Re: [OT] Microsoft's teeny punishment by the EU
* John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-23 23:25]: > Lou writes: > > They may not like it, however, with over $50 billion in cash reserves > > paying a $600 million fine is sort of like a normal person paying a > > speeding ticket. > > A $5000 speeding ticket. Don't understand how you figure that... $600 million is only 1.2% of the $50 billion cash reserve. So if I had to pay a fine of $5000 that would imply I had a $416,666 cash reserve. So if I had $10,000 cash reserve I figure my fine would be about $120. Perhaps you have more money in the bank than I do! Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Microsoft's teeny punishment by the EU
* Matthew Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-23 19:39]: > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2004 2:37 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [OT] Microsoft's teeny punishment by the EU > > > > > > Even though I still have a bunch of stock, and I'm a linux > > lover now, so > > I cheer if it goes up and I cheer if it goes down, I was expecting > > Europe to really nail Microsoft to the wall. I dunno, I > > expected some > > surrogate America-bashing, or just a really f-you to an American > > company. Even though it's a record for the EU, it's a pittance to > > Microsoft and will be barely noticed. > > > > What happened? Do they just have not much power? Why so light? > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > I doubt anyone in Microsoft regards it a pittance. > Just because they are able to pay, does not mean they will be happy > about paying. > They may not like it, however, with over $50 billion in cash reserves paying a $600 million fine is sort of like a normal person paying a speeding ticket. We don't like paying the ticket either but it usually does not do much to keep you from speeding again, just makes you more observant to avoid the police. Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What mail program does this?
* Sridhar M.A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-21 01:13]: > On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 09:25:59PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: >> >> Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Someone now (it is not SPAM, I now the sender) has sent me a 1.2Mb >> > jpeg file that mozilla chokes on, meaning he keeps trying to get it >> > off the server, which fails after a while, who knows why. >> >> fetchmail, mutt, gnus... >> >> > So I want to delete that file from the server, without trying to >> > download it. >> >> Why not use fetchmail to fetch it? >> > To delete the mails without downloading, use poppy. If you desire to do it manually, you can use telnet to connect to the POP server. Briefly, here is the commands required: telnet pop.server.ipaddr 110 USER x PASS y STAT LIST x RETR x DELE x QUIT where: 110 is the normal POP port x is your userid on the server y is your password x is the msg in question regards, Lou > > Regards, > > -- > Sridhar M.A. GPG KeyID : F6A35935 > Fingerprint: D172 22C4 7CDC D9CD 62B5 55C1 2A69 D5D8 F6A3 5935 > > Whatever occurs from love is always beyond good and evil. > -- Friedrich Nietzsche -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Reconfigure Mouse?
* Kenward Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-05 10:49]: > On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 09:50:44PM -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > ... > > I'm running in KDE. > > I'm using a Logitech optical wheel mouse connected through the USB port > > I'm referring to the X Mouse. > ... I did not catch the start of this thread, however I am using a USB optical mouse. Here is the config section for it: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device""/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection /dev/input/mice is defined with Major 13, and Minor 63 Hope that helps Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: presentation app
* Eduardo Gargiulo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 08:58]: > Hi all > > I'm looking for some debianized application for making presentations, > using slides, images, etc, that could run on an AMD K6II with 160Mb of RAM > with woody 3.0_r1. > Any help would be appreciated. > > thanks and sorry for my english > Your English is fine. You might want to take a look at MagicPoint, an X11 based presentation tool. It can be found at: http://www.mew.org/mgp/ I have no affiliation with them. Regards, Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exporting running display ala Remote Desktop or VNC for windows
* Kai Grossjohann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 02:11]: > Danie Roux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I want to continue working on a running GNOME desktop in my office from > > a remote location. > > Maybe it's sufficient to just run the applications you need? Just > ssh into your office (using the -X option if needed), and start > running X11 programs. > > This is not as fancy, but it works quite well. You do need X11 on > the local machine, though. > Which even if you are -forced- to run one of the products from Redmond is available for free via the Cygwin project. Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fetchmail Query
* Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-28 03:24]: > On Saturday 28 February 2004 06:16, Peter A. Cole wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm experiencing a minor issue with fetchmail 6.2.4. > > > > There is one message in my mailbox at my ISP that fetchmail sees but won't > > delete or anything. > > > > When it goes to retrieve this message, it has an NDR message: SMTP error: > > 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address [EMAIL PROTECTED] does not > > resolve. > > Dont know if this is the right solution for you, however, I have in the past had problems with fetchmail refusing to fetch a msg from my ISP due to what it deemed to be incorrect headers. When this occurs, I manually delete it using a telnet session. The port for POP is 110, so the basic flow is something like this. telnet my.isp.pop-server 110 trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx connected to my.isp.pop-server escape character is '^]' +OK USER myid +OK PASS secret +OK STAT +OK 0 0 LIST x <--- where x is the message number RETR x <--- try to look at the message DELE x <--- to delete the message QUIT HTH Lou > > You don't tell us what the full mailchain is - where is fetchmail feeding. > > It looks like whatever fetchmail is passing this to, it is rejecting the > sender address, because it can't look it up, and so fetchmail is not > delivering it and leaving it where it is. > > > > > -- > Alan Chandler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SSH: does it require portmapper and what hostname is it looking for?
* Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-18 12:45]: > On 18 Feb 2004, Jacob S. wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:25:08 + > > Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to run ssh between two computers but I get: > > > > > > "connect to host port 22: Connection refused." > > > > > > I have portmapper turned off for security, but is it essential for > > > ssh? > > > > In my /etc/hosts.allow file I have the line "sshd: ALL". I don't think > > portmap should make a difference. (Also note that I'm running ssh as a > > daemon, on this machine, not through inetd or anything else.) > > > so am I. > > > > Also, what is the hostname I have to supply? The FQDN seems to be > > > acampbell.org.uk but this is the same for both computers, which > > > doesn't seem to be right. > > > > Any FQDN that properly resolves to the ip address for the computer > > you're trying to ssh into should work. You could also use it's ip > > address, if you need to make sure which computer is giving you the > > problem. > > > > HTH, > > Jacob > > > Thanks for this reply. I'm getting "connection refused" on port 22. I > don't know if this port is blocked, perhaps. (I had bastille in place at > one time though not now.) > Just a couple of thoughts: - Are you able to telnet to port 22 on the target system? for example: telnet abc.com 22 you should get to see the OpenSSH banner if it connects successfully. - Do you have a router (i.e., LinkSys or DLink type box) that you need to open port 22 on? Lou Losee -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ssh with keepalive?
* Monique Y. Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-17 14:50]: > On 2004-02-17, Paul Johnson penned: > > > > One thing I've noticed is Comcast's network isn't the most reliable in > > the world when it comes to sustaining a connection with no activity. > > In putty, you can tell it to send a keepalive every n seconds, which > > for me, has been 100% reliable in maintaining the connection. > > > > I can't seem to find a similar option in ssh 1:3.6.1p2-12. What do > > other people on budget networks do for keepalives? (And for that > > matter, why doesn't every network-oriented program have some method to > > send a keepalive?) > > > > This doesn't directly answer your question, but Colin recently revealed > that putty exists on debian, so ... that's one work-around. You can > also use plink, the command-line tool, which can use putty's profiles. > > Something like > > plink @hostname > > should work (assuming hostname is a profile that you've defined in > putty). > While ssh does not have a command-line option for keepalive, there is a config file option. See man ssh_config Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Samba one way
* Jens Rantil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-19 14:14]: > Hi Dennis, > > > Is there something like "Network places" on Linux or do I have to use > > something like http:// ftp:// I mean something like server://server.name > > If I understand you correctly you should have a look at either > # man smbmount > or > # man smbclient > or maybe linneighborhood Lou Losee -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is swen back?
* Alphonse Ogulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-19 08:01]: > Got 200 plus mail bombs in my pop3 account this morning. Luckily I used Kmail > and filtered (deleted) every incoming message of size greater than 40Kb. Just > wondering, is swen back from holiday? How you people managing? > I have been getting hit again too. I assumed it was people that received computers for the holiday and were quickly infected. Lou Losee -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Linux slooow?!?
* Dennis Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-14 12:48]: > --snip-- > The problem is the CPU load when idle it runs between 5-30 % > As soon as I start an application it goes up to 100% and stays there till > the application is done loading. Loading an application like Kmail takes > about 2 to 3 minutes. What is using the cpu? top should tell you. What is the output of hdparm -Ttv /dev/your-drive ? Run it against both drives on the slow system. Just for grins you might also run it on the system that seems ok to compare the two. Perhaps you are running without dma? Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Replying from Mutt
Tom, * Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-09 09:39]: > The dist-upgrade of testing appears to have altered mutt so replies are > edited with nano instead of vi. I have no aversion to learning another > editor although I was comfortable with vi but my first attempt to reply > to a message failed. I struggled to find the exit from nano but > succeeded in reaching the usual screen with y for send mail however > after 24 hours the reply has not appeared in the list. > I believe that mutt uses the editor defined to either the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables. If neither of these are set it then uses the string 'vi'. Perhaps something you installed/upgraded has set one of these env variables. Try issuing 'echo $VISUAL' and 'echo $EDITOR' to see if either of them are set. Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mount failed: Invalid argument
* Douglas Dreistadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-06 09:16]: > Lou, > > Thanks for the reply. I was feeling pretty lost. > > * Douglas Dreistadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [2004-01-05 20:34]: > > I'm trying to install Debian from CD on a > > 700mhz AMD system with 500mb RAM. > > Right now I am stuck in the middle of > > installation. I have made it as far as disk > > formatting, but cannot "mount"(?) the root > > partition. > > When I try to mount dev/hda1 as the root file > > system, I get a [Mount failed: Invalid argument] > > > error, and cannot proceed beyond that point. > That > > error doesn't make sense to me, since I am using > > > the installation system setup menus, not the > > command line, and cannot add any arguments. > > -perhaps /dev/hda1 rather than dev/hda1 > > I'm not sure I know the difference. I guess I must > mean > /dev/hda1. The difference is that dev/hda1 refers to a directory named /dev/hda1 under whatever your current working directory is. Thus if you where currently in /home/foobar, it would be referring to /home/foobar/dev/hda1. This is not what you want. You want to refer to the dev directory that is a usbdirectory of the root (/) directory. Thus you specify it as /dev/hda1 > > > > > I am working with a 80gb Seagate hard disk. I created 3 primary > > partitions: > > > > 5gb for the boot partition 1gb for the swap partition 75gb for > > everything else > > -if they are in that order and the drive is hda then the root > partition -would be /dev/hda3 not /dev/hda1 > > So you're saying the root partition and the boot partition are > different things. I was assuming the the entire operating system was > going to be installed in the boot partition. Well, if the root should > be hda3, and the OS goes there, then do I really need to give 5gb to > the boot partition? Would you recommend repartitioning the boot > partition down to a smaller size? Reading the installation docs, I was > very confused. It suggests 20-30mb for the boot partition, but I have > allocated 5gb because I thought the OS would be installed there. How > much space would be appropriate for the boot partition? Yes they are different things. The /boot directory holds copies of your kernel and some config files for your boot loader. 20 to 30mb should be fine. The root directory is 'the root of the directory tree or hierarchy'. This is the directory '/'. This is where your operating system and everything else will go. > > The install doc (chapter 6) also recommends an upper limit of 6gb for > any partition. On an 80gb drive, that means I would have to create a > minimum of 14 different partitions! Is that realistic? Do I really > need to create that many partitions? I am not hte expert here, but this sounds ludicrous to me. I am not aware of any limit that would cause you to create partitions of 6gb or less. > > > > > I succeeded in creating the partitions, initializing all 3 > > partitions, and activating > the > > swap partition. Next, it says I have to "mount" > a > > partition as the root, and I have tried numerous > > > times, but always get the [invalid argument] error. > > > > Can anyone out there give me some pointers? > > > I'd be grateful for any comments ... > Hope that helps, Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two nics; only one works at a time
* Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-05 22:03]: > I've got a freshly installed Debian Stable box with two NICs, a 3c509 > and a 3c509c. In /etc/network/interfaces, I have them defined thusly: > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > auto eth1 > iface eth1 dhcp > > When I (re)start networking, ifconfig shows both cards to be configured > with all the proper numbers, but networking out is "iffy" (I haven't > been able to pin down a pattern), and I can ping from a different subnet > the eth1 card but never the eth0 card. > > If I comment out one of the cards (it doesn't matter which one) in > "interfaces" and restart networking, I can then ping from the different > subnet the card not commented out. In other words, both cards work, but > only one at a time. > > I've also tried static IP addresses with essentially the same results. > > I've booted off a Knoppix 3.3 CD, and both cards worked as expected, and > I was able to ping both cards from a different subnet. > > I actually wiped the drive and did a clean install of Stable, only to > find the same results afterward. I also upgraded from the 2.2 kernel to > 2.4.18-1-686; it made no difference. > > I've been googling all day trying to find an answer, and haven't hit the > right answer yet. If this isn't solved by tomorrow, the decision makers > are going to go with Redhat (because we're in a time crunch). Does > anyone have any insight as to what I need to do to get both NICs working > properly? > Kent, What is the output of the 'route' command when you have the interfaces up with and without knoppix? Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mount failed: Invalid argument
* Douglas Dreistadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-05 20:34]: > I'm trying to install Debian from CD on a > 700mhz AMD system with 500mb RAM. > Right now I am stuck in the middle of > installation. I have made it as far as disk > formatting, but cannot "mount"(?) the root > partition. > When I try to mount dev/hda1 as the root file > system, I get a [Mount failed: Invalid argument] > error, and cannot proceed beyond that point. That > error doesn't make sense to me, since I am using > the installation system setup menus, not the > command line, and cannot add any arguments. perhaps /dev/hda1 rather than dev/hda1 > > I am working with a 80gb Seagate hard disk. I > created 3 primary partitions: > > 5gb for the boot partition > 1gb for the swap partition > 75gb for everything else if they are in that order and the drive is hda then the root partition would be /dev/hda3 not /dev/hda1 > > I succeeded in creating the partitions, > initializing all 3 partitions, and activating the > swap partition. Next, it says I have to "mount" a > partition as the root, and I have tried numerous > times, but always get the [invalid argument] > error. > > Can anyone out there give me some pointers? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: adding new hard disk
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-05 01:52]: > sorry Lou but man does not wrk on my Winshit and Deb is down after recompiling > the kernel. :( You can view man pages online at: http://man.linuxquestions.org Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: adding new hard disk
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-05 01:32]: > > BTW... excuse mu ignorancy can you explain to me what LVM is and how it works? > thax ed. http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/LVM-HOWTO.index.html Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: adding new hard disk
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-05 01:32]: > > > > You most likely want cp -a rather than cp -r. > > > What is the difference between -a and -r > ed. man cp Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: adding new hard disk
Hi Anita, * Anita Rohani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-04 23:30]: > Hi > > A few hard disk partitions on our current Debian > system are close to becoming full. I would like to > install an addtional hard disk and extend the > partitions on the current disk to the new disk. Is it > possible to do so and are there any instructions > avaliable on how to add and configure additional hard > disks on Debian? > I do not think you can actually extend the existing partitions - that is make them span the old and the new disks. However. you can install the new disk, use fdisk to create partitons on it and then move the data from some of the existing partitions to the new disk. Then you can mount the new partitons. This way you could, for instance, create a larger /home or /var or /usr etc. on the new disk to replace the partitons on the old disk. Once this is done, you could delete the old partions and use a tool such as parted or QTparted to resize the partitions on the old disk and make them larger also. HTH Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problem running foomatic-filters postinst script
I am having a problem configuring the foomatic-filters package when installing it. It seems that the ucf script is hanging on the read of the response to the question of what to do with the config file. To start to figure out what is going on, I modified the ucf script in /usr/bin/ with an echo just above and just below the line that reads the response to the queries presented. The line that does the reading is: read -e ANSWER; I also modified the foomatic-filters.postinst script to invoke the ucf script with the verbose and debug options. Original line was: ucf --three-way $tempfile $FILTERCONF changed to: ucf -v -d 2 --three-way $tempfile $FILTERCONF When executing the /var/lib/dpkg/info/foomatic-filters.postinst script, I get the following output: ucf: The Debug value is 2 ucf: The new file is /tmp/fileB1FBhE ucf: The Destination file is /etc/foomatic/filter.conf ucf: The Source directory is /tmp ucf: The State directory is /var/lib/ucf The hash file exists egrep [[:space:]]/etc/foomatic/filter.conf$ /var/lib/ucf/hashfile The new start file is `/tmp/fileB1FBhE\' The destination is `/etc/foomatic/filter.nf\' The history is kept under \'/tmp\' The file may be cached at \'/var/lib/ucf/cache/:etc:foomatic:filter.conf\' The destination file exists, and has md5sum: 30785e8a78643d070ac2e15517549dfe /etc/foomatic/filter.conf The old md5sum does not exist. The new file exists, and has md5sum: b6e983525b10e4d913bb32caac029902 /tmp/fileB1FBhE Historical md5sums are not available No match found, we shall ask. Configuration file `/etc/foomatic/filter.conf' ==> File on system created by you or by a script. ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer. What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: Y or I : install the package maintainer's version N or O : keep your currently-installed version D : show the differences between the versions Z : start a new shell to examine the situation The default action is to keep your current version. *** filter.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? about to read answer...d < echo 'about to read answer...' added by me < press enter < press enter < press Ctl-C [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ Output of 'apt-show-versions foomatic-filters' : foomatic-filters/testing uptodate 3.0.0-20031207-1 Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
modprobe says not found - insmod ok ????
After recently recompiling my kernel to 2.4.22 I am having a problem with my usb mouse. During boot, I get a msg from modprobe that module usbmouse is not found. However, it does exist in the /lib/modules/xxx/kernel/drivers/usb directory where xxx matches the output of uname-r. So the net of this is I get to the kdm login screen with no mouse capability. If I switch to terminal 1 (i.e., C-A-F1), logon and issue modprobe usbmouse, modprobe says the module is not found. However if I issue insmod usbmouse the module loads and the mouse works great. Any ideas? I have been reading all of the modxxx manpages and the doc and have not been able to come up with anything. All/any help would be appreciated. Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Run levels and "transportation"
* David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-21 09:03]: > Sometimes I need to trap out to a tty to kill something that is stalling the > Xserver, etc. Once I have done this, how might I get back into the graphics > interface? > > I only know how to reboot at this point. > Alt-F7 Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to debug an apt-get error?
* Toshiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-20 16:26]: > > > > >I'm running sid, I'm having a problem with the upgrade of kdm, the > > > > > error just says that the postinstallation script return an error > > > > > (30). This message is very cryptic and it's pretty much useless. > > > > Have you tried "script"? > > I think 'script' is used to capture screen output to a file, but nothing is > printed to the terminal (except the error I mentioned above). If there's > another way to use script, please tell me. Thanks, > > How about invoking it with the -x option. i.e.: bash -x postinstallation.sh that will cause each line of the script to print out prior to execution and you should see where the error occurs. Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Compromised? (Was Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!)
* michelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-20 10:01]: > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > ..get a knoppix type cd burned and reboot from that, and redo your > > md5sum etc checks, if they manage to mess with a knoppix cd so > > it okays bad files without you noticing, these guys are _very_ good. > > > > ..and, you wanna check your iso's md5sums against a verified > > debian mirror or somesuch, if you sarge iso's has been faked, > > your md5sums will look "ok" too. > > > > What's a knoppix type cd, and where do I get it? Knoppix is a debian distro on cd that runs from the cd without touching your current system. It has excellent hardware detection capabilities and is a good addition to have in your toolbox. for information about knoppix in general: http://www.knoppix.net The download page for knoppix: http://www.knoppix.net/get.php Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: man files to text editor
* Jan Minar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-17 16:23]: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 01:07:35PM -0500, Lou Losee wrote: > > * Gruessle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-17 12:21]: > > > > > > Is there a way I can open man files in a text editor. > > > I like to print one but have not configured my printer jet. > > > So I will email it to my other pc. > > > > > Try man xxx | col -b > text-filename > > This actually should not work, you have to tell man(1) it should send the > formatted manpage to stdout, instead of messing with the pager. > Replace `foo' with the desired program name. > > $ man --pager cat foo | col -b > text-filename > Well perhaps it should not work, but it does. I have used the construct for years now. In chasing down the man pager, it appears to default to 'less'. Try it you may like it - simple and quick. Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Gimp 1.3 and the latest GAIM
* Joseph A. Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-17 13:07]: > On Wednesday 17 December 2003 09:02 am, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 08:14:03AM -0600, Joseph A. Nagy wrote: > >> I'm trying to get Gimp 1.3 (I've gotten Gimp 1.2) and the latest > >> GAIM (.74) but Gimp 1.3 isn't even in experimental and GAIM has > >> some dependencies and aptitude cannot even get it to install. :( > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/software/tmp$ apt-cache policy gimp1.3 gaim > > gimp1.3: > > Installed: 1.3.22-3 > > Candidate: 1.3.22-3 > > Version Table: > > 1.3.23-1 0 > > 95 http://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages > > *** 1.3.22-3 0 > > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > > > gaim: > > Installed: 1:0.72-1 > > Candidate: 1:0.72-1 > > Version Table: > > *** 1:0.72-1 0 > > 95 http://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages > > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > 1:0.64-3 0 > > 900 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main Packages > > > > Yes, gaim is lagging behind. But, gimp is up to date. > > > > Regards, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get install gimp1.3 > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Package gimp1.3 has no available version, but exists in the database. > This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and > never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents > of sources.list > E: Package gimp1.3 has no installation candidate > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > What does apt-cache policy gaim and apt-cache policy gimp1.3 tell you? I assume you have done an apt-get update. Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: man files to text editor
* Gruessle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-17 12:21]: > > Is there a way I can open man files in a text editor. > I like to print one but have not configured my printer jet. > So I will email it to my other pc. > Try man xxx | col -b > text-filename it will give you a text version of the man page. Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!
> > booting single user in 80x25 text mode gives still gives me the hard disk > acces on each keypress. > > Oh yeah, I'm using sarge with various kernels (2.2.20, 2.4.22, 2.6.0-test9, > 2.6.0-test11) all giving the same results. Previously, woody was on this > machine, and this problem didn't occur. > > Is there a configuration file somewhere that sets the amount of memory to > use for the bash shell? If so, what is it? And could it be set to something > absurdly small? > > Or is this perhaps from a keylogger secretly installed? If so, how could I > detect it? > Have you tried booting from a 'clean' disk/cd. How about trying something like booting knoppix or tomsrtbt? Does it happen then? Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: loopback interface down - solved
* A.L.Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-16 12:56]: > Thanks a million, Lou! You're a genius. Small cause, big effect. > Whew! Did you post a bug report to the inetutils-tools packagers? > No cause as far as I could tell the inetutils-tools package was from unstable which means it can't be trusted - right? Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: loopback interface down, sob ;-(
* A.L.Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-16 09:38]: > Thanks, Andreas. Alas the problem is still alive but here are some > details from doing > > networking restart > > in /etc/init.d/ : > > wassern:/etc/init.d# ./networking restart > Reconfiguring network interfaces...ifconfig: can not resolve `down': Host name > lookup failure > cat: /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid: No such file or directory > ifconfig: can not resolve `down': Host name lookup failure > ifconfig: only one address allowed for interface `lo' > Usage: ifconfig [OPTION]... [SYSTEM OPTION]... > Try `ifconfig --help' for more information. > Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl5 > Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium. > All rights reserved. > > This matches the problem I was having almost exactly (see my previous response to this thread. To verify, as root, do a: find / -name ifconfig and see if there are more than one copy on your system. Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Correct place for networking commands in Debian?
I believe they should go into /etc/network/interfaces. You should also have a networking script in /etc/init.d and the appropriate symlinks in the /etc/rc.x directories. Lou > To set up my ADSL router I have to do: > > ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up > route add default gw 192.168.1.2 eth0 > > > Where is the correct Debian place to put these - /etc/network/interfaces > perhaps, or should they go in rc.local? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: loopback interface down, sob ;-(
I recently had something similar. It turned out to be that I had two versions of ifconfig installed. One was in /sbin/ifconfig, the other in /usr/bin/ifconfig. The 'correct' ifconfig was the one in /sbin/ifconfig. It seems that I had installed the inetutils-tools package which caused the bogus version in /usr/bin. Removing the package solved the problem. The 'correct version of ifconfig was in the net-tools package. Are you able to bring up the loopback interface manually, ie: ifconfig lo up 127.0.0.1 What does your /etc/network/interfaces look like? Lou * A. L. Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-14 07:19]: > Hi! After all the publicity about the breakins to the Debian servers, > I decided to try to secure my systems better and, alas, not only > failed in the process but trashed my network as well. The loopback > interface lo is down, unreachable (even as root) and ping fails. > Occasionally I get messages that only 1 address is allowed but I > cannot find the right files to clean this up. The problems arose > after installing bastille, then removing it using > > apt-get --purge remove bastille > > Help much appreciated. > > Lux > -- > If you receive this by error, please delete it and inform the sender. > Key fingerprint: 8994 CFDD 9C60 C978 A488 689F 5DCC EFC4 4D36 580D > To Big Brother Echelon from "spook": > terrorist radar colonel bomb North Korea Sudan genetic arrangements > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to read package change logs before install
Ok - another elementary (I hope) apt question: 1)Is there any way to read the change-log associated with a package without either downloading the package or installing the package? Typically to see the change log, readme, etc, I download the package and install it and if it isn't correct then remove it. Alternatively, I use APT-listchanges to see the change log before actually installing, but saying no at that point forces the cancellation of all installs not just the one I don't want after reading the changes. TIA, Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to get a listing of where packages came from
* Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-10 23:54]: > Lou Losee wrote: > >Is there a way to easily determine what version (stable, testing, > >unstable) the packages installed on a system came from? > > > apt-show-versions shows the version and status (up to date or > upgradeable) for every installed Debian package. > Thanks - just what I was looking for Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to get a listing of where packages came from
This is probably a simple question, but Is there a way to easily determine what version (stable, testing, unstable) the packages installed on a system came from? I realize that using apt-cache policy allows me to determine it for individual packages but I am looking for a list for all installed packages. TIA Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems with networking on boot - ?solved?
Ok - I have solved the problem, but not the reason for it. It seems there are TWO versions of 'ifconfig' on my system. -rwxr-xr-x1 root root53516 Jun 27 22:09 /sbin/ifconfig and -rwxr-xr-x1 root root27736 Oct 24 10:29 /usr/bin/ifconfig >From dpkg -S I determined that /sbin/ifconfig is from the net-tools package and the /usr/bin/ifconfig is from the inetutils-tools package. Renaming /usr/bin/ifconfig to /usr/ifconfig-old solves the problem. The reason I chose /usr/bin/ifconfig to rename is that according to 'apt-cache policy' it only exists in unstable. How I got it installed at this point is unclear. It may have been during an aptitude 'browsing' session since the description for the package is vague but promising. ie.: 'Base utilities for network administration. Hmmm. Lou * Andrea Tasso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-10 17:30]: > > uhm, you have dhcp, I do not, so I have 4 ex > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 10.0.0.1 > network 10.0.0.0 > netmask 255.0.0.0 > gateway 10.0.0.138 > > > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:43:49PM -0500 or thereabouts, Lou Losee wrote: > > * Andrea Tasso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-09 14:32]: > > > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:02:49PM -0500 or thereabouts, Lou Losee wrote: > > > > I am having problems getting networking to start up on boot. I can get > > > > it running manually, but it seems like there is an interface problem > > > > between ifup/down and ifconfig. > > > > > > what do you have in /etc/network/interfaces ? > > > > > Here it is: > > > > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) > > > > # The loopback interface > > # automatically added when upgrading > > auto lo > > iface lo inet loopback > > auto eth0 > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > > > Lou > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems with networking on boot
* Andrea Tasso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-09 14:32]: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:02:49PM -0500 or thereabouts, Lou Losee wrote: > > I am having problems getting networking to start up on boot. I can get > > it running manually, but it seems like there is an interface problem > > between ifup/down and ifconfig. > > what do you have in /etc/network/interfaces ? > Here it is: # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) # The loopback interface # automatically added when upgrading auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
problems with networking on boot
I am having problems getting networking to start up on boot. I can get it running manually, but it seems like there is an interface problem between ifup/down and ifconfig. I am running net-tools (ifconfig) 1.60.8 and ifupdown 0.6.4-4.6 but have also tried this with net-tools 1.60.4 and ifupdown 0.5.4-4 After bootingthe system, there are no network interfaces setup. If I manually run ifup -av I get the following output: Configuring interface lo=lo (inet) run-parts /etc/network/if-pre-up.d ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up ifconfig: only one address allowed for interface `lo' Usage: ifconfig [OPTION]... [SYSTEM OPTION]... Try `ifconfig --help' for more information. Configuring interface eth0=eth0 (inet) run-parts /etc/network/if-pre-up.d pump -i eth0 run-parts /etc/network/if-up.d However networking comes up fine if I issue the commands: ifconfig lo up 127.0.0.1 pump -i eth0 Similarly, if I try ifdown -av I get: Configuring interface lo=lo (inet) run-parts /etc/network/if-down.d ifconfig lo down ifconfig: can not resolve `down': Unknown host Configuring interface eth0=eth0 (inet) run-parts /etc/network/if-down.d pump -i eth0 -k ifconfig eth0 down ifconfig: can not resolve `down': Host name lookup failure With regards to the boot sequence, in /etc/rcS.d I have: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 18 Dec 8 07:31 /etc/rcS.d/S40ifupdown -> ../init.d/ifupdown lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 Dec 8 07:31 /etc/rcS.d/S40networking -> ../init.d/networking I tried searching bugs and the changelogs for ifconfig and ifupdown and the forum archives but didn't see anything relavent. Anyone have any ideas where/what to look at next. TIA, Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Slow linux.bin
* - _ r a r o h _ - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-02 10:09]: > Hallo, > > installed woody with booting from floppy - it takes 4 minutes to read > the floppy. I hear the movement of the floppy some 20 seconds ... > > Any idea how to fix ? > WAG - bad sectors or sectors going bad on the floppy - try creating a new boot floppy Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
vim print via :hardcopy does not find 'prolog.ps'
Don't know when this went belly-up, but when I try to print from vim 1.6.1-320.1, using :hardcopy, I get the following error: E456: Can't find PostScript resource file "prolog.ps". When I do a find for "prolog.ps, I find 3 instances that according to diff are all the same (except for cvs type comments): /usr/lib/perl5/Tk/prolog.ps /usr/lib/tk8.3/prolog.ps /usr.lib/tk8.4/prolog.ps I did a re-install of vim and that did not help at all. Anyone have any ideas? Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: netiquette: CCing on lists
> To use L I have to define the mailing lists I am subscribed to, this > causes mutt to do weird things (I don't remember exactly what, but it > might have shown debian-user as the sender of all messages from > debian-user, instead of the actual senders). Not for me - the From: header is correct. There is a Resent-from: header that is set to debian-user. Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: netiquette: CCing on lists
* Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-29 11:32]: > Bijan Soleymani wrote: > >I hit the g key in mutt. It usually does do CCs. I'm told that there is > >a header that people can set to request no CCs. I think you mentionned > >something along those lines. I am pretty sure mutt respects that. I > >think most of the CCs you are receiving are from borken mail-clients > >that don't respect that header. > > You should be hitting L, not g. But make sure you define them in your muttrc as being subscribed to. Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: unstable cups problem
* Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-26 05:37]: > As cups does not allow ordinary users to cancel jobs, I have to log out, log > on as root and start a root KDE session - which I hate to do at all - in > order to open print manager and kill the waiting jobs. The print jobs can still be managed via the command line. Use lpq to view the jobs, lprm 'spool-number' to remove them. If you are not authorized to delete the job, use sudo to gain root authority for the command. Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote backup from Windows PCs
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-24 23:22]: > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 19:40, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 06:41:48PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > > So I'd prefer that backups are initiated on the remote PCs, and that > > > > even the file set to backup was controlled on the remote PCs. All the > > > > Linux server is doing then is streaming the data to tape. > > > > > > > > Can anyone recommend some software to achieve this? > > > > > I thought of one thing immediately, there is some package that reads email > > > messgages to it (the server) and using some authentication scheme then > > > processes the email message as a 'sys admin command'. Thus you have the > > > remote pcs' email 'back me up' and the email goes to the debian server and > > > it says ok. > > > > Thanks for the suggestion. I was really hoping there might be a well > > integrated client/server solution where the Windows client would look > > like a standard backup solution with GUI etc but back up to a remote server. > > It shouldn't be hard to write something like that, with the server > daemon on the Linux box, written in Perl or Python, and the client > written in Python/Tk (which could then run on Windows, Linux, BSD, > and probably even Mac OS9 & X). > There is a relatively simple example of such a program detailed in Chapter 7 'E-Mail as a System Console' in the book 'Multitool Linux Practical Uses for Open Source Software' by Michael Schwarz, Jeremy Anderson, Peter Curtis and Steven Murphy. It is published by Addison Wesley and has ISBN - 0-201-73420-6 Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [solved] System refuses to load uhci instead of usb-uhci
Never mind ... usb-uhci was in /etc/modules Dooh!!! Lou Losee * Lou Losee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-08 17:12]: > Hi, Currently on boot, my system is loading the usb-uhci module. I am > trying to change that to get it to load the uhci module instead. I am > running a custom 2.4.22 kernel if that matters. I want uhci instead of > usb-uhci based on the following output I get from a lspci -v | grep HCI > command: > > 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 > [UHCI]) > 00:0b.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) > 00:0b.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) > 00:0b.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) > > Based on some input from the hpoj list, I added the following line to > the aliases file in /etc/modutils and ran update-modules: > > alias usb-controller uhci > > That did not work, usb-uhci still loaded after a power down and reboot > (I was also told that a simple modprobe -r usb-uhci followed by a > modprobe uhci would not work and to power down the system after > changing) - shades of that *other* operating system. > > So, then based on information in the FAQ at linux-usb.org, I removed the > previous line I added and added the following lines instead: > > alias usb uhci > post-install uhci modprobe printer > > Again after running update-modules powering down and rebooting usb-uhci > still gets loaded > > Help - any ideas on how to get this to work > > Lou Losee > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
System refuses to load uhci instead of usb-uhci
Hi, Currently on boot, my system is loading the usb-uhci module. I am trying to change that to get it to load the uhci module instead. I am running a custom 2.4.22 kernel if that matters. I want uhci instead of usb-uhci based on the following output I get from a lspci -v | grep HCI command: 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) 00:0b.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) 00:0b.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) 00:0b.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Based on some input from the hpoj list, I added the following line to the aliases file in /etc/modutils and ran update-modules: alias usb-controller uhci That did not work, usb-uhci still loaded after a power down and reboot (I was also told that a simple modprobe -r usb-uhci followed by a modprobe uhci would not work and to power down the system after changing) - shades of that *other* operating system. So, then based on information in the FAQ at linux-usb.org, I removed the previous line I added and added the following lines instead: alias usb uhci post-install uhci modprobe printer Again after running update-modules powering down and rebooting usb-uhci still gets loaded Help - any ideas on how to get this to work Lou Losee -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pls explain setrlimit log message
Can someone explain the following log message I am getting occasionally? I did a man on setrlimit and understand that it has to do with resource limits, but how do I find out some more detail to figure out the cause and solution? snail pam_limits[14846]: setrlimit limit #6 to soft=-1, hard=-1 failed: Operation not permitted; uid=1000 euid=1000 Thanks... Lou Losee -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: knx-hdinstall vs dist-upgrade. taking bets.
* S. Loisel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-03 17:36]: > Dear Debianites, ...snip > I realize this is probably not the Debian way of doing things, but I am > an adventurer in the jungle with a whip and a gun, and I'm looking for a > golden statue. Or something. > > At any rate, could anyone give me an overview, initial pointers, > walkthrough, howto, whatever, on going from a knoppixified initial > Debian installation to a dist-upgraded modern Debian desktop including > all the latest whizbang? I've never administrated Debian before, but > I've been using RH for a long time (since the 4.x days.) Perhaps browsing the forums and/or asking questions at: www.knoppix.net might be more productive. Lou Losee -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Security updates vs. Sarge and Sid??
The posts that arrive from the Debian Security list show package updates for Woody. How does one ensure that these same updates are applied when running a mixed system (testing & stable)? For instance: Recently a post for mysql-common indicated an update was available. If I run apt-cache policy mysql-common I get the following output: mysql-common: Installed: 4.0.13-3 Candidate: 4.0.13-3 Version Table: 4.0.14-1 0 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages *** 4.0.13-3 0 990 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.23.49-8.5 0 500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages 3.23.49-8 0 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Packages So, I have the latest version installed from testing. Does that include the changes from security.debian.org? Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mysql question.
* Mark Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-15 01:25]: > Ah yes, I tried those doc's first.: > menem:/home/mark# mysqladmin -u root password 'secret' > mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: NO)' > > And I swear to you, I never set a password! I freshly installed mysql, and I > cannot access it. Could this be a DNS problem? > > (When I ping localhost, I do get respons from 127.0.0.1) I'm at a loss... Just for grins have you tried removing and reinstalling mysql? remove it with a purge to get rid of any configuration and reinstall should clear it up. I assume you do not have anything to lose since you have not been able to start mysql anyway. Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need help with mutt
* Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-29 00:04]: > I want to change the way mutt displays email. Mutt displays > a bunch of stuff that starts with Envelope-to: and continues > thru X-Spam-Status: to Resent-Bcc: > > My use of email is fairly simple minded, and I seldom give > much attention to this stuff unless something in the body > of the message makes me wonder where the message came from. > > So I would like to display this stuff at the end of the > email, after the body of the message. Can this be done? > Where do I find directions? What is this kind of reconfiguring > called? (so that I recognize it in a TOC) > These 'things' are called headers or more precisely mail headers. To limit those you desire to see, put entries such as the following in your ~/.muttrc file: # ignore everything ignore * # view the headers we want to see unignore from: to: date: cc: subject: reply-to: This would cause only the To:, From:, cc:, Date: Subject: and Reply-to: headers to be diplayed. While viewing the message you can toggle the visibility of the ignored headers on and off by pressing the 'h' key. There are some other headers you may want to see all the time, such as priority: This question would be more appropriate in the mutt-users list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTH, Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: procmail filters
* gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-28 23:59]: > I am trying to filter some mail as a user using the .procmailrc file in the > home directoty. For instance I want to move incoming email to for example > the folder Debian Users. Does anyone know if there is a good howto or how to > do this? > man procmailex man procmailrc www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs man procmail- the NOTES section Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: Why is C so popular?
* Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-28 08:57]: > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 06:46:09 -0500 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lets take my MUA, Evolution, for example. It's not processor > > intensive. Why couldn't it be written in Python? > > It wouldn't idle as fast? > > > The SLOC count would be lowered, and that means a lower bug count and > > quicker development. > > SLOC? Source Lines of Code Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB problems
* Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-23 21:50]: > --- Henning Moll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > But there is no /proc/bus/usb/devices and programs like gphoto do not work... > > > > Any suggestions? > > You probably do not have an entry in /etc/fstab. Either mount it manually with: mount -t usbdevfs none /proc/bus/usb or add an entry in /etc/fstab like so to not have to mount it manually all the time: none /proc/bus/usbusbdevfs defaults 0 0 See: http://Linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x173.html HTH, Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new kernel won't boot - operator error 101
You may get better response by posting to Debian-knoppix. Later, Lou * Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-19 01:49]: > I thought I knew what I was doing. > > I finally compiled a new kernel, and copied it into my /boot > partition, and edit my /etc/lilo.conf, to point to the new kernel, but > left the working one, just in case. > > My problem? The new compiled kernel never brings the system up. The > system was a Knoppix install, and the lilo.conf never gave a chance to > select which boot image to select. > > What is the best way to get my system booting the original kernel? > > I have a Knoppix cdrom to help facilitate this endeavor, and once I > get it running again, I will create a boot/rescue floppy. > > Thanks > > -- > Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux User #96112 > ICQ#: AIM#: YAHOO: > 18002350 mailman452 mailman42_5 > > They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a > little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. > Ben Franklin - 1759 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /var/lib/dpkg/available a day behind apt
Colin, I have seen you 'suggest' this a couple of times now. Would you give a reference to something that explains why? Thanks. Lou Losee * Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-18 06:17]: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 09:48:54AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > Gentlemen, my /var/lib/dpkg/available file always seems a day behind > > apt: > > Sounds like you're using 'apt-get update' instead of 'dselect update'. > Don't. > > > P.S. Is it normal to have a /var/lib/dpkg/lock always present 24 hours > > a day? > > Yes. > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Traditional Install or Knoppix?
I installed via Knoppix. Things went smoothly and I have had no problems with the apt-get upgrade process. However There are *situations* to think about: - By default the install goes into a single partition. There are howtos to get the /home directories onto another partition, but that is the default. - By default the user that is installed is named 'knoppix' again there are howtos to install with a different user. - once installed vs running from the cd, knoppix loses all of its unique hardware detection capabilities. - knoppix installs alot of packages that a typical user - especially a newbie doesn't need Within the situations described, I am pleased with the install. It was very quick and easy and does give a user a very workable system. Cheers, Lou Losee * Darryl Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-17 06:02]: > Hershel, > > I haven't tried Knoppix to Debian myself, though I have seen a number of > relevant posts. Apparently Knoppix is basically Debian unstable. Depending > on exactly what the differences are, it may be possible to simply update the > sources and do an apt-get upgrade to go to Debian unstable. I saw one post > from someone who tried this and managed to break their KDE, and am mainly > interested in whether others have tried this more succesfully. I'm not > familiar enough with Knoppix to know what changes have been made and what may > go wrong. > > regards, > > Darryl > > > On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 07:14 pm, you wrote: > > Darryl, I am a newbie newbie about to install Debian for the very first > > time on a Celeron machine. I have Knoppix (from last week) and it runs on > > my P III. I have no great interest in investing a lot of time playing with > > the installation of Debian. How does this Knoppix to Debian work? You just > > install Knoppix (with all of its auto-detection for x86 architecture) and > > then upgrade to whichever Debian you want? > > > > I am watching the list for responses, but you say that this has worked in > > the past for you. > > > > Thank you, > > Hershel Robinson > > Jerusalem, Israel > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Darryl Barlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sun, August 17, 2003 4:30 > > > To: debian users > > > Subject: Traditional Install or Knoppix? > > > > > > > > > I plan to install Debian unstable on another machine. > > > Whenever I have done > > > this in the past I have started with a Woody install from cd > > > followed by > > > apt-get dist-upgrade which of course works well. However, is > > > there any > > > disadvantage to installing knoppix and then using > > > dist-upgrade? Might save > > > me some time and bandwidth. > > > > > > Any opinions welcome. > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > Darryl > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: horse at the gate
Jamin W. Collins wrote: On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 07:16:34PM -0500, Mark Roach wrote: What sort of reference are you looking for, general command line tools? Something else? Not sure what you mean here, but if you give some more info I'm sure plenty of folks here have their favorite references :-) A rather decent generl purpose one (with a Debian slant even) is the "Linux Cookbook": http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=30712288&loc=106 http://www.nostarch.com/lcbk.htm This is a good reccomendation. It is also available online at: http://www.dsl.org/cookbook/ Lou Losee -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
