screen, starting with last login, but > also ending with that information, which looks something like this: > > Last login: Mon Jan 8 15:55:20 2001 from > ace.ulyssis.student.kuleuven.ac.be on pts/9 > > No mail. > Last login: Mon Jan 8 22:00:36 2001 from > ace.ulyssis.student.kuleuven.ac.be > > This last line shouldn't be there, but I don't really know where to > look... add this to /etc/ssh/sshd_config: ## since these are likely to be being handled by PAM, switch them off here PrintMotd no CheckMail no PrintLastLog no -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpdIL9Gk4Cd8.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: mutt mailbox default
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:27:42PM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Thank you! does exist a way to put the option -f into a script file? Read the docos on www.mutt.org (or /usr/doc/mutt I think) and search for spoolfile. -- CaT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 'We do more then just sing and dance. We've got a brain too.' -- The Backstreet Boys
dirt-level networking
Hey All, First, can someone point me to somewhere other than the ethernet or network howto for info on setting up a home network? I have two boxes, one nic for each, and a crossover cable. plus a dialup modem in one. eventually I'd like my cheapie computer (a bargain 486) to be a firewall, but just want to mess with networking the two first. one box has an isa card, the other a pci, but they're both ne2000 compatable (pnp, unfortunately). Once I get the two connected, I'm gonna move my modem to the 486. Am I gonna have to jump thru too many hoops to switch to a dsl modem later? (I'll have to add another nic??) -- -- Loving every minute of it. -tom
Re: /etc/shadow
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 10:24:14AM +1100, Marc-Adrian Napoli wrote: > hi, > > why, when i have the following: > > machine:/etc# ls -la shadow > -rw-r-1 root root 1761 Jan 9 10:34 shadow > > and then i run "passwd" to change my pasword are the permissions changed as > such: > > machine:/etc# ls -la shadow > -rw-r-1 root ppp 1761 Jan 9 10:34 shadow > > ?? group ppp has gid of 42 on my system and that includes all our users. > > i dont want our users to be able to see the shadow file but the permissions > keep getting changed everytime i change someones password! you have been messing with the standard debian user/group files: [EMAIL PROTECTED] eb]$ grep 42 /usr/share/base-passwd/group.master shadow:*:42: [EMAIL PROTECTED] eb]$ passwd is probably using the hard coded gid for the shadow group instead of the name and ensuring the shadow files have the proper permissions. in debian uid/gid 0-99 are reserved for debian use, you should not alter any existing groups here (you may add users to them of course, just don't do things like changing gid=42 from shadow to ppp) also do not allocate your own system users/groups in the 0-99 range or else they may collide with future debian system accounts. look at /usr/share/base-passwd/*.master and make sure your passwd files are consistent, resolve any conflicts by relocating your accounts/groups to higher uid/gid ranges. also check debian-policy (/usr/share/doc/debian-policy) for information about other reserved uids/gids. basically it goes like this: * 0-99: debian reserved * 100-999: reserved for dynamically allocated users/groups. you may use this space for your own system users/groups. * 1000-29000: used for dynamically allocated standard user accounts, this is what uids your users should get. * 3-5: reserved. * 6-64999: statically allocated centrally for debian use, unlike the 0-99 range they are not created by default on all debian systems, but all debian systems that have them created will have the same uid/gids. the qmail user accounts are allocated here. * 65000-65533: reserved. * 65534: user nobody, group nogroup. * 65535: (uid_t)(-1) == (gid_t)(-1). NOT TO BE USED, because it is the error return sentinel value. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpqmCygimm0e.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: /etc/shadow
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 10:24:14AM +1100, Marc-Adrian Napoli wrote: > why, when i have the following: > > machine:/etc# ls -la shadow > -rw-r-1 root root 1761 Jan 9 10:34 shadow > > and then i run "passwd" to change my pasword are the permissions changed as > such: > > machine:/etc# ls -la shadow > -rw-r-1 root ppp 1761 Jan 9 10:34 shadow > > ?? group ppp has gid of 42 on my system and that includes all our users. phil:~% less /etc/group | grep 42 shadow:x:42: phil:~% ls -l /etc/shadow -rw-r-1 root shadow 1215 Jan 5 23:31 /etc/shadow Do you have the group "shadow" on your system? > i dont want our users to be able to see the shadow file but the permissions > keep getting changed everytime i change someones password! Of course. Users should not be able to read the /etc/shadow Phil
Re: /usr/man vs /usr/share/man
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 03:55:14PM -0800, Henry House wrote: > Does anyone know why both /usr/man and /usr/share/man both exist in Debian > systems (woody and potato) and contain different files? we are in the process of converting from /usr/man to /usr/share/man. man maybe shared between machines, hence it should live in share per LFS (or whatever linux file system standard is called these days) -- groetjes, carel
Re: mutt mailbox default
Thank you! does exist a way to put the option -f into a script file? Marcelo On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 11:16:06AM +1100, CaT wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:05:37PM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > Hi! > > I want to mutt open looking into a given mailbox file, for example > > /home/myself/mail/inbox. How can I do it? > > All commandline options are under 'mutt --help'. > > -- > CaT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > 'We do more then just sing and dance. We've got a brain too.' > -- The Backstreet Boys > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Mgetty-fax: Receiving multiple pages.
Greetings, I managed to set up the mgetty and mgetty-fax packages, at it is both sending and receiving faxes straight out of the install.. 1. Install packages 2. To receive faxes, enable mgetty in '/etc/inittab' on the serial line that the faxmodem is attached to.. Sending faxes is with 'faxspool' with 'runfaxq' to send faxes on the queue. Now.. I received a multiple pages fax, but can only see the first page.. 1. mgetty-fax emails me the fax as a '.png' attachment 2. I extract it using 'metamail -w' (need to edit it first though, which is a problem.) This only gives me the first page. I would like to know what other people are using, and if they're happy with their system. I just know my boss will be asking for a web based front end to this. Paul -- Paul Schulz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Foursticks Systems Pty Ltd, http://www.foursticks.com.au 2/259 Glen Osmond Road, FREWVILLE South Australia 5063 Phone +61 8 8338 5500, Fax +61 8 8338 5511, Mob +61 401 981 301
Re: mutt mailbox default
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:05:37PM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > I want to mutt open looking into a given mailbox file, for example > /home/myself/mail/inbox. How can I do it? Just name it on the commandline: $ mutt -f ~/mail/inbox And if that file is part of mutt's default mail folder (normally called ~/Mail) then this can be simplified to: $ mutt -f=inbox -- groetjes, carel
Re: Java jdk1.3 on Potato
Do you have the file "libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2" ? (the number at the end is important? If not, you could try creating a symlink to the C++ lib you have but it probably won't run properly (most likely will be binary incompatible). Another solution is to build the jdk against the lib you have (but you don't have the jdk sources, right?) The only other way I can think of would be to rebuild libstdc++ to the correct version or find an already-compiled binary compatible version. You may want to try some open source solutions like gcj and kaffe. gcj can compile to Java bytecode or native machine code. Kaffe can compile to bytecode and also interprets bytecode. (the 2 are supposed to work together well). I had a (very) small threading project once that I used gcj, kaffe, and Sun's jdk to test. (both on my machine and the Solaris systems in the lab). HTH, -D On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 07:10:06PM -0500, David Shepherd wrote: | Just installed jdk1.3 and get the following error when running java -version | | /usr/local/jdk/jdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java: error in loading shared | libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such | file or directory | | Can someone tell me how I can fix this or if jdk1.3 is not yet supported. | | Thanks | Dave | | | -- | To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
Is there an easy way to get back from unstable to testing?
Hello! I made a silly mistake and did an apt-get upgrade and forgot that my sources.list was pointing to unstable instead of testing. Then I made a even more silly mistake and didn't looked at what apt-get was doing. So now I have an testing/unstable-installation that is really unstable (e.g. fetchmail stops because of a segmentation fault). I tried to find a way to downgrade back to only testing, but the only way I found would be to remove all packages not needed to install other packages and then doing a nearly complete reinstall. apt-get --reinstall doesn't work in this case because I have to replace packages with older versions of it. Can someone give me a hint how I can do this with less work of my own? Thanks! Stephen Rueger
Re: Java jdk1.3 on Potato
I got it from sun and it works dandy. it looks like you are missing some libraries. Try installing libstdc++2.10-dev and libc6-dev and any other -dev files you may find a debian.org in the stable packages development section. rick David Shepherd writes: > Just installed jdk1.3 and get the following error when running java -version > > /usr/local/jdk/jdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java: error in loading shared > libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such > file or directory > > Can someone tell me how I can fix this or if jdk1.3 is not yet supported. > > Thanks > Dave > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- When Gladstone was British Prime Minister he visited Michael Faraday's laboratory and asked if some esoteric substance called `Electricity' would ever have practical significance. "One day, sir, you will tax it," was the answer. -- Science, 1994
[mc]: Help reproducing a bug
Hi, I have a bugreport stating mc segfaults when a shell command that was started inside mc fails, e.g. because it is not found, it is interrupted, or it crashes. This error only occurs since a few weeks on my system and therefore might be related to kernel-2.4 or recent library updates in Debian unstable. [ this doesn't happen everytime a command fails ] I never had such a thing, nor did I hear about this prior to this report. Does someone else have this problem? Thanks for your help, Martin PS: Günter, maybe you could recompile the package with -ggdb so we can get a backtrace from the coredump?
Re: mutt mailbox default
You can set the system inbox (spoolfile) in the muttrc file. It's called "spoolfile" : set spoolfile = /home/myself/mail/inbox If it is a one time thing, mutt -f path/to/my/folder will open up any given folder. HTH, -D On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:05:37PM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: | Hi! | I want to mutt open looking into a given mailbox file, for example | /home/myself/mail/inbox. How can I do it? | | Thanks in advance | | Marcelo |
bad problem with pppd
I've never had problems with pppd, but now I can't log into the Net anymore! I have not changed my conf files. The first time I execute pppd, I get the connection, but the modem hangs in 3 seconds 8^( and this happens with every provider I have tried. The second time I try, I get this message on the terminal: Mon Jan 8 18:49:06 $ /usr/sbin/pppd -detach connect "/usr/sbin/chat -V -f /etc/ppp/interfree.chat" OK ala alanamalat, 06 Jan 2001 19:49:51 +0100 ERRORConnect script failed The third time is as the first one and the forth is as the second and so on! The message is strange, isn't it? It reports a date: 6 jan 2001, 19:49:51 I wasn't online at that time, but the problem began the next time I tried to connect...before that date all was ok! I have recompiled the kernel, reinstalled the ppp packet, but no results... What do you think? I have a generic 56k modem and this is the file /etc/ppp/option I use: lock defaultroute noipdefault modem /dev/modem 115200 crtscts passive asyncmap 0 # Per utilizzare i DNS trasmessi dinamicamente dal provider #usepeerdns # I pacchetti trasmessi e ricevuti sono al + di 552 bytes #mtu 552 #mru 552 # Nome-utente che ho sull'ISP name "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" #interfree This is the /etc/ppp/interfree.chat file: TIMEOUT 60 ABORT ERROR ABORT BUSY ABORT "NO CARRIER" ABORT "NO DIALTONE" "" "ATZ" OK "ATM0L0" OK "ATDT0112751010" TIMEOUT 75 CONNECT Cheers
Re: didn't do it quite right...
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 09:32:26PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote: > I have not been following this thread, but it seems that nobody has > mentioned the excellent debiantool make-kpkg yet. To install a new > kernel I just do: > > 1. cd /usr/src/linux > 2. make menuconfig > 3. make-kpkg kernel-image > 4. dpkg -i ../kernel-image- > 5. reboot > > Works like a charm > > Diego > > Yes, it does! Yee haw. I'm the original poster, and I just did it "Diego's way". Thanks everybody. Now I can recompile a kernel on a non-debian system, too... ...but why would I want to?? Debian rules the roost. -- Loving every minute of it. -tom
Re: mail client
I use mutt (www.mutt.org). I discovered it not very many weeks ago, but it's the best I've ever found. (I even prefer it to the GUI mailers I've tried). It has very nice mailing list support as well (including sort by threads). For other people, check the "X-Mailer" and "User-Agent" headers on their messages. (not all messages have such a header though). -D On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 05:51:21PM -0600, Casey Webster wrote: | Hello, | | I've noticed debian doesnt distribute pine on its package mirrors, and | as i've only really used pine under unix for mail, what mail clients do | you guys use, so i can check them out. | | thanks | -casey |
Re: mail client
pine lives in the nonfree because they aren't allowed to distribute modified source code. So they distribute pine and a cool wrapper dealie that does it on your box. Personally, I use mutt at home...it is very nice and it is configurable to use pine-like keybindings so your fingers don't freak out on you. It is also super for reading happy mailing list for this one cuz everything is threaded right there for you, unless you don't want it to be. Check out mutt.org for dotfiles and lists and stuff. rick Casey Webster writes: > Hello, > > I've noticed debian doesnt distribute pine on its package mirrors, and > as i've only really used pine under unix for mail, what mail clients do > you guys use, so i can check them out. > > thanks > -casey > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- When Gladstone was British Prime Minister he visited Michael Faraday's laboratory and asked if some esoteric substance called `Electricity' would ever have practical significance. "One day, sir, you will tax it," was the answer. -- Science, 1994
Re: mutt mailbox default
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:05:37PM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > I want to mutt open looking into a given mailbox file, for example > /home/myself/mail/inbox. How can I do it? All commandline options are under 'mutt --help'. -- CaT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 'We do more then just sing and dance. We've got a brain too.' -- The Backstreet Boys
Re: mail client
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 05:51:21PM -0600, Casey Webster wrote: > Hello, > > I've noticed debian doesnt distribute pine on its package mirrors, and > as i've only really used pine under unix for mail, what mail clients do > you guys use, so i can check them out. > Pine is included as pine4-src and pine4-diffs, because you aren't allowed to distribute modified pine-binaries and the originals won't fit the Debian policies (AFAIK where pine stores it's config-files). But you can download the original binaries from www.washington.edu/pine, they work fine. But give mutt a try. It's hard to configure, but it's worth the effort, because it's much better than any other mailclient I ever used. A few weeks ago I used also pine, but mutt is better. The most important feature from mutt is, that it can handle threads like a newsreader, so that it is much easier to handle mailinglists. Just don't get afraid of the configuration and read carefully whatever you can find about it! There are tons of features you'll never want to miss again! Have a nice time Stephen Rueger
Java jdk1.3 on Potato
Just installed jdk1.3 and get the following error when running java -version /usr/local/jdk/jdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java: error in loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Can someone tell me how I can fix this or if jdk1.3 is not yet supported. Thanks Dave
Re: /usr/man vs /usr/share/man
Henry House wrote: > Does anyone know why both /usr/man and /usr/share/man both exist in Debian > systems (woody and potato) and contain different files? Because we're in the middle of a transition from the former to the latter. man currently looks for man pages in both directories. -- see shy jo
Re: AOL on Linux?
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:22:07PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm in position that I can't change my ISP. I would like to know, > whether there is any possibility how to run AOL on Linux. Thanks Jiri Some time ago I saw on freshmeat.net a package for running linux using the AOL dialup service. The package acted in a similar fashion to PPP in that it provided an IP protocol and address to the linux machine tunneled over the closed AOL dialup protocol. I don't know how well it works as I never had the reason to use it yet. Hope this is of some help. ttylz
mutt mailbox default
Hi! I want to mutt open looking into a given mailbox file, for example /home/myself/mail/inbox. How can I do it? Thanks in advance Marcelo
/usr/man vs /usr/share/man
Does anyone know why both /usr/man and /usr/share/man both exist in Debian systems (woody and potato) and contain different files? -- Henry House OpenPGP key available from http://hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc pgpDLimaBf1NS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: gnome run command
It used to be gnome-run. I created my own launcher that first ran a script to set the "history" on my RH6.1 system (heavily upgraded) that had Gnome 1.2 on it. (Or maybe only gnome 1.0.55). After I installed RH7 I could no longer find the command and my launch er didn't work. -D On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:52:12PM +0100, Dr. Guenter Bechly wrote: | Hi, | | does anybody know if it is possible to start the built-in run command | (similar to xexec) of the gnome-panel, outside the gnome desktop, e.g. | under icewm. I tried to find the command's name but did not succeeed. I | also tried to find it out by looking into the process-list, but the start | of the run command is not shown as a separate process under gnome. If a | start independent of Gnome should not be possible, I would ITP gRun for | Debian which does the job very well. Xexec is a pain in the ass, because | even if the focus is given to the window, you first have to click inside to | be able to write a command. This is not the case with gRun or the built-in | command. Any hints would be greatly appreciated. | | Cheers, | Guenter | | -- | Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences?
Re: Xfree 4 and KDE on woody
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Sthitaprajna wrote: > On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:29:57 -0600 (CST) > Casey Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > co xc; cd xc; make World) or if there are .deb's i can get via apt-get. I > > have a friend who tells me that i can apt-get them, but i cannot see them. > > my sources.list points to the woody(testing) dir on ftp.us.debian.org, and > > You could point your sources.list to "unstable"/"sid" and update your > database. KDE2 and X4.0.2 are in unstable..Maybe progeny carries them too. > > Rgds > I'll have to try that, last time i pointed at unstable/sid i did a apt-get dist-upgrade and a lot of thing ceased to work for me, but i figured thats why its unstable and havent looked back in a bit. also, what is progeny? (new to the debian scene) thanks -casey
mail client
Hello, I've noticed debian doesnt distribute pine on its package mirrors, and as i've only really used pine under unix for mail, what mail clients do you guys use, so i can check them out. thanks -casey
Re: nis/nfs/automounter
i use nis/nfs on my lan and here are the pertinent bits for NFS /etc/exports on the nfs server: /home 192.168.1.100(rw,no_root_squash) /var/spool/mail 192.168.1.100(rw,no_root_squash) /www192.168.1.100(rw,no_root_squash) /etc/fstab on the client: smurfette:/home /home nfs defaults 0 1 smurfette:/var/spool/mail /var/spool/mail nfs defaults 0 1 smurfette:/www /www nfs defaults 0 1 hope that helps On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Daniel Hearn wrote: > Hey, having a problem with my debian box here, was wondering if anyone > has had this problem before. I have made my box an nfs server, and I > have my home directory located on it. I want to be able to automount my > home directory when I log into another machine on the network. I am > using NIS for authentication. I can authenticate successfully, and I > can even mount my home directory from another box. The only problem is > that unless I mount it on the Local machine, it is read-only. So > basically, I just want to be able to write to my home directory from > another computer. Any clues? Let me know if you need more info. > > I have installed packages: > nis > nfs-common > nfs-server > nfs-kernel-server > kernel 2.4-prerelease > > If it makes any difference, my computer is running raid5 on /dev/md0 and > the home directory is stored on there. > > Thanks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
/etc/shadow
hi, why, when i have the following: machine:/etc# ls -la shadow -rw-r-1 root root 1761 Jan 9 10:34 shadow and then i run "passwd" to change my pasword are the permissions changed as such: machine:/etc# ls -la shadow -rw-r-1 root ppp 1761 Jan 9 10:34 shadow ?? group ppp has gid of 42 on my system and that includes all our users. i dont want our users to be able to see the shadow file but the permissions keep getting changed everytime i change someones password! help! Regards, Marc-Adrian Napoli Network Admin Connect Infobahn Australia +61 2 9212 0387
Re: AOL on Linux?
>* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010108 17:24]: > >> I'm in position that I can't change my ISP. I would like to know, > whether there is any possibility how to run AOL on Linux. Thanks Jiri > >Try "Wine". Setup AOL to use TCP/IP for connection vs dialing itself. Go to >this page http://www.winehq.com/Apps/query.cgi and put "aol" in the product >field. Submit it and you'll see a few entries with a "4" rating, but they're >for version 3 for Windows v3.1. I don't know what your setup is, but if you have a decently fast computer (233+ Mhz), but I know for a fact that AOL works with VMWare. http://www.vmware.com I'd suggest downloading the trial of the Workstation version to see how it works. I used this for about 3 months before I could convince my family to switch to another ISP, and it worked great. (if only my computer had been faster) Jeremy
Re: gnome run command
Hi, On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 01:30:02AM +0100, Jona A. Andersen wrote: > gnome-run works for me (potato, fresh out of the box -- well, CD) Well, not here. The command gnome-run does not exist, but still the "built-in" run command works with Alt-F2 or choosing it from the menu. But there seems to be no concerning command!? Strange! Greetings, Guenter -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences?
Re: Debian. Gonna give it a whirl :)
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 04:19:51PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > David B. Harris writes: > > In North America, local regional calls are free - they don't cost > > anything. > > For me that "local region" is about ten miles in diameter and includes > exactly one (unreliable) ISP. > > > Sure, it took ~18 hours for a 640 meg CD image, but hey, I can just leave > > my computer to do its thing. > Ok. Well my ISP charges are not an issue - they are flat rate and I can be on 24/7. Sadly phone charges are an issue. Anyway thanks everyone for responses. I will give it a go later this week. No doubt you will be hearing from me again :) Cliff >
nis/nfs/automounter
Hey, having a problem with my debian box here, was wondering if anyone has had this problem before. I have made my box an nfs server, and I have my home directory located on it. I want to be able to automount my home directory when I log into another machine on the network. I am using NIS for authentication. I can authenticate successfully, and I can even mount my home directory from another box. The only problem is that unless I mount it on the Local machine, it is read-only. So basically, I just want to be able to write to my home directory from another computer. Any clues? Let me know if you need more info. I have installed packages: nis nfs-common nfs-server nfs-kernel-server kernel 2.4-prerelease If it makes any difference, my computer is running raid5 on /dev/md0 and the home directory is stored on there. Thanks
Re: packages
"Antonio A. Lobato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If my sources.list has the single line "deb file:/win/ main" , does the >dpkg find the >deb files within directorys > >main/binary-i386/editors/ >main/binary-i386/x11/ >main/binary-i386/libs/ Yes, as long as the Packages.gz file in /win/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz lists all those files with paths in the Filename: fields that are correct relative to /win. That's all that matters. Incidentally, I still don't think 'deb file:/win/ main' is the sources.list entry you want. Read the man page carefully. For reference, the only file entry I have in sources.list is 'deb file:/usr/src/debian unstable main non-free', which finds Packages.gz files in /usr/src/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz and /usr/src/debian/dists/unstable/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz. (So I think one of the suggestions I gave you earlier was wrong - I forgot about dists/ - but look in the bits of the man page that suggest using a distribution ending with a slash, or else move your archive around to match mine. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Where to put my firewall scripts?
I just setup a woody box to act as a masqerading firewall. Where is the most Debian(woody) place to put my firewall configuration script to be run a boot? Thanks, Gerry
Re: gnome run command
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:52:12PM +0100, Dr. Guenter Bechly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > does anybody know if it is possible to start the built-in run command > (similar to xexec) of the gnome-panel, outside the gnome desktop, e.g. > under icewm. I tried to find the command's name but did not succeeed. I > also tried to find it out by looking into the process-list, but the start > of the run command is not shown as a separate process under gnome. If a > start independent of Gnome should not be possible, I would ITP gRun for > Debian which does the job very well. Xexec is a pain in the ass, because > even if the focus is given to the window, you first have to click inside to > be able to write a command. This is not the case with gRun or the built-in > command. Any hints would be greatly appreciated. gnome-run works for me (potato, fresh out of the box -- well, CD) -- Jona A. Andersen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Xfree 4 and KDE on woody
Hello, i'm new to debian (and must say that i like it better than any other distro i've used), and i'm hearing people say they are using xfree 4 and kde, and am wondering if i need to install that the old fashioned way (cvs co xc; cd xc; make World) or if there are .deb's i can get via apt-get. I have a friend who tells me that i can apt-get them, but i cannot see them. my sources.list points to the woody(testing) dir on ftp.us.debian.org, and i've run apt-get update; apt-get upgrade, as well as apt-cache search kde, and searchong for X. So my question is if there are .ebs for these, wahat do i need to do to make them visible to apt. Thanks -casey
gnome run command
Hi, does anybody know if it is possible to start the built-in run command (similar to xexec) of the gnome-panel, outside the gnome desktop, e.g. under icewm. I tried to find the command's name but did not succeeed. I also tried to find it out by looking into the process-list, but the start of the run command is not shown as a separate process under gnome. If a start independent of Gnome should not be possible, I would ITP gRun for Debian which does the job very well. Xexec is a pain in the ass, because even if the focus is given to the window, you first have to click inside to be able to write a command. This is not the case with gRun or the built-in command. Any hints would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Guenter -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences?
Re: Debian. Gonna give it a whirl :)
To quote John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # David B. Harris writes: # > In North America, local regional calls are free - they don't cost # > anything. # # For me that "local region" is about ten miles in diameter and includes # exactly one (unreliable) ISP. # # > Sure, it took ~18 hours for a 640 meg CD image, but hey, I can just leave # > my computer to do its thing. # # Not everyone can afford a separate phone line for the computer. I wasn't saying that :) But, most of the posts I saw were along the lines of "don't even try it". Just wanted to say that, yes, it is possible. Assuming you have a) the means, and b) the patience. Dave
mid-install problem: after reboot inetd problem
I've tried to install Debian 2.2 from cd on two different machines (a Cyrix 250 with 128mb ram and a p133 with 80mb ram) and I've got the same problem both times. After installing the base system (installing kernel, choosing modules, configuring network, etc.) and the installer says to reboot, after rebooting (either from hard drive or custom floppy) the kernel starts up fine but then once INIT switches to runlevel 2 then inetd tries to start up and I get the following: /bin/sh: /sbin/termwrap: No such file or directory /bin/sh: exec: /sbin/termwrap: cannot execute: No such file or directory (i get that several times then) INIT: Id 1 Respawning too fast: Disabled for 5 minutes The boot-up never gets past this point so i'm not sure how to take care of this problem and continue with the installation. I'm still new to Linux, I've succesfully installed Redhat 6.2 and Mandrake 7.1 but I wanted to try Debian and have hit this brick wall. I've scoured mailing lists and web sites trying to find help on this but with no luck. Any help including just pointing me in the right direction will be greatly appreciated.
Re: not getting all mail
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 08:43:17PM +0100, Philipp Schulte wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 09:27:55AM +, cls/cs wrote: > > > fetchmail told me that i had 317 new messages; but i > > think my system shut off at 200. > > > > 1. how do i set up exim/fetchmail/mutt to give me all > > the mail? > > Are you looking for this one (from /etc/exim.conf): > > # This sets the maximum number of messages that will be accepted in one > # connection. The default is 10, which is probably enough for most purposes, > # but is too low on dialup SMTP systems, which often have many more mails > # queued for them when they connect. > > smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 100 > > Phil > // thank you. bentley taylor. // running: debian gnu/linux (http://www.debian.org) kernel: 2.2.17
Re: AOL on Linux?
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010108 17:24]: > I'm in position that I can't change my ISP. I would like to know, Just curious, why can't you possibly change ?? > whether there is any possibility how to run AOL on Linux. Thanks Jiri Try "Wine". Setup AOL to use TCP/IP for connection vs dialing itself. Go to this page http://www.winehq.com/Apps/query.cgi and put "aol" in the product field. Submit it and you'll see a few entries with a "4" rating, but they're for version 3 for Windows v3.1. Good luck! Hall
Re: kernel 2.4, modutils requires libc6 2.1.97
** Jameson C. Burt wrote on Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:33:00AM -0500: ** > Does an upgrade of libc6 from version 2.1.3 to 2.1.97 largely work? > But more, I no longer see libc6 version 2.1.97, so I must go all the > way to libc6 version libc6_2.2-5 in woody. > Oh my, I have heard people having problems with libc6 version 2.2: > are there problems upgrading to libc6_2.2? I upgraded to libc6_2.2 some days ago, and I never had (and have!) any problemes. Greetings Erich
Re: implicit lock in formail
Hello * Marco C . ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi guys!!! > Every time I run fetchmail->procmail->formail, I get this message in > procmail.log: > > procmail: Couldn't determine implicit lockfile from "/usr/bin/formail" > > The only place where I use formail is in .procmailrc, where I put the lines: > # cancels the header Received: > :0fhw: > | $FORMAIL -I Received: # I defined FORMAIL = /usr/bin/formail You need to remove the second colon from this line. It tells procmail to use a lock and since you don't provide a name, it try to determine the name of the lock from the name of the mailbox and it fails cause of the pipe. So you should have : :0fhw | $FORMAIL -I Received: > This filter does its work, but the log file continues to warn me!!! > Can you help me? (as in three imaginary boys...) > > Thanks in advance, marco Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain
Re: Command line search and replace
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 12:54:34AM +0800, csj wrote:
:for i in *.txt ; do mv $i $i.tmp ; sed s/foo/boo/g $i.tmp > $i ; done
:
:Can anybody comment on this little script? This appears to work, but
:may be inefficient. And it's one step removed from what I want,
:recursive processing. That is, to have sed process files in
:subdirectories of the current directory. I prefer something that can
:receive its input from find:
:
:find . -name *.txt
My vote for most elegant:
find . -name *.txt -exec sed s/foo/boo/g {} \;
{} refers to file found ^ ^must have \; to terminate
-exec
-Jon
Re: Debian. Gonna give it a whirl :)
David B. Harris writes: > In North America, local regional calls are free - they don't cost > anything. For me that "local region" is about ten miles in diameter and includes exactly one (unreliable) ISP. > Sure, it took ~18 hours for a 640 meg CD image, but hey, I can just leave > my computer to do its thing. Not everyone can afford a separate phone line for the computer. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin
Re: When was /dev/gpmdata put into use??
* Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You could use an alias like "alias mc='mc -b'", couldn't you:) The > otherway around is impossible without recompilation. BUT... You mean "mc -d". I will add a note about it in README.Debian. I must admit, that I use mc in xterms only, and then I use the mouse only for cut&paste. > In X it's clear from the visual context when the mouse is in > `cut&paste' mode or in `command' mode. Is it? Not in xterms. > So I think it's wise to have a Debian policy to *not* have the mouse > act in `command' mode on the console, unless specified otherwise by > the user. I am indifferent about this. Shift+mouse for cut&paste is documented in mc's help. > I'm no Debian-developer, so I think I'm not entitled to propose > such a policy chance:(, besides, I don't know how to procede with > it:) Check /usr/doc/debian-policy/policy-process.text.gz or the html version. > Nontheless, I think the Debian mc man should alter the behaviour and > the options for mc to reflect the above, If you can convince upstream (the mc2-devel@nuclecu.unam.mx) or make it policy, then I will do it. I can't really judge if this is a good thing or not. I will only change mc's behaviour in a incompatible way (different mouse handling) to its prior version for compelling reasons. Ciao, Martin
IBM Apiva 2144-m51 and the mwave card
I was reading the incmpatibility list and saw that the mwave card needs to have it firmware loaded before it will work. Does anyone know if this card has drivers that work if it the firmware is loaded and what it takes to load it. I am planning on procuring Debian 2.2 and loading it on my Aptiva and can live without the modem and sound but it would be fun to have it. -- ==perry The statements and opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily represent those of Oracle Corporation. +===+ |Perry Tucker Java Products Group | |PMTS JAVAVM Tools and Utilities| |Phone: 650-506-3305 Server Technologies | |Location: 4op1370MS: 4op13| |WebSite: http://www-aurora.us.oracle.com/aurora/ | +===+ begin:vcard n:Tucker;Ernest tel;work:650-506-3305 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Data Storage Technolgies;COREX version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Leader Member of Technical Staff adr;quoted-printable:;;500 Oracle Parkway=0D=0AMS 4op13;Redwood Shores;California;94065;USA fn:Perry Tucker end:vcard
Question: Xfree 4 and startx
I have installed Xfree 4.0.2 by downloading and dpkg-ing the following .debs, from The Pool: libfreetype6_2.0.1-1.debxserver-common_4.0.2-1_i386.deb xbase-clients_4.0.2-1_i386.deb xserver-xfree86_4.0.2-1_i386.deb xfree86-common_4.0.2-1_all.deb xlibs_4.0.2-1_i386.deb no problem: "XFree86" runs and shows me a gray screen w/ pointer, I can start enlightenment over it, etc... BUT xinit -verbose (resp startx -verbose) show they still call X 3.3.6 !! Who of course is very unhappy, and so are gdm, xdm, etc... What I did was a symlink from /usr/bin/X11R6/X to XFree86 and now all works fine (startx, gdm, etc), but I was wondering what I did wrong to get such a bizarre behavior of X. I thought the install would have taken care of that! BTW the patch for Nvidia drivers and kernel 2.4.0 is out: http://www.linuxgames.com/news/followupgen.php3?news_id=3656 I can now go to bed and feel happy to have X working, with the accelerated driver :-) Good Night to you all Romain
Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options
Hi, here is another ATT customer with ATT Cable connected to Debian. I run auth,telnet(Dahh), sshd, exim, httpd accessible from most net but all other ports are blocked by ipchains. If you are worried about ATT scanning, use your providers ip range to block access to open ports. Just plug NNTP ports when you install. See log and find out these authorized portscan. Then block those 2 IPs. Unless you run seruoisly high trafficking web server or something, cable company has no time to police you. You should be more concered about script kiddy running portscan on your machine. Remember that ATT say you can not use your conection to serve outside of your property but according to the contract it is OK to have masq box. If you talk to CS of ATT, they say differently, but CONTRACT is THE ONLY thing it conts in this contry. Good luck. Osamu > | AT&T @home service uses DHCP but the DHCP server always allocates the same > | IP to your box. This is done so that it's easier to rearrange IP addresses > | (for them) should they ever need to. However, the technicians are told to > | set the machine to the assigned static IP if anything goes wrong (and it's > | not uncommon for @home DHCP to be down). I've been using my static IP since > | I got the service because their DHCP (and DNS) was down the day it was > | installed. > | > | If you do get a broadband connection, be sure to setup a decent ipchains > | firewall script and/or run some sort of intrusion detection system because > | the broadband IP ranges are frequently scanned by hax0rs for vulnerable > | systems. AT&T @home scans all of their clients for news servers (port 119) > | routinely, so whatever you do, don't setup a news server -- even by mistake. > | > > Is there a general disapproval from service providers regarding > servers? I wasn't planning on a news server, but I do have a web > server and ftp server (in addtion to sshd) on my machine. If possible > I would also like to run a mailing list. > > Thanks (all who replied) for all the great info! > -D > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + Fingerprint: 814E BD64 3288 40E7 E88E 3D92 C3F8 EA94 D5DE 453D + + === http://www.aokiconsulting.com === Cupertino, CA USA === +
AOL on Linux?
Hi everybody, I'm in position that I can't change my ISP. I would like to know, whether there is any possibility how to run AOL on Linux. Thanks Jiri K chatování je tu http://www.XChat.cz Založte si svůj mail na http://mail.centrum.cz
Re: Command line search and replace
then do this: for i in `find . -name *.txt` ; do blah ; done and make sure you know what you're doing. cheers, robt csj wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 12:56:45AM +0800, I wrote: > > Is there a tool to do a search-and-replace from the command line? > > Something along the lines of: > > > > replace "string one" "string foo" files-to-process > > sed is it! Thanks to John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michal > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, und eechi von akusyumi > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for the replies. Now my problem is how to > make sed recurse through directories. I managed to chain commands > together as: > > for i in *.txt ; do mv $i $i.tmp ; sed s/foo/boo/g $i.tmp > $i ; done > > Can anybody comment on this little script? This appears to work, but > may be inefficient. And it's one step removed from what I want, > recursive processing. That is, to have sed process files in > subdirectories of the current directory. I prefer something that can > receive its input from find: > > find . -name *.txt > > -- > Just testing this signature thing! > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Command line search and replace
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 00:54:34 +0800 csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 12:56:45AM +0800, I wrote: > > Is there a tool to do a search-and-replace from the command line? > > Something along the lines of: > > > > replace "string one" "string foo" files-to-process > > sed is it! Thanks to John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michal > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, und eechi von akusyumi > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for the replies. Now my problem is how to > make sed recurse through directories. I managed to chain commands > together as: > > for i in *.txt ; do mv $i $i.tmp ; sed s/foo/boo/g $i.tmp > $i ; done > > Can anybody comment on this little script? This appears to work, but > may be inefficient. And it's one step removed from what I want, > recursive processing. That is, to have sed process files in > subdirectories of the current directory. I prefer something that can > receive its input from find: > > find . -name *.txt for i in `find . -name *.txt` ; do ... -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .
Re: Trouble Setting Up DSL
Hi, Did you check network configuration by "ifconfig" on Linux? Is it up? Also "route -n"? Can you ping 127.0.0.1? "lsmod"?... Also check your service is PPoE or not as previous poster? Debian, I think, had package for PPoE. Check it out. (This is suspisious one) Good luck. Osamu On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 09:04:13PM -0330, Jason Dawe wrote: > Hello I have a DSL modem with a SMC EtherPower II Ethernet card. Before > installing Debian I used the Windows 'winipcfg' utility to find out my IP > address, DNS servers, Default Gateway, Subnet Mask and DHCP Server. > > During the install I loaded the Epic 100 module, and entered the above > values in the Configure Network option. I assumed this would be enough to > let me access the Internet. > > However, after completing the installation and rebooting I could not connect > to any sites, nor could I ping any servers. For example if I do a 'ftp > ftp.debian.org' it instantly tells me it is not found. (It takes no time at > all; doesn't even seem to look) > > Any advice? How can I get this to work? I'm using 2.2r2 > > Thanks > --Jason/Xylon > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + Fingerprint: 814E BD64 3288 40E7 E88E 3D92 C3F8 EA94 D5DE 453D + + === http://www.aokiconsulting.com === Cupertino, CA USA === +
Re: Command line search and replace
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 12:56:45AM +0800, I wrote: > Is there a tool to do a search-and-replace from the command line? > Something along the lines of: > > replace "string one" "string foo" files-to-process sed is it! Thanks to John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, und eechi von akusyumi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for the replies. Now my problem is how to make sed recurse through directories. I managed to chain commands together as: for i in *.txt ; do mv $i $i.tmp ; sed s/foo/boo/g $i.tmp > $i ; done Can anybody comment on this little script? This appears to work, but may be inefficient. And it's one step removed from what I want, recursive processing. That is, to have sed process files in subdirectories of the current directory. I prefer something that can receive its input from find: find . -name *.txt -- Just testing this signature thing!
Re: Debian distribution with free support
>Someone wrote me an e-mail and included an URL to a seller of >-|"Official" Debian that included free support. That was www.libranet.com They do a debian distro variation for $25, looks interesting, here's a paste from their 'support' page, where the 'debian users' are mentioned. >Support >Usually no support is needed to get a Libranet system up and running. >If you do need help, you can email the developers at >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please provide your registration number. >The key to a successfull installation is following the 11 sheet step-by- >step install guide which includes notes on system functions like editing >files, setting up dual boot, etc. >There is a wealth of documentation avalable both on your system and on >the web. There are Debian user groups, forums and FAQ pages. See >www.debian.org. >To access the Linux HOWTO documentation on your Libranet system, >click HOWTO. >To access the Debian Guide on your Libranet system, click Debian Guide. >Coming soon: We are working on a basic Support solutions section, >which will provide solutions to common questions. >Disclaimer Well, 'free' with registration. This is America, nothing's 'actually' free as such, just a well cherished concept. C.K.
Re: undo extraction
Chris Gray wrote: > (-print0 is an option for find). Whoops!
