How to change your default domain name

Hi, During the first installation I was asked for my domain name. I was looking in the man pages on how to change it, but I haven't found it. All I found was that it is apparently not done via 'dnsdomainname'. Can somebody help please! Many thanks in advance! best regards, Balazs

How to display available free space on Samba shares spaninig different filesystems

Hi, I have a directory structure shared with Samba. One of the directories is mounted from another harddrive. On my Windows machine if I connect to that sharre I always see the free space on the first harddrive, and never know how much is still on the other... Is there a way to overcome this?

Strange Samba error message

Hi, Yesterday when I went to my linux box I've found a strange error message on the console written after the login prompt: smb_get_lenght: recv error=5 smb_trans2_request: result=-5, setting invalid Nothing seems to be wrong with Samba, the shares are working fine, but it still bothers me what

Turning on CAPS Lock by default

Hi, Is there a way to have CAPS Lock turned on in all VCs and perhaps telnet sessions by default? Many thanks in advance! best regards, Balazs

Re: Turning on CAPS Lock by default

by default On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 01:57:44AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 08:18:33AM +0100, Morbo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Is there a way to have CAPS Lock turned on in all VCs and perhaps telnet sessions by default? I believe this is a BIOS setting. I've often

Network transfer 'pauses' on big files

Hi, I have a Realtek 8139C chip integrated on my mainboard (Shuttle FV24). When I'm copying large amounts of data from my W$ndows box to by Linux machine (the Shuttle FV24), like 200MB mpegs or whole mp3 albums, the transfer 'pauses' from time to time for a few seconds. (appr. every 40 MBs)

ALSA compile problems

Hi, I've tried to compile the ALSA drivers (both 0.90 and 0.50), but both complain about not finding: linux/modversions.h I have the kernel source for 2.4.14 downloaded from kernel.org and unpacked under /usr/src/linux Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong? Many thanks in advance! best

Powering down green monitor

Hi, Is there a way to power down a VESA green monitor from software, and switch it on again on a key event etc. Many thanks in advance! best regards, Balazs

apt/preferences and dselect

Hi, I've read through several mails in this list on the topic of using apt_preferences to have the main bulk of the software come from testing and install some from unsteable. I've done the setting up of the pin priorities stuff and also included all three distributions in the sources.list.

Debconf problem - won't configure itself

Hi, I've tried an update on my testing (Woody) machine. Some packages won't configure though, because Debconf isn't configured yet. But I can't configure Debconf. I have all Perl 5.6 packages installed according to dselect running: dpkg --configure debconf results in the following: Gdk-WARNING

Looking for Fetchmail / Mutt configuration advice

Hi, I've read through the very thourogh Mutt guide, but it's a bit overwhelming at first, so maybe somebody knows the right things to do rightaway... I would greatly appreciate the help! Here's what I'd like to achive: I have several POP3 accouts, which I would like to all be delivered to my

Re: Unable to compile a bootable kernel, or, how do I make a romfs?

Hi, It sound like the same or very similar problem I had with every single 2.4.x kernel I've tied. In my case LILO started loading and after putting some dots on the screen the PC just rebooted. My guess is that it couldn't mount the root filesystem, allthough I'm not sure as I'm fairly new to

Re: Patches applied to stock kernel to make deb kernel image

Hi, I havn't been able to compile or install a 2.4.x kernel at all for my system would just reset itself when trying to boot. I have posted several messages regarding this to this list, but havn't got any answers. So I'm wondering whether I'm the only one with such problems. Maybe you have an

XFree4.1 freeze with black screen

Does anybody know where to start looking, if X just freezes the whole machine on starx with a black screen? I had to reset. Many thanks in advance! regards, Balazs

Re: LILO won't boot after dist-upgrade to testing - HELP!

starting to go nuts now! If you have any suggestions... Please!!! Many thanks in advance! best regards, Balazs - Original Message - From: Jerome Acks Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Morbo [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 02:12 Subject: Re: LILO won't

How do you apply an 'ac' patch?

Hi, Sorry, I know this is basic stuff, but what is the correct way to apply an Alan Cox patch? (Or probably any patch for that matter.) I've downloaded the 2.4.12 kernel source from kernel.org and also the 'patch-2.4.12-ac6' from Alan's folder, which contains a file named 'pot' From previous

LILO won't boot after dist-upgrade to testing - HELP!

Hi, I tried to dist-upgrade to woody, but the new LILO will not boot my system anymore. As a precaution I had LILO set up to be able to boot the current kernel (2.4.10), the previous one (2.2.19pre17) and also a copy of my old Potato installation on hda2. After I've installed the 2.4.10 kernel

HELP - Can't boot kernel 2.4.10 - Resets after loading

Hi, I've dist-upgraded to testing, and now every time I try to boot the new 2.4.10 kernel, it will just reset the machine as soon as the kernel is loaded (I think). LILO will start to load the kernel some dots appear and then it just resets. It will boot the old 2.2.19pre17 kernel just

Dist-upgrade to Woody: Can't open /var/lib/dhelp/titles

Hi, I'm trying to do a disp-upgrade to Woody and during the configuration phase I get a lot of: dhelp_parser: Can't open /var/lib/dhelp/titles I've checked the file seems to be there but with 0 bytes length I've tried to copy over the ones from my backup potato install which was about 10k, but

Re: EXT3

Hi, Where do you get those Alan Cox kernels from ? Many thanks in advance! regards, Balazs - Original Message - From: Simon Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Paul 'Baloo' Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user List debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 08:10 Subject:

Configuring LILO to boot a backup installation

Hi, I thought it would be a good idea to keep a copy of my installation on a different partition as a safety, before I try upgradeing to Woody. Currently LILO is installed on the MBR and boots hda1 as root. I would like to add an entry to optionaly boot hda2 as root where my backup is. But

How to stop the 'beeps'

My motherboard has a built in speaker, which can be very annoying, especially while I'm using my computers while others are sleeping. Is it possible to stop the terminal windows from beeping every time I press tab where there are multiple matches etc.? Many thanks in advance! regards, Balazs

Mozilla 0.95 Install problems

I've tried to install Mozilla 0.95 on my Potato box, but I can't seem to be able to run the installer. It is looking for a libstdc++6.1-1.so.2, which I apparently don't have. According to the mozilla.org site Debian 2.1 should be enough. In dselect I've found only libstdc++ 2.1 v2.95.something,

Intellimouse Explorer USB

I'm using an Intellimouse Explorer connected through USB and generally it's working fine, but when I move the mouse around, from time to time it stops. When this happens ther 'red light' on the bottom of the mouse is turned of, and I have to move it a bit to get it on again. Does anybody know the

Re: Sound not working in X/Gnome - Was:How to make on board VIA VT82C686B sound chip work?

Hi, I didn't realize that there was anyone else running a shuttle mainboard. Cool. On an unrelated topic, do you get some garbage on the side of your screen that seems to be caused by interence from something? My board has a Savage S3 chip on board and I'm assuming that this is the cause of

My Potato locked up !?

Hi, I've found this morning that sometime overnight my machine running Potato locked up completely. I'm faily new to Linux, but I thought this doesn't suppose to happen! Also I was running this installation for a couple of month now without problems. The only difference is that I've installed

Sticky Bit for directories and Samba

I'm running a Samba server, and I have set up the shared directories that they have their own samba user name and group name. I also have the sticky bit turned on on the top most directory. If I understood it correctly, this should result in all directories and files below this folder to inherit

Additional Apt-get sources

Are there any official or unofficial apt-get sources worth adding to the sources list besides the official debian sites? regards, Balazs

How to make on board VIA VT82C686B sound chip work?

Hi, The title says it all :) Many thanks in advance! regards, Balazs

Looking for console IRC client with DCC auto-get and auto-accept

Hi, Could anyone please suggest a good console based IRC client with the possibility to download files from mIRC Fserve fileservers, and the possiblility to set auto-accept and auto-get for DCC transfers. Many thanks in advance! regards, Balazs

Managing tasks through remote access

Hi, I have two computers at home. On one I'm running Linux, and it is turned on non-stop. On the other I'm running W$ndows (mainly for games). This one is only running if I'm doing something on it. Unfortunatly I have only space for one screen and keyboard. I could use some switch, but they