Re: Java 2 VM in Debian

2001-06-25 Thread Guy Geens
> "Viktor" == Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Viktor> I just installed the package, and I noticed that Netscape is Viktor> unable to load the java 2 plugin. I don't really need java in Viktor> netscape, but I was still wondering if this is a known bug, or Viktor> I'm doing somethi

Re: Raid; mkraid /dev/md0_HELP?

2001-06-25 Thread Guy Geens
I had a system crash recently, and I took a good look at my own syslog messages and /proc/mdstat. And my own entries look very different from yours. My question is: did you recompile and install the patched kernel? I suspect that you didn't, and you're trying to use the new-style raid tools on a

Re: problem w/non-us in stable?

2001-06-25 Thread Guy Geens
> "Carl" == Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Carl> For several days I've been getting this: Fetched 64.4kB in 8s Carl> (7382B/s) Failed to fetch Carl> http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/dists/stable/non-US/contrib/binary-i386/Packages Carl> Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)

Re: problem

2001-06-23 Thread Guy Geens
> "David" == David L Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I installed debial 2.1 and i forgot the root password. Can you tell >> me please how i can change the root password ? David> Boot from your rescue floppy, mount your / partition as /mnt, David> and change root's password to * (no passw

Re: contents of woody iso images?

2001-06-23 Thread Guy Geens
> "mark" == mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: mark> Hi all, Iam downloading woody and as i only have a crappy 56k mark> modem connection, i was wondering what is on the 5 iso images? I mark> ave checked at debian.org any cannot see any info for this. I have downloaded those images, and the in

Re: Raid; mkraid /dev/md0_HELP?

2001-06-21 Thread Guy Geens
> "Frans" == Frans Schreuder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Frans> I appollogize for this rude dump of information. But I'm really Frans> thankful that you are willing to help Regards, Frans Cutting it down to the important stuff: Jun 20 22:20:16 venom kernel: Oops ! md0 not running, giving up !

Re: Raid; mkraid /dev/md0_HELP?

2001-06-20 Thread Guy Geens
> "Frans" == Frans Schreuder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Frans> mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for Frans> potential clues. Does anything appear in /var/log/syslog or /var/log/kern.log ? -- G. ``Iggy'' Geens - ICQ: #64109250 Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Work: <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Raid; mkraid /dev/md0_HELP?

2001-06-19 Thread Guy Geens
> "Frans" == Frans Schreuder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Frans> Should I do something with md-tools? Anybody with software raid Frans> experience? Is 20Gb/disk a problem? Could it be that I have not Frans> included liniear mode into the kernel? Totally lost right now. I installed my Raid0/lin

Re: [users] MAC -> IP?

2001-06-18 Thread Guy Geens
> "S" == S Breedveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: S> well, I just installed a firewall with iptable logging, and I get S> about every second an entry like this in syslog: S> aluqah kernel: UDP Dropped: IN=eth0 OUT= S> MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:c0:f0:19:b0:8e:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.2 S> DST=255.255

Re: prevent logrotate

2001-06-18 Thread Guy Geens
> "S" == S Breedveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: S> Thanks. Is it true that the non system entries in S> /etc/logrotate.conf go to /etc/logrotate.d ? The way I understand the system, it works like this: Each package may install a file in /etc/logrotate.d (normally using the package name) to

Re: dialing up my home box

2001-06-18 Thread Guy Geens
> "Darryl" == Darryl Röthering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Darryl> If, while away on vacation, I want to call up my home box & Darryl> then telnet (or whatever) in, how should I set it up? Do I Darryl> need to set up a telnetd? If your box is connected by DSL/Cable modem, try SSH, and read e

Re: ntpdate on two machines

2001-06-18 Thread Guy Geens
> "Matthieu" == Matthieu Paindavoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Matthieu> Hello, I am running ntpdate as a cronjob on 2 machines. Both Matthieu> machines should have the same time. But, the second has a Matthieu> time which is one hour behind. Just a guess: time zone or daylight savings time

Re: RealPlayer Proxying?

2001-06-18 Thread Guy Geens
> "Ashley" == Ashley Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ashley> Is there something I can use to proxy realplayer requests Ashley> through my firewall? I seem to remember that real.com used to Ashley> have a proxy w/source available on their site but all I can Ashley> find now is their 4000 US$

Re: Raid; mkraid /dev/md0

2001-06-17 Thread Guy Geens
> "Frans" == Frans Schreuder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Frans> Primary partition only one; fd filetype (linux raid auto). For Frans> each disk.(hdb; hdc).They are "identical" disks but Frans> clusters/heads/sectors differ?? The CHS figures shouldn't matter, as long as fdisk reports the s

Re: Raid; mkraid /dev/md0

2001-06-17 Thread Guy Geens
> "Frans" == Frans Schreuder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Frans> Thanx for the reply. FYI: the raidtab file is /etc/raidtab (and Frans> also /etc/raid/raidtab) The raidtab looks OK to me. What are the partitions on your disks? -- G. ``Iggy'' Geens - ICQ: #64109250 Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: prevent logrotate

2001-06-17 Thread Guy Geens
> "S" == S Breedveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: S> Hello, how can I prevent logrotate to gzip specific directory's in S> /var/log? Edit the appropriate file in /etc/logrotate.d/ . (It's a configuration file, and it won't be overwritten by an upgrade.) -- G. ``Iggy'' Geens - ICQ: #64109250

Re: Is debian-user-digest working?

2001-06-16 Thread Guy Geens
>>> Chris Kenrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wondered: Chris> Is debian-user-digest broken, or is there a problem (mail Chris> gateway issue?) on my end? Note that debian-user mails get Chris> through to me fine. Debian-devel-digest is gone as well. -- G. ``Iggy'' Geens - ICQ: #64109250 Home: <[EM

tmpfs cleanup (was: Re: Grub: Does it allow for modularized kernel fs)

2001-06-16 Thread Guy Geens
> "Herbert" == Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Herbert> Actually, I use LVM and initrd-tools together and it does Herbert> work. You need to use the provided scripting mechanism to Herbert> mount tmpfs on /etc in order to run vgscan/vgchange. Great! I'm going to try that some time. No

Re: /bin/sh for all users?

2001-06-16 Thread Guy Geens
> "Dragos" == Dragos Delcea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dragos> I know that, but I'm courious: why /etc/passwd didn't came Dragos> with /bin/false as default setting (I'm talking about system Dragos> accounts that really don't use/need the shell) There are some programs which rely on the fact

Re: xemacs 21.4.1-2 forces DNS lookup

2001-06-16 Thread Guy Geens
> "Andreas" == Andreas Kurth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andreas> After upgrading to xemacs 21.4.1-2 on debian woody xemacs Andreas> won't start without network (DNS) any more. This is Andreas> espacially annoying since I have an autodial connection to Andreas> the net. Try changing the line

Re: Networking problem (SAMBA???)

2001-06-13 Thread Guy Geens
> "aparra" == aparra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: aparra> But the problem is that some times the win98 machines stops aparra> viewing the network, put I still have IP conexion. And if I aparra> try to make, from any win machine. a telnet to any linux, it aparra> takes years to get the prompt.

Re: Not Loading Modules

2001-06-13 Thread Guy Geens
> "Thomas" == Thomas H George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Thomas> I compiled a 2.2.19 kernel with module support and sound Thomas> modules for my sound card selected, ran make modules and make Thomas> modules_install, then copied everything in Thomas> /usr/src.../arch/i386/boot to /boot. The k

Re: kernel-package question

2001-06-13 Thread Guy Geens
> "Haim" == Haim Ashkenazi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Haim> Hi I've just compiled a custom kernel with 'kernel-package Haim> --revision=3:win4lin1 kernel-image'. the kernel I was compiling Haim> was the source of the kernel from which I originally installed Haim> the system - 2.2.19-reiserfs.

Re: grub & dual boot with 2 hd

2001-06-13 Thread Guy Geens
>>>>> "Anthony" == Anthony Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>> "Guy" == Guy Geens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Guy> following in /boot/grub/menu.lst: Guy> title Debian GNU/Linux Guy> root (hd1,1) Guy> kernel /vmlinuz G

Re: Raid; mkraid /dev/md0

2001-06-13 Thread Guy Geens
> "Frans" == Frans Schreuder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Frans> I've attached the original message if anyone can shine a light Frans> on this thing that will not work. It's really the mkraid Frans> /dev/md0 part that won't work. Did you try after you copied the raidtab to the correct place?

Re: Boot Problems

2001-06-11 Thread Guy Geens
> "Nick" == Nick Furman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nick> While booting up this morning, it says it cannot initialize the Nick> initial console and bascially falls into a "rebooting loop" Nick> where it will get back to that that point in the boot sequence, Nick> and reboot itself again. Try

Re: grub & dual boot with 2 hd

2001-06-11 Thread Guy Geens
> "Anthony" == Anthony Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Anthony> I want to go from booting with Lilo to Grub. I am not sure, Anthony> but doesn't lilo have to be installed in the mbr of /dev/hda Anthony> in order to boot both Win2k and Linux (in the above Anthony> configuration)? Can anyone out

Re: lilo won't display options

2001-06-11 Thread Guy Geens
> "burningclown" == burningclown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: burningclown> I'm having a frustratingly-intermittent problem with burningclown> LILO, however: sometimes the "boot:" portion of the LILO burningclown> message never comes up, LILO has options to control when the prompt is shown.

Re: weird problem with init after compiling new kernel

2001-06-11 Thread Guy Geens
> "Wouter" == Wouter Bakker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wouter> to try and make things a little more clear: the kernel boots! Wouter> Lilo works fine! it is the init part where all activity halts Wouter> at the point where normally the supplementary hardware (sound, Wouter> network, mice, spec

Re: Boot order, PCMCIA and external SCSI drive

2001-06-11 Thread Guy Geens
> "Ed" == Ed Falis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ed> I have a jaz drive attached to my machine via a SCSI card plugged Ed> into a PCMCIA slot (kernel 2.4.3). Is there a way to get it to Ed> automount during boot by getting the PCMCIA services started Ed> before processing fstab? Or some other op

Re: Grub: Does it allow for modularized kernel fs

2001-06-11 Thread Guy Geens
> "Nathan" == Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 09:27:40PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote: Otto> Bad luck, so it never will be possible to have a fully Otto> modularized kernel. Nathan> Sure you can ... use an initrd. Check out the initrd-tools package in test

Re: Raid; mkraid /dev/md0

2001-06-11 Thread Guy Geens
> "Frans" == Frans Schreuder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Frans> -edited the raidtab file ( I noticed there beeing a raid Frans> directory so I copied it from it's original location in /etc) The raidtab file needs to be in /etc. I have noticed the /etc/raid directory as well, but AFAIK it is n

Re: ifup -a broken?

2001-06-11 Thread Guy Geens
> "Dave" == Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dave> As the log below shows, all three of the interfaces in Dave> /etc/network/interfaces behave properly when addressed by name, Dave> but using -a to bring all interfaces up (or down) doesn't seem Dave> to recognize that any interfaces

Re: lilo 'Block move error 0xAE'

2001-06-11 Thread Guy Geens
Try adding the line `lba32' to lilo.conf, and then re-run lilo. -- G. ``Iggy'' Geens - ICQ: #64109250 Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WWW: http://users.pandora.be/guy.geens/ ``I was thinking about how everyone was dying and maybe it's time to live.'' - Eel

Re: dhcp

2001-06-10 Thread Guy Geens
> "Matt" == Matt Gerginski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Matt> Hi. I just did a fesh install of debian. On the documentation on Matt> the site, it said that in the "Configure the Network" portion of Matt> the installation, i would be asked whether to use dhcp or not. Matt> This never happened.

Re: problem with remote stty and remote login

2001-06-10 Thread Guy Geens
> "James" == James D Freels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: James> stty: standard input: Invalid argument Could you look in the login scripts (/etc/profile, ~/.profile) for the command which causes this error and post it here? -- G. ``Iggy'' Geens - ICQ: #64109250 Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Wo

EDITOR hint (was Re: Babel and LaTeX)

2001-06-08 Thread Guy Geens
> "Ole" == Ole Sebastian Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ole> I had to run the command ''texconfig hyphen latex'' and learn how Ole> to use vi :) and then it worked. It's very hard to be a Linux user and avoid vi completely. :) However, during normal usage, you can set your prefered editor

Re: installing unstable version

2001-06-08 Thread Guy Geens
> "Jonathan" == Jonathan D Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jonathan> I've installed a number of "unstable" machines. My prefered Jonathan> method is to use a "stable" CD or floppy install and when Jonathan> prompted for install method, pick edit sources by hand Jonathan> replacing "stable"

Re: french locale

2001-06-08 Thread Guy Geens
> "christophe" == christophe barbé <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: christophe> I'm afraid it's not enough. IIRC this is basically what christophe> gdm does when you choose Fr in its menu but it doesn't christophe> work (at least on my install) with sid. Have you tried the following: - use fr_FR (

Re: pump sometimes must be restarted (cable modem)?

2001-06-08 Thread Guy Geens
> "Alan" == Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Carl" == Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Carl> periodically (perhaps every other week) my Internet connection Carl> via Optimum Online (Cablevision) freezes Alan> Hmmm... it shouldn't happen every week, but if your IP changes, A

Re: french locale

2001-06-07 Thread Guy Geens
> "jean-michel" == jean-michel le bot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jean-michel> Hi, How can I set locale fo french language by default ? If you want to set the default for one user, add the following to your .profile: export [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set the default for all users, add this to /etc

Re: laptop instillation via a PCMICA cd rom

2001-06-07 Thread Guy Geens
> "Andrew" == Andrew D Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andrew> 2. I don't know if you can install over pcmcia Andrew> so as a safer route I'd boot back into Windows and make set of Andrew> the base floppy disks (I think it's up to 10 or something now Since Windows is installed on the PC, it

Re: resizing a partition with GNU parted

2001-06-04 Thread Guy Geens
> "burningclown" == burningclown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: burningclown> Unfortunately, the burningclown> partition I want to resize (/dev/hda3) is the one where burningclown> parted is installed -- when I run parted and try to burningclown> resize /dev/hda3, I get a warning telling me that

Re: A little off topic - Microsoft Networking Problem

2001-06-04 Thread Guy Geens
> "Ian" == Ian Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ian> On the windows machines, they are taking forever to pull up Ian> Network Neighbourhood. It began happenning a few months back Ian> without explanation and has been happenning randomly ever since Ian> (we had not changed the network, nor bro

Re: Getting modules.conf to load sound at startup

2001-06-03 Thread Guy Geens
> "Chris" == Chris Kenrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> I've managed to get sound working on an SB16 sound card Chris> (manually modprobing from the command line works), but I'm Chris> having trouble trying to get it to load at bootup. Yes, I did Chris> run update-modules after each chan

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