help
May, 2001 Russia, Krasnodar, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ladies and Gentelmen, I admire with your beautiful software. But to my great regret I have any problems with using package gs. I have probed all variants to print Russian (or ather language) texts. It fail to. According documentation, if to compile GNU Ghostscript with option "ttfont" - it work with ttf fonts and unicode encoding. I got source GNU Ghostscript and tried to apply this option. But "make" do not knows such. It is not possible to use True Type fonts at all, Is not it? It will be very fine to use free unicode True Type fonts to print non English texts. Please help me to use its. And why is the Ghostscript binary not compiled for True Type? About Type1 fonts for printing non English texts. I do not find in Internet free Type1 Russian koi8-r (and other encodings and languages) fonts. Where can I do it? Besides, reading documentation and handling various Type1 fonts and Ghostscript, there appeared suspictions that the Ghostscript and Type1 fonts can be use only for printing English texts. Please answer me - whether I can print Russian (and other) texts and how. If I must use only Type1 fonts - where I may get it. But it wil be better to use True Type for me. Now my operation system is Debian/Linux and pure Xfree86 (without any Gnome, Fvwm ...). Now I have not much time to learn details of your product. I very need to use it. I need your advice and help. I speak English not very good, But I am not a dull pupil :-) Yours Sincerely, Anatole.
Re: [users] Re: Accesing internet thru MS Proxy server
also sprach Hall Stevenson (on Thu, 10 May 2001 10:02:42PM -0500): > Just curious, can you access the internet using Netscape on a Windows > box ?? If not, it's likely that MS Proxy is also doing (NTLM) > authentication. If it is, you may be out of luck. you can pretty much forget it. micro$oft proxy requires client software on each workstation. they thought that out well in terms of scalability. but that's what you get when you want to bind your customers to your products. all i can say is: micro$oft, you're a joke. martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- the reason that every major university maintains a department of mathematics is that it's cheaper than institutionalizing all those people.
Dependency Problems with Ximiam-GNOME Install
Hi Everyone- I'm trying to install Ximian GNOME with apt, but I am having some problems. I've added the following line to my sources.list file: deb http://red-carpet.ximian.com/debian stable main and then updated the package lists. I follow that up with: apt-get install task-ximian-gnome but it reports the following: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: task-ximian-gnome: Depends: codecommander but it is not installable Depends: gnome-games but it is not going to be installed Depends: gnome-iconedit but it is not installable I guess I'm missing something here, but can't figure out what. I can't find a codecommander package in stable so I figure it's something that needs to come from Ximian. Issuing an apt-get install with all the above packages still complains about codecommander. Should I be getting my GNOME from somewhere else? Thanks! -- ) Mark Wagnon ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ( Chula Vista, CA ((
Re: Debian install/2.4 Kernel/ATA-100 RAID
Zac, Excellent! We have at least one guy who understands what I was asking ;-) Thanks, hopefully this will clarify things a little bit... If anyone has any ideas now that the question has been restated, I will still apreciate the help, if not, well thats how life goes... Marcus Zac Epkes wrote: Sorry i was jsut wondering if anyone was READING the entire question... I would help if i could but i dont know, HERE : The man would like to know how to install Debian having the Whole drive being a Software RAID, he wants to install CLEAN w/ the raid, now he has '/boot' [estimated about 30mb] now i dont see how u plan for him to install debian on a 30mb partition, remake a kernel and then setup the raid as part of the installation... Sorry, i just didnt like seeing the man ask a question 4 times and have people tell him to install a patch [which he CAN NOT install] to get a raid '/' working... - overid3 =) P.S. - trully sorry... -- C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.
the new pppconfig and some errors
Hello: I upgraded pppconfig to 2.0.6 and now when I run
the pppconfig perl script, errors on line 71, line 219
and more are reported. Where am I going wrong ?
Am I missing something ?
I am able to connect to my ISP using pon and poff too
is doing its job.
--
ragOO, VU2RGU
Keeping the Air-Waves FREE...Amateur Radio
Keeping your Software FREE.the GNU Project
Keeping the W W W FREEDebian GNU/${kernel}
Re: Debian install/2.4 Kernel/ATA-100 RAID
Sorry i was jsut wondering if anyone was READING the entire question... I would help if i could but i dont know, HERE : The man would like to know how to install Debian having the Whole drive being a Software RAID, he wants to install CLEAN w/ the raid, now he has '/boot' [estimated about 30mb] now i dont see how u plan for him to install debian on a 30mb partition, remake a kernel and then setup the raid as part of the installation... Sorry, i just didnt like seeing the man ask a question 4 times and have people tell him to install a patch [which he CAN NOT install] to get a raid '/' working... - overid3 =) P.S. - trully sorry...
Mount is halfway broken
On my unstable box, "mount -a" segfaults. It gives the following error (lots of stuff snipped): <1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address[...] [...] pmd entry cbb49000: ... pmd not present! [...] I woke up this morning and everything was unmounted. I actually found that kind of odd :-) Windows instincts somehow kicked in and I rebooted. And mount segfaulted giving me only the NFS mounts, /, /proc and /dev. I have to manually mount several partitions. dmesg also segfaults, and I can't see if anything else is going wrong as (since /var is on a separate partition) I have no kernel log! I've been messing with it for a couple hours now, I have: 1) Installed mount/util-linux from testing and stable and compiled from source 2) Downgraded libc6 to testing and back again, no change 3) Removed and tested each stick of RAM in the machine, and some add-on cards 4) Memtest came up with no errors on five runs 5) Tried different kernel versions (all 2.4.x, running 2.4.4-ac6) 6) strace mount -a doesn't show anything obvious (to me) except at the end +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ Mounting each partition individually, as stated above, works for some reason. Before I reinstall, as this is really difficult for me to troubleshoot, anybody more experienced have any suggestions? Nothing except mount and dmesg appear to be having trouble. The machines running stable are all yawning ;-) I hope it's not bad hardware. I be broke. -- Andrew W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://failsure.net/ http://home.cwru.edu/~agw4/ -- Debian GNU/Linux Georgia State U. CS/Networking UG -- VW bus driver
Re: bind problem
Angel Parra wrote: > Hello! > > I have a mini-router (linux) with ipmasq, and an internal server. My > small server has the bind server, and on normal botting the bind server > only servers the names filed on my own database ... but if I stop the > bind server and start it again, it works fine. And it also works if I > change the booting secuence of bind to be startted-up after network. > What it's happening I am using Debian 2.2. > > Thank you for all > > Angel > Make sure you've edited /etc/resolv.conf to tell the resolver routines that your localhost is also your nameserver. I run bind (named) on my router, I have it configure as a caching-only nameserver. One problem that I ran into is that whenever I would restart my networking services my DSL providers DHCP server would re-write /etc/resolv.conf and exclude my localhost from the equation. So, if your external IP is configured via DHCP, edit your DHCP client configuration files to exclude DNS configuration. Stef
Re: Triple Boot
"Skinner, Reed" wrote: > > Does anyone have any experience with a Debian/Win2k/Solaris setup on the > same system? > > I just bought a new drive for my system at home and would like to add > Solaris 8 to my existing setup of Debian/Win2k. My concern is that during > the Solaris install I will hose lilo. Obviously I could backup lilo, but I > was curious if there is a way to prevent Solaris from overwriting lilo? > > I apologize in advance if this isn't the appropriate list to post to. > > Reed Skinner > Eclipsys Corporation > Network Services > (404)847-5413 > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here's my lilo.conf file: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 lba32 # vga=normal # delay=20 image=/boot/linux label=shadow root=/dev/sda1 read-only # image=/boot/test # label=X # root=/dev/sda1 # read-only image=/boot/backup label=Backup root=/dev/sda1 read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=win table=/dev/hda other=/dev/sdb1 label=solaris table=/dev/sdb map-drive=0x80 to = 0x81 map-drive=0x81 to = 0x80 I made a boot floppy for linux. After installing Solaris, use the boot floppy to boot back into linux and rerun lilo. HTH. -- shadow shadow111 at mediaone.net -- Tell me and I'll forget Show me and I'll remember Involve me and I'll understand
Re: UDMA with Kernel-2.4.3 and hdparm -X68
mike polniak wrote: > I just got a new Maxtor HD to go along with my IBM hd. With Kernel > 2.4.3 and using >hdparm -d 1 to set DMA on, i get disk reads of 30MB/sec > on the IBM. The Maxtor DiaMax UDMA (ATA 100) yields only 3 MB/sec. > The IBM is auto detected at UDMA mode4. With the Maxtor i have to > run >hdparm -X68 -d 1 to set the xfermode to UDMA mode4.But obviously > it doesn't work (the drive info still says maxDMA=0(slow)). > > If i use Kernel 2.2.18pre21 the -X68 option of hdparm successfully > enables the Maxtor to transfer at UDMA mode4 (about 33 MB/sec) > even though the drive info still reports maxDMA=0(slow). > > Any thoughts on getting the Maxtor to be enabled with Kernel-2.4.3. > Is this a known issue with DMA that will change in later kernels? > Or should i just replace the Maxtor with another IBM? > > Make sure that you have thre proper IDE chipset support compiled into your kernel. You could also try the ide0=ata100 flag at boot time to force ata100 transfer mode.
Re: compaq on board sound
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 12:16:43PM +1000, Renai LeMay wrote: > hi guys, > > I would like to get the on board sound card on my compaq presario 2415 > working. I've been looking on the net for about an hour, and can't find any > documentation on what driver to use, how to set it up etc. > > If anyone could give me a hand on pointing me to some docos that would be > great. > > Thanks, > > Renai I have a Compaq Presario 4764. The chipset on my board was a ess1888 which is supposely sb16 compatible. i used the sb drivers. but i never got it to work reliably under linux. it was ok under 2.0, bad under 2.2 and 2.4. finally gave up and bought a sb16 pci. hope you had better luck than me. =) herbert
Re: compaq on board sound
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 12:30:21PM +1000, Renai LeMay wrote: > hi, > > yes I_am_familiar with setting up sound on Linux. Basically, my problem is - > there is not a sound card as such. It's an onboard sound thing - which means > there is simply a motherboard and a few sound out/in ports on the back. > > I don't know how to setup onboard/sound/video, the motherboard doesn't > exactly say what model it is - so what should i do? > It would be real nice if you would post your message *after* the text your responding to. Setting up a card built into the motherboard is no different than setting up a card you hold in your hand. Sounds like you have that figured out. Look on the motherboard again. Check the chips and around the in/out ports. Have you looked at the web-site for you computer? Do you have any manuals for the computer? kent -- From seeing and seeing the seeing has become so exhausted First line of "The Panther" - R. M. Rilke
Re: compaq on board sound
hi, yes I_am_familiar with setting up sound on Linux. Basically, my problem is - there is not a sound card as such. It's an onboard sound thing - which means there is simply a motherboard and a few sound out/in ports on the back. I don't know how to setup onboard/sound/video, the motherboard doesn't exactly say what model it is - so what should i do? On Friday 11 May 2001 12:15, ktb wrote: > On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 12:16:43PM +1000, Renai LeMay wrote: > > hi guys, > > > > I would like to get the on board sound card on my compaq presario 2415 > > working. I've been looking on the net for about an hour, and can't find > > any documentation on what driver to use, how to set it up etc. > > > > If anyone could give me a hand on pointing me to some docos that would be > > great. > > Do you know what kind of sound card it is? If not take a look on the > motherboard. Once you know the card take a look here - > http://users.bart.nl/~patrickr/hardware-howto/Hardware-HOWTO.html > > Then recompile your kernel adding sound support for the card. Once you > know what card your dealing with and what you have tried, post back for > more help. > kent
Re: compaq on board sound
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 12:16:43PM +1000, Renai LeMay wrote: > hi guys, > > I would like to get the on board sound card on my compaq presario 2415 > working. I've been looking on the net for about an hour, and can't find any > documentation on what driver to use, how to set it up etc. > > If anyone could give me a hand on pointing me to some docos that would be > great. Do you know what kind of sound card it is? If not take a look on the motherboard. Once you know the card take a look here - http://users.bart.nl/~patrickr/hardware-howto/Hardware-HOWTO.html Then recompile your kernel adding sound support for the card. Once you know what card your dealing with and what you have tried, post back for more help. kent -- From seeing and seeing the seeing has become so exhausted First line of "The Panther" - R. M. Rilke
compaq on board sound
hi guys, I would like to get the on board sound card on my compaq presario 2415 working. I've been looking on the net for about an hour, and can't find any documentation on what driver to use, how to set it up etc. If anyone could give me a hand on pointing me to some docos that would be great. Thanks, Renai
Re: Accesing internet thru MS Proxy server
* Arlequ?n ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010510 19:52]: > > My LAN server is an NT Server running MS Proxy Server 2.0 > > I want to set up my Debian box to browser the www thru the proxy.. > > How can I tell my Debian that I am using a proxy? Just curious, can you access the internet using Netscape on a Windows box ?? If not, it's likely that MS Proxy is also doing (NTLM) authentication. If it is, you may be out of luck. Hall
Re: ximian gnome and libzvt2
I forgot to mention that dselect has libzvt2 marked for upgrade to 1.2.13-ximian.8. However, the system isn't installing this to fix the error below. On Thu, 10 May 2001, Andrew n marshall wrote: > I'm having trouble updating several packages from woody and > red-carpet-ximian.com. Most of the problems seem to come down to > gnome-bin which fails with the following message (during dselect's > install): > > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-bin_1.2.13-ximian.8_i386.deb (--unpack) > trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/gnome-pty-helper.1.gz' which is > also in package libzvt2. > > I currently have libzvt2 1.2.13-4 installed. > > How can I get past this problem? And is 'gnome-pty-helper.1.gz' or other > files going to be a problem in future compatibility between debian and > ximian gnome packages? > > Thanks. > > > Anm > >
Re: Browser preferences/options (was Re: Strong encryption for mozilla (woody))
> From: "Karsten M. Self" > ... > Biggest browser beefs: > > - Stability. Quit with the fucking crashing already. Don't lose my > stuff (this includes state). ***STABILITY IS NOT OPTIONAL*** > > - Speed. Render. Quickly. Load. Quickly. Stop. Quickly. Ties > strongly to lightweight code as well. > > - Standards compliant. Support standards. Don't promote > proprietarysms.. > > - Dependencies. Codependency sucks. > > - Bloat. A browser. Not a fucking kitchen sink, thank you very > much. > > - Privacy. Allow me to control cookies, Java, Javascript. Support > SSL. Default mode should maximise privacy. Don't do shit behind > my back. > > - Security. Strong overlap with above. > > - Plugins. Suck. Third party apps should launch as same. They > should *NOT* launch within my browser. Flash sucks. Period. > > - Unobtrusive. Stay out of my face. Do what I say. > > - Configurability. Allow my to configure: fonts, scaling steps, > colors, animation handling (none), proxies, cookie/java/javascript > handling (none, by default), preferred mail/news/telnet/ftp apps. Absolutely! Have you been reading my almost-driven-insane-by-all-that-crap mind? Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hmm. A little worrisome: http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy http://www.anonymizer.com/snoop.cgi )
Re: Lynx proxy server, How to ?
> Could you please post a sample of what one my add to the local lynxrc file so > that it is able to use a proxy server with user ID and passwd authentication. I'm not using a proxy server with authentication, but have you tried setting HTTP_PROXY to something like: HTTP_PROXY=http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:8080/ -- Kevin
Re: squid - 16 child processes?
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 06:40:22PM -0500, Tomasz Wzietek wrote: > is it normal that squid spawns 16 child processes? > here's what it looks like: > > |-squid---squid-+-5*[dnsserver] > | |-5*[ncsa_auth] > | |-pinger > | `-squid---16*[squid] > > i checked the entire /etc/squid.conf file and couldn't find > anything that would let me limit that number! i can limit > the dnsserver and auth children but not that one... > These are threads, and why would you want to lower that number? They aren't taking the memory like a normal process would, it's all shared within squid. Mike
Re: System Limits (in Debian)
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 03:52:15PM -0300, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: >We looked into the problem you reported. I think I know what the problem > is. The maximum number of file handles per process is set too low on the > MPGC server. Each connection requires one or more file handles so the > maximum number of file handles is a hard limit for the maximum number of > concurrent connections. The log files show that the number of users has > almost doubled the last few weeks (that's great) the logfiles also shows > that the file handle problem kicks in when the number of users started > growing. This started on Sunday April 8. > > In order to fix this problem you have to set some settings on the server. > You use a Debian Linux distribution and I do not know 100% sure how to do it > on Debian Linux but on Redhat and SuSE Linux it can be done like this: > > As root edit the file _/etc/sysctl.conf_ and add the following two lines (or > change the existing entries to match them) > > fs.file-max = 10240 > > fs.inode-max = 40960 put: echo 10240 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max echo 40960 > /proc/sys/fs/inode-max in a bootup script, probably whatever starts your servers. > I'm afraid you need to reboot the server (the machine) to activate these > changes. > You probably don't, just find the bootup script that reads this file and find how to activate it. Mike
Re: owning a process from another shell (same user)
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 09:29:44PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > After using it for the last little while, I've noticed: > > * messed up scrolling in mutt Hmm, the scrolling is only showing up in xterm, but not ssh. I'll have to try other X Terminals. :) Mike
Re: owning a process from another shell (same user)
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 05:19:32PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I normally do a ^a a to get the same functionality. > Please note that with "screen" ^a is mapped for that app, not normal functions. Mike
Lynx proxy server, How to ?
Hi, Could you please post a sample of what one my add to the local lynxrc file so that it is able to use a proxy server with user ID and passwd authentication. I would be grateful if you could also let me know of how one may set this up to be able to switch it on and off. sincerely b thomas
Re: How the average guy gets mail...
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 01:04:00AM +0200, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > Anyway, you better check the code before running it, as it is off the > top of my head and I'm in a condition right now, where I wouldn't want > to drive a car, for example. > Cool, you can code when drunk :) Why do some people get totally stupid when they drink? OT, I'll shut up now... Mike
Re: Accesing internet thru MS Proxy server
> How can I tell my Debian that I am using a proxy? Set the http_proxy environment variables to "http://some.server:port/"; -- Kevin
Re: Debian Package for Samba 2.2.0
On Thu, 10 May 2001, Patrizia Canton wrote:
> If you are running the stable version of Debian
> ask for samba 2.2.0 to the responsible for samba debian package.
> You can find the e-mail address at the bottom of the page
> http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/samba.html.
> I did in this way, and I am running samba 2.2.0 on the stable dist
> of Debian.
> cheers
> Patrizia
> On Thu, 10 May 2001, Gary Wilson wrote:
>
> > Yes, they can be found at this link. But if you are running the stable
> > version of Debian, these packages in unstable won't work.
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Patrizia Canton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Atwal, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 3:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: Debian Package for Samba 2.2.0
> >
> >
> >
> > http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/samba
> > http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/samba-common
> >
> >
> > > Can anyone tell us if there is a Samba install package for the new version
> > 2.2.0 ?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Steve
Elroy,
Is this correct? A lot of us would like to run 2.2.0 on our stable
systems this side of Xmas. Can we have URL to both the debs and the
source for potato? If you have Jeremy's %U patch[1] in there it will make
my day.
Regards,
Lindsay
[1]
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri May 11 08:13:48 2001
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:27:54 -0400
From: Jeremy Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Matthew Keller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Samba-NT-Domain List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: %U and %u functionality change in 2.2??
Resent-Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 08:02:08 +0800 (WST)
Resent-From: Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Resent-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Resent-Subject: Re: %U and %u functionality change in 2.2??
Matthew Keller wrote:
>
> I've been using %U macros within "include" statements in Samba 2.0 for
> years now. 2.2 doesn't seem to like them anyore. Has this functionality
> changed? I checked the smb.conf man page, but it doesn't seem to say
> anything different. I'm really hurting without this functionality
> (including different conf files depending on user name). Any help would
> be most appreciated.
Yes, we broke this by accident in 2.2.0. The intent is to
fix this for 2.2.1 and make %U map to the incoming username
(enforced lowercase).
Here is the patch that will be in 2.2.1.
Sorry for the problem,
Jeremy.
Index: lib/substitute.c
===
RCS file: /data/cvs/samba/source/lib/substitute.c,v
retrieving revision 1.8.2.5
diff -u -r1.8.2.5 substitute.c
--- lib/substitute.c2001/04/08 20:22:51 1.8.2.5
+++ lib/substitute.c2001/04/25 18:24:31
@@ -172,9 +172,21 @@
fstring pidstr;
for (s=str; (p=strchr(s, '%'));s=p) {
+ fstring tmp_str;
+
int l = sizeof(pstring) - (int)(p-str);
switch (*(p+1)) {
+ case 'U' :
+ fstrcpy(tmp_str,
sam_logon_in_ssb?samlogon_user:current_user_info.smb_name);
+ strlower(tmp_str);
+ string_sub(p,"%U",tmp_str,l);
+ break;
+ case 'D' :
+ fstrcpy(tmp_str, current_user_info.domain);
+ strupper(tmp_str);
+ string_sub(p,"%D", tmp_str,l);
+ break;
case 'I' : string_sub(p,"%I", client_addr(),l); break;
case 'L' : string_sub(p,"%L", local_machine,l); break;
case 'M' : string_sub(p,"%M", client_name(),l); break;
@@ -212,7 +224,6 @@
int l = sizeof(pstring) - (int)(p-str);
switch (*(p+1)) {
- case 'U' :
string_sub(p,"%U",sam_logon_in_ssb?samlogon_user:current_user_info.smb_name,l);
break;
case 'G' :
if ((pass = Get_Pwnam(user,False))!=NULL) {
string_sub(p,"%G",gidtoname(pass->pw_gid),l);
@@ -220,7 +231,6 @@
p += 2;
}
break;
- case 'D' : string_sub(p,"%D", current_user_info.domain,l);
break;
case 'N' : string_sub(p,"%N", automount_server(user),l); break;
case 'H':
if ((home = get_user_home_dir(user))) {
--
Buying an operating system without source is like buying
a self-assembly Space Shuttle with no instructions.
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Re: IPMasqing NFS
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:44:14AM -0700, Chris Majewski wrote: > Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Until you know how to use these tools, you shouldn't even try to do this: > > > > lsof > > netstat > > tcpdump > > Sure. > > > nfs protocol and security considerations. > > NFS is insecure. My assumption is that by NFS-mounting, at work, stuff which > lives on my home machine, it is only my *home* machine which > becomes vulnerable, not my work machine. Please let me know if you disagree > with this assumption. > I agree, mounting from work to home will desecure your home network. If you start trusting any scripts on home comp from work, you'll have the possibility of compromising work because of home comp. > > You are holding open a big guarage door that's screaming "HACK ME! I WANT > > TO GIVE > > ALL OF MY FILES AWAY, AND HAVE YOU DELETE THEM AFTERWARDS!" > > > > You realize that nfs is worse than using telnet(over the internet), right? > > > > > > Remember with nfs: > > > > > > > > Anyone can act as any of your users! I would setup a IPsec tunnel for > > > > this > > > > myself if I did this at all. > > Yeah well the only thing worth fearing is fear itself, etc. My home > machine is backed up regularly, if somebody *really* wants to delete all > my files, they have my blessing. On the other hand, I have a > responsibility to protect my work network (or at least not open gaping > holes in it). > Ok, ask for it. If that's what you want, great. > > > What's an IPsec tunnel and how do I set one up? > > > > > > > www.freeswan.org > > > > You need to know how to compile your own kernel, use tcpdump, and debug > > network issues. You can get help from the freeswan guys, but you should > > pick up a networking book and read it NOW. > > > > Post more about what you really want to achieve, and maybe we can help you > > pick another solution that is more secure. > > I'm at work, I would like to mount home_machine:/var/mp3, so I can > listen to my mp3's. Not a lofty goal, but would be nice pull off at > least as proof of principle. If I can do it without compromising the > security of my home machine, great; if not, that's fine too. If I > can't do it without compromising the security of my work network, > that's a showstopper. > > -chris You can export nfs from home as read-only and that may work ok. I can't give you an exact port number because I haven't tried this myself, and I believe nfsd's port changes. run netstat and grep for udp listening sockets, on your nfs server. OTOH, you will gain much more than just nfs if you setup a VPN. Mike
Re: (mutt) move old messages, but what to do when none are found?
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 04:25:10PM +0100, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Mike Fedyk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > If it doesn't find any, it will delete the first message in the index. How > > do I get mutt to only act if the tag (~T) matched something? > > Sounds to me like you need to file a wishlist bug for a > switch/variable that says "don't act on the current item if there > happen to be no items tagged". > Things like this doesn't actually show up in the BTS does it? Do we really expect the maintainer to code this up, or will it just be forwarded to upstream? Mike
Re: How the average guy gets mail...
Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > [... in ip-up ...] > > if [ -f ~$user/.fetchmailrc ]; then This won't work, as I've just found out. The bash man page states that parameter expansion is performed after tilde expansion and obviously $user is not a valid login name (at least not for our purposes). In fact, when I had this implemented on my old machine I used the following instead > if [ -f /home/$user/.fetchmailrc ]; then which works perfectly. Tried to be more generic this time, oh well. Cheers, Viktor -- Viktor Rosenfeld WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/
UDMA with Kernel-2.4.3 and hdparm -X68
I just got a new Maxtor HD to go along with my IBM hd. With Kernel 2.4.3 and using >hdparm -d 1 to set DMA on, i get disk reads of 30MB/sec on the IBM. The Maxtor DiaMax UDMA (ATA 100) yields only 3 MB/sec. The IBM is auto detected at UDMA mode4. With the Maxtor i have to run >hdparm -X68 -d 1 to set the xfermode to UDMA mode4.But obviously it doesn't work (the drive info still says maxDMA=0(slow)). If i use Kernel 2.2.18pre21 the -X68 option of hdparm successfully enables the Maxtor to transfer at UDMA mode4 (about 33 MB/sec) even though the drive info still reports maxDMA=0(slow). Any thoughts on getting the Maxtor to be enabled with Kernel-2.4.3. Is this a known issue with DMA that will change in later kernels? Or should i just replace the Maxtor with another IBM?
Accesing internet thru MS Proxy server
Hello! My LAN server is an NT Server running MS Proxy Server 2.0 I want to set up my Debian box to browser the www thru the proxy.. I have configured correctly the network card, 'cause using lynx I can browse to 192.168.0.1 (my server IP) but I can't acces e.g. www.yahoo.com How can I tell my Debian that I am using a proxy? Thanks!!!
Re: init.d shell script can't stop daemon (python script)
Quoting Alexander Steinert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > this might be a little OT, Not at all. > I wrote a (python) script that is acting like a daemon (doing something, > sleeping for 10 seconds, doing ..., sleeping ...) and would like to > launch and kill it from a shell script in /etc/init.d. > > Using start-stop-daemon seemed appropriate, but the problems is that > no /var/run/$NAME.pid is written and /proc//exe points to > /usr/bin/python. Hence stopping the daemon or preventing further deamons > from starting is not possible :( Starting: Ethan Benson and I discussed this back in Nov 1999 and we couldn't see how s-s-d could possibly write the correct pid in a file because the daemon was about to fork twice. I make my python daemons test (early) and then write (late) their own pidfile as part of the process of daemonifying themselves. Stopping: The --pidfile should now work of course, but I throw in --execfile /usr/bin/python --name python --user foo if only to document for myself what works. Those parameters are for a daemon that is a python script starting with the header #!/usr/bin/env python Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
Alternatives to xcdroast?
I'm looking for a GUI cd-burning tool that I can let loose on users without expecting them to patch the source or jump through any other hoops to get it going. In other words, something that works. There is xcdroast but it has problems. Any suggestions? -chris
Re: X Window, Right Ctrl -> Control?
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 12:54:41AM +0200, joost witteveen wrote: > Hello all, > > Could anyone tell me how to make the right Ctrl key work > (just as the left one) as Control? At the moment it seems > to do just nothing (although xev does notice it). > > I've tried adding > RightCtlControl > to my /etc/X11/XF86Control file, but that doesn't seem to work. > (I'm using XFree 3.1.6 now, but will switch to 4.0 if that's what > it takes). I would run - $ xmodmap -pke You should have an entry similar to - keycode 109 = Control_R If you don't then check which keycode your right ctrl key is with xev and throw the line in ~/.Xmodmap then run - $ xmodmap .Xmodmap You can set this up in your ~/.xinitrc file so it is started each time you start X. Might work for you. kent -- From seeing and seeing the seeing has become so exhausted First line of "The Panther" - R. M. Rilke
Re: IPMasqing NFS
Thanks for the feedback, but none of this tells me how to run nfs over ipmasq/ipchains.. -chris "Stephen E. Hargrove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 10 May 2001, Chris Majewski wrote: > > > > I'm at work, I would like to mount home_machine:/var/mp3, so I can > > listen to my mp3's. Not a lofty goal, but would be nice pull off at > > least as proof of principle. If I can do it without compromising the > > security of my home machine, great; if not, that's fine too. If I > > can't do it without compromising the security of my work network, > > that's a showstopper. > > are you taking an unnecessary risk? sure. are you compromising security? > dunno. i have a cron job that starts and stops nfs on one of my systems > at specified times. do people try to get in when its running? hell yes. > but tcp wrappers has stopped them every time (fortunately). > > it's all a question of the risk you're willing to take. kind of like > running through swamplands. do you think you can make it to the other > side before the alligators come . . . > > because mine starts and stops at specified times (it's only open for a > total of 3 hours a day), it's a very small window of opportunity. and, by > using portsentry, hostsentry and logcheck, i can at least see what's going > on when the window is open. > -- > ) ,_) > (-(__ -|- __ > ) | (/_\/(/_ > ( > ___ > | mailto : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | linux : http://exitwound.org | > | mozart : http://mozart.sourceforge.net| > | buck : http://www.BuckOwensFan.com | > ___ > | High heels are a device invented by a woman | > | who was tired of being kissed on the | > | forehead. | > ___ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wwwoffle
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 06:59:16PM +0200, Tomasz Olszewski wrote: > Hello Debian Users! > On ro 09 maj 2001 22:03:14 GMT Brian Potkin wrote: > You mean wwwoffle in .deb from the testing/unstable dist? Unfortunately > it depends on libc6 >= 2.2.1 and in potato is 2.1.3-13, so one has to > upgrade libc first. I don't know if it won't mess up anything... Anyway, > thanks for replying :) Yes, I did mean the .deb in testing but you are correct - it now depends on a version of libc6 greater than the one in stable. At the time I got it that was not so. However, I should have checked instead of being so definite that installation would proceed with no problem. An alternative would be to build a wwwoffle package using the potato libc6. Add this line to your sources.list (not tested by me). deb-src ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free Then apt-get update apt-get source --build wwwoffle dpkg -i wwwoffle_2.6a-2_i386.deb Brian.
X Window, Right Ctrl -> Control?
Hello all, Could anyone tell me how to make the right Ctrl key work (just as the left one) as Control? At the moment it seems to do just nothing (although xev does notice it). I've tried adding RightCtlControl to my /etc/X11/XF86Control file, but that doesn't seem to work. (I'm using XFree 3.1.6 now, but will switch to 4.0 if that's what it takes). Thanks! joostje
Re: How the average guy gets mail...
Andre Berger wrote: > > * Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2001-05-10 02:36 +0200: > > Hi Cameron, > > > > I second everything said so far on this thread, however, on a multi-user > > system I would implement fetchmail-on-dialup in a slightly different > > way. > > > > Create an /etc/fetchmail-users file with all the users that want to run > > fetchmail > > > > ---8< snip >8--- > > # users that get mail by fetchmail > > user_foo > > user_bar > > ---8< snip >8--- > > > > Then create a ip-up script: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > > > if [ -f /etc/fetchmail-users ]; then > > for user in `grep -v '^#' /etc/fetchmail-users`; do > > if [ -f ~$user/.fetchmailrc ]; then > > This gives root control (and hassle) about everybody's mail. Nope, you're wrong. I wrote the scripts above with the explicit goal, that every user keeps control over his own ~/.fetchmailrc file, being able to change passwords and host information etc. Root however has the priviledge to allow which users have their mail automagically fetched on dial-up. Hence the /etc/fetchmail-users file. As you can see, I check for a ~$user/.fetchmailrc file (in the user's home directory) and the `su` command below executes fetchmail with an EUID of the user. > If you pass control to the users, you could do > > for i in $(ls /home/); do > if [ -f /home/$i/.fetchmailrc ] && \ >[ -f /home/$i/email-addresses ]; then > > > su -c "fetchmail -d 900" $user Which pretty much does the same thing as my code. Question: What is the ~/email-addresses file for? > I'd recommend the "-k" option for an "official", the "-a" option for a > "family box". "-k" means the mail stays on the server (because people might > also want to have it at home), "-a" for a final destination (fetch all > regardless). I'd say, the best way to keep that information would be the ~/.fetchmailrc file of the user. So he can decide whether he wants to keep or fetch all mail and can even differentiate on an account basis. Cheers, Viktor -- Viktor Rosenfeld WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/
Re: Setting up network card
Thanks, buddy.! I've tried the RealTek one and it worked :))) - Original Message - From: "albi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arlequ?n" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 7:32 PM Subject: Re: Setting up network card > On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 07:33:05PM -0300, Arlequ?n wrote: > > > > > > > > You might want to try specifying io and irq paramters if you know the > > > values. > > > > > > modprobe ne2k-pci io=0x3000 irq=11 > > > > ok, in MS-Windows it appears like that: > > > > IRQ 09 > > Memory D680-D68000FF > > IO E800-E8FF > > > > I've tried settting up the module at installing time, but without luck :( > > > > io=0x800 irq=9 > > > > io=0x3000 irq=9 > > > > None of avobe made it > > > ne2k-pci is for pci-cards only so isapnptools won't help > > (you do have a pci ne card right ? the module ne is for isa) > > you might want to in the BIOS-settings, > and cat /proc/pci or lspci might help > > -- > groetjes, albi >
squid - 16 child processes?
is it normal that squid spawns 16 child processes? here's what it looks like: |-squid---squid-+-5*[dnsserver] | |-5*[ncsa_auth] | |-pinger | `-squid---16*[squid] i checked the entire /etc/squid.conf file and couldn't find anything that would let me limit that number! i can limit the dnsserver and auth children but not that one... any suggestions anyone, please? thanks in advance. -- Tomasz
envelope and virtual domain with postfix
Hi, my /etc/postfix/virtual on host.bar.tld contains [EMAIL PROTECTED] @localhost'. My ISP provides webspace for foo.tld and is "configured" to forward all mail addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Incoming mail to say [EMAIL PROTECTED] arrives at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and contains [EMAIL PROTECTED]' only in the To: header and in exactly one Received: from ... by ... for ... header. How can I make postfix write [EMAIL PROTECTED]' onto the envelope in order to get the virtual domain working? TIA Stony
Re: Setting up network card
> You might want to try specifying io and irq paramters if you know the > values. > > modprobe ne2k-pci io=0x3000 irq=11 ok, in MS-Windows it appears like that: IRQ 09 Memory D680-D68000FF IO E800-E8FF I've tried settting up the module at installing time, but without luck :( io=0x800 irq=9 io=0x3000 irq=9 None of avobe made it > > for example. > > If you don't know the values, try running > > pnpdump > > which is in the isapnptools package. > > Good luck! > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >
Re: CGA adapter
You can't do multimonitor on the ISA bus.
On Thu, 10 May 2001, Sebastiaan wrote:
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>Hello,
>
>I have installed an old CGA video card in my computer, next to my VGA
>card. The system boots with (view on, I mean) the VGA card. When I load
>the modules fbcon-hga.o and hgafb.o, the CGA card takes over the video
>output and the VGA card drops dead (well, it stops working). When I start
>X, X is displayed through the VGA card on the VGA monitor. So then I have
>two views: X on VGA and a console on CGA.
>
>But, when I am under X, the console stops working, until I switch to
>console mode. I want to use the CGA as a logscreen for syslogd.
>
>So, how can you let the CGA card working while you are under X, or how
>must you configure Linux when you want to use two videocards in general?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Sebastiaan
>
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Setting up network card
Hello, I have a NE2000 network card but when I type $ modprobe ne2k-pci I receive errors like that "Device busy" how can I manage it? Thanks Arlequín
Re: IDE raid - which is better ?
On Wed, 9 May 2001 15:39:57 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >3ware makes hardware raid0/raid1 controllers ( but not raid5 ) >abit and asus(?) has hardware raid0/1 controller on their motherboard > >promise ultra100 is NOT a hardware raid controller > >is the hardware raid controller that much faster than software raid ??? I think you'll find that they are more like firmware raid controllers, a bit better that software, but no where near real hardware controllers, but then again - there no where near the price either .. as always - you cant have everything the HighPoint one on my Abit board, is nice nice in windows, but i dont think linux can handle the raid yet, with it being closed source, but as an ide controller it seems fine -- Dean Liversidge [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rw permission to windows partition (was Unidentified subject)
On Thu, 10 May 2001 13:49:24 +0200, you wrote: >...or mount it with the uid, gid of your user. Gives him the proper rights. or for multiple users you could mount it with the staff gid, add the user to the staff group list, and set the umask for group to write like i did.. e.g. /etc/fstab: /dev/hda2 /mnt/c vfatrw,gid=50,umask=002 -- Dean Liversidge [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Stereo sound
>On Thursday 10 May 2001 14:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> If the sound is mono, you should still be getting sound from both speakers. >> It just will be the exact same sound (i.e. no stereo seperation). > >Not necessarily. My commercial oss driver for instance outputs mono to only >one channel. That's strange. Why would they do that? If I had headphones on, that would drive me nuts as one ear would be getting a workout while the other one falls asleep. Go figure... Scott
bind problem
Hello! I have a mini-router (linux) with ipmasq, and an internal server. My small server has the bind server, and on normal botting the bind server only servers the names filed on my own database ... but if I stop the bind server and start it again, it works fine. And it also works if I change the booting secuence of bind to be startted-up after network. What it's happening I am using Debian 2.2. Thank you for all Angel
Re: Stereo sound
>Hmmm, > >I turned the speaker (the one that works w/ my mp3s) down, and no sound came >out of the other one. I looked at xmms', balance, and it was 50/50. So then >i turned the sound back up to the defaults, and put the balance on xmms 100% >towards the questionable speaker. No sound came out, so I'm not sure what >to think... You really need to narrow it down to whether it's the mp3 player or the soundcard causing this problem! Try playing a "wav" file through your speakers and see if comes out through only one speaker. Or try using a different MP3 player such as "mpg123". There are also some sound monitors which will graphically display the output per channel (sort of like a graphical equilizer). If you see the meter bouncing on both the left and right but sound only from one speaker, something with the soundcard ain't right;) Scott
Re: PLIP, debian installation
> |> when trying to ping from the desktop machine to the laptop the laptops > |> console shows the error: > |> > |> plip0: transmit timeout(1,80) > |> > |> until i cancel ping. does anyone know why this is happening? > > I've used this method often to do installations and upgrades on > laptops. I see these errors regularly but they don't seem to cause any > difficulty. I've always assumed they were just transient performance > lapses. sometimes the plip links works, but most of the time it doesnt and even when it does, its only for 5-40 seconds. When the connection doesnt work at all i get the error message, when it works partitically i get the error message a few times. i thought it might be a problem with the cable, however it's brand new and i don't have a second one so i'm not able to check at the moment. > |> also, once the connection is working how do i mount /cdrom to > |> /cdrom on the laptop? > > You need to have NFS support in the kernel. as i'm running a webserver, i'll just temporarily softlink with /cdrom. worked fine, when the connetion was up..
Re: I don't get it.
In Karsten M. Self's email, 10-05-2001: > on Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:19:32AM -0500, Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:04:23PM -0500, ktb wrote: > > > On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 02:01:42PM +1000, Craig Holyoak wrote: > > > > potato => stable > > > > woody => testing > > > > sid=> unstable > > > > > > > > I believe woody will soon(?) become stable. > > > > > > When was a debian release ever "soon";) > > > kent > > > > In geological terms releases occur quite frequently :) > > In geological terms "releases" are "earthquakes". [.sig bobbbit] Hmm.. I would have thought that releases would be more analagous to volcanic eruptions.. At least debian 'releases' don't burn down everything in it's path and leave ash trailing from your computer for miles.. :) -- Michael Janssen - Jamuraa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Fingerprint: 87F1 92C4 44AA 4105 B1C4 EDEC D995 9620 C00E 9159 pgpjHZSNimY5S.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Can't see web view in nautilus
Here is my sources.list: deb http://www.debian.or.jp/~kitame/mozilla/ ./ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free I heard from someone that the first line provice lastest mozilla package. The one in sid seems outdated. san --- Frédéric LESPEZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10 May 2001 11:58:52 -0700, San Segkhoonthod > wrote: > > Hi, > > I just updated lastest nautilus from sid (with > mozilla > > 0.9), but I can't navigate web sites using > nautilus. > > I also have nautilus-mozilla installed. Do I miss > > something? > > thanks, > > san > Hi, > > I use Sid. I have just run apt-update and I didn't > see Mozilla 0.9 > (it 's still Mozilla M18). > What is more, Nautilus 1.0.3 is in hold because > librsvg and eel > are missing. > > Can you tell me from where you pulled your Sid > packages ? > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > Fred. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: Need USB help? Re: USB setup problems
p wrote: > > On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:59:54AM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > > Hi, > > Nobody has commented yet on this. Please help if you can give me any > > pointers. I went through all the docs on linux-usb.org and haven't found > > anything to help. > > Eric > > hi eric, > > i'm really not in the position to say why it isn't > working. my usb mouse was pretty straight forward > using kernels 2.4.0 and 2.4.4 and > http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/c122.html . > > you should be able to use a 2.2.19 kernel, but you may find it > easier using a 2.4.x kernel. > > good luck. > > bentley taylor. Thanks Bentley, I'm not quite that brave to try 2.4.x kernel yet and I'm sure it works much better as well. It might be that my USB is a bit weird as the machine had USB when USB was not that common. The mouse could be weird too as it is not known to be supported from the site you mentioned above. The site above is very good as that is how I got this far. Eric
Re: I don't get it.
on Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:19:32AM -0500, Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:04:23PM -0500, ktb wrote: > > On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 02:01:42PM +1000, Craig Holyoak wrote: > > > potato => stable > > > woody => testing > > > sid=> unstable > > > > > > I believe woody will soon(?) become stable. > > > > When was a debian release ever "soon";) > > kent > > In geological terms releases occur quite frequently :) In geological terms "releases" are "earthquakes". -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org pgpfA9VvdzKvP.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Stereo sound
Hmmm, I turned the speaker (the one that works w/ my mp3s) down, and no sound came out of the other one. I looked at xmms', balance, and it was 50/50. So then i turned the sound back up to the defaults, and put the balance on xmms 100% towards the questionable speaker. No sound came out, so I'm not sure what to think... Thanks, Cameron Matheson On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:42:13AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:30:35AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >> If you come to the conclusion that the speakers and connections are fine, > >> run > a > >> mixer program (gmix, kmix, aumix) to test sound from the left, then the > right. > >> I'd be suprised if the sound card was at fault. > >> > >Ah, the speakers are fine, and the mixer did work. I tried an audio cd, and > >the stereo was excellent. I guess all my mp3s are just mono? > > If the sound is mono, you should still be getting sound from both speakers. It > just will be the exact same sound (i.e. no stereo seperation). > > Have you tried using a different mp3 player? Perhaps your mp3 player's balance > is adjusted to one speaker. Which mp3 player are you using (XMMS has a balance > control on the main panel)? Are you listening to CDs from your soundcard's > output or from the headphone jack on your CDROM? > > Scott > > _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Sendmail and local addresses
I have several machines, one acts as a mailserver, with an MX entry and all. The others are clients that know to use the server as a smarthost. When I send mail to a local account, I get an error from the smarthost server saying that the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] can't be found. But when I add the @whizzird.net to the address it works fine. These boxes are running the sendmail from testing (the one from stable stopped working on me). I tried to use the sendmail address rewriting mini-HOWTO's advice to allow it to send local mail, but the sendmail I have doesn't like the format of the file for some reason. Is there an easy way to send local mail with sendmail? Thanks, Jason
Re: Need USB help? Re: USB setup problems
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:59:54AM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > Hi, > Nobody has commented yet on this. Please help if you can give me any > pointers. I went through all the docs on linux-usb.org and haven't found > anything to help. > Eric > > Eric Richardson wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm using 2.2.19(not a custom build), 2.2r3 stable. I'm trying to use a > > Belkin USB mouse for starters. Here what I did so far. > > > > 1. loaded the modules - usb-ohci didn't work so I assume the usb-uhci is > > correct > > # lsmod (edited) > > mousedev3596 0 (unused) > > hid11384 0 (unused) > > input 2684 0 [mousedev hid] > > usb-uhci 18200 0 (unused) > > usbcore41028 0 [hid usb-uhci] > > > > 2. added the device files > > $ ls -la /dev/input > > total 0 > > crw---1 root root 13, 63 May 8 09:27 mice > > crw---1 root root 13, 32 May 8 09:27 mouse0 > > > > Note the following. > > > > # cat /dev/input/mouse0 > > cat: /dev/input/mouse0: No such device > > > > 3. added to /etc/fstab after /proc entry > > none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0 > > $ ls /proc/bus/usb > > 001 devices drivers > > > > Results from dmesg > > > > usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs > > usb.c: registered new driver hub > > usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.237 $ time 22:44:21 Apr 19 2001 > > usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled > > usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xf300, IRQ 10 > > usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports > > usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 > > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 1 > > hub.c: USB hub found > > hub.c: 2 ports detected > > usb.c: registered new driver hid > > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice > > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 2 > > usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout > > usb.c: USB device not accepting new address (error=-110) > > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number -1 > > usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout > > usb.c: USB device not accepting new address (error=-110) > > usb.c: USB disconnect on device -1 > > > > $ cat /proc/bus/usb/drivers > > hid > > hub > > usbdevfs > > > > $ cat /proc/bus/usb/devices > > T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 > > B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 > > D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 > > P: Vendor= ProdID= Rev= 0.00 > > S: Product=USB UHCI Root Hub > > S: SerialNumber=f300 > > C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA > > I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub > > E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=255ms > > > > The only thing weird on the boot mesg is that I physically only have one > > USB port but the system is trying to assign 2 devices. > > > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > > > Eric // hi eric, i'm really not in the position to say why it isn't working. my usb mouse was pretty straight forward using kernels 2.4.0 and 2.4.4 and http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/c122.html . you should be able to use a 2.2.19 kernel, but you may find it easier using a 2.4.x kernel. good luck. bentley taylor. //>
Re: Can't see web view in nautilus
On 10 May 2001 11:58:52 -0700, San Segkhoonthod wrote: > Hi, > I just updated lastest nautilus from sid (with mozilla > 0.9), but I can't navigate web sites using nautilus. > I also have nautilus-mozilla installed. Do I miss > something? > thanks, > san Hi, I use Sid. I have just run apt-update and I didn't see Mozilla 0.9 (it 's still Mozilla M18). What is more, Nautilus 1.0.3 is in hold because librsvg and eel are missing. Can you tell me from where you pulled your Sid packages ? Thanks in advance. Regards, Fred.
xscreensaver doesn't run on potato with 2.4.4 kernel
Hello,
xscreensaver 3.22 can't always unlock the screen via pam on a stock
debian potato box with kernel 2.4.4 and the corresponding Adrian Bunk's
packages to run 2.4 on potato.
Here is a log of xscreensaver showing the problem:
The first time it locks the screen it authentificates the
user via pam correctly:
xscreensaver: switching to visual 0x20 (TrueColor, depth:
16, cmap: 64)
xscreensaver: saver window is 0x306.
xscreensaver: destroyed old saver window 0x301.
xscreensaver: spawning "qix -root -solid -delay 0 -segments
100" in pid 390.
xscreensaver: unblanking screen at Wed May 9 21:01:57 2001.
xscreensaver: killing pid 390.
xscreensaver: child pid 390 (qix) terminated with SIGTERM.
xscreensaver: ungrabbing mouse (was 0x25).
xscreensaver: ungrabbing keyboard (was 0x25).
xscreensaver: awaiting idleness.
xscreensaver: LOCK ClientMessage received; activating and
locking.
xscreensaver: locked mode switching.
xscreensaver: blanking screen at Wed May 9 21:02:04 2001.
xscreensaver: grabbing keyboard on 0x25... GrabSuccess.
xscreensaver: grabbing mouse on 0x25... GrabSuccess.
xscreensaver: vp is 1024x768+0+0.
xscreensaver: spawning "grav -root -trail -decay" in pid
391.
xscreensaver: suspending pid 391.
xscreensaver: prompting for password.
xscreensaver: child pid 391 (grav) stopped with SIGSTOP.
xscreensaver: grabbing server...
xscreensaver: ungrabbing mouse (was 0x25).
xscreensaver: grabbing mouse on 0x30e... GrabSuccess.
xscreensaver: ungrabbing server.
xscreensaver: pam_start ("xscreensaver", "jesus", ...) ==> 0
(Success)
xscreensaver: pam_set_item (p, PAM_TTY, ":0.0") ==> 0
(Success)
xscreensaver: PAM ECHO_OFF("Password: ") ==> password
xscreensaver: pam_authenticate (...) ==> 0 (Success)
xscreensaver: pam_end (...) ==> 0 (Success)
xscreensaver: password correct.
xscreensaver: grabbing server...
But the second time it can't authentificate via pam. It
reverts to normal password checking and succeedes:
xscreensaver: ungrabbing mouse (was 0x30e).
xscreensaver: grabbing mouse on 0x25... GrabSuccess.
xscreensaver: ungrabbing server.
xscreensaver: resuming pid 391.
xscreensaver: unblanking screen at Wed May 9 21:02:11 2001.
xscreensaver: killing pid 391.
xscreensaver: child pid 391 (grav) terminated with SIGTERM.
xscreensaver: ungrabbing mouse (was 0x25).
xscreensaver: ungrabbing keyboard (was 0x25).
xscreensaver: unlocked mode switching.
xscreensaver: awaiting idleness.
xscreensaver: LOCK ClientMessage received; activating and
locking.
xscreensaver: locked mode switching.
xscreensaver: blanking screen at Wed May 9 21:03:01 2001.
xscreensaver: grabbing keyboard on 0x25... GrabSuccess.
xscreensaver: grabbing mouse on 0x25... GrabSuccess.
xscreensaver: vp is 1024x768+0+0.
xscreensaver: spawning "bouboule -root" in pid 402.
xscreensaver: suspending pid 402.
xscreensaver: prompting for password.
xscreensaver: child pid 402 (bouboule) stopped with SIGSTOP.
xscreensaver: grabbing server...
xscreensaver: ungrabbing mouse (was 0x25).
xscreensaver: grabbing mouse on 0x389... GrabSuccess.
xscreensaver: ungrabbing server.
xscreensaver: pam_start ("xscreensaver", "jesus", ...) ==> 0
(Success)
xscreensaver: pam_set_item (p, PAM_TTY, ":0.0") ==> 0
(Success)
xscreensaver: PAM ECHO_OFF("Password: ") ==> password
xscreensaver: child pid 403 () exited abnormally
(code 0).
xscreensaver: pam_authenticate (...) ==> 7 (Authentication
failure)
xscreensaver: pam_set_item(p, PAM_USER, "root") ==> 0
(Success)
xscreensaver: PAM ECHO_OFF("Password: ") ==> password
xscreensaver: child pid 404 () exited abnormally
(code 0).
xscreensaver: pam_authenticate (...) ==> 7 (Authentication
failure)
xscreensaver: pam_end (...) ==> 0 (Success)
xscreensaver: authentication via PAM passwords failed.
xscreensaver: but authentication via normal passwords
succeeded.
xscreensaver: password correct.
Can anyone explain (and fix!) this?
TIA
Jesus Ruiz
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Re: Etherenet card problem.
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 03:55:38PM -0400, Aaron Traas wrote: > Hello, I'd like some help with a problem I'm having. > > I've tried to install two varients of Debian: 2.2r2 and Progeny 1.0. In > both of those cases I have failed to get my ethernet card working. > > I have two cards laying around, a Linksis LNE100TX and a Kingston > KNE110TX. Both are tulip variants. Both worked under Mandrake 7.2. > Niether is working under Debian. > > They are both detected, the tulip module is loaded (I do know how to use > modprobe and lsmod :). Can you provide more info? When you load the module, does dmesg indicate successful detection? What happens when you ifconfig the interface? -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton pgpUuxdtbFd4j.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: PLIP, debian installation
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |> I'm attempting to install debian on a laptop using a plip |> connection to a desktop machine which has a debian cdrom iso file |> mounted on /cdrom. |> |> when trying to ping from the desktop machine to the laptop the laptops |> console shows the error: |> |> plip0: transmit timeout(1,80) |> |> until i cancel ping. does anyone know why this is happening? I've used this method often to do installations and upgrades on laptops. I see these errors regularly but they don't seem to cause any difficulty. I've always assumed they were just transient performance lapses. |> also, once the connection is working how do i mount /cdrom to |> /cdrom on the laptop? You need to have NFS support in the kernel. Then add to /etc/exports the directories you wish to export. The NFS Howto has good instructions on all of this. It should be in /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/. Once it's all set up, you should be able to use the `mount' command (see the manpage) as root to make the /cdrom directory on the desktop available on the laptop, Jim
testing: apache b0rked again
Unfortunately I didn't capture apt messages, something about something bad happening & trying to recover... It failed to stop running apache. After stopping it manually, > /etc/init.d/apache start Starting web server: apache. Syntax error on line 102 of /etc/apache/httpd.conf: Cannot load /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_put.so into server: /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_put.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory /usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started [ after commenting out line 102 ] > /etc/init.d/apache start Starting web server: apache. Syntax error on line 103 of /etc/apache/httpd.conf: Cannot load /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_throttle.so into server: /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_throttle.so: undefined symbol: shm_open /usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started So, what happened to mod_put.so and mod_throttle.so? (and single config file, while we're at it) Dima -- E-mail dmaziuk at bmrb dot wisc dot edu (@work) or at crosswinds dot net (@home) http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu/descript/gpgkey.dmaziuk.ascii -- GnuPG 1.0.4 public key Q276304 - Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords -- snarfed from RISKS 21.37
Etherenet card problem.
Hello, I'd like some help with a problem I'm having. I've tried to install two varients of Debian: 2.2r2 and Progeny 1.0. In both of those cases I have failed to get my ethernet card working. I have two cards laying around, a Linksis LNE100TX and a Kingston KNE110TX. Both are tulip variants. Both worked under Mandrake 7.2. Niether is working under Debian. They are both detected, the tulip module is loaded (I do know how to use modprobe and lsmod :). I am not a Linux newbie, but I'm a newbie to Debian. I have played around with other Debian boxen my friends had around, and apt-get is really cool, as is the rock-hard stability. I decided I was tired of Mandrake and RedHat, as they are both flaky, and I have NEVER manually installed an RPM upgrade without having to use --FORCE. Thanks for any help you can give me. --Aaron
ttyS0: LSR safety check engaged!
My notebook - Dell Latitude CPi R400GT My OS - Debian Potato w/ kernel 2.4.4 Problem: Keep getting the following messages: ttyS0: LSR safety check engaged! INIT: Id "7" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Questions: -- 1./ Why am I getting these messages? 2./ What do they mean? 3./ Anything wrong with my system? 4./ How do I get rid of them? Many thanks for your advice and help! Wilson :-)
header files not found
Whenever I try to repack certain packages, I get errors like the ones below, unless I copy the "missing" header files from /usr/include/linux to /usr/include/net each and every time I compile a new kernel. Is anyone else having this problem? How did you fix it, with a symlink? thanks lilypad:/home/pollywog/temp#dpkg-repack libc6 libc6-dev libc6-dbg dpkg-deb: building package `libc6' in `./libc6_2.2.2-4_i386.deb'. dpkg-repack: File not found: //usr/include/net/if.h dpkg-repack: File not found: //usr/include/net/if_ppp.h dpkg-repack: File not found: //usr/include/net/ppp-comp.h dpkg-repack: File not found: //usr/include/net/ppp_defs.h dpkg-repack: File not found: //usr/include/net/if_arp.h dpkg-repack: File not found: //usr/include/net/ethernet.h dpkg-repack: File not found: //usr/include/net/if_slip.h dpkg-repack: File not found: //usr/include/net/if_packet.h dpkg-repack: File not found: //usr/include/net/if_shaper.h
Re: wwwoffle
Hello Debian Users! On śro 09 maj 2001 22:03:14 GMT Brian Potkin wrote: > There was a discussion about this a while ago on uk.comp.os.linux with > the author of the program participating. I'll look for it. > The same difficulties ocurred for me also. My solution was to get the > version of wwwoffle in testing. This installs ok on potato and there is > an option in /etc/wwwoffle/wwwoffle.conf which may help. Look for You mean wwwoffle in .deb from the testing/unstable dist? Unfortunately it depends on libc6 >= 2.2.1 and in potato is 2.1.3-13, so one has to upgrade libc first. I don't know if it won't mess up anything... Anyway, thanks for replying :) -- Tomasz Olszewski | [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Talent to strach przed porażką." -- Andre Gide
Re: IPMasqing NFS
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10 May 2001, Chris Majewski wrote: > > I'm at work, I would like to mount home_machine:/var/mp3, so I can > listen to my mp3's. Not a lofty goal, but would be nice pull off at > least as proof of principle. If I can do it without compromising the > security of my home machine, great; if not, that's fine too. If I > can't do it without compromising the security of my work network, > that's a showstopper. are you taking an unnecessary risk? sure. are you compromising security? dunno. i have a cron job that starts and stops nfs on one of my systems at specified times. do people try to get in when its running? hell yes. but tcp wrappers has stopped them every time (fortunately). it's all a question of the risk you're willing to take. kind of like running through swamplands. do you think you can make it to the other side before the alligators come . . . because mine starts and stops at specified times (it's only open for a total of 3 hours a day), it's a very small window of opportunity. and, by using portsentry, hostsentry and logcheck, i can at least see what's going on when the window is open. - -- ) ,_) (-(__ -|- __ ) | (/_\/(/_ ( ___ | mailto : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | linux : http://exitwound.org | | mozart : http://mozart.sourceforge.net| | buck : http://www.BuckOwensFan.com | ___ | High heels are a device invented by a woman | | who was tired of being kissed on the | | forehead. | ___ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6+uZnr9c0KwefYXMRAmI0AJ9NJOFfnWbnGMpI+0arnpIlGZCokgCfYrOu 3xH0hGd4SGHc9+G2/IuDFmY= =fUeQ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Can't see web view in nautilus
Hi, I just updated lastest nautilus from sid (with mozilla 0.9), but I can't navigate web sites using nautilus. I also have nautilus-mozilla installed. Do I miss something? thanks, san = ÊҸت¹äÁè¾Ö§ÅÐàÁÔ´ÊÔ·¸ÔºÑµÃáÅзÃѾÂìÊÔ¹·Ò§»ÑÒ µÃÒºà·èÒ·Õè·Øê¹äÁè¼Ù¡¢Ò´ ¹Ô¸Ô àÍÕÂÇÈÃÕǧÈì __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
System Limits (in Debian)
Hi all, I have a site running Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 and caucho servlet (www.caucho.com) for serving web games. It's a P III 700 Mhz with 512 Mb and it's in limit. A technical staff sugested to change some system limits as bellow. I changed at the machine, rebooted and didnt work. Can anyone help me? TIA, Paulo Henrique We looked into the problem you reported. I think I know what the problem is. The maximum number of file handles per process is set too low on the MPGC server. Each connection requires one or more file handles so the maximum number of file handles is a hard limit for the maximum number of concurrent connections. The log files show that the number of users has almost doubled the last few weeks (that's great) the logfiles also shows that the file handle problem kicks in when the number of users started growing. This started on Sunday April 8. In order to fix this problem you have to set some settings on the server. You use a Debian Linux distribution and I do not know 100% sure how to do it on Debian Linux but on Redhat and SuSE Linux it can be done like this: As root edit the file _/etc/sysctl.conf_ and add the following two lines (or change the existing entries to match them) fs.file-max = 10240 fs.inode-max = 40960 And for the file _/etc/security/limits.conf_ add these two lines (or change the existing entries to match them) * soft nofile 1024 * hard nofile 10240 I'm afraid you need to reboot the server (the machine) to activate these changes. Please note that I am not sure that these changes are correct on a Debian Linux distribution, have your system administrator double check these settings. With the file handle limits raised like this the MPGC should be able to accept 10 times more concurrent connections as currently the case. -- Paulo Henrique B de Oliveira Gerente de Operações - Linux Solutions - http://www.linuxsolutions.com.br O maior conteúdo de Linux em língua portuguesa - OLinux - http://www.olinux.com.br (21)526-7262 ramal 31
Re: IPMasqing NFS
Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Until you know how to use these tools, you shouldn't even try to do this: > > lsof > netstat > tcpdump Sure. > nfs protocol and security considerations. NFS is insecure. My assumption is that by NFS-mounting, at work, stuff which lives on my home machine, it is only my *home* machine which becomes vulnerable, not my work machine. Please let me know if you disagree with this assumption. > You are holding open a big guarage door that's screaming "HACK ME! I WANT TO > GIVE > ALL OF MY FILES AWAY, AND HAVE YOU DELETE THEM AFTERWARDS!" > > You realize that nfs is worse than using telnet(over the internet), right? > > > > Remember with nfs: > > > > > > Anyone can act as any of your users! I would setup a IPsec tunnel for > > > this > > > myself if I did this at all. Yeah well the only thing worth fearing is fear itself, etc. My home machine is backed up regularly, if somebody *really* wants to delete all my files, they have my blessing. On the other hand, I have a responsibility to protect my work network (or at least not open gaping holes in it). > > What's an IPsec tunnel and how do I set one up? > > > > www.freeswan.org > > You need to know how to compile your own kernel, use tcpdump, and debug > network issues. You can get help from the freeswan guys, but you should > pick up a networking book and read it NOW. > > Post more about what you really want to achieve, and maybe we can help you > pick another solution that is more secure. I'm at work, I would like to mount home_machine:/var/mp3, so I can listen to my mp3's. Not a lofty goal, but would be nice pull off at least as proof of principle. If I can do it without compromising the security of my home machine, great; if not, that's fine too. If I can't do it without compromising the security of my work network, that's a showstopper. -chris
Re: apt-get trouble
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 10 May 2001, Joey Hess wrote: > > Your @INC should be: > > /usr/local/lib/perl/5.6.0 > /usr/local/share/perl/5.6.0 > /usr/lib/perl5 > /usr/share/perl5 > /usr/lib/perl/5.6.0 > /usr/share/perl/5.6.0 > /usr/local/lib/site_perl > /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/i386-linux > /usr/lib/perl5/5.6 > /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux hey joey. thanks for the response. okay, i reconfigured, recompiled and reinstalled perl using the - -Dotherlibdirs option. my @INC now include: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i686-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.6.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.6.0 /usr/share/perl/5.6.0 /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.6 /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux . which is basically a combination of 5.6 and 5.6.1 libs. however, apt-get still bombs on failed compiles on Base.pm. following is the abbreviated results. i've looked at Base.pm, particularly lines 14 - 24 and it looks alright to me (although i admit that i'm probably not the best judge of perfect code). do i just need to uninstall 5.6.1 and revert back to 5.6? # apt-get upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages have been kept back blt-dev bsdgames communicator debian-policy libpam-modules task-database-pg task-devel-common tktable tktable-dev 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. 3 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Can't modify goto in lvalue subroutine return at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Base.pm line 24, near "}" Compilation failed in require at (eval 4) line 3. ...propagated at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/base.pm line 62. - -- ) ,_) (-(__ -|- __ ) | (/_\/(/_ ( ___ | mailto : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | linux : http://exitwound.org | | mozart : http://mozart.sourceforge.net| | buck : http://www.BuckOwensFan.com | ___ | Intellect annuls Fate. So far as a man| | thinks, he is free. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson| ___ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6+t8lr9c0KwefYXMRAipVAJ0dvkRbXugxgE/GSv4MlV7EoBkmcgCeOo5E eWGGARF7GYwpFRkVjo8/Imc= =tqnm -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: How do I set route at boot time ?
"Michael Janssen (CS/MATH stud.)" wrote: > In Franck Routier's email, 10-05-2001: > > Hello, > > > > I want to set up the route to a new box on my LAN. > > If the route is not set, the connexion is refused (I think this is an otion > > in the kernel networking configuration) > > > > Where should I put this route ? > > > > From the docs I have found it should go in /etc/network/interfaces, but I > > can't figure out what the syntax is... > > > > thanks, > > > > Franck > > taking a quick glance at interfaces(5), the most obvious thing for you > to do would be to add a 'up' command that gets executed. Then after > the interface comes up you could have a short script that just calls > `route` to set the correct route. If it's a dynamic IP and route this > might be a little tricky though. There are other similar methods for > 'down' to remove the routes.. > > -- > Michael Janssen - Jamuraa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > GPG Fingerprint: 87F1 92C4 44AA 4105 B1C4 EDEC D995 9620 C00E 9159 > > >Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature I'm interrested in the same thing, only I want to be able to edit my routing table upon startup to define the mss and window of my LAN and external gateway. Is there some sort of text stream I can run through to accomplish this? Stef
Re: Stereo sound
On Thursday 10 May 2001 14:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If the sound is mono, you should still be getting sound from both speakers. > It just will be the exact same sound (i.e. no stereo seperation). Not necessarily. My commercial oss driver for instance outputs mono to only one channel.
Re: SiS6326 problem
Try different configuration programs, and if you have X 3.3.6 now, try 4.0.x. This card works for me with X 4.0.1 and 16 bit color depth. Some options in the config file are necessary to make the screen look good. Read www.xfree86.org/ And search the archive of this mailing list.
Re: PostgreSQL odbc
Jorge Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, I'm trying to use odbc-PostgreSQL with StarOffice but when > trying to create a new database with ODBC as a source and trying to > select the tables tab I get the following error: I have read somewhere that one can do what you want using unixodbc. I have compiled it, but did not have time to try and setup Staroffice using it. There is a document on the web describing how to so this. I have downloaded it after a search on www.google.com but did not write down the url. The name of the document is star-postgrs.ps. I also have a pdf-version but I am not sure whether I produced it using ps2pdf or whether I downloaded it as a pdf-document. Regards Johann -- J.H. Spies - Tel. 082 782 0336. Posbus 4668, Tygervallei 7536 "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord." I Corinthians 15:58
Re: How many Linux is enough for lilo!?
Thanks that did it. -- Viktor On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 03:53:57PM +0100, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Viktor Lakics ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > I run into a prob with lilo. I want to have two Linuxes on the same > > hard drive (root partitions /hda8 and /hda9 respectively) and have > > lilo on the MBR. > > > > Whatever I do, lilo can only recognize the kernel from one root > > partition. I can have several kernels bootable by lilo, as long as > > the reside on the same root or boot (if you have a separate /boot > > partition) partition. > > Unfortunately you haven't said what you are trying to do and what > error messages you get when it doesn't work. (What does "recognize" > mean?) > > > Maybe i overlooked something, could anyone give me an exerpt from > > lilo.conf, where lilo boots two different Linux distro from two > > different root partition? > > Well, firstly, you presumably recognise that there's only one MBR, > so the last instance of running /sbin/lilo (from any of your linuxes) > is the one that takes effect. Usually one would only run lilo from one > version, so that you only have to maintain one instance of > /etc/lilo.conf. > > If your two kernels are each contained in their respective partitions, > hda8 and hda9, then both partitions must be mounted when you run > /sbin/lilo. For example, if you're running with hda8 as root, > hda9 might be mounted as /mnt, and the two kernels will be > image=/boot/kernel-for-hda8 > and > image=/mnt/boot/kernel-for-hda9 > (you can leave out "boot/" if there are symlinks in the respective > root directories.) > > Next, how to set the root device for each kernel. There are two ways: > move the root= line from the global part of the file (you've probably > got it near the top) and put it into each image= paragraph: > > image=/boot/kernel-for-hda8 > root=/dev/hda8 > read-only > ... etc. > > image=/mnt/boot/kernel-for-hda9 > root=/dev/hda9 > ... etc. > > The other method is to leave it out altogether and use rdev on each > kernel to set the device, e.g. > > rdev /mnt/boot/kernel-for-hda9 /dev/hda9 > (assuming you can write to /dev/hda9) > Actually there's no harm in doing both. > > Obviously you leave the boot= line alone: > > boot=/dev/hda > > as this determines where lilo writes the boot sector, to the MBR. > > What happens when you run /sbin/lilo is that lilo sees where all the > kernels are (in terms of filesystems on partitions), works out where > they are physically on the disk (in terms of blocks) and builds a > map of those blocks. It also notes down the corresponding root > devicenames (and all the other info in the image= paragraph). > > When you boot and the MBR runs, the kernel is loaded by block numbers > off the disk, and any root= value is applied. If there wasn't a root= > then it uses a magic offset in the kernel just loaded (which is > what you can set with rdev). > > If you have a huge disk, it makes sense to collect all the kernels > into the "classic" /boot partition near the start. But kernels can > be placed in all sorts of different partitions/filesystems so long > as /sbin/lilo can see them all mounted (and listed in /etc/lilo.conf) > when you run it. > > Hope that makes sense. > > Cheers, > > -- > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 > Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA > Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify > official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
CGA adapter
Hello, I have installed an old CGA video card in my computer, next to my VGA card. The system boots with (view on, I mean) the VGA card. When I load the modules fbcon-hga.o and hgafb.o, the CGA card takes over the video output and the VGA card drops dead (well, it stops working). When I start X, X is displayed through the VGA card on the VGA monitor. So then I have two views: X on VGA and a console on CGA. But, when I am under X, the console stops working, until I switch to console mode. I want to use the CGA as a logscreen for syslogd. So, how can you let the CGA card working while you are under X, or how must you configure Linux when you want to use two videocards in general? Thanks in advance, Sebastiaan -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented...
Mail Options??
I have a Qlitech Linux desk-top to go on the road in my RV. Got it on a cart to ocassionally wheel to a phone connection. QUESTION: Which mail application??? I have StarOffice installed, it's a compatability thing. Has anyone in Debian land used it for email?? Thanks John.
SiS6326 problem
ive got this graphics card (SIS6326) and i have a big problem with setting the resolution and size of the screen. im working with XF86Config file and im trying to put those modes, but i always get too big screen for my monitor. i dont have any virtula lines in the file.. but i just dont know how to properly set those settings in Screeen Section. the card has 4 megs of ram, monitor specs are: H-frequency 30 - 70kHz, V-frequency 50 - 110Hz. im using 1024x768 at 85Hz refresh rate unred windoze, and i would like to run that under potato as well... i used -bpp 16 option in the Xservers file (i still have xdm by the way, but its a different problem...) once when i used bpp 24 i could set the resolution and size i wanted but the right part of the screen was like scrambled or so, of green color, and duplicated image of the desktop. so i changed to bpp 16 but now i have no idea how to fix it. and one more thing. ive read somewhere that every time i change XF86Config file (placed in /etc/X11) i should copy it to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 for the changes to take effenct. and i noticed that if i dont copy it there - i got same stuff.. is it right?? because i taked over that problem with some people and they told me that they didnt have to do it.. well enough.. If anyone similar to this problem could help me, please? i bow to the masters of linux..
Re: Triple Boot
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 12:16:46PM -0400, Skinner, Reed wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with a Debian/Win2k/Solaris setup on the > same system? I had WinNT/Solaris 2.6/Debian at one time. I used the WinNT boot loader though. When you install Solaris, you should choose to install the boot block on the same partition you installed it on. From there, you can boot it with LILO, just like you do for Windows partitions. Ben -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
PLIP, debian installation
Hi all, I'm attempting to install debian on a laptop using a plip connection to a desktop machine which has a debian cdrom iso file mounted on /cdrom. when trying to ping from the desktop machine to the laptop the laptops console shows the error: plip0: transmit timeout(1,80) until i cancel ping. does anyone know why this is happening? also, once the connection is working how do i mount /cdrom to /cdrom on the laptop? William
apt-get dist-upgrade failed on isdnutils
Hi all! Today I made my weekly apt-get dist-upgrade to track security fixes and proposed upgrades. I get this error-message from a package from Adrian Bunks Kernel-2.4.3-Packages for Potato. (Reading database ... 75096 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace isdnutils 1:3.0-20 (using .../isdnutils_1%3a3.1pre1b-7.bunk_i386.deb) ... Document `isdn4linux-FAQ-de' is not installed, cannot remove. Document `isdn4linux-FAQ-eng' is not installed, cannot remove. /var/lib/dpkg/info/isdnutils.prerm: /etc/init.d/isdnutils: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden Checking whether you need the ipppd package... You have ipppX interfaces configured, but you have not selected ipppd to be installed. This can be dangerous (leaving you with no way of obtaining ipppd), so aborting the installation of this new isdnutils. If you really mean to not have ipppd, please remove the ipppd.* files from /etc/isdn/, stop any ipppX interfaces, and reinstall isdnutils. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/isdnutils_1%3a3.1pre1b-7.bunk_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/isdnutils_1%3a3.1pre1b-7.bunk_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Shall I report this to Adrian Bunk? Or is it a known problem? Ciao! juh -- Y2K-Bug: Jelzin rechtzeitig abgeschaltet http://www.sudelbuch.de/1999/19991231.html
Re: I don't get it.
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:04:23PM -0500, ktb wrote: > On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 02:01:42PM +1000, Craig Holyoak wrote: > > potato => stable > > woody => testing > > sid=> unstable > > > > I believe woody will soon(?) become stable. > > When was a debian release ever "soon";) > kent In geological terms releases occur quite frequently :) -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton pgpbuIaHnGCDQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Triple Boot
Does anyone have any experience with a Debian/Win2k/Solaris setup on the same system? I just bought a new drive for my system at home and would like to add Solaris 8 to my existing setup of Debian/Win2k. My concern is that during the Solaris install I will hose lilo. Obviously I could backup lilo, but I was curious if there is a way to prevent Solaris from overwriting lilo? I apologize in advance if this isn't the appropriate list to post to. Reed Skinner Eclipsys Corporation Network Services (404)847-5413
Re: Gnome desktop icons disappeared in unstable
Daniel Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi. > > I recently dist-upgrade'd my 'unstable' box, and found that > the Gnome desktop icons (both those I had defined and those which were > predefined in the packages) were gone. They still seem to exist in my > gnome-desktop, but they just don't show up on the screen. I also > noticed that my right-button no longer seems to bring up the relevant > menu when clicked on the background and that I can no longer create > desktop icons at all. > > I have tried downgrading gmc and mc-common, but this does not > restore the functionality. I have been browsing this list and the > Debian bug tracking system, but did not see this described anywhere > else. > > It is as if the desktop functionality has been "turned off" > somehow. Does anyone have a good idea about how to deal with this? > > Dan > > P.S. I am using gmc_4.5.51-17_i386.deb, and would guess that whatever > changed to break my system has occurred in the past 3 weeks, since > that's the period of my updates (more or less). Note that I am not > sure that gmc is the culprit -- that's just a guess. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Seems to have been fixed in the latest upgrade. Sorry for the wasted bandwidth... Dan
Need USB help? Re: USB setup problems
Hi, Nobody has commented yet on this. Please help if you can give me any pointers. I went through all the docs on linux-usb.org and haven't found anything to help. Eric Eric Richardson wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm using 2.2.19(not a custom build), 2.2r3 stable. I'm trying to use a > Belkin USB mouse for starters. Here what I did so far. > > 1. loaded the modules - usb-ohci didn't work so I assume the usb-uhci is > correct > # lsmod (edited) > mousedev3596 0 (unused) > hid11384 0 (unused) > input 2684 0 [mousedev hid] > usb-uhci 18200 0 (unused) > usbcore41028 0 [hid usb-uhci] > > 2. added the device files > $ ls -la /dev/input > total 0 > crw---1 root root 13, 63 May 8 09:27 mice > crw---1 root root 13, 32 May 8 09:27 mouse0 > > Note the following. > > # cat /dev/input/mouse0 > cat: /dev/input/mouse0: No such device > > 3. added to /etc/fstab after /proc entry > none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0 > $ ls /proc/bus/usb > 001 devices drivers > > Results from dmesg > > usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs > usb.c: registered new driver hub > usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.237 $ time 22:44:21 Apr 19 2001 > usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled > usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xf300, IRQ 10 > usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports > usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 1 > hub.c: USB hub found > hub.c: 2 ports detected > usb.c: registered new driver hid > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 2 > usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout > usb.c: USB device not accepting new address (error=-110) > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number -1 > usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout > usb.c: USB device not accepting new address (error=-110) > usb.c: USB disconnect on device -1 > > $ cat /proc/bus/usb/drivers > hid > hub > usbdevfs > > $ cat /proc/bus/usb/devices > T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 > B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 > D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 > P: Vendor= ProdID= Rev= 0.00 > S: Product=USB UHCI Root Hub > S: SerialNumber=f300 > C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA > I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub > E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=255ms > > The only thing weird on the boot mesg is that I physically only have one > USB port but the system is trying to assign 2 devices. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Eric > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get trouble
Stephen E. Hargrove wrote: > I'm have a heck of a time with apt-get following a manual install of > perl-5.6.1. Following is a transcript of the errors. As you can see, > /usr/share/perl5 is included in @INC (and I've verified that DebianNet.pm > exists in /usr/share/perl5). That's odd, it exists in /usr/lib/perl5/ here, not haveing been moved to share yet. And I am current with unstable. That directory is not in your @INC. Your @INC should be: /usr/local/lib/perl/5.6.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.6.0 /usr/share/perl/5.6.0 /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6 /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux > debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Can't modify goto in lvalue subroutine > return at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Base.pm line 24, near "}" You may manage to shut perl up by removing the ": lvalue" in the abovementioned file, I dunno. Does anyone on debian-perl know if perl 5.6.1 has added this weird lvalue goto diagnostic? If so, I should probably change debconf to not use lvalues in my AUTOLOADs.. -- see shy jo
ximian gnome and libzvt2
I'm having trouble updating several packages from woody and red-carpet-ximian.com. Most of the problems seem to come down to gnome-bin which fails with the following message (during dselect's install): dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-bin_1.2.13-ximian.8_i386.deb (--unpack) trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/gnome-pty-helper.1.gz' which is also in package libzvt2. I currently have libzvt2 1.2.13-4 installed. How can I get past this problem? And is 'gnome-pty-helper.1.gz' or other files going to be a problem in future compatibility between debian and ximian gnome packages? Thanks. Anm
Re: [OT] secure script without cron?
Quoting ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > #!/bin/sh > # cheknet > > while [ true ]; do > ping -qc 2 10.10.10.9 &> /dev/null > > if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then > echo "*** $(date)" >> cheknet.log > else > echo "Network Down ***" >> cheknet.log > /etc/init.d/networking restart >> cheknet.log > echo "--- Network Restarted ---" >> cheknet.log > exit > fi > sleep 5s > done Two possible solutions to this: 1) Leave it running all the time. Instead of exiting at line 13, break out of that loop into an outer one which sleeps for as long as you are prepared to let your network be down. 2) Touch a file when you start your loop, remove it when the network checks OK before you exit. Check for the presence of the file right at the start and exit if it exists. BTW isn't your exit in the wrong branch? If you restart the network, you need to loop back to ping again to see if it's now up. If ping succeeds (0), you exit. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
sshd_exchange_identification problem
debians, i (we) operate a number of Potato servers in different locations. After a hack attack on one of our machines, we reinstalled it (using pretty much defaults), and now we're having problems connecting to it from some machines. specifically, the problems relate to the sshd / hosts.deny interaction, which we have set to ALL: PARANOID. scenario is this: the new server is piper @ 130.58.xxx.xxx [1]. i can reproduce the problem with the two machines on my desk, one of which can connect, the other of which fails. [1] yes, gabe, it's the machine you're thinking off. = (A) the machine is called fishbowl.madduck.net, which is a CNAME to fishbowl.dyn.madduck.net, a dynamically changeable address (bind 9, TTL 3 minutes). currently, it resolves to 130.58.82.172, which points back to d172.sproul.swarthmore.edu. fishbowl uses ns1.madduck.net as nameserver, which i told to resolve the ip back to its name. so: fishbowl:~> host fishbowl.madduck.net fishbowl.madduck.netCNAME fishbowl.dyn.madduck.net fishbowl.dyn.madduck.netA 130.58.82.172 fishbowl:~> host 130.58.82.172 Name: fishbowl.dyn.madduck.net Address: 130.58.82.172 but on the new machine: piper:~> host fishbowl.madduck.net fishbowl.madduck.netCNAME fishbowl.dyn.madduck.net fishbowl.dyn.madduck.netA 130.58.82.172 piper:~> host 130.58.82.172 Name: d172.sproul.swarthmore.edu Address: 130.58.82.172 using RSA authentication between the two stock ssh installs (OpenSSH 1.2.3, protocol 1.5), I can successfully log in to my account on piper. = (B) the other machine is called diamond.madduck.net, and it's pretty much the same DNS situation: diamond:~> host diamond.madduck.net diamond.madduck.net A 130.58.82.235 diamond:~> host 130.58.82.235 Name: diamond.madduck.net Address: 130.58.82.235 but on the new machine: piper:~> host diamond.madduck.net shbowl.dyn.madduck.net A 130.58.82.235 piper:~> host 130.58.82.235 Name: d235.sproul.swarthmore.edu Address: 130.58.82.235 this machine cannot log in to piper: diamond:~> ssh -v piper SSH Version OpenSSH-1.2.3, protocol version 1.5. Compiled with SSL. debug: Reading configuration data /home/madduck/.ssh/config debug: Applying options for piper debug: Applying options for * debug: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug: Applying options for * debug: ssh_connect: getuid 1000 geteuid 1000 anon 1 debug: Connecting to piper.xxx.swarthmore.edu [130.58.xxx.xxx] port 22. debug: Connection established. ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host debug: Calling cleanup 0x8056840(0x0) meanwhile, piper's /var/log/auth.log lists this: May 10 11:14:35 piper sshd[9765]: warning: /etc/hosts.deny, line 15: can't verify hostname: gethostbyname(d235.sproul.swarthmore.edu) failed May 10 11:14:35 piper sshd[9765]: refused connect from 130.58.82.235 hosts.deny:15 is obviously ALL: PARANOID. before the reinstall, this machine could successfully connect to piper with the same DNS setup. however, now it doesn't work and i am think that it's the ALL: PARANOID entry, which i speculate did not exist previously. can you back me up on this, and explain why i am having these problems? does ssh advertise the hostname of the client trying to connect? i.e. is diamond saying "hi piper's sshd, i am diamond.madduck.net" and sshd does a reverse lookup on the connecting IP and discovers a mismatch in the hostnames? however, all my machines have the same stock /etc/hosts.deny and i don't have these problems anywhere else. i do recall getting them once in a while, but deleting ~/.ssh/known_hosts usually fixed them... not in this case... any tips/pointers appreciated! martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stay the patient course. of little worth is your ire. the network is down.
Re: How the average guy gets mail...
* Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2001-05-10 02:36 +0200: > Hi Cameron, > > I second everything said so far on this thread, however, on a multi-user > system I would implement fetchmail-on-dialup in a slightly different > way. > > Create an /etc/fetchmail-users file with all the users that want to run > fetchmail > > ---8< snip >8--- > # users that get mail by fetchmail > user_foo > user_bar > ---8< snip >8--- > > Then create a ip-up script: > > #!/bin/bash > > if [ -f /etc/fetchmail-users ]; then > for user in `grep -v '^#' /etc/fetchmail-users`; do > if [ -f ~$user/.fetchmailrc ]; then This gives root control (and hassle) about everybody's mail. If you pass control to the users, you could do for i in $(ls /home/); do if [ -f /home/$i/.fetchmailrc ] && \ [ -f /home/$i/email-addresses ]; then > su -c "fetchmail -d 900" $user I'd recommend the "-k" option for an "official", the "-a" option for a "family box". "-k" means the mail stays on the server (because people might also want to have it at home), "-a" for a final destination (fetch all regardless). A. B. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (mutt) move old messages, but what to do when none are found?
Quoting Mike Fedyk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > If it doesn't find any, it will delete the first message in the index. How > do I get mutt to only act if the tag (~T) matched something? Sounds to me like you need to file a wishlist bug for a switch/variable that says "don't act on the current item if there happen to be no items tagged". Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
Gnome desktop icons disappeared in unstable
Hi. I recently dist-upgrade'd my 'unstable' box, and found that the Gnome desktop icons (both those I had defined and those which were predefined in the packages) were gone. They still seem to exist in my gnome-desktop, but they just don't show up on the screen. I also noticed that my right-button no longer seems to bring up the relevant menu when clicked on the background and that I can no longer create desktop icons at all. I have tried downgrading gmc and mc-common, but this does not restore the functionality. I have been browsing this list and the Debian bug tracking system, but did not see this described anywhere else. It is as if the desktop functionality has been "turned off" somehow. Does anyone have a good idea about how to deal with this? Dan P.S. I am using gmc_4.5.51-17_i386.deb, and would guess that whatever changed to break my system has occurred in the past 3 weeks, since that's the period of my updates (more or less). Note that I am not sure that gmc is the culprit -- that's just a guess.
Re: How many Linux is enough for lilo!?
Quoting Viktor Lakics ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I run into a prob with lilo. I want to have two Linuxes on the same > hard drive (root partitions /hda8 and /hda9 respectively) and have > lilo on the MBR. > > Whatever I do, lilo can only recognize the kernel from one root > partition. I can have several kernels bootable by lilo, as long as > the reside on the same root or boot (if you have a separate /boot > partition) partition. Unfortunately you haven't said what you are trying to do and what error messages you get when it doesn't work. (What does "recognize" mean?) > Maybe i overlooked something, could anyone give me an exerpt from > lilo.conf, where lilo boots two different Linux distro from two > different root partition? Well, firstly, you presumably recognise that there's only one MBR, so the last instance of running /sbin/lilo (from any of your linuxes) is the one that takes effect. Usually one would only run lilo from one version, so that you only have to maintain one instance of /etc/lilo.conf. If your two kernels are each contained in their respective partitions, hda8 and hda9, then both partitions must be mounted when you run /sbin/lilo. For example, if you're running with hda8 as root, hda9 might be mounted as /mnt, and the two kernels will be image=/boot/kernel-for-hda8 and image=/mnt/boot/kernel-for-hda9 (you can leave out "boot/" if there are symlinks in the respective root directories.) Next, how to set the root device for each kernel. There are two ways: move the root= line from the global part of the file (you've probably got it near the top) and put it into each image= paragraph: image=/boot/kernel-for-hda8 root=/dev/hda8 read-only ... etc. image=/mnt/boot/kernel-for-hda9 root=/dev/hda9 ... etc. The other method is to leave it out altogether and use rdev on each kernel to set the device, e.g. rdev /mnt/boot/kernel-for-hda9 /dev/hda9 (assuming you can write to /dev/hda9) Actually there's no harm in doing both. Obviously you leave the boot= line alone: boot=/dev/hda as this determines where lilo writes the boot sector, to the MBR. What happens when you run /sbin/lilo is that lilo sees where all the kernels are (in terms of filesystems on partitions), works out where they are physically on the disk (in terms of blocks) and builds a map of those blocks. It also notes down the corresponding root devicenames (and all the other info in the image= paragraph). When you boot and the MBR runs, the kernel is loaded by block numbers off the disk, and any root= value is applied. If there wasn't a root= then it uses a magic offset in the kernel just loaded (which is what you can set with rdev). If you have a huge disk, it makes sense to collect all the kernels into the "classic" /boot partition near the start. But kernels can be placed in all sorts of different partitions/filesystems so long as /sbin/lilo can see them all mounted (and listed in /etc/lilo.conf) when you run it. Hope that makes sense. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
Re: How do I set route at boot time ?
In Franck Routier's email, 10-05-2001: > Hello, > > I want to set up the route to a new box on my LAN. > If the route is not set, the connexion is refused (I think this is an otion > in the kernel networking configuration) > > Where should I put this route ? > > From the docs I have found it should go in /etc/network/interfaces, but I > can't figure out what the syntax is... > > thanks, > > Franck taking a quick glance at interfaces(5), the most obvious thing for you to do would be to add a 'up' command that gets executed. Then after the interface comes up you could have a short script that just calls `route` to set the correct route. If it's a dynamic IP and route this might be a little tricky though. There are other similar methods for 'down' to remove the routes.. -- Michael Janssen - Jamuraa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Fingerprint: 87F1 92C4 44AA 4105 B1C4 EDEC D995 9620 C00E 9159 pgpCAuuM256IS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: PostgreSQL odbc
Jorge Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, I'm trying to use odbc-PostgreSQL with StarOffice but when > trying to create a new database with ODBC as a source and trying to > select the tables tab I get the following error: Have you read the ODBC-related docs in the postgresql-doc package -- and installed some ODBC-driver manager like libiodbc2? Greetings, joachim
Re: Unidentified subject!
In Tham Kine Seng's email, 10-05-2001: > Hello people, > I had mounted a windows partition. Now I am trying to give "write" > permission to my user to this windows partition. Anybody knows how to > go about giving this permission? > > All suggestions are greatly welcomed. Thank you. > > = > Cheers, > Just Me!! > I created a new group 'windows' with the `addgroup` command, then mounted it in /etc/fstab as that group with the umask of 007. Then I added myself to the group, of course. At first I was hesitant to add the execute bit, but then I couldn't store executable stuff on the windows partition. mind, I mount it with 'nosuid' to be sure that I don't have any weird hybrid viruses sneaking up on me through windows.. probably paranoia on my part though. -- Michael Janssen - Jamuraa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Fingerprint: 87F1 92C4 44AA 4105 B1C4 EDEC D995 9620 C00E 9159 pgpO26Vi7wqCG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: rw permission to windows partition (was Unidentified subject)
much better approach. Martin. On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 01:49:24PM +0200, Markus Mohr wrote: > ...or mount it with the uid, gid of your user. Gives him the proper rights. > > ciao > marksu > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: I don't get it.
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 07:26:28AM -0500, ktb wrote: > On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 02:47:11AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:04:23PM -0500, ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 02:01:42PM +1000, Craig Holyoak wrote: > > > > potato => stable > > > > woody => testing > > > > sid=> unstable > > > > > > > > I believe woody will soon(?) become stable. > > > > > > When was a debian release ever "soon";) > > > > I thought they were *always* soon ;-) > > Sooner or later;) more or less :)
