Re: Optimizing X
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 10:22:09AM +, Satish Iyer wrote: > Hi, >Whenever I start gnome (by typing gdm on the > command line) it takes a log of time to start up. I > understand that that it reads the configuration file > and then performs various test based on the given > configuration. > I have noticed (from the log) that the number of tests > it performs for the monitor and the display is quite > large. For example, it checks the given hsync and > vert. sync and outputs "Out of range" messages for > quite a number of values in the given range. It > finally comes up with a list of permitted clock > frequencies for the given sceeen resolutions. > I feel that i can perform some optimization here. --snip-- You can reduce some of this by specifying a partucular Modeline in the Monitor section of XF86Config-4. However, I suspect that you won't get much real improvement by optimizing X. Gnome is big and slow and this is probably where the time is used. Before you spend a lot of time optimizimg X, you may want to install a light weight window manager for test purposes. A comparison of startup times might prove illuminating. -- Mark pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: filesystem encryption
On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 07:19:07PM +0800, Robert Storey wrote: > I've been considering creating a partition on my hard drive with an > encrypted filesystem for storing my financial data. Looking through the > literature on how to do this, it appears that there are several > competing systems around. This is something I've never done before, so > I'm a little perplexed about which system is best. > > Right now, the most up-to-date information I have comes from an article > in LinuxFormat Magazine, December 2001 (pages 30-37). It was the cover > story in that particular edition, and I think you can still download it > as a PDF file from their web site (www.linuxformat.co.uk). > > Anyway, they seem to favor installing the cryptoapi modules at > http://cryptoapi.sourceforge.net, plus the utilities at > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux. It looks rather > complicated, but I'm willing to try it. > > My question is whether or not this is the best way to go? The > LinuxFormat article is more than a year out of date. I've looked through > the Debian (stable) packages list, and it says nothing about cryptoapi, > though a search on the word "crypt" reveals a number of other > cryptographic packages such as cfs 1.4.1-7 which is also a cryptographic > filesystem. > If you are willing to upgrade to testing, you can do all of the cryptoapi stuff with debian packages. Here is a quick summary of what it takes (this assumes that you already have a kernel-source package and kernel-package): 1) apt-get install cryptoapi-core-source cryptoloop-source. 2) Unpack them. 3) Rebuild your kernel with make-kpkg and PATCH_THE_KERNEL=YES. 4) Use make-kpkg to build the crypto module packages. 5) Install the new kernel and the crypto debs. 6) Reboot. You are now all set up. The util-linux things are already there. I just went through this process so I can get more wordy if you need it. One suggestion for preparing for making backups: Make your loopback file(s) 650MB so you can burn it directly onto a CD. That way, you have an encrypted backup copy and you can mount the CD through the loopback device and use it directly. -- Mark pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Root login
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 03:18:58PM +0200, Johan van der Walt wrote: > > I just now installed Woody and did a simple installation using only tasksel. > So Gnome is the display manager. However, it does not allow me to login as > root. I need to install OpenOffice and to do that I have to login as root > but not from the console. > > How can I get past this problem? > I suggest that you install sudo and set yourself up in /etc/sudoers (using visudo). Then you can run commands as root without logging in as root. You could also just su to root in a window but then there are X display authorization issues you will have to work out. -- Mark pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Mounting 250mb Zip Drive (Internel)
On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 05:03:23AM -0800, Alex Togstad wrote: > Howdy; > > I'm trying to mount my Zip drive, but its just not working. > > I've tried: > > > mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/zip1/ > mount /dev/ide/ /mnt/zip1/ > mount /dev/scsi/ /mnt/zip1/ > mount /dev/hdb /mnt/zip1/ > > I was looking in the archive and found a few posts, but the 'hdb4' dir > was not in the dev dir which was recommended by a user to use to mount > the zip drive from. Post can be found here > (http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200301/msg02811.ht > ml) > > It's just a basic 250mb zip drive which is on the same IDE ribbon cable > as the cdrom. > The device is probably /dev/hdd, then, so try /dev/hdd4. Also, to see the partition table, use 'fdisk /dev/hdd' and print the table. You should be able to see hdd somewhere in dmesg. If not, you may not have built the necessary kernel modules. -- Mark pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Debian 3.0 install w SCSI HD
On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 04:22:54PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi everybody. > For the first time I'm dealing with a SCSI HD. I'm trying to install a Debian > 3.0 from CDROM, but it can't see the SCSI device. The controller is adaptec > 29160. What can I do? > You will need to 'preload essential modules from a floppy'. Try downloading http://people.debian.org/~blade/preload-2.4.20.bin and dd-ing it to a floppy. The module versions have to match the kernel version you booted from. The one that worked for me was the minimal bf2.4 installation cd image. -- Mark pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: OT: finite-state automata in LaTeX
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 01:43:53PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > i won't waste my time with it if i have to do it all in postscript, > but i was wondering if there were a LaTeX package out there for making > pretty FSA diagrams easily. you know, a few labelled circular nodes, > with labelled arrows running between them? just curious. > Depending on your definition of easy, you might look at metapost. It will generate better looking results than you are likely to get with a drawing tool and it integrates well with LaTeX. However, it's another language to learn. Its easy the second time you use it, not the first. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cd to dir with dashes
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 06:45:53AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > Hum, what's the trick to cd in bash in this case? > > moseley@bumby:~/wusage-accounts$ ls > --SIMPLE-ACCOUNT-- > > moseley@bumby:~/wusage-accounts$ cd --SIMPLE-ACCOUNT--/ > -bash: cd: --: invalid option > cd: usage: cd [-L|-P] [dir] > > moseley@bumby:~/wusage-accounts$ cd '--SIMPLE-ACCOUNT--/' > -bash: cd: --: invalid option > cd: usage: cd [-L|-P] [dir] > > moseley@bumby:~/wusage-accounts$ cd "--SIMPLE-ACCOUNT--/" > -bash: cd: --: invalid option > cd: usage: cd [-L|-P] [dir] > > moseley@bumby:~/wusage-accounts$ cd \-\-SIMPLE\-ACCOUNT\-\- > -bash: cd: --: invalid option > cd: usage: cd [-L|-P] [dir] > How about: cd ./--SIMPLE-ACCOUNT-- ? -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gpg key in memory
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 11:57:06PM +0100, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Hi, > > is it possible (like with ssh) to have gpg ony ask you your passphrase > once and then remember it for the duration of a session? > This would be handy if one is writing a lot of emails and you don't want > to bother every single time to type your passphrase. > I chose quit a long and difficult passphrase and it isn't fun to type > it over and over again when i want to encrypt or sign an email. > > Any sollution to this other than chosing a simpler and shorter > passphrase? > This is probably specific to your mail user agent. Mutt remembers your passphrase for the duration of a session unless you tell it to forget it. If you tell us what user agent you use, perhaps someone will know the answer in that context. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Signed messages
On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 02:36:56PM +0200, Claudio Bley wrote: > On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 14:49, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > > Hello, > > > > On Oct 8, wrote: > > > > | I saw quite many PGP signed messages in this list. > > | How can I get the posters' public keys easily from mutt? > > > > If you use the "keyserver options auto-key-retrieve" in your > > ..gnupg/options file, gnupg will try to grab the key automatically. > > There needs to be a dash between the first two words: > "keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve" > > Is it just me or is it normal that your message can't be proven to be > authentic? > No, not just you. I get this: [-- PGP output follows (current time: Tue 08 Oct 2002 06:57:54 AM MDT) --] gpg: Signature made Tue 08 Oct 2002 06:49:57 AM MDT using DSA key ID 0EFB1DFE gpg: BAD signature from "Jason Wojciechowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" [-- End of PGP output --] -- Mark msg05951/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: pcmcia install on IBM laptop
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 08:12:31AM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote: > > I'm installing stable onto an IBM 560X from a FD boot and then FTP. > > Most of the install has been uneventful, but getting the PCMCIA to work > (and then networking so as to FTP install) has been problematic. > > I'm using a Xircom CreditCard CEM56-100 (ether 10/100 + modem56) as my > pcmcia card. > > During the install, in the "Configure PCMCIA Support" section, it asks > whether my pcmcia controller is i82365 or tcic: I presume i82365. > > It next asks for Controller Options, which I leave blank. Same for Core > Options and Card Manager Options. I suspect somewhere in here I need to > input an option or two, but I've search google hi and lo but haven't > found the magic answer yet. > Except for the card (I have a 3com with ethernet only) my setup is the same as yours. I never specified any options and I never had any trouble. I suspect that there must be some trick to working with a combination ethernet/modem card. One of the other VTs (#3 I think) has log messages. Maybe there is a clue there. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pcmcia install on IBM laptop
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 12:18:28PM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 07:26:01AM -0600, Mark Zimmerman wrote.. > > > > > > I'm using a Xircom CreditCard CEM56-100 (ether 10/100 + modem56) as my > > > pcmcia card. > > > > Except for the card (I have a 3com with ethernet only) my setup is the > > same as yours. I never specified any options and I never had any > > trouble. I suspect that there must be some trick to working with a > > combination ethernet/modem card. > > > > One of the other VTs (#3 I think) has log messages. Maybe there is a > > clue there. > > > > Didn't know about that VT #3 tip, which is a good one. Here's what's in > my log right before I get stopped: > > daemon.info.cardmgr[606]: executing 'modprobe xirc2ps_cs' > daemon.info.cardmgr[606]: executing 'modprobe serial_cs' > daemon.info.cardmgr[606]: executing './network start eth0' > daemon.info.cardmgr[606]: +cat: /var/lib/misc/pcmcia-scheme: > no such file or directory > daemon.info.cardmgr[606]: executing './serial start ttyS3' > daemon.info.cardmgr[606]: +cat: /var/lib/misc/pcmcia-scheme: > no such file or directory > user.info.dbootstrap[272]: wget: http.us.debian.org: Host name >lookup failure > user.err.dbootstrap[272]: The server was unavailable or contained > no release file > > So it's obviously looking for the pcmcia-scheme file, and not finding > it. Wonder where you get one of those files ... > Mine exists but is empty. Maybe if you go to VT #2 and create it. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2.4.19 kernel with Woody WAS:Re: TV output, and my new project
On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 04:25:59PM +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > snip > > from where can we get the `2.4.19 kernel' for Woody ? > Grab the 2.4.19 kernel-source package from testing and compile and install on woody. Works great. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help with DRM / DRI on Matrox G400
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 12:08:56PM -0800, Slava ZHdanobvich wrote: > On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:23:03 -0800 > Paul Mackinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've got a Matrox Millenium G400, and recently installed a DVDROM drive. > > Unfortunately, Xine drops too many frames to really watch anything > > (mpeg & avi files play fine). > > > > I've been trying to tweak my video performance, and notice the following > > errors in my X log: ...snip... > > [drm] failed to load kernel module "mga" > > (II) MGA(1): [drm] drmOpen failed > > (EE) MGA(1): [drm] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. > > It looks like you do not have the necessary kernel module(s). You need these: CONFIG_AGP=m CONFIG_DRM_NEW=y CONFIG_DRM_MGA=m If you use xconfig, they are near the bottom of 'Character devices' -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Resolving hostnames using DHCP
On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 04:10:45PM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > Hi Reaz > > I've got the nameservers in resolv.conf and so resolving public IP's is > fine. It's the hosts on the local network that don't resolve. I tried > including the DHCP server's IP address as a name server but that gave > some strange errors and didn't help. > > I've also got the nameservers referred to in dhcpd.conf. > > I'm sure I'm missing something obvious ;-) > Not really; you are missing something complicated: 1. If you want your internal machines to be able to look each other up via dns queries, you need to run a nameserver on one of those machines and then have all of your machines point to that one as a nameserver. 2. This internal nameserver must forward queries for external domains to an external nameserver. 3. Since you want the internal names and IP addresses to be dynamic, the internal nameserver must allow the dhcp server to provide dynamic updates to it. I think that one way to accomplish all of this is to use a combination of bind 8 and dhcp-dns. I have not done this so I cannot help any further. Good luck, -- Mark pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
ntpd / ntpdate on a dialup line
Greetings: With all the traffic on ntp stuff recently, I thought this would be a good time to ask: Is there a better solution than ntpdate on a dialup machine? Currently, I run it from an ip-up.d script. I was looking to see if ntpd could run continuously but only make external connections when it "knows" that the link is up, where "knows" is somehow provided to it externally. There doesn't seem to be such a capability. No big deal, though; at least the ip-up.d script will usually not add to the thunderclap effect. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mkisofs truncates filenames -- alternative?
On Wed, Dec 25, 2002 at 10:54:35AM -0600, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > reading the man pages, mkisofs/mkhybrid truncates filenames to 8 > characters plus a 3-ch extension. this is really obnoxious ... is > there a way to make iso images to burn to cd that aren't truncated, or > is there a better way to transfer many files to one CD? > The iso standard is 8.3 filenames; to get more you need to add extensions. Look for the -r or -R options in the mkisofs man page. If you care about usability under windows, look at -J. If you care about macs, look at -hfs or -apple. You can combine these for support for multiple platforms. The mkisofs man page is long but worth at least a quick skim so you know what to look for later. -- Mark msg20970/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Debian and IPV6
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:40:48PM -0600, Russ Cook wrote: > netstat -A inet6 -an results in the following > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State > tcp 0 0 :::80 :::*LISTEN > This shows that sshd is not listening to port 22 of an ipv6 address. If you add '-- -6' to the end of the start-stop-daemon lines in /etc/init.d/ssh, and then restart it, it should start listening to your ipv6 address. It might, stop listening to ipv4 though, so try it and see. Another thing to try is to put actual addresses in the ListenAddress lines of sshd_config (and uncomment them). You can use multiple lines, one for v4 and one for v6. This is how I have it set up on my OpenBSD box which accepts ssh connections in both v4 and v6. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian and IPV6
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 10:42:17PM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2002-12-29T02:40:48Z, Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I thought this ssh package was enabled for ipv6, but perhaps I have to > > configure or compile. > > Debian's sshd, at least, is not compiled with IPv6 support. However, I can > use the ssh client to connect to other (FreeBSD) servers with IPv6-enabled > sshd's. I don't think this is true. On my machine at work I run it with the -6 option and it works just fine. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian and IPV6
On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 09:41:49AM -0600, Russ Cook wrote: > Mark, > Thanks for the reply. I tried your suggestion of adding the -- -6 > option to the start-stop-daemon lines in /etc/init.d/ssh. I then > tried to connect to the host with ssh and ssh -6. Both attempts succeded, > as shown in the subsequent netstat -A inet6 -an > > Script started on Sun Dec 29 09:38:04 2002 > p90:/home/russ# netstat -A inet6 -an > Active Internet connections (servers and established) > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State > tcp0 0 :::80 :::*LISTEN > tcp0 0 :::22 :::*LISTEN > tcp0 0 :::192.168.1.1:22 :::192.168.1.2:3238 ESTABLISHED > tcp0 0 3ffe:b80:1853:1:250::22 3ffe:b80:1853:1:25:3239 ESTABLISHED > p90:/home/russ# exit > > Script done on Sun Dec 29 09:38:19 2002 > > It represents my IPv4 connection with a IPv6 style address, however. > Does this imply that both connections are actually ip6 connections? > Yes. Addresses like this are a feature of IPv6. I suspect what is happening is this: 1. ssh tries to connect with IPv4 and fails because the server is not listening on that port. 2. ssh builds the hybrid address, tries that, and succeeds. To verify that sshd is not listening on IPv4, substitute inet for inet6 in your netstat command and look for port 22. > Would you mind sending me the sample lines from your sshd_config file > where you configured two listening lines with explicit addresses? > ListenAddress 192.168.132.16 ListenAddress fec0::a00:20ff:fe0c:81ca -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AOL "art" files
On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 05:25:48PM -0600, Gerald Livingston wrote: > Is there something that can view AOL "art" image files? My GF uses AOL > and I can't break her of it. --snip-- > -- > Configure your Email to send TEXT ONLY -- See the following page: > http://expita.com/nomime.html Ahhh, the irony... You might try passive aggression: while [ she_sends_to_your_aol_address ]; do echo "You sent me e-mail _where_?" echo "I'm sorry but I just keep forgetting to check that account" echo "That image you sent me must have gotten corrupted" done sorry, -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mknod & Major-Minor numbers
On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 09:49:10AM -0700, Ken Thompson wrote: > Where does one find a list or a howto for determining the major and minor > numbers for a device? /Documentation/devices.txt Where is the location of your kernel source tree. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to rename multiple files
On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 07:00:03PM -0600, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote:
> Colin Watson said:
>
> > On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 11:20:31AM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> >> if [ -e *.JPG ]; then for i in *.JPG; do mv "$i" "${i%.JPG}.jpg";
> >> done fi
> >
> > That -e test looks dreadful ... surely it'll usually expand to lots of
> > arguments which will confuse [, or perhaps to an empty string
> > (nullglob)
> > which will also confuse test?
> >
> > --
> > Colin Watson
> > [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> And I've bumped into this. How *DOES* one test for the existence of
> ANY file with a given extension without getting a "too many arguments"
> error when there are multiple files?
>
> I want "TRUE" if there is one or more zzz.jpg files in a directory,
> "FALSE" if there are zero of them.
>
This is icky but works:
shopt -s nullglob
SOME=FALSE
MATCH=*.jpg
for f in $MATCH; do SOME=TRUE; break; done
I tried [ -z $MATCH ] also but it always fails even though echo $MATCH
prints an empty string.
-- Mark
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Re: how to rename multiple files
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 04:13:49AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 06:58:18PM -0700, Mark Zimmerman wrote: > > shopt -s nullglob > > SOME=FALSE > > MATCH=*.jpg > > for f in $MATCH; do SOME=TRUE; break; done > > > > I tried [ -z $MATCH ] also but it always fails even though echo $MATCH > > prints an empty string. > > You probably need to double-quote "$MATCH" like so. > Yes, but that's not all. Setting MATCH=*.jpg does not seem to trigger the globbing function in bash, to my surprise. The following does work, though: shopt -s nullglob MATCH=$(printf %s *.jpg) if [ -n "$MATCH" ]; then SOME=TRUE; else SOME=FALSE; fi By the way, I noted many solutions in other threads that should also work fine. The reason I wanted to figure this one out is because it relies only on shell internals. In the event that huge lists of files are involved it may be faster. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to install a source package?
I need to install from a source package and I have not been able to find the documentation on this. Would someone please point me to the right man page or give a quick summary? Thanks, Mark Zimmerman
Re: Mutt and From: line in mail
I think I may have found it. From the qmail FAQ: >> 1.2. How do I set up user masquerading? I'd like my own From lines to >> show [EMAIL PROTECTED] rather than [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Answer: Add MAILHOST=af.mil and MAILUSER=boss to your environment. To >> override From lines supplied by your MUA, add QMAILINJECT=f to your >> environment. I set QMAILINJECT back before I knew that I could get the correct behavior through mutt alone, then forgot I had set it and what it meant. If this message has my name in the From line then that is it; otherwise it is not. On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 07:22:24PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > There must be something I misunderstand, then. I put the following into > > .muttrc: > > > > my_hdr From: Mark Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Is it possible that your upstream SMTP server is rewriting the header > line? Looking at the Received: headers on your message, there's an > intermediate step (chevalier.rmi.net) between your system and kellnet.com > > If you're saving copies of your outgoing message (highly recommended), > then check to see whether mutt changed the header before sending it. > (I suspect that mutt is not the problem) > > If you can't figure out anything locally, you might want to try manually > sending a message through your upstream SMTP server using telnet. > Like so: > > telnet chevalier.rmi.net 25 > helo some.host.name > mail from:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > rcpt to:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > data > From: Mark Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Mark Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: test > > test > . > quit > > Then see what the message looks like. > > -- > Greg Wooledge| Distributed.NET http://www.distributed.net/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because a CPU is a terrible thing to waste. > http://www.kellnet.com/wooledge/ |
Re: SB 128 PCI support?
On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 09:26:22AM -0400, Jon Hughes wrote: > What do people know about support for the Sound Blaster 128 PCI sound card > in Linux? I'm helping my brother convert to Debian and he wants to know > what sort of sound card he should get. Thanks :-) > I have one that came with my ASL machine and it seems to work fine. I am running kernel 2.2.12, and if you need it I can send you my kernel config file.
Re: Printers..
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 01:23:24PM +1100, Andrew Clark wrote: > Does anyone have a recommendation for a good printer? (I can get a HP > DJ 550 off my dad, will that work ok with Linux?) Yes, I used to have one and it worked fine. > Also is it possible to set a printer on a Linux box on a LAN and have > the Win9x/NT machines print on it? If so is it really hard to setup? Look into samba. It's easy to do what you need; there is a HOWTO somewhere.
What 'keeps back' packages from apt-get?
Lately, I've been doing a 'apt-get --simulate dist-upgrade' every day to check up on how far I've drifted from the current potato baseline. There has been a gradually increasing number of packages that are 'kept back'; currently I get: Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Calculating Upgrade... Done The following packages have been kept back lesstif-bin mutt netatalk 67 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Is this normal? I don't have any packages deliberately put on hold in dselect. I am wondering if these packages are flagged as held back at the server or if there is some dependency problem on my end. If it is on my end, how can I find out exactly what the problems are? -- Mark Zimmerman
Don't wanna remove diald but apt wants to
I'd like to bring my system up to the current potato level but if I do this, it will remove diald. Observe... Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... The following packages will be REMOVED: diald netstd The following NEW packages will be installed: bootpc cfingerd debconf finger fping icmpinfo lockfile-progs rdate rdist rsh-client ruptime rusers rwall rwho rwhod tftp traceroute vflib2 The following packages have been kept back lesstif-bin netatalk 123 packages upgraded, 18 newly installed, 2 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Apparently, netstd has to go away but diald depends on it. Is there any way around this? I assume that I'm not the only one who really needs diald. -- Mark Zimmerman
Re: G400 high-res problem
I'm using a G400 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with XFree86 3.3.5 and have no problems with it. My monitor is a Sony 400PS. I also recall that I used 3.3.4 for a time without incident. The 3.3.4 experience was with slink; now using potato. Sorry to have been no help. - Mark On Sun, Nov 28, 1999 at 07:13:51PM -0800, Greg Schulein wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running a Matrox G400 with a Sony G500 display, on a slink system > that's been upgraded (via apt) to XFree86 3.3.4. The problem I'm > getting is dark bands that flicker on the screen whenever the on-screen > image is changing. The scanlines under the dark bands also seem to be > displaced a few pixels to the left compared to the rest of the > scanlines. The picture is fine whenever the image is not changing. A > "changing image" can be an animation, scrolling a window, or even typing > (like now). This problem is most pronounced at [EMAIL PROTECTED], > but is present at lower resolutions and color depths as well. Is there > anyone else out there running a G400 under XFree 3.3.4 that is or is not > having similar problems? > > Thanks, > Greg > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Bash commands
On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 02:25:53PM +1000, Russell wrote: > Russell wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > When i try a command like: > > > > debpc:# if [ -n df /mnt | grep -ie "/dev/hdc1" ] echo "yes" > > > > then after i press "return", i get a command prompt ">" which > > seems to be waiting for more input. Why does that happen? > > sorry, i missed out some things. I think the promp > happens when > the statement is unfinished (no "fi"). Should be: > > debpc:# if [ -n df /mnt | grep -ie "/dev/hdc1" ] ; then echo "yes" ; fi > > However, this gives the error: > [: missing ']' > grep: ]: No such file or directory > if [ -n $(df /mnt | grep -ie "/dev/hdc1") ] ; then echo "yes" ; fi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
acroread Exited with error code: 0x400e0009
Greetings: Whenever I use acrobat reader on my home system (potato), It displays the first page successully, but when I go to another page it exits and says: Exited with error code: 0x400e0009. I've tried purging and reinstalling it, to no avail. I have no such problem on my systems at work, which are also potato. It's acting like some kind of difference in the libraries, so here's what it is linking to at run time: libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x40018000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x4006) libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x4006c000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x4010d000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x4012a000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4012f000) libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x4020c000) libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x40215000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4000) Anybody else seen this? -- Mark
Framebuffer console with a G400
Greetings: I'm trying to get a better than VGA resolution on the console with a G400 card. So far, I've gotten the console driver to work minimally but I can't get it into a mode I want. Here's what I get in dmesg: matroxfb: Matrox unknown G400 (AGP) detected Invalid vesa mode 0x01B8 matroxfb: 640x480x0bpp (virtual: 640x13104) matroxfb: framebuffer at 0xCE00, mapped to 0xd0005000, size 16777216 Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30 fb0: MATROX VGA frame buffer device fbset -i tells me this: mode "640x480-60" # D: 25.200 MHz, H: 31.500 kHz, V: 59.999 Hz geometry 640 480 640 13104 0 timings 39683 48 16 33 10 96 2 accel true rgba 6/0,6/0,6/0,0/0 endmode Frame buffer device information: Name: MATROX Address : 0xce00 Size: 16773120 Type: MGA Millennium I step 16 text Visual : PSEUDOCOLOR XPanStep: 8 YPanStep: 1 YWrapStep : 0 LineLength : 1280 MMIO Address: 0xcd00 MMIO Size : 16384 Accelerator : Matrox G400 But when I use fbset to change modes, (even if I specify the current mode) I get this: owl:~# fbset 640x480-60 ioctl FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument Has anyone out there had better success with a G400? -- Mark
Re: Framebuffer console with a G400
I did put it in decimal form in lilo.conf. Here's the entry that gave the results I posted: vga=792 image=/vmlinuz label=Linux append="video=matrox:vesa:440" read-only In any event, I don't think that the lilo options should prevent fbset from working. I'm wondering if I might not have enough options turned on in my kernel config; if you are using a G400 framebuffer successfully I would appreciate it if you could send me your kernel config file so I nam make sure. -- Mark On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 09:18:34PM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote: > On Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 04:23:36PM -0700, Mark Zimmerman wrote: > > Greetings: > > > > I'm trying to get a better than VGA resolution on the console with a > > G400 card. So far, I've gotten the console driver to work minimally > > but I can't get it into a mode I want. > > > > Here's what I get in dmesg: > > > > matroxfb: Matrox unknown G400 (AGP) detected > > Invalid vesa mode 0x01B8 > > You have to convert that number for lilo. For instance, I have > > image=/vmlinuz > label=linux-2.2.14 > read-only > append="video=matrox:vesa:280" > > in /etc/lilo.conf. That's 32bpp, 1024x768 > > See linux/Documentation/fb/matroxfb.txt for more info... > > > matroxfb: 640x480x0bpp (virtual: 640x13104) > > matroxfb: framebuffer at 0xCE00, mapped to 0xd0005000, size > > 16777216 > > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30 > > fb0: MATROX VGA frame buffer device > > > > fbset -i tells me this: > > > > mode "640x480-60" > > # D: 25.200 MHz, H: 31.500 kHz, V: 59.999 Hz > > geometry 640 480 640 13104 0 > > timings 39683 48 16 33 10 96 2 > > accel true > > rgba 6/0,6/0,6/0,0/0 > > endmode > > > > Frame buffer device information: > > Name: MATROX > > Address : 0xce00 > > Size: 16773120 > > Type: MGA Millennium I step 16 text > > Visual : PSEUDOCOLOR > > XPanStep: 8 > > YPanStep: 1 > > YWrapStep : 0 > > LineLength : 1280 > > MMIO Address: 0xcd00 > > MMIO Size : 16384 > > Accelerator : Matrox G400 > > > > But when I use fbset to change modes, (even if I specify the current > > mode) I get this: > > > > owl:~# fbset 640x480-60 > > ioctl FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument > > > > Has anyone out there had better success with a G400? > > > > -- Mark > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > -- > ++ > | Eric G. Milleregm2@jps.net | > | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | > ++ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Framebuffer console with a G400
I got the following information from someone who doesn't like to post to the list. I haven't had time to try out the suggested mode, though. > There is no kernel driver for get 'Matrox acceleration' in the 2.2 > kernels yet. The 2.3 beta has it. The best you can do right now for > 2.2 generic VESA is to use mode 315 (decimal) which gets you 800x600 > graphic mode 32 bit color. > I also have a G200. What I don't understand is that the newer BIOS > upgrades for it are limited like the G400 is in generic VESA modes. > If you use one of the old BIOS's you get all the hi-res modes. The > accelerated Matrox fb modes work only on the new BIOS's. > This stuff is all pretty new, aways changing and official > documentation is still incomplete. On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 09:53:12PM -0500, Aaron Solochek wrote: > In light of all this talk, I decided to give my g400 frame buffer > another shot. I Recompiled my kernel, with support for the g100/g200 > framebuffer devices. I added the lines below to my lilo.conf > > append="video=matrox:vesa:280" > > That worked. I got a very nice frame buffer console. However, once I > started X, and ctrl-alt'ed to another termianl, the video is all > garbled, like its refresh isn't syncing or something. How do you fix > that? > > -Aaron Solochek > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > > > I'm using a G200, but the .config should be only modestly different: > > > > # > > # Console drivers > > # > > CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y > > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y > > # CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set > > CONFIG_FB=y # Gotta have that > > CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y# and that. > > # CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set > > # CONFIG_FB_VESA is not set # oops, better take that vesa > > # ref. out of lilo :) > > # CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set > > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y > > CONFIG_FB_MATROX=y > > # CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MILLENIUM is not set > > # CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MYSTIQUE is not set > > CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100=y > > # CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MULTIHEAD is not set # You might want this for G400 > > # I don't know if it does > > # anything... > > # CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set > > # CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set > > CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED=y > > # CONFIG_FBCON_MFB is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_CFB2 is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_CFB4 is not set > > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y # You definitely want these. > > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y > > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=y > > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y > > # CONFIG_FBCON_AFB is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_ILBM is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P2 is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P4 is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P8 is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_MAC is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_VGA_PLANES is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_VGA is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_FONTWIDTH8_ONLY is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS is not set > > CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y # Don't know if these matter. > > CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y > > > > -- > > ++ > > | Eric G. Milleregm2@jps.net | > > | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | > > ++ > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Adding more disk-space
Here's how I do it (it's not the only way): mkdir newdir cd olddir find . -depth -print | cpio -pdmv newdir This should replicate the whole tree with permissions and symlinks intact. You have to do it as root, of course, to get ownweships to replicate. On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 06:19:24PM +0100, Viggo wrote: > Hi Debian-folks > Finally got Debian running on my old 486/100, using a WDC 2540 hd (540 > Mb), > at hda (hda1). > /home is on an old Seagate 213 Mb (hdc). > Running out of space, I've installed another WDC 2540 on hdd (hdb is the > cd-rom). > After figuring out the way around the 1024 cyl-limit (thanks to the > Large-Disk-Howto), I've partitioned hdd with a linux-primary partition. > Now i have two questions: > > Why does Linux only report 515 Mb, when the drive is supposedly 540 Mb? > (linux using 524/32/63, drive physically 1048/16/63) > > Wanting to move /usr to the new hd, how would I go about it? > I suppose I have to format(initialize?) and mount the drive, and then > copy /usr with everything "beneath" it to the new hd? (Which is > basically what I would have done back in the DOS-days...) > > I've looked at the man-pages for cp, but can't quite make out how to > make it copy everything under /usr. The list-archives doesn't really > give me much of a clue, > either, though I suppose it must be a fairly common problem. > Thanks for your patience with a *nix-newbie. I'm trying to learn, and > I'll happily > read any FM. > Best Regards > Vitux > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Debian and QMail?
Robert, Qmail and uscpi are available only as source packages in debian so you will have to compile and build .deb files locally. Alternately, if you just compile the original source and install in /usr/local, you will have to make a fake package for mail-transport-agent to keep dpkg/dselect/apt satisfied. I chose the first solution and it works fine. -- Mark On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 07:30:49AM -0700, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > I currently have a RedHat6 mailserver. I'm considering blowing it away > this weekend and installing Debian on it. I use qmail since it works > really well for serving currently and I like it's claim to security. > Are there any gotcha's I should know about first? > > Robert >
Re: Debian and QMail?
There _should_ be a mini-HOWTO on this; it comes up in the list pretty often. Perhaps I'll try my hand at writing one. In the meantime, you can probably find what you need in the mailing list archives. I did this about six months ago so I can't spit out the steps from memory, at the moment. -- Mark On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 08:30:30AM -0700, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > Know of a good HOWTO on either, both solutions? I'm still considering > myself pretty new to debian, even if I am converting all my boxes from > RedHat (I really like apt-get)... > > Robert > > Thus spake Mark Zimmerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Robert, > > > > Qmail and uscpi are available only as source packages in debian so you > > will have to compile and build .deb files locally. Alternately, if > > you just compile the original source and install in /usr/local, you > > will have to make a fake package for mail-transport-agent to keep > > dpkg/dselect/apt satisfied. I chose the first solution and it works > > fine. > > > > -- Mark > > > > On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 07:30:49AM -0700, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > > > > I currently have a RedHat6 mailserver. I'm considering blowing it away > > > this weekend and installing Debian on it. I use qmail since it works > > > really well for serving currently and I like it's claim to security. > > > Are there any gotcha's I should know about first? > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > :wq! > --- > Robert L. Harris| Low quality in a product happens. > Senior System Engineer |That doesn't mean it's right and > at RnD Consulting. | and defintely doesn't mean it should > \_ be accepted. Require quality. > > http://www.rnd-consulting.com/~nomad > > DISCLAIMER: > These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. > > FYI: > perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);' > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: UPS software compatibility
On Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 10:43:07AM -0600, Ron Stordahl wrote: > I am considering buying a Tripp Lite OmniSmart 450PNP. They claim that > their PowerAltert V10.1.9 software supports Linux, however I would be much > more confortable if I knew for sure that it worked, and ideally was open > source. > > It uses a DB9 cable to talk to the system, perhaps someone knows if there is > a package in Debian already which will do the job? > > Ron I am using powstatd (debian package on potato) with a Tripp Lite Internet Office 500. It works fine and is configurable to work with different UPSes. I was never successful in getting the PowerAlert software to run, though. -- Mark
Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 04:23:24PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Well, I got X working in my fresh woody install, but there are a few > > rinkles. > > 1) I want to boot to console mode and call x with startx. > > Whee, got lots of help on that one. And a couple easy fixes. > Thank you all. > > Now I can startx but now I get put into a kde session. I'd sooner set > my hair on fire, and I'm mostly bald. > > I guess I should uninstall all the kde stuff but I seem to recall > there being a problem with some of them like the libs or base, that > allow some other things to work. > > All I really want is to use gnome/sawfish if in X. When I say > `startx' thats what I want to start. I vaguely remember there being > some place where you put a desktop choice and then its settled. > > Does debian have something like that too? > One (of several) ways to do this is (as root): update-alternatives --config x-window-manager You will be presented with a list of alternatives that are currently installed on your system. Pick one. If the one you want isn't there, install it and run update- alternatives again. This will set the system default. Individual users can override this by writing a .xsession file. -- Mark
DVDs play with mplayer but not xine
Greetings: This has to be in a FAQ somewhere but I just can't find it. When I try to play a dvd with xine, it says it cannot play encrypted disks. I have installed libdvdcss2 and it works fine for playing dvds with mplayer, but xine still refuses. I am using mplayer and xine from stable, and libdvdcss2 from debian-multimedia. Can someone please fill in the missing link? Thanks, -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DVDs play with mplayer but not xine
Ron Johnson wrote: >On 08/05/07 12:14, Mark Zimmerman wrote: >> Greetings: >> >> This has to be in a FAQ somewhere but I just can't find it. When I try >> to play a dvd with xine, it says it cannot play encrypted disks. I >> have installed libdvdcss2 and it works fine for playing dvds with >> mplayer, but xine still refuses. >> >> I am using mplayer and xine from stable, and libdvdcss2 from >> debian-multimedia. >> >> Can someone please fill in the missing link? >Is w32codecs installed? >Will the DVD play in vlc? I forgot to mention that this is an amd64 system and I have not yet bothered to set up any 32 bit capability. I think that w32codecs are both unavailable and irrelevant. Otherwise, how could mplayer play dvds without any problems? I do not have vlc installed. I am not really looking for yet another media player at the current time; I'm just trying to find out what the problem is with xine. Thanks, anyway, for responding. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
XvMC on an i915 with X.Org 7.0
Greetings: I am trying to get XvMC working on a Dell GX280 with integrated intel i915 graphics. This is a system running etch and the upgrade to X.Org 7.0 seems to be working fine in all other respects. Xorg.0.log has this entry: "(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation" but xdpyinfo does not show this extension. There are no errors reported. The only oddity I can see is that lspci shows two things that look like graphics controllers: :00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family Graphics Controller (rev 04) :00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82915G Express Chipset Family Graphics Controller (rev 04) and Xorg.0.log contains this: (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:02:0 (WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found (--) Chipset 915G found Of course, it's possible that the chipset in this machine is crippled somehow; you never know with Dell. Has anyone out there gotten XvMC working on an i915? -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xorg upgrade breaks fonts
On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 06:41:24PM +, Andrew Perrin wrote: > Since upgrading xorg, I get lousy-looking fonts in places such as emacs, > the fvwm menu popup, and other GTK-like apps. Any advice on where to > look? > The upgrade added a bunch of new font paths to xorg.conf. For every /usr/lib/X11/fonts/foo entry you had, there is probably now an additional /usr/share/fonts/X11/foo entry preceding it. I fixed most of my uglyfont problems by commenting out /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1. It may be advisable to whack all of the old entries; I still am getting some that fall back to misc/fixed. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Opera browser broken by latest etch upgrade
Greetings: After doing an 'aptitude upgrade' this morning (which brought a boatload of X changes), I can no longer use opera due to a segmentation fault upon startup. The problem seems to be related to the QT library; here is some gdb output: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread -1232304448 (LWP 3466)] 0x08072130 in QWidget::setGeometry () (gdb) where #0 0x08072130 in QWidget::setGeometry () #1 0x08076205 in QWidget::setGeometry () #2 0x08613576 in QStrList::~QStrList () #3 0x086f60e3 in XAllocColor () ... and many more lines. I tried installing opera-static but it fails as well. Can anyone else confirm this behavior or suggest a workaround? -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Opera browser broken by latest etch upgrade
Thanks, the weekly snapshot works great. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: starnge errors in dmesg
On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 10:12:48AM -0500, stan wrote: > I went to check somthing in the dmseg buffer this morning on my woody > system, and found the dmesg buffer full of messages like this: > > VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1(22,64) > > What the 1#$*& is going on? > Do you have a Zip drive or something like it? Mine gives me these messages (mine is SCSI): VFS: Disk change detected on device sd(8,20) -- Mark pgpa4g3MiM9fR.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: IPV6 things...
On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 06:41:43PM +0200, Markus Grunwald wrote: > Hi ! > > > > Are YOU using ipv6 ? No ? Well, me neither. It's a nice thing and I > > > will use it if I have to, but up to now, everything here is ipv4. > > > > Well, yes, actually. It's a really nice thing, and I'd recommend using > > it voluntarily before you absolutely *have* to. > > Hmm. Where can I read something how to do it ? (I found no howto...) http://www.ipv6.org is a good starting point. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Qmail
On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:51:22AM +, Joakim Friberg wrote: > Hello! > > I am trying to set up a Qmail-server on a GNU/Linux Debian > 2.2 system. And has it setup to delivery to ./Maildir/ > > I've got it to send messages through smtp to a remote host. > The problem i when I try to sen a message to a local user, > I then get the following message in my syslog: > > Apr 11 12:41:15 intranet qmail: 1018521675.720432 starting > delivery 7: msg 99932 to local > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 11 12:41:15 intranet qmail: 1018521675.721131 status: > local 1/10 remote 0/20 > Apr 11 12:41:15 intranet qmail: 1018521675.813718 delivery > 7: failure: Sorry,_no_mailbox_here_by_that_name._(#5.1.1)/ > Apr 11 12:41:15 intranet qmail: 1018521675.814487 status: > local 0/10 remote 0/20 > Apr 11 12:41:15 intranet qmail: 1018521675.904397 bounce > msg 99932 qp 20209 > > I have a user called joakim on my system, and the user is > the owner of the homedir. Did you run maildirmake to create the Maildir? The delivery agent doesn't create it for you. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kill, kill, kill...
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 02:53:06AM -0700, David Wright wrote: > > How do I tell &*$#*@&% dpkg: "I dont' care that your f**king postremoval > script returned errors, just get absolutely everything that had to do > with this package off my system and forget it ever existed" ??? > > dpkg --force-all --purge XXX doesn't do it. > The one time this happened to me it was because of a missing file. I created the file and the purge proceeded just fine, and removed the file I created. Go figure. Do you get any information about why it failed? -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iomega parallel port zip drive
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 09:13:53PM -0700, robert jorgenson wrote: > Ok i had this working fine under my 2.2 distrobution kernel(debian) > with modprobe ppa. i Decided to compile a 2.4 kernel and i an trying > to get it to work correctly. Right now i have scsi support enabled, > scsi disk support enabled, the ppa module compiled in as a module, > and parallel printing enabled as a module(as per the zip drive > mini-hwoto). When i try to mount /dev/sda4 it says that /dev/sda4 is > not a valid block device. I have kernel compiled about 6 times > tonight and i would really like next time to be last time, at least > for tonight :) andone know what might be wrong? I had no trouble at all when I switched to 2.4 with a parallel port zip drive. However, I'm using the imm module instead of the ppa. Are you sure your drive is too old for imm? -- Mark pgp78abDgPNRX.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: thinkpad 600X
On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 06:02:27PM +0200, Dominic RYCKEMBUSCH wrote: > Hi. > I would want to buy a thinkpad 600X. > I would work with potato 2.2r6 > Could you give me some advices? > What are the pb with this thinpad? > is it easy to install the debian potato? I have had no trouble with a 560X. You might want to browse the links in http://www.linux-laptop.net/ If you want hibernation to work you will need a FAT partition of sufficient size. It is simplest to make it the first partition. You might also want a minimal OS and the Thinkpad utilities on that partition to control some of the BIOS functions, although the tpctl linux program works pretty well. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
