Re: I don't get it.

2001-05-10 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In Karsten M. Self's email, 10-05-2001: > on Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:19:32AM -0500, Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:04:23PM -0500, ktb wrote: > > > On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 02:01:42PM +1000, Craig Holyoak wrote: > > > > potato => stable > > > > woody =>

Re: How do I set route at boot time ?

2001-05-10 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In Franck Routier's email, 10-05-2001: > Hello, > > I want to set up the route to a new box on my LAN. > If the route is not set, the connexion is refused (I think this is an otion > in the kernel networking configuration) > > Where should I put this route ? > > From the docs I have found it s

Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-05-10 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In Tham Kine Seng's email, 10-05-2001: > Hello people, > I had mounted a windows partition. Now I am trying to give "write" > permission to my user to this windows partition. Anybody knows how to > go about giving this permission? > > All suggestions are greatly welcomed. Thank you. >

Re: Pool administration

2001-03-22 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In M G Berberich's email, 22-03-2001: > Hello, > > are there any tools/hints/recommendationshow to adminstrate a pool of > debian-systems. > > At the moment we have connected stand-alone-systems sharing some > resources via nfs and nis. From a users view this is O.K. but from > administrators vi

Re: parallel clusters of single cpu boxes

2001-03-21 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In Darryl Röthering's email, 21-03-2001: > I am curious if anyone knows anything about clustering several single cpu > boxes together and attempting to run a multi-cpu build of Linux on top of > them. Has anyone figured out a way to thus put together a relatively cheap > emulated parallel archi

Re: apt-get and growing cache

2001-03-19 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In christophe barbe's email, 19-03-2001: > Why all downloaded packages are saved in the /var/cache/apt/archives > directory. > Can I delete these files ? > Where can I tell to not keep these file ? > > I see only one interest in keeping downloaded files, It' s to download only > the diff when up

Re: debian & poster

2001-02-06 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In Allan Andersen's email, 07-02-2001: > Hi, > > Right now I have a poster with Corel Linux (better than nothing > I think) hanging on my door. But I don't use the Corel Linux > disto - so I thought if there were anyone out there who have a > good quality of the debian logo which could be used to

Re: maple 6.01 on debian 2.2

2001-02-06 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In A.E. Roy's email, 05-02-2001: > I`ve noticed that maple 6.01 conatins an install script for suse and redhat, > does anyone know how it is like installing maple 6.01 on debian 2.2? > A. Roy > Simple. You just install like a normal Linux, and it installs all the RedHat stuff in /usr/local/map

Marking all messages read in mutt?

2001-01-21 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
Hello! This is a simple question, but my 15-minutes of scouring the web didn't turn up anything, so here goes. Is there any way to mark all messages in a folder read in mutt? This function would be particularly useful after coming back to 300+ mail messages from debian-user after a 2-day bre

Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro / 10 not recognized.

2001-01-13 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In hanasaki's email, 12-01-2001: > Support was added to the kernel when Potato was installed. The system > does not seem to see the card. Any input would be appreciated. > > Thank you > Is this a eepro100 card, or one of the Intel integrated ethernet controllers (on the motherboard). I have

Re: Debian / Redhat comparison

2000-12-01 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In Ard Righ's email, 02-12-2000: > ([<> On 1 Dec 2000, some witty mortal wrote: <>]) > > > RedHat has kickstart which greatly simplifies the install process. > > Currently users here can fill out a webform and get a customized boot > > disk that will do the right thing, just boot from it go to lun

Re: recommended TV/radio cards for potato

2000-11-21 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In robert_wilhelm_land's email, 21-11-2000: > Would someone kindly share his experiences in using a combo TV/radio > card on Deb 2.2.17? > > Having a look on the internet I found the two cards at reasonable > prices: > > > 1.) Hauppauge WinTV Primio FM TV/Radio-Karte PCI Mono/Stereo I can atte

Re: Installing Debian (Potato) did not install kernel source...

2000-11-10 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In Samuel Hathaway's email, 10-11-2000: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hmm... I ran the following commands... > > # cd /usr/src > # apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.17 > # bunzip2 kernel-source-2.2.17.tar.bz2 > # tar -xf kernel-source-2.2.17.tar > # cd kernel-source-2.2.17 > # make dep > # find

Special dev access for users @ the console?

2000-11-03 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
Hello debian ppl! I am a lab admin. I need to give access to the floppy (/dev/fd0), zip drive (/dev/hdd), and sound (/dev/dsp) to the person logged in at the console (x or tty). If this was my personal machine, I would just put the users in the group console. Unforfunately, this cannot be th

Re: task-x-window-system list of packages

2000-10-14 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In Dwight Johnson's email, 13-10-2000: > I need to get the list of packages installed by 'task-x-window-system', so > that I can uninstall the ones I do not want. But > > # dpkg --listfiles task-x-window-system > > does not give it and > > /user/share/doc/task-x-window-system/README.debian > >

Re: apt-get and customized kernel

2000-10-13 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
In Jack's email, 13-10-2000: > Hi, > > I always compile my own customized kernel. However, it brings one > thing annoying when using apt-get dist-upgrade. As you can see as > following it tries to install debian provided kernel instead. > > Can I shut it off? > > thanks, [ snip of apt/dpkg

Re: How stable is WINE?

2000-07-18 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
Hi! IMHO, vmware is a rather large solution to just running windows - if you're looking for something commercial, you might take a look at win4lin (www.trelos.com). I have been using the eval version for about a week and I like it alot - it required a modified kernel, but once you get that do

Re: firewall script

2000-07-05 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
Message from To debian-user@lists.debian.org at 04/07/00 04:50:21AM: > Hi all Debian users, > anyone has a firewall script that can send me. > I already know ipchains well but with a script (commented) it will > better. :) > Thanks, Paulo Henrique Hi - Yo

Ping and traceroute not working on new potato install

2000-06-28 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
Hi -- I recently installed a machine with debian. I only have one problem with the install.. I can't ping.. whenever I try to ping: <3 bleh:~ >ping 127.1 ping: socket: Protocol not supported traceroute has this error also: bleh:~# traceroute 127.1 traceroute: icmp socket: Protocol not suppo

Re: diskus on distribution contents?

2000-06-28 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
Message from To debian-user@lists.debian.org at 28/06/00 12:07:55PM: > >I wonder why nisplus is not provided by Debian's... > > Probably because no-one has so far been interested in packaging it, or > adding it to an existing package. > Not so: http://www.realbodo.de/debian these packages wor

Re: Nessus & potato

2000-06-08 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
Message from Cc debian-user@lists.debian.org at 07/06/00 02:20:12PM: > Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > You do need to install nessusd on the machine you are going to scan, right? > > Really? I don't think that is the case. I thought the whole point > was to be able to scan a machine fro

Re: Centralizing Logins

2000-06-05 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
Message from To debian-user@lists.debian.org at 05/06/00 12:22:52PM: > We are currently building up several servers, all of which will be > hosted here locally. The thing is, it's going to be more than 25 > servers. Maintaining user accounts on all these bastards is going to be > hell. > > I've

Re: OT. Debian w/s in schools - info needed.

2000-05-23 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
Message from Lindsay Allen at 23/05/00 09:54:58PM: > > I'm a very inexpert sysadmin who assists at a local school. We have a > Debian box now for mail, squid, modem server and so on and they are very > receptive to the idea of running Linux workstations and eventually > breaking away from you-kno

NIS+? Alternatives?

2000-05-17 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
Some of you probably have seem me asking about this in #debian: I'm trying to setup NIS+ on Debian.. I have a number of machines which I would like to use NIS+ for authentication and also for autofs mapping.. Has anyone actually succeeded in using NIS+ with Debian? I've currently taken nis-ut

Re: amd home map

2000-05-15 Thread Michael Janssen \(CS/MATH stud.\)
Message from Barak Pearlmutter at 15/05/00 03:54:29PM: > > From: Graeme Mathieson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For autofs ... > > I have the actual home directories on the server in /disk/home> > > Doesn't this mean that all your home directories live on a single > server? The reason we are consideri