Re: IMWheel help

2000-10-21 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
rob, i'm sure people will barf at what i'm about to say... i've found imwheel to be a bad program. i had trouble with what got "wheel focus". for example, if netscape worked with the wheel, then my xterms wouldn't, and vice versa. here's a better idea: 1. put a z-axis mapping line in your xfr

how to upgrade from potato to woody

2000-10-20 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
dear all, i'd really like to use xfree86 4.0; i might as well just upgrade the whole system to woody. can someone please tell me how to use apt-get to change my potato to a woody? if it makes a difference, my sources.list file is: deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r0 _Potato_ - Official i386 Bin

Re: {BIG MISTAKE} - what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
ok, so modules.conf is created by a call to update-modules. suppose i compile a new kernel. where along the process is conf.modules updated? all i ever see 'make modules' do is compile, and 'make modules_install' simply moves stuff around. surely, this file has to be modified when you compile

Re: HELP - voodoo 3 trouble

2000-10-20 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
ll xfree86-common-4.0. i assume this will take care of the dependencies itself... right? :) i really appreciate this! pete On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Evan Van Dyke wrote: > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > > dear all, > > > > when i try to run test3Dfx on my dual cel

what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
i've never got this straight -- 1. what is modules.conf? what is it used for? 2. which applications use this configuration file? and when? only at boot time? 3. how is it generated? always wanted to know this... thanks! pete

RE: Syslogd

2000-10-19 Thread Jay Kelly
server. I will have to look into that more.. Thanks -Original Message- From: kmself@ix.netcom.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 12:49 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Syslogd On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 11:36:52AM -0700, Jay Kelly ([EMAIL

Syslogd

2000-10-19 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello All, When I bootup my system hangs on "Starting System Log Daemon Systlogd" how can I troubleshot this to see whats happening? Thanks

Perl Scripting Help

2000-10-19 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello, I have been trying to run a perl script that I was told requires Extended Tcl/Tk to be installed. Im very new to perl and have now idea what this is. I need Tcl/Tk v8.0. for this to work. When I installed debain I didnt included perl. What will I need to get for the to work? Sorry if this is

crypt() isn't generating a valid md5/shadow password

2000-10-18 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
sorry, but i'm trying to write some tools for beowulf administration. consider the program: #include #include #include int main(int argc, char **argv) { char password[50]; char salt[50]; if (argc != 3) {

crypt() woes - error in man page?

2000-10-18 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
i think there's an error in the man page for crypt()... usage: char *crypt(const char *key, const char *salt); from the man page: salt is a two-character string chosen from the set [a-zA-Z0-9./]. This string is used to perturb the algo- rithm in one of

Re: System.map problem

2000-10-18 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
it's a list of the addresses of kernel exported variables. mostly not needed except by kmod and a few strange apps like dosemu. see http://www.dirac.org/p/linux for more details. pete linux To err is human, to forgive

HELP - voodoo 3 trouble

2000-10-18 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
dear all, when i try to run test3Dfx on my dual celery550 (debian 2.2, kernel 2.4.0-test9), it reports: test00: Clear screen to blue 2.60.00.0415 Resolution: 640x480 Press A Key To Begin Test. gd error (glide): Can't find or access Banshee/V3 board

Ftpd setup

2000-10-17 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Guys, I have FTPD installed and was wondering how I change the default directory. Also how can I add users just for the ftp and not to have access to login via ssh or something. I looked for the man pages but there are none installed for it. And help on where the config file are kept and on h

FTPD configuration

2000-10-17 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello All Where would I change the root directory for FTPD. I also want to add a user that has only access to one directory and cant see anything else. How is this doen? Thanks

Re: disk files too large to fit on floppy disks

2000-10-16 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
you can use split. you can also use tar -M linux To err is human, to forgive is divine. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ To oink is porcine, to meow is feline.http://www.dirac.org/p._. To neigh is equine to howl is lupine,

Re: Windows 2000 boot loader

2000-10-15 Thread Jay Ford
da7 on / /dev/hda2 on /boot /dev/hdb6 on /tmp The pertinent part of my /etc/lilo.conf follows my signature. I've also done the reverse, although with NT, not Win2000. That is, I used the NT boot loader. That works, too. ______

gnupg, openssh post RSA patent/US encryption export laws

2000-10-15 Thread E. Jay Berkenbilt
discussed already I did search the October archives of this list before posting... Thanks -- E. Jay Berkenbilt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | http://www.ql.org/q/

Re: Link problem

2000-10-09 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Timothy H. Keitt wrote: > I'm trying to install a library into R and get the following error > message: > > Installing package `RPgSQL' ... > creating cache ./config.cache > checking for crypt in -lcrypt... yes > checking for PQconnectdb in -lpq... yes > updating cache ./confi

Re: DVD-ROM

2000-10-09 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
btw, try: set wrapmargin=7 for a start, take a look at the dvd-howto. it's pretty well written. no-nonsense and concise. understates how hard it is to compile livid... but good in all other respects. oh, it also doesn't mention that if you have a kernel >= 2.2.16, you don't need to apply a pa

DVD and livid

2000-10-09 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hello all, has anyone build deb's for the livid dvd package? pete

Re: Debian/gnu Linux Install

2000-09-26 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Jeremy S. Warn wrote: > Having tremendous difficulty installing onto harddrive. I completely > cleaned my system off, and I'm now stuck with a pc that won't boot off the > partitions that the software setup, if you completely cleaned your hard drive off, it's unclear why y

RE: resolv.conf question

2000-09-21 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
linked in rc2.d. anyway, i just removed pump from the system (interestingly, it didn't remove the script, so i removed that by hand). i'll reboot to do a test, but is there another possible cause? thanks! pete > On 21-Sep-2000 Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > dear all, > >

resolv.conf question

2000-09-21 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
dear all, i keep putting search ucdavis.edu in my resolv.conf, but every time i boot up, the search directive disappears! is there any reason why debian is deleting that line from resolv.conf? thanks! pete linux One wo

Re: More X questions.....

2000-09-21 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
as with everything else, yes. and no. most of it should be distro independent, but off hand i can think of one thing which may NOT be distro independent -- your FontPath directives. i don't think there are others, but there might be. also note that the location of the file itself is distro dep

xmcd question

2000-09-21 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
dear all, when i start xmcd with an internet connection, after a few seconds, a pop-up window appears and says "file save error". i assume it's trying to save the CDDB information. the cd plays just fine, though. i tried using strace to figure out what file it's trying to write to, with no luc

Re: bug in gdb! it segfaults!

2000-09-18 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
> > now whether gdb should let me print "pow(run.m*run.dr, 2)" or not, that's > > gdb segfaulting. a debugger should _NOT_ segfault, under any > > circumstances. > > Unless, there is a hardware problem, esp. memory, gdb will stress out > your memory more than most apps. Do a kernel compile work

deb packages not offered: lame xcdplay?

2000-09-18 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
dear all, there are a few packages i like to have, like lame and xcdplay. can't find any deb pkgs, though. i have no problem compiling a tarball, but i'd rather keep my dpkg database as complete as possible. does anyone know of a site that offers packages of these softwares or is compiling a ta

Re: Begone, vile emacs!

2000-09-18 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Jonathan Markevich wrote: > On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 09:02:23AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > I discovered emacs is on my system, and I don't particularly want it > > > there. > > > I have no idea how it got there either, and it&#

bug in gdb! it segfaults!

2000-09-18 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hello all, i'm debugging a c++ program, and found something very distressing: % gdb wellspring core GNU gdb 19990928 (warranty snipped) This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"... Core was generated by `./wellspring'. Program terminated with s

Re: Begone, vile emacs!

2000-09-18 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Jonathan Markevich wrote: > I figured that title would get your attention... :) > > I discovered emacs is on my system, and I don't particularly want it there. > I have no idea how it got there either, and it's probably taking up a > healthy amount of disk space. Here's som

Re: Bug in xconfig???

2000-09-17 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Cam Ellison wrote: > After building the 2.2.17 kernel several times using xconfig, I have > come to the conclusion that it is incomplete or I'm either half-blind > or losing it. > > I cannot find any reference to setting up ppp. > > It is certainly there in menuconfig. > >

Re: preparing to install debian

2000-09-17 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Kent West wrote: > Bob Edwards wrote: > > > > Good morning! > > > > I ordered a three CD set of debian cds and am preparing to install > > debian. I have some specific questions: > > > > (1) how do i configure debian for dsl ? there's really not much to it. 1. make sure

Re: Dual booting Win2k/deb2.2

2000-09-16 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Rob wrote: > Hello guys, this is my first time using this mail-user list. I am almost > finished building my new PC(waiting on a couple parts), and once its done I > will be dual booting win2000/deb. ick. heresy. > A) How can I install these OS's so that I can have a bootl

Re: X configuration

2000-09-16 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Gregory Vence wrote: > Hello, > > I've got xdm running. > > Using XF86Setup, I thought I could change my mouse and screen setting > but this isn't working... hmmm... it should. > I've got an Intellimouse but it doesn't see the middle button or wheel > events in enlightenme

Re: CD rom drives.

2000-09-16 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, voy1d wrote: > Hey. > > Running Potato 2.2 r0 with latest updates complete, whenever I try to mount > my cdrom drive like so. > > mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom > > I get an error message : > error mounting device: device not found. > > Anyone got any ideas? could be a few thin

Re: in xf86config

2000-09-16 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
ray, according to "man XF86Config", the answer is yes: Protocol "protocol-type" specifies the pointer device protocol type. The protocol types available are: Auto BusMouse GlidePoint

xplaycd question

2000-09-16 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
dear all, my favorite cd player is xplaycd and the mixer it provides, xmixer is pretty excellent too. i can't find either one in dselect, but i found a URL refering to a bug report against xplaycd for debian: http://lists.openresources.com/Debian/debian-bugs-closed/msg00297.html so it must have

awe 64 gold sound card - help!

2000-09-16 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
i have an awe64 gold sound card, and i'm having a heck of a time configuring it. part of the problem is that the instructions given in the debian package seem to be out of date, and isapnp is a subject i know very little about. i followed the instructions to the letter, but am on shaky ground fo

Re: more than 64 megs ram?

2000-09-16 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hi ghost, to tell linux you have 999MB of ram, put the following in the "append" line of your lilo.conf: mem=999M then run lilo, of course. :-) you can find this information and more in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/memory.txt. you can see how much memory linux sees by: cat /

xlib books

2000-09-15 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hey all, the only books i've seen on xlib are terrible. the huge o'reilly books are boring, and frankly, i don't have a million years to read these 1000 page mammoths. i've seen one other book 'xlib by example', and it suffers tremendously from using xlib terms to explain xlib terms. unreadable

Re: gripes about packages

2000-09-15 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Eric G . Miller wrote: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 01:34:00PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > there are 3 packages which work, but could be made **much** better, > > considering the flack that debian gets as being the 'hard' > > distributi

Re: Off Topic: SCSI Recommendations?

2000-09-15 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
> Trying to kill the keyboard, William Jensen produced: > > > Greetings Debians, > > > > It's time I do scsi. I've wanted to for as long as I can remember but I've > > always been a little chicken to dive into it. Well no more. I'd like some > > recommendations from those of you on this list th

gripes about packages

2000-09-15 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
dear all, there are 3 packages which work, but could be made **much** better, considering the flack that debian gets as being the 'hard' distribution. for instance, it's absurd to install xfstt and not give the user a heads up that they should: 1. install fonts in /usr/share/fonts/trueto

Debian on Dell?

2000-09-08 Thread Jay Ford
d? More fundamentally, is there a better Dell system to use for Linux & NT/Win2000 in a home sort of context? All pertinent advice will be appreciated. ____ Jay Ford, Network Engineering Group, Information Technology Services U

Re: apt-get won't play

2000-08-23 Thread Jay Barbee
.3.10) in slink, or it will not properly resolve names. The 0.3.19 will not work in slink for a net upgrade. --Jay Barbee

SendMail Problem

2000-08-21 Thread Jay Kelly
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Group, I have Sendmail running as a MX'ed mailserver. I had a problem with sending mail out from a client with a error "relay-denied" amd I fix it by adding the ip addresses of my clients. When I try to have mail sent to me I am unable to reteive

Re: apt-get omit kernel-image 's

2000-08-17 Thread Jay Barbee
n't want installed on HOLD. Or use 'dpkg --get-selections > package.list' Manually edit 'package.list' and put the packages you want on HOLD the use 'dpkg --set-selection < package.list' --Jay Barbee

Re: Squid

2000-07-28 Thread Jay Kelly
Well I want to filter what is allowed to be accessed. I noticed that when I choose not to use a proxy in IE I still cann access the web. Is there a way to stop access to the web unless they use the proxy ? On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 01:53:59PM +1200, C. Falconer wrote: > Restrict in what way? Do you

Squid

2000-07-28 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello All, I am running a proxy server and would like to restrict access to the web(well atleast some web pages) on one of my clients. What will I need to add to the squid.conf and can I restrict one machine and allow access to another machine on the same network ? Thanks Jay -- It feels so

SCSI adapter. Will it work ?

2000-07-19 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, I want ti install a Adaptec AVA 2906 SCSI card but could not find any information on the web. Will the card work and if so, what driver should I select in the kernel option setup. Im using kernel 2.2.16. Thanks Jay -- It feels so good, It's a marginal risk, when I clear off wi

AfterStep and using Themes

2000-07-17 Thread Jay Kelly
and Update startmenu(start->Desktop->Update startmenu). After doing that I should be able to see Themes under Desktop but I dont. I have read everything I can at as.themes.org. Any Ideas guys ? Thanks Jay -- It feels so good, It's a marginal risk, when I clear off windows

IRQ conflict with soundcard

2000-07-15 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello all, Im trying to get the soundcard to install. Im using kernel 2.2.16 and am installing a SoundBlaster 16. I have enabled the options in the kernel and selested them as modules. I cat /proc/interrupts and it shows the sound card on irq 7. Then I want to the isapnp.conf and remove the # from

Adding sound card ?

2000-07-15 Thread Jay Kelly
Ok group, I want to add a sound card (SoundBlaster16) and want to make sure I have the step right. I have compiled the kernel for pnp support. When I look in Sound options, I cant see my sound card. Which driver should I choose? My sound is a old Soundblaster 16 ISA card. And should I select modu

What bkernel to use ???

2000-07-15 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, I want to upgrade my kernel. Im currently using 2.2.16 and want to add sound support for a soundblaster 16. So should I go for the newer of the kernels like the 2.4.x or 2.3.x ? And is there any real difference between the kernel versions ? Thanks Guys -- It feels so good, It's a m

Running Samba as a PDC

2000-07-11 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, I have samba running as my Domain Controller and Im using Windows98 machines for clients and everything work fine. But I have ran into a small problem here. I want to name my domain something different from my workgroup. Everything I have read says that the workgroup name will be the

Using Netmeeting thought a Debian Firewall

2000-07-09 Thread Jay Kelly
Will NetMeeting work thought a firewall or will I need to port the box to let it out. If I reme\mber right in the past I was able to send video out but not receive it for the other side. Anyone haveany ideas to fix this ? And what port will I need to open if this is the case ? Thanks Guys -- It f

Using modconf

2000-07-09 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello All, I wanted to use modconf to add printer support to my potato box, but when I run it all that is in there is net options. How do I add more module options ? Is this down though the kernel ? And if so what do I need add to the kernel for printer support ? Thanks Guys -- It feels so good

Re: Debian Printing Again

2000-07-09 Thread Jay Kelly
printer, you might have to use the command modconf and > select misc drivers, then the lp and parport_pc modules. That's what I had > to do to make printing work on kernel 2.2.12. > > -Original Message- > From: Bob Nielsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July

Cant find bzImage

2000-07-08 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello all, I am upgrading my kernel from 2.2.12 to 2.2.15 and after selecting the option I want, I type make dep;make clean;make bzImage;make modules;make modules_install then it starts to compile and when its done I cant find the bzImage. I looked in the /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot but nothing.

Debian Printing Again

2000-07-08 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, I was reading the list on printers and thought I would try to setup my Xerox DocuPrint 4508 Laser Printer. I installed magicfilter and as before it wanted me reconfigure the printcap. So I ran magicfilterconfig but I had no idea what input filter to use. Also do I need to recompile or

What drive is the dir on ?

2000-07-07 Thread Jay Kelly
Hey Guys, I have two ide drives install and I have mounted a dir from the secondary to /web. Is there a way to check that I have indeed mounted it to the secondary and not the primary ? Also while I have you guys, Is there a way to setup mutt to save all read mail into a directory unstead of delet

samba Passwords

2000-07-07 Thread Jay Kelly
the fstab file. What do I need to add there ? I cant find the man page on this. And for my last question, Does anyone know where I can get some info on setting up Samba as a Domain Controller? Thanks again guys for all your help. Its been great Jay -- It feels so good, It's a marginal ris

Samba Headache

2000-07-07 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello All, Well Im still working on getting samba to work with Windows 98. I have configured the smb.conf to share my home directory on the linux box. Then I open Network Neighorhood in windows and can see the linux box. I then try to Map a drive on the linux box and get a error. Windows pops up a

Upgrade to woody

2000-07-06 Thread Jay Kelly
Hi Guys, What should the /etc/apt/sources.list point so I can upgrade from slink to woody? thanks -- It feels so good, It's a marginal risk, when I clear off windows with fdisk Powered by Debian GNU/Linux. http://www.debian.org

Samba Setup

2000-07-05 Thread Jay Kelly
change my Domain to point to Sambe? Any help would be greatly appeciated. Thanks Jay -- It feels so good, It's a marginal risk, when I clear off windows with fdisk Powered by Debian GNU/Linux. http://www.debian.org

Kernel upgrade

2000-07-05 Thread Jay Kelly
/vmlinuz-2.2.15 but I get file or directory does not exist. Apparently the vmlinuz-2.2.15 isnt there. I can see the old vmlinuz-2.2.12 but thats it. I have compiled many systems this way before. Any idea's on what Im doing wrong? Im running potato if that helps. Thanks again Jay -- It feels so

Ip Change

2000-07-04 Thread Jay Kelly
the firewall,, Anything else I might check? Thanks Jay -- It feels so good, It's a marginal risk, when I clear off windows with fdisk Powered by Debian GNU/Linux. http://www.debian.org

Fdisk

2000-07-01 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello goup, I have a question on adding another drive to my potato box. I want to format it to hold window zip files to run with apache. So how would I format it and have apache access it for files? thanks guys -- If Windows is the answer, then I want the problems back! Powe

Re: Apache Web Server question

2000-06-30 Thread Jay Kelly
On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 08:08:14PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 07:55:38PM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: > > Hello Group, > > Im running apache and have /var/www as the root directory. I wanted > > to add another folder so I added var/www/f

Apache Web Server question

2000-06-30 Thread Jay Kelly
: /var/www/files/download.htm. So how do I add folders and set the permission to allow web access? thanks Jay -- If Windows is the answer, then I want the problems back! Powered by Debian GNU/Linux. http://www.debian.org

Re: FTP server and security

2000-06-30 Thread Jay Kelly
On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 11:23:37AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 12:27:04PM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: > > > I want to enable anonymous login so I link my web to the ftp server. > > Bad decision imho, but if you must: > > ftp://ftp.iss.net/pub/fa

FTP server and security

2000-06-29 Thread Jay Kelly
attacks? How much security will be lost doing this? I want to enable anonymous login so I link my web to the ftp server. I read the man pages anf there is very little on setting this up. Thanks Guys for all your help. Jay -- If Windows is the answer, then I want the problems back

Re: ssh deb not installing correctly

2000-06-25 Thread Jay Kelly
On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 12:46:47PM +0930, John Pearson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 11:42:03AM +1200, Daniel Free wrote > > I Just reinstalled my machine at home with debian 2.2 (potato) and started > > apt-get installing all the things i likeon my system, but when i got to ssh > > it returned

DPKG ERROR

2000-06-25 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, I was trying to install ssh and would get an error "E: Sub-Process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1). So I thought to upgrade DPKG (oh yeah I was running slink and upgraded to potato when this started to happen). Well after trying tp upgrade dpkg I got the same error message.

Re: Installing ssh

2000-06-25 Thread Jay Kelly
Ok I just tried upgrade debconf and received what looks like the same error. I have attached the error. Thanks Bob for your help. On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 02:35:13PM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 03:00:34PM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: > > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/

Installing ssh

2000-06-25 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, Sorry for the last post. I was unable to attach the file so I will try again. Anyways Im trying to install ssh and I receive an error( see attached). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Jay -- If Windows is the answer, then I want the problems back

Installation of ssh

2000-06-25 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello All, I am working on installing ssh. Im running potato with kernel 2.2.15. I receive an error after using atp-get install ssh. I have attached the error.(Thanks for the help on typescript) Thanks for your help. Jay -- If Windows is the answer, then I want the problems back

Use of typescript

2000-06-25 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello all I want to post some error messages I am having with ssh and am trying to use script command but I cant get it to work with email. Here is what Im doing. I first creat the email, save it, then cat typescript >>/tmp/mutt-348-8. when I look at the email nothing has changed, but when I look

Package Information

2000-06-25 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, I have been playing with debian for about a month now and would like to get more information on the packages available. Where can I get information on the available packages and a description of what they do? thanks -- If Windows is the answer, then I want the problems back!

Mounting Floppy

2000-06-23 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, When I try to mount my floppy I use '/dev/fd0 /floppy' and receive 'you must specify filesystem type'. I am running Potato with kernel 2.2.15. When I was running Slink I never got that. Is this from upgrading to Potato or upgrading my kernel? How do I mount the floppy now? Thanks fo

Wierd Questions

2000-06-23 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, I have a few question on debian. 1, If I want to run Ip Masq. will I need to install the package ipmasq? In the past I have just selected it in the kernel. Whats the package for? 2, Im running frozen with kernel 2.2.15 and would like to use the raid mirror option in the kernel. I h

SSH

2000-06-21 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, I just installed ssh using apt-get install ssh and after it was installed ssh says your identification has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key. Your public key has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub. Now the question, in the past I have used ssh_genkey command to generate my RSA k

/dev/hda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY: RUN fsck MANUALLY.

2000-06-20 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, I am having a problem getting my Potato box to boot. I just installed a Half Life Game server and it has been working great all day. I tried to read my mail and after typing mutt I get an error: can't create a temporary filenames. So then I did a reboot and when it comes to checking /d

Error message not understood

2000-06-15 Thread Jay Kelly
I am receiving an error about ever week that is being mailed to me. In the subject it says [root: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts--report /etc/cron.daily] and the message reads: /etc/cron.daily/suidmanager: suidregister: /usr/lib/emacs/20.3/i386-debian-linux-gnu/mov

SSH

2000-06-12 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello All, Ok Im working on logining in with a secure shell. My system is running Potato with kernel 2.2.15. I have installed ssh and tried ssh localhost to make sure everything is working and I have no problems. So I continue to generate a RSA key with ssh-keygen. I save the key into ~/ssh and cop

starting a script at boot time?

2000-06-10 Thread Jay Kelly
Good Morning Group, I want to have a firewall script I made to start automatically after booting. The file has permission 755 and is in my /etc/init.d folder. What will I need to do to make this script start and run at bootup?

RE: Lost Mail??

2000-06-09 Thread Jay Kelly
-Original Message- From: Jay Kelly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 3:16 PM To: Dan Brosemer Subject: RE: Lost Mail?? sendmail.mc file divert(0) VERSIONID('@(#)sendmail.mc 8.11.0-1 (Debian) 2510') OSTYPE(debian)dnl LOCAL_CONFIG FEATURE(masquerad

RE: Lost Mail??

2000-06-09 Thread Jay Kelly
My local-host-names file is empty. How should I put local host in there? -Original Message- From: Dan Brosemer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 1:23 PM To: Jay Kelly Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Lost Mail?? On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 01:14:56PM -0700

Lost Mail??

2000-06-09 Thread Jay Kelly
Hi All, Is it possible to tell sendmail where to store new incoming mail. Im using sendmail along with fetchmail and after my mail is retrieved from my isp, I cant seem to find it. I use mutt to read my mail and have mutt looking in /var/spool/mail/neutec but there is never any mail there. Fetchmai

Module error

2000-06-09 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello All, I have just recompiled my kernel and after the compile I have a few module dependencies errors(ERROR MESSAGE BELOW). Im using kernel 2.2.15 with potato. What did I miss in the kernel setup. I selected DECchip Tulip (dc21x4x) PCI support for my nic cards(which are working fine). For Files

Three Nic cards Not working

2000-06-08 Thread Jay Kelly
detected a boot up but kills eth1 and eth 2. As soon as I remove eth 2 eth 1 begins to work. I assume its a memory or irq conflict but im not sure because is detected at boot. Has anybody have any suggestions. I never did this before and am at a loss. Thanks Jay

qmail

2000-06-07 Thread Jay Kelly
ther email addresses. any thoughts will help jay

Sendmail

2000-06-06 Thread Jay Kelly
for my ISP, where would I place the login and pass info for sending mail? Im using Fetchmail to receive and evrything is fine. Thanks Jay

Ipchains Questions

2000-06-06 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Im running Potato for a firewall with ipchains. I would like to increase my security and currently have all ports stealth except 25 smtp, 79 Finger, 80 http. If I make these ports stealth will this affect the ability to use the web and mail? I also tried to make netbois stealth but if still s

Cant send mail

2000-06-06 Thread Jay Kelly
il for my ISP, where would I place the login and pass info for sending mail? Im using Fetchmail to receive and evrything is fine. Thanks Jay

sendiong email???

2000-06-05 Thread Jay Kelly
Quick qusetion guys, I am using Mutt to read my mail and sendmail for my server. What do I use to send email. I use to use the command "mail" but for some reason I can no longer use it. So why would the mail command stop working and what should I be using???

exim doing wierd stuff

2000-06-05 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, I have been trying to get my potato box to run exim and have been running into some errors. When I do "ps wwaxl|grep exim" I get: "Warning: /System.map has incorrect kernel version. 000 0 760 225 10 0 1108400 12dbbb1 s tty1 0:00 grep exim

Copy screen to email???

2000-06-04 Thread Jay Kelly
Hey Guys, How do I copy the screen to an email. I want to send the out error message I have. Thanks

Exim Setup

2000-06-04 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, Im still working on getting exim working here. I try to telnet localhost 25 and I get connection refused. I tried grep smtp /etc/inetd.conf and get smtp stream tcp nowait mail /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs what would keep telnet from conecting?

Strange Mail Problem

2000-06-04 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Guys, Im using sendmail a localhost server and fetchmail to download my mail from my ISP. When I run fetchmail it says "1 message for [EMAIL PROTECTED] at mypop3.com (1063 ectets). reading message 1 of 1 (1063 octets) . flushed Ok it looks like its downloading the mail but I cant find it any

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