Re: local disk access problem of rdesktop

2008-07-09 Thread T o n g
On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:09:56 +0800, Can-Hua Chen wrote: > I am using rdesktop > ( rdesktop -f HOST_IP -u USERNAME -p PASSWD -r sound:local > -r disk:L=/home/LOCAL_USER) > and trying to access local file system on remote XP desktop. > However I am reject to access on remote XP, saying that > I hav

Re: cups or cupsys

2008-07-09 Thread T o n g
Hi, Thanks everyone who replied. On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:55:45 +0300, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: >> Recent upgrade of "cups-pdf" package brings my lenny to the following >> stage: >> >> ii cups Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server >> ii cups-client Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - clien

cups or cupsys

2008-07-09 Thread T o n g
Hi, Recent upgrade of "cups-pdf" package brings my lenny to the following stage: ii cups Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server ii cups-client Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client programs (SysV) ii cups-common Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - common files ii cups-pdf PDF printer for

Re: bandwidth tool

2008-07-07 Thread T o n g
On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:20:13 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: >> Is there a tool to measure network traffic? I am using ifstat but its >> reporting wrong statistics. I am trying to get something similar to >> >> eth0 , 16Mb/sec >> eth1, 10Mb/sec >> >> etc.. >> >> I need something simple :-) >

Enable SSI on Debian for Apache 1.3

2008-07-02 Thread T o n g
Hi, I'm having problem enabling SSI on Debian for Apache 1.3. I know Apache 1.3 is no longer included in Debian, but Apache 2 gives me more trouble configuring. Long story short, I've done some searches and been following this 2 articles: Apache server-side includes on Debian http://fnord.phfact

Error on read from talk daemon: Connection refused

2008-06-15 Thread T o n g
Hi, I'm trying to enable the 'talk' in my Debian testing: % aptitude install talk talkd The following NEW packages will be installed: inetutils-inetd talk talkd 0 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove. Need to get 120kB of archives. After unpacking 291kB will be used. Then,

Can't find a valid termcap

2008-06-12 Thread T o n g
Hi, One of me the application that I use uses the perl Term::Screen module. It was running fine before, but recently when I launch it, I get the following error: Can't find a valid termcap file at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/Term/Screen.pm line 95 My term is xterm: $ env | grep TERM= TERM=xt

Python error

2008-05-16 Thread Seshadri T N
This is the error that I get on my lenny machine when updating. I have both python 2.4 and 2.5 currently installed. It would be greatly appreciated if someone could give me pointers on rectifying this error. Setting up python (2.5.2-1) ... running python rtupdate hooks for python2.5... Compilin

Re: Debian crash randomly

2008-04-27 Thread Kim N. Lesmer
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:45:49 -0700 (PDT) mond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 26, 11:30 pm, "Kim N. Lesmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:50:09 -0700 (PDT) > > > > mond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am

Re: Debian crash randomly

2008-04-26 Thread Kim N. Lesmer
t or does it just freeze? > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Kim N. Lesmer Programmer/Systems administrator Web: www.bitflo

rdesktop - local HDD share problem

2008-04-24 Thread Seshadri T N
I use rdeskop (running on lenny) to connect to my school. I tried to share the debian drive with the "-r disk:bkup=/mnt/backup/ " option. When I connect to my school, I am able to use the local debian HDD for 40 seconds or so. Then an error throws up saying "tsclient://. you do not have permis

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

2008-04-15 Thread Kim N. Lesmer
ey=bar Wich searches both names and descriptions. $ aptitude search key=bar Anyway, just a thought. > > Thanks, > Daniel > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Source code editor

2008-04-15 Thread Kim N. Lesmer
got all you mention and it is really easy to use too. $ mcedit foo.cpp It also highlights the code pretty nicely, and it can recognize different formats. > Tero Mäntyvaara > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: Read-only root (/) except /etc

2008-04-12 Thread Kim N. Lesmer
or something. -- Michael Devore > GnuPG Key Fingerprint 86 F5 81 A5 D4 2E 1F 1C http://gnupg.org > No more sea shells: Daniel's Webloghttp://cshore.wordpress.com > -- Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Kim N. Lesmer Programmer/Systems administrator Web: www.bitflop.com

Re: [OT] reStructured Text real world usage

2008-04-11 Thread T o n g
On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:12:03 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Inspired by the easy to use wiki syntax, I've been looking around for > similar markups that allow for basic "rich text" output. > > The most promising markup I came across is reStructured Text. It is quite > straightforward to use a

Re: Can we run a qemu instance as a dedicated home network firewall?

2008-03-31 Thread T o n g
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:20:26 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Can we use a virtual qemu linux machine as a firewall for > a real home network? > > I have a small network at home, with a few desktops and a DMZ and > a linux firewall machine. > > Now that virtualization is working for me, via qemu,

What is this ata exception

2008-03-31 Thread T o n g
Hi, I saw the following for the first time when I rebooted just now: Mar 31 09:10:04 cxmr kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen Mar 31 09:10:04 cxmr kernel: ata1.00: cmd b0/d2:f1:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 123392 in Mar 31 09:10:04 cxmr ker

Re: Sendmail configuration

2008-03-31 Thread T o n g
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:17:51 -0700, Richard A Nelson wrote: > On Wednesday 19 March 2008 03:21:17 am Andrius wrote: > >> how to configure Sendmail to send a messages through ISP SMTP server? > > Install sendmail-doc and check /usr/share/doc/sendmail/cf.README.gz > for SMART_HOST ( define(`SMART

[OT] Paste board on the Internet

2008-03-29 Thread T o n g
Hi, I once saw people put their long log output (eg xorg log) to the Internet "paste board" to shorten the question here. But can't find such posts any more. So, do you know any Internet "paste board" that is hassle free? which one do your prefer and/or suggest? Thanks -- Tong (remove unders

Re: cron and command quote

2008-03-18 Thread T o n g
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:31:37 -0700, Bob McGowan wrote: >>> So, '||' is just as legal as '&&' and would do just as it does on the >>> command line, assuming of course there is nothing found by the grep. >>> >>> I don't think the problem is the use of the OR or AND operators. >>> Rather it's the

[Solved] grep and cron & command line

2008-03-18 Thread T o n g
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:54:46 -0700, Bob McGowan wrote: >>> Now the crontab reads: >>> >>> * * * * *rootis_burning || logger get executed. >>> >>> + set -x >>> + ps -eaf >>> + grep -E -[dts]ao |cdrdao *write|growisofs.*speed=' >>> root 15306 15295 0 09:29 ?00:00:00 grep -E cd

Re: Grub questions

2008-03-18 Thread T o n g
On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:51:03 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> >> http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/disk/boot/boot06-Grub/ar01s09.html#Do_Really_Need_GRUB_Menu_ >> > > Thank you for the tutorial link. I think that I can take it from > there. Glad that I could help. > Why didn't google get m

Re: cron and command quote

2008-03-18 Thread T o n g
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:40:35 +0100, s. keeling wrote: >> I.e., somehow, the 'ps | grep' was able to find something in cron, whereas >> when executed directly under shell: >> >> $ ps -eaf | grep -E 'cdrecord.* -[dts]ao |cdrdao *write|growisofs.*speed=' >> >> $ /bin/sh -c "ps -eaf | grep -E

Re: Why Red Hat is the "business" distro

2008-03-17 Thread T o n g
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:29:17 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/16/AR2008031602168.html Sorry to be the one who breaks the embarrassing news to you but the above url led me to something related to *sex scandal*, from which I failed to compreh

Re: cron and command quote

2008-03-17 Thread T o n g
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:48:19 +0100, NN_il_Confusionario wrote: >> >> * * * * * rootps -eaf | grep -E 'cdrecord.* -[dts]ao |cdrdao >> >> *write|growisofs.*speed=' > /dev/null || logger get executed. >> >> PS. I'm sure the PATH is setup properly in my cron, so cron can find ps >> >> & grep. > >

Re: What's the problem with this cron command

2008-03-15 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:00:04 -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: >> >> PS. I'm sure the PATH is setup properly in my cron, so cron can find ps >> >> & grep. >> > >> > cron runs in a restricted environment and doesn't (to my knowledge) >> > source $PATH from anywhere, so you need to explicitly add t

Re: What's the problem with this cron command

2008-03-15 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:19:10 -0700, David Fox wrote: >> Please take a look at the following cron task: >> >> * * * * *rootps -eaf | grep -E 'cdrecord.* -[dts]ao |cdrdao >> *write|growisofs.*speed=' > /dev/null || logger get executed. > > I'm not exactly sure why you want to do that - the

Re: DVD life-cycle

2008-03-15 Thread T o n g
On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:11:28 +, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > this is what i want to do: > > - rip a DVD into a suitable format: divX, whatever. I'd like to make > sure the ripped version is an exact bit-by-bit copy of the original - > for backup purposes mom! - but that's not reeelly necessary

What's the problem with this cron command

2008-03-15 Thread T o n g
Hi, Please take a look at the following cron task: * * * * * rootps -eaf | grep -E 'cdrecord.* -[dts]ao |cdrdao *write|growisofs.*speed=' > /dev/null || logger get executed. It bewilders me that it is not doing what I want. Here is the syslog when it is run: Mar 15 13:15:02 cxmr /U

Re: Trouble with grub on usb thumb drive :(

2008-03-15 Thread T o n g
First of all, you should really consider Owen's suggestion to use UUID to boot USB stick. Ref: Booting with grub on usb-flash-pen http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/live/grml/grml04-Boot/ar01s02.html Now back to your specific question... On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:27:47 +, Caesium 5 wro

Re: Personal backup of copy-protected DVDs

2008-03-09 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:53:19 +1100, Owen Townend wrote: > On 3/8/08, Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> My daughter want to make some backups of her games on copy-protected >> >> DVDs. >> >> >> >> Anybody knows how to do that with Linux? > > Have a look here: > 'Simple CD-ROM

Re: Grub questions

2008-03-09 Thread T o n g
On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:19:35 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I have a debian system that I need to reconfigure grub for. Some questions: > > 1) How can one browse a partition in grub (ls, pwd)? Not directly browsing, but grub gives you feedback what the partitions are. See: http://xpt.sourceforge.ne

Re: netselect with proxy

2008-03-09 Thread T o n g
On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:18:57 +, Tim Channon wrote: >>> I'm trying to use netselect without any success. >> >> AFAIK, it has been broken for at least a year now. I was looking for the >> answer too. Here was my questions: > > "At least" is an understatement. > > Bung ye the following exact w

Re: netselect with proxy

2008-03-05 Thread T o n g
On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:47:30 +, Oscar Corte wrote: > I'm trying to use netselect without any success. AFAIK, it has been broken for at least a year now. I was looking for the answer too. Here was my questions: I had been able to use netselect before. When I tried it again just now, all site

Re: Debian FTP server setup questions

2008-03-01 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:16:49 +1000, Adrian Levi wrote: >> Is there any special reason you use wu-ftpd, BTW? . . . >> >> I generally found proftpd more intuitive than vsftpd to configure. > > IMHO vsftpd works more smoothly with more clients No special reason, just I used wu-ftpd since RedHat 6.

Re: Debian FTP server setup questions

2008-02-29 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:58:05 +, T o n g wrote: >> How the ftpd get started? Isn't it suppose to be started from inetd? > > Got this part answered from grml mlist. . . > > Somebody please answer the 2nd question. > >> 2) Do I need special setup for ano

Re: Debian FTP server setup questions

2008-02-29 Thread T o n g
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:51:23 +, T o n g wrote: > I have some questions regarding Debian FTP server setup. > > 1) Having installed wu-ftpd, ps shows: > > root 4190 1 0 17:58 ?00:00:00 ftpd: accepting connections > on port 21 > > The problem is

Debian FTP server setup questions

2008-02-29 Thread T o n g
Hi, I have some questions regarding Debian FTP server setup. 1) Having installed wu-ftpd, ps shows: root 4190 1 0 17:58 ?00:00:00 ftpd: accepting connections on port 21 The problem is that I noticed that /etc/inetd.conf did not get changed. but I also don't have a /etc/ini

Re: HD problems

2008-02-29 Thread George N. White III
igned for laptop drives. If the drive seems to be working, then you have evidence for cable/power issues and for such an old system you probably don't want to put much effort into repairs. I have heard of people who connect old laptops to a desktop power supply -- the tricky bit is that many su

How to compile modules in a Xen domU

2008-02-02 Thread Jeppe N. Madsen
v4l' make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 I have the following packages installed, but I'm a little confused as which versions supports the xen-amd64 version. dpkg-query -W -f='${Package}\n' "*2.6.18*" linux-headers-2.6.18-6 linux-headers-2.6.18-6-amd64 linux-headers-

Re: print a sample of all fonts?

2008-01-27 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:53:56 +, i'll teach you to turn away. wrote: > is there a way to have gimp or whatever print a sample of each > font on the system without manually writing them all out? tia. Both answers so far seems to me only allows you to view the font one by one, which involves a

Re: [OT] Using aliases or functions in bash script

2008-01-27 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:59:35 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > Instead of complaining pointlessly, maybe you could have said > something like: . . . Sorry about my attitude, I was very disappointed that I carefully wrote the OP but nobody *seems* to read it carefully. Thanks again to *anyon

Re: [OT] Using aliases or functions in bash script

2008-01-27 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:40:02 +, William Pursell wrote: >> An advanced bash alias expansion question -- >> How can I use my aliases or functions in my bash script? > >> PS. I even tried the following but it didn't work either: >> >> $ bash -O expand_aliases -c '. ~/.bashrc; (rd /tmp/ttt; a

Re: Using aliases or functions in bash script

2008-01-26 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:12:56 +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >> I'm wondering if you have read my OP or not. Read it again pls. > > Yes I have. Use functions. Don't use aliases. Despite its limitations, why one can't use aliases in scripts? This sounds like "Don't use #define in C" to me (again, des

Re: Using aliases or functions in bash script

2008-01-26 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:44:42 -0500, Daniel Dickinson wrote: > ./test.sh > Line 2 errors out. I imagine the same thing happens with his attempt > to use his bashrc-defined functions in a script without defining them > again in the script. > > IIUC he wants to know how to use already defined funct

Re: [OT] Using aliases or functions in bash script

2008-01-26 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:32:57 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> >> I'm wondering if you have read my OP or not. Read it again pls. >> > >> > source ~/.bashrc >> >> Guess that I am having bad lucks now, having two people replied without >> even reading my question, and the two replies are

[OT] Using aliases or functions in bash script

2008-01-26 Thread T o n g
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:47:15 -0900, Ken Irving wrote: >> I'm wondering if you have read my OP or not. Read it again pls. > > source ~/.bashrc Guess that I am having bad lucks now, having two people replied without even reading my question, and the two replies are the only replies that I get.

Re: Using aliases or functions in bash script

2008-01-23 Thread T o n g
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:21:37 +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >> I have the following alias and function defined in my ~/.bashrc: >> >> $ alias rd >> alias rd='rmdir' >> >> $ type dt >> dt is a function >> dt () >> { >> pushd +$1 >> } >> >> How can I use them in my script? . .

Using aliases or functions in bash script

2008-01-23 Thread T o n g
Hi, A (adv) bash alias expansion question -- How can I use my aliases or functions in my bash script? I have the following alias and function defined in my ~/.bashrc: $ alias rd alias rd='rmdir' $ type dt dt is a function dt () { pushd +$1 } How can I use them in my scr

Re: chown all files on a data drive

2008-01-05 Thread dave N
Chris Howie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Jan 5, 2008 6:54 AM, dave N < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I used to run Fedora and now all the files on my data drives are uid 500 and gid 500. As root I've set the permissions for the drive (loaded under /share/other) to

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-03 Thread dave N
--- Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:24:07AM -0800, Andrew > Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: > > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:24:07AM -0500, dave N > wrote: > > If you wait long enough (at least 30 seco

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-02 Thread dave N
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:04:18AM -0500, dave N wrote: > I booted with Knoppix live and there is nothing in /var/log/messages, none of > the logs appear to have changed since I last booted 2 days ago. I have not > run fsck or anythi

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-02 Thread dave N
dave N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi: I've installed Etch r1 and the only real thing I've done to the system is updated the system, though during the update it updated the kernel to the same kernel that was installed during the installation (used the medium to try and

"Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-02 Thread dave N
Hi: I've installed Etch r1 and the only real thing I've done to the system is updated the system, though during the update it updated the kernel to the same kernel that was installed during the installation (used the medium to try and get more control over Grub install). The computer

Re: Using rsync to download photos from camera

2008-01-01 Thread T o n g
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:01:08 -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: >> I.e., rsync insists to copy again files that have already been copied, >> although I see no obvious reason why it is doing so. > > I use rsync, much like you do, to copy .debs to 4 other boxes. I only > use it like below, and only transfer

Re: debian how-to

2007-12-31 Thread dave N
"Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 08:13:31AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: "Douglas A. Tutty" Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 7:08 AM > - Original Message - From: "Rick Dooling" Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 9:05 PM > Hello all, >

Using rsync to download photos from camera

2007-12-31 Thread T o n g
Hi, I've been using rsync for many years to synchronize between local directories or remote PCs. I've also successfully used rsync to synchronize photos from my Pentax Optio camera to PC, so that only the newly shot photos are copied. However, I found the very same approach doesn't work for the

thanks sir

2007-12-25 Thread HARIDAS N
mands specified by debian community. thank you haridas-n - Forgot the famous last words? Access your message archive online. Click here.

Re: texexec utility?

2007-12-21 Thread T o n g
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:13:05 +0100, Davide Mancusi wrote: >> I have textex/texlive installed but I do not see >> texexec. . . >> >> What package is this utility part of? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-file list bin/texexec > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > Looks like texexec is not in Debian. What

Re: Preventing IP conflict

2007-12-20 Thread T o n g
Thanks everyone for the reply. On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:58:55 +0100, Bonnel Christophe wrote: >> It's now the third time that I bumped into such situation. All of sudden I >> suffer from network delay and package lost, can't ping DNS server but can >> ping some IPs that is connecting to my box. >>

clearing some installation problems

2007-12-19 Thread HARIDAS N
Haridas-N palakkad kerala india Debian Iam one of user of debian 4.0(binary 1-3). My system configuraton is : core 2 duo processor intel original mother board SATA hard disk. The some problems i faced during the installation of binary-1 are 1. It take very much time to install base

Preventing IP conflict

2007-12-19 Thread T o n g
Hi, It's now the third time that I bumped into such situation. All of sudden I suffer from network delay and package lost, can't ping DNS server but can ping some IPs that is connecting to my box. I have suspected my cable, kernel version, etc, etc, and until today, after rebooting into Window$

Re: getopt and parameters with spaces

2007-12-18 Thread T o n g
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:09:58 +0100, Frodo Looijaard wrote: >> I believe that the suggested way to call getopt is >> >> eval set -- `getopt -o -- "$@"` > > No, it is actually: > eval set -- "`getopt -o -- "$@"`" > > Note the extra set of double quotes! Ops, sill me. Thanks for reply Frod

Re: CLI tool to deeply examine a DVD?

2007-12-08 Thread T o n g
audio track: -a 0 [0] -e 48000,16,2 [48000,16,2] -n 0x2000 [0x2000] [tcprobe] V: 158746 frames, 6621 sec @ 23.976 fps [tcprobe] A: 103.45 MB @ 128 kbps [tcprobe] CD: 650 MB | V: 546.5 MB @ 692.5 kbps [tcprobe] CD: 700 MB | V: 596.5 MB @ 755.8 kbps [tcprobe] CD: 1300 MB | V: 1196.5 MB @ 1516.

Re: volume mgmt w/o gnome

2007-12-08 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:54:13 -0700, Dave Thayer wrote: > On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 06:42:09PM -0500, Mark Grieveson wrote: >> Hello. I use fluxbox most of the time. But, when I plug in my hp315 >> photosmart camera, I rely upon gnome to find it, and automagically >> mount it for me. Is it possibl

Re: [OT] LaTeX

2007-12-08 Thread T o n g
On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:12:38 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > I'd like to begin writing my coursework for college in LaTeX, but I've > no clue where to start. . . LaTeX is not recommended for casual writing. The learning curve is so steep that most people would give up before they see the beauty o

Re: why does the shell show commands foolishly when I press UP key?

2007-12-08 Thread T o n g
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:09:35 +0100, Misko wrote: > On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 10:49:49PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> > I often use UP key to get commands entered previously. The shell show some >> > commands again and >> > again, just because I have used them several times. Can the shell

Switching kernel config from x86_64 to i686

2007-10-28 Thread Frederick N. Brier
installed? Thank you for any help. Frederick N. Brier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: texlive no longer honours $TEXMFHOME?

2007-10-27 Thread George N. White III
nless your $HOMETEXMF is on a network server or you have lots of files there, the overhead of ls-R searches probably exceeds the cost of direct filesystem searches. -- George N. White III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

On defense of the sshd crackers

2007-10-09 Thread T o n g
[The is a security configuration question. Let me try it here to see if I can some valuable inputs before heading to newsgroup] Hi, I used to turn on my sshd just in case that I need to ssh back into my box. But recently, I noticed that whenever I turn it on, almost instantly, there will be a cra

Re: Math Package to Solve Linear Equations?

2007-10-07 Thread George N. White III
excellent and it is very widely used. -- George N. White III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

The arp command for deleting all arp entries..

2007-09-21 Thread S t i n g r a y
I want to have a script load the arp table from a file for which i will use arp -f command, how ever first i want to clear the already exisiting dynamic entries in cache. Can anyone tell me the command for it ? regards *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ Stingray *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤

Re: Managing grub/menu.lst with multiple distros

2007-09-16 Thread T o n g
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:35:14 -0400, KS wrote: > Is there a way that each of them can update grub (initrd, vmlinuz, > menu.lst etc.) automatically upon a kernel upgrade? Simple, run update-grub after you've upgraded your kernel. Ref: http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/disk/boot/boot06-Gr

Re: downgrade

2007-09-16 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:35:15 +0800, Henry Yuniarfan wrote: > how to downgrade debian etch from 4.r1 to 4.r0 Fist off, as warned, it is not supported. If you insist going further, make sure you check out all road blocks before hitting the road: http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/distro/debi

Re: Surefire Xorg driver/config?

2007-09-16 Thread T o n g
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:59:12 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> . . . I don't know what to look for in an obscure case >> like this. > > wow, I'm stumped. I've changed the subject line in hopes of catching > some other eyes. . . I have to say, of the thousands of the packages in my system, X

Re: Making use of the default printer

2007-09-16 Thread T o n g
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:02:02 +0200, Martin Marcher wrote: >> . . . same error: >> >> lp test.ps >> lp: Error - LPDEST environment variable names non-existent destination ""! > > there could be something that set's the LP environment variable > . . . > #env |grep LP Thanks for the reply, which

Re: USB ports not responding

2007-09-11 Thread George N. White III
ask. If you know anything I would be happy if you could help or just point me to another location where I can find out some more. -- George N. White III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: a LaTeX question

2007-09-11 Thread George N. White III
bably a better environment for experimenting than LaTeX (as there is much less demand to support legacy documents). I expect experiences with ConTeXt will help in designing LaTeX interfaces. -- George N. White III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: Hard disk dying?

2007-08-07 Thread George N. White III
a time. -- George N. White III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Opinions XFS

2007-08-07 Thread George N. White III
inux and have dropped Irix but still use XFS, I think it pretty likely that they have done a good job of ensuring that Linux's XFS is up to snuff. Linux runs on a very wide range of hardware. What you say is true for the sort of hardware SGI is using, but can't be used to predict how

Re: Opinions XFS

2007-08-04 Thread George N. White III
ail, file and web serving. (x86_64 etch) Let us know how you feel once you have experienced a few hardware failures. -- George N. White III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: XFS Filesystem problem

2007-05-29 Thread George N. White III
On Tue, 29 May 2007, Andreas Grabner wrote: Am Sonntag, den 27.05.2007, 20:22 + schrieb George N. White III: I'd want to do some serious testing before using XFS in your environment. Is there a reason you can't use ext3? No. I want to test it before using it at customer sit

Re: XFS Filesystem problem

2007-05-27 Thread George N. White III
On Wed, 23 May 2007, Andreas Grabner wrote: Am Dienstag, den 22.05.2007, 22:23 -0400 schrieb Greg Folkert: On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 23:39 +, George N. White III wrote: On Tue, 22 May 2007, Greg Folkert wrote: can anybody explain the following to me? It happens in full production use. Should

Re: XFS Filesystem problem

2007-05-22 Thread George N. White III
calls with long argument lists when handling errors under heavy I/O. What hardware and kernel are you using for XFS and what sort of I/O loads do you have? -- George N. White III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: why linux?

2007-05-21 Thread George N. White III
27;t really want to, but how much longer should I put up with a partial OS? I don't mind telling you I'm damned sick of it. If you don't want to be ignored, you could try a commercial distribution. Debian is mainly supported by the user community -- nobody gets fired for ig

Re: renaming file to current date ?

2006-08-29 Thread S t i n g r a y
yes exactly --- Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 09:24:26 -0700, S t i n g r > a y wrote: > > Well i want to know if its possible to rename a > file > > to the current date ? > > like if i want to move todays date to t

renaming file to current date ?

2006-08-29 Thread S t i n g r a y
Well i want to know if its possible to rename a file to the current date ? like if i want to move todays date to the file name ? *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ Stingray *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the b

OT web based Office Suite

2006-08-19 Thread S t i n g r a y
Can any one point me to a package of Web Based Office ? so far i have heard so much about it but havent seen a package of it ... regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ldap on etch

2006-07-19 Thread n r
Hello, I have Debian Etch, slapd 2.3.24. I try to add a ldap user with a ldif file, but I have this message: adding new entry "uid=martin,ou=People,dc=lorraine,dc=u-strasbg,dc=fr" ldap_add: Internal (implementation specific) error (80) additional info: no structuralObjectClass operatio

Installation

2006-05-26 Thread N A
Is it possible to install Debian as a dual-boot on an Intel Celeron system using only the existing windows partition and a removable hard drive ~250MiB? If so, how would one do so? Also, the website is slightly confusing (I'm a first time Linux user). Thank you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: clearing all arp records ?

2006-05-12 Thread S t i n g r a y
Sorry dennis, but i didnt get it ... --- Dennis Stosberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > S t i n g r a y wrote: > > > Well i cant seem to find a way to clear all the > > records in arp cache ... > > in other unix versions this commands works > > > > # a

clearing all arp records ?

2006-05-12 Thread S t i n g r a y
Well i cant seem to find a way to clear all the records in arp cache ... in other unix versions this commands works # arp -a -d but here it isnt working ? what can i do ? thanks *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ Stingray *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ __

arp syntax help

2006-05-08 Thread S t i n g r a y
Can you please share the syntax for manually adding ip & MAC address permenantly i am doing arp -s 10.0.0.1 22:33:55:gf:34:22 permenent but its not working also how to delete one MAC entry (10.0.3.12) at 00:08:C7:AA:7F:3E [ether] on eth0 ? (10.0.1.38) at 00:C1:26:11:0B:81 [ether] on eth0

allowing mac address list

2006-05-07 Thread S t i n g r a y
i want to allow only a certian list of internal MAC address to access my nat server to access internet. all other should be disallowed. what should i do ? regards *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ Stingray *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ __ Do You Yahoo!? Ti

screen command missing ?

2006-05-02 Thread S t i n g r a y
I want to run a script that requires screen command how can i install , which package ? *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ Stingray *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.y

How To Get Data For Mrtg Without Running SNMP Daemon?

2006-04-10 Thread Alexey N. Kovyrin
Plotting traffic graphs is one of the most popular UNIX admin tasks. MRTG is a great tool and it is widely used for plotting traffic graphs. It can be easily set up to plot statistics for any SNMP-enabled device (including Linux servers running snmpd). But sometimes we can not setup snmp daemon

5 Minutes Guide: How Make Your Shared Internet Connection Faster

2006-04-10 Thread Alexey N. Kovyrin
Hi, all! If you have your own home network with two or more computers, you definitely know all of the problems with concurrent access to Internet channel. Most annoying problem is bandwidth sharing: when you are trying to use remote ssh connection to some server or to play your favorite MMORP

Re: Incredibly slow to boot - any ideas? - SOLVED

2006-04-03 Thread N . Pauli
On Thu, 30 Mar, Philippe De Ryck wrote: > On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 11:45 +0100, N.Pauli wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > All of a sudden my machine has become incredibly slow to boot up and to > > launch anything - boot up took over 5 minutes and launching an app like > > Mozilla or OpenOffice can take

How To Get “Provider Independent” IP Add ress For Your Home Server?

2006-04-02 Thread Alexey N. Kovyrin
Hello, Debian Users, Let me present my new article to you. It is about how you can get provider-independent real IP address for your home server. Details: http://blog.kovyrin.net/2006/04/02/provider-independent-ip-address/ -- /Scoundrel[http://kovyrin.info] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: Incredibly slow to boot - any ideas?

2006-03-31 Thread N . Pauli
On Fri, 31 Mar, Brian Schrock wrote: > > debianoak:/home/nbp# hdparm -tT /dev/hda > > > > /dev/hda: > > Timing cached reads: 1192 MB in 2.00 seconds = 595.20 MB/sec > > Timing buffered disk reads:6 MB in 3.24 seconds = 1.85 MB/sec > > ** > > > > That looks reasonable to me - very fast f

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