Re: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lz

g: /usr/lib/libz.so.1 zlib1g: /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.1.1 zlib1g-dev: /usr/lib/libz.so Probably you have to install the zlib1g-dev and/or zlib1g package, at least if you use Sarge. I don't know what the version of zlib on Woody and Sid is. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janss

Re: What is the current stable version

Hello Josef Oswald (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Well it seems that Sarge is _now_ the current stable release? > When login into shell I see Debian Gnu/Linux 3.1. No, not yet. Right now Sarge is still the testing branch, and Woody is stable. best regards Andreas Janssen

Re: Debian Linux on a mac?

Hello Bobby Edlebeck (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Is it possible to run Debian Linux on a mac? Yes. There is also a debian mailing list for Debian powerpc users: <http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/> best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL P

Re: Upgrading Debian (was: when and how???)

re you have entries for a Debian mirror and, if you use stable, for the security server, in your sources.list, and run apt-get update apt-get upgrade and, if necessary, apt-get dist-upgrade For more info, read the apt howto at debian.org. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Ja

Re: No cute littel penguin :-(

configuration. Debconf/dpkg-reconfigure asks for the mouse device when xerver-xfree86 or another xserver is installed. Can't you select /dev/gpmdata there? best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Lin

Re: To use GUI as root

se Woody, and sux is not available, you can also use gksu or kdesu. Or install sux on your own: <http://fgouget.free.fr/sux/> best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.

Re: no sound on Sarge

ice files Add yourself to the audio group, log out and in again - volume set to 0, channels muted Install and use mixer (e.g. amix) Also check dmesg to see if the device driver reports any errors when it is loaded. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Problems with mounting vfat in Debian

ount is suid root by default. In fact even with permissions set to 000 it should still work. I think the umask, uid and gid parameters are what NiL needs. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux

Re: X client problem..

export DISPLAY=A:0; xterm > > results in > ... Can't open display "A:0" > > Any ideas? X11 forwarding not enabled in ssh server config on B, or not enabled in ssh client config on A. Read man sshd_config man ssh_config Look for "ForwardX11" and &quo

Re: 'umask' and mounting of vfat filesystem.

he files have been marked "read-only" in Windows and that mount respects that setting? best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 'umask' and mounting of vfat filesystem.

was done to create /etc/mtab with safer permissions, but has side effects. Check the bug database for more info. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/deb

Re: Kernel rebuild problems

n tell, the problem is that the new kernel cannot mount > the root filesystem and I have no idea why, as it is ext3 and ext3 is > built into the kernel. What about IDE or SCSI support? best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC80

Re: Error: Please disable GnuPG Agent from KGpg settings, or fix the agent.

on.options. However I think you need the newpg package that is currently not included in Debian to get the agent. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/deb

Re: debian problem about installation

t seem > to find it on any site anymore,am i able to ask; if i might could > download old linux distributuins like Debian 2.0 on any(or perhaps > this)site The packages are available at <ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian-archive>, but I don't know if you can find ISO images anywhe

Re: /proc/partitions (was: Get a list of hard disks)

. To get the traditional format, recompile the kernel without devfs support. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: All these open ports

n the computer Cups runs on, open /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, replace "Port 631" by "Listen 127.0.0.1:631" and restart Cups. > udp0 0 *:ipp *:* Again Cups, this time browsing for network printers. If you don't need this, change "Browsi

Re: Debian Update

n.org/debian-security woody/updates main \ contrib non-free You should probably pick another mirror server closer to you. After adding the servers, run apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #1

Re: Making a route change persistent in Debian

es. Read the interfaces man page for details. If you want to run some script, you could use the /etc/network/if-up.d directory. But maybe adding a gateway option to one of the interface sections already does what you want. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: 2.6.x kernel doubts

w cryptoloop api you need updated mount and losetup programs, and maybe a newer lmsensors package. Check the Changes file in the kernel source Documentation directory for details. You can get all the packages you need at backports.org. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <

Re: Not being detected as burner

tldp.org>, or in the doc-linux-html or doc-linux-text packages. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: newbie kernel question

Hello Mark D. Hansen (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > How can I tell which Linux kernel is running on my Debian machine? Use uname. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux Us

Re: woody's fate wrt security update

e for most users to upgrade. You should not keep using Woody after support by the security team ends, unless you are willing to deal with the security problems on your own. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079

Re: mouse doesn't work on xWindow

x27;t thik the > problem is the configuration file (XF86Config4) Very probably you need to load the psmouse driver. Add it to /etc/modules, and run "modprobe psmouse". best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #1707927

Re: Boot with no KDE?

rted by your login manager. Looks like that is gdm, so remove that link. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: sound settings Sarge - KDE

r and uncheck "Load automatically" or whatever it is called in the english version of KDE best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems finding X when configuring

Hello Paul E Condon (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 02:35:56AM +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: >> Shawn McCuan (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >> >> > Whenever i try to configure anything (by running ./configure), It >> > always

Re: Problems finding X when configuring

r has > xfree86 installed, (ive ran */apt-get install xserver-xfree86/*) and i > believe the directory to xserver "stuff" is at /*/usr/X11R6/lib/X11*/. > So, ive > even tried running configuring scripts with the command */./configure > --x-includes=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ apt-get

Re: remove aol art for more room on hard drive

no idea about AOL. > > The AOL art file trick is a fairly common mailing list spam bait > tactic. Good thing you didn't reply directly... Do you think replying directly or replying on this list makes a difference when it comes to email addresses being harvested? best regards A

Re: where to get modprobe.conf?

e and update-modules is now a no-op. Executable scripts in | /etc/modprobe.d/ are not supported anymore. | /etc/modprobe.conf will be removed or moved to /etc/modprobe.d/. `--- If you use unstable or testing, I recommend that you install apt-listchanges. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas

RE: iptables rule for sshd

; When I use SSh secure shell from www.ssh.com, it says Connection > closed by remote host. > > Note: This all happened while there is no firewall running. i.e. > (/etc/init.d/iptables clear). Check /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow. best regards Andreas Janssen --

Re: Controlling kernel log size

r four weeks. It is not quite clear to me if this is what you meant, because to me it sounds as if the syslog file in use has entries four weeks old. This should not happen. Maybe the logrotate cron job is not run because your system is not up 24/7, and anacron is not installed. best regards

Re: DSA-533 - Courier CSS

ows > "/usr/lib/courier/courier/modules/esmtp/authstart: cannot read > authmodulelist.". According to a message on debian-user-german, the /etc/courier/authmodulelist file was deleted during the upgrade. Extract a copy from your backup. best regards Andreas Janssen --

Re: how can other users use X?

nks! > that's it : ) There are other possibilities, you can for example use some wrapper like gksu, sux or kdesu. Depending on your setup, these programs may be more secure than xhost. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674

Re: bringing ppp connection up as regular user

orts. With that you can for example use programs like kppp without the suid bit set. If you are only in dip, you have to use the preconfigured connections, but cannot configure connections yourself. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID:

Re: bringing ppp connection up as regular user

mentioned earlier. > > AFAIK changes to groups should take effect immediately. No. The user m8ram has to log out and log in again to apply the change. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #26

Re: question about patching my kernel

kernel 2.6 properly or can't use all of its features. If you want a newer one, I would use 2.4.18-1 from security.debian.org, of a newer 2.4 version from backports.org. For details on how to use them, read the explanations on backports.org, and take a look at the list archive at lists.debian.org

Re: Maximum number of logical partitions

64. That means that for hda you can have device entries from 3/1 to 3/63 = 63 partitions. The first logical partition is 3/5 (hda5). best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.and

Re: /cdrom vs. /media/cdrom

/media, so I guess this is the preferred way. Of course, you can change this to whatever you like on your own system. If you remove the stuff in /, you probably also have to reconfigure apt if you installed from CD or DVD, e.g. by adding Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom"; to /

Re: How can I make sure that Linux have initialized all CPUs?

be 2.4.26-2-686-smp. What is the output of grep -e CONFIG_SMP /boot/config-2.4.26-2-686 You probably have to install a SMP enabled kernel. By the way, IIRC if you use the VESA framebuffer driver, you can tell how many CPUs the kernel sees from the amounts of penguins shown at boot time. best regard

Re: importing files on CD

the command line, you can use cp: mkdir ~/Documents mount /cdrom cp -a /cdrom ~/Documents (~ is your home folder) You can also install and use Midnight Commander (command line file manager) to copy the documents. Or use some graphical manager with drag'n drop support, like Konqueror. best regards

Re: Upgrade to kernel 2.6.7

a ps/s mouse, make sure the mousedev and psmouse drivers are loaded. Also, take a look at the 2.6 input drivers faq: <http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2199> best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Register

Re: /dev/dsp

over the net. Check the Docs section on debian.org. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kernel 2.6.* series issues

urity and problems, I havn't seen one. > > http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt There is also a FAQ on the input drivers available at kerneltrap.org: <http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2199> best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[E

Re: how to sweep hard disk of confidential data

Hello Carl Fink (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 09:36:24PM +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: > >> As far as I know this does not work reliably with journaled file >> systems like ext3 ... > > I'm quite far from being an expert, but can&#

Re: how to sweep hard disk of confidential data

ger than 4GB, so be sure to use a recent version. As far as I know this does not work reliably with journaled file systems like ext3. And you probably want to remove everything including and file system data, so overwriting the complete disk (e.g. /dev/hdb) using /dev/zero or /dev/urandom as input w

Re: X Applications as Root User

opened a root shell using "su"? You can allow the super user to access your X session: # export XAUTHORITY=/home/kenneth/.Xauthority After that you can start the programs as root. Or you install some wrapper like sux, gksu oder kdesu. They don't need any kind of configuration li

Re: cd record and woody

network card, check the output of dmesg from the 2.2.20-idepci kernel. It will tell you which driver is used. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-ti

Re: Dependencies in Dir w/ Many .deb Files

kg' or another command/script > that > will generate the file names in an order such that the > dependencies are met? You can: - Copy the files in /var/lib/apt/lists from the office machine as well - Use apt-move on the office machine to move the downloaded files

Re: More info on hostname, domain name, etc.

image-2.4.18-1-686 or apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-1-k7 or whatever your architecture is. The old kernel will not be removed. The 2.4.18 kernels need to use an initrd to boot, make sure to configure lilo properly. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade and /dev/input/mice

oblem?). best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: x apps won't start as root under normal user

> application that depends on X returns this error: > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > kwrite: cannot connect to X server :0.0 > > Does anyone know how to fix/bypass this? export XAUTHORITY=/home/michael/.Xauthority or

Re: Newbie problems galore

art > again from the CD? I don't know what exactly you did, but maybe you have some usable backup in /var/backup. However, if the system is freshly installed and you did not make a lot of manual changes to the configuration, it is probably a quicker solution to reinstall. best regards

Re: how to write a script that recursively check files in a directory with md5sum

r (untested) find /usr -xdev -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum > usr.md5 should work. See the find man page to see what the parameters do. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 ht

Re: [Solved] startx setting the nice level to 5?

s recommended to let XFree run with a nice value of 0. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: startx setting the nice level to 5?

at /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config [...] allowed_users=console nice_value=0 [...] Maybe try dpkg-reconfigure xfree86-common? best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-jansse

Re: Not installable package ?

es the regexp as a a subtring of the names of possible packes. emacs21* means "emacs2" and any number of "1" following, e.g. emacs2 emacs21 emacs211 emacs2111 and emacs2 is part of xemacs20. Perhaps what you wanted is "^emacs21.*"? best regards Andreas

Re: starting up

of your stable packages, and the support by the Debian security team, except for the XFree packages. Go to <http://www.apt-get.org> to find XFree backports. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered

Re: Boot Flavours

s you want directly from the net. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Any way to search executable name?

pkg -L to list the contents of an installed package. Maybe you want to do something like dpkg -L package | grep bin This should list at least all files that are stored in /bin, /sbin, usr/bin and /usr/sbin. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-

Re: Apt Questions

If I remember correctly aptitude can do that as well. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Debian's javac vs Sun's new installation of j2sdk

Hello Michael B Allen (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Andreas Janssen said: >> You should go to <http://z42.de/debian/>. Get j2se-package, convert >> your JRE to a deb, download the matching *debian-deb for your Java >> version, and install both the downloaded

Re: About extra features of less

n Debian systems there are some preconfigured scripts that allow you to open gz and bzip2 files directly, e.g. zless, bzless, zcat and bzcat. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www

Re: spinning down disk when needed

mode, usually causing it to spin down. [...] -Y Force an IDE drive to immediately enter the lowest power consumption sleep mode, causing it to shut down completely. [...] (please read the parts I left out befor you use it) best regards Andreas Jans

Re: Debian's javac vs Sun's new installation of j2sdk

Java version, and install both the downloaded package and the converted JRE. The package management will take care of the symlinks in /etc/alternatives and even install symlinks to make the Java plugin work with Mozilla, Netscape and Firefox. You should probably deinstall the gjc packages first.

Re: Could not find kfmclient executable.

Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kppp problem

Hello Tadek (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > >> Tadek (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >> >> > I am having a problem with KPPP (2.1.4 KDE 3.2.2 sarge >> > distribution). The same connection using command

RE: how to use Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440 in Woody

y updates available. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to use Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440 in Woody

install nvidia-kernel-common and nvidia-kernel-source, the > system gives error like "Couldn't find package...". > Are the nvidia-kernel-common and nvidia-kernel-source included as a > stable package? They most likely are too old. Get the drivers from Nvidia, or get an

Re: kppp problem

re is no /var/log/syslog.ppp. 2) in > syslog I found following entries: > > Jul 4 20:43:39 lc2430 pppd[1476]: The remote system is required to > authenticate itself Edit /etc/ppp/options and change "auto" to "noauth". best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas J

Re: Unidentified subject!

in that computer. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Lost lilo.conf vga setting on 2.6 upgrade

t -- but yesterday I booted in 2.4 again > and that slow mouse drove me crazy! ;) See the Kernel 2.6 input driver FAQ for details: <http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2199> (Search for "My mouse moves too fast.") best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMA

Re: signature check failed

On the other hand, I don't know how to get past > the debsig errors. If the Debian packages are unsigned, you should configure debsig not to require sigs for these packages, or maybe remove it completeley. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROT

Re: XFCE on Debian 3.0

d to install to make it work. dpkg will tell you what is missing. > If so, what commands can I use to do so? dpkg -i xfce_3.8.16-2_i386.deb best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http

Re: Disaster Recovery

to dpkg --set-selections and running apt-get dselect-upgrade best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: lost password

ere you have to boot in single user mode, init=1 if memory > does not fail me. By default, Debian (Woody) will ask for the root password when going into single user mode. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270

Re: lost password

ine: mount -o remount,rw / passwd mount -o remount,ro / reboot best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: copy os files from CD to hd

re to have a normal HD > boot. Looks like you should either reinstall the kernel you use: apt-get --reinstall kernel-image-whatever or reinstall the boot loader by running lilo. If you need more help, give us more information, e.g. the error messages you get when you try to boot from hard disk. best

Re: kde and manual change if uid and gid

To my horror 'tad' disapper from the list of the user in > kde loggin. Probably kdm is set to ignore all users with ids lower than 1000. Edit your kdmrc and change MinShowUID=1000 to MinShowUID=501 and restart kdm. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[

Re: apt-get: how to circumvent automatic removal

the same name and locations (e.g. /usr sbin/ftpd), this won't help - you simply cannot install both packages at the same time and use them. Maybe extracting the deb to some other dir with dpkg will work, but probably not. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PRO

Re: way to change default Debian login screen

trol, and switch to system administration mode. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: is it save to clean /var/tmp?

t. However you should be careful if you clean /tmp on a running system. Only removing files that haven't been opened for a certain time should be safe, but I use Debian on a desktop that is shut down at night, so I never bothered to set this up. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andr

Re: is it save to clean /var/tmp?

d |in a site-specific manner, it is recommended that deletions occur at a |less frequent interval than /tmp. You can of course delete the files from time to time, but probably some apps expect their files to still be there after reboot. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Jansse

Re: When building a new Kernel how do you...

select > the options from running "make xconfig". If the config is from another 2.6 kernel, make oldconfig should work without problems. You will be asked some questions on new options, that is all. In this case manually reconfiguring the kernel should be necessary. best regards

Re: question, new to list

k me if I wanted it to try and run the X > confiurator. I said yes several times, btu each time the computer > locked up after displaying a bunch or random colors. Try dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 if you use XFree 4. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL

Re: Migrating to Debian: questions

lation) By the way, I think all of your questions have been answered before on this list. Please take a look at the archve (<http://lists.debian.org> or <http://groups.google.com>, Group linux.debian.user) first the next time you have questions. You will probably get your answers quicke

Re: no hard disk drives detected ?!?

2.4.18 does not support your controller as well, try to get boot floppies with a newer kernel, e.g. from <http://people.debian.org/~taggart/> best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User

Re: how stop the dns service?

servies to start. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: moving to the 2.6 kernel?

ompiled as a module. Make sure the psmouse driver gets loaded before gpm or XFree start. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Hard Drive Limitations

the way the manufacturers count, 128 GB otherwise) has been introduced in 2.4.19, and is not available in Woody with the stock kernel packages. And if you want to boot from such a hard disk, your BIOS must support LBA48 as well. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PRO

Re: Hard Drive Limitations

support LBA48, which means that with the Woody kernels you cannot use the full size of that disk, because you are limited to 128 GB. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www

Re: KPackage and apt-get basics

pt-cache show apache-common apt-cache policy apache-common best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Why is the Debian perl environment set up as threaded?

program can create debian packages from java developement kit and runtime environments: <http://z42.de/debian/> best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.d

Re: Install from file?

nameserver 194.25.2.129 > How do I install a package from a file? I can't figure it out. dpkg -i packagename1.deb packagename2.deb ... best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #2679

Re: Default config file for 3.0?

Hello Julian M. Mason (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Does anyone know where I could find the .config file for the default > 3.0 kernels? If the kernel package is installed, the config file is in /boot. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: iptables - ip_conntrack_max

track_max in the boot without use > /etc/rc.boot/ With sysctl. In this case, add net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max=5000 to /etc/sysctl.conf. This way it will be configured automatically the next time you reboot. Read the sysctl.conf man page for details. best regards Andreas Janssen --

Re: KDE Sound?

cation that plays the CD has an output plugin for arts. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: how to keep 2.4 and 2.6 kernels simultaneously

s only ONE /etc/modules for all kernels!! Use alias entries (e.g. alias usb-uhci uhci-hcd) in /etc/modutils or /etc/modprobe.d. This way loading ush-uhci will work with 2.4 and 2.6 kernels. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC80167

Re: Dear Debian Maintainers (usability)

stall etherconf dpkg-reconfigure etherconf best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: What version of stable am I using?

b-2woody3 came from? I got the same package installed, and mine came with the KDE 3.2 backports. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.ht

Re: trouble installing kde

ouldn't depend on a > functional X. Because some could want to install KDE, but run the X server on another machine? For this I think you only need xlibs and xbase-clients, and kdelibs3 does depend on these packages. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL

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