Starting Navigator while also running Mozilla

Hi I'm having difficulty starting Navigator 4.77 while also running Mozilla or Phoenix (0.5 static binary). I'm guessing /usr/lib/netscape/base-4/wrapper that actually starts Navigator on Debian detects other browsers running and merely opens another window of the current browser. There is no r

Re: restricting command line arguments in sudo

> > I allow read-access to all of /var/log. However, I also allow read > > access to /etc/shadow: > > > > /usr/bin/tail /var/log/../../etc/shadow > > > > does work. How can I best restrict that? I've tried > > > /usr/bin/tail/[^.]* /usr/bin/tail /var/log/[^.]* will prevent sudo tail /var/log

usign cbq.init to control ftp traffic

Hello list, I'd like to use cbq.init script to control the ftp download traffic, however, since ftp transfer the data via a dynamic port, it is not possible to use cbq.init script to shape the download traffic, Actually I wonder if tc command can achieve this purpose. Any idea? -- Patrick Hsi

RE: RAID & EXT2-fs error

> When I ran vgcreate it seamed to work fine. However it lists > the MAX LV Size as being 255.99GB. This does not make sense > with my configuration. I have 5 SCSI disk partitions in a > RAID5 array. Each partition is 36446.22mb. My math shows I > should have a MAX LV size of being 145784.8

RE: RAID & EXT2-fs error

> I am trying to install a Debian testing box with root on RAID > 1 following the instructions given at > http://karaolides.com/computing/HOWTO/lvmraid/ I am working on setting up a system with this configuration. I decided to work step by step with this howto to get my system running. Thanks

Re: Is this normal with USB mice? (solved)

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:10:24AM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > * Jack [Mon, Jan 20 2003, 11:48:16PM]: > > Thanks for the hints. I have almost the same configure as yours. Would > > you try this for me when you by chance reboot your machine? Unplug the > > USB mouse, boot OS, start

Re: Recovering /var (package status only)

on Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 01:03:00AM -0500, Travis Crump ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > >>Here is a good article about recovering a Debian system without having a > >>backup of /var/lib/dpkg... > >> > >>http://www.linuxworld.com/2003/0113.petreley.html > > > > > >Funny, I w

Re: Desktop productivity with Debian GNU/LINUX

on Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 01:52:40AM -0500, Hal Vaughan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tuesday 21 January 2003 12:31 am, Kent West wrote: > > John & Peg Pickard wrote: > I would STRONGLY recommend trying Mandrake. While I have not had any > problems with Mandrake 9.0, I have heard of some people w

Re: Recovering /var (package status only)

Karsten M. Self wrote: Here is a good article about recovering a Debian system without having a backup of /var/lib/dpkg... http://www.linuxworld.com/2003/0113.petreley.html Funny, I walked someone through that on irc.debian.org:#debian last week. This can be somewhat simplified from Nick's

Re: Can't get sound to work (CMIxxxx)

At least some of the Debian kernel-image packages (I run kernel-image-2.4.20-686) already contain many of the CMI drivers, so compiling your own shouldn't be necessary: # grep CMPCI /boot/config-2.4.20-686 CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI=m # CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_FM is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_MIDI is not se

Re: themes for vt

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 03:36:35PM -0500, Vikki Roemer wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 08:14:00PM +0100, Niels Felsted Thorsen wrote: > > But I don't know about any debian package. > > Yeah, it was a package in potato r7, IIRC. Or at least, that's how I > got ahold of it in July-- at that point,

Re: j2se 1.3.1 for debian sid

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 01:14:34PM +, Tom Badran wrote: Content-Description: signed data > On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 12:56 pm, Francois Chenais wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Where can I find j2se 1.3.1 for debian sid ? > > I have downloaded one but it needs a wrong library. > > Can I insta

Re: IDE disk corruption - A7M266-D; which kernel patches? or other solution

Pigeon said: > I think there are a lot of VIA chipsets out there but most people > don't have problems; presumably some other factor is needed to make the > bug show up. Wonder what? not entirely related but thought to mention .. about a year and a half ago I was looking for a MB to get an Athlo

Re: [OT] custom dyndns.org domain & local bind

Kenneth Dombrowski wrote: > The only thing I've found so far that isn't going >smoothly is I can't access my webserver from within the LAN. >I have a netgear dhcp-serving & port-forwarding router that sends all >traffic on 80, 25, & 143 to 192.168.0.3. I'm using the Netgear RT314 gateway

Recovering /var (package status only)

This was mentioned in this week's DWN. Looking at Nick's method, I've suggested (but not tested) some improvements. Note that _all_ that is recovered here is package state. Your logs, www, spool directories, game status (!), etc., are *gone*. > Here is a good article about recovering a Debian

Re: 2.4 Kernel locks at boot

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 12:48:06PM +, Andrew M. Lindley wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 04:15:23PM +0700, arief_mulya wrote: > > Dear Andrew, > > > > > > Have you tried with noapic parameter on boot? > > > > If it's still a failure, maybe you can try disabling > > CONFIG_*_APIC? > > > >

Re: IDE disk corruption - A7M266-D; which kernel patches? or other solution

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 05:53:54PM -0700, Al Davis wrote: > I was getting disk corruption with an older kernel (2.4.8 or > 2.4.18, Mandrake). A colleague said it might have something > to do with a hardware bug (south bridge VIA VT82C686). He also > said there was a fix in recent kernels. I

Nautilus problems in latest upgrade of Sid

I did an aptitude upgrade a few minutes ago & got my self in sync with the latest debs in Unstable. 2 problems : 1. Nautilus refuses to start. Trying to launch it from the command line spews this error : nautilus:18756): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: \"wonderland

Re: GRUB -- hangs on boot

Why not just use LILO?? Cheers Jason will trillich wrote: On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 01:53:54PM -0600, will trillich wrote: any reason why grub would hang on startup? i see "GRUB" after the bios stuff, and then... nothing. On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:01:

Re: Installing Debian on an iPAQ

On Tuesday 21 January 2003 11:42 am, Darryl L. Pierce wrote: > Anybody have experience doing this? Can anybody point me to some > information on doing so? > > -- > Darryl L. Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Visit the Infobahn Offramp - > "What do you care what other people

RE: Can't get sound to work (CMIxxxx)

>I installed debian from the CD as the normal install, I do think that I'm >missing something but I don't know what package contains it (dselect what?) >Thanks again! >- Jay. OK, now I get it. You will need to install kernel-source-2.4.18 or something like that and compile your own kernel with

Re: GRUB -- hangs on boot

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 11:23:27AM +1100, Geoff Crompton wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 11:32:30PM +, Tim wrote: > > Maybe the MBR has been altered? Run GrUB from a floppy, and > > > root (hd0,0) <-if hd0,0 is your linux root partition > > > setup (hd0) <-places into MBR > > Wh

Re: GRUB -- hangs on boot

> On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 01:53:54PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > > any reason why grub would hang on startup? i see "GRUB" after > > the bios stuff, and then... nothing. On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:01:25AM +0100, Qian Gong wrote: > Did you check the file device.map in your grub directory? If ther

Re: GRUB -- hangs on boot

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:29:56PM +0100, Rainer Koenig wrote: > will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > any reason why grub would hang on startup? i see "GRUB" after > > the bios stuff, and then... nothing. > > Can you type at this point? Maybe what you are seeing is the GRUB shell > prompt

Re: GRUB -- hangs on boot

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 04:28:39PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 01:53:54PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > | any reason why grub would hang on startup? i see "GRUB" after > | the bios stuff, and then... nothing. > > I bet you don't have the MBR configured correctly.

Re: autofs vs amd: Is there a preference?

hi ya On 21 Jan 2003, Paul Smith wrote: > ao> autofs vs amd is like tinydns vs bind or exim vs sendmail ( its > ao> does it do the minimum you need or is it loaded w/ unused features > > ... that is unless you use them. > > Like /net. Which almost every enterprise environment I've seen ma

Re: Is this normal with USB mice?

Dman, help me out, I am confused :-( On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 07:03:00PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 10:17:34PM -0600, Jack wrote: > | My USB mouse only works after I restart X. After X is restarted, it > | works just fine, even when X is restarted without it plu

Re: Lilo and vga=791

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 05:04:09PM +, T. Beauregard wrote: > Is this the memory error that GrUB 0.91 gives? This is resolved in 0.93. > It works. Thanks, -- Sridhar M.A. She often gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it). -- Lewis Carroll

Re: autofs vs amd: Is there a preference?

%% Regarding Re: autofs vs amd: Is there a preference?; ao> hi ya robert >> > I'm looking at my automount situation and wondering. Is one going >> > away? Which is the "way to go" for automounting, amd or autofs? ao> autofs vs amd is like tinydns vs bind or exim vs sendmail ( its ao

RE: debian on old powerbook?

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That would be 68k architecture and debian has a port for that. Info is > on port section on debian website. I'm not sure whether you can even boot Linux on a PB 140; the hardware on those machines is pretty weird. The homepage of the Mac 68K kernel p

Re: Lilo and vga=791

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 05:04:09PM +, T. Beauregard wrote: > Is this the memory error that GrUB 0.91 gives? This is resolved in 0.93. > > > Given a chance, I would like to use grub, but I _cannot_ with my present > > motherboard :-( > Yes. Thanks for the info. I will try upgra

Re: debian on old powerbook?

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Hugh Saunders wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 07:06:35AM -0800, anthony baldwin wrote: > > I have several old Apple Powerbooks (140, 145) > > They don;t have CD drives and I can't connect them to my dsl, because they have no > > ethernet ports. > is it that they really dont h

Re: Can't get sound to work (CMIxxxx)

The driver should be provided with the kernel as a module. Try this: modprobe cmpci On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 04:21:14PM -0800, Jay wrote: > I installed debian from the CD as the normal install, I do think that I'm > missing something but I don't know what package contains it (dselect what?) > > T

Re: autofs vs amd: Is there a preference? - ls

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Hanasaki JiJi wrote: > anyone have a config for amd to automount home dirs? off redundant > hostnames? > > in amd, when fileserver:/exports/[export1] is automounted, the > files/dirs in [export1] are accessable but not viewable in a "ls" Any > way to change this? > > e

Re: Cd difficult to burn

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 02:02:16PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > What I meant was: Wanting to burn a CD, first had to copy the original CD to > an iso file to my hard disk. This copying process was the difficult one, as > I said. I guess is my fault for not explaining well This has worked for

Re: evolution and email alliases

Op wo 22-01-2003, om 01:02 schreef Benedict Verheyen: > Hello, > > i use evolution to make emails and exim to send them, so far it works > great. However, i wanted to add an additional email address alias to > evolution so that i can choose which email to use. Mind that these > are actually the sa

Re: autofs vs amd: Is there a preference?

anyone have a config for amd to automount home dirs? off redundant hostnames? in amd, when fileserver:/exports/[export1] is automounted, the files/dirs in [export1] are accessable but not viewable in a "ls" Any way to change this? ex: automount fileserver:/exports/dir1 to /mnt/dir1 ls /mn

RE: Can't get sound to work (CMIxxxx)

I installed debian from the CD as the normal install, I do think that I'm missing something but I don't know what package contains it (dselect what?) Thanks again! - Jay. ~-Original Message- ~From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ~Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 3:00 PM ~To:

Re: restart / shutdown by normal user

* Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20-01-2003 22:13]: > In the current (default) settings restarting & > shutting down is only allowed for the root user; > How can I change that so normal users can shut down > (restart) ? Some time ago there was a similar question, see: http://lists.debian.org/de

Re: j2se 1.3.1 for debian sid

On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 11:55 pm, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > The blackdown people fixed the stupidity in 1.3. The latest release > of it works with glibc 2.3. I didnt realise this, good for them. Why do people (sun, codeweavers ...) feel they have to interface glibc 'their own way'(tm). It re

LifeView FlyVideo 2000(sound Problem)

Hi everyone, I have the kernel 2.4.20 with a lot of patchs of bytesex.org and everythink is working right, my problem is the sound, actually it works but is to low, I already use the aumix to get the max volume but always is to low, somebody have the same problem? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Is this normal with USB mice?

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 10:17:34PM -0600, Jack wrote: | Hi, | | My USB mouse only works after I restart X. After X is restarted, it | works just fine, even when X is restarted without it plugged in. The | touch-pad always works. | | I found this in the log (first X start without USB mouse plug

evolution and email alliases

Hello, i use evolution to make emails and exim to send them, so far it works great. However, i wanted to add an additional email address alias to evolution so that i can choose which email to use. Mind that these are actually the same account just other email addresses. In order to do this i have

evolution and email alliases

Hello, i use evolution to make emails and exim to send them, so far it works great. However, i wanted to add an additional email address alias to evolution so that i can choose which email to use. Mind that these are actually the same account just other email addresses. In order to do this i have

Re: j2se 1.3.1 for debian sid

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 01:14:34PM +, Tom Badran wrote: Content-Description: signed data | On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 12:56 pm, Francois Chenais wrote: | > Hello, | > | > Where can I find j2se 1.3.1 for debian sid ? | > I have downloaded one but it needs a wrong library. | > Can I insta

Re: 486 kernel images

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 08:29:28AM -0800, machoamerica wrote: | | i'm looking through the kernel-image packages and i see packages for | all flavors of intel/amd processors except the 486. can i use | either kernel-image-2.4.x-386 or kernel-image-2.4.x-586 or do i have | to muck around with a ker

Re: exim4 sources

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 03:18:44PM -0500, David H. Clymer wrote: | Is exim4 included in testing or unstable packages? No, unfortunately. The maintainer is really behind on that package -- exim4 has been stable at least as long as woody (IIRC). My recommendation is to grab the debian sources for

Re: ASUS266-VM - nic/x11

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, John Griffiths wrote: > ok, now i'm getting confused (maybe just fused), > > the display driver runs the NIC as well? yup nvidia strting to make their own nic and svga drivers you need their widgets to make some mb work right c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: ASUS266-VM

ok, now i'm getting confused (maybe just fused), the display driver runs the NIC as well? At 03:00 PM 1/21/03 -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > >hi ya > >if you've got a mv w/ the nvidia chipset. you need to get the >latest/greatest modules from nvidia.com > >c ya >alvin > >On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, John Grif

can anacron run regular user jobs?

Can "anacron" also run jobs for regular users (i.e., not "root"), just like one can with regular cron? It appears not to support this feature directly, but perhaps there's still some relatively clean way of doing it... -- Maciej Kalisiak mac "at" dgp.toronto.edu www.dgp.toronto.edu/~

Re: ASUS266-VM

hi ya if you've got a mv w/ the nvidia chipset. you need to get the latest/greatest modules from nvidia.com c ya alvin On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, John Griffiths wrote: > which module for the nic Alvin? > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: Installing Debian on an iPAQ

"Darryl L. Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anybody have experience doing this? Can anybody point me to some > information on doing so? Back when I was playing with one, general advice was that you only wanted to try to put Debian on it if you had a lot of persistent storage. The Familiar di

Re: ASUS266-VM

which module for the nic Alvin? At 02:05 PM 1/21/03 -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > >hi ya > >> have you been able to start sound and network >> I have a similar card A7N8X but I have hard time to have at least net >> installed >> any idea > >i played w/ and have working a7s-vm a7n266e and a7m266-vm >

Re: restricting command line arguments in sudo

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:25:35PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > when I allow something like this in sudo: > > /usr/bin/tail /var/log/* > > I allow read-access to all of /var/log. However, I also allow read > access to /etc/shadow: > > /usr/bin/tail /var/log/../../etc/shadow > > does work

Re: Own kernel doesn't work

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 10:35:18PM +0100, Michael Schlottke wrote: [lots of stuff about kernel compilation] > Can anyone give me a hint what I could try else? 1. did you select the correct arch? try 386 if its failing. 2. use make-kpkg -shouldnt make any difference but is [i find] a better way of

Re: ASUS266-VM

hi ya > have you been able to start sound and network > I have a similar card A7N8X but I have hard time to have at least net > installed > any idea i played w/ and have working a7s-vm a7n266e and a7m266-vm sound, video, nic all seems to work ( sometimes a little hair pulling i

RE: Can't get sound to work (CMIxxxx)

>Hello everyone! >I know that this topic may have been typed to the death already, but I need >help getting my soundchips (CMI8xxx, the ones that are already built in to >the motherboard). >I read the old SuSe Linux manual, it had some instructions for sound which I >tried to follow and so far I

Re: autofs vs amd: Is there a preference?

hi ya robert > on Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:07:41PM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote about autofs vs >amd: Is there a preference?: > > > > > > I'm looking at my automount situation and wondering. Is one going > > away? Which is the "way to go" for automounting, amd or autofs? autofs vs amd is

Re: ASUS266-VM

Hi, have you been able to start sound and network I have a similar card A7N8X but I have hard time to have at least net installed any idea Thanks, Raymond Alvin Oga wrote: hi ya john you will need to get the x11 and nic drivers from nvidia.com works good other than that bending over back

Re: autofs vs amd: Is there a preference?

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:07:41PM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote: > I'm looking at my automount situation and wondering. Is one going > away? Which is the "way to go" for automounting, amd or autofs? I think that autofs is currently the preferred method. Whether or not you choose to agree with t

Re: Installing Debian on an iPAQ

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:42:21 -0500 "Darryl L. Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody have experience doing this? Can anybody point me to some > information on doing so? Never had one to try it on, but http://www.linuxdevices.com/ should have some information about it. HTH, Jacob - G

Re: A way to check ssh X forwarding?

* Frank Lenaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-21 22:42]: > Could you check your DISPLAY envvar when logging into another host? I > remember trying to get X forwarding over ssh working on a minimally > installed system, which had only one X client application. I found out > that the DISPLAY variabl

Own kernel doesn't work

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have following problem with my new kernel I compiled myself: Making the kernel was perfectly ok: I got the kernel-source-2.4.18.tar.bz2 with dselect, bunzip2ed it, untared it. I ran make menuconfig make dep make clean make modules make modul

restricting command line arguments in sudo

when I allow something like this in sudo: /usr/bin/tail /var/log/* I allow read-access to all of /var/log. However, I also allow read access to /etc/shadow: /usr/bin/tail /var/log/../../etc/shadow does work. How can I best restrict that? I've tried /usr/bin/tail /var/log/[!\.]* but that

Re: slash: How to convince it to work...

Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anybody have this one before? I'm not knowledgable enough with Perl > to understand this, but it seems to be grinding a few things to a > halt. > > Tue Jan 21 14:50:00 2003 message_delivery.pl begin > Error in > >library:main:/var/www/slash/rainfurs.urs

RE: mkinitrd trouble

D0h! Thanks Josh, I check my .config and sure enough cramfs was not enabled. I enabled it, recompiled.. created a new initrd image, rebooted and voila -- a happily booted system. Thanks again! Jim -Original Message- From: Narins, Josh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January

vlock inside a screen session

I noticed that when you use vlock inside a screen session, you cannot unlock the tty anymore. It seems that the password authentication fails; /etc/pam.d/vlock only contains the following line: authrequiredpam_unix_auth.so When I prepended the following lines, as in /etc/pam.d/login,

RE: URGENT: Building kernel.

You are 100% correct. None of the advice I have given has been correct, solely because the corporation which manages my email and provides me my free time is wrong in applying the outgoing .sig. I should stop posting immediately, regardless. Thank you for alerting me to this fundamental precept,

Re: mkinitrd trouble

on Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:49:13PM -0600, James Miller wrote about mkinitrd trouble: > Hello all > > I am pulling my hair trying to get Debian Woody to boot with an initrd > image. I have compiled the kernel 2.4.18 with Loopback device support, RAM > disk support , 8192KB, and initrd (all compile

Re: A way to check ssh X forwarding?

on Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 07:03:25PM +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote about A way to check ssh X forwarding?: > Dear all, > > using OpenSSH in its latest release on several machines, I experience > no problems but on one station. Copying the identical configuration to > the boxes didn't help me such that I c

Re: autofs vs amd: Is there a preference?

on Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:07:41PM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote about autofs vs amd: Is there a preference?: > > > I'm looking at my automount situation and wondering. Is one going > away? Which is the "way to go" for automounting, amd or autofs? I don't know if one is going away, but I pre

Re: 486 kernel images

On Tuesday 21 January 2003 07:29 am, machoamerica wrote: > i'm looking through the kernel-image packages and i see packages for > all flavors of intel/amd processors except the 486. can i use either > kernel-image-2.4.x-386 or kernel-image-2.4.x-586 or do i have to muck > around with a kernel-sour

Re: Burning a CD without ide-scsi

On Tuesday 21 January 2003 20:39, Phil Reynolds wrote: > On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 04:26:13PM +, Rus Foster wrote: > > Hi All, > > I've always burnt CD's using ide-scsi and xcdroast. However I'm wondering > > is there a way I can burn CD's onto my IDE burner without using SCSI > > emulation? > >

Re: ppp

if i understand, i think what you want is # modprobe ppp gee. On 2003.01.21 20:15 Matt wrote: I'm lost with ppp, while trying to startisdnutils i get: "Sorry - this system lacks PPP kernel support.", i've next to own compiled the woody 2418bf24 and ppp is compiled as module. lsmod shows hisax a

Hp 840c

Hello again, I'm using Debian / KDE 2.2.2 at my desktop for 3 weeks now, and I like it very much, except that I can't print. What stuff / wich packages do I have to install to get my HP 840c printer at the parallel port working? It runs well in Caldera OpenLinux but I don't know how to get it w

Re: Autofs

hi ya joakim > > > /etc/auto.misc: > > > /- > > > | # $Id: auto.misc,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:04 hpa Exp $ > > > | # This is an automounter map and it has the following format > > > | # key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] lo

Re: Error updating unstable non-free Packages

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 01:51:48PM -0500, Narins, Josh wrote: > >On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 03:06:05PM +0800, Tim Wood wrote: > >> I get a parsing error in unstable non-free Packages, which results in > >> "Dynamic MMap ran out of room" error. > >> This occurs parsing package graphviz (NewVersion1).

Installing Debian on an iPAQ

Anybody have experience doing this? Can anybody point me to some information on doing so? -- Darryl L. Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit the Infobahn Offramp - "What do you care what other people think, Mr. Feynman?" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

exim4 sources

Hi folks. In an attempt to get the sources for exim4, I just added the following urls to my sources.list, and apt-get update-ed. when I do an apt-cache search, however I'm only bringing up references to exim 3.35. Is exim4 included in testing or unstable packages? I thought I had heard mention of

Re: How to change start up screen resolution for X?

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 03:12:39PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > CGA: 640 X 200 (8*8 font, 80chars * 25 lines) > > > DCGA: 640 X 400 (8*16 font, 80chars * 25 lines) > > > VGA: 640 x 480 > > > SVGA: 800 x 720 > > > XGA: 1024 x 768 > > > SXGA 1280 x1024 > > > UXGA: 1600 x1440 > > >

RE: mkinitrd trouble

_I_AM_NO_EXPERT_ Did you compile the kernel with cramfs, also? You didn't mention it. -Original Message- From: James Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 2:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: mkinitrd trouble Hello all I am pulling my hair trying to get

Re: mkinitrd trouble

On 21 Jan 2003, 12:49:13, James Miller wrote: > Here is a snippet of lilo.conf > default=Linux > > image=/vmlinuz > label=Linux > read-only > > image=/vmlinuz > label=Linux-initrd > initrd=/inird-2.4.18-12.img don't you mean initrd-2.4.18-12.img . . . > a

Re: Root-on-LVM-on-RAID HOWTO

On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 12:02:20PM +0100, Massimiliano Ferrero wrote: > Hello, > > I've written a doc on how to install a Debian with root file system over > LVM and RAID. > > If it's of any interest it can be found at this URL: > http://www.midhgard.it/docs/index_en.html > > Any suggestion/cri

ppp

I'm lost with ppp, while trying to startisdnutils i get: "Sorry - this system lacks PPP kernel support.", i've next to own compiled the woody 2418bf24 and ppp is compiled as module. lsmod shows hisax and isdn running but i cant ad ippp0 in any way. any hint which could point me to the track ? Matt

Re: j2se 1.3.1 for debian sid

On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 4:10 pm, Francois Chenais wrote: > Thanks a lot But I have an error :-| > > > Setting up j2re1.4 (1.4.0.99beta-1) ... > update-alternatives: unable to make > /usr/lib/mozilla-cvs/plugins/javaplugin_oji.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink to > /etc/alternatives/javaplugin_oji-mozilla-cvs.so

Re: Smart relay setting for Exim...

On 2003.01.18 19:36 Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: Everything's almost working now. All I need to do is figure out the SMTP host here at work and I'm fine. From home it works like a charm. Thanks, mate. :) -- Darryl L. Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit the Infobahn Offramp -

Re: A way to check ssh X forwarding?

* Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-21 20:14]: > On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 07:03:25PM +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote: > > using OpenSSH in its latest release on several machines, I experience > > no problems but on one station. Copying the identical configuration to > > the boxes didn't help me such

Re: fonts & sizes

as root: debian:/home/gee# vi /etc/gdm/gdm.conf page to the end and you will see a section definig the x server. this is mine: # Definition of the standard X server. [server-Standard] name=Standard server command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 100 flexible=true gee. On 2003.01.21 19:01 Joris Huizer w

Re: restart / shutdown by normal user

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 01:05:36PM -0800, Joris Huizer wrote: > In the current (default) settings restarting & > shutting down is only allowed for the root user; > How can I change that so normal users can shut down > (restart) ? If you use KDM, try logging out and hitting the shutdown button. Oth

Re: fonts & sizes

Where can I change the -dpi parameter of X ? --- Gee Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > applications -> preferences -> fonts allows you > change the font size of > gnome2 apps. > > you could also look into the -dpi parameter of X. > xdpyinfo will show > the current setting. increase it to get s

RE: firewire / hfs volumes (continued)

Jason Healy wrote: > You might also try a filesystem type usable by both machines; FAT32 > is read/writeable by both linux and mac. The only drawbacks are > lack of permissions metadata, possible filename truncation to 8.3, > and a file size limit of 4GB (e.g., you can't backup DVD images or >

Re: Cd difficult to burn

What I meant was: Wanting to burn a CD, first had to copy the original CD to an iso file to my hard disk. This copying process was the difficult one, as I said. I guess is my fault for not explaining well - Original Message - From: "Rob Weir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian Users" <[EMAIL

RE: Error updating unstable non-free Packages

>On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 03:06:05PM +0800, Tim Wood wrote: >> I get a parsing error in unstable non-free Packages, which results in >> "Dynamic MMap ran out of room" error. >> This occurs parsing package graphviz (NewVersion1). >> >> If this is a bug where do I report it as occuring? >> If not,

mkinitrd trouble

Hello all I am pulling my hair trying to get Debian Woody to boot with an initrd image. I have compiled the kernel 2.4.18 with Loopback device support, RAM disk support , 8192KB, and initrd (all compiled into the kernel). I am able to run mkinird just fine 'mkinird 2.4.18-12 -o /initrd-2.4.18-12

Re: A way to check ssh X forwarding?

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 07:03:25PM +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote: > Dear all, > > using OpenSSH in its latest release on several machines, I experience > no problems but on one station. Copying the identical configuration to > the boxes didn't help me such that I can get X forwarding. ssh -v should give

Re: Autofs

Hi Alvin, thanks for answering my post. > > /etc/auto.misc: > > /- > > | # $Id: auto.misc,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:04 hpa Exp $ > > | # This is an automounter map and it has the following format > > | # key [ -mount-options-sepa

Re: How to change start up screen resolution for X?

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Ross Boylan wrote: > anything else). Second, you can change your font on the fly or via X > resources or application default settings. Indeed, I run a 20" Viewsonic 20G at the office here at 1600x1200. My xterms are set to use a 10x20 font, and I use icewm with the blueHear

A way to check ssh X forwarding?

Dear all, using OpenSSH in its latest release on several machines, I experience no problems but on one station. Copying the identical configuration to the boxes didn't help me such that I can get X forwarding. in sshd_config: StrictModes yes X11Forwarding yes X11DisplayOffset 10 in ssh_config: H

Re: How to change start up screen resolution for X?

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 02:49:29AM -0500, Travis Crump wrote: > nate wrote: > >Ross Boylan said: > > > >>I am looking for a way to get hardware accelerated 3d performance out of > >>my video card. For reasons detailed below, this seems to come down to the > >>need to start X in a lower resolution

Adjusting Subjects when breaking threads (Was: Re: URGENT:Building kernel.)

On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 08:36, Rob Weir wrote: > [Top-posting is evil, mmmkay?] > > This email makes my eyes bleed: > * Don't top post > * Don't use ridiculous amounts of white space > * Don't let Outlook put in that moronic quote header > * Don't send from an address that attaches stupid legal not

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