Re: UT2003/OpenGL/unstable Issues

2004-01-29 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 11:57:20PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote:
> Just curious... a patched v5328, or a patched v5336?  I'd be interested in
> this "patch" in either case, but v5336 was supposedly released to fix "AGP
> issues".
 
I aint to sure, i renamed the file and it aint on ma comp atm so yeah
:\. It would probably be the one patched to fix those AGP issues, i
would have downloaded it about 1 1/2-2 weeks ago from a non nVidia site.
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UT2003/OpenGL/unstable Issues

2004-01-28 Thread Ryan Mackay
Hi,

I get the following error whenever i try to run Unreal Tournament 2003
on my Debian unstable system:

--CUT--
Could not load OpenGL library

History: 

Exiting due to error
--CUT--

Talk about verbose, my video card is an nVidia GeForce 4 Ti4400 and im
running a patched version of the latest drivers (fixed an AGP issue).

Some odd info:

* WolfET runs fine as do other OpenGL apps.
* I installed xlibmesa-dev before i installed the nVidia
  drivers as i found doing otherwise stops wine from being
  able to compile with OpenGL (and probably other apps to)
* Running kernel 2.4.23 (homemade, not debian :P)

Any ideas on how i could get it running fella's?
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Re: Get a load of this!

2004-01-28 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 04:28:24PM +0100, David Baron wrote:
> http://www.lionstracs.com/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view
> 
> OK, it's RedHat, but ... :-)
> 

*sniff* Almost brings a tear to the eye :) *sniff*
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Re: sound blaster live support

2004-01-27 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 11:02:51PM -0700, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 11:16:12PM -0500, walt wrote:
> > Any easy way to get a sound blaster live working in debian testing? I
> > am googling right now but would really appreciate any hints.

I personally just use the emu10k1 module, it sounds good, and works fine

$ modprobe emu10k1

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Re: Hard Drive Seek Errors

2004-01-27 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 10:44:52PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote:
> Since installing smartsuite I am getting many reports of hard drive seek 
> errors.  One of the drives is brand new, just installed two weeks ago.
> 
> I don't understand this.
> 
> Tom

Run dmesg and show us the errors, eg

$ dmesg | grep hdX

Where hdX is the drive in question.


I had these problems a while back and they solved themself by
enabling the "Use multimode by default" kernel option under
IDE/ATA/blah settings.
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Re: no hard disk drive detected on installation

2004-01-25 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:37:27AM -0600, Frank Fuller wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm new to Debian, and although I've used Red Hat in the past I'm basically
> a Linux newbie. My problem is I can't install Debian because I get the
> message "No hard disk drives were detected. You need to load special
> drivers from a floppy . . . " at the start of installation. 
> 
> I have two hard drives in my computer and I'm going to dual boot with
> Windows 98. Both hard drives -- a Maxtor and a Western Digital -- are
> formatted for and work with Windows. My hard drive controller is a Promise
> Ultra ATA 66. 
> 
> I am eager to try out Debian but have no idea where to start with this
> problem. Does anyone have any ideas? 
> 

Try running the install with the 2.4 series kernel instead...it might
help :\

To do this, at the screen when the cdrom initialy boots (the boot:
prompt) type 'bf24' and hit enter. Eg

boot: bf24

it might solve your problem :)
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Re: Installation

2004-01-25 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 10:58:44AM -0600, Nick Kirchner wrote:
> I'm trying to install the stable version of Debian on my computer. The 
> computer has a 300 MHz Pentium, 48 MB RAM, and a DVD player. I'm installing 
> from CD.
> During install I partition the 6GB hard drive into a 100 MB swap at the end 
> of the disk the rest as the Linux partition. At the hardware configuration 
> phase I don't adjust anything. When I try to install kernel and base system 
> it give errors.
> I'm a complete Linux newbie, and I'd really like to try out Debian.
> Thanks--
> Trent Kriss
> 
Noobie tip #1:

"i get errors" is not enough information.

What does it say?
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Re: iptables generates unwanted output

2004-01-24 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 11:40:49AM +0100, Joris Huizer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I recently set up iptables (that is, I replaced /etc/init.d/iptables 
> with the script I got).
> 
> Now, when I'm on one of the tty' terminals, I get this message each time:
> 
> INPUT packet died: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=10.0.0.150 DST=10.0.0.255 
> LEN=131 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=111
> 
> it looks like a lot of packages with identical properties, are sent to 
> my computer; Maybe it's important to know, my internet connection is 
> dhcp and it uses dynamic IP addressing (could that cause such a problem?)
> 
> So basically, I've got two questions,
> What could be causing this?
> How can I make iptables stop generating output on the tty - and let it 
> write in some kind of logfile instead?
> 

Hi,

Yes, this _feature_ can be INCREDIBLEY annoying for a machine that you
also have to work on aswell :P.

To stop it add this to /etc/init.d/klogd

KLOGD="-c 4"

It sets the verbosity level so to speak so those evil packet logs go to
the disk where they should be.

(PS: run `/etc/init.d/klogd restart` afterwards :P)
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Re: sarge

2004-01-24 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:29:14PM +0100, knoppix wrote:
> HI
> 
> Where can I find a sarge iso please
> 
> thx
> 

google
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Re: Formatting Floppy

2004-01-23 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 02:13:51PM -0500, Barry Skidmore wrote:
> I have formatted a floppy disk with the following command:
> 
> # fdformat /dev/fd0h1440
> 
> However, I am unable to mount it with the following command:
> 
> # mount -f auto /dev/fd0 /mnt
> 
> I receive an error message that it is not an msdos disk.  However, if
> I try to mount it with this command, I receive the same error:
> 
> # mount -f msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
> 
> The only thing that works is if I format the floppy on a windows machine
> and then mount it with the above command, i.e. :
> 
> # mount -f msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
> 
> 
> My question is what file system do I designate when I format the floppy 
> under debian with the fdformat command (i.e., fdformat /dev/fd0h1440)?
> I want the floppy to be formatted with a linux file system, and not
> msdos.
> 
Try

$ mke2fs /dev/fd0

For a bare basic Ext2 floppy.

As for the mounting, do you mean -t (as for -type)?
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Re: ftp get to stdout

2004-01-23 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 08:57:43AM -0600, Ian Melnick wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Is there any way to use the 'standard' ftp in this sort of way?
> 
>   ncftpget -c [options] remote-host remote-file > stdout
> 
> I want to be able to pipe a download thru dd, but I don't have ncftp
> installed on the machine I want to do it on (and I also can't get ncftp
> for it...long story).
> 
> 
> Thanks!

wget supports ftp, maybe it could help :D
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Re: kill process by name

2004-01-22 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 01:47:38PM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote:
> Is there a way to use the kill command
> to kill a process by name?
> *
> For example:  kill inetd
> I have to look up the pid number every time
> using 'ps aux' then I can kill it with 'kill pid#'
> 
check out `killall`
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Re: wanted: postfix incoming mail server HOWTO

2004-01-22 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:56:36PM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> I need to set up a box that will accept mail for some domain names. I need
> a HOWTO to help me through it though. (I'm already sending mail nicely
> from the box.)
> 
> Right now I'm reading through:
>   http://www.postfix.org/basic.html#mydestination
> 
> I'm looking for something that has more of a Step 1. Step 2. approach than
> this one. Specifically: I need to be able to receive email for multiple
> domain names. I'm not sure if I need to adjust the postfix config files
> each time, or if I can just store all of the domain names in a file and
> have postfix check the file to see what it should be collecting email for.
> 

Hi Emma,

I assume your boxen are running debian, if so, apt-get install postfix
will ask you which domains the server should accept mail for. Just
select "Internet site" as the type of install or whatever it calls it.

If you already have the _debian_ version of postfix installed then you
can be asked all these questions again by doing

$ dpkg-reconfigure postfix

Simple :D
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Re: /etc/nsswitch.conf

2004-01-22 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:39:36AM -0500, Mauricio wrote:
>   Could anyone post/send me a copy of an umodified 
> /etc/nsswitch.conf (as in you just finished the installation or has 
> not touched it yet)?  Thanks!
> 

I myself havent touched it, its from a debian woody stable

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# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.

passwd: compat
group:  compat
shadow: compat

hosts:  files dns
networks:   files

protocols:  db files
services:   db files
ethers: db files
rpc:db files

netgroup:   nis


Re: [OT] Googling...

2004-01-22 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 08:34:17AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Hi World!
> 
> I read this:
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/22/technology/circuits/22goog.html
> 
> a NYT report on Google's search engine.
> The report says "two months ago" but it is true now:
> searching for "miserable failure" produces Bush's biography :-)
> 
> Question I have: who would think of searching for "miserable failure", 
> or perhaps does Google leak its hidden motives? Or are they?
> 

Hi,

I cant view the article because im not registered at NYT but i believe
that this sort of thing is called "google bombing". Ive seen it many
times before (eg "evil empire"->Microsoft corporation).

I think its just done by people who own alot of domains, they just post
pages that make a real good strong link between "miserable failure" and
"george bush". Forums are also a great place for these bombings to
occur. And because google is so cool, it scans these pages and picks up
on the fact that bush is a miserable failure and thus you get his
official site as the #1 link.

People find out about these i would assume by the people who started
them telling their friends and so on...wildfire spreads fast on the
internet :P.
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Re: batch modify user config files

2004-01-22 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 07:06:22PM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote:
> In my setup each user has a configuration file
> in their home directory.
> *
> Is there a way to write a bash script to
> append a line of text to each user's
> config file in their home directory?
> 
> Thanks,
> -Rick
> 

Could you just add the line to /etc/profile

Its the system wide bashrc and gets executed by anyone, regardless.
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Re: Log a user out

2004-01-21 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 02:36:44PM -0500, Andrew Schulman wrote:
> I don't know if there's a more standard way.  Killing their login shell 
> is the way I've always done it.
> 
woohoo i been doing it the right way it seems so far :D
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Re: Log a user out

2004-01-21 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 05:03:57PM +0100, Allan Kok wrote:
> Can I as root log another user out?
> And can I get i list of all users logged on to my server?
> 
`who` should give a list of the users logged in.

As for killing someone, the way i usualy go about it is to run `id
` and find out the users UID then simply `pkill -U `. Im
sure somebody will reply with a more standard way to do this but if
they dont then atleast you got this :).

/me waits for flame on doing it in such a dodgy fashion :\
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Re: question on chat program...

2004-01-21 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 09:14:27PM -0800, enantiomer wrote:
> what is the best chat program to use for debian/linux?  I tried the
> new version of gaim, which is supposed to rock, but it doesn't display
> any text on any of the windows.  Is there any other one out there that
> allows you to chat on MSN instant messenger?  that is the one that all
> my friends are on.  Thanks,
>Enantiomer
> 

Your 2 main choices for MSN at the moment are gaim and aMSN. Gaim i know
is working ATM but aMSN i am not to sure about, as Microsofts new
version of the protocol introduced a new authentication method which
really hit the Linux msn users.

Gaim is my personal favorite, i cannot stand the fact that aMSN is
written inb tk (looks so dodge). But i do credit the author for his work
on it as he really has made it look and feel alot like the microsoft MSN
client.

I used one called Merlin i think in KDE before...try looking into that
one if aMSN fails you.

Owww, last minute idea:

http://kmess.sourceforge.net/

Looks real nice, ive never used it but i think i may have to now :P

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Re: Semi-Old Video Card Recommendation

2004-01-20 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 06:45:08PM +, M. Kirchhoff wrote:
> I'm in the market for a new video card, so I'm fishing for suggestions.  I will
> mostly be working in 2D apps (mainly internet, office apps).  I do *not* intend
> to play any taxing 3D games such as Quake or Counter-Strike; however, I would
> like to do some video editing (transferring home movies to DVD or VCD, perhaps
> some DVD ripping).
> 
> Ideally, I'd like to run at 1600x1200 or higher on a 20" monitor at 24bit color
> depth.
> 
> Would a pre-Radeon ATI card or pre-GeForce3 nVidia card do the trick? Would I
> need to bother with compiling the proprietary drivers if not using 3D apps? In
> perusing the list archives, I see that the newer ATI/nVidia cards will not even
> work without grabbing XFree 4.3 from Experimental, so I'd rather use an older
> card that works out of the box with Sarge/Sid and kernel 2.4.x, particularly if
> I don't need to extra power of the newer cards.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>

If i was you, i would take the best of both worlds and go with a GeForce
4 MX440

Pros:
* Can handle quite heavy 3d games (UT-2003 800x600x24 quite playable)
* Can do all the high res/depth stuff
* Is fully compatible with hardware acceleration with Linux
* Dirt cheap

Im in Australia at the moment and over here a standard MX440 will set me
back about $70AUD, not much at all for what you get :)

If you dont choose this chipset i would suggest sticking with nVidia
none the less, they do support Linux (or Xwindows should i say) alot
more/better than other companies.
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Re: True-type fonts from Windows

2004-01-20 Thread Ryan Mackay
> David Baron wrote:
>
> # apt-get install msttcorefonts
> 
I found this didnt install xfstt, just placed the fonts in the right
place and did what it had to do to make them usable.

If it isnt workin for ya try

$ apt-get install xfstt
$ /etc/init.d/xfstt restart

And add this line in the "Files" section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

FontPath"unix/:7101"

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Re: a trojan is on your computer!

2004-01-20 Thread Ryan Mackay
Since when has MS support opperated behind nyx.net aswell :\,

You could have atleast faked the source address if this was an
attempt to fool people, shame on you. Also i belive you'l get more
of a positive response if you post it on the aol-user list, if there
is such a thing :P.
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Re: NEED HELP: ...installing SoundBlaster Live! DRIVER

2004-01-19 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 01:01:30AM -0500, r o b wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just installed 3.0 (woody), and my sound driver is not working.
> I have a SB Live! card.
> 
> When I do an 'lspci'...the sound card shows up as EMU10k1.
> 
> Does this mean the driver is there..just not configured properly?  Or does that tell 
> me nothing at all?
> 
> I have already done the following:
># adduser  audio
># chmod 666 /dev/dsp /dev/mixer /dev/sequencer
> 
> I read the following in a previous relevant thread:
>   "After you found out which driver to use, add it 
>to /etc/modules with some text editor. Or add
> 
>alias sound-slot-0 yourdriverhere
> 
>to /etc/modutils/aliases and run update-modules."
> 
> I think this is the path that I need to take...but if anyone could clarify with more 
> specifics...that would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> What other steps do I need to take?
> 
> Also,
> If the EMU10k1 driver doesn't come pre-installed with Debian3.0, do i need to 
> download it and install it?  (I found it at: 
> "http://sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1";).
> 
> How can I find out if my current Debian install has this driver module installed?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> r o b
> 

run

$ modprobe emu10k1

to automate the process add the line 'emu10k1' to /etc/modules

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Re: ethernet not working right

2004-01-18 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 11:12:55PM -0500, Forest Fisher wrote:
> I just installed Debian (Woody) on my new laptop with
> the 2.4.18 kernel.  My laptop is a hp pavilion
> ze4560us and the ethernet card is National
> Semiconductor Corporation DP83815.  I set the
> ethernet up by editing /etc/network/interfaces,
> changing the first line to auto lo eth0 and adding,
> 
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> 
> Then,
> 
> #modprobe natsemi
> 
> lspci recognizes the card.  But then,
> 
> #ifconfig ext0 up
> 
> gives me
> 
> eth00: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such
> device
> 
> #ifup ext0
> 
> gives me
> 
> Ignoring unkown interface ext0=ext0
> 
> when I try to run dhclient I get similar results.
> For example,
> 
> #dhclient
> 
> gives me
> 
> eth0: autonegotiation did not complete in 4000 usec.
> eth0: link up.
> 
> afterward ifconfig shows eth0 but there is no IP.
> Again,
> 
> #dhclient
> 
> gives me
> 
> "ext0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such
> device
> 
> I also tried replacing the line
> 
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> 
> with
> 
> iface_eth0="dhcp"
> 
> at the suggestion of a friend, but this gives me the
> same results.  Can anyone help please?
> 
> Sincerely,
> Forest Fisher
> 

Sorry if their just typos but should ext0 be eth0?
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Re: console font size

2004-01-18 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 09:51:18AM +0100, konf wrote:
> hello,
> when i boot my debian box [no X windows installed) i see too big
> console fonts.how could i reduce font size ?
> thanks in advance
> 

At the lilo boot: prompt Find out the name of your Linux kernel image
(Linux by default) then to boot into a 1024x768 ultra sexy frame buffer
mode enter Linux vga=0x317

eg

LILO Boot Menu
--
-> Linux
   Windows :P

boot: Linux vga=0x317


If this works fine then add the line vga=0x317 to /etc/lilo.conf and run
the command `lilo` as root. Should be a permanent thing then :)
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Re: wtmp backup script - howto change "how often"

2004-01-17 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 11:14:22PM +0100, Peto V. wrote:
> Hello.
> I'm using unstable & I don't like "settings" of logrotate-I mean "backing
> up of /var/log".
> For example:
> I wanna wtmp to be backed up 1/year (or 1/month), but (!) I wanna have
> only_one wtmp for all year (eg 2004).
> I think, its simple and i have to just change something (simple) in
> logrotate script (or somewhere else).
> (in case I "invent" or "find" something - i dont want to mess up logs or
> backingup logs etc.)
> What & where should I change?
> 

/etc/logrotate.conf

And you can find on what to stick in that file in the logrotate manpage.
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Re: Unacceptable HDD performance

2004-01-17 Thread Ryan Mackay
hdparm <- a miracle of a program

man hdparm will tell all aswell. Enabling DMA would be a good place to
start (hdparm -d 1 device).

To test the throughput your hard drives are getting try hdparm -Tt device

I assume device will be /dev/hda in this case
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Re: DNS Question (maybe?)

2004-01-17 Thread Ryan Mackay
Ahh, well if you get stuck then i recommend you check out

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/DNS-HOWTO.html
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Re: need HELP configuring new Debian 3.0(woody) install...

2004-01-17 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 10:34:43AM -0500, r o b wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here are some problems I'm having:
> 
> 1) upon installing the system, I set the clock time to GTM, rather than local time.  
> Now when it displays the time, it's -5 hours behind my local time.  How can I 
> reconfigure this?
> 
> I've modified /etc/default/rcS, "UTC=no"...but that didn't fix it.
> 
> 
> 2) the sound driver was either not installed, or not configured properly on 
> installation.  I get the error:
> "error initializing sound driver:
>   device /dev/dsp can't be opened (permission denied)"
> ...when logging in.
> 
>   -> I have already tried:
>  # adduser  audio
>  # chmod 666 /dev/dsp /dev/mixer /dev/sequencer
> 
>   -> I have a SB Live! card

For the time problem play around with the program tzconfig

As for the sound have you loaded the emu10k1 module?

If not

$ modprobe emu10k1

Hopefully it exists already, i know it does if your using the
2.4.x kernel but i aint to sure about 2.2.x

If that doesnt solve the problem then im outa ideas :P
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Re: DNS Question (maybe?)

2004-01-17 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 09:23:12AM -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
> Hey Folks,
> 
> What do I need to do to get a new site to show up in DNS?  This is the 
> scenario: I've just connected a pc via satalite to the net, now I want 
> it to show up as a sub-part (is that the right term?) on our domain.
> 
> ie  our domain is "foo.net"
> and we want it to show up as "104.foo.net"
> 
> we already have named running locally in the Home Office
> 
> what should I do?
> 

Ummm, if you run the authoritive name server for foo.com then add a line
like this to the zone file for foo.com

104 IN  A   127.0.0.1

But replace 127.0.0.1 with the machine (104's) internet IP address.

Also make sure you update the timestamp at the top of the zone file.
Its a number like 2003100401, replace it with the date in a format like
this MMDD and just add 01 to the end, incase you make another chage
that day then you can just +1 so its 2.

After all that reload you name servers config. In debian

/etc/init.d/bind9 reload

(assuming your using bind9 and installed it via apt)

Otherwise refer to any docs you got with your name server

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Re: EXT3 at install..no more?

2004-01-17 Thread Ryan Mackay
When you first boot the install cd at the boot: prompt type 'bf24'.

Now you can choose ext2/3 & reiserfs, more choices that redhat gives now
aint it?

Please before you explode again, ask nicely.
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Re: Problem with Startx - Intel 8284 5G

2004-01-15 Thread Ryan Mackay
The messages at the end of the log are the ones of intrest. From them i
can see that.

 1. X cannot find your mouse
 2. X cant connect to the font server

With the mouse it looks like you have chosen the most logical device
name for the mouse :). However if your mouse is a PS/2 mouse using
/dev/psaux as the mouse device will work much better.

And with the font server, do you have xfs installed? It comes bundled
when you install x-window-system. Try running

$ /etc/init.d/xfs start

If that gives output such as "Starting X font server:" then its your
lucky day. If not then

$ apt-get install xfs xfonts-75dpi xfonts-100dpi

And try it again, i think thats all you need for a basic set of fonts
but anyone on this list feel free to correct me :P.

Also to reconfigure the X server and change your mouse device use:

$ dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

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Re: Hard Drive Problems

2004-01-15 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:42:43PM -0500, Brad Cramer wrote:
> I am running Sid with 2 matching 40gig drives. Everything has been running
> great until I get this message when going and apt-get upgrade:
> hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=97055,
> sector=96984
> hdc is primary master on ide2 
> here is output of hdparm:
> /dev/hdc:
>  multcount= 16 (on)
>  IO_support   =  1 (32-bit)
>  unmaskirq=  1 (on)
>  using_dma=  1 (on)
>  keepsettings =  0 (off)
>  readonly =  0 (off)
>  readahead=  8 (on)
>  geometry = 4865/255/63, sectors = 78165360, start = 0
> It is formatted with ReiserFS and the problem seems to be /dev/hdc1 it is
> trying to write to /etc which is hdc1 and this is mounted as /
> Could this be a drive going bad or can I fix this with with some software
> programs? If it is a drive going bad what would be the best and easiest way
> to clone the drive onto another drive it will probably be a bigger drive. I
> have used Norton Ghost 2003 with Windows before but does it work with Linux
> and ReiserFS?
> Thanks for any help/
> Brad 

Hi Brad,

I had these errors for some time. I found that if i compiled my kernel
with the "Use multimode by default" option under IDE configuration. They
disapeared.

However, debians standard kernel does have this option by default
(2.4.18-bf24 atleast) so if you are running something other than that i
suggest giving that a shot.

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Re: If a computer is sold with preinstalled SUSE, shouldn't it work with Debian?

2004-01-15 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 10:37:57PM -0500, alex wrote:
> If a computer works with a preinstalled SUSE system and doesn't have an 
> installed MS Windows system,  what problems can be expected with adding 
> and running additional systems like Debian and a MS Windows if the hard 
> drive is properly partitioned?

erm, if its a normal x86 PC then no problems should arise from
installing windows or another Linux. Having it preloaded with SuSE
is virtually the same (and as annoying) as having a computer come
pre-loaded with Windows or Debian or zeroes :).

However! To install the additional OS'es would require you to wipe
your exisiting SuSE install or otherwise find a partition resizer that
can handle ext2/3 filesystems.

 ^ That's assuming all availiable disk space is given to SuSE, as i
   would expect in this case.
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Re: startup scripting

2004-01-14 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 02:34:22PM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote:
> Is this proper way to add my script to startup?
> Will this gracefully shutdown any apps my script calls
> if I do a cntrl-alt-del at the keyboard?

Sure is, however for your script to unload itself it needs to accept the
command line parameter "stop". Example

--CUT--
#!/bin/sh

case "$1" in
start)
# start commands here
;;
stop)
# stop commands here
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
esac
--CUT--

Depending on the programs your script starts it may even be safe to let
the system kill you apps off upon a halt/reboot, however if you like the
satisfaction of being in complete control then go by the standard.
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Re: dhcpd,conf error - dhpcd won't start

2004-01-14 Thread Ryan Mackay
192.168.0.20 is not a subnet, i think what you are after is 192.168.0.0
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Re: how to install testing/unstable packages

2004-01-14 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:12:35PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> the stable release seems rock solid. but packages like kde are very 
> outdated. how do i upgrade the kde packages (testing release).  what lines 
> do i need to add into my /etc/apt/sources.list

/etc/apt/sources.list
--CUT--
deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
--CUT--

However you will want to replace wa.au.debian.org with you closest
mirror :)

after that run

$ apt-get update

and you will have a nice lot of unstable packages to choose from

PS: i think you could try apt-get upgrade to re-install new versions of
what you currently have. Not to sure though :)
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Re: hdparm questions

2004-01-14 Thread Ryan Mackay
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 09:47:37AM +0100, David Baron wrote:
> No, this is not being run on Debian startup. Editing either /etc/default/
> hdparm or (I made a) /etc/hdparm.conf has not effect.
> 
> Where does one fine hwtools? apt-get did not work.
> 
> How might one add and a script  /etc/rc#/hdparm? (Just take one of the other, 
> leave the preambles and simply do hdparm?)

The best way to do that would be to make the script in /etc/init.d that
looks like this

-- CUT --
!#/bin/sh

case "$1" in
start)
# your hdparm commands here
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 start"
esac
-- CUT --

Call it hdparm or something similar and then symlink to it in the
runlevels you wish for it to be run under (2 is the default for most
systems). Eg

$ ln -s /etc/init.d/hdparm /etc/rc2.d/S20hdparm

The name of the link is important here, S specifies the script is to
be "started" and 20 is its prefered start order.
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