Re: Howto auto unpack/read "README.Debian.gz" ?

Hi, On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 06:41:59AM +, Joao Pedro Clemente wrote: > > AS I've seen some of these files after installing some packages, > as since they are not unpacked by apt-get, I am wondering > if there isn't a "smart" way of reading this instead of > unpacking first... > >

(Newbie) Knoppix.

I didn't want to butt onto someone else's thread, I hope I did this the right way 8-) I have tried the Knoppix CD to test out some SiS 900 driver and DHCP problems on my daughter's computer. Even though it didn't work, I was very impressed by Knoppix. I have some questions: 1) I suppose the bes

Re: Howto auto unpack/read "README.Debian.gz" ?

Joao Pedro Clemente said: > > AS I've seen some of these files after installing some packages, as since > they are not unpacked by apt-get, I am wondering if there isn't a "smart" > way of reading this instead of unpacking first... > > I wonder if, for instance, "less" could automatically unpack it

libpng version confusion

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 OK lately I've been getting this error message and images not appearing in some programmes. libpng warning: Application was compiled with png.h from libpng-1.2.1 libpng warning: Application is running with png.c from libpng-1.0.12 I know this is bec

Howto auto unpack/read "README.Debian.gz" ?

AS I've seen some of these files after installing some packages, as since they are not unpacked by apt-get, I am wondering if there isn't a "smart" way of reading this instead of unpacking first... I wonder if, for instance, "less" could automatically unpack it for showing it (Is that what that "

Re: Newbie administrator

On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 15:09, Will Trillich wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 02:39:35PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > > * Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030227 04:33]: > > > > > Is there a good book for beginner admin's like me? > > > > apt-get install rutebook > > > > under woody i get > > #

Re: Downloading Debian -Latest Release

On Saturday 01 March 2003 09:05 pm, jim tate wrote: > Using jigdo-bin-0.6.9 , what is the best and complete URL to use. > I have went to debian /CD site for URL's but nothing works. When I used jigdo, I thought you could search for URLs from within the client. It was a Windows client, though, if

Re: New Kernel - No Network

On Saturday 01 March 2003 11:51 pm, Vince Turzo wrote: I'm still trying to get connected with 2.4.20, while 2.2.22 connects without problems. My debian system is on a lan. The ifconfig screens look the same, except that eth0 has no IP address in 2.4.20, which leads me to believe that the dhcp is no

Re: [OT] Complaint

Craig Dickson was roused into action on 2003-02-27 01:50 and wrote: [snip] yourself and submit it)? As with the filtering question that started this thread, improving your client (or replacing it with a better one) is a better solution than demanding that the rest of the world bend over backward fo

Re: Couple of more questions.

- Original Message - From: "Sebastiaan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 8:56 AM Subject: Re: Couple of more questions. > Hi, > > On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Kent West wrote: > > > > > > >Second. My ISP is a log on ASDL provider. That means I have to us

Re: Couple of more questions.

> Teilhard Knight wrote: > > >First, I have been told that some Win Modems can be made to work under > >Debian. I have a plain Lucent Win Modem. Can you help me to try to install > >it? > > > > > http://www.linmodems.org > Just above the "Rationale" section is a Lucent/Agere modem resources >

CUPS - HP Deskjet 952C

I have an HP Deskjet 952C attached to my USB on a Debian stable (Woody) box. I'm trying to set up my printer using the browser interface. First question: should I be using the "HP DeskJet Series CUPS v1.1 (en)" model or the "HP New DeskJet Series CUPS v1.1 (en)" model? Second question: when I speci

RE: New Kernel - No Network

I'm still trying to get connected with 2.4.20, while 2.2.22 connects without problems. My debian system is on a lan. The ifconfig screens look the same, except that eth0 has no IP address in 2.4.20, which leads me to believe that the dhcp is not enabled in the new kernel. I'm not sure how to troubl

Re: apt-get, KDE, and gnomemeeting

On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 17:04, sport woman wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to run gnomemeeting(version greater than > 0.12) and Debian KDE at the same time, but when I try > to upgrade gnomemeeting (I only find upgrades from > USA/unstable), I get (from apt-get install) a message > saying that in order

Re: Note

> On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 05:50, Barry deFreese wrote: > > Teilhard Knight wrote: > > > > >Just to let you know that I do not seem to be able to get through the list > > >my replies to the people who is helping me. Only fresh posts show. ??? > > > > > >Teilhard Knight > > >The Extraterrestrial > > >

Re: Network booting with Grub

On Saturday 01 March 2003 06:04 pm, nate wrote: > Hello! > > I was curious if anyone had any experiences they could share with > me network booting a x86 machine with debian 3.0 configured to > be 'diskless'. I'm lookin to set up a machine or 2 for this. I > have TFTP and DHCP already, about to com

Re: Couple of more questions.

Teilhard Knight wrote: [...] >Second. My ISP is a log on ASDL provider. That means I have to use my >Ethernet card and log with a username and a password. I do not have a static >IP, but everytime a log I am assigned one (dynamic). Any way to configure >this in Debian? My "card" (it is built in th

Re: ICQ behind router/firewall [SOLVED]

On March 1, 2003 10:09 am, ScruLoose wrote: > On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 09:01:43AM -0800, Leo Spalteholz wrote: > > On February 28, 2003 11:09 pm, ScruLoose wrote: > > > Well, I went to apt-get.org and found a place to get Licq as a > > > .deb, and it works like a charm, straight outta the box. I >

Re: Unidentified subject!

debian_newbie wrote: Hello Everybody, How do I change the number of times I can boot up before fsck does a complete file system check? It does it on my Woody machine every 20 times. Also, I'm using ext3 filesystem. isn't it a journalized fs? I thought journalized filesystems didn't have to be fsck

Downloading Debian -Latest Release

Using jigdo-bin-0.6.9 , what is the best and complete URL to use. I have went to debian /CD site for URL's but nothing works. Thanks Jim Tate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Unidentified subject!

Hello Everybody, How do I change the number of times I can boot up before fsck does a complete file system check? It does it on my Woody machine every 20 times. Also, I'm using ext3 filesystem. isn't it a journalized fs? I thought journalized filesystems didn't have to be fscked? -- debian_newbi

Network booting with Grub

Hello! I was curious if anyone had any experiences they could share with me network booting a x86 machine with debian 3.0 configured to be 'diskless'. I'm lookin to set up a machine or 2 for this. I have TFTP and DHCP already, about to compile grub with network support. sofar I'm lookin at this d

Re: Error msg :VFS: limit exceeded

Phil said: > My first Debian machine, running potato, used for experimentation and > storing files displayed an error message at the consle logon screen that > went something like: > > Login: VFS: files open exceeded 4096 > > and then I couldn't login rebooting solved the problem . . .so far. wh

Re: apt-get, KDE, and gnomemeeting

sport woman wrote: Hi Donald, Thanks for letting me know that I'm not the only one having this problem! Your solution of trying to compile the application from the source myself is one I'll try. You have more courage than I! I am not as comfortable with "back-porting" as others. I generally

AW: pppd problem...

route gives k6:~# route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 62.53.142.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 192.168.0.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH1 00 tap0 default *

AW: pppd problem...

Sorry, but how do I get rid of the "tap0" default route? Chris Dr.-Ing. Christof Hurschler Bodenstedtstr. 13 D-30173 Hannover [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0511 8039970 0172 5946909 > -Ursprungliche Nachricht- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Samstag, 1. Marz 2003 20:

RE: Newbie administrator

someone please shut him up. McEwan Family On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 14:09:41 -0600 Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- Begin Message --- On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 02:39:35PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > * Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030227 04:33]: > > > Is there a good book for beginner admin's l

Re: netgear ma311 recognized but not working on testing

DvB wrote: Please CC me on all replies, since I'm not currently subscribed to the list. I just got a netgear ma311 wireless network card and, after compiling a 2.4.20 kernel with the necessary hermes PCI/PCMCIA drivers (and just about every other wireless driver I could find, for that matter), I g

Re: Power off

On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 11:16:46AM +0100, daniel huhardeaux wrote: > > I have 4 computers running kernel 2.4.18 or 2.4.19 and all of them, when > I ask to power down, *never* really dot it. They stay switch on with > last message on the screen "power down" It's a problem for one of them > which

Re: apt-get, KDE, and gnomemeeting

Hi Donald, Thanks for letting me know that I'm not the only one having this problem! Your solution of trying to compile the application from the source myself is one I'll try. > I guess a third choice would be to upgrade to a SID > system completely, but you have to risk the chances > of brea

Re: New To Debian - Couple of Questions

On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 15:33, Joe Giles wrote: > List, > > I am new to Debian and have a couple of generic questions. I have used > Red Hat for years and I'm fairly comfortable with Linux. Here are some > questions I have: > > 1> Is there a facility like Red Hat(up2date) where I can update package

Dselect and apt problems

I'm having problems updating my software list for dselect. Under the debian documentation, if I got anything wrong, to update my dselect list by using iso cd's i made of Woody r3, I would go -> apt-cdrom add ..which is succesful for all 7 that i got. the etc/apt/sources.lst gets

Re: X fonts dead after upgrade

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 8:42 pm, Alex Malinovich wrote: > My XF86Config did get updated but the fontpath lines weren't changed. > After some testing, I think I've found the problem though I don't know > how to find any more information on it. Apparent

Failure while configuring base packages

Hi, I've posted about this before, but the thread got hijacked by someone off-topic, and I have more info than before... I'm trying to install Debian on a PC with a Promise Ultra 100 controller. The onboard controller is hda - hdd and the Promise controller is hde - hdh. I've tried using bot

Error msg :VFS: limit exceeded

My first Debian machine, running potato, used for experimentation and storing files displayed an error message at the consle logon screen that went something like: Login: VFS: files open exceeded 4096 and then I couldn't login rebooting solved the problem . . .so far. what was tat about? -

Re: Newbie administrator

On Saturday 01 March 2003 22:51, Nathan E Norman wrote: > Will: think recursively in order to answer both questions. For there to be a reasonable use of recursion it has to have a stopping condition. GNU and RUTE does not have a stopping condition, hence it is not reasonable to use any of them.

Re: Debian security support for older versions

On Saturday 01 March 2003 22:44, Nathan E Norman wrote: > I don't think you could have chosen a worse analogy. Read the thread again. I was replying to Paul Johnson who could not understand that people can need security support for more than three years. To you I would say that Moores law relate

Question regarding (Zope) backports to stable

Hi, Zope 2.6.1 recently made it into unstable. I am currently setting up a zope server for use in an ISP environment, since zope 2.6.1 is the latest stable version that is what I'd like to use. The main reason is that some of the zope packages that I'd like to use have only been tested with 2.6.

Re: apt-get, KDE, and gnomemeeting

sport woman wrote: Hi, I'm trying to run gnomemeeting(version greater than 0.12) and Debian KDE at the same time, but when I try to upgrade gnomemeeting (I only find upgrades from USA/unstable), I get (from apt-get install) a message saying that in order to do this, it has to get rid of KDE. (I'm

Re: Problem with Mysql - Perl 5.8

Debian User wrote: > Need some advice here, I installed Perl 5.8.0 on my Debian box, on top > of the Debian Perl package 5.6.1 > > Perl seems to work, but I tried to install the DBD::mysql bundle and am > running into errors telling me mysql_config cannot be found. It's really not a good idea t

Re: New To Debian - Couple of Questions

Joe Giles ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > 1> Is there a facility like Red Hat(up2date) where I can update packages > on my system? Will apt-get work? Apt-get is totally more flexible than up2date. I'm a recent convert from RedHat. In fact, I've just completed transitioning my four home network boxe

Re: New To Debian - Couple of Questions

Joe Giles writes: > The jigdo app is what Debian recommends on their website for getting the > ISO's. Never thought about using apt for that though... If you have a wideband connection just install the base system and then do a network install. That way you won't be downloading anything you don't

Re: New Cups printer problem

On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 03:15:55PM -0600, Donald Spoon wrote: > Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > >Printer is an HP DeckJet 940C > >Driver is Foomatic-hpijs downloaded from www.linuxprinting.org > > > >A print test from localhost:631 or from kde prints nothing. > > > >cat printtest.txt > /dev/lp0 prints

Re: New To Debian - Couple of Questions

Oh good.. I tried to use kernels from Kernel.org on Red Hat, but like I mentioned I believe they add THEIR patches and various upgrades to the kernel which made it difficult to upgrade... I am fairly familiar with apt-get, so that will be nice to use. The jigdo app is what Debian recommends on th

Re: New Kernel - No Network

On Sat, 01 Mar 2003, Svenn Are Bjerkem wrote: > On Saturday 01 March 2003 19:08, Nathan Malmberg wrote: > > The network modules should come with the kernel image package, but > > rather than in the "net" directory of the 2.2 kernels, the 2.4 kernels > > place them in "kernel/drivers/net". > > Yeah

Re: New To Debian - Couple of Questions

High, On 1 Mar 2003, Joe Giles wrote: > List, > > I am new to Debian and have a couple of generic questions. I have used > Red Hat for years and I'm fairly comfortable with Linux. Here are some > questions I have: > > 1> Is there a facility like Red Hat(up2date) where I can update packages > on m

apt-get, KDE, and gnomemeeting

Hi, I'm trying to run gnomemeeting(version greater than 0.12) and Debian KDE at the same time, but when I try to upgrade gnomemeeting (I only find upgrades from USA/unstable), I get (from apt-get install) a message saying that in order to do this, it has to get rid of KDE. (I'm running the 2.4.18

Re: New To Debian - Couple of Questions

* Joe Giles ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > List, > > I am new to Debian and have a couple of generic questions. I have used > Red Hat for years and I'm fairly comfortable with Linux. Here are some > questions I have: > > 1> Is there a facility like Red Hat(up2date) where I can update packages > on

Re: Newbie administrator

On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 09:31:56PM +0100, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: > On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 14:09:41 -0600, Will Trillich wrote: > > as i recall, mr. sheer had the source online for critique and i asked him > > what "rute" was in "R ute U sers T utorial and E xposition" and he just > > sent me a

Re: secondary root account

On Saturday 01 March 2003 17:07, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > Sure, you can attempt to detect such changes. However, if as > you say "suits never trust geeks" (which I personally disagree with) > then all the more reason to use sudo. As long as there is a need to know 'who did what' among more equal

Re: Debian security support for older versions

On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 12:59:11PM +0100, Svenn Are Bjerkem wrote: > On Friday 28 February 2003 11:26, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Why is obscelesence somehow a surprise to people? > > Because you don't expect your vacuum cleaner to > need a new hose every 3 years... ? I don't think you could have ch

Re: New Kernel - No Network

On Saturday 01 March 2003 19:08, Nathan Malmberg wrote: > The network modules should come with the kernel image package, but > rather than in the "net" directory of the 2.2 kernels, the 2.4 kernels > place them in "kernel/drivers/net". Yeah, you're right. There is no rtl8139.o driver in my .../net

New To Debian - Couple of Questions

List, I am new to Debian and have a couple of generic questions. I have used Red Hat for years and I'm fairly comfortable with Linux. Here are some questions I have: 1> Is there a facility like Red Hat(up2date) where I can update packages on my system? Will apt-get work? 2> Is the Kernal hacked

Re: netgear ma311 recognized but not working on testing

I am using MA311 PCI card, Debian Testing, 2.4.20 kernel and linux-wlan-ng downloaded from linux-wlan.org. Works like a charm. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Laptop (PCMCIA) NIC Suggestions for Woody Stable

On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 11:48:45PM -0500, M. Kirchhoff wrote: [ please don't top post; it makes your email hard to read and destroys all context for the reader ] > Well, I picked up a card for free from a friend. It is the following, > and I cannot get it to work under Woody: > > Compaq Netelli

Re: Debian security support for older versions

On Saturday 01 March 2003 16:07, Paul Johnson wrote: > Software != household appliances They are placed next to each other in many stores. Now even grocery stores offer PC's. Milk, eggs and XP2003 ... Darwin says: Adopt or die. Svenn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: New Cups printer problem

Thomas H. George,,, wrote: Printer is an HP DeckJet 940C Driver is Foomatic-hpijs downloaded from www.linuxprinting.org A print test from localhost:631 or from kde prints nothing. cat printtest.txt > /dev/lp0 prints the simple text file though it must be manually ejected. less /var/log/cups/erro

Re: adding eth1

On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 10:57:56AM +0100, Rudy Gevaert wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:53:33PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > First, I have to mention that I hate rtl8139 cards :-) However, if it > > works for you ... > > Why? The source code for the driver used to have a big blurb explai

Problem with Mysql - Perl 5.8

Need some advice here, I installed Perl 5.8.0 on my Debian box, on top of the Debian Perl package 5.6.1 Perl seems to work, but I tried to install the DBD::mysql bundle and am running into errors telling me mysql_config cannot be found. So I figured something was wrong with Mysql and I upgraded

Re: pppd problem...

Duly noted. Thanks for the info. --Todd On 01 Mar 2003 14:21:07 -0600 John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Todd writes: > > Or, if you don't need any other name resolution, back up the > > original resolv.conf, and make /etc/resolv.conf a symlink to > > /etc/ppp/resolv.conf. > > This is tak

Apache-SSL Encrypted Key Woes

Hi, I've recently installed Apache-SSL package and am playing around with keys and I thought I'd try an encrypted key on for size. The problem is, when I start apache-sslctl start - it starts, and asks me for the PEM Passphrase for the key. I enter the wrong key, it says I'm wrong, I enter the r

Re: X fonts dead after upgrade

On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 08:27, Alan Chandler wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 9:22 am, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > I just did a Sid upgrade yesterday, and now all of my basic X apps and, > > apparently, all of my GTK1 apps are using REALLY REALLY ug

Re: Power off

acpi is a new standard in power management that is more under the control of the OS than the bios. if acpi is enabled, you should have things like ac_adapter, battery, etc under /proc/acpi. or you can check dmesg and whether you can see ACPI related messages, you should see messages like "batte

Re: crontab just wont stop mailing ... !

On Saturday 01 March 2003 3:05 am, Bob Proulx wrote: > Dave Selby wrote: > > Every so oftern it decides to mail its output, it does not know where it > > is supposed to mail, starts a ppp link and talks to the web. > > > > Jan 30 07:24:01 debian anacron[249]: Job `cron.weekly' terminated > > (maili

Re: Subdomain - node ?

On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:49:28PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:47:59PM +, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > > Works just fine, you do need a seperate IP address per vhost though. > > No, you don't, it's just slightly easier if you do. I used to do this > myself, thou

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 13:54, Craig Dickson wrote: > Sebastiaan wrote: > > > Yes: rm /var/cache/apt/archives/* > > > > You usually update packages only, or install it once. You won't harm your > > system if you remove the old packages. If it is needed, the packages will > > be downloaded again. >

Re: [OT] Learning PERL

How bout " Elements of Programming with Perl" by Manning. "Andrew L. Johnson" I am half way through it and I also have that Progamming Perl Camel book that was way too hard to start on, but this other book is very easy to understand. I haven't yet looked at the Learning Perl book. -DU Thors

New Cups printer problem

Printer is an HP DeckJet 940C Driver is Foomatic-hpijs downloaded from www.linuxprinting.org A print test from localhost:631 or from kde prints nothing. cat printtest.txt > /dev/lp0 prints the simple text file though it must be manually ejected. less /var/log/cups/error_log ends in multiple line

Re: Newbie administrator

On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 14:09:41 -0600, Will Trillich wrote: > as i recall, mr. sheer had the source online for critique and i asked him > what "rute" was in "R ute U sers T utorial and E xposition" and he just > sent me a smiley. > > i'm guessing it's a homonym with a spelling different enough to

Re: Mutt 1.5.x packages for Sarge?

On 3468 September 1993, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > Does anyone have or know where to get some 1.5.x mutt packages that will > work on woody? http://people.debian.org/~nobse/debian/woody/backported/mutt/ Or in your sources.list: deb http://people.debian.org/~nobse/debian/woody/backported/ ./

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 12:58, Sebastian D.B. Krause wrote: > On 3468 September 1993, Alan Chandler wrote: > > My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files. > > I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2). > > > > Is there a command

Re: pppd problem...

Don Spoon writes: > All you have to do is enter your ISP "username" when asked, not your > E-Mail address as you did. Some ISPs want the entire email address. > It looks like your modem is working OK and getting the necessary info > from your ISP (IP, DNS, etc). He wouldn't be getting as far as

Re: pppd problem...

Todd writes: > Or, if you don't need any other name resolution, back up the original > resolv.conf, and make /etc/resolv.conf a symlink to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf. This is taken care of automatically (though in a different fashion) by scripts that are enabled by selecting 'Dynamic' in the 'Configure

Re: Newbie administrator

On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 02:39:35PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > * Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030227 04:33]: > > > Is there a good book for beginner admin's like me? > > apt-get install rutebook under woody i get # apt-get install rutebook Reading Package Lists... Done

Re: Newbie administrator

On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 09:57:29AM -0500, Mike Dresser wrote: > On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Robert Storey wrote: > > > Considering all the subdirectories in /home, it would probably be better to do > > this: > > > > chmod -R 700 /home/* > > What if you don't want to make all files executable writable

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

Sebastiaan wrote: > Yes: rm /var/cache/apt/archives/* > > You usually update packages only, or install it once. You won't harm your > system if you remove the old packages. If it is needed, the packages will > be downloaded again. Not if it isn't in the repository anymore. It's nice to be able t

Re: Exim error

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 03:21:45PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Eduardo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030225 11:08]: > > Hi people, my exim (now after some more configurations done) I'm > > receving this kind of error in my exim log. > > Any knows what is this ? > > > > > > 2003-02-25 13:38:08 18nE7f-0

Re: pppd problem...

Christof Hurschler wrote: Hi, I've tried, but can't seem to figure out how to get this working. Yes, I'm a newbie. I'm running Woody, and made the following config file with pppconfig # This optionfile was generated by pppconfig 2.0.10. # # hide-password noauth connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/

Re: pppd problem...

Or, if you don't need any other name resolution, back up the original resolv.conf, and make /etc/resolv.conf a symlink to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf. That way you'll track any changes to the DNS servers automatically. Note: I haven't done this on Debian - I'm assuming Deb ppp is no different than other L

scanport

hi, i don't really know, if this is the right thing to report a "maybe-bug" to, or if i'd rather contact the author? but, when i use scanport, i get the first line of the output: "The following devices are registerd above 0x100:" and then i get a Segmentation fault. i must admit, i have no clue co

Re: Debian Sound issue - Cannot load libvorbisfile file

On Saturday, March 01, 2003 09:25 am, Seneca wrote: > On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 08:13:19AM -0500, Subba Rao wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/sounds$ play phone.wav > > playing phone.wav > > sox: error while loading shared libraries: libvorbisfile.so.0: cannot > > open shared object file: No su

Mutt 1.5.x packages for Sarge?

Does anyone have or know where to get some 1.5.x mutt packages that will work on woody? TIA. -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

adding eth1

Folks, Thank you all for your replies. It has been a great help to me. I just added the second NIC (sorry, it is a PCI-type, forgot to mention this) and guess what? The system recognizes it at once. Normally I have to do lots of things to get the job done. This time, well prepared, I have to

netgear ma311 recognized but not working on testing

Please CC me on all replies, since I'm not currently subscribed to the list. I just got a netgear ma311 wireless network card and, after compiling a 2.4.20 kernel with the necessary hermes PCI/PCMCIA drivers (and just about every other wireless driver I could find, for that matter), I got my test

Re: pppd problem...

Christof Hurschler writes: > Mar 1 18:58:38 k6 pppd[682]: not replacing existing default route to tap0 This is your problem. You most likely do not need that default route at all. Get rid of it. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: use of spamassassin and razor

On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 05:35:11PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > got that. one more question. how do i make some messages bypass spamd? > like for instance, as i understand, debian mailing lists are anyway > scanned for spam using spamassassin. > > how and where do i tell spamassassin that 'do

Re: Monitor problems

On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 07:41:23PM +0100, Tom wrote: > Hi all, > > Since my reinstall of Debian last weekend, I'm having problems with my > monitor (as the subject already suggested :-/). Thing is, X starts up > gracefully (nVidia; gdm), when I exit my WM however, my monitor yields > an "out of ra

Re: pppd problem...

On 3468 September 1993, Christof Hurschler wrote: > I can connect with pon, but lynx and konquerer can't locate any > hosts that I try to open. Can you ping hosts? Perhaps it's just a DNS problem. $ cat /etc/resolv.conf > Mar 1 18:58:38 k6 pppd[682]: primary DNS address 62.53.142.30 > Mar 1 1

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

On Saturday 01 March 2003 1:27 pm, Alan Chandler wrote: >My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb > files. I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its >always 2). >Is there a command to shrink it? apt-get clean works for me. Jeff Elkins http

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of > .deb files. I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks > like its always 2). > > Is there a command to shrink it? "apt-get clean" and "apt-get autoclean" , |

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

On 3468 September 1993, Alan Chandler wrote: > My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files. > I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2). > > Is there a command to shrink it? rm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Power off

-- daniel huhardeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Saturday, 01 March 2003, 11:16 AM +0100): > I have 4 computers running kernel 2.4.18 or 2.4.19 and all of them, when > I ask to power down, *never* really dot it. They stay switch on with > last message on the screen "power down" It's a problem f

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

Hi, On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Alan Chandler wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files. > I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2). > > Is there a command to shrink it? >

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

Alan Chandler wrote: My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files. I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2). Is there a command to shrink it? 'apt-get autoclean' will get rid of the duplicate ones[or more precisely all debs th

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

Alan Chandler said: > > Is there a command to shrink it? apt-get clean apt-get autoclean (see apt-get manpage) nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Monitor problems

Hi all, Since my reinstall of Debian last weekend, I'm having problems with my monitor (as the subject already suggested :-/). Thing is, X starts up gracefully (nVidia; gdm), when I exit my WM however, my monitor yields an "out of range"-error. It's refresh rates are too high then, although I made

Re: Power off

Jon Dowland wrote: [...] I had the same problem until I recompiled my kernel with ASPI support ACPI? -- : __ __ __ __ __ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] : /_// __ // __ //_// __ // / phone.: +48 32 285 4554 : / / / /_/ // /_/ / / / / /_/ // / fax: +48 32 285 4554

pppd problem...

Hi, I've tried, but can't seem to figure out how to get this working. Yes, I'm a newbie. I'm running Woody, and made the following config file with pppconfig # This optionfile was generated by pppconfig 2.0.10. # # hide-password noauth connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/debitel.net"

Re: Power off

Leo Spalteholz wrote: [...] I think you need to enable Advanced power management. Its disabled by default.. I think the -apm flag at boot will enable it. Or you can recompile your kernel with support enabled. *It's* enabled. Change nothing on 2 computers (notebook and NoName) but the 2 o

/var/cache/apt/archives is big

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files. I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2). Is there a command to shrink it? - -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNAT

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