modem not detected
hello all i am not a member of the list. so i request you to mark a copy of your replies to me also. i have an hp machine that came preinstalled with win xp. i have recently installed debian 3.0 on it and now it is a double boot computer. in windows, it shows Generic SoftK56 Data Fax Voice Speakerphone as a modem on COM3. PCI slot2 (bus 2, dev 10, function 0). following is the output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset PCI (rev 12) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset ISA Bridge (ICH2) (rev 12) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset IDE U100 (rev 12) 00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset USB (Hub A) (rev 12) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset SMBus (rev 12) 00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset USB (Hub B) (rev 12) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 12) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro TF 02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82820 (ICH2) Chipset Ethernet Controller (rev 03) 02:0a.0 Communication controller: Rockwell International HCF 56k Data/Fax/Voice/Spkp (w/Handset) Modem (rev 01) output of wvdial is: Scanning your serial ports for a modem. ttyS0*1: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 4800 baud ttyS0*1: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 4800 baud, next try: 9600 baud ttyS0*1: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 19200 baud ttyS0*1: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 19200 baud, next try: 115200 baud ttyS0*1: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up. ttyS1*1: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 4800 baud ttyS1*1: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 4800 baud, next try: 9600 baud ttyS1*1: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 19200 baud ttyS1*1: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 19200 baud, next try: 115200 baud ttyS1*1: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up. Port Scan*1: S2 S3 ACM0 ACM1 ACM2 ACM3 ACM4 ACM5 Port Scan*1: ACM6 ACM7 ACM8 ACM9 ACM10 ACM11 ACM12 ACM13 Port Scan*1: ACM14 ACM15 USB0 USB1 USB2 USB3 USB4 USB5 Port Scan*1: USB6 USB7 USB8 USB9 USB10 USB11 USB12 USB13 Port Scan*1: USB14 USB15 Sorry, no modem was detected! Is it in use by another program? Did you configure it properly with setserial? Please read the FAQ at http://open.nit.ca/wvdial/ If you still have problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] what is wrong? is there something missing? thanks in advance, sandip -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
problem starting x
hello all firstly, i am not a member of the group. so, may i request you to send your replies to my e-mail address also? i have a hp pc running win xp. it has an hp72 monitor. from control panel - device managers following information is available. monitor - hp d 8904 display adapter - rage 128 pro gl i have made the system a double boot one by installing debian 3.0. the installation went on without any problem. however, now x refuses to start. i have attached the error file as well as the config file. could someone help me in setting it right? thanks in advance, sandip ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. # (Type man XF86Config-4 at the shell prompt.) # # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make changes # before the ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION line above, and/or after the # ### END DEBCONF SECTION line below. # # To change things within the debconf section, run the command: # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 # as root. Also see How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated # XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file? in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz. Section Files FontPathunix/:7100# local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi EndSection Section Module LoadGLcore Loadbitmap Loaddbe Loadddc Loaddri Loadextmod Loadfreetype Loadglx Loadint10 Loadpex5 Loadrecord Loadspeedo Loadtype1 Loadvbe Loadxie EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver keyboard Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules xfree86 Option XkbModel pc104 Option XkbLayout us EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Configured Mouse Driver mouse Option CorePointer Option Device/dev/psaux Option Protocol PS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Mouse Driver mouse Option SendCoreEventstrue Option Device/dev/input/mice Option Protocol ImPS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section Device Identifier Generic Video Card Driver i810 VideoRam8192 Option UseFBDev true EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Generic Monitor HorizSync 30-54 VertRefresh 50-85 Option DPMS EndSection Section Screen Identifier Default Screen Device Generic Video Card Monitor Generic Monitor DefaultDepth24 SubSection Display Depth 1 Modes 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 4 Modes 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 8 Modes 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 15 Modes 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier Default Layout Screen Default Screen InputDevice Generic Keyboard InputDevice Configured Mouse InputDevice Generic Mouse EndSection Section DRI Mode0666 EndSection ### END DEBCONF SECTION This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and patches submitted
devnagari fonts in mails
hello all here is the situation. from my windows machine i send mails home. at home i run debian 3.0 and use exim - fetchmail - mutt combination for mail. all these mails have to be in english as i do not know how to send mails in devnagari that mutt can read. but i would prefer to send mails in devnagari. is it too complicated a process? can it be done between a windows and linux machine? i know the questions are general. but could someone help me please? thanks in advance, sandip -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
screen - recover session after a shut down
hello all i am using screen on my debian 3.0. i usually have a few applications open when i use it. i typically halt from within the screen. when i restart the computer and restart screen, i have to start these applications again. is there a way in which i can make screen remember what applications were open even after i reboot? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Think of your family tonight. Try to crawl home after the computer crashes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Root login to Windows X
On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 03:30:33PM -0700, Francisco Castellon wrote: Hello list: I just finished installing my first Debian system and I seem to not be able to log on to Windows X using the root account, I can easily log in with any other account though. I have tried choosing different types of sessions (Gnome, Debian, KDE, etc...) at the log in screen and it still keeps on saying: The system administrator is not allowed to login from this screen. correct. usually, root can not start x. although i dunno how to enable it. usually, all control tools will ask for root password when you try doing something not allowed for a normal user. if your program doesnt do that, start a terminal program, get into su and start the program from that prompt. hth -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** A day without orange juice is like a day without orange juice. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: i can not start x from screen session
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 07:44:41AM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 03:57:20PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: | i am unable to start x from a screen session. | | it exits with a message 'user not authorized to run x server'. how can i | remedy it? Look at /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config (allowed_users=console) thanx. | will i be opening a security hole if i overcome this problem? Maybe. well, it was cryptic. but i decided not to take even a 'maybe' chance and decided not to change allowed users to anybody -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. -- H.L. Mencken -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with startx
On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 06:26:29AM +, Isuru Binduhewa wrote: Hi I am using debian.When I loged in as the root I can go to Xwindows using startx at the prompt.But when I logged in as a normal user I can go to Xwindow. that is normal. you usually can not start an x session as root. but you can start x as a notmal user. open some terminal there and do su in that. hth -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Economists can certainly disappoint you. One said that the economy would turn up by the last quarter. Well, I'm down to mine and it hasn't. -- Robert Orben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i can not start x from screen session
i am unable to start x from a screen session. it exits with a message 'user not authorized to run x server'. how can i remedy it? will i be opening a security hole if i overcome this problem? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature. -- Voltaire -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: repost -- phoenix, java and other plug-ins. are there any .debs?
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 06:40:43AM -0600, Gary Turner wrote: Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: Hi Sandip, hello gary thankx for your help and nate's comments also were useful. for benefit of the group, i would like to summarize what i learnt in the process: - typically, location of the files would not matter. for instance, i have both java and phoenix in my home directory - it is a good idea to start a new application thus installed from a console. this will throw errors it encounters on console. all along i had been trying phoenix directly from command line in ion. this never threw any errors hth, especially those who want to try an application for which a deb is not yet available -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Phoenix with java ..
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 01:38:52AM -0600, Nathan Poznick wrote: Thus spake Sandip P Deshmukh: well, i use it only for viewing some sites. i see that several sites use java for tickers, etc. so i need a lightweight browser with java support. phoenix fits the bill, hence phoenix. Are you using a copy of phoenix from the phoenix project page on mozilla.org, or are you using the preliminary Debian packages from people.debian.org/~eric ? i was using phoenix from phoenix project page. i am now thinking of shifting to debs because i thought that it would solve the problems. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Phoenix with java ..
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 12:36:37PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: thanks. actually, i am trying to locate phoenix and java .deb files for my r3.0 woody stable distribution. could not. what lines do i need to add in my /etc/apt/sources.list? Do not know about the phoenix deb, but got my j2sdk1.3 debs from below: # Blackdown Java from metalab deb http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian/ woody non-free thanx for your help. finally, i got it working with the linux binary from sun. it was some problem with libstdc++ package. i got it installed and now it is working. thanks for your help -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Phoenix with java ..
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 06:36:22PM +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 12:12:34PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: then i did the link as recommended and did about:plugins. here is culprit. i do not get to see java plugin! i am at my wits end now! any help/ suggestions? I am a galeon user and have phoenix on my machine. After looking at this thread thought that I would try phoenix with java. It was very easy. I could see the clock ticking at java.sun.com i wish so could i :) I just symlinked the javaplugin from /etc/alternatives/javaplugin_oji.so to phoenix/plugins/. as i had mentioned, my locations are different Everything worked well. BTW, are you able to use java plugin with other browsers like galeon, mozilla, konqueror? i currently have only phoenix and i am happy with it. its a pity if i have to change the browser for java :( thanx for help -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me. I'm afraid of widths. -- Steven Wright -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
repost -- phoenix, java and other plug-ins. are there any .debs?
hello all this is my last attempt before i shift to some bloated browser. i have tried installing phoenix and make java run on it umpteen number of times. it *never* worked. phoenix installation is perfect. java is not. so, finally, i have decided to try installing from .debs. i run debian stable (woody) r3.0 and usually keep my system upto date using aptitude. any suggestions on where do i get these .deb files and step by step instructions on how to get and use them? thanks in advance -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Phoenix with java ..
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 09:35:02PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:03:17PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: i wish so could i :) You will. Since I got it working here, you too must be able to do the same :-) Maybe, a couple of more mails. thanks. actually, i am trying to locate phoenix and java .deb files for my r3.0 woody stable distribution. could not. what lines do i need to add in my /etc/apt/sources.list? i currently have only phoenix and i am happy with it. its a pity if i have to change the browser for java :( Sure. I like galeon, but have other browsers lying around, just to check certain things. I have noticed some sites are rendered better in konqueror, some in galeon, etc. Generally, the appearance indicates that something is wrong. I would advice you to install galeon, if space is not a premium. sure space is not a premium. i will install galeon in the meantime My experience with phoenix is not good. I visit mail.yahoo.co.in - login - inbox - delete. It just says, multiple connection limit reached, blah, blah. Galeon, etc. do not have this issue. YMMV. well, i use it only for viewing some sites. i see that several sites use java for tickers, etc. so i need a lightweight browser with java support. phoenix fits the bill, hence phoenix. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
installing phoenix and java
hello all i tried my hand as best as i could at installing phoenix and java for it by hand. no success. are there any debian packages that will let me install phoenix and java for that using apt system? i request simple easy to understand step by step instructions. thanks in advance -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Phoenix with java ..
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 09:09:55PM -0800, nate wrote: I guess I deleted the mail from I think Sandip but I decided to try to get java working in phoenix 0.5 and it seems to work.. yes. it was me. it had been quite frustrating. finally, i decided to check if there are any debian packages available. i have posted a message recently. what I did: 1) install phoenix(I install to ~/phoenix) same as me. 2) download java: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html (I downloaded the linux self extracting file) so did i. 3) chmod +x the java file and run it, move the directory to /usr/local/java ah ha. i had it extracted in /home/sandip/java. i think java needs to be in the 'path'. here is output of echo $PATH: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games could that be the reason? 4) exit phoenix 5) cd ~/phoenix/plugins 6) ln -s /usr/local/java/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so 7) start phoenix identical - except the path to java 8) in url box type about:plugins to be sure it's loaded i did not know this. i will try it out this time. 9) test it by going to: http://java.sun.com/openstudio/applets/clock.html i went to some other site that runs java applet. i think it should not matter. worked for me did not work for me (TM) ;) but i will try again (TM) ;) nate thanks for your help. just one question. if i have /usr/local in my path, does it mean all subdirectories under /usr/local? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Phoenix with java ..
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 09:49:40PM -0800, nate wrote: Sandip P Deshmukh said: ah ha. i had it extracted in /home/sandip/java. i think java needs to be in the 'path'. here is output of echo $PATH: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games well, i changed my path also to include java and phoenix folders - just in case! then i did the link as recommended and did about:plugins. here is culprit. i do not get to see java plugin! i am at my wits end now! any help/ suggestions? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: phoenix - how to make java work?
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 01:14:58PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 25 Feb 2003, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: hello all much to my deslike, several sites that i refer to, have java content. and despite my several attempts, i have not been able to run java under phoenix. here is what i have done so far: download phoenix precompiled binary tar ball and expand it in /home/sandip so, there is /home/sandip/phoenix/phoenix and it is executable. it runs quite well downloaded java binary for linux from sun's site. jre... in my /home/sandip chmod a+x jre ./jre renamed the folder to java. so, there is /home/sandip/java in phoenix/plugins directory, make symlink to /home/sandip/java//plugin/ns610/lib..so yet, no effect. any remedies please? -- See http://mozilla.weebeastie.net/java.shtml and adapt the method given there to for phoenix. Actually I had already used these instructions for mozilla and when I installed phoenix I didn't need to do anything new; java just worked in phoenix. as you can see from my mail, i have followed these very instructions verbatim! AC -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]|| http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Don't speak about Time, until you have spoken to him. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
phoenix - how to make java work?
hello all much to my deslike, several sites that i refer to, have java content. and despite my several attempts, i have not been able to run java under phoenix. here is what i have done so far: download phoenix precompiled binary tar ball and expand it in /home/sandip so, there is /home/sandip/phoenix/phoenix and it is executable. it runs quite well downloaded java binary for linux from sun's site. jre... in my /home/sandip chmod a+x jre ./jre renamed the folder to java. so, there is /home/sandip/java in phoenix/plugins directory, make symlink to /home/sandip/java//plugin/ns610/lib..so yet, no effect. any remedies please? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** ps: i have also tried making symlink to the same .so file in ns600 and ns4 directory as well. still no effect! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: small spamassassin configuration question
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 12:14:30AM -0500, Hubert Chan wrote:
Sandip == Sandip P Deshmukh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sandip hello all could someone tell me whats the location of systemwide
Sandip configuration file for spamassassin (spamd)?
Sandip per user configuration file is ~/.spamassassin/user-prefs. but
Sandip unless i allow per user preferences in the systemwide
Sandip configuration file, the per user confguration does not come into
Sandip effect.
Are you looking for /etc/default/spamassassin? (Which lets you pass
command line options to spamd.) Or /etc/spamassassin?
well, i had done /etc/default/spamassassin earlier. to limit no of child
processes -m option. here i was looking at /etc/spamassassin
AFAICT, spamd should use per-user configuration files by default. At
least it does for me.
ah yes. but i read in one of the man pages, i dont remember which, that
doing so is a big security hole. so, i was thinking of only having
system-wide perference file. currently i have
/etc/spamassassin/user_prefs. am not too sure if that is the systemwide
file. and here is what man Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf has to say:
Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf - SpamAssassin configuration file
These settings differ from the ones above, in that they
are considered 'privileged'. Only users running spamas
sassin from their procmailrc's or forward files, or
sysadmins editing a file in /etc/spamassassin, can use
them. spamd users cannot use them in their
user_prefs files, for security and efficiency reasons,
unless allow_user_rules is enabled (and then, they may
only add rules from below).
allow_user_rules { 0 | 1 } (default: 0)
This setting allows users to create rules (and only
rules) in their user_prefs files for use with
spamd. It defaults to off, because this could be a
severe security hole. It may be possible for users to
gain root level access if spamd is run as root. It
is NOT a good idea, unless you have some other way of
ensuring that users' tests are safe. Don't use this
unless you are certain you know what you are doing.
what is this referring to??
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Re: phoenix java plugin - installed, but not installed
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 10:27:44PM -0500, Geordie Birch wrote: said Sandip P Deshmukh (on 2003-02-21), some confusion here. i already have a link that you are talking about. here are contents of my /home/sandip/phoenix/plugin directory: total 24 drwxr-xr-x6 sandip sandip 4096 Feb 19 18:46 java2 lrwxrwxrwx1 sandip sandip 73 Feb 19 17:51 libjavaplugin_oji.so - /home/sandip/phoenix/plugins/java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so -rwxr-xr-x1 sandip sandip 19728 Dec 8 05:20 libnullplugin.so here are contents of /home/sandip/phoenix/plugin/java2/plugin/i386/ns600 directory: total 268 -rwxr-xr-x1 sandip sandip 269600 Mar 15 2002 libjavaplugin_oji.so so, what is wrong here? doesnt java like to be placed in a differnt directory? this sounds very window-like directory shouldn't matter at all. maybe your version of java is too old... ? all right, i downloaded java for linux binary from sun site to my home directory. ran the .bin file and it created a directory structure. now, i create a symlink to i386/ns610/libjava etc in phoenix/plugin directory. no use. i try ns600 and ns4, no use still!! what is wrong? anything to do with file permissions? help please!! -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** BOFH excuse #26: first Saturday after first full moon in Winter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: phoenix java plugin - installed, but not installed
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 01:43:51AM -0500, Geordie Birch wrote: said Sandip P Deshmukh (on 2003-02-20), i recently downloaded phoenix tar ball (binary files) and expanded it in my home directory. what do i need to do to get java going? several sites seem to run tickers etc using java. $ ls -l /usr/local/bin/phoenix/plugins/ total 1460 -rw-r--r--1 geordie geordie 856 Jan 26 04:16 flashplayer.xpt lrwxrwxrwx1 geordie geordie59 Feb 10 23:48 javaplugin_oji.so - /usr/lib/j2se/1.3/jre/plugin/i386/mozilla/javaplugin_oji.so -rwxr-xr-x1 geordie geordie 1464736 Jan 26 04:16 libflashplayer.so -rwxr-xr-x1 geordie geordie 19824 Feb 19 09:49 libnullplugin.so some confusion here. i already have a link that you are talking about. here are contents of my /home/sandip/phoenix/plugin directory: total 24 drwxr-xr-x6 sandip sandip 4096 Feb 19 18:46 java2 lrwxrwxrwx1 sandip sandip 73 Feb 19 17:51 libjavaplugin_oji.so - /home/sandip/phoenix/plugins/java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so -rwxr-xr-x1 sandip sandip 19728 Dec 8 05:20 libnullplugin.so here are contents of /home/sandip/phoenix/plugin/java2/plugin/i386/ns600 directory: total 268 -rwxr-xr-x1 sandip sandip 269600 Mar 15 2002 libjavaplugin_oji.so so, what is wrong here? doesnt java like to be placed in a differnt directory? this sounds very window-like -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Fuch's Warning: If you actually look like your passport photo, you aren't well enough to travel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: use of spamassassin and razor
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:14:24AM -0600, Will Trillich wrote: N.B. my perspective comes from my setup -- see sig below. ymmv... well, currently, my spamassassin is not even tagging the mail. will i have to make changes to exim also? is there an easy to understand, step-by-step guide to do that? yes, lemme see if i can locate it-- $ grep exim `dpkg -L spamassassin` /usr/share/doc/spamassassin/README.Debian: For information on integrating spamassassin and exim, see /usr/share/doc/spamassassin/README.Debian: http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/config_docs/exim3_spamassassin.html looking there, i see For information on integrating spamassassin and exim, see http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/config_docs/exim3_spamassassin.html this was a good reference. helped a lot! well, i do not have procmail. but i do have a .forward file that is an exim filter. would that be adequate to do the job? but i got a hint of what you are doing in procmailrc and it is close to what i would like to do. sure. if $h_x-spam-level begins * then save Mail/SPAM logwrite From $return_path $tod_log\n Subject: $h_subject:\n Folder: SPAM $message_size finish endif with x-spam-level i can tweak how many stars i'll tolerate. you can use whichever headers you like. got that. one more question. how do i make some messages bypass spamd? like for instance, as i understand, debian mailing lists are anyway scanned for spam using spamassassin. how and where do i tell spamassassin that 'dont scan a message if it comes from debian mailing list?' will it have to be in exim.conf (i wont prefer it) or will it have to be in .forward (exim filter)? preferable :) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** SilverStr media ethics is an oxymoron, much like Jumbo Shrimp and Microsoft Works. MonkAway not to mention NT Security -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
spamassassin - three basic questions
hello all i recently installed spamassassin and it is not only tagging messages as spam but also converting all attachments into inline text. i just got two pdf documents as inline texts incorrectly marked as spam. i have three questions on spamassassin: 1. how to i tell spamassassin *not to* process some messages? for instance, debain mailing list, i understand, is already processed for spam. no use spamming it again 2. how do i tell spamassassin *not to* convert all attachments into inline material? retain the structure, just add the tag in subject line? 3. how do i tell spamassassin, here, if the message is from a certain sender, it is not spam - irrespctive of what you think and if a message is from some other sender, it is spam - irrespctive of what you think? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: spamassassin - three basic questions
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 02:49:25PM +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote: * Sandip P Deshmukh [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-02-21 14:47]: 1. how to i tell spamassassin *not to* process some messages? for instance, debain mailing list, i understand, is already processed for spam. no use spamming it again whitelist is this a separate program? will you please elaborate? 2. how do i tell spamassassin *not to* convert all attachments into inline material? retain the structure, just add the tag in subject line? procmail i do not use this. i use .forward exim filter instead. will it do? or will i have to necessarily use procmail? 3. how do i tell spamassassin, here, if the message is from a certain sender, it is not spam - irrespctive of what you think and if a message is from some other sender, it is spam - irrespctive of what you think? blacklist procmail wbr, what is that? a complete newbie here! -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Acquaintance, n: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when the object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: spamassassin - three basic questions
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 02:34:16PM +, Colin Watson wrote:
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 06:59:45PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
1. how to i tell spamassassin *not to* process some messages? for
instance, debain mailing list, i understand, is already processed for
spam. no use spamming it again
Rearrange your exim filter so that it delivers such messages directly to
the appropriate mailbox before the part that calls spamassassin.
some confusion here. here is my exim filter (relevant portions):
# Exim filter
# move all spam
if
$h_X-Spam-Status: contains Yes
or
${if def:h_X-Spam-Flag {def}{undef}} is def
then
save $home/nvnt/spm
finish
endif
# move all mailing list mail to mlst folder
if $h_to: contains lists.debian.org or
$h_cc: contains lists.debian.org or
then
save $home/nvnt/mlst
finish
endif
# move everything else to nvn
save $home/eptr/nvn
finish
if i understand correctly, my .forward file (exim filter) checks for
x-spam-status. this is updated by spamassassin. so is it that all mail
that is processed by exim filter is processed by spamassassin anyway? in
that case, even if i move my mailing list items out in the beginning of
the exim filter, it wont make a difference as the exim filter is
processing mails *after* they are processed by spamassassin.
2. how do i tell spamassassin *not to* convert all attachments into
inline material? retain the structure, just add the tag in subject line?
See Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf(3pm). Try unsetting defang_mime.
3. how do i tell spamassassin, here, if the message is from a
certain sender, it is not spam - irrespctive of what you think and if a
message is from some other sender, it is spam - irrespctive of what you
think?
See Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf(3pm). Use whitelist_from.
one more question. i have read time and again the documentation that
comes with spamassassin. i am unable to decide location of configuration
files. the documentation says that per user settings are a security hole
for users can get root access if spamd is run. i do run spamd and dont
want to have any security holes although i am the only user of the
system. does that mean that i will have to defang mime and whitelist,
etc. in systemwide file? what file do i have to edit? i havent modeified
any spamassassin configuration file as yet.
one more thing, if i understand documentation correctly, inorder to stop
spamassassin from processing some mails (question 1), i may have to do
whitelist_to in the configuration file?
thanx for all the help. i think after i get this clear, my spamassassin
setup will be the way i want it :)
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Re: spamassassin - three basic questions
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 09:11:00AM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: At 2003-02-21T13:29:45Z, Sandip P Deshmukh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Assuming that SpamAssassin is configured to read per-user settings from ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs, edit that file to add: this is interesting. i have an /etc/default/spamassassin that reads like this (relevant portions): # Change to one to enable spamd ENABLED=1 # Options OPTIONS=-F 0 -m 3 as you can see, i have enabled spamd. the other options are for some from header (this i borrowed directly from dman site) and -m 3 restricts child processes to 3. this prevents too much build up of system load. i also read the documentation. it mentions that per-user settings is a security risk if spamd is run. so, i will prefer not to allow per user settings although i am the only user of the system. what file to i edit if per user settings are not allowed? thanx for your help. i am only one answer away from getting spamassassin to work the way i want to. one last question - this may be off topic. i am sure, there will be several newbies like me who face the same problem on setting up spamassassin. is there a website where i can post my experiences, hoping they are useful for others? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: spamassassin - three basic questions
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 02:01:19PM -0500, Travis Crump wrote: 1. how to i tell spamassassin *not to* process some messages? for instance, debain mailing list, i understand, is already processed for spam. no use spamming it again Maybe not necessary, but, unless your mailserver is horribly slow, it'll be done so quick that it's not going to hurt anything anyhow. well, i have read some documents and they are talking about a few seconds of processing per message of an average size. in fact, spamd came up to ease the burden on resources if i understand correctly. one more point, if a small setting is going to save even a small resource, why not? :) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
use of spamassassin and razor
hello all i have recently installed spamassassin and razor, hoping it will reduce my spam burden. i use exim, fetchmail, mutt combination to read my mail in fairly default configuration. frankly, i do not understand how to use spamassassin and razor. or how exactly does it do the job. i just want the spam to be marked and pushed to a specific mutt folder. any simple tricks here? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** A grammarian's life is always in tense. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
phoenix java plugin - installed, but not installed
hello all i recently downloaded phoenix tar ball (binary files) and expanded it in my home directory. so, now there is /home/sandip/phoenix/phoenix executable. and it runs fast. when i visited some sites that needed java plugin, i installed it from the dialogue box that came up. it showed installation complete. when i restart the browser and revisit the same page, it asks for installation of the plugin again. i went to the phoenix home page and installed java plugin from there. no use. what do i need to do to get java going? several sites seem to run tickers etc using java. is there a standard way to install plugins after one has downloaded and installed phoenix the way i have? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** So many women; so little nerve. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: use of spamassassin and razor
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 06:55:29AM +0100, Alex Polite wrote: On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 06:34:26PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: i have recently installed spamassassin and razor, hoping it will reduce my spam burden. Don't bother with those tools. Spambayes[1], the new kid on the block, uses a statistical approach and is IMHO a lot better. thanx for your suggestion. are there any .deb files for that? i checked in my aptitude and nothing was available. a newbie here and cant even get a nice debian package to work! :( -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Magic is always the best solution -- especially reliable magic. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: use of spamassassin and razor
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 01:44:55PM +, Colin Watson wrote: On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 06:34:26PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: frankly, i do not understand how to use spamassassin and razor. or how exactly does it do the job. i just want the spam to be marked and pushed to a specific mutt folder. SpamAssassin just tags the mail. You need to use procmail or similar to decide what to do with the tag. well, currently, my spamassassin is not even tagging the mail. will i have to make changes to exim also? is there an easy to understand, step-by-step guide to do that? Here's a heavily cut-down and additionally-commented version of my .procmailrc. The real version has rules for all kinds of mailing lists and so on, but this illustrates the basics. well, i do not have procmail. but i do have a .forward file that is an exim filter. would that be adequate to do the job? but i got a hint of what you are doing in procmailrc and it is close to what i would like to do. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disabling the framebuffer
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 03:58:38PM +, Rus Foster wrote: Hi All, In /etc/lilo.conf if I want to disable the frame buffer what d I need to change the vga= line to here is my /etc/lilo.conf. this turns framebuffer off :) # Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask, mode) # # vga=normal # vga=9 # vga=normal #this turns frame buffer off 1 and turns apm on 3 append=video=vga16:off apm=on apm=power-off noapic -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] multiusers problems
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 09:44:42AM -0300, Gilberto Garcia Jr. wrote: I had installed some softwares on my debian. but they only work when I am logged with root. How can I install the softwares as multi users? which programs are you trying to run? could you indicate what exactly was the error message? remember, some programs are meant to be used as root. in fact, several programs are meant to be used as root. may be, the ones you tried fell in this category? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: find a command i have recently used in bash
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 07:48:14AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29 Jan 2003 15:54:32 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 10:28, Nathan E Norman wrote: On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 07:51:07PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: hello all i am sure there must be a way of doing it. i am not getting it though. let us say, i have done ls -l , etc etc then i have done a few more commands at the prompt. now, i want to use that ls command again. is there a way inwhich i can reach it quickly? for instance, i type ls and some other key and bash completes from history? tcsh has a far more elegant (tm) approach to the problem. Typing lsALT-P (or META-P) will get you only all the commands that begin with ls (eliminating such oddities as echo lst.txt). If somebody knows the precise bash equivalent of this, let me know. BTW AFAICT the tcsh equivalent of CTRL-R is a wildcard sequence like *ls*, which will capture all *ls* whether command or argument. well, thanx for suggestion. but i am not using tcsh and control r served my purpose well so wont be shifting to it either! but i read up on tcsh in aptitude and it seems interesting. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** A diplomat is man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never her age. -- Robert Frost -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Quicky about acroread...
On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 11:45:21PM -0600, ZephyrQ wrote: I haven't found a .deb for acroread, Acrobat's linux version of their .pdf reader. Does one exist? I realize it isn't free, but I also cannot get xpdf and/or ghostview to deal with passworded pdf files (as sent to me by my wife's student loan people...) if you want just a pdf reader, you can try xpdf. quick and neat, i would say. did you try apt-cache search pdf for more alternatives? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** He who is content with his lot probably has a lot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
find a command i have recently used in bash
hello all i am sure there must be a way of doing it. i am not getting it though. let us say, i have done ls -l , etc etc then i have done a few more commands at the prompt. now, i want to use that ls command again. is there a way inwhich i can reach it quickly? for instance, i type ls and some other key and bash completes from history? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** BOFH excuse #40: not enough memory, go get system upgrade -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: find a command i have recently used in bash
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 04:30:54PM +0100, Stephen Rueger wrote: On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 07:51:07PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: let us say, i have done ls -l , etc etc then i have done a few more commands at the prompt. now, i want to use that ls command again. is there a way inwhich i can reach it quickly? for instance, i type ls and some other key and bash completes from history? You can press ctrl-r to search backwards in your history or you can use thanx. this is perfect. just what i wanted csh-like history expansion with ! (read the HISTORY EXPANSION section in the bash man page) this is a bit tricky. lets say, it executes an unwanted delete command in a hurry! -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** We are experiencing system trouble -- do not adjust your terminal. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: find a command i have recently used in bash
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:28:11AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 07:51:07PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
let us say, i have done ls -l , etc etc
then i have done a few more commands at the prompt.
now, i want to use that ls command again. is there a way inwhich i can
reach it quickly? for instance, i type ls and some other key and bash
completes from history?
You can also use the history command to view your history. Any
command in your history can be reused by prefixing its history number
with a bang ('!'). Thus if history says 422 ls -lAF /usr/local you
can type !422 at a prompt to issue that command again. history +
grep can be fun.
oh sure. this is also very useful.
Finally, (and perhaps most obvious) you can use ctrl-p and ctrl-n to
cycle backwards and forwards through your command history. For most
terminal types these sequences are mapped to the up-arrow and
down-arrow respectively.
sure i was doing this already. but it is only : sequential browsing.
does not help if the command you are looking for is 200 commands back!
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Re: find a command i have recently used in bash
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 11:31:54AM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: -- Sandip P Deshmukh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (on Wednesday, 29 January 2003, 07:51 PM +0530): let us say, i have done ls -l , etc etc then i have done a few more commands at the prompt. now, i want to use that ls command again. is there a way inwhich i can reach it quickly? for instance, i type ls and some other key and bash completes from history? I don't know about that, but if you hit your up-arrow, it will scroll backwards through the command history -- I do this a lot to save on keystrokes. i will recommend control r for you. very useful! try it, harness the power ;) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** In a whiskey it's age, in a cigarette it's taste and in a sports car it's impossible. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Updating Critical Packages Only
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 10:25:24PM -0800, S Yuval wrote: I recently bought the Debian 3.0r1 7-CD set and am trying to upgrade some obsolete packages. However, it turns out that if I ask apt to update its package database, most packages I have on the CD-set become obsolete and can no longer be installed conveniently through dselect. Since I cannot afford to spend nights downloading new packages for my entire system, and I purchased the CDs to avoid having to do that, is there any way to tell apt-get to update only the critically important packages like glibc, libstdc++, ncurses, etc. and not the entire system? have you tried aptitude? it is easier to manage and you can pick and choose what to install -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** A yawn is a silent shout. -- G.K. Chesterton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Window Managers
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 04:28:45PM +1100, James Buchanan wrote: Hi, When I run `startx' I would like afterstep to run, and I would like a menu giving me a list of all the window managers/desktop environments that I can run. How do I tell startx to run afterstep by default? I have done `man startx' but it's all incomprehensible gibberish to me! :-( I did look at xinitrc but again, I can't read shell scripts. None of it looks obvious to me unfortunately. Oh yes, apparently Gnome is installed, but how do I run it? i am no expert. but i am enclosing my .xinitrc. i run ion. so if you want to run afterstep or gnome, just change ion to whatever you like. here is my file: #!/bin/sh xscreensaver -no-splash exec ion hth -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
why does X keep throwing messages on console?
hello all when i run X from a console using a simple startx command, off and on, i keep getting a line that says 'getmodeline etc etc' on the console from where i fired X. is there a way to avoid this? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Audacity, and again, audacity, and always audacity. -- G.J. Danton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SOLVED - Re: why does X keep throwing messages on console?
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 11:13:44AM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote: This one time, at band camp, Sandip P Deshmukh said: hello all when i run X from a console using a simple startx command, off and on, i keep getting a line that says 'getmodeline etc etc' on the console from where i fired X. is there a way to avoid this? It's just STDOUT and STDERR being displayed there, and it gets logged for you anyway. So if you find it irritating, just redirect it to /dev/null (startx /dev/null 21) thanx. this seems to be working -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** From the moment I picked your book up until I put it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. -- Groucho Marx, from The Book of Insults -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
x keeps throwing getmodeline
hello all i typically keep x running but work mostly in console. every now and then x keeps throwing lines saying getmodeline something something on pressing control l these messages disappear. is there a way to suppress it? lastly, when i start screen, i cant start x. how to enable it? tia -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Plaese porrf raed. -- Prof. Michael O'Longhlin, S.U.N.Y. Purchase -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
a basic aptitude question - how to install a virtual package
hello all i am really sorry to ask such a basic question. but i could not locate the help resources. how do i install a 'virtual' package in aptitude? for instance, i can see latex as a package in aptitude. when i hit +, it does not get marked. thanks in advance for help -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** BOFH excuse #167: excessive collisions not enough packet ambulances -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: a basic aptitude question - how to install a virtual package
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 03:55:45PM -0500, Seneca wrote: On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 05:56:37PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: how do i install a 'virtual' package in aptitude? for instance, i can see latex as a package in aptitude. when i hit +, it does not get marked. Press enter on the listed virtual package. You should then get a screen similar to that of regular packages. Under Versions there will be a list of all packages that provide that virtual package. Install one of them. thanks a lot. was a little confused there. so asked! -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** To everything there is a season, a time for every pupose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to gain, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to throw away; A time to tear, and a time to sew; A time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-9 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
is there a program that can read dBaseIII files?
hello all i am stuck for good! and i have already done apt-cache search - no use. i need to open a dBaseIII file and convert it into any other more sensible format - xls, inclusive. is there a program that can handle dBaseIII files? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** HOLY MACRO! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
do amd processors work well with debian?
hello all i have used installed debian on pentium 3 and celeron without much trouble. typically, i have found out that the amd processors are less expensive than the intel ones. so, for a new pc was toying with the idea of going in for an amd processor. athlon or duron? any feedback if the sailing with amd processors is as smooth as intel ones. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** If you put your supper dish to your ear you can hear the sounds of a restaurant. -- Snoopy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: do amd processors work well with debian?
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 07:57:41PM -0500, Fraser Campbell wrote: On January 13, 2003 06:00 am, the fabulous Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: i have used installed debian on pentium 3 and celeron without much trouble. typically, i have found out that the amd processors are less expensive than the intel ones. so, for a new pc was toying with the idea of going in for an amd processor. athlon or duron? any feedback if the sailing with amd processors is as smooth as intel ones. I haven't noticed a difference. At work we have a dual Athlon MP 1900+, at home I have an Athlon XP 1700+ and I just built a system for my mother that is Athlon XP 2000+ based. I can't complain about stability or other problems on any of these systems. The dualie runs redhat 7.3, the others run Debian sid. I think the most important thing is to remember that just because the Athlon is lower cost do not be cheap with other components. Regardless of Intel or AMD if you go with cheap mobo, ram and *especially* power supplies you are asking for trouble. well, my idea was that the savings i will have on the processor can be better utilized for mobo, ram and power supply! by the way, any baddies when it comes to mobo chipset? thanx group for help. i think i will be more confident when i go in for amd this time. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of the scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: suggestions for a fast web browser?
On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 06:05:47AM +, Karsten M. Self wrote: on Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 03:32:12PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: one of the things that bother me in my set-up is browser. mozilla is what i use currently and i have to wait for ages before it loads. for text login, i have tried lynx and links. both are decent and quick but none of support for folders in bookmarks. For a general set of reviews: http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/NixBrowsers. thank you group for all the responses. i think overall, i will stick to links when it comes to text browsing and shift to galeon when it comes to x browsing. dillo is also fast but lacks quite a few features. almost the same for browsex. thankx again for help. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
suggestions for a fast web browser?
hello all my quest for small and fast applications seems to be never ending. :) one of the things that bother me in my set-up is browser. mozilla is what i use currently and i have to wait for ages before it loads. for text login, i have tried lynx and links. both are decent and quick but none of support for folders in bookmarks. i am looking for a browser that will load quickly, have bookmarking ability - preferably with folders. any suggestions? for both console based as well as gui based browsers are welcome. as usual, i have already done apt-cache search but would like to hear from actual users. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me. I'm afraid of widths. -- Steven Wright -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: good mp3 organizer - any suggestions?
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 09:27:29AM +0200, Haim Ashkenazi wrote: On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 07:38, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: hello all - if possible, also play files/ playlists and may be act as a front for some other music playing app A while ago I've used freeamp which I think done at least most of those things. it is an X app though. Another option (what I'm doing now) is to run a dedicated host with all your mp3 collection which runs gjukebox (gjukebox.sourceforge.net) and you can do anything from there (it's web based) including a lynx theme. too complicated for a newbie like me. i was looking at something much simpler. thanx for your help anyway. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** aquadextrous, adj.: Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your toes. -- Rich Hall, Sniglets -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lightweight window manager - any sugegstions?
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 03:54:44PM -0800, Peter Hicks wrote: On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 11:12:48AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: hello all i am doing most of my work in console and was looking for a small and fast window manager for some occasional work there. aesthetics, bells and whistles do not matter much. speed and overheads matter a lot. i have heard about ratpoison and [black | flux]box. any feedback from actual users is welcome. i am currently using windowmaker. I find ion to be kind of cool. thanks all for help. i am currently settling for icewm-lite and trying ratpoison, ion. but i really do not know if the change in speed between windowmaker and either of these is significant. :) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Would you care to view the ruins of my good intentions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unalbe to get system to work
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 09:32:09PM -0700, Walker wrote: I have a Compaq Presario 1247 Laptop on which I tried to install Debian. I get to the GNOME Desktop Manager screen but can't get past it. I type in the user name and password I setup during installation, but all it does is flip through a couple of quick screens and default back to the login. I don't get an error or anything about a wrong user name or password either. Is my display set wrong or something? The GDM screen looks fine. So what could it be? Also how do I get out of this screen, the GDM, to the line based version again or even just shutdown the system? this is easy. hit control alt f1. this will take you to a text login screen. login as root and issue shutdown -h now. alternatively, you can hit control alt delete from anywhere to shutdown the system if you are running ext3, you can switch off the power without much damage so, cheers! -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** The unfacts, did we have them, are too imprecisely few to warrant our certitude. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
good mp3 organizer - any suggestions?
hello all i have a large mp3 collection. on different cds and different directories on my hard disk. i want an organizer that will - keep track of files in different locations including different cds - let me rename files based on id3 information - let me move files based on id3 information - let me search files based on artist/ folder/ song name/ id3 tag content, etc. - if possible, also play files/ playlists and may be act as a front for some other music playing app i will prefer to have this in text mode (console app. not x) i have already done apt-cache search. but i will like to hear from someone who has actually used the application. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equpped with 18,000 vaccuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1 1/2 tons. -- Popular Mechanics, March 1949 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
lightweight window manager - any sugegstions?
hello all i am doing most of my work in console and was looking for a small and fast window manager for some occasional work there. aesthetics, bells and whistles do not matter much. speed and overheads matter a lot. i have heard about ratpoison and [black | flux]box. any feedback from actual users is welcome. i am currently using windowmaker. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. By Order of the Author -- Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lightweight window manager - any sugegstions?
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 08:13:23AM +0200, Mohammed Sameer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Once upon a time Sandip P Deshmukh wrote @ Thu, 9 Jan 2003 11:12:48 +0530 hello all i have heard about ratpoison and [black | flux]box. any feedback from actual users is welcome. i am currently using windowmaker. I didn't try black/flux box but i'm currently using pekwm and i can say that it's very lightweight specially the CVS version ;) oops - i could not find a deb package for it in my aptitude. :( -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mutt questio: Foward w/atachments?
On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 08:45:13PM +0100, Thomas Krennwallner wrote: On Mon Jan 06, 2003 at 08:47:16PM -0500, the boisterous stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote to me: How can I confgiure mutt so that when I foward an email, the atachments are fowarded as well? Well, I was finally able to get to that site (it seemed to be down most of the day), and that section might help you, but if it applies to my question, I don't see how. i agree with you. i too dont think that section carries the answer to your question, atleast not in simple english ;) Let me spell this out in more detail. What I want to do is that when I foward a mesage that has atachments (say a couple of jpeg images), I wnat to be able to have these fowarded as atachments to the original mail. It would be nice if this was the default behavior, but being prompted would be an OK solution. knowing the way mutt works, i think it can be done. further, if it can be done, it can be done as default or prompt! As this document states the behaviour of forwarding messages is controlled with a few variables in your ~/.mutt/muttrc. It depends on your default behaviour, but setting following set mime_forward=ask-yes did this. i also did set mime_forward_decode also as ask-yes. still, while forwarding the message, my mutt is not attaching the attachments. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** 94% of the women in America are beautiful and the rest hang out around here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
which files can be safely deleted?
hello all my debian computer is doing fine. every day i am rediscovering more efficient ways of using the resources available. after doing the installation, i ran deborphan and removed all unnecessary packages. then i checked in /home/sandip and deleted all unwanted stuff in terms of configuration files, etc. i know that /tmp and /var/run is cleared every time i boot up. i was wondering if there are any other redundant log files etc that i can delete to make more space available. i for instance know that exim keeps a log and it can be safely deleted. any other files? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** People that can't find something to live for always seem to find something to die for. The problem is, they usually want the rest of us to die for it too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: which files can be safely deleted?
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 03:33:15AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 04:51:14PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: i was wondering if there are any other redundant log files etc that i can delete to make more space available. i for instance know that exim keeps a log and it can be safely deleted. any other files? Install deborphan and run it every once in a while. Every few months it probably doesn't hurt to have it scrap the keeper file. This will trim the fat among debian packages. oh sure. i am already doing that. On my system at least, /usr/src occasionally bloats to ungodly proportions if I've been doing a lot of stuff by hand. i do not do any programming. /usr/src is empty! or compilation, etc. /usr/local/ will get up there, too, if you install commercial software (like games from id Software or Loki Linux Entertainment[1]). i do not do this either. :) If /var/log is building up larger than you are comfortable with, check out the logrotate documentation to automate trimming things down a bit more. sure. i will do this. i had been manually trimming my logfiles so far. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: which files can be safely deleted?
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 07:54:53AM -0800, nate wrote: Sandip P Deshmukh said: i was wondering if there are any other redundant log files etc that i can delete to make more space available. i for instance know that exim keeps a log and it can be safely deleted. any other files? if your that tight on space you may not need documentation, so I would say remove any *doc packages you have as well as manpages then erase /usr/share/man and /usr/share/doc that is 74MB worth of data on my system here. It would be better to remove this then to remove log files. You could also configure logrotate to rotate logs out of existance faster. Also /usr/share/info can go (remove any info related packages first) okay. thanks for all your help. my syslogd and klogd etc were getting large and i was just wondering if it will be okay to delete them. but surely, i will look at removing documentation. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Q: How do you stop an elephant from charging? A: Take away his credit cards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
how to setup postgres user
hello all recently i added a beancounter package. when i run setup_beancounter, it says, no postgressql user 'sandip'. it also recommends me to su - postgres. when i do this, neither my root password nor my user password works! what am i doing that is incorrect? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
spamassassin - how to stop defanging?
hello all i have done man spamd, man spamc and man spamassassin. i have also done man Mail::SpamAssassin::etc. none of this could help me solve this problem. it is actually a problem of semantics - i think. the default set-up of spamassassin changes header, etc. it also changes attachment content type to plain text. here is what man spamassassin says about this: X-Spam-Report: header for spam mails The SpamAssassin report is added to the mail header if the report_header = 1 configuration option is given. Content-Type: header Set to text/plain, in order to defang HTML mail or other active content that could call back to the spammer. i would like spamassassin *not* to change content type. i have tried report_header 0 in my ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs. report_header 0 this does not help. any suggestions? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** What does it mean in the sentence What time is it?? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: text mode pdf and msword reader?
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 03:03:38AM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote: This one time, at band camp, Sandip P Deshmukh said: are there any utilities that will let me read pdf files and word documents in console? antiword does great for word docs, and there's pstotext and ps2ascii (and ps2this and ps2that . . .), but they all seem to do a kind of spotty job here. Some files aren't properly displayed, and some aren't formatted right, and so on. If you find one that works really well for you, write back. well, i was impressed with antiword. real great job. goes as close to the original word document as possible. routine documents such as resumes are handled really well. all pdf readers leave a lot to be desired. is it not surprising that while we have readers for a proprietary format like msword, there is nothing as good for 'portable' document format? :) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. -- Aldous Huxley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: text mode pdf and msword reader?
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 04:01:32AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 11:44:53PM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 11:30:42PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 10:57:00AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: are there any utilities that will let me read pdf files and word documents in console? pstotext will handle much pdf stuff. pstotext just extracts the text and throws it on screen. the complete formatting is lost. are there any better utilities? Did anyone mention pdftotext? It's part of the Xpdf set of tools -- xpdf-utils package. nobody had. thanx for mentioning it. does a much better job than pstotext! :) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain but there in the sandbox at nursery school. These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt someone. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work some every day. Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup. The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup -- they all die. So do we. And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: LOOK. Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and sane living. Think of what a better world it would be if we all -- the whole world -- had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things back where we found them and cleaned up our own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together. -- Robert Fulghum, All I ever really needed to know I learned in kindergarten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
text mode pdf and msword reader?
hello all from a gui die-hard, i have started using console extensively. mutt, vim and all :) much faster - i must say. off and on, i get mail having pdf files and word documents as attachments. i have to run x and use xpdf and abiword for these. are there any utilities that will let me read pdf files and word documents in console? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Ballistophobia: Fear of bullets; Otophobia: Fear of opening one's eyes. Peccatophobia: Fear of sinning. Taphephobia: Fear of being buried alive. Sitophobia: Fear of food. Trichophobbia: Fear of hair. Vestiphobia: Fear of clothing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: text mode pdf and msword reader?
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 11:30:42PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 10:57:00AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: are there any utilities that will let me read pdf files and word documents in console? Dunno about pdf, but package 'catdoc' should help with word documents. thanx. this works great. one problem solved :) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** To use violence is to already be defeated. -- Chinese proverb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
printing files with relevant mailcap entries
hello all the question probably exposes my complete ignorance of printing system! if i do lpr somename.pdf, will it print properly? or do i have to open the file in pdf reader and then fire a print command? similarly, for other file types that have a mailcap entry. for instance, lpr somename.doc, etc. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: text mode pdf and msword reader?
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 02:07:33AM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 00:45, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 11:30:42PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 10:57:00AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: are there any utilities that will let me read pdf files and word documents in console? From the pdf side, it depends on whether or not you use framebuffer - fbgs will do it there. Offhand, I'd suspect that if you want to study ghostscript rendering to SVGA, it *could* be done in non-framebuffer environments, but it is not a *totally trivial* task. oh - nothing so complicated. i am just looking for a way to avoid going to x to see pdf and word documents - actually, text in these documents, preserving the formatting. no problem if they are converted into, say, html. i had turned off frame buffer some time back to boost speed. but if necessary, i can turn it on. in any case, it will be a lesser evil to have frame buffer on than to have to run x. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** QOTD: Every morning I read the obituaries; if my name's not there, I go to work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: text mode pdf and msword reader?
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 11:44:53PM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 11:30:42PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 10:57:00AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: are there any utilities that will let me read pdf files and word documents in console? Dunno about pdf, but package 'catdoc' should help with word documents. pstotext will handle much pdf stuff. pstotext just extracts the text and throws it on screen. the complete formatting is lost. are there any better utilities? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Hummingbirds never remember the words to songs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
just survived from unbootable system - what was wrong?
hello all one of the differences between debian and windows was that debian did not turn numlock on by default while booting. in my quest for finding a solution for this problem, i came across a script on this mailing list which claimed to do this. here is the script: #!/bin/sh INITTY=/dev/tty[1-6] for tty in $INITTY; do setleds -D +num lt; $tty done i made a file setleds in /etc/init.d and created a link named S20setleds to it in /etc/rc2.d as was suggested in the post. and disaster struck. my system refused to give me a login prompt!! i did init=/bin/bash at lilo. this gave me a prompt but mounted filesystem readonly. how do i make it read-write? lastly, i booted from installation cd and mounted my filesystem, removed the link and could get to boot in normally. what is wrong with the script? is there any way in which i can make num lock turned on on all virtual consoles? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: just survived from unbootable system - what was wrong? *solved*
On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 02:35:11AM -0500, Shawn Lamson wrote: On Sat, 21 Dec 2002 12:49:47 +0530 Sandip P Deshmukh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello all in my quest for finding a solution for this problem, i came across a script on this mailing list which claimed to do this. here is the script: #!/bin/sh INITTY=/dev/tty[1-6] for tty in $INITTY; do setleds -D +num lt; $tty done victim of cut and paste from an html page? you said it! indeed victim of cut and paste from an html page! and a nice lesson to learn and disaster struck. my system refused to give me a login prompt!! i did init=/bin/bash at lilo. this gave me a prompt but mounted filesystem readonly. how do i make it read-write? mount -t ext2 -o remount,rw /dev/hda1 / or adjust to your system thanx. it is valuable! actually r and w both are switches that can be passed to mount. so i thought it would be mount -r -w :) HTH it did! -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** I am myself plus my circumstance, and if I do not save it, I cannot save myself. -- Jos'e Ortega Y Gasset -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: urgent - system slow after spamassassin
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 10:05:47PM +0100, Chris Niekel wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 08:47:00AM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 12:30:07PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: hello all after installing spamassassin, my system has become terribly slow! i I experienced this also. The whitelist won't help, since the message still gets processed by spamassassin. Had the same problem. I added: queue_only_load = 5 to my exim.conf. This stops exim from delivering the messages (and starting spamc) when the load is over 5. After an outage of my adsl my load shot into the 80, so this seems like a definite improvement. I haven't noticed the sluggishness after that. which section do i put this into? i checked my exim.conf but could not find an entry queue_only_load. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** 'Martyrdom' is the only way a person can become famous without ability. -- George Bernard Shaw -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to stop spamassassin from scanning some messages?
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 03:28:28PM -0800, Stephen A. Witt wrote: On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Colin Watson wrote: On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 12:55:18PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: sorry. i do not use procmail. can a similar thing be achieved with .forward file that is used as a exim filter? The exim filter documentation is extremely well-written and extremely comprehensive. well, it took me some time to understand what the filter.txt was talking about. but now i am okay with it. in the meantime, group, just correct me if i am wrong in my understanding of mail processing. fetchmail gets the mail from remote server and hands it over to exim exim then applies rules etc. in exim.conf exim then applies rules etc. in .forward (exim filter file) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: simple exim configuration
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:57:02PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: John Griffiths wrote: At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: Any ideas why I can't apt-get remove exim without removing mutt? use dselect. much easier than apt-get :) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: urgent - system slow after spamassassin
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 10:29:59AM +, Colin Watson wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 11:02:07AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 05:59:16PM +0100, DEFFONTAINES Vincent wrote: It _might_ be that you installed razor (or razor2) (spamassassin uses razor if it is installed, by default). i did install razor. do you mean that if i remove razor, things will get better? i was under an impression that spamassassin 'needs' razor to run properly. It does not. well, i removed razor and things are okay now. thanks for the help -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Genius is ten percent inspiration and fifty percent capital gains. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: change terminal type while using 'screen'
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 08:44:17AM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: -- Sandip P Deshmukh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (on Tuesday, 17 December 2002, 12:09 PM +0530): On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 11:25:52PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: Sandip P Deshmukh [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-12-17 10:42:31 +0530]: On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 09:50:15AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: screen -T $TERM well, i did this. now when i start screen and do echo $TERM, it does say linux. however, there seems to be some error as some applications like centericq and mutt do not look the same! The 'screen' program is doing yet another terminal emulation step. Therefore it may not match the underlying terminal capabilities exactly especially in the areas of color emulation. oh - i do not know if all this offers any advantage. if it does not, i wish they had left it untouched. It's been too long since you started the thread for me to remember what term you're using. Is it xterm? I know that xterm has some issues of its own. when i do echo $TERM at bash prompt, it shows linux. i hope it answers your question. sorry - i am a newbie so may be i have not answered your question fully. ask if you want to know more information. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Were there fewer fools, knaves would starve. - Anonymous -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: urgent - system slow after spamassassin
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 12:28:29PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 10:57:59AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: | On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 08:47:00AM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: | If you use spamc, which is the daemonized version of spamassassin, it | will run somewhat faster, since it is written in C rather than perl. | well, i am using spamc spamd set-up anyway. or i think so. i read documentation on spamd, spamc and spamassassin and that made me feel that i am indeed using that set-up. | i also experienced the same problem! what is the solution for avoiding | concurrent messages? Don't scan messages concurrently. There are a number of ways to achieve that. As you have no doubt noticed by now, there are very many pieces that make up a mail handling system. Each one does something slightly different and each site/user can plug them together a little differently and achieve a different (or similar) effect. One way to limit concurrency is to use the -m option to spamd (see the i did append option -F 0 -m 3 to /etc/default/spamassassin. hope it helps | this brings me to a question, how is spamassassin better than a | .forward file that can do a somewhat similar job? thankx for an easy to understand explanation. the question i really will like to have an answer for is 'how to by-pass spamassassin on some messages?' i think it deserves a new thread and i am staring one :) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. -- Oscar Wilde -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
how to stop spamassassin from scanning some messages?
hello all i have been struggling to set spamassassin right. it slows down my system terribly. almost makes me feel as if i am using a windows pc :) i have spamc, spamd installed. i do not have razor. i use exim, fetchmail, mutt to read my mail. i already have the following in /etc/default/spamassassin: # Change to one to enable spamd ENABLED=1 # Options # See man spamd for possible options. The -d option is automatically added. OPTIONS=-F 0 -m 1 following is my ~/.spamassassin/user-prefs file: # How many hits before a mail is considered spam. required_hits 5 # Whitelist and blacklist addresses are now file-glob-style patterns, so # [EMAIL PROTECTED], *@isp.com, or *.domain.net will all work. # whitelist_from[EMAIL PROTECTED] whitelist_from debian* i was told in a separate thread that whitelisting does not help. spamassassin still processes the mail. how do i make spamassassin bypass some messages altogether? i will prefer to do it as a normal user than as root. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to stop spamassassin from scanning some messages?
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 12:17:01AM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:59:02AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: i was told in a separate thread that whitelisting does not help. spamassassin still processes the mail. how do i make spamassassin bypass some messages altogether? i will prefer to do it as a normal user than as root. You are using procmail to filter your mail aren't you? In that case, just move the rule that filters your debian stuff into a different mbox (i guess i can assume you are doing that?), otherwise there might be some kind of conditional procmail rules but i don't know enough about it... try reading the manpage. sorry. i do not use procmail. can a similar thing be achieved with .forward file that is used as a exim filter? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Don't sweat it -- it's only ones and zeros. -- P. Skelly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
change terminal type while using 'screen'
hello all i recently started using screen. i find it useful. without screen running, when i do echo $TERM, it shows linuc. however, on starting screen, if i do echo $TERM, it shows screen. is there a way by which i can force screen to make terminal appear to be linux? this will solve several of my colour related problems. i read the manpage of screen and went through /etc/screenrc file. too complicated and technical for a newbie like me to understand. could someone tell it to me in simple to understand terms? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. -- Joe Walsh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: change terminal type while using 'screen'
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 09:50:15AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: Sandip P Deshmukh [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-12-16 19:07:42 +0530]: is there a way by which i can force screen to make terminal appear to be linux? this will solve several of my colour related problems. Yes, a confusing thing that the newer version does but the older version did not do. I wish it went back to the older configuration. It makes logging into other systems which don't have screen installed a problem. You have two options. You can start up screen with -T $TERM. screen -T $TERM well, i did this. now when i start screen and do echo $TERM, it does say linux. however, there seems to be some error as some applications like centericq and mutt do not look the same! so, i changed my vim to vim -T linux to make things run for the time being. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** And that's the way it is... -- Walter Cronkite -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: urgent - system slow after spamassassin
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 08:47:00AM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 12:30:07PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: hello all after installing spamassassin, my system has become terribly slow! i thought that it must be becasue spamd is trying to scan all messages. so i modified ~/.spamassassin/user-prefs. here is how it looks: what is more, off and on, a message props up saying kmod - runaway modprobe loop assumed and stopped how do i restore sanity with spamassassin on? for writing this e-mail, i have turned it off I experienced this also. The whitelist won't help, since the message still gets processed by spamassassin. If you use spamc, which is the daemonized version of spamassassin, it will run somewhat faster, since it is written in C rather than perl. i did dselect and searched spamc - it was not there. is there a debian package for spamc? It only helps a little, however, since it still needs to invoke multiple exim processes. I ended up also running fetchmail as a daemon as well, getting messages from my ISP every ten minutes or so to avoid being overrun by a large number of concurrent messages. i also experienced the same problem! what is the solution for avoiding concurrent messages? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Have you noticed that all you need to grow healthy, vigorous grass is a crack in your sidewalk? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: urgent - system slow after spamassassin
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 05:59:16PM +0100, DEFFONTAINES Vincent wrote: It _might_ be that you installed razor (or razor2) (spamassassin uses razor if it is installed, by default). i did install razor. do you mean that if i remove razor, things will get better? i was under an impression that spamassassin 'needs' razor to run properly. this brings me to a question, how is spamassassin better than a .forward file that can do a somewhat similar job? To be sure you don't use razor, try to add score RAZOR_CHECK 0 score RAZOR2_CHECK 0 in your /etc/spamassassin/local.cf anyway, i will just remove razor and see what happens -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Er, Tom, I hate to be the one to point this out, but your fix list is starting to resemble a feature list. You must be human or something. -- Larry Wall in [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: urgent - system slow after spamassassin
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 07:43:26PM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: The Debian list servers run spamassassin for you. You can configure things so that spamassassin is run only on messages not from a Debian list. That might reduce your load significantly. In my .procmailrc I first look for X-Spam-Status first, then I filter all the debian list messages off, and only after all that I run spamassassin. Which means that less than 1% of may mail actually runs via spamassassin locally. can a similar thing be done without .procmailrc? i do not have procmail on. have not yet felt the need for procmail. but i do have a very rudimentary .forward file. by the way, how is mail actually handled? fetchmail - exim - .forward - spamassassin or some other way? i will also reiterate my earlier question here. if i have a .forward file and keep adding filters there, will it be a close substitute to spamassassin? But if it is speed you are looking for. i sure am looking for speed. my system was 'crawling'!! -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Hi! You have reached 555-0129. None of us are here to answer the phone and the cat doesn't have opposing thumbs, so his messages are illegible. Please leave your name and message after the beep... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: change terminal type while using 'screen'
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 11:25:52PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: Sandip P Deshmukh [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-12-17 10:42:31 +0530]: On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 09:50:15AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: screen -T $TERM well, i did this. now when i start screen and do echo $TERM, it does say linux. however, there seems to be some error as some applications like centericq and mutt do not look the same! The 'screen' program is doing yet another terminal emulation step. Therefore it may not match the underlying terminal capabilities exactly especially in the areas of color emulation. oh - i do not know if all this offers any advantage. if it does not, i wish they had left it untouched. anyway, i will mark the thread as solved. :) and thanx for your help. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** A programmer from a very large computer company went to a software conference and then returned to report to his manager, saying: What sort of programmers work for other companies? They behaved badly and were unconcerned with appearances. Their hair was long and unkempt and their clothes were wrinkled and old. They crashed out hospitality suites and they made rude noises during my presentation. The manager said: I should have never sent you to the conference. Those programmers live beyond the physical world. They consider life absurd, an accidental coincidence. They come and go without knowing limitations. Without a care, they live only for their programs. Why should they bother with social conventions? They are alive within the Tao. -- Geoffrey James, The Tao of Programming -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
urgent - system slow after spamassassin
hello all after installing spamassassin, my system has become terribly slow! i thought that it must be becasue spamd is trying to scan all messages. so i modified ~/.spamassassin/user-prefs. here is how it looks: whitelist_from debian* whitelist_from mutt* whitelist_from vim* now i realize that this has hardly made any difference. for instance, messages from [EMAIL PROTECTED] appear to be coming from the sender. what is more, off and on, a message props up saying kmod - runaway modprobe loop assumed and stopped what is that? when my system was crawling, i tried top and it showed several exim processes - some of them defunct! how do i restore sanity with spamassassin on? for writing this e-mail, i have turned it off -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** I can't drive 55. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
what terminal type?
hello all i recently installed a package called screen. its manual says that it tries to provide functionality of a dec vt100 terminal. it is a good package. but i notice that colors do not appear same after i use it. my guess is it has something to do with the terminal type emulated. how do i know what terminal type is being emulated? and how do i change it? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** What does it mean in the sentence What time is it?? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
stock price chart utility?
hello all one thing i really miss in linux is some good package that can plot stock price charts. in dos, there used to be metastock and the same continued in windows3.1 and win95. i tried gstalker but it is not as good as dos metastock also. could someone point me to some package that will do the trick? i just will like to look at charts daily, weekly, monthly, etc and basic functions such as candlesticks, etc. it will be great if the program can use and update metastock data. am i asking for too much? :) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Windows 95 Beer: A lot of people have taste-tested it and claim it's wonderful. The can looks a lot like Mac Beer's can, but tastes more like Windows 3.1 Beer. It comes in 32-oz. cans, but when you look inside, the cans only have 16 oz. of beer in them. Most people will probably keep drinking Windows 3.1 Beer until their friends try Windows 95 Beer and say they like it. The ingredients list, when you look at the small print, has some of the same ingredients that come in DOS beer, even though the manufacturer claims that this is an entirely new brew. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
spamassasin - how to avoid further false positives and negatives?
hello my spamassasin set-up was the quickest in my entire mail processing set-up. and it has already started marking SPAM! :) now, there are some false positives and some false negatives. how do i make spamassasin learn these mistakes? i mean, how do i tell spamassasin *not* to mark a particular message as SPAM and vice versa? if i mistake not, i will have to do these changes as sysadmin - root. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** 8) Use common sense in routing cable. Avoid wrapping coax around sources of strong electric or magnetic fields. Do not wrap the cable around flourescent light ballasts or cyclotrons, for example. -- Ethernet Headstart Product, Information and Installation Guide, Bell Technologies, pg. 11 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
recovering nvi sessions?
hello all when i boot up my pc, it throws a message that reads: recovering nvi session ... done i checked for the string in dmesg - it was not there. it has not affected working of my computer anyway. but could someone tell me where is this message coming from? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** See, these two penguins walked into a bar, which was really stupid, 'cause the second one should have seen it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
control z - background or stop?
hello all this is a fairly basic question. i checked debian reference - could not identify solution. when i hit control z while running a program, i think the program stops and goes in background. for instance, in links, a web page wont load if i hit control z. i wanted to know if there is a way to put a program in background without stopping it. so i start links, put it in background while it loads a page and fetch it in foreground after finishing of something inbetween. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** A log may float in a river, but that does not make it a crocodile. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: control z - background or stop? * solved *
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 02:11:55AM -0500, sean finney wrote: heya, On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 12:13:01PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: i wanted to know if there is a way to put a program in background without stopping it. so i start links, put it in background while it loads a page and fetch it in foreground after finishing of something inbetween. ^Z puts it stopped in the background. to tell it to keep on going, type bg. to bring it back into the foreground again, type fg. thanx. works perfectly you can also background a program explicitly from the commandline by putting an at the end of the line (which does more or less the same thing as ^Z + bg). this one i knew and use it often. oh - can we imagine something like this in dos? :) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Weinberg's Principle: An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: control z - background or stop?
On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 11:16:39PM -0800, nate wrote: Sandip P Deshmukh said: i wanted to know if there is a way to put a program in background without stopping it. so i start links, put it in background while it loads a page and fetch it in foreground after finishing of something inbetween. my favorite way to do this is screen. thanx. it is a good utility. i do not hvae to open several virtual terminals now :) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** The real problem with hunting elephants is carrying the decoys. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
spamassasin help needed
hello all i recently installed spamassasin and it is working wonderfully. if a particular mails appears to be a spam, it marks it as SPAM in the index. i would like to know if i can: - automatically move these messages to a particular folder - say spam - block some senders i identify as spam i use exim and fetchmail to get the mail in almost default set-up and i use mutt to read mail. if the same thing can be achieved by changing set-up of say, exim as well as mutt, i will rather change my mutt settings. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Logic is a pretty flower that smells bad. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: spamassasin help needed
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 12:44:37PM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: i would like to know if i can: - automatically move these messages to a particular folder - say spam Hi, add this to your .procmailrc file: oh - sorry. i do not have procmail on my pc. can i not do it without procmail? i use exim, fetchmail, mutt for mail -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness. Those who have greatness within them do not go in for politics. -- Albert Camus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
spamassassin installation help
hello all this is my post to the group after some time. debain had been working wonderfully. i have read quite some posts on spamassasin. so went to dselect and read up material available on that. i use exim (almost default set-up) and fetchmail (again almost default set-up) for mail processing. i read mails with mutt. do i just install spamassasin as it comes or do i have to tweak it? i do not use .forward or .procmailrc file. i am yet to find a need for either. can i use spamassasin without either of these files? spamassasin refers to one librazor package. it was not available. i found razor, though, is it one and the same? is spamassasin getting to be a default mail processing package? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: spamassassin installation help
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 05:26:43PM +0100, Matthias Hentges wrote: Am Die, 2002-12-10 um 10.25 schrieb Sandip P Deshmukh: do i just install spamassasin as it comes or do i have to tweak it? At least with postfix you'll have to integrate SA manually. It should be the same with Exim. You may want to have a look at this: http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/config_docs/exim3_spamassassin.html it was wonderful documentation. did just what it said and i am already running spamassasin. there is one difficulty, though. it refers to some filters in exim.conf file. could someone tell me, where do i place these filters in the file? in the beginning? in some specific section? in the end? the filter per se is given in full. however, not its location in the exim.conf file. But using .procmailrc will be the most simple way to do it IMO. i am still a bit confused about procmail. i use mutt anyway. and although i have not yet used folders. but i guess, i can use folders and folder hooks to sort mail into different mailboxes. do i still need to use procmail? spamassasin refers to one librazor package. it was not available. i found razor, though, is it one and the same? Yes i think so. At least my SA started using Razor when i installed the package razor. how do i make sure that my spamassasin is using razor? i already have the package installed. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What [OT] stands for?
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 03:20:01PM +0900, hiranokazunari wrote: Hi folks, Can anyone tell me what [OT] stands for, which I often see in the message title box for this mailing list? group, correct me if i am wrong. it stands for off topic. -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --*** Howe's Law: Everyone has a scheme that will not work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
