tape drive help

Hello, I got assigned to set up a new backup system here at work, so i've decided to go w/ amanda. Everything seems to be great, except for the fact that i have no experience w/ tape whatsoever. I've configured amanda so that it works and will back up to my tape drive /dev/nst0, but i would

Re: tape drive help

Andrew, thanks, i actually have read the mt man page and everything... i still don't have a real solid concept of what is going on w/ tape changing devices and what not... i read up on mtx, and ran mtx status. here's the output: Storage Changer /dev/sg2:2 Drives, 31 Slots ( 1 Import/Export )

Force viewing of web page

Hey, I'm doing this thing on my network, and I was told that I need to find a way to force people to view our webpage everytime they log onto the network (or use the internet, to be more specific). Anyway, I was wondering if their was a way to force Apache (or something else) to just send our

Re: Urgent! everything is Connection refused!

--- Danie Roux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wild shot: Are your proxies configured? Hey, only http is proxied (which i haven't configured because it requires 128-bit encryption so i have to use an old version of netscape). Anyway, ftp isn't proxied, i (should) have free access. Cameron Matheson

Re: Urgent! everything is Connection refused!

--- Leonard Leblanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only thing that I can think of that might be the problem is your firewall rules. What files would i check? I haven't manually edited anything for a firewall in my other debian box Cameron Matheson

Urgent! everything is Connection refused!

Hey, I'm kind of in a fix at work here. I installed debian at home, and i brought the machine in here at work, but i can't connect to any ftp sites. I've configured everything for the LAN at work, but not everything's happy, here's what works: -ping (myself, the lan, and anything on the

Framebuffer confusion

Hey, I really *need* (for the sake of my job) TV-Out to work on the thousands of ATI cards at my job to work. ATI doesn't support this feature under Linux, but research has led me to believe that I *can* get it if I use the framebuffer device. I set up the frame buffer (I'm using it w/ a

Fwd: USENET archives are alive again!

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Re: startx not working

Hey, I have the same problem (although I'm using gdm). What's going on? I need to do homework. Oh well, I guess that's what I get for using unstable :) Cameron Matheson __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.

*EASY* mail question

Hey, I finally got a decent proxy server that supports POP and SMTP, so now I want to have mail (w/ out going on Yahoo!). Anyway, I have Mozilla set up so that it can send and receive messages through the proxy, but mozilla didn't seem to great, because it's slow, a little buggy, and it takes a

Re: Samba Problem

Hey, maybe you could include your smb.conf so that we could have look-see. Cameron Matheson --- Zac Epkes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ive been using Debian for a bout a6months and never seen anything like this... I went to a lan party and when i ran TkSmb it would find a user name

Re: XFree86 4 Problem!

Hey, I would open up the XF86Config-4 file and remove the line that says unix/:7100. Also, in the 2.4.x kernels, their is voodoo support you will need to add (I like to have it built in to the kernel, but you could compile it as a module). It's in 'Character Devices'-'Direct Rendering Manager

mail client that works through proxy

Hey, I want to have a POP mail account very badly (I'm getting sick of using this online account), but I can't get Mozilla's mail client to work through my proxy server. I did everything in the directions, but it just didn't work. Anyone know of one that works (or if I'm just dumb and doing

Re: mail client that works through proxy

Wow, sorry everyone. It appears my proxy server just sucks (Analog X). Mail doesn't work through any of the computers, even the Windoze ones (I set them all up as the Analog instructions told me to). Anyone want to suggest a better proxy server? Thanks, Cameron Matheson --- Matheson Cameron

Re: Quicktime *.mov player

: On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 04:39:21PM -0800, Matheson Cameron wrote: Hey, I was wondering if their is a quicktime (*.mov) player for Linux that *works*. The version of xanim that came with Debian doesn't load quicktime, if I get it myself will it? I tried one called xmovie

Setting up internet w/ Sygate Server

Hey, I used to have a crappy free proxy server, but it didn't work well at all, so I've downloaded the Sygate Home Network connection-sharing software (transparent proxy?) Anyway, I can't seem to get it to work, this is what I've done: edit the /etc/network/interfaces like so: auto lo iface lo

Quicktime *.mov player

Hey, I was wondering if their is a quicktime (*.mov) player for Linux that *works*. The version of xanim that came with Debian doesn't load quicktime, if I get it myself will it? I tried one called xmovie that didn't work. Cameron Matheson __ Do

Really easy FTP question

Hey, I have a *really* easy question about FTP. How do I enable it? I'm pretty sure It's not enabled as I read that it's insecure (I want to use oftpd eventually), and it doesn't work. Is their a file I need to edit (does it matter that I'm behind a proxy?). Thanks, Cameron Matheson Why

Really easy FTP question

Hey, I have a *really* easy question about FTP. How do I enable it? I'm pretty sure It's not enabled as I read that it's insecure (I want to use oftpd eventually), and it doesn't work. Is their a file I need to edit (does it matter that I'm behind a proxy?). Thanks, Cameron Matheson Why

Program to convert webshots wallpaper

Hey, I was wondering if their was a program for Linux that could convert Webshots .wbz files to .jpg, etc. Thanks, Cameron Matheson __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

More on extra keys...

Hey, Thanks to this wonderful list, I have figured out how to access the extra keys on my Microsoft Natural Pro. Unfortunately, they do nothing. I was wondering how I might go about to binding a key, so that it would launch a program, run a macro, etc. Thanks, Cameron Matheson

joystick in kernel 2.4.2

Hey, I'm trying to get my joystick working in kernel 2.4.2. This is a summary of everything I've done. +Compiled the kernel with analog joystick support, and the USB joystick support (my joystick goes into the gameport, but I read somewhere that you need to enable USB for joystick events) +made

Extra keys on keyboard

Hey, I just won this Micro$oft Natural Pro keyboard in a High School programming contest today, and I want to get all the extra keys at the top working. I reconfigured X so that it's using the Microsoft Natural Pro keyboard map-thing, but the buttons at the top aren't doing anything. I was

Japanese in Emacs

Hey, I was wondering if it was possible to make it so that when I type into emacs (emacs, or XEmacs) it would convert the romaji to hiragana or katakana. Can Emacs do this? Emacs can do everything can't it? Thanks, Cameron Matheson __ Do You

[OT] how do I use xmess?

Hey, I want to play genesis games with xmess, but I can't seem to do it. I run xmess, but it says I'm missing file (901??). Where do I get these? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks, Cameron Matheson __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy

ESD question

Hey, After I 'apt-get upgrade'-ed yesterday, sound stopped working. I tried some different things, and then found that esd wasn't working (if I `killall esd` sound works great). I was wondering if anyone's experienced this before Thanks Cameron Matheson

reconfigure ALL packages

hey i was just wondering the command to re-configure every package (i screwed my debian up bad) cameron matheson __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

where to get potato boot floppies

Hey, I need to reinstall Potato (my Woody system got screwed today and I can't figure out how to fix the numerous problems). My friend has my CD's, so I was going to just install off of the net, but I don't know where to get boot floppies, please help Cameron Matheson

simple GNOME question

Hey, I have a simple (i think) question about GNOME. I was wondering how I make it so that when I minimize an app, it shrinks into the GNOME panel. I'm running Sawfish w/ GNOME 1.2 under Woody. Thanks Cameron Matheson __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email

Minimizing into the GNOME panel

Hey, I'm using Woody, and yesterday I apt-got Sawfish (I used to use E). Enlightenment had an icon-box that stuff went into when minimized, it looks like Sawfish is supposed to minimize windows right into the GNOME panel. Is their some setting or applet for this? Thanks, Cameron Matheson

Minimizing into the GNOME panel

Hey, I'm using Woody, and yesterday I apt-got Sawfish (I used to use E). Enlightenment had an icon-box that stuff went into when minimized, it looks like Sawfish is supposed to minimize windows right into the GNOME panel. Is their some setting or applet for this? Thanks, Cameron Matheson

How to re-enable ports

Hey, I need to enable my FTP port (21), so that I can use FTP with my proxy server. How do I do this? (or is their a better way?) Thanks, Cameron Matheson __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.

manually installing mozilla plugins

Hey, I was wondering if their was a way to manually install mozilla plugins. I need the java one, but I can't get it because I can't get FTP to work with my proxy server (help with that too please). I did manage to download it from a Windoze machine (the proxy server), and so now I have a file

AARGGGHHHH! no X in Woody

Hey, I can't get X windows to work in Woody. xdm doesn't start on its own, and if I try 'startx', it says: X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (N such file or directory), aborting. ginving up. xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to the xserver xinit: No such process (errno 3):

AIM-compliant IM w/ proxy support

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knew of an AIM-compliant instant messenger that supported proxy. I apt-got gaim, but that doesn't appear to support the proxies. Thanks, Cameron Matheson __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo!

using FTP with proxy

Hey, I finally got my DSL connection going to all my computers by making my family's Windows box into a proxy server (that has the internal DSL modem in it). Unfortunately, I can't seem to use FTP. I have mozilla set up with the right port number, etc., but no FTP sites work, which is a serious

Am I ready for the big Woody?

Hey, I was wondering how stable woody is now. I kind of want it very badly, and I know that they're preparing for freeze, so would I be ok if I switched to woody? I've been using Debian since 2.1, so I am somewhat experienced. Cameron Matheson

Can't compile 2.4.2 kernel

Argh! I just upgraded to Woody, so I was compiling the 2.4.2 kernel. When I type make bzlilo It gives me the following error: bbootsect.s: Assembler messages: bbootsect.s:253: Warning: indirect lcall without '*' ld -m elf_i386 -Ttext 0x0 -s -oformat binary bbootsect.o -o bbootsect ld: cannot

where to get woody iso images

Hey, I was wondering where I could get iso images for Debian woody. I found the potato mirrors, but they didn't have 2.3. Thanks Cameron Matheson __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices!

changing *.wav to *.mp3

Hey, I was just wondering if their was a program for Linux (or one that comes with Debian) that could convert wave files to mp3's. Thanks, Cameron Matheson __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year!

Re: sound ensoniq es1371

I am using creative ensoniq audiopci card model es1371. i am not getting any sound form it, nor am i getting any sound when i can anyone tell me what i am doing worng, are what is needed. Hey, did you create the audio devices? $ cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV audio are you a member of the audio

get list of packages for future installs

Hey, I was wondering if their was a way to get the full list of packages I have installed on my computer, so that I could have dselect (or dpkg, etc), read it and install all those packages on my friend's Debian box. thanks, Cameron Matheson __

shutting down w/ ctrl+alt+del

Hey, I was wondering if I could change the bindings of ctrl+alt+del, so that it did `shutdown -h now`, instead of `shutdown -r now` Thanks, Cameron Matheson __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year!