Re: Branded Servers that support Debian GNU/Linux

2006-01-29 Thread Rishi
> Of course they don't *support* debian. If you have a problem, *you* > would have to fix it, not HP. That is what support means. I am being misunderstood. Let me clarify. What I meant is that I needed to know if the Debian Sarge distribution has all the drivers needed to detect the hardware on a

Re: compiling xboard on debian # No such file or directory # error: `XtNdefaultDistance' undeclared here (not in a function)

2006-01-29 Thread Bill Marcum
On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 10:41:41PM +0100, Morten Gulbrandsen wrote: > Hello list readers, > > I'd like to download compile and run xboard under debian. > Have you done apt-get build-dep xboard? -- AUTHOR FvwmAuto just appeared one day, nobody knows how. -- FvwmAuto(1x) -- To UNSU

Re: maximize an xterm

2006-01-29 Thread Bill Marcum
On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 08:28:26AM +, debian wrote: > Please, > > how can I send the xterm I am working in a signal to maximize itself, > or minimize itself ? > > Thanks > apt-get install xtermcontrol -- like: When being alive at the same time is a wonderful coincidence. -- To

Re: Not a Debian question, but you guys know this stuff...

2006-01-29 Thread Alvin Oga
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006, Tyson Varosyan wrote: > At the risk of having my hand slapped I will ask, since I bet there are > quite a few Apache users on this board. ... > I am using Windows 2000 and Apache 2.0.44 ... > Technical Manager, Uptime Technical Solutions LLC. ... no wonder :-) c ya alv

Re: Prepare Window XP laptop for Debian Linux

2006-01-29 Thread Christopher Brodt
On 1/29/06, M-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:02 am, Samuel Gabriel thought about and sent this:> Hi All,> I was wondering what are the steps that I have to make to prepare my Windows > XP laptop for a new install of Debian Linux. I have a PM1.8GHZ with 1.5GB of ---

Re: Not a Debian question, but you guys know this stuff...

2006-01-29 Thread Star King of the Grape Trees
Tyson Varosyan wrote: At the risk of having my hand slapped I will ask, since I bet there are quite a few Apache users on this board. I am trying to set up Multiple Daemons for my websites and through reading the instructions, I find a curious passage, "Create a separate httpd installation for

Not automounting a USB Cardreader??

2006-01-29 Thread Rob Blomquist
Tonight, I plugged in my USB Cardreader that has worked flawlessly under Ubuntu and Mandriva, and found that I did not get it auto mounted for me under Debian. Wah! Here's the kernel output for the device being detected: Jan 29 22:11:57 localhost kernel: usb 3-3: new high speed USB device using a

Not a Debian question, but you guys know this stuff...

2006-01-29 Thread Tyson Varosyan
At the risk of having my hand slapped I will ask, since I bet there are quite a few Apache users on this board. I am trying to set up Multiple Daemons for my websites and through reading the instructions, I find a curious passage, "Create a separate httpd installation for each virtual host." Howev

Re: Logging of mail events from Postfix to syslog and rotation of the mail logs

2006-01-29 Thread Simo Kauppi
On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 06:32:47PM -0600, Anthony Simonelli wrote: > On Sunday 29 January 2006 10:06 am, Simo Kauppi wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 09:17:07AM -0600, Anthony Simonelli wrote: > > > Currently, I am running a Debian Sarge 3.1 as an MTA server using Postfix > > > 2.1.5-9. My quest

Re: syslog isn't logging messages

2006-01-29 Thread bmcnally
Ok, I've downloaded and extracted both klogd and sysklogd. It looks like the only file that changed as syslog.conf ( as expected). Below is the diff from the fresh copy and what I had. ~/temp $ diff ./etc/syslog.conf /etc/syslog.conf 19a20,22 > # Logging for dropped packets through iptables > kern

Re: 2.6.8 Kernel Problem with Stable

2006-01-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:43:16 +0200 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:46:21 -0600 > D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just installed a server with stable. > > > > So I have the 2.6.8 kernsl as packaged from debian. > > > > This is a 1U server and I've already

Re: Branded Servers that support Debian GNU/Linux

2006-01-29 Thread Rishi
> Try asking HP. :-) Already did that and they said that Debian isn't certified, however, it may work. That's why I thought I'd try the Debian User Community and check if there are servers that support Debian Sarge for at least (a) disk controllers and (b) network card. high resolution is somet

Re: Prepare Window XP laptop for Debian Linux

2006-01-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:02:23 -0500 "Samuel Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > I was wondering what are the steps that I have to make to prepare my Windows > XP laptop for a new install of Debian Linux. I have a PM1.8GHZ with 1.5GB of > Ram and 60GB HDD divided into two partitions 10

Re: Branded Servers that support Debian GNU/Linux

2006-01-29 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On 1/30/06, Rishi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Anyone knows of any Branded (HP/IBM/Dell etc.) Server that supports > Debian GNU/Linux (Sarge) > > I need to order a server for a customer with the following specs or higher. > > CPU: P-IV > RAM: 512 MB > HDD: 160 GB > > I need the following to

Re: Prepare Window XP laptop for Debian Linux

2006-01-29 Thread M-L
On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:02 am, Samuel Gabriel thought about and sent this: > Hi All, > I was wondering what are the steps that I have to make to prepare my Windows > XP laptop for a new install of Debian Linux. I have a PM1.8GHZ with 1.5GB of > Ram and 60GB HDD divided into two par

RE: IDE PCI Advice Needed

2006-01-29 Thread Stan Banash
Guys, This where I am to date with the driver. I compiled the hpt302.ko module and transferred it to a diskette. When the installation process failed to find the hard disk partition, I did the Alt-F2. I mounted the 3.5 inch drive and ran an insmod on the /floppy/hpt302.ko module. The install we

Branded Servers that support Debian GNU/Linux

2006-01-29 Thread Rishi
Hi Anyone knows of any Branded (HP/IBM/Dell etc.) Server that supports Debian GNU/Linux (Sarge) I need to order a server for a customer with the following specs or higher. CPU: P-IV RAM: 512 MB HDD: 160 GB I need the following to work. (a) 1024x768 Resolutin Display for X Windows (b) Network ca

Re: Hardware RAID, software RAID, 3ware 9550SX, level 1 vs. level 5

2006-01-29 Thread Neil Dugan
David Gaudine wrote: I have to set up a system that is totally reliable w.r.t. data integrity. That is, if a disk (or anything else) fails, it's OK if the system is down for a few hours, but when it comes back up it has to be exactly as it was, i.e. I can't restore from the previous day's back

Re: Logging of mail events from Postfix to syslog and rotation of the mail logs

2006-01-29 Thread Anthony Simonelli
On Sunday 29 January 2006 10:06 am, Simo Kauppi wrote: > On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 09:17:07AM -0600, Anthony Simonelli wrote: > > Currently, I am running a Debian Sarge 3.1 as an MTA server using Postfix > > 2.1.5-9. My questions pertains to the logging of mail events from > > Postfix to syslog and

Re: Acer Aspire 3003: don't show shell after X11 exit

2006-01-29 Thread JEMF
Florian Kulzer escreveu: I assume that you have set up your system such that it boots to a console (shell), then you log in and start XFree86 manually with "startx" or "xinit". Is that correct? Yes. #startx. While X is running you should be able to switch to one of the six consoles by pressi

Re: RE: SPAM WARNING: spammers use Debian lists for harvesting

2006-01-29 Thread samgamgee
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Re: Firefox 1.5: middle-clicking URLs doesn't work now.

2006-01-29 Thread Tim Connors
Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:25:34 GMT: > On 2006-01-29, Noah Dain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > type: "about:config" in the url input field and hit enter. > > > > in the "filter" field, type middle ... > Not quite but very close! I had to set "middlemouse.contentLoa

SOLVED # Re: compiling xboard on debian # No such file or directory # error: `XtNdefaultDistance' undeclared here (not in a function)

2006-01-29 Thread Morten Gulbrandsen
Alexander Schmehl wrote: Hi! * Morten Gulbrandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060129 22:41]: I'd like to download compile and run xboard under debian. [..] What can I do, Install the build-dependencies for xboard. man apt-get should show you how. Thanx It worked! d

Re: gnome free

2006-01-29 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 02:56:36PM -0800, Enrique Morfin wrote: > if i type apt-get remove --purge gnome, it tells me > there is no gnome package installed. > > What packages i need to remove to get a gnome free > box? Look at the output of dpkg --get-selections | grep gnome dp

gnome free

2006-01-29 Thread Enrique Morfin
Hi! I have a box with a little hd, so to save some space, i decided to make it gnome free. if i type apt-get remove --purge gnome, it tells me there is no gnome package installed. What packages i need to remove to get a gnome free box? Thanks! __

Re: Acer Aspire 3003: don't show shell after X11 exit

2006-01-29 Thread Florian Kulzer
JEMF wrote: Hello, I have an Acer Aspire 3003 notebook with kernel 2.6.12-1-k7 on Sarge. When I boot the Debian, the shell works fine. However, when I logoff X11 the Debian don't show the shell. The display remains black. If I press Crtl Alt Del, the machine reboot and I return to shell. I ass

sessionsaver opens an extra tab

2006-01-29 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
I am using Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Debian sid. The session saver extension was installed from https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=436&application=firefox The restoring process works perfectly except that, it opens an extra tab in the front. How can I tell sessionsaver to 1) op

cdc_acm

2006-01-29 Thread Michael Ott
Hello! I want to connect to my new mobile phone (Motorola V635) using cdc_acm. I can see the memory in the mobile, but there will not create an device to the modem. Here my log: # vim /var/log/syslog: Jan 29 22:17:55 zolnott06 kernel: usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address

Prepare Window XP laptop for Debian Linux

2006-01-29 Thread Samuel Gabriel
Hi All, I was wondering what are the steps that I have to make to prepare my Windows XP laptop for a new install of Debian Linux. I have a PM1.8GHZ with 1.5GB of Ram and 60GB HDD divided into two partitions 10 and 30 GB respectively. I have left 20 Gb for the linux partition. Any references or lin

Toutes nos excuses

2006-01-29 Thread J POUCHET
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what program to use kjots?

2006-01-29 Thread Rodney Richison
I'm looking to put my Notes.vim file to some use and share it. I put it in kjots which will make an html file of it. Works pretty good, I like it. However, I can only edit it from this machine. While I've been using unison to sync between work and home. I've grown tired of it. (Must be running sam

Re: compiling xboard on debian # No such file or directory # error: `XtNdefaultDistance' undeclared here (not in a function)

2006-01-29 Thread Alexander Schmehl
Hi! * Morten Gulbrandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060129 22:41]: > I'd like to download compile and run xboard under debian. [..] > What can I do, Install the build-dependencies for xboard. man apt-get should show you how. Yours sincerely, Alexander -- http://learn.to/quote/ http://www.cat

Internal USB Card Reader Problem

2006-01-29 Thread Scarletdown
I'm having a problem with my internal USB card reader, a Carry Computer Eng., Co., Ltd 6-in-1 Card Reader. After I made the mistake of sticking a bad CF card in it to see if I could get the card working, the reader no longer works. When I stick a known good card in and try to access it (using cfd

compiling xboard on debian # No such file or directory # error: `XtNdefaultDistance' undeclared here (not in a function)

2006-01-29 Thread Morten Gulbrandsen
Hello list readers, I'd like to download compile and run xboard under debian. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/xboard-4.2.7$ ./configure checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no

Acer Aspire 3003: don't show shell after X11 exit

2006-01-29 Thread JEMF
Hello, I have an Acer Aspire 3003 notebook with kernel 2.6.12-1-k7 on Sarge. When I boot the Debian, the shell works fine. However, when I logoff X11 the Debian don't show the shell. The display remains black. If I press Crtl Alt Del, the machine reboot and I return to shell. Thanks for any

Re: Firefox 1.5: middle-clicking URLs doesn't work now.

2006-01-29 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-01-29, Noah Dain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/29/06, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I just upgraded to package firefox 1.5.dfsg-4. I used to be able to >> select URLs in another window and middle-click in Firefox to load >> them, but it has stopped working and I can't find a

Re: Firefox 1.5: middle-clicking URLs doesn't work now.

2006-01-29 Thread Noah Dain
On 1/29/06, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just upgraded to package firefox 1.5.dfsg-4. I used to be able to > select URLs in another window and middle-click in Firefox to load > them, but it has stopped working and I can't find a configuration > option to reinstate this function. Could

Firefox 1.5: middle-clicking URLs doesn't work now.

2006-01-29 Thread Adam Funk
I just upgraded to package firefox 1.5.dfsg-4. I used to be able to select URLs in another window and middle-click in Firefox to load them, but it has stopped working and I can't find a configuration option to reinstate this function. Could anyone tell me how to get it back? -- Thanks, Adam -

Re: no network access to or from server

2006-01-29 Thread srg
You must check 3 things: 1. Your interface has the correct ip/netmask 2. Routing is correct 3. No firewall rules drops your traffic 1. "ifconfig -a" will give you the actual configuration of your interfaces If your eth0 (or whatever interface are you using) interface configuration is not correct,

Re: apt-get invalid signature again

2006-01-29 Thread Ross Boylan
On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 11:38:56PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > > Ross Boylan wrote: > > > Starting last night I see > > > W: GPG error: http://localhost sarge/updates Release: The following > > > signatures were invalid: BADSIG F1D53D8C4F368D5D Debian Archive Automatic > > > Sign

Re: How to minimize /dev (using udev)?

2006-01-29 Thread Marty
Magnus Therning wrote: On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 04:22:18AM -0500, Marty wrote: Marc Wilson wrote: Believe it when I tell you that your machine needs more than just /dev/console in order to boot. Not true. So how does it work? In my naive mind there would be some initial devices on the in

Re: syslog isn't logging messages

2006-01-29 Thread Florian Kulzer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your reply. I'm considering using the dpkg-deb method, if not for any other reason than to learn about how it works :). Can I use dpkg-deb to download the .deb? I've tried getting the package via ftp.debian.org, but I can't seem to find where individual packag

Re: Logging of mail events from Postfix to syslog and rotation of the mail logs

2006-01-29 Thread Simo Kauppi
On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 09:17:07AM -0600, Anthony Simonelli wrote: > Currently, I am running a Debian Sarge 3.1 as an MTA server using Postfix > 2.1.5-9. My questions pertains to the logging of mail events from Postfix to > syslog and rotation of the mail logs. > > Postfix mail events are logge

Logging of mail events from Postfix to syslog and rotation of the mail logs

2006-01-29 Thread Anthony Simonelli
Currently, I am running a Debian Sarge 3.1 as an MTA server using Postfix 2.1.5-9. My questions pertains to the logging of mail events from Postfix to syslog and rotation of the mail logs. Postfix mail events are logged in both mail.log and syslog under /var/log/ at the moment, leaving me with

Re: off-Raid file systems

2006-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 07:48 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm planning to set my new AMD-64 system up with the bulk of its files > on a software RAID-1 device. Although there are now ways to get the > system to boot from a RAID device, there are also warnings about the > difficulty of using

sharing /usr and /usr/share

2006-01-29 Thread hendrik
The FHS says that /usr is sharable, read-only data. And that /usr/share is sharable even across architectures. Now suppose I have a network of Debian machines, whose packages are all maintained and regularly upgraded with aptitude. Presumably, each machine would have a different set of pack

Re: maximize an xterm

2006-01-29 Thread George Hein
debian wrote: Please, how can I send the xterm I am working in a signal to maximize itself, or minimize itself ? In ICEWM there is a file called preferences. I use alt-f10 expand vertically, alt-f11 for full screen. In GNOME and KDE there are preferences that can be set to do the same, so

off-Raid file systems

2006-01-29 Thread hendrik
I'm planning to set my new AMD-64 system up with the bulk of its files on a software RAID-1 device. Although there are now ways to get the system to boot from a RAID device, there are also warnings about the difficulty of using rescue CDs when things go wrong. So I would like to be able to bo

Re: software RAID on mixed drive types (SATA/IDE)

2006-01-29 Thread Christopher Pharo Glæserud
Cameron Dale, > I was thinking of getting another disk and starting to use software > RAID (levels 1 and 5). I have 2 IDE disks on my 2 IDE buses, but my > motherboard also has 2 empty SATA connectors. I know putting more than > 1 RAID drive on a single IDE bus is not recommended, so I was thinki

Re: Sharing a directory

2006-01-29 Thread Magnus Therning
On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 01:42:34AM +, Martin OConnor wrote: >On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 01:03 +, Magnus Therning wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 11:10:33AM +1100, Jonathan Wheelhouse wrote: >> > >> >Got a question re UNIX permissions: I've got a directory, photos, in my >> >home directory, tha

Re: How to minimize /dev (using udev)?

2006-01-29 Thread Magnus Therning
On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 04:22:18AM -0500, Marty wrote: >Marc Wilson wrote: >>On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 11:38:24PM -0500, Marty wrote: >>>Marc Wilson wrote: On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 08:12:05PM -0500, Marty wrote: >Good point, although only /dev/console seems to be required by my >Sarge syst

Re: syslog isn't logging messages

2006-01-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On 28 Jan 2006 16:56:59 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for your reply. > > I'm considering using the dpkg-deb method, if not for any other reason > than to learn about how it works :). Can I use dpkg-deb to download the > .deb? I've tried getting the package via ftp.debian.org, but I can

Re: poweroff can't power off the power

2006-01-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:28:50 +0800 linux china <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > My debian 3.1 celeron machine can't be powered off when I run the poweroff > command, I had the same issue when I use other old distrubution Linux system > many years ago but fixed by system update. Now I switched to

Re: 2.6.8 Kernel Problem with Stable

2006-01-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:46:21 -0600 D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just installed a server with stable. > > So I have the 2.6.8 kernsl as packaged from debian. > > This is a 1U server and I've already used the only PCI slot > available for a tape backup. > > The system has an onboard ATI RAGE

Re: Sharing a directory

2006-01-29 Thread Jonathan Wheelhouse
Martin OConnor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You can use umask to change your users default file permissions. > If you put: umask 0022 > in the .bashrc and .bash_profile, any new files and dirs will be group > writable by default. > The only problem with this is that it applies to *ALL* files th

Re: Sharing a directory

2006-01-29 Thread Jonathan Wheelhouse
Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 11:10:33AM +1100, Jonathan Wheelhouse wrote: >> >>Got a question re UNIX permissions: I've got a directory, photos, in my >>home directory, that I want the wife and kids to put digital photos. > I'm not sure I understand you, I

Re: How to minimize /dev (using udev)?

2006-01-29 Thread Marty
Marc Wilson wrote: On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 11:38:24PM -0500, Marty wrote: Marc Wilson wrote: >On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 08:12:05PM -0500, Marty wrote: >>Good point, although only /dev/console seems to be required by my Sarge >>systems. > >I'm sure it'd be entertaining to watch your machine tryin

Re: [OT] Mutt -- how to send tagged msgs. as bcc's ?

2006-01-29 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 11:20:56AM +, Magnus Therning wrote: > On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 11:16:05PM -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: ... > >At this point, the only way I know to do this is to tag messages, hit > >;r, write the message (after refusing to include any content from the > >first tagged m

Konqueror and mail attachments with mplayer

2006-01-29 Thread Cedric Macquat
Hello, I have a debian Sid and KDE 3.5. I have a problem when I open a video file in a mail attachment with Konqueror. To see the video I use Mplayer. If I download the video and click on the downloaded file everything works well. If I try to see the video directly, I first get a windo