KDE Arts and JACK

[christian . schoenebeck]

Hi!

I'm trying to configure KDE's sound system ARTS to use the JACK
Audio Connection Kit. It works fine if I launch JACK manually and
then after that change the ARTS setttings (in KDE's Control
Center) to use JACK, but I was not able to get ARTS launch JACK
automatically when KDE is started.

Has anybody already managed this to work? Or is this maybe a bug
in ARTS' JACK support? Because my system is already configured to
start JACK automatically when an arbitrary client / app tries to
connect and use it via libjack and JACK is not started already.

(I'm using KDE 3.2.3 from Sarge)

Regards,
Christia


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Re: fetchmail problem (maybe bug)

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Es geschah am Samstag, 6. Dezember 2003 04:49 als Marc Wilson schrieb:
> On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:51:37AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > > I'm using fetchmail 5.9.11-6.2 from woody since a while without any
> > > problems, but now mail retrieval fails with the following error
> > > messages:
> > >
> > >   fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1
> > >   fetchmail: POP3< -ERR cannot open disk file error 2
> > >   fetchmail: cannot open disk file error 2
> > >   fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
> > >   fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 server closing connection
> > >   fetchmail: client/server protocol error while fetching from
> > > mail.epost.de
> >
> > In this case, malformed headers in some spam is rejected by your local
> > MTA.  The result is that messages aren't delivered.
>
> Uh, no, if you'll note from the direction of the arrows (and the OP's later
> message where he telnet's to the POPd), the error about the disk file is
> coming from the POP server, and has nothing to do with the local MTA or
> fetchmail itself.

Exactly, when I connect via telnet I can list all emails without a problem, 
but when I try get (RETR) one of the erroneous emails, the server just 
replies with the following single line

 -ERR cannot open disk file error

So no single byte of this email is transmitted and this has really nothing to 
do with fetchmail, BUT the bug regarding fetchmail IMO is, that it doesn't 
act like my other email clients, just ignoring this error while RETR one of 
those erroneous emails and trying to proceed to RETR the next email in the 
list to fetch those emails that are actually downloadable, and this has 
absolutely nothing to do with my local MTA; fetchmail just dies with the 
first error message trying to download one of the erroneous emails.

Or do you think this an appropriate behaviour?

Best regards
Chrisian


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Re: fetchmail problem (maybe bug)

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Es geschah am Freitag, 5. Dezember 2003 17:51 als Karsten M. Self schrieb:
> on Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 02:59:55PM +0100, Christian Schoenebeck 
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm using fetchmail 5.9.11-6.2 from woody since a while without any
> > problems, but now mail retrieval fails with the following error messages:
> >
> > fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1
> > fetchmail: POP3< -ERR cannot open disk file error 2
> > fetchmail: cannot open disk file error 2
> > fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
> > fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 server closing connection
> > fetchmail: client/server protocol error while fetching from
> > mail.epost.de
>
> I suspect you're dropping fetchmail output onto your local TMA, possibly
> exim?
>
> In this case, malformed headers in some spam is rejected by your local
> MTA.  The result is that messages aren't delivered.
>
> Two solutions:
>
>   - Drop output directly onto a local mda such as procmail with the
> "mda" option (man fetchmail).
>
>   - Use direct access to your POP box (telnet 110 or pop3browser) to
> identify the malignant mail and delete it from the remote server.
>

Yes, that was it, thanks!

No email client was able to fetch those mails (15 mails) which caused the 
problem, so I had to telnet it. RETR one of those 15 messages failed on 
server side, so I had no chance to look what these mails were and where they 
came from. But at least DELE those mails fixed the problem.

But IMHO I still think this can be considered as a bug in fetchmail: my other 
email clients just ignored those couple of mails that were stuck on the 
server, fetchmail just stops processing when it got an error while trying to 
RETR one of those messages. It should just ignore these and continue to fetch 
the next ones.

(please CC me, I'm not subscribed to the list currently)

Best regards
Christian


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fetchmail problem (maybe bug)

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

I'm using fetchmail 5.9.11-6.2 from woody since a while without any problems, 
but now mail retrieval fails with the following error messages:

fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR cannot open disk file error 2
fetchmail: cannot open disk file error 2
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 server closing connection
fetchmail: client/server protocol error while fetching from mail.epost.de
fetchmail: 5.9.11 querying mail.epost.de (protocol POP3) at Sun 30 Nov 2003
14:40:45 CET: poll completed
fetchmail: Query status=4 (PROTOCOL)
fetchmail: normal termination, status 4

This happened from one day to another without changing anything. I have plenty 
enogh of disk space and also plenty enough free inodes so I'm clueless what 
this could be or what I could do to fix it. Perhaps my mail provider changed 
something, but I can read and download my mails directly with kmail without 
any problems.

As it claims to be a 'protocol error' I also tried IMAP, but then I get the 
following error messages:

fetchmail: client/server synchronization error while fetching from
mail.epost.de
fetchmail: 5.9.11 querying mail.epost.de (protocol IMAP) at Sun 30 Nov 2003
14:54:17 CET: poll completed
fetchmail: Query status=7 (ERROR)
fetchmail: normal termination, status 7

Any ideas or suggestions appreciated!

Please reply directly to me, because I'm not subscribed to the list at the 
moment.

Thanks
Christian


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Re: Driver for Orinoco 802.11a/b Combocard for Wireless LAN (Silver) (CardBus)

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Es geschah am Dienstag, 29. Juli 2003 14:33 als dhobner schrieb:
> I was told there is a driver for the Orinoco 802.11a/b Combocard for
> Wireless LAN (Silver) but I cannot find one.  This card has a CardBus

Try the hermes driver:

modprobe hermes

Regards
Christian


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Re: logging apt-get/dpkg activity

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Es geschah am Freitag, 20. Juni 2003 10:58 als Colin Watson schrieb:
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 02:06:05PM +1000, John Habermann wrote:
> > I am just wondering if anyone can tell me how I can set logging in
> > apt-get or rather dpkg.
>
> There is no such option, sorry. It's a long-standing wishlist bug. You

I also wondered why it isn't implemented yet. What is the reason? Are there 
any problems involved or isn't anybody of the developers interested?

Regards,
Christian


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Re: whereami question

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Es geschah am Sonntag, 15. Juni 2003 17:14 als matt zagrabelny schrieb:
> i cannot find in the documentation or examples of whereami how to set
> the gateway, netmask, etc for a static interface. i see in the
> detect.conf that you can set the ip with the ping test, but cannot find
> how to set the other parameters for static ip.

+home ifconfig eth0 netmask 192.168.0.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 address 
192.168.0.10 >/dev/null 2>&1
+home route add default gw 192.168.0.254
+home setresolver search your.domain.org nameserver 192.168.0.254

Regards,
Christian


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Re: naming of debian distributions

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Es geschah am Sonntag, 15. Juni 2003 15:10 als matt zagrabelny schrieb:
> hi,
>
> i installed debian using the woody cds. but in my sources.list i have
> all my paths set to unstable. am i running sid or woody?

If you installed it using the official woody CDs it's very unlikely that you 
have an unstable source in you apt list. But to answer your question:

woody = stable
sarge = testing
sid = unstable

'cat /etc/debian_version' will show you if you're currenlty using stable or 
not.

Regards,
Christian


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Re: Installing via Apt-Get From a CD?

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Es geschah am Freitag, 13. Juni 2003 22:49 als Nick Wilson schrieb:
> > Use 'apt-cdrom' to add all your Debian archive CDs you have and need (no
> > matter if official or unofficial) automagically to /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> Okay, done! ;-)
>
> However, I still get 'package ted not found'. How do I work out which
> cdrom it is on?

How about scanning your CDs with

mount /cdrom
find /cdrom -iname "ted*.deb"
umount /cdrom
...

If that doesn't find it, you don't have it! :)

Regards,
Christian


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Re: Postfix and amavisd-new backports on Woody

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Es geschah am Freitag, 13. Juni 2003 20:36 als Valter G. Nogueira Jr. schrieb:
> How do I install Postfix and amavisd-new backports on a Woody machine?
>
> Is there a way to install those backports using a CD instead of a Internet
> connection?

Install the packages with

dpkg -i PACKAGE.deb

But this won't cope dependencies. Have a look also at 'apt-cdrom'

Regards,
Christian


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Re: Installing via Apt-Get From a CD?

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Es geschah am Freitag, 13. Juni 2003 21:49 als Nick Wilson schrieb:
> I'm trying to install Ted (a rich text editor) from the CD. I cannot
> find how to do this?
>
> Typing
>
> $> apt-get install ted
>
> just get's 'package not found'.
>
> Could someone put me on the right track please?

Use 'apt-cdrom' to add all your Debian archive CDs you have and need (no 
matter if official or unofficial) automagically to /etc/apt/sources.list

Regards,
Christian


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bug in Blackdown Java package?

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

I tried to install the Blackdown Java packages, but setting up j2re1.4 fails:

Setting up j2re1.4 (1.4.0.99beta-1) ...
update-alternatives: unable to make
/usr/lib/mozilla-cvs/plugins/javaplugin_oji.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink to
/etc/alternatives/javaplugin_oji-mozilla-cvs.so: No such file or directory

Shouldn't that script at least check if there is a  /usr/lib/mozilla directory 
instead of /usr/lib/mozilla-cvs ?

Regards,
Christian


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Re: [OT] Can Samba and NFS coexist?

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Am Donnerstag, 29. Mai 2003 19:19 schrieb Joerg Johannes:
> Hi everybody
>
> I am about to plan a fileserver for both windows and linux clients. Is
> it possible to share the same directories for windows and linux
> clients? Or do I have to set up different home directories for the
> samba and the nfs server?

Of course you can. Setting up samba is pretty much straightforward. The 
quickest way is just to use the default smb.conf. You then just have to add 
users with their password to samba's own password list (if you don't chose 
PAM in the samba installation dialog, else you don't have to do that either) 
with

smbpasswd -a USER

and they should then have access at least to their home directories. But of 
course you should adjust smb.conf to your needs. It already contains a lot of 
comments and examples and you can get deeper infos with: 'man smb.conf'

Regards,
Christian


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Re: How to turn off scsi emulation?

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Am Dienstag, 27. Mai 2003 20:37 schrieb Joel Konkle-Parker:
> Somewhere during the process of installing Woody and updating to
> kernel-image- 2.4.18-686, my Zip drive came under the control of ide-scsi.
> I can't think of any good reason to have scsi emulation for my Zip drive,
> so how do I turn it off? I want my two cd-rom drives as scsi, so I can't
> just disable ide-scsi altogether.

Very odd! Which boot loader are you using? If it's lilo then edit lilo.conf 
and look for the line

append="... hdx=ide-scsi ... "

where x is the IDE controller port. So just remove that 'hdx' entry for your 
zip drive. Don't forget to run lilo after that.

Regards,
Christian


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Re: [OT] iptables -m owner target problem

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 00:18:53 +0100
cirrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> Hello there
> I've just upgraded to 2.4.20 using iptables v1.2.6a
> With 2.4.19 I used to be able to do a:
> iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -m owner --uid-owner 501 -o ppp0 -j
> SNAT- --to-source xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> just fine.
> With the 2.4.20 I get:
> iptables: Target problem

I dont't think you have a target called 'SNAT' by default in your NAT
table, so that will be the problem.

Regards,
Christian


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Re: WLAN PCMCIA card

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On 30 Mar 2003 15:29:45 +0200
Matthias Hentges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > Can somebody recommend me a wireless LAN PCMCIA card? It's very hard
> > to get useful (and up-to-date) information about that on the net.
> > 
> 
> Just make sure your new card uses the Prism2 chipset and you are ready
> to rock.

Actually the problem is that no vendor gives information about which
chipset their using, so I need a recommendation for the extact vendor and
type of one card.

BTW, I read somewhere that the Prism chipsets would consume a lot of
power and would have a lower range compared to others.


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WLAN PCMCIA card

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

Can somebody recommend me a wireless LAN PCMCIA card? It's very hard to
get useful (and up-to-date) information about that on the net.

Appreciate any comments!

Christian


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Re: Kernel compile - kernel panaic at boot

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 08:06:28 +0800
Petr Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Please help!
> I did it many times , but now I made some silly mistake and I can't boot 
> my fresly compiled kernel. I can boot Debian default 2.4.18-k7, but I 
> wanted 2.4.20 from source and it doesn't seem to work. What I did is:
> untar it
> ln -s linux-2.4.20 linux
> cd linux
> make mrproper
> make menuconfig
> make dep
> make-kpkg -rev Custom.1 kernel_image
> dpkg --install kernel-image

First copy the configuration of your working kernel version to the source dir of your 
new kernel like this:

cp /boot/config-2.4.18-k7 /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/.config

then

make oldconfig

for just setting the new features in 2.4.20. After that you should be able to compile 
and install the new kernel.

> What is the difference between booting with or without initrd. I have 

This is needed if you want to use devices at boot time (e.g. SCSI). The given image 
file should then contain such modules.

CU


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Re: Unstable/Java/Mozilla

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:54:42 -0800 (PST)
Florentin Ionescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> There is blackdown java compiled with gcc3.2 - but there is no debian
> package AFAIK and that should solve the problem.
> 
> ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.blackdown.org/java-linux/
> JDK-1.4.1/i386/01/j2re-1.4.1-01-linux-i586-gcc3.2.bin
> 
> ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.blackdown.org/java-linux/
> JDK-1.4.1/i386/01/j2sdk-1.4.1-01-linux-i586-gcc3.2.bin
> 
> Now from my previous experience, if you use update-alternative command
> you can set java and javac but my question is haw do you inform the
> system that you do _have_ an JRE otherwise is trying to intall
> kaffe,etc ?

It should be packaged with:
Provides: java-virtual-machine, java-runtime, java1-runtime

But I would like to know if there's a way to use one of the free VMs
with mozilla. If anybody already made it or knows how to do it, let me
know!

Regards,
Christian


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Re: Video Screen shift to the right

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:23:08 -0500
"Wathen, Metherion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> solution. I just installed Woody (stable) on an older PC with a 3Dfx
> Voodoo3 video card (16Mb RAM on the vid card) after some trial and
> error I finally got X-4.1 to work but now it shifts the video screen
> to right far enough that the monitor/screen adjustment buttons aren't
> effective, yet everything (so far) displays in the visible area.

Play a bit with xvidtune and if your satisfied with one setting, then
add those to your /etc/x11/XF86Config-4. You could add one or more new
video modes to your monitor section like this:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier  "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync   30-69
VertRefresh 50-120
Option  "DPMS"

# 1024x768 @ 82 Hz, 65.18 kHz hsync
Mode "1024x768c"
DotClock85
HTimings1024 1056 1176 1304
VTimings768 772 775 795
EndMode

...

EndSection

Of course you can call the video mode(s) whatever you want, but I always
use to name it to the resolution plus "c" for "custom". Then you can use
this video mode in your display modes in the screen section:

Section "Screen"
Identifier  "Default Screen"
Device  "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth24

...

SubSection "Display"
Depth   16
Modes   "1024x768c" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth   24
Modes   "1024x768c" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Don't forget to set your default depth and that's it!

Regards,
Christian


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Re: Bad Debian (L.A.H.)

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 20:35:22 +0100
Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Glad you think well of Debian. It seems to me that people reviewing
> Debian frequently make the mistake of looking only superficially and
> giving a negative opinion because they fail to understand the concepts
> behind it.

You know what's fussing me the most? Why don't people face their
critical theories to the people who are actually responsible for it
before making it public? It's always good to make your own ideas,
opinions and raise critics about something - that's the only way for
improvements and going on forward, but if you are going to make your
critics public to thousands or even millions of people it's very unfair
and lazy not even to verify your critics when the other side won't get 
the chance to disprove it. Unfortunately most people are still so green
to believe in such statements without also looking for other opinions.

Regards,
Christian


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Re: buy or build computer?

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 13:55:32 -0500
"Peter Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> A few people recommended the AMD Athlon processor over
> Pentiums.

Correct, e.g. more efficient in floating point operations than an Intel,
which you will appreciate in multimedia apps, but there are also
commercial apps which are specialized for Intel and only for Intel. So
it might also be dependend on which applications you're going to use.
But usually I would prefer AMD.

> And Matrox for video, 

I never used a matrox, but it's strength lies AFAIK in 2D and TV out
quality. If you need a good 3D card (e.g. if you're a gamer) then I
guess it would be a better idea to buy an ATI which seems to have
slightly better performance than NVidia based cards at the moment.

>Soundblaster or Ensoniq for sound.

Depends on what you're doing. Usually most people don't spend too much
consideration on their sound card. If you just want to know if they're
supported - Soundblaster is very well supported. But if you want to make
music you probably want to look for a better card or even an external
audio interface. No matter which card you'll prefer, I recommend it is
mentioned on this list:

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/

> I've heard that computers nowadays are built with the cheapest
> possible components,

Nowadays? Of course on low-end computers, I don't remember a time when
that was not the case, but you also have to see the aspect that
computers are now as cheap as never before. There was a time when you
had to spend more than 5000$ for a lame 8088 (not even mentioning it's
poor capabilies). And today, if you were still willing to spend those
5000$ ...  do you think you'd have to fear poor components?

> so I was wondering if building it myself would be a good idea.
> It might not be much cheaper than buying one from Dell or Gateway, but
> if the result was a better quality machine it might be worthwhile.

If you have the time and patience, it always will.

> So far I've
> only had to replace broken components in my Gateway, such as the hard
> drive and CDrom, also added memory.  Building a computer would be a
> challenge, but I think I'd enjoy doing it...

Don't worry, fortunately doing that is child's play nowadays.

Regards,
Christian


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Re: How can I handle this situation?

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 16:43:34 -0600
"Phil Sager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> deb:/# iptables -L
> Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/modules.dep
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o:
> init_module: Device or resource busy
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
> including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o:
> insmod/lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o
> failed/lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o:
> insmod ip_tables failed
> iptables v1.2.6a: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables
> who?(do you need to insmod?)
> Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
> 
> I guess what I need is an answer to that last question Linux is
> asking.
> 
> Thanks in advance...I appreciate any and all help...

I'm just guessing, but it looks like you have installed another kernel
version recently. Have you tried 'update-modules'  and 'depmod -a'?

Regards,
Christian


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Re: How to gather information about a open port?

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 14:44:48 +0100
Qian Gong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > As this is not known to me as a standard service, it could be either
> > Dell's monitoring software or a trojan. There's a VB trojan that
> > uses this port.
> > 
> > Fiddling with 'telnet host port' can also help in such cases.
> 
> After this command, the program just hangs after 
> 
> Escape character is'^]'.

Of course, you just established a connection to that port at this
moment. It's up to you to type in a command that the service will
respond on. So you have to know or to guess what the protocol looks
like. That's why I called it 'fiddling'. Just to get an impression what
I'm talking about, establish a telnet connection to any webserver (port
80) and then type "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" and the server will return it's
identification, version, etc. or try "GET /" and you will get the start
page of this server in plain text.

Again, there are several trojans that use that specific port e.g.:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.gapin.html
http://www.simovits.com/trojans/tr_data/y935.html

Google will tell you more! :)

Regards,
Christian


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Re: How to gather information about a open port?

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:45:05 +0100
Qian Gong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I use nmap to detect the security of my friend's win2k machine and
> find a open tcp port 1039. We tried several days but can not find any
> information about this port. Is it possible to use some Linux tools to
> probe this port and gather information during communication with this
> port? Thanks a lot for any suggestions.

Is it a Dell system?

As this is not known to me as a standard service, it could be either
Dell's monitoring software or a trojan. There's a VB trojan that uses
this port.

Fiddling with 'telnet host port' can also help in such cases.

Regards,
Christian


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Re: Nvidia driver

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:24:44 +0100
"Willem-Jan Meijer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hello again,
> 
> Now i've built the nvidia package and I installed it, dselect says
> it's installed correctly, But now I don't know how get the driver
> installed so I can use the driver with X

You're speaking about the kernel driver, right? You also need to install
the nvidia-glx package and then modify your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 like
the following description from the nvidia-glx readme file:

If you already have an XF86Config file working with a different driver
(such as the 'nv' or 'vesa' driver), then all you need to do is find
the relevant Device section and replace the line:

   Driver "nv"
(or Driver "vesa")

with

   Driver "nvidia"

In the Module section, make sure you have:

   Load   "glx"

You should also remove the following lines:

   Load  "dri"
  Load  "GLcore"

Note: if you have version 4.x of the X server (you can check this with 
'dpkg --status xserver-common'), which is most probably the case, then
you have to edit XF86Config-4 instead of XF86Config.

Regards,
Christian


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Re: Updating packages while being able to use the old distributionCDs

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Tue, 04 Mar 2003 18:04:53 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> When I run "apt-get update", Debian logs on to the updates ftp site
> (such as ftp.debian.org) and downloads an entirely new list of
> packages which overrides the older list. Thus if I install Debian from
> CDs and update, I will no longer be able to use them. Debian will
> insist on installing any previously not installed programs from the
> site, rather than the discs. Can I somehow tell apt-get only to update
> my X Windows System to version 4.2 (and to download any required
> dependency library updates) without making me dependent on the website
> forever?

First of all, if your CDs are still mentioned in /etc/apt/sources.list,
then your CDs will be the primary source for installing new packages, as
long as there are no newer versions in the Debian archive and / or you
don't have added sources for a younger distribution version (testing /
unstable). In the latter  cases the packages will be fetched from the
net. So first have a look if entries like these exist in your sources
list:

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-3
(20010427)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-2
(20010427)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-1
(20010427)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main

If not you can use apt-cdrom to add all your CDs, so you don't need to
edit that by hand.

Beside that you can define priorities for your sources in
/etc/apt/preferences. Create it if doesn't already exist. You can set
your prefered distribution version and that way you can use e.g.
packages from testing by default and if needed you can also install
packages from unstable with 'apt-get install -t unstable '. For
using packages from testing by default /etc/apt/preferences  would look
like this:

# this lowers the priority level of unstable packages
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 50

And of course you can also set versions for single packages. See 'man
apt_preferences' for details.

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Christian


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Re: Building Nvidia driver

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:08:45 +0100
"Willem-Jan Meijer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'm trying to build the nvidia driver, and I posted some questions before.
> One of the answers was a step-by-step manual on how to do it. One of those
> steps is:
> 
> 6.Then build nvidia-kernel package:
>   cd /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-1.0.2880/Debian/rules
> binary_modules
> 
> When I do that, I get:
> 
> -bash:  rules:  command not found

You have to run binaries either with full qualified path like:

/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-1.0.2880/Debian/rules binary_modules

Or if you alreay changed to that directory this way:

./rules binary_modules

Regards,
Christian


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Re: Networking configuration?

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 18:15:53 -0500 (EST)
Patrick Wiseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi, all:
> 
> I'm not sure how I broke networking, but when I boot up, my ethernet
> card is recognised, but it has no IP address and the box is not known
> to my other lan boxes.  Doing
> 
> #ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.11
> 
> corrects the problem, but now the external network is unavailable. 
> Doing
> 
> #route add default gw 192.168.1.1
> 
> fixes that problem.
> 
> Where are the configuration files to automate all this?  It used to
> work,

The startup script for basic network is /etc/init.d/networking.
But adding your NICs to /etc/network/interfaces should be all you have
to do. It should look like this:

# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# 1st NIC
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.200.7
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.200.0
broadcast 192.168.200.255
gateway 192.168.200.254

# 2nd NIC
...

Regards,
Christian


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Re: Howto auto unpack/read "README.Debian.gz" ?

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 06:41:59AM +, Joao Pedro Clemente wrote:
> 
> AS I've seen some of these files after installing some packages, as since
> they are not unpacked by apt-get, I am wondering if there isn't a "smart"
> way of reading this instead of unpacking first...
> 
> I wonder if, for instance, "less" could automatically unpack it for

Use zless

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unmet dependencies in xine-dvdnav (sid)

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

I have this unmet dependency in xine-dvdnav since a while:

 xine-dvdnav: Depends: libxine0 (>= 0.9.11) but 0.9.8-2 is to be installed

Is there no libxine0 package for sid yet?

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Re: Exim using relay host

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Es geschah am Freitag, 1. November 2002 16:40 als Stephen Gran schrieb:
> You need to define a domainlist router for those people's addresses -
> I'm assuming the reason you're doing this is that you receive bounces
> because their ISP won't accept mail from you directly for one or another
> reason, right?

Of course.

> There is another thread going currently, called 'Exim and
> SMTP on an internet gateway' where I explain how to do this.  Basically
> all mail that is oing to a host matching pattern foo gets sent this way,
> all other mail gets sent this other way.

Ok, I finally did it that way:

myisp_smarthost:
  driver = domainlist
  transport = remote_smtp
  senders = [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  route_list = *  my.isp.com  bydns_a

That way we don't have to add new hosts to the list everytime a new one 
rejects mails from us. We just choose another mail address (already put to 
the 'senders' list) within our MUA for explicitly sending mail via relay host 
to those sites.

Thanks for your help!

Christian


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Exim using relay host

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

I want Exim to send emails for some specific users over my ISP's SMTP server 
instead of sending them directly. I added following router at the top of the 
routers setup to check the senders address and if it matches one of the 
'senders' list, it should send their mail via SMTP over my.isp.com:

myisp_smarthost:
  driver = lookuphost
  transport = remote_smtp
  senders = [EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  fallback_hosts = my.isp.com

But that didn't work. It's still sending their mails directly to their 
destinations instead of using my.isp.com. What's wrong?

Thanks in advance!

Christian Schoenebeck


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wine (winspool.drv.so missing in libwine)

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

Does anybody have a clue why winspool.drv.so is missing in woody's libwine 
package? I need it for a win app which requires winspool.drv

Is there a simple way to add it or do I have to use unstable's wine packages?

Regards,
Christian Schoenebeck


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real transparency (under X11)

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

I'm still waiting for the ability to use real transparency. What's the deal 
with this anyway? I mean, what is the problem that there's still only pseudo 
transparency?

Regards,
Christian


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Re: exim (.forward)

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Am Samstag, 31. August 2002 15:38 schrieb Derrick 'dman' Hudson:
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 12:52:27AM +0200, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> | Hi!
> |
> | How do I handle a .forward file if I configured exim to use maildir
> | format instead of mbox? the 'save' command in a .forward file doesn't
> | seem to work.
> |
> | If I try this for example:
> | ==
> | # Exim filter
> |
> | if error_message then finish endif
> |
> | if $header_subject: contains "this is a test"
> | then
> | save $home/Maildir/.TestFolder
>
>   save $home/Maildir/.TestFolder/
> ^
>
> | endif
> | ==
> |
> | So is there a way to save messages in maildir format?
>
> Put a trailing slash on the path so that exim knows you want to use
> the directory_transport instead of the file_transport for delivery.

Ok, I did that, now mails matching above rule are stuck in the local queue. 
This is what /var/log/exim/mainlog says:

  D=userforward defer (-11): error in forward file (filtering not enabled):
  missing or malformed local part (expected word or "<") in "if 
  error_message then finish"

Any ideas?


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Re: java, konqueror

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Am Samstag, 31. August 2002 20:19 schrieb Pavel Bradut Boghita:
> Konqueror will not run any Java applets (java executable not found) Could
> anyone give me some suggestions please about how to effectively enable Java
> in Konqueror ?
>
> Thanks

1. install a Java runtime environment
2. open Konqueror
3. go to Settings->Configure Konqueror...->Konqueror Browser->Java
4. click on 'Enable Java globally'
5. set the correct path for 'Path to java executable'

After saving these settings and restarting Konqueror you should be able to 
run Java applets.

Regards,
Christian


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exim (.forward)

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

How do I handle a .forward file if I configured exim to use maildir format 
instead of mbox? the 'save' command in a .forward file doesn't seem to work.

If I try this for example:
==
# Exim filter

if error_message then finish endif

if $header_subject: contains "this is a test"
then
save $home/Maildir/.TestFolder
endif
==

I get an error mail like:
==
Message x has been frozen.
The sender is <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.

The following address(es) have yet to be delivered:
  /home/me/Maildir/.TestFolder : mailbox 
/home/me/Maildir/.TestFolder is not a regular file
==

So is there a way to save messages in maildir format? The only purpose this 
.forward file should serve is to bring the messages in the appropriate 
subfolder of my maildir. Is there maybe another way to do that?

Thanks for replies,
Christian Schoenebeck


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Re: Fwd: Re: pppoe on Debian -- Modem hangup

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Am Freitag, 30. August 2002 23:01 schrieb Slaven Peles:
> On Friday 30 August 2002 04:44 pm, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 30. August 2002 15:54 schrieb Slaven Peles:
> > > > Looks like you're automatically establishing a connection on startup.
> > > > If yes there must be a /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot file? Is this the case?
> > >
> > > Yes, that's what I do. However, I find the same problem  when I start
> > > connection manually with pon -- the modem has to be turned off until
> > > ppp interface is brought up.
> >
> > You mean, when you deactivate ppp_on_boot (by moving or removing
> > /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot) and reboot your system, the _exact_ same error
> > (messages) occur?
>
> No, I don't deactivate ppp_on_boot. Here is what happens: If I turn on DSL
> modem before Linux is booted I get error message:
>
> PADS: System-Error: No more sessions accepted on this connection

Yes, because there is already a connection. If you disconnect with 'poff -a' 
you should be able to connect without unplugging your modem.


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Re: Installing from ISO

[Christian Schoenebeck]

You can mount an ISO image on a Linux System with

mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 your.iso /cdrom

but of course that implies that you already have some Linux box where you can 
mount the ISO and you have somehow access from your new box to that Linux  
machine.

Maybe that helps

Cuse


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Re: Flash Editor for Debian

[Christian Schoenebeck]

> Hello,
> 
> I have to create some flash movie (or whatever they are called) at
> work.  I will be using Flash FX on windows (I have to), but I would
> like to play with it at home on my Debian box.  I've looked around,
> but can not seem to find any, but are there any Flash editors/creators
> for Debain?  Or even just Linux in general.

Flash player - yes, Flash creator - no, although Macromedia announced a Linux 
port a while ago, but who knows if that will really ever happen.

But I really miss something compareble to Flash for the open source community 
and I wonder why nobody has started such a project yet.


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Re: logging question

[Christian Schoenebeck]

> I'm wondering, what progams or what kind of setup do you have for
monitoring
> logs?  I use the X window system a lot, so I guess what I'm also asking
is,
> what are the best programs for keeping these logs visible?  Do you have a
> transparent term or xconsole or some other root window writing program
open?

what about

watch tail some.log

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Cuse




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Re: exim doesn't deliver to maildirs

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Es geschah am Montag, 24. Juni 2002 22:51 als Matthew Daubenspeck schrieb:
> > Yes, I'm now using
> >
> >directory = ${home}/Maildir/
>
> I always use:
>
> directory = /home/$local_part/Maildir

That shouldn't be the problem.


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Re: package lists or status file unreadable

[Christian Schoenebeck]

> Reading Package Lists... Error!
> E: Problem parsing dependency Depends
> E: Error occured while processing rio500 (NewVersion1)
> E: Problem with MergeList

Try

dselect --update

Regards,

Cuse


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Re: automatic poweroff

[Christian Schoenebeck]

> It's not SMP. I have a single Pentium III (Coppermine).
> 
> As for the switch, i'm not sure what you mean... If you're referring
> to some bios option, i would guess that theyre all right cause it
> works on windows...
> 
> Any other ideas?

Make sure SMP support isn't enabled, else poweroff won't work.


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tv out in general

[christian . schoenebeck]

Hi!

So far I only had the opportunity to test a few graphic cards with
tv out (e.g. Asus V6600, 3D Savage something), but all produced a
very bad TV picture: low amount of colors and - which is even
more worse - an inaccurate picture size (either too small or too big).

Is this a general problem or are there graphic cards with an
accurate tv picture?

I also messed a little bit around with nvtv, but wasn't able to
adjust it satisfiable.

CU

Cuse





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KDevelop starting problems

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

I'm using KDevelop for the 1st time and I have some small starting problems. 
I just tried to compile some hello-world-app but got this error:

checking for KDE... configure: error: 
in the prefix, you've chosen, are no KDE headers installed. This will 
fail.
So, check this please and use another prefix!

Ok, I noticed that 'KDE 2.x-Directory' (includes/libraries) in the KDevelop 
settings has not been set yet, so I tried some directories (e.g. 
/usr/include/kde, usr/lib/kde2) but I always get the error message that the 
chosen directory would not be the kde root directory.

I read the docs but they're all mentioning the /opt/kde2 directory which 
isn't existent on a Debian system.

So, what Directory should be set for the 'KDE 2.x-Directory'? Do I have to 
create a symlink /opt/kde2 -> /somewhere?

Thanks,

Christian Schoenebeck


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Re: pppoe

[Christian Schoenebeck]

>> Hi!
>>
>> I need your help once again.  I can't connect to my DSL provider.
>> I modified everything as described in the docs and tried 'pon dsl-provider'
>> as root. This what the logs are saying:
>>
>>  pppd[1628]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
>>  pppd[1628]: Serial connection established.
>>  modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tty-ldisc-3
>>  pppd[1628]: Couldn't set tty to PPP discipline: Invalid argument
>>  ...
>>  pppoe[1629]: PADS: Service-Name: ''
>>  pppoe[1629]: PPP session is 5024
>>  pppoe[1629]: read (asyncReadFromPPP): Input/output error
>>  pppoe[1629]: Sent PADT
>>
>> So what is the purpose of this tty-ldisc-3 module? Do I need it for pppoe
>
> Are PTY's activated?

I'm not sure what you mean with 'activated'. How can I determine it?

All I can say is that the kernel is of course compiled with unix98 pty and 
and /dev/pts support. I also tried to mount it with 'mount -t devpts' but 
that didn't make any change. I still get the same error messages.

Christian


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pppoe

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

I need your help once again.  I can't connect to my DSL provider. I modified 
everything as described in the docs and tried 'pon dsl-provider' as root. 
This what the logs are saying:

pppd[1628]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
pppd[1628]: Serial connection established.
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tty-ldisc-3
pppd[1628]: Couldn't set tty to PPP discipline: Invalid argument
...
pppoe[1629]: PADS: Service-Name: ''
pppoe[1629]: PPP session is 5024
pppoe[1629]: read (asyncReadFromPPP): Input/output error
pppoe[1629]: Sent PADT

So what is the purpose of this tty-ldisc-3 module? Do I need it for pppoe?

And another question: the username my provider sent me contains a slash (/) 
int it. Should that be a problem? Or is that a sign that I'll be only 
able to connect to them with their windows dial software?

Thanks for your time!

Christian Schoenebeck

(please cc me)


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Re: isdn (ipppd)

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Es geschah am Mittwoch, 22. Mai 2002 12:50 als Nicos Gollan schrieb:
> On Tuesday 21 May 2002 21:59, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> >
> > I'm fighting with the problem that ipppd doesn't connect correctly to my
> > ISP. It dials, connects, but also disconnects immediately after that. So
> > I had a look at /var/log/isdn/isdnlog and noticed that ipppd calls the
> > wrong number. Instead of just calling REMOTEMSN, it always calls:
> >
> > +COUNTRYCODE AREACODE/REMOTEMSN
>
> For a Q&D hack, have a look at /etc/isdn/devece.ipppX where X is the number
> of the ISDN network device (probably 0). In there you should find lines
> like this:
>
> if [ ! -z "$REMOTEMSN ]
> then
>   for MSN in $REMOTEMSN; do
> isdnctrl addphone ${device} out $LEADINGZERO$MSN
>   done
> fi
>
> The important part is the $LEADINGZERO$MSN. In your case it probably reads
> like +$COUNTRYCODE$AREACODE/$REMOTEMSN. If you just change that and adjust
> the LEADINGZERO variable further up the script, you should be fine.

Ok, got it. In the actual device.ipppX default script in woody the 
$LEADINGZERO variable is completely missing. That was the problem. I was used 
to the potato version where you must not add the leading zero to REMOTEMSN, 
because it was done by the script, now you have to.
I'm just wondering why the comments have not been changed.

> > And as I'm already asking: ipppd (unlike pppd) handles just one ISP
> > number, right? Then what is the sense behind the last block of
> > /etc/isdn/isdn.conf: ...
> > [NUMBER]
> > NUMBER = 019282500
> > ALIAS = surflos Internet by Call
> > COMMENT1 = 01019019282500 (User:beliebig; pw:beliebig)
> >
> > [NUMBER]
> > NUMBER = 01929
> > ALIAS = 01019Freenet
> > COMMENT1 = 0101901929 (User:beliebig; pw:beliebig) (Mobilcom)
> >
> > Future purpose?
>
> Read the isdnctrl manpage, search for addphone. An interface can have
> multiple outgoing numbers that are tried in reverse order of addition upon
> automatic dialup.

I know, maybe I haven't explained exactly enough what I meant and also this 
doesn't explain the purpose of the isdn.conf block above, but doesn't 
matter...

Thank you anyway!

Christian Schoenebeck


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Re: isdn (ipppd)

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Es geschah am Mittwoch, 22. Mai 2002 12:50 als Nicos Gollan schrieb:
> On Tuesday 21 May 2002 21:59, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:!
> >
> > I'm fighting with the problem that ipppd doesn't connect correctly to my
> > ISP. It dials, connects, but also disconnects immediately after that. So
> > I had a look at /var/log/isdn/isdnlog and noticed that ipppd calls the
> > wrong number. Instead of just calling REMOTEMSN, it always calls:
> >
> > +COUNTRYCODE AREACODE/REMOTEMSN
> >
> > and also cuts the last number(s) in REMOTEMSN to a 9 digit number. Is
> > this the normal behaviour, and if yes, where can I change it.
>
> For a Q&D hack, have a look at /etc/isdn/devece.ipppX where X is the number
> of the ISDN network device (probably 0). In there you should find lines
> like this:
>
> if [ ! -z "$REMOTEMSN ]
> then
>   for MSN in $REMOTEMSN; do
> isdnctrl addphone ${device} out $LEADINGZERO$MSN
>   done
> fi
>
> The important part is the $LEADINGZERO$MSN. In your case it probably reads
> like +$COUNTRYCODE$AREACODE/$REMOTEMSN. If you just change that and adjust
> the LEADINGZERO variable further up the script, you should be fine.

Ok, got it. In the actual woody version of the default device.ipppX script 
the $LEADINGZERO variable is completely missing. I was used to the potato 
version where you must not add the leading zero to ther REMOTEMSN, because it 
was done by the script. Now you have to.
I'm just wondering why the comments have not been changed.

> > And as I'm already asking: ipppd (unlike pppd) handles just one ISP
> > number, right? Then what is the sense behind the last block of
> > /etc/isdn/isdn.conf: ...
> > [NUMBER]
> > NUMBER = 019282500
> > ALIAS = surflos Internet by Call
> > COMMENT1 = 01019019282500 (User:beliebig; pw:beliebig)
> >
> > [NUMBER]
> > NUMBER = 01929
> > ALIAS = 01019Freenet
> > COMMENT1 = 0101901929 (User:beliebig; pw:beliebig) (Mobilcom)
> >
> > Future purpose?
>
> Read the isdnctrl manpage, search for addphone. An interface can have
> multiple outgoing numbers that are tried in reverse order of addition upon
> automatic dialup.

Yes, I know. Maybe I haven't explained exactly enough what I meant and that 
also doesn't explain the purpose of the isdn.conf block above, but doesn't 
matter, it's not that important.

Thank you anyway!

Christian Schoenebeck


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isdn (ipppd)

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

I'm fighting with the problem that ipppd doesn't connect correctly to my ISP. 
It dials, connects, but also disconnects immediately after that. So I had a 
look at /var/log/isdn/isdnlog and noticed that ipppd calls the wrong number. 
Instead of just calling REMOTEMSN, it always calls:

+COUNTRYCODE AREACODE/REMOTEMSN

and also cuts the last number(s) in REMOTEMSN to a 9 digit number. Is this 
the normal behaviour, and if yes, where can I change it.

And as I'm already asking: ipppd (unlike pppd) handles just one ISP number, 
right? Then what is the sense behind the last block of /etc/isdn/isdn.conf:
...
[NUMBER]
NUMBER = 019282500
ALIAS = surflos Internet by Call
COMMENT1 = 01019019282500 (User:beliebig; pw:beliebig)

[NUMBER]
NUMBER = 01929
ALIAS = 01019Freenet
COMMENT1 = 0101901929 (User:beliebig; pw:beliebig) (Mobilcom)

Future purpose?

Regards,

Christian Schoenebeck

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dpkg problem

[christian . schoenebeck]

Hi everybuddy!

I need some help: I recently tried to upgrade some packages, but
after an error during a package replacement I wasn't able to
install anything (with 'apt-get install'). Now everytime I try to
install something I get this error message:

dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line
64831 package `libglib1.1.8-dbg': error in Version string `256:':
nothing after colon in version number
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

What can I do to fix it?

Christian Schoenebeck

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Re: power off problem

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 17:13:28 +, Alan James wrote:

>> I already tried APM, then APM with 'use real mode APM BIOS call to power 
>> off' option and finally I tried ACPI instead of APM - didn't make any
>> change.
>
> Sorry if this is a stupid question.. 
> Do you have "enable power management at boot time" turned on ?

No question is really stupid. I also enabled this option, although it 
shouldn't have an effect on it. I found something in another thread and 
compiled apm as module, added 'apm power_off=1' to /etc/modules, but guess 
what - didn't help to power off.

I gave up now and got back to 2.2.19pre17 kernel... :(((
But I don't get it, why it works with 2.2.x and not with 2.4.x.

Christian Schoenebeck

Re: power off problem

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 16:15:06 -0500, christophe barbe wrote:
>> Since I moved from 2.2.19pre17 to 2.4.17 Kernel a while ago, my machine 
>> reboots instead of powering off when I booted windows before. I tried the
>> 'use real mode APM BIOS call to power off' kernel option, but that didn't 
>> help.
>
> You can try with ACPI instead of apm.
>

Ok, that worked!

But on another machine I have a similar problem: I compiled 2.4.17 kernel and 
now it hangs instead of powering off.

It has an Asus SP98AGP-X mainboard and since it only has a 200 MHz processor 
I compiled the kernel-package on my Athlon 1000 machine, copied it to the 200 
MHz machine and installed it with 'dpkg -i'. Also I upgraded that machine to 
woody some weeks ago. Has that anything to do with it?

I already tried APM, then APM with 'use real mode APM BIOS call to power off' 
option and finally I tried ACPI instead of APM - didn't make any change.

Does anybody have an idea?

Christian Schoenebeck

power off problem

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

Since I moved from 2.2.19pre17 to 2.4.17 Kernel a while ago, my machine 
reboots instead of powering off when I booted windows before. I tried the
'use real mode APM BIOS call to power off' kernel option, but that didn't 
help.

Where is the problem and how can I fix it?

Christian Schoenebeck

Re: anacron

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Am Freitag, 1. März 2002 14:43 schrieb Pietro Cagnoni:

> the problem is disk activity, not cpu load. nice won't help much.

And isn't there something like 'nice' that is capable to reduce disk access 
of one process? That would be definetly the best.

> if your machine acts just as a router, maybe the best thing is to reduce
> the filesistem complexity by removing unnecessary packages.

Beside the pure router functionality the machine provides some other basic 
stuff like bind, apache (just for some custom cgi scripts to control the 
machine by browser), postfix and fetchmail (for automatic mail exchange when 
internet connection established) etc.
This all produces a high grade of dependencies, so I don't think I can reduce 
the amount of packages that much.

> you can also edit /etc/crontab to move the anacron jobs to different
> hours.

I already did that. Delayed the jobs by some minutes, running cron.daily 
every 3rd instead of every day and so on, but that isn't really a solution.

Christian Schoenebeck

anacron

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

I'm using anacron on my router (just an old 486) and everytime anacron is 
running a job, it's hard to do anything else with it (e.g. takes about 5 
seconds or so just to get a login prompt and it takes a minute or more to get 
a small internet site). I know anacron is running its jobs with 'nice' by 
default so it should already have a very low process priority but can I do 
anything to improve this behaviour?

Thanks in advance,

Christian Schoenebeck

custom kernel

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

I've compiled 2.4.17 kernel as kernel-image package on my woody machine and 
installed it on a potato machine. I made a reboot with the new kernel and 
after that it refused to load modules ("Can't locate module...").

lsmod and even modconf doesn't list any module, so I tried 'depmod -ae 
2.4.17' but that didn't help. It created /lib/modules/2.4.17/modules.dep but 
the file is empty.

What can I do to fix it?

Christian

Re: ARUGENT HELP!!

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Am Sonntag, 17. Februar 2002 00:51 schrieb ben:
> >
> > I think you also have to add 'table':
> >
> > other=/dev/hda1
> > label=Windows
> > table=/dev/hda
>
> no, you don't.

Just an experience of mine. When I tried it without 'table' I just got a 
strange message like "Return to Windows..." or something and a nice system 
hang. After adding 'table' everything was fine again...

Re: 486 SX

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Am Montag, 18. Februar 2002 00:26 schrieb Tom Cook:
>
> Heck, why not buy a few cheapy nics and build a beowulf cluster?  *grin*
>
> One of our departments here are rumored to have a large number (ie.
> hundreds) of 486s running such a cluster, and it is very nice, so I am
> told...
>
> Tom

Yeah, sounds nice, but how will you get the money to build the power plant 
you need?

SAM9407 driver

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

Did anyone get this driver to work (I tried to install this sam9407_1.0 
driver written by Gerd Rausch)? Or is there any other driver for the Terratec 
EWS64?

I'm fighting hard, but didn't get it to work yet.

Any help appreciated,

Christian

Re: ARUGENT HELP!!

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Am Samstag, 16. Februar 2002 16:38 schrieb Ben Collins:
>
> When you boot Linux, edit the file /etc/lilo.conf. At the end, add these
> lines:
>
> other=/dev/hda1
>label=windows

I think you also have to add 'table':

other=/dev/hda1
label=Windows
table=/dev/hda

Re: Monitor vertical refresh rate

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Am Samstag, 16. Februar 2002 10:07 schrieb Patrick Kirk:
>
> But it keep s saying there is no valid vertical refresh rate.  I use
> xserver-configure and it sets the vertical refresh rate to null for some
> reason.
>
> Is there a conservative number I can manually enter in the XF86Config or is
> there an easier way to do all this?

I think a small range like 60-70 Hz should work on every system. You can set 
the vertical and horizontal refresh rates in the "Monitor" section of your 
XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file:

...
...
Section "Monitor"
Identifier  "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync   60-70
...
...

Re: shmem information

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Am Freitag, 15. Februar 2002 20:02 schrieb Patrick Boe:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to get some system data, and I'm wondering if there's a tool
> (system call, something) I can use to get it, or if I'll have to code the
> data collection into the kernel myself.  I want to gather periodic
> snapshots of shared memory information for all running processes on a Sun
> SMP workstation running debian 2.4.x.  In each snapshot, I want to know,
> for each running task, how much (%) of that task's virtual address space
> is shared.  In the end, I want to be able to put together some statistic
> that measures the average "sharedness" of memory pages for some a given
> process load.
>
> Anyone know of a tool that gathers this sort of information?
>

Perhaps looking to the ps / top sources may help you...

Re: NVIDIA driver

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Am Freitag, 15. Februar 2002 01:37 schrieb Jeronimo Pellegrini:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 01:22:23PM -0800, Caleb Shay wrote:
> > I think I've got this one...
> >
> > /etc/X11/XF86Config ?  That's for XF86-3, the nvidia driver is for
> > XFree-4 only.  Either upgrade to woody or hunt around for potato
> > packages for XFree-4, I know they exist somewhere.
>
> Here they are:
>
> http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf410_potato/

I already updated to Woody, but you were right Caleb. X was still 
3.2.something. For what reason ever, this package wasn't updated with the 
distribution upgrade.

Thanks people for your help!

Btw, is this "kernel tainted" message normal? Aren't there any GPL drivers 
for NVidia?

CU

Christian

Re: NVIDIA driver

[Christian Schoenebeck]

> Is the driver actually loaded? 
> I found that even after installing the deb files I had to manualy add
> NVdriver to /etc/modules.

Had to do the same, but the module is loaded now.

So. is there something else I have to notice? I still get this error:

Config Error: /etc/X11/XF86Config:558

Driver"nvidia"
  

Not a recognized driver name.

Any ideas?

Re: Running Windows ME and Debian on the same system.

[Christian Schoenebeck]

 
- Original Message - 
From: "kevincrookes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 7:05 PM
Subject: Running Windows ME and Debian on the same system.
> I have heard that i can run both Windows ME on one hard drive, and 
run Debian on another hard drive. If so, how do i go about doing 
it??Install Debian to what partition ever you want and modify your 
/etc/lilo.conf
to something like:
...
...
Default=Linux
 
image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only# restricted
image=/vmlinuz.old label=LinuxOld read-only optional restricted password=SomePassword
other=/dev/hda1 label=Windows table=/dev/hda restricted password=SomePassword
 
Than just run 'lilo' and it will be written to Master Boot Record of your 
1st HD.
After that you can choose your OS on startup. Of course you don't have 
to
set a password, but it's not a bad idea for a completely unprotected OS 
like
WinME.
 
CU
 
Christian

Re: NVIDIA driver

[Christian Schoenebeck]

> Also make sure you comment out the Load "dri" and Load "GLCore" 
lines.
 
There wasn't one in my XF86Config.
 
> For starters, you can check that the driver is there. If the 
nvidia-glx> package (the one you built) is installed, you can use dpkg -L 
nvidia-glx> to see a list of its files. One of them should be> 
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o .
 
this is what 'dpkg -L nvidia-glx' says:
/./usr/usr/lib/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.0.2313/usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1.0.2313/usr/share/usr/share/lintian/usr/share/lintian/overrides/usr/share/lintian/overrides/nvidia-glx/usr/share/doc/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.gz/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/changelog.Debian.gz/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.Debian/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/copyright/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/examples/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/examples/XF86Config.sample.gz/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/NVIDIA_Changelog.gz/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/license.txt.gz/usr/X11R6/usr/X11R6/lib/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so.1.0.2313/usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1/usr/lib/libGL.so.1package 
diverts others to: 
/usr/share/nvidia-glx/diversions/libGL.so.1/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
 
 

NVIDIA driver

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

I've compiled and installed both, the nvidia kernel module and the nvidia
glx driver. Now what do I have to do, getting X to use that driver? I
reconfigured XF86Config as described in the README. I exchanged the svga
line by:

driver"nvidia"

and added:

Load"glx"

to the Module Section. But when I try to start X, it just says Driver
"nvidia" would be no recognized name. So what else do I have to do?

Thanks for help,

Christian

downgrade a package

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!
 
I upgraded package 'kinkatta' with
 
    apt-get -t unstable install 
kinkatta
 
to the unstable version. That was a mistake. How 
can
I 'downgrade' 
again?
 
Thanks,
 
Christian Schoenebeck

root account problem

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!
 
I had to delete some settings, so I simply deleted 
every file and folder in
the /root directory. This caused some strange 
effects:
When I now login as root, the prompt is now [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of just host.
But most important, I can't execute sbin programs 
(reboot, halt, etc.)
anymore without using su command.
 
How can I fix it and what was my 
mistake?
 
Thanks,
 
Christian Schoenebeck

keyboard layout

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!
 
I've accidently changed the keyboard layout when I 
upgraded to woody. Where are the keyboard settings stored?
 
    dpkg-reconfigure base-config 
--frontend=dialog
 
doesn't work anymore.
 
Thank You,
 
Christian Schoenebeck

Re: floppy tape

[Christian Schoenebeck]

There is no 
www.ftape.org I guess you 
meanhttp://www.instmath.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/Of course I already read those docs, and the docs 
from theftape-doc package, which is almost the same, but it didn't 
helpto solve my problem. Perhaps you can give me a hint?- 
Original Message -From: "Courtney Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "Christian Schoenebeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 3:53 PMSubject: Re: floppy 
tape> www.ftape.org>> see -> FAQ, howto, 
etc.>> Christian Schoenebeck wrote:>> 
> I've got problems installing my Iomega Ditto 2GB floppy tape. I tried 
to> > install the> >> > ftape.o module with 
ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal.none,none,none but I> > always 
get> >> > a "wrong parameter parm_ft_fdc_driver" 
error.> >> > Also I haven't found the ftape-internal.o 
module which is needed for> > that, isn't it?> >> 
> I thought I have to recompile the kernel with ftape-internal.o as> 
> loadable module> > but couldn't find an option for that in ther 
kernel config (I`m usingkernel> > 2.2.19pre17).> 
>

floppy tape

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!
 
I've got problems installing my Iomega Ditto 2GB 
floppy tape. I tried to install the
ftape.o module with 
ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal.none,none,none but I always get
a "wrong parameter parm_ft_fdc_driver" 
error.
 
Also I haven't found the ftape-internal.o module 
which is needed for that, isn't it?
I thought I have to recompile the kernel with 
ftape-internal.o as loadable module
but couldn't find an option for that in ther kernel 
config (I`m using kernel
2.2.19pre17).
 
I would really appreciate if someone could help me 
with this!
 
Christian Schoenebeck
 
 

Re: DVD rip (Was RE: DVD Player)

[Christian Schoenebeck]

> For transcode exists even a Debian package in unstable.> 
Really? What's the name? I 
haven't found one named trancsode or similar.
 
Christian 
Schoenebeck

Re: DVD player

[Christian Schoenebeck]

> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
> Von: Timo Boewing [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Gesendet: Montag, 3. Dezember 2001 20:38
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> there is also ogle. I also tried vlc and xine, but i got the best
> results with ogle. why? vlc suffered from hangings and segfaults on my
> system, and later on i never could get acceleration to work (e.g. via
> libsdl). Xine did also some "pumping", but ogle just rocks:
>
> - fluid motion
> - supports DVD menues!
>
> please take a look at it, for me i wished i would have used it as the
> first one.

I will, thanks for the tip!

Can you also give me some hint which programs I can use for ripping DVDs
or can you point me some docs on the web to get more information about
that?

Thanks in advance,

Christian Schoenebeck

Re: DVD player

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Jérôme Marant wrote:

>> Are there packages for viewing video DVDs? I haven't
>> found some.
>
>  Because you didn't search at all. Or you probably don't
>  know how to use search engines or apt-cache.

No, I used dselect.

>  There are : vlc and xine DVD players.

Ok, they are not part of 'stable', that's why I haven't
found them. So, thank you!

Christian Schoenebeck

DVD player

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

Are there packages for viewing video DVDs? I haven't
found some.

Christian Schoenebeck

need help with script

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

I want to write a script which makes a user authentification (username &
password) and after that it shall check if the user is member of a special
group. Can someone point me how to do it?

Christian


P.S. Please cc me, as I'm not able to read the list at the moment

AW: DNS forwarding

[Christian Schoenebeck]

> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
> Von: Mark Lanett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 30. September 2001 17:36
> An: Christian Schoenebeck
> Cc: Debian Mailing-List (E-Mail)
> Betreff: Re: DNS forwarding
>
> My guess is that your intranet boxes are pointed to multiple
> DNS servers.

All client machines use only one DNS server and that's the
internet router. So it must be something else. But what about
these 'root servers'? I wrote them to a config file as mentioned
in the DNS-HOWTO, can it be that bind tries to contact them every
time on a DNS query and is this perhaps the reason why it takes so
long?

> They contact the first and it times out, then they contact
> your new DNS
> server (which works).
>
> ~mark

Re: DNS forwarding

[Christian Schoenebeck]

To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:Re: DNS forwarding
From:   Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date sent:  Sat, 29 Sep 2001 23:40:00 +0200
Forwarded by:   debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date forwarded: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 12:36:24 +0200 (CEST)


> Can your DNS-forwarder resolve reverse-dns for your internal IPs?
> Reverse-lookup is the most likely candidate for delays I can think of.

Hmmm... I don't know! :) All I can say is that I wrote the bind config files
as described in the DNS-HOWTO. There's nothing more I can tell you
about my DNS configuration, because I just don't know it!

But for what reason does reverse-lookup matter? Because we just
have a private network with a private IP adress adea.

AW: DNS forwarding

[Christian Schoenebeck]

-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: Mark Lanett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gesendet: Samstag, 29. September 2001 23:23
An: Christian Schoenebeck; Debian Mailing-List (E-Mail)
Betreff: Re: DNS forwarding


> For dns caching, I would say use dnscache from djbdns instead. However
> running both a dns cache for internet names and a dns server for private
DNS
> names requires ip aliasing, which is a bit annoying.

Agga? IP aliasing? What's that? However, doesn't dnscache also use
/etc/hosts? If so, I wouldn't have a need for a complex DNS server
such as bind.

> However the 10-second delay suggests that something is timing out. Perhaps
> you have broken dns entries on the intranet boxes.
> ~mark

What do you mean with 'broken DNS entries on the intranet boxes'?
You have to apologize, but it's the first time I had to face with
those DNS stuff.

Christian

pppd

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

I configured pppd for dial on demand, but how can I get pppd to start
automaticaly
on boot time without immediately establishing a connection, but to wait
until there's
a demand for it?

I renamed /etc/ppp/no_ppp_on_boot to /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot and chmoded it to
a+x to be executed by /etc/init.d/ppp on startup. So, I don't know why it
establishs
a connection anyway, because all the script does is to call 'pppd call
provider' and
if I do that manualy by typing it, pppd starts but waits for demand. So,
what do I
have to change?

Christian

DNS forwarding

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

I configured one Debian box as an internet router for our local network,
but I've got a little problem with DNS. I installed bind 8.1x on this router
for handling DNS queries from all clients and created configuration files
as described in the DNS-HOWTO. Now it works, but it takes a long
time (about 10 or more seconds) till the clients get their answers to their
DNS queries. So, isn't there a simpler program just for DNS forwarding?
Because DNS works very fast on the internet router itself. Because it
always uses DNS servers from the actual ISP. If I try to ping what DNS
adress ever directly on the router, I immediately got the corresponding
IP adress. So, it would be perfect, if there's a program which simply
uses the local active adress resolution instead of communicating with
it's own DNS servers declared in some of it's config files.

Thanks in advance for help!

Christian

Re: postfix and smarthost

[Christian Schoenebeck]

From:   Jason Boxman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Send reply to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization:   The Vortex
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:Re: postfix and smarthost
Date sent:  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:57:10 -0400
Forwarded by:   debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date forwarded: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 22:39:47 +0200 (CEST)

> If you do need a newer version than Potato offers (I don't know), apt-get
> source really works wonders!  Just remember to download the necessary
> development libs first.

What? =0 You don't mean I have to download newer dev libs for that, do
you? But I now read that I also have to get the so called 'Cyrus SASL
libraries', so what packages do I actually need to download/install? Or
would you recommend me to simply use another MTA?

Christian

Re: modem noise

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Date sent:  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 00:58:09 +0100
To: "Debian Mailing-List (E-Mail)"

Subject:Re: modem noise
Send reply to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From:   Brian Potkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Forwarded by:   debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date forwarded: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 18:15:39 +0200 (CEST)

> On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 09:29:11PM +0200, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
>
> > How can I stop my modem to make noise after establishing connection?
>
> M1 does this I think.  It keeps the speaker on until the carrier is
> detected.
>
> > And another question relating to that: Under Windows I added "s11=30"
> > to the advanced setup of my connection to speed up the dial process,
> > where do I have to add this under linux?
>
> You do not say what software you are using but somewhere in a file you
> you should have the modem command
>
>   ATDT
>
> Change this to
>
>   ATs11=30DT
>
> You could also put the M1 in there too.
>
> Brian.
>

Cool, that did it (both)! :)

Thanks!

postfix and smarthost

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi!

What do I have to do to deliver all outgoing mails to a smarthost
via smtp-auth?

Someone told me i have to use a rather *new* version of postfix
compiled with SASL-Authentification support. Is this the case
with Potato r3 or do I have to get a newer version of this package
and/or recompile it?

Christian

modem noise

[Christian Schoenebeck]

How can I stop my modem to make noise after establishing connection?
And another question relating to that: Under Windows I added "s11=30"
to the advanced setup of my connection to speed up the dial process,
where do I have to add this under linux?

Christian

AW: mail server

[Christian Schoenebeck]

-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: Martin F Krafft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gesendet: Montag, 10. September 2001 17:44
An: Christian Schoenebeck
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Betreff: Re: mail server


> also sprach Christian Schoenebeck (on Mon, 10 Sep 2001 04:32:37PM +0200):

:)) verrückt!

> use postfix (always use postfix :->) and add
>
> defer_transports = smtp
>
> into the main.cf file, then your mailq will be emptied only when you
> execute `sendmail -q` or `postfix flush`, which you can conventienly
> run from /etc/ppp/ip-up.d

Ok, I can configure postfix to send all outgoing users' mails to one
smtp relay host of an ISP, but I can't see a way to get postfix to
fetch mails from several ISPs or have I overseen something?
Again, do I have to use fetchmail for this???

Christian

mail server

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hi everybody!

I want to configurate a linux box as the central mail server in our local
and private network.
It's got a dialup connection and is therefore not always connected to the
internet. It should
be able to fetch emails of all users from several ISPs and of course to send
outgoing mails
when a connection is established.

Can someone roughly tell me how to do it?

Do I have to configurate exim just for local mail, then fetcbmail to fetch
all emails on dialup?
What program do I need to send outgoing mails on dialup? Or can I use the
MTA (exim)
for this? Questions over questions. :)

Thanks in advance for any help,

Christian

AW: some general (samba) questions

[Christian Schoenebeck]

I did as you told me, but it doesn't work. 
The user's line also doesn't have the X... part, but just any other types.
Do I have to delete the user and recreate him to get him work with an empty 
password?


-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von:C. Falconer [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gesendet am:Freitag, 6. Oktober 2000 23:03
An: Christian Schoenebeck
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Betreff:Re: some general (samba) questions

At 06:23 PM 10/6/00 +0200, you wrote:
>I've got some questions. Hope that somebody can help me with that.
>Is it possible to create a samba-user with an empty password? Because if I 
>try so with smbpasswd the program denies the change.

Edit /etc/samba/smbpasswd and change the user's line from
bob:3000:::[U 
]:LCT-363F96AD:
to
bob:3000:NO 
PASSWORDX::[U 
]:LCT-363F96AD:

some general (samba) questions

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Hello everybody,

I've got some questions. Hope that somebody can help me with that.
Is it possible to create a samba-user with an empty password? Because if I try 
so with smbpasswd the program denies the change.
How can I get a view which users are created on my linux-machine? This would be 
helpful to control which users should be deleted from the system (f.g. if a 
person doesn't work there anymore)?
And last question: how can I remove an user from a samba server? When I just 
try "userdel " will the user also be deleted from the smbpasswd file or 
do I have to take further steps to cleanly remove the user from the system?

Christian Schoenebeck