Re: Exim behind dhcp/ipmasq

2001-08-23 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
\\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #329350 ~ AIM Djhuty ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny. -- Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein) pgpEdXyowUGlG.pgp Description: PGP signature

Exim behind dhcp/ipmasq

2001-08-17 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
to forward SMTP and I can send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] without a problem. Conclusion: I'm confused. Help! Thanks, Mike \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #329350 ~ AIM Djhuty ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] Isn't

Re: Exim behind dhcp/ipmasq

2001-08-17 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Walter Hofmann writes: On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Michael Abraham Shulman wrote: 451 rejected: temporarily unable to verify envelope sender address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe your mailer sets the From: address correctly and fails to set the SMTP sender. What program do you use? If it send mail

Re: X broken ???

2001-05-13 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
automatically. \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ GnuPG Public Key #21A279E5 It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault

Why is the default umask 022?

2001-04-30 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Why does the default /etc/skel/.bash_profile set the umask to 022? Doesn't this defeat the purpose of having one group per user? \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ GnuPG Public Key #21A279E5

RE: Why is the default umask 022?

2001-04-30 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
. \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ GnuPG Public Key #21A279E5 Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. -- Dr. Samuel Johnson pgpqpNiBvQt6F.pgp

X log files and xscreensaver

2001-04-24 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
here and how I can turn it off? Thanks. \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ GnuPG Public Key #21A279E5 One does not thank logic. -- Sarek, Journey to Babel pgpZUCjsPEtu3.pgp Description

Re: Xscreensaver weirdness

2001-04-22 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Adding `touch .xscreensaver' to my X startup sequence fixes the problem, so apparently xscreensaver refuses to read my .xscreensaver file unless it is newer than... what? Any ideas why? \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED

Xscreensaver weirdness

2001-04-21 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
specify), then change ~/.xscreensaver back to the way it was originally--an empty list of programs--then it starts blanking the screen the way it should. Any ideas why it is acting like this? Is there some other config file that it's reading? Thanks. \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham

console/kbd packages and default keymaps

2001-04-19 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
? The file `/etc/kbd/default.kmap.gz' used to work, but after a recent upgrade is no longer being read. Thanks! \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ GnuPG Public Key #21A279E5 If you want truly

Where can I get ssh2 ?

2001-04-19 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
There used to be a package called ssh2, but I can't find it any more. The package ssh only appears to install ssh1. Am I missing something? Thanks. \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ GnuPG

Re: Where can I get ssh2 ?

2001-04-19 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
find it in testing, but it's there in unstable. \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ GnuPG Public Key #21A279E5 Winners never quit and quitters never win. -- Vince Lombardi pgpbF3YwQzZB8

Re: console-tools installation error

2001-02-03 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Martin == Martin Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Martin On Fri, 02 Feb 2001, Michael Abraham Shulman wrote: Trying to switch from kbd to console-tools (testing distribution), I get this error when configuring console-tools: /var/lib/debconf/config.53881: null: command not found console

console-tools installation error

2001-02-01 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Trying to switch from kbd to console-tools (testing distribution), I get this error when configuring console-tools: /var/lib/debconf/config.53881: null: command not found console-tools failed to configure, with exit code 127 Any ideas what's wrong? \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham

Log Files

2001-01-31 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
How do I get rid of huge files in /var/log like `xdm.log' and `nmb', and/or prevent them from accumulating in the first place? Can/must I just delete or clear them every so often? Please smack me if this is a FAQ, but I couldn't find it anywhere. \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham

Re: DPMS not working

2000-12-07 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
chris == Krzys Majewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: chris Try putting chris Option DPMS chris in the Monitor section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config. Thanks! This did the trick. \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Digital music editor?

2000-12-07 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
fsm == Frederico S =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mu=F1oz?= Frederico writes: fsm Michael Abraham Shulman wrote: Can anyone recommend a good digital music editor for Debian/Linux? I'd especially like one capable of slowing down a sound file without changing the pitch. Free is preferable, but commercial

Digital music editor?

2000-12-06 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ GnuPG Public Key #21A279E5 Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- Albert Einstein pgpLOH86SdHMb.pgp Description: PGP signature

DPMS not working

2000-12-06 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
seems to be enabled. Also `xset dpms force state' doesn't do anything. \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ GnuPG Public Key #21A279E5 DEFAME, v.t. To lie about another. To tell the truth about

Strange Message

2000-11-10 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Every so often when logged into the console, I get a message looking like this: PAM_unix[28529]: (cron) session opened for user mail by (uid=0) Can anyone tell me what this means? Is it a problem, and if so, what can I do about it? \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto

Re: Strange Message

2000-11-10 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Eric == Eric G Miller egm2@jps.net writes: Eric On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 11:51:12AM -0800, Michael Abraham Shulman wrote: Every so often when logged into the console, I get a message looking like this: PAM_unix[28529]: (cron) session opened for user mail by (uid=0) Can anyone tell me what

Re: OT: Wildcard renaming of files

2000-11-10 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
of the shell; alternately, you can give the expressions on stdin rather than the command line. The program `mmv' comes in the package of the same name. \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ GnuPG Public Key

Re: xdm takes so long to start [was Re: New X Server crashes]

2000-11-06 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
, Andre esp. on slow machines. No, I don't have anything in either of those that could reasonably be called `very long'. Thanks for the suggestion, though. \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kurukshetra.cjb.net

New X Server crashes

2000-11-05 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Hi, I just upgraded all the X packages to 4+ versions in unstable, and now my X server won't run. It dies with the error message *** None of the configured devices were detected.*** Fatal server error: no screens found It was working yesterday and the only thing I changed was installing the

Re: New X Server crashes

2000-11-05 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
, and 2 shouldn't be necessary at all, since I did tell it when installing to make itself the default X server. Of course I could have screwed up somewhere else. And now Emacs can display italics in the standard font! Woo-hoo! \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL

Re: New X Server crashes

2000-11-05 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
XF86Config file, and it works fine with startx, but when run from xdm, the X server reverts to 1024x768. Thanks. \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ GnuPG Public Key #21A279E5 ALONE, adj. In bad

Re: New X Server crashes

2000-11-05 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
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Re: X Server can't find font `fixed'

2000-10-19 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Are you running your font server? Try: ps aux | grep xf[s] $ ps aux | grep xf[s] root 21488 0.0 0.9 2124 604 ?S17:45 0:00 /usr/bin/X11/xfs Looks like it's running.

X Server can't find font `fixed'

2000-10-18 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Hi, I just upgraded a bunch of packages to unstable and now my X server dies saying Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' I don't even know what package this problem is in. I tried downgrading xserver-common, xfs, and xserver-svga, but that didn't fix the problem. Can anyone

Re: Playing MIDI files

2000-08-20 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Patrik == Patrik Magnusson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Patrik Maybe your soundcard doesn't support hardware midi? In that case Patrik you can use the 'timidity' package. Thanks! Works fine now. \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL

Playing MIDI files

2000-08-19 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
. \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kurukshetra.cjb.net/ ~ GnuPG Public Key #21A279E5 Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill

Re: Rescue Floppy Freezes on SCSI

2000-01-23 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Bart Szyszka writes: If this is an aic7xxx type of SCSI card, then you'll need to use the modified Rescue and Driver floppy images from: http://www.debian.org/~adric/aic7xxx/slink/5.1.19/ Thanks! Works like a charm. Is this documented anywhere? If so, I sure didn't find it. \\// | R | T

Rescue Floppy Freezes on SCSI

2000-01-22 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Hi, I am trying to install Debian 2.1r2 on an x86 machine. I made a Rescue Floppy from the image provided and was able to boot, but then the system freezes when apparently doing SCSI stuff. It appears to correctly detect my SCSI card--Adaptec AHA-2940--but then outputs a line like this: (scsi0)