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
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. Any trouble I've
To quote Robert Waldner [EMAIL PROTECTED],
#
# Hi!
#
# I´ll soon have to give out the root-pw of one of my boxes temporarily,
# but I´m a little paranoid...
#
# Does anybody know of some program/script that could make checksums of
# eachevery file installed and keeping this list somewhere
To quote Robin Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Hi. I don't seem to have it right. I get an error on 'apt-get install
# libsdl1.1-dev':
#
# Reading Package Lists...
# Building Dependency Tree...
# E: Couldn't find package libsdl1.1-dev
Don't read the other reply ...
Use deb-src, trust me.
To quote DSC Lithuania [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# He's the guy who wrote TIP that keeps my ZIP drive working, so he
seems to
# know his
# stuff.
Personally, I used to use that site a lot for portscans and the like(for
well over a year). Now, while I think he provides a very good service, I
also think
To quote John Travis [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Agreed. And as you said there are other sites that offer more
in-depth
# scans. Something like http://scan.sygatetech.com/ comes to mind.
# But unfortunately the only truly secure networked computer is one that
# isn't networked at all 8^).
I'm glad
To quote Daniel Mashao [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I cannot boot from my harddrive. I made sure the root partition is
# bootable according to fdisk. This is a new Debian install using potato
# disks. I can boot (slow) from a diskette.
The error you get when trying to boot off the harddrive would be
To quote Daniel Mashao [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# All the computer says is:
# Searching for Boot Record from IDE-0...
#
# and it never finds it so it goes thru other options such as CD and
Floppy.
This confirms what I originally thought; the MBR hasn't been
written(this is done by either LILO, GRUB,
To quote Anton Emmerfors [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# While it is true that ttmkfdir identifies more fonts and encodings
# than mkttfdir, I have not been able to make xfs (4.0.2 from testing)
# work with its fonts.dir files. The only difference I can find is that
# ttmkfdir does not capitalize foudries
To quote Glenn Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# 1) when I run command debconf as root (or non), I get command not
found
There is no 'debconf' command. The debconf package provides various
facilities to packages, but no 'debconf' command.
# 2) when I run man debconf, the system grinds for a bit, spits
To quote Rob VanFleet [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Since XFree86 4 has been moved into testing, I figured that I can do
# away with xfstt since the new xfs supposedly supports truetype fonts.
# The problem is that I can't seem to find out what package contains the
# ttmkfdir command that allows one to
To quote Colin Cashman [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I recently installed Debian on my laptop, but some of the programs I
was planning on using exist only in unstable (for instance,
# Enlightenment 0.16.5).
If you only want a limited number of newer packages(I'd say less than 20
or 30), you can do the
To quote Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Hey people. I'm running the gnome binaries from 2.2r2, and I'm
having a
# few problems. I managed to get the bloody thing to finally run sawmill
after
# switching WMs back and forth, but the control center still isn't on
the panel.
# I can run
To quote seg [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Hi,
#
# I get the error command not found when I type iptables. I know I
compiled every net option in the kernel (choosed y). What am I doing
wrong? Not much to go on, I know
You need to get the iptables package as well; the 'iptables' command
doesn't come
To quote [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Hello,
#
# I recently installed helix-gnome and would rather not have gdm load
auto-
# matically. With xdm I could just remove xbase, then xdm so prevent it
from starting but with gdm, dpkg would not allow it not unless I remove
task-helix-gnome :( what can I do?
To quote Hall Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Do a mv /lib/modules/2.2.17 /lib/modules/2.2.17-backup and then
re-run
# make modules_install.
Another option is to edit the kernel toplevel Makefile. It's probably
/usr/src/linux/Makefile .
Four lines down, there an EXTRAVERSION variable that is
To quote Tom Schuetz [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Could someone please give me a hint re. how to get a functional shell
# script?
#
# I've done the #! /bin/bash, and I've chmod'd to +x, and the CHMOD
shows up
# correctly as executable in ls -l, but still will not go.
If you run 'echo $PATH' from the
To quote Leonard Leblanc [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Hello Everyone,
#
# I am going to be running a Linux box as Firewall/DNS/WWW/FTP/POP and
maybe some other network applications. I was wondering what your
suggestions would be for Partitions. I have already ready the Partition
HOWTO, but still aren't
To quote ktb [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I would add /var to this list. The reason being is if you run
something
# like squid and don't manage it right it will bring your system down if
# it grows too large. Maybe with todays large HD's it doesn't matter as
# much but I've had it happen. Log files can
To quote Hall Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Isn't galeon just a front-end for mozilla ?? If so, the memory leak
# will likely still be there. By the way, you do know that galeon
# *requires* mozilla to be installed, right ??
Hoping to avoid starting a flamewar here, Mozilla isn't a browser. It's
To quote Roberto Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Please some help? Mozilla leaks a ton of memory...
I don't think Galeon is available for Potato, anywhere. Sorry.
David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)
To quote James Lindenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# My question is, could we put a flag in apt-get that specifies whether
we want
# stable or unstable? Something like this: apt-get install unstable foo?
Since it's generally very unsafe to install testing/unstable binaries on
a Potato system(or
To quote Roberto Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Is what they say in their official site...
My apologize; you're right. It's not for stock Potato, though, the
dependencies for the Potato Galeon .deb looks like XFree 4.0.1 was
installed(search google, or add deb http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/
To quote Erik Steffl [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# du reports 110M in / filesystem and df reports 649M used - that's
# quite a difference. I have just ran apt-get clean (before that df
# reported 97% used on /), is it possible that df does not use up to
date
# info? Is there anything I need to do before
To quote RAccess [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# P.S. As topic indicates, this is a woody/testing box.
Unless I'm mistaken, you can use the task-x-window-system package to
install X. Since you've uninstalled everything, this is probably your
safest bet.
Keep in mind there are, as of yet, no GUI tools to
To quote John Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I've tried following Debian's suggestion to place a
# small /boot partition at the beginning of the disk,
# but that hasn't helped, either. Has anyone run into
# and been able to fix this?
Please include your lilo.conf and any errors you received.
David
Try adding the following parameters to your kernel:
ignore=hdc hdc=ide-scsi
You can do this with lilo.conf's:
append=ignore=hdc hdc=ide-scsi
Or right at the boot prompt.
David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)
To quote Mike Egglestone [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# How do you find how big a directory is?
The 'du' command is probably what you're looking for. The '-h', '-c',
and '--max-depth=1' are popular options.
David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)
To quote Christopher R. Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I guess tonight I finally want to get around to figuring out how to
stop this
# from happening. What do I do so I can run programs as root?
There are two solutions, that I know of. 'xhost' changes the access
controls for the $DISPLAY under which
To quote Dr. Aldo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# For example, Why are so many packages from older version of programs.
# For example X-chat, wwwoffle ,ncftp and even XFree's packages are from
# very old versions of the actual programs.
# I believe dpkg is the absolute best in terms of packaging
To quote Brian Furry [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# How do you find out which packages are not mission critical vs which
ones
# are optional so the non-essential packages could be purged to allow
the
# upgrade to
# finish.
There are some semi-automated tools to do this(deborphan comes to
mind), but there's
To quote Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I am running stable as my primary operating
# system. I needed something stable to learn from.
# and actually I am very happy with it so far.
# (even tho I have been posting like a mad man!
# ;-)
Good plan. :)
# On that note, is testing available on CD, or
To quote [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Dear All,
#
# Having successfully compiled 2.4 for my desktop PC (a Compaq Deskpro
# w/ 500 mhz Penium), I decided to do the same for my laptop (compaq
# armada with 233 mhz mmx). Everything seemed to be going happily until
# I tried to boot (after editing lilo.conf
To quote Osamu Aoki [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# If you know way to use CD-RW disk on /dev/scd0 with harddisk like
# R/W access, let me know. I am sceptical though.
There is currently a patch available for the kernel which allows just
that. I am not completely sure of the name, but I know it's hosted
To quote Chris Majewski [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Anyone have experience with diskless installations? Any
suggestions/hints?
I strongly recomment the Linux Router Project which, if I'm not
mistaken, was at some point a descendant of Debian(but I'm not sure).
Check out http://www.linuxrouter.org , or
To quote Christian Pernegger [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# The file system must still be valid, save for the first superblock
# perhaps - how can I find its beginning and end? I'd just like to get
# the data out...
Check out 'gpart'. I know it's apt-gettable from Debian unstable, and
I'm sure a
To quote Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I created ~/.xsession and added the line
Try 'chmod +x ~/.xsession'.
David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)
To quote Brooks R. Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED],
#
# Incidentally, X uses the next free tty. So if you have 'getty's up
to
# tty11, X will be on tty12.
#
# I was under the impression that X had tty7 hardcoded into it (or was
that
# xdm?)
Nope, neither. It just uses the next available tty.
To quote Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Hi all..
# here's what's happening:
# I created ~/.xsession and it causes X to restart
# immediately upon login (I type my password, hit
# return(enter) and poof! the screen flickers and
# I'm prompted again for user name and password)
#
# I've tried about 5
To quote Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Hi all..
# thanks foir all your help, because of you I
# figured it out.
#
# for some reason, fvwm starts automatically (I
# haven't figured out why)
# and when I created my .xsession, fvwm no longer
# loaded, so I had to load it myself from my
# .xsession
To quote hanasaki [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I did an:
#
# apt-get install squid
# messed some things up
# apt-get remove squid
# rm /etc/squid.conf since it was left behind
# apt-get install squid
#
# /etc/squid.conf was not installed this time.
#
# How do i get squid to fully install again?
'dpkg
To quote C-Cose Masters [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I'm about to re-install Stormix Hail after several unsuccessful
attempts to
# install and upgrade the Rain version. I've also invested in VMware, so
I will be
# completely formatting my HD, and installing W98 as a Guest OS through
VM. As
# this will be
To quote Omar Shuja Siddiqui [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# hi
# i have recently installed a network of to Linux boxes.
# one of them is a working dial up machine. i want to
# share the internet connection with the other Linux box
# also. please tell me what is the whole procedure for
# doing this.
There
To quote Hammurabi Mendes [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I was using the default kernel of potato, but after I installed 2.4.0,
# I can't build my modules.dep file for this kernel version, even
# using depmod -a. (The system automatically does that in the boot
# process too).
# In fact, the file is created,
To quote RAccess [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# 1. I have heard that its possible to run console in multiple
resolutions.
# How do I do this in debian, specifically?
One way is to compile framebuffer support into your kernel. Read
/path/to/linux/source/Documentation/fb/* . Probably vesafb.txt .
# 2. How
To quote Steve Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I'm up to the KDE 2.1-beta2-2 binaries and Konqueror still ignores
cookies
# unless the KDE environment is running.
#
# Should I clear out my KDE settings or is it just not fixed yet? Is it
# definitely reported as a bug to kde.org?
I've already
To quote Joris Lambrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# now we're at it, where does one get the Debian Packaged distribution
for
# Xfree86 4.0.2 ?
I can't remember off the top of my head, by all you need to do is add a
line to your /etc/apt/sources.list . Search Google for deb
To quote Benjamin Pharr [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I'm trying to make an iso of a directory structure on my hard drive
using
# mkisofs. I have Rock Ridge and Joliet enabled (along with a few other
# things), but it gives me an error saying the files with the same name,
but
# in different directories
To quote Vittorio De Martino [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I've been using RedHat 6.2 and 7.0 for about a year and now I think
I'm ready
# to have a go at some other Linux distro. Being fascinated by Debian
# stability and real Open Source nature I put the following
straightforward
# preliminary
To quote Bill Shui [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# You don't exist, go away!
#
# I have checked my /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files.
# they are in the right format.
I don't know what's going on, but if you reboot, you can get into a
shell by adding init=/bin/bash as a parameter to your kernel. For
To quote Joris Lambrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# that would be http://people.debian.org/~branden/woody BUT this is a
# pre-lease version that was distributed there temporarly.
#
# I'm looking for the real thing.
#
# That's in the dists/pool but i'm not sure on how to get it out of
there with
#
To quote [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# je voudrais svp les drivers de la cartes jazzmultimedia rush 3d
adrenaline
# pour windows
# 98 2nd edition
# je vous remercis d avance.
Cete liste est pour Debian Linux, alors ce n'est pas un place ou vous
demand des questions du Windows.
David Barclay Harris,
To quote Glenn Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Although it grieves me to say so, there are a couple of Windows-only
apps
# I'd love to run ... specifically the XML IDE XMLSpy, and a couple of
# Chinese-language applications.
If you're willing to do a little work, you might consider Win4Lin. Nice
To quote Cameron Matheson [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Hey,
#
# I just compiled X4, but after I did make install install.log I
checked the log, and it bailed because I don't have -lz. What package
is this library in? (or where can I download it?). Also, I'm trying to
install emacs, X, etc. Someone
To quote Cameron Matheson [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Hey,
#
# I just finished compiling X4.0.2, but now when I try to run it, it
says:
#
# Fatal server error:
# could not open default font 'fixed'
a) Used packaged wherever possible. Compiled-from-source packages are
are *much* better than
To quote USM Bish [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# drwxr-xr-x rootroot0 Jan 21 13:08:32 2001 pts
Looks like you're running 2.4.0, with devfs enables and mounted.
Don't use devfs unless you're read the documentation(not sure where it
is, check /usr/src/linux/Documentation ).
David Barclay
To quote Philipp Bliedung [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Hi,
# Can I use two kernels (for example 2.4 and 2.2.17) on the same
machine?
# I mean can I use kernel 2.2.17 as the normal kernel I boot with and
# then still compile kernels in the 2.4 version (not for this computer
but
# for others) - or will
To quote Steve Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# When I let dselect upgrade my kde packages on Jan. 18th Konqueror
stopped
# handling cookies.
I had the same problem, and I filed a bug report on it. Konqueror uses
cookies fine when 'startkde' is running(ie: then entire KDE destop), but
not when it's
To quote Ken Weingold [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# AFAIK, all Linux would need to support is the NIC. Does BellSouth use
# pppoe? If so, Roaring Penguin's pppoe for Linux is AWESOME. Painless
# install.
If indeed it's just a NIC. Sounds like it's an internal(PCI) ADSL modem.
Not a standalone box.
To quote Marcial Zamora III [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# hey all.. I know this mite stir up a great deal of debate, but its not
my intention.. Im currently running potato, and thinking bout running
unstable.. there are quite a few packages I would like to have in
unstable, and I know ahead of time, to
To quote Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED],
#
# I have a problem starting gnome-session in Woody.
# Formerly, I just had
#
# exec gnome-session
#
# in my ~/.xinitrc but now I also have to put
#
# panel
#
# in .xinitrc or I don't get the panel. Is anyone else having this
# problem with
To quote Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Thanks, that did the trick. I must have fried the settings when my
# machine locked up a few sessions ago.
I find 'gnome-session' buggy.
For quite a long time, I've been running without it. When I was using
the panel, I just added 'panel ' to my
To quote Jonathan D. Proulx [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# In this context I've been kicking around the idea of running
# apt-get update /dev/null apt-get -qq -y upgrade
# from /etc/cron.daily
#
# I'm wondering if anyone else is doing this and what the experience has
# been.
I guess it depends on which
To quote Jonathan D. Proulx [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Is there a way to tell apt-get to do an upgrade from limited sources
# (my local repository), without juggling /etc/apt/sources.list (I could
# move it swap in a different safe version, update, upgrade, swap
# back)
Well, you'd set up your testing
To quote Marcial Zamora III [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# hey all. im tryin to install a gtk theme from source, and am getting
this error:
#
# checking for gtk-config... no
# checking for GTK - version = 1.2.0... no
# *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found
# *** If GTK was installed
To quote D-Man [EMAIL PROTECTED],
#
# I have a couple of issues to resolve now with my Debian installation:
#
# 1) I commented out the tulip module in /etc/modules, but when I boot
# it still tries to config eth0. This is currently a problem (I must
# wait for it to time-out) because I moved
To quote John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Hi. I have two machines and I would like to avoid downloading the
# same debian packages for each one since I have a slow connection. I
# want to use apt-move to make a mirror out of one machine and use it
# for both machines to avoid duplicate
To quote [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefan Möller),
# After rebooting the system, my computer restarts after the message:
# 'warning: unable to open an initial console'
I can't solve your problem, but I might be able to point you in the
right direction. The only time I've ever seen that error what when I
To quote Erik Steffl [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I would like to start up x-window-manager instead. How to properly
# configure this in debian? remove all alternatives for
# x-session-manager?
If you're using 'startx', you can edit your ~/.xinitrc , and make it
executable(if it isn't already). It's a
To quote Bill Wohler [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# 1) The package manager.
Speaking of packages, I think this should be raised.
In general, I find that the quality of Debian packages is better than
most others. Why?
With most distributions, managers are forced to make a compromise -
spend more time
To quote Erik Steffl [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I know I can do it that way (for xdm or startx) but I don't want to
# completely override nice debian system of startup... we have these
# x-session-managers and x-window-managers etc. and I would like to
learn
# how to work within this system, I now how
To quote John F. Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Hello
#
# I tried to connect to the box from a machine which I have never
# used as a client before. It failed also.
Please be more specific with your problem. What versions of SSH are on
each machine? What operating systems are on each machine?
To quote Marcial Zamora III [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# hey wusup yall ? recently converted from using Red Crap for a year,
and am loving debian so far =)
# I use a res of 1280x1024 in X.. when I open rxvt, and then a man page
inside it, the man page only takes up half of the width of the
terminal..
#
To quote Ray Percival [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# When I try to launch a X application as root it tells me the
# client can not connect to the server. It is a stock 2.2 X install
# does anyone have any thoughts on the subject? Thanks Ray
You can either:
a) As the user who started the X session, run
To quote Benjamin Pharr [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I'm still having difficulties getting my cd writer to work. Here is
what
# I've done so far:
#
# Recompiled my (2.4.0) kernel with scsi-emulation and scsi
# support. IDE-CDROM support is compiled in statically.
#
# 1. apt-get install cdrecord
# 2.
To quote Joris Lambrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Do i REALLY have to install kde to get something close to say outlook
# express (i know, i know, but it beats any linux mua i've seen)
No, you don't - not in my experience.
Currently, for me, Sylpheed is in the sweet spot. It has all the
features I
To quote Cliff Sarginson [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# To quote Joris Lambrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# # Do i REALLY have to install kde to get something close to say
outlook
# # express (i know, i know, but it beats any linux mua i've seen)
#
# No, you don't - not in my experience.
#
# Currently,
To quote [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# It might, but if it does, it won't do it cleanly. It's not really
# designed for it.
#
# dpkg -l|awk '{print $2}'
#
# can't be made part of a script, because dpkg cuts off filenames
# after a certain length. So you get things like 'netscape-base-',
#
To quote Viktor Rosenfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# 98 packages upgraded, 11 newly installed, 2 to remove and 2 not
# upgraded.
# Need to get 51.6MB of archives. After unpacking 34.8MB will be used.
# Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
# Abort.
To quote [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dean Allen Provins),
# Hello:
#
# I have KDE2 as the X display manager using an ATI rage128 card, but
# cannot get the login screen to blank.
#
# I've set xset to 10 minutes, but nothing happens at the end of the
# interval.
'xset' only works for the current X
To quote Ken Irving [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I'm not sure how to recover/restart the install, and don't see a
# troubleshooting section in the fine manual that covers this
contingency.
# Running dselect shows a much more detailed package listing than was
# displayed during the install dialogs. Is it
To quote Steve R. Hastings [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I kludged a solution by copying the .esd-auth file from the first user
# to the second user; now either user can use esd when it is started by
# the other user. I'm not certain whether this is the correct long-term
# solution, but I'm running and
To quote [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bostjan Muller),
# Is there a way to do this with apt-get (I do apt-get -u upgrade, but
don't want
# to upgrade a specific package(s))?
When a package is on hold, nothing touches it. Not dselect, not apt,
not dpkg. Not unless you over-ride it, anyways ;)
You might
To quote Ekkehard Kraemer [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I am having some trouble with a PCI card; the trouble goes away if I
# reduce the PCI bus speed slightly (by reducing the FSB speed of my
ASUS
# A7V mainboard from 100 to 95 MHz). The system (and the PCI bus) is not
# overclocked or in any other way
To quote Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# about 2 weeks ago, I installed debian 2.2r2.
# During the package install phase, I checked off
# the X packages (simple menu). Along with all the
# X packages, xdm and xfs were also installed.
# Naturally I assumed that xdm and xfs were
# necessary parts of X.
To quote Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# is xfstt a font server that can be used in place
# of xfs?
I don't know if it can be used in place of xfs, but I know it can be
used alongside xfs. I've got plenty of resources to burn on my machine,
so I've never tried setting up xfstt to handle all my fonts.
To quote Jarkko Niemi [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# So, I went to look modem's AT manual and edited /etc/chatscripts/
# I added AT+MS= part just before number dialing.
# I don't know do I use wrong AT command, or are parameters wrong,
# anyway it calls, but not connect.
# By commenting that out,
To quote Ken Weingold [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Anything in general that 'make menuconfig' needs? I just did a new
# install, and when I type it at the console, I get an error when it is
# in lxdialog.
I know I had to install libncurses5-dev to get 'make menuconfig' to
work. Aside from that,
To quote Brian Stults [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Is it possible from within X to start another session of X on a
diffent
# console? I know I can just Ctrl-Alt-F2, login, and then startx. Then
I
# could toggle between Ctrl-Alt-F7 and Ctrl-Alt-F8. However, I would
like
# to accomplish the same thing
To quote Warren Turkal [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I believe that he is having the same probs that I have. Normal user
can't
# startx, but root can. Is there a group they need to be a part of?
What's the exact error?
David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or
To quote Ker Ruben Ramos [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# I've got a Fatal server error while trying to start X. I've got
# xfonts-100dpi and 75dpi installed.. anybody know what package do i
need to
# have the 'fixed' font?
'xfonts-base'. You could also 'apt-get install task-x-window-system' and
you'll get
To quote Ker Ruben Ramos [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Thanks guys!
# 'xfonts-base'. You could also 'apt-get install task-x-window-system'
and
# you'll get tons of stuff. For a more minimal(but actually working :)
# install, 'apt-get install task-x-window-system-core'. You can also
use
# 'tasksel' to
To quote William Leese [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# i was.
# tried:
#
# $ xhost +local:
#
# but it gives the same error.
In order for 'xhost' to work, you have to be the user who started to X
session; so:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] xhost +local
[EMAIL PROTECTED] su
Password:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] make xconfig
To quote Brian Frederick Kimball [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Is #off# in front of the ntalk line? The wrapping of the text
# makes this difficult to parse. IIRC you need ntalk enabled. You can
# always run tcpdump on the interface being used to see what port the
# talk program is trying to connect to
To quote Thomas J. Hamman [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# X: The xhost localhost thing doesn't seem to work with X 4; what do
I
# need to do to allow my gf to run programs with her user when we're
# logged into X as my user?
I think the correct syntax is 'xhost +localhost'. However, if that
doesn't work,
To quote [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# So, I guess it is progress. Finally succeeded on Mitsubishi Amity
laptop
# with xf86config, using monochrome VGA and lowest resolutions. OK, now
X will
# start, and a get cross-hatched screen with a big black X in the
middle. But
# system is not responsive to
To quote Jason Arden [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# ipchains: Incompatible with this kernel
Linux 2.4.0 contains another re-write of the network/filtering code.
It's now called 'Netfilter', and it's pretty sweet, in my humble
opinion. Anyways, it's a re-write, and there are a number of userspace
changes.
To quote Elizabeth R. Chichester [EMAIL PROTECTED],
# Okay, I made a mistake. When I set up Debian on my home machine, I
was
# thinking in terms of a home network and so set up networking (through
# eth0). Unfortunately, I got ahead of myself and don't have everything
# set up. Specifically, I
Hello everyone :)
I have a plain USR Voice/Fax/Data modem, of the 56k variety. I was
wondering if anyon knew if there is some software(prefferably Free, of
course) which will act as an answering machine, using said modem?
Ideally, it'd also be able to handle faxes, but since I have a fax
machine
Did anyone else get this message 16 times?
David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)
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