'setxkbmap dvorak' not working

[Adrian Kubala]

I run unstable;

I've seen a few debian-related docs which imply that 'setxkbmap dvorak' and 
'setxkbmap us' should work, but both give me an 'Error loading new keyboard 
description.'

A search for dvorak keymaps for x turns up one in the gnome-applets package, 
and one in the kbd package, neither of which look like they'll make setxkbd 
work. I'd like to use setxkbd rather than xmodmap and some file I dig up 
somewhere, or at least know why I can't.

Is this an unstable-broken thing? (I didn't see any files that looked useful 
in stable though). Anybody know how to set up dvorak 'properly' in debian?

- Adrian

Re: No XF86Config-4

[Andrew Sione Taumoefolau]

Have you tried running xf86config?

Andrew Sione Taumoefolau
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http://users.pipeline.com.au/tonga/

- Original Message -

From: "Ben Pharr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 3:12 PM
Subject: No XF86Config-4


> I have just done a fresh install of woody and there is no XF86Config-4.  I
have install-ed, --reinstall-ed, and dpkg-reconfigure-d several times on
xserver-xfree86, xfree86-common, and xserver-common.  Any ideas?
>
> Ben Pharr
>
>
>
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Re: 'setxkbmap dvorak' not working

[John S. J. Anderson]

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Adrian Kubala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Is this an unstable-broken thing? (I didn't see any files that
> looked useful in stable though). Anybody know how to set up dvorak
> 'properly' in debian?

FWIW, I use xmodmap. In fact, I'm the only one using my system, so I
munged the gdm init files to run xmodmap during startup; I used to run
it in .xinitrc.

If you decide to give up on that other command, my xmodmap for Dvorak
is at http://genehack.org/linux/dvorak.html>

Good luck,

john.

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RE: Windows Acting Funny After Install

[Andrew Clark]

I have also got this before.  I could be wrong but I think it had something to 
do with either:

- table=/dev/hd? missing from lilo.conf
- forgot to set windows partition as a boot/active partition

I could be wrong though, it's been a while since it happend.

Quoting Benjamin Pharr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> At 11:12 PM 3/22/01 , you wrote:
> >Everyone please jump on me if I'm incorrect, but I think once you've
> seen
> >the "Starting Windows 95" text anything that happens is beyond the
> control
> >of lilo?
> 
> 
> I realize it's beyond the control of LILO, but it obviously has
> something 
> to do with Debian.  This is the second time this has happened to me
> right 
> after installing Debian.
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
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> 



R,
AJFC

Re: Why does apt-get want to remove all these packages?

[Shaul Karl]

Running 
apt-get update
solved most of the problem. 
Now it only wants to remove console-apt, which is in stable and has a dummy 
package in unstable, but not in testing. Where as my system runs testing.
Doesn't looks to me justified since I don't notice any dependency problems. 
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on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 01:51:37AM +0200, Shaul Karl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I do not understand why does apt-get want to remove many packages.
> Will I have to reinstall them?
> 
>   apt-get dist-upgrade -sq
> Reading Package Lists...
> Building Dependency Tree...
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   a2ps adduser bsdmainutils console-apt custom-mule cvs cvs-buildpackage
>   debconf debhelper dh-make dosemu emacsen-common enscript esound 
> esound-common
>   fetchmail gnome-bin gnuplot gs gv leafnode libesd0 libglade-gnome0 libglide2
>   libgnomeui32 libgnorbagtk0 libpaperg lilo lynx memprof mgetty-fax mpage
>   mule2-bin mule2-canna-wnn mule2-support netpbm nut pidentd pstotext psutils
>   task-debian-devel telnetd xserver-xfree86 
> The following packages have been kept back
>   kernel-image-2.2.17 xaw3dg 
> 39 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 43 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
> Remv a2ps
> Remv nut



This is generally a sign of broken dependencies or a corrupted package
archive.  Yes, if you commit this, you may have to reinstall a
substantial list of packages.  Better to find out what's wrong first.

In the first case, try re-running apt-get update to update your package
list(s).   This may resolve dependencies.

In the second case, you can find backup archives as
/var/backups/kpkg.status*.  Check to see if one of these might serve to
replace what you have under /var/lib/dpkg/status.

You can also check with dselect or (far preferable) aptitude to see what
packages are conflicting.

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Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

xine

[Fernando Carvajal]

Hola

Alguien sabe los pasos para instalr el Xine y poder ver DVD.
Lo he instalado primero la version 0.3.3  se podía añadir uno de los ficheros 
del
DVD pero no la película de seguido. Luego instalé el parche/plugin  CSS para
descifrar. Tuve que cambiar la referencia al directorio de include por que no 
era
capaz de compilar y de las tres pestañas que aparecian dvd,vcd y list al final 
ha
desaparecido la dvd y de continuo cuando hago drop de un fichero kaska y me dice
que no tiene memoria SHM disponible.

Me he leído el DVD-playing-howto. y la documentación de xine. alguien sabe de
algún documento o como hacer para poder ver una peli dvd en linux


Gracias


Un saludo

RE: HP has released DeskJet printer driver!!!

[Carlos Laviola]

On 23-Mar-2001 hzi wrote:
> Hello-
> 
>   HP has finally released the driver for the DeskJet family!!

Who cares!! There is no need for special drivers to use a HP DJ (believe me, I
own one!!)!! But if you must, apt-cache search cups - it comes with specific
support for DJs!!!

BTW, I'm just kidding!! :)

> 
>   Check out the URL:
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
>   The question remains: is there anyone who volunteers (and is capable) 
> for making the debian package?
>   As of this moment, the site only distributes the RedHat package.
>   Will it work if you use alien? If anyone tries that out, please post 
> result on the list.
> 
>   Thank you. 
>   Best regards to all,
> 
>   Henry L.
> 
> 
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Re: Matlab R11 doesn't want to run after recent apt-get upgrade

[Sebastiaan]

Hi,

I have had some trouble with this too. You need might need some oldlibs.
The name of the libs are the same, but the libs are not.

I do not remember which oldlibs. Look in the directory oldlibs on the ftp
server and install what seems logical (it were just a few packets).

Greetz,
Sebastiaan


On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Kenneth Litko wrote:

> I just apt-get'ted my system and Matlab (student version R11) doen't want to 
> start for me.
> 
> | bash-2.04$ matlab
> | /usr/local/bin/matlab5/bin/lnx86/matlab: can't load library 'libXt.so.6'
> | bash-2.04$ 
> 
> But...
> 
> | megatron:/home/phenym# ldconfig -v | grep libXt.so
> | libXt.so.6 -> libXt.so.6.0
> | libXt.so.6 -> libXt.so.6.0
> | megatron:/home/phenym# 
> 
> The tail end of an strace follows this... There are some libs that matlab 
> can't find, but I'm not enough of a programmer to understand exactly what's 
> going on. Does anyone have a clue as to what may be wrong?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Ken
> 
> 
> 
> old_mmap(0x4099, 203740, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 
> 0) =
>  0x4099
> old_mmap(0x409c2000, 6176, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 
> 0x310
> 00) = 0x409c2000
> close(3)= 0
> mprotect(0x4099, 203740, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/sys/os/lnx86/libstdc++.so.27", O_RDONLY) = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0h\24\1\000"..., 4096) 
> = 
> 4096
> old_mmap(NULL, 192512, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 
> 0x409c4000
> old_mmap(0x409c4000, 161031, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 
> 0) =
>  0x409c4000
> old_mmap(0x409ec000, 24676, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 
> 0x27
> 000) = 0x409ec000
> close(3)= 0
> mprotect(0x409c4000, 161031, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/sys/os/lnx86/libm.so.5", O_RDONLY) = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\350\21"..., 4096) = 
> 409
> 6
> old_mmap(NULL, 36864, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 
> 0x409f3000
> old_mmap(0x409f3000, 25012, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) 
> = 
> 0x409f3000
> old_mmap(0x409fa000, 4480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 
> 0x600
> 0) = 0x409fa000
> close(3)= 0
> mprotect(0x409f3000, 25012, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/sys/os/lnx86/libc.so.5", O_RDONLY) = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\320\'\1"..., 4096) = 
> 40
> 96
> old_mmap(NULL, 770048, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 
> 0x409fc000
> old_mmap(0x409fc000, 537347, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 
> 0) =
>  0x409fc000
> old_mmap(0x40a8, 19952, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 
> 0x83
> 000) = 0x40a8
> old_mmap(0x40a85000, 207068, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANO
> NYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40a85000
> close(3)= 0
> mprotect(0x409fc000, 537347, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/sys/os/lnx86/libdl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT 
> (No
>  such file or directory)
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/bin/lnx86/libdl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No 
> su
> ch file or directory)
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/extern/lib/lnx86/libdl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = -1 
> ENOENT
>  (No such file or directory)
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/windu/lnx86/libdl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT 
> (No 
> such file or directory)
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/java/vm/lnx86/lib/lnx86/native_threads/libdl.so.1",
>  O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> open("/lib/lnx86/native_threads/libdl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such 
> file
>  or directory)
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/sys/opengl/lib/lnx86/libdl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = -1 
> EN
> OENT (No such file or directory)
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/sys/os/lnx86/libXt.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT 
> (No
>  such file or directory)
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/bin/lnx86/libXt.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No 
> su
> ch file or directory)
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/extern/lib/lnx86/libXt.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 
> ENOENT
>  (No such file or directory)
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/windu/lnx86/libXt.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT 
> (No 
> such file or directory)
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/java/vm/lnx86/lib/lnx86/native_threads/libXt.so.6",
>  O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> open("/lib/lnx86/native_threads/libXt.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such 
> file
>  or directory)
> open("/usr/local/bin/matlab5/sys/opengl/lib/lnx86/libXt.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 
> EN
> OENT (No such file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/libXt.so.6", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
> directory)
> open("/lib/libXt.so.6", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
> directory)
> write(2, "/usr/local/bin/matlab5/bin/lnx86"..., 
> 73/usr/local/bin/matlab5/bin/lnx
> 86/

IP tables setup

[Rob Zietlow]

Anyone know of the location of a man or a HOWTO on setting up IPtables for
the 2.4.X kernel.  I would like to have that setup before I replace IP
chains and goto the new kernel

Re: Xfree 4.0.2 + mga + Dualhead config...

[Max Lock]

"Allan M. Wind" wrote:
> 
> On 2001-03-22 17:03:34, Max Lock wrote:
> 
> >  Thanks to Martin W?rtele for a copy of a valid XF86Config-4 file I was
> > missing the screen entry in the device sections.
> 
> Could I have a copy of your XF86Config-4 please?

 Hi Allan,

 No problem, I've attached Martin's as mine, contains some rather dodgy
Modelines :)

 -Cheers Max.


-- 
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Linux like wigwam. No windows, no gates, Apache inside.Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Configured by Martin"
Screen "Screen 0" RightOf "Screen 1"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
#FontPath"unix/:7100"# local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
#FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/sharefont/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load"ddc"
Load"GLcore"
Load"dbe"
#Load"dri"
Load"extmod"
Load"glx"
#Load"pex5"
Load"record"
Load"xie"
Load"bitmap"
Load"freetype"
Load"speedo"
Load"type1"
Load"vbe"
Load"int10"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Keyboard0"
Driver  "keyboard"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules"   "xfree86"
Option "XkbKeymap"  "xfree86(de)"
Option "XkbModel"   "pc102"
Option "XkbLayout"  "de"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Mouse0"
Driver  "mouse"
Option  "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option  "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option  "Buttons" "5"
Option  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier   "Monitor0"
VendorName   "Iiyama"
ModelName"Vision Master Pro 510"
HorizSync30-130
VertRefresh  60-160
#Option  "DPMS"

# 75 Hz
#ModeLine "1856x1392"   288.00   1856 1984 2208 2560   1392 1393 1396 
1500 -hsync +vsync
# 75 Hz
#ModeLine "1792x1344"   261.00   1792 1888 2104 2456   1344 1345 1348 
1417 -hsync +vsync
# 85 Hz
ModeLine "1792x1344"   295.80   1792 1888 2104 2456   1344 1345 1348 
1417 -hsync +vsync
# 85 Hz
ModeLine "1600x1200"   229.50   1600 1664 1856 2160   1200 1201 1204 
1250 +hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier   "Monitor1"
VendorName   "Targa"
ModelName"TM 4217 ONLD"
HorizSync30-65
VertRefresh  50-120
#Option  "DPMS"

#ModeLine "1024x768"78.80   1024 1040 1136 1312   768 769 772 800 
+hsync +vsync
#ModeLine "1024x768"80  1024 1048 1128 1304   768 783 792 807 
+hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1024x768"84.99   1024 1040 1216 1328   768 768 778 802 
+hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
#Option "SWcursor"
#Option "HWcursor"
#Option "PciRetry"
#Option "SyncOnGreen"
#Option "NoAccel"
#Option "ShowCache"
#Option "Overlay"
#Option "MGASDRAM"
#Option "ShadowFB"
#Option "UseFBDev"
#Option "ColorKey"
#Option "SetMclk"
#Option "OverclockMem"
#Option "VideoKey"
#Option "Rotate"
#Option "TexturedVideo"
#Option "XAALines"
#Option "Crtc2Half"
#Option "Int10"
#Option "DigitalScreen"
#Option "TV"
#Option "TVStandard"
#Option "CableType"

Identifier  "Card0"
Driver  "mga"
VendorName  "Matrox"
BoardName   "MGA G400DH AGP"
BusID   "PCI:1:5:0"
Screen  0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier  "Card1"
Driver  "mga"
VendorName  "Matrox"
BoardName   "MGA G400DH AGP"
BusID   "PCI:1:5:0"
Screen  1

EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor"Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes   "1792x1344" "1600x1200" "1280x960" "1152x864" 
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

Re: IP tables setup

[Brian May]

> "Rob" == Rob Zietlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Rob> Anyone know of the location of a man or a HOWTO on setting up
Rob> IPtables for the 2.4.X kernel.  I would like to have that
Rob> setup before I replace IP chains and goto the new kernel

Look under /usr/doc/iptables/html after installing iptables (AFAIK you
can install iptables even when running the 2.2.X kernel).
-- 
Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Debian packages for PLplot 5.0.2 available

[Rafael Laboissiere]

Debian packages for the latest stable release of PLplot (5.0.2) are
available.

The packages work for the Debian "potato" distribution (2.2).  They are
available in both the Debian unstable repository and the apt-getable
location in the PLplot web site. 

To upgrade your packages, just add the following lines to your
/etc/apt/sources.list:
  
deb http://plplot.sourceforge.net/resources/debian ./
deb-src http://plplot.sourceforge.net/resources/debian ./

then run "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade" (or "apt-get dist-upgrade"
if you are upgrading from the 4.99j packages).

There are many improvements from version 5.0.1 to 5.0.2, see the
announcement at http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/plplot. The plplot-doc
package contains the full documentation that is now managed with DocBook.
You will find there the PLplot manual in the following formats: html, pdf,
ps, and info.  The html on-line manual is registered with doc-base, so you
can easily access it by pointing your browser at http://localhost/dc
(supposing that doc-central is installed) and going to section Apps/Math.

Also, the plplot-dev package contains man pages for all the PLplot functions
in the public API.

As usual, report any bugs using the Debian BTS (Bug Tracking System,
http://bugs.debian.org), the more convinient way beeing through the command
reportbug (available in the Debian package with the same name).

Debianly yours,

-- 
Rafael Laboissiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Pool administration

[Kai Weber]

+ M G Berberich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> I had a look at cfengine but does not like it very much.

Why? I used my own set of scripts for a long time and switch now over to
cfengine because it's nearly the same as my hardly developed scripts but
better.

I set a link on every machine from /etc/cfengine to my nfs mounted
directory. Because our machines running multiple OS I start cfengine at
booting.

Kai.
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Re: Can't make Sound work :-(

[Robert Voigt]

On Friday 23 March 2001 04:06, Raymond L. Zarling wrote:

>
> alsa is installed, but /etc/init.d/alsa start says it can't locate module


Did you know that the kernel module and alsa are different things? 
Either you use the kernel module that you built with your kernel or 
alsa, which has it's own kernel modules.
I stepped into the same trap a while ago, and how is everybody supposed 
to know that? It should be written in a famous place.

gzipped dvi's

[Sebastiaan]

Hi,

I wondered if there is an easier way to view .dvi.gz files than to unpack
them first to /tmp.

I looked through the optionlist of xdvi, tried pipes, but found nothing
usefull.

Thanks in advance,
Sebastiaan

nfs with debian and solaris

[dko]

hello,
i have an server nfs on solaris (10.11.11.1) and i'm trying to connect to it
with my debian workstation
when i mount i have that: 
mount 10.11.11.1:/home/dko /mnt/test
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on 10.11.11.1:/home/dko,
   or too many mounted file systems   

does anyone has encountered that kind of issue ?

Re: gzipped dvi's

[Colin Watson]

Sebastiaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I wondered if there is an easier way to view .dvi.gz files than to unpack
>them first to /tmp.

It works in tetex-bin 1.0.7-1 and above; you can just use xdvi on
compressed files directly. Unfortunately there were bugs in the xdvi
that was about to make it into potato and decompression support had to
be temporarily removed.

I guess you could try taking just the /usr/X11R6/bin/xdvi from the
tetex-bin package in unstable (you can extract packages manually with
dpkg-deb -x, see the man page), putting that in /usr/local/bin, and
seeing if that works.

-- 
Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

language settings in command line and man pages

[Peter O. Fedichev]

Hello

I have to work on a linux box with french language set default. Two 
questions:

(i have root permissions there)
1) how to switch back to english in the command line?
2) how to make man pages english?

I understand that I must read man pages to find out the answers, but 
what if they all are in the language I don't understand? :)


thanks

Re: gzipped dvi's

[Eric G. Miller]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:23:16AM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I wondered if there is an easier way to view .dvi.gz files than to unpack
> them first to /tmp.
> 
> I looked through the optionlist of xdvi, tried pipes, but found nothing
> usefull.

Newer versions of xdvi have automatic gzip decompression.  As it's part
of tetex-bin, I don't know how difficult it would be to get the newer
builds working on a potato box.

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Re: language settings in command line and man pages

[Andre Berger]

* Peter O. Fedichev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 20010323 12:10 +0100:
> Hello
> 
> I have to work on a linux box with french language set default. Two 
> questions:
> (i have root permissions there)

Each user can do this on h{is,er} own.

> 1) how to switch back to english in the command line?
> 2) how to make man pages english?

Change the locale environment variable. Example (bash):

export LC_ALL=en_US

For an explanation, "apropos locale"

I hope this helps.

Andre Berger[EMAIL PROTECTED]

X11 header files - which package?

[Anthony Campbell]

Can someone kindly remind me which package is needed to supply X11
header files? I've come up against this one in the past but I can't
remember the solution.

Anthony



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convinced beyond doubt that they are right. [Laurens van der Post]

Routing problem ... (thanx)

[Mateusz Mazur]

Hello.

I would like to thanx for all replay for my mesg. If I will be have some
another problems I will be write to this list ;). Polish mailing list and
newsgroup aren't so kind.

Mateusz Mazur

xawtv and sound

[Stan Brown]

Well, I'm making progress here. I let dseletc update from the Progeny, and 
Debian
sites lats night. Got a new version of Xaw3d, and now I can get xawtv to run!

However, there are still a couple of problems.

1. I am not getting sound from the TV chanel while it's runing. Sound seems to 
work
for everything else I have tried (festival, and playing a CDTOM, Realplayer).
What can I do find out why this is not working? I did check with tkmixer, and 
the
"video" volume control is about 2/3 of the way up.

3. Also the video fram seems to be shifted up about 1/3 of a frame. That is I 
see
the image starting about 1/3 of the frame with the top 1/3 showing on the 
bottom of
th eframe.

Whats do I need to do to fix this?

Thanks for the help geting this going!

-- 
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Charleston SC.
-- 
Windows 98: n.
useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and
a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit 
company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
-
(c) 2000 Stan Brown.  Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.

Unidentified subject!

[D. Hoyem]

I'm using 2.2r2 and kernel2.2.18pre21 on a PII 350.
Works great now after many reinstalls.  I have a Supra
Express 56K modem and when I initially set it up using
pppconfig I used the 115200 setting.  With that
setting I was getting time outs a lot with apt-get.  I
was advised to change it to 57600 (on other distro
that I have used I never had to change it from 115200)
and that decreased the number of timeouts greatly, but
using Netscape I have noticed that the downloads
speeds are at 300 to 500 bytes and sometimes faster
and it stalls a lot.  Has anyone else had this
problem, and how did you resolve it? Has anyone ever
changed the mtu and the mtr to 1472 in the
/etc/ppp/options? Would that help?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Don

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Re: Wvdial - How do you surf without being root?

[Barry Mathieu]

Hmmm...  I'm a Debian newbie using wvdial as an ordinary user, so I
wonder about the legitimacy of my method.

I've added my username to the 'dialout' group in '/etc/group'. After you
edit that file, exacute, 'update-passwd'.  Then try wvdial as an
ordinary user.

I do get some warning at connection time:

--> PPP negotiation detected.
--> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied
--> --> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky.
--> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied
--> --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky.
--> Starting pppd at Fri Mar 23 06:35:28 2001

But the connection works!

Hope this helps,
Barry


On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 11:30:15AM +, Usuario Universo Online ([EMAIL 
PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hello-
> 
>   My questions regards the safety of using the wvdial program to log on 
> to 
> the ISP and surf.
>   Wvdial can only be set to be run as root, isn't that right?
>   If it isn't so, how should you set permission to run it without being 
> root?
>   Is this even something we should be worrying about? Is it safe to run 
> wvdial as root then surf?
> 
>   Help would be greatly appreciated, I'm not quite a total newbie with 
> Linux, but I'm not a "techie".
>   Thank you.
> 
>   Best regards,
> 
>   Henry L.
> 
> 
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nvidia tnt2 drivers and Xfree 24bit true color

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

using debian 2r2 with the standard distribution
of xfree86
i have a graphics card based on tnt2.
i downloaded the drivers from nvidias website,
configured x11. when i execute i get an error
message saying "invalid symbol" in libglx. 
i suppose that it does not load the module. 
and consequently X dies with "driver nvidia not
found".

do i have to download X4?
knowing that i do not need the opengl capabilities
of my card (for the moment). i only need to have true 
colors (24bits) in my X. and the XF_SVGA server does
not handle this depth for nvidia cards (or am i wrong).
is there any way for me to have my true colors?

thanks for your help.

Re: nvidia tnt2 drivers and Xfree 24bit true color

[Ilya Martynov]

> "s" == [EMAIL PROTECTED]  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

s> using debian 2r2 with the standard distribution
s> of xfree86
s> i have a graphics card based on tnt2.
s> i downloaded the drivers from nvidias website,
s> configured x11. when i execute i get an error
s> message saying "invalid symbol" in libglx. 
s> i suppose that it does not load the module. 
s> and consequently X dies with "driver nvidia not
s> found".

s> do i have to download X4?

AFAIK Nvidia drivers require at least XFree86 4.0.1. It should in
documentation on their site.

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Re: X11 header files - which package?

[Marcus Geiger]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:22:38AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> Can someone kindly remind me which package is needed to supply X11
> header files? I've come up against this one in the past but I can't
> remember the solution.
> 

For XFree 4.02 it is: xlibs-dev

-- Marcus

> Anthony
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
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Potato-Compact doesn't install on Compaq Smart-2SL Array

[Andreas.Trawoger]

Hi!

I'm having problems to install Debian 2.2 on a Compaq ProLiant 3000 with Smart-2SL Array. Debian detects the Smart Controller, but seams to be unable to access the Array (I'm getting a 'No hard disk could be found' error when I'm trying add a Partition to the drive). Suse 6.4 was running fine on the machine, but I added an additional disk and wanted to give Debian a try.

My configuration is as following:
Compaq Proliant 3000
Compaq Smart-2SL Raid Controller
4*4,3 GB SCSI Disks

I have used the Compaq Smart Start CD to configure a RAID-5 Array including all four disks.

Booting with Compact Install Kernel is giving me the following messages:
Compaq SMART2 Driver (v 1.0.10)
cpqarray: finding drives on ida0(SMART-2SL)
cpqarray: ida/c0d0: blksz=512 nr_blks=25149120

Which leaves me wondering why the Debian Install program can't access the Array. Any help would be appreciated.


cu andreas

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Re: HP has released DeskJet printer driver!!!

[Alejandro Garin]

This is a good news for linux, 
but why Hp doesn't support the 720C !!! 
I can't believe it! They work in a drivers and my
printer is not supported yet... I WILL DROP THIS
PRINTER FOR THE WINDOW NOW!


--- hzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello-
> 
>   HP has finally released the driver for the DeskJet
> family!!
> 
>   Check out the URL:
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
>   The question remains: is there anyone who
> volunteers (and is capable) 
> for making the debian package?
>   As of this moment, the site only distributes the
> RedHat package.
>   Will it work if you use alien? If anyone tries that
> out, please post 
> result on the list.
> 
>   Thank you. 
>   Best regards to all,
> 
>   Henry L.
> 
> 
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=
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Re: X11 header files - which package?

[Anthony Campbell]

On 23 Mar 2001, Marcus Geiger wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:22:38AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > Can someone kindly remind me which package is needed to supply X11
> > header files? I've come up against this one in the past but I can't
> > remember the solution.
> > 
> 
> For XFree 4.02 it is: xlibs-dev
> 
> -- Marcus
> 

Thanks - got it now. Unfortunately, this only partially solves my
problem, which is trying to compile the latest version of vim (6.0y)
with GUI support. Configure now finds the X11 headers but still says
there is no gui support. I don't understand this.


Anthony

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Re: HP has released DeskJet printer driver!!!

[Mike Dresser]

Isn't the HP720C one of those winprinters?

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Alejandro Garin wrote:

> This is a good news for linux, 
> but why Hp doesn't support the 720C !!! 
> I can't believe it! They work in a drivers and my
> printer is not supported yet... I WILL DROP THIS
> PRINTER FOR THE WINDOW NOW!

Re: nvidia tnt2 drivers and Xfree 24bit true color

[Rossen Naydenov]

The debian driver by default is nv not nvidia ulles you 've downloaded 
and installed from nvidia.com

I think that this driver does not support 24 bpp
I think you should put 16 bpp in your XF86config file

Ross

OpenSSH 2.5.2p2 grief

[Luigi Fabio]

Hello everybody,
I am having some issues with openssh. I have two identical machines 
with 2.2r2 installed. Both have openssl 0.9.6 installed in shared lib 
mode.
The problem is as follows: I installed on both openssh 2.5.2p2 (via 
tarball, bear with me, I can't stand packages). On one, it runs 
without a hitch and has been doing so for about a month now. On the 
second, all messages are identical to the first... but it fails to 
auth with passwords, i.e. it rejects the correct passwords with a 
Failed password  in auth.log. I have been trying to figure out 
what's wrong - at least what's different between the two 
installations - for about two days now and can't find any reason for 
the different behaviour. Any ideas/suggestions would be much 
appreciated. 

Thanks.


Regards,
Luigi Fabio - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Viewing html-attachments with mutt

[Bastian Bowe]

Hello again,

On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 08:06:53PM -0800, Jim Richardson wrote:
> what does your ~/.mailcap say about text/html mimetypes?
> If there is no file called that in your homedir, what about the system
> wide one (in debian is it in /etc? )

A grep on /etc/mailcap shows:
text/html; navigator '%s';test=test "$DISPLAY" != ""
text/html; gnome-help-browser '%s'; nametemplate=%s.html; test=test -n 
"$DISPLAY"
text/html; /usr/bin/lynx -force_html '%s'; needsterminal; description=HTML 
Text; nametemplate=%s.html
text/html; /usr/bin/mozilla '%s'; description=HTML Text; nametemplate=%s.html
text/html; /usr/bin/lynx -dump -force_html '%s'; copiousoutput; 
description=HTML Text; nametemplate=%s.html
text/html; false; x-mozilla-flags=internal

> On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 05:32:22PM +, Bastian Bowe wrote:
> > I try to view an html-attachment using mutt.  After pressing "v" and
> > choosing the file netscape comes up. Netscape says "no such file or
> > directory" or something like that. Sometimes it works. Mutt seems
> > to copy the attached file to /tmp, start netscape and then delete the
> > file before netscape is able to open it.
> > 
> > Please help
> > Bye
> > -- 
> > Bastian Bowe

bye
-- 
Bastian Bowe

Re: IP tables setup

[Moritz Schulte]

"Rob Zietlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Anyone know of the location of a man or a HOWTO on setting up
> IPtables for the 2.4.X kernel.  I would like to have that setup
> before I replace IP chains and goto the new kernel

http://netfilter.filewatcher.org/

hth,
moritz
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Re: X11 header files - which package?

[Moritz Schulte]

Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Thanks - got it now. Unfortunately, this only partially solves my
> problem, which is trying to compile the latest version of vim (6.0y)
> with GUI support. Configure now finds the X11 headers but still says
> there is no gui support. I don't understand this.

I guess you need the (devel) libs for a GUI toolkit, like GTK+. IIRC,
the GUI Vim uses GTK+. Have you looked at the documentation and the
config.log?

hth,
moritz
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Potato and satellite internet connection

[Antonio Rodriguez]

I wonder if setting internet connection through a satellite is doable
from a potato/woody machine. Any body out there that has it?
Does any one have a recommendation for satellite internet provider that
would work fine (USA)?
Thanks,
AR

RE: OpenSSH 2.5.2p2 grief

[George Wright]

Are you *sure* you ran the config scripts w/the same 
options?  I had a similar situation and the problem was 
configuring one using md5 passwords and not doing this 
on the other (assume md5's on all machines).  There 
should be a config.cache or some other report around 
documenting your config choices (pretty sure, not at my 
machine now).  Maybe diff or otherwise compare these 
files.  If everything is the same here, I'm not sure what 
it could be, but check that your keys are in the right places, 
created, and named correctly for the protocol you're using 
to connect (e.g.: using ssh1 or 2).

HTH, George


> -Original Message-
> From: Luigi Fabio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 8:22 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: OpenSSH 2.5.2p2 grief
> 
> 
> Hello everybody,
> I am having some issues with openssh. I have two identical machines 
> with 2.2r2 installed. Both have openssl 0.9.6 installed in shared lib 
> mode.
> The problem is as follows: I installed on both openssh 2.5.2p2 (via 
> tarball, bear with me, I can't stand packages). On one, it runs 
> without a hitch and has been doing so for about a month now. On the 
> second, all messages are identical to the first... but it fails to 
> auth with passwords, i.e. it rejects the correct passwords with a 
> Failed password  in auth.log. I have been trying to figure out 
> what's wrong - at least what's different between the two 
> installations - for about two days now and can't find any reason for 
> the different behaviour. Any ideas/suggestions would be much 
> appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Luigi Fabio - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
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Re: No XF86Config-4

[Jason Majors]

Try running xf86config by hand. If you don't have it it might be in the
xf86setup package (not sure though).
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 10:12:22PM -0600, Ben Pharr scribbled...
> I have just done a fresh install of woody and there is no XF86Config-4. 
> I have install-ed, --reinstall-ed, and dpkg-reconfigure-d several times
> on xserver-xfree86, xfree86-common, and xserver-common.  Any ideas?
> 
> Ben Pharr
>  
> 
> 
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Re: nfs with debian and solaris

[Jason Majors]

Do you specify the mount type correctly?
Here's an nfs mount from my /etc/fstab:
magneto:/usr/local/mp3s /usr/local/mp3s nfs ro,user 0 0
And I assume that the solaris box has its nfs set up correctly. Have you checked
it from other machines?

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:44:12AM +0100, dko scribbled...
> hello,
> i have an server nfs on solaris (10.11.11.1) and i'm trying to connect to
> it
> with my debian workstation
> when i mount i have that: 
> mount 10.11.11.1:/home/dko /mnt/test
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on 10.11.11.1:/home/dko,
>or too many mounted file systems 
> 
> does anyone has encountered that kind of issue ?
> 
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Re: Windows Acting Funny After Install

[Kent West]

Benjamin Pharr wrote:


At 11:12 PM 3/22/01 , you wrote:

Everyone please jump on me if I'm incorrect, but I think once you've 
seen
the "Starting Windows 95" text anything that happens is beyond the 
control

of lilo?




I realize it's beyond the control of LILO, but it obviously has 
something to do with Debian.  This is the second time this has 
happened to me right after installing Debian.


Ben


This is just a guess, but I saw something similar yesterday after 
pulling a bad mouse driver from Windows. After the requisite reboot, 
Win95 started, then hung. After a reset, Win95 started up okay. The only 
thing I can figure is that Windows saw the new mouse/driver, and tried 
to do some configuration which created a hang situation. After the 
reset, Windows figured the mouse was properly configured and went on in 
normally.


All this to say, perhaps your Win95 is seeing a new (ext2) partition, 
and trying to figure out what to do about it? I'm not sure what your 
next step would be, but perhaps this'll give you a new idea to persue. 
(Like, maybe, Debian is running isapnp and reconfiguring some hardware?)

How can I start from a terminal instead of gdm

[Andrew D Dixon]

Hi All,
Does anyone know how I can start from a terminal instead of gdm?  When X
starts it's locking up my keyboard and mouse so I need to disable it on boot
up.  I don't have a boot disk (of course) so I'm looking for a solution
other than the obvious.

Thanks,
Andy

RE: auto responder w/sendmail.

[Mullins, Ron]

>From: Nate Amsden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>i know sendmail has the vacation program, but i would like to do some
>kind of auto responder at our mail 'hub', which has no accounts just
>a bunch of aliases that point to leaf servers. since the vacation
>program seemingly relies on a $HOME to store the vacation message
>and there doesn't seem to be a flag to direct it elsewhere, is there
>another way to generate auto responses? I suppose i could get one

Have a look at Procmail and Procmail-lib. Procmail-lib has 'recipes'
specifically for autoresponding the you can modify to suit your needs.

Re: X11 header files - which package?

[Colin Watson]

Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 23 Mar 2001, Marcus Geiger wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:22:38AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote:
>> > Can someone kindly remind me which package is needed to supply X11
>> > header files? I've come up against this one in the past but I can't
>> > remember the solution.
>> 
>> For XFree 4.02 it is: xlibs-dev
>
>Thanks - got it now. Unfortunately, this only partially solves my
>problem, which is trying to compile the latest version of vim (6.0y)
>with GUI support. Configure now finds the X11 headers but still says
>there is no gui support. I don't understand this.

'apt-cache showsrc vim' on unstable says:

Build-Depends: libgtk-dev, libgpmg1-dev, perl5, tcl8.3-dev, python-dev,
debhelper, libncurses5-dev

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starting programs on kdm/startx startup

[Bastian Bowe]

Hello,

I've setup a $HOME/.xsession to run programs on kdm and startx startup.
The problem is that programs started in the back (with &) will stay
alive after closing X.

Here is my .xsession:
#! /bin/bash
# set bellvolume,-pitch,-duration
xset b 100 300 30
#xplanetbg runs every 1200 secs xplanet to render a nice backgroundimage
xplanetbg -nice 15 -projection orthographic -blend -markers \
-cloud_ssec /usr/local/share/xplanet/latest_moll.gif -label \
-latitude 1 -shade 44 -wa 1200 -i /usr/local/share/xplanet/earth.ppm &
exec wmaker
#exec gnome-session --disable-sound

I'm using the debian unstable with X 4.0.2-11.

Thanks in advance.
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potato+kernel 2.4.1+X 3.3.6+i810 chipset

[L.V.Gandhi]

I had potato with k 2.2.18. I compiled k2.4.1. I compiled modutils 2.4.1
also. Then I did make install modules. Even then I get some modprobe
errors. I have lines kernel symbols match and loaded in the first few
lines of /var/log/messages. What can be the reason? 
I have I810 chipset machine. Even with kernel 2.4.1 and agpgart compiled
in kernel and XFCom_i810 driver and also XF86_SVGA driver also I
couldn't get my X working normally. In messages I saw agpgart is invoked
and i810 chipset is recognised. I have RH6.2 k2.2.16 in the same machine
X works oK. Any solutions?
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RE: OpenSSH 2.5.2p2 grief

[Luigi Fabio]

On 23 Mar 2001, at 8:51, George Wright wrote:
> Are you *sure* you ran the config scripts w/the same 
> options?  I had a similar situation and the problem was 
> configuring one using md5 passwords and not doing this 
> on the other (assume md5's on all machines).  There 
> should be a config.cache or some other report around 
> documenting your config choices (pretty sure, not at my 
> machine now).  Maybe diff or otherwise compare these 
> files.  If everything is the same here, I'm not sure what 
> it could be, but check that your keys are in the right places, 
> created, and named correctly for the protocol you're using 
> to connect (e.g.: using ssh1 or 2).
Well, I even copied over the binaries and /etc/sshd to be on the safe 
side, then regenerated the keys. No luck. Also, I am getting 'MD5 
password support: no' on both machines - and one works. I am quite 
confused now.

> HTH, George


Regards,
Luigi Fabio - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How can I start from a terminal instead of gdm

[Moritz Schulte]

"Andrew D Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Does anyone know how I can start from a terminal instead of gdm?
> When X starts it's locking up my keyboard and mouse so I need to
> disable it on boot up.  I don't have a boot disk (of course) so I'm
> looking for a solution other than the obvious.

You can specify the runlevel to boot after the kernel image. So, for
example, at the LILO prompt (hopefully the prompt is enabled in the
lilo.conf - Does BTW anybody know, why it's disabled in the default
lilo.conf (in Potato)?): LILO:  1.
Which should boot into Single user mode. You could also specify
something like "init=/bin/bash", which would directly start a shell.

hth,
moritz
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Re: Need Help getting rid of really anoying messages from Pam_unix(cron).

[John Foster]

John Galt wrote:
> 
> That would be klogd: syslogd won't easily install via apt over sysklogd.
-
Thanks guys. That was the problem. I had installed klogd and sysklogd. I
removed sysklogd and installed syslogd-ng and the problems went away.
Should this be turned in as a bug somewhere as they showed no conflicts
when I installed them... surely no one wants to have these messages
flashing on every consol.
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Gnome panels disappeared after installing versions from testing/unstable. How do I manage this?

[John Foster]

I installed the latest upgrades fron both testing & unstable (not a
production system) and there are 2 bits of wierdness that I have not
seen before. When I start up my system the sequence is to use gdm to
load enlightenment and gnome. When the desktop starts up it now has no
panels. Before the last update the panels would try to start then die
with a segfault. I filed a bug report and 2 days later a new version
appeared. But, Now the panels do not try to start. I tried putting "exec
gnome-session" in .xsession but the panels still did not start. Any
ideas?? Thanks!
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Re: IP tables setup

[Mark Devin]

Moritz Schulte wrote:

> "Rob Zietlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Anyone know of the location of a man or a HOWTO on setting up
> > IPtables for the 2.4.X kernel.  I would like to have that setup
> > before I replace IP chains and goto the new kernel
>
> http://netfilter.filewatcher.org/
>
> hth,
> moritz
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> Debian/GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org/ http://www.gnu.org/
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Here check these out:
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=21&t=001584

http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=21&t=001582

cheers.

Mark.

Re: language settings in command line and man pages

[Junichi Uekawa]

In Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:05:15 +0100 Peter cum veritate scripsit :

The other question has been already answered, but for 

> 2) how to make man pages english?

This can be done by doing

  man -L=C manpagename

"-L=C" chooses the C locale. 

> I understand that I must read man pages to find out the answers, but 
> what if they all are in the language I don't understand? :)

regards, 
junichi

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Can't stat /etc/X11/X

[Benjamin Pharr]

I ran xf86config to make a XF86Config-4 (which I knew to do, but I thought 
setup was supposed to do that for me), but now I'm still getting the "Can't 
stat /etc/X11/X" message.  I was getting it before, but I thought it was 
just because X was looking at the wrong configuration file.  I know 
/etc/X11/X is supposed to be a symlink, but to where?  Thanks!


Ben Pharr

Re: Can't stat /etc/X11/X

[Jason Majors]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 09:34:40AM -0600, Benjamin Pharr scribbled...
> I ran xf86config to make a XF86Config-4 (which I knew to do, but I
> thought
> setup was supposed to do that for me), but now I'm still getting the
> "Can't
> stat /etc/X11/X" message.  I was getting it before, but I thought it was 
> just because X was looking at the wrong configuration file.  I know 
> /etc/X11/X is supposed to be a symlink, but to where?  Thanks!
With X4.x it should be a link to
/usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86
Hopefully by the time it becomes stable, that package will create the link for
you. I had this same problem last week, when I upgraded.

> 
> Ben Pharr
> 
> 
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Re: starting programs on kdm/startx startup

[Emil Pedersen]

Since you're running wmaker, try putting the programs in
~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart

It might work.

Regards,
Emil



Bastian Bowe wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've setup a $HOME/.xsession to run programs on kdm and startx startup.
> The problem is that programs started in the back (with &) will stay
> alive after closing X.
> 
> Here is my .xsession:
> #! /bin/bash
> # set bellvolume,-pitch,-duration
> xset b 100 300 30
> #xplanetbg runs every 1200 secs xplanet to render a nice backgroundimage
> xplanetbg -nice 15 -projection orthographic -blend -markers \
> -cloud_ssec /usr/local/share/xplanet/latest_moll.gif -label \
> -latitude 1 -shade 44 -wa 1200 -i /usr/local/share/xplanet/earth.ppm &
> exec wmaker
> #exec gnome-session --disable-sound
> 
> I'm using the debian unstable with X 4.0.2-11.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
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Re: starting programs on kdm/startx startup

[Bastian Bowe]

Thanks for you help, but it doesn't work..

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 04:47:54PM +0100, Emil Pedersen wrote:
> 
> Since you're running wmaker, try putting the programs in
>   ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart
> 
> Bastian Bowe wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I've setup a $HOME/.xsession to run programs on kdm and startx startup.
> > The problem is that programs started in the back (with &) will stay
> > alive after closing X.
> > 
> > Here is my .xsession:
> > #! /bin/bash
> > # set bellvolume,-pitch,-duration
> > xset b 100 300 30
> > #xplanetbg runs every 1200 secs xplanet to render a nice backgroundimage
> > xplanetbg -nice 15 -projection orthographic -blend -markers \
> > -cloud_ssec /usr/local/share/xplanet/latest_moll.gif -label \
> > -latitude 1 -shade 44 -wa 1200 -i 
> > /usr/local/share/xplanet/earth.ppm &
> > exec wmaker
> > #exec gnome-session --disable-sound
> > 
> > I'm using the debian unstable with X 4.0.2-11.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
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Re: Log rotation in Debian /var/log

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

  eb> On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 09:08:00PM -0500, Paul D. Smith wrote:

  >> This seems needlessly complex: how many different log rotating tools do
  >> we need to have on a system in order to do the job?  Debian should pick
  >> one and try to move all the standard system services to use that one
  >> tool, IMO.

  eb> debian packages have been rotating logs for a lot longer then
  eb> logrotate has existed. 

Sure; I meant going forward it would be good to converge on one method.

  eb> current debian policy *suggests* using logrotate, so packages should
  eb> and some do, but its not required.  

Unfortunately after playing with logrotate, it has some significant
drawbacks that would need to be addressed before it could be considered
sufficiently generic to be used by "everyone".

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Re: How can I start from a terminal instead of gdm

[Corwin Grey]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 09:20:40AM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote:
> Hi All,
> Does anyone know how I can start from a terminal instead of gdm?  When X
> starts it's locking up my keyboard and mouse so I need to disable it on boot
> up.  I don't have a boot disk (of course) so I'm looking for a solution
> other than the obvious.
> 
> Thanks,
> Andy
> 

Is is locking out the ++ console switching as well? If so, try 
booting with your mouse unplugged. I had this same problem and this allowed me 
to get to a console prompt after booting to gdm using CTRL+ALT+F1.
 


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garage sales & Goodwill for old TRS-80s, CPM machines & Apple ]['s before
they would buy Microsoft. That's not exactly a ringing endorsement."
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Re: HP has released DeskJet printer driver!!!

[Chris Gray]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Mike Dresser wrote:
> Isn't the HP720C one of those winprinters?
> 
> On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Alejandro Garin wrote:
> 
>> This is a good news for linux, 
>> but why Hp doesn't support the 720C !!! 
>> I can't believe it! They work in a drivers and my
>> printer is not supported yet... I WILL DROP THIS
>> PRINTER FOR THE WINDOW NOW!

Try http://pnm2ppa.sourceforge.net  

Cheers,
Chris

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[Semi-OT] Mixer for OPL3-SA2 sound card?

[Laurynas Biveinis]

Hello,

recently I've upgraded to 2.4.2 kernel and I no longer
can set master volume, bass, treble channels for my OPL3-SA2
sound card. I did RTFM and found out that the new driver
implements two mixer devices instead of old one, and most
mixer applications support only one mixer. 

So is there any multiple mixer aware package in Woody?

TIA,
Laurynas

Re: How can I start from a terminal instead of gdm

[Rob Mahurin]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 09:20:40AM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote:
> Does anyone know how I can start from a terminal instead of gdm?

Hi Andy,

Boot into single-user mode (linux single at the lilo prompt) and
disable gdm from there.

Rob

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Re: Log rotation in Debian /var/log

[Ilya Martynov]

> "PDS" == Paul D Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

PDS> Unfortunately after playing with logrotate, it has some
PDS> significant drawbacks that would need to be addressed before
PDS> it could be considered sufficiently generic to be used by
PDS> "everyone".

Just curious: What drawbacks?

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Re: nvidia tnt2 drivers and Xfree 24bit true color

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Rossen Naydenov wrote:

> The debian driver by default is nv not nvidia ulles you 've downloaded
> and installed from nvidia.com

Or installed the nvidia-kernel-src and nvidia-glx packages in unstable.

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Re: Gnome panels disappeared after installing versions from testing/unstable. How do I manage this?

[Dave Carrigan]

John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I installed the latest upgrades fron both testing & unstable (not a
> production system) and there are 2 bits of wierdness that I have not
> seen before. When I start up my system the sequence is to use gdm to
> load enlightenment and gnome. When the desktop starts up it now has no
> panels. Before the last update the panels would try to start then die
> with a segfault. I filed a bug report and 2 days later a new version
> appeared. But, Now the panels do not try to start. I tried putting "exec
> gnome-session" in .xsession but the panels still did not start. Any
> ideas?? Thanks!

I had the same problem last week; first the panels segfaulted, then they
wouldn't start at all. This was all with the same debian release of
gnome-panel. I ended up blowing away my entire .gnome and starting fresh :-(
But, it works fine now, although I still don't have all of my
customizations back in place.

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Re: How can I start from a terminal instead of gdm

[onderste]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 09:20:40AM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote:

hi there,

> Does anyone know how I can start from a terminal instead of gdm?  When X
> starts it's locking up my keyboard and mouse so I need to disable it on boot
> up.  I don't have a boot disk (of course) so I'm looking for a solution
> other than the obvious.

my quick(?)&dirty solution :

- switch to a txt-console with ctrl-alt-F1
- su -
- apt-get remove gdm 
(and actually this will already let you start in txt-mode after reboot)
- init 3
- solve your probs with mouse and keyboard
- apt-get install gdm
- gdm

OpenSSH grief part 2

[Luigi Fabio]

Well, I finally got something different.
I upgraded to 2.5.2p2 and rebuilt everything. Very good, ./sshd -ddd -
p 9xxx gets me this on the working machine:

debug1: Seeding random number generator
debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_2.5.2p2
debug1: load_private_key_autodetect: type 0 RSA1
debug3: Bad RSA1 key file /etc/sshd/ssh_host_dsa_key.
debug1: read SSH2 private key done: name dsa w/o comment success 1
debug1: load_private_key_autodetect: type 2 DSA
socket: Address family not supported by protocol
debug1: Bind to port 9399 on 0.0.0.0.
Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 9399.
Generating 768 bit RSA key.
RSA key generation complete.

while it gets me this on the non-working machine:

debug1: Seeding random number generator
debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_2.5.2p2
debug1: load_private_key_autodetect: type 0 RSA1
debug3: Bad RSA1 key file /etc/sshd/ssh_host_rsa_key.
debug1: read SSH2 private key done: name rsa w/o comment success 1
debug1: load_private_key_autodetect: type 1 RSA
debug3: Bad RSA1 key file /etc/sshd/ssh_host_dsa_key.
debug1: read SSH2 private key done: name dsa w/o comment success 1
debug1: load_private_key_autodetect: type 2 DSA
socket: Address family not supported by protocol
debug1: Bind to port 9020 on 0.0.0.0.
Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 9020.
Generating 768 bit RSA key.
RSA key generation complete.

Any ideas would still be very welcome.


Regards,
Luigi Fabio - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Printing with dvips (print too close to top of page)

[Robert Cymbala]

--- Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am using debian potato and am trying to print a document generated
> by latex. Problem is, the print starts right at the top of the page
> (no margin) and leaves a two inch margin at the bottom of the page
> (should be one).
> 
> I have no idea where to even look for a solution. Is it in dvips,
> latex, lprng, magicfilters, printcap?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Keith Johnson


That happened using lout (print starts right at top of the page).
For a while, my "solution" was to put several blank lines at top
to push entire page down.

The solution was to change paper type from "A4" to "letter" in
a Lout setup file.






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Re: starting programs on kdm/startx startup

[Emil Pedersen]

Bastian Bowe wrote:
> 
> Thanks for you help, but it doesn't work..
> 

Sad to hear.
  Then I don't know of any way but (this is real ugly) put it as a dock
(maybe clip?) icon, and set it to start when windowmaker is started.  I
belive wmaker then should be able to kill it, since it's not running in
the background but as a child process of wmaker.  At least I think it
will work.  It would be great if someone who actually _know_ how to fix
it could explain.

Regards,
Emil

Re: HP has released DeskJet printer driver!!!

[Alan Shutko]

hzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>   The question remains: is there anyone who volunteers (and is capable) 
> for making the debian package?

Should it be a separate package?  I think it would be better to
integrate the drivers into the existing gs and cups packages.

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Re: xawtv and sound

[Nate Amsden]

Stan Brown wrote:
> 
> Well, I'm making progress here. I let dseletc update from the Progeny, and 
> Debian
> sites lats night. Got a new version of Xaw3d, and now I can get xawtv to run!

doh. i dont remember you saying you used progeny. 3rd party apt sources screw
up
a lot.

> 
> However, there are still a couple of problems.
> 
> 1. I am not getting sound from the TV chanel while it's runing. Sound seems 
> to work
> for everything else I have tried (festival, and playing a CDTOM, Realplayer).
> What can I do find out why this is not working? I did check with tkmixer, and 
> the
> "video" volume control is about 2/3 of the way up.

you need the audio part of the card turned on, the module i use is 'msp3400'. 
so try 'modprobe msp3400'. if your card uses another form of sound chip then
of course this won't work. looks like at least in the current bttv source
the only sound drivers are msp3400 and tvaudio.

> 
> 3. Also the video fram seems to be shifted up about 1/3 of a frame. That is I 
> see
> the image starting about 1/3 of the frame with the top 1/3 showing on the 
> bottom of
> th eframe.

probably because the card either doesn't support overlay or your not in
overlay mode
but in 'capture'(i think?) mode. check cpu usage if its really high (more then
say 5%) then most likely thats the reason. some video cards dont support
overlay.
my p200 with the TNT does and xawtv's cpu usage is 0.0%(running 640x480 16bit
fullscreen).


nate

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Re: nfs with debian and solaris

[Nate Amsden]

dko wrote:
> 
> hello,
> i have an server nfs on solaris (10.11.11.1) and i'm trying to connect to it
> with my debian workstation
> when i mount i have that:
> mount 10.11.11.1:/home/dko /mnt/test
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on 10.11.11.1:/home/dko,
>or too many mounted file systems

looks like mount is being stupid. doesn't seem to be attempting an nfs mount

try

mount -t nfs 10.111.11.1:/home/dko /mnt/test

many commercial unices auto detect if your attempting to do nfs or not i guess
the default mount in linux(or maybe its just debian) does not. for me mount -t
nfs
is a habbit.

nate


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Re: auto responder w/sendmail.

[Nate Amsden]

"Mullins, Ron" wrote:

> Have a look at Procmail and Procmail-lib. Procmail-lib has 'recipes'
> specifically for autoresponding the you can modify to suit your needs.

ok i'll check it out! thanks!

nate

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Re: nfs with debian and solaris

[Dimitri Maziuk]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:44:12AM +0100, dko wrote:
> hello,
> i have an server nfs on solaris (10.11.11.1) and i'm trying to connect to it
> with my debian workstation
> when i mount i have that: 
> mount 10.11.11.1:/home/dko /mnt/test
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on 10.11.11.1:/home/dko,
>or too many mounted file systems 

On Solaris side:
/etc/dfs/dfstab:
share -F nfs /export/home/solaris

On Linux side:
/etc/fstab:
solarisbox:/export/home/solaris /home/solaris nfs 
defaults,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 0 0
/etc/hosts.allow:
portmap: 10.11.11.1/255.255.255.0

HTH
Dima
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Re: IP masq, forward ?

[Steve Witt]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Szfelix wrote:

> I change the WIN2000 server.
> The local terminals can ping the output eth card but I can't go out on the
> internet.
> >From gateway  I can go out.
> So simply what and where I must write to resolve this problem.
>
> and, where i can find a documentation, step by step to understand the linux
> platform.
> I pograming in DOS,WINDOWS since 1990 , so imagine what is in my mind...  :)
>
> I try MAN but I want to understand, to feel the LINUX system.
>
> Thanx
>Felix
>

It looks like you've got both of your Ethernet interfaces up and working
and IP forwarding working in the kernel. Did you compile in the IP
Masquerade modules into the kernel? That or the configuration of ip_chains
might be in error. In any case there is a great HOWTO on this, the 'Linux
IP Masquerade HOWTO', which can be gotten from several HOWTO locations, I
use . I've been
able to install several IP Masquerading routers based on this.

Re: Need Help getting rid of really anoying messages from Pam_unix(cron).

[Dimitri Maziuk]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 08:57:49AM -0600, John Foster wrote:
> John Galt wrote:
> > 
> > That would be klogd: syslogd won't easily install via apt over sysklogd.
> -
> Thanks guys. That was the problem. I had installed klogd and sysklogd. I
> removed sysklogd and installed syslogd-ng and the problems went away.

Could you post the versions of sysklogd, klogd & syslog-ng you installed?
I installed klogd form unstable but not sysklogd -- I've syslog-ng, and
I'm still getting all those messages.

Dima
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Yes i am!

-- MegaHal

Re: X11 header files - which package? -SOLVED

[Anthony Campbell]

On 23 Mar 2001, Colin Watson wrote:
> Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On 23 Mar 2001, Marcus Geiger wrote:
> >> On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:22:38AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> >> > Can someone kindly remind me which package is needed to supply X11
> >> > header files? I've come up against this one in the past but I can't
> >> > remember the solution.
> >> 
> >> For XFree 4.02 it is: xlibs-dev
> >
> >Thanks - got it now. Unfortunately, this only partially solves my
> >problem, which is trying to compile the latest version of vim (6.0y)
> >with GUI support. Configure now finds the X11 headers but still says
> >there is no gui support. I don't understand this.
> 
> 'apt-cache showsrc vim' on unstable says:
> 
> Build-Depends: libgtk-dev, libgpmg1-dev, perl5, tcl8.3-dev, python-dev,
> debhelper, libncurses5-dev

Thanks to you and Moritz Schulte for replies. I got vim-6.0y to compile
in the end; I deleted the whole directory and unpacked the tar.gz files
again, and this time it worked. I suppose there were some broken files
left over from my first efforts.

Anthony


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bind worm

[John Cuson]

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ALERT!  A DANGEROUS NEW WORM IS SPREADING ON THE INTERNET 

March 23, 2001 7:00 AM

Late last night, the SANS Institute (through its Global Incident
Analysis Center) uncovered a dangerous new worm that appears to be
spreading rapidly across the Internet.  It scans the Internet looking
for Linux computers with a known vulnerability. It infects the
vulnerable machines, steals the password file  (sending it to a
China.com site), installs other hacking tools, and forces the newly
infected machine to begin scanning the Internet looking for other
victims.

Several experts from the security community worked through the night to
decompose the worm's code and engineer a utility to help you discover
if the Lion worm has affected your organization.

Updates to this announcement will be posted at the SANS web site,
http://www.sans.org


DESCRIPTION

The Lion worm is similar to the Ramen worm. However, this worm is
significantly more dangerous and should be taken very seriously.  It
infects Linux machines running the BIND DNS server.  It is known to
infect bind version(s) 8.2, 8.2-P1, 8.2.1, 8.2.2-Px, and all
8.2.3-betas. The specific vulnerability used by the worm to exploit
machines is the TSIG vulnerability that was reported on January 29,
2001.

The Lion worm spreads via an application called "randb".  Randb scans
random class B networks probing TCP port 53. Once it hits a system, it
checks to see if it is vulnerable. If so, Lion exploits the system using
an exploit called "name".  It then installs the t0rn rootkit.

Once Lion has compromised a system, it:

- - Sends the contents of /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, as well as some
network settings to an address in the china.com domain.
- - Deletes /etc/hosts.deny, eliminating the host-based perimeter
protection afforded by tcp wrappers.
- - Installs backdoor root shells on ports 60008/tcp and 33567/tcp (via
inetd, see /etc/inetd.conf)
- - Installs a trojaned version of ssh that listens on 33568/tcp
- - Kills Syslogd , so the logging on the system can't be trusted
- - Installs a trojaned version of login
- - Looks for a hashed password in /etc/ttyhash
- - /usr/sbin/nscd (the optional Name Service Caching daemon) is
overwritten with a trojaned version of ssh.

The t0rn rootkit replaces several binaries on the system in order to
stealth itself. Here are the binaries that it replaces:

du, find, ifconfig, in.telnetd, in.fingerd, login, ls, mjy, netstat,
ps, pstree, top

- - "Mjy" is a utility for cleaning out log entries, and is placed in /bin
and /usr/man/man1/man1/lib/.lib/.
- - in.telnetd is also placed in these directories; its use is not known
at this time.  
- - A setuid shell is placed in /usr/man/man1/man1/lib/.lib/.x

DETECTION AND REMOVAL

We have developed a utility called Lionfind that will detect the Lion
files on an infected system.  Simply download it, uncompress it, and
run lionfind.  This utility will list which of the suspect files is on
the system.

At this time, Lionfind is not able to remove the virus from the system.
If and when an updated version becomes available (and we expect to
provide one), an announcement will be made at this site.

Download Lionfind at http://www.sans.org/y2k/lionfind-0.1.tar.gz


REFERENCES

Further information can be found at:

http://www.sans.org/current.htm
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-02.html, CERT Advisory CA-2001-02,
Multiple Vulnerabilities in BIND
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/196945 ISC BIND 8 contains buffer overflow
in transaction signature (TSIG) handling code
http://www.sans.org/y2k/t0rn.htm Information about the t0rn rootkit.
The following vendor update pages may help you in fixing the original BIND
vulnerability:

Redhat Linux RHSA-2001:007-03 - Bind remote exploit
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-007.html
Debian GNU/Linux DSA-026-1 BIND
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-026
SuSE Linux SuSE-SA:2001:03 - Bind 8 remote root compromise.
http://www.suse.com/de/support/security/2001_003_bind8_ txt.txt
Caldera Linux CSSA-2001-008.0 Bind buffer overflow
http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-008.0.txt
http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-008.1.txt

This security advisory was prepared by Matt Fearnow of the SANS
Institute and William Stearns of the Dartmouth Institute for Security
Technology Studies.

The Lionfind utility was written by William Stearns. William is an
Open-Source developer, enthusiast, and advocate from Vermont, USA. His
day job at the Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartm

Re: [Semi-OT] Mixer for OPL3-SA2 sound card?

[Angelo Cano]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 05:19:57PM +0200, Laurynas Biveinis wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> recently I've upgraded to 2.4.2 kernel and I no longer
> can set master volume, bass, treble channels for my OPL3-SA2
> sound card. I did RTFM and found out that the new driver
> implements two mixer devices instead of old one, and most
> mixer applications support only one mixer. 
> 
> So is there any multiple mixer aware package in Woody?
> 
> TIA,
> Laurynas

for Synth, Pcm, Spkr, Line, Mic, CD, Mix, IGain:
aumix -I -d /dev/mixer

for Vol, Bass, Trebl, Mic, Digital1:
aumix -I -d /dev/mixer1
  

Re: Log rotation in Debian /var/log

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Ilya Martynov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

  im> Just curious: What drawbacks?

I found two, but only one is really critical:

 1) You can use globbing to have a single stanza match multiple log
files, BUT the entire stanza is run each time for each log file,
_including_ the postrotate scripts!

IMO, this makes it useless for any daemon that generates multiple
log files, like Apache or even INN (the example they use in the man
page!)  Who wants to have their Apache or INN servers bounced 15
times in quick succession every night just because it generates 15
log files that need to be rotated?

The postrotate script should be run _one_ time for each stanza,
after all the logs are moved and before they are compressed.

 2) If #1 is fixed, then there's a lesser problem that only one filename
phrase is allowed per stanza.  This is probably OK for a system log
utility since it's not a good idea to put your log files in
different places, but for a tool like Apache where you might have
virtual hosts for different users and want to put the log files for
each virtual host in that user's directory, it's going to be pretty
hard to come up with only one globbing expression that matches all
the log files!

Of course, Apache has more serious requirements since you don't even
know the names of all the log files; the current Apache setup parses
them out of the Apache config file.  It would be nice if logrotate
handled that; maybe a special include syntax that invoked the file
via popen() or something, and read its output.  Or, something.

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Re: Potato and satellite internet connection

[Mike Wills]

I know that with Star Band's equipment, there is a way hack the equipment 
so that you have a ethernet connection, but you void the warranty. Other 
than that, I myself have found nothing, even tried posting here once 
before, never got a response. 

If you find an answer let me know...

-- 
Mike Wills
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

> I wonder if setting internet connection through a satellite is doable
> from a potato/woody machine. Any body out there that has it?
> Does any one have a recommendation for satellite internet provider that
> would work fine (USA)?
> Thanks,
> AR
> 
> 
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deleting specific files

[Marcelo Chiapparini]

Hi debianers!
I need to delete a bunch of files, all of them of the form *.doc, scattered 
into several subdirectories inside a given directory. What should I do?
(a couple of month ago I posted a similar email, but unfortunatly I deleted 
the very clever answer by accident. I surfed the archives, but without success)

Thanks in advance for the help

Marcelo 

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RE: deleting specific files

[Jason P. Holland]

find /dir -name "*.doc" -exec rm -rf {} \;

Jason

> 
> Hi debianers!
> I need to delete a bunch of files, all of them of the form 
> *.doc, scattered 
> into several subdirectories inside a given directory. What 
> should I do?
> (a couple of month ago I posted a similar email, but 
> unfortunatly I deleted 
> the very clever answer by accident. I surfed the archives, 
> but without success)
> 
> Thanks in advance for the help
> 
> Marcelo 
> 
> -- 
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> DFT-IF/UERJ
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
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RE: deleting specific files

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

On 23-Mar-2001 Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> Hi debianers!
> I need to delete a bunch of files, all of them of the form *.doc, scattered 
> into several subdirectories inside a given directory. What should I do?
> (a couple of month ago I posted a similar email, but unfortunatly I deleted 
> the very clever answer by accident. I surfed the archives, but without
> success)
> 

'find' is your friend.

find . -name "*.doc" -print # start in this directory and recurse all subdirs

Re: gzipped dvi's

[Andreas Hetzmannseder]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:23:16AM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I wondered if there is an easier way to view .dvi.gz files than to unpack
> them first to /tmp.
> 
> I looked through the optionlist of xdvi, tried pipes, but found nothing
> usefull.
> [...]

Hi, Sebastiaan,

You may want to try `see yourfile.dvi.gz`
The xdvi-viewer should pop up automatically.

Hope this hels,
Andreas.

Re: starting programs on kdm/startx startup

[Bastian Bowe]

Someone posted this to me:
>Have you tried using a ~/.xinitrc file instead of ~/.xsession? I use the former
>and have never had a problem with background apps staying up when X closes.
>But then all the apps I background are X based. What are you running background
>that's staying up? That xplanetbg?

I believe that ~/.xinitrc is only used either by startx or
kdm/xdm. I'm not 100% sure so I will try this if I'm home.

The program staying up is xplanetbg. This is a bigger problem because
it calls every 1200 seconds xplanet to render a backgroundimage. This
takes about 7 seconds on my k6-2/333. If I start/stop X some time
xplanet starts too often.

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 03:46:00PM +, Bastian Bowe wrote:
> I've setup a $HOME/.xsession to run programs on kdm and startx startup.
> The problem is that programs started in the back (with &) will stay
> alive after closing X.
> 
> Here is my .xsession:
> #! /bin/bash
> # set bellvolume,-pitch,-duration
> xset b 100 300 30
> #xplanetbg runs every 1200 secs xplanet to render a nice backgroundimage
> xplanetbg -nice 15 -projection orthographic -blend -markers \
>   -cloud_ssec /usr/local/share/xplanet/latest_moll.gif -label \
>   -latitude 1 -shade 44 -wa 1200 -i /usr/local/share/xplanet/earth.ppm &
> exec wmaker
> #exec gnome-session --disable-sound
> 
> I'm using the debian unstable with X 4.0.2-11.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> -- 
> Bastian Bowe
> 
> 
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Re: How do I enable framebuffer?

[Bastian Bowe]

Do you have a file /dev/fb0. If not generate on using MAKEDEV.

On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 07:53:18PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote:
> Since no one seems to able to help me figure out why the Debian xawtv package 
> fails
> to find the xaw3d liraries (which are present). I decided to try the frame 
> buffer
> version.
> 
> No luck there either :-( /dv/fb0 No Such File  or Directory. I assume this 
> means I
> don't have the  framebuffer device configured.
> 
> Is this correct? If so, how do I configure it?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 843-745-3154
> Charleston SC.
> -- 
> Windows 98: n.
>   useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and
>   a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
>   originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit 
>   company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
> -
> (c) 2000 Stan Brown.  Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
> 
> 
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Re: deleting specific files

[Alan Shutko]

"Jason P. Holland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> find /dir -name "*.doc" -exec rm -rf {} \;

Nits:

* -r is probably not desired for this problem.  If you run across
   a directory named "something.doc", it's clearly not a file and you
   may not want to delete it.

* -f is possibly not desired for this problem.  If you run across a
   file that rm won't kill by default, you clearly thought it was
   worthy of protection at some point, and may want to look at it
   before nuking it.

-- 
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The less time planning, the more time programming.

Re: WinTV card

[Bastian Bowe]

What is the output if you run xawtv from xterm?

On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 09:16:04PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote:
> I am in the process of setting up a new machine. I have a WinTV card in it. I
> loaded a minimal stable fileset, and then pointed my apt-get source to the 
> Progeny
> RC1 loaction. The I installed a good bit of stuff, including the 2.4.2 kernel 
> image
> from there.
> 
> How can I finish setting this up so I can use the WinTV card? 
> 
> I used dselect to get the xawtv package, and the fbtv package.
> 
> Xawtv wants to link agains teh Xaw3d libraries at version 6.0. I only seem to 
> have
> version 7.0 on my system.
> 
> Fbtv can't find /dev/fd0, which I think is the framebuffer.
> 
> I don;t have to use this package, if there is another choice. I primarily 
> want to
> view/capture tv images (stills).
> 
> Thanks fo the help.
> 
> -- 
> Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 843-745-3154
> Charleston SC.
> -- 
> Windows 98: n.
>   useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and
>   a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
>   originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit 
>   company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
> -
> (c) 2000 Stan Brown.  Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
> 
> 
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beginner -- installing ssh

[Jake R. Johnson]

I am trying to install ssh and am having some problems

#apt-get install openssh

then it asks for deps

#apt-get install openssl

why can't I do this?

Re: Need Help getting rid of really anoying messages from Pam_unix(cron).

[John Foster]

Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 08:57:49AM -0600, John Foster wrote:

> Could you post the versions of sysklogd, klogd & syslog-ng you installed?
> I installed klogd form unstable but not sysklogd -- I've syslog-ng, and
> I'm still getting all those messages.
> 
> Dima
> --
> Yes i am!
> 
> -- MegaHal
>-
I just installed the ones from the unstable site today. I have both
klogd and syslogd-ng installed. The minute I purged the sysklogd from my
server the messages stopped. I'm afraid I do not know what to tell
you :-(
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Re: kppp and pon (provider)

[John Davidson]

I also had difficulties and after having read all ppp posts from the
archives for the last 7 months I decided to only use pon and to start fresh.

First I uninstalled ppp and pppconfig.
Next I installed fresh copies of ppp and pppconfig.
Then after install was complete I ran pppconfig.
pppconfig is relatively easy to use but there are some gotchas - with my
previous linux installs I was not using PAP (I could not get it to work with
kppp, but a regular chat script would work - this time I ignored that and
just said to use PAP because that is what windoze uses)
So I specified PAP and my full userid in the form [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Then I just followed all the other prompts and did not touch anything.
Then I rebooted and had pppd running.
After that I ran pon provider.

Once I was successfully connecting then I began to make stepwise changes.

John Davidson

- Original Message -
From: "paul taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 5:04 PM
Subject: kppp and pon (provider)


> I am on the verge of having a working system. the last kde piece bombed.
> I got kppp and installed it. I went to configure it and it would dial but
> not make a conection with my ISP. I figured I would go back to pon
> (provider) but now that does the same thing. My ISP is a black belt
doshead.
> I cant get the log in script from them and now the only way I can dial in
> is via windows. This is not ideal
> Ideas?

Re: beginner -- installing ssh

[Hall Stevenson]

> I am trying to install ssh and am having some problems
>
> #apt-get install openssh
>
> then it asks for deps

When it says that more files (deps) are needed, say "Yes" to download
and install them.


> #apt-get install openssl
>
> why can't I do this?

One of the packages requirements is "libssl09", I believe. ssh above
also requires it, so once you have ssh installed, there probably won't
be any unmet dependencies.

Hall

Re: X11 header files - which package? -SOLVED

[Marcus Geiger]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 05:41:29PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> Thanks to you and Moritz Schulte for replies. I got vim-6.0y to compile
> in the end; I deleted the whole directory and unpacked the tar.gz files
> again, and this time it worked. I suppose there were some broken files
> left over from my first efforts.

Try the next time simply to remove the file config.cache and run
configure again. This forces configure to *really* rescan you system for
any headers and that stuff.

-- Marcus

> 
> Anthony
> 
> 
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> For electronic books, skeptical essays, and over 120 book reviews, go to:
> http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/
> 
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> insread her ugly sister, eccentricity...  [F.L. Lucas]
> 
> 
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Re: beginner -- installing ssh

[Jason Majors]

I have it installed as the ssh package
apt-get install ssh
And it setup all of the dependencies for me. And it works too (I'm running mutt
thru it right now). 

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 01:56:20PM -0600, Jake R. Johnson scribbled...
> I am trying to install ssh and am having some problems
> 
> #apt-get install openssh
> 
> then it asks for deps
> 
> #apt-get install openssl
> 
> why can't I do this?
> 
> 
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RTF converter

[Jim McCloskey]

Does anyone know of a program which will do conversion from DVI
files, PS-files or PDF-files into RTF format?

The best I've managed so far is to use pstotext to extract an ASCII
file from the PS-file and then enscript to turn that into an RTF file.

That works OK, but it's not great. It would be nice if there were a
more polished tool available.

Thanks very much,

Jim

Re: beginner -- installing ssh

[Noah L. Meyerhans]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 01:56:20PM -0600, Jake R. Johnson wrote:
> I am trying to install ssh and am having some problems
> 
> #apt-get install openssh

There is no 'openssh' package.  The 'ssh' package is really openssh.
The 'ssh-nonfree' package is ssh.  I personally think that was a
terrible decision on the part of the ssh maintainer...  Openssh should
be openssh, and ssh should be ssh.

In any case, add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://non-us.debian.org /potato/non-US main contrib non-free

Then 'apt-get update', 'apt-get install ssh' and all will be well.

noah

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known libc6 2.2.2-2 install failure

[Ben Collins]

Ok, it is now a known issue (since I've gotten 5 bug reports over the
past 2 hours). Please refrain from sending more bug reports, and remove
libc6-i586 or libc6-i686 to fix the problem, or don't upgrade until
2.2.2-3 is available sometime tomorrow.

Thanks to all those that did send bug reports.

Ben

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modem's and mtr/mru :was unidentified subject

[D. Hoyem]

I'm using 2.2r2 and kernel2.2.18pre21 on a PII 350.
Works great now after many reinstalls.  I have a Supra
Express 56K modem and when I initially set it up using
pppconfig I used the 115200 setting.  With that
setting I was getting time outs a lot with apt-get.  I
was advised to change it to 57600 (on other distro
that I have used I never had to change it from 115200)
and that decreased the number of timeouts greatly, but
using Netscape I have noticed that the downloads
speeds are at 300 to 500 bytes and sometimes faster
and it stalls a lot.  Has anyone else had this
problem, and how did you resolve it? Has anyone ever
changed the mtu and the mtr to 1472 in the
/etc/ppp/options? Would that help?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Don

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Re: beginner -- installing ssh

[Jason Majors]

Do you have a non-us site in your /etc/apt/sources.list? Something like
deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US/main
Most of the security related packages are at non-US, because Congressmen don't
read the Constitution.

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 02:30:05PM -0600, Jake R. Johnson scribbled...
> it can't find libsshl09
> 
> does it depend on your sources.list file
> 
> 
> On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Jason Majors
> wrote:
> 
> > I have it installed as the ssh package
> > apt-get install ssh
> > And it setup all of the dependencies for me. And it works too (I'm running 
> > mutt
> > thru it right now).
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 01:56:20PM -0600, Jake R. Johnson scribbled...
> > > I am trying to install ssh and am having some problems
> > >
> > > #apt-get install openssh
> > >
> > > then it asks for deps
> > >
> > > #apt-get install openssl
> > >
> > > why can't I do this?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact
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> >
> >
> >