Re: backup all the changes I made to the "virgin debian system"
On Monday 24 June 2002 20:19, Ian D. Stewart wrote: I know, pretty bad, replying to my own mail... ;) > > I think I'm starting to see the problem. As far as I can tell, dpkg does > not record the datetime when any particular package is installed/upgraded, > and I can't find anywhere else where this information is maintained either. > The trick then becomes accurately determining this information from some > other set of heuristics. > > Apt obviously know's how to grab a .deb given a package name and set of > sources. Perhaps this could be leveraged, so as to avoid reinventing the > wheel. After further inventigation, it looks like apt-get -d can be used to download necessary packages without installing them. Colin, If a .deb for a given package exists in /var/cache/apt/archives, will apt-get -d still download it, or will it use the local package? Ian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
logging question
I'd like to know about what you people use for monitoring logs. Like for instance, I know in Debian, that all logs are put into /var/log. So I have a shell script that does sudo tail -f /var/log/*.log to keep track of changes. I'm wondering, what progams or what kind of setup do you have for monitoring logs? I use the X window system a lot, so I guess what I'm also asking is, what are the best programs for keeping these logs visible? Do you have a transparent term or xconsole or some other root window writing program open? I'm curious how it should be setup. Does anyone have links on this subject? Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unix 101: ls with file count
Wienand Ian wrote: Chain commands in an alias: alias dols="ls; echo `ls -l | grep ^d | wc -l` directories; echo `ls -l | grep ^- | wc -l` files" customize as needed If you're wondering why you copied and pasted this in it didn't work but just constantly showed you the stats for the directory you were in when you executed it, then make sure you replaced the " (double quotes) with ' (single quotes). Otherwise your shell will expand the stuff in between the ` ` rather than taking it literally (in general, " means everything in here is a string, but expand what you can whilst ' means everything in here is a string, don't expand anything). Actually, it worked just fine when I copied/pasted it. I'm using bash. As you suggested, I replaced the double-quotes with singles, and it works the same. Or it appears to at least. However, when I added ";ls | wc -l` Total Files'" to the end, I get a count of 16 directories, 8 files, and 25 Total Items. Something's not adding up. Thanks for the alias Robert, and the tip Weinand (and the neat python script from Ron); it's great! Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DHCP client stopped getting responses from ATTBI server
I'm not sure if this would help any, but I usually use pump instead of dhcp-client. My ISP has a whole bunch of different IP blocks, and it's strange. If I use dhcp-client (dhclient), I get IP blocks like 207.x.x.x, and if I use pump instead of dhcp-client, I get 64.x.x.x. When I get an IP in the 207.x.x.x range, I get horrible routing problems, my IP doesn't resolve to any hostname, traceroutes almost always die on the sites I need to get to. Maybe try pump, apt-cache search dhcp as well. After installing pump, just run pump -i eth0, and see if it works and read the man page. I'm not sure about diagnosing it though, maybe someone else could help Cya On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 05:02:27PM -0500, Alex Roitman wrote: > Hello, > > I had my home system on a cable modem with AT&T Broadband > as a provider for about a year. Everything worked perfectly > well, until about a week ago they must have switched the > DHCP server. Now my dhclient gets no DHCPOFFERS at all!!! > > I also happen to have a working WinNT installation on the > same box. Mysteriously, it has no troubles connecting to > DHCP server and obtaining a lease. Unfortunately, I don't > know how to get more DHCP details from NT. > > If I get the IP number, the gateway, etc. as obtained > by NT and use it to statically configure the newtork > under Debian then everything works fine. > However, it is hardly a proper way to configure a > dynamic host :-( > > I have been using dhcp-client all this time and I > did not change anything when they switched the server. > Since it stopped working, I also tried dhcp3-client with > no success either. > > It seems to me that the server either gives out buggy > messages (with which NT client copes up), or that the server > requires some identification (which NT client possesses). > > I would be most grateful if someone taught me how to diagnose > the problem. For example, how do I find out the exact strings > my NT client sends/receives? > > Trying Debian dhcping produces no response from server, > so I favor the latter hypothesis (identification). > > Please help! > Any feedback is greatly appreciated. > > Alex > > -- > Alexander Roitman > Dept. of Neuroscience, Lions Research Building > 2001 6th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 > Tel (612) 626-7280 FAX (612) 626-9201 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unix 101: ls with file count
However, when I added ";ls | wc -l` Total Files'" to the end, I get a count of 16 directories, 8 files, and 25 Total Items. Something's not adding up. D'oh! I added "ls -l" instead of "ls". When I fixed that, the count dropped back down to 24. Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How stable is dual head, twin view feature ?
Hi, > but you can tell the Matrox driver that the LCD is there > vs a monitor and see if that cleans it up. > I am not sure what the option to tell it's an LCD is. > What does your config file and your log looklike? My kernel (2.4.18) is compiled and configured manually, I did enable dri and matrox (mga.o) support in the kernel as modules. But I notice that they are never needed - lsmod claims that they aren'tunused. mga 102480 0 (unused) agpgart15776 1 But anyway, I am using the mga drivers from Matrox. In my XF86Conf4. I have these 3 lines that I am not really sure what they do Section "Module" # Load"GLcore" # is this needed for matrox ? Load"dri" # # Load"glx" I have problems with the glx, according to Matrox readme, it should be on. But when I enable it, I can't start X. Here's a portion of the X log (==) MGA(0): Backing store disabled (==) MGA(0): Silken mouse enabled (**) MGA(0): DPMS enabled (II) MGA(0): Using overlay video (==) MGA(0): Direct rendering disabled (II) [GLX]: Calling GlxExtensionInit Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting - From this, I can tell that DRI is disabled - why? and something with GLX that crashed the server. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange mail behaviour
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, andrej hocevar wrote: > sendmail -f "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -F foo root gives: Hi, you are using sendmail with the -f option and root is allowed to send mail with another sender name without any X-Authority warnings ... the -F option specifies the full name ... and if you are wondering about the To: undisclosed-recipients (it is set because of "action to take if there are no recipients in the message O NoRecipientAction=add-to-undisclosed" in your sendmail.cf file) you should also wonder about a missing Subject line, so try simply this: sendmail -f [EMAIL PROTECTED] -F foo root To: root Subject: test test . Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang-bang fruit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
VIA AC´97
Hi! I´m searching for information to tell me if my Sound card supports Soundfonts. If you have this information please let me know. My soundcard is VIA AC´97 chipset. /Björn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: AWK: adds "^M" at the end of line?
Maybe a small utility called "flip" can help? Dieter > Von: Ramesh Pathak [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet am: Dienstag, 25. Juni 2002 06:27 > > One more thing can be tried if its a pb with DOS files. > Use dos2unix to convert the dos files to unix and then try this awk !! > > RCP > > > Chris Kenrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/25/2002 07:47:54 AM > > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 12:08:34PM +1000, Matthew Dalton wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 05:10:15AM -0400, Abdul Latip wrote: > > > > > What file are you trying to read. If it is mail coming from > fetchmail, > > > > > there were some change which causes ^M in mail file. > > > > > > > > It is ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc-index.txt > > > > I believe that that file does not have ^Ms. > > > > Basically, what I am doing (once in a while), to get > > > > a recent rfc-index file, and merging each rfc description > > > > (1-3 lines) into one line. The script is actually simple > > > > and stupid. > > > > The original file is a dos format text file. Dos text files have CR-LF > > at the end of every line, whereas unix files only have LF. The extra CR > > is the ^M you're seeing. Obviously awk (mawk?) is not handling the text > > format properly, instead assuming it is a unix format file. Your belief > > that the original file does not have ^Ms is incorrect. It does have > > them, but they just don't show up on most editors. If you edit it with > > nvi, you'll see them there. > > > > I'd suggest one of two things: > > 1. If your awk is mawk, try installing gawk (GNU awk) and see if that > > handles dos text files better. > > 2. Convert the files by removing the ^Ms before running awk on them. > > > > This is basically a compatibility problem, not a bug in awk. > > > > Matthew > > I'd add a third option. Assuming the FTP server is configured properly, > transfer the file as ascii rather than binary, and it should do the > conversion properly for you. I tested with this particular file > transferring as ASCII, and it worked transparently. > > - Chris > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unix 101: ls with file count
Kent West wrote: However, when I added ";ls | wc -l` Total Files'" to the end, I get a count of 16 directories, 8 files, and 25 Total Items. Something's not adding up. D'oh! I added "ls -l" instead of "ls". When I fixed that, the count dropped back down to 24. Kent For me, echo `ls -l | wc -l` inflates the number by one because it counts the total line. Are you sure the real source of the discrepancy isn't that links aren't counted as either files or directories with this method? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: eepic.sty amssymb.sty?
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 09:27:02PM -0300, Luiz Gadelha Jr. wrote:
> I'm also running woody.
> I've removed and reinstalled all tetex packages with:
>
> dpkg --purge tetex-extra
> dpkg --purge tetex-bin
> dpkg --purge tetex-base
> apt-get install tetex-base tetex-bin tetex-extra
>
> It's still not installing the mentioned .sty files.
> The output of 'texconfig conf | grep TEXMF' is
>
>
>TEXMF={/root/texmf,/usr/local/share/texmf,/usr/local/lib/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf}
>
> quaternion:/usr/share/texmf# dpkg -S amssymb.sty eepic.sty
> dpkg: *amssymb.sty* not found.
> dpkg: *eepic.sty* not found.
$ auto-apt search -f eepic.sty
usr/share/texmf/source/latex/eepic/eepic.stytex/tetex-src
usr/share/texmf/source/latex/eepic/eepic.sty-dist tex/tetex-src
usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/eepic/eepic.sty tex/tetex-extra
$ dpkg -S amssymb.sty eepic.sty
tetex-extra: /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty
tetex-extra: /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/eepic/eepic.sty
Make sure that tetex-extra is actually installed and if it is, try
from another source.
Regards.
Johann
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Re: backup all the changes I made to the "virgin debian system"
Hi, about three months ago I wrote some related thoughts in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Four weeks ago I got the first and only reply to it - must be because of the quality and my good english. :-) But hey, I don't give up, so here is an extract of my thoughts *again*, still untested, but it may be a point to start: # Backing up config files: cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.conffiles | xargs tar czf /backup/config.tgz # Backing up all files *not* included in debian packages: cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list | sort >/tmp/tmplist.debian find / -xdev -type f | sort >/tmp/tmplist.reallife comm -13 /tmp/tmplist.debian /tmp/tmplist.reallife | \ xargs tar czf /backup/additions.tgz # Backing up all packaged but changed files: cd / cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.md5sums | \ LANG=en_US md5sum -c 2>&1 | cut -d\' -f2 | \ xargs tar czf /backup/changed.tgz [x] ulf -- "I heard if you play the Windows-XP-CD backwards, you get a satanic message." "That's nothing, if you play it forward, it installs Windows XP" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Trouble starting the installation
I've never encountered anything like this before, if somebody has any ideas (except "possible hardware problem" with no specifics, I've got that advice already...) I'd be very happy to hear them. System: Soltek VIA P4X266 motherboard Pentium 4 1.6GHz 512Mb 266MHz DIMM Maxtor 40G hard disk PowerMagic Radeon 8500LE SoundBlaster Live! Player Intel EtherExpress PRO100 Windows XPHome installs fine. When I try to start the latest Debian installation CD-ROM the following happens. The root.bin starts to load and after 13 dots the screen gets filled halfway with colorful ASCII garbage. If I hit enter after the CD-ROM light has gone out the CD-ROM is read again for a while and the following two lines appears at the bottom of otherwise garbage filled screen: Loading linux..Not enough memory to load specified kernel. boot: The system does not entirely lock up, CTRL-ALT-DEL works at all times. -- * True character is how you act when no one is watching. * * PGP public key available @ http://www.iki.fi/killer * -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mutt and maildir(?)
Hi all, I'm trying something New and Different with my mail configuration. Until fairly recently I have used mutt to access an IMAP server. Now I have decided I want procmail, so I am using fetchmail to get the mail, which forwards it to exim, which pipes it through procmail, which dumps each message in a separate file in a directory named like: $HOME/Mail//msg.3F7 I gather that this is called a 'maildir' mailbox. I can't get mutt to look at it, though. The closest I could find to a tip about this is that MH mail directories need a .mh_sequences file. Do I just need to create this file (empty) and then everything will work? Or is there some other way to get mutt to read this mail directory? Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight." - George Gobol Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au pgpz9ZVnOhCWz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How stable is dual head, twin view feature ?
> I have XFree86 4.1.0.1 running with a GeForce 2 400MX card with the driver > from nvidia.com. I haven't tried xinerama, but I do know that the GeForce 2 > does not support interlacing. Perhaps this is related? I am not sure, I have many good experiences with nvidia card on Linux except with the Xinerama stuffs. I guess because it's still a quite new feature with Nvidia cards. Hope the next driver releases would stablize it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mutt and maildir(?)
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 04:48:30PM +0930, Tom Cook wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying something New and Different with my mail configuration. > Until fairly recently I have used mutt to access an IMAP server. Now > I have decided I want procmail, so I am using fetchmail to get the > mail, which forwards it to exim, which pipes it through procmail, > which dumps each message in a separate file in a directory named like: > > $HOME/Mail//msg.3F7 > > I gather that this is called a 'maildir' mailbox. I can't get mutt to > look at it, though. The closest I could find to a tip about this is > that MH mail directories need a .mh_sequences file. Do I just need to > create this file (empty) and then everything will work? Or is there > some other way to get mutt to read this mail directory? > > Tom According to the mutt manual: Mutt supports reading and writing of four different mailbox formats: mbox, MMDF, MH and Maildir. The mailbox type is autodetected, so there is no need to use a flag for different mailbox types. When creating new mailboxes, Mutt uses the default specified with the ``$mbox_type'' variable. So there shouldn't be any difference. Have you defined the mailboxes in the mailboxes variable? Does the "folder" setting point to the right place? What happens when you do a mutt -f $HOME/Mail/ ? - Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unix 101: ls with file count
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 00:24:23 -0500, Kent West wrote: >Wienand Ian wrote: >Actually, it worked just fine when I copied/pasted it. I'm using bash. >As you suggested, I replaced the double-quotes with singles, and it >works the same. Or it appears to at least. > >However, when I added ";ls | wc -l` Total Files'" to the end, I get a >count of 16 directories, 8 files, and 25 Total Items. Something's not >adding up. You might want to use "ls -a" and "ls -al" to be sure you get the dot files and directories eg. .emacs or .openoffice/ -- gt It is interesting to note that as one evil empire (generic) fell, another Evil Empire (tm) began its nefarious rise. -- gt Coincidence? I think not. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: backup all the changes I made to the "virgin debian system"
Le 2002.06.25 02:43, Ian D. Stewart a écrit : If a .deb for a given package exists in /var/cache/apt/archives, will apt-get -d still download it, or will it use the local package? It use the local package. -d means not install and not force download. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
combining POP mail and mail file with local "repeating" and combining POP server?
Is there any POP server that can combine the mail from another POP server with mail in a mail file? I'd like to have a local POP server that, when queried, queries another POP server and looks at a local mail file, and then serves the combined set of messages to the POP client. Here's why I ask: 1. - mail is delived to a mail spool file on my ISP's machine - my ISP has a POP server - I retrieve regular mail on demand over POP using Netscape 2. - I filter messages from high-volume mailing lists (such as this one) into a separate mail file using a .forward file in my shell account on my ISP's machine - I download that mail file every so often with a cron job, appending it to a new-mail file - when I read mailing-list mail, I use Emacs RMAIL to read the mail from that new-mail file into an RMAIL file 3. - I want to switch to reading those mailing list messages in Netscape. - I want to keep downloading the high-volume messages. (I don't want them to accumulate on my ISP's machine, in case I don't read mail often enough and they exceed my disk-space quota. I also don't want them cluttering up my regular mail file in case I need to telnet in from some remote location and do a "less" on my mail file.) - I want regular messages to remain on my ISP's machine until I retrieve them from Netscape. (I check my mail in "keep-on-server" mode from work (or using telnet from some remote location) if I haven't yet retrieved it from home.) - Netscape 4.x (yes, I know...) can only retrieve from one POP server. 4. Here's what I think I'd like to happen: - I keep separating high-volume mail using my .forward file on my ISP's machine. - I keep downloading the high-volume mail separately. - When I retrieve mail using Netscape at home, it connects to a special, local POP server. - The local POP server queries my ISP's POP server, _and_ looks at the downloaded mail file, and presents the _combined_ set of messages to Netscape. (Netscape at home runs in don't-keep-messages-on-server mode, so the local POP server would use that mode to talk to the ISP POP server, and would delete messages from the downloaded mail file.) Other approaches that work would be fine too. Some related questions seem to be: Is there any safe way to asynchronously append messages to a Netscape mail file? Or would I need to run a command when I know I'm not using the mail that to which messages are appended externally? Can fetchmail download only certain messages? (Maybe I could retrieve the mailing-list messages with cron, and leave the remainder there, if there's a (reliable) way to get list messages back into Netscape.) Thanks, Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Woody+ Ximian + Evolution
Hi All! I know that Ximian is supported only for potato buy I have been trying to install Ximian and Evolution on Woody with no success and a lot of effort and time waste. I have read I have tried the following: 1) Woody Gnome 1.4 + Evolution ->: Always says cannot find the Database Shell" 2) Woody + sources.list for ximian stable ( potato) ->: A mess 3) Woody + Ximian for woody downloaded via ftp in a local dir and then install makeing dpkg --unpack -R and dpkg -f install ->: This install Ximian but not evolution. When i tried to install it with dselect a lot of packages got deinstalled and and evolutions says the same error messages as in 1. Basically sawfish doesn`t work so when I start the desktop it complains about not having a proper window manager. 4) I have followed the FAQ at Ximian for the error in 1 but Ican realize what the problem is, everything seems Ok to me. does any one know how to install Ximan + evolution on woody in a stable or less prune to errors way ? is it possible? is there any need to point to unstable (sid) to make ximian /evolution work? TIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sounding system bell in a shell script run from toolbar icon
hey all - here's my question: I use IceWm which i love. You can write shell scripts and initiate them via icons on the menu or toolbar... i wrote one to mount and unmount my CD-Rom. Part of this script is to echo a system bell when the Drive is fully mounted/unmounted or a longer bell if the device is busy etc... It works great when executed from a terminal window or xterm in X. But when i execute it via the menu/toolbar icon it won't sound the system bell ( i assume it has something to do with echo ) ... so far the way i have found around this is to tell the icon to open an xterm window #cut from $HOME/.icewm/menu #the first word "prog" means program ; CD is the title displayed ; #mounter is the name internal to Icewm and the rest is what is executed prog CD mounter xterm +ls -geom 5x3-0+0 -T '' -bg red -fg red -e /home/slamson/bin/mounter #prog CD mounter mounter #end of cut the uncommented one opens the xterm and it functions fine - opening a "small" xterm and echoing a bell... the commented one works great too, but no system bell. How can i get the system bell to sound - you'll note i also use xset b to set duration etc at the bottom of the script - without opening a window to run this simple script? TIA - Shawn (script "mounter" follows) #!/bin/sh #shell program to mount / unmount cdrom drive #shawn lamson 06/24/2002 set -x #uncomment for testing DEVICE=/dev/scd0 MOUNT_PT=/cdrom STATUS=ON ERROR=' ERROR: mount or remount manually' # # this program could grep the fields of /etc/fstab to find devices but doesnt # it assumes /cdrom as mount point and my current device /dev/scd0 # if ! grep "$MOUNT_PT" /etc/fstab then echo -e "Device $DEVICE is not set to mount in /etc/fstab\a" echo $ERROR exit 1 fi if grep "$DEVICE" /etc/mtab then STATUS=ON else STATUS=OFF fi if [ $STATUS = ON ] then umount "$DEVICE" && cdcd open && echo -e "\a" && exit 0 # # this will fail if device is busy # should drop down to echo bell # elif [ $STATUS = OFF ] then cdcd close mount /cdrom echo -e "\a"#indicate CD is ready exit 0 else echo $ERROR echo "You may want to examine the output of #cat /etc/fstab" echo "and #cat /etc/mtabfor clues" exit 1 fi # #this bell will execute if all else fails - for example device $DEVICE is busy # echo "is device:$DEVICE busy?" xset b 100 700 1000 #set bell vol pitch duration echo -e "\a" xset b #sets bell back to defaults set +x #uncomment for testing = Shawn Lamson Debian/GNU Linux Woody Kernel 2.2.19pre17 XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System Jesus Loves You! __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: exim, auth, pam, solutions
Hi! > On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 07:19:20AM -0700, Mike Mimic > wrote: > > But won't that broke the use of "shadow" group? > > Than programs which use that won't be able to read > > it. > > I realised it, tried the group shadow attempt again > and reset ownership. > For whatever odd reason, I had to reboot to get it > to work right that > way. Really? Thanks. I will try it. So I set permissions back and add to user mail shadow as alternative group and reset the computer? Mike __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mutt and maildir(?)
> I'm trying something New and Different with my mail configuration.
Oh boy! Life on the edge. :-)
> Until fairly recently I have used mutt to access an IMAP server. Now
> I have decided I want procmail, so I am using fetchmail to get the
> mail, which forwards it to exim, which pipes it through procmail,
> which dumps each message in a separate file in a directory named like:
>
> $HOME/Mail//msg.3F7
The directory is named msg.3F7 or the file in the directory? That
looks like what procmail names things when it puts them in its own dir
format not Maildir format. Please show us your .procmailrc rule. But
I think you left off the trailing /. Here is my rule for debian-user
for comparison.
:0:
* ^X-Mailing-List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
debian-user/
I can't remember if you need to create the subdirs or not. To make
sure this works, make those directories first.
mkdir -p debian-user/{cur,new,tmp}
Bob
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dhcpd.leases stays empty
Hi list,
I've got some trouble with the dhcpd-2.2.x (package is dhcp)from Woody
(on 2.4.18). It assigns IP addresses in a correct manner but
/var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases stays empty. Does anyone know why this could
be?
I use fixed addresses, so I use entries like...
host Aurora {
option host-name "Aurora.villa-grunert.dyndns.org";
hardware ethernet 00:04:AC:E6:CA:B8;
fixed-address 192.168.0.2;
}
...and ps aux shows...
/usr/sbin/dhcpd-2.2.x -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases -q eth0
I couldn't find any option which explicitly enables the use of
dhcpd.leases.
Any help and/or suggestions welcome.
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PAM not working reliably
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 So why is it if I have /etc/shadow owned by root:shadow, group has read access, and mail in the shadow group, exim can't authenticate through PAM. If I chown /etc/shadow to root:mail, it works...WTF? - -- Baloo -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9GCw8NtWkM9Ny9xURApYbAJsEchPwo/pIPxuXX+b9XbZt63vAGQCfWHAq pQUELXB5adQehkCNkQoNYV0= =GwnH -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: backup all the changes I made to the "virgin debian system"
[No need to cc me; I read the list.] On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 08:43:38PM -0400, Ian D. Stewart wrote: > After further inventigation, it looks like apt-get -d can be used to download > necessary packages without installing them. > > Colin, > > If a .deb for a given package exists in /var/cache/apt/archives, will apt-get > -d still download it, or will it use the local package? I believe it'll use the local package, assuming that it has the expected size and md5sum. I don't often use -d, mind you. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
upgrading potato to woody by CD (fwd)
Hi All, I asked this in Debian-CD and no-one seemed to know, so I thought I'd ask the wider commmunity and see if anyone else had seen the same thing. A month or so ago, Marcin Wolinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tried to upgrade a Potato system to Woody using the 3.0pre6 > version of Debian CDs, but it failed miserably. [snip details] > and after getting to some 50% it displayed: > E: Internal Error, Could not configure a pre-depend Now, I have tried to upgrade a potato box using the "unofficial" CD images with much the same result. (Before anyone says I should upgrade over the network, the box in quesiton has no network card and lives a long way from the nearest ethernet socket. The CD burner is more happily located.) Following the thread, I find that : Michael Knoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied: > I had exactly the same problem. When I ran "apt-get --simulate install > dpkg apt debconf" it showed problem packages in square brackets after > packages it was "installing". Using this information, and stumbling > around for awhile, I finally found that running "apt-get remove libdb2" > began a rather extensive upgrade process that fixed things so I could > continue with the first step of "apt-get dpkg apt debconf" as before. > By the way, the extensive upgrade process actually reinstalled libdb2 > after it removed it. Weird, huh? I tried this, and in my case it didn't work -- I got the E: Internal Error, Could not configure a pre-depend message again. I considered removing libdb2 from the potato system before introducing the CDs to it, but it issued awful warnings about the importance of libdb2, so I didn't proceed. Now, the release notes mutter about installing statically-linked versions of apt and dpkg, but only if you are upgrading from slink. Neither the woody cds nor the woody archives seem to contain these, so I couldn't try that. Any other suggestions? The CD contains reasonable-looking contents and boots OK, so the burn wasn't a total failure. I have not tried a clean install from the disc yet as I don't have a scratch machine. many TIA, Hugh S=u=p=p=o=r=t===D=e=b=i=a=n===http://www.debian.org Dr. Hugh C. Pumphrey | Tel. 0131-650-6026,Fax:0131-650-5780 Institute for Meteorology| Replace 0131 with +44-131 if outside UK The University of Edinburgh | Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] EDINBURGH EH9 3JZ, Scotland | URL: http://www.met.ed.ac.uk/~hcp S=u=p=p=o=r=t==g=9=5==http://g95.sourceforge.net/== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: logging question
> I'm wondering, what progams or what kind of setup do you have for monitoring > logs? I use the X window system a lot, so I guess what I'm also asking is, > what are the best programs for keeping these logs visible? Do you have a > transparent term or xconsole or some other root window writing program open? what about watch tail some.log Regards, Cuse -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: logging question
* Geoff Ludwiczak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 22:11]: > I'd like to know about what you people use for monitoring logs. Like > for instance, I know in Debian, that all logs are put into /var/log. > So I have a shell script that does sudo tail -f /var/log/*.log to keep > track of changes. I'm wondering, what progams or what kind of setup > do you have for monitoring logs? I use the X window system a lot, so > I guess what I'm also asking is, what are the best programs for > keeping these logs visible? Do you have a transparent term or > xconsole or some other root window writing program open? I'm curious > how it should be setup. Does anyone have links on this subject? Logcheck is awesome. You specify regexes for things that are "normal", and it emails you if anything else shows up. Also, if you're in X a lot and want to keep an eye on things, look at xconsole. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." --Beatrice Hall, The Friends of Voltaire, 1906 pgpQ8hX1UIsxl.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?
* Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 16:00]: > On 24 Jun 2002 15:01:47 -0500 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've heard that NIS isn't very robust. Might LDAP be a better > > choice? Or is there an important integration between NIS & NFS? > > Funny... I think I've heard something about NFS being kind of > "old"... I may be wrong though! :/ > > NIS & LDAP... I'm on the good track now! Thanks everyone! =) > > BTW, what's more secure? Putting everything in the firewall PC or on The general answer to this is that it's more secure to keep your firewall machine as minimal as possible. The less it has on it, the fewer possible holes there are. > any other one that's inside the firewall? Another thing (I haven't > got the time to read the documentation, I'm sorry...), can the root > account be centralized too? I don't know about this, but I'd urge that your firewall machine have nothing to do with it: it should have its own local root account and (probably) one local user account, and that's all. This is, of course, idealism, and assumes that you have servers (or at least a server) to spare. In my home network, I only have one always-on machine, so its duties are slightly more expanded than the paranoid firewall should be. Even with just one extra machine, it's easy to make one a stripped-down firewall-only box and the other your all-serving internal box (which can also run dmz-type services, such as web, mail, etc. via DNAT). good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." --Beatrice Hall, The Friends of Voltaire, 1906 pgp9ZuI791HZv.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: combining POP mail and mail file with local "repeating" and combining POP server?
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 11:31:06PM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote: > Is there any POP server that can combine the mail from another POP server > with mail in a mail file? > > I'd like to have a local POP server that, when queried, queries another > POP server and looks at a local mail file, and then serves the combined > set of messages to the POP client. Mail administration is not my area of expertise, but here are some thoughts/suggestions: Why not ISP->fetchmail->exim->[procmail->~/mail->]local IMAP->netscape? I thought netscape 4 had IMAP support, doesn't it? > Here's why I ask: > > 1. > - mail is delived to a mail spool file on my ISP's machine > - my ISP has a POP server > - I retrieve regular mail on demand over POP using Netscape > > > 2. > - I filter messages from high-volume mailing lists (such as this > one) into a separate mail file using a .forward file in my shell > account on my ISP's machine > > - I download that mail file every so often with a cron job, appending > it to a new-mail file > > - when I read mailing-list mail, I use Emacs RMAIL to read the > mail from that new-mail file into an RMAIL file > > > 3. > - I want to switch to reading those mailing list messages in Netscape. > > - I want to keep downloading the high-volume messages. (I don't want > them to accumulate on my ISP's machine, in case I don't read mail > often enough and they exceed my disk-space quota. I also don't want > them cluttering up my regular mail file in case I need to telnet in > from some remote location and do a "less" on my mail file.) procmail will keep things apart, but if you are limited to one POP account, then I don't think POP3 will be useful here. Only by using IMAP (or several POP accounts) you can keep mail sorted on the server side. > - I want regular messages to remain on my ISP's machine until I > retrieve them from Netscape. (I check my mail in "keep-on-server" > mode from work (or using telnet from some remote location) if I > haven't yet retrieved it from home.) > > - Netscape 4.x (yes, I know...) can only retrieve from one POP server. > > > 4. > Here's what I think I'd like to happen: > > - I keep separating high-volume mail using my .forward file on my ISP's > machine. > > - I keep downloading the high-volume mail separately. > > - When I retrieve mail using Netscape at home, it connects to a special, > local POP server. > > - The local POP server queries my ISP's POP server, _and_ looks at > the downloaded mail file, and presents the _combined_ set of > messages to Netscape. Let fetchmail regurlary fetch that mail from ISP to your local box, perhaps via cron. > (Netscape at home runs in don't-keep-messages-on-server mode, so the > local POP server would use that mode to talk to the ISP POP server, > and would delete messages from the downloaded mail file.) > > > Other approaches that work would be fine too. > > Some related questions seem to be: > > Is there any safe way to asynchronously append messages to a Netscape > mail file? Or would I need to run a command when I know I'm not using > the mail that to which messages are appended externally? When you use netscape to read your mail, it connects to local POP, "downloads" the messages and then displays them. So netscape is always operating on a copy of what the POP server actually got. There can be no lock problems as far as netscape is concerned, as I understand things. > Can fetchmail download only certain messages? (Maybe I could retrieve > the mailing-list messages with cron, and leave the remainder there, if > there's a (reliable) way to get list messages back into Netscape.) What is the point in not having all mail transfered immediately (or by cron/fetcmail) to your local POP? -- Note that I use Debian version 3.0 Linux emac140 2.4.17 #1 sön feb 10 20:21:22 CET 2002 i686 unknown Hans Ekbrand pgpughWvmeyVi.pgp Description: PGP signature
downgrading packages?
Hi, I use testing and I upgraded the apache-ssl server after the recent security alert. But since this I have some PHP scripts that are doing wierd[1] things. I may have also upgraded other things at the same time but I don't recall updating PHP. Is there any way to install an older package version of apache-ssl to see if it was this package that broke things? if so how would I do it? Regards, /James [1] I have a download script but downloaded files get corrupted. If I take the same snippet of download code and put it in a minimilist script then everything works. I also tried placing a 1MB file (containing "A"'s) to download but nothing is output by the server although the readfile() returns 1048576... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PAM not working reliably
On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 16:39, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > So why is it if I have /etc/shadow owned by root:shadow, group has read > access, and mail in the shadow group, exim can't authenticate through > PAM. If I chown /etc/shadow to root:mail, it works...WTF? PAM (running at the user level exim is running at) cannot read the /etc/shadow file. Put the user exim is running at, as a member of group shadow (edit /etc/group and add the username after the last : on the shadow entry line). Restart exim and PAM running at that userlevel should be able to read shadow. Personally I don't use shadow auth and have PAM set to authenticate against a remote server, so there's none of those permission problems. If this is a bad idea, someone post to the list (fooling with /etc/shadow's permissions is always a bad idea) Crispin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 02:05:38AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 16:00]: ... > > BTW, what's more secure? Putting everything in the firewall PC or on > > The general answer to this is that it's more secure to keep your > firewall machine as minimal as possible. The less it has on it, the > fewer possible holes there are. The more liberal stance would be to have no external services open on the firewall (blocking them at the ip level), and run only a few local only services that you really can't live without on the firewall. ... > spare. In my home network, I only have one always-on machine, so its > duties are slightly more expanded than the paranoid firewall should be. > Even with just one extra machine, it's easy to make one a stripped-down > firewall-only box and the other your all-serving internal box (which can > also run dmz-type services, such as web, mail, etc. via DNAT). IMHO it's stupid to mix dmz-type services with local only services as the point of DMZ is to shield your own network and your firewall from the hostile net. I really believe it's better to have the DMZ machine do DMZ services only, and lacking an extra server to put the local only services on the firewall. The change of breaking in into the firewall seems less than the chance of breaking in into the DMZ with all it's flacky services running. -- groetjes, carel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enhanced Real Time Clock Support?
Hello, In the kernel configuratioin, I found a description in the help page of SMP support. People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say x x Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power x x Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here. My question is, where is the "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support"? How can I enable it in the kernel configuration? -- Patrick Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG public key http://pahud.net/pubkeys/pahudatpahud.gpg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Perl, Apache and Berkley db
We use a commercial web based application written in Perl. They only support RedHat. No problem says I, it should work fine on Debian. Bummer: The application comes bundled with Apache. There are httpd.bdb, httpd.db and httpd.dbm. The one that gets installed gets decided by a perl script that tests NDBM_File, GDBM_File and DB_File. Only NDBM succeeds. When I create a user in the app, users.dir and users.pag files gets created instead of users.db So then in the error log I get: No such file or directory: could not open dbm auth file: users.db Any clues? I think I want to use the Berkley v2 libs? -- Danie Roux *shuffle* Adore Unix -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sounding system bell in a shell script run from toolbar icon
--- Shawn Lamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hey all - > > here's my question: > ---snip > busy etc... It works great when executed from a terminal window or > xterm in X. But when i execute it via the menu/toolbar icon it won't > sound the system bell ( i assume it has something to do with echo ) > ... > so far the way i have found around this is to tell the icon to open > an > xterm window ---snip now i am echoing a CTRL-G to a /tmp/sound$$ file and then catting it - it works! But let me know if there is a better way that you know of. PS. Yes - i also found utilities like "eject" "eject -t" and "cdchk" to help out! Thanks > #cut from $HOME/.icewm/menu > #the first word "prog" means program ; CD is the title displayed ; > #mounter is the name internal to Icewm and the rest is what is > executed > > prog CD mounter xterm +ls -geom 5x3-0+0 -T '' -bg red -fg red -e > /home/slamson/bin/mounter > > #prog CD mounter mounter > > #end of cut > > the uncommented one opens the xterm and it functions fine - opening a > "small" xterm and echoing a bell... the commented one works great > too, > but no system bell. > > How can i get the system bell to sound - you'll note i also use xset > b > to set duration etc at the bottom of the script - without opening a > window to run this simple script? > > > TIA - Shawn (script "mounter" follows) > > > > #!/bin/sh > #shell program to mount / unmount cdrom drive > #shawn lamson 06/24/2002 > > set -x #uncomment for testing > > DEVICE=/dev/scd0 > MOUNT_PT=/cdrom > STATUS=ON > ERROR=' ERROR: mount or remount manually' > > # > # this program could grep the fields of /etc/fstab to find > devices but doesnt > # it assumes /cdrom as mount point and my current device > /dev/scd0 > # > > if ! grep "$MOUNT_PT" /etc/fstab > then > echo -e "Device $DEVICE is not set to mount in /etc/fstab\a" > echo $ERROR > exit 1 > fi > > if grep "$DEVICE" /etc/mtab > then > STATUS=ON > else > STATUS=OFF > fi > > if [ $STATUS = ON ] > then > umount "$DEVICE" && cdcd open && echo -e "\a" && exit 0 > # > # this will fail if device is busy > # should drop down to echo bell > # > > elif [ $STATUS = OFF ] > then > cdcd close > mount /cdrom > echo -e "\a"#indicate CD is ready > exit 0 > else > echo $ERROR > echo "You may want to examine the output of #cat /etc/fstab" > echo "and #cat /etc/mtabfor clues" > exit 1 > fi > # > #this bell will execute if all else fails - for example device > $DEVICE > is busy > # > echo "is device:$DEVICE busy?" > xset b 100 700 1000 #set bell vol pitch duration > echo -e "\a" > xset b #sets bell back to defaults > set +x #uncomment for testing = Shawn Lamson Debian/GNU Linux Woody Kernel 2.2.19pre17 XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System Jesus Loves You! __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
nbd and md
Moin, I got a problem a software-raid 1 (mirror), where one device is a local disk and the other a network block device. If i disconnect (nbd-client -d) the nbd, everything works flawlessly, if the network between the two machines is up. But if the connection is broken and I try to disconnect the nbd-client, the command hangs for about 50s, and processes working on the md-device (namely smbd) get i/o-errors. I want the nbd to fail when the network is down, without any errors and without such a long timeout. How could I achieve this? Is there a way to tell the nbd-client that the tcp-connection has gone? Regards, Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Enhanced Real Time Clock Support?
also sprach Patrick Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.06.25.1159 +0200]: > People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say x > x Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power x > y Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here. "Console Drivers" in xconfig/menuconfig -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] "it would be truly surprising if sound were not capable of suggesting colour, if colours could not give the idea of the melody, if sound and colour were not adequate to express ideas." -- claude debussy pgpDohxdPB3ht.pgp Description: PGP signature
Devices conflict & modconf
Hi, I recently had a conflict between my webcam (Logitech 3000 Pro), and my SB 128 sound card. I wonder if i should file a bug report against modconf (i am using Debian Woody) because of it. The trouble was that i had no sound at all, even if i asked the right modules to load. After some investigations, it appeared that my webcam has a microphone in it, handled by the 'usbaudio' module. And this module reclaimed /dev/audio, because it was loaded before 'es1371'. So 'cat file.au > /dev/audio' wad handled by my poor microphone! My SB was associated to /dev/audio1. Changing the modules order in /etc/modules worked fine. The module loading order is handled by modconf for me. I know that modconf includes options to manipulate the modules loading order. But i think it would be much better, if, by default, it loaded OSS and ALSA modules before usbaudio. 'By default' meaning, at least, if no parameter is given to modconf to change the modules loading order. Just because sound programs rarely expect your soundcard to be handled by /dev/audio1. Is this the cleanest solution to preventing problems like mine to happen? If so, should i file a bug against modconf? Thank you in advance, Xavier de Labouret -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [ Debian Users ] Subject Prefix ?
You already got enough reply about sorting, so : Could you avoid posting to a mailing list by doing a reply to a current thread and changing the subject ? I don't know for pine but on MUA able to display the threads, it's boring to see a thread in another simply because you can type the ml address by yourself or save it in your address book. Christophe On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 12:30:27PM -0400, Thomas Good wrote: > Hi All, > > Why have we no subject prefix on postings, ala "[Debian Users]" > to use for sorting... ??? > > Thanks! > > --- > Thomas Good e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Programmer/Analyst phone: (+1) 718.818.5528 > Residential Services fax: (+1) 718.818.5056 > Behavioral Health Services, SVCMC-NY mobile: (+1) 917.282.7359 > -- -- > SQL Clinic - An Open Source Clinical Record www.sqlclinic.net > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Christophe Barbé <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG FingerPrint: E0F6 FADF 2A5C F072 6AF8 F67A 8F45 2F1E D72C B41E L'experience, c'est une connerie par jour mais jamais la même. pgpAnKI6joQGP.pgp Description: PGP signature
make-kpkg problem
i tried to compile package a custom built kernel and encountered this error. - - - - - - - start [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/kernel-dev/linux-2.5.6/linux$ make-kpkg clean dpkg: warning, architecture `i386-none' not in remapping table rm -f modules/modversions.h modules/ksyms.ver debian/files stamp-build stamp-configure stamp-source stamp-image stamp-headers stamp-src stamp-diff stamp-doc stamp-buildpackage stamp-libc-kheaders stamp-debian test ! -f .config || cp -pf .config config.precious test -f Makefile && /usr/bin/make ARCH=i386-none distclean make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-dev/linux-2.5.6/linux' Makefile:247: arch/i386-none/Makefile: No such file or directory make[1]: *** No rule to make target `arch/i386-none/Makefile'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-dev/linux-2.5.6/linux' make: [clean] Error 2 (ignored) test ! -f config.precious || mv -f config.precious .config rm -rf debian/tmp-source debian/tmp-headers debian/tmp-image test -f stamp-building || test -f debian/official || rm -rf debian - - - end $ make-kpkg -version Version: $Revision: 1.39.2.1 $ Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ uname -a Linux platinum 2.5.6 #1 Thu Mar 21 12:51:54 PHT 2002 i686 unknown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
send and receive mail through eth1
I need to setup a machine to be on an internal lan on eth0, but connect to another gateway on eth1 to collect mail. Both eth0 and eth1 are running in trusted network environments. I have looked at the exim and fetchmail man pages, but don't see any obvioius options for setting them to use (say) interface eth1. I'd be grateful to know what I need to do to get this going. Thanks Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thread stealing [was Re: [ Debian Users ] Subject Prefix ?]
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 07:41:42AM -0400, christophe barbé wrote: > Could you avoid posting to a mailing list by doing a reply to a current > thread and changing the subject ? I don't know for pine but on MUA able > to display the threads, it's boring to see a thread in another simply > because you can type the ml address by yourself or save it in your > address book. Agreed. It makes it harder than it ought to be to manage this high-volume list (Deleting a whole thread is very convenient, but thread stealing undo the gain of an intelligent MUA). -- Note that I use Debian version 3.0 Linux emac140 2.4.17 #1 sön feb 10 20:21:22 CET 2002 i686 unknown Hans Ekbrand pgpgw8IydZreJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: PAM not working reliably
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 05:19:59PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: > > So why is it if I have /etc/shadow owned by root:shadow, group has read > > access, and mail in the shadow group, exim can't authenticate through > > PAM. > PAM (running at the user level exim is running at) cannot read the > /etc/shadow file. Put the user exim is running at, as a member of group > shadow (edit /etc/group and add the username after the last : on the > shadow entry line). I tried that. It doesn't work. Read what I wrote...8:o) - -- Baloo -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9GFw8NtWkM9Ny9xURAqq2AJ0dTkSgTTmVJmxNrXfxojemq5YpYQCdERJ2 RHq0IPgdTrFz3c3XVfgQ9rI= =5VJY -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: make-kpkg problem
Joel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i tried to compile package a custom built kernel and encountered > this error. [...] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/kernel-dev/linux-2.5.6/linux$ make-kpkg clean > dpkg: warning, architecture `i386-none' not in remapping table Your architecture seems to be misrecognized. If you aren't able to figure out why, you may want to force a correct name by setting it yourself: make-kpkg --arch i386 clean This is normally used for cross compiling. Of course it would be better to find the real reason for your problem. [x] ulf -- If at first you don't succeed, try management. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
first installation,cannot find default font
Hello, I try to install Debian on my machine. At the end I have to configure mouse, keyboard, video,.. After that is a test witch failed with the following error: Fatal server error: Could not open default font 'fixed' Does this means I have to download/install fonts separately ? The only 'font' thing that I remember in the questions was if I wanted 75 or 100 dpi fonts (I selected both). Or did I do something teribely wrong ? note that this is my first experiance with linux, so please be patience ;-) rgds, Wilfried -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: send and receive mail through eth1
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 01:01:47PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > I need to setup a machine to be on an internal lan on eth0, but connect > to another gateway on eth1 to collect mail. Both eth0 and eth1 are > running in trusted network environments. > > I have looked at the exim and fetchmail man pages, but don't see any > obvioius options for setting them to use (say) interface eth1. Dealing with eth1 et al is the job of the kernel, for applications like exim and fetchmail, just specify the network info they need (for fetchmail what hosts to query, for exim what domains are local etc), and it work automatically. -- Note that I use Debian version 3.0 Linux emac140 2.4.17 #1 sön feb 10 20:21:22 CET 2002 i686 unknown Hans Ekbrand pgpqfF2W98pAy.pgp Description: PGP signature
hpoj package
Hello all, I have a HP LaserJet 1220 printer for which I have installed the hpoj package. The printer is connected to the parallel port. Everything seems to work fine (e.g. ptal-hp mlc:par:0 device or display works perfectly), and printing is no problem either. But when executing ptal-hp mlc:par:0 scan (with or without extra options), it gives me the following error(s): Error 0x83 setting upload state! Error 0x83 setting upload state! One important thing to add is that I recently upgraded from potato to woody. In potato I had installed the source package and then it worked flawlessly (no hpoj-deb package in potato). I did however properly remove the package, before installing it from .deb in woody. Has anyone experienced the same behaviour? Thanks in advance, marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SSH stopped working
> is there a sshd (the server daemon) runing at the other side? Are you > sure? > > Thank you for the reply. Yes, I am sure sshd is running on the other side. Other computers can use ssh to attach to the machine. Randy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apache + apache-ssl
Installing the .23 apache removed my apache-ssl, no worries since it was a lab system, but uhm.. how do i proceed if i _want_ apache and apache-ssl on the same rig? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SSH stuff... (from slashdot)
Is this true? -Forward The privilege separation code in OpenSSH 3.3 does not work with 2.2 Linux kernels. It relies on mmap() semantics that aren't supported before kernel 2.4 (maybe 2.3.x). OpenSSH will configure, compile, and install successfully. It will start up, but it will NOT accept connections. Your clients will get a "broken pipe" message, your syslog will get an "mmap: invalid parameter" message. The solutions are: Upgrade to kernel 2.4 or higher. Don't compile in Privilege Separation. You might be able to compile privsep in and disable it, but I couldn't get this to work. Maybe I had a typo in my config file. I dunno. I didn't see this anywhere until I dug into my syslog and then the OpenSSH mailing list. You have been warned. If you do have kernel 2.4, you should read README.privsep in the openssh source distro, since you need to create a special directory and user/group for this (which also bit me in the butt...even if sshd had worked on 2.2, when I restarted it remotely, it didn't come back up because it didn't have that user...yeah, yeah, rtfm. :) ) - End forwarded message - pgpoqxihXPPul.pgp Description: PGP signature
apache + apache-ssl
Installing the .26 apache removed my apache-ssl, no worries since it was a lab system, but uhm.. how do i proceed if i _want_ apache and apache-ssl on the same rig? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SSH stopped working
Em 25 Jun 2002 05:26:32 -0700 "Randolph S. Kahle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, conhecido dependente de drogas (Coke e BigMac's), wrote: > Thank you for the reply. > > Yes, I am sure sshd is running on the other side. Other computers > can use ssh to attach to the machine. > > Randy well.. Maybe you have an know_hosts key at that machine (or here). If you can, ask people there to remove/erase/destroy your $HOME/.ssh contents. Then, try again. Also, it is appropriate to have somebody there looking at the /var/log/messages for occurencies when you try to connect. As I am not joined to the debian list, think that it is proper to cc to me. --- saudações, irado furioso com tudo Linux User 179402 mais crimes são cometidos em nome das religiões do que em nome do ateísmo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: g++ 2.96 on debian?
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 21:06:37 -0500, Arun Madhurmohan wrote: > I use debian linux at home and redhat linux (unfortunately) at work. > Redhat comes with g++ 2.96 That isn't a formal gcc release; see http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html . (There are dissenting opinions as to its usefulness though, like http://www.bero.org/gcc296.html) > and that's what I use at work. You have my sympathy. > I can't find an equivalent version of g++ on debian. That's because Debian tries to stick as closely as is reasonably possible to official gcc releases. "2.96" (of which there appear to be many versions which are difficult to distinguish) has a lot of issues; it has e.g. been known to build gnumeric binaries which produced extremely inaccurate results; gnumeric's CVS version (and some other software as well AFAIK) has been changed to refuse compilation with "2.96". Your best option is to go for 3.1. HTH, Ray -- Linux is many, many years away from being an enterprise-ready operating system that can compete with, and challenge, the Windows platform. There is also no vision or driving force around it. Doug Miller, Microsoft Windows Server Group, january 2001 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unix 101: ls with file count
Here's my alias, which I believe works like I want it to: alias dolsa='ls -la --color | more ; echo ---; echo `ls -la | grep ^d | wc -l` Directories; echo `ls -la | grep ^- | wc -l` "File(s)" ; echo `ls -la | grep ^l | wc -l` "Symbolic Link(s)"; echo 1 Byte Count ; echo `ls -la | wc -l` Total Items' Thanks, everyone! Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help w/ attbi.com & linksys BEFSR41
On 24 Jun 2002, Reid Gilman wrote: Reid, thanks for the response on the BEFSR41 & attbi.com. I'll get back to you after I next have a chance to work on the problem. rob Live the dream. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: make-kpkg problem
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 07:51:52PM +0800, Joel wrote: > i tried to compile package a custom built kernel and encountered this error. > > - - - - - - - start > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/kernel-dev/linux-2.5.6/linux$ make-kpkg clean > dpkg: warning, architecture `i386-none' not in remapping table > rm -f modules/modversions.h modules/ksyms.ver debian/files stamp-build > stamp-configure stamp-source stamp-image stamp-headers stamp-src stamp-diff > stamp-doc stamp-buildpackage stamp-libc-kheaders stamp-debian > test ! -f .config || cp -pf .config config.precious > test -f Makefile && /usr/bin/make ARCH=i386-none distclean > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-dev/linux-2.5.6/linux' > Makefile:247: arch/i386-none/Makefile: No such file or directory That looks like gcc isn't installed. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SSH stuff... (from slashdot)
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 08:34:12AM -0400, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
> Is this true?
>
> -Forward
> The privilege separation code in OpenSSH 3.3 does not work with 2.2 Linux
> kernels.
Yes, but only if you enable compression. Turn that off ('Compression no'
in /etc/ssh/sshd_config) and I'm told it works.
> If you do have kernel 2.4, you should read README.privsep in the openssh
> source distro, since you need to create a special directory and user/group
> for this (which also bit me in the butt...even if sshd had worked on 2.2,
> when I restarted it remotely, it didn't come back up because it didn't have
> that user...yeah, yeah, rtfm. :) )
You don't have to do this manually with the Debian security update.
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BIND9 Blues
Hi, Upon restarting bind9 after a very long time on one of my woody boxes today I got: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/bind$ sudo /etc/init.d/bind9 restart Stopping domain name service: namedrndc: connection to remote host closed This may indicate that the remote server is using an older version of the command protocol, this host is not authorized to connect, or the key is invalid. . Starting domain name service: named. Any advice as to what bind9 config I missed? -- David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrading potato to woody by CD (fwd)
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, H C Pumphrey wrote: [Upgrading potato to Woody via CD does this:] > > and after getting to some 50% it displayed: > > E: Internal Error, Could not configure a pre-depend Typically, after deciding I was stumped and posting this message, I decided to have another go. But this time I used the first _three_ CDs instead of the first _two_. I didn't expect it to make any difference as the machine has a very minimal install with few if any odd or unusual things on it. However, debconf-tiny is on CD 3 and apt (presumably) fell over when it couldn't find it. With 3 CDs apt-cdrom added, it looks as if I am getting somewhere. So the message to you upgraders might be to use 3 CDs at least, and perhaps to temporarily remove any packages that are on CDs that you havn't bothered to burn yet. Or it might not. Right now, I am in the middle of an apt-get -f install caused by an intermittent CD read failure -- dirt on the CD, I think. Fingers crossed! Hugh S=u=p=p=o=r=t===D=e=b=i=a=n===http://www.debian.org Dr. Hugh C. Pumphrey | Tel. 0131-650-6026,Fax:0131-650-5780 Institute for Meteorology| Replace 0131 with +44-131 if outside UK The University of Edinburgh | Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] EDINBURGH EH9 3JZ, Scotland | URL: http://www.met.ed.ac.uk/~hcp S=u=p=p=o=r=t==g=9=5==http://g95.sourceforge.net/== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: eepic.sty amssymb.sty?
On Monday 24 June 2002 21:27, Luiz Gadelha Jr. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm also running woody.
> I've removed and reinstalled all tetex packages with:
>
> dpkg --purge tetex-extra
> dpkg --purge tetex-bin
> dpkg --purge tetex-base
> apt-get install tetex-base tetex-bin tetex-extra
>
> It's still not installing the mentioned .sty files.
> The output of 'texconfig conf | grep TEXMF' is
>
> TEXMF={/root/texmf,/usr/local/share/texmf,/usr/local/lib/texmf,!!/usr
>/share/texmf}
>
> dpkg also gives me the following output:
>
> quaternion:/usr/share/texmf# dpkg -S amssymb.sty eepic.sty
> dpkg: *amssymb.sty* not found.
> dpkg: *eepic.sty* not found.
As another user suggested, make sure tetex-extra is indeed installed.
What is the output of the command below?
dpkg -l |grep tetex
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Re: Support for Big Commerical Applications
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 10:21:04AM +1200, Tom Parker wrote: > Has anyone had any experiance with Patrol and Oracle on Woody or another > "unsupported" distribution? Have you been able to extract support from the > vendors if things have gone wrong? > > It would seem that RedHat may well get the nod over Debian Woody due to this > support issue :-( Sory no experice but you can use apt from apt4rpm.sf.net running RH so you can use one of the greatest Debian tools on a supportet platform. Sven -- Sven Hoexter -=|=- Earth - Germany - Leverkusen NOTICE: you have just been infected with Cooperative UNIX Email Virus, to cooperate please run rm -rf / as root. Thank you for your cooperation -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is the server up?
Hi, The subject says it all. Is the server operating? I have not received anything from the digest is several days. I normally get twenty digests, or more, each day. If you receive this, please respond off-list, as well as on, so I can be sure of receiving the response. TIA -- Marc Shapiro "If you drink melomel every day, [EMAIL PROTECTED]you will live to be 150 years old, Please visit "The Meadery" at: unless your wife shoots you." http://www.bigfoot.com/~m_shapiro/ -- Dr. Ferenc Androczi, winemaker, Little Hungary Farm Winery -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DHCP client stopped getting responses from ATTBI server
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 05:02:27PM -0500, Alex Roitman wrote: > Hello, > > I had my home system on a cable modem with AT&T Broadband > as a provider for about a year. Everything worked perfectly > well, until about a week ago they must have switched the > DHCP server. Now my dhclient gets no DHCPOFFERS at all!!! Your best bet is to switch to dhcp3-client. This should work marvellously. Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[he's got psm] Re: can't acces https with mozilla
And I quote: > I've got mozilla-psm installed OK, thats why I can't figure it out. > > I tried uninstalling mozilla-psm, and when I tried secure sites after that I > got the message from mozilla telling me to install psm. > So I reinstalled psm but it still doesen't work, the only difference is that > secure connections just freeze and then time out. > > Does anyone know if anything else other than PSM could cause the > problem? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ssh security update and libpam-tmpdir
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 12:18:32AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > If you have libpam-tmpdir installed, be careful when installing the > recent security update for OpenSSH; libpam-tmpdir will stop working > afterwards and cause ssh logins to be dropped (I've just filed a bug > report). > > Since you almost certainly want to install the security update if you're > running an ssh server visible to the net, the workaround is to edit > /etc/pam.d/ssh and comment out the line for pam_tmpdir. Also, in the hope of reducing the number of questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] about this, don't worry that 'UsePrivilegeSeparation yes' doesn't appear in /etc/ssh/sshd_config after the upgrade. UsePrivilegeSeparation is on by default in OpenSSH 3.3. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
postfix--unknown user "xxx" kept in the queue
Hello list, I've delete some user accounts in my postfix mail server. However, when someone sent to the deleted account, it will kept in the mail queue. So I typed "mailq" command and it came out a big unknown user queue list. Is there any why to fix that? -- Patrick Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG public key http://pahud.net/pubkeys/pahudatpahud.gpg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dhcpd.leases stays empty
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 10:37:01AM +0200, Andreas Eichner wrote: > > Hi list, > > I've got some trouble with the dhcpd-2.2.x (package is dhcp)from Woody > (on 2.4.18). It assigns IP addresses in a correct manner but > /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases stays empty. Does anyone know why this could > be? > I use fixed addresses, That's why. With fixed addresses, you know what address was assigned, so there's no need to record it in the leases file. -- Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: g++ 2.96 on debian?
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:34:52 +0200 "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's because Debian tries to stick as closely as is reasonably > possible to official gcc releases. "2.96" (of which there appear to be > many versions which are difficult to distinguish) has a lot of issues; > it has e.g. been known to build gnumeric binaries which produced > extremely inaccurate results; gnumeric's CVS version (and some other > software as well AFAIK) has been changed to refuse compilation with > "2.96". > > Your best option is to go for 3.1. but 3.1 is only in unstable! In testing it only goes till 3.0. How does compare 3.0 with 3.1? TIA Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini DFT-IF/UERJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X, Window manager, and startup question
Help please, I am using xdm and icewm, (but I suspect that my problem relates to other window managers as well). I start up several applications at login, using .xsession but these all start up in the first virtual screen. Is there any way in which I can start them in other screens. My .xsession is something like:- xterm & application1 & application2 & exec icewm I would like application1 to start in the second virtual screen. Dave -- __ Dave Whiteley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone 044 (0)113 343 2059 School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering The University of Leeds. Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stable not same as potato in security archive?
I noticed the announcement of the patch to SSH (version 3.3) in security-announce. I tried to upgrade to the patched Potato version. This was the pertinent line in my sources.list: deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free ^^ After apt-get update, I could only fetch 3.0. But I noticed that on another system, I was able to get 3.3. It had: deb http://security.debian.org/ potato/updates main contrib non-free ^^ in sources.list. After changing my sources.list to that on the first system, and doing apt-get update, I was able to get ssh 3.3. I thought potato and stable were the same thing right now!? No? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: first installation,cannot find default font
Hello, Ok I just contunied with ctrl-c and it seemd it installed the fonts... after a while I got again to fill in all video stuff, and the test seems to work (except Icould not move the mouse cursor). But when I reboot I come again in the command interpreter. How do I start up Gnome Desktop ? thanks, Wilfried > -Original Message- > From: Wilfried Mestdagh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: dinsdag 25 juni 2002 14:06 > To: debian mailing list > Subject: first installation,cannot find default font > > > Hello, > > I try to install Debian on my machine. At the end I have to configure mouse, > keyboard, video,.. After that is a test witch failed with the following > error: > > Fatal server error: > Could not open default font 'fixed' > > Does this means I have to download/install fonts separately ? The only 'font' > thing that I remember in the questions was if I wanted 75 or 100 dpi fonts (I > selected both). Or did I do something teribely wrong ? > > note that this is my first experiance with linux, so please be patience ;-) > > rgds, Wilfried > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Stable not same as potato in security archive?
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 09:53:07AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > I noticed the announcement of the patch to SSH (version 3.3) in > security-announce. I tried to upgrade to the patched Potato version. > This was the pertinent line in my sources.list: > > deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free >^^ > > After apt-get update, I could only fetch 3.0. But I noticed that on > another system, I was able to get 3.3. It had: > > deb http://security.debian.org/ potato/updates main contrib non-free > ^^ > in sources.list. > > After changing my sources.list to that on the first system, and doing > apt-get update, I was able to get ssh 3.3. > > I thought potato and stable were the same thing right now!? No? Not sure how the structure works actually, but I noticed the same thing with a few new woody installs. They were adding "stable" to all of the sources.list. I manually changed them to "woody" and it seems to be working ok... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Stable not same as potato in security archive?
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 09:53:07AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > I noticed the announcement of the patch to SSH (version 3.3) in > security-announce. I tried to upgrade to the patched Potato version. > This was the pertinent line in my sources.list: > > deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free >^^ > > After apt-get update, I could only fetch 3.0. But I noticed that on > another system, I was able to get 3.3. It had: > > deb http://security.debian.org/ potato/updates main contrib non-free > ^^ > in sources.list. > > After changing my sources.list to that on the first system, and doing > apt-get update, I was able to get ssh 3.3. > > I thought potato and stable were the same thing right now!? No? They are, but the potato version of ssh 3.3 was only added quite recently; the first announcement on -security-announce was when the woody version was prepared. Are you sure you didn't just get your timing wrong? -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Stable not same as potato in security archive?
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 10:51:31AM -0400, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 09:53:07AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > > I thought potato and stable were the same thing right now!? No? > > Not sure how the structure works actually, but I noticed the same > thing with a few new woody installs. They were adding "stable" to all > of the sources.list. > > I manually changed them to "woody" and it seems to be working ok... That's indeed going to be a problem with the woody install disks until they're released, but it's a separate problem from the layout of the security archive. By the way: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /org/security.debian.org/ftp/dists]$ ls -l total 12 drwxrwsr-x3 katiesecurity 4096 Oct 14 2000 potato drwxrwsr-x3 katiesecurity 4096 Sep 4 2000 slink lrwxrwxrwx1 katiesecurity6 Mar 31 17:35 stable -> potato lrwxrwxrwx1 katiesecurity5 May 10 03:50 testing -> woody drwxr-sr-x3 katiesecurity 4096 May 1 14:05 woody -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dhcpd.leases stays empty
Am Dienstag, 25. Juni 2002 16:28 schrieb Nick Traxler: > That's why. With fixed addresses, you know what address was assigned, > so there's no need to record it in the leases file. Is there a way to force recording (for autodns-dhcp)? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: g++ 2.96 on debian?
On 25-Jun-2002 Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:34:52 +0200 > "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> That's because Debian tries to stick as closely as is reasonably >> possible to official gcc releases. "2.96" (of which there appear to be >> many versions which are difficult to distinguish) has a lot of issues; >> it has e.g. been known to build gnumeric binaries which produced >> extremely inaccurate results; gnumeric's CVS version (and some other >> software as well AFAIK) has been changed to refuse compilation with >> "2.96". >> >> Your best option is to go for 3.1. > > but 3.1 is only in unstable! In testing it only goes till 3.0. How does > compare 3.0 with 3.1? > 3.0 is reasonable, 3.1 just adds improvements in speed and architecture support. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: X, Window manager, and startup question
On 25-Jun-2002 Dave Whiteley wrote: > Help please, > > I am using xdm and icewm, (but I suspect that my problem relates to > other window managers as well). I start up several applications at > login, using .xsession but these all start up in the first virtual > screen. Is there any way in which I can start them in other screens. > > My .xsession is something like:- > > xterm & > application1 & > application2 & > exec icewm > > I would like application1 to start in the second virtual screen. > *IF* the window manager supports something like NETWM (which is a protocol for talking to the windowmanager) an external program could be used to set this for you. But in the general case no, this requires work. Join an icewm list and ask there, they will likely have had numerous other people ask this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2.2 vs 2.4 kernels (OT)
I agree, I think it works very well the way Debian does it. On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 00:20, Larry Smith wrote: I think it works out well the way Debian presents it. Individuals are free to install the 2.4 version, and in so doing help to "stablize" it. I would think that business would likely run the stable version, to minimize chances of failure. --- Reid Gilman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think Debian calls one release stable because > although the newer > kernels and packages may be fairly stable, anything > in a stable release > should be crash-proof. No security holes should be > present and it > should be usable on mission critical systems. I > wouldn't want my system > running on a Fortune 500 company's server because > its always a work in > progress. The stable distro is pretty much finished > and it works. > > On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 19:52, Mark Roach wrote: > > On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 17:20, Reid Gilman wrote: > > The Debian stable release is that, stable. It > is not supposed to have > > the latest and greatest features, if you want > to get the 2.4.x kernels > > (which in my experience are perfectly stable) > you can, or you can get > > the testing or unstable distro. But that's > why Debian has three > > distros. > > I am curious, I have heard both explanations at > different times > regarding the meaning of stable... some people > have said that only > stable versions of software are (or should be) > included while others > have suggested that the term 'stable' applies to > the > packaging/dependencies > > Does debian policy indicate the 'One True > Definition' of 'stable'? > > Not trying to start flames (I swear!), just > curious > > -Mark > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? > Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature name=signature.asc __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: 2.2 vs 2.4 kernels
On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 00:38, nate wrote:
> Can someone explain (or supply a pointer to an
> explanation of) what is wrong with the 2.4
> kernel, that debian plans to continue offering the
> 2.2 kernel with woody?
> Several other distros have been shipping with
> 2.4 exclusively for over a year, surely most
> of the bugs have been shaken out?
its a matter of opinion..
I do not trust the 2.4 kernel yet. If there was something in it
that I absolutely had to have then i would use it. But only if
I could not work around the problem by getting different hardware
or trying to do the task in a different way first. 2.4.18 has
been said by many to be a good starting point(sorry i can't
provide references, ive just seen it mentioned a few times in various
places). sort of the "real" 2.4.0. I tend to agree, I have
used 2.4.18 on SusE 8(i think it uses 2.4.18) and it seems halfway
decent. but it won't make it onto any of my serious servers or
workstations. Many people(seems many on this list, or at least
many of the active posters) like to live on the edge with the 2.4 kernel,
or even 2.5 kernel, running debian unstable ..etc. I used to like
to live on the edge too, back in the 2.1.x days ..i ran slackware
i think at the time and upgraded libc manually. but now i have gotten
to the point where i just want my system to work well. I don't want
to have to debug a bad package or a kernel bug. i want to set it and
forget it(more or less). i like to spend my time on learning new
things rather then fixing old problems.
that said, I have no problem what kernel debian ships with, the
first thing i do on my systems is put in a custom kernel anyways,
so provided the kernel works long enough to boot the system and
install thats fine by me. 2.2.19 is the most solid linux kernel I have
used to date. My workstation at work which I hammer on 5 days a week
was up for more then 380 days before a 2 hour power outage killed
it(UPS only lasted for 30minutes). I have dozens of other servers
with 6-10 months of uptime. I'm sure some 2.4.x kernels do the
same, but it seemed at least until 2.4.18 that every release 2.4.x
that came out seemed to have some "serious fix"(I read kernel traffic
every week). 2.2 had this problem for
a while too. 2.2.11 was a nightmare, the memory management went
to hell and didn't recover for another 6 months at 2.2.15, then
there were some security problems in 2.2.15 and i think 2.2.17,
there is even a minor security problem with the NAT code in 2.2.19
i beleive. nothing like the 2.2.15 rootable problem though.
I think there is a significant amount of people out there like me
who like debian specifically because it is stable. The 2.4 kernel
does not offer many compelling reasons to upgrade for most systems,
which is good, that tells me linux is mature when the latest and
greatest is not required.
as for if most of the bugs are worked out..
since some people(myself included) think 2.4.18 is a starting point
for 2.4, I will give 2.4.x another 6-8 months at least before i think
about deploying it on my servers(even my personal ones).
i've told people before...I have personally used about a dozen different
linux and unix systems(more or less), on half a dozen different hardware
platforms. and for low end systems(1/2 CPU with less then 2GB ram) debian
has been the most solid and easily maintained of all of them for me.
nate
debian user since 2.0("hamm" ?) was released
slackware user before that
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I take it you don't have USB then. That is one of the most useful things that the 2.4.x kernels gave us, USB. I have actually got a USB Handspring Visor syncing with my Debian (Woody) 2.4.18 system. I'm working on my mp3 player. I remember being forced to dual boot just so I could sync a PDA, but now I've been Windows free for about 6 months becuase the 2.4.18 kernel has USB pretty much straightened out.
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mod_ssl problem
I can't seem to get mod_ssl working and I don't see why. I'm using apache 1.2.6 and libapache-mod-ssl 2.8.7. I modified httpd.conf per instructions, including adding the cut-and-paste info. I then ran mod-ssl-makecert as root in the /etc/apache directory. I got some errors when I tried to make a test cert, so I made a real certificate and it proceeded without errors. I then stopped and restarted apache. When I type: openssl s_client -connect localhost:443 -state -debug it seems to start okay but ends with: SSL_connect:error in SSLv2/v3 read server hello A 5664:error:140770FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol:s23_clnt.c:460: I then get this message in my access log: 127.0.0.1 - - [25/Jun/2002:11:06:54 -0400] "\x80z\x01\x03\x01" 501 - "-" "-" and this message in my error log: [Tue Jun 25 11:06:54 2002] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Invalid method in request €z`b` I don't know if it matters, but instead of a FQDN I'm just using an IP number when creating the certificate. Any help is much appreciated. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X, Window manager, and startup question
On Tuesday 25 June 2002 10:41, Dave Whiteley wrote: > Help please, > > I am using xdm and icewm, (but I suspect that my problem relates to > other window managers as well). I start up several applications at > login, using .xsession but these all start up in the first virtual > screen. Is there any way in which I can start them in other screens. > > My .xsession is something like:- > > xterm & > application1 & > application2 & > exec icewm > > I would like application1 to start in the second virtual screen. Based on the fact that application1 probably doesn't know anything about icewm workspaces, I'ld guess there's not much you can do within the framework of xsession. If icewm has a mechanism for saving state (it's been awhile since I've used Ice, so not sure what it's current capabilities are), you may be able to leverage that. Failing that, if there any icewm-specific init scripts that you can run, you may be able to move application1 over to Workspace 2. HTH, Ian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Woody+ Ximian + Evolution
Why do you need to use the Debs from Ximian?? Evolution is pretty recent in Testing. -- Arthur H. Johnson II, Debian GNU/Linux Advocate Catechist, St John Catholic Church, Davison MI USA President, Genesee County Linux Users Group IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED],#debian YIM: arthurjohnson AIM: bytor4232 ICQ: 31770438 On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, jfcarvajal wrote: > Hi All! > > > I know that Ximian is supported only for potato buy I have been trying to > install Ximian and Evolution on Woody with no success and a lot of effort > and time waste. I have read > > I have tried the following: > 1) Woody Gnome 1.4 + Evolution ->: Always says cannot find the Database > Shell" > 2) Woody + sources.list for ximian stable ( potato) ->: A mess > 3) Woody + Ximian for woody downloaded via ftp in a local dir and then > install makeing dpkg --unpack -R and dpkg -f install ->: This install Ximian > but not evolution. When i tried to install it with dselect a lot of packages > got deinstalled and and evolutions says the same error messages as in 1. > Basically sawfish doesn`t work so when I start the desktop it complains > about not having a proper window manager. > 4) I have followed the FAQ at Ximian for the error in 1 but Ican realize > what the problem is, everything seems Ok to me. > > does any one know how to install Ximan + evolution on woody in a stable or > less prune to errors way ? is it possible? > is there any need to point to unstable (sid) to make ximian /evolution > work? > > TIA > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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RE: Woody+ Ximian + Evolution
With no ximian package at all, The one from testing doesn`t work for me, always complains about Cannot initialize the Evolution shell.", I have no clue after following the recomendations in Ximian Knowledge Base > -Mensaje original- > De: Arthur H. Johnson II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Enviado el: martes, 25 de junio de 2002 17:25 > Para: jfcarvajal > CC: Debian-User (E-mail) > Asunto: Re: Woody+ Ximian + Evolution > > > > Why do you need to use the Debs from Ximian?? Evolution is > pretty recent > in Testing. > > -- > Arthur H. Johnson II, Debian GNU/Linux Advocate > Catechist, St John Catholic Church, Davison MI USA > President, Genesee County Linux Users Group > > IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED],#debian > YIM: arthurjohnson > AIM: bytor4232 > ICQ: 31770438 > > On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, jfcarvajal wrote: > > > Hi All! > > > > > > I know that Ximian is supported only for potato buy I have > been trying to > > install Ximian and Evolution on Woody with no success and a > lot of effort > > and time waste. I have read > > > > I have tried the following: > > 1) Woody Gnome 1.4 + Evolution ->: Always says cannot find > the Database > > Shell" > > 2) Woody + sources.list for ximian stable ( potato) ->: A mess > > 3) Woody + Ximian for woody downloaded via ftp in a local > dir and then > > install makeing dpkg --unpack -R and dpkg -f install ->: > This install Ximian > > but not evolution. When i tried to install it with dselect > a lot of packages > > got deinstalled and and evolutions says the same error > messages as in 1. > > Basically sawfish doesn`t work so when I start the desktop > it complains > > about not having a proper window manager. > > 4) I have followed the FAQ at Ximian for the error in 1 but > Ican realize > > what the problem is, everything seems Ok to me. > > > > does any one know how to install Ximan + evolution on woody > in a stable or > > less prune to errors way ? is it possible? > > is there any need to point to unstable (sid) to make > ximian /evolution > > work? > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Question on dependencies
I'm doing the ssh updates on a potato machine here, and running into problems, due to having to use lilo out of woody. pellusbackup:~# apt-get install ssh Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: lilo: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4) but 2.1.3-20 is to be installed ssh: Depends: libssl0.9.6 but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). How do I override the lilo dependency on 2.2.4-4 that it doesn't actually need in this case? I tried to hold it and/or libc in dselect, got no where. Apt-get doesn't seem to have a way to hold something. I suspect I'll have to redownload the lilo deb from woody, uninstall lilo, install my ssh updates, then dpkg --force-depends -i lilo*.deb ? Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apache + apache-ssl
On Tuesday 25 June 2002 08:34, Jan Johansson wrote: > Installing the .23 apache removed my apache-ssl, no worries since it was a > lab system, but uhm.. how do i proceed if i _want_ apache and apache-ssl on > the same rig? Have you tried installing libapache-mod-ssl? As I understand it, this, in conjunction with apache, provides the same functionality as apache-ssl but as a loadable module (what Apache calls a DSO) instead of compiled directly into the executable. Ian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem connecting app to X display server
- Original Message - From: "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sivea Key" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 5:27 PM Subject: RE: Problem connecting app to X display server > > On 24-Jun-2002 Sivea Key wrote: > > HI, > > I'm new to Debian and LINUX so any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > I am trying to run a simulation program on Debian. It compiles fine (now) but > > whenever I try to launch the gui it tells me it can't connect to the display > > and that I need to run: export DISPLAY=:0 [or setenv--I'm in BASH > > so I use export] > > > > Running that command produces no error but also doesn't help. I have tried > > using the machine name and also tried using what appeared to be the display > > server name. I am not certain I used the actual display server name--where > > exactly do I find it and what should it look like? (I used defaults on > > everything except the computer name during install and again during > > reconfiguration.) > > > > I haven't yet discovered what man page to specify for more information, none > > of the 4 books I have nor the Xfree86 or Debian site have revealed anything > > useful as yet. Admitedly, I may be asking the wrong questions. > > > > In the X session where you want to see the window open a terminal program and > type: echo $DISPLAY. Whatever you see as output is what you need to export at > the console. I ran echo $DISPLAY and it returned nothing. I checked "set" and found no DISPLAY configuration parameter listed at all. When I installed Debian 2.2, I distinctly chose settings. Furthermore, X windows starts. What am I missing and what do I need to do? Or where should I look for help? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Woody+ Ximian + Evolution
Odd. I had this error too, and cant remember what I had to do to fix it. Try running Evolution as a different user. If I recall right, it had something to do with permissions. -- Arthur H. Johnson II, Debian GNU/Linux Advocate Catechist, St John Catholic Church, Davison MI USA President, Genesee County Linux Users Group IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED],#debian YIM: arthurjohnson AIM: bytor4232 ICQ: 31770438 On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, jfcarvajal wrote: > With no ximian package at all, The one from testing doesn`t work for me, > always complains about > Cannot initialize the Evolution shell.", I have no clue after following the > recomendations in Ximian Knowledge Base > > > > -Mensaje original- > > De: Arthur H. Johnson II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Enviado el: martes, 25 de junio de 2002 17:25 > > Para: jfcarvajal > > CC: Debian-User (E-mail) > > Asunto: Re: Woody+ Ximian + Evolution > > > > > > > > Why do you need to use the Debs from Ximian?? Evolution is > > pretty recent > > in Testing. > > > > -- > > Arthur H. Johnson II, Debian GNU/Linux Advocate > > Catechist, St John Catholic Church, Davison MI USA > > President, Genesee County Linux Users Group > > > > IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED],#debian > > YIM: arthurjohnson > > AIM: bytor4232 > > ICQ: 31770438 > > > > On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, jfcarvajal wrote: > > > > > Hi All! > > > > > > > > > I know that Ximian is supported only for potato buy I have > > been trying to > > > install Ximian and Evolution on Woody with no success and a > > lot of effort > > > and time waste. I have read > > > > > > I have tried the following: > > > 1) Woody Gnome 1.4 + Evolution ->: Always says cannot find > > the Database > > > Shell" > > > 2) Woody + sources.list for ximian stable ( potato) ->: A mess > > > 3) Woody + Ximian for woody downloaded via ftp in a local > > dir and then > > > install makeing dpkg --unpack -R and dpkg -f install ->: > > This install Ximian > > > but not evolution. When i tried to install it with dselect > > a lot of packages > > > got deinstalled and and evolutions says the same error > > messages as in 1. > > > Basically sawfish doesn`t work so when I start the desktop > > it complains > > > about not having a proper window manager. > > > 4) I have followed the FAQ at Ximian for the error in 1 but > > Ican realize > > > what the problem is, everything seems Ok to me. > > > > > > does any one know how to install Ximan + evolution on woody > > in a stable or > > > less prune to errors way ? is it possible? > > > is there any need to point to unstable (sid) to make > > ximian /evolution > > > work? > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt-get
All of a sudden my apt-get has stopped automatically installing dependencies. I try to install different programs and it just keeps on saying a package that I don't have anymore depends on something and it won't be installed. And then it quits without installing any of the packages I want. Any help? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
RE: first installation,cannot find default font
Hello, Hum that's the second time I ask a question, and just when I see the mail returning to I foudn the answer. I hope you will forgive that ;-) There is a spelling error in the xf86config program. When it asking for the mouse it propose /dev/tty00 and it has to be /dev/ttyS0 (for com1). Also it propose just /dev/mouse but that certainly dont works. I found that desktop start with startx. Also I seems to have only 16 color, but before I ask again in panic I will try a little more myself, please forgive me !! rgds, Wilfried > -Original Message- > From: Wilfried Mestdagh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: dinsdag 25 juni 2002 16:49 > To: debian mailing list > Subject: RE: first installation,cannot find default font > > > Hello, > > Ok I just contunied with ctrl-c and it seemd it installed the fonts... after > a > while I got again to fill in all video stuff, and the test seems to > work (except > Icould not move the mouse cursor). > > But when I reboot I come again in the command interpreter. How do I start up > Gnome Desktop ? > > thanks, Wilfried > > > -Original Message- > > From: Wilfried Mestdagh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: dinsdag 25 juni 2002 14:06 > > To: debian mailing list > > Subject: first installation,cannot find default font > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I try to install Debian on my machine. At the end I have to configure mouse, > > keyboard, video,.. After that is a test witch failed with the > following error: > > > > Fatal server error: > > Could not open default font 'fixed' > > > > Does this means I have to download/install fonts separately ? The > only 'font' > > thing that I remember in the questions was if I wanted 75 or 100 dpi fonts > > (I > > selected both). Or did I do something teribely wrong ? > > > > note that this is my first experiance with linux, so please be patience ;-) > > > > rgds, Wilfried > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?
* Carel Fellinger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020625 02:49]: > On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 02:05:38AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > * Paladin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020624 16:00]: > .. > > > BTW, what's more secure? Putting everything in the firewall PC or on > > > > The general answer to this is that it's more secure to keep your > > firewall machine as minimal as possible. The less it has on it, the > > fewer possible holes there are. > > The more liberal stance would be to have no external services open on > the firewall (blocking them at the ip level), and run only a few local > only services that you really can't live without on the firewall. > > > .. > > spare. In my home network, I only have one always-on machine, so its > > duties are slightly more expanded than the paranoid firewall should be. > > Even with just one extra machine, it's easy to make one a stripped-down > > firewall-only box and the other your all-serving internal box (which can > > also run dmz-type services, such as web, mail, etc. via DNAT). > > IMHO it's stupid to mix dmz-type services with local only services as the > point of DMZ is to shield your own network and your firewall from the > hostile net. I really believe it's better to have the DMZ machine do > DMZ services only, and lacking an extra server to put the local only > services on the firewall. The change of breaking in into the firewall > seems less than the chance of breaking in into the DMZ with all it's > flacky services running. Sure, and that's just the point. If I have a firewall machine running on an Inet address and a server machine doing apache and sendmail for the outside and also bind and samba inside, it's harder to catastrophically break into the system. Say a remote exploit is found in sendmail which allows the attacker to open a listening port that goes straight to a root shell. Without also breaking something on the firewall (which is running nothing but iptables) they can't ever connect to that backdoor. Again, the ideal assumes availability of spare servers, but my point is that with only 2 servers the setup can be much better than with only 1 doing firewall + services. In this case, it still shields your firewall from the hostile net, if not your LAN. putting them all on one box has no such shielding effect. I guess my fault was using the term "DMZ" which implies a degree of protection that this arrangement does not afford. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- Satan laughs when we kill each other. Peace is the only way. pgpgdWZYxEDws.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: first installation,cannot find default font
Wilfried Mestdagh wrote: Hello, Hum that's the second time I ask a question, and just when I see the mail returning to I foudn the answer. I hope you will forgive that ;-) There is a spelling error in the xf86config program. When it asking for the mouse it propose /dev/tty00 and it has to be /dev/ttyS0 (for com1). Also it propose just /dev/mouse but that certainly dont works. I found that desktop start with startx. Also I seems to have only 16 color, but before I ask again in panic I will try a little more myself, please forgive me !! rgds, Wilfried -Original Message- From: Wilfried Mestdagh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: dinsdag 25 juni 2002 16:49 To: debian mailing list Subject: RE: first installation,cannot find default font Hello, Ok I just contunied with ctrl-c and it seemd it installed the fonts... after a while I got again to fill in all video stuff, and the test seems to work (except Icould not move the mouse cursor). But when I reboot I come again in the command interpreter. How do I start up Gnome Desktop ? thanks, Wilfried -Original Message- From: Wilfried Mestdagh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: dinsdag 25 juni 2002 14:06 To: debian mailing list Subject: first installation,cannot find default font Hello, I try to install Debian on my machine. At the end I have to configure mouse, keyboard, video,.. After that is a test witch failed with the following error: Fatal server error: Could not open default font 'fixed' Does this means I have to download/install fonts separately ? The only 'font' thing that I remember in the questions was if I wanted 75 or 100 dpi fonts (I selected both). Or did I do something teribely wrong ? note that this is my first experiance with linux, so please be patience ;-) rgds, Wilfried -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Wilfried, I had those problems when I first installed debian :-) which version o Debian are you using? what I did to correct and configure the video, mouse, etc... was: 1- I ran the installation; 2- Configured apt source.list to my Debian version ( /etc/apt/source.list) example: if you are using woody ( change every " stable" to woody in your source.list, if you're using potato there's no need to change... and so on...:-)) 3- gave the following command: apt-get install x-window-system 4- after that I did an apt-get install xserver-xfree86 5- answered the questions and configured it! :-) Now, in this exact moment I'm running Debian Woody - kernel 2.4.18 using KDE 2.2.x :-) Using the steps above :-) Any doubts... post it to the list! regards Francisco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mutt's thread editing (was Re: Thread stealing )
* Hans Ekbrand ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020625 05:03]: > On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 07:41:42AM -0400, christophe barbé wrote: > > Could you avoid posting to a mailing list by doing a reply to a current > > thread and changing the subject ? I don't know for pine but on MUA able > > to display the threads, it's boring to see a thread in another simply > > because you can type the ml address by yourself or save it in your > > address book. > > Agreed. It makes it harder than it ought to be to manage this > high-volume list (Deleting a whole thread is very convenient, but > thread stealing undo the gain of an intelligent MUA). Of course, we all wish they'd stop doing that, but there will always be people who do. Mutt's thread editing patch works wonders for this. It's included by default in mutt 1.4. Then you can just hit '#' on the offending messages and voila! It breaks the thread. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." -E.W. Dijkstra pgpygw2X3JHeI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: wheel mouse wheel not working
My version of XFree86 is 3.3.5 . >From my /etc/X11/XF86Config file: Section "Pointer" Protocol "IntelliMouse" Device "/dev/mouse" BaudRate 1200 Emulate3Timeout 50 Resolution 200 EndSection Was that the right file? It looks different than what everyone else is posting. Jeremy Turner wrote: On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 16:47, Vikki Roemer wrote: Hi! I've been using Debian for about a week now, and during that time I've been trying to get my mouse to work properly, but I can't. I have a PS/2 Microsoft Wheel Mouse. Since it's possible to click with the wheel button as well as scroll, I was hoping I could use it as a third button as well as a scroll wheel. However, I can't even get the wheel to even scroll, much less click. I downloaded and installed IMWheel, and followed the instuctions, but it still doesn't work. I've also read everything I can find about configuring mice, but nothing has been helpful. Maybe I'm just not understanding the instructions? (This is all pretty heavy-duty for someone who just came from Windows 9x (but it's worth it), so it's highly likely that I'm just misunderstanding most of the manuals.) Hello and welcome to Debian! It's a little tough in the beginning, but it does eventually get easier as you understand how to work with the whole process and configuration of things. You might post your XF86Config-4 with the exact input section that your mouse is in. That helps a lot. With a wheel mouse, you don't need any of the emulate 3 mouse buttons (since you have 3 mouse buttons). Also, to get scrolling, you will want to add a line like: Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Which reminds me... what version of XFree86 are you using? I'm using 4.1. Here is my mouse section for my USB mouse: ### # USB Mouse ### Section "InputDevice" Identifier "USBMouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" #change for PS/2 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection HTH, Jeremy
Re: ATI Rage 128 and XFree 4.1
On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 07:00:14PM -0500, Steven A. Reisman wrote: > On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 06:24:59PM -0500, Michael Jinks wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 08:41:06PM +0200, Helgi ?rn Helgason wrote: > > > > > > Section "Device" > > > Identifier "Ati Rage 128" > > > VideoRam8192 > > > Driver "r128" > > > Option "dpms" > > > EndSection > > > > Hm. Nope, still crashes; output from X server is attached in case it > > helps. Looks to me like it's seeing my hardware and then dying anyway > > for some reason but I don't see anything that looks like a complaint > > before the final "No devices detected." > > For my Radeon Mobility chip (and XFree 4.2), I had to add a BusID line > to my Device Section: > > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Generic Video Card" > Driver "radeon" > BusID "PCI:01:00:00" > EndSection Been away from this for a couple of days, finally got to try this; first, doormat:/etc/X11# lspci | grep ATI 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro TF so, I added the same BusID line to my XF86Config-4 that Steven has above, but no dice. I am still using the version of XFree that's in woody (4.1), so maybe that's my problem. I'll take a crack at the new one and see what difference that makes... -mrj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Question on dependencies
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 12:01:05PM -0400, Mike Dresser wrote: > I'm doing the ssh updates on a potato machine here, and running into > problems, due to having to use lilo out of woody. > > pellusbackup:~# apt-get install ssh > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > lilo: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4) but 2.1.3-20 is to be installed > ssh: Depends: libssl0.9.6 but it is not going to be installed > E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or > specify a solution). > > How do I override the lilo dependency on 2.2.4-4 that it doesn't actually > need in this case? Um, that looks risky. Wouldn't it be safer to rebuild the lilo package from woody on a potato system so that it will actually have satisfied dependencies? apt-get considers unsatisfied dependencies on a system to be very bad. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 12:10:07PM -0400, Reid Gilman wrote: > All of a sudden my apt-get has stopped automatically installing > dependencies. I try to install different programs and it just keeps on > saying a package that I don't have anymore depends on something and it > won't be installed. And then it quits without installing any of the > packages I want. Any help? Please quote the full error message, and it will be easier to help. Thanks, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Problem connecting app to X display server--more failed efforts
> On 24-Jun-2002 Sivea Key wrote: > > I'm new to Debian and LINUX so any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > I am trying to run a simulation program on Debian. It compiles fine (now) but > > whenever I try to launch the gui it tells me it can't connect to the display > > and that I need to run: export DISPLAY=:0 [or setenv--I'm in BASH > > so I use export] > > > > Running that command produces no error but also doesn't help. I have tried > > using the machine name and also tried using what appeared to be the display > > server name. I am not certain I used the actual display server name--where > > exactly do I find it and what should it look like? (I used defaults on > > everything except the computer name during install and again during > > reconfiguration.) > > > > I haven't yet discovered what man page to specify for more information, none > > of the 4 books I have nor the Xfree86 or Debian site have revealed anything > > useful as yet. Admitedly, I may be asking the wrong questions. > > > > In the X session where you want to see the window open a terminal program and > type: echo $DISPLAY. Whatever you see as output is what you need to export at > the console. I ran echo $DISPLAY and it returned nothing. I checked "set" and found no DISPLAY configuration parameter listed at all. When I installed Debian 2.2, I distinctly chose settings. Furthermore, X windows starts. What am I missing and what do I need to do? Or where should I look for help? [additional efforts] I did some further research and typed: set DISPLAY :0.0; export DISPLAY where was the hostname of my Deb box--debian2. Yet when I ran echo $DISPLAY again, I still got nothing and no DISPLAY setting shows when I type: set. Help. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
