Re: any good LaTeX books/docs recommended to beginners?

[Andrew Nesbit]

Joel Mayes wrote:


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Lamport's _LaTeX: A Document Preparation System_ and _The LaTeX Companion_
are good (the first is more of an introduction, the second a reference
book). Also check out http://www.tug.org/interest.html for links to lots
of good online documentation.



I'd also recomend the LaTeX Graphics companion, if your going to be
useing any graphics, Ignore the section on MusixTeX though it's out of
date, and lilypond-book just as good a job with a lot less work. (no
flames please)

Cheers

Joel 

All the books mentioned so far are excellent, but probably a bit tough 
for a first shot at LaTeX. The LaTeX Companion is definitely not 
suitable as a beginners book, the Lamport one is a bit terse (more like 
an overview/reference) and the Graphics one is really specialised. I 
have the book by Kopka & Daly (3rd edition) and it is just wonderful. 
Fairly deep, but very easy going for the beginner, and certainly not an 
idiot's guide. The LaTeX Companion is the best /second/ book to buy on 
LaTeX, when you need to do tricky stuff that isn't covered in Kopka & 
Daly, and this /will/ happen if you are serious about LaTeX.


lshort is great if you want a free overview, but all it does is give you 
an overall flavour. Lamport you can get whenever; not a very important 
one IMHO, which is strange considering he (or is it she?) invented LaTeX.


Graphics Companion is quite specialised.

-Andrew

P.S. Joel, I noticed your sig. Have you got any helpful anti-spam tips? 
(I am having /terrible/ problems with spam at the moment).




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Re: Configuring X on Potato r3 for an on-board Mercury(810) Display

[Gary Turner]

On Wed, 09 Jan 2002 08:00:55 +0530, shyamk wrote:

>I am having problem in
>configuring X on Potato r3 for an on-board Mercury(810) Display.
>I get only 8bpp while Win98 is crystal clear.I am sulking because
>I want to shift completely to Debian , even the pictures.
>As you can guess , the list of drivers does not show anything
>proximate to Mercury or i810.
The i810(e) is not supported in potato.  Per the Intel site, you should
use vga16, then download the module/driver from them.  I have the same
video chip set but have not updated yet, so don't the gotchas if any.  I
have no clue what Debian has.

gt

Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash

Re: Configuring X on Potato r3 for an on-board Mercury(810) Display

[Craig Dickson]

Gary Turner wrote:

> The i810(e) is not supported in potato.

More specifically, it is not supported in XFree86 3.3, which is the
version in Potato -- although I understand that it should be possible to
obtain an i810 X server from Intel to plug into XFree86 3.3, at which
point it should work.

If someone wants to try Debian on a workstation, I don't think they
should bother with Potato; it's too outdated. They should just go for
Woody at this point. Woody has XFree86 4.x, which includes i810 support.
Potato is still useful for dedicated servers, on which it is not usually
as annoying to be running old releases of software, but not
workstations.

The machine I'm writing this on (a Dell Dimension L700cx) has an i810
motherboard with built-in video. I don't remember anymore whether I
actually got XFree86 3.3 working on it (other than in 640x480 VGA mode),
but I remember trying to get it working was a pain. I upgraded to
XFree86 4 as soon as I could, and had no problems at all getting it to
work.

Craig

Confusion about X in woody

[Randy Orrison]

I installed Potato from CDs, and have since done an apt-get dist-upgrade
to woody, and have been following woody since (with apt-get upgrade and
install as needed when new packages arrived).  I've recently noticed
that I appear to be using X version 4.1, as shown by this partial output
from dpkg -l:

ii  xdm4.1.0-11   X display manager
ii  xfree86-common 4.1.0-11   X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
ii  xfs4.1.0-11   X font server
ii  xlib6g 4.1.0-11   pseudopackage providing X libraries
ii  xlibs  4.1.0-11   X Window System client libraries
ii  xserver-common 4.1.0-11   files and utilities common to all X servers
ii  xserver-common-v3 3.3.6-42   files and utilities common to XFree86 3.x 
X 
ii  xserver-svga   3.3.6-42   X server for SVGA graphics cards
ii  xterm  4.1.0-11   X terminal emulator
ii  xutils 4.1.0-11   X Window System utility programs
ii  xvfb   4.1.0-11   virtual framebuffer X server

I figured that the two v 3.3.6 packages (note that I've added the "-v3"
to the appropriate line, that was quite confusing for a while) were
obsolete, and deleted them (while X was not running).  Ha!  xdm wouldn't
start!  I put them back and now all is well again.  It appears that xdm
was trying to start /etc/X11/X which is a symlink to
/usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA, which comes from xserver-svga v 3.3.6.

So, all is working again, but I think I'm running some weird 3.3.6/4.1
crossbreed which worries me.  I'd like to be able to get rid of the
3.3.6 stuff.  My video card is an NVIDIA Riva TNT Model 64, which 3
didn't support directly (hence the svga).  Does 4 support this directly,
and how do I configure it to use it?

Thanks!

Re: postfix dependancies

[Dougie Nisbet]

On Tuesday 08 January 2002 10:23 pm, Craig Dickson wrote:

> samba requires logrotate
> logrotate requires mailx
> mailx requires mail-transport-agent
> exim provides mail-transport-agent
>
> That's why.
>
> postfix also provides mail-transport-agent, and postfix conflicts with
> exim. So if you install postfix, exim will be removed, but since you
> will still have a mail-transport-agent, samba, mutt, leafnode, etc.
> should not be affected.
>
> Craig

Ah, I understand now. Is there anyway to examine dependancies without using 
apt-get install?

Dougie

Re: postfix dependancies

[Ax]

Dne st 9. leden 2002 09:19 Dougie Nisbet napsal(a):
> Ah, I understand now. Is there anyway to examine dependancies without
> using apt-get install?

dselect

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Re: postfix dependancies

[Craig Dickson]

Ax wrote:

> Dne st 9. leden 2002 09:19 Dougie Nisbet napsal(a):
> > Ah, I understand now. Is there anyway to examine dependancies without
> > using apt-get install?
> 
> dselect

Or simply view the file /var/lib/dpkg/available, and search for
"Package: postfix" (or whatever package you want to look for).

I don't see anything in the dpkg man page showing a command to do
this from dpkg, oddly. There is dpkg -I, but you have to download
the .deb first for that; dpkg doesn't seem to have an option to
display a package's record from /var/lib/dpkg/available.

Craig

Re: postfix dependancies

[Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.]

On Wednesday 09 January 2002 3:36 pm, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Ax wrote:
> > Dne st 9. leden 2002 09:19 Dougie Nisbet napsal(a):
> > > Ah, I understand now. Is there anyway to examine dependancies without
> > > using apt-get install?
> >
> > dselect
>
> Or simply view the file /var/lib/dpkg/available, and search for
> "Package: postfix" (or whatever package you want to look for).

This one is better (I think):

$ apt-cache show postfix

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Re: any good LaTeX books/docs recommended to beginners?

[Sebastiaan]

Hi,
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Patrick Hsieh wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am very new to LaTex. Is there any good books or documents recommended
> for me? Any recommends highly appreciated. :-)
If you have installed LaTeX and it's documents on your system, go to
/usr/share/doc/texmf/latex/general/

There you find the files guide, latex2e and lshort (read them in that
order). Here it says pretty much about the latex basics. If you want to
expand your knowledge, read the docs in /usr/share/doc/texmf/latex/. They
belong to the packages. So for example, if you want to make mathematical
documents, read /usr/share/doc/texmf/latex/amsmath/amsldoc.dvi.gz (by 
xdvi .../amsldoc.dvi.gz, there is no need to unzip it first).

That was about everything I needed to start me off. If you are wondering
about something, search the archives of comp.text.tex with google first.
Then you can always ask a question in that newsgroup.

Greetz,
Sebastiaan

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ntpd does not work

[Sebastiaan]

Hello,

I have several computers running ntpd, but on one computer it does not
work. At first, that computer has 4 ntpd processes in stead of 1:

(output ps aux)
USER   PID %CPU %MEM   VSZ  RSS TTY  STAT START   TIME COMMAND
root 21748  0.0 38.9  3972 3964 ?SL   Jan03   0:26 /usr/sbin/ntpd
root 21749  0.0 38.9  3972 3964 ?SL   Jan03   0:03 /usr/sbin/ntpd
root 21750  0.0 38.9  3972 3964 ?SL   Jan03   0:27 /usr/sbin/ntpd
root 21751  0.0  1.2  4096  124 ?SL   Jan03   0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd

but the worst is that the time is not correctly: 45 minutes ahead of the
correct time. The timezone is set correctley. My /etc/ntp.conf:
# /etc/ntp.conf, configuration for xntpd

# ntpd will use syslog() if logfile is not defined
#logfile /var/log/ntpd

driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/

statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats
filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable
filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable
filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable

server ntp.chello.nl


I use this timeserver for different computers, so I guess their time is
correct ;-). 

So, why does it not want to set the correct time? It eats memory.

Thanks in advance,
Sebastiaan




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Re: kernel-package and moving the old vmlinuz

[Manoj Srivastava]

>>"Shaul" == Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

 Shaul> Next I installed kernel-image-2.2.20_custom.2.0_i386.deb and got both 
 Shaul> vmlinuz and vmlinuz.old pointing to /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.20. Yet 
 Shaul> /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz states that

 Shaul>  Normally, that is only done if the version of the new image
 Shaul>  differs from the old one

 Shaul> Why then I got both vmlinuz and vmlinuz.old pointing to the
 Shaul> same kernel image?

This was a bug. The check I had in the image postinst was
 being too rigorous, and always failed. kernel-package from the last
 day or so should have this fixed.

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Re: ntpd does not work

[Alvin Oga]

hi sebastiaan

the ntp.conf file is different for your local ntp server 
vs clients syncing to your local ntp server

kill  ntp daemon than  kill all the pending ntp jobs..
and restart it and see where the problem is

maybe the reason for the failures is in the /var/log/ntpstats or
/var/log/*  

for testing... i'd turn on logfileiny our /etc/ntp.conf

ntp wont sync if its more than a few minutes off 
- each client need to first run "ntpdate -s ntp.chello.nl"

you'd want to have more than one ntp server... and probably add a peer ntp
server

maybe your ipchains is blocking ntp traffic ??

what does ntptrace/ntpdate show for any error messages ??

ntptrace -dv ntp ( checks /etc/ntp.conf )

ntpdate < -v | -q > ntp.your.com


have fun
alvin
http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/NTP .. see server/client conf and docs


On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Sebastiaan wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have several computers running ntpd, but on one computer it does not
> work. At first, that computer has 4 ntpd processes in stead of 1:
> 
> (output ps aux)
> USER   PID %CPU %MEM   VSZ  RSS TTY  STAT START   TIME COMMAND
> root 21748  0.0 38.9  3972 3964 ?SL   Jan03   0:26 /usr/sbin/ntpd
> root 21749  0.0 38.9  3972 3964 ?SL   Jan03   0:03 /usr/sbin/ntpd
> root 21750  0.0 38.9  3972 3964 ?SL   Jan03   0:27 /usr/sbin/ntpd
> root 21751  0.0  1.2  4096  124 ?SL   Jan03   0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd
> 
> but the worst is that the time is not correctly: 45 minutes ahead of the
> correct time. The timezone is set correctley. My /etc/ntp.conf:
> # /etc/ntp.conf, configuration for xntpd
> 
> # ntpd will use syslog() if logfile is not defined
> #logfile /var/log/ntpd
> 
> driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
> statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/
> 
> statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats
> filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable
> filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable
> filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable
> 
> server ntp.chello.nl
> 
> 
> I use this timeserver for different computers, so I guess their time is
> correct ;-). 
> 
> So, why does it not want to set the correct time? It eats memory.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Sebastiaan
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Play VCD on computer

[alfons1]

Hi
Is there a way to play Vcd on computer without DVD 
drive ?
Thanks and regards,
 
Alfons

Re: partition resize

[Mirek Dobsicek]

As far, as I know, parted works only on ext2fs

and I need to make one of my reiserfs partition smaller
in order to make /var bigger

Mirek




Yes you can,

You can try good old partition-magic (commercial product), or GNU parted 


apt-get install parted (on sid at least)
or see 
http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html


You can also download a bootable disk image from their site.

Make sure to backup the partitions before trying to resize them.

MS Exchange IMAP durch Linux iptables FW mit NAT?

[Andreas Rabus]

Grüß Gott,

folgendes kleines Problem:

LAN mit M$ Exchange --- Firwall Linux -- DMZ -- Cisco -- Internet
10.0.0.x

Die FW macht (S|D)NAT für das Lan, nimmt ePost auf einer extra IP (auf
eth0:3) entgegen (SMTP) und leitet an den Exchange Server weiter.
Wenn ich von außen per IMAP auf den Exchange Server zugreifen will, habe ich
folgendes gedacht, das aber so nicht geht. Ein Versuch mit Telnet auf IMAP
Port und tcpdump auf der FW ergibt zwar einzelne Pakete, aber keine
Verbindung kommt zustande.

Die FW hat eine "echte" IP, auf dieser nimmt sie per SMTP ePost entgegen.
Per DNAT habe ich den IMAP Port von der FW auf den Ex-Server umgeleitet und
den Ex per SNAT als oben genannte IP geNATet.

Webzugriffe auf einen internen WebServer (Linux, Apache) funktionieren
analog, IMAP aber nicht.

Weiß jemand, wo mein Denkfehler steckt?

Danke,

ar


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Re: any good LaTeX books/docs recommended to beginners?

[MH]

> "Sebastiaan" == Sebastiaan  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Sebastiaan> Hi,
Sebastiaan> On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Patrick Hsieh wrote:

>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am very new to LaTex. Is there any good books or documents
>> recommended for me? Any recommends highly appreciated. :-)

Sebastiaan> If you have installed LaTeX and it's documents on your
Sebastiaan> system, go to /usr/share/doc/texmf/latex/general/

   And be sure to check texdoctk, which is a nice front-end to nearly all the 
LaTeX
   documentation on your system (see above, but not only the docs from
   general)...
 

HTH,

MH

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Re: "screen" will not read /etc/profile

[Colin Watson]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 09:35:47PM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote:
> See the man page, and the examples in
> /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files.
> 
> Hmm, that's strange, I found the above reference in
> /etc/skel/.bashrc, but did not find an examples directory
> in /usr/share/doc/bash.  Odd...

It's in the bash-doc package.

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Re: problems with apt overwriting installs and with trafstats, debian-unstable

[Colin Watson]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 04:17:39PM -0800, Teunis Peters wrote:
> I hope this is the right place to ask, I'm not really sure so if anyone
> can help, please???
> 
> I've been using debian-unstable due to requiring lots of current software
> but have run into a couple of problems:
> 
> some packages I've needed to recompile to use different libraries (or
> versions of libraries) keep getting overwritten by dselect...

If you recompile something, either put it in /usr/local or put it on
hold ('=' in dselect).

> Also trafstats won't uninstall.  Or install. And it halts dselect every
> time...  *sigh*.  I haven't manage to find anything to even suggest -why-
> it's refusing to do this...  suggestions?

  http://bugs.debian.org/trafstats

The package is pretty buggy at the moment ... it *is* possible to
recover, but difficult. Try these steps:

  * Edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/trafstats.config and remove the line
referring to trafstats/nodaemon.

  * Do the same to /var/lib/dpkg/info/trafstats.postinst.

  * Edit /etc/init.d/trafstats and add '|| true' to the end of the line
starting with 'unset'.

  * Run 'dpkg --configure trafstats'.

> Also a quick niggle - is there any way to speed up apt's local
> installation database search?  Everything's so convoluted in dependancies
> I'm at 315462 files and directories installed *ow* and it takes up to -5-
> minutes on my wee little celeron 400 to search before installing anything.
> maybe I should just quit trying to do updates *deep sigh*

Um, over 30 files? Install fewer packages. :-)

Seriously, most of the problem lies in dpkg. A friend and I have some
evil plans to speed it up a good bit. Woody's dpkg is much faster than
potato's was, but it still has some serious problems.

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Re: postfix dependancies

[Martin Würtele]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 08:19:59AM +, Dougie Nisbet wrote:
> Ah, I understand now. Is there anyway to examine dependancies without using 
> apt-get install?
 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -p postfix | grep Depends
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libdb3 (>= 3.2.9-1), libgdbmg1, netbase,
adduser, debconf, dpkg (>= 1.8.3), postfix-ldap (=
0.0.20011217.SNAPSHOT-1), postfix-pcre (= 0.0.20011217.SNAPSHOT-1)

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xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

[Sander Smeenk]

Hey,

A few months ago I noticed that _something_ had changed on my Debian
installation that caused xterms not to react on my backspace key as one
would expect. 

With a lot of tuning, help from friends, reinstalling and
dpkg-reconfigure'ing I managed to fix this, and for a while my backspace
acted like it should. It removed the character left of the cursor and
moved one spot to the left. 

But since a few upgrades that _something_ has changed AGAIN, and now my
setup is b0rken again. 

I don't know what to do to fix this anymore. I give up. I'm too tired.
What is that _something_ that changes every now and then?
How do I fix my xterms to _ALWAYS_ do what I expect them to do when I
press backspace?

Right now:
- My Backspace acts like Delete should do.
- My Delete is a shortcut for ~
- Pressing Control-Backspace acts like Backspace should.

PLEASE can someone help me fix this once and for all?

Regards,
Sander.

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Re: any good LaTeX books/docs recommended to beginners?

[G. Soyez]

There is also a doc file in Postscript : "A not so short introduction to 
LaTeX 2e" (the file is called lshort.ps), which is quite a good introduction.

Gregor

On Merkidi 09 Djanvî 2002 05:09, Patrick Hsieh wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am very new to LaTex. Is there any good books or documents recommended
> for me? Any recommends highly appreciated. :-)

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Tel : +32 (0)4 366 36 04
Fax: +32 (0)4 366 36 72

VFS

[wang]

Hello:
Help me pleale.
i want to instsll Debian 2.2r4 but something happen
MY PC: 
Acer  altos 1100
scsi:AIC 7800
sys how me when booting
:

partition check
Sda:sda1
Sdb:sdb1
apm:Bios not found  
Kernel panic:UFS:Unable to mount roots fs on 01:00



many thinks
wang
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   

Fetting lird (Intrared control) working?

[Stan Brown]

I havve installed the lircd packagem and the lircd modules package. I let
the later compile the modules, and guess at configuration setings.

I am runing a custom 2.4.17 kernel, and have a Haupanage (sp) WinTV card
installed, and working, that came wth an ifrared remote control.

What I'm trying to do is use the control for gbtv, and xawttv.

I looked at the config files genereated in /etc/lird, and the referenced
some config files for the Hauppanage card (sp) byt relative path name. Yhe
only place I could find them on my system was under /usrshare/doc, so I
copied the referenced files to /etc/lird/haupanage (yse I carefully copied
the spellling there :-)).

But still my remote does not work. I no longer get complainrs when
/etc/init/lircd start is run.

I'm att a loss, how can I further troubleshoot this?

-- 
Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154
Charleston SC.
-- 
Windows 98: n.
useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and
a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit 
company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
-
(c) 2000 Stan Brown.  Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.

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EXPOSED!!!

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Re: HOT GAY SEX!

[Penguin]

Do they use Debian?

On Wednesday 09 January 2002  5:09 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> CLICK BELOW for Naughty GAY SEXUAL ACTS!! Pure Hardcore Action! Hot Male
> Celebs EXPOSED!!!
>
> http://www.xpays.com/clients/08862/gay/promo.html

Re: Question about IP masqing

[Dave Price]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 06:49:55PM -0600, Michael Jinks wrote:
> I'm not sure.  The freshmeat guys (or whomever) might have just been
> guessing based on contextual clues, like ident checks failing, or
> ftp connections switching to "passive".  Without knowing the context
> it's hard to say for sure.
> 

The port number on the return address is different (for the particular
service) than the actual service port ... that is how you can spot a
Masq's connection.

aloha,
dave

Re: HOT GAY SEX!

[Thorsten Haude]

Hi,

* Penguin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-01-09 13:01]:
>Do they use Debian?
The site www.xpays.com is running Apache/1.3.19 (Unix) on FreeBSD.
(http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.xpays.com)

Thorsten
-- 
Unterschätze nie die Macht dummer Leute, die einer Meinung sind.
- Kurt Tucholsky

ext3 vs xfs

[Edward Kear]

I just received a 160 gb hard drive that I plan to partition as one big 
partition and mount as /home/public on the family file server (woody).  Most of 
the files in this directory are mp3, mpg, avi, etc.

I've constructed a 2.4.16 kernel with the required ide patch and patched it to 
support xfs.  I've tested everything and it works, but I haven't put it into 
use yet.

Anyone have any thoughts on which file system to use?  ext3 or xfs?

Ed

Re: HOT GAY SEX! do they use LaTeX ? ;-)

[Xavier Hubin]

On Wednesday 09 January 2002 13:18, Thorsten Haude wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * Penguin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-01-09 13:01]:
> >Do they use Debian?
>
> The site www.xpays.com is running Apache/1.3.19 (Unix) on FreeBSD.
> (http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.xpays.com)
>
> Thorsten

I hope they use also LaTeX... :-)

Re: ntpd does not work

[Sebastiaan]

High,

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Alvin Oga wrote:

> 
> hi sebastiaan
> 
> ntp wont sync if its more than a few minutes off 
>   - each client need to first run "ntpdate -s ntp.chello.nl"
> 
This is a problem: 45 min off

> you'd want to have more than one ntp server... and probably add a peer ntp
> server
> 
> maybe your ipchains is blocking ntp traffic ??
> 
> what does ntptrace/ntpdate show for any error messages ??
> 
>   ntptrace -dv ntp ( checks /etc/ntp.conf )
> 
>   ntpdate < -v | -q > ntp.your.com
> 
This was a problem. Fixed now.

But still, why does ntpd have four processes (now three)? It is eating
memory (38.9% of 12MB = +/- 4.7 MB).


Thanks very much for the help!!!~
Sebastiaan



--
  NT is the OS of the future. The main engine is the 16-bit Subsystem
  (also called MS-DOS Subsystem). Above that, there is the windoze 95/98
  16-bit Subsystem. Anyone can see that 16+16=32, so windoze NT is a 
  *real* 32-bit system.


> have fun
> alvin
> http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/NTP .. see server/client conf and docs
> 
> 
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Sebastiaan wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have several computers running ntpd, but on one computer it does not
> > work. At first, that computer has 4 ntpd processes in stead of 1:
> > 
> > (output ps aux)
> > USER   PID %CPU %MEM   VSZ  RSS TTY  STAT START   TIME COMMAND
> > root 21748  0.0 38.9  3972 3964 ?SL   Jan03   0:26 
> > /usr/sbin/ntpd
> > root 21749  0.0 38.9  3972 3964 ?SL   Jan03   0:03 
> > /usr/sbin/ntpd
> > root 21750  0.0 38.9  3972 3964 ?SL   Jan03   0:27 
> > /usr/sbin/ntpd
> > root 21751  0.0  1.2  4096  124 ?SL   Jan03   0:00 
> > /usr/sbin/ntpd
> > 
> > but the worst is that the time is not correctly: 45 minutes ahead of the
> > correct time. The timezone is set correctley. My /etc/ntp.conf:
> > # /etc/ntp.conf, configuration for xntpd
> > 
> > # ntpd will use syslog() if logfile is not defined
> > #logfile /var/log/ntpd
> > 
> > driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
> > statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/
> > 
> > statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats
> > filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable
> > filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable
> > filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable
> > 
> > server ntp.chello.nl
> > 
> > 
> > I use this timeserver for different computers, so I guess their time is
> > correct ;-). 
> > 
> > So, why does it not want to set the correct time? It eats memory.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Sebastiaan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> >   NT is the OS of the future. The main engine is the 16-bit Subsystem
> >   (also called MS-DOS Subsystem). Above that, there is the windoze 95/98
> >   16-bit Subsystem. Anyone can see that 16+16=32, so windoze NT is a 
> >   *real* 32-bit system.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 
> 

adding menu items

[Kari Ruohonen]

Hi!
I have tried to add items to the Debian menu system with no luck. I have
read the man pages and the docs as well as browsed the discussion groups.
I have tried to add a 'menu' file to both ~/.menu and /etc/menu and run
'update-menus' both as a user and root. Nothing happens. Also, the
response in the discussion groups appears variable.

I am running unstable with PWM and xdm. Is this window manager specific?

Thanks, Kari

I'm missing from kdm portraits at startup

[Dougie Nisbet]

I did 'usermod -u 501' dougie to change my UID from 1000. When I logged out 
and in again, I'm no longer a picture on the kdm login screen. root is there, 
and all the other users, but I'm missing. I can't figure out where kde stores 
this list. I can still log in no problem, but I'm a bit puzzled about why the 
icon has dissapeared. Where has it gone?

Dougie

Re: I'm missing from kdm portraits at startup

[Karsten Heymann]

* Dougie Nisbet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020109 14:06]:

> I did 'usermod -u 501' dougie to change my UID from 1000. When I
> logged out and in again, I'm no longer a picture on the kdm login
> screen. root is there, and all the other users, but I'm missing. I
> can't figure out where kde stores this list. I can still log in no
> problem, but I'm a bit puzzled about why the icon has dissapeared.
> Where has it gone?

In /etc/kde2/kdm/kdmrc (/etc/X11/kdm/kdmrc on older versions) there is a
MinShowUID=xxx line. On default it is set to 1000 i think. Lower it to
500 if your users ids start at 500. 

Yours,

Karsten

-- 
Karsten Heymann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CAU-University Kiel, Germany
Registered Linux User #221014  (http://counter.li.org)

can not install 2.2r4

[wang]

Hello:
Help me pleale.
i want to instsll Debian 2.2r4 but something happen
MY PC: 
Acer  altos 1100
scsi:AIC 7800
sys how me when booting
:

partition check
Sda:sda1
Sdb:sdb1
apm:Bios not found  
Kernel panic:UFS:Unable to mount roots fs on 01:00



many thinks
wang
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   

Re: ht0 freezing computer IDE tape

[Lance Hoffmeyer]

I guess I will try to emulate scsi using ide-scsi?

from dmesg:

ide-tape: Dumping ATAPI Identify Device tape parameters
ide-tape: Protocol Type: <6>ATAPI
ide-tape: Device Type: 1 - <6>Streaming Tape Device
ide-tape: Removable: Yes
ide-tape: Command Packet DRQ Type: <6>Accelerated DRQ
ide-tape: Command Packet Size: <6>12 bytes
ide-tape: Model: Seagate STT2A
ide-tape: Firmware Revision: 8A51
ide-tape: Serial Number: 
ide-tape: Write buffer size: 372736 bytes
ide-tape: DMA: Yes
ide-tape: LBA: Yes
ide-tape: IORDY can be disabled: Yes
ide-tape: IORDY supported: Yes
ide-tape: ATAPI overlap supported: No
ide-tape: PIO Cycle Timing Category: 2
ide-tape: DMA Cycle Timing Category: 2
ide-tape: Single Word DMA supported modes: <6>0 <6>1 <6>2 <6>(active)
<6>
ide-tape: Multi Word DMA supported modes: <6>0 <6>1 <6>2 <6>(active) <6>
ide-tape: Enhanced PIO Modes: Mode 3
ide-tape: Minimum Multi-word DMA cycle per word: <6>120 ns
ide-tape: Manufacturer's Recommended Multi-word cycle: <6>120 ns
ide-tape: Minimum PIO cycle without IORDY: <6>120 ns
ide-tape: Minimum PIO cycle with IORDY: <6>120 ns
ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: Seagate STT2A rev 8A51
ide-tape: Dumping the results of the MODE SENSE packet command
ide-tape: Mode Parameter Header:
ide-tape: Mode Data Length - 23
ide-tape: Medium Type - 0
ide-tape: Device Specific Parameter - 16
ide-tape: Block Descriptor Length - 0
ide-tape: Capabilities and Mechanical Status Page:
ide-tape: Page code - 42
ide-tape: Page length - 18
ide-tape: Read only - No
ide-tape: Supports reverse space - Yes
ide-tape: Supports erase initiated formatting - No
ide-tape: Supports QFA two Partition format - Yes
ide-tape: Supports locking the medium - No
ide-tape: The volume is currently locked - No
ide-tape: The device defaults in the prevent state - No
ide-tape: Supports ejecting the medium - No
ide-tape: Supports error correction - Yes
ide-tape: Supports data compression - No
ide-tape: Supports 512 bytes block size - Yes
ide-tape: Supports 1024 bytes block size - No
ide-tape: Supports 32768 bytes block size / Restricted byte count for
PIO transfers - No
ide-tape: Maximum supported speed in KBps - 1000
ide-tape: Continuous transfer limits in blocks - 108
ide-tape: Current speed in KBps - 1000
ide-tape: Buffer size - 331776
ide-tape: Adjusted block size - 512
ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: 1000KBps, 6*54kB buffer, 9720kB pipeline, 110ms
tDSC, DMA



On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 20:50, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 01:10:26PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> > I am using kernel 2.4.16 and have IDE TAPE built into the kernel. At
> > boot I get a lot of info concerning the tape drive but when I attempt to
> > write to the tape drive it locks the entire system up and I have to
> > press the reset key (something like tar -zcpvf /dev/ht0 / as an
> > example-not the actual command).
> > 
> > I know this is not much info but does someone know what is going on or
> > what information can I supply which might shed more light onto the
> > subject?  I am just trying to keep this email short without copying
> > a lot of the dmesg output (There must be a page on the IDE Tape!).
> > 
> > Lance
> > 
> 
> Some IDE tape drives need ide-scsi to work. What is the model of your
> tape drive?
> 
> -- 
> Jerome
> 
> 
> -- 
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 

Re: ht0 freezing computer IDE tape

[Lance Hoffmeyer]

I guess I will try to emulate scsi using ide-scsi?

from dmesg:

ide-tape: Dumping ATAPI Identify Device tape parameters
ide-tape: Protocol Type: <6>ATAPI
ide-tape: Device Type: 1 - <6>Streaming Tape Device
ide-tape: Removable: Yes
ide-tape: Command Packet DRQ Type: <6>Accelerated DRQ
ide-tape: Command Packet Size: <6>12 bytes
ide-tape: Model: Seagate STT2A
ide-tape: Firmware Revision: 8A51
ide-tape: Serial Number: 
ide-tape: Write buffer size: 372736 bytes
ide-tape: DMA: Yes
ide-tape: LBA: Yes
ide-tape: IORDY can be disabled: Yes
ide-tape: IORDY supported: Yes
ide-tape: ATAPI overlap supported: No
ide-tape: PIO Cycle Timing Category: 2
ide-tape: DMA Cycle Timing Category: 2
ide-tape: Single Word DMA supported modes: <6>0 <6>1 <6>2 <6>(active)
<6>
ide-tape: Multi Word DMA supported modes: <6>0 <6>1 <6>2 <6>(active) <6>
ide-tape: Enhanced PIO Modes: Mode 3
ide-tape: Minimum Multi-word DMA cycle per word: <6>120 ns
ide-tape: Manufacturer's Recommended Multi-word cycle: <6>120 ns
ide-tape: Minimum PIO cycle without IORDY: <6>120 ns
ide-tape: Minimum PIO cycle with IORDY: <6>120 ns
ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: Seagate STT2A rev 8A51
ide-tape: Dumping the results of the MODE SENSE packet command
ide-tape: Mode Parameter Header:
ide-tape: Mode Data Length - 23
ide-tape: Medium Type - 0
ide-tape: Device Specific Parameter - 16
ide-tape: Block Descriptor Length - 0
ide-tape: Capabilities and Mechanical Status Page:
ide-tape: Page code - 42
ide-tape: Page length - 18
ide-tape: Read only - No
ide-tape: Supports reverse space - Yes
ide-tape: Supports erase initiated formatting - No
ide-tape: Supports QFA two Partition format - Yes
ide-tape: Supports locking the medium - No
ide-tape: The volume is currently locked - No
ide-tape: The device defaults in the prevent state - No
ide-tape: Supports ejecting the medium - No
ide-tape: Supports error correction - Yes
ide-tape: Supports data compression - No
ide-tape: Supports 512 bytes block size - Yes
ide-tape: Supports 1024 bytes block size - No
ide-tape: Supports 32768 bytes block size / Restricted byte count for
PIO transfers - No
ide-tape: Maximum supported speed in KBps - 1000
ide-tape: Continuous transfer limits in blocks - 108
ide-tape: Current speed in KBps - 1000
ide-tape: Buffer size - 331776
ide-tape: Adjusted block size - 512
ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: 1000KBps, 6*54kB buffer, 9720kB pipeline, 110ms
tDSC, DMA



On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 20:50, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 01:10:26PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> > I am using kernel 2.4.16 and have IDE TAPE built into the kernel. At
> > boot I get a lot of info concerning the tape drive but when I attempt to
> > write to the tape drive it locks the entire system up and I have to
> > press the reset key (something like tar -zcpvf /dev/ht0 / as an
> > example-not the actual command).
> > 
> > I know this is not much info but does someone know what is going on or
> > what information can I supply which might shed more light onto the
> > subject?  I am just trying to keep this email short without copying
> > a lot of the dmesg output (There must be a page on the IDE Tape!).
> > 
> > Lance
> > 
> 
> Some IDE tape drives need ide-scsi to work. What is the model of your
> tape drive?
> 
> -- 
> Jerome
> 
> 
> -- 
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 

exim mrtg

[c]

can anyone plz point me to a source of mrtg scripts/source for exim
monitoring..or a howto

many thanks

c^

Re: any good LaTeX books/docs recommended to beginners?

[Jason Healy]

At 1010596167s since epoch (01/08/02 23:09:27 -0500 UTC), Patrick Hsieh wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am very new to LaTex. Is there any good books or documents recommended
> for me? Any recommends highly appreciated. :-)

I've never read the "official" Lamport books, but I own and love

 "A Guide to LATEX:
 Document Preparation for Beginners and Advanced Users" 
 by Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly.

I picked it up when I first started learning LaTeX, and it gave me
almost everything I needed to know to write my thesis (120 pages,
illustrations, crossrefs, math typsetting, bibliography, etc).

The book contains simple short chapters covering all the basics (page
layout, fonts and sizes, graphics, math, commands), and has a nice
command reference to find things quickly.

The only thing I found lacking was a section on creating PDFs -- that
technology has changed a fair amount since the book came out.
However, the online docs cover that in enough detail, and are
independent of the standard LaTeX typesetting commands.

For quick reference, I also recommend using the LaTeX Quick Reference
card found at 

 http://www.refcards.com/

They won't help you learn LaTeX, but they're great for helping to
remember those little details, and they're small enough to keep by
your computer.

Jason

--
Jason Healy|[EMAIL PROTECTED]|   http://www.logn.net/

Fatal server error: Number Nine I128 and XF86 4.1.0

[Sebastian Canagaratna]

Hi:

 I am having a fatal server error with XFree86 4.1.0 with my
 Number Nine Imagine I128 Card.

   The specifications of the card are:

   Chip Set Cirrus CL-GD5424
Memory 512
RAMDAC Cirrus Logic Built-in 15/16/24-Bit DAC
   (6-Bit wide-loop)
   Attached Graphics Processor Chipset Number Nine Imagine I128
Memory 4096 KB

I am running Debian Woody. The xserver-xfree86 package is 4.1.0-11,
and so is the xserver-common.

The linus kernel is 2.4.17

The XF86Config was generated by running 
  XFree86 -configure to give /root/XF86Config.new

Then I ran XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new

and there was a xserver fatal error.

I am attaching the two files in case they will be helpful.

Thanks for any suggestions as to how to proceed.

-- 
Sebastian Canagaratna
Department of Chemistry
Ohio Northern University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

XF86Config.new:


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen  0  "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath  "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load  "dbe"
Load  "dri"
Load  "extmod"
Load  "glx"
Load  "pex5"
Load  "record"
Load  "xie"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Keyboard0"
Driver  "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Mouse0"
Driver  "mouse"
Option  "Protocol" "auto"
Option  "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier   "Monitor0"
VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName"Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "FlatPanel" # []
#Option "SWcursor"  # []
#Option "HWcursor"  # []
#Option "SyncOnGreen"   # []
#Option "NoAccel"   # []
#Option "ShowCache" # []
#Option "Dac6Bit"   # []
#Option "Debug" # []
Identifier  "Card0"
Driver  "i128"
VendorName  "Number Nine"
BoardName   "Imagine 128"
BusID   "PCI:0:19:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor"Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection


XFree86.0.log:



This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
way.  Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted
to [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
(http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs)

XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: xx August 2001
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.13 i686 [ELF] 
Module Loader present
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Jan  8 22:55:51 2002
(++) Using config file: "/root/XF86Config.new"
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
 (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Card0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to 
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6

bringing out variable

[Sebastiaan]

Hi,

I wrote a little bash script, but I ran into a problem: I need to export a
variable out of the bash scipt into the shell. Shortly, it comes to this:

#!/bin/sh
#
DISPLAY=:1
export DISPLAY


When I execute this script, the value is set correctly in the script
environment, but after execution 'echo $DISPLAY' still results the old
value. I have also tried 'set DISPLAY', without succes. Any hints?

Thanks in advance,
Sebastiaan


--
  NT is the OS of the future. The main engine is the 16-bit Subsystem
  (also called MS-DOS Subsystem). Above that, there is the windoze 95/98
  16-bit Subsystem. Anyone can see that 16+16=32, so windoze NT is a 
  *real* 32-bit system.

Re: adding menu items

[Brian Potkin]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 02:58:58PM +0200, Kari Ruohonen wrote:

> Hi!
> I have tried to add items to the Debian menu system with no luck. I have
> read the man pages and the docs as well as browsed the discussion groups.
> I have tried to add a 'menu' file to both ~/.menu and /etc/menu and run
> 'update-menus' both as a user and root. Nothing happens. Also, the
> response in the discussion groups appears variable.

Well, you've got off to a good start with the reading.  Here are a
couple of entries from my .menu directory.  They might help to put you
on the right track.  The `local' is important and running `update-menus'
as a user should be sufficient.

copernicus:$ less .menu/physica
?package(local.physica): \
needs="text" \
section=Apps/Math \
title="physica" \
command=/usr/local/bin/physica

copernicus:$ less .menu/applix
?package(local.applix): \
needs=x11 \
section=Apps/Editors \
title="Applix" \
icon=/usr/local/applix/etc/mini-applix.xpm \
command=/usr/local/applix/bin/applix

 
> I am running unstable with PWM and xdm. Is this window manager specific?

Not as far as I know.

Brian.

Re: X too big; login double; fetchmail kaputt

[martin f krafft]

also sprach nori heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.09.0519 +0100]:
> orange:~> dpkg -l "*xserver*" | grep "^ii"
> ii  xserver-common 4.1.0-11   files and utilities common to all X
> servers
> ii  xserver-common 3.3.6-42   files and utilities common to
> XFree86 3.x X
> ii  xserver-mach64 3.3.6-42   X server for ATI Mach64-based
> graphics cards
> ii  xserver-svga   3.3.6-42   X server for SVGA graphics cards

first, you might just as well

  apt-get remove --purge xserver-common

then, you have a Mach64 card if i remember correctly, right? then purge
xserver-svga too.

and then have a look at xf86config provided by xserver-common-v3

> > there should be .dpkg-old files from changed configuration files for
> > postfix in /etc/postfix. diff them with the current ones and find
> > the changes. unless of course you played around in /etc/postfix by
> > hand.
> 
> i didn't.  but there aren't.  the only thing modified in /etc/postfix
> on Jan 8 is main.cf.  okay, manpage time ... but after this champagne
> ... which i think means tomorrow ;)

since you have a highly customized postfix, i decided to fix it. it was
actually more involved than i thought, so be glad. somehow, your
/etc/postfix/main.cf (which i saved as *.old). lines 102 and 116 should
have been indented.

anyway, i simplified your postfix configuration greatly, and it now
works...

> > i hate this topic, locales. i don't know how to fix this.
> 
> scheiss.  because it seems to be preventing a lot ...

can you view manpages or not?

> > a grep in /var/lib/dpkg/info should help you...
> 
> okkay, grepped (would that be the past participle?!), and i find an
> executable "man-db.config", which looks promising.
> 
> however, upon executing ...

*n*.

do

dpkg-reconfigure -plow man-db

> orange:/var/lib/dpkg/info# man-db.config
> bash: man-db.config: command not found

you shouldn't run it by hand, but in general, the . path is not in
root's $PATH because of security reasons. and it *should not* be!

> damn locales.

yeah!

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Re: Fatal server error: Number Nine I128 and XF86 4.1.0

[Sebastiaan]

High,

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote:

> Hi:
> 
>  I am having a fatal server error with XFree86 4.1.0 with my
>  Number Nine Imagine I128 Card.
> 
> Section "Device"
>   ### Available Driver options are:-
> ### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
> ### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz"
> ### [arg]: arg optional
> #Option "FlatPanel"   # []
> #Option "SWcursor"# []
> #Option "HWcursor"# []
> #Option "SyncOnGreen" # []
> #Option "NoAccel" # []
> #Option "ShowCache"   # []
> #Option "Dac6Bit" # []
> #Option "Debug"   # []
>   Identifier  "Card0"
>   Driver  "i128"
>   VendorName  "Number Nine"
>   BoardName   "Imagine 128"
>   BusID   "PCI:0:19:0"

Option  "UseFBDev"  "true"
Try this option, or the "false" one. Do not know for sure if it helps.

> EndSection
> 
Greetz,
Sebastiaan

Re: X too big; login double; fetchmail kaputt

[martin f krafft]

also sprach Brenda J. Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.09.0422 +0100]:
> In what file do you have LC_TIME="en_US"?  It doesn't seem to
> be propagating to your environment.

it's supposed to be in /etc/environment btw...

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Re: X too big; login double; fetchmail kaputt

[martin f krafft]

also sprach Brenda J. Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.09.0444 +0100]:
> Can you run dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xfree86?  That
> will guide you through reconfiguring your X server (ie
> rewriting your XF86Config file) (this was Martin's
> suggestion a few emails back).

XF86 3.3.6 comes with 'xf86config'

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 the one-eyed man is not king.
 he is taken to be a hallucinating lunatic."
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Re: bringing out variable

[Jor-el]

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Sebastiaan wrote:

> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> DISPLAY=:1
> export DISPLAY
> 
> 
> When I execute this script, the value is set correctly in the script
> environment, but after execution 'echo $DISPLAY' still results the old
> value. I have also tried 'set DISPLAY', without succes. Any hints?
> 
Sebastiaan,

Where are you doing the 'echo' from? From within the script, or
from the command line after the script has been run? If the latter, then
what you see is to be expected. When any program or shell script is run,
a new shell is first spawned and the program / shell gets executed within
that shell. Any 'export' that you do from the script will therefore only
be visible to processes that are descendants of the shell running that
script. The shell from which it was invoked will not have its env. changed
at all.

In order to do what you want, you need to use the 'source' builtin
function of bash (man bash and search for 'source filename'). The
alternative syntax for 'source' is to use '.' in place of the word
'source' .

Regards,
Jor-el

Re: Apache virtualhosts with different user

[Berthold Cogel]

Gabor Gludovatz wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> if I define 'user' in virtualhost section of apache's httpd.conf, then my
> cgi scripts will be running as 'user' if suexec has been set up correctly.
> It's okay. But how can I tell apache to run the whole virtualhost as
> 'user'? Including accessing html files, and especially php.
> 
> Is it possible somehow? Having read the apache docs, I haven't found
> anything useful, but there must be a solution if I don't want my users to
> run php scripts as www-data.
> 
> thx in advance
> 
> --
>  Gabor Gludovatz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  -  Phone: +36 (20) 9 109 129
>  http://www.sopron.hu/~ggabor/  -  ICQ# 861 404
> 
> --
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> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Simply use 'User' and 'Group' directive in the 'Virtual Host' container. If your
virtual host setup is correct, then this will work. Oh, and each user needs his
own directory for his CGIs, which is writable only for him (see suexec docs).

We did this for several projects:

CGIs in separate directorys in /var/www/cgi/
Data and HTML in separate directorys in /var/www/
Set the permissions for those directorys.

The resulting vitual host in the apache configuration:


  ServerName .test.de
  DocumentRoot /var/www//docs

  User 
  Group 

  ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/cgi//

  /docs>
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny  
Allow from all
  

  />
AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI
Order allow,deny  
Allow from all
  





Berthold Cogel

Re: bringing out variable

[Sebastiaan]

Hi,

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Jor-el wrote:

>   In order to do what you want, you need to use the 'source' builtin
> function of bash (man bash and search for 'source filename'). The
> alternative syntax for 'source' is to use '.' in place of the word
> 'source' .
> 
That was the missing piece. Thanks!
Sebastiaan

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  (also called MS-DOS Subsystem). Above that, there is the windoze 95/98
  16-bit Subsystem. Anyone can see that 16+16=32, so windoze NT is a 
  *real* 32-bit system.

is it possible to downgrade from woody

[Nantenaina Tianarivo Ulrich]

I was playing with mt test machin. and I've tried to upgrade my debian
on this machine from a potato to a woody.

But after the upgrade,I found out that some of my application don't work
anymore. As, we are many to work on this machine, I'd like to go back to
my last version.

My questions are :

Is it possible?
If so how can I do it?

Any help would be appreciate.


-- 

--
Nantenaina Tianarivo
Simicro Internet
Madagascar
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Re: Apache virtualhosts with different user

[Gabor Gludovatz]

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Berthold Cogel wrote:

> > if I define 'user' in virtualhost section of apache's httpd.conf, then my
> > cgi scripts will be running as 'user' if suexec has been set up correctly.
> > It's okay. But how can I tell apache to run the whole virtualhost as
> > 'user'? Including accessing html files, and especially php.
> >
> > Is it possible somehow? Having read the apache docs, I haven't found
> > anything useful, but there must be a solution if I don't want my users to
> > run php scripts as www-data.

> Simply use 'User' and 'Group' directive in the 'Virtual Host' container. If 
> your
> virtual host setup is correct, then this will work. Oh, and each user needs 
> his
> own directory for his CGIs, which is writable only for him (see suexec docs).
>
> We did this for several projects:
>
> CGIs in separate directorys in /var/www/cgi/
> Data and HTML in separate directorys in /var/www/
> Set the permissions for those directorys.
>
> The resulting vitual host in the apache configuration:
>
> 
>   ServerName .test.de
>   DocumentRoot /var/www//docs
>
>   User 
>   Group 
>
>   ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/cgi//
>
>   /docs>
> AllowOverride None
> Order allow,deny
> Allow from all
>   
>
>   />
> AllowOverride None
> Options ExecCGI
> Order allow,deny
> Allow from all
>   
>
> 

this way cgi's will really run as 'user', but html files will be accessed
as www-data, and even php scripts will run as www-data.

-- 
 Gabor Gludovatz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  -  Phone: +36 (20) 9 109 129
 http://www.sopron.hu/~ggabor/  -  ICQ# 861 404

hdparms & new system

[Stan Brown]

I've gt a new modern mtherboard, and an IBM drive in a system I just built.

I thought I'd play around with hdparm, and tweak up the disk preformance.
I've got a custom compiled 2.4.17 kernel.

Much to my supris, virtually everything I tried came back as not available.

Are ther kernel patches, or something that I need to apply to get DMA, and
100Meg transfer speed working?


-- 
Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154
Charleston SC.
-- 
Windows 98: n.
useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and
a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit 
company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
-
(c) 2000 Stan Brown.  Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.

Re: OT: xargs & vi

[Keith G. Murphy]

martin f krafft wrote:
> 
> also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.09.0231 +0100]:
> > | echo .muttrc | vim -
> >
> > ls .muttrc | xargs vim
> 
> aha, the '-' is the problem.
> 
> > I didn't think that would work (once I straightened out my
> > understanding of the stdin stuff), but it does.
> 
> yeah, it surprises me too... oh well. vim seems to be smart...
> 
> so, to close this thread: find . -name Root | vim
> 
Not so fast!  Using vim 5.3, I get:

ls my.txt | vim
Vim: Warning: Input is not from a terminal
Empty buffer
Vim: Error reading input, exiting...
Vim: preserving files...
Vim: Finished.

Also, 
ls my.txt | xargs vim
Vim: Warning: Input is not from a terminal

Then it looks like it's editing the file, but hoses up my telnet
session, etc.

Is it because I'm telnetted?  I have no idea...

Re: hdparms & new system

[Sander Smeenk]

Quoting Stan Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):

> Much to my supris, virtually everything I tried came back as not available.
> Are ther kernel patches, or something that I need to apply to get DMA, and
> 100Meg transfer speed working?

Supposedly your new motherboard has a specific chipset that was not
compiled with the stock kernel you are running right now. You might have
to recompile the kernel with support for your IDE-chipset in order to
get all the kinky stuff like UDMA and 32bit transfers.

Regards,
Sander.

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Squirrelmail question

[Ágics Balázs]

Hi all,

I have a problem with sqmail. If I attach a file before I select address
from addressbook, than when I go back from address selecting the
attached file dissappeard.

Is this normal or nat?


Thanks for help


Balazs

--
http://www.mailbox.hu - Mert levelezni kell...

dnscache and dnscachex (djbdns)

[Américo Rocha]

Hi all 

Can someone point the differences between a local dns cache and an
external dns cache ? 

I  configured an external dnscache on Interneal IP 192.168.0.12 that
accepts queries of all my 192.168.0.* network.

Could the same be accomplished by a local dns cache ? 
I'm getting a a little confused by all this terminology, and
the web pages of djbdns don't really explain the difference
between dnscache and dnscachex


I additionally have a  tinydns server that serves my 192.168.0.* network
bound to 127.0.0.1, that provides all information regarding hosts
on this network, assigning names to each one.

TIA



...there is no place like ~
---
  Américo Rocha
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian Lists, USENET & Spam

[dman]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 01:23:16AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
| also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.09.0118 +0100]:
 
| > (I can't filter on IPs anyways since 99.99% of my mail comes out of
| > pony-express.cs.rit.edu due to my .forward file there, if you use
| > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" it will go straight to my machine)
| 
| yeah, that sucks. i am sure that there are tools out there who'd do that
| for you from procmail. sure, they can't SMTP-refuse, but whatever...

Or I could take the time to re-subscribe to everything as
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" instead of "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".  I don't get whole
lot of spam right now, anyways, and almost all of it comes from
mailling lists (ie the list is what does the delivery).

-D

-- 

"...In the UNIX world, people tend to interpret `non-technical user' as
meaning someone who's only ever written one device driver."
--Daniel Pead

keymap problem??

[c]

Hi all

I have a problem that has bugged me for some timeand i cant work out the
cause.

I have one machine that when i connect to it remotely does not allow the use
of certain control characters.this is most noticable with the pgup and
pgdn keys

plz help
c^

cursor style

[andrej hocevar]

Hello,
how do I change the cursor style in the console, eg. like an
underscope vs. a solid block?

Thanks,

andrej

Re: Hairy lilypond compile problem

[David Roundy]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:18:45PM +0800, csj wrote:
> Using a brute-force dpkg-buildpackage -b -rfakeroot on the lilypond
> source package results in a build failure. The last three lines of
> stdout show:
> 
> bison -d parser.yy
> mv parser.yy.tab.h out/parser.hh
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/xa/build/debian/lilypond-1.4.9/lily'
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/xa/build/debian/lilypond-1.4.9'
> 
> My attempt at diagnostics is crude at best. From the little I learned
> from the man page of the command in question, I was able to produce the
> following not too helpful error output:
> 
> gamma:/builder/lilypond-1.4.9$ cd lily
> gamma:/builder/lilypond-1.4.9/lily$ bison -d parser.yy -v parser.yy
> contains 2 shift/reduce conflicts.
> 
> Are there any bison gurus out there. Or is this a mere symptom of an
> altogether different problem?

Well, the lines you show don't look like an error message to me, they look
like normal operation.  I'd say the error occurred earlier perhaps?
-- 
David Roundy
http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/

Re: MS Exchange IMAP durch Linux iptables FW mit NAT?

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Andreas Rabus wrote:

>
>
> Grüß Gott,
>
> folgendes kleines Problem:
>

I know nothing, NOTHING!

It seems you have some kind of IMAP problem?  If you post in English you
might be able to get some help.  Otherwise try [EMAIL PROTECTED]

-- 
Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It's a girl! See the pictures - http://www.braincells.com/shailaja/

Client is not authorised to connect to server

[Rachel Andrew]

Hi

after upgrading my woody box to kernel 2.4.16 I now cannot run any x 
applications from a terminal window, having su'd to root while logged in as 
my user. I get a message 'Cannot connect to X Server: 0.0'

I can connect if I start X with startx when logged in from the shell, but if 
X is started up by kdm I get this error. I'm having problems with a couple of 
KDE apps and am wondering if this is the cause of it and so would like to 
findout what might be going on here! I'm sure its a simple fix but I haven't 
found it yet!

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Rachel

Unhappy ntpd

[Dave Sherohman]

I logged in this morning to discover syslog full of

ntpd[179]: recvfrom() fd=6: Connection refused

entries.  This server is configured to reference four time sources.
Is there any way to determine which one is refusing connections?
(Other than remove one from ntp.conf, wait to see if the errors stop,
put it back and repeat if they don't...)

-- 
When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists
have already won. - reverius

Innocence is no protection when governments go bad. - Tom Swiss

Re: Play VCD on computer

[dman]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 11:42:53AM +0200, alfons1 wrote:
| Hi
| Is there a way to play Vcd on computer without DVD drive ?
| Thanks and regards,

Yep -- xine.  Works great thought the picture is a bit small, but
don't use esd for sound (very choppy when I tried it).  (I should also
mention that I only tried it once on one vcd)

-D

-- 

Be sure of this:  The wicked will not go unpunished,
but those who are righteous will go free.
Proverbs 11:21

Re: bringing out variable

[dman]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 02:47:47PM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote:
| Hi,
| 
| I wrote a little bash script, but I ran into a problem: I need to export a
| variable out of the bash scipt into the shell. Shortly, it comes to this:
| 
| #!/bin/sh
| #
| DISPLAY=:1
| export DISPLAY
| 
| 
| When I execute this script, the value is set correctly in the script
| environment, but after execution 'echo $DISPLAY' still results the old
| value. I have also tried 'set DISPLAY', without succes. Any hints?

The script runs in a subshell.  Thus everything you do affects the
subshell (which terminates when the script is finished) and you return
to the same old shell you had before.  Use a function in your .bashrc
instead, or "source" the script (no need for the shebang then).

(notice : this is the inverse of .bat files)

-D

-- 

Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord 
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40:31

Re: OT: Language War (Re: "C" Manual)

[dman]

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 03:56:45PM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote:
| Lo, on Monday, January 7, dman did write:
 
| > Have you read "The Hobbit"?  Do you remember what Treebeard told Bilbo
| > about his name?
| 
| (Actually it was _The Two Towers_, and it was Merry & Pippin, not Bilbo,

Oops.  It's been a long time since I read them.  I'm starting The
Fellowship of the Ring again and saw the movie twice.  Good movie, but
too short!  Read the book, you'll see why.  As I was watching the
movie I kept trying to remember if it was Bilbo or Frodo who met Tom
Bombadil.  Frodo and friends just got to Tom's house where I'm at in
the book now.

| but it's still a good analogy.  )

Thanks.

-D

-- 

Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly.
It just happens to be selective about who it makes friends with.
   -- Dave Parnas

Re: Unhappy ntpd

[Alvin Oga]

hi ya dave

telnet ntp_sever ntp

do that to each ntp server...from each client box
or write an itty-bitty expect script ???

or check the log files... it should tell you which ip# is
refusing the connections
/var/log/{messages,syslog}
/var/log/xntp ( as defined in /etc/ntp.conf )

c ya
alvin
http://www.Linux-1U.net ... 1.6 TeraByte 1U Raid5[tm] ... 


On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Dave Sherohman wrote:

> I logged in this morning to discover syslog full of
> 
> ntpd[179]: recvfrom() fd=6: Connection refused
> 
> entries.  This server is configured to reference four time sources.
> Is there any way to determine which one is refusing connections?
> (Other than remove one from ntp.conf, wait to see if the errors stop,
> put it back and repeat if they don't...)
> 

Re: cursor style

[Brian Potkin]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 04:33:44PM -0200, andrej hocevar wrote:

> Hello,
> how do I change the cursor style in the console, eg. like an
> underscope vs. a solid block?

I think you have to enable this facility in the kernel.  Search for
`cursor' in Documentation/Configure.help of the kernel source directory.
That will point you to Documentation/VGA-softcursor.

Brian.

Re: hdparms & new system

[Alvin Oga]

hi stan

if the motehrboard sees the disks during bootup...you should
be okay...

you can download the latest hdparm  from

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/utility-patches/

be sure to turn on dma mode
hdparm -d1 /dev/hda

- lots of options to play with...

to see how fast/slow you are...
hdparm -tT /dev/hda  before and after turning on DMA mode

check to see if you have the ata-100 or ata-133 ide patches
http://www.LinuxDiskCert.org

c ya
alvin


On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Stan Brown wrote:

> I've gt a new modern mtherboard, and an IBM drive in a system I just built.
> 
> I thought I'd play around with hdparm, and tweak up the disk preformance.
> I've got a custom compiled 2.4.17 kernel.
> 
> Much to my supris, virtually everything I tried came back as not available.
> 
> Are ther kernel patches, or something that I need to apply to get DMA, and
> 100Meg transfer speed working?
> 

Re: partition resize

[Meir Kriheli]

On Wednesday 09 January 2002 11:40, Mirek Dobsicek wrote:
> As far, as I know, parted works only on ext2fs

I think reiserfs has its own tools to accomodate the larger partition space.
--
Meir Kriheli

> and I need to make one of my reiserfs partition smaller
> in order to make /var bigger
>
>   Mirek
>
> > Yes you can,
> >
> > You can try good old partition-magic (commercial product), or GNU parted
> >
> > apt-get install parted (on sid at least)
> > or see
> > http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html
> >
> > You can also download a bootable disk image from their site.
> >
> > Make sure to backup the partitions before trying to resize them.

Re: OT: xargs & vi

[Nori Heikkinen]

on Wed, 09 Jan 2002 09:01:45AM -0600, Keith G. Murphy insinuated:
> martin f krafft wrote:
> > so, to close this thread: find . -name Root | vim
> > 
> Not so fast!  Using vim 5.3, I get:
> 
> ls my.txt | vim
> Vim: Warning: Input is not from a terminal
> Empty buffer
> Vim: Error reading input, exiting...
> Vim: preserving files...
> Vim: Finished.
> 
> Also, 
> ls my.txt | xargs vim
> Vim: Warning: Input is not from a terminal
> 
> Then it looks like it's editing the file, but hoses up my telnet
> session, etc.
> 
> Is it because I'm telnetted?  I have no idea...

hosing up the telnet session, yes.  i would guess.  but using vimm
6.0.93 locally, i get the same results and error messages inputting to
vim from stdin.  i can't reproduce your conclusive results on my
machine, martin ...



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How to fix? 9 Jan 04:02:27 ntpdate[4633]: no server suitable for synchronization found

[Hanasaki JiJi]

"ntpdate time" is giving the the following error.  "time" is my server
running ntpd from woody.

---
The ntpd on the machine "time" is storing the following in syslog:

Jan  9 10:01:58 portal ntpd[32724]: ntpd 4.1.0 Sat Dec 15 09:33:44 UTC
2001 (2)
Jan  9 10:01:58 portal ntpd[32724]: signal_no_reset: signal 13 had flags
400
Jan  9 10:01:58 portal ntpd[32724]: precision = 156 usec
Jan  9 10:01:58 portal ntpd[32724]: kernel time discipline status 0040

---
this is the contents of /etc/ntpd.conf
# /etc/ntp.conf, configuration for xntpd

# ntpd will use syslog() if logfile is not defined
logfile /var/log/ntpd

driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/

statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats
filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable
filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable
filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable


ntptrace
localhost: stratum 16, offset 0.14, synch distance 0.01843
0.0.0.0:*Not Synchronized*



Thank you,

Re: partition resize

[Seth Delackner]

> On Wednesday 09 January 2002 11:40, Mirek Dobsicek wrote:
> > As far, as I know, parted works only on ext2fs

I don't know if the gnu documentation is correct, but it claims
that parted works on ext2fs, fat and fat32, with the option of growing
or shrinking and copying them all.  But no, I don't think it deals with
any other Linux file systems.

Re: ext3 vs xfs

[Noah Meyerhans]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 07:22:49AM -0500, Edward Kear wrote:
> 
> Anyone have any thoughts on which file system to use?  ext3 or xfs?
> 

The decision is arbitrary, really.  It sounds like the fs will not be
heavily loaded, so you don't care about any performance issues.  You
just need the thing to work...  Both filesystems work.  I have used
both, and continue to use both.  I don't think either of them contains
any totally cool features that will make you want to use it over the
other.

So, just pick one.  Go with XFS; it sounds cooler!  ;^)

noah

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Re: How to fix? 9 Jan 04:02:27 ntpdate[4633]: no server suitable for synchronization found

[Alvin Oga]

hi ya hanasaki

what's in your ntp.conf file on time.hanaden.com ??

thanx
alvin
http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/NTP


On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Hanasaki JiJi wrote:

> "ntpdate time" is giving the the following error.  "time" is my server
> running ntpd from woody.
> 
> ---
> The ntpd on the machine "time" is storing the following in syslog:
> 
> Jan  9 10:01:58 portal ntpd[32724]: ntpd 4.1.0 Sat Dec 15 09:33:44 UTC
> 2001 (2)
> Jan  9 10:01:58 portal ntpd[32724]: signal_no_reset: signal 13 had flags
> 400
> Jan  9 10:01:58 portal ntpd[32724]: precision = 156 usec
> Jan  9 10:01:58 portal ntpd[32724]: kernel time discipline status 0040
> 
> ---
> this is the contents of /etc/ntpd.conf
> # /etc/ntp.conf, configuration for xntpd
> 
> # ntpd will use syslog() if logfile is not defined
> logfile /var/log/ntpd
> 
> driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
> statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/
> 
> statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats
> filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable
> filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable
> filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable
> 
> 
> ntptrace
> localhost: stratum 16, offset 0.14, synch distance 0.01843
> 0.0.0.0:*Not Synchronized*
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> 
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Re: cursor style

[Romuald DELAVERGNE]

Le 2002.01.09 19:33, andrej hocevar a écrit :
> Hello,
> how do I change the cursor style in the console, eg. like an
> underscope vs. a solid block?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> andrej
> 

extract of linux/Documentation/VGA-softcursor.txt:

To get normal blinking underline, use: echo -e '\033[?2c'
To get blinking block, use:echo -e '\033[?6c'
To get red non-blinking block, use:echo -e '\033[?17;0;64c'

pkg hell with pidentd

[Ron Johnson]

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Hi,

I seem to have found a problem when attempting to remove pidentd, 
but wanted to run it by the list befor bugging it.

  # dpkg -P pidentd
  dpkg: error processing pidentd (--purge):
   Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
   reinstall it before attempting a removal.
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   pidentd

So, I attempt to install it:

# apt-get install pidentd
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 172  not 
upgraded.
1 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/24.9kB of archives. After unpacking 4096B will be freed.
Selecting previously deselected package pidentd.
(Reading database ... 49881 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace pidentd 3.0.7-3 (using 
.../pidentd_3.0.12-4_i386.deb) ...
Can't locate DebianNet.pm in @INC (@INC contains: 
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl 
/usr/lib/perl5 .) at /usr/sbin/update-inetd line 23.
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Can't locate DebianNet.pm in @INC (@INC contains: 
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl 
/usr/lib/perl5 .) at /usr/sbin/update-inetd line 23.
dpkg: error processing 
/var/cache/apt/archives/pidentd_3.0.12-4_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
Can't locate DebianNet.pm in @INC (@INC contains: 
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl 
/usr/lib/perl5 .) at /usr/sbin/update-inetd line 23.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/pidentd_3.0.12-4_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Or... would "dpkg -force-remove-reinstreq pidentd" solve the
problem?

TIA
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Re: Unhappy ntpd

[Dave Sherohman]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 07:54:00AM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote:
> telnet ntp_sever ntp

I wouldn't expect that to work (and a quick test looks like it
doesn't).  NTP is UDP-based, not TCP.

> or check the log files... it should tell you which ip# is
> refusing the connections
>   /var/log/{messages,syslog}
>   /var/log/xntp ( as defined in /etc/ntp.conf )

/var/log/syslog contains only the ntpd messages I mentioned earlier.

/var/log/messages contains nothing but "-- MARK --".

/var/log/ntpstats doesn't contain any connection logs per se, but
the data in /var/log/ntpstats/peerstats includes the IP addresses of
the peers whose data was collected, which tells me which connections
are being accepted...  And now, a few DNS lookups later, I know who
stopped talking to me.  (I also discovered that one of the other
servers has a hostname that no longer resolves.  Guess it's time to
find a couple replacements.)

Thanks!

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How do tell if X is using acceleration...?...

[Hanasaki JiJi]

I am thinking that my machine is not using acceleration.  It is an 
athlon 600 with a voodoo3500.  Graphics seem to be slow and take the CPU 
to over 75%.  This even happens when moving an opaque window.  My 
XFConifg-4 file is pasted below.  Could someone help me with 
understanding what could be tweeked?  Is it running accelerated? how can 
this be determined..?


Thanks.

--
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
# 
Screen  0  "Screen0" 0 0

Screen "Screen0"
InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath  "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load  "bitmap"
Load  "ddc"
Load  "dbe"
Load  "dri"
Load  "extmod"
Load  "freetype"
Load  "GLcore"
Load  "glx"
Load  "int10"
Load  "pex5"
Load  "record"
Load  "speedo"
Load  "type1"
Load  "vbe"
Load  "xie"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Keyboard0"
Driver  "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Mouse0"
Driver  "mouse"
Option  "Protocol" "MouseSystems"
Option  "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
Option  "Emulate3Buttons"   "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier   "Monitor0"
VendorName   "MEL"
ModelName"NFL9905"
Option   "DPMS"
HorizSync30.0 - 96.0
VertRefresh  50.0 - 140.0
# 
ModeLine "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 234.0 1920 1956 2164 2536 1440 1441 1444 
1492 -hsync +vsync
# 
ModeLine "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 234.0 1920 1956 2164 2536 1440 1441 1444 
1492 -hsync +vsync

EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier  "Card0"
Driver  "tdfx"
VendorName  "3dfx Interactive"
BoardName   "Voodoo3"
BusID   "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor"Monitor0"
DefaultDepth24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
# 
	Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"

Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Re: keymap problem??

[Jeff Green]

I have a problem that has bugged me for some timeand i cant work out the
cause.

I have one machine that when i connect to it remotely does not allow the use
of certain control characters.this is most noticable with the pgup and
pgdn keys


Same here, and with delete, home, and end as well. I recall having to make 
a single
change for backspace in Potato, but after the woody upgrade the remote 
keyboard

is a mess. The local keyboard works just fine.

I peeked at the vt220 terminfo defs which seem to have changed quite a bit,
but peeking does not equal knowing how to correct it. This is only when I 
connect
remotely to a woody machine. From that same session I can ssh into a potato 
box

and  everything works perfectly. Wish I knew enough to know what changed and
how to fix it. Editing a text file remotely now takes about 3 times as long 
and severely

tries my patience.

Jeffrey B. GreenPersonal Computer Consultant - Las Vegas, Nevada
http://jbgreen.com  Networking Las Vegas Since 1986

Re: Anyway to emulate IE?

[Dave Sherohman]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:11:20PM -0500, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> Did you read the original post?  The guy wants to test a site that uses
> some Microsoft specific tags in an HTML-like document.  Sending MSIE's
> user agent string won't allow Opera to suddenly understand these tags.

I almost sent this same response, but didn't because he wants to
visit a site that _says_ it uses MSIE-only tags.  It's entirely
possible that the HTML generator didn't actually include any of them
(and it might be usable without them), so I figure it's worth trying
a faked user-agent header.  Certainly a lot less trouble than
installing Windows|wine|whatever in order to run a real copy of MSIE.

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have already won. - reverius

Innocence is no protection when governments go bad. - Tom Swiss

turning off port 143

[Serge Rey]

i'm working on a sid/woody box, postinstall, and i see through netstat
that this box is listening on port 143. i've turned off system wide
fetchmail, and have dug through rcS.d, rc2.d and inetd.conf, but can't
figure out what is running on that port.

can anyone point me in the right direction?

thanks,

serge
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the purpose of reason is to enable us to live a full life."
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Re: dnscache and dnscachex (djbdns)

[dsr]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 03:16:23PM +, Am?rico Rocha wrote:
> Can someone point the differences between a local dns cache and an
> external dns cache ? 

Yes. I still think you ought to read the web pages again and perhaps
ask on the djbdns mailing list.

> I  configured an external dnscache on Interneal IP 192.168.0.12 that
> accepts queries of all my 192.168.0.* network.
> 
> Could the same be accomplished by a local dns cache ? 

No.

> I'm getting a a little confused by all this terminology, and
> the web pages of djbdns don't really explain the difference
> between dnscache and dnscachex

Sure it does. 

From: http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/faq/cache.html#config 

 How do I configure a local cache? Right now my machine has a nameserver
 line in /etc/resolv.conf telling it to send DNS queries to a cache
 on another host. I'd like to run dnscache on this machine to handle
 future queries.

From: http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/faq/cachex.html#config

 How do I configure an external cache? I'd like to run dnscache on IP
 address 1.2.3.4 to handle DNS queries from the 1.2.3 network.

> I additionally have a  tinydns server that serves my 192.168.0.* network
> bound to 127.0.0.1, that provides all information regarding hosts
> on this network, assigning names to each one.

That's nice. That would be http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/faq/tinydns.html#config.

~Maildir and /var/spool/mail/$USER

[Américo Rocha]

Hi all

I have a serious problem with my portato box

I'm running Maildir, wich is configured to deliver mail
to ~/home/Maildir. But somehow, some messages, are still
being delivered to /var/spool/mail/$USER. I *don't* even
have exim running

Does someone have some tip to so9lve this weirdness?


TIA



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Re: turning off port 143

[Sebastiaan]

Hi,

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Serge Rey wrote:

> i'm working on a sid/woody box, postinstall, and i see through netstat
> that this box is listening on port 143. i've turned off system wide
> fetchmail, and have dug through rcS.d, rc2.d and inetd.conf, but can't
> figure out what is running on that port.
> 
> can anyone point me in the right direction?
> 
netstat -l -p -v

as root will give you some information.

Greetz,
Sebastiaan




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  *real* 32-bit system.

Re: Confusion about X in woody

[Donald R. Spoon]

Randy Orrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I installed Potato from CDs, and have since done an apt-get dist-upgrade
to woody, and have been following woody since (with apt-get upgrade and
install as needed when new packages arrived).  I've recently noticed
that I appear to be using X version 4.1, as shown by this partial output
from dpkg -l:

ii  xdm4.1.0-11   X display manager
ii  xfree86-common 4.1.0-11   X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
ii  xfs4.1.0-11   X font server
ii  xlib6g 4.1.0-11   pseudopackage providing X libraries
ii  xlibs  4.1.0-11   X Window System client libraries
ii  xserver-common 4.1.0-11   files and utilities common to all X servers
ii  xserver-common-v3 3.3.6-42   files and utilities common to XFree86 3.x X 
ii  xserver-svga   3.3.6-42   X server for SVGA graphics cards

ii  xterm  4.1.0-11   X terminal emulator
ii  xutils 4.1.0-11   X Window System utility programs
ii  xvfb   4.1.0-11   virtual framebuffer X server

 --snip-- <


>


So, all is working again, but I think I'm running some weird 3.3.6/4.1
crossbreed which worries me.  I'd like to be able to get rid of the
3.3.6 stuff.  My video card is an NVIDIA Riva TNT Model 64, which 3
didn't support directly (hence the svga).  Does 4 support this directly,
and how do I configure it to use it?

Thanks!



It IS confusing!!  Lets see if this helps a bit.

You are correct in your observation that you are running a "mix" of 4.1 
and 3.3.6 under a certain definition of the term "mix".  When 
XFree86-v4.0 came out there was some MAJOR changes to how the X-Servers 
were handled.  Most (but not all) of the previous "Servers" like 
xserver-svga were rolled into a single "super" server called 
"xserver-xfree86".  This new xserver provided a LOT of new features like 
auto-detection of the card and loading of the appropriate driver 
module(s) to enable all the newer features being developed. 
Unfortunately, some of the older and rarer video cards were NOT 
supported by this new server, so they included a way to make use of 
older 3.3.6 servers that had been proven to work with these cards.  This 
provided sort of a backwards-compatability for these cards in the new X. 
version 4.0.  Essentially, for most cards you have TWO different ways of 
setting up an xserver for the card:


1.  Use the features of the new xserver-xfree86 if your card is supported
2.  Continue to use the features of the older 3.3.6 xserver specific for 
your card.


You probably don't remember it now, but there WAS a question during the 
install about this.  You probably chose to use the "xserver-svga" mode, 
which is the older "compatability" mode like I did because you didn't 
recognize the other option, and it wasn't at all clear what you should do!!


From what I can determine, your card IS supported by the new 
xserver-xfree86, and I would highly recommenc you use it.  If you want 
to check, take a look at this site: 
http://www.xfree86.com/current/Status22.html#22


If you have a working & current install of Woody at the moment, you can 
re-do the X config section of the install by running:
"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86".  You might want to make back-up 
copies of your current XF86Config-4 file to be safe.  Once you have the 
new xserver working, then you can probably get rid of the old files like 
"xserver-common-v3 3.3.6-42" and " xserver-svga 3.3.6-42".


Cheers,
-Don Spoon-

Re: pkg hell with pidentd

[J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 10:57:04 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Preparing to replace pidentd 3.0.7-3 (using 
> .../pidentd_3.0.12-4_i386.deb) ...
> Can't locate DebianNet.pm in @INC (@INC contains: 
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 
> /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl 
> /usr/lib/perl5 .) at /usr/sbin/update-inetd line 23.

That's really weird. This script comes from the same package (netbase) that
contains that Perl module.

Ray
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Then they laugh at you.
Then they fight you.
Then you win.- Gandhi

Re: ~Maildir and /var/spool/mail/$USER

[dsr]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 05:43:33PM +, Am?rico Rocha wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I have a serious problem with my portato box
> 
> I'm running Maildir, wich is configured to deliver mail
> to ~/home/Maildir. But somehow, some messages, are still
> being delivered to /var/spool/mail/$USER. I *don't* even
> have exim running
> 
> Does someone have some tip to so9lve this weirdness?

Maildir is not a package. Perhaps you mean qmail?

I would look at the qmail FAQ. 

I would especially look at the bits about delivery.

-dsr-

Re: turning off port 143

[Serge Rey]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 06:41:19PM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Serge Rey wrote:
> 
> > i'm working on a sid/woody box, postinstall, and i see through netstat
> > that this box is listening on port 143. i've turned off system wide
> > fetchmail, and have dug through rcS.d, rc2.d and inetd.conf, but can't
> > figure out what is running on that port.
> > 
> > can anyone point me in the right direction?
> > 
> netstat -l -p -v
> 
> as root will give you some information.

golden. thanks.

it is portsentry listening in.

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Re: routing help on dual homed box

[Serge Rey]

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 05:57:19PM +, Alan Chandler wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> On Monday 07 January 2002 2:57 pm, Serge Rey wrote:
snip
> > thanks for the tips. with these and alan's suggestions i've got it
> > working now.
> >
> > one thing i noticed is that yesterday, the connection would drop
> > sporadically throughout the day. it was on for 6 or so hours, then
> > dropped. last night it dropped 2x after an hour or so. it has stayed up
> > overnight however, so i don't know if this was a temporary issue with
> > cox - i don't think it is a software/config issue. the only thing that
> > fixes the connection when it goes down is to power cycle the modem and
> > bring the eth0 interface down and than back up.
> 
> I heard this happen when people have used "pump" as the dhcp client program 
> rather than "dhclient".   It seems to be that your dhcp lease runs out and it 
> is not automatically being renewed.  
> 
> try installing the debian dhcp-client package rather than pump.  It comes 
> with a configuration file (/etc/dhclient.conf), but I have found it works 
> fine with the default of all possible parameters commented out. 


i decided to test the connection on the sacrificial windows box used to
do the initial cable install. sure enough, on that box the connection
gets dropped in the same fashion.

i called cox and the tech ran some "tests" from their office and told me
he needed to send someone out. when i asked him what he saw in the
tests, his first answer was, well you probably have a bad nic in the
machine. when i said i've tried the connection on several different
boxes with different nics, he caved in and said, well the signal into
your address looks a little funny

they are coming this morning, so hopefully i can get back to productive
work soon

many thanks for the helpful posts.
s.
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Re: teTeX: cannot setup

[Rory Campbell-Lange]

On 07/01/02, Alec ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Monday 07 January 2002 08:35 am, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> > ncurses screen entitled 'teTeX setup utility', which says
> > "Could not find app-default file for xdvi"
> > and exits.
> 
> If purging and reinstalling tetex-bin doesn't fix the problem, and no one 
> here helps you, try news://comp.text.tex . TeX community is very helpful.

I've discovered that the problem is that there is a missing symlink. The
symlink required for woody (which may well be different for potato or
sid) is:

lrwxrwxrwx1 root root   30 Jan  9 15:27
/usr/share/texmf/xdvi/XDvi -> /etc/X11/Xresources/tetex-base

Rory
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Re: Mozilla 0.9.7-2 quits on back button

[Kent West]

Michael D. Crawford wrote:

Today when reading Slashdot, and following links to other pages, then 
pressing the back button to return to slashdot, Mozilla 0.9.7-2 from Sid 
(PowerPC) suddenly quits.


I only noticed this today, and haven't updated for a few days.

Mike




I think the 0.9.7 series introduced some instability. I'm seeing a lot 
of sudden quits since updating to it from 0.9.6 a couple of weeks ago. 
I'm also pulling from sid, but on i86 architecture.


Kent

mutt weirdness: >> "Move read messages to /home/astartoth/Mail/~/Maildir? ([n]/y):"

[Américo Rocha]

duh!

Move read messages to /home/astartoth/Mail/~/Maildir? ([n]/y):

what's this ? any ideas ? 

using qmail, procmail and mutt.

i think it's procmail related

here's the .rc file

PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:
MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir/
DEFAULT=$HOME/Maildir
LOGFILE=$HOME/Maildir/.log

:0
* ^From.*seyon
seyon/
:0
* ^From.*debian
debian-user/


# Anything that has not been delivered by now will go to $DEFAULT
# using LOCKFILE=$DEFAULT$LOCKEXT
:0
$HOME/Maildir/



...there is no place like ~
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CDs y manuales de Debian

[Carlos Parra]

Estamos interesados en instalar en uno de los PCs de la empresa Debian
GNU/LINUX 2.2 (Potato) Release 4. (un programador nos ha dicho que es el que
nosotros necesitamos, pero no puede ayudarnos todo lo que quisiéramos).
Hemos hecho un primer intento de instalación de Debian pero nos encontramos
perdidos y con serios problemas para instalarlo y configurarlo (nos dicen
que eso es lo normal).
LOs CDs que hemos conseguido no son muy fiables y no sabemos si tienen
problemas de lectura.
Estamos buscando un distribuidor de los tres CDs oficiales y unos manuales
lo más completosposible para instalarlo, configurarlo y poder instalar las
aplicaciones existentes de red, correo electrónico, internet y procesador de
textos fundamentalmante.
También hemos visto que hay mucha información al respecto pero necesitamos
alguien que nos oriente sin perdernos por el camino.
¿que nos recomiendan ustedes?

Re: shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access....

[Guy Geens]

> "Alexander" == Alexander Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Alexander> shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot
Alexander> access parent directories: No such file or directory

This either means your current directory has been deleted, or you
don't have permissions to read the current directory.

Try this:
ls -ld .

This should give you a line like this:
drwxr-xr-x   87 ggeens   ggeens   5464 Jan  9 19:27 .

If you don't have read or execute permissions, set them with the
following command:
chmod a+rx .

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Freedb-submissions with jack

[Samuli Suonpaa]

Has anyone tried submitting entries to freedb with jack? I just don't
seem to able to do it. I almost filed a bug against jack, but decided
to play safe and post a question instead. When trying to submit, I
just get some python errors, like the following two:

$ jack -m
This is  jack 2.99.7 (C) 2001  Arne Zellentin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
choose a category:
 1.) blues
 2.) classical
 3.) country
 4.) data
 5.) folk
 6.) jazz
 7.) misc
 8.) newage
 9.) reggae
10.) rock
11.) soundtrack
 0.) none of the above: 0
OK, using `soundtrack'.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/jack", line 2983, in ?
do_freedb_mailsubmit(freedb_form_file, cd_id)
  File "/usr/bin/jack", line 1861, in do_freedb_mailsubmit
return system("( echo 'To: " + freedb_servers[freedb_server]['submit_mail'] 
+ "'; echo From: '" + freedb_servers[freedb_server]['my_mail'] + "'; echo 
'Subject: cddb " + cat + " " + cd_id + "' ; cat '" + file + "' ) | sendmail -t")
KeyError: submit_mail
$ 

Suonpää...

Re: AIPTEK PenCam USB and linux

[Patrik Modesto]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 09:27:16AM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> #include 
> Patrik Modesto wrote on Mon Jan 07, 2002 um 09:13:43PM:
> > Hi,
> > I just got %subj%. It's working fine under W2k but under Linux I can't
> > make it work. I have Debian Woody on 2.4.16 kernel, Video4linux is
> > compiled as modules. Hotplug finds this cam but there is no driver
> > assigned to 0x553/0x202. I look at modules.usbmap in my modules
> 
> What makes you think that this PenCam is compatible with CPIA USBcams?

http://webcam.sourceforge.net/#cams

It's not the same cam but it seems to me, that it should work.

Patrik

Re: I'm missing from kdm portraits at startup

[Dougie Nisbet]

On Wednesday 09 January 2002 1:13 pm, Karsten Heymann wrote:
> * Dougie Nisbet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020109 14:06]:
> > I did 'usermod -u 501' dougie to change my UID from 1000. When I
> > logged out and in again, I'm no longer a picture on the kdm login
> > screen. root is there, and all the other users, but I'm missing. I
> > can't figure out where kde stores this list. I can still log in no
> > problem, but I'm a bit puzzled about why the icon has dissapeared.
> > Where has it gone?
>
> In /etc/kde2/kdm/kdmrc (/etc/X11/kdm/kdmrc on older versions) there is a
> MinShowUID=xxx line. On default it is set to 1000 i think. Lower it to
> 500 if your users ids start at 500.
>
> Yours,
>
> Karsten

Thanks - now sorted. I thought it would be something like this, but, since 
root was displayed, I decided I must be wrong. It hadn't occurred to me that 
root might be an exception.

Dougie

Re: ext3 vs xfs

[Dave Carrigan]

Edward Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I just received a 160 gb hard drive that I plan to partition as one
> big partition and mount as /home/public on the family file server
> (woody).  Most of the files in this directory are mp3, mpg, avi, etc.
> 
> I've constructed a 2.4.16 kernel with the required ide patch and
> patched it to support xfs.  I've tested everything and it works, but I
> haven't put it into use yet.
> 
> Anyone have any thoughts on which file system to use?  ext3 or xfs?

I was using XFS and reiserfs on my nfs fileserver. Reiserfs is really
bad for nfs, but I still had one lightly-used reiserfs partition that I
was sharing via nfs (server running 2.4.16-xfs).

I was running into a problem with occasional kernel oopses and server
lockups when my wife's laptop unsuspended; the server would even lockup
on reboot as soon as knfsd was restarted unless I took the laptop off
the network. The linux-kernel mailing list intimated that it could be a
bug with xfs. Others pointed out that reiserfs as bad for nfs.

In the end, I migrated both the reiserfs and xfs filesystems to ext3,
and haven't seen any oops since. I can't say that xfs caused the problem
for sure, and I really do like xfs, but at this time, I only use
ext3. This is pure anecdotal evidence, so you can take it for whatever
you think it's worth.

Regards,

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UNIX-Apache-Perl-Linux-Firewalls-LDAP-C-DNS | VETERINARIAN..
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Re: exim mrtg

[Jason M. Harvey]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 01:39:00PM -, c wrote:
| 
| can anyone plz point me to a source of mrtg scripts/source for exim
| monitoring..or a howto
| 
| many thanks
| 
| c^
| 

hello,

from what i remember, after i installed mrtg via apt, there was an
examples section that gave some scripts to use from exim stats. i have
it running on my box but i'll have to dig around for the scripts. i
tried to "locate mrtg | grep example", which showed me nothing. i could
have sworn the exaple for exim was there! oh well. i'll find it. 
basically, the 3 scripts cheche a few things, like the number of mails
in queue and the amount delivered... and output those to mrtg. 
at some point today, when i have time, i'll try to put something
together saying how i did it... and link it onto my site. let me know if
you're still interested

jason

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