Re: sources.list file
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 07:13:39PM -0500, will trillich wrote: > On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 01:40:04PM +0200, Goeman Stefan wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Can somebody tell me what is wrong with the following entries in > > my sources.list file > > > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > > deb http://non-us.debian.org stable non-US > > deb http://security.debian.org/stable/updates main contrib non-free I think the problem is with the last one (I have not tried though). for stable security updates use this instead: deb http://security.debian.org/ potato/updates main contrib non-free ^^ This is *not* a mistake! Hope this helps... -- Viktor
Re: [users] Re: email: Windows (Outlook, Eudora) -> Linux
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 12:39:45AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 15, maj, 2001 at 06:16:09 -0400, MaD dUCK wrote: > > also sprach Viktor Lakics (on Tue, 15 May 2001 07:17:09PM +0100): > > > The most comfortable way (I never tried it though) seems to be to > > > have a nice KDE 2.1.1 desktop. I use Debian potato, and noticed, > > > that there is a kmail import utility under Utilities in the KMENU. > > > It imports Outlook express 5.0 folders, and pegasus mail folders. > > > And eudora addressbok. Don't ask me why not Eudora folders... > > Eudora folders are standard Unix mbox format, the same as kmail uses. I did not know that, so what was the question then? Just copy the files from Windows to Unix and that is it...
Re: email: Windows (Outlook, Eudora) -> Linux
Hi, The most comfortable way (I never tried it though) seems to be to have a nice KDE 2.1.1 desktop. I use Debian potato, and noticed, that there is a kmail import utility under Utilities in the KMENU. It imports Outlook express 5.0 folders, and pegasus mail folders. And eudora addressbok. Don't ask me why not Eudora folders... And kmail uses a standard unix mailbox format, which is useble with almost all unix clients. On the web you can find plenty of resources for conversion from Eudora to pegasus, and from there you are on your way... To delete duplicate messages, procmail is your friend. you can find plenty of resources on the web as to how to use procmail to nuke duplicate messages in a mailbox. Hope this helps... -- Viktor On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 10:59:33AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I searched the mail archives and could find anything on this rudimentary > topic. > > How do I retrieve my saved email from my Winbox? I'd like to save my folder > structure too, if possible. > > While I'm transferring my mail, how can I eliminate duplicate messages? > (With windows, this simple task not easy.) > > Please cc: me directly, as I've unsubscribed from my high-volume e-lists > until my conversion is complete. :-) > > Thanks, > Paul > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: Karsten's browser reviews (updated)
Thanks Karsten for the interview, very useful, just some remarks: 1. Opera Opera is in stable 5.0 now (as of yesterday, at least on the ftp server, you might want to give it a try, debs available, it is a very easy call to test) 2. Netscape It is in 4.77 now, and though not much changed, I downloaded it - after I had some weird problems with 4.75 on potato - and adjusted the fonts, etc. After a year pause in using Netscape, this was a surprise. It loaded within 10 sec on my PII/350/128M system - previously I had to wait sometimes 25-30 secs (!). Even konqi and opera needs 5-7 secs to load... It appears more stable (yes I run Java). Somewhere I saw a note on distro-included netscapes (Mandrake and Debian was listed), it was suggested to use netscape navigator standalone right from the Netscape. That is what I did. I do not know whethet this caused a change ot the higher version no., but it WORKS now. Yes the GUI sucks, but what do you do when you reallu HAVE TO look at a web page and galeon died on it, opera cannot render it, konqi ditto?! (yes there are WEB pages like that). You fall back to the good ol' netscape... At least I am. It allways worked for me as a last resort. 3. Konqi I always wanted to use it, because I use KDE as my desktop, it is nicely integrated, it is a pleasure to work with. But until KDE 2.1.1, there were simply too many WEB pages which cannot be rendere by Konqi. But now it rocks. 3. Sorry, I do not have opinion about Galeon I never tried it. So Nowadays I use Konqi > Opera > Netscape. Order of preference. On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 08:34:22PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > I've updated my review of GNU/Linux web browsing alternatives, largely > in light of recent advances by the Mozilla and Galeon teams. I'm > looking for feedback, particularly on anything I might have missed. > > http://home.netcom.com/GNU/Linux/FAQs/browsers.html > > I might add that I'm quite pleased with Galeon. > > Cheers. > > -- > Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
Re: perl locale
Aren't you runnig woody? Two days ago I did an aborted experiment to
dist-upgrade from potato to woody. I kept getting the same messages,
but before that there was a different perl problem, with a little
bit more info (Thanks to the peple on this list I did this upgrade
on a clone of my system, so I am happily using my old potato still).
So I have no idea how to fix this, but there were someone who seemed
to fix the other perl problem (which maybe caused this one). So I
attached the message from this list. It may help...
Hope this helps... -- Viktor
P.s. I just realized, that this guy answered you when you wanted to
upgrede to sid...I still think he can help your second problem too..
Sorry if this is no help...
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 06:34:01PM -0400, MaD dUCK wrote:
> hey guys,
> whenever i use perl (rename, apt-get/dpkg, anything), i get
>
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
> LANGUAGE = (unset),
> LC_ALL = (unset),
> LANG = "en"
> are supported and installed on your system.
> perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
>
> this is really annoying and i know way to little about perl so as to
> be able to fix this myself. please please ... any tips?
>
> martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
> \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
> > is there anything else i can contribute?
> the latitude and longitude of the bios writers'
> current position, and a ballistic missile.
>-- alan cox
>
>
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--- Begin Message ---
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 01:08:03PM -0400, MaD dUCK wrote:
> hey guys,
> i would finally like to pull one of my systems up to testing, but i
> still can't really afford losing it, so i am a little cautious. i
> guess i would simply like to know if anyone of you had previous bad
> experiences with the dist-upgrade. i am on a laptop, currently running
> potato with a custom kernel 2.4.4 and pcmcia-cs build. should i just
> do it? it isn't reversible, is it?
>
I went potato -> woody on my home system about a week ago, and got
sidetracked for a bit by a couple of bugs, both of which are documented
in the Debian bug system. I was able to work through both, and am
very happy with woody on that machine. However, my production server is
gonna stay potato for now :P.
Early in the install, perl got into a state where it could not find
Glob.pm. This hosed installation scripts on several packages, preventing
them from configuring, which blocked many more packages. I was able
to work through this one by figuring out which perl packages *would*
install
and installing them manually via dpkg -i . This went quickly, since the
required packages were alrealy sitting in apt's cache.
I had a hard time getting an xserver to configure (either version 3 SVGA or
the version 4 server). The postinstall script failed. I saw in the
bug data base where Brandon directed the person who reported this bug to
use a specific commandline to run the postinstall script manually. I
did this on my machine. The script still exited with an error, but
something changed, and one more trip through configure resulted in a
correctly configured server.
I am using ximian gnome 1.4, and got into a dependency conflict with
gnomeprint or something to do with gnumeric.
I just ditched gnomeprint and gnumeric rather than spending time figuring
out a fix.
Hope this helps.
Mike
rather than spending time figuring out a fix.
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Re: How many Linux is enough for lilo!?
Thanks that did it. -- Viktor On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 03:53:57PM +0100, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Viktor Lakics ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > I run into a prob with lilo. I want to have two Linuxes on the same > > hard drive (root partitions /hda8 and /hda9 respectively) and have > > lilo on the MBR. > > > > Whatever I do, lilo can only recognize the kernel from one root > > partition. I can have several kernels bootable by lilo, as long as > > the reside on the same root or boot (if you have a separate /boot > > partition) partition. > > Unfortunately you haven't said what you are trying to do and what > error messages you get when it doesn't work. (What does "recognize" > mean?) > > > Maybe i overlooked something, could anyone give me an exerpt from > > lilo.conf, where lilo boots two different Linux distro from two > > different root partition? > > Well, firstly, you presumably recognise that there's only one MBR, > so the last instance of running /sbin/lilo (from any of your linuxes) > is the one that takes effect. Usually one would only run lilo from one > version, so that you only have to maintain one instance of > /etc/lilo.conf. > > If your two kernels are each contained in their respective partitions, > hda8 and hda9, then both partitions must be mounted when you run > /sbin/lilo. For example, if you're running with hda8 as root, > hda9 might be mounted as /mnt, and the two kernels will be > image=/boot/kernel-for-hda8 > and > image=/mnt/boot/kernel-for-hda9 > (you can leave out "boot/" if there are symlinks in the respective > root directories.) > > Next, how to set the root device for each kernel. There are two ways: > move the root= line from the global part of the file (you've probably > got it near the top) and put it into each image= paragraph: > > image=/boot/kernel-for-hda8 > root=/dev/hda8 > read-only > ... etc. > > image=/mnt/boot/kernel-for-hda9 > root=/dev/hda9 > ... etc. > > The other method is to leave it out altogether and use rdev on each > kernel to set the device, e.g. > > rdev /mnt/boot/kernel-for-hda9 /dev/hda9 > (assuming you can write to /dev/hda9) > Actually there's no harm in doing both. > > Obviously you leave the boot= line alone: > > boot=/dev/hda > > as this determines where lilo writes the boot sector, to the MBR. > > What happens when you run /sbin/lilo is that lilo sees where all the > kernels are (in terms of filesystems on partitions), works out where > they are physically on the disk (in terms of blocks) and builds a > map of those blocks. It also notes down the corresponding root > devicenames (and all the other info in the image= paragraph). > > When you boot and the MBR runs, the kernel is loaded by block numbers > off the disk, and any root= value is applied. If there wasn't a root= > then it uses a magic offset in the kernel just loaded (which is > what you can set with rdev). > > If you have a huge disk, it makes sense to collect all the kernels > into the "classic" /boot partition near the start. But kernels can > be placed in all sorts of different partitions/filesystems so long > as /sbin/lilo can see them all mounted (and listed in /etc/lilo.conf) > when you run it. > > Hope that makes sense. > > Cheers, > > -- > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 > Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA > Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify > official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
How many Linux is enough for lilo!?
Hi fellow Debianers, I run into a prob with lilo. I want to have two Linuxes on the same hard drive (root partitions /hda8 and /hda9 respectively) and have lilo on the MBR. Whatever I do, lilo can only recognize the kernel from one root partition. I can have several kernels bootable by lilo, as long as the reside on the same root or boot (if you have a separate /boot partition) partition. Maybe i overlooked something, could anyone give me an exerpt from lilo.conf, where lilo boots two different Linux distro from two different root partition? Thanks in advance. -- Viktor
Re: How the average guy gets mail...
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 05:58:19PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 600 for 10 minutes and add the line to your .xsession profile (name > depends > > on what window manager you use, mines xdm). > the correct way is to put a script > in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ directory which would be activated as soon as you > start a connession to your isp (see another today's answer under the > same subject). Good point, Aldo. A small correction to this: just putting the fetchmail script to the /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ directory will not download your mail under Debian. See you also have to put your .fetchmailrc to /etc as /etc/fetchmailrc (and this is not there by a standard install...) So Cameron, here you go: Basically as you can see from the thread, there are at least two ways to do what you want, using a fetchmail-mutt combo (I will only spell out what other people have already said here :-)) 1. Use mutt's in-built capabilities to read your mail, use POP3 or IMAP, whatever float your (and your ISP's) boat. As to the setup, check whether Debian's mutt was compiled with these features or not. And RTFM. The mutt manual is great. 2. Mail in the UNIX way That means you use fetchmail (if you are a dialup user) to simulate a continous connection. You've already set up your .fetchmailrc, so this is easy from here. You just want to automate this thing, so your mail will be downloaded whenever you make a connection (you do not have to open mutt to initiate this!). So become root and : Create the following scripts (make them executable!): /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/fetchmail-up __ #!/bin/sh test -r /etc/fetchmailrc && \ fetchmail -d 900 --syslog --invisible --fetchmailrc /etc/fetchmailrc __ This will automatically download your mail at every 15 min while your connection is up... /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/fetchmail-down _ #!/bin/sh test -x /usr/bin/fetchmail && \ fetchmail --quit ___ This will shutdown your fetchmail when you disconnect. And finally you do: # mv ~/.fetchmailrc /etc/fetchmailrc Apparently this has a significance under Debian (in order to run fetchmail from /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/, you have to have fetchmairc (without the "." ) in /etc. Hope this helps... -- Viktor
Cloning your Debian system
I got a crazy idea: if you want to make 100 % sure that you do not brake your production system, why don't you have an exact copy of that system before you do an upgrade (or just use that system for trying out things, which you cannot afford on your system). I got a spare 2 Gig partition on my system, and I want to give it a try. I just do not know how to start this? O.K. I could probably do it with hard disk image program, but then what configuration files do I have to edit (exept /etc/fstab) after my root partition moves from /dev/hda8 to /dev/hda7... Anyone have done it already? All comments and possible ways to do it are welcome! Thanks in advance. -- Viktor
Re: Unable to start X
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 09:20:33AM -0700, Dale Morris wrote: > I just did a dist-upgrade to woody and when I try to start X I > get the following error message: > > X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory) > aborting > xinit: server error I think somehow you do not have the X server symlink set. Try this: ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 X Hope this helps... -- Viktor
Re: mouse wheel scrolling
Hi Mitul, On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 04:58:51PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > I am trying to get my USB MS Intellimouse to scroll in Linux. > have downloaded and installed imwheel 0.9.9. My Pointer section in the > XF86Config-4 is as follows. If you are running XF4.0x you do not need imwheel. Actually, even in XF863.3.6 you do not need imwheel if you run KDE or gnome. They support it out of the box. I have Microsoft Intellimouse with intellieye USB. Here is what you can do to set it up: First of all you have to make sure that you have the USB support compiled in the kernel (at least as a module - this is usbmouse module). If you do not remember setting it up explicitly, you probably do not have it. But if you have you just replace /dev/psaux with /dev/usbmouse below in the device section. Your other option is then not using the USB connector, but the ps2 port (and use that hardware which converts the USB to a ps2 jack - included with the M$ mouse). Then you device is /dev/psaux. Then set up you XF86Conf file as follows: Section "Pointer" Protocol"IMPS/2" Device "/dev/psaux" BaudRate1200 Emulate3Timeout 50 Resolution 100 ZAxisMapping 4 5 Buttons 3 EndSection The above is my Debian file (XF3.3.6) Below is my Mandrake file (XF4.0.3) Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol""IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > I have tried stopping gpm and then running X with imwheel, the device > in that case was /dev/psaux. With this setting the mouse keeps flying > around the screen. Gpm was a problem for me too. The mouse danced all over the place. I got rid of it, because I always use an xterm for console stuff, so I do not need it at all. I suggest you to open dselect, search for gpm, and remove it completely. (let me know I you do not know how to do it). Then set up your XF86Conf file as above (probably like my Mandrake file) and at least for KDE and Gnome you mouse will work, scroll, and the middle button will work too, you can paste stuff with it. Hope this helps... -- Viktor
Re: XFree 4.0.3 for woody
Hi Timo, If I understood correctly, you had potato X3.3.6 and upgraded it to X4.0.3?! Could you please elaborate how did you do it? Didi you have to setup config files by hand or was it setup automatically? On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 08:09:03PM +0200, Timeboy wrote: How are all the other apps after running libc6_2.2 ? Thanks in advance. -- Viktor > > On Sun, 6 May 2001 17:56:27 +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > > *Hi > * > * i saw that sid has allrady Xfree 4.0.3 included? > * When will woody be updated? > > Hi Raffaele! > > You could update your xfree86 to 4.0.3 by hand. Downloading > the packages from www.debian.org and doing as root: > > dpkg -i > > More then 20 Packages it shouldn't be. > > I have a great running 4.0.3 on potato. Needet only to > update to libc6_2.2. > > Cu, > > Timo > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
AA with potato (strictly)
Hi All, I know this was discussed in this list already, I did my homework, read the archives, but I am still confused. Here is my problem: I have stock potato 2.2.r3 with XFree 3.3.6. and Ivan's KDE for potato. I want to get antialised fonts work n KDE with as less unstable packages as it is possible. I think I need the following steps: I need to get XFree 4.02 or 4.03 I already have the right qt version My card is OK (NVIDIA TNT2 M64 - it does the antialiasing under Mandrake) And the questions: 1. Do I need anything else to be installed? 2. How can I install and configure XFree4.03 with apt-get or dselect? 3. What do I have to put my sources.list? Thanks in advance. -- Viktor
xmms and audio cd playing
Hi All, I used xmms with Mandrake for playing almost everything, mp3, audio CD, oggs wavs etc. Under Debian, I cannot play Audio CDs with xmms. (dedicated CD players work!). Xmms has a audio CD plugin, which I enabled, set the cdrom pointing to the right dir, and now what? How can I tell xmms to play the audio CDs? Play file shows nothing, play directory ditto, play location seems doing nothing as well. Under Mandrake, I was even able to mount the audio cd (in the playlist it showed the sounds as track_n_.cda, theerfore I just played them as files (play directory or file). This lead to us to a more general question: what is the difference of audio an data cds? Even before I patched the kernel for supemount under Debian I could not mount audio CDs (got the message "wrong fstype, bad option blablalabla..), while data cds are mounted fine. Anyone has the answer? Thanks in advance. -- Viktor
User permissions for an ext2 partition
Hi Debian gurus, I have a data partition mounted in /data. I want to read and write the whole partition as a regular user. What should I put into my /etc/fstab? Right now I have: ___/etc/fstab___ # /dev/hda9 /ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda10 noneswapsw 00 proc/proc procdefaults 0 0 /cdrom/cdromsupermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /floppy /floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd00 0 /dev/hda6 /home ext2 rw0 2 /dev/hda7 /usr/local ext2 rw0 2 /dev/hda8 /mandrake ext2 rw0 2 /dev/hda1 /win vfat user,showexec,quiet,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda5 /data ext2 rw 0 2 __ The last line is the partition I want to read and write as a normal user. Just like what I did with /dev/hda1, the umask option solves this issue, but that is only for fat partitions. What is the equivalent for ext2? Thanks in advance. -- Viktor
How to configure supermount?
Hi All, I patched the 2.218 kernel with supermount.patch for 2.2.17. There was no error at patching time, but after compiling the kernel it does not seem to work. the /cdrom dir is locked. Does supermount require any more configuration? How? Thanks in advance. -- Viktor
Supermount patch for 2.2.18pe21 - anyone?!
Hi Debianers, I want to patch my kernel (stock 2.2.18pre21 potato 2.2r2) with the supermount patch. I was only be able to find the patch for 2.2.17. Is there a place where I could find this patch for 2.2.18? Or what happens if I patch with supermount-2.2.17? Does anyone outhere run a patched debian kernel 2.2.18? TIA -- Viktor Viktor Lakics Through the Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1
Re: Linux style dialup automatically
Hi Mike, Originally this was my question. No it is not a multi-user box, I just wanted my mail downloaded automatically every time I connect, without manually invoking fetchmail... Now it is solved, the prob was that I did not know that for this I have to put my fetchmailrc to /etc on debian -- Viktor On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 04:10:11PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 11:35:23AM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote: > > > > Why not using /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/fetchmail ? > > Note that it uses /etc/init.d/fetchmail which, in turn, needs > > /etc/fetchmailrc. > > > > Please read /usr/share/doc/fetchmail/README.Debian > > -- > Is this a multi user box? Do you want each user's fetchmail to be run on > dial up? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: Linux style dialup automatically
On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 11:35:23AM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote: > Why not using /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/fetchmail ? > Note that it uses /etc/init.d/fetchmail which, in turn, needs > /etc/fetchmailrc. > Please read /usr/share/doc/fetchmail/README.Debian This was the missing piece of information, thanks. -- Viktor
Re: Linux style dialup automatically
Hi Dave, I renamed the scripts to something else when I moved them from MAndrake. (Not because I knew what you suggested, so thanks for the info) So the problem is somewhere else... I hope there is someone outhere, who still uses the old-fashioned linux style dialup and has the same setup. Thanks again, Dave. -- Viktor On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 09:31:46PM -0600, Dave Thayer wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 08:00:03AM +0100, Viktor Lakics wrote: > [...] > > And I had a file called ip-up.local in /etc/ppp : > [...] > > And at the end of connection I had ip-down.local: > [...] > > I noticed that here under debian there is a dir with autoscripts: > > > > /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ and > > /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/ > > > > > > but when I put my scripts there I still do not get my mail > > automatically downloaded... > > Are the scripts still named ip-up.local and ip-down.local? If so, > remove the periods from the file names. ...--...
What extra packages do I need for patching the kernel?
Hi All, I never needed to compile the kernel until now. I have to patch the kernel, and I would like to know what libraries, packages, programs I need to have on my machine (except the kernel source an headers) in order to do this? I run potato 2.2r3 stable, and at isnstall time I mostly skipped development packages, but I do not want to just install loads of C development packages which i do not need... Is there a simple way to prepare myself for this event (in addition to lots of coffeine)? Thanks in advance. -- Viktor
Linux style dialup automatically
Dear fellow Debianers, I have just come to Debian 3 weeks ago, and still struggle to set up my previous dialup conf using another linux version. Here is what I want: Every time I log on to my isp (from anywhere in my box, could be root, or other users) I want my email downloaded, and sorted to the appropriate mailboxes, automatically by procmail. Before this happens I also want to sent all the queued mail out to the world. And when I shut down my connection I want fetchmail demon to be stopped. Here is what I have: If I have the connection up, and start fetchmail, I got all my mail downloaded and sorted to my mailboxes. I can send mail with exim. So, the problem is how to automate this. Previously I had my .fetchmailrc in the root dir: # Configuration created Sun Oct 22 22:14:46 2000 by fetchmailconf set postmaster "debuser" set bouncemail set properties "" poll pop.freeserve.net protocol POP3 user bablabla.net.co.uk there with password passwd is debuser here poll pop.amexmail.com protocol POP3 user blabla there with password passwd is debuser here And I had a file called ip-up.local in /etc/ppp : #!/bin/bash /usr/sbin/sendmail -q /usr/bin/fetchmail -d 2000 And at the end of connection I had ip-down.local: #!/bin/bash fetchmail --quit I noticed that here under debian there is a dir with autoscripts: /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/ but when I put my scripts there I still do not get my mail automatically downloaded... I am sure that many of you have this auto set up, please help me to troubleshoot this. Thanks in advance. -- Viktor
Re: How to upgrade?
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 10:23:19PM +0600, V.Suresh wrote: > Thanks for the info. And, if I want to upgrade only gnome or gimp thru > apt-get, what should I do? > Put this in your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://red-carpet.ximian.com/debian stable main Then do apt-get update apt-get install gimp1.2 This gives you the newest possible ximian gimp... Hope this helps... -- Viktor
Colors in mutt while editing in vim
Hi All, I saw a lot of those answers to mutt color issues, so I thought I might get lucky and someone knows the answer to my problem: I am moving from Mandrake to Debian (mostly because I do NOT want to do a clean install with every new version of my Linux distro). On mandrake I used mutt with colors for Subject, From, etc (set in my .muttrc). I am using the same muttrc (symlinked from my mandrake home directory to the new debian home dir), these colors are displayed just fine in the pager, but when I edit a mail or create a new with vim, colors are gonei (it worked out of the box on mandrake, I have the same .vimrc .muttrc, everything symlinked). What happened to vim? Why vim cannot use the color settings now? (BTW, I was always suprised that vim actually used the same colors what are set in my muttrc)? TIA Viktor
Sound as an ordinary user - how?
Hi Debianers, I cannot play any sound files as an ordinary user, while as root everything works fine (MP3, wav, whatever). I got the message : ** WARNING **: oss_open(): Failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp): Permission denied Do I have to be a member of some special group (like dialup users) to be able to play sound in debian? If not, how could I set up the permissions for ordinary users for sound? Thanks in advance. Viktor
Re: ximian-gnome-1.4
Just use dselect, use apt as an access mode, do an update, you will have a list of all ximian packages you can choose from... BTW, to make this work you have to put deb http://red-carpet.ximian.com/debian stable main into /etc/apt/sources.list This is probably the same as you used for apt-get, anyway... Hope this helps... -- Viktor On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 01:29:07PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > I would like to know if there exists a way to install all the new > ximian-gnome-1.4 stuff *without* evolution, nautilus and mozilla. > apt-get install task-helix-gnome install all the files (170Mb!). > Thanks in advance > Marcelo > > -- > Marcelo Chiapparini > DFT-IF/UERJ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Ximian gnome 1.4
Hi All, Yesterday I tried to install the now Ximian Gnome 1.4 on potato stable, unsuccesfully. After automatically downloading the installer, then manually downloading the installer, and running it, the installer complains about not having exclusive access to dpkg (it says : could not process /var/lib/dpkg/status ) and suggests that some other app (apt, dpkg, rpm blablabla) uses the database. So it does not even start. I am not running anything like that as far as I know. So I am stuck. Anybody has an idea? The other thing: This beast is HUGE! 170 Mbytes, so the use of the downloader will be interrupted anyway, on a dialup connection. I tried this on a Mandrake box, and the installer has an option to install the stuff from a local directory. Anyone has an idea about ximian mirrors from where I could download this thing on a speedier connection (as you guessed, NT at work)? Or installing it in the debian way with dselect or apt? But what should I put into sources.list, and what command to use to start the install (This could be done even on a dialup O/N, because apt restarts itself from the point it lost the connection)? Thanks in advance. -- Viktor
Re: Win4Lin (fwd)
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 10:28:25AM -0600, stephen wrote: > You wrote: > > Ok... yeah I just check and it seems that they are writing patch for 2.4 > > kernel but nothing comes out yet. and until I figure out if my UMAX usb > > scanner and usb logitech webcam pro works under win4lin, I will not buy it. > The way I understand it, if it works under Linux, then it'll work under > Win4Lin. True. > Win4Lin uses the underlying systems (i.e., printing, networking, etc.) > to accomplish it's tasks. Half-true. > I haven't really tested this fully, but I haven't > found any device that works with Win4Lin but doesn't work under Linux. I have found a device which WORKS under win4lin but not under linux: my parallel port scanner (Visioneer 5200), which is not supported by sane or any other Linux driver. Win4lin has a feature called direct access to ports e.g. a parallel port. So it does not go through the linux layer, therefore you have to install the original windows drivers (of course under win4lin) to make it work. Hope this helps... -- Viktor
dialup weird problem
Dear Debianers! I have just installed Debian potato. I have a problem with the dialup internet access. At install time, I configured wvdial succesfully, my external modem was recognised as well. When I dial my isp it connects (pppd started, my modem handshakes etc.), but virtually no connection can be estabilished. Not even ping works. (it does not matter whether I do it as root or user). What is going on? Thanks in advance. -- Viktor
Re: Linux wannabe
On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 09:01:40PM -0500, D-Man wrote: > I tried LILO myself, and on my machine with my BIOS it didn't > work. When asked to add linux to a win2k box at work I tried lilo > first. I couldn't get a lilo floppy to dual-boot the system. > LILO would also have had trouble on the MBR since the kernal was > above the 1024 cylinder mark. I like grub too. But it's nor fair to compare an older version of lilo to a newcomer grub. FYI, recent lilo versions do NOT have the 1024 cylinder limit. > One of the best things about grub is that you can configure it > when you boot. It gives a nice menu and command-line interface. > Also it chainloads winows without any effort at all (unlike LILO). Lilo also gives you the same menu as grub. I have Mandrake 7.2 on my laptop, and lilo installed automatically with the same menu system as grub would do... > I now have grub on my MBR and won't go back to use lilo. The only real advantage of grub over lilo, is that if you modify the grub menu config file, you do not have to reinstall grub on the MBR while lilo needs to be rerun. -- Viktor
PLIP and debian
Hi All, Has anyone set up PLIP connection between two linux boxes? It would be neat to have this, especially useful for transferring data from your laptop to a desktop? Any personal experience, or pointers are appreciated... TIA-- Viktor Viktor Lakics Through the Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1
