Re: [SLUG] two network cards again...

2002-09-02 Thread Adam Hewitt

I don't think I did run update-modules...I will try that

cheers,

Adam.

On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 16:08, Tom Massey wrote:
 * Adam Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-09-02 14:23]:
  Is this correct? If so is there anything else I should be doing to get
  this working??
 
 Looks right to me. Did you remember to run update-modules?
 I assume the ne module is compiled and in the right place?
 
 
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Re: [SLUG] Software Query.

2002-09-02 Thread Conrad Parker

On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 02:49:09PM +1000, Bill Bennett wrote:
 Two problems, actually.
 
 2) A friend has some software from, I think, SoundForge,
 whereby he can plug in his turntable to his computer and store
 an analogue file for subsequent (a) converting to digital and
 (b) editing---meaning that BLOODY piano pedal squeak that
 ruins any enjoyment of a certain jazz LP could be edited out.
 
 (Alright, apologies for introducing coarse and unseemly language into 
 SLUG's driven snow. I was overcome at the prospect of a resurrection.)
 
 Unfortunately, the friend is a follower, if reluctantly, of Microsoft.
 He couldn't tell me whether there's analogous software for Linux.
 
 Has anyone any experience of this type of software?

Gnome Wave Cleaner is designed for just this, it contains a few tools for
cleaning up recordings off vinyl:

http://www.redhawk.org/gwc.html

for general editing, I should probably recommend sweep:

http://sweep.sourceforge.net/

(which I'll be demoing at this month's slug meeting :)

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Re: [SLUG] tcpdump question

2002-09-02 Thread Jean-Francois Dive

nope, means udp packet from left ip to right ip, src port 2556, dst 2556, size 31.
You'll figure out when you have fragments, the output is obvious.

JeF

On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 09:04:24PM +1000, Bernhard Lüder wrote:
 
 
 
 
 Hi,
 
 does this line from tcpdump mean I have udp fragmentation? Or if
 not what does it mean?
 
 20:59:08.874529 192.168.xxx.xxx.2556  192.168.xxx.xxx.2556:
 udp 31 [tos 0xe0]
 
 Bernhard
 
 
 
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Re: [SLUG] wp8 linux for a first timer

2002-09-02 Thread Douglas Hespe

On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 07:59:03PM +1000, Peter Harries wrote:
 Douglas
 
 Thanks for the reply, unfortunately I am unable to translate - what is xpm4.7
 and what do I do with it?
 
Peter,

On my Debian system, when I run: 
carrot# apt-cache search xpm4.7
I get: 
xpm4.7 - the X PixMap library, compiled with libc5

Your system should have a similar method of finding out what packages
are available.  E.g., rpm -some_arcane_set_of_options xpm4.7.

I just looked over my notes from when I last had the same problem you
described and noticed that someone suggested I install xpm4g as well.
Someone else (Alan Shutko) said that xlib6 is needed as well as libc5.
From what I remember, I just ran 'apt-get install xpm4g' and 'apt-get
install xpm4.7' and wp8 then installed without any further problems.

Sorry I can't be more explicit as I have no experience with the rpm-
based distros.  A google search or a visit to wpuniverse.com (or is
it .org?) may be needed if the above is no help.

Hooroo, Doug.
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[SLUG] apache and apache-ssl

2002-09-02 Thread David Fitch


what's the deal with apache and apache-ssl in debian woody?
are you supposed to install and run both versions of apache?
seems a bit odd to mewhy not one listening on both ports
and if it's port 443 do the ssl stuff??

I want ssl for squirrelmail/webmail so the passwds are not
plain text so installed both but it always only hits the
normal apache.

So howsitsposedtowork?

Ta,
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Re: [SLUG] apache and apache-ssl

2002-09-02 Thread Jan Schmidt

quote who=David Fitch

 what's the deal with apache and apache-ssl in debian woody?
 are you supposed to install and run both versions of apache?
 seems a bit odd to mewhy not one listening on both ports
 and if it's port 443 do the ssl stuff??

Yes, you use a separate package... the actual apache vs apache-ssl binaries
are different beasties.

 I want ssl for squirrelmail/webmail so the passwds are not
 plain text so installed both but it always only hits the
 normal apache.

Um... presumably you're using a https URL? Do you mean that it's redirecting
you to the http address?

Anything in the logfiles?

Cheers,
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Re: [SLUG] apache and apache-ssl

2002-09-02 Thread David


Is this new? last time i installed SSL it was one binary (on RH 7.2)

I have to do this again soon. It would be nice to know if there are new
issues.

On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Jan Schmidt wrote:

 quote who=David Fitch
 
  what's the deal with apache and apache-ssl in debian woody?
  are you supposed to install and run both versions of apache?
  seems a bit odd to mewhy not one listening on both ports
  and if it's port 443 do the ssl stuff??
 
 Yes, you use a separate package... the actual apache vs apache-ssl binaries
 are different beasties.
 
  I want ssl for squirrelmail/webmail so the passwds are not
  plain text so installed both but it always only hits the
  normal apache.
 
 Um... presumably you're using a https URL? Do you mean that it's redirecting
 you to the http address?
 
 Anything in the logfiles?
 
 Cheers,
 J.
 
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Re: [SLUG] RPM complaints while trying to install XFree86 4.2.0

2002-09-02 Thread lukekendall

On  1 Sep, Martin wrote:
  $author = [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;
  
  But when I try to install them I get this:
  
  error: failed dependencies:
  kernel-drm = 4.2.0 is needed by XFree86-4.2.0-52.01
  XFree86 = 4.2.0-3.1 conflicts with XFree86-base-fonts-4.2.0-52.01
  
  My real question is, what does the XFree86 error mean?  Where is
  4.2.0-3.1 coming from?  I'm installing 4.2.0-52, as far as I can see.
  
  what was the old version of XFree you had installed?

4.1.0

  i would think that when the new XFree package balks on the drm dependency,
  the new base-fonts still tries to install but decides it can't with the
  current XFree...

But one of the packages being installed is the new XFree86 ...
 
  Those were old RH-supplied RPM kernel upgrades.  I'm not running any of
  them - I'm running 2.4.18 and as of tonight, 2.4.19.
  
  did you compile those kernels yourself? i'd say that redhat patched their
  kernel tree with the drm module code. if you used a kernel.org tree it might
  not have the drm code...

Yep, compiled myself.  The kernel.org stuff does have the kernel-drm
stuff (apparently it's had it for quite a while, from what I've read). 
But I suspect that unless the kernels are supplied via rpm, the rpm
database doesn't know what you have.

We'll see how I go.

Thanks,

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Re: [SLUG] apache and apache-ssl

2002-09-02 Thread David Fitch

On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 21:19, Jan Schmidt wrote:
 quote who=David Fitch
 
  what's the deal with apache and apache-ssl in debian woody?
  are you supposed to install and run both versions of apache?
  seems a bit odd to mewhy not one listening on both ports
  and if it's port 443 do the ssl stuff??
 
 Yes, you use a separate package... the actual apache vs apache-ssl binaries
 are different beasties.

hmmm

  I want ssl for squirrelmail/webmail so the passwds are not
  plain text so installed both but it always only hits the
  normal apache.
 
 Um... presumably you're using a https URL?

well trouble is squirrelmail just adds a little include to the
end of httpd.conf which is:
Alias /squirrelmail /usr/share/squirrelmail
Alias /webmail /usr/share/squirrelmail

(actually it just does the first one, I added the second one
cos I always get the spelling wrong of squirrelmail)

so, no there's no https bit

 Do you mean that it's redirecting
 you to the http address?
 
 Anything in the logfiles?

normal bits in the apache access file, nothing in the apache-ssl
logs - it's going to apache not apache-ssl, ie. not using
ssl/https.

I guess I just have to force that url to be https??

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Re: [SLUG] RPM complaints while trying to install XFree86 4.2.0

2002-09-02 Thread lukekendall

On  2 Sep, To: Martin wrote:
  We'll see how I go. 

Well, I tried a semi-tentative install:

rpm -i --nodeps --replacefiles XF* font* free*

Now I seem to have parts of both 4.1.0 and 4.2.0, though everything
seems to be working.  Any suggestion on the safest way to get rid of
the older rpms without disturbing the new?  Is it as simple as
rpm -e XFree86-4.1.0-25, etc?  (And try to find 4.2.0 versions of the
missing pieces?)

# rpm -qa | grep XFree86 | sort
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-25
XFree86-4.1.0-25
XFree86-4.2.0-52.01
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-25
XFree86-base-fonts-4.2.0-52.01
XFree86-compat-libs-4.0.3-2
XFree86-devel-4.1.0-25
XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-25
XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-25
XFree86-jpfonts-2.1-24
XFree86-libs-4.1.0-25
XFree86-libs-4.2.0-52.01
XFree86-tools-4.1.0-25
XFree86-twm-4.1.0-25
XFree86-xdm-4.1.0-25
XFree86-xfs-4.1.0-25
XFree86-xfs-4.2.0-52.01

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Re: [SLUG] apache and apache-ssl

2002-09-02 Thread Jan Schmidt

quote who=David Fitch

 On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 21:19, Jan Schmidt wrote:
  quote who=David Fitch
   I want ssl for squirrelmail/webmail so the passwds are not
   plain text so installed both but it always only hits the
   normal apache.
  
  Um... presumably you're using a https URL?
 
 well trouble is squirrelmail just adds a little include to the
 end of httpd.conf which is:
 Alias /squirrelmail /usr/share/squirrelmail
 Alias /webmail /usr/share/squirrelmail

I noticed that when I set it up... the package only sets up for http access,
not https. I added the lines to the httpd.conf for apache-ssl and removed
them from apache.

 so, no there's no https bit
 
  Do you mean that it's redirecting
  you to the http address?
  
  Anything in the logfiles?
 
 normal bits in the apache access file, nothing in the apache-ssl
 logs - it's going to apache not apache-ssl, ie. not using
 ssl/https.

Well, the difference is that you'll use a https://x.y.z/squirrelmail/ as the
URL when you connect... thus hitting port 443 instead of the port 80 server.

 I guess I just have to force that url to be https??

Yeah, although from memory I saw some strangeness with squirrelmail
rewriting the URL to be http://x.y.z:443/squirrelmail and failing if I
didn't have a trailing / on the url.

IE, https://x.y.z/squirrelmail/ not https://x.y.z/squirrelmail

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Re: [SLUG] apache and apache-ssl

2002-09-02 Thread Jeff Waugh

quote who=David Fitch

 
 what's the deal with apache and apache-ssl in debian woody?  are you
 supposed to install and run both versions of apache?  seems a bit odd to
 mewhy not one listening on both ports and if it's port 443 do the ssl
 stuff??

apache-ssl is the one with mod_ssl compiled in. I usually use apache and
libapache-mod-ssl rather than apache-ssl.

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Re: [SLUG] two network cards again...

2002-09-02 Thread Kevin Waterson

On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 06:31:51 +1000
Matt  Penny Edmonds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  alias eth0 ne
  alias eth1 ne
 
  and then in the /etc/modutils/ne dir:
 
  option ne io=0x220,0x300 [irq=5,10]

have you tried modprobe?
modprobe ne io=0x220 irq=5
modprobe ne io=0x300 irq=10

Just a thought
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Re: [SLUG] apache and apache-ssl

2002-09-02 Thread David Kempe

If you are using the debian package of squirrelmail, It asks you which
version of Apache you are using IIRC.
if it didnt, perhaps you can run dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low
squirrelmail.
or even try the debian package, then if you want some new version, at least
you have a decent framework.

the debian package also includes /etc/squirrelmail/apache.conf which has a
sample virtual host in there.
I imagine thats where you go to enable ssl etc.

dave


- Original Message -
From: David Fitch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 well trouble is squirrelmail just adds a little include to the
 end of httpd.conf which is:
 Alias /squirrelmail /usr/share/squirrelmail
 Alias /webmail /usr/share/squirrelmail


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Re: [SLUG] apache and apache-ssl

2002-09-02 Thread David Fitch

On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 23:22, Jeff Waugh wrote:
 quote who=David Fitch
  what's the deal with apache and apache-ssl in debian woody?  are you
  supposed to install and run both versions of apache?  seems a bit odd to
  mewhy not one listening on both ports and if it's port 443 do the ssl
  stuff??
 
 apache-ssl is the one with mod_ssl compiled in. I usually use apache and
 libapache-mod-ssl rather than apache-ssl.

this sounds like the go.  I almost had is working (thanks Jan)
but prefer this method so removed apache-ssl and installed
libapache-mod-ssl but now how do I get it to listen on two
ports?  (80 and 443)

(PS. why is there no docs on https on www.apache.org?)

Dave.

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Re: [SLUG] apache and apache-ssl

2002-09-02 Thread David Fitch

On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 07:35, David Kempe wrote:
 If you are using the debian package of squirrelmail, It asks you which
 version of Apache you are using IIRC.
 if it didnt, perhaps you can run dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low
 squirrelmail.

yes I was sure it did but I can't find anything in the config
where that is set.  I reran the dpkg-reconfigure but it didn't
ask about that, maybe I'll try the priority line you mention too.

 or even try the debian package, then if you want some new version, at least
 you have a decent framework.
 
 the debian package also includes /etc/squirrelmail/apache.conf which has a
 sample virtual host in there.
 I imagine thats where you go to enable ssl etc.

that's just the alias line though:
  Alias /squirrelmail /usr/share/squirrelmail
  Alias /webmail /usr/share/squirrelmail

so no mention of http or https
And the url I use to get there is:
a href=webmail/webmail/a
and I'd rather not list the full URL but might have to to
put the https bit in.

Dave.


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[SLUG] Running Mapinfo and Autocad lt 2002 under wine

2002-09-02 Thread Holroyd Engineering Services

Hi all,

Can I firstly say that I found last August slug meeting quite informative and
was surprised by the large number of people who attended.

Has anyone tried running Mapinfo and/or Autocad lite under Wine?, can it be
done, anything to look out for?

Many thanks

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Re: [SLUG] apache and apache-ssl

2002-09-02 Thread Peter Hardy

On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 08:19, David Fitch wrote:
 this sounds like the go.  I almost had is working (thanks Jan)
 but prefer this method so removed apache-ssl and installed
 libapache-mod-ssl but now how do I get it to listen on two
 ports?  (80 and 443)

Easiest way to get it running under Debian is to install the
libapache-mod-ssl-doc package, and follow the quick setup guide in
/usr/share/doc/libapache-mod-ssl-doc/README.Debian.gz.

 (PS. why is there no docs on https on www.apache.org?)

Apache doesn't include SSL support natively.  The FAQ talks about why,
and mentions where to get information from:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#SSL-i

Once you've installed that doc package, though, you'll have a nice user
manual under http://localhost/doc/libapache-mod-ssl-doc/html/

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Re: [SLUG] apache and apache-ssl

2002-09-02 Thread Colin Humphreys

On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 11:52:30PM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
 quote who=David Fitch
 
  
  what's the deal with apache and apache-ssl in debian woody?  are you
  supposed to install and run both versions of apache?  seems a bit odd to
  mewhy not one listening on both ports and if it's port 443 do the ssl
  stuff??
 
 apache-ssl is the one with mod_ssl compiled in. I usually use apache and
 libapache-mod-ssl rather than apache-ssl.

I am not running woody, and my apt-cache doesn't have apache-ssl, but as far as I
can remember, apache-ssl and mod_ssl are different apps trying to do
the same thing. So either you install apache-ssl with apache or
libapache-mod-ssl with apache

Apache-SSL lives at www.apache-ssl.org
mod_ssl lives at www.modssl.org

http://www.apache-ssl.org/#mod_ssl

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[SLUG] Mandrake 8.1 and the internet

2002-09-02 Thread Ashley Lynn

I decided to try Mandrake since I had 8.1 here. All works well EXCEPT I cannot
browse the internet or collect email.
When I dial (wvdial) the system logs on and IFCONFIG tells me the address I
have been assigne and the p-t-p address.
I can ping the p-t-p address and all seems well.
The browser has the same proxy settings as before (I never reformat /home) and
the SMTP and POP settings are correct but no matter which browser I try I get
a long timeout period and then cannot find server and check address errors
and kmail says it can't find the server. 
Any clues appreciated.

Stay well and happy
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Re: [SLUG] Mandrake 8.1 and the internet

2002-09-02 Thread Andrew Bennetts

On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 12:22:37PM +, Ashley Lynn wrote:
 I can ping the p-t-p address and all seems well.
 The browser has the same proxy settings as before (I never reformat /home) and
 the SMTP and POP settings are correct but no matter which browser I try I get
 a long timeout period and then cannot find server and check address errors
 and kmail says it can't find the server. 
 Any clues appreciated.

Your DNS lookups aren't working.

You either need to manually set your ISPs nameservers in your
/etc/resolv.conf, or you need to find some way to automatically get the
ISP to set it when you dial in (I believe this is possible with some
ISPs, although I'm not sure how).

-Andrew.

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Re: [SLUG] Mandrake 8.1 and the internet

2002-09-02 Thread Tom Massey

* Ashley Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-09-03 12:18]:
 I decided to try Mandrake since I had 8.1 here. All works well EXCEPT I cannot
 browse the internet or collect email.
 When I dial (wvdial) the system logs on and IFCONFIG tells me the address I
 have been assigne and the p-t-p address.
 I can ping the p-t-p address and all seems well.
 The browser has the same proxy settings as before (I never reformat /home) and
 the SMTP and POP settings are correct but no matter which browser I try I get
 a long timeout period and then cannot find server and check address errors
 and kmail says it can't find the server. 
 Any clues appreciated.

Sounds like a DNS issue. Have you put your name servers into
/etc/resolv.conf?
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[SLUG] domino on linux

2002-09-02 Thread Stewart

Hi..

is anyone out there using Lotus Domino on Linux? I recently migrated a 
Domino server from NT4 to Mandrake 8.2 in the hope it would solve some of 
the problems we were having, but it seems to have created some new ones as 
well.

I'd be interested in comparing notes (pun intended) off-list with anyone 
that's doing Domino/Linux... there doesn't seem to be much Linux specific 
documentation out there yet.


..S.(gradually putting mdk8.2 on all my servers.. it's a Very Good Thing ;)

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Re: [SLUG] Mandrake 8.1 and the internet

2002-09-02 Thread Stewart

it sounds like you need to check your DNS settings.. have you looked at 
/etc/resolv.conf and confirmed you've got the right DNS addresses in there?

At 12:22 PM 3/09/2002 +, you wrote:
I decided to try Mandrake since I had 8.1 here. All works well EXCEPT I cannot
browse the internet or collect email.
When I dial (wvdial) the system logs on and IFCONFIG tells me the address I
have been assigne and the p-t-p address.
I can ping the p-t-p address and all seems well.
The browser has the same proxy settings as before (I never reformat /home) and
the SMTP and POP settings are correct but no matter which browser I try I get
a long timeout period and then cannot find server and check address errors
and kmail says it can't find the server.
Any clues appreciated.

Stay well and happy
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[SLUG] access to headless box

2002-09-02 Thread Alan L Tyree

Hi,

I have a perplexing problem. I want to run a single floppy distro
(Bering) on a box that has been through the wars. I have no monitor
for it and all the serial ports have been fried in a lightning strike.

The distro runs (I can ping the box), but the floppy is too small to
install ssh or anything similar that I know about. Without ssh I can't
even get the ppp link up.

The old Laplink for dos systems had a self installing system. That
sounds like a security nightmare, but I wonder if there is anything
similar that I can use to transfer communications software onto this.

Any help gratefully accepted.

Cheers,
Alan

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Re: [SLUG] ADSL SCANNING AT EXTREME LEVELS - Anyone else noticed this?

2002-09-02 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach

On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 04:12:29PM +1000, John Morrissey 
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
 OVER 3100 seperate instances on Sunday night.
 
 I've had a number of customers who use Telstra ADSL at home reporting
 extreme levels of  scanning over the weekend. See extracts of 3 messages
 from one customer below - he hade 4 different IP addresses over the weekend.

I wonder whether those customers pay for that as traffic towards the
client (from telstra's point of view) is download and hence payable.

If you overshoot your allowance you pay per MB  and that could be costly.
Maybe this is a case for some kind of observing organisation?



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Re: [SLUG] access to headless box

2002-09-02 Thread Felix Sheldon

On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 13:48, Alan L Tyree wrote:
 Hi,
 
 I have a perplexing problem. I want to run a single floppy distro
 (Bering) on a box that has been through the wars. I have no monitor
 for it and all the serial ports have been fried in a lightning strike.
 
 The distro runs (I can ping the box), but the floppy is too small to
 install ssh or anything similar that I know about. Without ssh I can't
 even get the ppp link up.
 
 The old Laplink for dos systems had a self installing system. That
 sounds like a security nightmare, but I wonder if there is anything
 similar that I can use to transfer communications software onto this.
 
 Any help gratefully accepted.
 

A TFTP client would probably fit on the floppy, then it could get other
files off the network (into a ramdisk?).

http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/redhat/7.2/i386/tftp-0.17-14.i386.html

Good luck =)

Felix


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