Netconfig tool or do I have to edit file manually?

I configured my Debian box so it uses dhcp, but now I want to change it to a static IP. Is there a netconfig utility for Debian, or do I just have to edit /etc/network/interfaces manually? brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

wu-ftpd exploit and patch I got, debs too

++; } - if (cc == 0) - if (ok) - p--; - else - return 0; + if (cc == 0) { + globerr = "Missing ]"; + return (0); + } continue; case '*': -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Samba 2.2.1a on potato?

of other dependencies. Do I just go in and modify the rules file? brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

fakeroot on debian/rules binary?

How do you do a fakeroot when you build a package from source? $debian/rules binary brian

Re: creating debian rescue disk

el, but I dunno how to > bind it with the bootstrap menu things. > > Any ideas??? > > Greetings & thanx, > > Timo > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

slrn newsreader, How do I specify my from address?

In slrn when I post to a newsgroup, it puts my from email address as [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would like it to put it as my real email address which is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there a config file I need to modify? brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Sendmail work as smtp server for internal private subnet

I have sendmail on my gateway box which has a dynamic IP. How do I make it so it will allow the internal hosts which are on a 192.168.1.x subnet use it as their smtp server? brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Potato install termwrap problem

INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes What is wrong here? I looked in /sbin and there is no termwrap program there. brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

dump package list to file?

I want to dump a list of the packages I have installed on a current potatoe installto a file, so I can later build a machine with the same packages? How do I do this? brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

mimencode, which package?

In which package do I find mimencode brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Debian talk, Sacramento, CA, May 10

ctions see http://www.saclug.org If you happen to fly to Sacramento to attend the meeting, the Sacramento airport is extremely easy to get into and out of. It is about twenty five minutes from the meeting location. brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: removing hard drives

needs 20GB on a linux > system). Now I get errors on boot(fsck). How do I removed the dives from > the boot sequence? I, for one, could use an extra 20 Gigs. -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: raid patches for 2.2.14

rce-2.2.14 debian > package. > > The last raid kernel-patch debian package is 19990724 and is against > 2.2.10 kernel. However the raidtools2 package is version 19990824. > > What to do now? > > Robert Varga -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: OT: Video cards? Creating Athlon Debian box..

and want to make a good match with > Debian. > > Thanks for any input! > > Kenward Vaughan > > ps. My work will involve molecular modeling imagery, with VRML quite likely a > part of that. Certainly 2D, but I don't know about 3D. Any games are likely > under Winblows for my kids (until I find out about Descent under Linux.. ;-) -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

CVS question

to do a cvs commit [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/src/scripts> cvs commit tkcorrespond.pl cvs commit: sticky tag `1.6' for file `tkcorrespond.pl' is not a branch cvs [commit aborted]: correct above errors first! How do I commit this? I suppose I would want it to be version 1.8 brian -- B

Re: what is the num value of "s" in -rwsr-x--- (chmod)?

rther add to my question, how do I give a user access so > that he/she will be able to use the pppd/pon command? > __ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [

Re: contents-i386.gz

r << >__ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

cdimage problem with rsync

debian-cd/2.1/i386/binary-i386-1.iso . link_stat /debian/2.1/i386/binary-i386-1.iso : No such file or directory client: nothing to do -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

which mailing list to follow potatoe

I want to follow the development and evaluation of potato. Which list should I subscribe to. brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: (eh?) Perl library shifted...?

llnow.com> > > "There's nothing left in the world to prove. All that's worth doing > is to love one another, using whatever means are available to serve." > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: Moving /home to new Parition

/hda12 /home > > I end up with an empty directory. How do I move the current contents > of my /home directory into the new mountpoint /home on /dev/hda12? > > thanks. -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: Debian Perl Modules

there too. So, all looks good, and it appears that I can successfully maintain two different versions of perl, on that supports my debian, and one that I can use to implement bleeding edge features. brian On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 08:51:53AM -0800, Brian Lavender wrote: > I still have a quest

Re: Debian Perl Modules

bConf/ DpkgFtp.pm $ ls -F /usr/lib/perl5/Dpkg Archive/ Package/ On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 01:40:36PM +1030, John Pearson wrote: > On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 10:10:00AM -0800, Brian Lavender wrote > > I was taking a look at the perl modules on my debian system, and I > > noticed that t

Re: Time taken by a script

execute the script, how can I do > this? > > Ron > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: dc390 what does it mean?

amp;&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& > & We love u. There's nothing to worry & > &Just Rest& > &Thank you for the unforgettable memories & > &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: Remote Printing

70 006, INDIA > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Debian Perl Modules

version of perl on my debian system and install these perl modules? Say I have slink I want to upgrade perl to the latest. Can I add in these perl modules, and where would I get the source to add them? brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: MS Frontpage

mers wants it. > > -- Werner > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: Promise Ultra 66

cfdisk in the install ramdisk. > Beware of strangeness - some drives have multiple CHS specs, as they respond > to different 'virtual' setting. > > -Percival > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 12:51:59PM -0800, Brian Lavender wrote: > > How do you specify the CHS spec

Re: swat for samba???

ration of > samba. I thought it would be a seperate package, but couldn't find > it in dselect. Do I just have to enable swat by a parameter in a > configuration file or is it really a seperate package and I have to get > it from somewhere? > > thanks for help!ks fo

Re: XEmacs use 'Alt' as 'Meta'

t; > > Sean> if you have one, the windows key is bound as meta. > > > > Is it possible to use the windows key as meta in XEmacs for text mode > > sessions? I don't like this inconsistency... Some combinations work, > > others don't. Tested: > > > > text mode console: alt --> meta > > gnome-terminal:alt --> meta > > xterm: windows --> meta > > -- > > Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

pass boot disk kernel parameters?

utting the information onto a kernel boot disk. Is there a way that you can specify these parameters with rdev? I mean can you do # rdev ./vmlinuz /dev/hda6 "hda=16383,16,63" brain -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: Promise Ultra 66

On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 02:34:16PM +0100, J.H.M. Dassen Ray" wrote: > On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 21:32:35 -0800, Brian Lavender wrote: > > but it just flashes the characters > > > > 2FA: > > That's from the Master Boot Record program. I guess you are correct

Promise Ultra 66

controller on the MB, so these are the only disks. I also tried booting with a floppy with IDE support, but it won't detect it either. brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Large Hard Drive Problems, HELP!

board IDE controllers. I have each drive as master on the two controllers. Is the second controller, not as good as the first? Can I issue a parameter to the kernel, so it will see the full 20 Gigs? Should I get a Promise Ultra ATA 66 controller, or some other IDE controller? brian -- Brian

Re: Dial In problems, HELP!

On Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 02:26:04PM +1030, John Pearson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 07:15:49PM -0800, Brian Lavender wrote > > I am trying to create a dial in connection where I can dial into my > > computer using dialup networking on win 95 and create a ppp connection. I >

Dial In problems, HELP!

s-dns 192.168.1.100 disconnect "chat -- \d+++\d\c OK ath0 OK" asyncmap 0 auth crtscts lock modem netmask 255.255.255.0 +pap proxyarp lcp-echo-interval 30 lcp-echo-failure 4 pap-restart 3 pap-max-authreq 10 noipx -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: HOW DO I Apply debian patch to original source?

h_installpam dh_strip dh_compress dh_fixperms dh_installdeb dh_shlibdeps dh_gencontrol dh_md5sums dh_builddeb brian On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 02:22:20PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 11:07:04AM -0800, Brian Lavender wrote: > > I am hav

Re: HOW DO I Apply debian patch to original source?

24:50PM -0800, Brian Lavender wrote: > > I posted this to the list once already, but I don't know if it made it. > > > > I am trying to compile a debian package from source. I can go to the > > package's > > web page and get the original source along with the

HOW DO I Apply debian patch to original source?

- File to patch: I am interested in the wu-ftpd package. http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/source/net/wu-ftpd_2.6.0.orig.tar.gz http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/source/net/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-4.diff.gz brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Apply debian patch to original source?

org/debian/dists/frozen/main/source/net/wu-ftpd_2.6.0.orig.tar.gz http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/source/net/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-4.diff.gz brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

packages in different selections on install

on install, there are certain preselected categories of packages that you can pick from, and get a set of preselected packages. Where can I find that list? How would I incorporate those packages into an existing installation? brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

build raid on install

v/mdx and voila, you are off and running. Here's the problem. I only have 100 Megs as root. I suppose I could install a teenie tiny system on this, but it would be nice to create the /dev/mdx devices before installation. Is this possible? brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: installing apache from source

ll not delete my > configuration files, so I should still be able to use > those with the new installation, right? > > Thanks > > -- > hypnos <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > Unsu

Re: TeX

tation with TeX ? > > Thanks, > > Gerald Crimp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: Error with LaTeX

On Fri, Dec 24, 1999 at 08:46:56AM -0800, Pann McCuaig wrote: > On Fri, Dec 24, 1999 at 09:59, Paul Huygen wrote: > > Brian Lavender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Here is the error I get: > > > [..] > > > I can't find the format fil

Error with LaTeX

fmt somewhere on my system? brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

glibc's crypt

Does the glibc in Debian slink have the good crypt by default? brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: fetchmail, sendmail, and mutt and sending mail with the correct a ddress

ystem so it sends mail as if its from > ntrnet.net? ie., [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Do I need to mess with the sendmail configuration, fetchmail, or mutt? > > > Clueless in NC - John > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

glibc questions in slink: crypt, linux threads

compiled with it or vice a versa if it wasn't. ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/glibc/2.0.7pre6 brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/