Re: problem with xlibs?

2003-02-02 Thread Egor Tur
Hi. > > I have this when compile some programme: > > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a(XlibInt.o): In function `_XEventsQueued': > > XlibInt.o(.text+0x76c): undefined reference to `pthread_equal' > > XlibInt.o(.text+0x786): undefined reference to `pthread_equal' > > XlibInt.o(.text+0x7a1): undefined refe

Re: OI! Turn my screen back on!

2003-02-02 Thread Michał `Salvador' Jęczalik Jr
* Person DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> How can I prevent a semi-headless machine (no keyboard, but >> occasionally has monitor) from blanking its screen and needing either >> a keyboard plugged in, or a command executed via ssh that causes a >> kernel error of some sort, to bring the display

Clock jumping....

2003-02-02 Thread Rus Foster
Hi All, I'm running 2.4.20 and just noticed the following : Protocol not available 64 bytes from gkar.fsck.me.uk (198.78.65.94): icmp_seq=1 ttl=236 time=973 ms 64 bytes from gkar.fsck.me.uk (198.78.65.94): icmp_seq=2 ttl=236 time=225 ms 64 bytes from gkar.fsck.me.uk (198.78.65.94): icmp_seq=3 ttl=

RPM and db3

2003-02-02 Thread Paul M Foster
When I try to run rpm to install an RPM package (yeah, I know), I get the following errors, and rpm does nothing: error: Cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) error: Cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm This is Debian 3.0r1, with rpm, libdb3 and most other

Re: Disk Corruption (was: Disk formatting)

2003-02-02 Thread nate
Jonathan Brandmeyer said: > What if hdb4 is actually a primary partition that I cannot see? This > would violate the partitioning rules, wouldn't it? hdb4 should be an extended partition. an extended partition is required to support logical drives. using normal fdisk should show more results.

Re: vpn recommendation?

2003-02-02 Thread nate
will trillich said: > and for vpn'ing from BEHIND a firewall, it's possible to just > port-forward the vpn port from publicIP-to-vpnserverIP, right? > or is there more handwaving involved? provided your not using IPSec yes. IPSec works just barely behind a firewall, I wouldn't reccomend it(e.g. f

Re: OI! Turn my screen back on!

2003-02-02 Thread karrottop
I would assume you are not running a screen saver! That being said I would go to your bios and turn off all the energy saving crap that it has (Ill bet thats whats turning your screen off) Some, but I haven't seen it in awhile have monitors that have built in power saving features, kill them too!

Re: Secure Relaying -- a start

2003-02-02 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 03:09:22AM +0100, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > will trillich wrote: > > > now if you get PAM to cooperate, let me know. > > > > plain: > > driver = plaintext > > public_name = BASIC > > # $3 =~ s/:/::/g > >

Re: Disk Corruption (was: Disk formatting)

2003-02-02 Thread sean finney
heya, just an idea, if you can see all the directories and mount all your partitions from an emergency boot disk, try re-running lilo and booting again. hth sean On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 11:45:13PM -0500, Jonathan Brandmeyer wrote: > > Something VERY BAD has happened. When I attempted

Re: Disk formatting

2003-02-02 Thread sean finney
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 09:35:28PM -0500, Mike Dresser wrote: > I like your method a lot more than my own, but one minor note. Doesn't > /home have to exist to mount on it? just throw a mkdir /home in the > middle of there, and he should be all set. right you are! you need to have a point on wh

Re: OI! Turn my screen back on!

2003-02-02 Thread DvB
Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > How can I prevent a semi-headless machine (no keyboard, but > occasionally has monitor) from blanking its screen and needing either > a keyboard plugged in, or a command executed via ssh that causes a > kernel error of some sort, to bring the display b

Re: Helvetica Printer Fonts & HP 1100 (again)

2003-02-02 Thread Bill Moseley
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Donald Spoon wrote: > Bill Moseley wrote: > > When I print a calendar with Jpilot the fonts are really poor quality. > As I understand it, the true "helvetica" font is not available on stock > Debian installs due to licensing problems from Adobe and/or Apple. The > way Debi

vpn recommendation?

2003-02-02 Thread will trillich
debianists: not to start a religious war (famous last words) but which woody-friendly vpn packages would y'all recommend? i'd like to hear about config troubles, feature holes, proprietary gotchas, etc. i looked into some of these on potato and had just enou

Re: New CD Vendor in United Kingdom

2003-02-02 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 06:59:23PM +0100, Christophe Courtois wrote: > Le Vendredi 31 Janvier 2003 05:04, John Hasler a d?clam? : > > Eric Nelson writes: > > The fee for advertisments is a donation of USD 1000 or more to > > "Software in the Public Interest" (SPI). > > Do you know a package which

Re: cdrecord: What does "BURN-Free is OFF" mean?

2003-02-02 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 01:25:58PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: > What else might be wrong? Googling reveals that my newer writer might be > "ATAPI". Is this important in this context? I found a few rants about > ATAPI. I couldn't make out whether the author(s) thought it was good, > but poorly su

OI! Turn my screen back on!

2003-02-02 Thread Pigeon
Hi, How can I prevent a semi-headless machine (no keyboard, but occasionally has monitor) from blanking its screen and needing either a keyboard plugged in, or a command executed via ssh that causes a kernel error of some sort, to bring the display back up? Ie. what config file do I need to edit t

Re: Disk Corruption (was: Disk formatting)

2003-02-02 Thread Jonathan Brandmeyer
> Something VERY BAD has happened. When I attempted to format the disk, with > mkfs.ext3, it reported that the partition table for that partition said 0 > size, and I should reboot the computer to re-read the partion table. When I > rebooted, instead of LILO, I saw an endless stream of "01 " repe

Re: Recursively export NFS file systems

2003-02-02 Thread Michael Wardle
On Monday, February 3, 2003 03:28, Aaron Isotton wrote: > I want to export the whole file system of "zarathustra" via NFS to > "osiris". This sounds like a job for autofs. I'd recommend you consult the autofs manual page, the automount manual page, the autofs home page, the Linux networking HOW

Re: Disk Corruption (was: Disk formatting)

2003-02-02 Thread nate
Jonathan Brandmeyer said: > Something VERY BAD has happened. When I attempted to format the disk, > with mkfs.ext3, it reported that the partition table for that partition > said 0 size, and I should reboot the computer to re-read the partion > table. When I rebooted, instead of LILO, I saw an en

lm_sensors

2003-02-02 Thread karrottop
Although I am sure I have about 75% of what I need to do complete, could somebody give me a walkthrough of getting lm-sensors up and running on debian? The goal being getting some sort of information with the command sensors or with gkrellm's sensor plugin, thanksif it matters I am using kerne

Re: SNMP on Debian

2003-02-02 Thread Ian D. Stewart
On Thursday 30 January 2003 08:54, Reaz Baksh wrote: > Hello > > I'm trying to setup a Debian system that would act as an SMNP Server(?), > the unit that will be receiving traps from various Windows NT machines. > > What is out there that would enable me to do this? I believe snmpd, which is avail

Re: cdrecord: What does "BURN-Free is OFF" mean?

2003-02-02 Thread DvB
Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > DvB wrote: > > >Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Please. Even foolish suggestions might be helpful here. > Maybe, just this one time, when we find out what the problem is, it will > be a problem that we can be proud of finding rather than

Disk Corruption (was: Disk formatting)

2003-02-02 Thread Jonathan Brandmeyer
Something VERY BAD has happened. When I attempted to format the disk, with mkfs.ext3, it reported that the partition table for that partition said 0 size, and I should reboot the computer to re-read the partion table. When I rebooted, instead of LILO, I saw an endless stream of "01 " repeating wi

D-Link Modem (ADSL, PCI) DSL-100D

2003-02-02 Thread James Buchanan
Hello, Is anyone using the DSL-100D D-Link PCI ADSL Modem? If so, does it work with a 2.2 kernel like in a Potato dist? Does anyone know how to configure it to work with my provider (iPrimus Australia?) Thanks, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

X whacking monitor

2003-02-02 Thread Paul M Foster
I've got a "Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1" video chip (according to pci -v) on the motherboard of my PC. I don't know if this has anything to do with the problem, but... In running X Window version 4, when I go into X from the console, all is fine. I can then get back out to a console. But wh

Re: cdrecord freezes when burning data

2003-02-02 Thread Pigeon
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 07:49:29AM -0800, Richard Otte wrote: > Pigeon, > Is there a command one can type to determine what type of chipset or > motherboard I have? I tried looking at dmesg and didn't see anything > useful. The machine is an old pentium II Dell that looks to have (from > dmesg) a

Re: CD Burner and ide-scsi emulation

2003-02-02 Thread Pigeon
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 09:17:56PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 10:11:27PM +0100, Peppe wrote: > > Be always sure you DON'T have compiled your kernel with the > > ATAPI CDROM support... > > So this means not to include ide-cd module? How does one get to the > second, non-b

Re: bad dynamic tag

2003-02-02 Thread Pigeon
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 08:13:13PM -0600, Adam Majer wrote: > On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 04:17:14AM +0100, David Jardine wrote: > > I've had trouble booting since I installed woody a couple > > of months or so ago (kernel 2.2.20 #1), but things have > > become so bad recently that I'm hoping I might

Re: Help debugging package problems (again)

2003-02-02 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 17:43:29 -0800 (PST), Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [back to list] > > On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Faheem Mitha wrote: > >> > ii libc6 2.3.1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and >Timezone data >> >> As I am sure hordes of people will shortly te

Jerky Mouse

2003-02-02 Thread Paul M Foster
I've got a Microtel mini-ITX motherboard with a PS/2 mouse port on the back. A cheapo wheel mouse came with the machine, and worked for a while, then became jerky in X, and likewise in the console (gpm). I replaced it with another (almost new) wheel mouse, same story. So then I replaced that with a

Re: Debian CD Install Problems

2003-02-02 Thread Paul M Foster
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 11:03:08PM -0500, Paul M Foster wrote: > I purchased the Debian 3.0r1 CDs from Cheapbytes recently, and have been > unable to install from them. I had a similar thing happen with the 3.0 > CDs. Here's what happens: > > Debian boots from the first CD, asks questions as usua

Re: Disk formatting

2003-02-02 Thread Mike Dresser
On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, sean finney wrote: > mv /home /home.old > mount /dev/hdb5 /home I like your method a lot more than my own, but one minor note. Doesn't /home have to exist to mount on it? just throw a mkdir /home in the middle of there, and he should be all set. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: vim ":make" -- "unmatched `" error

2003-02-02 Thread will trillich
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 09:22:27PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030201 20:11]: > > <== blank line, here> > > Unmatched `. > > all up-to-date > > <== blank line, again> > > Hit ENTER or type command to continue

Re: Disk formatting

2003-02-02 Thread sean finney
heya, On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 08:30:51PM -0500, Jonathan Brandmeyer wrote: > Now, I found that /home has taken up almost all of /'s available space. > So, I created a new logical partion from some free space, as /dev/hdb5 > (~2GB) just wait, /var will probably be your next culprit :) > My quest

Re: Why is my parallel port busy? [SOLVED]

2003-02-02 Thread Steve Juranich
On 31 January 2003 at 12:45, "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the default setup I think doesn't enable an IRQ for the parallel port > which can cause problems on some systems, for 2.2.x kernels theres an > entry in /proc/parport/0/irq which you can set the irq, e.g. > echo 7 >/proc/parport/0/ir

Re: List of users from a certain group

2003-02-02 Thread Nick Hastings
* Neal Lippman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030203 07:40]: > On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 14:18, Jason Lunz wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > I have a group of users in my system just for mail, the name of that > > > group is "correo". > > > > > > My question is, how do I obtain a list of users from this

Re: Secure Relaying -- a start

2003-02-02 Thread Hendrik Sattler
will trillich wrote: > now if you get PAM to cooperate, let me know. > > plain: > driver = plaintext > public_name = BASIC > # $3 =~ s/:/::/g > # if pam($2:$3) {yes} else {no} > server_condition = ${if pam{$2:

Re: Disk formatting

2003-02-02 Thread Mike Dresser
On 2 Feb 2003, Jonathan Brandmeyer wrote: > Now, I found that /home has taken up almost all of /'s available space. > So, I created a new logical partion from some free space, as /dev/hdb5 > (~2GB) > > My question is: How can I format the new partition as ext3, and move > /home to it safely? I'll

Re: Migrate from RedHat to Debian

2003-02-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 01:44:10PM +, Jimbo De La Fuente ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > How long are Debian-releases supported (okay, with 'open' software you > can compile/write your own upgrades but that's not an option)? A given named release is supported until the second subsequent relea

Re: Help debugging package problems (again)

2003-02-02 Thread Bill Moseley
[back to list] On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Faheem Mitha wrote: > > ii libc6 2.3.1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and >Timezone data > > As I am sure hordes of people will shortly tell you, you have upgraded > to the libc6 in unstable. In general, not such a great idea. Now

Re: Secure Relaying -- a start

2003-02-02 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 02:14:28PM +, Ed Lawson wrote: > >will trillich wrote: > > > >> > >>yep. try uncommenting one of them (if it happens to refer to > >>/etc/exim/passwd then you need to set that up properly to > >>match) > >> > One more question...or two or three. i know how you feel. :)

Disk formatting

2003-02-02 Thread Jonathan Brandmeyer
When I installed Debian woody, I allocated only part of my available HD space to it, like this: hdb1: 512MB: / hdb2: 1GB: swap hdb3: 30GB: /usr free space: ~27GB Now, I found that /home has taken up almost all of /'s available space. So, I created a new logical partion from some free space, as /d

problems setting up ppp connection with ispwest

2003-02-02 Thread Faheem Mitha
Dear People, Anyone with experience setting up a ispwest ppp account on Debian? I thought I would give them a try since they offer a 15 day free trial account, but I'm having problems getting set up with pppconfig. My current ISP worked right out of the box with PAP. I suppose they support PAP, b

Re: Error with dpkg...???

2003-02-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 03:22:19PM -0600, Larry Shields wrote: > Not sure if anyone else has had this problem, but here's what I am now > getting when I use synaptic to install a package... > /var/lib/dpkg/status near line 2873 package wine-utils missing version... That indicates that /var/lib/dp

Re: Books

2003-02-02 Thread Nick Hastings
* Daniel L. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030131 12:28]: > Anybody got some recommendations for Debian books - books that have good > coverage of Debian-specific topics like APT and MODCONF? My fav. is th Rute book. sudo apt-get install rutebook Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4

Re: XFree86 display problems

2003-02-02 Thread Chad Johnson
I had to install the kernel source to do this, for which I used: apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18 I unzipped it and left it in /usr/src. Now when I try to do the step specified in the README for nvidia-kernel-src documentation, i.e., make-kpkg modules_image I get a message telling me that

Re: best way to disable journaling on ext3?

2003-02-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 12:45:39PM -0900, Britton wrote: > I recently got a new 80G ATA disk, and cloned my debian install onto an > ext3 journaled file system on it. Now some programs that move lots of > data seg fault sometimes, causing subsequent ls to hang or my machine to > lock up completely

Re: cdrecord: What does "BURN-Free is OFF" mean?

2003-02-02 Thread Paul E Condon
DvB wrote: Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: What else might be wrong? Googling reveals that my newer writer might be "ATAPI". Is this important in this context? I found a few rants about ATAPI. I couldn't make out whether the author(s) thought it was good, but poorly supported by Lin

Re: How to read DocBook file?

2003-02-02 Thread Mike M
On Sunday 02 February 2003 16:43, Kent West wrote: > Mike M wrote: > >On Sunday 02 February 2003 14:41, Kent West wrote: > >>Thanks for any hints. > > > >You could just read the email on this list with a subject of > >Re: Pon works; KPPP doesn't > > > >which I quote: > > > >Kent writes: > >> How ca

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 03:46:04PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > I really don't see how that can be true (though where is that orbiting > hotel, anyway?) Though replace the Howard Johnson's that sat across the space station lobby from the Hilton with a Tim Hortons. 8;o) If you don't get the jo

Re: Pon works; KPPP doesn't

2003-02-02 Thread Kent West
John Hasler wrote: Kent writes: I'm actually beginning to be a bit disappointed in kppp, thinking it maybe doesn't have this capability. Why do you want to use it? Because I'm setting this machine up for someone else who has already decided to use KDE and that "Internet Dialer" (KPP

Re: problem with xlibs?

2003-02-02 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 11:34:32PM +0200, Egor Tur wrote: > Hi folk. > I have this when compile some programme: > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a(XlibInt.o): In function `_XEventsQueued': > XlibInt.o(.text+0x76c): undefined reference to `pthread_equal' > XlibInt.o(.text+0x786): undefined reference to `p

Re: Gimp Print Problem

2003-02-02 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 03:42:10PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > My error, didn't read carefully. The entry > > text/plain txt printable(0,1024) > > is in /etc/cups/mime.types. I have restored the original version of > mime.convs which I saved before editing. > >

Preserving file attributes across upgrades

2003-02-02 Thread Stephen Gran
Hello all, I normally keep /usr/bin/cdrecord and /usr/bin/cdrdao as so: -rwxr-s---1 root cdrom This lets me add users to the cdrom group, so they can burn CDs as users, and I don't have to either give them the root password or set up sudo for these occasions. In the last couple of days,

Re: Recursively export NFS file systems

2003-02-02 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 02:13:05PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Aaron Isotton said: > > I want to export the whole file system of "zarathustra" via NFS to > > "osiris". What I am currently doing is this: > > > > aisotton@zarathustra:~$ cat /etc/exports > > # /etc/expo

Re: Desktop environment---what am I missing?

2003-02-02 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 06:42:41PM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 04:53:37PM -0500, Mike M wrote: > > > What email clients and browsers do you use? > > Window Manager -> blackbox I used to use it too. Window Manager -> fluxbox But my recent search in X manager re

Re: Pon works; KPPP doesn't

2003-02-02 Thread John Hasler
Kent writes: > Since /etc/ppp/options specifically says to not do this... Do it anyway. It's only a security risk for incoming connection. > That's assuming that kppp has some mechanism for doing so. I doubt that it does. > I'm actually beginning to be a bit disappointed in kppp, thinking it >

Re: best way to disable journaling on ext3?

2003-02-02 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"fsblk" == fsblk writes: fsblk> I suspect ext3 of possible causing crashes and would like fsblk> to know the best way to disable as much of it as possible fsblk> without reformatting my disk. Re-mount the devices as 'ext2' instead of 'ext3'. If you cleanly unmount/shutdown the s

Re: CD Burner and ide-scsi emulation

2003-02-02 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Bob" == Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bob> On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 10:34:46AM -0600, Shyamal Prasad Bob> wrote: >> >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200211/msg03316.html >> >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200211

Packages for Debian 3.0 (Alpha 13)

2003-02-02 Thread Adrian Bunk
I have prepared some packages that update some packages that are not or only in an older version in Debian 3.0r1. Please read [1] for more information (and read the FAQ before sending mails to me). I try my best to avoid problems with both installing these packages on Debian 3.0 and upgrading with

Re: How I partitioned my harddrive

2003-02-02 Thread Haralambos Geortgilakis
Hi Yall & Karsten, who now makes the claim, that Debian can create, whiter whites & Brighter Brightz Karsten M. Self wrote: Rinse, wash, and repeat for additional partitions. Peace. *LOL* Keep up the excellent werk dude :-) *BFN* Greek Geek :-) I've got a very bad feeling abou

Re: cdrecord: What does "BURN-Free is OFF" mean?

2003-02-02 Thread DvB
Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What else might be wrong? Googling reveals that my newer writer might be > "ATAPI". Is this important in this context? I found a few rants about > ATAPI. I couldn't make out whether the author(s) thought it was good, > but poorly supported by Linux, or b

Re: How I partitioned my harddrive

2003-02-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 08:54:46PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 2:50 AM > > > on Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 02:32:55AM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wr

apt-get upgrade problem sorted !!

2003-02-02 Thread Dave Selby
Ive done it after 2 weeks and I dont know how many hours !! As far as I understand it apt-get update loads files into /var/lib/dpkg/info about the packages and the md5 sums for those packages. I got a corrupted download, the md5 sums were never going to match. I hashed out debian.security

Re: CD Burner and ide-scsi emulation

2003-02-02 Thread Peppe
Yes: I have 2 atapi cd drives: - IDE cd-rw: /dev/scd0 - IDE cd-rom: /dev/scd1 to get to the second just mount /dev/sc0 /cdrom (or your mount point for cdrom) >So this means not to include ide-cd module? How does one get to the >second, non-burner CD ROM? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: best way to disable journaling on ext3?

2003-02-02 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Sunday 02 February 2003 22:45, Britton wrote: > I recently got a new 80G ATA disk, and cloned my debian install onto an > ext3 journaled file system on it. Now some programs that move lots of > data seg fault sometimes, causing subsequent ls to hang or my machine to > lock up completely. I thi

Re: How to read DocBook file?

2003-02-02 Thread Kent West
Mike M wrote: On Sunday 02 February 2003 14:41, Kent West wrote: KDE appears to generate the help documents from XML source on the fly when you click the help menu entries. Yeah, apparently you're right; I just didn't realize these files (/usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kppp) were the sam

Re: ACPI & USB (not) working simultaneously

2003-02-02 Thread Andrej Prsa
> Dear Debianists, > > Did anyone have any problems with ACPI and USB working simultaneously? I > am using 2.4.18-bf24 kernel under Woody 3.0r1. If ACPI is turned off, > USB works fine, but as soon as I turn ACPI on and APM off, USB stops > working(takeover failed message in /var/log/messages). I

Re: Building an IMAP server

2003-02-02 Thread Hans Wilmer
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 05:32:38PM +, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > >1.) performance: > > That's because all webmail clients are incredibly stupid. Because > HTTP is stateless, they connect to the IMAP server every time you > click on something. And every time the IMAP server has to open th

Re: best way to disable journaling on ext3?

2003-02-02 Thread sean finney
heya, disclaimer: i've never actually done this afaik ext3 is just ext2 with a journal tacked on. so that given, it should be really easy. replace all entries that say ext3 with ext2 in /etc/fstab, and you should be ready to go. just make sure you shutdown cleanly after doing so. i don't beli

Re: Mouse not aligned in X

2003-02-02 Thread Kent West
Jens Grivolla wrote: Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: "Kent" == Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kent> Just installed Woody. imps2 mouse on /dev/psaux works fine, except Kent> that the "sweet spot" where the click takes place is off-centered Kent> to the left of whe

Re: Which kernel-image for a Via Ezra chip?

2003-02-02 Thread Kent West
Rob Weir wrote: On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 07:50:58AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 22:55, Kent West wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 16:50, Kent West wrote: Got a Walmart Microtel $300 computer with a Via Ezra microprocessor. I want to up

Re: How to read DocBook file?

2003-02-02 Thread Kent West
Sean Burlington wrote: Kent West wrote: I'm trying to find out how to set "noauth" globally in kppp (or at least let a normal user set it), but apparently KDE's documentation is in docbook format, and is quite unreadable in all the editors/word processors/browsers I've tried (gedit, kedit, n

Re: XFree86 display problems

2003-02-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 09:00:11PM +0100, Joakim Hove wrote: > Another tip when you are battling X startup problems: > > bash% startx 2> /tmp/x.error > > will send standard error to a file, so you can view this in peace. What will this file contain, that /var/log/XFree86.log does not? I've se

samba + windows 2000, windows XP

2003-02-02 Thread Matic Koncan
Title: Message Hello.   I am using Debian 3.0 (woody), stable with samba 2.2.3a-12 - Debian.   I have a problem with setting PDC with my samba server for Windows 2000 or XP. I have used the same configuration (smb.conf, smbpasswd, passwd, shadow) as in other Slackware server I had (running S

Re: Error with dpkg...???

2003-02-02 Thread Donald Spoon
Larry Shields wrote: Not sure if anyone else has had this problem, but here's what I am now getting when I use synaptic to install a package... /var/lib/dpkg/status near line 2873 package wine-utils missing version... According to synaptic of installed packages, I do not have 'wine-utils' inst

best way to disable journaling on ext3?

2003-02-02 Thread Britton
Short story: I suspect ext3 of possible causing crashes and would like to know the best way to disable as much of it as possible without reformatting my disk. Longer story: I recently got a new 80G ATA disk, and cloned my debian install onto an ext3 journaled file system on it. Now some progra

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 07:13:02AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We're now farther away from 2001 than Arthur C. Clarke > and Stanley Kubrick was in 1968. I really don't see how that can be true (though where is that orbiting hotel, anyway?) -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAI

Re: installation problem

2003-02-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 08:28:21AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi ! > > I am in the process [6th attempt] of trying to install/configure Debian > 3.0 - this particular attempt is via LXF Cover disk but even with my previous > attempts; using both DVD and CD-ROM media the outcome has

Re: How to read DocBook file?

2003-02-02 Thread Kent West
Mike M wrote: On Sunday 02 February 2003 14:41, Kent West wrote: Thanks for any hints. You could just read the email on this list with a subject of Re: Pon works; KPPP doesn't which I quote: Kent writes: How can I set this option, either globally for all users for all dial-up accou

Re: Pon works; KPPP doesn't

2003-02-02 Thread Kent West
John Hasler wrote: Kent writes: How can I set this option, either globally for all users for all dial-up accounts,... By editing /etc/ppp/options and replacing 'auth' with 'noauth'. Thanks for the reply; I should have been more specific. Since /etc/ppp/options specifically says to no

Re: CD Burner and ide-scsi emulation

2003-02-02 Thread Elijah
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 04:51, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 10:34:46AM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > "Thomas" == Thomas Nyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Thomas> Hi Am an old SuSEr that has just switched to Debian. Can > > Thomas> someone give me a helping hand

problem with xlibs?

2003-02-02 Thread Egor Tur
Hi folk. I have this when compile some programme: /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a(XlibInt.o): In function `_XEventsQueued': XlibInt.o(.text+0x76c): undefined reference to `pthread_equal' XlibInt.o(.text+0x786): undefined reference to `pthread_equal' XlibInt.o(.text+0x7a1): undefined reference to `pthread_

Re: cdrecord: What does "BURN-Free is OFF" mean?

2003-02-02 Thread Paul E Condon
What else might be wrong? Googling reveals that my newer writer might be "ATAPI". Is this important in this context? I found a few rants about ATAPI. I couldn't make out whether the author(s) thought it was good, but poorly supported by Linux, or bad in itself. How should the setups for these t

Error with dpkg...???

2003-02-02 Thread Larry Shields
Not sure if anyone else has had this problem, but here's what I am now getting when I use synaptic to install a package... /var/lib/dpkg/status near line 2873 package wine-utils missing version... According to synaptic of installed packages, I do not have 'wine-utils' installed, but at one time

RE: help needed with Samsung 900NF trinitron monitor and X11

2003-02-02 Thread Victor
I'll try this... Keep u posted. -Original Message- From: Aaron Isotton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 1:05 PM To: Victor Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: help needed with Samsung 900NF trinitron monitor and X11 "Victor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does a

broken dependencies after trying to get amaya compiling

2003-02-02 Thread Joris Huizer
Hello everybody, I had a look around via google but this is a rather specific prob so that's probably why I don't find anything relevant on it. I made some stupid mistake - instead of trying apt-get I installed packages from debian directly from the internet. It's because they say I need libglib

Re: XFree86 display problems

2003-02-02 Thread Mike Dresser
On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Chad Johnson wrote: > I have done that, but X still fails to start. > > Chad Take a look at /usr/share/doc/, there should be two folders under there for those two packages, telling you what to do next. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: XFree86 display problems

2003-02-02 Thread Chad Johnson
I have done that, but X still fails to start. Chad John Mitchell wrote: On Sunday 02 February 2003 14:33, Chad Johnson wrote: So where exactly would I go to get these drivers? I know they have GNU/Linux drivers posted on NVIDIA's website, but they are packaged as RPMs - I was under the assu

Re: How to read DocBook file?

2003-02-02 Thread Mike M
On Sunday 02 February 2003 14:41, Kent West wrote: > I'm trying to find out how to set "noauth" globally in kppp (or at least > let a normal user set it), but apparently KDE's documentation is in > docbook format, and is quite unreadable in all the editors/word > processors/browsers I've tried (ged

Re: CD Burner and ide-scsi emulation

2003-02-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 10:34:46AM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Thomas" == Thomas Nyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thomas> Hi Am an old SuSEr that has just switched to Debian. Can > Thomas> someone give me a helping hand getting hy hdc cd-rom > Thomas> burner working with i

Re: Gimp Print Problem

2003-02-02 Thread Thomas H. George
My error, didn't read carefully. The entry text/plain txt printable(0,1024) is in /etc/cups/mime.types. I have restored the original version of mime.convs which I saved before editing. Frustrating. It seems like everything is in order. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: How to read DocBook file?

2003-02-02 Thread Mike M
On Sunday 02 February 2003 14:41, Kent West wrote: > I'm trying to find out how to set "noauth" globally in kppp (or at least > let a normal user set it), but apparently KDE's documentation is in > docbook format, and is quite unreadable in all the editors/word > processors/browsers I've tried (ged

Re: Recursively export NFS file systems

2003-02-02 Thread Robert Epprecht
Aaron Isotton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to export the whole file system of "zarathustra" via NFS to > "osiris". > > The problem is that when I mount / on osiris, it will not mount the > file systems which are mounted into / on zarathustra (for example > /usr, /var, /boot and so on). I

Re: Pon works; KPPP doesn't

2003-02-02 Thread John Hasler
Kent writes: > How can I set this option, either globally for all users for all dial-up > accounts,... By editing /etc/ppp/options and replacing 'auth' with 'noauth'. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

Konqueror and tar.gz

2003-02-02 Thread Jeetu Golani
Hello, Lemme first express condolences and grief with regards the tragic loss of the crew members aboard Columbia. I think they were a very courageous lot to undertake the risks for the advancement of mankind. Pray that God looks after them and their families. I've noticed a behaviour within K

Re: XFree86 display problems

2003-02-02 Thread John Mitchell
On Sunday 02 February 2003 14:33, Chad Johnson wrote: > So where exactly would I go to get these drivers? I know they have > GNU/Linux drivers posted on NVIDIA's website, but they are packaged as > RPMs - I was under the assumption that Debian used a different packaging > method, namely DEB. Am I

Re: How to read DocBook file?

2003-02-02 Thread Sean Burlington
Kent West wrote: I'm trying to find out how to set "noauth" globally in kppp (or at least let a normal user set it), but apparently KDE's documentation is in docbook format, and is quite unreadable in all the editors/word processors/browsers I've tried (gedit, kedit, nedit, vi, abiword, OOo, M

Re: XFree86 display problems

2003-02-02 Thread Joakim Hove
> I was under the assumption that Debian used a different > packaging method, namely DEB. That is correct! > can Debian use the RPMs from that site? I can not speak for these particular packages, but I have at least had good experience with "alien" on the video drivers for my videocard (which

Re: List of users from a certain group

2003-02-02 Thread Neal Lippman
On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 14:18, Jason Lunz wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > I have a group of users in my system just for mail, the name of that > > group is "correo". > > > > My question is, how do I obtain a list of users from this group? > > $ apt-get install members > $ members correo > > J

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