Permission denied

2003-09-17 Thread David H. Clymer
I cannot uninstall/reinstall, do anything with the kdebase-doc package because of a problem with several files, which even as root, i do not have permission to list/delete/modify. How is this so? Is there any way I can unlink these files? example below: woody:/usr/share/doc/kde# rm -rf HTML rm:

Re: Urgent Help: courier-imap installation

2003-02-11 Thread David H. Clymer
Kevin, you could try purging courier-imap first (so that it forgets about those configfiles) and then attempt to reinstall it. Unless it is a new install, you will probably want to back up your config first :) I had this happen to me just the other day..but for the life of me cant remember _exac

Re: Exim AUTH problems

2003-02-03 Thread David H. Clymer
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 13:20, David H. Clymer wrote: > I'm attempting to set up SMTP authentication using exim. I can get it to > work if i dont check for null values, but when i try to add some extra > logic to do that i get an error that I dont quite understand, and so It > isnt

Exim AUTH problems

2003-02-03 Thread David H. Clymer
I'm attempting to set up SMTP authentication using exim. I can get it to work if i dont check for null values, but when i try to add some extra logic to do that i get an error that I dont quite understand, and so It isnt really helpful in debugging this issue. note: i'm only working on the AUTH PL

Re: exim4 sources

2003-01-22 Thread David H. Clymer
On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 07:08, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > There's an exim-4.10 package on > ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/debian/cistron/ > > It has been built without LDAP and SQL support though, since I > don't need it. And remember exim v3 and v4 have a completely > different synta

exim4 sources

2003-01-21 Thread David H. Clymer
Hi folks. In an attempt to get the sources for exim4, I just added the following urls to my sources.list, and apt-get update-ed. when I do an apt-cache search, however I'm only bringing up references to exim 3.35. Is exim4 included in testing or unstable packages? I thought I had heard mention of

ogg123 segmentation fault

2003-01-02 Thread David H. Clymer
for some reason, ogg123 is acting up. when I try to play an .ogg file, i get the message the following: woody:/home/david/share/audio/speeches# ogg123 rms-mit*.ogg Device: OSS audio driver output Author: Aaron Holtzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Comments: Outputs audio to the Open Sound System dr

Re: kppp password problem

2002-12-23 Thread David H. Clymer
check out your /etc/ppp/peers folder. I'm guessing you are using 2 different config files there, and the one being used by kppp does not have the "noauth" option, meaning that it is expecting the remote system (your ISP's remote access server) to authenticate itself with _your_ box, and that is not

Re: Exim + mysql

2002-12-23 Thread David H. Clymer
> I get problems configuring exim to use mysql. When I add the line in exim.conf: > hide mysql_servers = localhost/users/admin/secret > > I get : > exim -C ./exim.conf -bV > Exim version 3.35 #1 built 04-Mar-2002 23:05:40 > Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2001 > 2002-12-22 17:13:59 Exim conf

Re: Handspring Visor hotsync problem

2002-12-23 Thread David H. Clymer
> > The Visor modules is in the "USB Serial Converter Support" section. > You also need the apropriate "USB Host Controller Driver". > Thanks. I evenutally found it. For some reason, I had skipped the serial converter section. One would think that a locate that turns up: /usr/src/linux/drivers/

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread David H. Clymer
> >> > >${local_part} is taken from the recipiant's email address. if someone > >sent you an email (to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) the exim splits up the address on > >the @ and sets two variables: > > > >local_part: paul > >domain: foo.com > > > What process does that substitution? I'm not exactly sure,

Re: Handspring Visor hotsync problem

2002-12-20 Thread David H. Clymer
Could you be so kind as to point me to the place where I can find the visor module option in make menuconfig? I cant seem to find it. Maybe I'm looking the wrong place. I'm using v2.4.18 BTW. davidc On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 14:39, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: > I just installed Woody r1 (presumably,

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread David H. Clymer
On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 14:13, Paul Scott wrote: > Ok. My /etc/exim/exim.conf has: > > local_delivery: > driver = appendfile > group = mail > mode = 0660 > mode_fail_narrower = false > envelope_to_add = true > return_path_add = true > file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part} > > but mutt

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread David H. Clymer
I just realized that I wasnt sending my replies to the list :) silly me. davidc -Forwarded Message- From: David H. Clymer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: simple exim configuration Date: 20 Dec 2002 13:20:56 -0500 > That gives me: &

Re: sound module stuck

2002-12-19 Thread David H. Clymer
what might be using that module? davidc On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 12:19, Kent West wrote: > David H. Clymer wrote: > > >Hi folks! > > > >Is there any way to force the removal of a loaded kernel module? For > >some reason, my sound just stopped working and all audio pr

sound module stuck

2002-12-19 Thread David H. Clymer
Hi folks! Is there any way to force the removal of a loaded kernel module? For some reason, my sound just stopped working and all audio programs are saying that they cant open my audio device, and so I was going to try to reload the module for my soundcard, but when I do an rmmod es1370 it says th

Re: Debian 3.0 Updated R1 Problem!

2002-12-17 Thread David H. Clymer
a simple way to solve this would be to create a symlink to the new lib with the same name as the old library. like so: ln -s /lib/libproc.so.2.0.7 /lib/libproc.so.2.0.6 voila! its fixed! ;o) davidc On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 14:46, Account for Debian group mail wrote: > > We just installed the new

mail retrieval-delivery-sorting

2002-03-30 Thread David H. Askew
I'm currently using evolution as my email client to work with both a pop3 and an imap account. I subscribe to several high trafic mailing lists and use a variety of methods from within evolution to sort my email etc... I'm growing tired of using Evolution and I'm wanting to use a text based client

Re: Building a module without GPL license?

2002-03-24 Thread David H. Askew
..not sure how to help but, I use vmware 3 on debian unstable with 2.4.18 kernel and had NO problems with the installation ... -dave On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 23:14, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: > > > I have just installed Woody and I am trying to get VMware (RC for > version 3.1) configured. > > Wh

sony clie 320 with gnome-pilot

2002-03-20 Thread David H. Askew
anyone successfully gotton a clie synced with gnome-pilot via usb cable...I've read thru alot of docs tring to get it to work .. ..the device is recognized by the kernel and is connect via ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1 depending on wether its used via cold/hotsync .. and the ttys exist ..any thoughts,

Re: problems with AWT programs

2002-03-07 Thread David H. Askew
This may or may not help but I experienced a similar problem with my favorite java program, JEdit. There is some sort of bug with java that might not let you use keyboard input in a java program if the numlock key is ON. Not sure on what the particulars are ... but I found that the bug does exist

Re: 2.2r5 Install Endless Loop

2002-02-28 Thread David H. Askew
hehe..redhat...thats funny ..but I guess..linux..is linux ..go with what you know...be realize there is lots to learn... On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 06:25, Keith Parkansky wrote: > debianlist wrote: > > > > HI: > > I have the same problem as you have! Did you solve the endless loop when > > c

Re: Laptop keyboard and switching X resolutions

2002-02-21 Thread David H. Askew
On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 05:01, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 22:02, Jeremy Whetzel wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I searched the archives for this one, but maybe I didn't look for the > > right thing. I'm trying to figure out how to do the "on-the-fly" X > > screen resolution changing (via

DocBook User Documentation

2001-07-12 Thread David H. Silber
ic if that's all that is out there. Any suggestions? I have been able to find documentation for marking up a document with the DocBook DTD, so that is not a problem. Thanks, David -- David H. SilberCode generated for your database: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dbcoder.org/

Package installation error -- What is going on?

2001-07-07 Thread David H . Silber
When I recently tried out aptitude, apt-get replaced apt 0.3.19 with apt 0.5.3. On the very next install (docbook-doc), I had problems. I don't know if it was a problem with the docbook-doc package or of the new apt package. In the meanwhile, I'm afraid of installing more packages lest I compoun

debian-user@lists.debian.org

1999-07-31 Thread David H. Silber
m Down! 2) Tell us exactly what your problems are. Regards, David H. Silber -- David H. Silber -- http://www.orbits.com/~dhs/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] For custom software, see:http://www.SilberSoft.com/ Palm OS / Linux Documentation: http://www.orbits.com/Palm/

Re: Routing table question

1999-07-28 Thread David H. Silber
On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 06:07:55PM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote: > "David H. Silber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The default is for addresses whose routes are not specified by the > > routing table. Packets destined for any computer with an IP in the > >

Re: Routing table question

1999-07-28 Thread David H. Silber
tand something, since the computers are able > to comunicate. > > Any input highly appreciated, Hope this made some sense. -- David H. Silber -- http://www.orbits.com/~dhs/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] For custom software, see:http://www.SilberSoft.com/ Palm OS / Linux Documentation: http://www.orbits.com/Palm/

Re: preparing for first installation - which User's Guide?

1999-07-15 Thread David H. Silber
only failing is that it might not have the latest version of some software available for it. Some of the sotware that you might otherwise only be able for potato might be available via http://www.freshmeat.org/, compiled for slink. (Potato uses a newer set of libraries.) Good Luck, Dav

Re: Palm Pilot Software

1999-07-15 Thread David H. Silber
d in order to beable to install downloaded 3rd > party > apps on the palm pilot? Use pilot-xfer, from the pilot-link package. Also, you may want to look at the documentation link under my signature. David -- David H. Silber -- http://www.orbits.com/~dhs/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bleeding edge install: mysql, perl (also apache)

1999-07-10 Thread David H. Silber
tion & server run slink. But I need the latest versions of PHP3 & MySQL for a project, which means potato, so I am using a 486 to support this project. I suppose I could get the source & compile everything myself, but that seems so... so... un-Debian! Thanks, David -- David

Bleeding edge install: mysql, perl (also apache)

1999-07-10 Thread David H. Silber
.11 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii dpkg1.4.1.3Package maintenance system for Debian Linux $ uname -a Linux pluto 2.2.5 #1 Sat May 1 02:57:30 EDT 1999 i486 unknown -- David H. Silber For custom software, see:http://www.SilberSoft.com/ Palm OS /

Re: Tab Tab program/command line editing

1999-07-06 Thread David H. Silber
d you will see more completely what I mean. Try typing while in the middle of a program's argument, for filename completion. Good Luck, David -- David H. Silber -- http://www.orbits.com/~dhs/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] For custom software, see:http://www.SilberSoft.com/ Palm OS / Linux Documentation: http://www.orbits.com/Palm/

Re: [Q] Virtual hosts and routing...

1999-06-19 Thread David H. Silber
On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 09:17:56AM -0400, David H. Silber wrote: > # Set up a virtual interface. > # > # Usage: > #virtualif [reset] > virtualif() { I didn't like that my previous solution, because it only dealt reasonably with one physical interface at a time.

Re: [Q] Virtual hosts and routing...

1999-06-18 Thread David H. Silber
On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 09:17:56AM -0400, David H. Silber wrote: > Since I have a large number of virtual addresses, I wrote a little > function to perform the ifconfig & route operations together. As a > bonus side benefit, I no longer have to manually number the virtual >

Re: [Q] Virtual hosts and routing...

1999-06-18 Thread David H. Silber
167.12 WWWSILBERSOFTCOM=207.199.167.14 virtualif eth0 ${WWWORBITSCOM} ${NETMASK} ${BROADCAST} virtualif eth0 ${WWWSILBERSOFTCOM} ${NETMASK} ${BROADCAST} I hope this helps someone, David H. Silber -- David H. Silber -- http://www.orbits.com/~dhs/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] For custom softwar

Keystone on Debian?

1999-06-08 Thread David H. Silber
Has anyone out there successfully installed Keystone on a Debian system? Thanks, David -- David H. Silber -- http://www.orbits.com/~dhs/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] For custom software, see:http://www.SilberSoft.com/ Palm OS / Linux Documentation: http

Re: *.deb

1999-05-05 Thread David H. Silber
On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 08:16:05PM -0400, Matthew McFarlane wrote: > How to open and install a *.deb file? dpkg --install package_version.deb If there are unsatisfied dependancies, dpkg will warn you and stop after unpacking the package, but before configuring it. Because of this, you may wish t

Re: IP forwarding for 2.2.x kernels

1999-05-02 Thread David H. Silber
should be set to y. But I don't need to do address translation. All I need is IP forwarding. I don't think that IP forwarding depends upon IP masquerading. (Quite the contrary, in fact.) Please correct me i

Re: IP forwarding for 2.2.x kernels

1999-05-02 Thread David H. Silber
On Sat, May 01, 1999 at 11:18:23PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote: > > Is there some magic involved with IP forwarding for the 2.2.x kernels? > > Are you using IPCHAINS at all? Are you trying to do NAT? Yes to ipchains. No to NAT. David

Re: Installation on an i386 with *only* 40 Mb HDD

1999-05-02 Thread David H. Silber
uch a system, so yes, it is doable. But after setting aside swap space, plus that 26 MB from the base installation, there isn't a whole lot of room left. Regards, David H. Silber Please send Debian-rela

Re: how to make

1996-12-21 Thread David H. Silber
re is a seperate package for make in the rex/binary-i386/devel/ subdirectory. > tia antony -- Stellar Orbits Technology Systems ``Custom and Internet programming to fit your needs.'' Visit: http://www.orbits.com/

Re: Dot-matrix printers

1996-12-15 Thread David H. Silber
Visit: http://www.orbits.com/ Or Call: (301) 230-2659 David H. Silber / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://www.orbits.com/~dhs/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Lost X on upgrade to 1.1

1996-05-29 Thread David H. Silber
> From: dhs (David H. Silber) > Subject: Lost X on upgrade to 1.1 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 18:18:25 -0400 (EDT) Never mind. I recompiled the kernel _AND_ the pcmcia stuff together and things started to work. > > I just upgraded my laptop t

Lost X on upgrade to 1.1

1996-05-28 Thread David H. Silber
seems to help. (I still have what used to work, just in case.) Also, the Control-Alt-PlusSign and Control-Alt-BackSpace keystrokes do not seem to provide their advertized functions (switch screens and exit X). Any suggestions? More information provided as needed. Thanks, David -- David H