Re: different flavors
Bill Wohler wrote: "Bruce Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: -SNIP- < I'd be interested to hear if one can install Debian with only the first disk (assuming they have net access for the rest). -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD You sure can! The first CD is the only one I ever had. All I had to do was follow the instructions. After the reboot, if you choose to use the "network install" option, you will pull everything from the Internet as an option. In fact, if your NIC is recognized by the "flavor" you are using, all you will need is 2 boot-floppies..."rescue" and "root"! I have done about 10+ installs of Woody here of the bf2.4 "flavor" using only these. I would advise getting the driver floppies too, just in case your NIC happens to need a "driver" module inserted, but my RealTek 8139 - based NICs were recognized without any additional drivers. If you view the "config" file you can get an idea if your NIC is recognized automatically. The key here is to choose the "network install" option as soon as you can...even before the base system is installed. This will kick you into a set of screens that configures your network and then pulls down the rest of the stuff from the internet. Works great on a broadband connection like a Cable Modem, etc. Cheers, -Don Spoon- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
JFS or XFS?
Hello, I got currently a partition that holds all my data with an ext3 file system.That partition is fragmented so badly that my cd burner works with 10x tops. I was looking for other file systems and want to give JFS or XFS a try. Has anybody experience with those? Issues? Klaus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Now that I am up (help now please)
> 3. What script/file can I create in my user directory so I can control
> what window manager I am running? (gnome, kde, icewm). Currently, I
> have to run g/k/x(dm) from root.
>
Try ${HOME}/.xinitrc, for instance:
alberto~$ cat .xinitrc
flwm
alberto~$
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Re: different flavors
"Bruce Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm not sure which flavor to install on my system. After reading the > manuals, it seems that most USB drivers are within b2f.4 flavor. Is > this correct? Also, I only have cd1 one of the debian cds. The default > boot prompt without any argument is designated for the idepci flavor. > At the boot prompt, can I just type b2f.4 although I'm using disk1? On one friend's system, I used the cdrom apt type and chose b2f.4 flavor and it was pretty slow going (swapping CDs all of the time). On another friend's install, we used the net install disk, installed 2.2 but then later installed the kernel-image-2 2.4.18 package. That went a lot quicker. Thus, try a default minimum install with the 1st disk (2.2 kernel) and grab the rest of the debs off the net. Then install the kernel-image of your choosing. I'd be interested to hear if one can install Debian with only the first disk (assuming they have net access for the rest). -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: weird X effect
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 10:30:07PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello all, > > Thanks to many generouse people's advise, I now removed xfonts-100dpi and > am using xfonts-75dpi. Now one of the main reasons for this transition was > to make emacs look nice but now it looks like there is a problem with > graphics. Please look at the file attatchment and tell me what I can do to > solve this problem. My assumption is that this has to do with ttf but since > I'm a noob, I really can't say. > As always, all help is greatly appreciated. Ouch. That's pretty ugly. You can select a font using 'xfontsel', then set it in ~/.Xresources with a line like this: Emacs.font: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-* Choose any font you like for the above, but emacs will not like a non-fixed width font, iirc. You might need to run 'xrdb -load ~/.Xresources' in your ~/.xsession. Also, make sure you disable 'make my apps pretend to look like KDE ones' in the KDE Control Centre under Themes, IIRC. It just looks crap. -rob msg16533/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: where to download KDE
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 10:35:44PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello all, > > I read that I should use: > http://kde.tdyc.com/ stable kde2 > as the source for my kde packages however, when I run 'apt-get update', I > get errors regarding 'Packages' not being found. I got this from the KDE > website so I'm thinking, what should I do? These were kde2 packages from way back in day, before Debian was distributing KDE at all. I can't remember the exact line for the new KDE3 ones, but I'm sure that 'kde3 debs apt' in Google will find it within the first few hits. -rob msg16532/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: sawfish makes itself x-window-manager
Erik Steffl wrote: > looks like a bug in update-alternatives (dpkg), right? Is there any > way to verify what happened? I mean is there any history of changes or > something that I can check AFTER the fact (obviously, I cannot check > before since I don't know it's goingto happen, and even if I knew > there's nothing really to check). > > did anybody else noticed the same problem? Yes. Every time the X packages are updated in Sid, x-window-manager gets set to fluxbox (which is installed, but not what I want the default to be), and x-terminal-emulator gets set to gnome-terminal (also not what I want by default). I run "update-alternatives --config" to change them to the defaults I want, and the next time X is updated, the same thing happens again. It's kind of annoying. Bug #164214, in its second message, describes this problem, and in its third message, has a proposed patch for update-alternatives that is claimed to be a fix for it. Whether it is a valid fix or not, I do not know, though it looks reasonable at first glance. Since this proposed patch is nearly two months old already, it's probably not safe to assume that a fixed package is imminent. The dpkg team seems to have a lot going on currently, to judge from a few messages I've seen on debian-devel over the last few months. Craig -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to enable DMA at boot time
At 09:25 PM 12/01/02 -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: >> > I've used the -k "keep" switch do htparm to remember DMA settings. >> >> I've tried that but the settings don't survive a reboot. > >Uh, they're not supposed to. That flag is "keep_over_reset", which means >that if the kernel has to reset the drive for some reason, that the setting >should stick. Thanks. I just tested on my laptop and it doesn't keep over reboot indeed. My error was I just installed a new machine where DMA was off on boot and I used -k1 -d1 and that fixed it. Well, that I built a new kernel about that time might have made the difference too! moseley@laptop:~$ fgrep DMA /boot/config-2.4.18-xfs-laptop CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y is what I see in my laptop config. Thanks for the correction! -- Bill Moseley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Advanced procmail question
On Sun, 01 Dec 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 05:46:19AM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > > Using mutt adding this macro to your .muttrc answers your question: > > macro index q " ~d>3d" > > Ok, this is definately a start. Now, how to go about limiting it to > just one folder? > How about: folder-hook myfolder push 'D~d>10d' Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Now that I am up (help now please)
heya, On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 12:11:58AM -0600, ZephyrQ wrote: >Weekend spent messing with dselect and aptitude. I now have a > usable-but-not-quit-comfortable system going. > > 1. I keep getting a 'fake start-stop daemon' error when I try to shut > down (init 0 from root). It keeps scrolling across the screen and I > have to shut off manually--which forces fsck the next boot-up (long time > on a 60 G drive!). How can I fix? strange, do you know which script is causing the error? do you get this error when switching to runlevel 1 or shutting down by calling 'shutdown -h now'? > > 2. Can't get wvdial to connect under user--have to use root. I've > tried to chmod stuff, but I must be missing something because I keep > getting an error 2 from pppd. Fix? what's in /var/log/syslog or /var/log/authlog? I'd guess that the best approach, instead of chmod/chown'ing stuff, would be to add your user or whoever else to the dialout group or to whichever group owns the devices and logfiles in question. > 3. What script/file can I create in my user directory so I can control > what window manager I am running? (gnome, kde, icewm). Currently, I > have to run g/k/x(dm) from root. [gkx]dm should all scan your home directory for a .xsession file. when you log in at an X login screen, it executes that script, so if you want to change your window manager you can put the full path to it there. (note that i use xdm, and that i think [gk]dm may also offer you the ability to choose on the login screen) > BTW--I love aptitude, once I figured out how to use it! > dpkg-reconfigure, though, is giving me problems; it either won't run or > give me a 'laptop fan' error (BTW, I'm not on a laptop!). which package? :) sean msg16528/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Advanced procmail question
On Sun, 01 Dec 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 05:46:19AM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > > Using mutt adding this macro to your .muttrc answers your question: > > macro index q " ~d>3d" > > Ok, this is definately a start. Now, how to go about limiting it to > just one folder? > How about: folder-hook myfolder push 'D~d>10d' Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sawfish makes itself x-window-manager
Jerome Acks Jr wrote: On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 03:09:33AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: not sure when it happened, I guess it was during dist-upgrade, but suddenly sawfish was the x-window-mananger (I definitely did not run update-alternatives). is this a bug or intented behaviour? If it's a "feature, can it be disabled? Yes, if set to automatic, update-alternatives will set alternative with the highest priority. If you run "update-alternative --config x-window-manager" and select your preferred window manager, update-alternatives will go into manual mode and will not change x-window-manager again until you manually change it or reset update-alternatives to auto mode. it happened few times already - after each incident I set fvwm as x-window-manager (using update-alternatives --config x-window-manager and pipcking fvwm). looks like a bug in update-alternatives (dpkg), right? Is there any way to verify what happened? I mean is there any history of changes or something that I can check AFTER the fact (obviously, I cannot check before since I don't know it's goingto happen, and even if I knew there's nothing really to check). right now it looks ok: jojda:/home/erik# update-alternatives --display x-window-manager|head x-window-manager - status is manual. link currently points to /usr/bin/fvwm2 /usr/bin/xfwm - priority 20 slave x-window-manager.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/xfwm.1.gz ... did anybody else noticed the same problem? erik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Advanced procmail question
Or you can try archivemail + cron. Edwin Lau On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 05:46:19AM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > What would be a good example procmail rule to automatically delete > > messages 72 hours old or more? > > > > Using mutt adding this macro to your .muttrc answers your question: > > > macro index q " ~d>3d" > > Oliver > -- > ... don't touch the bang bang fruit > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Edwin ERTW Lau __ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: spamassassin & razor
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 08:07:12PM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: > If you let fetchmail process incoming mail via smtp and put > "|usr/bin/procmail" in your ~/.forward file (or specify procmail as > your MDA in .fetchmailrc) fetchmail will use procmail. IIRC, exim will use procmail as your MDA automatically if you have a ~/.procmailrc and no ~/.forward. msg16524/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Sound (SBLive) | Gnome Problems
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 04:12:34PM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 04:49:52PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 01:33:51PM -0800, Andres Guedez wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I've been having trouble getting sound to work in my > > > Debian unstable setup. Environment sounds seem to work > > > well in KDE (I get a sound when I open and close > > > windows and that kind of stuff) and I was able to get > > > sound when playing MP3s through XMMS. However, I > > > cannot get any sound when playing CDs. > > > > Have you plugged your cd-rom drive into your sound card? Most CD > > playing programs completely bypass your computer and just tell your > > drive to blit bits down a digital interface onto your soundcard. > > ... if you're lucky enough to have a sound card with an S/PDIF > connector for the CD-ROM (which the SB Live does) - 2-pin plug. > Otherwise the CD-ROM does the D-to-A and passes analogue signals > to the sound card - 3 or 4-pin plug. Oh, ok. I was under the impression that the digital connector was pretty standard these days. I have a miscellaneous TEAC CD-ROM drive and I'm using the digital connector with my SBLive and it works fine. IIRC, it worked with just the analogue connector too. > This may mean you have to set something in the mixer. What Linux calls > it for your SB-Live I don't know. The Windoze drivers for my CMI8738 > call it "Monitor S/PDIF IN (pass S/PDIF IN to analogue line out)". The > Linux drivers for my card either don't use S/PDIF input at all or have > this option switched on permanently, compiled in. I'm using ALSA, and with aumix and the OSS emulation it's just the 'CD' (and the main master volume, of course) channel that has to be turned up. alsamixer also lists a CD channel, so crank that up see if it helps. > So if you're really unlucky you may have to hack the kernel modules. I really doubt you'll have to do this, unless I'm missing something important. > And I think this means you may have to sign up as a Creative developer > to get info on how to do it. I asked Creative a while back for a data > sheet on the SB-Live and they said that due to "copyright issues" they > couldn't send me one, which is one reason why I don't have a > Soundblaster. For a while there, Creative was on the right track with their emu10k1 drivers. They hired a guy to do it, and GPL'd the code, but kept the actual documentation under an NDA but actually let people sign up for it. It seemed like they were actually going to Free the specs, but then opensource.creative.com shut down, the dude was fired and development moved to sourceforge. So, yeah, not all that Free Software friendly, but they are (or were, at least) trying harder than NVidia, f'r instance. > If you don't mind the load you might try playing CDs "through the > computer" with something like what I use (not very often, cos I > usually play them through the hi-fi): > > cdda2wav -q -e -D/dev/cdrom -N -B 2>/dev/null & > > (that's for CD-ROM on ide-cd; if yours is ide-scsi use cdrecord > -scanbus to get the n,n,n parameters for -D ) Good idea, but I really think that you can get CDDA working. -rob msg16523/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Subject: Re: mozilla/unstable + java-jvm = crash
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 11:14:03PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > BTW: The package j2re-common is only found on this metalab.unc.edu link and > was not a part of the normal sources.list packages. Add the word 'main' just before non-free in your Blackdown source.list entry. -rob msg16522/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: setting up USB
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 01:03:41PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > I'm still having difficulty in setting up my USB mouse for woody. Since I > am currently kernel 2.4.bf2.4, my assumption is that the USB drivers are > already loaded. When I setup X, I chose /dev/input/mice for the my mouse > path. Is there anyone that can help me getting this correct? > As always, all help is greatly appreciated. Easy way: 'apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.19-arch hotplug', where arch is 386, 686, etc. Reboot into the new kernel and hotplug should automatically detect your mouse and create the approriate device nodes and such. -rob msg16521/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: IMAP & SMTP services
> -Original Message- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jason Lunz > Sent: Sunday, 24 November 2002 6:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: IMAP & SMTP services > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > 1. Which packages do I need to install to get a ssl encrypted > IMAP server > > running? > > install courier-imap-ssl. > O.K. Done. Now how do I get it to work? Am I too naive to assume that I should just point my client at my.server.com:993. No go. Will Exim deliver to a folder that Courier IMAP can collect it? What is the go with the certificate? This is something I have no idea about, and the documentation is very difficult for me to understand. Is there a Debian Howto as opposed to the generic Linux docs? Regards, Andrew. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Now that I am up (help now please)
Weekend spent messing with dselect and aptitude. I now have a usable-but-not-quit-comfortable system going. Some queries: 1. I keep getting a 'fake start-stop daemon' error when I try to shut down (init 0 from root). It keeps scrolling across the screen and I have to shut off manually--which forces fsck the next boot-up (long time on a 60 G drive!). How can I fix? 2. Can't get wvdial to connect under user--have to use root. I've tried to chmod stuff, but I must be missing something because I keep getting an error 2 from pppd. Fix? 3. What script/file can I create in my user directory so I can control what window manager I am running? (gnome, kde, icewm). Currently, I have to run g/k/x(dm) from root. Thank you for your patience... BTW--I love aptitude, once I figured out how to use it! dpkg-reconfigure, though, is giving me problems; it either won't run or give me a 'laptop fan' error (BTW, I'm not on a laptop!). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: try to copy iso to cd-rw in window xp failed, need help!
eric said: > Dear linux users: > > I download two progeny1.0 iso, in my window xp, first time I just drag > and drop to my cd-rw icon in my computer. the burned cd is not working. sounds like the file just got burned to the CD. doesn't sound like the image was burned. try using a normal CD burning software package such as CDRWIN or Nero or cdrecord for win32. http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/cdrecord/alpha/win32/ nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: where to download KDE
On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Bruce Park wrote: > I read that I should use: > http://kde.tdyc.com/ stable kde2 > as the source for my kde packages however, when I run 'apt-get update', I > get errors regarding 'Packages' not being found. I got this from the KDE > website so I'm thinking, what should I do? Perhaps http://www.apt-get.org has a sources.list line that works. - Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: try to copy iso to cd-rw in window xp failed, need help!
eric wrote: > I download two progeny1.0 iso, in my window xp, first time I just drag > and drop to my cd-rw icon in my computer. the burned cd is not > working. > > then I read some of debian.org site 's aritcle, change my device > manager's 1st ide(my cd-rw in primary master) device 0 from dma to > pio, then burn agin, it still not bootable. > > now I change bother device 0 and 1 in device manager, plan to burn again, > > but before the third times, may anyone told me what may cause wrong of > making linux iso(bootable) from window xp? Have you tried looking at your burned CD's in a Windows explorer window? My guess is that you'll see a single progeny1.0.iso file rather than a usable filesystem. The reason for this is that Windows XP's built-in CD burning engine does not support burning ISO images to discs, for some incredibly stupid reason. (Or maybe not so stupid -- maybe they figured out that the most common reason people want to do that is so they can make bootable Linux CDs and escape Windows Hell. :-)) There are a number of free or shareware utilities for Windows that can burn ISO images to discs. I use one called CD Mate that does the job adequately. You should be able to find it at one of the Windows shareware sites on the web. Craig -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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try to copy iso to cd-rw in window xp failed, need help!
Dear linux users: I download two progeny1.0 iso, in my window xp, first time I just drag and drop to my cd-rw icon in my computer. the burned cd is not working. then I read some of debian.org site 's aritcle, change my device manager's 1st ide(my cd-rw in primary master) device 0 from dma to pio, then burn agin, it still not bootable. now I change bother device 0 and 1 in device manager, plan to burn again, but before the third times, may anyone told me what may cause wrong of making linux iso(bootable) from window xp? highly appreciate your time and effort sincere Eric
Re: how to change shells *solved*
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 09:53:58PM -0800, Michelle Storm wrote: > Thanks, new command for me. Didn't know about that one. It's the same as man -k. -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than to fix a system msg16513/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: how to change shells *solved*
> Next time, try "apropos" first. For example, "apropos shell", or even > better, "apropos -r change.*shell" would help save you a lot of time. Thanks, new command for me. Didn't know about that one. -- Michelle Alexia "Jade" Storm Dragon Impersonating a Human and failing. msg16512/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: how to change shells *solved*
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 09:23:30PM -0800, Michelle Storm wrote: > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 09:02:36PM -0800, Michelle Storm wrote: > > Ok, I just updated with dselect, and when I went to su, I got: > > Stand-alone shell (version 3.4) > > > > > > > I'm guessing that it's "sash" > > > > I normally use "bash" > > > > how do I change back? > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > Michelle Alexia "Jade" Storm > > Dragon Impersonating a Human and failing. > > Solved this one myself. I just started guessing what the command might > be. Knowing that chmod, chown, etc etc.. I started doing "man > ch" till I found "chsh" Next time, try "apropos" first. For example, "apropos shell", or even better, "apropos -r change.*shell" would help save you a lot of time. -- Curse my natural showmanship! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to enable DMA at boot time
On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 12:31:41AM +, Clive Standbridge wrote: > On Thu 28 Nov 2002 07:46:49 +(-0800), Bill Moseley wrote: > > > > I've used the -k "keep" switch do htparm to remember DMA settings. > > I've tried that but the settings don't survive a reboot. Uh, they're not supposed to. That flag is "keep_over_reset", which means that if the kernel has to reset the drive for some reason, that the setting should stick. If you want DMA settings to stick across reboots, fix whatever is stopping the kernel from enabling DMA in the first place. -- Marc Wilson | All generalizations are false, including this one. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Mark Twain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to change shells *solved*
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 09:02:36PM -0800, Michelle Storm wrote: > Ok, I just updated with dselect, and when I went to su, I got: > Stand-alone shell (version 3.4) > > > > I'm guessing that it's "sash" > > I normally use "bash" > > how do I change back? > > Thanks > > -- > Michelle Alexia "Jade" Storm > Dragon Impersonating a Human and failing. Solved this one myself. I just started guessing what the command might be. Knowing that chmod, chown, etc etc.. I started doing "man ch" till I found "chsh" Thanks Anyways. -- Michelle Alexia "Jade" Storm Dragon Impersonating a Human and failing. msg16509/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
pam_limits error *updated*
I did find /etc/security/limits.conf <--- but it's totally commented out right after I sent this email. On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 09:09:21PM -0800, Michelle Storm wrote: > I hate being such a newbie to this, but what's this mean? > > Security Violations > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Dec 1 19:23:07 dragon pam_limits[987]: setrlimit limit #7 to soft=-1, hard=-1 >failed: Operation not permitted; uid=0 > +euid=0 > Dec 1 19:39:09 dragon pam_limits[1171]: setrlimit limit #6 to soft=-1, hard=-1 >failed: Operation not permitted; uid=1008 > +euid=1008 > Dec 1 19:39:09 dragon pam_limits[1171]: setrlimit limit #7 to soft=-1, hard=-1 >failed: Operation not permitted; uid=1008 > +euid=1008 > > It didn't start till a recent update, and I found a > /lib/security/pam_limits.so (can't edit this) > > Trying to find out where else I might have to edit to fix this problem, > but I'm not sure exactly what it's trying to do? > > Thanks > > -- > Michelle Alexia "Jade" Storm > Dragon Impersonating a Human and failing. -- Michelle Alexia "Jade" Storm Dragon Impersonating a Human and failing. msg16508/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Advanced procmail question
On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 05:46:19AM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > Using mutt adding this macro to your .muttrc answers your question: > macro index q " ~d>3d" Ok, this is definately a start. Now, how to go about limiting it to just one folder? -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than to fix a system msg16507/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
pam_limits error
I hate being such a newbie to this, but what's this mean? Security Violations =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dec 1 19:23:07 dragon pam_limits[987]: setrlimit limit #7 to soft=-1, hard=-1 failed: Operation not permitted; uid=0 +euid=0 Dec 1 19:39:09 dragon pam_limits[1171]: setrlimit limit #6 to soft=-1, hard=-1 failed: Operation not permitted; uid=1008 +euid=1008 Dec 1 19:39:09 dragon pam_limits[1171]: setrlimit limit #7 to soft=-1, hard=-1 failed: Operation not permitted; uid=1008 +euid=1008 It didn't start till a recent update, and I found a /lib/security/pam_limits.so (can't edit this) Trying to find out where else I might have to edit to fix this problem, but I'm not sure exactly what it's trying to do? Thanks -- Michelle Alexia "Jade" Storm Dragon Impersonating a Human and failing. msg16506/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
how to change shells
Ok, I just updated with dselect, and when I went to su, I got: Stand-alone shell (version 3.4) > I'm guessing that it's "sash" I normally use "bash" how do I change back? Thanks -- Michelle Alexia "Jade" Storm Dragon Impersonating a Human and failing. msg16505/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Advanced procmail question
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > What would be a good example procmail rule to automatically delete > messages 72 hours old or more? > Using mutt adding this macro to your .muttrc answers your question: macro index q " ~d>3d" Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sound over lan
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 05:13:26PM +0100, fLokNo wrote: > is it possible to transfer sound over lan or wan like in winXP with some > sort of client and server technology? Wow, more buzzwords than a Gore speach... You're looking for esound, which will send the sound. If you're looking to get an X display as well, look into xdm or vnc. -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than to fix a system msg16503/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2002 #646
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Re: Which CD Burning software will support on the fly Music cd-cd copy?
This one time, at band camp, Snr. Bonaparte said: > Hi guys, > > Which CD Burning software will support on the fly Music cd-cd copy? > xcdroas is gives me the error "Currently only pure data cds are > supported for on the fl copy" > > Thanks Rob. gcombust, or `/usr/bin/cdda2wav -D/dev/cdrom -H -Ocdr -t#,# | /usr/bin/cdrecord -v -pad speed=1 dev=0,3,0 -dao -audio -fix` will do the same thing. -- -- | Stephen Gran | Take Care of the Molehills, and the | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Mountains Will Take Care of Themselves. | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | -- Motto of the Federal Civil Service | -- msg16501/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: X spontaniously dieing
This one time, at band camp, Mark Whaite said: > Hello. I've recently installed and configured X. After some > troubleshooting it seems that everything is right so far. except > that when I startx it looks as if it is loading. I get the grey X > pattern and then it dies. What am I missing? > Mark A window manager? It sounds like you're starting X but not running anything on top of it. What's in ~/.xsession, or if you don't have that file, what does /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager point to? -- -- | Stephen Gran | be vewwy vewwy qwuiet .. I'm | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | huntin wuntime ewwos| | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | | -- msg16500/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
X spontaniously dieing
Hello. I've recently installed and configured X. After some troubleshooting it seems that everything is right so far. except that when I startx it looks as if it is loading. I get the grey X pattern and then it dies. What am I missing? Mark This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 4.2.1.1 (Debian 4.2.1-4 20021123003806 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 18 October 2002 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/) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18 i686 [ELF] Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sun Dec 1 19:43:37 2002 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor" (**) | |-->Device "Kyro2" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104" (**) XKB: model: "pc104" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us" (**) XKB: layout: "us" (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse" (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (--) using VT number 7 (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory) (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.5 XFree86 XInput driver : 0.3 XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1 XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.3 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1.1, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1.1, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x, mode1Res1 = 0x8000 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,0305 card , rev 02 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,8305 card , rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 1106,0686 card 14a4,2132 rev 22 class 06,01,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 1106,0571 card 14a4,2132 rev 10 class 01,01,8a hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:2: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 10 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:3: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 10 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:4: chip 1106,3057 card 14a4,2132 rev 30 class 06,80,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:5: chip 1106,3058 card 14a4,2132 rev 20 class 04,01,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:12:0: chip 1317,0985 card 1317,0574 rev 11 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:14:0: chip 8086,1229 card 8086,000c rev 08 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 104a,0010 card 1681,0010 rev 07 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) LoadModule: "scanpci" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1.1, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) UnloadModule: "scanpci" (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) PCI-to-ISA bridge: (II) PCI-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 0 I/O range: [0] -1 00x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 00x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 00x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0c (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 1 I/O range: [0] -1 00xc000 - 0xc0ff (0
"Missing character set"
I've been getting the following error popping up while installing various packages: The font "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-180-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1,*-r-*"\ does not support all the required character sets for the curren\ t locale "LC_CTYPE=en_US;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=C;LC_COLLATE=C;LC_\ MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=C;LC_PAPER=C;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TE\ LEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=C;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C" (Missing character set "ISO8859-1") (Missing character set "ISO8859-1") I've gone through the mailing list archives and only found references to a problem with msttcorefonts back in September. I update my system with the latest Sid packages every few days so this really shouldn't be related. Here's the output of 'locale charmap' and 'env' as suggested in an archived post. Any help is greatly appreciated. :) --- begin locale charmap output --- ANSI_X3.4-1968 --- end locale charmap output --- --- begin env output --- SSH_AGENT_PID=464 TERM=xterm SHELL=/bin/bash WINDOWID=37840633 OLDPWD=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType USER=demonbane LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;\ 35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tg\ z=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;3\ 1:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar\ =01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01\ ;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:\ *.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.\ avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01\ ;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.wav=01;35: GDK_USE_XFT=1 SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-XXrozsNf/agent.432 SESSION_MANAGER=local/Thief:/tmp/.ICE-unix/432 USERNAME=demonbane PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/usr/j\ ava/j2sdk1.4.1/bin MAIL=/var/mail/demonbane PWD=/home/demonbane EDITOR=emacs LANG=C GDMSESSION=Gnome SHLVL=1 HOME=/home/demonbane GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default LESS=-R LOGNAME=demonbane DISPLAY=:0 COLORTERM=gnome-terminal XAUTHORITY=/home/demonbane/.Xauthority _=/usr/bin/env --- end env output --- signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
where to download KDE
Hello all, I read that I should use: http://kde.tdyc.com/ stable kde2 as the source for my kde packages however, when I run 'apt-get update', I get errors regarding 'Packages' not being found. I got this from the KDE website so I'm thinking, what should I do? bp _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
weird X effect
Hello all, Thanks to many generouse people's advise, I now removed xfonts-100dpi and am using xfonts-75dpi. Now one of the main reasons for this transition was to make emacs look nice but now it looks like there is a problem with graphics. Please look at the file attatchment and tell me what I can do to solve this problem. My assumption is that this has to do with ttf but since I'm a noob, I really can't say. As always, all help is greatly appreciated. bp _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail <>
Which CD Burning software will support on the fly Music cd-cd copy?
Hi guys, Which CD Burning software will support on the fly Music cd-cd copy? xcdroas is gives me the error "Currently only pure data cds are supported for on the fl copy" Thanks Rob. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT]: is this crap? -> wininformant headline "Most InsecureOS?Yep, It's Linux"
Jamin W. Collins wrote: On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 01:29:09PM -0600, Texoma Sales wrote: I know this a Linux form but, since the question of MS security arises I wanted to put in my 1/2 cents worth. No HD Access means no Security Problems. Correct? Nope. Application flaws can still be exploited. Thus, the system can still be compromised. And then be used as a jumping-off platform to attack other systems. Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What is a 'path'?
Simple enough when it's explained the way you guys did.
Thanks, Sean and Tom.
Alex
sean finney wrote:
heya
path refers to the list of directories through which your shell
searches when you tell it to execute a command. for example, when
you type 'ls' at the prompt, your shell executes /bin/ls. as far as
messing around with your path, that depends in part on which shell you're
using.
assuming you're using the default bash (or other borne compatible
shell), you can see your path by typing
echo $PATH
to set your path to include /usr/X11R6/bin, you just need to say
PATH="${PATH}:/usr/X11R6/bin"
on the commandline or in your .bashrc file. what the line does is
basically set PATH to the value of PATH plus the new directory,
/usr/X11R6/bin.
however, i'd imagine that this would already be taken care of for you
and you shouldn't need to manually do it if you've installed X stuff
with debian.
hth
sean
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 11:36:54PM -0500, alex wrote:
An instruction says:
"First, be sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is on your path."
What is my "path" and how can I check it? Is this a matter
of just editing 'path' and adding /usr/X11R6/bin?
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Re: configuring X
Colin, Actually, I did read the mail. What happened earlier was that I removed xterm and it removed x-window-system and x-window-system-core. Afterwars, mozilla was behaving weird so I decided to ignore your message. However, it seems to be running fine now. I don't know what I did but as far as I can remeber, that was the only thing that I did. As for twm, I'll get rid of it and see what happens. Thanks for the help. bp From: Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bruce Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: configuring X Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 01:12:42 + On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 07:53:11PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > I've got a few questions regarding X. I hope that someone can help me to > solve these problems. > 1. I need to configure X so that I can use xfont-75dpi. I currently have > xfont-100dpi and I cannot get rid of this since it will get rid of the > x-window-system as well. So, can anyone please help me on how to configure > this? I answered your question on this earlier today. I guess you aren't subscribed to the list? If not, it would help if you requested to be copied on replies. My answer was "Don't worry about removing those [x-window-system and x-window-system-core]. They're just convenience packages." > 2. I currently have twm. I would like to get rid of this and use sawfish. > If and when I install sawfish, do I need to reconfigure X again? No. You just need to use 'update-alternatives --config x-window-manager' to make sawfish the default, and/or change your .xsession script if you have one. (Actually, sawfish will probably become the default anyway once installed, if I remember the priorities correctly, but update-alternatives is a useful thing to be aware of anyway.) Cheers, -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: firewall problems !!
* Richard Kimber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-01 15:04:29 +]: > > > Can anyone tell me of an idiots firewall ? One even I can set up ? > > > > Setting up a firewall without knowing what it exactly does is dangerous. > > You should consider learning how to write your own firewall rules IMO. > > [...] > Writing firewall rules takes a lot of learning, and creating a > firewall is (for many people with simple requirements) just a one-off > task that makes all the learning not a very cost effective way of > spending time. Richard, I vehemently disagree. If simply pointing and clicking results in setting up something as critical as a firewall system (even something as small as a personal firewall), then you should have *some* understanding of what is going on. If you don't, you need to learn. Granted, there is no need to go into design, implementation details, etc., but giving such advice as you did above is probably not a good idea for people new to the whole thing, as it lulls them into a false sense of security. thomas -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HELP, PLEASE!! Apt-Get update Errors
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 05:23:09PM -0800, Xavian-Anderson Macpherson wrote: > I think I read somewhere that there is a problem with one of the libraries > causing APT-GET UPDATE to fial. I keep getting the same error; UNABLE TO > PARSE PACKAGE FILE /VAR/LIB/DPKG/STATUS (1). I would really appreciate > someone telling me how to resolve this. I am running the testing (with some > packages from the unstable) branch of Debian 3.0. Everything else works just > fine. mv /var/lib/dpkg/status to_another_name cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status If that does not correct the problem, you can find previous backups of /var/lib/dpkg/status in /var/backups. -- Jerome msg16490/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: getting rid of xfonts-100dpi
Bruce Park([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to get rid of xfonts-100dpi and instead use xfonts-75dpi. > However, when I try to remove that package: > apt-get remove xfonts-100dpi > apt states that it will also remove x-window-system and > w-window-system-core. I know that these packages should not be removed so > what can I do make xfonts-75dpi the default target? Put the 75dpi fonts in the XF86Confg-4 file 'before' the 100dp fonts. ie FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/truetype" -- To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer. ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to enable DMA at boot time
* Clive Standbridge ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021127 09:46]: > On Wed 27 Nov 2002 04:13:08 +(+), Pigeon wrote: > > 4:13am! Is Pigeon really an owl? > > > Try ide0=ata66 (for UDMA66; change as appropriate) > > > > Works for me. > > I tried both ide0=ata66 and ide0=ata100 but neither worked. The > parameters went onto the kernel command line reported by dmesg and > kern.log (and some other logs), but had no other obvious effect. Documentation/ide.txt (from the Linux kernel tree) shows the ide options available at boot, and includes this line: "idex=dma" : automatically configure/use DMA if possible. I don't see any mention of ata or udma options there, but you could try and see if "ide0=dma" does anything for you. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin msg16488/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
HELP, PLEASE!! Apt-Get update Errors
I think I read somewhere that there is a problem with one of the libraries causing APT-GET UPDATE to fial. I keep getting the same error; UNABLE TO PARSE PACKAGE FILE /VAR/LIB/DPKG/STATUS (1). I would really appreciate someone telling me how to resolve this. I am running the testing (with some packages from the unstable) branch of Debian 3.0. Everything else works just fine. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to enable DMA at boot time
"Clive" == Clive Standbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Clive> On Thu 28 Nov 2002 22:45:39 +(-0600), Shyamal Prasad Clive> wrote: >> H...that is a truly interesting measure. Since I rarely >> boot my machine I've never looked at DMA as a way of speeding >> up the boot sequence. Cool. I feel like I've learned a whole >> new view of things :-) Clive> I'm not sure whether a sarcastic overtone was intended, but Clive> I like it anyway. :-) No sarcasm intended at all! I thought it was a really cool idea for machines I do boot frequently (laptops). >> I'm curious now: how many seconds to when your root FS is >> mounted? That would determine the upper bound on the >> improvement. Clive> 5 seconds. hwtools runs after 46 seconds. >> Is most of the time spent building module dependencies? Clive> How would I measure that? If you are using one of the pre-packaged 2.4.x kernels from Debian then it will be modular. During boot you will see a "Calculating module dependencies" message followed by much disk whirring. For me, this is the single slowest step during a boot. I just measure it with a stop watch (actually, I count seconds ;-) Cheers! Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exim permissions
* Derrick 'dman' Hudson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021201 17:00]: > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 10:02:56PM +, Pigeon wrote: > > | OK, but I still don't quite understand why the "trusted user" bit > | doesn't work. > > Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that part. The short answer is > trusted_user doesn't mean what you think it means. See section 5.2 of > the spec for a longer explanation. The main thing I remember is that > a trusted user is allowed to specify an arbitrary envelope sender > using the -f command line option. other users (not listed in trusted_users) can still set a sender with -f on the command line, but exim will insert a "Sender: " header indicating who sent the message. So the envelope will still be as specified on the command line, but the non-trusted_user can be more easily identified. As dman says, check the spec for the full spiel. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." -- Barry Goldwater msg16485/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: configuring X
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 07:53:11PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > I've got a few questions regarding X. I hope that someone can help me to > solve these problems. > 1. I need to configure X so that I can use xfont-75dpi. I currently have > xfont-100dpi and I cannot get rid of this since it will get rid of the > x-window-system as well. So, can anyone please help me on how to configure > this? x-window-system is a metapackage, it is a set of dependancies. It can be safely removed. You just don't want to remove some of the packages it depends on (such as x-fonts-75dpi, xbase-clients, and xserver-xfree86). > 2. I currently have twm. I would like to get rid of this and use sawfish. > If and when I install sawfish, do I need to reconfigure X again? You won't need to reconfigure X. -- Seneca [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: configuring X
Bruce Park wrote: Hello all, I've got a few questions regarding X. I hope that someone can help me to solve these problems. 1. I need to configure X so that I can use xfont-75dpi. I currently have xfont-100dpi and I cannot get rid of this since it will get rid of the x-window-system as well. So, can anyone please help me on how to configure this? In /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, comment out: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" and add: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" 2. I currently have twm. I would like to get rid of this and use sawfish. If and when I install sawfish, do I need to reconfigure X again? In ~/.Xsession, comment out: exec twm and add: exec sawfish (i guess). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what's everyone's favorite audio setup?
* sean finney [12/01/2002 16:07]: > i'm getting tired by my many audio-wanting apps not getting along with > one another, and i'm looking to switch to some kind of audio > environment that allows multiple programs access to the soundcard at > the same time. i know there are a few programs out there that do this > (libarts, esd, ...?), but i'd like to hear from other folks and get > their opinions for the better or worse before starting experimenting > myself. I'm no expert, but I like esound/esd. Most the apps I use support it (xmms/gaim)... and there is a cmd line wav player (esdplay) to interface sounds from my cmd line apps so everything multitasks nicely. -- -=Elden=- http://www.moondog.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: configuring X
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 07:53:11PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: | Hello all, | | I've got a few questions regarding X. I hope that someone can help me to | solve these problems. | 1. I need to configure X so that I can use xfont-75dpi. I currently have | xfont-100dpi and I cannot get rid of this since it will get rid of the | x-window-system as well. So, can anyone please help me on how to configure | this? Don't worry about that. The 'x-window-system' package is pretty meaningless. To see what files a package contains use 'dpkg -L'. If you run that on x-window-system you'll see that it is an empty package. It only exists as a convenient way to obtain all the various components needed for a typical X installation (which it does through dependencies). I believe those "task" packages are going to vanish in favor of 'tasksel' soon. (you've run into one of the deficiencies with the task packages) | 2. I currently have twm. I would like to get rid of this and use sawfish. | If and when I install sawfish, do I need to reconfigure X again? No. You can actually install the two of them side-by-side. How you end up running sawfish when you log in depends on how you currently have X, sessions, and logins set up. If you use gnome, run the Control Panel and select the desired wm. If you use "xsession", edit ~/.xsession to run sawfish instead of twm. HTH, -D -- Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained. --C.S. Lewis http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/ msg16481/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: configuring X
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 07:53:11PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > I've got a few questions regarding X. I hope that someone can help me to > solve these problems. > 1. I need to configure X so that I can use xfont-75dpi. I currently have > xfont-100dpi and I cannot get rid of this since it will get rid of the > x-window-system as well. So, can anyone please help me on how to configure > this? I answered your question on this earlier today. I guess you aren't subscribed to the list? If not, it would help if you requested to be copied on replies. My answer was "Don't worry about removing those [x-window-system and x-window-system-core]. They're just convenience packages." > 2. I currently have twm. I would like to get rid of this and use sawfish. > If and when I install sawfish, do I need to reconfigure X again? No. You just need to use 'update-alternatives --config x-window-manager' to make sawfish the default, and/or change your .xsession script if you have one. (Actually, sawfish will probably become the default anyway once installed, if I remember the priorities correctly, but update-alternatives is a useful thing to be aware of anyway.) Cheers, -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exim permissions
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 10:02:56PM +, Pigeon wrote: | OK, but I still don't quite understand why the "trusted user" bit | doesn't work. Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that part. The short answer is trusted_user doesn't mean what you think it means. See section 5.2 of the spec for a longer explanation. The main thing I remember is that a trusted user is allowed to specify an arbitrary envelope sender using the -f command line option. -D -- All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord. Proverbs 16:2 http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/ msg16479/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
correction USB mouse
Hello all, I previously wrote that all I need to do was add "mousedev" into /etc/modules. Although that actually worked, when I rebooted X, I couldn't move my mouse anymore. I apologize for the error. bp _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
configuring X
Hello all, I've got a few questions regarding X. I hope that someone can help me to solve these problems. 1. I need to configure X so that I can use xfont-75dpi. I currently have xfont-100dpi and I cannot get rid of this since it will get rid of the x-window-system as well. So, can anyone please help me on how to configure this? 2. I currently have twm. I would like to get rid of this and use sawfish. If and when I install sawfish, do I need to reconfigure X again? All help is greatly appreciated. bp _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: usb mouse
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 03:32:29PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: | I fixed the problem. I actually had to put "mousedev" in the file | /etc/modules or X wouldn't start. Do you know why that is needed? USB is a modular system. At the core there are the wire and logical protocols. This is what allows you to plug all sorts of devices into a USB socket. At the software level there is first the usb-uhci or usb-ohci (depending on which standard your hardware follows) driver that interacts with the USB controller on your motherboard. Through that the kernel can get the data packets from the various devices you plug into the bus. Then there's the drivers for the individual devices -- mousedev, keybdev, pegasus, etc. As I understand it the 'hid' module is the encapsulation of all the identical operation common to all human interface devices. The mouse and keyboard drivers build upon that. | Also, usbcore, hid, and usb-ohci aren't being used. I got rid of | them and things still run fine. Odd. -D -- You have heard the saying that if you put a thousand monkeys in a room with a thousand typewriters and waited long enough, eventually you would have a room full of dead monkeys. (Scott Adams - The Dilbert principle) http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/ msg16476/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How to enable DMA at boot time
On Thu 28 Nov 2002 22:45:39 +(-0600), Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > H...that is a truly interesting measure. Since I rarely boot my > machine I've never looked at DMA as a way of speeding up the boot > sequence. Cool. I feel like I've learned a whole new view of things :-) I'm not sure whether a sarcastic overtone was intended, but I like it anyway. :-) This (home) machine is switched off when it's not in use, so the startup time is more conspicuous to me. It's not my primary motive for using DMA, but if I can exploit it that way I'll be doubly pleased. > I'm curious now: how many seconds to when your root FS is mounted? > That would determine the upper bound on the improvement. 5 seconds. hwtools runs after 46 seconds. > Is most of > the time spent building module dependencies? How would I measure that? -- Cheers, Clive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to enable DMA at boot time
On Thu 28 Nov 2002 07:46:49 +(-0800), Bill Moseley wrote: > > I've used the -k "keep" switch do htparm to remember DMA settings. I've tried that but the settings don't survive a reboot. -- Cheers, Clive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to enable DMA at boot time
On Fri 29 Nov 2002 18:22:34 +(+1100), Rob Weir wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 05:43:57PM +, Clive Standbridge wrote: > > Is there a way to prod the kernel into reporting whether its > > parameters are accepted as valid? I ask because I also tried feeding > > it some nonsense parameters and it didn't complain in any obvious way. > > Check the top of dmesg, IIRC the kernel complains about improper boot > options there. I didn't make myself clear. I looked in dmesg (and the handful of log files containing the kernel command line). No sign of any complaints. -- Cheers, Clive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Will Gregg and Monica's computer support Debian?
On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 11:42, Pigeon wrote: > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 03:48:46PM +1100, Russell wrote: > > Pigeon wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 09:56:45AM -0700, Gregg & Monica wrote: > > > > > >>I need to know if my computer can support debianand I need to knwo if it > > >>will support the gui...here are my computers info... > > >> > > >>cyrix MII 266Mhz, 4gig hard drive, windows ME loaded and updated, sound card > > >>w/powered speakers, 2usb ports,scroll mouse, keyboard,56k modem, 24Xcd rom > > >>, 32mb memory, video card has s-video, 2 open sdram slots > > >> > > >>thanks. > > >> > > >>kyle > > > > > > You need another hard drive. 4Gb is too small (IMO) for Windoze, let > > > alone another OS. Plus, installing Linux on a separate drive reduces > > > the risk of damaging your Windoze installation. It's hard to get a new > > > HD less that 40Gb these days, and they're dead cheap, so that's what > > > I'd do. > > > > I'm using a pc with win98, 1.3G HDD, 64MB ram, and using mainly mozilla. > > The system is very adequate for that. I'd think it could dual boot just > > with a 2GB HDD. With lots more windows apps and linux desktops, a 6.4GB > > HDD should be ok. > > Gordon Bennett! win98 and linux on 1.3G! Well, it does depend... I've > known a few people want win98 set up on a 500Mb HD, and it gets a bit > silly, cos you can only install about one app. So you can go online > with it, but that's about the limit. > > $ du -s /windoze > 1531336 /windoze (contains \Program Files and all the apps & data) > (plus a 375Mb boot partition which I don't mount in Linux, with > C:|WINDOWS and subdirectories) > $ du -s /usr > 950904 /usr > > Pigeon Y'know, my old Pentium/90 MHz had 1 GB for Windows NT (okay, it was 3.51), OS/2 2.1 through to Warp 4 on a quarter gig, and Linux on half a gig (Bo through Slink.) Originally, Windows NT was on a quarter gig, until I got the 1.6 GB second drive. When the first drive died (taking WinNT with it,) I replaced it with a 2.4 GB drive that was split between OS/2 and Linux. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: debian-user-digest DigestVolume 2002 : Issue 703 Today's Topics: Re: IDE disks won't interoperate [ "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: Mutt and multiple identities [ Thorsten Haude Re: Font anti-aliasing[ Johan Ehnberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: usb mouse [ "Bruce Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: DMI pool data [ messmate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] who knows a V.92 compatible ISP? [ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: Font anti-aliasing[ Bruno Diniz de Paula <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] kbdrate as ordinary user [ Ward Vandewege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] what's everyone's favorite audio set [ sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: Mutt and multiple identities [ Matthew Daubenspeck emusic.com? [ "Robert L. Harris" Re: Cheap CDs [ Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Re: block webistes[ Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: Exim permissions [ Shyamal Prasad KWANZAA MUSIC OF NEW ORLEANS [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] The IP MASQ MTU problem [ Mark Copper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: Can't get KDE working![ Shyamal Prasad Apache dies after logrotate [ Iain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: remote printing [ Shyamal Prasad Re: Exim + Procmail + Cyrus [ "David Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Re: dhclient problems [ Shyamal Prasad MSN Messenger SERVER for linux? [ "David Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Subject: Re: IDE disks won't interoperate From: "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 12:26:59 -0800 (PST) To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Oliver Elphick said: Situation: I have a 6Gb 2.5" drive from a laptop, that won't boot in the laptop and has been replaced by a 10Gb drive. (The old disk is Hitachi DK228A-65, and the new is DK23BA-10.) a lot of older IDE disks have compadiblity issues with each other. some refuse to be a slave in any configuration, some refuse to work on the same channel unless the other disk is the same brand(or same model), etc. your best bet would be to install a 2nd ide controller and hook the drive to it. or you can try making the cdrom a slave and the hard disk a master and see if that helps. also there may be special jumpers on the disk which may put it in a more 'compadible' mode. consult the docs on the drive for this info. I reccomend promise ata/100 controllers. nate Subject: Re: Mutt and multiple identities From: Thorsten Haude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 21:38:35 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, * Matthew Daubenspeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-12-01 20:57]: folder-hook . source ~/.muttrc folder-hook =INBOX.NWLSDsource ~/.mutt/nwlsd_muttrc For testing purposes, the NWLSD setup has a different set of headers and a different signature. This seems to work when I switch to the NWLSD folder. However, if I switch back to INBOX (or any other folder), it still seems to use the NWLSD settings. If I don't switch to the NWLSD folder, all the settings are as they should be until I switch. Any ideas what I am doing incorrectly? Maybe you don't set the settings back? You have to set them back individually, not by file. Thorsten Subject: Re: Font anti-aliasing From: Johan Ehnberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 22:30:37 +0200 To: debian-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Looking at http://people.debian.org/~walters/gnome2.html There's a short FAQ: How do I get antialiased fonts in GNOME 2? Add the following line to /etc/environment: GDK_USE_XFT=1 Also, if you want antialiasing in GDM, add the following lines near the top of the /etc/init.d/gdm file: GDK_USE_XFT=1 export GDK_USE_XFT Cheers /johan Bruno Diniz de Paula wrote: > Hi, > > I am running Gnome2 and I would like to know what I have to do to enable > anti-aliasing (in particular, font anti-aliasing) in my environment. > Which are the options I have? Load freetype on X? > > Thanks, > > Bruno. > > PS: I don't use font servers. Subject: Re: usb mouse From: "Bruce Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 15:32:29 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nate, I fixed the problem. I actually had to put "mousedev" in the file /etc/modules or X wouldn't start. Also, usbcore, hid, and usb-ohci aren't being used. I got rid of them and things still run fine. Just wanted to say, thanks for the help. bp From: "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: usb mouse Date: S
Re: Exim permissions
On Sat 30 Nov 2002 17:14:09 +(+), Pigeon wrote: > > I've been writing a C program to burst incoming digests into separate > messages. Did you know that procmail can regurgitate digested mail? From the procmailex man page: Split up incoming digests from the surfing mailing list into their individual messages, and store them into surf ing, using surfing.lock as the locallockfile. :0: * ^Subject:.*surfing.*Digest | formail +1 -ds >>surfing That's if you use mbox mailboxes. For other formats you may need to replace the append to mailbox with a command (man formail). To invoke procmail from exim, put this line in ~/.forward: |/usr/bin/procmail I have a vague recollection that there is another way to invoke procmail from exim; perhaps someone else can advise. I hope this helps. -- Cheers, Clive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wanna make sure I don't screw the list up!
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 03:00:04PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 06:33:51PM +, Pigeon wrote:
> | It seems that a small number of large messages are downloaded more
> | efficiently than a large number of small ones.
>
> Possibly. That's certainly true of my setup where I receive each
> message one-at-a-time (whenever it happens to arrive) via SMTP. I'd
> expect that IMAP could be quite efficient in receiving multiple
> messages in series. Nevertheless, I have noticed a significant
> difference with FTP and scp in terms of per-file overhead.
Right. SMTP is what I use, cos that's what the ISP uses.
> | Also, for example, when I go to visit my parents, I receive email on
> | my dad's box using Messy Outlook Express. I then write it to a CD-R
> | and take it back with me. It's easier to manage this with the messages
> | grouped into digests.
>
> Sure. Unless you could install cygwin on their machine and use
> fetchmail, procmail, mutt, etc. for handling the messages like usual
> :-).
That's not a bad idea, especially given the number of times I've
reinstalled Windoze on that box...
> | > Do you ever print stuff on stdout or stderr? If so that output will
> | > cause a bounce message to be generated containing the output.
> |
> | WHACK-O! GOT IT. THANKS!!! Yes, it writes a list of messages it's
> | successfully processed. I thought this would just go to the bit bucket
> | if it didn't have a tty. I've now read man 4 tty and changed it so that
> | if it can't open /dev/tty it writes this list to a log file instead.
>
> | I poked around in /usr/doc/exim/spec.txt (which is H*U*G*E, no way
> | have I read it all!)
>
> It is huge -- Philip was very thorough in documenting exim. I use vim
> to read the spec so that I can search for the desired text until I
> find a relevant section. Another handy way of using the documentation
> is the HTML index at www.exim.org. The more you read of the spec the
> more you'll understand how the various components interact with each
> other and the more you'll know where to look for information.
> (however, don't try and read it like an exciting novel :-))
Hmm, that's why I like dead trees - I find them a much easier way to
build up that sort of fuzzy mental hashing table than browsing docs on
a monitor. Partly because the "novel" style is what comes most
naturally to me, and partly because I am short sighted but find that
staring at monitors with specs on gives me headaches!
> In fact, read section 18.1 (line 9360 in the spec from exim 3.35).
> Section 18 explains the pipe transport.
Hah - and tells me about your stdout/stderr bit! I see what you mean.
> I'd recommend adding an
> option (eg -q) to your program to supress the output. There could be
> situations where you might want output even though there isn't a tty.
> A command line option gives you control to choose precisely when and
> where it generates output. (and then add the -q to the pipe command
> in exim's config)
Good idea - now it's (apparently!) working I can tidy it up and make
it nice.
> | searching for errors_to, and it seemed that I
> | would need to set check_local_user so that it would get the uid/gid
> | for pigeon from /etc/passwd before running the pipe, otherwise it
> | would fail anyway, even though burster is executable by all. Is this
> | correct?
>
> It would fail if no user had been specified on the director or
> transport. In that case the message would be frozen on the queue and
> the log would say "neither director nor transport specified a user
> id". Since exim won't deliver as root ("never_users = root"), it
> needs to be told who to setuid() to. I know that I have
> check_local_user on some of my directors because I want them to accept
> responsibility only if the local part is a real unix user. A case
> where that is not the case is If you host virtual domains or mail-only
> users that don't have an account in /etc/passwd.
OK. Looking at /etc/exim.conf there is no user or group option in
either the address_pipe transport or the userforward director. I don't
have any users with no entries in /etc/passwd. So it looks like this
should work for me, and if anything comes through that is not for a
real user I'm not gonna want it processed as a digest.
Right, this is coming together pretty well now - thanks!
Pigeon
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Re: IDE disks won't interoperate
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 05:13:31PM +, Oliver Elphick wrote: > Situation: > > I have a 6Gb 2.5" drive from a laptop, that won't boot in the laptop and > has been replaced by a 10Gb drive. (The old disk is Hitachi DK228A-65, > and the new is DK23BA-10.) > > The laptop repairers copied the Windows partition but couldn't handle > the ext2 partitions. I need to get those partitions onto the new laptop > disk. > > I mounted the old 6Gb drive in a desktop pc (running woody, with kernel > 2.4.18-k7) as /dev/hdd and copied the files from the ext2 partitions > onto another disk. > > Then I put the 10Gb disk onto /dev/hdd, intending to copy back on to > it. However, the machine won't boot with it there; I get complaints > about lost interrupts. (The drive is correctly jumpered as a slave, > according to the instructions printed on it.) > > From dmesg: > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio > hda: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct10 10, ATA DISK drive > hdb: Conner Peripherals 1080MB - CFS1081A, ATA DISK drive > hdc: IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM 50XS, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > hda: 20044080 sectors (10263 MB) w/418KiB Cache, CHS=19885/16/63, UDMA(33) > hdb: 2114180 sectors (1082 MB), CHS=2097/16/63, DMA > > On booting, if /dev/hdd is present, the BIOS may complain: > > Primary IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed > Secondary IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed > > and refuse to boot. Last time, I got round this by auto-detecting each > of the four drives, but the BIOS settings seem to get lost. If I boot > without the drive; then put it back in and boot again, it shows as 2Gb > instead of 10Gb and needs to be autodetected again. (At the moment it > won't boot at all with that drive in.) > > Can anyone suggest what the problem is and how I can get round it. > > -- > Oliver Elphick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > LFIX Limited Things I have found useful with this sort of problem: 1) Try changing the state of the Cable Select jumper. Some drives are funny and want it on even when you're not using Cable Select. 2) Take the CD-ROM off, and try the drive as the sole device on the cable. 3) Make sure there isn't a mismatch between the methods the drive connector and cable connector use for polarisation, which has led you to plug it in upside down without any obvious physical difficulty. 2) is probably the most likely. Can you try taking the laptop apart and running both HDs in that with a cable out of the desktop? Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exim permissions
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 12:18:23PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 04:36:42PM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > | "jah" == jah pigeon writes: > | > | jah> BUT... /usr/sbin/exim is setuid root. Huh? > | > | Exim probably uses the root permission for very, very few things (like > | opening port 25 when in daemon mode). It probably drops the root > | permission as one of the first things it ever does. > > Yes. It also needs to be root in order to setuid() to the local user > receiving a message prior to delivery. It also needs to be root to > setuid() to the "mail user" for managing the spool (no other user has > read/write permissions on the files). > > | I'm guessing here. I suspect exim is doing its best to avoid giving > | you any permissions you don't need by dropping root and becoming the > | real user as soon as and as much as it can. > > exim does quite a few checks on user identities before it goes ahead > and allows any given task to be performed. > > | Better still, use sudo and you will not have to do any C programming :-) > > Sudo is very handy for things like this :-). OK, but I still don't quite understand why the "trusted user" bit doesn't work. Maybe it would work if I put a setuid-setgid-8 wrapper around the whole thing? I'd rather not though! > On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 10:28:24PM +, Pigeon wrote: > | On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 12:57:39PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > | > You shouldn't have to. Exim should have installed /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim, > | > containing: > | > > | > #!/bin/sh > | > > | > # Flush exim queue > | > if [ -x /usr/sbin/exim ]; then > | > /usr/sbin/exim -qf > | > fi > | > | Hmpf! It did 'n all. So this should be run automatically when I pon. > | Is there a time delay involved? Not knowing that this script had been > | installed, I've been running exim -qf manually immediately after I > | pon. So maybe I just haven't been giving it a chance. > > First see if /usr/sbin/exim is executable. If it isn't, then the > shell script above won't do anything. Next check your exim log > (/var/log/exim/mainlog). If you see messages about a queue run then > you know that exim processed the queue. It's possible that there are > no messages to deliver or that they finished delivering before you > noticed exim had done anything. The exim package also sets up a cron > job in /etc/cron.d/exim > > # Run queue every 15 minutes > 08,23,38,53 * * * * mail if [ -x /usr/sbin/exim -a -f >/etc/exim/exim.conf ]; then /usr/sbin/exim -q ; fi > > You should also see messages in exim's log at about queue runs at > those times. /usr/sbin/exim is indeed executable :-) Yeah, the cron job's working, but the automatic-upon-pon bit isn't. I'm not really worried about that per se, but it may be an indication of something subtly wrong somewhere that may cause other problems. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB Mouse Logitech Trackman
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 10:42:30AM -0800, Casey Scott wrote: > I can not get my Logitech Trackman USB mouse to work at all! > .. > I use a kvm switch, and when I use the mouse as a ps/2 > mouse (usb to ps/2 adapter included), the mouse goes out of control if > I switch to another box and back. Yeah, it will do... as the switch contacts move it glitches the power supply and screws up the processor inside the mouse. The hardware hack to get round this is to stick a big capacitor (>=1000uF) across the power pins on the common socket (pin 4 = +ve, pin 3 = GND). Depending on how good the emulation carried out by the USB-PS/2 adaptor is, you may be able to un-glitch it by exiting X, executing echo -ne '\377' > /dev/psaux and starting X again. This does a reset on a native PS/2 mouse; if the adaptor's good enough it should translate this into a reset of the USB mouse. I know it's not quite what you're looking for, but it might get you going. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: What is a 'path'?
Let the newbies answer the newbies! > An instruction says: > What is my "path" and how can I check it? Is this a matter > of just editing 'path' and adding /usr/X11R6/bin? Your path is actually some short list of directories, in which your operating system will look for binaries to execute. If you say "ls -l", the program ls is being looked for in the directories of which your path consists. Do "echo $PATH" to check your path. You can add directories by just adding them with a colon in between. Greets, Tom -- "Alles stimmt, gilt, nimmt teil und bildet eine Vollzaehligkeit, in der nichts fehlt." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What is a 'path'?
heya
path refers to the list of directories through which your shell
searches when you tell it to execute a command. for example, when
you type 'ls' at the prompt, your shell executes /bin/ls. as far as
messing around with your path, that depends in part on which shell you're
using.
assuming you're using the default bash (or other borne compatible
shell), you can see your path by typing
echo $PATH
to set your path to include /usr/X11R6/bin, you just need to say
PATH="${PATH}:/usr/X11R6/bin"
on the commandline or in your .bashrc file. what the line does is
basically set PATH to the value of PATH plus the new directory,
/usr/X11R6/bin.
however, i'd imagine that this would already be taken care of for you
and you shouldn't need to manually do it if you've installed X stuff
with debian.
hth
sean
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 11:36:54PM -0500, alex wrote:
> An instruction says:
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> "First, be sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is on your path."
>
> What is my "path" and how can I check it? Is this a matter
> of just editing 'path' and adding /usr/X11R6/bin?
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What is a 'path'?
An instruction says: "First, be sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is on your path." What is my "path" and how can I check it? Is this a matter of just editing 'path' and adding /usr/X11R6/bin? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: emusic.com?
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 04:51:10PM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote: > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 04:13:22PM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > a compatable player. Has anyone tried this? Whenever I try to > > download something it wants to save .emp files which are xml files > > that zinf doesn't seem to be able to understand. > > Someone named Andrew Chatham has written a python script to download > emusic files. You can get it at http://www.andrewchatham.com/getrmp/ I > haven't used it in about a month, but it was working fine then. You end > up with each album in a separate directory. Also, if you change your > emusic download options, you can get the filenames to contain more > information about the files, including track orde Oops. Sorry, getrmp.py doesn't seem to work with the new .emp files, and the old .rmp files don't work any more. I'm not sure what's changed. -- _ -o) Lance Simmons /\\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v Faster, faster, you fool, you fool! -- Bill Cosby -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: emusic.com?
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 04:13:22PM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote: > a compatable player. Has anyone tried this? Whenever I try to > download something it wants to save .emp files which are xml files > that zinf doesn't seem to be able to understand. Someone named Andrew Chatham has written a python script to download emusic files. You can get it at http://www.andrewchatham.com/getrmp/ I haven't used it in about a month, but it was working fine then. You end up with each album in a separate directory. Also, if you change your emusic download options, you can get the filenames to contain more information about the files, including track orde -- _ -o) Lance Simmons /\\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RE:MSN Messenger SERVER for linux?
The gentleman did a reply (not reply-all), so I thought I'd answer and cc the list. The MSN Messenger server (bundled with Exchange 2000), implements the MSN Messenger spec, and supplies interfaces for the "passport" authentication used by those wacky Microsoft Services. In and of itself the server doesn't call outside, but users of your site attempting to authenticate using passport (say to download a service pack from Microsoft, or some such nonense) will have a connection established on their behalf for authentication services. The actual spec used by this thing can be found on google (although it's not officially supported), which is why I was wondering if anyone had seen/heard of an open source version :) - David - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 5:34 PM Subject: RE:MSN Messenger SERVER for linux? > how does the exchange MSN Messenger server work, If it [messenger client] dials a centralised server? anyone? > > Regards, Dean. > > On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 17:24:39 -0500 "David Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Packages to run kernel 2.4.x on potato (release 27)
I have prepared the packages needed to run kernels up to 2.4.19 on a Debian 2.2r7 (potato) system. Please read [1] for more information. The updated kernel packages contain a fix for a i386 DoS attack that allows every user to crash the computer [2]. If you run older kernels on a computer where you don't fully trust all users it's highly recommended to upgrade the kernel. Changes in this release: + added: kernel-image-2.4.19-i386 Binary packages: o kernel-headers-2.4.19 o kernel-headers-2.4.19-386 o kernel-headers-2.4.19-586tsc o kernel-headers-2.4.19-686 o kernel-headers-2.4.19-686-smp o kernel-headers-2.4.19-k6 o kernel-headers-2.4.19-k7 o kernel-headers-2.4.19-k7-smp o kernel-image-2.4-386 o kernel-image-2.4-586tsc o kernel-image-2.4-686 o kernel-image-2.4-686-smp o kernel-image-2.4-k6 o kernel-image-2.4-k7 o kernel-image-2.4-k7-smp o kernel-image-2.4.19-386 o kernel-image-2.4.19-586tsc o kernel-image-2.4.19-686 o kernel-image-2.4.19-686-smp o kernel-image-2.4.19-k6 o kernel-image-2.4.19-k7 o kernel-image-2.4.19-k7-smp o kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.19-386 o kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.19-586tsc o kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.19-686 o kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.19-686-smp o kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.19-k6 o kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.19-k7 o kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.19-k7-smp + added: kernel-source-2.4.19 Binary packages: o kernel-doc-2.4.19 o kernel-source-2.4.19 + updated: initrd-tools (0.1.21 -> 0.1.32woody.2) + included blockdev in util-linux + removed: kernel-image-2.4.18-i386 + removed: kernel-source-2.4.18 cu Adrian [1] http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html [2] http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-200211/0192.html -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MSN Messenger SERVER for linux?
David Ellis said: > Anyone know if there is an open source version of the Micrsoft Messenger > server? > > I was thinking of setting one up, sort of like the one offered with > exchange 2000. probably not but there is jabber, which is much better anyways. Theres tons of clients for jabber on many different platforms, its open, and if you ever needed it, there is a commercial company which has their own commercialized "version" for higher end needs. based on the same standard though. It also has support for encryption as well. chatting, messaging, file transfers, directories(of users), and they have gateway software to talk to the propritary IM networks as well(never used them though). last place I worked we had an office with about 25 win32 development folk and they loved it, used it all the time. the unix office didn't use it though at least not initially. it was quite stable. though at the time not the easiest to setup(I haven't set it up in over a year). I'd be shocked if there was ever a MSN server, or ICQ server or yahoo server released as open source(or released for free/non-commercial use or whatever). or AOL server too. I think thats all the major IM networks .. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MSN Messenger SERVER for linux?
Anyone know if there is an open source version of the Micrsoft Messenger server? I was thinking of setting one up, sort of like the one offered with exchange 2000. Thanks! David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dhclient problems
"Robert" == Robert J Lynn, writes: Robert> When trying to have dhclient detect settings via DHCP Robert> during setup, this fails. "No response Robert> recieved."... However, Win2k and WinXP seem to be able to Robert> detect the settings right fine, so I tried entering the Robert> parameters manually (my IP rarely changes), but that Robert> didn't work. Any ideas? -Rob What kernel are you using? For the Debian 2.4 kernels (like 2.4.18-k7) you need to make sure 'af_packet' is listed in /etc/modules (modprobe it to test). If you built your own be sure to get CONFIG_PACKET, CONFIG_FILTER in somehow (module, or built in) to use the ISC dhcp clients. Cheers! Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exim + Procmail + Cyrus
Thanks a bunch, that got it. This procmail thing is extremely cool. - David - Original Message - From: "Xavier Bestel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 2:36 PM Subject: Re: Exim + Procmail + Cyrus > Yes, I've run into this. I remember cyrdeliver doesn't like the "From " > header, so I solved it by adding this to the top of .procmailrc: > > :0 f > | formail -I "From " > > I think it'll work better. > > Xav > > Le dim 01/12/2002 à 20:19, David Ellis a écrit : > > First off I'm a relative Debian Newbie, but I've been using Linux, Unix and > > Windows Systems for in excess of 13 years. General rule of thumb, assume I > > know nothing :) > > > > Anyhoo, I've got a pretty sweet exim + cyrus configuration going and I'm > > happy with it - so I thought I'd plug procmail into it and do some nifty > > filtering. > > > > My .procmailrc is as follows: > > > > SHELL="/bin/sh" > > DELIVERMAIL="/usr/sbin/cyrdeliver" > > LOGFILE="$HOME/.maillog" > > IMAP="$DELIVERMAIL -e -q -m user.david" > > LOGABSTRACT="all" > > VERBOSE=ON > > > > :0 > > |$IMAP > > > > This results in a procmail error when it executes cyrdeliver to the tune of > > "Invalid Message Header". I've ensured that the user account in question can > > run cyrdeliver (so it's not a permissioning issue). > > > > Has anyone successfully set this up? Any pointers possible templates for the > > .procmailrc file? Pointers? > > > > Thanks! > > > > David > > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote printing
"Raymond" == Raymond Gree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Raymond> Hello Debian community I installed Debian to replace my Raymond> RedHat on my server and have the following problem Raymond> I can't print anymore on my remote Debian printer from my Raymond> other Redhat machine Raymond> am I missing something in the upgrade If I remember correctly, Debian installed a traditional lpd style system by default (the lpr package) for me. This system disables remote printing by default. Since I no longer use this system I can't remember how to turn on remote printing, but it had something to do with a file named something like /etc/lpd.allow or some such filelook in /usr/share/doc/lpr for some clues. Please tell what printing system you use. (Try something like dpkg -l 'lp*'). Cheers! Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apache dies after logrotate
Hi, I am experiencing a problem where apache goes into a kind of zombie state after the daily logrotate script runs and send a -HUP signal to apache. Apache still manages to serve some requests but it does so very slowly and eventually just stops responding. This doesn't happen every day but quite frequently. Versions are: -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux spinach 2.4.19 #1 Mon Sep 2 20:19:43 CST 2002 i686 Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU Versions of packages apache depends on: ii apache-common 1.3.26-0woody3 Support files for all Apache webse ii dpkg 1.9.21 Package maintenance system for Deb ii libc6 2.2.5-11.2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdb22:2.7.7.0-7The Berkeley database routines (ru ii libexpat1 1.95.2-6 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii logrotate 3.5.9-8Log rotation utility ii mime-support 3.18-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap ii perl 5.6.1-7Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii perl [perl5] 5.6.1-7Larry Wall's Practical Extraction As you can imagine this is very frustrating on a live server. Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas what could be causing it? Is it simply a bug in that version of apache? cheers, Iain. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get KDE working!
"James" == JAMES MERRITT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: James> Hi everyone, I am having a problem with my KDE not running, James> or rather it is running but all I get when I type: startx James> is twm. I'm not sure what you mean by "it is running but all I getis twm"? Are you getting a kdm graphical login or not? Look in /etc/alternatives/ for the x-* links. If you do not have an x-session-manager link to kde2 you should 'man update-alternatives' to see what you can do. For example, on my system: shyamal@rattler:~$ cd /etc/alternatives/ shyamal@rattler:/etc/alternatives$ ls -l x-session-manager lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 13 Apr 22 2002 x-session-manager -> /usr/bin/kde2 shyamal@rattler:/etc/alternatives$ /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --display x-session-manager x-session-manager - status is auto. link currently points to /usr/bin/kde2 /usr/bin/gnome-session - priority 20 slave x-session-manager.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-session.1.gz /usr/bin/kde2 - priority 40 Current `best' version is /usr/bin/kde2. Don't trust me on all this, I don't use kde, I have an ~/.xsession file that starts xfce via a gdm screen. Cheers! Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The IP MASQ MTU problem
I've just had the pleasure of hunting this one down. I've included the option mtu 1492 in /etc/network/interfaces for my NIC and I seem to be back in business (knock on woody!). This per the IP-MASQ HOWTO, section 7.15 (I connect via PPPoE). But I wish I understood this better. Why would an MTU of 1500 suddenly become a problem? I had been doing fine for weeks. Why would it be a problem for one machine and not another? My 2.2 kernel machine has no problem. The HOWTO says MTU for PPPoE is 1490 but ifconfig shows 1492; if a difference of 10=1500-1490 is a problem, might 2 be? Anyone out there willing to shed light/share experience? (I can't bring up the MTU thread from the linux kernel list; is the link outdated?) Thanks. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KWANZAA MUSIC OF NEW ORLEANS
We invite you to hear a collection of New Orleans Kwanzaa Music presented for your enjoyment by Bill Summers. http://www.essenceofkwanzaa.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exim permissions
"Pigeon" == jah pigeon writes: >> Better still, use sudo and you will not have to do any C >> programming :-) Pigeon> Even for your set real u/gid trick? - given that there's Pigeon> no setgid(1), and setuid(1) doesn't let you set the gid as Pigeon> well? And it can manage that without being a security Pigeon> hole? That's pretty neat. Yes, sudo should work. That is because sudo actually runs the program as root, not with the effective user id of root. You might find it instructive to modify your little C program to run "/usr/bin/id" instead of exim and see what it prints out with different combinations of setuid/setgid file permissons and sudo. You did mean setuid(2) up there, right? There is a setgid(2) call. I have not heard that sudo is inherently insecure in any specific way (but I'm not a long time sudo user). Cheers! Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: block webistes
webis, -tis (3) n. That which, when made the subject of a thread, causes people's posts to appear three times for no apparent reason with a page and a half of headers. - Pigeon's 21st Century Latin Dictionary :-) Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cheap CDs
Mark L. Kahnt wrote: It is the master on my ide1 bus - would be /dev/hdc if I didn't have it marked for SCSI emulation (now there is no hdc.) My traditional CD-ROM drive is /dev/hdd (ie slave on ide1), an old 6x CD drive that predates the availability of CDDA, but it works fine as a CD-ROM drive otherwise - I just can't rip .ogg files from it (an entirely different matter that isn't an issue for me.) I followed the HOWTO for CD burners intelligently (I've been working with microcomputers for over a quarter of a century, including coding on the metal and writing o/s code - device drivers, memory managers, task managers, so I have a couple clues on this, and can accept that sometimes, hardware just isn't up to the task.) I cannot replicate your problem because my cdrw is my only CD drive (mounted as /cdrom from emulated scd0). When I use Xcdroast to duplicate a data CD (duplicate CD > read CD > read all tracks) it creates an image, then I can write the image to the cdr. Obviously I cannot duplicate on the fly. Sorry. I would guess that if you can produce an image file from your CDRW, the software is OK. Have you tried setting your CDRW to a lower write speed (< or = 6x) for copying on the fly? Hth, Chris. -- : ___ Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : : / \ : : | <_/ My PC runs Debian GNU/Linux 3.0. : : \ Robust, secure and free operating system + applications. : : \ Available at http://www.debian.org : -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
emusic.com?
Just signed up for the 30 day trial of emusic.com. They list "zinf" as a compatable player. Has anyone tried this? Whenever I try to download something it wants to save .emp files which are xml files that zinf doesn't seem to be able to understand. Any thoughts/theories? :wq! --- Robert L. Harris | PGP Key ID: FC96D405 DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. FYI: perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mutt and multiple identities
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 09:38:35PM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: > Hi, > > * Matthew Daubenspeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-12-01 20:57]: > >folder-hook . source ~/.muttrc > >folder-hook =INBOX.NWLSDsource ~/.mutt/nwlsd_muttrc > > > >For testing purposes, the NWLSD setup has a different set of headers > >and a different signature. This seems to work when I switch to the > >NWLSD folder. > > > >However, if I switch back to INBOX (or any other folder), it still > >seems to use the NWLSD settings. If I don't switch to the NWLSD > >folder, all the settings are as they should be until I switch. Any > >ideas what I am doing incorrectly? > > Maybe you don't set the settings back? You have to set them back > individually, not by file. It works by sourcing a file, I just had to create a seperate "default" file unsetting and resetting everything. Thanks for the help! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
what's everyone's favorite audio setup?
hi all, i'm getting tired by my many audio-wanting apps not getting along with one another, and i'm looking to switch to some kind of audio environment that allows multiple programs access to the soundcard at the same time. i know there are a few programs out there that do this (libarts, esd, ...?), but i'd like to hear from other folks and get their opinions for the better or worse before starting experimenting myself. thanks sean msg16443/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
kbdrate as ordinary user
Hi all, ** Debian testing/unstable ** I'm having some trouble here with kbdrate. The problem is that on resume from an apmd suspend, my laptop defaults back to a keyboard repeat rate of 10, and that is _really_ slow. Manually executing kbdrate -r30 as root solves that problem. But of course I don't work as root, and it obviously should be automatable. I've tried putting a little script in /etc/apm/event.d called 'kbdrate', that looks like this: #!/bin/bash # /etc/apm/event.d/kbdrate if [ "$1" = "resume" ] ; then /sbin/kbdrate -r30 -d250 fi But that doesn't do it. Also, when executing /sbin/kbdrate as a user, one gets 'Cannot open /dev/port: permission denied'. I've tried setuid & setguid'ing /dev/port, doesn't help. I've even tried setuid & setguid'ing my little kbdrate script in /etc/apm/event.d, but that doesn't help either. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Ward. -- Pong.be -( "Free Software as in free speech, not free beer. Think )- Virtual hosting -( of freedom, not price." -- Richard Stallman )- http://pong.be -( )- GnuPG public key: http://gpg.dtype.org msg16442/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Font anti-aliasing
Hi Johan, thanks for your answer. The only problem was that when I enabled the antialiasing just like you suggested, I "lost" my truetype fonts already installed. Is there any way to continue using truetype also with antialiased fonts (GDK_USE_XFT=1) enabled? Thanks a lot, Bruno. On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 15:30, Johan Ehnberg wrote: > Looking at > > http://people.debian.org/~walters/gnome2.html > > There's a short FAQ: > > How do I get antialiased fonts in GNOME 2? > > Add the following line to /etc/environment: > > GDK_USE_XFT=1 > > > Also, if you want antialiasing in GDM, add the following lines near > the top of the /etc/init.d/gdm file: > > GDK_USE_XFT=1 > export GDK_USE_XFT > > > Cheers > /johan > > > Bruno Diniz de Paula wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am running Gnome2 and I would like to know what I have to do to enable > > anti-aliasing (in particular, font anti-aliasing) in my environment. > > Which are the options I have? Load freetype on X? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bruno. > > > > PS: I don't use font servers. > > > > -- > Johan Ehnberg > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Windows? No... I don't think so." -- Bruno Diniz de Paula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rutgers University signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
who knows a V.92 compatible ISP?
Does anyone know a v.92 British ISP? Regards, Dean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DMI pool data
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 23:15:04 -0200 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Sun, 01 Dec 2002, Michael Naumann wrote: | > Does your bios have something like | > "Restore faile-save settings" | > | > I would give a try. No, no 'restore fail-save settings. | | Failing that, try reflashing the BIOS, and make SURE to tell the | flash program to fully erase the DMI area. But be careful, if you | do it wrong, the machine will have to go to the repair shop. | Thanks, but I can't. Can't boot nor from the floppy, cdrom or hd :-( As you say, 90% risc the card go to the repair shop. mess-mate | -- | "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring | them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond | where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot | Henrique Holschuh | | | -- | To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: usb mouse
Nate, I fixed the problem. I actually had to put "mousedev" in the file /etc/modules or X wouldn't start. Also, usbcore, hid, and usb-ohci aren't being used. I got rid of them and things still run fine. Just wanted to say, thanks for the help. bp From: "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: usb mouse Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 18:32:59 -0800 (PST) Bruce Park said: > > Hello all, > > I have a MS Wheel Mouse Optical plugged into the usb port in my pc. This > mouse has two buttons and a scroller. > It seems to me that my X-Server won't start because it doesn't recognize > /dev/input/mice. I've read somewhere you need to load the usb modules > before you can use them. Since I just finished installing > debian(2.4.bf24), how can I install the usb modules? I would expect the bf24 kernel to have the modules. lookin at the config file it does. So, for me it was pretty easy, I migrated my laptop to 2.4.20 a couple days ago and usb was a snap(about as easy as with 2.2.x. what i did: modprobe hid modprobe mousedev that loaded the drivers for my logitech mouseman marble wheel. I already had my device, I use /dev/usbmouse: crw-rw1 root root 13, 63 Feb 17 2002 /dev/usbmouse that would be: mknod /dev/usbmouse c 13 63 then I configured X to use this device and it worked fine. I already had X configured since I had usb workin in 2.2.19 as well. I don't have my USB load on boot, it seems to conflict with my sound, so I only load it when I need it. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
