Which Wooody package for HTML Hypertext generation?
Could somebody tell me what they think the best package for HTML webpage generation in Woody is please? I would like something that would generate hypertext links automatically for me. I normally like very simple HTML, paragraph, header, and image tags. Yet I would like something that would let me do the following. I would like to write, for example, a page on "wireless email." And have the package see where I write out the phrase "wireless email" in future webpages, and generate a link to the page I wrote on the topic "wireless email." SOMEBODY has got to have written something that does this, I just don't know the name of the package. Thanks for any and all advice. --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"To X or not to X, that is the question" (also, Groovix PC)
Still ruminating on my desire for a second terminal. I have three options as I see it, Drop extra mouse, keyboard, and screen into my box, and run them with X. Did not think of this until I read the article on the new Groovix PC. (I'd like to know how they can have multiple unique pairs of speakers though.) Buy an X Term Buy a Serial Term A fourth option would have been to revamp an old PC and network up. I would rather drop extra video card and mouse and keyboard on the same box. I figure, why network if you can be on the same Box? At any rate, revamping an old PC shell would include the cost of possibly replacing the power supply, and hassling with memory chips and digging up an old disk (those old Maxtor disks make excellent bookends, don't they? Real cyberpunk Je Nes Se Quis (sp?)) This means cost and hassle. I am very heavily leaning toward an old serial terminal. A used one on Ebay is only about US$20, and a refurbished is $200. I figure all the other options require me to buy a new screen at much more. I don't like the idea of buying a CRT used on EBAY. Since my real need is just to check email news and possibly some simple web, I think the serial term is the way to go even though it is obsolete technology. What twists my noodle is, will I want X down the road? If I move to my girls, there is no way I am going to interest her and her nieces to use serial aplications. But it is kind of like gazing into a crystal ball. Any thoughts?! --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I make email like WWWOFFLE and NOFFLE?
Sam Watkins wrote: > On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 06:25:01AM -0500, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: >> What steps are required to make my email work like WWWOFFLE and >> NOFFLE? I have Exim running and I heard about Fetchmail, but >> I need to know the basic concepts. Any help or pointers to >> faqs on how to do this are greatly appreciated! > > How do you get your mail - POP3 or IMAP from another server? > > If POP3, use fetchmail and fetchmailconf > If IMAP, use offlineimap (this is what I am using) > > Those are Debian package names, type e.g. "apt-cache show fetchmailconf" > for more info. > > Let's know if you have trouble configuring them. > > procmail is another thing you might want to use, but get the others going > first. > > OK, so first I set up fetchmail, and familiarize myself to that before I worry about sending email to the internet when I am not connected. They really are seperate applications (sending email vs receiving email) aren't they, regardless of what my email program presents to me. I am excited about fetchmail, after reading the essay "the cathedral and the bazaar." I have several email accounts, all of which use POP3. My published email address at my ISP is farmed out to Postini, which has a great spam blocker. I also have a few email addy's on my webserver, which are also POP3. BTW, I have one of those webhosts with a "Cpanel" interface. I have a way of setting up email so that replies to an email I send are copied to both a POP3 and my Pager. If you want to know how this is done email me and I will tell you (I figure that is off-topic.) I bring it up because it is one of the things that allows me only to connect to the internet once a day. Thanks for the reply! --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do I make email like WWWOFFLE and NOFFLE?
What steps are required to make my email work like WWWOFFLE and NOFFLE? I have Exim running and I heard about Fetchmail, but I need to know the basic concepts. Any help or pointers to faqs on how to do this are greatly appreciated! --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nightstand Terminal
Once again, the biggest problem is getting you guys to be verbose ;-) Does anybody have experience with the following? 1) A smaller cheaper box, perhaps a stand alone box that takes smaller and slower laptop parts? 2) What about serial terminals? The new ones are $400 at CDW.com, but I see that you can get refurbised ones at $20 on ebay? Any ideas on finding companies that are throwing these out? Is the money savings worth not being able to use xfree86 remotely in your own network? At $400 for a new one, perhaps I should buy my girl a Dell, and take her old 386 and begin hacking that? 3) Since an old laptop is a possible solution based on it's size, any reccommended sources for purchasing used laptops that are known to be able to run Woody?! 4) What about crossover cable vs actually using a switch for a two computer network? Thanks for any input! --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nightstand Terminal
I would like to experiment with making a small terminal that would fit on my nightstand. I think those little POS 10.2" monitors you see at the checkout lines in supermarkets are a possibility. Does anybody have experience with this sort of thing? --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That button with the windows logo
Can I replace it with a button with Tux on it? Now that I love Linux I want to know if there is a kit to Linux-ify my Windows Keyboard?! --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cron and Anacron for newbies (noffle also) Solved (for me at least)
Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > I was wondering if anybody could point me to a faq for cron and anacron? > > Reason I ask is because I am getting into noffle and the doc says to run > an > expire every day. I noticed just such a command on a directory called > /etc/cron.daily/ > > So I also, (in addition to the faq) would like to know, > > 1) how do I verify that one of the jobs in /etc/cron.daily/ ran to > successful completion > > 2) How can I migrate the running of these jobs to anacron, as my personal > computer is not a 24/7 uptime system. > > Thanks for any and all responses! > --- > > Scotty > > Thank you, David, Paul, Sam, Hugo and Maurits! I now know it is working right. I dug the documentation a little, and found a more eloquent way to verify that anacron was working. I found that the anacrontab file uses run-parts with a setting of "--reports", I read the doc for run-parts and reset this to "--verbose" and got this in my local email Anacron job 'cron.dailyjob' From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anacron) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:01:40 -0500 run-parts: executing /etc/cron.daily/0anacron run-parts: executing /etc/cron.daily/calendar run-parts: executing /etc/cron.daily/exim run-parts: executing /etc/cron.daily/find run-parts: executing /etc/cron.daily/logrotate run-parts: executing /etc/cron.daily/man-db run-parts: executing /etc/cron.daily/modutils run-parts: executing /etc/cron.daily/netkit-inetd run-parts: executing /etc/cron.daily/noffle run-parts: executing /etc/cron.daily/standard run-parts: executing /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd run-parts: executing /etc/cron.daily/wwwoffle and now know it is working! But, I will still read the faq at ursine.dyndns.org! Thanks for the help! --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cron and Anacron for newbies (noffle also)
David Mandelberg wrote: > Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: >> 1) how do I verify that one of the jobs in /etc/cron.daily/ ran to >> successful completion > The output of the jobs in /etc/cron.daily/ is emailed to root, so you > just need to set up a mta to forward it to your real address (unless you > already have a working mta config, in which case, just check root's mail). > Well, I hope no news is good news, because I might have a problem elsways. I have my mail forwarded to a user account, which I check with kmail. Since I am receiving no daily reports, does this mean that none of my daily jobs are running? If so, I think it may be because I am not up 24/7. Is there a way for me to tell anacron to run all the contents of the cron.daily folder (since it is set up for systems like mine which are not 24/7.) --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cron and Anacron for newbies (noffle also)
I was wondering if anybody could point me to a faq for cron and anacron? Reason I ask is because I am getting into noffle and the doc says to run an expire every day. I noticed just such a command on a directory called /etc/cron.daily/ So I also, (in addition to the faq) would like to know, 1) how do I verify that one of the jobs in /etc/cron.daily/ ran to successful completion 2) How can I migrate the running of these jobs to anacron, as my personal computer is not a 24/7 uptime system. Thanks for any and all responses! --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xserver-xfree86 managing different settings
Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Scotty Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I can't be the first person to want to do this, so how do I do this? > > apt-get install gvidm > > -- Thomas Adam > [snip] Thanks Thomas, I didn't know about gvidm, but I installed it and it works. However I am afraid I did not make mayself clear. What I want to do, when KDM starts, is be able to choose "console login" from the pull-down menu, which will give me an old fashioned 24x80 character display, login to a user account, and give a command something like somexcommand loresscreen fluxbox -g 640x480 where, Somexcommand is some X command to restart the X server Loresscreen references something in the X server init file that tells X to use a screen size and screen resolution of 640x480 fluxbox is a preferred windows manager and -g 640x480 is a geometry switch telling fluxbox that I am using 640x480. Anybody know how I can something like this? Thanks, --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xserver-xfree86 managing different settings
I JUST WROTE How would I manage multiple settings with xfree86? I read a bunch of manpages but don't see what I want to do. When my system boots, I want it to default to 640x480 mode, even though my card supports 800x600 and 1024x768. Then, if I want, I want to get to a console prompt, and somehow restart x in a way that uses one of the higher resolutions. my eventual goal would be to normally be in 640x480 for easy reading, but to switch to a higher supported resolution for file editing, or maybe reading a webpage written for a larger size screen. I would also like to get my screen going in a vga or svga mode, but have no idea what I have to do to set that up. I know if the install script runs this way, there must be a way. I can't be the first person to want to do this, so how do I do this? --- Scotty BUT I NEED TO ASK SOMETHING DIFFERENT Just found on a webpage the the ctrl-alt-+ and ctrl-alt-"-" that do this are the + and - on the keypad, (ugh, sorry about being such a newb, I feel stupid now.) But when I change resolutions this way, it creates what I guess would be called a virtual desktop that is larger than the display. How do I stop that behavior? How do I make it so that when I start at a resolution of 1024x768, and I hit "ctrl-alt-+" and get a resolution of 640x480, how do I make the screensize change to 640x480 instead of having to scroll around my "virtual desktop?" Would still like to know how to run X in a VGA or SVGA mode. Thanks, --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xserver-xfree86 managing different settings
How would I manage multiple settings with xfree86? I read a bunch of manpages but don't see what I want to do. When my system boots, I want it to default to 640x480 mode, even though my card supports 800x600 and 1024x768. Then, if I want, I want to get to a console prompt, and somehow restart x in a way that uses one of the higher resolutions. my eventual goal would be to normally be in 640x480 for easy reading, but to switch to a higher supported resolution for file editing, or maybe reading a webpage written for a larger size screen. I would also like to get my screen going in a vga or svga mode, but have no idea what I have to do to set that up. I know if the install script runs this way, there must be a way. I can't be the first person to want to do this, so how do I do this? --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 82815 graphics controller config in debian 3 woody
Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:47:32 +0530, VRT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> i have an integrated 82815 graphics controller >> i tried using the vesa driver >> it was working well for [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> for higer depth 16 and 24, the screen was flickery... >> pls help >> thanks in advance >> vinay > > Try finding out the correct frequency via XFree86 -configure. > On mine, I had to make sure the AGP driver was loaded, framebuffers was off, as well as the (i think) i_815 driver. This is all available on the woody set. Try searching intel.com for "82815 linux" --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Not happy with Woody's Kmail and Konqorer Web Browser
David P James wrote: > On Tue 19 October 2004 19:41, Mateusz ?oskot wrote: >> User Scotty Fitzgerald wrote:: >> > Kmail because there seems to be no way to read just the email >> > headers and then deleting spam on the server and loading only what >> > I want. >> >> Did you try Thinderbird (Mozilla based e-mail client) ? > > Come again? You absolutely cannot do what he wants to do with > Thunderbird or MozMail. You can however do it with KMail from the 3.x > line if not earlier. > Thats the answer! I am on kmail 2.2.2! Sorry, I am a modem guy and don't want to do modem updates to all my programs, so some of my problems are because I really want to wait for Sarge to become the stable, before I buy the disk set; but it is so nice to know that sarge will fix this problem! --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Manual vs Automatic install for software newbie qustion
I've noticed that a lot of software comes as "tar.gz" and I have a cookbook method of installing these, but I wanted to know if doing this could screw up the database that apt-get, dpkg, and dselect use. What do I need to know as a newbie about this, should I try to restrict myself to *.deb packages? Is there a way of telling woody that I installed a "tar.gz" system and have it update? Thanks, --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reccomend best Window Manager & Theme for Hard-Of-Sight
Wow, I am so amazed at the choice of windows managers on Woody, I thing FLWM is the best for me, I really like zipping around! But I can't seem to set large fonts and high contrast in a way that it will remember the settings between sessions. My girl is hard of sight, any reccommendations for best window manager and theme for hard of sight users, prefferable would be one that remembers settings from session to session. Thanks --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Not happy with Woody's Kmail and Konqorer Web Browser
Thank you, Andreas, this worked for me! --- Scotty Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > > Scotty Fitzgerald (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >> Andreas Janssen wrote: >>> Scotty Fitzgerald (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >>> >>>> I was not completely happy with these two parts of the K desktop >>>> environment. >>>> [...] >>>> Konqueror because it does not support HTTPS: >>> >>> Sure? Du you maybe just need to install the kdelibs3-crypto package >>> from non-US? >>> >>> >> Hrm, my woody distribution does not include that. >> >> But if I went out and just installed a library, could I harm my >> system? --- > > The package is in the nun-US section of Woody. Make sure you have > included the non-US packages in your sources.list: > > deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib \ > non-free > > Run apt-get update and apt-get install kdelibs3-crypto. Or download the > package from <http://packages.debian.org/stable/non-US/kdelibs3-crypto> > > best regards > Andreas Janssen > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Not happy with Woody's Kmail and Konqorer Web Browser
Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > > Scotty Fitzgerald (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > >> I was not completely happy with these two parts of the K desktop >> environment. >> >> Kmail because there seems to be no way to read just the email headers >> and then deleting spam on the server and loading only what I want. > > You can tell kmail to run an application to do that for you before > downloading the email. For example mailfilter. > >> Konqueror because it does not support HTTPS: > > Sure? Du you maybe just need to install the kdelibs3-crypto package from > non-US? > > best regards > Andreas Janssen > Hrm, my woody distribution does not include that. But if I went out and just installed a library, could I harm my system? --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not happy with Woody's Kmail and Konqorer Web Browser
I was not completely happy with these two parts of the K desktop environment. Kmail because there seems to be no way to read just the email headers and then deleting spam on the server and loading only what I want. Konqueror because it does not support HTTPS: Two questions When Sarge becomes stable, will these things be changed? Any reccommendations for other GUI apps like these on the woody distro? PS, Not a fan of Mozilla because it has HTTPS but I cant set up a "authorized cookie depositor" list. Maybe I should just get Opera for Linux? --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Newbie] ppp: Connection established, but can't ping. How can I get out into Internet?
Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > I had a similar problem, When I set up the machine I > had a Ethernet card that was autodetected, and the > the autodetection set up the ethernet card as the default > gateway to the internet. While your ethernet is the default > gateway the dialup won't establish itself as a gateway. Try to > remove the gateway status of your ethernet card, and things should work. > > It took me a few googles on Linux networking and I found this, but if > you can't find a good webpage post a reply, and I will actually start up > my old windows partition and see if I can find the webpage that clued me > in. > > Good luck, > --- > Scotty > > F. GEIGER wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I'm on Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (Woody) and stuck in the middle: >> >> I exec "pon VOL" and get a connection, but no pings do return (100% >> loss). >> >> As a connection has been estblished, I guess the several config files are >> okay. Therefore I've pasted the output of "netstat -nr", "route", and >> "ifconf ppp0", shown while the connection is established. >> >> As I come from an OS, where one can configure an Internet connection with >> a few clicks and get into the Internet with two more clicks (did I >> already say, I'm a newbie? :-)), it's beyond me to fully recognize all >> the content of those lines. My Linux box' address is 192.168.200.101. >> This leads me to find the lines >> >> 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 >> sl0 >> >> and >> >> default * 0.0.0.0 U 1 00 >> sl0 >> >> kind of strange. But, please, see for yourselves: >> >> netstat -nr >> Kernel IP routing table >> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt >> Iface >> 194.183.133.58 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 0 0 >> ppp0 >> 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 0 0 >> sl0 >> 192.168.200.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 >> eth0 >> 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 >> sl0 >> >> >> route >> Kernel IP routing table >> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse >> Iface >> 194.183.133.58 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 >> ppp0 >> 192.168.0.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH1 00 >> sl0 >> 192.168.200.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 >> eth0 >> default * 0.0.0.0 U 1 00 >> sl0 >> >> >> ifconfig ppp0 >> ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol >> inet addr:194.208.126.37 P-t-P:194.183.133.58 >> Mask:255.255.255.255 >> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 >> RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >> TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:10 >> RX bytes:425 (425.0 b) TX bytes:355 (355.0 b) >> >> So, what am I missing? Do I have to add or change a default route or >> something like that? >> >> Kind regards >> Franz GEIGER, lookin' for kind helping hands. >> >> > > The line I deleted was "gateway" from the file "/etc/network/interfaces" --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Newbie] ppp: Connection established, but can't ping. How can I get out into Internet?
David Clymer wrote: > On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 21:50, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: >> I had a similar problem, When I set up the machine I >> had a Ethernet card that was autodetected, and the >> the autodetection set up the ethernet card as the default >> gateway to the internet. While your ethernet is the default >> gateway the dialup won't establish itself as a gateway. Try to >> remove the gateway status of your ethernet card, and things should work. >> >> It took me a few googles on Linux networking and I found this, but if >> you can't find a good webpage post a reply, and I will actually start up >> my old windows partition and see if I can find the webpage that clued me >> in. >> > > Please don't top post: http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/toppost.htm > > A google "i'm feeling lucky" search got me the following page. perhaps > it was the one you were refering to? > > http://www.ale.org/archive/ale/ale-1996-02/msg00026.html > > You could use ip-up & ip-down scripts to setup/tear down routes for your > ppp connection. That would certainly beat doing it manually every time. > > -davidc > > Gee, I always preferred topposts, but ok, Hi, David, I guess I will have to boot up windows tonight (sigh) to get that URL. No, what I had to do was find this configuration file in the /etc hierarchy and delete the line that said "gateway (192.x.x.x" [whatever x was.] After that my dialup took off. cheers! --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Newbie] ppp: Connection established, but can't ping. How can I get out into Internet?
I had a similar problem, When I set up the machine I had a Ethernet card that was autodetected, and the the autodetection set up the ethernet card as the default gateway to the internet. While your ethernet is the default gateway the dialup won't establish itself as a gateway. Try to remove the gateway status of your ethernet card, and things should work. It took me a few googles on Linux networking and I found this, but if you can't find a good webpage post a reply, and I will actually start up my old windows partition and see if I can find the webpage that clued me in. Good luck, --- Scotty F. GEIGER wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm on Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (Woody) and stuck in the middle: > > I exec "pon VOL" and get a connection, but no pings do return (100% loss). > > As a connection has been estblished, I guess the several config files are > okay. Therefore I've pasted the output of "netstat -nr", "route", and > "ifconf ppp0", shown while the connection is established. > > As I come from an OS, where one can configure an Internet connection with > a few clicks and get into the Internet with two more clicks (did I already > say, I'm a newbie? :-)), it's beyond me to fully recognize all the content > of those lines. My Linux box' address is 192.168.200.101. This leads me to > find the lines > > 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 > sl0 > > and > > default * 0.0.0.0 U 1 00 > sl0 > > kind of strange. But, please, see for yourselves: > > netstat -nr > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt > Iface > 194.183.133.58 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 0 0 > ppp0 > 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 0 0 > sl0 > 192.168.200.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 > eth0 > 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 > sl0 > > > route > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse > Iface > 194.183.133.58 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 > ppp0 > 192.168.0.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH1 00 > sl0 > 192.168.200.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 > eth0 > default * 0.0.0.0 U 1 00 > sl0 > > > ifconfig ppp0 > ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol > inet addr:194.208.126.37 P-t-P:194.183.133.58 > Mask:255.255.255.255 > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:10 > RX bytes:425 (425.0 b) TX bytes:355 (355.0 b) > > So, what am I missing? Do I have to add or change a default route or > something like that? > > Kind regards > Franz GEIGER, lookin' for kind helping hands. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FAT32 as mount for /home?
Just wanted to say thanks for the replies! Considering these replies, I think I will just make a seperate ext3 for home, and manually save a second copy of a document if I want. Thanks again! --- Scotty Fitzgerald On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 17:40:06 +0200, David P James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri 8 October 2004 07:22, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: >> Can that FAT32 structure handle all of /homes files? > >If you do this, make sure you don't try to use maildir format mail >folders in your /home partition - this is particularly the case if you >use KMail which now defaults to maildir in ~/Mail. FAT32 can't handle >the ':' character used in the filenames of maildir messages. > >The suggestion of someone else to make a symlink from your Windows 'My >Documents' folder to an equivalent in your /home partition (such as the >more sensible 'Documents') is a good one. > >-- >David P James >Ottawa, Ontario >http://david.jamesnet.ca >ICQ: #42891899, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Noone isn't no one -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: overiding KDE graphical login
Just wanted to say thanks for the replies! --- Scotty On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 14:40:08 +0200, David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Friday 08 October 2004 12:22, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: >> Setting up woody on my system, wondering if you all could point me to >> a faq or howto to try the following things. >> >> Make KDE graphical login allow logins to root >Control Centre, System Administration, Login Manager >> >> Come up on normal run level without KDE graphical login starting (IE >> so I can start manually after logging in) >remove package kdm, or if you want to do it temporarily update >/etc/X11/default-display-manager by putting a # at the start of the >line, to restore remove the #. >> >> Make KDE graphical login automatically log into to a particular user >> account on power up. >Login Manager as above. > >David >> >> Thanks, >> --- >> Scotty > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
overiding KDE graphical login
Setting up woody on my system, wondering if you all could point me to a faq or howto to try the following things. Make KDE graphical login allow logins to root Come up on normal run level without KDE graphical login starting (IE so I can start manually after logging in) Make KDE graphical login automatically log into to a particular user account on power up. Thanks, --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FAT32 as mount for /home?
Hello, I got an official "woody" set and am now setting it up, and am wondering if this "bright" idea of mine is actually advisable. I thought that if I mounted a seperate and small partition as the /home directory, as well as using the same partition for storing documents and user files from my Windows 2000 Pro (the other side of my dual boot system,) that I could write a batch to backup this small partition to another small partition, and have all my data from both my systems backed up at once. On the surface, it looks to me like an efficient "hack," but I know that somebody else must have thought of this before and tried it. Can that FAT32 structure handle all of /homes files? Particularly "dot" files?! Thanks --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.
I'd just like to know what video card works best "out of the box" with debian. This is because I have just got woody, and aparently I, as a newbie, have to figure out how to install & compile a special driver so woody can talk to the on-board four mb of memory on my Intel 82815 video card. I sure would like to just be able to have base-config just get it up right as an xfree86 terminal. I'm not freaking, tho, as I have knoppix running smooth as silk on another partition, BTW, what is VESA?! --- Scotty On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 04:50:08 +0200, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ><#secure method=pgp mode=sign> >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. > >Mistake du jour! You'll only spend more on the nVidia for even >crappier drivers. Just get a newer Radeon if you want graphics >performance. I believe there's actually working open drivers for the >ATI adapters. >-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQFBXhTLUzgNqloQMwcRAmG4AKCzn9tbWYoStwS0rirgIdZ2TE7a1QCeLRC3 >/cWojlUVlmy88q8qpdHJLfY= >=WxKm >-END PGP SIGNATURE- > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: permisions in the /dev directory
Thank you for the advice, Andrew and James! Yes, I am on my own box! --- Scotty On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 12:40:08 +0200, James Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 05:41:28 -0400, Andrew Schulman ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > To let a user run any command with sudo add a line such as the >> > following: >> > username ALL = (ALL) ALL >> >> This is a terrible idea. It essentially makes username equivalent to root. >> Yes, the user has to type 'sudo' before they can do the damage, but these >> things can become a habit (or a shell alias) in a hurry, and access to >> username's account also becomes instantly equivalent to being rooted. > >In most cases I would agree with you. The above was an example. But I >take it from Scotty's first post that it was for himself to do >administration on his own box and not setting this for everybody. sudo >is for administration. > >The following is another example: > ># User alias specification > >User_Alias ADMINS = msmith, amccord > ># Cmnd alias specification > >Cmnd_Alias DUMP = /sbin/dump > ># User privilege specification > >root ALL=(ALL) ALL >ADMINSDUMP > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't dial up - - SOLVED
Hi, My dialup problem is solved, I want to recap in case anybody out there has the same problem. First, KDE's dialup utility KPPP was set up for modem on ttyS0 through ttyS3. My system has it on ttyS4. The thing to do was to line /dev/modem to ttyS4 with the command ln /dev/ttyS4 /dev/modem Second, write permission was not set for the dialup group on these devices. With Konqorer (spelling) from root I highlighted both /dev/modem and /dev/ttyS4 and clicked the properties tab and clicked the write box. Third, my ethernet card which is not connected to a network, or anything (hey, it came with the system) had been set up as a default gateway to the internet. As long as it had this status the dialup system would not set itself up as the gateway to the internet. To remove this status from the ethernet card I had to go into /etc/network/interfaces and delete the line marked "gateway." Then, everything worked, both from my root and my user account. I am so excited, this is a big liberation from windows for me. I want to thank all who helped and coached, S Keeling Steve Mandelmore John Hasler James Allen Pigeon Thanks for all the help! --- Scotty On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 04:00:09 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scotty Fitzgerald) wrote: >Advice please, I can't dial up. > >I am using the K environment, and I enter the command "kppp" and when >I go to set the device, I can't. My modem is on /dev/ttys4 but that is >not in the drop down box. I tried "ln -s /dev/ttys4 /dev/modem" from >the shell, but when I select /dev/modem from the drop down box, it >does not work when I hit the button to test modem. > >Any advice? Please help. >--- >Scotty > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
permisions in the /dev directory
Part of my modem problem was that there write permission for the user group for the devices in the /dev directory was not set. I have a question Should the whole /dev directory have the the group-write attribute set down the whole directory?! Reason I ask is that some of the KDE sounds only play for the root user, yet my regular user is a member of the audio group. I think I have the same problem here. So what are the names of the devices involved in audio withing the /dev directory I have to look at? I also noticed that the sudo command does not work, even tho my user login is a member of sudoers. Betcha this is a read permission for the group problem on the sudoer configuration file. Whattya think? yours, --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
personal decision re knoppix or regular debian
just a note, I decided to buy a real copy of Woody. I figure I have enough to learn without being pushed through hoops over bugs. --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't dial up
Actually, I have a better question. Since the route command shows me that eth0 is the default, and I know I have no internet off of that, how can I set up my lan configuration so that eth0 never gets the default route status, this should free up the dialing dialog to take over that status, right? --- Scotty On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 15:40:07 +0200, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >James Allen writes: >> In /etc/resolv.conf make sure you have >> search your_isp_domain > >This is not necessary. > >> nameserver your_isp_primary_nameserver > >This is. >-- >John Hasler >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) >Dancing Horse Hill >Elmwood, WI > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't dial up
OK, I finally got a webpage after dialing in. I tried this command off a webpage route add default ppp0 and things began to work. Apparantly the default is eth0, my ethernet card. This card is not connected to a LAN, it just came with the compter and there it sits. Now, how can I make it so that I can hit "connect" and when it logs in to my ISP, the command "route add default ppp0" will be done automatically upon connection to my ISP? And, I would like to do this in a way that all dialin users will have it done for them, I really hope this does not always happen in root. Thanks for any advice, --- Scotty On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 15:40:07 +0200, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >James Allen writes: >> In /etc/resolv.conf make sure you have >> search your_isp_domain > >This is not necessary. > >> nameserver your_isp_primary_nameserver > >This is. >-- >John Hasler >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) >Dancing Horse Hill >Elmwood, WI > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't dial up
Well, managed to set read and write permissions for both ttyS4 and dex/modem So I am connecting, Well, I gotta sleep, I just wish I could figure out why I cant resolve a hostname, like www.google.com Tomorrow is another day! --- Scotty On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 18:10:07 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scotty Fitzgerald) wrote: >I have been working along these lines, but I am thinking of another >approach, can anybody see any problems with this idea. > >Since I will need the "pointy clickey" KDE thing to sell my fiance on >swithcing to linux, I really want to get that working. > >IT allows choices ttys0 through ttys3, my modem is on ttys4 according >to wmdialconf. How about this idea > >I go into bios and disable com2, which I have nothing plugged in on (I >have a PDA I plug from time to time on com1.) > >reboot, and hope that the one disabled com port with cause the modem's >com port to "slide down" into com4, which should be ttys3 in "linux >mode." > >Try to use K's point-click interface. > >Is there any "watch outs" I need to know for trying this strategy?! > >thanks! >--- >Scotty > >On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:20:04 +0200, Steve Mandelmore ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: >> >>> Advice please, I can't dial up. >>> >>> I am using the K environment, and I enter the command "kppp" and when >>> I go to set the device, I can't. My modem is on /dev/ttys4 but that is >>> not in the drop down box. I tried "ln -s /dev/ttys4 /dev/modem" from >>> the shell, but when I select /dev/modem from the drop down box, it >>> does not work when I hit the button to test modem. >>> >>> Any advice? Please help. >> >>Here are some things to try (if you haven't already): >> >>Add your user account to the dip and dialout groups. Log out and log back >>in afterwards. Try KUser or just do this on the shell commandline: >># adduser steve dip >># adduser steve dialout >> >>Change 'auth' to 'noauth' in /etc/ppp/options. Now try KPPP again. >> >>Maybe try running pppconfig (as root), go through the setup steps, then try >>$ pon YourConnectionName >> >>Or try installing and running wvdial. If none of this works, there's >>probably something wrong with the modem setup. Just a thought, but >>maybe /dev/ttys4 needs to be /dev/ttyS4 (capital S) for the symlink? >> >>Steve >> >> >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't dial up
Well, I managed to get the root user to query the modem. kppp started to work once I issued ln -f /dev/ttyS4 /dev/modem But I would rather not have to log on the internet as a root user. It wont go from my regular user account. I did use kuser to add to ip and dialout. kppp just gives me "unable to open modem," but wvdialconf is more revealing, it says attempting /dev/ttyS4, /dev/modem is a link to it /dev/ttyS4 permission denied. now, how can this be, shouldm't permission have been granted when I added the user to the dip and dialout group? How can I go about fixing this one?! Thanks for any and all advice, and sorry to be such a noob. --- Scotty On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:20:04 +0200, Steve Mandelmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > >> Advice please, I can't dial up. >> >> I am using the K environment, and I enter the command "kppp" and when >> I go to set the device, I can't. My modem is on /dev/ttys4 but that is >> not in the drop down box. I tried "ln -s /dev/ttys4 /dev/modem" from >> the shell, but when I select /dev/modem from the drop down box, it >> does not work when I hit the button to test modem. >> >> Any advice? Please help. > >Here are some things to try (if you haven't already): > >Add your user account to the dip and dialout groups. Log out and log back >in afterwards. Try KUser or just do this on the shell commandline: ># adduser steve dip ># adduser steve dialout > >Change 'auth' to 'noauth' in /etc/ppp/options. Now try KPPP again. > >Maybe try running pppconfig (as root), go through the setup steps, then try >$ pon YourConnectionName > >Or try installing and running wvdial. If none of this works, there's >probably something wrong with the modem setup. Just a thought, but >maybe /dev/ttys4 needs to be /dev/ttyS4 (capital S) for the symlink? > >Steve > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't dial up
I have been working along these lines, but I am thinking of another approach, can anybody see any problems with this idea. Since I will need the "pointy clickey" KDE thing to sell my fiance on swithcing to linux, I really want to get that working. IT allows choices ttys0 through ttys3, my modem is on ttys4 according to wmdialconf. How about this idea I go into bios and disable com2, which I have nothing plugged in on (I have a PDA I plug from time to time on com1.) reboot, and hope that the one disabled com port with cause the modem's com port to "slide down" into com4, which should be ttys3 in "linux mode." Try to use K's point-click interface. Is there any "watch outs" I need to know for trying this strategy?! thanks! --- Scotty On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:20:04 +0200, Steve Mandelmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > >> Advice please, I can't dial up. >> >> I am using the K environment, and I enter the command "kppp" and when >> I go to set the device, I can't. My modem is on /dev/ttys4 but that is >> not in the drop down box. I tried "ln -s /dev/ttys4 /dev/modem" from >> the shell, but when I select /dev/modem from the drop down box, it >> does not work when I hit the button to test modem. >> >> Any advice? Please help. > >Here are some things to try (if you haven't already): > >Add your user account to the dip and dialout groups. Log out and log back >in afterwards. Try KUser or just do this on the shell commandline: ># adduser steve dip ># adduser steve dialout > >Change 'auth' to 'noauth' in /etc/ppp/options. Now try KPPP again. > >Maybe try running pppconfig (as root), go through the setup steps, then try >$ pon YourConnectionName > >Or try installing and running wvdial. If none of this works, there's >probably something wrong with the modem setup. Just a thought, but >maybe /dev/ttys4 needs to be /dev/ttyS4 (capital S) for the symlink? > >Steve > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: knoppix vs standard debian?
Thank you for your replies. So, there are security issues!! I suppose this means that the declaration of Sarge being stable will force security conscious users to migrate to Sarge ( a lot like Gates & Co forces people to move by making a "service pack" update and refusing support to old service packs.) What shell command, exactly, will make debian tell me exactly what kernal it is?! Are the actual kernal upgrades small enough for a dial up guy to do? I am thinking of ordering the (big) seven disk set from an outfit like linuxcdrs.com. Thanks again for replies, --- Scotty On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 10:50:05 +0200, Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thursday 02 September 2004 01:38, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: >> Hi, I will try to make this newbie post really quick, >> >> I am learning Linux due to my incredible hate of Gates' policies and >> security vulnerability. > >You have joined the right club! > >> I picked up a book with knoppix CD included, >> to "test the waters." >[...] >> >> Is there a webpage or faq, or can somebody clue me in to, whether I >> should get a "regular" debian?! Would there be an advantage to, say, >> picking up a copy of "Debian Bible" and installing that instead over >> knoppix debian? > >If you look at the debian-user archive, you will find several threads on this >over the last year or so. > >Some people, like me, are happy to start with Knoppix (or Gnoppix, Mepis, etc) >and allow the system to gradually morph into standard Debian. I did this >because at the time I first moved to Debian, some of my hardware was not >recognized by the Debian installer whereas Knoppix worked out of the box. I >believe the new installer is now far better and you may think it is worth >trying a reinstall -- your hardware may in any case not be problematic. On >the other hand, I have never had any problems resulting from the migration, >and have wasted very little time on the occasional adjustment or deletion of >redundant bits of Knoppix. > >Other people have different experience, and say that it is better to start >with a "pure" install, even if it is more difficult at first (and, as I said, >it probably will not be difficult for you). > >-- >richard > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can't dial up
Advice please, I can't dial up. I am using the K environment, and I enter the command "kppp" and when I go to set the device, I can't. My modem is on /dev/ttys4 but that is not in the drop down box. I tried "ln -s /dev/ttys4 /dev/modem" from the shell, but when I select /dev/modem from the drop down box, it does not work when I hit the button to test modem. Any advice? Please help. --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
knoppix vs standard debian?
Hi, I will try to make this newbie post really quick, I am learning Linux due to my incredible hate of Gates' policies and security vulnerability. I picked up a book with knoppix CD included, to "test the waters." I really love it, and managed to install debian "unstable" onto my hard disk and everything seems to be working fine except for some screensavers. Is there a webpage or faq, or can somebody clue me in to, whether I should get a "regular" debian?! Would there be an advantage to, say, picking up a copy of "Debian Bible" and installing that instead over knoppix debian? As a follow up, if I get a "regular" debian, will I eventually be able to make my own bootable debian CD with my selections of software? Or is this a capability that only knoppix has? Thank you --- Scotty Fitzgerald -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
