Re: networking problems withe Linksys router

2002-03-06 Thread Chris Jenks
At 10:52 PM 3/6/02, Stephen Ryan wrote: On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 19:50, Chris Jenks wrote: > At 07:35 AM 3/6/02, Paul Mackinney wrote: > >Chris Jenks declaimed: > > > Before I put the router in I had no problem connecting to my Comcast cable > > > modem from either windows, or linux and even had w

XDMCP Howto?

2002-03-06 Thread Caleb Shay
Here's one for the X-perts. I have 3 machines on a private network. 2 linux boxes using gdm and 1 SGI using xdm/clogin. I would like to be able to log into any of the boxes from any one of the other boxes. This seemed like a perfect time for me to play with XDMCP. After all, isn't network tra

Re: The quest for rodent power

2002-03-06 Thread Harry Putnam
Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:24:22PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... >> Its not clear what you want to know here. I just ran the same test >> again. There is about a 1 second delay before the prompt comes

Re: Install problems from a newbie

2002-03-06 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 05:15:46PM -0600, Carnes, Kevin wrote: > OK, after hearing lots of hype about how Linux is the best thing since > sliced bread, I'm putting the claims to the test and trying to install > Debian on a new Intel box. I'm an old VAX/VMS system manager and have > been playing wi

Re: OT: Aliens in the heavans (was Re: seti@home)

2002-03-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 22:39, John Hasler wrote: > Ron Johnson writes: > > Seems to me that all that warring and anarchy on a completely barbaric > > planey would exauhst all the time/imagination/resources. Would they want > > to spend resources on inter-stellar research, when they could be spendin

Re: OT: Aliens in the heavans (was Re: seti@home)

2002-03-06 Thread Tom Cook
Wow, people do read my posts. I should be more careful about what I write. Gary Turner wrote: [snip] > While it is true that the EMF, or voltage is inversely proportional to > the distance, the power is reduced by the square of the distance. > (P=e^2/r, P=i^2*r, or P=e*i) Thus a signal with a po

Re: configuring ext3 (was Re: new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users)

2002-03-06 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:14:03PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:27:11PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > | On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:47:54PM -0500, dman wrote: > | > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:46:41PM +, Simon Hepburn wrote: > | > | On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 9:11 pm, dman wrot

Re: configuring ext3 (was Re: new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users)

2002-03-06 Thread Craig Dickson
begin Nathan E Norman quotation: > I converted a system a few months ago, and another Sunday night. > Basically you "tune2fs -j /dev/whatever", change "ext2" to "ext3" in > /etc/fstab as you mentioned, and then reboot. > > The only thing I'm not sure about is whether the partitions have to be >

Re: The quest for rodent power

2002-03-06 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:24:22PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... > Its not clear what you want to know here. I just ran the same test > again. There is about a 1 second delay before the prompt comes back > and prints the odd message. > Alarm Clock I

Re: OT: Aliens in the heavans (was Re: seti@home)

2002-03-06 Thread John Hasler
Ron Johnson writes: > Seems to me that all that warring and anarchy on a completely barbaric > planey would exauhst all the time/imagination/resources. Would they want > to spend resources on inter-stellar research, when they could be spending > it trying to destroy the enemy? You have neatly exp

Re: The quest for rodent power

2002-03-06 Thread Harry Putnam
"Karl E. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > I had a sudden thought: perhaps it is time to experiment with the mouse > type for gpm (completely ignoring X for now). > > You've established beyond any doubt that it works in X as a PS/2 mouse > - and hence the kernel, connection, physical

Re: Install problems from a newbie

2002-03-06 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 05:15:46PM -0600, Carnes, Kevin wrote: ... > hdc:cdrom_decode_status: status = 0X51 {DriveReady Seek Complete Error} > hdc:cdrom_decode_status: error = 0X34 > hdc: ATAPI reset complete > hdc: irq timeout: status = 0Xd0 {Busy} > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector

Re: More cheese nibbler questions

2002-03-06 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:55:39PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > That depends. Is your ps/2 driver compiled in or compiled as a > > seperate module? Look through /boot/config- for the awnser. > > Its not clear what any of that means and the o

Re: configuring ext3 (was Re: new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users)

2002-03-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:14:03PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:27:11PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > | On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:47:54PM -0500, dman wrote: > | > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:46:41PM +, Simon Hepburn wrote: > | > | On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 9:11 pm, dman wrot

Re: More cheese nibbler questions

2002-03-06 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 03:05:57PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... > Err no, but isn't that what is printing those messages above? Yep, it is. But it's supposed to do more then just printing those:), and I prefer to eliminate all possible errors, so I

Re: The quest for rodent power

2002-03-06 Thread Harry Putnam
Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Carel, Somehow I missed this post of yours Here are some answers: > e.g. I.m curious whether the above long gpm command > ># /usr/sbin/gpm -D -m /dev/psaux -t ps2 -Rraw > > did return immediately or kept running and that you did the > >#

Re: ? about C++

2002-03-06 Thread Craig Dickson
Corrin Lakeland wrote: > > why the program below is wrong? Generally, it's adviseable not to reply to questions that look like someone who needs help with his school assignments. When someone presents a trivial programming problem based on a nonsensical code fragment and doesn't even tell you wha

Re: OT: getting the family in on Linux. was: Re: new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users

2002-03-06 Thread Oki DZ
dman wrote: On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:24:49PM -0600, Matt Garman wrote: I wonder if someone has done a comparison between 1) VNC on the server vs. using XDMCP to manage a remote display 2) VNC viewer on the client vs. X server (using XDMCP) on the client I think your choices are

Re: Back up using tape or remote

2002-03-06 Thread Corrin Lakeland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Ultimately the client wishes to run the back up remotely from their office > location and store the data off site. However I'll accept if this may be > impossible. Offsite backup is a logistical problem rather than a technical problem. Either the

Re: qmail postmanster passwd

2002-03-06 Thread Allen Wayne Best
On Sunday 03 March 2002 07:32 am, David Gardi pronounced: > Hi, > anyone know how to change postmaster password using qmail? > David. david: i am not sure what you mean by "change postmaster password using qmail" as there are no passwords "within" qmail. please let me know what you are trying t

Re: More cheese nibbler questions

2002-03-06 Thread Harry Putnam
Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That depends. Is your ps/2 driver compiled in or compiled as a > seperate module? Look through /boot/config- for the awnser. Its not clear what any of that means and the only entry seems to be related to mouse is this: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PS2=y I'm g

Re: chkconfig is to redhat as ___ is to debian?

2002-03-06 Thread Arthur H. Johnson II
Why dont you just create the symlinks yourself. Its what I do. On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 17:17, Michael Marziani wrote: > I've poked around dselect and can't find chkconfig. Is this included in > some larger package of handy admin utils? If no chkconfig, is there a > package that does something si

Re: ? about C++

2002-03-06 Thread Corrin Lakeland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 07 Mar 2002 15:52, a wrote: > (sorry! if you know any other mailing list i should send, pls tell me) This is a mailing list on how to use the debian operating system, so it isn't a particularly good choice. You'd have been better off on a sp

Re: networking problems withe Linksys router

2002-03-06 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 19:50, Chris Jenks wrote: > At 07:35 AM 3/6/02, Paul Mackinney wrote: > >Chris Jenks declaimed: > > > Before I put the router in I had no problem connecting to my Comcast cable > > > modem from either windows, or linux and even had woody installed. After > > > putting the rout

Bind 9

2002-03-06 Thread Oki DZ
Hi, I set my DNS server to forward requests to other servers. In the internal net, there are two DNS servers that forward the requests to this server. How can I set up this server so that it doesn't forward requests for internal hosts? eg: request for internal PTR records. Is bind v.9 the ans

Back up using tape or remote

2002-03-06 Thread Billy
Hi Group I'm looking for a solution for baking up a server that is running debian. The goal is to back-up the MYSQL database aswell as the critical data on the hard drive. Ultimately the client wishes to run the back up remotely from their office location and store the data off site. However I'l

Re: Install problems from a newbie

2002-03-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 20:03, Joe wrote: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 05:15:46PM -0600, Carnes, Kevin wrote: [snip] > At the risk of getting flamed by this particular group, I might suggest > starting with another distro just to prove to yourself that Linux is > indeed easy to install. As much as I hap

Re: OT: Aliens in the heavans (was Re: seti@home)

2002-03-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 19:01, Matt Garman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 03:24:32AM -0500, Chris Jenks wrote: > > Forgetting all of the rest of your email, if you were an alien, > > would you want to contact this planet, just based off your first > > paragraph? > > > > Chris > > ps I'm not lookin

configuring ext3 (was Re: new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users)

2002-03-06 Thread dman
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:27:11PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: | On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:47:54PM -0500, dman wrote: | > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:46:41PM +, Simon Hepburn wrote: | > | On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 9:11 pm, dman wrote: | > | | > | > I want to allow my dad to shut down the rout

Re: SoundBlaster Live!, /dev/audio, and bad sound quality

2002-03-06 Thread Joe Bouchard
> In general, everything works fine, except that sending .au files to > /dev/audio has really lousy sound quality. You can hear the sound, but > there's a loud hissing or static sound on top of it. I had this I have been having the same problem and have lived with it for a few monthes. The mai

Re: Sun hardware

2002-03-06 Thread glynis
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:53:15PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > Errm. Not that I know the answer, but... Is there something wrong with > Solaris? i think many of us have been spoiled by all the tools we can have installed effortlessly on our nice debian machines. i know i have been. i liked pl

? about C++

2002-03-06 Thread a
(sorry! if you know any other mailing list i should send, pls tell me) why the program below is wrong? class t {public : static char *p; }; char t::*p; main() {t k; k.p=""; } i'll leave the list soon,pls reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Install problems from a newbie

2002-03-06 Thread dad
One could install the Progeny distro and dist-upgrade to woody. It only leaves 4-5 progeny packages on the system and you have a good working woody system. On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 20:03, Joe wrote: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 05:15:46PM -0600, Carnes, Kevin wrote: > > OK, after hearing lots of hype a

Re: apm strangeness

2002-03-06 Thread Charles Baker
<> > > Okay, I ran modconf and installed apm module in the > kernel. Before wasn't apm built into most debian > kernel images? I also did a ``cp -R > /lib/modules/kernel-pcmcia-2.4.18-686 > /lib/modules/2.4.18-686/pcmcia'' and the pcmcia > modules showed up in modconf. I installed > yenta_socket,

ClueBat [was: Re: ??????????????????????????????????????]

2002-03-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
Dear Bruce, and others who think it's cute to reply to spam: Please do not post your responses to spam to the list! It's a waste of everyone's time, especially when you quote the whole freaking spam (which thankfully in this case wasn't too long). It also really hoses up people who are doing spa

I killed X11 (potato-to-woody)

2002-03-06 Thread user list
So I'm in some very deep trouble. I upgraded Xfree86 to the 4.1 level in potato without making a debian package. Then, when I tried to install xine from the testing tree I hosed the system. I have now done a complete system upgrade to testing and everything works except X11 (a big exception). When

Re: new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users

2002-03-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:47:54PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:46:41PM +, Simon Hepburn wrote: > | On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 9:11 pm, dman wrote: > | > | > I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway. > | > | Install ext3fs. Show him the power switch ;-) > >

Re: OT: getting the family in on Linux. was: Re: new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users

2002-03-06 Thread dman
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:24:49PM -0600, Matt Garman wrote: [...] | This made me think some folks on this group might be interesting in | learning how I setup the family computers to allow my parents to ease | into Linux. [...] | The solution: vnc. [...] That's a good idea. Another possibilit

Re: Install problems from a newbie

2002-03-06 Thread Joe
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 05:15:46PM -0600, Carnes, Kevin wrote: > OK, after hearing lots of hype about how Linux is the best thing since > sliced bread, Better. Like bread with jam. >I'm putting the claims to the test and trying to install > Debian on a new Intel box. Debian? What sadist told

Connecting to X session

2002-03-06 Thread Oki DZ
Hi, If I remember correctly, there was a question about connecting to an X session for remote display (well, what else). I just tried to run VNC , and the default setting is "shared"; which means that anyone who connects to the same display number, will get the same desktop. It can be done

Re: How can I remove xdm?

2002-03-06 Thread David Z Maze
Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want remove xdm package so I'm not using it (I've remove all links > related in all runlevels, but I don't need this using hard disk for > more). But if I try an apt-get remove xdm it also removes > x-window-system... why? I think this is a

Re: apm strangeness

2002-03-06 Thread Charles Baker
--- Charles Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi Charles, > > <> > > > > --- Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > Look in /proc. There should be an apm file > > there. > > > > If not, linux is NOT using > > > > apm. >

Re: Sun hardware

2002-03-06 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Paul DeHerrera ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Will debian work on my Sun Enterprise 4500 server, which has 8 processors, > 16GB of RAM and 8 D1000 StorEdge disk arrays? > If so, what is the latest release (kernel version)? Errm. Not that I know the answer, but... Is there something wrong wi

Re: How can I remove xdm?

2002-03-06 Thread dman
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 02:13:57AM +0100, Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso wrote: | Hi there, | | I want remove xdm package so I'm not using it (I've remove all links related | in all runlevels, but I don't need this using hard disk for more). But if I | try an apt-get remove xdm it also removes x-win

Re: new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users

2002-03-06 Thread dman
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:46:41PM +, Simon Hepburn wrote: | On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 9:11 pm, dman wrote: | | > I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway. | | Install ext3fs. Show him the power switch ;-) :-). I was thinking that a journaled fs would be a really good idea,

Re: postgresql upgrade problem

2002-03-06 Thread Charles Baker
--- Charles Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After postgresql was kept back on both an upgrade > and > a dist-upgrade, I tried an install. This is the > result: > > twin:/etc/apt# apt-get install postgresql > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Some packages could

Re: How can I remove xdm?

2002-03-06 Thread Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso
I'm a prophet... crom:~# apt-get dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: x-window-system: Depends: xdm but it is not installed E: Unmet depe

OT: getting the family in on Linux. was: Re: new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users

2002-03-06 Thread Matt Garman
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 01:28:02PM -0800, nate wrote: > I personally do not let anyone in my family touch my > computers, its the unspoken law. Don't go near them. > i setup my ultra 1 so people can use it for stuff, but > my firewalls and real servers are off limits. I have a somewhat similar sit

Sun hardware

2002-03-06 Thread Paul DeHerrera
Will debian work on my Sun Enterprise 4500 server, which has 8 processors, 16GB of RAM and 8 D1000 StorEdge disk arrays? If so, what is the latest release (kernel version)? Paul DeHerrera Large Scale Biology Corporation http://www.lsbc.com 707.469.2357

How can I remove xdm?

2002-03-06 Thread Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso
Hi there, I want remove xdm package so I'm not using it (I've remove all links related in all runlevels, but I don't need this using hard disk for more). But if I try an apt-get remove xdm it also removes x-window-system... why? I think this is a bit stupid... Finally, I've removed it using dp

postgresql upgrade problem

2002-03-06 Thread Charles Baker
After postgresql was kept back on both an upgrade and a dist-upgrade, I tried an install. This is the result: twin:/etc/apt# apt-get install postgresql Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impo

Re: networking problems withe Linksys router

2002-03-06 Thread Chris Jenks
At 07:35 AM 3/6/02, Paul Mackinney wrote: Chris Jenks declaimed: > Before I put the router in I had no problem connecting to my Comcast cable > modem from either windows, or linux and even had woody installed. After > putting the router in, I can no longer access the anywhere on the LAN or > the

Re: OT: Aliens in the heavans (was Re: seti@home)

2002-03-06 Thread Matt Garman
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 03:24:32AM -0500, Chris Jenks wrote: > Forgetting all of the rest of your email, if you were an alien, > would you want to contact this planet, just based off your first > paragraph? > > Chris > ps I'm not looking for a flame war, just pointing out that the > signals that w

Re: apm strangeness

2002-03-06 Thread Charles Baker
--- Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Charles, <> > > --- Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Look in /proc. There should be an apm file > there. > > > If not, linux is NOT using > > > apm. > > > > Okay, no /proc/apm but what could've killed it for > > 2.4.17 ?

Re: question about /bin utils

2002-03-06 Thread Andrew Perrin
True enough, in (my) potato there's no /bin/vi, although there are other editors (ae and ed). In (my) woody there is, though: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls /bin/vi /bin/vi (Not that I'd have the beginnings of a clue how to actually use ae or ed if I were in that situation) ap

Re: question about /bin utils

2002-03-06 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 06-Mar-2002 Michael Marziani wrote: > While I was replacing my vi with vim, I noticed that there is no /bin/vi > at all, it's in /usr/bin. I've never seen a distro without a /bin/vi; > how do I edit my files when my /usr partition crashes? > > Just curious if anyone has some insight into this

Re: MAKEDEV doesn't know how to make "klog"

2002-03-06 Thread Oki DZ
Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: I've been trying to use msyslog, but there's one little problem: it will not log kernel messages (although it logs other messages), and I believe it's because I don't have a /dev/klog. There's no /dev/klog in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt. For running MAKE

Re: new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users

2002-03-06 Thread Simon Hepburn
On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 9:11 pm, dman wrote: > I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway. Install ext3fs. Show him the power switch ;-) -- Simon Hepburn.

Re: question about /bin utils

2002-03-06 Thread Joseph Dane
> "Michael" == Michael Marziani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> While I was replacing my vi with vim, I noticed that there Michael> is no /bin/vi at all, it's in /usr/bin. I've never seen a Michael> distro without a /bin/vi; how do I edit my files when my Michael> /usr partition cras

Re: Re: lilo wierdness

2002-03-06 Thread Paolo Falcone
James Hughes wrote: >I actually use grub on my (linux-only) laptop, and I agree, it is >better. I've just never gotten around to figuring out the chain-loading >feature for use on my dual-boot (w/win98) desktop machine. In /boot/grub/menu.lst. Assuming win98 lives in /dev/hda1 title windows r

Re: attached: error output for X

2002-03-06 Thread Oki DZ
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've attached a file conatining the output I am getting from startx. I don't understand it. Can anyone help? xucaen XFree86 Version 3.3.6a / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, v

RE: chkconfig is to redhat as ___ is to debian?

2002-03-06 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 06-Mar-2002 Michael Marziani wrote: > I want to: > > > NAME >chkconfig - updates and queries runlevel information for >system services > > DESCRIPTION >chkconfig provides a simple command-line tool for main- >taining the /etc/rc[0-6].d directory hierarch

Re: Java SDK 1.4

2002-03-06 Thread Oki DZ
Andrew Agno wrote: It works for me. In my applications, it's even noticeably faster. I believe that some others have had some problems, but you'll need to test it, I guess. I had it running; great. I had it for running Forte4j too. Oki

Postgresql upgrade 7.1 -> 7.2 issue

2002-03-06 Thread andrew . clark
I'm having problems upgrading from postgresql 7.1 to 7.2. On attempting to start the postmaster I get: # /etc/init.d/postgresql start The database is in an older format that cannot be read by version 7.2 of PostgreSQL. The postinstallation script should attempt to upgrade the database automatica

libc6 > 2.2.3

2002-03-06 Thread Gerard Robin
hello, can someone point me where I can find the package libc6_2.2.4-4.deb ? TIA -- Gerard

Re: The quest for rodent power

2002-03-06 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 07:03:14AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > Running woody (testing) > > I've been ignoring this issue and working on other things but I really > miss having my little rodent in text mode. > > Its a logitec 3 button ps2, critter that works in X just fine. > > I can't remember

Re: Install problems from a newbie

2002-03-06 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 05:15:46PM -0600, Carnes, Kevin wrote: > OK, after hearing lots of hype about how Linux is the best thing since > sliced bread, I'm putting the claims to the test and trying to install > Debian on a new Intel box. I'm an old VAX/VMS system manager and have > been playing wi

MAKEDEV doesn't know how to make "klog"

2002-03-06 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
Hello. I've been trying to use msyslog, but there's one little problem: it will not log kernel messages (although it logs other messages), and I believe it's because I don't have a /dev/klog. When I try to MAKEDEV /dev/klog, it tells me it does not know about klogd: # cd /dev # MAKEDEV -v klog

question about /bin utils

2002-03-06 Thread Michael Marziani
While I was replacing my vi with vim, I noticed that there is no /bin/vi at all, it's in /usr/bin. I've never seen a distro without a /bin/vi; how do I edit my files when my /usr partition crashes? Just curious if anyone has some insight into this. I would rather think that I made a mistake than

smbmount problem?

2002-03-06 Thread Robert L. Harris
I have this: mount -t smbfs -o username=rharris,rw,uid=rharris,gid=500,fmask=640,dmask=750 //fileserver.lsv.raindance.com/departments /wmnt/fileserver/departments When I run that I get this: INFO: Debug class all level = 2 (pid 24219 from pid 24219) can't determine netmask for 127. added i

Re: Several packages fail to install, exit status 10

2002-03-06 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 04:18:32PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Several weeks ago I had a failure trying to uninstall gdm on a sid box. > Since then, I've been unable to install or uninstall [x|w|g]dm, and > several other packages have started failing on install. I've been doing > a dselect update/

Re: XFree86 4.1.x ATI Radeon support?

2002-03-06 Thread John Cichy
On Wednesday 06 March 2002 17:57, Scott Henson wrote: > On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 15:34, John Cichy wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 March 2002 15:19, Scott Henson wrote: > > 4.1 did say that it has full support for radeon (the reason I purchased > > the card), it identified the card on my system, and X ran,

RE: chkconfig is to redhat as ___ is to debian?

2002-03-06 Thread Michael Marziani
I want to: NAME chkconfig - updates and queries runlevel information for system services DESCRIPTION chkconfig provides a simple command-line tool for main- taining the /etc/rc[0-6].d directory hierarchy by reliev- ing system administrators of the task of

RE: VPN on Kernel 2.4.18

2002-03-06 Thread Dave Scott
Thanks Jeff. Wow, I thought this was going to be an easy task. :( Surely there must be thousands of others that have done just this. |-| |-|Client(9x,2K)| | |-| | |DSL Modem | | | | | |-| | |

Re: new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users

2002-03-06 Thread dman
I'll answer everyone at once below. On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 04:11:44PM -0500, dman wrote: My original question : | I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway. I want to do | this by creating a login name "halt" that simply shuts down. I did | this by making /sbin/halt the shell.

Install problems from a newbie

2002-03-06 Thread Carnes, Kevin
OK, after hearing lots of hype about how Linux is the best thing since sliced bread, I'm putting the claims to the test and trying to install Debian on a new Intel box. I'm an old VAX/VMS system manager and have been playing with computers in various forms for 20 years. If Linux is so easy to ins

Re: Ext3 filesystem and Woody

2002-03-06 Thread Wayne Topa
Charlie Grosvenor([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi > Is it possible to have the ext3 filesystem with woody and if so how do i > go about installing it with the ext3 filesystem? > Have you looked at /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/extra/ext3-mini-HOWTO.gz ? or /usr/share/doc/HOWTO

Re: chkconfig is to redhat as ___ is to debian?

2002-03-06 Thread Alan Shutko
Michael Marziani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've poked around dselect and can't find chkconfig. Is this included in > some larger package of handy admin utils? If no chkconfig, is there a > package that does something similar? update-rc.d is pretty much the equivalent. -- Alan Shutko <[EMA

Re: chkconfig is to redhat as ___ is to debian?

2002-03-06 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Michael Marziani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020306 14:33]: > I've poked around dselect and can't find chkconfig. Is this included in > some larger package of handy admin utils? If no chkconfig, is there a > package that does something similar? Not really. There's the update-rc.d utility which is use

Re: More cheese nibbler questions

2002-03-06 Thread Harry Putnam
Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:53:31AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Setup: Stock woody install from testing >>Kernel 2.2.20 >> >> Comments: X is installed but not running for these tests >> Mouse works in X but not in console >>

Re: I fucked up apt-get

2002-03-06 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:39:52PM +0100, Rudy Gevaert wrote: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:28:41PM +0100, Rudy Gevaert wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I fucked up apt-get :( so badly I can't install or upgrade a thing. Is > > there a way to reconfigure everything so apt-get forgets about his past > > o

Re: chkconfig is to redhat as ___ is to debian?

2002-03-06 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Sean 'Shaleh' Perry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > On 06-Mar-2002 Michael Marziani wrote: > > I've poked around dselect and can't find chkconfig. Is this included in > > some larger package of handy admin utils? If no chkconfig, is there a > > package that does something similar? > > >

Re: chkconfig is to redhat as ___ is to debian?

2002-03-06 Thread Xeno Campanoli
Michael Marziani wrote: > As I was recently told by a posting by Cameron Kerr: ~# update-rc.d usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] remove update-rc.d [-n] [-f] defaults [NN | sNN kNN] update-rc.d [-n] [-f] start|stop NN runlvl runlvl . ... -n: not really

Re: XFree86 4.1.x ATI Radeon support?

2002-03-06 Thread Scott Henson
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 15:34, John Cichy wrote: > On Wednesday 06 March 2002 15:19, Scott Henson wrote: > 4.1 did say that it has full support for radeon (the reason I purchased the > card), it identified the card on my system, and X ran, but, I had many > (sometimes 4 times a day) lockups that th

Re: I fucked up apt-get

2002-03-06 Thread Rudy Gevaert
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 08:28:41PM +0100, Rudy Gevaert wrote: > Hello, > > I fucked up apt-get :( so badly I can't install or upgrade a thing. Is > there a way to reconfigure everything so apt-get forgets about his past > options. > > Also, when I do apt-get update, I see a the ftp.de.debian.org

Re: attached: error output for X

2002-03-06 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 09:17:19PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've attached a file conatining the output I am getting from startx. > I don't understand it. Can anyone help? > There seems to be something wrong with your /etc/X11/XF86Config file. Can you post that one please? Regards, Joac

Ick.. More fresh Crow

2002-03-06 Thread Harry Putnam
More fresh Crow to be eaten it seems: I've reported in several theads that I thought the section of install where you pick modules and drivers was inaccurate in its listing for my nic `3com 905'. I argued that it had the wrong driver listed adjacent to it. I was half scared to run base-conf all

Re: chkconfig is to redhat as ___ is to debian?

2002-03-06 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 06-Mar-2002 Michael Marziani wrote: > I've poked around dselect and can't find chkconfig. Is this included in > some larger package of handy admin utils? If no chkconfig, is there a > package that does something similar? > chkconfig is a redhat ism. What are you trying to accomplish?

Re: Ext3 filesystem and Woody

2002-03-06 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 06 March 2002 11:11 am, Craig Dickson wrote: > begin Mike Fedyk quotation: > > use the bf2.4 install disks. > > So there are now Woody install disks that support ext3? Nice. > > Craig That is disk # 3 of 8 for the woody Cd's. - -- Greg

chkconfig is to redhat as ___ is to debian?

2002-03-06 Thread Michael Marziani
I've poked around dselect and can't find chkconfig. Is this included in some larger package of handy admin utils? If no chkconfig, is there a package that does something similar? Thanks! -Mike _ Michael D. Marziani Systems Administrator Keller Williams Realty Intern

Re: Ext3 filesystem and Woody

2002-03-06 Thread Craig Dickson
begin Osamu Aoki quotation: > No! You seem to have gone a lot of work to convert system by your self > but standard kernel-image is very impressive work too. Quite possibly, but at the time, I had no choice. Ext3 wasn't in the standard kernels when I converted my first system; we didn't even h

Re: Enough time wasted, moving on

2002-03-06 Thread Harry Putnam
Corrin Lakeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I agree, and if Harry had criticised the CDs then I would have refuted that. > But, looking at Harry's problems, none of them were caused by the > installation CD which (by luck more than anything) appeared to work > perfectly. So, I don't think it

Re: your Yahoo listing

2002-03-06 Thread DvB
Jennifer Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Your site will be indexed and listed within 5 days. Heh, when I first saw the subject I thought someone had set up a personal ad... get debian-user a date :-D cheers

Re: Star Office Installation

2002-03-06 Thread Geoff D
--- "Bannerman, Israel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To all: > > I just downloaded Star Office and I am trying to > install the application. > > Before downloading the file I did: > > mkdir -m 0755 /usr/local/soffice > chown me /usr/local/soffice > > I then downloaded the application to th

tv card colour problems

2002-03-06 Thread Hereward Cooper
** I'm off list -- please CC: me :) Hi there, I having strange problems with the colours on my tv card. Half the time the colours are fine -- everything is great. The other half of the time the picture is made up of purples/green/blacks/whites -- the picture is still watchable but the colours a

Re: new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users

2002-03-06 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 04:11:44PM -0500, dman wrote: > > I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway. If I were you, I set /etc/inittab and make system shutoff by pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL. s/-r/-h/ I am guessing he has CONSOLE access. Your dad maybe younger and flexible about learnin

Rebuilding broken raid mirror

2002-03-06 Thread Pontus Edvardsson
Hi, I have searched for, but not found, any info about how to rebuild a broken raid 1 mirror. I'm using a Dell PowerEdge 4400 with a hardware raid, PERC 3/Di, running Potato, 2.4.18. I'd be very grateful for any info/pointers towards documentation or such for doing this. Thanks in advance, Pont

Re: Ext3 filesystem and Woody

2002-03-06 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 12:10:40PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > begin Charlie Grosvenor quotation: > > > Is it possible to have the ext3 filesystem with woody and if so how do i > > go about installing it with the ext3 filesystem? > > First, install Woody with ordinary ext2 partitions. >

RE:new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users

2002-03-06 Thread Andrew Agno
dman writes: > > I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway. I want to do > this by creating a login name "halt" that simply shuts down. I did > this by making /sbin/halt the shell. As I understand it, only root is > allowed to halt a system, so I made halt owned by root:halt w

Re: new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users

2002-03-06 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 04:11:44PM -0500, dman wrote: > > I want to allow my dad to shut down the router/gateway. I want to do > this by creating a login name "halt" that simply shuts down. I did > this by making /sbin/halt the shell. As I understand it, only root is > allowed to halt a system,

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