Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)

2004-03-25 Thread Karthik Vishwanath
make is (was) installed. sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run --kernel-name=2.4.18-k7, did not work. So, I obtained NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run from nvidia.com, and ran as: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run --kernel-name=2.4.18-k7, and this worked (seemingly). I set my X driver to be nvi

Re: running X programs as another user

2004-03-25 Thread beolach
Just on quick comment: rather than using 'xhost +' I would recommend using 'xhost +localhost'. The former allows connections to the X server from any host, while the latter only allows connections from the localhost. Usually wouldn't matter, but it is more secure. Just my $0.02, Conway S. Smith

Re: running X programs as another user

2004-03-25 Thread Rajsekar
You can solve this problem using xhost. You have to run `xhost +' as the normal user so that your X display is open to everyone and then su as root. But the better way is to export the X authorization cookies when you su. This is really simple if your authentication is based on PAM (which it sho

Re: Proof that Windows is more secure....

2004-03-25 Thread Glenn Enright
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ha ha thats funny... I love the dry sense of irony. Kudos to the author. On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:37, Jim Reimer wrote: | I didn't believe it until I read this article, but | now I do... Windows is more secure than Linux. | | http://trends.newsforge.co

Proof that Windows is more secure....

2004-03-25 Thread Jim Reimer
I didn't believe it until I read this article, but now I do... Windows is more secure than Linux. http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/04/03/16/1915249.shtml?tid=149 -- -jdr- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] M

Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)

2004-03-25 Thread pa3gcu
On Thursday 25 March 2004 21:06, pa3gcu wrote: > After all if you read; >  ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-5336/README > You will see that my examples are written there, they are not there for the > duration, they are there to help you. I am glad i did not write this README, i have

Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)

2004-03-25 Thread pa3gcu
On Thursday 25 March 2004 17:28, Ray Olszewski wrote: > >No No No, /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/ is NOT what you want i can assure > >you. AH, now i dont know how i missed it, however i now see what Ray meant, you seem to be talking about an RPM install, ok anyway soory for the miscomm, how

Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)

2004-03-25 Thread pa3gcu
On Thursday 25 March 2004 17:28, Ray Olszewski wrote: > >No No No, /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/ is NOT what you want i can assure > >you. > > > >When you untarred the source a directory called linux-2.4.18 should have > > been created you then need to create a symlink to "linux" for my example >

Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)

2004-03-25 Thread pa3gcu
On Thursday 25 March 2004 17:46, Karthik Vishwanath wrote: > I tried adding/removing spaces from the Makefile and I still cannot get > 'sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run' to function alright. I did > download NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run from nvidia's website and have > not installed the

Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)

2004-03-25 Thread pa3gcu
On Thursday 25 March 2004 17:40, Ray Olszewski wrote: > At 05:07 PM 3/25/2004 +0100, pa3gcu wrote: > >On Thursday 25 March 2004 16:42, Ray Olszewski wrote: > > > In fact, it should read > > > > > > EXTRAVERSION =-k7 > > > > > > (without the space before the hyphen). > > > >No sorry Ray its

Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)

2004-03-25 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 11:46 AM 3/25/2004 -0500, Karthik Vishwanath wrote: I tried adding/removing spaces from the Makefile and I still cannot get 'sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run' to function alright. I did download NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run from nvidia's website and have not installed the Debian packa

Did you know that your website is not optimized for search engines?

2004-03-25 Thread frontstep
Date:March 16, 2004 Ref: Your website is not optimized for Search Engines Dear webmaster, ARE YOU AWARE that your site is not listed multiple times on the 1st page (top-10 listings) of the top 20 search engines, like Yahoo, Google, AOL, MSN, and AltaVista where statistically 85% of web

Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)

2004-03-25 Thread Karthik Vishwanath
I tried adding/removing spaces from the Makefile and I still cannot get 'sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run' to function alright. I did download NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run from nvidia's website and have not installed the Debian package nvidia-kernel-source. 'uname -r' gives 2.4.18-k7

Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)

2004-03-25 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 05:07 PM 3/25/2004 +0100, pa3gcu wrote: On Thursday 25 March 2004 16:42, Ray Olszewski wrote: > In fact, it should read > > EXTRAVERSION =-k7 > > (without the space before the hyphen). No sorry Ray its not a typo, its how it should be a as matter of fact, It possably works without a whi

Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)

2004-03-25 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 05:15 PM 3/25/2004 +0100, pa3gcu wrote: On Thursday 25 March 2004 15:46, Karthik Vishwanath wrote: > I installed the 2.4.18 source by 'apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18', > extracted the source and made a symbolic /usr/src/linux -> > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/, and followed all the instru

RE: two Ethernet cards in the same machine with xover cable..... [bcc]

2004-03-25 Thread RANDAZZO
According to the comment for ip_route_input_slow(), IP spoofing are filtered with 100% of gurantee. Also, it says that looped back packets must have correct destination already attached by output routine. My question is... What do I need to do to "set the correct destination in the output r

Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)

2004-03-25 Thread pa3gcu
On Thursday 25 March 2004 15:46, Karthik Vishwanath wrote: > I installed the 2.4.18 source by 'apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18', > extracted the source and made a symbolic /usr/src/linux -> > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/, and followed all the instructions below > as is. > > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x

Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)

2004-03-25 Thread pa3gcu
On Thursday 25 March 2004 16:42, Ray Olszewski wrote: > In fact, it should read > >          EXTRAVERSION =-k7 > > (without the space before the hyphen). No sorry Ray its not a typo, its how it should be a as matter of fact, It possably works without a white space but AFAIK white spaces are ignore

Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)

2004-03-25 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 09:46 AM 3/25/2004 -0500, Karthik Vishwanath wrote: I installed the 2.4.18 source by 'apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18', extracted the source and made a symbolic /usr/src/linux -> /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/, and followed all the instructions below as is. sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg

Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)

2004-03-25 Thread Karthik Vishwanath
I installed the 2.4.18 source by 'apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18', extracted the source and made a symbolic /usr/src/linux -> /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/, and followed all the instructions below as is. sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run quits with an error. # cat /var/log/nvidia-

running X programs as another user

2004-03-25 Thread Karthik Vishwanath
Sorry for the duplicate postings (if it does get duplicated) -- my first message was not posted even after ~10 hrs. -- Along the process of trying to recompile a personalized kernel for this machine (following my previous posts and responses), I seem to be unable to run any X-based pr