FW: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting changed

2002-05-03 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
I too had this problem when I was using dhcp on my Woody (recent installation). Initially I was not sure of the reason, but later figured out that it was the dhcp client. There used to a ^M at the end of each line in resolv.conf. A few days later our sysadm issued me a static ip, as per the

RE: how to create a link of another directory in home directory ...

2002-04-26 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
Is this a kind of promotional email for something so obvious? Looking at the way this email got posted to debian group in BCC and Sun group, I get my own doubts. Who knows how many more lists were copied in Bcc? i want to create a link of another directory in my home directory .. as i dont

RE: Building kernel-image with kpkg

2002-04-22 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
There is a good article here on debian kernel compilation. May be useful for you. http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.en.html -Original Message- From: David Z Maze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 2:57 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re:

RE: Building kernel-image with kpkg

2002-04-22 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
-Original Message- From: Grant Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 3:58 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Building kernel-image with kpkg On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 03:31:11PM -0500, Panuganty, Ramesh wrote: There is a good article here on debian

RE: Building kernel-image with kpkg

2002-04-22 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
| Fortunately, though, you've read /usr/share/doc/libc6/README.Debian.gz | and understand why you shouldn't do this. :-) Actually I use my system for pure driver development against newer kernels, hence I always link my /usr/include/linux with the appropriate kernel. I guess it is not preferred

RE: Multiple IP address on eth0

2002-04-15 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
| How can I add a second IP address to eth0 [which already has 192.168.0.2]?? Should be very easy. Follow the instruction for a normal NIC configuration, but keep the name as eth0:0. Is this configuration to run multiple web servers on the same system or to use the linux system as an external

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FW: syslog

2002-04-03 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
Did you build the kernel on your own or got it from somewhere? Just disable the multicasting mroute support in your kernel configuration. If you have /sbin/mrouted installed on your system, delete the appropriate package. -Ramesh | Apr 2 15:01:51 kurdtje kernel: IN=eth0 OUT= |

FW: Sound Problem

2002-04-02 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
If it is SoundBlaster PCI 16 (not the ISA), you can do what I did on my system to get sound working. Here is the procedure: http://panuganty.tripod.com/debiantips/sound.htm | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 5:34 AM

FW: kcalc math bug?

2002-04-02 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
I have another interesting observation: the UNIX calculators don't give a choice, but the windows Calculator gives an option to select Scientific or Standard mode. In scientific mode, I got, 1+2*3=7 In standard mode, I got, 1+2*3=9 May be kcalc defaults to the scientific mode!

FW: kcalc math bug?

2002-04-02 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
Forgot to add this link in my earlier mail. Interesting to go through in your free time! http://www.hpmuseum.org/rpn.htm -Ramesh | -Original Message- | From: Panuganty, Ramesh | Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 12:39 PM | To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' | Subject: FW: kcalc math

FW: kcalc math bug?

2002-03-29 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
Unlike the physical calculators, which compute the result before any other math key is pressed, the software calculators do the compuation in the end. You would get 252, even if you use the calculator in windows 98/2000/XP (I just tried out of curiousity)! -Ramesh | -Original Message- |

FW: What is neighbour table overlow?

2002-03-28 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
This is not a serious error, but a config file is incorrect. If you had looked at ifconfig output, you would have guessed the reasons. Have the below two lines /etc/network/interfaces file (no double quotes) iface lo inet loopback auto lo If this still doesn't solve the problem, just run the

RE: usb add-on board

2002-03-27 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
http://www.linux-usb.org/ | If I get a usb add-on board for my computer, do i need to make sure I get a specific | board that linux supports? Is there a current list of these somewhere? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

FW: PS/2 mouse lagging

2002-03-27 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
If you don't find your brand in the kernel configuration, download the appropriate kernel patches for DMA acceleration written by Andre Hedrick, from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/. Luckily, your kernel version 2.4.17 has a patch available. -Ramesh | |

FW: 2 nics, 1 network, puzzle?

2002-03-26 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
If you really want the fail-over capability, you should either use a hardware 2-port NIC or have a software program monitor the two cards. In the case of a software program, - assign a different IP to the second NIC card - have a program monitor the M2 registers of the primary

FW: login via serial console

2002-03-25 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
| thanks! that's what i wanted. sorry i wan't too clear. i'm Cool! | so, that's pretty cool... i just didn't know where to look. i | have a few more questions: | | 1. must i use 9600 baud or can i just go higher? You can try out 19200, 38400 (keep doubling). I guess 9600 is the safe

RE: newbie iso question

2002-03-22 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#record-unix You can do either on linux or windows. If Windows - rename the file as .iso and select the input from .iso image. The above FAQ should answer all your questions. Cheers, Ramesh -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: sound question

2002-03-22 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
I documented my sound experiences with alsa here: http://panuganty.tripod.com/debiantips/sound.htm The AC97 Audio controller is pretty standard. It should be fairly easy to setup. -Ramesh -Original Message- From: Malte Thoma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002

RE: Time Zone

2002-03-22 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
Use tzconfig. If you still have a problem, you may have to run hwclock --systohc (use --utc option if required) -Ramesh -Original Message- From: Eduardo Gargiulo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:46 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Time Zone Hi

RE: What is the difference between Gnome and Ximian?

2002-03-22 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
I would just install the debian gnome packages if you are using woody. But I feel Nautilus in Ximian will add lot of good looks to the desktop, which does not come otherwise. Though it takes about 35MB of memory, I still like it. -Ramesh

FW: Help with firing up modules on demand

2002-03-22 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
If you put anything in /etc/modutils/, update-modules will insert them into /etc/modules.conf. This is not what you want. What you may have to do is, call insmod module in the startup script for your device. Like alsasound in /etc/init.d/. Don't create any links to this from /etc/rc?.d/

RE: Cannot login using root password

2002-03-19 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
-Original Message- From: Kevin Strong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:37 PM To: Debian User (E-mail) Subject: Cannot login using root password Folks, I have a problem. I cannot login to my debian system using the root password but I can login using other users

RE: USB Mouse potato

2002-03-19 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
Check for your mouse' compatibility with the USB in 2.2 kernel. If yes, configure the XF86Config file with Protocol as IMPS/2. Don't give the protocol as USB, as documented in some places. -Ramesh -Original Message- From: Matthew Linden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 17,

FW: Which window-manager for a kiosk?

2002-03-19 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
Won't a simple 'chroot' in the default shell of the user put all other applications inaccessible? I guess you can trim off the menu functions and start panel functions in most of the WMs? -Ramesh | -Original Message- | From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Tuesday, March

FW: power off again sorry i missed the previous one

2002-03-19 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
I have kept my experiences here: http://panuganty.tripod.com/debiantips/boot.htm | -Original Message- | From: faisal gillani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:03 PM | To: list debaun | Subject: power off again sorry i missed the previous one | | | Well guys

RE: CD install with no floppy drive??

2002-03-14 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
You don't need the floppy drive at all to install. Install CDs are bootable. -Ramesh -Original Message- From: dxtr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 7:16 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: CD install with no floppy drive?? Hi, I tried to install

RE: How to power off the PC after shutdown

2002-03-14 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
On my system (Intel815), the APM doesn't work with any of these options. I also tried the real mode APM Bios call option. No use. I had to use ACPI to have the system powered off. APM doesn't work for me. -Ramesh -Original Message- From: Tim Dijkstra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: best way to install non debian package

2002-03-13 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
Good that this discussion came up. I lost my checkinstall file which I downloaded earlier and can't reach this site now (always inaccessible?). Can somebody give me a copy of this checkinstall package? Thanks, Ramesh -Original Message- From: Sridhar M.A. Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002

RE: Debian as server?

2002-03-12 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
I was wandering on the internet in search for the perfect server(s) distribution of Linux. My eye felt on Debian, only it's not completely clear I can use Debian as PROXY, File/print, mail server (with Exchange orporation) and/or Oracle server. I had earlier setup a Debian Potato as a

RE: Missing nsupdate

2002-03-12 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
I guess that file is moved to dnsutils in the newer versions. I can see this in bind package in the earlier releases. Next time onwards, you can search for the contents of packages in http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages. Select option 1, which allows to search for a file across all packages.

RE: X Screen Capture?

2002-03-12 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
| How best to make such a screenshot? I can guess what exactly you want - you want a best possible screen capture of yours without any other application windows like XV or something else. Do this on an xterm, sleep 10; xwd -root screen.xwd Minimise the xterm immediately Install image-magick

RE: home gateway

2002-03-11 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
Title: Message If you are using 2.2 kernel, look for documentation on 'ipchains'. If you are using 2.4 kernel, look for documentation on 'iptables' (or 'netfilters'). You may find examples - this being an easy setup. -Ramesh -Original Message-From: James Bruce [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Truly stupid menu seting

2002-03-11 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
If you need to login as root into gnome add (or change) 'AllowRoot=true' in gdm.conf But the suggested way is to do a xhost + and then do a su and start your tool. -Ramesh -Original Message- From: stan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 2:12 PM To: Debian User List

RE: SoundBlaster 128

2002-03-11 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
Hi Charlie, I too have a SB-PCI-16 on my system and could setup alsa successfully. I documented the procedure at http://panuganty.tripod.com/articles/debiantips.html. Hope that helps. -Ramesh -Original Message- From: Charlie Grosvenor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 10,

RE: dpkg -l redirection

2002-03-11 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
dpkg-awk Status: .* installed$ -- Package | cut -d: -f2. -Ramesh -Original Message- From: Jim Woodruff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 1:27 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: dpkg -l redirection Does anyone have a way of redirecting the standard output

RE: the quest for a *stable* browser

2002-03-11 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
I had read a review in news.com recently that opera is the most stable and fastest (in terms of page display) on linux. Try it out (free version comes with a small advt banner logo). -Ramesh -Original Message- From: Dave Sherohman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002

Re: no mouse in console

2002-03-08 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
| Managed to get a fresh install of woody running but have no mouse in console mode. Mouse works in X. | I remember being asked where the mouse was and choosing psaux. It was just a guess. How can I debug this? The gpm man page isn't particularly helpfull. | I do see /var/run/gpm.pid. But have