Security

My workplace has a webserver, that for now is attatched to the rest of the network, we are tightening up our security, firstly by moving the web server off of the network. We are also concidering the possibility of attatching a second computer to the web server via serial port to act as a loging ma

Re: Why use Enlightenment?

On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 07:21:28AM -0600, David J. Kanter wrote: > Am I the only one who finds Enlightenment bloated, too busy and too hard to > read? I'm willing to listen to those who use it; but after trying it out > last night, I'm not too willing to switch from my speedy and trusty fvwm2 or >

Re: Password encryption

Most likely because it uses some kind of regular DES which isn't strong enough to fall under export controls. Sami Dalouche wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Today, I've just realized that the passwd package uses encryption. The > problem is that I wonder why it's not in the non-US section. > Every pack

Re: Debian and the Pine license

I found out what I wanted to know... Basically, the Pine license does not allow you to distribute modified binaries. Debian cannot distribute an original Pine binary because it violates the FSH (the config files are in /usr/lib). So instead, Debian just provides the unmodified source with the

newbie curious

I am going to install Debian Gnu-Linux (the version to come out bundled with an Oreilly text) on a hard drive that already has win98 on it. The same machine has linux mandrake 6.0 on a separate hard drive (the master drive on this computer), and it works super with linux mandrake. I have some ques

Why use Enlightenment?

Am I the only one who finds Enlightenment bloated, too busy and too hard to read? I'm willing to listen to those who use it; but after trying it out last night, I'm not too willing to switch from my speedy and trusty fvwm2 or window maker. -- David J. Kanter [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Humans have an inna

Problems with rlogin!!!

Hello: Somebody know how can i let that others machines can get into my machine using rsh. I put .rhosts in my home user, but always request me for my password. Someone can help me??? Thanks!!! -- Ingeniero de Sistemas Universidad del Valle

Re: GUI for Samba

Brant Wells wrote: > > Hi all... > > Does anyone know of a GUI config program for Samba?? > > Thanx > > Brant Wells > > "Seek ye first the Kindom of God, and His righteousness, and all these > things shall be added to you as well..." Matthew 6:33 SWAT is an option along with the other sugges

Re: Problem with mailing lists

Serge Gavrilov wrote: > Hello! > > I am sorry for this letter. Beginning from yesterday (Nov 2) I receive no mail > from "debian-user", "debian-devel". > I cannot understand what is the problem. Does my mail received by > debian-user now? Yes it is. John > > > Thanks, > > -- > Serge Gavrilov

pcd, modprobe, and kerneld

I recently acquired an HP-7100 CD-R/W drive. I re-built my kernel for modular support, specifically: paride epat pcd/pg Everything works like a charm if I load paride, then epat, then pcd, and then access the drive. Now, I'd like to start automating these steps. In my modules.dep, I see that p

RE: xserver-3dlabs - libc6 (slink vs. potatoe)?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I really like xk's x335 debs add deb http://debian.oftheinter.net/ x335-slink/ On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Martin Fluch wrote: > On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Norris, Greg wrote: > > > Have you tried the X packages from ? If I > > remember

Re: LILO hangs..."LIL-"

*- On 3 Nov, raymond ferrari wrote about "LILO hangs..."LIL-"" > After doing a re-install, LILO hangs at bootup...LIL- is all that comes > up. I have tried to go into /etc/lilo.conf but it won't let me > in...permission denied. I am using BootMagic to dual boot and I have no > problems getting int

Re: [LRP: DHCPCD] ISP rotate IP-Adresses

On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 09:58:23PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello, > > I have a 2 MBit cable modem with DHCP and my ISP rotate all 3-4 weeks > the IP-Adresses. > How can I check with a simpel and small program that the connection > is broken ??? The program must force the router to reboo

Re: xserver-3dlabs - libc6 (slink vs. potatoe)?

Thanks for the link. The package I pulled and installed from netgod worked just fine. Norris, Greg wrote: > Have you tried the X packages from ? If I > remember correctly, they're compiled specifically for slink... > > If that doesn't help, you should be able to snarf t

[LRP: DHCPCD] ISP rotate IP-Adresses

Hello, I have a 2 MBit cable modem with DHCP and my ISP rotate all 3-4 weeks the IP-Adresses. How can I check with a simpel and small program that the connection is broken ??? The program must force the router to rebooting ??? This must be compiled for LRP 2.9.4 (Linux Router Project). I thin

RE: telnet not working on home LAN

10.0.0.0 is what is called a private IP. It sounds like you have a DSL router or something similar. It is using network address translation. The only public IP is assigned to the router by your ISP. When a machine on your LAN talks through your router, the router strips off the IP of the local

X-windows GUI utility for maintaining user accounts

Does anyone know of an X-windows based utility to maintain user accounts? I have been looking for one for a while. Keith -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~\_O_ _O_/~ http://www.azcappy.com

Re: .htaccess

first, make a .htaccess file e.g. AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd AuthName "My protected pages" AuthType Basic require valid-user -- next ..make the password cd to /path/to (or wherever your password file is stored) and run htpasswd -c ( dont use the <>'s of course) it will prompt for a pas

Re: starting ssh port forwarding from inetd

aphro wrote: > > i see 1 rproblem there there is no POP3 server on the pop3 line so there > is no way to read mail without the actual pop client. if your that > paranoid go with something like IPSEC, or use a POP server that supports > APOP(obsolete?) or SSL. as for SMTP ..well use IPSEC. i hope

Re: starting ssh port forwarding from inetd

i see 1 rproblem there there is no POP3 server on the pop3 line so there is no way to read mail without the actual pop client. if your that paranoid go with something like IPSEC, or use a POP server that supports APOP(obsolete?) or SSL. as for SMTP ..well use IPSEC. i hope your not planning on enc

Amiga-XF86config

Hello all! Has anybody managed to setup a XF86config for an Amiga with a PiccoloSD64 graphikboard? I´ve installed the x-server-system and fvwm2 and twm, but both windowmanagers say they can´t open display. Regards -- -- Andreas Meyer -- -- http://home.wtal.de/MeineHomepage --

Re: ls: file: Input/output error

you try running a e2fsck on it ? run e2fsck -c too, i think that is the option to check for bad blocks. if its on the root partition you'll have to bring the box down, fastest way is to init 1, mount -o remount,ro / and run e2fsck on it then mount -o remount,rw / and init 2 to get back to normal

Re: telnet not working on home LAN

well, 2 t hings is your work outside your 10.X network ? i hope your on the same network as that machine :) second ..the machine may be trying to resolve your ip ..or something. i have this problem too, and it goes away when i remove the default gateway. if the gateway is there and is unreachab

Re: hall of mirrors

i just re checked my debian cds to verify, thats just cuz debian is a link to . the real stuff is in debian/dists (or if you prefer just dists) lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root1 Sep 8 14:35 debian -> . dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Sep 3 10:00 dists dr-xr-xr-x 4 root r

Re: USB support in Linux?

check this site out http://www.linux-usb.org/ hope it helps :) nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA

Re: installation and such

order a cd !! my first debian install took 3 days due to bad cds and broken mirrors. i have found that ftp.fuller.edu is a good mirror site, metalab's mirror was BADLY broken (had about half of slink) and i think cdrom's was too. www.linuxmall.com has good quality slink cds. cheap too. there wa

Re: Debian and the Pine license

i think it has something to do with them not allowing modified binaries to be released, plain binaries are fine i believe, most other distros have them..i remember slackware had it. not sure what all patches debian developers add to pine .. nate [mailto:[E

Re: GUI for Samba

it comes with one, SWAT (Samba web admin tool) if you have it installed launch yer browser point it at http://localhost:901 and enter the root password when prompted for a login/pw works good for me (samba 2.1.0-prealpha a CVS version from a few months bakc) nate ---

Re: Secure Networks?

www.ipsec.com im sure its $$ but its the new standard. no more PPTP bullshit. nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/

Re: aliases,hosts

man hosts, aliases, works fine for me HOSTS.EQUIV(5) Linux Programmer's Manual HOSTS.EQUIV(5) NAME /etc/hosts.equiv - list of hosts and users that are granted "trusted" r command access to your system ALIASES(5) UNIX Programmer's Manual ALIASES(5)

Re: Are you having trouble downloading my pine .debs?

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > I've received svral reports that the pine 4.20 .debs I've put on > http://debianpine.tripod.com are corrupt. Have you had this problem? Hav > you successfully bean able to install them? In either case can you let me > know which Os, browser, and dpkg

.htaccess

Hi! I need info about the .htaccess and htpasswd files that can restrict user access to html-files. Bye

LILO hangs..."LIL-"

After doing a re-install, LILO hangs at bootup...LIL- is all that comes up. I have tried to go into /etc/lilo.conf but it won't let me in...permission denied. I am using BootMagic to dual boot and I have no problems getting into windows. The first time I did the install I had LILO directed to hda6(

LILO

After doing a re-install, LILO hangs at bootup...LIL- is all that comes up. I have tried to go into /etc/lilo.conf but it won't let me in...permission denied. I am using BootMagic to dual boot and I have no problems getting into windows. The first time I did the install I had LILO directed to hda6(

depmod puts on wrong time stamp.

We are running Potato on one of our servers. We did some updating of the files yesterday (using dselect). We are now having some problems with depmod putting the wrong time stamp on the /lib/modules/2.2.12/modules.dep file when the machine is booting up and the /etc/init.d/modutils runs. It will

Re: deselect problems...

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Aaron Solochek wrote: > Ok, I tried to install mpeg123, and gqmpeg. Since I am running potato, > when I went to dselect this stuff (2 days ago) it ran into problem > becuase it couldn't find gnotepad. Now everything seems messed up and > I have no idea how to fix these depend

deselect problems...

Ok, I tried to install mpeg123, and gqmpeg. Since I am running potato, when I went to dselect this stuff (2 days ago) it ran into problem becuase it couldn't find gnotepad. Now everything seems messed up and I have no idea how to fix these dependancy problems. In the past these types of problems

Re: Potato Hostname Vs NIS conflict

I also had problems. I ended up choose hostname over nis. === Charles Lewis, Director of Administrative Computing Southwestern Adventist University, Keene, TX (817)556-4720 [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAX (360)397-7952 === >

starting ssh port forwarding from inetd

Hi, I'd like to secure my pop3 ans smtp ports with ssh, but I'm not sure hoe to set it up. Is there a way to start it from inetd? I tried the line pop3stream tcp nowait root/usr/bin/ssh \ /usr/bin/ssh -C -v [EMAIL PROTECTED] -L 110:host:110 sleep 10 Why do I have to use /usr/bin/s

Re: IP--->Domainname--->OtherDomainname

Art: I'll refer to the domain you've registered for yourself as mydomain.net, and the domain that your ISP maintains as ispdomain.net. 1. Register your primary and secondary nameservers for mydomain.net with the NIC. Web forms to do this can be found at http://www.networksolutions.com/. I thin

SQL database editor?

Hi, I have MySQL database and sometimes need to modify few entries there. So far I was doing it using SQL language, which is not very convenient in this situation. Is there simple SQL database editor to do that? Thank you, Sasha.

Re: Backup Media

On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 02:03:37PM -, Bernadette McKevitt wrote: > I am based in small office with 2 pc's and 1 laptop. The computers > are set up on a local network and I am trying to decide which > backup media device would be best for this office. > > Bernie, Hi Bernie, Well it depends

Potato Hostname Vs NIS conflict

Hi all, Can anybody tell me if I'm the only one who has a problem trying to have both the hostname and the nis package installed together. Apt is complaining that both contain /bin/hostname (indeed they do and they are different). Is there any info on this? Paul -- Paul Sargent mailto: [EMAIL PR

Installing system in non-default place

How do I install the base system in a given subdirectory? I mean installing in a directory intended to be root for the diskless client. Blazej

Re: Kernal Upgrade and WINE questions

>> Doesn't VMware make wine obsolete? > >VMware is not Free software. Not only is it not free, >but it costs >quite a bit! And not only do you have to buy VMware, >but you then ALSO >need to buy your guest OS from Redmond. > >If you really need a full Windows setup, then VMware >might be the >a

RE: telnet not working on home LAN

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, John Davis wrote: : Hmm. : : I think its because 10.x.x.x domains are not routable. Sure they are. They're just not supposed to be routed across the Internet. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://

xemacs problem

Eugene V. Levashoff writes: | Hi ! | | Please help me to solve problem with XEmacs. When i | attempt to run them in XWindows i don't see anything on | screen. At console xemacs start normally. | | I am using XFree 3.3.4 and trying to use XEmacs 20.4"Emerald". | | Clip from "lisp backtrace": |

No kb at login

I'm trying to setup a display manager, and no matter which I install (xdm, wdm, kdm), I have no keyboard at the login app. The kb works fine in console and under X. The only time there is a problem is with the login app. The system is current potato running kernel 2.2.12 on an i386. The keyboa

xterm / eterm / perl debug / readline / termcap / ...

Greetings, I'm now fed up with the apparent inability to use such excitements as readline in the perl debugger in eterms or xterms on a potato install. I'm ashamed to admit it works fine on an old RH5.2 installation. The symptom: In Xterm or Eterm, using the perl debugger, keys such as Tab are

Two questions

I have two questions: (1) In what file does the Debian distribution keeps info such as IP address, netmask, gate way, etc? I tried to change the IP address of my machine by editing the /etc/init.d/network file; however, this file doesn't seems to be read at startup time

Re: telnet not working on home LAN

Thanks. > > To solve your problem, comment out the line "ALL: PARANOID" from > /etc/hosts.deny > > -- > Nathan Norman > MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net > finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) > > > > -- > Un

Gnome Pager...

Hi I'm using gnome with windowmaker-gnome. A couple of days ago i accidently rm -rf * part of my home (yes i know... that's stupid) including the GNUstep dir. I tryed to rebuild a couple of things with WPref and WMakerConf. Today my gnome-panel crashed hard (had to reset the machine). When i rebo

Re: Install of Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 on IBM ThinkPad 600E

Christian Ericsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to install Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 on IBM ThinkPad 600E. Is it possible? > > The following hardware that I think could be a problem is listed here: > > Graphic: NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV with AGP, 13.3" TFT XGA (1024x768) > Network: 3Com Megahe

ls: file: Input/output error

When I do a ls I get: host:~/m> ls file But ls -la gives: host:~/m> ls -la ls: file: Input/output error total 3 drwx--S--- 3 user group 1024 Nov 3 16:34 . drwxr-sr-x 28 user group 2048 Nov 3 16:33 .. I tried rm -rf /home/user/m but this also gives an I/O error: host:~>

RE: telnet not working on home LAN

Hmm. I think its because 10.x.x.x domains are not routable. John > -Original Message- > From: Nathan E Norman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 10:18 AM > To: Patrick Kirk > Cc: Debian User List > Subject: Re: telnet not working on home LAN > > On Wed

Re: telnet not working on home LAN

1. dpkg --status telnetd if not installed => install (in my case this was the problem - apparently by default it is not installed) 2. check /etc/inetd.conf for lines: ftp stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.ftpd telnet stream tcp nowait ro

Re: telnet not working on home LAN

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Patrick Kirk wrote: : Hi all, : : Just put Debian on a second PC and having problems telnetting in from work. : : Trying 10.0.0.2... : Connected to 10.0.0.2. : Escape character is '^]'. : Connection closed by foreign host. : : Anyone know why I'm not getting a logi

Re: Kernal Upgrade and WINE questions

> Doesn't VMware make wine obsolete? VMware is not Free software. Not only is it not free, but it costs quite a bit! And not only do you have to buy VMware, but you then ALSO need to buy your guest OS from Redmond. If you really need a full Windows setup, then VMware might be the answer for yo

telnet not working on home LAN

Hi all, Just put Debian on a second PC and having problems telnetting in from work. Trying 10.0.0.2... Connected to 10.0.0.2. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. Anyone know why I'm not getting a login? Is there a way to use the connection...perhaps telnetd isn't instal

cdimage

hello , I need to know if i can find and where a iso cdimage for the complete debian tree ( main, non-free, contrib ) ? If this it's not available i hope to create them with debian-cd from potato... Many thanks Tony

Re: html to postscript converter

"J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)" wrote: > On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 16:03:45 -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > $ dpkg -s html2ps > > html2ps quite buggy. Personally, I've found 'htmldoc' very useful. I've been meaning to try 'htmldoc' (for postscript generation of mh-book), but the poster asked for a sl

EDI Libraries/De/encoders?

Does anyone know of any GPL or BSD or even any Open Source projects for creating EDI (Electronic Document Interchange) translators? EDI is a form of electronic invoicing, purchasing, etc. I'm interested in taking our text-based EDI docs and ripping out the data to a flat file suitable for databas

xemacs problem

Hi ! Please help me to solve problem with XEmacs. When i attempt to run them in XWindows i don't see anything on screen. At console xemacs start normally. I am using XFree 3.3.4 and trying to use XEmacs 20.4"Emerald". Clip from "lisp backtrace": make-device(x null) # bind(display) make-x-devic

Re: Kernal Upgrade and WINE questions

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Onno wrote: : Doesn't VMware make wine obsolete? No. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)

RE: xserver-3dlabs - libc6 (slink vs. potatoe)?

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Norris, Greg wrote: > Have you tried the X packages from ? If I > remember correctly, they're compiled specifically for slink... > > If that doesn't help, you should be able to snarf the precompiled 3.3.3.5 > server directly from the XFree86 site, an

Re: Install of Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 on IBM ThinkPad 600E

There are some very good pages on the topic "Linux on ThinkPads": http://www.bm-soft.com/~bm/tp770x.html http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~thood/tp600lnx.htm (also not Debian specific) Martin On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Christian Ericsson wrote: > I want to install Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 on IBM ThinkPad 600E.

Re: PPP to ISP

>Are you pinging IP addresses or domain names? If the latter, try IP >addresses. If that works, it's DNS that's not right. Thanks for your reply I get the same problem whether pinging IP addresses or domain names.

Re: html to postscript converter

On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 09:55:50PM +0100, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > Where can I find a html to postscript converter for slink? I can perform > the conversion by using netscape->SaveAs, but this way I have to open > and SaveAs each file, which is very tedious and embarrasing. > > Thanks in advan

Re: Install of Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 on IBM ThinkPad 600E

I just want to note that my thinkpad570, with same NeoMagic chip and pcmcia card work without any trouble at all. I use the potato (unstable) version of debian, though. Consider it if that's an option. Wed, 03 Nov skrev Christian Ericsson: > I want to install Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 on IBM ThinkPad

hosed libc6 install workarounds?

Anyone figured this out yet? Its going on 2 weeks now that I haven't been able to use my box properly. :(. I'm very close to trying the MS style fry and reinstall solution. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives#dpkg -i libc6_2.1.2-9_i386.deb (Reading database ... 33145 files and direct

icq under firewall

Hi, I've set a firewall box with 2.2.13. What do I need to get ICQ working under it? I already have ip_masq_cuseeme loaded. The default policy is deny for all chains (input, forward, output). All other things are working correctly. I suppose :-)) At least I've h

RE: USB support in Linux?

USB support is still in development. It has come a long way in the 2.3.xx series of Kernels. The best starting point is none other than www.linux-usb.org I've been trying to get a USB scanner and modem working, and I've found the people on the mailing list to be most supportive! Cheers, Jo

RE: xserver-3dlabs - libc6 (slink vs. potatoe)?

Have you tried the X packages from ? If I remember correctly, they're compiled specifically for slink... If that doesn't help, you should be able to snarf the precompiled 3.3.3.5 server directly from the XFree86 site, and use it with the slink version of X (I've had to d

Re: installation and such

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Mock Ko wrote: > This is now my 6th attempt at installing debian. I > have so far not made it past the dselect phase even > once. > > All I want to do is install a base system with tcp-ip > and ipx networking, dhcpcd, X, and a basic window > manager, so that I can go and get

Re: How do I change the post-configuration interface/method for Debian packages?

Phillip Deackes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PD> A while back when I did my regular apt-get upgrade on unstable, I got PD> asked a question about the format I wanted to display post-config PD> messages for packages. I chose gtk. Unfortuantely the last couple of PD> times I upgraded, the gtk interfac

Re: xserver-3dlabs - libc6 (slink vs. potatoe)?

If I remember right, what I did was find the XF86_3DLabs binary on the net (suse, I think), download it to /usr/bin/X11/ and edit your /etc/X11/Xserver to point to it. This way you can avoid upgrading before you're ready to. Serge Rey wrote: > > I'm trying to get x configured and I have a Diamon

mailman/cron/gate_news

My Cron Daemon is bombarding me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) with these messages: -- Forwarded message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 13:40:00 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: ipmasq_3.2.5 breaks nameserver lookups--workaround

The Slink version was the problem. I installed the one from Potato and the nameserver problem is fixed. Curt On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 06:56:35PM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote: > The subject says it all. I've gone through the docs, but > since the out-of-the-box config at least appears to have > bro

Re: hall of mirrors

Some CD vendors (possibly all) make /debian a link to /. Don't ask me why. Look in the root of the CD, You should find there what you need (On one of my CD's I did)... -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/GS d- s++:- a--- C UL> P+ L+++ E- W+ N++>+++ o>+ k+ w--- O- M- U- PS+ PE+

Re: Secure Networks?

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Andrew Clark wrote: > I have a quick question. I have two networks in different locations, is > there any way to have all traffic between the two networks encrypted (by > the gateway machines I'd assume) ie so that I can just use telnet > between the two networks and it'll b

RE: Does anyone use ZIP disks to backup/restore their system? How?

I would definitely be interested in the web page ! Something else I use Disk Image. It creates a complete image of your HD saving all partitions to a file on another hard drive. This file can be restored later and presto, you have a complete system the way you left it :) This was intended for c

PPP to ISP

Apologies if you already got this and especially to anyone that replied - but e-mail was broken here yesterday and I think I was automatically unsubscribed. So I am still off-line with my Debian box... Further to PPP to ISP saga - once the PPP connection is up netstat -nr gives (this is copied b

[Debian: Install] How to change the Pre-Select-Script

Hello and good day. Since Monday I have a Notebook without CD-Rom. It is a 486dx4-100 with 32 MByte of Ram. Now I have created 60 Floppy-Disks for a minimal Installation. My problem is, How can I create a package Database of the Packages and how can I make the Script, which install it. I like t

Re: installation and such

Hello and good day. You need not more then the following 28 Floppy-Disks Sorry, I have the Floppy not at me, and I do not know, which libs are on the last two Floppys. This is the Minimum, but the full set contains 60 Floppy-Disks ;-)) And I am working on the setup (Pre-Select after the Base-I

Re: Does anyone use ZIP disks to backup/restore their system? How?

Hi, Thanks for the replies, it's really nice to know how others deal with the "backup" issue(s). I'm really hoping to implement a backup strategy that will allow me to backup/restore my entire linux system. Over the last 10 hours or so, I have been researching "taper" as a means. I checked

Re: apt-get failed SOLVED

HI! I had the same error. Upgrading debconf by hand solved it. Thanks! Thorsten On 02-Nov-99 Joey Hess wrote: > > Upgrade debconf by hand to the current version in unstable. > > jack wrote: >> hi, >> >> the error message is: >> >> debian:~# apt-get -f dist-upgrade >> Reading Package Lists...

hall of mirrors

I get this weird problem trying to install from the CD included in the book from New Riders Publishing. To wit: I mount the provided CD: mount -a /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom and get the root directory, as expected.. yet when I cd to /debian, I get the same directory when I do an ls. So then I cd to de

Re: Sources of linux documentation

"J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" wrote: > On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 21:21:32 +0200, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > > Where can I download the Latex/EPS source of this package from? > > Same as with all source: do a dpkg --print-avail on the package so you have > the source package name, and download that from yo

USB support in Linux?

Hi All, My research group is considering developing of simple A/D converter for USB bus. Of course I'd like to provide it with the Linux support. I'm interested if the USB is supported by Linux? Where can I get the info about writing the drivers for USB devices for Linux (on-line preferred)? --

Problem with mailing lists

Hello! I am sorry for this letter. Beginning from yesterday (Nov 2) I receive no mail from "debian-user", "debian-devel". I cannot understand what is the problem. Does my mail received by debian-user now? Thanks, -- Serge Gavrilov Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering, Laboratory

Install of Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 on IBM ThinkPad 600E

I want to install Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 on IBM ThinkPad 600E. Is it possible? The following hardware that I think could be a problem is listed here: Graphic: NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV with AGP, 13.3" TFT XGA (1024x768) Network: 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN Cardbus PC Card, Model 3CCFE575BT I think t

RE: Does anyone use ZIP disks to backup/restore their system? How?

Yet another recommendation for backing up system configuration only. I guess we should be keeping root log files which we use to describe when and what we changed. That way, when we break something, it is easier to backtrack. Use this to tell changed files in the OS and back those up only. Anoth

installation and such

I'm pretty much now at the give-up point in trying to install debian. This is indeed a very hard thing for me to do, since I used to install 68k bsd systems manually (building scripts to mknod all the devices and such). I have now downloaded the ENTIRE debian tree, hoping that would help, but all

Re: Does anyone use ZIP disks to backup/restore their system? How?

On 02 Nov 1999, John Miskinis wrote: > Hi, > > I do not understand everything in the MSPLIT description, but > I am certainly willing to play around with it. I'm surprised at > the few responses I got about my question. I assumed lots of people > would be using ZIP disks for a backups/restor

Re: Does anyone use ZIP disks to backup/restore their system? How?

On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 06:29:45PM -0800, John Miskinis wrote: > Hi, [...] > This leads me to ask if most people just backup their important > files on linux, and if they lose their system, they reinstall from > scratch, then restore just their important (user modified) files? Not even that.

Re: html to postscript converter

On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 16:03:45 -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > $ dpkg -s html2ps html2ps quite buggy. Personally, I've found 'htmldoc' very useful. Ray -- Cyberspace, a final frontier. These are the voyages of my messages, on a lightspeed mission to explore strange new systems and to boldly

Re: Sound support enabled in 2.2 kernel deb package?

Chia-Sheng Chang hat gesagt: // Chia-Sheng Chang wrote: > I am considering installing ALSA Sound drivers for my Ultrasound > MAX card. However, ALSA drivers require the "general sound support" be > enabled in the 2.2 series kernel (I personally use 2.2.10). So is there > anyone can tell me

RE: GUI for Samba

See this page: http://us1.samba.org/samba/GUI/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Foster Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 6:57 PM To: Brant Wells Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: GUI for Samba Brant Wells wrote: > > Hi all.

Re: Runtime kernel parameters configuration

man proc is an "outline that gives a quick tour through the /proc..." and it was written in July 1996... /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysctl/* and /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt are a better source of information, but they are a little behind on the current situation :( A

Re: Urgent: How do I relay mail

Unfortunately only sendmail was installed on that system (MkLinux, not Debian :-( ). Anyway I got smtpd somewhere and compiled it myself. Now it works perfect :-). Thanks anyway. Nico On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 02:43:57PM +0100, Nico De Ranter wrote: > > >

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