Re: Hi

I'm a newbie and can't take any credit for Debian, but I sure can agree with you and thank you for recognizing the efforts and genius of the Debian Developers and Maintainers &c..and don't forget Linus and GNU .. Bruce<+> - Original Message - From: "Clayton Hedge

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Still apt-get -b source vim >> Fails with the same message as reported. >> > > The message you posted earlier did not actually have a useful error message > (basically, it failed). Sorry Sean.. I was experimenting with the apt-get build

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Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 7 Mar 2002, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> How can I capture the output of ./configure and make during a source >> build with apt-get -b source >> >> I think there might be a small bug in the building of emacs21 that >> way. The info flew by so quick but I

CD-Writing Program

Im trying to move the family from WinXP to Debian so my computer wont be rebooted into windows every time I come home.. If I could find a generally 'compatible' browser that works with everything (mostly?) and a good comprehensive/easy to use cd-writing program, it would be nice.. Anyone who has c

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

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 08:38:54PM -0300, Daniel Toffetti wrote: > On Thursday 07 March 2002 02:04, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 22:39, John Hasler wrote: > > > You have neatly explained the miniscule size of the interstellar > > > research budget. > > > > Come on, John. You can't

Re: TV over LAN?

On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 18:15, Thomas Hessling wrote: > Hey Timo, > > > in my LAN i have running a gateway, a workstation and a laptop. The > > workstation is equipped with a TV card (BT878) and works just fine. > > Is there a way to view TV on my laptop by using the PC and the LAN? > > [...] > > An

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

On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 17:38, Daniel Toffetti wrote: > On Thursday 07 March 2002 02:04, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 22:39, John Hasler wrote: > > > You have neatly explained the miniscule size of the interstellar > > > research budget. > > > > Come on, John. You can't blame it _all

Re: Hi

Hi Budy, I don't know what kind of drugs do you use but I would try them... On Friday 08 March 2002 03:07, Clayton Hedgepath wrote: > Hi Debian creaters, > Thank you and God bless you for creating the first TOTALLY FREE OPERATING > SYSTEM! You have helped me and thousands others in my neighborhood

Re: Problem with TULIP

Hi, You might want to try downloading a newer version of the driver at Elizabeth

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

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 08:38:54PM -0300, Daniel Toffetti wrote: > On Thursday 07 March 2002 02:04, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 22:39, John Hasler wrote: > > > You have neatly explained the miniscule size of the interstellar > > > research budget. > > > > Come on, John. You can't

Re: unable to mount ide-scsi drives

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 05:35:37PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 15:47, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > Did you compile SCSI CD support into your kernel? If you compiled > > sr_mod as a module, is it inserted? Does /proc/devices list "11 sr" > > under block devices? > I com

Re: Sid packages in Woody

On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 09:46:38AM -0800, Dave Carrigan wrote: > "Charlie Grosvenor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is it possible to install a few sid packages in woody and still use > > apt-get to keep them up to date? I wish to install the sid samba packages in > > woody as they support

courier-imap setup

Hi folks! I'm having some trouble getting courier-imap to work on my unstable box. (courier-imap-ssl is currently not installable due to dependency-problem, I filed a bug already). So, I installed it, and tried to connect with gnus and netscape-messenger. To no avail. My user/pw combination is no

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

> > Still apt-get -b source vim > Fails with the same message as reported. > The message you posted earlier did not actually have a useful error message (basically, it failed). If you cd into the vim dir and do 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc' what happens?

Re: Still looking to replace Eudora

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 05:11:12PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > I just didn't realize how set in my ways I am. > > I've tried for X: Kmail, Evolution, Sylpheed, and Mahogany. Something > else I can't remember. They all seem fine. > > Maybe it's a config setting I've missed, but what I miss is h

Re: Still looking to replace Eudora

Double click on the email in evolution. That opens it in its own window, as well as in the origional parent window. On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 20:11, Bill Moseley wrote: > I just didn't realize how set in my ways I am. > > I've tried for X: Kmail, Evolution, Sylpheed, and Mahogany. Something else I

Re: unable to mount ide-scsi drives

On Friday 08 March 2002 00:35, Alex Malinovich wrote: > And I THOUGHT I had append="hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" in my > lilo.conf... but I just rechecked it and it's gone... hmm... odd... If you have executed lilo after add that line there's no matter with this, but this is a extrange thing indee

Re: Sun hardware

At 09:26 AM 3/8/02 +0700, Oki DZ wrote: >John Griffiths wrote: >> I believe he knows, last sun seminar I went to they were waxing lyrical >> about doing something very similar to apt. > >Is there any distant clue that he suffers from the NIH syndrome? I hope not. > >BTW, what makes it impossible t

Re: Sun hardware

John Griffiths wrote: I believe he knows, last sun seminar I went to they were waxing lyrical about doing something very similar to apt. Is there any distant clue that he suffers from the NIH syndrome? I hope not. BTW, what makes it impossible the way apt does on Debian systems would work on

Re: Ext3 filesystem and Woody

On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 07:22:00AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > David Roundy wrote: > >So make your normal ext2 filesystems, and then run tune2fs -j /dev/hda6 (or > >whatever device) to add a journal. > > That's it...? > I think it's great. > > BTW, are you sure that there's no more complicated thing

Re: Ext3 filesystem and Woody

Nope, thats it. Just run the tune2fs and change the fstab to ext3 or auto. Beautiful stuff aint it? On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 19:22, Oki DZ wrote: > David Roundy wrote: > > So make your normal ext2 filesystems, and then run tune2fs -j /dev/hda6 (or > > whatever device) to add a journal. > > Tha

Re: unable to mount ide-scsi drives

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 05:35:37PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 15:47, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > Did you compile SCSI CD support into your kernel? If you compiled > > sr_mod as a module, is it inserted? Does /proc/devices list "11 sr" > > under block devices? > > > >

Re: Sun hardware

> >I think somebody has to send an email to Scott McNeally; telling him >that .deb format is _way_ neater than .pkg. > I believe he knows, last sun seminar I went to they were waxing lyrical about doing something very similar to apt.

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

On Thursday 07 March 2002 02:04, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 22:39, John Hasler wrote: > > You have neatly explained the miniscule size of the interstellar > > research budget. > > Come on, John. You can't blame it _all_ on the defence budget. > Don't forget all those social progra

Hi

Hi Debian creaters, Thank you and God bless you for creating the first TOTALLY FREE OPERATING SYSTEM! You have helped me and thousands others in my neighborhood achieve the dream of having a OS that clean, free, and simple! You are the only people that I know that are really giving linux it's true

Re: Raid 0

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Re: eepro100 with P4 (Gateway E-3600)

Right, I don't have the URLs handy but what you'll find looking around is that the problem is often related to usage on 10BaseT networks. I ended up downloading a utility to flip a few bits on the card, then the driver seems to be OK on my 10BaseT network. Intel has information on the problem. ---

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > do you have build-essential installed? Do you have dpkg-dev installed? How > about debhelper? Those 3 should clear most things up. Looks like it didn't help. This is a fresh install now. I selected all the devel stuff in taskel dpkg -l

Re: problems with AWT programs

This may or may not help but I experienced a similar problem with my favorite java program, JEdit. There is some sort of bug with java that might not let you use keyboard input in a java program if the numlock key is ON. Not sure on what the particulars are ... but I found that the bug does exist

Re: Open Office in unstable?

Hi, I haven't tried those packages yet, but wasn't succesful in installing OpenOffice using the installer from www.openoffice.org: it opened two full size windows (one blue and one gray) and displayed a textless message box with two buttons (OK and Cancel, I presume since no text was visible). An

Re: post-upgrade sysvinit problem

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tom Schuetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've upgraded to woody, and things work, but startx was gone. >Ok, no problem, I apt-got xbase-clients. That is interrupted >by the following: > >dpkg: error processing sysvinit (--configure): > subprocess post-installation s

Still looking to replace Eudora

I just didn't realize how set in my ways I am. I've tried for X: Kmail, Evolution, Sylpheed, and Mahogany. Something else I can't remember. They all seem fine. Maybe it's a config setting I've missed, but what I miss is having the messages open in their own windows (yet still inside the main

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

On 7 Mar 2002, Harry Putnam wrote: > How can I capture the output of ./configure and make during a source > build with apt-get -b source > > I think there might be a small bug in the building of emacs21 that > way. The info flew by so quick but I noticed a `no' during > ./configure that I thin

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Hello, I'm trying to verify php4 and php4-mysql were installed 'and' configured correctly but don't know how to 'verify' that's true. Below is an excerpt from /etc/php4/apache/php.ini which says In order for PHP to ; read it, it must be named 'php.ini'. PHP looks for it in the current ; working

attached: new error output and XF86Config

I changed my modules section the way it was suggested and now I get new errors. I'm attaching my output from startx, also attaching my XF86Config. thank you all! XFree86 Version 3.3.6a / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: xx November 2000

Re: problems with AWT programs

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 03:12:19PM -0800, Jonathan Ard wrote: > > Has anyone else run into problems typing in user input into Java AWT > programs? Any Text Fields just don't seem to respond at all to keyboard > input. I had this problem when installing RealPlayer, and thought it > was just somet

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 01:15:39PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > Its a little confusing since apt-get is supposed to be getting all > dependancy stuff. It looks like it is too, but then it fails. > > dpkg-source: extracting vim in vim-6.0.226 > dpkg-buildpackage: source package is vim > dpkg-build

Re: Zope in testing

Hi, * user list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020308 10:54]: > I have a fairly stable testing box with a 2.4.16 kernel. However Zope refuses > to start. Can anyone advise? Same for me in unstable. I've had heaps of trouble with zope... I turned on debugging (edit /etc/init.d/zope), the log is a real mess

Re: The quest for rodent power

Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm loosing track of what has been tried and what not, so I ask:) Yes, me too. Bad news on that front. I've reinstalled completely twice since this report. I decided to reinstall when after all the tinkering with mouse, I tired to return to square

Re: VPN on Kernel 2.4.18

- Original Message - From: "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User" Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:53 PM Subject: Re: VPN on Kernel 2.4.18 > Dave Scott, 2002-Mar-06 15:30 -0800: > > Thanks Jeff. > > > > Wow, I thought this was going to be an easy task. :( > > Surely there must b

Re: kernel-source-2.4.18 missing

Hi, * Shaun Jackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020308 10:53]: > I noticed kernel-image-2.4.18-* has hit all the package servers, but > kernel-source-2.4.18 seems mysteriously missing. What's up? It is a bit strange. Perhaps they just want us to download the source from kernel.org. Which I guess is fai

Re: Ext3 filesystem and Woody

David Roundy wrote: So make your normal ext2 filesystems, and then run tune2fs -j /dev/hda6 (or whatever device) to add a journal. That's it...? I think it's great. BTW, are you sure that there's no more complicated things? Oki

Re: Sun hardware

Dimitri Maziuk wrote: The reason I ask is that AFAIK E4500/Solaris is generally regarded as the most stable server to come out of Sun Microsystems. So I find it a little strange when someone wants to run an OS written for 1 32-bit Intel CPU and later ported to MP and other architectures, whose st

Re: TV over LAN?

Hey Timo, > in my LAN i have running a gateway, a workstation and a laptop. The > workstation is equipped with a TV card (BT878) and works just fine. > Is there a way to view TV on my laptop by using the PC and the LAN? > [...] > Any ideas what ways exist? Maybe simple X forwarding, but are there

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > do you have build-essential installed? Do you have dpkg-dev installed? How > about debhelper? Those 3 should clear most things up. Thanks. I hope that was the problem. And now I know what to look for. Lastnights install had a really horrible

Problem with TULIP

Hi, I have a DLINK DFE 500TX REV-C2 network card which uses the tulip driver. I have installed Potato 2.2.19pre17 but am not able to configure the network, It failed to detect my DHCP while installing and I had to install Debian using CD's. When I give dmesg I get the following message for eth0

Re: unable to mount ide-scsi drives

On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 15:47, Nathan E Norman wrote: > Did you compile SCSI CD support into your kernel? If you compiled > sr_mod as a module, is it inserted? Does /proc/devices list "11 sr" > under block devices? > > Sometimes you have to a kernel argument like "hdc=ide-scsi" via LILO > or GRUB

Re: Problems with tripwire (2)

* Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Cam Ellison wrote: > >The last woody upgrade to tripwire will not configure. I keep getting > >this error message: > > > >/var/lib/dpkg/info/tripwire.postinst: =ROOT: command not found > > > I have no answer, but I am having the same problem. Just wanted

Re: unable to mount ide-scsi drives

On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 15:38, Ron Johnson wrote: > Blank CDs? I've got Potato CDs in both drives. They always mounted fine before. -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: unable to mount ide-scsi drives

On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 15:29, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > Try /dev/scd0 On my system, /dev/srX is linked to scdX, and I've already tried all the sr entries. -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

post-upgrade sysvinit problem

I've upgraded to woody, and things work, but startx was gone. Ok, no problem, I apt-got xbase-clients. That is interrupted by the following: dpkg: error processing sysvinit (--configure): subprocess post-installation script killed by signal / (Segmentation fault) Errors were encountered while pr

Certificate printer software?

Any sugestiosn for printing cute certificates with my debian system? -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin

Re: The quest for rodent power

On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 09:14:03PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... > > It was the one sec delay that I was after:) So it's similar to what > > happens here including that `Alarm clock' message. BUT I only get > > that behaviour when an other gpm instan

Re: ? about C++

* Craig Dickson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > begin Dimitri Maziuk quotation: > > > Anyhow, my point was, name 4 problem areas in C. > > > > 1. No array bounds checking (Fix: use vector<> or equivalent) > > Of course, the behavior of vector::operator[] is undefined if the index > is inva

problems with AWT programs

Has anyone else run into problems typing in user input into Java AWT programs? Any Text Fields just don't seem to respond at all to keyboard input. I had this problem when installing RealPlayer, and thought it was just something wrong with that program in particular. But I just downloaded an AW

Re: XDMCP Howto?

Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This might be trivial to you, but have you tried: ~>X :1 vt9 -query foo THANK YOU VERY MUCH! No, I hadn't tried it recently, and yes it works like a charm!! Combined with my other recent "discovery" I now almost have exactly what I would like!! T

Re: Several packages fail to install, exit status 10

Jerome Acks Jr wrote: 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

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi Glynn, > > We have some success! Bravo!! Slrn is really nice - if I were not utterly addicted to Gnus.. Glyn -- *Note that I use Debian version testing/un

Open Office in unstable?

I've found some packages for debian unstable at www.linux-office.net has anyone else tried them? Are there any plans to get open office into unstable? (I know there is no chance to get it into woody...)

Problem with postponed and mutt_1.3.27-4_i386

If I have more than one message postponed, mutt segfaults, this is with mbox or maildir postponed folders. Has anyone else seen this?

Re: using Woody vs testing

On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 09:26:10AM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 11:54:16PM -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 02:32:51PM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 09:18:23AM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > > > > Does sid > > > > (suddenly?) be

Re: ? about C++

begin Dimitri Maziuk quotation: > Anyhow, my point was, name 4 problem areas in C. > > 1. No array bounds checking (Fix: use vector<> or equivalent) Of course, the behavior of vector::operator[] is undefined if the index is invalid, which is sort of weird, since vector::at() does the right thi

Re: Problems with tripwire

* Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Cam Ellison wrote: > >The last woody upgrade to tripwire will not configure. I keep getting > >this error message: > > > >/var/lib/dpkg/info/tripwire.postinst: =ROOT: command not found > > > > I have no answer, but I am having the same problem. Just want

Kernel 2.4.18

Hi, kernel-source-2.4.18 isn't in sid, yet kernel-image-2.4.18-* is. Does anyone know when it will arrive? Also, when will kernel-*-2.4.18* arrive in woody? TIA, Ron -- ++ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | J

Re: unable to mount ide-scsi drives

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 02:29:36PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I recently recompiled my kernel (2.4.17) with ide-scsi support and no > ide-cd. cdrecord recognizes both of my CD-RW drives just fine. However, > I can't seem to mount them. I've tried using both the sr and sd devices, Did you comp

tulip?

I have a 32-bit Netgear FA511 card and I cannot get the tulip module to install. I am in the installation program for potato, 2.2r5. The PCMICIA *appears* to be working because the card is lit. I set the PCMCIA to use the i82365 Intel-compatible controller. I didn't specify any extra configuration

Re: unable to mount ide-scsi drives

On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 14:29, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I recently recompiled my kernel (2.4.17) with ide-scsi support and no > ide-cd. cdrecord recognizes both of my CD-RW drives just fine. However, > I can't seem to mount them. I've tried using both the sr and sd devices, > but no matter what I try

Re: XDMCP Howto?

Donald Spoon wrote: > --snip-- < This is a KLUDGE and very awkward to use! If you know how to get another X-session going at the same time, I would appreciate knowing it. One of the problems with the above is that the [local computer] doesn't have GDM/XDM running so it cannot participate in th

Re: unable to mount ide-scsi drives

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 02:29:36PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I recently recompiled my kernel (2.4.17) with ide-scsi support and no > ide-cd. cdrecord recognizes both of my CD-RW drives just fine. However, > I can't seem to mount them. I've tried using both the sr and sd devices, > but no matt

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

On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 12:58, Gary Hennigan wrote: > "Gary Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, 07 Mar 2002 15:26:29 +1030, Tom Cook wrote: [snip] > > Now whether or not an antenna 10's-100's of light years way can detect > such signals I'll have to leave that to someone with actual prac

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ISTR that currently, configure is passed a --without-ungif (or > whatever the exact syntax is) as the current libungif in woody or sid > crashes when linked against emacs. Look in the debian/rules file > under the emacs source dir for the explanation. Ah

Re: Fetchmail INIT script

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 08:18:57PM -, Charlie Grosvenor wrote: > Hi > I am trying to use the fetchmail init script that comes with the > fetchmail debian package. Whenever i try and start the script i get: > > debian:/etc/init.d# ./fetchmail start > Starting mail retrieval agent: fetchmail

Gnats Problem

I've tried posting this to several gnats lists but haven't gotten any feedback so I thought I'd post it here. Can anyone explain the process by which notifications of expired prs are dealt with. If I enable this option in my dbconfig file I get an error "Unparseable reply from gnatsd" when I submi

Re: Doc 2 make a deb package

Hi François! On Thu, 07 Mar 2002, François Chenais wrote: > Where can I find that ? apt-get install maint-guide yours martin -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- NO HTML MAILS PLEASE PGP/GPG encrypted and signed messages preferred pgppsxtxzFevB.pgp Description

Re: ? about C++

* Craig Dickson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > begin Dimitri Maziuk quotation: > > > Does anyone know about a school that teaches people to use > > vector<>, auto_ptr<>, basic_string and references? > > I have no idea what they teach in school these days, but I should think > they would ha

Re: how to get around libssl09 dep?

Hi Michael! On Thu, 07 Mar 2002, Michael Marziani wrote: > I'm running stable tree, and it looks like libssl09 is history, with no > replacement. So, when I try to install ssh, still there http://packages.debian.org/stable/non-us/libssl09.html > mon:~# apt-get install ssh > Reading Package Lis

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

do you have build-essential installed? Do you have dpkg-dev installed? How about debhelper? Those 3 should clear most things up.

Re: XDMCP Howto?

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 01:37:02PM -0600, Donald R. Spoon wrote: > several years at random times. I have not been able to find the "magic" > to get several X-servers running on different terminals (vt7, vt8, etc) > yet, so the steps below are restricted to a machine that has only ONE > X-server

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

Hi Glynn, We have some success! On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 10:55:50PM +, Glyn Millington wrote: > Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > OK, let me just catch up here!! You are running > > a. Leafnode? > b. slrn on yes, yes > > debian stable? > on a dial-up machine? yes, yes, >

Re: Problems with tripwire

Cam Ellison wrote: The last woody upgrade to tripwire will not configure. I keep getting this error message: /var/lib/dpkg/info/tripwire.postinst: =ROOT: command not found The portion of this file that has a reference to ROOT is: eval `/usr/sbin/twadmin -m f 2>/dev/null | perl -pe 's!HOSTN

unable to mount ide-scsi drives

I recently recompiled my kernel (2.4.17) with ide-scsi support and no ide-cd. cdrecord recognizes both of my CD-RW drives just fine. However, I can't seem to mount them. I've tried using both the sr and sd devices, but no matter what I try, I just can't mount a CD. Any suggestions? TIA. -Alex s

TV over LAN?

Hello everyone. This question is not meant that serious, but nevertheless with interest: in my LAN i have running a gateway, a workstation and a laptop. The workstation is equipped with a TV card (BT878) and works just fine. Is there a way to view TV on my laptop by using the PC and the LAN? I kn

Re: OT: ping puzzler

On Tuesday 05 March 2002 19:25, dave mallery wrote: > On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Nigel Pauli wrote: > > I'd be grateful if someone can set my mind at rest on this one. > > > > I've got a network 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0. A DHCP server running on > > NT4 at 10.0.0.3 looks after a scope running from 10.0.0.25

Fetchmail INIT script

Hi I am trying to use the fetchmail init script that comes with the fetchmail debian package. Whenever i try and start the script i get: debian:/etc/init.d# ./fetchmail start Starting mail retrieval agent: fetchmail (failed!) but if it run: ./fetchmail debug-run it works fine. Why could thi

Zope in testing

I have a fairly stable testing box with a 2.4.16 kernel. However Zope refuses to start. Can anyone advise? Thanks, Art Edwards

Re: NEWBIE TIP #110 [was Re: suggestion[data in .sig file]]

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 11:21:28AM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > * Crispin Wellington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 18:13, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > ... > > > I fail to understand why you came up with the example above. No one > > > have suggested or commented any such th

Re: networking problems withe Linksys router

On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 23:32, Chris Jenks wrote: > 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 > > Comc

Re: XDMCP Howto?

Caleb Shay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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

Re: NEWBIE TIP #110 [was Re: suggestion[data in .sig file]]

* Dimitri Maziuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > * Crispin Wellington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 18:13, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > ... > > > I fail to understand why you came up with the example above. No one > > > have suggested or commented any such thing. > > > >

Re: NEWBIE TIP #110 [was Re: suggestion[data in .sig file]]

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 08:31:09AM -1000, Joseph Dane wrote: > > "Hans" == Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hans> Since no one else has disputed this post yet, I think it is > Hans> time to do so. I have used X-forwarding over SSH enough to know > Hans> that you need not and you

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think there might be a small bug in the building of emacs21 that > way. The info flew by so quick but I noticed a `no' during > ./configure that I think was prompted by a missing library > `libungif4-dev'. ISTR that currently, configure is passed a --

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 07-Mar-2002 Harry Putnam wrote: >> How can I capture the output of ./configure and make during a source >> build with apt-get -b source >> >> I think there might be a small bug in the building of emacs21 that >> way. The info flew by so qui

Re: Sun hardware

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 10:53:50AM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > Sure Solaris sucks. When dexconf wipes out XF86Config, alsaconf tries > to run sound driver with options it doesn't understand, or KDE won't > install because the same file is included in 4 different packages, > so does Debian. CDE

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

"Gary Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 07 Mar 2002 15:26:29 +1030, Tom Cook wrote: > >Is that right? I thought that an ideal dipole would radiate only in a > >plane. Obviously we don't have ideal dipoles, but that's what I thought > >the theory said. I am more than happy to take cor

Re: apt-get build-deps or -b switch

Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How can I capture the output of ./configure and make during a source > build with apt-get -b source > > I think there might be a small bug in the building of emacs21 that > way. The info flew by so quick but I noticed a `no' during > ./configure that I

Re: I fucked up apt-get

Le 2002.03.06 23:39, Rudy Gevaert a écrit : 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 a

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

Arrgh! I caint take it no moor! IF this threads, going to go on forever, pleeze get a spell chekker. Maybe you can bye wun at sevan-elevan.

Re: ? about C++

begin Dimitri Maziuk quotation: > Does anyone know about a school that teaches people to use > vector<>, auto_ptr<>, basic_string and references? I have no idea what they teach in school these days, but I should think they would have to teach references if they teach operator overloading. I'm

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

Ron Johnson writes: > So we're not _totally_ barbaric, just short-sighted? Well, obviously _I'm_ not barbaric. It's just all those people who disagree with me who are. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin

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