Re: MTA slow to start

2005-12-23 Thread mikepolniak
On 22:22 Thu 22 Dec , Tyler Smith wrote: > During boot up it takes about 30 seconds for MTA to start for my Etch > install. With Sarge on the same box this takes less than a second. Can I > fix this somehow? I'm running a single desktop computer, connected via > an NIC through a router to hi

Re: Check that all packages are stable

2005-12-08 Thread mikepolniak
On 10:02 Thu 08 Dec , Jacob Friis Saxberg wrote: > Hello. > > How can I check that all my packages are from stable? apt-show-versions|wc && apt-show-versions|fgrep /stable|wc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: scanner device ?

2005-12-06 Thread mikepolniak
On 23:12 Tue 06 Dec , Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > Hi, > > I have an HP 2200C USB scanner. > I am running "unstable" > I installed sane and xsane. > When I turn the scanner on, sane-find-scanner finds it when launched as > root. > The problem is when I launch xsane as root, I find the scan

Re: /etc/resolv.conf replaced!

2005-12-06 Thread mikepolniak
On 17:25 Tue 06 Dec , Hal Vaughan wrote: > During the past two days I've had power flickers and outages from snow. I > have not yet been able to attach a new system to a UPS (too many things to > move), and it's lost power a few times. When it reboots, it cannot > communicate with the netw

Re: Exim4 & LOG

2005-11-29 Thread mikepolniak
On 22:34 Tue 29 Nov , Marco wrote: > Hi all, > how to disable loggin to syslog, mail.log, mail.info, mail.err, > mail.warn for exim4? > I would want to leave only /var/log/exim/* log > > Any idea? edit /etc/syslog.conf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: 2.6.14 kernel woes

2005-11-28 Thread mikepolniak
On 12:21 Sun 27 Nov , Randall J. Parr wrote: > David Baron wrote: > > I now get /var/log/boot messages like > - > Sun Nov 27 08:01:27 2005: ^[[33m*^[[39;49m /etc/network/options is > deprecated. Just remove /etc/network/options > Sun Nov 27 08:01:27 2005: Set

Re: multiple default gateways

2005-11-22 Thread mikepolniak
On 11:48 Tue 22 Nov , James Ireson wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to setup my network with multiple default gateways from a > debian linux box running 2.6.11.10. > > I've read lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html and understand > about setting up the routes for each interface in separa

Re: Open ports in Debian

2005-11-22 Thread mikepolniak
On 00:54 Wed 23 Nov , Rutger Wessels wrote: > Hello, > > I administer a debian installation that is connected to the Internet. > When I run nmap, I found the following: > Starting nmap 3.81 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2005-11-23 00:29 CET > Interesting ports on xx > (The 1657

Re: udev, module-init-tools, 2.6.14

2005-11-20 Thread mikepolniak
On 15:09 Sun 20 Nov , Jim McCloskey wrote: > > Hello. For a variety of reasons, I want to install a hand-compiled > (and patched) 2.6.14 kernel. I have two questions concerning that. > > [1] At present, I have udev version 056 from stable, but the Changes > file in the kernel documentation re

Re: need a "Swiss Army Knife" rescue disk

2005-11-20 Thread mikepolniak
On 21:58 Sun 20 Nov , Joachim Fahnenmüller wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 03:21:41PM -0500, mikepolniak wrote: > > I have used the Debian install cd as a rescue disk and in the past also > > the 'BBC-business-card', 'System-Rescue-cd' and Knoppix. > >

need a "Swiss Army Knife" rescue disk

2005-11-19 Thread mikepolniak
I have used the Debian install cd as a rescue disk and in the past also the 'BBC-business-card', 'System-Rescue-cd' and Knoppix. Knoppix is OK for Debian rescue but a big d/l and the others seem a little outdated. I need one that includes iproute, rsync, LVM and grub. Has anyone come across an u

Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-14 Thread mikepolniak
On 07:48 Mon 14 Nov , Mario Frasca wrote: > mikepolniak wrote: > >Check /dev for lp0. You may have to link your lp0 -> /dev/usb/lp0 > > , but no, the problem is that /dev/usb/lp0 does not exist, not > /dev/lp0. well, I tried but the behaviour was the same... >

Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-13 Thread mikepolniak
On 21:28 Sun 13 Nov , Mario Frasca wrote: > it seems quite stupid, I'm using to linux since 1993 more or less, but > all these modern graphic or automatic fluffs don't help me much... > > well, the problem is that I cannot print any more. cups did work and > the only cause I can think of is

Re: pccardd: what is this ?!

2005-11-12 Thread mikepolniak
On 11:04 Sat 12 Nov , Paulo M C Aragão wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed today the following daemons running: > > UIDPID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD > root 1121 1 0 Nov11 ?00:00:00 [pccardd] > root 1123 1 0 Nov11 ?00:00:00 [pccardd] > > but can't

Re: Syslogd

2005-11-12 Thread mikepolniak
On 12:34 Sat 12 Nov , Roy wrote: > In /var/log/messages the following lines are apprearing: > > Date Time machine name -- MARK -- > Date Time machine name -- MARK -- > Date Time machine name -- MARK -- > > I'm using the following command, below to get rid of them, but i'm getting an >

Re: Multiple ISP connection

2005-11-11 Thread mikepolniak
On 18:39 Fri 11 Nov , choy wrote: > Hi, > > I have a web server connected indirectly to the Internet(ISP -> router > -> server eth0). I've setup NAT port forward in the router so all web > server connections are forwarded to server. Recently, I've added a new > ethernet card(eth1) to the serve

Re: Many packages missing from testing

2005-11-10 Thread mikepolniak
On 01:01 Fri 11 Nov , Joona Kiiski wrote: > > Certainly not. If you want unstable packages, then use *unstable*. If > > you want to help test the next Debian release, then use *testing*. If > > you want something that will always work, then use *stable*. > > Yes, I've tried them all. > * Un

Re: dhclient assigns new IP address every time

2005-11-10 Thread mikepolniak
On 17:32 Thu 10 Nov , kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > My computer is behind a router (linksys BEFSR41). The computer and the > router are connected by ethernet cable (ie no wireless). Every time I > run, 'sudo dhclient', the IP address assigned to the computer is > different. For example, somet

Re: Debian sid and udev problem.

2005-11-10 Thread mikepolniak
On 20:24 Thu 10 Nov , Jon Jahren wrote: >snip > Preparing to replace udev 0.056-3 > (using .../archives/udev_0.074-2_i386.deb) ... > ln: creating symbolic link `/etc/udev/rules.d/z55_hotplug.rules' to > `../hotplug.rules': No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing /var/cache

Re: pcmcia/cardbus issue after 2.6.14 kernel upgrade

2005-11-07 Thread mikepolniak
On 10:06 Mon 07 Nov , Matt Price wrote: > hi folks, > > in an effort to get acpi workingo n my laptop (THinkpad 600e) I've > upgraded to 2.6.14 kernel. Seemswo work fine! Except I'm having > trouble with my wireless card (D-Link DWL-650+). The third-party > driver compiled andi nstalled fin

Re: 2.6.14 Problems (was Re: sarge: 2.6.14 kernel panics on boot)

2005-11-07 Thread mikepolniak
On 21:56 Sun 06 Nov , Hendrik Sattler wrote: > David Baron wrote: > > > On Sunday 06 November 2005 19:32, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Thats because devfs is creating the nodes in kernels < 2.6.14. > >> With 2.6.14 DEVFS is no longer supported in the kernel, so you have > >> to use anothe

Re: Network Interfaces Not Initialized On Boot

2005-11-07 Thread mikepolniak
On 16:40 Sun 06 Nov , Cloaked Hunter wrote: > I'm running the testing release of Debian. I recently updated my Debian > packages, and I also built and installed a new 2.6.14 kernel. Now, > regardless of what kernel I boot, none of my network interfaces will > initialize during boot, not even th

Re: sata_sis on 2.4.27 vs 2.6.8

2005-11-06 Thread mikepolniak
On 16:18 Sat 05 Nov , Facundo Ariel Perez wrote: > I'm running a debian sarge on PIV / asus motherboard / using the 181 > chipset for my serial ata 80 gb drive. > It installs and runs ok using kernel 2.4.27 - but when I upgrade to > kernel 2.6.8 the systems crash on while booting just after sh

Re: sarge: 2.6.14 kernel panics on boot

2005-11-06 Thread mikepolniak
On 15:41 Sun 06 Nov , Alex Teclo wrote: > >> Here is the entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst on machine A: > >> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14 > >> root (hd0,4) > >> kernel/vmlinuz-2.6.14 root=/dev/ataraid/d0p7 ro > >> initrd /initrd.img-2.6.14 > >> savedefa

Re: External SCSI Hard Drive Not Auto-mounting

2005-11-06 Thread mikepolniak
On 00:45 Sun 06 Nov , Scarletdown wrote: > I just recently installed an Adaptec AHA-2940UW SCSI adapter, so I could > make use of this spare 4.3GB external SCSI hard drive. Anyway, I > partitioned the drive and used mkfs to create an ext3 file system on it. > > I then created a mount point fo

Re: sarge: 2.6.14 kernel panics on boot

2005-11-05 Thread mikepolniak
On 23:43 Sat 05 Nov , Alex Teclo wrote: > I am having problems with a 2.6.14 kernel. > ><><><><><><><><> > Here is the entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst on machine A: > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14 > root (hd0,4) > kernel/vmlinuz- 2.6.14 root=/dev/ataraid/d0p7

Re: finding files by content from the command-line

2005-11-04 Thread mikepolniak
On 10:36 Fri 04 Nov , Matt Price wrote: > Having checked out beagle and quite liked it, I seet here ae also > various graphical file-finding tools outthere, e.g. the gnome "search > for files" program, that allow content searches (e.g., "contains the > text"-type searhcing). In many cases simi

Re: KVM switch and debian

2005-11-03 Thread mikepolniak
On 09:44 Thu 03 Nov , Richard Swen wrote: > I currently have the following setup at home. > > Linksys DSL Router working as a DHCP Server. > > 1 Windows NT machine with an HP DeskJet 960C printer > 1 Windows 98 machine. > > This is what I want to do. > Install Debian Sarge on a new machine.

Re: usb storage mount problem

2005-11-03 Thread mikepolniak
ian but from some months i can't mount > it both in sarge and sid) (still it is oky in windows) > > kubuntu mount it auto. :( > (i have removed kubuntu becoz i did not like it & now using debian sarge and > debian unstable in two different partitons) > > thanx > >

Re: usb storage mount problem

2005-11-03 Thread mikepolniak
On 17:36 Thu 03 Nov , salahuddin pasha wrote: > when i try to mount usb storage [kingston 256mb] > > is shows me > = > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, > missing codepage or other error Check if your kernel config has: CONFIG_

Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-02 Thread mikepolniak
On 23:49 Wed 02 Nov , Thomas wrote: >snip<< > >Is there a logfile or something that can tell me who is actually > >denying what? > > > >Thanks, > >Thomas > > > > > Aha, i found out: > > mail.log > Nov 2 23:26:50 localhost postfix/smtpd[14343]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT > from nova[10.

Re: (OT) Beginner's Linux book recommendation

2005-10-31 Thread mikepolniak
On 11:09 Mon 31 Oct , [KS] wrote: > Hi all, > > This is a little bit off topic but I thought I might get some good > recommendations from subscribers to this list. > > A friend of mine has just installed Linux (err...SUSE) after a few > tries. Now that he has his Linux running, he is curious

Re: Stock vs. Debian kernel sources

2005-10-31 Thread mikepolniak
On 17:18 Mon 31 Oct , John O'Hagan wrote: > Antony Gelberg wrote: > >John O'Hagan wrote: > >>Hi all, > >> > >> I'm looking for a brief summary of the differences between Debian kernel > >>sources (such as those provided by the linux-source-2.6* packages), and the > >>stock source from kerne

Re: how can have a animal in boot screen

2005-10-29 Thread mikepolniak
On 01:27 Sun 30 Oct , biosedit wrote: > how can have a animal in boot screen > like freeBSD > but not a picture > is make with - - - - - - - (like this apt-get install linuxlogo gives you the choice of 4 logos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: intermittent inability to resolve hostnames using sid

2005-10-28 Thread mikepolniak
On 13:02 Fri 28 Oct , John covici wrote: > Hi. I am using sid and the latest bind9 and its libraries and what is > happening is that either its so slow that many apps time out or > something else is wrong -- when some app like sendmail tries to look > up aname, it will time out. Now if I look

Re: Debian Single User mode from grub how??

2005-10-26 Thread mikepolniak
On 22:46 Wed 26 Oct , amalgam.swhe wrote: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 07:45:58PM +0530, Siju George wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How can I get into the Debian Sarge Single user mode from grub? > > without giving a password??? > > > > passing the "single" option doesn't seem to work :-( > set init=/bi

Re: Grub and linux-source-2.6.12

2005-10-26 Thread mikepolniak
On 08:58 Wed 26 Oct , Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > Hi: > > I tried to upgrade to kernel 2.6.12 using linux-source-2.6.12. I am > using unstable. The compilation goes fine, during which there is a > message: Root device is (3,2) > > I have my root partition in /dev/hda2. In the menu.

Re: Easy Debian Wireless 101

2005-10-26 Thread mikepolniak
On 00:08 Wed 26 Oct , Steve Lamb wrote: > Adam Porter wrote: > > There are several web sites dedicated to WiFi on Linux, with extensive > > lists of cards and how they are supported. Google is your friend. :) > > None of which, when I last googled, has specific instructions for Debian >

Re: NO latest scanner support under FC?

2005-10-25 Thread mikepolniak
On 15:21 Tue 25 Oct , Deboo ^ wrote: > Can someone tell me any latest HP or any other scanner fully supported under > linux? I have been using the HP SCanjet 4300C with sane for over a year. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: A simple MTA?

2005-10-24 Thread mikepolniak
On 11:56 Mon 24 Oct , mikepolniak wrote: > On 17:41 Mon 24 Oct , Teemu Ikonen wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm looking for a mail transfer agent for a typical workstation, > > laptop or simple server configuration, but so far I haven't found a > >

Re: A simple MTA?

2005-10-24 Thread mikepolniak
On 17:41 Mon 24 Oct , Teemu Ikonen wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a mail transfer agent for a typical workstation, > laptop or simple server configuration, but so far I haven't found a > suitable one either in Debian or elsewhere. The ones I've checked are > either too simple (nullmailer

Re: procmail/fetchmail question

2005-10-22 Thread mikepolniak
On 15:41 Sat 22 Oct , stan wrote: > Can anyone show me how to write a procmail recipe that adds something (like > **SPAM** > to the To: header in a message? > > What I'm trying to do is add this conditionaly if spamassain has labled the > message > as spam. I have a firend who is getting mai

Re: cloning a system to another partition - what to change?

2005-10-22 Thread mikepolniak
On 04:17 Sat 22 Oct , SpamHog wrote: > Mike, > > I promise you, I never meant to touch the MBR! Once you bide grub > (either interactively or from any boot sector of any partition) > >root (hdx,y) > > you overrule the spell in the MBR. I don't usually re-install Grub in the MBR eit

Re: cloning a system to another partition - what to change?

2005-10-21 Thread mikepolniak
On 08:11 Fri 21 Oct , SpamHog wrote: > Thank you for clarifying! > > I'll never again root =(hdx,x) after a kernel. > > Yet, there must be something else munching up this boot. > > Whence the hda5 reference comes is not explained even by a missing > SECOND specification of hda6 as running ro

Re: make-kpkg and small changes

2005-10-20 Thread mikepolniak
On 12:10 Thu 20 Oct , Ross Boylan wrote: > I am attempting to recompile a driver (8139too) with one additional > entry in the pci_device_id table. I may modify it in other ways if > that doesn't work. > > When I try to make-kpkg kernel_image the file is not rebuilt. I tried > deleting the .o

Re: Slow response of X

2005-10-20 Thread mikepolniak
On 09:12 Wed 19 Oct , Basajaun wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a weird problem with the response time inside X. I am running > Debian Etch, kernel 2.6.12-1-686-smp on a P4 3.4GHz HT with a SATA > drive and 1GB RAM. Whenever I start X (XFCE 4.2.2), I experience the > following problems: > > a) Whe

Re: Best practices for installing Debian in a new disk?

2005-10-19 Thread mikepolniak
On 15:13 Wed 19 Oct , Bruno Buys wrote: > Alvin Oga wrote: > > >On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, mikepolniak wrote: > > > >>Why not just copy over the whole Debian partition from the ide disk to > >>the new disk. I have done this many times without a problem. I make a

Re: cloning a system to another partition - what to change?

2005-10-19 Thread mikepolniak
On 10:37 Wed 19 Oct , SpamHog wrote: > Thank you too Mike, but I have already tried several times with either > GNU/Linuxspeak "/dev/hda6" or Grubspeak "(hd0,5)" so it must be > someting else. > > Moreover, > > 1) Being the "boot" root and the "running" root one and the same, the > second roo

Re: Pinnacle PCTV Pro - snow at the top of the screen

2005-10-19 Thread mikepolniak
On 17:06 Wed 19 Oct , wvl wrote: > I don't quite understand. Are you saying my tuner is being incorrectly > set by bttv despite it saying "bttv0: using tuner=33"? > > In the Netherlands we use PAL, if you meant to say that I needed NTSC. > Sorry for my ass_umption. If you read the kernel docu

Re: cloning a system to another partition - what to change?

2005-10-19 Thread mikepolniak
On 01:47 Wed 19 Oct , SpamHog wrote: > I am cloning a 1-partition system (3.1/i386) > from /dev/hda5 to /dev/hda6, > and intend to install grub in that partition. > No need to change drivers, etc. - *only* the root device. > > > > I already did the following: > > - copied all files in the /

Re: Pinnacle PCTV Pro - snow at the top of the screen

2005-10-19 Thread mikepolniak
On 09:28 Wed 19 Oct , wvl wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having trouble getting my Pinnacle PCTV Pro to work, which I > bought in the Netherlands (europe) a few (2?) years ago. > > After loading bttv I only get snow on the top of the screen.. > everything below that seems to be frozen in a certain s

Re: Best practices for installing Debian in a new disk?

2005-10-18 Thread mikepolniak
On 17:46 Tue 18 Oct , Bruno Buys wrote: > I'm reinstalling my system onto a new sata disk I just purchased. I'd > like to know what best practices people do, in order to get through this > with the least possible hassle. > I'm really just installing Debian in the new disk, and I'd like to hav

Re: upgrade, .procmailrc funnels to /dev/null

2005-10-14 Thread mikepolniak
On 01:05 Fri 14 Oct , Willie Gnarlson wrote: > Hello fellow Debian users, > > I upgraded bash on my `testing' machine tonight and 4 hours passed > before I realize procmail is filtering everything to /dev/null. Right. > > Does anyone have any idea why this would be matching on *all* incoming

Re: A fresher sk98lin anyone (LG LW20 NIC)?

2005-10-09 Thread mikepolniak
On 23:46 Sun 09 Oct , Didde Brockman wrote: > Hey - again. > > As stated earlier I could not get Debian-stable to detect a NIC or > drive(s) on my brand spanking new LG LW20 laptop running on Intel's 915 > chipset. Finally I gave up and tried testing ("etch") where I could > partition the d

Re: Printer

2005-10-09 Thread mikepolniak
On 22:55 Sat 08 Oct , Malcolm Lalkaka wrote: > > Check if you have /dev/lp0 and look at lpr.log > I do have /dev/lp0, and the file /var/log/lpr.log is empty. :-( > Any other suggestions? > I'm beginning to seriously think this is a bug in the Debian kernel > 2.6.12. I haven't submitted a bug re

Re: Printer

2005-10-08 Thread mikepolniak
On 00:16 Sat 08 Oct , Malcolm Lalkaka wrote: > > If you boot off 2.6.8 -- printing works > > If you boot off 2.6.12 -- printing does not work > > > > Correct? > ... > > Any clue comparing kernel configs? > I no longer have the 2.6.8 kernel to check, but when I did have it, > printing was work

insmod bttv does not find TV card--says no such device???

2002-01-21 Thread mikepolniak
My Pinnacle studio PCTV pro card shows up in /proc/pci and i can load all the required modules (tuner, videodev,i2c)...but when i #insmod bttv card=52 ...it says no such device. Syslog shows : ... bttv: driver version 0.7.83 loaded ... bttv: using 2 buffers with 2080k (4160k total) for capture ..

Re: gphoto2 with USB digital camera problem

2002-01-11 Thread mikepolniak
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 09:40:59 -0500 Angus D Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 12:08:37AM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > > I bought a digital still-image camera today (Canon PowerShot G2) and I > > want my Linux machine to talk to it. So far, after a few hours of trying > >

Re: Opera and anti-aliasing fonts

2002-01-06 Thread mikepolniak
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 22:09:40 -0600 shock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i've finally become enamored with KDE's anti-aliasing fonts. they look > great in konqueror. opera, however, seems to use it's own font scheme. > does anyone know what needs to be done to make opera use the > anti-aliasing font

how to edit and upload html page to isp web host?

2002-01-01 Thread mikepolniak
What do i need to create a simple index.html page, and upload it to my isp web hosting site. I will mostly use jpeg files from screen shots and digital camera. -- Save bandwidth and time - Get Mailfilter - The Anti-Spam Utility http://mailfilter.sourceforge.net/index.html

Re: agpgart -module not loaded automatically

2001-12-25 Thread mikepolniak
On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 19:17:09 +0100 Gerald Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello to all! > > I finally got my Xpert 2000 card to work propoerly at an even higher > frequency than the wicked Windows-driver :)). > The only thing that bothers me now, is that the agpgart module isn't > loaded

Re: Where to slice a 2 gig drive ?

2001-12-23 Thread mikepolniak
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 17:54:50 -0500 lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Karsten & Frank... > > Thank you both very much for your time. 2 gig is on the small side as far as > drive sizes go these days..but as this box goes..it's whole mission in life > will be to serve as a proxy..which I've been SO

Re: which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-22 Thread mikepolniak
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 19:50:45 +0100 Gerald Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello to all! > > Im currentlc tryin to get my XPert 2000 pro card to work on my woody... > In the process I'm at a point, where I suspect, that I got to get the > right Kernel with DRI compiled in ... if there is some

Re: Get .config from installed kernel?

2001-12-09 Thread mikepolniak
On Sun, 09 Dec 2001 14:28:01 -0800 Kendall Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I have kernel 2.2.16 installed which I never compiled from source, and I > want to add a kernel module to support my sound card. Is there a way for me > to generate the .config that matches my installed k

Re: how to mount multi-session data CD's ?

2001-12-09 Thread mikepolniak
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 17:31:10 +0100 (MET) Sebastiaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > High, > > On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, mikepolniak wrote: > > > I have used mkisofs and cdrecord to create a multi-session CD of data > > tracks containing > > my digital photo jpegs

how to mount multi-session data CD's ?

2001-12-09 Thread mikepolniak
I have used mkisofs and cdrecord to create a multi-session CD of data tracks containing my digital photo jpegs (as per Creating Multi-session CD's Howto ). I can check the iso before i burn it with the loopback driver and it shows the multi sessions as being on the iso image. After i burn it,

where is alias 'name' for USB controller module?

2001-12-05 Thread mikepolniak
I want to auto-load the module for the USB contoller (usb-ohci) by its alias in /etc/modules.conf: alias usb-ohci Where do i find the alias 'name' that kmod+modprobe use to look up this feature?

digital photo editing in linux---what do i need?

2001-12-01 Thread mikepolniak
I just got my first digital camera and am looking for advice on photo editing programs. I see there is gPhoto to d/l photos from a camera, but since my camera is not supported i found out i can just use a usb card reader to load the pix into my linux box. What do i need to edit the photos, etc.

running startx fails with: timeout in locking authority file ?

2001-11-29 Thread mikepolniak
When i try to start an X session as user mike by running startx it fails with the message: xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/mike/.Xauthority But it works ok when i startx as root. This was working fine until yesterday, but i haven't figured out what i may have changed to cause

Re: Would like to make a bootable CD based on my root partition

2001-10-26 Thread mikepolniak
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 02:08:51 -0400 avik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't have a spare partition or use grub :-) I really would like to > know how to create a bootable CD using my root partition as its > source. I would have other uses for it :-) > Mondo is a program i use to burn a

how to get SiS735 on board sound

2001-10-20 Thread mikepolniak
I have the ECSk7s5a mb with the SiS735 chipset. According to SiS linux support, the on board sound needs SiS7018 support in the kernel. So i enabled it with CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT and tried it as a module and directly in the kernel. cat> /proc/pci shows the on board audio at irq 11. I can >modpro

Re: D-Link DFE-530TX+ Problem

2001-10-06 Thread mikepolniak
On Fri, 05 Oct 2001 06:37:22 GMT "Z-Gen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's not found during installation. > How can I set it up? > netconfig or linuxcfg? > Thanks in advance. Make sure your kernel has CONFIG_8139TOO=y or =m If its compiled as a module, make sure 8139TOO is loaded.

Re: Sylpheed / libgtk version

2001-09-29 Thread mikepolniak
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:16:15 -0700 Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Im using libranet, a debian derivative, and would love to be able to use >the Sylpheed mail/news client.However, it needs libgtk-1.2.6, and i > can't find that for debian. Am I just confused or is that not yet availab

Re: Using lm-sensors

2001-08-19 Thread mikepolniak
Ross Boylan wrote: > I'm trying to use lm-sensors, so far with no luck. The Readme.Debian > is a bit unclear to me. It says: > > To use lm-sensors, you need the lm-sensors module package and an i2c > module package installed. You will probably need to build the modules > packages from source, u

RE: Why is Debian lagging so much behind Slackware?

2001-08-16 Thread mikepolniak
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd say go with Woody (compared to Slack), provided you can do a boot off > of > CD...I wasn't aware of the boot-disk issue. I started with Potato about 8 > months ago, and just apt-get updated to Woody in the last few weeks. > > Tried Slack way back (a number of years

Re: have stable, desire KDE

2001-08-09 Thread mikepolniak
Bob Koss wrote: > > I finally have a stable, functioning, system running X, using ice. It > works. Cool. > > I would like to try KDE. What's my best plan to do this, since KDE is > in Woody? Should I do a dist-upgrade and then get the KDE packages, > or should I get the KDE packages in the orde

Re: Create install-CD from /var/cache/apt?

2001-08-09 Thread mikepolniak
Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: > Hi, > > how do I create a usable installation CD with downloaded packages that are > currently in /var/cache/apt? > > I am running a standard Debian 2.2r3. > I just installed KDE 2.1.1 using dselect to fetch and install packages > from the net. > I need to install t

Re: Backing up harddisk prior to failure

2001-08-09 Thread mikepolniak
Jonathan Matthews wrote: > Hi all > > My server's harddisk is making weird noises and telling me at the > console that various things went wrong. > All in all, I reckon the drive is about to die. > > How would people go about transferring the whole system (dpkg details > and all) over to another

Re: Questions about make a boot CD with Debian.

2001-08-09 Thread mikepolniak
MESQUITA,GIOVANI (Non-HP-Brazil,ex1) wrote: > I have used Debian to create a Boot CD. I've used two approaches: > > * Create a CD with boot sector in Linux, but the lilo program > didn't recognize a root=/dev/hdc, resulting the error: FATAL: Not a > number: /dev/hdc. My lilo.conf is:

Re: Anyone know of any issues with this hardware?

2001-06-07 Thread mikepolniak
Kent West wrote: > I'm putting together a new computer; main OS=Debian; secondary=Win95. > > I'd like to be able to watch TV and play DVDs on the Linux side (don't > care about the Win95 side). Is DVD and TVcard support mature enough yet > for this to be practical? Are there any issues with the f

Re: Rage128 and DRI

2001-05-28 Thread mikepolniak
Charles Lewis wrote: > I've tried and tried, but I can't get DRI to work for my Rage128 AGP card. > > My kernel (2.4.4) has been enabled with: > /dev/agpart >VIA chipset support (I have Abit KT7A-Raid, KT133 chipset) > Direct Rendering Manager >ATI Rage 128 > > The relevant portions of

Re: Free mail a/c that allows download of mail

2001-05-27 Thread mikepolniak
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there any free mail accounts (like hotmail etc.) that allow you to > download your mail so that you can read it with mutt say? Instead of > having to view it through the web browser when connected to the > internet. > > I want something that you can use fetchmail or

Re: Getting the content of an RPM package

2001-05-27 Thread mikepolniak
Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > Hi folks, > > is ist possible to access the content of an RPM package, without > actually installing it? I tried > > rpm --nodeps --prefix /tmp/foo > > but it says that the package is not relocatable. Since i am not familiar with rpm i would use alien to make the

usb scanner setup?

2001-05-24 Thread mikepolniak
Has anyone had success setting up a usb scanner (e.g. Epson636u) with SANE in Debian ? If yes , are you satisfied with the results?

Re: How to use debian lists

2001-05-20 Thread mikepolniak
Thomas H. George wrote: > I have gotten some excellent answers to my questions and picked up > useful information from other user's questions and answers but > > I'm swamped! > > Often I am away from my computer for several days and return to find > 1,000+ messages. It takes a long time to down

Re: Module agpgart not loading

2001-05-18 Thread mikepolniak
Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a Matrox G400 video card and have configured X (4.0.3) with the > mga driver and DRI. Upon boot I get an error message, that the drm > module (part of DRI, as I understand) failed to load because of the > agpgart module wasn't loaded before (well, it

Re: lm-sensors problems

2001-05-18 Thread mikepolniak
Philipp Lehman wrote: > In order to access the hardware sensors on my motherboard, I installed > the lm-sensors-source package and the corresponding userland > utilities. I need the i2c-viapro kernel module for my MB (VIA > KT133A/82c686b chipset). > > Now, when I try to patch the kernel (stricly

Re: lm_sensors temp readings only 8C

2001-05-17 Thread mikepolniak
On Thursday 17 May 2001 09:16, mikepolniak wrote: > Just installed lm_sensors for via-pro chipset VT82c596 and ran sensors: > > max1617-i2c-0-18 > Adapter: SMBus vt82c596 adapter at 5000 > Algorithm: Non-I2C SMBus adapter > temp: +8.0°C (min = +4°C, max = +0°C) > >

lm_sensors temp readings only 8C

2001-05-17 Thread mikepolniak
Just installed lm_sensors for via-pro chipset VT82c596 and ran sensors: max1617-i2c-0-18 Adapter: SMBus vt82c596 adapter at 5000 Algorithm: Non-I2C SMBus adapter temp: +8.0°C (min = +4°C, max = +0°C) In /proc/sys/dev/sensors/max1617-i2c-0-18 i get: temp1 0 4 8 temp2 60 8 0 How do

Re: Need help setting up parallel printer

2001-01-09 Thread mikepolniak
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 08:56:30PM -0500, David B. Harris wrote: > To quote "David Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # 'modprobe lp' gives me > # modprobe: Can't locate module lp > # > # This is/was a stock debian kernel from an official CD. > # > # Anything else I can try, or do I have to rec