Exim congfigs... & perl scripts

2000-07-31 Thread jack
Hi, Anyone have experience setting up Exim as a single IP/multiple host mailing system? What I wish to do is use my IP for multiple domains... Running into trouble as to where to get decent docs for this?. Also, anyone have some decent leads on perl scripts for parsing mail headers? Thanks, Ja

Re: Compose key in X 4.0.1?

2000-07-31 Thread Eric G . Miller
Look at /etc/X11/Xmodmap or ~/.Xmodmap. I don't know if these are sourced the same way in 4.0 as 3.3, but I in ~/.Xmodmap I put: keycode 78 = Multi_key which binds the "Scroll Lock" key to "Compose" (on PC101). You can use a different keycode, of course. Bis Später, On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 01:

Re: Disk performance when installing packages

2000-07-31 Thread kmself
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 08:16:41PM -0300, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > > Hello, > > I was wondering if anyone else notices this when installing or > removing packages: the disk is heavily used (like when the cron > scripts are triggered in the morning) for some time (depending on > the nu

Re: changing distributions

2000-07-31 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 09:07:14PM -0700, Dale Morris wrote: > Is there a way to change from unstable distribution to frozen > distribution? Can apt sources.list be modified so it will select the > potato distribution and reinstall itself.. or is that asking to much? > thanks -- dale This is kind

Compose key in X 4.0.1?

2000-07-31 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
Hello, I've installed X 4.0.1, and everything is fine, except for one thing that I used to have in 3.3.6, and that seems to be missing in 4.0.1: In 3.3.6, I could put the lines: LeftAlt Meta RightAlt Compose in my XF86Config file, and these keys would be bound like that (it'd on

Re: bash ls in color

2000-07-31 Thread kmself
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 09:02:08PM -0700, Dale Morris wrote: > what do I enter to get bash to default to showing files in color. I > know I have to edit the /etc/bash.bashrc file, but don't remember the > command to enter. > thanks > -- dale alias ls='ls --color=auto' ...which should be i

RE: bash ls in color

2000-07-31 Thread Pollywog
On 01-Aug-2000 Dale Morris wrote: > what do I enter to get bash to default to showing files in color. I > know I have to edit the /etc/bash.bashrc file, but don't remember the > command to enter. > thanks > -- dale I have: export LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto' eval `dircolors` in my user .bashrc --

Re: bash ls in color

2000-07-31 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 09:02:08PM -0700, Dale Morris wrote: > what do I enter to get bash to default to showing files in color. I > know I have to edit the /etc/bash.bashrc file, but don't remember the > command to enter. you should instead edit your own userid's ~/.bashrc and add the following:

Re: bash ls in color

2000-07-31 Thread John L. Fjellstad
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 09:02:08PM -0700, Dale Morris wrote: > what do I enter to get bash to default to showing files in color. I > know I have to edit the /etc/bash.bashrc file, but don't remember the > command to enter. Put the following in bash.bashrc (or type it on the command line) alias ls

changing distributions

2000-07-31 Thread Dale Morris
Is there a way to change from unstable distribution to frozen distribution? Can apt sources.list be modified so it will select the potato distribution and reinstall itself.. or is that asking to much? thanks -- dale

Re: advanced power management and linux?

2000-07-31 Thread Joey Hess
Joey Hess wrote: > Hans wrote: > > Laptops are noisy too and cost a bundle Should read '0 parts' + V > Interesting, as I type this, my laptop has parts in motion. Laptop folks > should be sure to check out noflushd in unstable. -- s

RE: xmms shared library fault

2000-07-31 Thread Pollywog
On 01-Aug-2000 Dale Morris wrote: > I'm running woody and have downloaded the xmms package. There is a > problem with it, everything works fine but the shared library file > isn't working properly. When I try use the playlist editor to select > files in a directory it doesn't show them in the play

Re: advanced power management and linux?

2000-07-31 Thread Joey Hess
Hans wrote: > Laptops are noisy too and cost a bundle Interesting, as I type this, my laptop has parts in motion. Laptop folks should be sure to check out noflushd in unstable. -- see shy jo

bash ls in color

2000-07-31 Thread Dale Morris
what do I enter to get bash to default to showing files in color. I know I have to edit the /etc/bash.bashrc file, but don't remember the command to enter. thanks -- dale

xmms shared library fault

2000-07-31 Thread Dale Morris
I'm running woody and have downloaded the xmms package. There is a problem with it, everything works fine but the shared library file isn't working properly. When I try use the playlist editor to select files in a directory it doesn't show them in the playlist window. When I configured it in netsca

Re: ppp Setup

2000-07-31 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 10:35:12PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > Try pppconfig (you must be root to configure it). Then add yourself to > > the "dip" group ('adduser dip'). > > You can do that in pppconfig now. Nice addition. (Haven't needed to change my config for months...) -- According to

Re: ppp Setup

2000-07-31 Thread John Hasler
> Try pppconfig (you must be root to configure it). Then add yourself to > the "dip" group ('adduser dip'). You can do that in pppconfig now. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: ppp Setup

2000-07-31 Thread John Hasler
Troy Telford writes: > Next, I was using the kppp,... That was your mistake. Run pppconfig as root, answer all the questions, and then use pon to start the connection and poff to stop it. If you require pointy-clicky, there are several GUI wrappers around pon and poff (gpppon, for example). If

Re: ppp Setup

2000-07-31 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 09:09:24PM -0600, Troy Telford wrote: > Having just tried to get ppp going on my linux box, I'm asking for a > little help. > I'm used to an ethernet connection to the internet, so ppp is new to > me... > > First off, I do have the ppp kernel module installed. > > Next, I

Re: Is Debian the last OS ?

2000-07-31 Thread I. Tura
>I learned Debian as, basically, a complete newbie to Unix/Linux. I think >it's mostly a matter of visibility. Newbies are just not aware of >Debian. I don't know what you'll think, but perhaps the way we Debian users could promote Debian to our colleagues is by referring the old W95 way,

ppp Setup

2000-07-31 Thread Troy Telford
Having just tried to get ppp going on my linux box, I'm asking for a little help. I'm used to an ethernet connection to the internet, so ppp is new to me... First off, I do have the ppp kernel module installed. Next, I was using the kppp, and the gnome-ppp programs to set it up. The modem dials

Re: run arbitrary program as screensaver?

2000-07-31 Thread Joey Hess
Krzys Majewski wrote: > I did that a few months ago, but it did not come with a screen-saver > option. What I did now is download the xseti tarball and the > xscreensaver package, together they do the job (although they do more > than what I wanted, which is just to have setiathome ru

FAT32 issues

2000-07-31 Thread Matthew D Davis
Hello all,   I have my system setup to dual boot win2k and Debian 2.3.  I would like to be able to access my large fat32 partition from both OSes.  Whenever I mount the drive from the prompt or out of fstab (options are default,user, error=read-only) ownership by user/group depends on who mo

RE: sound

2000-07-31 Thread CHEONG, Shu Yang \[Patrick\]
Ooops...also ensure that the /dev/audio is 666... Patrick Cheong Information Systems Assurance Measat Broadcast Network Systems E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit us at: http://www.astro.com.my > -Original Message- > From: CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, A

[no subject]

2000-07-31 Thread CHEONG, Shu Yang \[Patrick\]
Hi guys! I have been searching high and low for the answer but no such luck.I am attempting to connect by Debian GNU/Linux box to the Net through a Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0. I can ping outside the local network but whenever I use dselect, I get an error message. I understand that if the sock

RE: sound

2000-07-31 Thread CHEONG, Shu Yang \[Patrick\]
OK I have seen the same "error" message before, you need to chmod the /dev/dsp to 666 so that all users of the box have sound! Patrick Cheong Information Systems Assurance Measat Broadcast Network Systems E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit us at: http://www.astro.com.my > -Original Message-

Re: Help: Dselect ran out of disk space

2000-07-31 Thread Tim
Bolan Meek wrote: > What's your partitioning look like? What's the output of `df`? > If you use cfdisk, are there any partitions you don't see in `df`, > i.e. not have mounted? I have 104MB as root and 16MB swap there is 1% unuseable, presumably something to do with the drive geometry. It is a Se

ssh-{add,agent} equivilent for ssh2?

2000-07-31 Thread Gregory T. Norris
I was wondering if there were any equivalent to ssh-add and ssh-agent which work with DSA keys (SSH2 protocol)? I'm running ssh 2.1.1p4-2 (aka OpenSSH) on woody. Thanx! pgpDUPW57cfvo.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Network Printing, from an Apple, to Debian.

2000-07-31 Thread Adam Scriven
At 08:42 2000/07/31 -0500, you wrote: The Mac+ wants to talk Postscript to the Laserwriter, yes? I'm not exactly certain. What I remember is that you'd install the actual LaserWriter drive on the Mac+, and point it to your networked "LaserWriter" printer, sitting on the Linux box. But, the L

Re: A DosEmu problem

2000-07-31 Thread markm
On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 07:48:46PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Debian Potato (Frozen) with Slink KDE > > As Root I can run the emulator and the Dos application, that I You have edited the conf file to allow yourself (as user) access? > want to run, with no problems. As a user the Dos appl

Re: XFree86 4.0.1 from source

2000-07-31 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
I have a r128 (and a matrox mga) w/xfree 4.0.1 also, I too see these errors every time I startx. It's actually comforting to hear someone else having the same problem ;o) It is *definitely* nice to see the performance increase on the rage128, it is also much improved for 4.0.1 than just flat 4.0.

Re: make menuconfig

2000-07-31 Thread Stan Kaufman
Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > No, it shouldn't. You could equally well run `make config' or `make > xconfig' to build your kernel. The first doesn't require anything Point well taken. > that's not in the Depends: and Recommends: fields. The latter > requires you have a running X server. Should

Re: Kernel source

2000-07-31 Thread Stan Kaufman
Nate Bargmann wrote: > > I'm curious as to why the latest "dot release" kernel in Potato is > 2.2.15 and not 2.2.16. The latest package update shows 2.2.17pre6 > to be available, but .16 is skipped. I don't read -devel so I'm > in the dark as to why. Also, why is .14 not available as a package

Disk performance when installing packages

2000-07-31 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
Hello, I was wondering if anyone else notices this when installing or removing packages: the disk is heavily used (like when the cron scripts are triggered in the morning) for some time (depending on the number and size of the packages), and the box becomes absolutely slow. This happens

Re: make menuconfig

2000-07-31 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Stan Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jens Müller wrote: > > > > > > I've tried reinstalling the ncurses library, any other suggestions. I > > > > would like to use this to reconfigure my kernel > > > > > > Did you install libncurses5-dev or similar? You need a *-dev package > > > for the c

Re: Kernel source

2000-07-31 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 05:51:08PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > I'm curious as to why the latest "dot release" kernel in Potato is > 2.2.15 and not 2.2.16. The latest package update shows 2.2.17pre6 > to be available, but .16 is skipped. I don't read -devel so I'm > in the dark as to why. Also,

Re: XFree86 4.0.1 from source

2000-07-31 Thread Ashley Clark
* Dave Wilk in "XFree86 4.0.1 from source" dated 2000/07/31 18:51 * wrote: > Howdy folks, > > I successfully compiled XFree 4.0.1 from source with some very > helpful suggestions from a /. post. I've compiled alot of source, > but never anything this big. anyway, it went fine, everything in > /

Re: XFree86 4.0.1 from source

2000-07-31 Thread iehrenwald
> Could not init font path element /usr/local/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, > removing from list! > Could not init font path element /usr/local/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, > removing from list! I did the same thing you did and I get those same errors. It doesn't seem to hurt anything so I always i

Re: compiling errors

2000-07-31 Thread Chris Gray
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 12:57:22PM -0400, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > hi all > > i'm having problems compiling a c++ program with g++. the errors > that i get are > > MapCB.o: In function `cMapDisp::cMapDisp(TACTMAP_OBJECT_CLASS)': > MapCB.o(.text+0x172): undefined reference to `callback_define_e

XFree86 4.0.1 from source

2000-07-31 Thread Dave Wilk
Howdy folks, I successfully compiled XFree 4.0.1 from source with some very helpful suggestions from a /. post. I've compiled alot of source, but never anything this big. anyway, it went fine, everything in /usr/local/X11R6/ and all the configs are fine and I even get the xserver to start and in

Kernel source

2000-07-31 Thread Nate Bargmann
I'm curious as to why the latest "dot release" kernel in Potato is 2.2.15 and not 2.2.16. The latest package update shows 2.2.17pre6 to be available, but .16 is skipped. I don't read -devel so I'm in the dark as to why. Also, why is .14 not available as a package any longer? I'm really quite he

Re: 128 bit encryption netscape?

2000-07-31 Thread Brian May
> "Tom" == Tom Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tom> It's the same situation for all of us. The 4.73 communicator Tom> package doesn't get you 128 bit encryption, and requires the Tom> extra step of replacing the 56 bit binary with the 128 bit This means you have to download a

Re: Debian and OpenBSD -- ssh compatibility?

2000-07-31 Thread Morten Liebach
On 31, jul, 2000 at 01:10:47 -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 12:52:18PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > > On 31-Jul-2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > I'm configuring an OpenBSD firewall in front of my Debian box. Current > > > problem is getting compatibl

Re: Is Debian the last OS ?

2000-07-31 Thread Tom Pfeifer
"Arthur H. Edwards" wrote: > > The question was "Why is Debian the last, rather than the first, > distribution?" To a large degree your response is the answer. People > brand new to Linux eat kernels, they don't compile them. So, if you > don't want it to be the last distribution, perhaps you sho

Libranet

2000-07-31 Thread Dale Morris
I got to fooling with debian about a week ago and did an ftp install of potato. When I tried to add sound I didn't have anything in /usr/src/linux so I downloaded and installed the 2.2.16 kernel. Trying to install some piece of software I edited my apt-get sources.conf file and because I had change

Re: [NEWBIE ALERT] Interchangebility of manual install vs dselect/dpkg

2000-07-31 Thread Jean-Philippe Guérard
Le 2000-07-31 16:24:07 +0100, Jean-Jack M. Riethoven écrivait : > I am relatively new to installing my own Debian system (2.1r4). Until now, > I have managed quite well with dselect. However, I haven't been able to get > X up and running yet on my video card (a Diamond Viper 550 16Mb). What happe

Re: 128 bit encryption netscape?

2000-07-31 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Bruce Stephens wrote: > > Tom Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Take a look at the News section at the fortify site here: > > > > http://www.fortify.net/intro.html > > This says that Fortify is on hold, since 128bit Netscape is available > worldwide. I knew that already. What I was ask

Re: SGML beginners question

2000-07-31 Thread Christophe TROESTLER
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 11:18:27AM +, Tony wrote: > > ^ > > ^"Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > ^ > > ^> really slick and well formatted documents. And for writing something > > ^> like a thesis, using BibTeX makes it easy to handle c

Re: /etc/modules load/don't load

2000-07-31 Thread David Z Maze
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: KW> So my question is: Why are the vfat and serial and smbfs loading when KW> they are commented out of /etc/modules, but the 3c59x module does not KW> load when it's commented out? Because kmod doesn't know that your Ethernet card is a 3c59x. When it tries

Re: mount

2000-07-31 Thread Moritz Schulte
On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 06:32:55AM -0700, Nianwei Xing wrote: [...] > I forget my root password and check the FAQs, somebody > said that after reboot the system and mount filesystem > and then edit the file /etc/passwd, it will work. so i > reboot my computer with my rescue disk [...] or you coul

Re: make menuconfig

2000-07-31 Thread Stan Kaufman
Jens Müller wrote: > > > > I've tried reinstalling the ncurses library, any other suggestions. I > > > would like to use this to reconfigure my kernel > > > > Did you install libncurses5-dev or similar? You need a *-dev package > > for the curses.h file to be there. If you have, check where it e

Re: expect scripts

2000-07-31 Thread kmself
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 02:23:36PM -0600, Howard Jow wrote: > okay, I just found out it's not really hanging, but it just takes about > five minutes to continue processing. Here's the errors I see once or > twice during the upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2: > > *** lynx.cfg (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? N >

Re: isapnp says irq5; modprobe assigns 7

2000-07-31 Thread Pollywog
On 31-Jul-2000 Kent West wrote: > Pollywog wrote: > > I've discovered that if I create a file named /etc/modutils/sound and > put in it the line: > options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 > > then I no longer get the error message. The sound card mostly works now. > It can't seem to

Re: isapnp says irq5; modprobe assigns 7

2000-07-31 Thread Pollywog
On 31-Jul-2000 Kent West wrote: > Pollywog wrote: >> >> On 31-Jul-2000 Kent West wrote: >> > I've got a soundbalster 16 in my Debian box. I believe I've got the >> > /etc/isapnp.conf file set up properly, to use IRQ5 for the sound card. >> > However, whenever I do a modprobe sb (or reboot, etc),

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-07-31 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Raphael Crawford-Marks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > ok so I patched the kernel successfully and went through make config and > > make dep just fine. > > > > when I do make bzImage (also tried zImage, zdisk, and bzdisk) everything > > works fine un

Re: mount

2000-07-31 Thread kmself
On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 06:32:55AM -0700, Nianwei Xing wrote: > hi, debians; > I forget my root password and check the FAQs, somebody > said that after reboot the system and mount filesystem > and then edit the file /etc/passwd, it will work. so i > reboot my computer with my rescue disk and at the

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-07-31 Thread Robert Waldner
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:16:58 PDT, "Raphael Crawford-Marks" writes: >as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s >make[1]: as86: Command not found you´ll need the bin86-package >I've never heard of as86...couldn't find any packages by that name either. finding packages by filename is easiest via http:/

Re: fdisk reports 4.2BSD partitions instead EXT2

2000-07-31 Thread kmself
You may need to change the partition lable. This is independent of the underlying filesystem. You *should* be able to do this under fdisk ('m' gives you a menu of options), but I'd back things up just in case. On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 02:55:02AM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote: > I'm experiencing some

expect scripts

2000-07-31 Thread Howard Jow
okay, I just found out it's not really hanging, but it just takes about five minutes to continue processing. Here's the errors I see once or twice during the upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2: *** lynx.cfg (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? N Use of uninitialized value at (eval 6) line 16, chunk 12881. Use of un

Re: 3c90x woes

2000-07-31 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Raphael Crawford-Marks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ok so I patched the kernel successfully and went through make config and > make dep just fine. > > when I do make bzImage (also tried zImage, zdisk, and bzdisk) everything > works fine until it gets to the very end: > > as86 -0 -a -o bootsect

RE: debian rocks

2000-07-31 Thread Michael Soulier
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick] wrote: > Hear ye..hear ye.you should join this list, then you'll really get a > feel of the Linux (and Debian GNU/Linux) community. I did join! :) Mike

RE: 3c90x woes

2000-07-31 Thread Raphael Crawford-Marks
ok so I patched the kernel successfully and went through make config and make dep just fine. when I do make bzImage (also tried zImage, zdisk, and bzdisk) everything works fine until it gets to the very end: as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s make[1]: as86: Command not found I've never heard of

Re: Debian and OpenBSD -- ssh compatibility?

2000-07-31 Thread kmself
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 12:52:18PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 31-Jul-2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > I'm configuring an OpenBSD firewall in front of my Debian box. Current > > problem is getting compatible versions of ssh on both boxes. > > > > I can ssh FROM OpenBSD to Debian

Re: Debian and OpenBSD -- ssh compatibility?

2000-07-31 Thread kmself
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 12:36:43PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > I'm configuring an OpenBSD firewall in front of my Debian box. Current > problem is getting compatible versions of ssh on both boxes. > > I can ssh FROM OpenBSD to Debian, but not TO OpenBSD from Debian. > Error message on at

Re: make menuconfig

2000-07-31 Thread Jens Müller
- Original Message - From: "Olaf Meeuwissen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dale Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 4:08 AM Subject: Re: make menuconfig > Dale Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > when I try to run make menuconfig I encouter the following error:

Re: questions about Exim

2000-07-31 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article >[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, >I've been playing with Exim fora while now, read the docs, looked at some of >the examples and as yet, have not found a way to create or use virtual >addresses on my server in the same way that apache can handle virt servers. >I

/etc/modules load/don't load

2000-07-31 Thread Kent West
I've recently compiled a 2.2.17 kernel, specifying most everything as modules. Oddly enough, "make menuconfig" won't allow me to specify my mouse (PS/2) as a kernel, instead forcing a "*" in the config box. But that's not my question. I'm trying to get a handle on how modules work. I've commented

Re: Help: Dselect ran out of disk space

2000-07-31 Thread Bolan Meek
Tim Wood wrote: > > Hi, > I managed to do a floppy/ftp install of Potato on an old 4086DX-33 > laptop (8MB RAM 120MB HDD) but ran out of disk space. What's your partitioning look like? What's the output of `df`? If you use cfdisk, are there any partitions you don't see in `df`, i.e. not have mo

Re: 128 bit encryption netscape?

2000-07-31 Thread Bruce Stephens
Tom Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Take a look at the News section at the fortify site here: > > http://www.fortify.net/intro.html This says that Fortify is on hold, since 128bit Netscape is available worldwide. I knew that already. What I was asking was why the Debian packages don't o

RE: Debian and OpenBSD -- ssh compatibility?

2000-07-31 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 31-Jul-2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > I'm configuring an OpenBSD firewall in front of my Debian box. Current > problem is getting compatible versions of ssh on both boxes. > > I can ssh FROM OpenBSD to Debian, but not TO OpenBSD from Debian. > Error message on attempting OpenBSD connectio

Re: isapnp says irq5; modprobe assigns 7

2000-07-31 Thread Kent West
Pollywog wrote: > > On 31-Jul-2000 Kent West wrote: > > I've got a soundbalster 16 in my Debian box. I believe I've got the > > /etc/isapnp.conf file set up properly, to use IRQ5 for the sound card. > > However, whenever I do a modprobe sb (or reboot, etc), I get a warning > > about IRQ 7 having a

Re: help!

2000-07-31 Thread Dale Morris
In the lower left hand corner use the start button and select panel, it should say something about adding applet. From there select utilities and pager should be listed somewhere in there. It's easy, no problemo. dale Guest ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello: > > i'm still new to enlightenment..

Re: AMD Processor

2000-07-31 Thread Stephan Hachinger
Hello! Linux runs on all i80386 compatible microprocessors. So it also runs on a AMD K6-2. But I don't know if any Linux application or lib will use the 3DNow! extension. But this isn't very important. The cpu and coprocessor is supported. Kind Regards, Stephan Hachinger - Original Message

Debian and OpenBSD -- ssh compatibility?

2000-07-31 Thread kmself
I'm configuring an OpenBSD firewall in front of my Debian box. Current problem is getting compatible versions of ssh on both boxes. I can ssh FROM OpenBSD to Debian, but not TO OpenBSD from Debian. Error message on attempting OpenBSD connection: Disconnecting: Bad packet length 134967691

Re: isapnp says irq5; modprobe assigns 7

2000-07-31 Thread Kent West
Pollywog wrote: > > On 31-Jul-2000 Kent West wrote: > > I've got a soundbalster 16 in my Debian box. I believe I've got the > > /etc/isapnp.conf file set up properly, to use IRQ5 for the sound card. > > However, whenever I do a modprobe sb (or reboot, etc), I get a warning > > about IRQ 7 having a

isapnp says irq5; modprobe assigns 7

2000-07-31 Thread Kent West
I've got a soundbalster 16 in my Debian box. I believe I've got the /etc/isapnp.conf file set up properly, to use IRQ5 for the sound card. However, whenever I do a modprobe sb (or reboot, etc), I get a warning about IRQ 7 having a conflict. Near as I can tell, I have no, none, nada, zippo, zilch re

RE: isapnp says irq5; modprobe assigns 7

2000-07-31 Thread Pollywog
On 31-Jul-2000 Kent West wrote: > I've got a soundbalster 16 in my Debian box. I believe I've got the > /etc/isapnp.conf file set up properly, to use IRQ5 for the sound card. > However, whenever I do a modprobe sb (or reboot, etc), I get a warning > about IRQ 7 having a conflict. Near as I can tel

Re: Is Debian the last OS ?

2000-07-31 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 12:28:26AM +1000, Mark Suter wrote: > Folks, > > How common is the "Debian last" practice, that is, try other > distributions (including non-GNU/Linux) and then come to Debian > to stay? You know, this reminds me of one of Murphy's Laws: "What you are looking for

Re: Is Debian the last OS ?

2000-07-31 Thread Michel Verdier
Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : | I have to disagree that Debian should be less "exceptionally pure" | about free/non-free. The whole point of the Debian project was to | create a free OS/system. It still is. The fact that commercial | interests have joined the Linux-bandwagon has no e

Re: apt-move and alternate config file

2000-07-31 Thread Robert Varga
apt-move is just a perl program calling ftp and rsync, and its config file gets read via the source (.) statement. Just hack it there :) Regards, Robert Varga On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Pat Mahoney wrote: > Is there a way to get apt-move to use an alternate config file > (~/.apt-moverc)? Man page a

Re: AMD Processor

2000-07-31 Thread Jens Müller
- Original Message - From: "Sajjad Haider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 8:43 PM Subject: AMD Processor > Hello, > > I am going to purchase AMD K6-2 system. I want to know that does Red Hat 6.x support AMD processors or not. Because I have to run some applications

Debian 2.1 to Debian 2.2 upgrade.

2000-07-31 Thread Howard Jow
Hi, I am a systems administrator at the University of New Mexico. I am trying to upgrade approximately 80 Debian Linux boxxen from 2.1 to 2.2. We are currently running slink and we want to move to potato. Here is basically what I am doing: changing /etc/apt/sources.list to use potato apt-get upd

AMD Processor

2000-07-31 Thread Sajjad Haider
Hello, I am going to purchase AMD K6-2 system. I want to know that does Red Hat 6.x support AMD processors or not. Because I have to run some applications which are not avilable on Windows Platform. Looking for your advise Sajjad What are you N2? Choose from 150 free e-mail addresses. http:

isapnp says irq5; modprobe assigns 7

2000-07-31 Thread Kent West
I've got a soundbalster 16 in my Debian box. I believe I've got the /etc/isapnp.conf file set up properly, to use IRQ5 for the sound card. However, whenever I do a modprobe sb (or reboot, etc), I get a warning about IRQ 7 having a conflict. Near as I can tell, I have no, none, nada, zippo, zilch re

Re: Is Debian the last OS ? (Long reply)

2000-07-31 Thread Steve Lamb
On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 11:03:57PM -0400, Adam Scriven wrote: > But, because of the slow updates, and because it is now 2 releases behind, Not from my perspective. Remember, you always have the choice of upgrading to a "frozen" or "unstable" whenever you like if you /really/ like the bleedin

SysInit (Red Hat e Debian)

2000-07-31 Thread Ednardo Lobo
Estou precisando dos arquivos de configuracao responsaveis pela inicializacao do sistema, Red Hat (ou da Conectiva) e Debian. Basicamente os arquivos sao: /etc/initab /etc/init.d/* /etc/rc[S,0-6]/* /etc/default/* /etc/rc.boot/* Pode ser que existam outros dependendo da versao

Re: Is Debian the last OS ? (Long reply)

2000-07-31 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
Adam Scriven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Kernel sources are *always* available at www.kernel.org. > They are, but he's not advanced enough yet to compile his own kernel. > He's a very bright guy, and he'll figure it out eventually, but it's a very > minor hobby for him right now, and he just h

Aureal sound

2000-07-31 Thread Justin Camblin
I'm attempting to install the Aureal sound drivers, but when i keep getting this error message: /sbin/modprobe au8810 /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/au8810.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/m

Re: Is Debian the last OS ?

2000-07-31 Thread John L. Fjellstad
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 11:03:50AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > 1) The switch from RedHat to Debian is a reinstall. Going from RedHat > 5.2 to 6 is a reinstall. One's not a whole lot harder than the other, > as far as I know. Going from one version to another, even in a point release, in Re

Re: debian- or linux- friendly hardware vendors?

2000-07-31 Thread Bob McGowan
I ran into this site late last night researching Tyan motherboards: http://online.amax.com/amaxcorp/default.asp They have preconfigured systems, using Red Hat, also imply that they will build to order. "I. Tura" wrote: > > In www.gnu.org there is a reference of a hardware vendor that

Re: current Redhat user evaluates Debian

2000-07-31 Thread John L. Fjellstad
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 05:18:38PM +0200, Stefan Nobis wrote: > What's the problem? All scripts goes in /etc/init.d and in /etc/rc?.d > are Symlinks. This way it's also done by RedHat, but they do it in > /etc/rc.d/init.d and /etc/rc.d/rc?.d (IIRC). It's not a major problem, and certainly not a

Re: current Redhat user evaluates Debian

2000-07-31 Thread Sven Burgener
On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 07:36:53PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Some drivers "probe" for their hardware by attempting to access various > ports. In a few pathological cases, the probing by one driver will put > hardware belonging to another into a state that crashes or locks up the > system. This

Re: Is Debian the last OS ? (Long reply)

2000-07-31 Thread montefin
montefin wrote: > > Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 11:03:57PM -0400, Adam Scriven wrote: > > > > > Linux is a wonderful tool. We all know it. But it IS just that, a > > > tool. If a distribution, no matter how good it's intentions, can't keep > > > up, then it will be re

Re: same debian, new hardware?

2000-07-31 Thread David Wright
Quoting Krzys Majewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > 3) Make binary images of the old hard drives, automagically paste these > > > onto the new hard drive. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure this is impossible. > > > > You mention SCSI in the old box, but don't say what's the hardware > > in the new box.

CPAN perl mods vs. Debian lib_perl.debs:Solving dependencies

2000-07-31 Thread John Foster
What is the best way to utilize the CPAN perl modules and allow the Debian lib_perl.deb type of installation to coincide? I prefer to use debianized perl mods...but I also NEED modules from CPAN. When I install the cpan bundle it strongly suggests that I remove the perl modules the I have already i

Re: Is Debian the last OS ?

2000-07-31 Thread Nate Duehr
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 09:50:45AM -0600, Arthur H. Edwards wrote: > The question was "Why is Debian the last, rather than the first, > distribution?" To a large degree your response is the answer. People brand > new to Linux eat kernels, they don't compile them. So, if you don't want it > to be t

compiling errors

2000-07-31 Thread Patrick Dahiroc
hi all i'm having problems compiling a c++ program with g++. the errors that i get are MapCB.o: In function `cMapDisp::cMapDisp(TACTMAP_OBJECT_CLASS)': MapCB.o(.text+0x172): undefined reference to `callback_define_event(int,...)' MapCB.o(.text+0x18a): undefined reference to `callback_define_ev

Re: Is Debian the last OS ?

2000-07-31 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Nathan E Norman wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 11:09:28PM -0600, Art Edwards wrote: > > If I am right, then to keep users, you should try to update kernels in > > minor releases. > > The kernel is upgraded in point releases when justified (an exploit > for example). However, there's no way D

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Re: Is Debian the last OS ? (Long reply)

2000-07-31 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Adam Scriven wrote: > > At 20:53 2000/07/30 -0500, you wrote: > >On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 10:42:29AM -0400, Adam Scriven wrote: > > > I'm still very much getting used to Debian, however, and the long time > > > between releases is stopping my Dad from switching, since he wants to > > > switch to th

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