On 22 Sep 2002 14:41:36 +0100
Brian Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Help,Debian Newbie.Have installed Debian 3.0 OK. Problem, Mozilla was
> working OK. Now I cannot launch it, I get message 'No such file etc'.
> Tried apt-get to install &/or remove it, but can neither install or
> remove it.I'm
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 14:33:06 +
Martin Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> a question i was asked recently on a topic that I thought
> i understood untill i was asked
>
> Given the hypothetical subnet 136.206.16.128 and netmask
> 255.255.255.128, state the valid range of IP addresses that
On Sun, 01 Sep 2002 19:04:07 +1000
Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why won't export work? When i run this
> bash script on debian 3:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> ABC=def
> export ABC
> exit 0
>
> when i type 'export', then ABC doesn't
> appear in the list of environment variables.
That's unsurprising.
you may not have installed on your local
machine. Be sure to specify which of stable, testing, or unstable you're
using :)
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ions in the GDM Sessions menu (on vt8, of
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ed?
> Checking 'dpkg --list' hasn't helped ... sometimes both xserver-s3 and
> xserver-xfree86 are installed.
'realpath /etc/X11/X', 'ls -l /etc/X11/X', and 'X -version' should do
you. :)
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monitor a lot more than just a 'net connection. If you're not using the
GNOME panel, you can't use its applets, but there are some simple ones
there if you do.
Otherwise, 'apt-cache search dockapp', pick and choose, play and poke.
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tart.
That'd be one start ;)
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t's
pretty god-damned impressive.
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MH required entire-directory locks. Anyways,
even if that's true, a) Mutt doesn't use a cache, even for MH, b) Mutt
doesn't use a cache, for anything(I don't think), and c) there's no
reason the cache needs to be within the folder itself :)
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hey will use libqt3. I don't believe the maintainer is planning on
releasing KDE3 packages before Woody's current proposed release date.
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ullscreen/gui
mailer I found, and is faster than many CLI(mail, nmh, etc) clients to
boot.
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button, it
executes a different command.
KDE stuff should run reasonably well on this machine, if you don't have
much else running when you use it. So, for instance, you could probably
use KOffice as the office suite. I agree that Open Office is probably
too large.
Obviously the bottleneck on t
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 20:32:23 -0600
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Then I would have to suggest that mutt might be more efficient than
> gnus for local access, since it can handle mboxes with 5000+ messages
> quite quickly. :)
>
> /me runs from people wielding actual benchmark figures
J
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 12:07:40 -0800
"Jeremy T. Bouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From my own configuration I had Xinerama working fine with 2
> seperate cards... My problem was they were not identical so I had to
> run the display at the lower cards maximum settings for both cards...
> This
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:02:27 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have GEForce II running right now.
> I am running XFree86 4.1.0 (from unstable).
> To make it run, you need to go to the nvidia site and download the
> kernel file and the glx file, then modify your XF86Config-4 file to
> unload GLcore
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 05:20:57 -0800 (PST)
Ihab Mohsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For some reason I cant run any xserver for my Geforce
> II VE graphics card except the VGA_16 server so you
> can guess what the graphics are like...any ideas which
> server I should be running
Well, it sounds like
On 10 Feb 2002 10:48:51 -0200
Michel Loos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> is your /etc/network/interfaces correctly configured ?
>
> there should be
>
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet ppp
> provider dsl-provider
I've attached my /etc/network/interfaces.
The pppoe package in Debian is the Roaring P
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 19:20:22 -0700
"Robert L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm building a new machine. It crashed durring a dist-upgrade after
> basic install and config. I went to install gnome after it cleaned
> the disks and it says it can't find /var/lib/dpkg/status.
>
> Am I screwed
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:44:01 -0500
> So I was wondering about if there are any good, _small_ browsers like
> that. I tried mozilla on my system, and I had enough time to eat lunch
> while it started up (I have since removed mozilla).
>
> I have X4 installed and working, but I don't want to install
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 03:31:44 +
Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well I'm not at the box at the moment - I'll have a ferret around on
> it tomorrow. I've remembered that I have kernel source debs for
> 2.2.19 and 2.2.20, and one of them is unpacked, so that's another,
> what, 150 Mb ?
It'll b
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 02:41:02 + (UTC)
"Andrew J. Hoyos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I recently tried to set-up exim for sending mail on my lan. I have a 5
> computer setup with one computer masq'ing my ppp connection.
>
> I can send and receive mail locally, and receive "internet" mail, but
>
On 30 Jan 2002 20:36:14 -0600
Lance Hoffmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In trying to optimize my Voodoo 3500 with mplayer I compiled my kernel
> 2.4.17 with framebuffer support. Is this necessary, or what
> advantages do framebuffers have? In the docs it seems that fb's
> simply allow for simi
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 01:28:13 +
Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The KDE 2.2.2 Woody/unstable box that I'm building ran out of disk
> space the other day (already over 900 Mb used, and all I have is gcc,
> perl, python, kde, kdevelop and koffice ... jeez).
Just to let you know, I just ran a fr
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 11:24:36 +0100 (CET)
Alexander List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have dictd 1.5.5-4 running on my System (Dual-PII-400), and it seems
> that though rarely used, it is the nastiest one concerning memory
> usage. Is there any reason for that? Shouldn't it be swapped out if
> unu
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 01:31:08 -0500
"Jeff J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alright, just finished installing Woody. My video card is an nvidia
> geforce2 mx400. When you run KDE, everything appears fine. When you
> load a program (such as xmms) the program in the foreground looks
> okay, but the
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 13:14:24 -0800
Eric G. Miller wrote:
> Do you think some user's might try to open the file before the >
> download is complete?
Yes. Many people do. For good reason, usually. I mean, you can start
reading a .txt before it's done downloading. You can extract any number
of archi
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 04:51:21 +
Stig Brautaset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> links-ssl ?
lol :) While links-ssl is a great browser which I use daily, it also has
problems downloading large files ;)
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On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:47:20 -0500
Courtney Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I assume that since I've copied all the filesystems from another
> running HD onto a new HD, that if I copy over the MBR that then I'll
> be able to boot and run the new HD as well.
>
> How do I properly copy over the
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 10:49:58 -0500
Noah Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Of course apt (which is nothing without the excellent work the
> > package maintainers put in). I like the philosophical stance of
> > Debian GNU/Linux being a big proponent of the GPL. I don't think KDE
> > would even
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 14:46:03 +
Ben Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Did nave a look around the web for this but no luck. I have just put
> a network card in my box but how do I get debian to recognize it and
> configure it?
Find out the brand and model of the network card. If it's a PCI
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 15:48:09 -0800
Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am starting to learn to use real Debian email. I have mutt,
> fetchmail, and exim working. But I am having trouble reading my email
> because I have diffi- culty reading deep blue characters on a black
> background or o
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 14:39:53 -0800
ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> man, i can't believe that you told dman--one of the most unreservedly
> helpful and still modest people on this list--to shut up. that's damn
> near slapping your mama in the face. dude, apologize.
Well, firstly, I can also be a r
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 01:57:16 -0500
dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Isn't that why I ran "vim /boot/grub/menu.lst" in the first place?
> With a configuration as simple to manage as grub's is, I can't imagine
> why this would need to be automated. (X, yes; sendmail, yes; grub,
> not really)
What
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:18:19 -0500
dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Really? Have they figured out how to read my mind and put the config
> I want in there?
Of course not. They've done the next best thing and made it
configurable.
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:28:13 -0800 (PST)
Paul 'Baloo' Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are there any jpilot conduits for syncing mail? What I'm looking for
> is basically something to copy all my messages to the Palm in folders,
> so I can read and respond when I'm at work, and sync it up when
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 18:57:26 -0800
Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to second this query. I would like to
>
> install Woody, not upgrade to Woody. I have downloaded
Wait until it's released.
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On 12 Jan 2002 19:22:05 -0600
Nate Custer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I took that to mean that his CD does not use a 2.4 kernel. Am I wrong?
Close. First of all, Woody isn't released yet. By the time it is, who
knows? Maybe i386 and PowerPC Debian installers will use 2.4 by default.
As it stands,
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 13:52:38 -0500
"Jeff Flowers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does Debian support the SB512PCI? This is the same chipset
> as the SBLive! cards, an EMU. If so, how do you do it.
Yup, fully supported. I know absolutely positively that Debian Potato
2.2r4 supports it, and previous v
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:54:03 -0800
Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks to all. I've got more than one way of getting my list. But now
> I have another question:
>
> Where is this information stored on my computer? Since I am somewhat
> paranoid about things, what assurance do I have
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 01:13:18 -0800
Calyth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems that they don't mix well.
> Here's the problem.
> I want to resize the FAT and ext3 partition on my laptop because FAT
> is truly fatter than the ext3 and linux actually could use a bit more
> space. So I wanted to do f
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:08:49 -0800
Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How can I get a list of all the debian packages that are installed
> on my computer?
Many solutions have been suggested, here's another. It will end up
listing only the package names, nothing else. Useful for when you go
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:01:55 +0100
Nike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How can I change the default desktop manager (for now it's Gnome)
> started by a remote xdm session to my debian box.
Edit ~/.xsession on the box that you're logging in to. It's a shell
script; it doesn't need to be executable.
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 00:13:03 +0100
Mirek Dobsicek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> During booting I got message that "Invalid super blok on /dev/hda5
> (ex2fs). Try run fsck .. "
> and it sent me to 1 runlevel.
You forgot to change /etc/fstab ;)
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:34:33 -0600
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Of course, that's a function of the maintainers and has absolutely
> > nothing whatsoever to do with the packaging software involved.
> >
> > :)
>
> Does the RPM build process have an equivalent of dpkg-shlibdeps?
Yea
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 10:19:24 +0100
Imre Vida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The problem i have is that on one of my machines
> the process gets killed after a certain number of cycles.
> (This number is not absolutely constant but has very
> small variation between 100-120.)
If the memory use of th
On Wed, 09 Jan 2002 21:10:51 -0800
Calyth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perhaps it's time to get to Woody?
> IMO rpm system sucks dependencies are never correct. Debs never
> have the same problem.
Of course, that's a function of the maintainers and has absolutely
nothing whatsoever to do with
On Wed, 09 Jan 2002 17:39:31 -0800
"Paul A. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to put a REALLY small email server up at work using
> Debian( I have a RH box I've put together but I like ... the feel of
> this list/ what it says about Debian vs what I've encountered with RH
> ). I ha
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 00:49:53 +
Nicholas Avenell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am looking for a simple, step by set guide to turning a directory
> full of .deb files into something I can access with a sources.list
> entry.
>
> In this case, /var/cache/apt/archives/.
While the other suggestion
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 11:51:33 -0800
ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> is there any way i can get /var/lib/dpkg/status to re-write itself?
> i'm getting a parse error on a line number where i don't see any
> noticable errors, which is preventing the use of dpkg.
Oh, right, I forgot to say - check /var
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 11:51:33 -0800
ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> is there any way i can get /var/lib/dpkg/status to re-write itself?
> i'm getting a parse error on a line number where i don't see any
> noticable errors, which is preventing the use of dpkg.
Nope, sorry :| However, most parse erro
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 07:22:49 -0500
Edward Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone have any thoughts on which file system to use? ext3 or xfs?
A bit of background; I used ReiserFS as my root partition(several gigs),
/home, and /var for about a year and a half. I've been using XFS for
about eight m
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 08:21:57 +0100
"Ste" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I first downloaded all the file the testing distro requested (included
> the recommended ones) then I tried dpkg -i xxx.deb . I didn't try the
> apt-get method because I would have create a list and so on first.
> I know the apt-g
On Mon, 07 Jan 2002 18:28:39 +0100
"stefao melchior" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am running debian2.2r4 with xfree86 3.3.6 on my laptop: I have tried
> to upgrade the x-system to the more recent 4.1.0 release, got from the
> woody release. I downloaded all the packets (.deb) from the debian's
>
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 23:36:13 +0100
R.Pac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gtk-WARNING **: Unable de locate the loadable module in module_path :
> « libpixmap.so »,
That theme requires the pixmap GTK theme engine. Many themes use it,
though not all. It's available in the package, "gtk-engines-pixmap".
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 13:19:18 -0600
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now, when I do an "apt-get -s dist-upgrade", it wants to install
> all of the gnome, font and a buch of other graphical stuff
> that I don't need nor have room for.
This is probably because one of the packages you have inst
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:19:39 -0500
David B Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You don't want to tell XFree to do that, though, trust me. But there
Bah, just to clear something up; I mean you don't want XFree to eschew
its own drivers and use the kernel
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 09:26:21 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have an nVidia GeForce 2 MX 400. I have compiled the nVidia drivers
> and it works fine. When I had originally compiled the 2.4.17 kernel,
> I had enabled the nVidia framebuffer in it. So, should I use it? Is
> their a performance i
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:43:47 +0100
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> can anyone please explain this to me?
>
> seamus:/usr/local/share/phpgw# find . -name Root | xargs vi
> 221 files to edit
> Vim: Warning: Input is not from a terminal
>
> seamus:/usr/local/share/phpgw# vi `find . -name
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:43:33 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is Potato 2.2r4 the lastest stable release ?
>
> What kernel is it ? I guess 2.2 ?
Yes. Yes.
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On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 03:06:39 -0500
Daniel Freedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not sure exactly what's going on here, maybe you just have some config
> option specifying this in sshd_config, but, according to the release
> notes on openssh.org, for version 3.0 of openssh, authorized_keys2 is
> now
On Mon, 07 Jan 2002 02:01:36 -0600
Gary Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A day or two ago, I noticed that somewhere in my effort to get
> acquainted with my Debian box, a few hundred files of type 'c'
> (character, as opposed to regular or block) had shown up in my home
> directory. All were cr
On Mon, 07 Jan 2002 13:41:27 +1000
john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm sure this isnt right.
> On the console I'm getting 'C' for all values except LC_ALL, which is
> unset.
>
> Any ideas on how to fix this are appreciated.
How are you setting those variables? If you're setting them in
~/.xsess
To quote Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 05:18:18AM -0400, David B . Harris wrote:
> > Hello there :) I'm looking to set up a local Debian mirror(for
private
> > LAN only, until we get more bandwidth), but only of the Sid/i386
> I use fm
Hello there :) I'm looking to set up a local Debian mirror(for private
LAN only, until we get more bandwidth), but only of the Sid/i386
distribution. Now, anonftpsync seems pretty good, but I can't get it to
work properly. I've gotten it to --exclude the proper things, but,
unfortunatly, dists/sid/
To quote "john smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# 1. How can I find out the total number of files (also hidden) in the
current
# directory?
#
# 2. How can I find out the total number of executable files (also
hidden) in
# the current directory?
#
# 3. how to find the total number of files of a given
To quote Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# I'm trying to compile in ipchains emulation support in kernel 2.4, but
make
# xconfig has it greyed out and I have no idea what I need to enable to
get to
# it. Can someone point me in the right direction?
You need to disable all 'iptables' suppo
To quote [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Martinovic),
# Speaking of Gdm, has anyone else found that although in
# /etc/gdm/gdm.conf i put my .gtkrc in for Gdm to load with my gtk
# theme, it still loads with the default theme (which is really ugly)?
Make sure the gtkrc file is readable by GDM. I think i
To quote Roberto Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# bash-2.03$ wget -c --timeout=90 --wait=50
#
ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/os/linux/debian-cdimage/2.2_rev2/i386/binary-i386-3.iso
# --18:18:25--
#
ftp://sunsite.auc.dk:21/pub/os/linux/debian-cdimage/2.2_rev2/i386/binary-i386-3.iso
#=> `binary-i386
To quote ray p <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# I have a firewall (floppyfw) based that I am trying to do SSH through
to
# my Debian box on the other side and it will not work. I have
uncommented
# the lines that are supposed to allow forwarding to the box behind it
in
# the scripts and still everytime I
To quote "mark's-debian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Hello,
#
# I setup a cronjob to fetch these mailinglists messeages from my
mailserver. Everytime the job is run I get an email with the output from
this job. How do I stop this. Because I'm afraid I'm loosing valuable
diskspace
Add "> /dev/null 2>&1
To quote "Marcelo Chiapparini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Hi everyone!
#
# It is possible to install sylpheed in potato without updating any
library?
# In the Debian site sylpheed belongs
# to unstable, but the shylpheed web page says that it runs under
potato...
Well, what you can do is build the S
To quote Francois Gelis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# I am running libc6 version 2.2.1-1, with a kernel 2.4.0 in which I
have
# configured the use of the devfs architecture.
The problem sounds like it might be because you're not running 'devfsd'.
'apt-get install devfsd', and reboot. If you're not using
To quote "The Grand Oral Disseminator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Hi...
#
# I'm new to Linux, let's start with saying that! But I am thnking
about installing Linux on my PC (Intel PIII 667MHz)... Can you give me
some information about which distribution (A free distribution, since it
is just my goal
To quote MaD dUCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# also sprach kmself@ix.netcom.com (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 08:42:15PM
-0800):
# > $ startx & exit
# >
# > ...which is what I use (do what I mean, not what I say). I can
assure
# > you there are no console sessions on this box.
#
# this will kill my X imme
To quote "Rainer Mager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# David (and all),
#
# Thanks for the reply. The part about mixing hand built stuff with
pacages
# in concerning as I do this quite often. The number of available
packages is
# encouraging but, nonetheless, I know occasions will arise. I've had to
To quote "Rainer Mager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# So, to make a long story short, how is the Debian package manager in
this
# regards? Do the same problems exist?
Well, understand that there are two parts to the Debian packaging
system. 'apt', and 'dpkg'. 'dpkg' is roughly equivalent to functio
To quote "D. Hoyem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# attempted to put them in the /mount directory, one
# would go there but the other would not... both were
# labeled vfat:win95 and I assume that you can not have
# 2 of the same in /mount. The problem is that when I
You can only mount one partition per di
To quote Pann McCuaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 17:22, Raffaele Sandrini wrote:
#
# > I have win and lin insalled on my computer
# > unfortunally windows must be on the first partition wich is 20 GB's
big. the
# > next 20 GB's are for debian. Is there any chance to get LILO w
To quote Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# don't have this problem, just for my own knowledge...
#
# doesn't this require a quasi-new bios? since lilo can only bootstrap
using
# whatever services the bios allows.
True enough, it does require a BIOS with EDD support. The LILO sources
have
To quote Raffaele Sandrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Hi
#
# I have win and lin insalled on my computer
# unfortunally windows must be on the first partition wich is 20 GB's
big. the
# next 20 GB's are for debian. Is there any chance to get LILO working
under
# this circumstances (perhaps a new vers
To quote Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# append="-R imps2" <-- this line was me fooling around
Get rid of that, and instead add a this line:
repeat_type=raw
#Option "Protocol""imps/2"
I don't know if it's case-sensitive, but IMPS/2 works for me... It might
To quote Vittorio De Martino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Having experience of Linux RedHat, is there anyone out there able to
tell me
# where is the equivalent of the rc.local file in Debian and where can I
find
# it?
There's isn't any rc.local per se, but executables in /etc/rc.boot/ will
be run on
To quote James Sinnamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# My apologies for a question that should have been answered over and
over
# again on this
No problem at all :) But check the archives next time. Since you have a
specific string to seach for("Can't open display"), a search would
provide good results.
To quote Gavin Hamill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Just my two cents' worth here... I did a semi-manual potato install
# recently (i/e/ selecting individual packages from the menu rather that
# just the groups) and have ended up with a full mail and
# web/SSL/PHP/mod_perl system with quite a few extra od
To quote dickson chow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# 1. How can i install debian at its bare minimum? (HD space is only
# 340mb. sorry if this is a dumb question. i'm new to linux and the
linux
# structure is totally alien to me. i'm trying very hard to learn it
# though :)
What I would do is extract base
To quote Aaron Brashears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Thank you to all who let me know some more information about kernel
# 2.4.1. It installed flawlessly, runs smoothly so far, and if anything
# seems lightning quick. I'm looking forward to reformatting some of the
# partitions as reiser and play around
To quote Steve Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Well first, I repent of calling Linux 7: Redhat 7. Yes I am new. I
have
# been maintaining my own box from a su level for about 3 months. That
is why
# I was calling in an expert to install Debian tomorrow. It has become
quite
# obvious to me that I am
To quote Steve Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Hi!
#
# I am frustrated with the linux 2.2 kernel. I have had two hacks in 3
months
# and I am going broke rebuilding my server.
#
# I went out and bought Redhat 7, and got hacked 6 weeks later.
#
# I have been placed in contact with a guy who wants me
To quote Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Hey, give the guy a break. Of course he's aggravated, although it may
# be that only a little RTFM would clear things up.
I wasn't really the aggrivation that bothered me... I've dealt with many
a frustrated newbies. What does bother me is guilt-trips.
To quote Joris Lambrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# the /dev directory indeed just lists a list of names wich are linked
to
# device driver files through the inode table
#
# so in fact you're grep-in the output of the /dev, if this contains
some
# control chars it might hang your grep command, you sho
To quote Thomas Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# i do cd /
#
# grep -r hallo *
#
# und then cames a memory enhausted and the network is down.
Well, since you're specifying -r, it's going recursively through
subdirectories ... I don't know for sure, but maybe it's running into
some problems with so
To quote Jerrud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mount /cdrom
# mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
#or too many mounted file systems
#(aren't you trying to mount an extended partition,
#instead of some logical partition inside?)
# [EMA
To quote "Leonard Leblanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Hey All,
#
# I have just a quick (and probably stupid) question. I was under the
# impression that you could just place scripts in the cron.daily,
# cron.monthly, and cron.weekly directories and that those scripts would
be
# run. Now either there
To quote Glenn Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
#
# All,
#
# I have been trying to secure my Debian box, which enjoys a DSL
# connection. I've been going through /etc/inetd.conf, commenting out
# services, and K'ing others in the /etc/rc2.d/, until what I have left
is
# the following (output from nmap
# Comments or suggestions welcome but it looks like I have wasted my
time and
# should have stayed with RH
With an attitude like that, you should have stayed with Red Hat. Or
better yet, Windows. When you having nothing installed other than
Windows, Office, and Internet Explorer, it's fairly stabl
To quote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# I guess the subject is clear enougth, does woody come with XFree4.0
and
# kde2?
There are currently no Woody ISOs. Whether Woody will have XFree86 4.0.x
or KDE2 will be determined when Woody is frozen, or when the part of
Woody that those packages are in is frozen.
To quote "Dean A. Roman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Hello all,
#
#I recently configured, compiled, and installed the 2.4.1 kernel.
So
# far things are going ok with it.
#
# However, modprobe has stopped working correctly, and can't find any
# modules.
Chances are, you need a newer version of mo
To quote Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 04:06:03PM -0500, David B . Harris wrote:
# ...
# > You also need to re-boot for some hardware re-initialization. See
the
# > recent thread on XFree 4.0.2 and an IntelliMouse-compatible mouse.
#
# I doubt it.
To quote Rick Rezinas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Hi,
#
# I'm using testing
# I was having an issue (think I saw a post regarding this recently),
# where a regular user couldn't use ssh due to ' no controlling tty'
#
# I found that the issue was an inability for nonroot to write to
/dev/tty
# and chan
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