Re: X and Intel I810 video card

2004-09-20 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:09:26 +1000, Greg Vickers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to running X and I'm having a problem getting the I810 video card > on this D845GLVA motherboard to run at 1280x1024 on my 17" TFT monitor: > > I've got this line in my XFree86 > SubSection "Display"

Re: Upgrade to sarge from woody box not using apt-get

2004-09-20 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:59:29 -0700, Cole S. Ashcraft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to install / upgrade to sarge from a debian box running > woody without using apt-get? I have glibc2.3 instsalled. > Do you mean without a net connection? Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

long logout times

2004-09-20 Thread Rob Benton
Just installed from a new sarge cd. I'm noticing on the virtual terminals 2-6 that loginng out takes up to a minute. I'm not sure what's going on here. Got one message from init after logging out: INIT: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes This shows up in /var/log/auth.log: Sep

Re: sharing a printer with windows

2004-09-20 Thread Alexandros Papadopoulos
On Tuesday 21 September 2004 08:17, Christian Benito wrote: > I have small network, two windows 2000 boxes and a debian box. The > two windows machines share a laser printer that is attached to one of > them. I'd like to be able to print from the debian machine too. Can > anybody give me a pointer

saving a session urgent pls

2004-09-20 Thread Vijaya S
hi all, i logged into another machine via ssh and while ediitng using mutt for some reason my network went down.. how do i go to the remote machinea nd save the file which i edited..The remote machine is accessible.. Regards, Vijaya -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

sharing a printer with windows

2004-09-20 Thread Christian Benito
I have small network, two windows 2000 boxes and a debian box. The two windows machines share a laser printer that is attached to one of them. I'd like to be able to print from the debian machine too. Can anybody give me a pointer on how to get that working? thanks Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Failed PPP hangs system

2004-09-20 Thread Robert Golovniov
Thomas Hood wrote: Only a buggy driver (or other kernel component) can make the whole system hang. I have tried to reinstall the kernel altogether, but the problem persists. Where else can I dig? What about the loadable modules? Can I try checking something there? How can I do it? I can just add

Re: kernel 2.6.7 & 2.4.18

2004-09-20 Thread Vijaya S
hi thanks for the reply, but why is this module-init-tools required? Raghavendra Bhat wrote: > Vijaya > > >> need 2.4.18 kernel in particular..Is it possible to have that also > >> after having a higher version > > Yes, it is possible. Both can exist peacefully. > > Kernel v2.6.x requires you

Re: Developing flash on debian

2004-09-20 Thread S.D.A.
On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 03:06:06AM +0100 or thereabouts, Pigeon wrote: [...] > There is another issue that I can see with flash (and please correct > me if I'm not accurate :-) ) which is the monolithic, binary nature of > the files - in fact this leads to two issues: You're quite right -- It'

Re: Not optimal display

2004-09-20 Thread Jean-Francois Lefebvre
Selon Andrea Vettorello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 10:08:33 -0400, Jean-Francois Lefebvre > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I'm using Debian since 2 weeks, and so far I'm happy with it. But there's > one > > problem. I have an ATI Radeon 9000 graphic card, and still when

Re: mouse: kernel 2.6.6 -> 2.6.8 ???

2004-09-20 Thread helices
* Stefan O'Rear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:09:20:16:02:59-0700] scribed: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 12:01:11PM -0500, helices wrote: > > What broke? What changed? > > > > I have been running 2.6x kernels on this legacy PPro box for most of > > this year -- first kernel-image-2.6.2-1-686, then > > k

Re: parallel port using lots of CPU

2004-09-20 Thread Kirk Strauser
On Monday 20 September 2004 10:09 pm, Ross Boylan wrote: > Mine says > parport0: Printer, Lexmark International Lexmark Optra E310 > lp0: using parport0 (polling). > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP] > > I don't really know what that means, but it apparently has no > interrupts and there's no re

Re: parallel port using lots of CPU

2004-09-20 Thread Ross Boylan
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 08:50:36PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > On Monday 20 September 2004 07:29 pm, Ross Boylan wrote: > > > I'm not sure who *you* means, but my original thought was that the > > device driver associated with the port might be using a lot of CPU > > cycles. > > I think that's

Re: Preinstalled System

2004-09-20 Thread Tim Kelley
On Monday 20 September 2004 19:02, robin wrote: > >"Sid" is the testing kernel and is more advanced than > >"Sarge" and will cause you problems; stay away from > >that one. > > I would disagree. For a production machine definitely but maybe not a > desktop machine. I have run unstable without any p

Re: How to have X not start at boot?

2004-09-20 Thread Blake Swadling
On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 11:59, Michael Marsh wrote: > On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:36:30 -0700, Stefan O'Rear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:13:55PM -0400, JoeHill wrote: > > > Anyhow, stupid question number one: I would like to have the system boot to a > > > text mode login, bu

Re: parallel port using lots of CPU

2004-09-20 Thread Icebiker
Doh, you are absolutely right, I meant XP. /icebiker - Original Message - From: "Marc Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 18:06 Subject: Re: parallel port using lots of CPU On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 05:42:30PM -0400, Icebiker wrote: In NT/XP

Re: How to have X not start at boot?

2004-09-20 Thread JoeHill
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:36:30 -0700 Stefan O'Rear disseminated the following: > > Anyhow, stupid question number one: I would like to have the system boot to > > a text mode login, but I cannot find where to make the change in any of the > > system administration tools. I plan to (try) to admin the

Re: Developing flash on debian

2004-09-20 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:09:27AM -0400, S.D.A. wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 08:54:09AM -0400 or thereabouts, Michael Marsh wrote: > > That's true -- I wasn't aware of that. However, that doesn't address > > the issue that some people don't run Flash for one reason or another. > > Most of us

Re: How to have X not start at boot?

2004-09-20 Thread Michael Marsh
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:36:30 -0700, Stefan O'Rear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:13:55PM -0400, JoeHill wrote: > > Anyhow, stupid question number one: I would like to have the system boot to a > > text mode login, but I cannot find where to make the change in any of the sys

Re: parallel port using lots of CPU

2004-09-20 Thread Kirk Strauser
On Monday 20 September 2004 07:29 pm, Ross Boylan wrote: > I'm not sure who *you* means, but my original thought was that the > device driver associated with the port might be using a lot of CPU > cycles. I think that's exactly what's happening, and I was curious as to why others thought that it

Re: Developing flash on debian

2004-09-20 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 08:19:27AM -0400, S.D.A. wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 07:54:13PM -0400 or thereabouts, Michael Marsh wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:43:07 -0400, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, the most obvious is flashblock. > > > > I don't think that's what Pigeon

Re: How to have X not start at boot?

2004-09-20 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:13:55PM -0400, JoeHill wrote: > > Hi all, > > *Very* new Debian user here, first install ever, though I was surprised at how > easy it was, even though I chose to install from floppies over the internet. > That's pretty cool! > > Anyhow, stupid question number one: I w

How to have X not start at boot?

2004-09-20 Thread JoeHill
Hi all, *Very* new Debian user here, first install ever, though I was surprised at how easy it was, even though I chose to install from floppies over the internet. That's pretty cool! Anyhow, stupid question number one: I would like to have the system boot to a text mode login, but I cannot find

Re: limiting resources

2004-09-20 Thread Adam Aube
Stefan O'Rear wrote: > How about a serializing wrapper? > Now, if you make the script NOPASSWD sudo -u sa_learn able, and make > sa_learn only executable by user sa_learn, only one will be running at a > time. Or you could make the script setGID, then remove world read and execute rights on the

Re: Upgrade to sarge from woody box not using apt-get

2004-09-20 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 05:59:29PM -0700, Cole S. Ashcraft wrote: > Is there a way to install / upgrade to sarge from a debian box running > woody without using apt-get? I have glibc2.3 instsalled. Yes. Download the sarge netinst ISO. Burn it to CD. Back up all your data. Turn off computer. Inse

Upgrade to sarge from woody box not using apt-get

2004-09-20 Thread Cole S. Ashcraft
Is there a way to install / upgrade to sarge from a debian box running woody without using apt-get? I have glibc2.3 instsalled. Cole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: limiting resources

2004-09-20 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 08:22:13PM -0400, Adam Aube wrote: > martin f krafft wrote: > > Every now and then, coincidence will have it that 10 or 20 users > > invoke spamassassin at the same time. Spamassassin is a resource > > hog and that will cause the machine to basically become unusable, > > wit

Re: limiting resources

2004-09-20 Thread Adam Aube
martin f krafft wrote: > Every now and then, coincidence will have it that 10 or 20 users > invoke spamassassin at the same time. Spamassassin is a resource > hog and that will cause the machine to basically become unusable, > with the load going to 30 and higher. > Obviously, I have put limits o

USB DVD-RW drive

2004-09-20 Thread Andrew Konosky
I have been wanting to get a DVD-RW drive and recently someone suggested I get an external drive, which I had never thought of. It will be more expensive than an internal drive, but I could use it on all of my computers to backup data, with less hassle than an internal drive. Also, I might be g

Re: parallel port using lots of CPU

2004-09-20 Thread Ross Boylan
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 05:13:05PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > On Monday 20 September 2004 17:07, Marc Wilson wrote: > > > Uh, that's a CUPS back-end, not the hardware directly. The port itself > > cannot consume CPU. Well, it can, but not in the sense that you mean. > > In what way do *you*

Re: Preinstalled System

2004-09-20 Thread robin
"Sid" is the testing kernel and is more advanced than "Sarge" and will cause you problems; stay away from that one. I would disagree. For a production machine definitely but maybe not a desktop machine. I have run unstable without any problems for 18 months. Maybe I've been lucky but debian i

Re: mouse: kernel 2.6.6 -> 2.6.8 ???

2004-09-20 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 12:01:11PM -0500, helices wrote: > What broke? What changed? > > I have been running 2.6x kernels on this legacy PPro box for most of > this year -- first kernel-image-2.6.2-1-686, then > kernel-image-2.6.6-2-686 -- without incident. > > Today, the only change I made was

Re: parallel port using lots of CPU

2004-09-20 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 05:13:05PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > On Monday 20 September 2004 17:07, Marc Wilson wrote: > > > Uh, that's a CUPS back-end, not the hardware directly. The port itself > > cannot consume CPU. Well, it can, but not in the sense that you mean. > > In what way do *you*

Re: Preinstalled System

2004-09-20 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've decided to buy a PC with Debian Preinstalled. Should I go with "Stable" Woody or "Development" Sarge? Which PC? Why not build a PC, buy the 14CD's and install Sarge? Sarge, definitely. But why not wait until Sarge is stable? Then you won't have to upgrade... Hugo.

Re: glibc 2.3 and updated gcc for woody

2004-09-20 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 07:50:53PM +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 05:30:24PM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 05:20:50PM -0700, Cole S. Ashcraft wrote: > > > Is there an updated version of glibc (2.3) and gcc for woody? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Cole >

Re: ATI 3D acceleleration and dpkg-divert

2004-09-20 Thread Nicolas de Sereville
Hi, Rob Sims wrote: On Sunday 19 September 2004 10:53 am, Nicolas de Sereville wrote: Following the "ATI Radeon Linux How-To", I managed to get the 3D acceleration with the previous xserver version (4.3.0.dfsg.1-6) but overwriting the MESA libGL library with the ATI one, through a "dpkg --force-

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Jacob Larsen
Sergio Basurto wrote: #route del -host 87.7.167.224 eth0 #route del -host 87.7.167.224 eth1 # route del -host 87.7.167.224 eth0 SIOCDELRT: No such process # route del -host 87.7.167.224 eth1 SIOCDELRT: No such process # ip neigh show 81.7.167.225 dev bond0 lladdr 00:d0:00:e4:fc:0a nud reachable I w

Re: ATI 3D acceleleration and dpkg-divert

2004-09-20 Thread Rob Sims
On Sunday 19 September 2004 10:53 am, Nicolas de Sereville wrote: > Following the "ATI Radeon Linux How-To", I managed to get the 3D > acceleration with the previous xserver version (4.3.0.dfsg.1-6) but > overwriting the MESA libGL library with the ATI one, through a "dpkg > --force-overwrite -i fg

Re: Thunderbird 0.8 folder bug ?

2004-09-20 Thread Adam Bogacki
Sorry, that was written before I installed 0.8-2 ... everything is now working properly. Cheers, Adam. Alexander Sack wrote: Adam Bogacki wrote: Sorry to be a spoil-sport but when replying (TB0.8) to an email I found the "Compose' pane stuck one third of the way down the screen, and the written

Re: parallel port using lots of CPU

2004-09-20 Thread Kirk Strauser
On Monday 20 September 2004 17:07, Marc Wilson wrote: > Uh, that's a CUPS back-end, not the hardware directly. The port itself > cannot consume CPU. Well, it can, but not in the sense that you mean. In what way do *you* think it can consume CPU? -- Kirk Strauser pgpSLMRaidtRT.pgp Description

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Sergio Basurto
iproute2 under debian : #apt-get install iproute and try #route del -host 87.7.167.224 eth0 #route del -host 87.7.167.224 eth1 On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:02:29 +0200, Jacob Larsen wrote: > > This is what I got. Which package do I need for "ip > neigh show"? > > # route del -net 87.7.167.224 netma

Re: parallel port using lots of CPU

2004-09-20 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 10:58:52AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > Originally I was using lpd in the lpr package. With that, lpd showed > as the CPU consumer. I just switched to CUPS; now parallel:/dev/lp0 > shows as the CPU consumer. My guess is that it was before, but the > time was just being att

Re: parallel port using lots of CPU

2004-09-20 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 05:42:30PM -0400, Icebiker wrote: > In NT/XP, MS supports parallel ports grudgingly and encourage you to invest > in a USB device. I imagine it's the same for Linux. Just as an aside, NT certainly does nothing of the kind, as it has no clue what USB is. -- Marc Wilson |

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Jacob Larsen
This is what I got. Which package do I need for "ip neigh show"? # route del -net 87.7.167.224 netmask 255.255.255.240 eth0 SIOCDELRT: No such process # route del -net 87.7.167.224 netmask 255.255.255.240 eth1 SIOCDELRT: No such process # route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Sergio Basurto
ok, #route del -net 87.7.167.224 netmask 255.255.255.240 eth0 #route del -net 87.7.167.224 netmask 255.255.255.240 eth1 then run #route -n and the output should not have the eth's entries. #ip neigh show and send the output On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:19:03 -0700 (PDT), "Sergio Basurto" wrote:

Re: parallel port using lots of CPU

2004-09-20 Thread Icebiker
Parallel ports generate an interrupt (and so a context switch) for every byte that goes out, the hardware provides no buffering as serial ports do (and for some reason, the industry never saw the need). In NT/XP, MS supports parallel ports grudgingly and encourage you to invest in a USB device.

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Jacob Larsen
Sergio Basurto wrote: move from your routing table, the entries for your eth's cards. route del ... I am not sure I know what to do. If I do something wrong I have to drive 60km to fix it :) # route del ? Please help. Thanks, Jacob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Sergio Basurto
move from your routing table, the entries for your eth's cards. route del ... On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:15:45 +0200, Jacob Larsen wrote: > > Sergio Basurto wrote: > > Ok, send the > > shell~#route -n > > output... > > # route -n > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Jacob Larsen
Sergio Basurto wrote: Ok, send the shell~#route -n output... # route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 81.7.167.2240.0.0.0 255.255.255.240 U 0 00 eth0 81.7.167.2240.0.0.0 255.255.255.2

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Sergio Basurto
Ok, send the shell~#route -n output... On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:21:58 +0200, Jacob Larsen wrote: > > >>So the solution is to not set a gateway for eth0 and > >>eth1, but only set > >>it for bond0? > > > > Yes, > > > > But you also could have gw for your eth's cards, but > > you must assure t

Re: [exim4debian] Re: Debian-exim - blech!

2004-09-20 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 19:47, Tim Kelley wrote: > > So we shouldn't purge the mail queue and hints database? Since policy > > requires a purged package to vanish without leaving any trace of its > > installation, that would be a policy violation. > > Huh? There is no such policy. The policy defines

Re: Developing flash on debian

2004-09-20 Thread S.D.A.
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 12:54:39PM -0700 or thereabouts, Paul Johnson wrote: > <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > "S.D.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > BTW Flash technology is OPEN Source, it's NOT proprietary. Too much is said > > that's not

USB Network adaptor: iMac

2004-09-20 Thread Jeff Elkins
I've got a iMac running Sid that I want to connect to a home network via wireless. Can someone recommend a USB network adaptor? Thanks, Jeff Elkins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Weird situation

2004-09-20 Thread Scott Mohnkern
traceroute *** traceroute: Warning: findsaddr: error sending netlink message: Connection refuse d traceroute: Warning: ip checksums disabled traceroute to ** (**), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 * (**

Re: Preinstalled System

2004-09-20 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I've decided to buy a PC with Debian Preinstalled. Should I go with > "Stable" Woody or "Development" Sarge? I'd say you're safe with either right now. You'll probably want Sarge because it

Re: Developing flash on debian

2004-09-20 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "S.D.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > BTW Flash technology is OPEN Source, it's NOT proprietary. Too much is said > that's not accurate regarding Flash. You're going to have to back that up. Last I checked, Macromedia

Re: Preinstalled System

2004-09-20 Thread Eric Dickner
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've decided to buy a PC with Debian Preinstalled. > Should I go with > "Stable" Woody or "Development" Sarge? > I installed stable woody from purchased CD's (which is what you will be buying) and have been able to upgrade it to "Sarge" status by recompiling the

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Jacob Larsen
So the solution is to not set a gateway for eth0 and eth1, but only set it for bond0? Yes, But you also could have gw for your eth's cards, but you must assure that those routes do not supercede the bond0. I am not sure that I understand what you mean by supersede. The only gateway I have is 81.7.

Re: Weird situation

2004-09-20 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 03:19:33PM -0400, Scott Mohnkern wrote: ... > I can telnet from box a to box b without problem, but I can't telnet from > box b to box a (or ssh). ... > Any ideas? What does traceroute show? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister of Pro

Preinstalled System

2004-09-20 Thread disciple
I've decided to buy a PC with Debian Preinstalled. Should I go with "Stable" Woody or "Development" Sarge? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Weird situation

2004-09-20 Thread Scott Mohnkern
I'm running two debian 2.2 computers on a box on a network connected to the Internet via a router. I can telnet in from the outside to both boxes just fine. I can telnet from box a to box b without problem, but I can't telnet from box b to box a (or ssh). In addition, the webmin monitoring fr

Re: `who -d' Dead processes

2004-09-20 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Floris Bruynooghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Hello - > I had a computer (old PC) running at my student house over the holidays > and was using it (as I am now) to ssh into and do my normal work etc. > Just by accident I discovered the `who -d' command and saw I had a > couple of 10

Re: `who -d' Dead processes

2004-09-20 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Floris Bruynooghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I had a computer (old PC) running at my student house over the holidays >and was using it (as I am now) to ssh into and do my normal work etc. >Just by accident I discovered the `who -d' command and saw I had a >couple o

Re: What iso files are people using for sarge?

2004-09-20 Thread Robert Parker
On Tuesday 21 September 2004 04:05, Jacob S wrote: > > This way you only have to download the software you want to use, instead > of the full 13CDs for Sarge (I think that's the size I heard for > Sarge... haven't had a reason to check). It's 14 cds now or 2 dvds. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: [exim4debian] Re: Debian-exim - blech!

2004-09-20 Thread Tim Kelley
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 01:07:52PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:48:43AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > > "mail" is and always has been a standard system account: > > "mail" is also the account that owns the mail spool, hence all MUAs > run sgid mail per policy. Running the

ls: sorting directories before files

2004-09-20 Thread martin f krafft
i can influence sorting with LC_COLLATE, but i have not found an answer to this: how can i make /bin/ls sort directories before files? there seems to be no such option in ls, and writing a function to pipe it through sort opens all kinds of worms, including screwing up dircolors. any tips apprecia

`who -d' Dead processes

2004-09-20 Thread Floris Bruynooghe
Hello I had a computer (old PC) running at my student house over the holidays and was using it (as I am now) to ssh into and do my normal work etc. Just by accident I discovered the `who -d' command and saw I had a couple of 100 processes listed that way. Also they where using up my pty's. Coz I

GNOME Volume Manager / HAL issues

2004-09-20 Thread Jaap Haitsma
Hi, Since a recent update of hal and or GNOME Volume manager two of my disk partitions get mounted automatically and show up on the desktop. Both these partitions I added to fstab with a noauto option so that they normally didn't get mounted. I'd prefer gnome volume manager not to mount these t

Re: xemacs & auctex again....

2004-09-20 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:20:09 +0200, Vittorio wrote: > What shall I do to make xemacs21 modify its menu as soon as a .tex file is > loaded? Ah, emacs and xemacs are 2 slightly different beasts. The simplest solution would be to replace xemacs with emacs-x11, which is the same as your console emacs

Getting notification about new posts to a bug

2004-09-20 Thread Andrei Badea
Hello, Is is possible to get notification about new posts to a bug (or even these posts) to my e-mail address? I'm watching a bug and I want to be immediately told about new posts to it. I tried by sending "send 271235" to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but this only sent me the complete log of the bug. I'

Re: What iso files are people using for sarge?

2004-09-20 Thread Jacob S
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:38:49 -0700 "Matthew Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you all using the weekly build isos or other isos to install sarge > with? Also, is sarge installed with a 2.4 kernel and if so can it be > changed to install with a 2.6 kernel? I've done 2 or 3 clean Sarge inst

parallel port using lots of CPU

2004-09-20 Thread Ross Boylan
When I print graphics my parallel port consumes all available CPU. Admittedly the jobs are large (40-90MG), but it seems odd so much attention is required. Is something wrong, or do I just have to live with it? 2.4.26 kernel on Athlon CPU. Lexmark Optra E310 is the printer; it speaks postscript n

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Sergio Basurto
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:42:13 +0200, Jacob Larsen wrote: > > Sergio Basurto wrote: > > Depends on the value that you pass at mode parameter: > > > > mode=1 Active-backup policy, configuration not needed > > mode=0, mode=2, mode=3 it does need to be configured > > for Round robin, XOR and boradcas

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Sergio Basurto
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:38:20 +0200, Jacob Larsen wrote: > > Sergio Basurto wrote: > > > > When bonding is set up with the ARP monitor, it is > > important that the > > slave devices not have routes that supercede routes of > > the master (or, >

Re: glibc 2.3 and updated gcc for woody

2004-09-20 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 05:30:24PM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 05:20:50PM -0700, Cole S. Ashcraft wrote: > > Is there an updated version of glibc (2.3) and gcc for woody? > > > > Thanks, > > Cole > > There is no updated anything for woody. > > But, you can install the l

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Jacob Larsen
Sergio Basurto wrote: Depends on the value that you pass at mode parameter: mode=1 Active-backup policy, configuration not needed mode=0, mode=2, mode=3 it does need to be configured for Round robin, XOR and boradcast policies. Do you know which one is the default? I remember when I set "bonding m

Re: BIG mail box...

2004-09-20 Thread Jacob S
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:11:16 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [This message has also been posted.] > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grant wrote: > > Hey!. > > > > I setup qmail and courier imap last night... i also installed > > squirrelmail... which works fine! IF i have small mail boxes... >

What iso files are people using for sarge?

2004-09-20 Thread Matthew Jackson
Are you all using the weekly build isos or other isos to install sarge with? Also, is sarge installed with a 2.4 kernel and if so can it be changed to install with a 2.6 kernel?   Thanks

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Jacob Larsen
Sergio Basurto wrote: When bonding is set up with the ARP monitor, it is important that the slave devices not have routes that supercede routes of the master (or, generally, not have routes at all). For example, suppose the bonding device bond0

Re: BIG mail box...

2004-09-20 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grant wrote: > Hey!. > > I setup qmail and courier imap last night... i also installed > squirrelmail... which works fine! IF i have small mail boxes... > > Ps - there is abount 4000 mails in the box... Do you expect large mai

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Sergio Basurto
Depends on the value that you pass at mode parameter: mode=1 Active-backup policy, configuration not needed mode=0, mode=2, mode=3 it does need to be configured for Round robin, XOR and boradcast policies. On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:10:14 +0200, Jacob Larsen wrote: > > Sergio Basurto wrote: > >

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Sergio Basurto
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:16:20 +0200, Jacob Larsen wrote: > > Sergio Basurto wrote: > > can you ping the ethernet cards within the server? > > Yes. > > > if you run > > shell~#ifconfig > > what is the output? > > # ifconfig > bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:20:7A:7A:53 >

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Jacob Larsen
Sergio Basurto wrote: Which transmit policy are you using ? Round robin XOR Active-backup I have no idea. How can I find out? # cat /etc/modules # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are # to be loaded at boot time, one pe

xemacs & auctex again....

2004-09-20 Thread Vittorio
A few days ago I wrote the following message to this list (unfortunately, as a sender unknown by the list): Context: Pentium 4, linux debian testing, kde. I've just installed xemacs21 to compile latex files under kde as I'm usually doing with emacs & auctex in a

mouse: kernel 2.6.6 -> 2.6.8 ???

2004-09-20 Thread helices
What broke? What changed? I have been running 2.6x kernels on this legacy PPro box for most of this year -- first kernel-image-2.6.2-1-686, then kernel-image-2.6.6-2-686 -- without incident. Today, the only change I made was to install these: kernel-doc-2.6.8 kernel-headers-2.6.8-1-686

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Sergio Basurto
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:16:20 +0200, Jacob Larsen wrote: > > Sergio Basurto wrote: > > can you ping the ethernet cards within the server? > > Yes. > > > if you run > > shell~#ifconfig > > what is the output? > > # ifconfig > bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:20:7A:7A:53 >

FC HBA on Debian

2004-09-20 Thread Keith O'Brien
We currently use Emulex LP1050 cards(under windows). I didn't have any luck getting the binary drivers they provide for RHE working under Debian. Didn't find any info via google on using the emulex cards with debian. Was wondering if anyone had luck getting the Emulex cards to work under debian. I

Re: partition/grub errors w/sarge iso (solved)

2004-09-20 Thread Rob Benton
Russel Hill wrote: Rob Benton wrote: Yeah I've got a Seagate Barracuda 40 GB. I think the next thing I'll try is using cfdisk to create my partitions and then just use the sarge iso for installing. I'll report back later. Any luck/news so far? - DISCLAIM

Re: Firefox and Mozilla memory usage issues

2004-09-20 Thread Marco Adurno
I think that this problem is related to Shockwave Flash Marco Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:44:17 +0100 (BST), [KS] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I mostly use Firefox or Mozilla for my web browsing purposes. Both programs are great and provide the user with a lot of choice f

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Jacob Larsen
Eric Gaumer wrote: On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 08:47, Jacob Larsen wrote: I can ping my server, and the gateway from my home pc, but can not ping the gateway nor another server on the same subnet from the server. I use bond0 for eth0 and eth1. When I clear iptables there is no change. eth0 Link en

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Jacob Larsen
Sergio Basurto wrote: can you ping the ethernet cards within the server? Yes. if you run shell~#ifconfig what is the output? # ifconfig bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:20:7A:7A:53 inet addr:81.7.167.228 Bcast:81.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.240 UP BROADCAST RUNNI

Re: Failed PPP hangs system

2004-09-20 Thread Robert Golovniov
Bill Marcum wrote: Get an external modem. You would be surprised, Bill, but that is exactly what is happening when I connect with an external U.S.Robotics modem. :-) Any other ideas? Perhaps I have to configure some options in the wvdial config? -- -=Robert & Beata Golovniov | Lviv,

Re: limiting resources

2004-09-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Brett Carrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.09.20.1806 +0200]: > I had a similar problem. My solution was to disallow the use of > spamassassin and force users to use spamc. This requires your > server to run spamd as well. The spamassassin docs have info on > the benefits and risks of t

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Eric Gaumer
On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 08:47, Jacob Larsen wrote: > >> I can ping my server, and the gateway from my home pc, but can not > >> ping the gateway nor another server on the same subnet from the server. > >> I use bond0 for eth0 and eth1. > >> When I clear iptables there is no change. > >> > > eth0

Re: limiting resources

2004-09-20 Thread Brett Carrington
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:57:21 +0200, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I operate a shell server with about 200 users. Spamassassin powers > the machine, and users use sa-learn to teach it about spam and ham. > The machine receives about 5-20 mails per second and the hardware > keeps the l

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Sergio Basurto
can you ping your ethernet cards from within the server? if you run shell~#ifconfig what is the output? if you run shell~#route -n what is the output? On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:14:51 +0200, Jacob Larsen wrote: > > I can ping my server, and the gateway from my home pc, > but can not ping >

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Sergio Basurto
can you ping the ethernet cards within the server? if you run shell~#ifconfig what is the output? and if you run shell~#route -n what is the output? On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:14:51 +0200, Jacob Larsen wrote: > > I can ping my server, and the gateway from my home pc, > but can not ping > the

Re: Java package

2004-09-20 Thread Kai Weber
* Otto Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What's the name of a Java package for Mozilla? Check j2se-package on http://z42.de/debian/ -- Kai Weber * [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.glorybox.de gpg-key: 0x594D4132 icq: 102024972 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: BIG mail box...

2004-09-20 Thread Grant
Jacob S wrote: On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:58:07 +0100 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey!. I setup qmail and courier imap last night... i also installed squirrelmail... which works fine! IF i have small mail boxes... but me being me... copied all my old mail into the new mail box and now squirre

Re: Unable to ping gateway

2004-09-20 Thread Jacob Larsen
I can ping my server, and the gateway from my home pc, but can not ping the gateway nor another server on the same subnet from the server. I use bond0 for eth0 and eth1. When I clear iptables there is no change. Any ideas? ifconfig? # ifconfig bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:20:7A:7A:

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