Printing text files

Hi all, This I think should be simple ... I have an old dot matrix printer - ugly, slow, but cheap and handles lineflow. When I set it up with CUPS, I used the Epson driver, but that seems to insist on using Postscript - converts my text file to Postscript and then renders it using Ghostscript (

SOLVED! Blinking Keyboard Light Error Condition Codes after early boot freeze

Hi Kent, I'm replying to your letter on a computer that was booted off of a floppy and telnet'd in to my main work station (that is to say, it works!). Brad Cramer told me he had seen a similar error and deduced that it was related to bad memory on his machine, but the on my machine it was a

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Hello all, For security reasons, I'd rather the root user NOT be able to login through kdm. Currently in /etc/kde3/dkm/kdmrc, I have AllowRootLogin set to false. However, I can log in as root at kdm. What do I need to change in? bp

debian rocks

Hello all, I just wanted to say that Debian is really just the distro that i've been looking for ever since using Redhat two years ago. I still can't believe how easy it is to configure packages in Debian thanks to deslect and apt. bp __

Re: Eterm windows other than 24 lines

Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't want to hardcode my window size in .bashrc. I would like to do > something like "stty rows `get-window-size`". Ahem. I had forgotten about "resize." -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintain

Re: Help configuring old mozilla compile

Oki DZ wrote: On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 03:24:11AM +, Pigeon wrote: But I've got this infuriating circular problem. It wants to link with the libraries libjs.a and libjsj.a. What source package are these provided by? Mozilla. Can I figure out how to get it to build them before it wants to link

Eterm windows other than 24 lines

OK, so I like a 33-line window (extra credit if you know where that came from). And I've used enlightenment to remember that size. However, Eterm does not remember that size. Both stty -a and echo $LINES report 24 lines instead of 33 with a new window. To fix this I either have to say:

Re: Quick way to set up printing?

On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 22:52, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 10:05:59PM -0600, ZephyrQ wrote: > > Somehow, printing didn't get set up when I installed lpd. I need a > > quick and dirty way to get my OOffice stuff printing so I can get some > > work done--I'll convert to CUPS

RE: how to let linux(2.2.18) read the cd-rw-disk formatted in xp

>-Original Message- >From: eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, 3 December 2002 4:35 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: how to let linux(2.2.18) read the cd-rw-disk formated in xp > > >Dear linux user: > > I copy pppoe , and other related file in formatted cd-rw disk in window

Re: Can't get KDE working!

On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 10:28:33PM -0500, JAMES MERRITT wrote: > I am having a problem with my KDE not running, or rather it is running but all I get >when I type: > startx > is twm. Pardon me for not answering your questions... But, what's the problem of not using Gnome? Oki -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Help configuring old mozilla compile

On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 03:24:11AM +, Pigeon wrote: > But I've got this infuriating circular problem. It wants to link with > the libraries libjs.a and libjsj.a. What source package are these provided > by? Mozilla. Can I figure out how to get it to build them before it > wants to link with the

Re: Blinking Keyboard Light Error Condition Codes after early bootfreeze

Elizabeth Barham wrote: Hi, I made a bootdisk as per Tom's instructions here: although my bootdisk is using busybox and uClibc - but it does not get as far as busybox. The error occurs directly after LILO completes and decomp

Re: gtk2 very slow and memory hungry?

On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 02:06:38AM -0500, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: > I am not sure what problem is it? But since I upgrade to gnome2, things > are just very slow. Startup time for gnome-terminal (gtk2), gvim (gtk1) > and galeon (gtk1) are much longer then it used to be. I use the Gnome that'

EXIM relay for specific users

> -Original Message- > From: Michael Olds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 3 December 2002 2:21 PM > To: Paul Johnson; debian-user List > Subject: RE: EXIM relay for specific users > > > OK, Paul I don't understand this, but I did find your archive solution...I > think...about

where is apt-get update's source?

Dear linux users: for atp-get sources, in my progeny 1.0, it seem in /var/state/apt/lists all sources are from progeny site, but all not be found at this time, how do I adding debian's sources? also I have a sid disk 1 how do I update, or upgrade from my installed progeny 1.0? highly apprecia

Re: Graphics & Linux

On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 06:57:07PM +0100, Burkhard Ritter wrote: > On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Aedificator wrote: > > > Is there any graphics program for working with graphics in Linux as powerful > > as CorelDraw is? > > Have a look at Sketch or (for _very_ simple things) Tgif. Both are not as > powerfu

Re: [OT] latex, pdflatex and graphics formats

On 0, J?rg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everybody > > For my documents, I have to use both LaTeX and pdfLaTeX. The problem I > have is, pdflatex does not (at least per default) understand .eps and > .ps files. So I have to convert my .eps figures from gnuplot into .png > for pdflat

Re: installing new kernel-image (the game)

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 02:46:06PM -0500, David Ellis wrote: > I think you forgot to use the "lilo" command to update activate your > changes.. That's why it would be nicer to user grub (instead of lilo). You need to install it once. When you have a new kernel to boot to, you only need to defi

Re: sid-sawfish windows borders missing

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 07:00:15PM -0700, Phil Reardon wrote: > I just did a dist-upgrade from stable to unstable and all is well except my > windows have no borders, so I can't resize or move them at all. It seems that your wm (sawfish) wasn't running yet. Try to get an xterm running, and typ

ppthtml help needed

hello all almost everyday, i get ppt presentations. i had been using wine to look at these presentations with the help of powerpoit viewer. then i spotted a program ppthtml. it says that nspptview and nspptopen use this program as a backend. i did find / -name nsppt* which found nothing. could s

Re: Quick way to set up printing?

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 10:05:59PM -0600, ZephyrQ wrote: > Somehow, printing didn't get set up when I installed lpd. I need a > quick and dirty way to get my OOffice stuff printing so I can get some > work done--I'll convert to CUPS later (I've never used it, so I'm not > familiar with it...

Re: Sound (SBLive) | Gnome Problems

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 04:37:57PM +, Rob Weir wrote: > Oh, ok. I was under the impression that the digital connector was > pretty standard these days. I have a miscellaneous TEAC CD-ROM drive > and I'm using the digital connector with my SBLive and it works fine. > IIRC, it worked with just

Re: where to download KDE

Jan Zizka wrote: > I use following for KDE 3.1 (actually 3.0.98 :) And it works fine: > > deb http://shakti.ath.cx/debian/kde3.1 ./ # KDE base packages > deb http://shakti.ath.cx/debian/kde3.1-apps ./ # Applications: > deb http://shakti.ath.cx/debian/support ./ # Support According to this messag

Blinking Keyboard Light Error Condition Codes after early boot freeze

Hi, I made a bootdisk as per Tom's instructions here: although my bootdisk is using busybox and uClibc - but it does not get as far as busybox. The error occurs directly after LILO completes and decompress_kernel() in arch/i3

RE: EXIM relay for specific users

I guess I didn't see the post with the RTFM and YFA. I said I read O'Reilly. I have read the manuals. I have searched Google and have a good collection of links. I have played with the configuration for more than a month now...first began (look in the archives...) in October. I work at it until I c

RE: EXIM relay for specific users

OK, Paul I don't understand this, but I did find your archive solution...I think...about how to use PAM for authentication. I will check into this in the morning. Thanks, Best Wishes! Mike Olds www.buddhadust.org -Original Message- From: Paul Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Mond

Re: *solved* Re: Error: inetd[597]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use

Michelle Storm said: > Will this error return if I have to reboot? Just wanting to know cause I'd > rebooted recently, and I don't want to have to do this every time I > reboot. yes most likely it will. depending on what was using ident, if it was another process, or if it was a hung socket in TI

Re: pam_limits error *probably cause located, now need to eliminate it*

> I posted a similar message several days ago with no responses. > > I noticed the message as a consequence of connecting to my (sid) box > from another (non-sid) linux box via ssh/scp. It does not seem to cause > any problems, but I do not know the source of the problem. Running ssh > in ver

Re: EXIM relay for specific users

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 10:00:35PM -0500, P. M. Wright wrote: > > > EXIM relay for specific users > > > > Check the archives. Keywords to look for are "ASMTP" and "exim." > > > > I posted the appropriate fix a while back. > > RTFM?!? YFA! This isn't RTFM. This is an already recently answered

Quick way to set up printing?

Somehow, printing didn't get set up when I installed lpd. I need a quick and dirty way to get my OOffice stuff printing so I can get some work done--I'll convert to CUPS later (I've never used it, so I'm not familiar with it...) Having used Debian for about 3 days, I am starting t

*solved* Re: Error: inetd[597]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 02:31:27PM -0800, nate wrote: > Michelle Storm said: > > I keep getting this error repeated. Anyone tell me what is causing it so I > > can look into fixing it? > > > > > > System Events > > =-=-=-=-=-=-Dec 2 10:02:41 dragon inetd[597]: auth/tcp: bind: Address > > already i

xntp v's ntp

Hi all, No doubt someone in this forum will be able to enlighten me as to what are the differenced between xntp and ntp. Are they simply different implementations of the ntp protocol? I have RTFM and STFW and haven't found a succinct list of the differenced (yet). What are the benefits

Re: Wireless Network Setup Problem

"Peter" == Peter Heitman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Peter> I believe that if you have wireless-tools you have the Peter> executable iwconfig. You can use iwconfig to set the SSID Peter> (as well as other parameters such as channel and key). In fact you can do this via /etc/netw

Re: EXIM relay for specific users

On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 20:55, Michael Olds wrote: > EXIM relay for specific users > > Hello again, > I cannot get EXIM to let me relay email. I have read Hazel, EXIM (O'Reilly), > and numbers of other documents but I am missing something. > > The setup: > Intel 845 P4 1.6G; 768MbRAM; Debian Linux

Re: apache log question

Robert Waldner wrote: >On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 00:23:09 +0100, Robert Waldner writes: >>LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer ><...> >Of course, when properly spelled as "Referrer", everything works out > just fine. This doesn't seem likely. My config looks like yours (including the traditional m

Re: audio problems

Mike, Adding myself to the user did the trick. Thanks to everyone that helped. bp From: Mike Strean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bruce Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: audio problems Date: 02 Dec 2002 17:12:16 -0600 you can do this w/ "adduser" adduser (your username) audio Good Luck! On Mo

kde sources

Hello all, I just wanted to thank everyone who helped me with finding kde sources. My ultimate source was: deb http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/kde/stable/3.0.5/Debian/woody Again, thanks to all that helped. Debian is surely easier to manage than Redhat. bp __

Re: how does one format a floppy to use a vfat partition

On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 21:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi list, i've been reading tons of docs on mkfs and mtools because i need > to make a copy of a somewhat corrupt ms floppy which is vfat but can't > find the command to do so. so, how does one format a floppy to have a vfat > partition and not

Can not log into Gnome2

Greetings, I have been unable to log into a gnome-session in the past two days. I've started getting the following "security violations" in logcheck corresponding to the times I attempt to log in. Dec 2 18:38:07 localhost pam_limits[6588]: setrlimit limit #7 to soft=-1, +hard=-1 failed: Operati

Re: how does one format a floppy to use a vfat partition

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 06:07:46PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi list, i've been reading tons of docs on mkfs and mtools because i need > to make a copy of a somewhat corrupt ms floppy which is vfat but can't > find the command to do so. so, how does one format a floppy to have a vfat > part

how does one format a floppy to use a vfat partition

hi list, i've been reading tons of docs on mkfs and mtools because i need to make a copy of a somewhat corrupt ms floppy which is vfat but can't find the command to do so. so, how does one format a floppy to have a vfat partition and not just an msdos fat or fat32 partition? i re-rolled my kernel

ICP Vortex RAID in Debian 3.0

Hi there, I am adding a 10th machine to our translation cluster, it's got a nifty RAID card called ICP Vortex. I have done a few installs and noted that the OS sees only the host drive, which is a great sign. But when I reboot, I just get a blinking cursor. [There are several options at this po

Re: EXIM relay for specific users

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 05:55:07PM -0800, Michael Olds wrote: > EXIM relay for specific users Check the archives. Keywords to look for are "ASMTP" and "exim." I posted the appropriate fix a while back. -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `-

Re: emusic.com?

I have been using the hotlead program for downloading from emusic.com. It is available from http://www.arcaner.com/hotlead.shtml . It works with the new emp format. There is also a utility, emp2m3u, that converts emp files to m3u files and plays them on xmms, I have no experience with this

sid-sawfish windows borders missing

I just did a dist-upgrade from stable to unstable and all is well except my windows have no borders, so I can't resize or move them at all. How can I do turn on windows borders? Thanks, Phil Reardon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

EXIM relay for specific users

EXIM relay for specific users Hello again, I cannot get EXIM to let me relay email. I have read Hazel, EXIM (O'Reilly), and numbers of other documents but I am missing something. The setup: Intel 845 P4 1.6G; 768MbRAM; Debian Linux (3.0 Woody) behind a US Robotics Firewall connected to a Static I

Re: Booting 2 Linuxes with LILO

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 05:48:56PM -0800, alberto wrote: > Thanks. (following is my old potato lilo, before installing woody on > /dev/hda1) It might be more useful to see the new one... -- All people are equal, But some are more equal then others. - George W. Bush Jr

Booting 2 Linuxes with LILO

Please, send reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have 2 debians installed on my system but I'm having troubles with having LILO allowing me to boot any of those. I have potato on /dev/hda3. I just erased win on /dev/hda1 :-)) and installed Woody there. Now, Woody's LILO offers me a

Re: apache log question

On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 01:34:22AM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: > On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 00:23:09 +0100, Robert Waldner writes: > >LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer > <...> > >I have a feeling that I will feel tremendously stupid, but I just can't > > figure it out ATM, so TIA for any advice. > >

Re: How to enable DMA at boot time

"jah" == jah pigeon writes: jah> On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 07:23:03PM -0600, Shyamal Prasad jah> wrote: >> If you are using one of the pre-packaged 2.4.x kernels from >> Debian then it will be modular. During boot you will see a >> "Calculating module dependencies" messa

Re: apache log question

On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 00:23:09 +0100, Robert Waldner writes: >LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer <...> >I have a feeling that I will feel tremendously stupid, but I just can't > figure it out ATM, so TIA for any advice. Thanks to all who have pointed out my error in private mail (to save me th

What does "buffers" and "cache" mean?

Hi ML, I'm wondering for quite a while what the fields "buffers" and "cache" of the command free mean. I think that one of these is the value for caching HD-IO, but which one? And what's the other? Neither man, books nor google gave me an satisfying answer. Could anyone of you give me an STFW o

Re: audio problems

--- Ruben Porras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > El lun, 02-12-2002 a las 23:57, Bruce Park escribió: > > Dennis, > > > > Exactly how do I add myself to the audio group? > > man adduser > -- > The chains are broken and the door is open wide > Our eyes adjusting to the light that was denied > And

Re: what's everyone's favorite audio setup?

Le mar 03/12/2002 à 00:14, Dave Carrigan a écrit : > On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 11:39, Tom Badran wrote: > > On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 9:07 pm, sean finney wrote: > > > hi all, > > > > > > i'm getting tired by my many audio-wanting apps not getting along > > > with one another, and i'm looking to switch to

apache log question

Hi! In httpd.conf, I have defined LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent CustomLog /var/log/apache/referer_log referer CustomLog /var/log/apache/agent_log agent CustomLog /var/log/a

Re: what's everyone's favorite audio setup?

On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 11:39, Tom Badran wrote: > On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 9:07 pm, sean finney wrote: > > hi all, > > > > i'm getting tired by my many audio-wanting apps not getting along > > with one another, and i'm looking to switch to some kind of audio > > environment that allows multiple program

Re: audio problems

El lun, 02-12-2002 a las 23:57, Bruce Park escribió: > Dennis, > > Exactly how do I add myself to the audio group? man adduser -- The chains are broken and the door is open wide Our eyes adjusting to the light that was denied And bring a sense of wonder http://www.es.debian.org/intro/a

Re: Error: inetd[597]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use

Am Mon, 2002-12-02 um 21.38 schrieb Matthias Hentges: > Am Mon, 2002-12-02 um 20.44 schrieb Michelle Storm: > > I keep getting this error repeated. Anyone tell me what is causing it so > > I can look into fixing it? > > > > > > System Events > > =-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Dec 2 10:02:41 dragon inetd[597]

Re: audio problems

Dennis, Exactly how do I add myself to the audio group? I feel rather embarrased that I have to ask this question after using UNIX for three years but I never had to admin stuff like this at school. I also fear that you are correct about this problem. When I run KDE as root, it works fine. bp

Proftp behind firewall problem solved

Hello again, I should be recognizing this by now...whenever I am about to send a message to a help list I am about five minutes from solving the problem...and of course if I actually get as far as describing the problem in great detail the solution is sure to make me look like an idiot. In this c

Re: where to download KDE

Hi! I use following for KDE 3.1 (actually 3.0.98 :) And it works fine: deb http://shakti.ath.cx/debian/kde3.1 ./ # KDE base packages deb http://shakti.ath.cx/debian/kde3.1-apps ./ # Applications: deb http://shakti.ath.cx/debian/support ./ # Support Ziza

Re: how to let linux(2.2.18) read the cd-rw-disk formated in xp

--- eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Shawn or any linux user: > > That only let me see 3 files in cdrom > autorun.inf, udfrchk.exe, udffrint.zl > same effect of mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom > > but no doubt , in xp, I can see the 4 files pppoe, etc in my d drive > cdrw > so please help again

Re: audio problems

Hi, Am Montag, 2. Dezember 2002 19:09 schrieb Bruce Park: > Hello all, > > I have a sound blaster live value card and it seems that I > cannot get this to work. I have this driver 'EMU10k1' for this > card. When I try to play an mp3 using xmms, at the prompt it > tells me that it cannot access /

Re: How to not-send email to a system user

Am Mon, 2002-12-02 um 23.11 schrieb Sergio Mendoza: > Hi, > > As stated in the debian policy manual, I defined a system user with: > > adduser --quiet --system --group mynewuser > > The problem is that this user (although defined in the 100's uid) still > gets email when emailed. This is som

Re: Error: inetd[597]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use

Michelle Storm said: > I keep getting this error repeated. Anyone tell me what is causing it so I > can look into fixing it? > > > System Events > =-=-=-=-=-=-Dec 2 10:02:41 dragon inetd[597]: auth/tcp: bind: Address > already in use 1) stop inetd (/etc/init.d/inetd stop) 2) check processes to be

Problems setting up an USB Network (W Zaurus)

Hi list: I tried to create a new network using USB to comunicate with my Sharp SL-5500 (Zaurus), I followed this howto (http://www.zauruszone.com/howtos/lc_debian.shtml) and tried to enable all necesary things in my kernel, but don't think I did it right. ifconfig doesn't give me any usb netwo

Re: audio problems

Am 02.12.2002 um 14:49 schrieb Bruce Park: > ** warning **: oss_open() failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp): > Permission denied. > > As for the other window, it's just tellin me to check that everything is > correct. I'm currenty using OSS driver or esound. They both don't work. > What else

How to not-send email to a system user

Hi, As stated in the debian policy manual, I defined a system user with: adduser --quiet --system --group mynewuser The problem is that this user (although defined in the 100's uid) still gets email when emailed. This is something I do not want, since this user should not be allowed to rece

Re: ipsec (freeswan)

On 2-12-2002, at 16h 23'54", Noah L. Meyerhans wrote to liste about "Re: ipsec (freeswan)" > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 10:09:39PM +0100, Ionel Mugurel Ciobica wrote: > > I run stable, and I tried the freeswan 1.96, but when I go through the > > documentations it says to run ipsec verify, which give

Re: ipsec (freeswan)

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 10:09:39PM +0100, Ionel Mugurel Ciobica wrote: > I run stable, and I tried the freeswan 1.96, but when I go through the > documentations it says to run ipsec verify, which give me the error > that verify is not an option. I took the tar file from freeswan site > and I did ma

Re: support for cluster maintenance?

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 11:57:52AM -0800, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > begin Hannes Loeffler quote on Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 08:46:35PM +0100: > > a) user accounts (NIS probably) i just installed the c3 utilities from ornl. they were written up in the december issue of Linux Magazine in the "extreme li

Re: Advanced procmail question

On Mon, 02 Dec 2002, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > On Sun, 01 Dec 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 05:46:19AM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > > > Using mutt adding this macro to your .muttrc answers your question: > > > macro index q " ~d>3d" > > > > Ok, this is definately a start.

ipsec (freeswan)

Hi, Is someone using ipsec from freeswan? I run stable, and I tried the freeswan 1.96, but when I go through the documentations it says to run ipsec verify, which give me the error that verify is not an option. I took the tar file from freeswan site and I did make install. Now I have the verify o

Re: how to let linux(2.2.18) read the cd-rw-disk formated in xp

Dear Shawn or any linux user: That only let me see 3 files in cdrom autorun.inf, udfrchk.exe, udffrint.zl same effect of mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom but no doubt , in xp, I can see the 4 files pppoe, etc in my d drive cdrw so please help again on this also I tried to put the hardisk of xp as slave

Re: where to download KDE

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 02 December 2002 8:03 pm, Bruce Park wrote: > Alan, > > I just ran updates these and tried to run apt-get kdebase. Somewhere down > the line, files can't open and it finally failes. Do you have this problem > too or is it just me? There are

Re: Error: inetd[597]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use

Am Mon, 2002-12-02 um 20.44 schrieb Michelle Storm: > I keep getting this error repeated. Anyone tell me what is causing it so > I can look into fixing it? > > > System Events > =-=-=-=-=-=-= > Dec 2 10:02:41 dragon inetd[597]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use You have bind running as dea

Re: apt error, Dynamic MMap ran out of room

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Faheem Mitha wrote: > On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:36:02 -0500 (EST), Walter Tautz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > > E: Error occured while processing ifplugd (NewFileVer1) > > E: Problem with MergeList > > >/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.o

Proftp behind firewall

Greetings once again, I have requested help on this issue before, but the problem was never resolved, so here goes one more try (a little different this time; I have given up trying to set up anonymous ftp): I need to get plain-ol' ftp working. I am using Proftp. My setup is: Intel 850 P4 1.9G;

Re: where to download KDE

Alan, I just ran updates these and tried to run apt-get kdebase. Somewhere down the line, files can't open and it finally failes. Do you have this problem too or is it just me? bp From: Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: where to download KDE Date: Mon, 2 Dec

Enterasys CSIBD-AA wireless pcmcia card.... where to get drivers...

I have tried to get the drivers from the enterasys site but have had no luck trying to find them...only descriptions of the source on some release notes... perhaps the driver is already in the 2.4 kernel? btw,,, (cough) I have to get this to work under redhat71 (at least until i convince the use

Re: support for cluster maintenance?

begin Hannes Loeffler quote on Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 08:46:35PM +0100: > a) user accounts (NIS probably) NIS or LDAP will handle this part. NIS is probably easier to setup, LDAP is more flexible, and easier to secure. > b) software updates I use systemimager for this, but you can probably scrip

Re: dselect wants to uninstall everything?

On Mon, 02 Dec 2002, Brian Kendig wrote: > I have a fresh install of Debian Linux 3.0. I want to use dselect to > install some additional packages... but it appears that, by default, > dselect wants to *uninstall* most of my Debian installation, unless I > go through the list by hand and tell

installing new kernel-image (solved)

Hi again, at the end it was not the symlinks but something a bit (more) silly. The entry initrd=/initrd.img was there but..under the older kernel. So I just added the line to the new one. Anyway, thanks everybody for their answers. cheers rodrigo P.D. I do not know (yet) whether or not t

Re: installing new kernel-image (the game)

I think you forgot to use the "lilo" command to update activate your changes.. - David > you are right, my apologies > > the computer is a novatech laptop P4 processor, woody installed with > kernel 2.2.20 (trying to update to 2.4.18-686), > > I have a SiS7012 sound card, SiS900 ethernet card,

Re: audio problems

Dennis, I killed the arts daemon and I'm still getting erros. These are the two erros on the shlle prompt: libkimod.so.2: cannot open object file: No such file or directory. Then when I hit the play button: ** warning **: oss_open() failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp): Permission denied. A

Re: audio problems

On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 12:09, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a sound blaster live value card and it seems that I cannot get this > to work. I have this driver 'EMU10k1' for this card. When I try to play an > mp3 using xmms, at the prompt it tells me that it cannot access /dev/dsp. >

support for cluster maintenance?

Hi, what software does Debian offer to support easy administration of a workstation cluster(central master node with software distributed via NFS, slave nodes as number crunchers only)? I need information on a) user accounts (NIS probably) b) software updates TIA, Hannes. -- Hannes Loeffler |

Re: what's everyone's favorite audio setup?

On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 9:07 pm, sean finney wrote: > hi all, > > i'm getting tired by my many audio-wanting apps not getting along > with one another, and i'm looking to switch to some kind of audio > environment that allows multiple programs access to the soundcard > at the same time. i know there

Re: Euro-sign...

On Mon, 02 Dec 2002, Tom wrote: > Hi all, > > For a while now, I've been trying to enable the Euro-sign on my > machine. I regenerated the right locales, environment variables are > set up well and the iso-8859-15 charset is enabled in my kernel. > > What else could I possibly do? I can see and

Error: inetd[597]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use

I keep getting this error repeated. Anyone tell me what is causing it so I can look into fixing it? System Events =-=-=-=-=-=-= Dec 2 10:02:41 dragon inetd[597]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use Thanks, -- Michelle Alexia "Jade" Storm Dragon Impersonating a Human and failing. msg16627

RE: Wireless Network Setup Problem

I believe that if you have wireless-tools you have the executable iwconfig. You can use iwconfig to set the SSID (as well as other parameters such as channel and key). Peter Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > I attached an Actiontec USB 1.1 wireless adapter to my pc and, on > bootup, to Woody with ke

Re: installing new kernel-image (the game)

you are right, my apologies the computer is a novatech laptop P4 processor, woody installed with kernel 2.2.20 (trying to update to 2.4.18-686), I have a SiS7012 sound card, SiS900 ethernet card, etc; the important thing (in my view) is that I've got a winmodem from (also) SiS. I downloaded the

Re: How do I do a net install when there's no driver for my nic?

Hello Brian, Am 02:19 2002-12-01 -0500 hat Brian Kendig geschrieben: >Ethernet port powered by a 3Com 3C905 Fast Etherlink XL 10/100 chip. A realy good NIC ;-)) Works every time... >Problem is, the Debian 3.0 installation disks have no driver for this >network interface. I want to use floppies

Re: where to download KDE

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 02 December 2002 3:35 am, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello all, > > I read that I should use: > http://kde.tdyc.com/ stable kde2 > as the source for my kde packages however, when I run 'apt-get update', I > get errors regarding 'Packages' not being

Re: Wireless Network Setup Problem

Am 02.12.2002 um 14:12 schrieb Thomas H. George: > I switched the transmiter back on (led steady on) so my only problem may > be how to set the SSID. Depending on the driver you use, you may set up your ssid (and other parameters like channel, wep, transmitting power...) with iwconfig or wlanc

Re: how to let linux(2.2.18) read the cd-rw-disk formated in xp

--- eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear linux user: > > I copy pppoe , and other related file in formatted cd-rw disk in > window xp by easy cd creator , so that I just drap and drop the > pppoe.deb files to my cd-rw. After I change os to linux 2.2.18, the > aunto mount see three different

Re: stability in KDE3 and Gnome2

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 02 December 2002 4:37 pm, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello all, > > Exactly how stable is KDE3 and Gnome2? It seems to me that Gnome2 still is > having a lot of problems but I'm really not sure about KDE3. > I run a kde3 desktop with mostly the sta

Wireless Network Setup Problem

I attached an Actiontec USB 1.1 wireless adapter to my pc and, on bootup, to Woody with kernel 2.4.18 the device is recognized with much detail in dmesg. After reading the ifconfig and interfaces man pages I was not sure how to proceed. Apt-cache search network lead me to wireless-tools whi

Re: installing new kernel-image

"Rodrigo Agerri (ylbaggar)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > in order to install a new kernel in stable, I did > > apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-686 > > I configured /etc/lilo.conf keeping the older kernel (2.2.20) such as: > > image=/vmlinuz > label=linux > read-only > > image=/vmlinuz

Re: installing new kernel-image

Rodrigo Agerri (ylbaggar) wrote: hi everybody in order to install a new kernel in stable, I did apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-686 I configured /etc/lilo.conf keeping the older kernel (2.2.20) such as: image=/vmlinuz label=linux read-only image=/vmlinuz.old label=kernel-2.2.20 r

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