Re: help
Hi, On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 05:24:43PM -0600, Solomon Goldstein wrote: > Hi, my name is Solomon Goldstein. I am installing Debian on my machine. > After I'm done, I get to the Login promt, so I login and when I type > "StartX", I get error message saying "Fatal Server Error: > > No screens found". Would this mean that I forgot to install > something? No, that would mean that you haven't configured X correctly. Try to run 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' and reconfigure it all again. Mark -- Mark Schouten Alphen aan den Rijn, Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing courier-imap
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 05:41:54PM -0800, Rus Foster wrote: > Hi All, > I've just done an apt-get install courier-imap but when running > /etc/init.d/courier-imap I'm getting > > /etc/init.d/courier-imap: admins: command not found > > Which other package do I have to install? Probably none, you might try to read the init.d-script, or you can try to configure courier... Mark -- Mark Schouten Alphen aan den Rijn, Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: smbmount command w/o password
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 03:39:02PM +0100, Willem-Jan Meijer wrote: > Hello, > > ATM the line //WILLEM-JAN/muziek /muziek smbfs ro,uid=1000,gid=1000 > is in fstab, but when I reboot this directory isn't mounted because there's > asked for a password, but I don't need to give a password. Is there a way to > set this line so that I'm not asked for a password? Yes, make the line as follows: //WILLEM-JAN/muziek /muziek smbfs ro,uid=1000,gid=1000,username=X,password=X But, this does take a security issue with it. Your password is readable in your fstab. Greetz, Mark -- Mark Schouten Alphen aan den Rijn, Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: man pages for xfree
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 02:26:26PM -0500, Phil wrote: > It's been a while since I set up an X configuration. The last time was on > a potato machine. There is no XF86Config file in /etc/X11 and when I > "startx" I get > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: ursr/bin/X11/X No such file or dir > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: exec: ursr/bin/X11/X cannot execute > giving up > (errno 111) > (errno 3) > > seems like things weren't set-up properly. xfree-common was installed > according to dselect. where ar the man pages? Which version of Debian are you using now? Mark -- Mark Schouten Alphen aan den Rijn, Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: man pages for xfree
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 03:09:25PM -0500, Phil wrote: > > Woody - 3.0 just installed from CDs > ~~ Well, then you 'apt-get install' xserver-xfree86 and finish the configuresteps. Also, check if 'xbase-utils, xfonts-base, xfonts-100dpi, xfonts-100dpi-transcoded' are alle installed. You might want to install gdm/xdm or whatever too. Mark -- Mark Schouten Alphen aan den Rijn, Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: "label=" option in fstab in Debian??? (newbie question)
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 04:55:14PM -0600, Jeff Hahn wrote: > Woody/testing... > > I like to use the "LABEL=usr /usr" format in fstab so that re-arranging scsi > and/or ide drives doesn't necessarily require changes to /etc/fstab. > > I don't recall exactly, but the error message during boot was something > like "Special device LABEL=usr not found" > > Any special Debian hints or tricks??? man fstab says: Instead of giving the device explicitly, one may indicate the (ext2 or xfs) filesystem that is to be mounted by its UUID or volume label (cf. e2label(8) or xfs_admin(8)), writing LABEL= or UUID=, e.g., `LABEL=Boot' or `UUID=3e6be9de-8139-11d1-9106-a43f08d823a6'. This will make the system more robust: adding or removing a SCSI disk changes the disk device name but not the filesys# tem volume label. So what you do, giving the directory is not correct. It seems that you can only give the above mentioned. But I really don't know for sure. Mark -- Mark Schouten Alphen aan den Rijn, Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: TFT monitor and XF86config-4
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 06:15:08PM +, Dave Selby wrote: > Have just bought a TFT monitor, works well except occasionaly some of text is > blurred on top pixel line > > I remember when I was installing debian there were questions about TFT > monitors, at the time I ignored them. > > How can I re-run the configuration again without re-installing ? I think it > will be a > > dpkg-reconfigure ? dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 Mark -- Mark Schouten Alphen aan den Rijn, Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Networking configuration?
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 06:15:53PM -0500, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > Where are the configuration files to automate all this? It used to work, > but I have recently been messing with the box - I updated everything > updatable with aptitude, I've recompiled the kernel a few times, I finally > got sound and my cd drive and a USB scanner working, but somewhere along > the line I broke networking! It seems that your kernel is not supporting DHCP, which it did first. Read /var/log/daemon.log (i believe) to see the solution. Mark -- Mark Schouten Alphen aan den Rijn, Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dumb question: How do you reboot?
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 09:38:23PM -0500, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > Ok, so I'm stumped. I just did a nice new install of Debian Woody, and I > can't figure out how I should reboot the thing. I have GNOME 1.4 > running. There's no 'reboot' menu item, and when I log out, it brings me > to the GNOME login screen, with no 'reboot' item there, either. > CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't work on the login screen. CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE cuts > out of X for a second, but then it pops right back into the GNOME login. > The last time all I could do was CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE repeatedly until X > gave me an error and quit for good, then I could CTRL-ALT-DEL it. > > It seems like I must be missing something extraordinarily easy here. If you know how to make a new kernel, try acpi. [1] This gives you the ability to just press the powerbutton, and it will halt. [1] http://sf.net/projects/acpi Mark -- Mark Schouten Alphen aan den Rijn, Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lost X... non valid arg: tcp ....
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 05:29:05PM +0100, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > the start option for the xserver tcp isn't anymore wanted, but even > after removing it, i am far from a usable system. > some graphical stuff starts up, but stops somewhere leaving me > basicly with the background that existed before the thing went > unusable... > > wondering what's going wrong Perhaps you could be more specific? E.g: * Does your displaymanager start? * Does your windowmanager start? What do /var/log/XFree86.0.log ~/.xsession-errors say? Mark -- Mark Schouten Alphen aan den Rijn, Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ACPI funktioniert erst beim Reboot
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 09:13:42AM +0100, Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote: > Hallo, > > ich habe ACPI in 2.4.20 aktiviert. Try english first? Mark -- Mark Schouten Alphen aan den Rijn, Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Kernel panic: No init found.
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:09:50PM -0500, Reid Mumford wrote: > linux root=/dev/hda2 > > this results in the following error messages on boot: > > EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. > change_root: old root has d_count=1 > Trying to unmount old root ... okay > Freeing unused kernel memory: 156k freed > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel > > this is basically the same thing that i get when i boot without the cd > too. > > Any ideas on how to save this system without having to reinstall? Yes, perhaps your root-disk is not /dev/hda2 but another partition? I saw this message today, and that seemed to be the problem. Mark -- Mark Schouten Alphen aan den Rijn, Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with perl & locale
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 03:21:03PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On a debian 3.0 Alpha WS I had set up the American English language as
> locale and it's worked fine until I've changed the gdm language
> from English to Italian then back to English (C/Posix).
> The error below occurs (under a gnome-terminal session) whenever I use perl and/or
> the command "man"
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/latex/bollo$ perl progxml.pl dati.xml
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
> LANGUAGE = (unset),
> LC_ALL = (unset),
> LC_NUMERIC = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]",
> LC_CTYPE = "it_IT",
> LC_MONETARY = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]",
> LANG = "en_US"
> are supported and installed on your system.
> perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> I've tried to: 1) regenerate locale via locale-gen; 2) re-install
> locales package. To no avail! I can't make head or tail of it.
You can try to set these variables in .bashrc...
Mark
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Re: your mail
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:31:53AM -0600, linux stuff wrote: > ssl question: i have a debian box w/apache, mysql, php, etc, running just > fine ... now a client requires secure sockets ... one place i read > (aboutdebian.com) made it sound impossibly difficult to set up ... is that > true? or is there a HOWTO that could help an beginning/intermediate admin > succeed? or should i give up? all help appreciated To setup a simple ssl-server just type 'apt-get install apache-ssl' and edit /etc/apache-ssl/httpd.conf There are options to buy an official certificate, but I don't know about them.. Mark -- Mark Schouten Alphen aan den Rijn, Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Spamassain question, whitelist?
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 10:12:05AM -0500, stan wrote: > I'm setting up Spamassain, and I can't seem to find out how to create a > whitelist for it. > > I will be retrieving my mail using fetchmail, then pasing it to procmail, > which will call somassain. If it matters my MUA of choice is mutt. http://au2.spamassassin.org/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html WHITELIST AND BLACKLIST OPTIONS Have fun. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Local mails are not delivered
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 01:51:12PM +, Uwe Pross wrote: >SNIP< > Has anyone an idea where to look at to solve this problem? Which mailserver are you using? Try emailing your config here, (without all the comments) and try checking 'local_domains' (if you're using exim). Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Spamassain question, whitelist?
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:09:43PM -0500, stan wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 05:17:21PM +0100, Mark Schouten wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 10:12:05AM -0500, stan wrote: > > > I'm setting up Spamassain, and I can't seem to find out how to create a > > > whitelist for it. > > > > > > I will be retrieving my mail using fetchmail, then pasing it to procmail, > > > which will call somassain. If it matters my MUA of choice is mutt. > > > > http://au2.spamassassin.org/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html > > WHITELIST AND BLACKLIST OPTIONS > > > > Mmm, I'd seen that. Seems a bit clumsy to have to edit the config file > every time I wan't to add an address to the whitelist. [20:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] % spamassassin --help SpamAssassin version 2.60 For more information read the spamassassin man page Usage: spamassassin [options] < *mailmessage* > *output* spamassassin -d < *mailmessage* > spamassassin -r [-w *addr*] < *mailmessage* spamassassin -k [-w *addr*] < *mailmessage* spamassassin -W|-R < *mailmessage* Options: -P, --pipeDeliver to STDOUT (now default) -L, --local Local tests only (no online tests) -r, --report Report message as spam -k, --revoke Revoke message as spam -w addr, --warning-from=addr Send a warning mail to sender from addr -d, --remove-markup Remove spam reports from a message -C path, --configpath=path, --config-file=path Path to standard configuration dir -p prefs, --prefspath=file, --prefs-file=fileSet user preferences file --siteconfigpath=path Path for site configs (def: /etc/mail/spamassassin) -x, --nocreate-prefs Don't create user preferences file -e, --exit-code Exit with a non-zero exit code if the tested message was spam -l filename, --log-to-mbox=file Log messages to a mbox file -t, --test-mode Pipe message through and add extra report to the bottom --lintLint the rule set: report syntax errors -a, --auto-whitelist Use auto-whitelists (AWL) -W, --add-to-whitelistAdd addresses in mail to whitelist (AWL) --add-to-blacklistAdd addresses in mail to blacklist (AWL) -R, --remove-from-whitelist Remove all addresses found in mail from whitelist (AWL) --add-addr-to-whitelist=addr Add addr to whitelist (AWL) --add-addr-to-blacklist=addr Add addr to blacklist (AWL) --remove-addr-from-whitelist=addr Remove addr from whitelist (AWL) -M, --whitelist-factory Select whitelist factory (AWL) -D, --debug [area=n,...] Print debugging messages -V, --version Print version -h, --helpPrint usage message Maybe -W should do it? Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Attempt to access beyond end of device/Raid linear and 1
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:39:41PM -0600, Larry W. Irwin Sr. wrote: > I recently set up two 9 gig scsi drives on my machine. Discovered > that an attempt to copy data from one array to another results in > "I/O error. Attempt to access beyond end of device". Data copies > to/from either raid array to/from a non-raid partition work properly. > > Googling found references to a similar problem in the 2.2 kernels > but not the 2.4 series. I thought that it was a really stupid mistake, somewhere in the kernel. I've had the same problem. It doesn't bother me anymore since I have mounted my disks as ext2. I thought it was an error in 'journal.c', line 18xx or so. Mark (Correct me if I'm wrong) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fluxbox, Debian menu
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 07:19:35PM +0200, Kristian Niemi wrote:
> Got punished for trying out fluxbox-cvs, now wondering if anyone could
> help me keep the cake...
>
> I'm using Sid.
> The thing is that I had Fluxbox stable (0.1.14-2) installed, but added a
> apt-source to be able to use a more fresh Fluxbox, the Debian way. So I
> uninstalled old Fluxbox, installed newer one (all with apt-get); new one
> is version 0.9.6+cvs20031124.20-1. In that process Fluxbox' menu got
> screwed up. Disappeared, actually.
>
> I've tried to read TFM, and so far I've only managed to figure out that
> it might have something to do with 'fluxbox' missing from
> /etc/menu-methods/ ...
Put this is you ~/.fluxbox/init
session.menuFile: /etc/X11/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu
Remenber that Fluxbox is strange with the configfiles, so you have to
add it when Fluxbox is *not* running.
And here's my /etc/menumethods/fluxbox
#!/usr/sbin/install-menu
#
# Generates fluxbox menus for all registered applications.
# (taken from Blackbox)
compat="menu-1"
outputencoding="ISO-8859-1"
!include menu.h
genmenu="menudefs.hook"
examplercfile="system.fluxbox-menu"
rcfile="fluxbox-menu"
rootprefix="/etc/X11/fluxbox/"
userprefix=".fluxbox/"
treewalk=M)
supported
x11= nstring(level(), " ") "[exec] (" esc($title, ")") ") {" esc($command,
"()") "}\n"
wm=nstring(level(), " ") "[restart] (" esc($title, "()") ") {"
esc($command, "()") "}\n"
text= nstring(level(), " ") "[exec] (" esc($title, "()") ") {
x-terminal-emulator -T \"" esc($title, "()") "\" -e " esc($command, "()") "}\n"
fluxbox= nstring(level(), " ") "[" esc($command, "()") "] (" esc($title, "()")
")\n"
endsupported
#preoutput= \
# "# Automatically generated file. Please do not edit (see
/usr/share/doc/menu/README)\n\n\n\nDebian MENU\n\n[begin] (Debian)\n"
#postoutput= \
# "\nDebian END\n"
startmenu= ""
submenutitle= nstring(level(), " ") "[submenu] (" esc($title,"()") ") {"
esc($longtitle,"()") "}\n"
endmenu= ifneq( level(), "0", nstring(level(), " ") "[end]\n" )
Good luck
Mark
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Re: Spamassain question, whitelist?
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:04:04PM -0500, stan wrote: > Teo, I gad read that. What I don't understand is how to use that when the > mail messages in question are alreay stored in a mail folder. Or how to > just manually add (for instance) friends that I don't happen to have a > sample email laying around from, but whos email address O _do_ have. > > Perhaps what the proble is here, is that I am misunderstnaing the proper > usage of spamassain? I'm expecting to find a simple "whitelist" concept > that I can tell it, If the emil originates from this address, It's OK, no > matter what. > > Am I missing something? Yes, the configurationfile. But, you think that it's not good to manually add an emailaddress. So that's you choice. You could write a script that does it for you, but that depends on your coding-skills. In Mutt, you can do '|' 'spammassassin -W'. Mutt will then pipe the message through spamassassin, which should whitelist it. That's all I know. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xcdroast
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 11:38:51AM +, Gavin Seddon wrote: > this find command returned nothing. Also, I noticed people are irritated by > my replies. But, each time I send a message to debian list it starts a new > thread and I am unable to reply directly to messages. So, what do I do? 'apt-get install mutt', or you can configure KMail correctly. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: printer setup
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 01:00:31PM -0800, Gruessle wrote: > My printer man says following. Is there a HOWTO on this? > > Unix Systems > Follow the traditional configuration procedure on Unix platforms to set > up the SpeedStream 2614 print > server. The printer name is lp. Personally, I very much like CUPS. See if it works for you. apt-get install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Start Xserver problem
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 05:56:59PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (insufficient memory for > mode) > (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory for > mode) > (WW) NV(0): Mode pool is empty > (EE) NV(0): No valid modes found X tries to start, but there's not enough memory to support the modes you told him to use. You could try a resolution of 640x480, but it's probably better to try to set you "DefaultDepth" to a lower value. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Right ftp server
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 02:33:51AM -0800, Gruessle wrote: > But I need something basic easy to config., something I don't have to > read two books on before I can get going. Don't need anonymous I like > X config stuff if there is something > > Which is the right ftp server for me? proftpd. :) The basic 'default' configuration works like a charme. There's nothing to set up, unless you have special wishes. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: logcheck regexp for spamassassin
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 09:34:56PM -0600, Greg Norris wrote:
> Every now and then, logcheck complains about syslog messages such as
> the one below. Not a big problem, but it's supposed to filter out
> messages which match the associated regexp... which really should cover
> this case, as far as I can see. Any idea why this one was missed?
>
> ---SNIP---
> Dec 19 07:17:46 sasami spamd[23665]: processing message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for
> adric:1000.
> ---SNIP---
>
> ---SNIP---
> ^\w{3} [ :0-9]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ spamd\[[0-9]+\]: processing message <.+> for
> \w+:[0-9]+\. $
> ---SNIP---
>
> There really is a single space at the end of the line, btw, so it's
> not that.
Well, it *is* the space at the end of the line. Why all the fuzz. Just
place an '?' behind the space.
Mark
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Re: HELP: new to debian 3.0
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 12:08:06AM +0100, Hercinger Viktor wrote: > > 4) is there any way to shutdown/reboot the system while logged in as a user? I'd > > rather not have to su to root everytime to power down. > > Just type in: > # sudo /sbin/halt > > (make sure that you're a sudoer (edit /etc/sudoers)) Surely, you mean, use 'visudo'. Also, if your machine is ACPI-capcable, just install acpd. Then you only have to press the power-button. Mark -- Mark Schouten Read my rules of email-engagement: http://prevented.net/email-rules.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
