Re: Multimedia Keyboard

2003-04-05 Thread idalton
On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 01:15:44PM -0500, Scott Henson wrote: > On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 04:00, LeVA wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Anybody knows, how can I setup a Genius Comfy KB-16M Wireless keyboard's > > multimedia keys? When I use > > Option "XkbModel" "geniuscomfy" > >

Re: NNTP proxy ?

2001-10-28 Thread idalton
On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 12:49:37AM +0200, Marcus Crafter wrote: > Hi All, > > Does anyone know if Debian currently has a NNTP proxy ? or some > application that provides such functionality ? > > (or, alternatively is it possible to set up a local news server that > simply

Re: No keyboard after upgrade to testing

2001-10-22 Thread idalton
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 06:12:06PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hey, > > I was upgrading one of my debian boxen to testing, but during the install my > keyboard stopped working. I figured it was a hardware problem (unplugged > keyboard or something), but when I couldn't find anything wrong, I

Re: ether-wake / Wake On Lan setup

2001-10-07 Thread idalton
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 11:55:51PM +, Darren Wyn Rees wrote: > I am using Donald Becker's ether-wake v.1.03 with some 3COM 905 > NICs, however I am unable to 'wake' any machines. > > I send the magic packet using the correct MAC address : > > debian:~/ether-wake-1.03.orig# ./etherwake -D -b

Re: APCUPSD doesn't shutdown machine

2001-09-13 Thread idalton
On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 03:46:49PM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > "Greg Wiley" wrote: > > > I don't use apcupsd but in order to get the machine to respond > > to poweroff, I must append "apm=on" to the kernel params on > > startup. The kernel turns off power management by default even > > t

Re: Debian 2.2R3 scanner problem...

2001-08-31 Thread idalton
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 08:19:23PM +0200, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > scanner help needed. > > > > > > I just installed a fresh Debian 2.2R3 and wanted to scan. > > > So I installed sane. > > > > > > But when I run xscanimage it says it can't find any devices. > > > > > >

Re: Killing your keyb.controller... was: Re: forgot root password on head- and keyboardless machine *blush*

2001-08-22 Thread idalton
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:24:34PM +0200, Emil Pedersen wrote: > > Just to add some more noice to the list ;-) > > [statement] Hot-plugging keyboards works _MOST_ of the time. > > It is true for at least PS/2-keyboard, since the only machine I've > managed to destroy this way is an Digital Cel

Re: vim and Tera Term

2001-08-14 Thread idalton
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 10:27:49AM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 07:45:17PM -0400, Todd Combs wrote: > > I SSH into my Debian box from windows, and I use Tera Term. My > > problem is I want to use vim, but it doesn't work quite like it does when I > > am "local". Spec

exim not resolving external domain, what's wrong

2001-08-03 Thread idalton
Okay, I've recently changed the domain for my private network, and am trying to reconfigure exim. Internal domain is internal.aom.geek, served by local DNS. External domain is aom.geek which is CNAMEd to ferret.dyndns.org currently, but will be picked up if I'm ever living somewhere I can find a r

Error message starting Appletalk - can't find in docs

2001-08-03 Thread idalton
I just noticed this happening recently, on machine running Woody with 2.4.3 kernel. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/netatalk start Starting AppleTalk Daemons (this will take a while): atalkdnbp_rgstr: Connection timed out Can't register tarot:[EMAIL PROTECTED] nbp_rgstr: Connection timed ou

Re: zip drive problems...

2001-07-31 Thread idalton
On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 09:49:42AM +0800, Robert Storey wrote: > > > -- Forwarded Message -- > Subject: Re: zip drive problems... > Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 07:19:45 +0800 > From: Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Andy Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Tuesday July 31 200

Re: Again NE2000 network device

2001-07-20 Thread idalton
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 06:03:25PM +0200, Bj?rn Fischer wrote: > Hello, > it is me again, trying to start the "ne" module. Now the module is actually > trying to start, but alway quits with the message "Resource or device busy". > I started the ne module with the following parameters: > > modprobe

Re: PINE

2001-07-17 Thread idalton
On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:28:42PM -0400, dude wrote: > > I know PINE is not what debian users use, > but i recently convinced my girlfriend to > let me install debian on her windows computer. > Her only gripe with using it is > that there are no debs of Pine. > > She has tried building it from s

Re: linux FOREVER!

2001-05-14 Thread idalton
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 02:52:37AM -0400, MaD dUCK wrote: > just wanted to share: > a production system of mine (very very important actually): > i use rsync, i specify .. accidentally as opposed to . > i use the --delete flag > --> /etc/* recursively gone. > AAH > > but: i

Re: athome funny business [was Slow Cable Modem Revisited]

2001-05-04 Thread idalton
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 12:23:31PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 09:04:57AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 11:21:12AM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > > > Suddenly it occurred to me that the slowdown I'd started seeing with my > > > @home servic

athome funny business [was Slow Cable Modem Revisited]

2001-05-04 Thread idalton
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 11:21:12AM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > Suddenly it occurred to me that the slowdown I'd started seeing with my > @home service began occurring right arounf the time I took my LinkSys > Etherlink II card (uses ne2k-pci driver) out and replaced it with a D-Link > DFE-530TX

Re: difficulty with autofs mounting my home directory

2001-05-03 Thread idalton
I'm having trouble groking how to set up amd, though it doesn't seem too different than how autofs does things. What I was hoping for was something that would handle /share/acct as the mount point without affecting everything else under /share or using a symlink.. -- Ferret

Re: difficulty with autofs mounting my home directory

2001-05-03 Thread idalton
machine. > > > > I discovered a partial workaround, by making autofs manage > > /share/.autofs and symlinking /share/projects -> > > /share/.autofs/projects, and /share/music -> /share/.autofs/music. > > But if I do this with /share/acct -> /share/.autofs/acct, lit

difficulty with autofs mounting my home directory

2001-05-03 Thread idalton
rtial workaround, by making autofs manage /share/.autofs and symlinking /share/projects -> /share/.autofs/projects, and /share/music -> /share/.autofs/music. But if I do this with /share/acct -> /share/.autofs/acct, little things break in annoying ways. The PS1 prompt in bash now display

Re: USB keyboard os install

2001-05-01 Thread idalton
On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 10:09:47AM -0700, Anthony Lau wrote: > At 6:06 AM -0400 5/1/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >You should be able to get a proper boot diskette at: > >http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/ > >images-1.44/ > > > >Bear in mind that you'll HAVE t

Re: Slow Cable Modem

2001-05-01 Thread idalton
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 09:38:38PM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Kidd, Peter wrote: > > > on a dual boot PC, apt-get runs effectively 10-20X slower than win98 ftp's > > to the same sites, downloading occurs in short spurts followed by long > > pauses and frequent 'timed outs

Re: ATI 3D Rage IIc and console

2001-04-04 Thread idalton
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 08:09:23PM +0400, Alexander Zhuckov wrote: > Hi! > > I have ATI 3D Rage IIc card. And I prefer to work in console with > 100 chars / 50 lines / 100Hz. But > > 1) framebuffer doesn't work with my card since kernel 2.2.18; > 2) svgatextmode doesn't work too. Try looking up

Re: Sendmail reporting Popularity-Contest sent to Debian.org being rejected

2001-04-01 Thread idalton
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 02:42:15PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Jimmy Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Can anyone help tell me whats wrong with the attempted send of the > >popularity-contest mailing for my system isn't working? In case you're > >curious > > > >ii popularity-contest

Re: mail client that works through proxy

2001-03-30 Thread idalton
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 04:29:39PM -0800, Matheson Cameron wrote: > 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 >

Re: [OT] running a PIII with no fan?

2001-03-26 Thread idalton
On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 11:19:19PM -0800, Krzys Majewski wrote: > Noise. > -chris > > On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Roberto Diaz wrote: > > > > > Why do you want to burn you CPU? a fan is very cheap.. less than $15 some > > models. You can buy one in all computer stores. > > > > Just curious.. why do y

Re: Font point sizes and X resolutions?

2001-03-22 Thread idalton
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 09:07:33AM -0600, Richard C. Cobbe wrote: > Lo, on Wednesday, March 21, Stan Brown did write: > > > On Wed Mar 21 22:13:32 2001 Richard C. Cobbe wrote... > > > > > >Lo, on Wednesday, March 21, Stan Brown did write: > > > > > >[reformatted for 80 cols] > > > > > >> How can I

Re: 2.4 Loopback file system mounts

2001-03-22 Thread idalton
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 09:55:57PM -, Chris Howells wrote: > From: Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Were there any changes to files that are necessary to support loopback > > mounts in 2.4? I have one iso image that I mount as a drive for Wine, and > > whenever I try to mount it,

Re: [OT] Power off on Shutdown using ACPI and kernel-2.4.x

2001-03-17 Thread idalton
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 02:19:38PM -0700, Jimmy Richards wrote: > Hi All, > > I was wondering if anyone has gotten their system to power off upon > shutting down when using > kernels 2.4.x. I get an ACPI message, 'Could not enter S5'. My > understanding is that APM and ACPI > are mutually exclusiv

question about using groff to format ASCII text

2001-03-14 Thread idalton
I need to convert an ASCII text document to dvi, and I need to make the finished document double spaced with 12-point font. I need to do so without embedding any formatting directives in the ASCII document. The man pages and documentation for troff and groff (which I would like to use) are not ve

Re: manually installing mozilla plugins

2001-03-08 Thread idalton
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 04:29:41AM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:20:05AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > heathen:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins# ls -l > > total 20 > > drwxr-xr-x6 root root 4096 Mar 7 00:34 java2 > > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root

Re: manually installing mozilla plugins

2001-03-07 Thread idalton
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 10:17:51AM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 04:36:46PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > > Just load it into mozilla. i.e., load the URL > > > > > > file:///path/to/jre.xpi > > > > > > Mozilla will offer to install the plugin, and do a bunch o

serial terminal emulator for 'linux' term type?

2001-03-02 Thread idalton
Someone mentioned it on irc, on #debian a couple weeks ago, but I can't remember the reference. Said there was some serial terminal emulator that supported the 'linux' term type, so one wouldn't have to mess around with minicom. Anyone know what it is? -- Ferret

Program to weed out duplicate email?

2001-02-28 Thread idalton
I've been having some network difficulties lately and have ended up with duplicate email messages. Is there any program already available that could weed out messages based on the message bodies matching? -- Ferret

Alsa and 2.4.x on woody [was Re: Any gotchas with kernel 2.4.x and Debian?]

2001-02-21 Thread idalton
On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 01:19:45PM -0800, Aaron Brashears wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 07:02:59PM +0100, Mario Vukelic wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm running 2.4.1, too, but I didn't get alsa to build. I used the > > male-dpkg modules_image method. alsa-source from woody didn't compile, > > the pa

Re: Antwort: Can't send email from machine configured for DHCP [Virus checked by dvs Leipzig] [Virus checked by dvs Leipzig]

2001-02-19 Thread idalton
On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 10:18:22AM +0100, "Martin_Tanzer"@dvs-berlin.de wrote: > > You have an DNS problem. Mailservers only accept mails, if the Domainname of > the > machine which wants to send mail (tarot.foo.com) i.e. resolves - fortunately > a > reverse lookup is not nesecary. One possibil

Can't send email from machine configured for DHCP

2001-02-17 Thread idalton
Okay. I have one machine set up as a gateway, and I'm using exim with some rewriting rules for my email gateway. It's been working fine for years, but now I set up a machine with DHCP, and I find I can't send email outside my network from that machine. It looks like this is happening because the d

Re: Serial ports - how to get them to coexist peacefully...

2001-02-16 Thread idalton
On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 03:16:44AM +1100, hogan wrote: > P133, 48MB RAM, Debian Testing/Unstable (some bits from unstable) 2.2.17 (move > to 2.4.1 on hold for time being whilst I read Rusty's howtos on netfilter etc. > :) ). > > Have two onboard ports - ttyS0 and ttyS1 (IRQ 4&3 respectively) > Hav

Re: D-Link DFE-530TX with Debian 2.1

2000-03-03 Thread idalton
On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 10:05:28PM +, Paul J. Keenan wrote: > On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 09:41:55PM -, Andrew Jones wrote: > > I am trying to install debian 2.1 for the 1st time, I have a D-Link > > DFE-530TX PCI network card, it's not listed in the list of supported network > > cards, can i u

Re: VP_IDE

2000-02-29 Thread idalton
On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 06:59:26PM -0800, aphro wrote: > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, |{.f|. wrote: > > ke_an >How to resolve this VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqa > later? > ke_an >That is VP_IDE? > ke_an > > ke_an >another problem is that I get error > ke_an >SCIOADDRT at booting time, whi

Re: how do I pick gnome-terminal's meta key?

2000-02-29 Thread idalton
On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 02:38:38PM -0800, Cliff Draper wrote: > I got a new machine and am trying to setup the same meta key to work > under all of my programs. gnome-terminal seems to want the alt key > and ignores the meta key, whereas emacs uses the meta key and ignores > the alt key. So, I ca

Re: ATI Video Card Support

2000-02-28 Thread idalton
On Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 12:34:19PM -0800, Wim Kerkhoff wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > What ATI Video cards are best supported by Linux and X Windows? I was > thinking > of: > ATI Xpert 98 > ATI [EMAIL PROTECTED] > XTI Xpert 99 > ATI Xpert 128 > ATI Rage Fury > ATI All-in-Wonder 128 > > What ex

Re: IOmega

2000-02-24 Thread idalton
I think the problem is systemic to "removable" fixed disk drives in general. I've had the problem with Syquest 250MB and the sparq 1GB drives. As far as I can guess it's a problem with lower physical tolerances combined with greater environmental contact, especially dust. Actually, I've found LS12