Adding users /home

Hi Guys I have installed debian (via a Knoppix CD), and overwritten a previous Linux distro. My /home folder exists from the previous distro and I have added myself as a user. However I cannot seem to be able to access all my old data on /home. Has anyone experienced this, and if so, did you

Fortune and KMail

But, if I just use 'cat sig' the output is correct. If I type 'fortune' in a terminal I receive correct output so I assume fortune is installed correctly. I hope I have explained myself here. Regards Mark A -- Mark Annandale Debian Linux - KDE 3.1.3 - KMail 1.5.3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

fstab mystery solved

Many thanks to the numerous replies to my fstab problem. It appears that the tab/space between ntfs and the next item is necessary. Many thanks to the list for the quick response. Regards Mark A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Changing domain name

Hi Guys Another dummy question I'm afraid. When setting up Debian via a Knoppix HD Install, I managed to set my local domain named 'box'. Where do I find how to correct this please ? Regards and thanks as always Mark A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Sane Stuff

Hi Guys I am trying to get SANE working, and need the latest version as it is the only version supporting my scanner AFAIK (Lexmark X73). The SANE homepage tells me to add 'binary deb http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/SANE stable main source deb-src http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/SANE

kdm vs xdm

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Webmin revisited

Hi Guys I'm forgetting something really simple here. When trying to connect to https://localhost:1 I am getting the error message 'cannot connect to loachost (port 1), whereas webmin uses the default port of 1. I have searched the archives to no avail and ensured that localhost is

Webmin Revisited

Thanks to the guys who responded. As I thought it was a simple mistake in that localhost had been commented out in my /etc/hosts.allow file. Many thanks again. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]