Re: Something has gone wrong with Mutt
Thomas H. George on 2006-07-14 11:47:30 -0400: > Fetchmail is downloading messages but mutt is not displaying them? I > have not changed any settings and I saw nothing in the latest > dist-upgrade of testing which related to mutt. What can have gone > wrong? I don't know, but I can help you find out. If you don't already have fetchmail logging enabled, add the following to your ~/.fetchmailrc: set logfile "/path/to/logfile" And see what it's doing. If you have fetchmail configured to use your local MTA (which I believe is the default), you can also look in /var/log/mail.log. If you use something like procmail, I'd check its logs, too. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: marillat
Ben Lau on 2006-07-14 11:24:52 +0800: > Packages like libopenlibraries , jahshaka are existed in > ftp.nerim.net, but now was gone. I need them for video editing. Do > anybody body know why they are removed from the repository? http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Using tar to extract files from tape
Haines Brown on 2006-07-13 09:48:02 -0400: > I tried: > > # tar xvf /dev/st0 *.xyz > tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Input/output error > tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > When I tried the tvf options for tar, I get the same result. > > How does one extract the *xyz files from the tape? I don't know much about tape drives, but I would assume if you used dd to copy the information on the tape to a file on your disk, you'd be able to read it like a normal tar file. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: encrypted filesystem that can be mounted remotely?
Anonymous on 2006-07-11 17:00:56 -: > I'd like to keep some of the data on my computer's hard drive > encrypted, but not necessarily all of it. But I also need to be able > to reboot the computer remotely and log into by SSH without the > encrypted FS mounted, then mount the encrypted partition in the SSH > session (from a trusted machine, of course) presumably by giving a > sort of mount command and entering the passphrase. > > I've never used an encrypted FS before. Is what I want possible? What > encrypted FS supports this? I believe that at encfs, an encrypted file system that uses FUSE, and libpam-encfs, a PAM module to load encfs at user login, would fit your requirements. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Wiki for Java Developers Using Debian
Redefined Horizons on 2006-07-11 08:22:28 -0700: > I have created a little wiki to assist newbies to Debian with Java > development on the operating system. It would be great if that were integrated into the Debian wiki, wiki.debian.org. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Force kill a process?
Hans du Plooy on 2006-07-11 15:24:34 +0200: > mercury:/home/www/web8/web# ps ax | grep ftp > 3123 ?Ds 0:00 proftpd: (accepting connections) > 18183 ?D 0:00 /usr/sbin/proftpd > 19079 pts/0D 0:00 /usr/sbin/proftpd > > How do I kill this? I'm not exactly in a position to restart the > server. Can you 'invoke-rc.d proftpd stop'? If that doesn't work, read the man page for kill(1). kill will ask the process to exit. kill -9 will tell it to quit, now. kill works outside Debian's mechanisms for starting and stopping services, though. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Mapping between *.wav files and cdrecord -audio tracks?
Adam Funk on 2006-07-11 13:28:30 +0100: > How good is the inverse function (ripping the CD tracks back to WAV)? If your disks scratch, then you may lose information; also take into consideration the expected life of your media. > Is there any loss of information in burning the files to CD? I don't believe so. If you want to keep the wav files around, you'll almost certainly want to compress them; if you want to keep them accessible for playing, I suggest flac, but if not you may want to consider rzip instead of gzip or bzip2. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: redirect mails question
Raphael Brunner on 2006-07-09 20:40:55 +0200: > I want to redirect the mails from the system (from root) to my > home-mail-system on the same machine. On my home I have fetchmail and > procmail to receive the mails from the internet-provider and sort it > into a lot of folders. I want to get the systemmails also there. Assuming you have a functional MTA (exim, postfix, ...) and can send mail to your ISP, the simplest option would be to edit your /etc/aliases and have it forward mail to root to your ISP account: root: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't forget to run 'newaliases'. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Any way to comment on bugs?
Andrew Malcolmson on 2006-07-09 13:53:41 -0400: > Can anyone other than a package maintainer add comments to bug reports? Yes, send an email to @bugs.debian.org. Additional useful information is always welcome. > Can I somehow 'vote' for a fix for a neglected bug? In the Bugzilla sense of 'vote', no, you can't. However, the more good information you provide about a bug, the easier it is for the maintainer to fix. The easiest bugs to fix are the ones with patches; those usually get done more quickly than the ones without! signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Update all the packages that depend on a particular package
Kamaraju Kusumanchi on 2006-07-06 13:07:41 -0400: > Now whenever I am upgrading privoxy, I would like apt-get (or aptitude or > whatever other software) to check if there any newer versions of the > dependencies and update those as well. Is this possible? If so, How? 'apt-get upgrade' and 'apt-get dist-upgrade' do that automatically. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Thought on receiving two answers...
Magnus Therning on 2006-04-19 23:10:58 +0100: > AFAICS it would be possible to get mailing list managing software, like > mailman, to add a header to email sent to lists indicating the senders > preference. Then well-behaved mail clients can use that header as a hint > when the user replies to a mailing list. It's not the mailing list software's job, it's yours. Search for the 'Mail-Followup-To' header. pgpmAoCE3umpU.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Vim packages lack help file
Anthony Campbell on 2006-04-17 15:35:13 +0100: > All the vim packages I've tried (vim, vim-gtk, vim-full) don't install > a help file. There does not seem to be any separate package which > supplies this. Is this a bug? vim-runtime: This package contains the architecture independent runtime files, used, if available, by all vim variants available in Debian. Example of such runtime files are: online documentation, rules for language-specific syntax highlighting and indentation, color schemes, and standard plugins. pgpPInHgGBErK.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Going to install testing: should I use sarge or woody installer?
begin quotation of Thierry Michalowski on 2004-10-23 16:58:41 +0200: > The question is : should I nevertheless proceed with a woody > installation CD , manually change my sources.list and apt-get > dist-upgrade at will ? > Or should I use the sarge-rc1 CD install ? You should use the new debian-installer, no question. > Related question : if I use sarge-rc1 to install, will apt get > automatically configured to follow testing ? If memory serves correct, it will be configured to follow sarge and not testing. You'll need to edit your sources.list and replace sarge with testing. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Pse explain apt-get msg
begin quotation of John Fleming on 2004-10-13 07:50:53 -0500: > What does it mean when update gets packages, but then upgrade > doesn't do anything? Thanks! None of the packages you have installed have candidates for update. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Gaim
begin quotation of Jouke Witteveen on 2004-10-11 15:48:26 +0200: > Since lic6 is not yet available for debian stable in the right > version for Gaim 1 I'm forced (I'm not interested in the testing > distro) to use Gaim 0.58. This is no problem for AIM but most of my > friends only have MSN so I sometimes need the protocol for school, > has anyone got a working plug-in of the modern (at least a working > version) of the MSN protocol for Gaim 0.58? Not exactly 0.58, but backports.org has 0.82, which should provide correct MSN handling. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: How does a linux dhcp client know it's name?
begin quotation of icebiker on 2004-10-09 18:24:56 -0400: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc$ hostname -i > hostname: Unknown host This (along with its omission in your email) leads me to believe you've overlooked /etc/hosts. 'man hosts' for more information. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Woody or Sarge
begin quotation of Adi Linden on 2004-10-04 16:57:02 -0500: > How long can I expect to see security fixes for Woody? One year, two > years, five years? What about Sarge? Security updates for potato (the version before woody) were available for approximately six months after woody's release. I would guess that the same will hold true for woody after sarge, and sarge after etch. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: "Dynamic MMap ran out of room"
begin quotation of Mr. Jan Hearthstone on 2004-09-27 21:22:40 -0700: >I am geting a mesage from "apt-get" that: ... >"Reading Package Lists... Error! >E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room >E: Read error - read (14 Bad address) >E: The package lists or status file could not be > parsed or opened." Google is your friend: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Dynamic+MMap+ran+out+of+room%22&btnG=Search signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Network Connection Question
begin quotation of [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2004-09-06 22:31:58 -0500:
> I would like to know if there is a way I can have this macine to
> identlify the network and the ip address. I have DSL Internet
> connection - I have a DSL Modem and a 4 port Linksys Router. I have
> 2 computer connecting to this Router - One running Windows XP and
> the other Debian. I have these following questions
>
> 1. How to have it identify the Network connection?
You'll probably want to use DHCP to have your Linksys router give it
an IP address. Run 'man interfaces' to find the correct format to
automatically enable your network connection to pick up a DHCP address
on boot.
> 2. Can I have it work as a firewall and a router - the DSL Modem
> connecting directly to the server.?
Yes. You'll need two network cards in the Debian machine - one to
hook into the DSL modem and the other to connect to the rest of the
network.
If you already have a Linksys router (and by this I assume you mean
one of those Cable/DSL routers and not a switch/hub), you may not gain
a whole lot of benefit from this type of setup.
> 3. How to set the Time and Date?
See 'man tzconfig' to select your time zone. If you are connected to
the internet, install package 'ntp-simple' ('apt-get install
ntp-simple') to have your time and date automatically updated.
> 4. I have a mouse which connects to the USB Port - but its also not
> being identified by the X Window.
'man dexconf'
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Re: Starting MySQL?
begin quotation of Ed Sutherland on 2004-08-30 22:06:27 -0400: > How do I start mysql in Debian? Thanks. Assuming you have mysql-server installed, you should be able to type (with root permissions) `/etc/init.d/mysql start`. It defaults to automatically starting at boot. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Different default browser
begin quotation of Jason D. Berg on 2004-08-20 14:12:33 -0700: > Whenever I click a link in Thunderbird or Evolution, it opens up > Epiphany as my browser. When I click a link in FirstClass, it opens up > Konqueror. When I click a link in gaim, it opens up Firefox. I want > every link I click to open up in Firefox. How do I change this? I have a line in my .bashrc: export BROWSER="/usr/bin/firefox" It doesn't work for all applications (to be honest, I'm not sure which ones it works for), but in addition to the application-specific settings mentioned in another post you may want to give this a shot. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Kernel updates with apt-get?
begin quotation of Scott Mohnkern on 2004-08-20 11:47:44 -0400: > hmmm. I've never tried "apt-get search" before Typo - `apt-cache search`. Sorry signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Kernel updates with apt-get?
begin quotation of Scott Mohnkern on 2004-08-20 09:13:39 -0400: > should apt-get being doing kernel updates? For some reason I'm > still running 2.2. apt-get will be doing updates to your kernel; problem is, I doubt there are any. The kernel packages are generally version specific; for example, kernel 2.4.18 is in a different package than kerenl 2.4.26. However, any fixes for 2.4.18 will result in a new version of that package. `apt-get search kernel-image` to show the available kernels, and then select one to install. Be careful, though, as updating from a 2.2 kernel to a 2.4 kernel will be quite a change. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [OT] DNS switching & which
begin quotation of Nori Heikkinen on 2004-08-16 15:57:03 -0400: > 2. any advice on which dns server package i should use, if i'm to do > it myself? i seem to recall hearing the praises of DJBDNS sung, and > i don't want to start a religious war, but i'm curious if there is a > recommended beginner's straightforward DNS package out there that i > should definitely use over all others. I've used both BIND and DJBDNS and have found DJBDNS to be easier to configure. I also feel better about leaving DJBDNS on my server rather than BIND. However, you'll probably find more support out there for BIND (not to say that there won't be sufficent support for DJBDNS). signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Configuration DB
begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:51:16 -0400: > On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:15:17 -0400, Alec Berryman wrote: > > > begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:20:53 -0400: > > > >> I'm new to Debian. Seems that Debian keeps all configuration data in > >> a DB. Is there a way to backup this configuration data, so that > >> next time when I have to reinstall Debian, using apt-get install > >> , I don't have to answer those hard and tedious > >> questions again? > > > > Look at the man page for dpkg; particularly, '--get-selections' and > > '--set-selections'. > The '--get-selections' and '--set-selections' only give your the list of > packages, they won't save configuration for you. Pipe the output of `dpkg --get-selections` to a file, copy that over to the new computer, and pipe it into `dpkg --set-selections`. Then run apt-get -f install; it'll attempt to install all packages on the first computer. You'll still have to answer configuration questions, but you won't need to specify packages. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Configuration DB
begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:20:53 -0400: > I'm new to Debian. Seems that Debian keeps all configuration data in > a DB. Is there a way to backup this configuration data, so that > next time when I have to reinstall Debian, using apt-get install > , I don't have to answer those hard and tedious > questions again? Look at the man page for dpkg; particularly, '--get-selections' and '--set-selections'. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Woody and HP DL320G2
begin quotation of Adrian Bolzan on 2004-08-03 12:54:52 +1000: > - On-board NICs, given on the HP site as "Two NC7760 PCI Gigabit Server > Adapters (embedded)" You'll need to select the 'tg3' module. > Will woody with the standard bf2.4 kernel detect the NIC's and RAID > controller? > Will I need to compile my own kernel to do this? Standard bf2.4 can handle the NICs; I haven't used the ATA RAID on this model and can't comment. > Or, should I try to use Sarge? The current release timeline calls for security updates to start the 8th of this month and for it to be released in early-to-mid September. I don't know if that affects your planning. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Install stable with the new installer (was Re: Thanks for Debian Installer)
begin quotation of dircha on 2004-07-29 22:45:05 -0500: > Is there an advanced option in the new installer to install woody? I > swear I remember seeing at least an advanced option to install sid directly. If you boot into the 'expert' install and load the installer component to select the mirror (I can't remember the name off the top of my head - it's in with loading lvm, IPv6, md, and other stuff), it will ask if you want to install 'stable', 'testing', or 'unstable'. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Swap on software RAID1
begin quotation of Alvin Oga on 2004-07-28 15:41:22 -0700: > > I've been setting up software RAID1 and am wondering what to do about > > swap. According to the Software-RAID-HOWTO > > (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-2.html), there's > > apparently an 'ongoing debate' on the virtues of using software RAID1 > > with swap. > on the other hand, if one of the disk died, and you have swap > on both disk, you can still be using the swap space from the > remaining disk ... no different than saving data on the remaining disk.. > > but if you have un-raided swap, one swap on each disk, you have > 2x as much swap space ... which can be good or bad .. > - bad, cause swap is slow anyway (raid1 swap will NOT be faster) > - good cause you have 2x more swap than raided swap I know that raid1 swap will not be faster than two swap partitions of equal priority; however, I'm more worried about reliability. If there are two swap partitions on separate drives, and if one drive fails, I'll lose whatever was swapped out of memory to that drive. Will that cause a problem; will the operating system expect the swapped memory to be there, and possibly hang if it's not? The Debian rootraid HOWTO (http://alioth.debian.org/projects/rootraiddoc/) suggests that it might; I'm asking for more definite confirmation. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Swap on software RAID1
I've been setting up software RAID1 and am wondering what to do about swap. According to the Software-RAID-HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-2.html), there's apparently an 'ongoing debate' on the virtues of using software RAID1 with swap. I currently have same-sized partitions set up as swap and have them set to the same priority level. I'm worried that if one of the disks dies, anything swapped out to that disk will fail, potentially causing trouble. Does anyone have advice on using swap with software RAID1 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: which upgrade path from woody?
begin quotation of Hendrik Boom: > This still leaves open which is the best way to go about it -- copy and > upgrade, or new install. New install. The new installer will recreate automatically most of the config files you'd be moving, and you'll have a cleaner system to start from. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: dhclient renews lease every 5 secs
begin quotation of Stefaan Himpe: > In case of a static ip address, don't use dhcp. > Dhcp is for dynamic ip addresses only. It's also possible his ISP has assigned him a static IP through DHCP; this does make configuration easier for most folks as you don't need to specify any information. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: dhclient renews lease every 5 secs
begin quotation of David Purton: > This is finally driven me nuts enough to try and fix it. > > I use dhcp to get an ip address from my dlink dsl 300+ modem. > > The problem is, that it wants to renew it every 5 seconds and syslog > *fills* up with this sort of log message: > > Jul 23 22:41:29 vetinari dhclient-2.2.x: DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to 203.87.20.175 port 67 > Jul 23 22:41:29 vetinari dhclient-2.2.x: DHCPACK from 203.87.20.175 > Jul 23 22:41:29 vetinari dhclient-2.2.x: bound to 203.87.20.174 -- renewal in 5 > seconds. > > > I've tried stuffing around with dhclient.conf to try and specify the > lease time, but I can't get it working. In dhclient.conf there's an option for renew; I assume this is the one that didn't work for you (if not, look at dhclient.conf(5)). Otherwise, this doesn't seem like your problem; DHCP servers are the ones to set lease time. For example, in ISC DHCPD, one of the first options set is 'default-lease-time'. Perhaps your ISP has this set low? If you can boot to another Linux distribution (knoppix, perhaps) and you still see the excessive messages, this is probably the case. There's not much you can do short of calling your ISP and telling them that they're wasting bandwidth; if it gets annoying, tell syslog to shunt DHCP off to another log that you rotate much more frequently. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
mkinitrd: RAID support requires raidtools2
I'm trying to do software raid on a fresh install of Woody with a 2.4.26 kernel. In order to load the software raid I need to make an initrd image, so I installed initrd-tools. However, when I run mkinitrd, I get the following message: # mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.4.26 2.4.26 /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: RAID support requires raidtools2 I've got raidtools2 installed (even though I am using mdadm). I have the module 'md' specified in /etc/mkinitrd/modules. What can I do to fix this error? signature.asc Description: Digital signature
ssl-certificate does not generate a cert with a unique ID
I'd like to generate a SSL certificate for apache-ssl and have tried using the tool 'ssl-certificate'. I have invoked it as 'ssl-certificate --force --days 1000', and it appears to generate a valid certificate. However, when I restart apache and try to browse the site (with both Firefox and Galeon), I am told that my certificate contains the same serial number as another generated by the certificate authority; the page will not load and I am urged to get a certificate with a unique serial number. I haven't been able to find much documentation on 'ssl-certificate'; is there an option that I've missed? signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Activating ls colors by default
On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 11:28:44AM +0200, Markus Lindstr?m wrote: > I'm trying to find a way to make bash use ls colors by default, on > all virtual consoles. It seems my ~/.bashrc has this activated, but > it only uses it on any virtual terminal I create in X. > > I searched around the disk a bit, and found /etc/bash.bashrc and > edited it with the relevant parts of my ~/.bashrc, hoping it would > fix the problem, but ls colors still don't show up by default. > > What more do I have to do? Typing ls --color=auto each time gets a > bit tedious after a while ;-). `alias ls="ls --color=auto"` goes in your .bashrc pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: ./configure options
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 01:18:25PM +0800, Enrique Samson Jr. wrote: > how do i know about what configure options were used in building a > particular package? particularly mysql-server... You'll want to find out what's in the debian/rules file. You can get to that at least two ways: Via packages.debian.org: search for the package, scroll down to the "More information" section, and click on the 'package'.diff.gz file. Search through that for 'debian/control' and you should find the appropriate part - the ./configure options will be in there. Alternatively, if you plan on rebuilding the package, make sure you have deb-src lines in your /etc/apt/sources.list and 'apt-get source 'package', then look in the 'package/debian/rules' file for the configure options. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: "EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy"
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 05:19:16PM -0500, Chris Metzler wrote: > As others have noted, your system is loading the OSS drivers, rather > than the ALSA drivers. > > What I suspect is happening (given that you're using a system based > around the 2.4 kernel) is that you have the discover package installed. > Discover is a program that does hardware detection and loads appropriate > modules; unless told not to, it'll load OSS modules for your soundcard. > Since it runs before the ALSA scripts do, the ALSA modules won't be > able to load. > > If this is what's going on, edit the file /etc/discover.conf to > exclude the OSS modules (emu10k1 and ac97_codec). Then the ALSA > script should be able to load the ALSA modules OK. Thanks, I edited my /etc/discover.conf and my /etc/hotplug/blacklist and am set and ready to go! pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
"EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy"
Hi list, I've just installed Debian Testing from the new installer - very slick - but am having problems getting my sound to work. I have ALSA modules and utilities installed: alsa-modules-2.4.25-1-686 (for kernel 2.4.25-1-686) alsa-base-1.0.3-1 alsa-utils-1.0.3-1 When I boot up, however, ALSA is unable to load and gives the error "EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy". ALSA knows to load the emu10k1 module; I can see it in `lsmod`. Here's a snippit from my dmesg: --- ... SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices Creative EMU10K1 PCI Audio Driver, version 0.20, 11:38:43 Feb 24 2004 PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:0d.0 emu10k1: EMU10K1 rev 5 model 0x8022 found, IO at 0xb000-0xb01f, IRQ 9 ac97_codec: AC97 codec, id: TRA35 (TriTech TR A5) usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub ... usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16) --- I know it's found; `lspci` gives me this: --- 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 05) 00:0d.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 05) --- I searched google, but the only answer I could find was to reseat the card; I did so, and even tried in another PCI slot, but that did no good. Any ideas? pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Debian woody or sarge?
On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 07:04, Philip Ross wrote: > Given Red Hat updates will end at the end of the year, I want to get up and > running with Debian before that. If sarge doesn't become stable until next > year, would it be better to install woody now and upgrade to sarge in a few > months, or install sarge now? How long will woody remain supported with > security updates? http://www.debian.org/security/faq#lifespan : Q: How long will security updates be provided? A: The security team tries to support a stable distribution for about one year after the next stable distribution has been released, except when another stable distribution is released within this year. It is not possible to support three distributions; supporting two simultaneously is already difficult enough. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE desktop sharing through router
On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 11:27, Paul William wrote: > setup a vnc server on your desktop and then forward the vnc port (port > forwarding) thought your router to your desktop. If this does not make > sense search google from "vnc" and do another search for "port > forwarding" > > On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 11:03, Trey Sizemore wrote: > > I want to use the KDE Desktop sharing application, but have a Linksys > > router installed. So the IP address that the desktop sharing gives me > > is my internal IP. What do I need to do to authorize desktop sharing on > > the machine. I suppose I first need to find the IP assigned by my IP > > (in the Linksys router setup?). You'll want to forward port 5900 for :0, 5901 for :1, etc. This is insecure - VNC sends passwords and everything else you type in the clear. I'd use ssh port forwarding and then from the remote machine connect to localhost:0 (or whatever display you happen to be using). You can do this with puTTY, too, if you're having to run Windows on the remote machine. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Woody kernel upgrade
On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 20:08, James Hosken wrote: > Hi > > I need to upgrade woody's kernel to 2.4.x so that I can run my Matrox G550 > graphics card. > > Please can some one point me in the right direction of some instructions or send > me some. The Kernal howto has been removed from debian.org. > > I'm using lilo, so what do I need to do to that after I have installed the new > kernal? > > Thanks > James > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Woody kernel upgrade
On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 20:08, James Hosken wrote: > Please can some one point me in the right direction of some instructions or send > me some. The Kernal howto has been removed from debian.org. Sorry for hitting the trigger early last time. I'm doing this now - check out http://www.holtmann.org/linux/kernel/debian.html - copy your current config from /boot/config-[something] to .config in your linux source directory and 'make oldconfig' to get a running start. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian based working distribution
On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 09:24, Kent West wrote: > Otto Wyss wrote: > > So far I've tested Knoppix from the newspaper ct (has no > > root access) > > sudo will give you root access in Knoppix You can grab a real root prompt with 'rootme'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I don't want sshd
On Thursday 21 February 2002 01:29 pm, Eric Sharkey wrote: > Why not configure sshd not to run the normal way? > > dpkg-reconfigure ssh > > When it asks "Do you want to run the sshd server" answer "no" instead of > "yes". > > Eric Hmm... I have no recollection of ever being asked this question. I orignally had Potato on the box with KDE2 (and ssh packages that came with it) and later upgraded to Woody. Maybe that's why. Thanks Alec
I don't want sshd
Hi On one of my Debian boxes, I need ssh, but no sshd. I especially don't want to RUN sshd. I achieve this by stopping the daemon and removing all symlinks to /etc/init.d/ssh in /etc/rc?.d/. However, every time ssh package gets upgraded, I get those symlinks back and sshd restarted. To me, it is a security concern, since unintended net services are run. Wouldn't it be better to break ssh and sshd into two separate packages? Right know, at least in Woody, sshd is part of ssh. Thanks Alec
Re: Windows vs. Linux
On Friday 01 February 2002 02:20 pm, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > > > > Just goes to show that "worse is better". > > In some ways, maybe, but Tanenbaum's points were perfectly valid. What do you mean "but"? That's the point of "worse is better" (I think Dr. Dobbs Journal had a piece on this): Timely initial delivery is more important to the success of software than its quality. Alec
Re: Windows vs. Linux
On Friday 01 February 2002 01:21 pm, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > During the famous > Linus/Tanenbaum debates of 10 years or so ago, Tanenbaum said that if > Linux had been written for one of his OS classes, it would have received > a failing grade (due to its monolithic kernel architecture). Just goes to show that "worse is better". Alec
Woody KDE
Hi I'm curious, what's keeping some KDE packages from becoming 2.2? apt-cache show kmail for example, still gives "4:2.1.1-7" Thanks Alec
Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X?
On Sunday 27 January 2002 01:26 am, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > Stupid I am. I have heard the letter X being used alot but I don't know > what it is. Doubt I have the package downloaded. apt-get install xlibs > What is X? (after you install it) man X > How do you run it in case I have it? startx > Cheers Al Newbie Good luck! Configuring X is often the biggest pain, while installing Linux. Alec
"RPM hell" question
Hi I was recently asked to help a Redhat user install an RPM file from rpmfind.net. It had a dozen of unsatisfied dependencies that had their own unsatisfied dependencies, etc. My only idea was to manually search rpmfind.net, download the necessary RPMs and install them with 'rpm --install'. It's a very tedious process, considering that besides unsatisfied dependencies, some packages have conflicts as well. Is there any way to automate this process? Moving to Debian is out of the question, because that Redhat user needs to run a certain proprietary program that only supports Redhat <= 7.1 Thanks Alec
Re: Netscape4, Mozilla
On Thursday 24 January 2002 06:03 am, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > Hi, > > Okay, now I installed it. How do I start it? > > Cheers Al /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape & /usr/bin/mozilla & echo Starting Netscape4, Mozilla; echo Please wait...; sleep 30
REGEX question
Hi
How can I match the same character repeated n times?
".{n}" matches any n characters.
Thanks
Alec
Re: Debian Vs RedHat
On Friday 11 January 2002 01:16 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > I like Mandrake for being smooth, and up-to-date. > I *hate* Mandrake for being RPM-based: after a certain point, > you fall so far behind, even when applying updates, that you > have to upgrade to the latest version of the product. And let > me tell you: upgrading Mandrake is a Perilous Journey. > > "apt-get upgrade" is the *absolute* best... Isn't there an automatic tool like Drake-update or something on Mandrake? Alec
Re: Debian on Lindows ?
On Friday 11 January 2002 11:05 am, wrote: > Hello Debianites, > > Personally i've grown attached to the Debian way of doing things (cfr. > prev. mail) yet am still stuck with a windows-only scanner. > > I was wondering if anyone can tell me about the possibility to get the > Debian/Gnu Linux-style to work on a to-be-installed Lindows system. > > Lindows itself seems to be a very specific distribution wich requires a > complete reinstall. Dunno if re-partitioning is required but i don't want > to have to start learning non-Debian Linux configuration. I'll learn that > if the need really does require it ;) > > Regards, > > Joris Joris, you want to switch to a proprietary platform just to get your scanner to work?! I understand that Lindows will cost $99 (I'm not sure what they are going to do about GPL in their code) Firstly, Lindows is likely to be killed to MS or the market. Secondly, scanners cost less. Thirdly, I would value computing freedom a bit more than the price of a typical scanner. Alec
Re: Debian Vs RedHat
On Thursday 10 January 2002 06:19 pm, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.10.1834 +0100]: > > Does the RPM build process have an equivalent of dpkg-shlibdeps? > > only since recently... but in general, RPM and DEB are really > functionally equivalent. RPM *is* a good packaging system, it's other > things which make .rpm based systems suck (read my next post). If RPM is good, why did Debian project feel compelled to create dpkg? Alec
Re: Debian Vs RedHat
On Wednesday 09 January 2002 04:25 pm, martin f krafft wrote: > > RedHat: > > No pre-installed install/update tool (apt) > > in fact, if you want to use the update service, you'll pay! > autorpm Never used it myself, but it is said to provide functionality similar to apt. You can ftp updates for free from RH or mirrors and satisfy the dependencies either by hand or with autorpm. Alec
Re: Debian Vs RedHat
On Wednesday 09 January 2002 03:46 pm, Robert L. Harris wrote: > RedHat: > System layout is BSD Nay. IMHO, "SysV layout" refers to a bunch of symlinks that are called with "start" or "stop" arguments, while "BSD layout" refers to some sort of unified script. I prefer the former and, AFAIK, both RH and Debian use SysV-style start-up scripts. Alec
Re: teTeX: cannot setup
On Monday 07 January 2002 08:35 am, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > I get to an > ncurses screen entitled 'teTeX setup utility', which says > > "Could not find app-default file for xdvi" > > and exits. If purging and reinstalling tetex-bin doesn't fix the problem, and no one here helps you, try news://comp.text.tex . TeX community is very helpful. Alec
Re: 'auto-apt search' vs 'dpkg -L'
On Thursday 03 January 2002 03:30 am, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On 03-Jan-2002 Alec wrote: > > Hi > > > > I noticed that (on woody) searching for a file with auto-apt will > > sometimes produce no results, while dpkg -L may list the file. E.g. > > $ auto-apt search pa_sml > > $ dpkg -L camlp4 | grep pa_sml > > /usr/lib/camlp4/pa_sml.cmo > > > > Why? > > auto-apt, like apt needs to have update run every now and then. Perhaps > auto-apt's database is slightly out of date on your system? > > auto-apt also only knows what is in the debian server's Contents file. So > if you grab packages from non-Debian mirrors who do not have this file you > may miss results. The only non-debian server in my sources.list is ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/debian/, and AFAIK it's just a mirror. Also I ran the above commands right after "updating and upgrading". Alec
Debian Lists, USENET & Spam
Hi Debian mailing lists are mirrored on (interfaced to) USENET under linux.debian.*, and our email addresses aren't even scrambled! USENET is probably the number one source for the email address snooping spammers. Can they catch up with all of us one day? Alec
'auto-apt search' vs 'dpkg -L'
Hi I noticed that (on woody) searching for a file with auto-apt will sometimes produce no results, while dpkg -L may list the file. E.g. $ auto-apt search pa_sml $ dpkg -L camlp4 | grep pa_sml /usr/lib/camlp4/pa_sml.cmo Why? Thanks Alec
dysfunctional env?
Hi I have the following script: - #!/bin/bash echo $PWD - and I try to run it with env PWD=/bin script but it always prints the correct working directory instead of "/bin". Why? Thanks Alec
Re: OT: Language War (Re: "C" Manual)
On Saturday 29 December 2001 04:55 pm, Craig Dickson wrote: > That language shootout didn't really mean much. Not the shootout specifically, but simple benchmarks can mean something. Depends on who you ask. If you are doing numerical analysis, like me, or artificial neural networks, or genetic algorithms, you may be unwilling to take a, say, 800% penalty in array access time or list sorting, etc. regardless of what people tell you about their super-awesome ueber-language. If you are making GUIs, then yeah, use whatever, as long as I don't have to wait 10 seconds for the drop-down menu to appear. 9 seconds and less will not try my patience :) Regards, Alec P.S. I apologize for being OT. This is my last post in this thread.
OT: Language War (Re: "C" Manual)
On Saturday 29 December 2001 01:13 pm, Craig Dickson wrote: > wsa wrote: > > As others have said stear clear of OS specific topics... > > Even if you want to start using OS specific stuff later on i think it's > > best to start out with real C++. > > You say that as if C were merely an 'unreal' C++, which is just not > true. They are two different languages, though obviously C++ is a > derivative of C. With minor exceptions, a valid C program is also a valid C++ program (See appendix B, chapter B.2.2 of "The C++ Programming Language" for the list of incompatibilities) > Anyone interested in C++ should learn both, in order to > understand why C++ is the way it is. Opinions vary :) > And should also learn a real OO > language like OCaml or Smalltalk to see why C++ is such an atrocity, I'm actually intersted in O'Caml. I'd like to see a few real C++ vs O'Caml benchmarks though before I start learning the language. Doug's Great Languages Shootout is not updated any more. I sent him an improved C++ version of one of the benchmarks that ran 5.5 times faster, but he didn't include it. If anyone who knows Haskell or O'Caml is intersted in collaborating on this type of simple benchmark (Similar to http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/). let me know! We might even create a *deb for it! Alec > > In my opinion you should even avoid 'plain' C because you'll end up > > learning things you can ditch in C++ cause there are more effecient and > > new ways of doing things in ++. > > > > > > And make very sure whatever book you get really really restricts to > > C++... cause there's a shitload of them that sneak in non C++ stuff like > > the dreaded conio > > True, one must always be on the lookout for books that don't really want > to teach you C++ (or C), but rather C++ or C for MS Windows. Even books > that aren't Windows-specific rarely seem to discuss how to write > portable code, though, so it'll be sheer luck if you end up writing > anything really complex that works on platforms other than the one you > developed it on. > > Craig
Re: "C" Manual
On Saturday 29 December 2001 11:53 am, wsa wrote: > As others have said stear clear of OS specific topics... > Even if you want to start using OS specific stuff later on i think it's > best to start out with real C++. > In my opinion you should even avoid 'plain' C because you'll end up > learning things you can ditch in C++ cause there are more effecient and > new ways of doing things in ++. > And make very sure whatever book you get really really restricts to C++... > cause there's a shitload of them that sneak in non C++ stuff like the > dreaded conio Exactly. I remember seeing some huge book with an ambitious name like "C++ Bible" or "C++ Black Book" or something. Nothing on the cover said that the book was platform or compiler-specific. I opened it, and it had all these ugly Windows system calls (messages) throughout. This stuff wasn't even put into its own chapter! It was everywhere! To the OP: If you are intersted in doing applications programming some day, I suggest you learn the C part of *C++* first. YMMV. Other intersting languages may include: Perl, Bash, Python, Lisp, Scheme, FORTRAN, Haskell, O'Caml, SML, Prolog, Java (for some people, but not for me). Alec P.S. A real BOFH would say "man cc" :) > Cheers, > Willem > > >You'll find loads of recommendations and other info on the web and on the > >C/C++ newsgroups. > > > >A word of advice: ignore the whole OS issue when buying general C/C++ > >books or looking at stuff on the web. The best stuff is not system > >specific as the language is not, and if you restrict yourself to > >Linux-specific books you are unnecessarily limiting yourself. If you want > >to use Linux specific extensions/libraries, that is another matter. > > > > Sincerely, Faheem Mitha.
Re: Need advice on Linux Programming tool
On Saturday 29 December 2001 12:00 pm, Aldous B Bernardo wrote: > Greetings, > > I would like to ask for some advice on what programming tools can I use > in developing Linux apps. I've been developing Windoze applications for > about 3 years and would like to shift to Linux. I'm interested in GUI tools > for X, preferably using KDE ( Gnome would be great too). i've been using > Delphi for my Windoze apps- I know that there is Kylix but I would like to > know of similar if not better tools. Console programming tools would be > nice too. > > Aldous There's KDevelop (Looks a lot like MS Visual stuff). I tried it (KDevelop) about a year ago, and, frankly, wasn't impressed (Can't quite remember why) I personally use what most people programming for UNIX/Linux use: vi + makefiles + compiler (to be more specific, I use VIM + GMake + G++-3.0) The learning curve may be a bit steep, but you get to understand a lot of things better. Good luck Alec
Re: Where do you RTFM ?
On Monday 24 December 2001 12:37 pm, Martin Emrich wrote: > Hi All ! > > When newbies ask something, they are often asked to RTFM... > > But where do I find the Information ? Very often, neiter #man foo nor > the contents of the /usr/doc/foo are very helpful. Where is aditional > documentation usually installed ? Or do you know a good > "getting-documentation-howto" ? (maybe even something in german.. would > be nice) > > Thx > > Martin > > PS: Merry Christmas to all of you ! Try typing "info:/" into konqueror. This will give you something to read until 2003. Otherwise, RTFM is sometimes accompanied by DAFS (Do a f* search), which should be directing you to, say, http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.os.linux.misc with all google's search capabilities. HTH Alec
Re: C++: istream_iterator has no component named operator!=.
On Monday 24 December 2001 11:37 am, Brian Nelson wrote:
> Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > What am I doing wrong?
> > Summary:
> >
> > Breakpoint 1, main () at main.cc:15
> > 15 for (; iter1 != iter2; iter1++) cout << *iter1;
> > (gdb) p iter1 != iter2
> > Structure has no component named operator!=.
> > (gdb)
> >
> > Full details:
> >
> > $ cat main.cc
> > #include
> > #include
> > #include
> > #include
> > #include
> >
> > using namespace std;
> >
> > int main()
> > {
> > ifstream input("main.cc");
> > istream_iterator iter1(input), iter2, eof;
> > iter1 = find(iter1, iter2, "main()");
> > iter2 = find(iter1, eof, "}");
>
>
> These are your problem. If you put
>
> cout << "iter1: " << *iter2 << "\titer2: " << *iter2 << "\n";
> immediately following those find statements, you'll get the output
>
> iter1: } iter2: }
>
on my system (gcc-2.95.4), at this point
iter1 == iter2, but *iter1 != *iter2
> which means the find statements aren't doing what you want. The for
> loop is working fine, however.
>
> I don't know much about istream_iterators, and I don't have any of my
> C++ books on me right now to look it up. However, I'd guess the problem
> is in your initialization of iter2 and eof.
They are initialized by default to represent the end of the input.
Don't know exactly what the OP wants to do, but he might try something like
this, which will print everything between the first line that starts with {
and the fist one that starts with } afterwards.
#include
#include
#include
using namespace std;
int main()
{
string s;
ifstream in("main.cc");
while(getline(in, s, '\n') && s[0] != '{');
while(getline(in, s, '\n') && s[0] != '}') cout << s << '\n';
}
HTH
Alec
unexpected bash behaviour
How come `time a.out > /dev/null` prints "time" output, while `time (a.out > /dev/null)` doesn't print anything at all. Shouldn't it be the other way around? Thanks Alec
procmail recipe needed
Hi I want send all messages from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to /dev/null except for those that contain (case insensitive) "keyword" in its subject. How can I do this? Thanks Alec
Opening URLs from Kmail & Knode
Hi I have a suspition that clicking on URLs in Kmail and Knode messages when konqueror is already running is wasteful WRT the system resources compared to opening a new window and typing in the URL. The reason I think so is because it takes so long (3-5 seconds) when I click on a URL in these programs (Much longer than when middle-clicking on a link in the browser) Is it true that KDE is not handling this task optimally and how can I verify it? vmstat is not very helpful, since Linux does not try to minimize RAM use (That's what it's there for) Thanks in advance for satisfying my nagging curiousity. Alec
Re: how do I play divx encoded films on testing?
On Saturday 15 December 2001 08:44 pm, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Saturday 15 December 2001 3:24 pm, Matt wrote: > > Use mplayer. It's the best video player for linux .. but it's not in > > the debian testing dist. > > > > get it here: http://www.mplayerhq.hu > > I got it, configured and compiled it and tried to run it to play a dvd > disk. > > It complained about a missing codecs file - but I haven't seen such a file > mentioned anywhere in the documentation. Anyone any ideas. There's a separate downloadable *zip file with codecs on the web site. Alec
why not put pine in non-free?
Why not put pine in non-free? Other distributions ship with pine... Alec
Re: fetchmail questions
On Saturday 15 December 2001 07:02 am, Stig Brautaset wrote: > I know it don't, but that would be curing the symptoms, not the desease > IMHO. This is what procmail is for (and is very, very good at). Unfortunately, it turned out that procmail and kmail didn't work together very well (unless you only use procmail to filter out unwanted mail) kmail doesn't show mail sorted by procmail as new. So now I just use fetchmail (in crontab) and kmail with its own built-in filters. Thanks Alec
You have mail in...
Hi How can I turn off the "You have mail in /var/mail/alec" notification in bash, if that's possible? Thanks Alec
fetchmail questions
Hi Is it possible to get fetchmail to dump messages from my yahoo account into, say "~/yahoo", instead of mixing it with the other mail in "/var/mail/alec". I tried the "expert" mode in fetchmailconf, but still didn't find this option. It seems to offer adding extra headers, such as "MAIL FROM", but I thought what I wanted was actually simpler. Besides, I wouldn't want to modify the messages themselves. Another question. Where does procmail come into the picture? Who calls procmail and when? How do I get it to work with fetchmail? Thanks Alec
Re: [kmail] yes, it's stuffed
On Wednesday 12 December 2001 07:50 am, Daniel Stone wrote: > Hi all, > I'm getting a great many messages telling me that kmail and knode are > both stuffed in 2.2.2-5. By simple empirical evidence, this appears to > be correct; however I did not compile 2.2.2-5 myself (it was sponsored), > so it may be a bad compile/upload on that person's behalf. > > I need to upload a -6 soon anyway to fix a stuffup in the klisa > postinst, so I'll make sure that that's compiled with the newest and the > best, and gcc2.95. > > In the meantime, if the people concerned could give me as much info as > possible (strace, package and machine info, everything), I'll be a very > happy man. The bug in question is #123337; it's tagged "help" for a > reason. ;) > > Anyone have any clues? > > Thanks, > Daniel I will mention that, when accessing my mail.yahoo.com account, and when the number of messages there is greater than usual (like around 100), kmail says "Couldn't login. Internal error" Alec P.S. Hope people in CC: have something to do with kmail. Thanks. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
sendmail(exim) configuration on Woody
Hi IRC, on Potato there was a program that would configure mail on your workstation. You could pick among several options of mail delivery. I think it was launched with dpkg-reconfigure , where was exim, if I'm not mistaken. How is it done on woody? dpkg-reconfigure exim says exim is already running, dpkg-reconfigure sendmail says that it's not installed (and I don't want to install it, since last I heard, exim was a more secure replacement) Thanks Alec __ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com
HTML editing
Hi I just discovered that Mozilla has a gread WYSIWYG HTML editor. Up until now my favorite choice was VIM. I'm still trying to figure out how to start that editor without starting Mozilla itself, but does anyone know if KDE offers any WYSIWYG HTML editors of similar excellence? apt-cache search kde | grep -i html produced nothing :( Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
crontab $MAILTO question
Hi I make backups using a cron job and I set MAILTO="" Can I configure cron to mail me a) *only* when there were errors b) email only STDERR (not STDOUT) Thanks Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
w3m (Re: Netscape 6.2)
On Monday 10 December 2001 12:57 am, Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim wrote: > "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > > Karsten's Iron Rule of Browsers: they all suck. > > > > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/GNU/Linux/FAQs/browsers.html > > > > ...but I take it back. Galeon Kicks Ass®. > > s/GNU\/// > > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/browsers.html Speaking of browsers, how does one "go back and forward" in w3m? Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Dual Boot Problems
On Sunday 09 December 2001 03:12 pm, dman wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 03:03:31PM -0500, Alec wrote: > | I have 2 HDs, and I just had Win98 installed on the slave HD. > > ... > > | But when I try to boot into Windows, it says "Loading Windows" and gets > | stuck. The only way I can boot into Windows is by again physically > | disconnecting the master HD. What is going on? > > ... > > | Could it be that the Windows boot loader gets confused somehow? > > Yes, very. Windows will only boot if it is on the master disk of the > primary controller. I recommend making a linux boot floppy, > reordering your disks so that windows is first and linux is second, > booting to linux and updating your boot loader config. > > -D Dman, my actual setup is IDE A: CDRW (Master), Windows HD (Slave) IDE B: Linux HD (Master) Physically, the way cables are in my computer, CDRW and Windows HD have to be on one IDE, Linux HD on another. Would you suggest simply changing the jumpers on the devices, so it will look like this: IDE A: Windows HD (Master), CDRW (Slave) IDE B: Linux HD (Slave) or IDE A: Windows HD (Master), CDRW (Slave) IDE B: Linux HD (Master) ? BTW, as far as speed is concerned CDRW is the slowest and Linux HD is the fastest (probably twice faster than the Windows HD) Thanks Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Dual Boot Problems
Hi I'm wondering if anyone can help me with the following problem: I have 2 HDs, and I just had Win98 installed on the slave HD. I had to physically disconnect the master HD to do it, because I was using the CDs that originally came with the computer and I didn't want them to overwrite my Linux isntallation. Anyways, I configured lilo to point to the Windows partition like this: / other=/dev/hdd1 label=Windows table=/dev/hdd ran lilo. No errors. But when I try to boot into Windows, it says "Loading Windows" and gets stuck. The only way I can boot into Windows is by again physically disconnecting the master HD. What is going on? Perhaps it is worth mentioning that one of the partions on the master HD is FAT32 with no Windows on it. Could it be that the Windows boot loader gets confused somehow? Thanks. Any insights are greatly appreciated. Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Netscape 6.2
On Saturday 08 December 2001 07:56 pm, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 01:55:12PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > * Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) spake thusly: > > > on Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 12:34:25AM -0500, Alec ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Is Netscape 6.2 any good? Is it worth installing? Any reason to > > > > prefer it to Netscape 4.77? How is it different from Mozilla? > > > > > > I'd far and away recommend Galeon. Mozilla and Konqueror round out the > > > top of the full-featured browser offerings for GNU/Linux. All three > > > are feature-rich, standards compliant, stable, and extremely useable. > > > Galeon's got polish and an attention to user-friendly detail which > > > simply inspires awe and gratitude. > > > > > > Netscape 4.x is a buggy, standards-busting, festering load of crap. It > > > was one of the worst things to happen to GNU/Linux -- the browsing > > > experience is one of the more important aspects of personal computing, > > > and we lagged the legacy MS Windows / Mac world for years. I'd give > > > odds to say we're starting to lead again. > > > > All browsers suck. > > Karsten's Iron Rule of Browsers: they all suck. > > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/GNU/Linux/FAQs/browsers.html > > ...but I take it back. Galeon Kicks Ass®. > > > Anything derived from mozilla is a horrible memory hog > > 46MB currently, with about a dozen tabs open. Considering a session can > go over 100 tabs (really!), and rarely tops 120 MB, it's reasonably OK. > Memory's cheap. Galeon _doesn't_ appear to leak the way Netscape 4.x > did. Is it apt-gettable from woody? no? I'm not interested :) _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Re: Netscape 6.2
On Saturday 08 December 2001 11:34 am, Paolo Falcone wrote: > On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 12:34:25AM -0500, Alec wrote: > >Is Netscape 6.2 any good? Is it worth installing? Any reason to >prefer it > > to Netscape 4.77? How is it different from Mozilla? > > Compared with 4.77, Netscape 6.2 is light-years away... with better > HTML/XHTML standards compliance (NS 4.77 is crap, as previously > posted). But Netscape 6.2 unfortunately still eats more resources > (memory) than Netscape 4.77 (Netscape 6.2 crawls when I tried running > it on a Pentium 90 with 16MB of RAM. NS 4.77 just did fairly better). Mozilla0.9.5 is probably the slowest browser I've ever come across. As an example, on my K6-2 550Mhz & 256Mb RAM box, when I'm in "Edit/Preferences" and click on "Fonts", it takes 2.5 seconds for the fonts menu to actually appear. C'mon! Again, in my experience, Konqueror is somewhat faster than Mozilla, while Netscape4.77 is the fastest. On Windows, IE5.0 was much faster more stable than Netscape4.*, so it makes me wonder if one can run IE under Wine. Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Woody: "packages kept back"
What does it mean "the following packages have been kept back"? When I do apt-get upgrade, I get: The following packages have been kept back libglib1.2 libglib1.2-dev What's the meaning of this? They could not be upgraded for some reason? Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Netscape 6.2
Is Netscape 6.2 any good? Is it worth installing? Any reason to prefer it to Netscape 4.77? How is it different from Mozilla? Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: reposts from yesterday
On Friday 07 December 2001 02:05 pm, Craig Dickson wrote: > The following procmail recipe can keep your inbox clear of it: > :0 > > * ^X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /dev/null > > > Craig Craig, can't you do it on the server side? Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: prolonged number crunching
On Thursday 06 December 2001 11:41 pm, dman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 11:21:41PM -0500, Alec wrote: > | Hi > | > | I have a program that produces output to STDOUT and will probably take > | several days to run. I already figured that it's better to run it using > | "at" utility and collect the results by email. This way the program will > | not be bound to any specific terminal and, say crashing X, will not > | interrupt it. > > Why not just > > $ the_app > output_file & > > and then read the file when it is done (or any time in between if you > want partial answers or indication of progress) the program does not produce much useful output until it's finished. Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
prolonged number crunching
Hi I have a program that produces output to STDOUT and will probably take several days to run. I already figured that it's better to run it using "at" utility and collect the results by email. This way the program will not be bound to any specific terminal and, say crashing X, will not interrupt it. I'm wondering if there's also a way to insure against shutting down of the machine, i.e. enable saving of the session (RAM) at shutdown and restarting from where it stopped when the computer is brought up? Thanks Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Woody: crafty bug
Hi Where do I report silly bugs like the one below? The package wouldn't even get installed: Somebody wrote "cp * file" in a script?! Alec - $ apt-get install crafty Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: crafty 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/2141kB of archives. After unpacking 5386kB will be used. debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed Selecting previously deselected package crafty. (Reading database ... 49790 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking crafty (from .../crafty_17.13-6_i386.deb) ... Moving /var/cache/crafty to /var/lib/crafty cp: cannot stat `/var/cache/crafty/*': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/crafty_17.13-6_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/crafty_17.13-6_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: DVD player
I have a K6-2 550Mhz CPU + 256Mb of RAM. The Video card is on-board with only 2Mb of RAM (not upgradable) I'm wondering if I should get a DVD drive or it will be a waste of money. Any way to find out? Can I download DVD-quality MPEG2 files somewhere so I can test my system power with `plaympeg test.mpg` ? Alec On Monday 03 December 2001 10:31 pm, Peter Good wrote: > Back before I upgraded, with an early version of Xine, early version of > Captian Css's d4d, a celeron 433, riva tnt2 32mb agp, and 128mb ram, i used > to get quite respectable performance watching dvds. I was running Nvidia's > X4 drivers though, and also, using Xv in xine, worked quite well. They do > recommend 350+ cpu I think, unless you have serious hardware decoding. > > Peter. > > On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:17, Alec wrote: > > How much RAM on the video card? I'm wondering what kind of hardware one > > needs to play DVDs and MPEG-4s under Linux. > > > > Alec > > --- _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: DVD player
On Monday 03 December 2001 03:32 pm, Timo Boewing wrote: > Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > > Ogle also has issues. > > mh, so far i discovered none, but also watched only two movies with > it (T2, Episode1). From my point of view, ogle seemed to have the same > probs on smooth cam movements like all the other players have (linux > and windoze). > May this be due to hardware? cos having a laptop, i only use stripped > down hardware like: a mobile p3 850mhz w/ geforce2go, How much RAM on the video card? I'm wondering what kind of hardware one needs to play DVDs and MPEG-4s under Linux. Alec > bx chipset w/ > i810_audio, well... > My k7 500mhz also is not on the top. > > thanx, my voting for ogle was just from a functional point of view, it > just makes a stable impression on my sid, cos the other two ones have > their stability/*broken* (not missing) feature issues. > > When watching matrix the next time, i will take a closer look, thnks > for the avdvice; > > greetings, > > Timo _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: *.ram files
On Monday 03 December 2001 12:45 am, nate wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > I installed RealPlayer and the plugin (cp > > last time i used real player(~6 months ago) the app > > itself had an option to associate itself with netscape.. > > look in the menus for this option ..it should be there. > > i forget what its called .. Yes, it associates itself with netscape by writing to ~root/.netscape/plugins/ (no way to change this). That's why to get it to actually to work with netscape (run by regular users) I had to cp ~root/.netscape/plugins/rpnp.so /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/ *.rpm's (Real Player Media?) get played, but not *.ram's (Whatever they stand for) Anyways, if you are running Netscape under Linux and clicking on http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/sport/programmes/bulletins/video_daily.ram results in video being played on your screen, I'd really like to know what shows up in your browser, when you type "about:plugins" as URL. Thanks Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
*.ram files
Hi I installed RealPlayer and the plugin (cp ~root/.netscape/plugins/rpnp.so /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/) and now netscape calls it to play *.rpm files (ha-ha), but nothing happens when I click on *.ram files (such as on BBC web site). What are they, what application should be called to play them and how can I configure Netscape for this? Thanks in advance. Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
ethernet question
Hi How does one connect two computers to the internet throught one ethernet socket? Does one of them have to have two ethernet cards and run special software? Thanks Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Contents.tar.gz
Hi Is there an apt-get'able package containing Contents.tar.gz? Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
XF86Config-4 from XF86Config ?
Hi Is there a utility that converts XF86Config into XF86Config-4? Thanks Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
xargs bug? 1024 arguments at most?
Hi I don't know if this is POSIX-compliant behaviour or a bug, but xargs can only pass 1024 arguments. Alec _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
