Re: Debian or Redhat 7???
It may get too heavy to not mirror the security update packages. Why don't we put signature verification into apt and dpkg and mirror everything ? And perhaps have a tool that checks a bunch of known mirrors for discrepencies in the keyring packages ? And have a single URL, location aware, load balancing server ? :) (I know we've been through this before. I just had a brainwave and wanted to see if anyone was interested in doing the above. Sorry for the lack of realism, but not for the extra zeal) GBY Tal Danzig wrote: There are no mirrors of security.debian.org (or shouldn't be) for security reasons. This way the authenticity of security packages can be better controlled. - Tal
Defrag in Win2000 no good for FIPS
Does anyone know of a good defrag program for plain DOS or Win2000 that won't leave directory entries at the end of the drive ? I want to install Debian to share a Win2000 computer but, I can't defrag the drive to shift everything to the front. Matthew Sherborne <>
RE: Telling a printer to STOP PRINTING
Try stopping the queue and unplugging it for 30 seconds. Matthew Sherborne > -Original Message- > From: Thomas J. Hamman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 10 October 2000 2:50 p.m. > To: Debian-User > Subject: Telling a printer to STOP PRINTING > > > Can somebody please tell me how I can tell my printer to STOP? > > My desparate attempt to stop it from printing out the rest of a document > after I specifically told the word processor to print out only the first > page resulted in the current situation the printer is in now: > > It wants to keep "printing" blank pages, over and over and over and over > again. I can't just wait for it to stop, because the piece of shit > can't take paper from the tray by itself anymore without me pushing a > piece of paper in every time. After manually feeding in the same piece > of paper a couple dozen times, hoping the printer would get sick of it > before me (yeah, right), I'd really like to know how to just tell it to > please, please stop. > > I've tried turning it off and back on, pulling the plug and then > plugging it back in, getting rid of the original queue (which is what > probably got it printing blank pages instead of the rest of the document > in the first place), and restarting the printer daemon, to no avail. > > It's an HP DeskJet 672C, if that helps (it sure as hell hasn't helped > ME... piece of crap.) > > -- > Tom > "I myself know nothing, except just a little, enough to extract an > argument from another who is wise and to receive it fairly." > -Socrates > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
RE: Article: Debian's Daunting Installation
Go to http://cdimage.debian.org to find the easy way! Matthew Sherborne > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 10 October 2000 2:36 p.m. > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Article: Debian's Daunting Installation > > > I had tried ftp'ing from /debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/. > It contains > far too many files to fit on a CD. And it doesn't contain the > boot images and > other non-.deb stuff. > > So how did I finally get my bootable CD? I (ahem) > > (1) Downloaded the first 2MB's of the .iso image > > (2) Loop mount'ed the partial image and then typed at the mount point > something like "find ." to get the CD file list. > > (3) Used gedit to search and replace the "./" in the file list > with something > my ftp program could recognize (turning for instance "./dist/potato/" into > "ftp.foobear.net/pub/linux/dist/potato") > > (4) Fed the URL's to my ftp program, and waited, and waited (some more) > > (5) Tweaked the files a bit to get the symlinks to work. > > (6) Picked a nice boot image (which BTW is to be found in > "/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/" and not in package directory > "/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/") to feed to mkisofs's > "-b" option. > > (7) And burned, baby, burned. > > On Mon, 09 Oct 2000, David Wright wrote: > > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > My main complaint is against the Debian ftp directory > structure: Unlike with > > > Redhat and Co., you can't just copy the files off the ftp site (unless > > > you're willing to put up with the truly daunting 650 MB iso > download). Debian > > > lumps together the various architectures, such that a simple > recursive ftp from > > > (target site)/pub/linux/distributions/debian/ won't do the > trick. Redhat, on > > > the other hand, has separate directories for the files needed > for i386, sparc, > > > alpha, etc. (I'm not sure if things will remain just as neat with the > > > multi-CD Redhat 7.0). > > > > I don't understand. I see .../debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/ > > so what's that but the architecture? Or did you expect to see the > > architecture above the Debian distribution in the tree? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
RE: Blackbox menu trouble
try typing update-menus at the command prompt as root. Matthew Sherborne
RE: XFree86 4.0.1
> Anyone happen to know what's going on with Branden's package archive? > Err http://samosa.debian.org woody/i386/ xserver-common 4.0.1-0phase2v13 > 404 Not Found I think the url is wrong? Souldn't have spaces... http://samosa.debian.org/woody/i386/xserver-common 4.0.1-0phase2v13 Matthew
RE: Adding hdparm at boot time
I would put the script in init.d, and a symlink rc3.d and prepend the symlink name with S01 or S00 so that it starts up before everything else. Matthew > -Original Message- > From: Willy Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Willy Lee > Sent: Wednesday, 11 October 2000 3:28 p.m. > To: serge delorme > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Adding hdparm at boot time > > > "serge" == serge delorme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The place to put your own boot-up scripts is /etc/rc.boot. > > Hm. But the man page for rc.boot says that it is obsolete, and that > you should use the /etc/rcS.d directory instead? However, it does say > that /etc/rc.boot is scanned for backward compatibility. > > =wl > > -- > Albert ``Willy'' Lee, Emacs user, game programmer > "They call me CRAZY - just because I DARE to DREAM of a RACE of > SUPERHUMAN MONSTERS!" > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
RE: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused
The server IP_NUM isn't running SMTP ? There is a firewall between your host and IP_NUM ? You're not connected to the same network ? Just guesses Matthew Sherborne > -Original Message- > From: Paul McHale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 12 October 2000 3:28 p.m. > To: Debian-User > Subject: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused > > > > When I type: > >telnet IP_NUM 25 > > I get: > >telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection Refused > > Any ideas ? > > Regards, > > Paul > > > -- > Paul McHale >Work: 937-320-5495 Double E Solutions >Mobile: 937-371-2828 1435 Edenwood Dr >Fax:413-215-3232 Beavercreek, Ohio 45434 > -- > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
RE: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused
Have you tried typing telnet 127.0.0.1 25 ? Maybe the IP is wrong? Matthew Sherborne > -Original Message- > From: Paul McHale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 12 October 2000 4:39 p.m. > To: kmself@ix.netcom.com; Debian-User; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused > > > > The server IP_NUM isn't running SMTP ? > > There is a firewall between your host and IP_NUM ? > > You're not connected to the same network ? > > > The host is refusing your connection. It's either IP filtered, denied > > through /etc/hosts.allow or equivalent for the system, or there is no > > SMTP server running. > > Additional information in response. When I do the telnet, it is from the > machine running the mailserver so networking and firewalls shouldn't > interfere. I can ping out from the machine. PS shows sendmail is running > with the following message: > > Sendmail: Rejecting connection on port 25 : min free: 100 > > hosts.allow has "sendmail: all". IP filtering I'm not sure about. >
RE: Defrag in Win2000 no good for FIPS
I found a good defragger, and did the job. At the end, and some way through the disk were directory entries and one .cpl file. But the program I used allowed me to click on the sector, see what the file or directory was, then I copied it, deleted the original and renamed the copy. And best of all it's FreeWare! Here's the URL: www.oo-software.com Thanks all for your help and suggestions Matthew Sherborne > -Original Message- > From: Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 10 October 2000 3:53 p.m. > To: debian user > Subject: Re: Defrag in Win2000 no good for FIPS > > > Matthew Sherborne wrote: > > Does anyone know of a good defrag program for plain DOS or Win2000 that > > won't leave directory entries at the end of the drive ? > > > > I want to install Debian to share a Win2000 computer but, I > can't defrag the > > drive to shift everything to the front. > > One instance where I've heard of files refusing to be moved is > from the swap > files. As far as I know the way around this is to turn off the swap in > Windows, and then try the defrag again. > -- > Mike Werner KA8YSD | He that is slow to believe anything and > | everything is of great understanding, > '91 GS500E| for belief in one false principle is the > Morgantown WV | beginning of all unwisdom. > >
ACPI
I have an Intel machine, with everything on the mother board that uses ACPI. Just out of Interest, has anyone successfully used ACPI with Debian ? The Intel site said it's supported by the Linux kernel, I haven't found such an option yet, but I'm gonna go back and read the Intel site a bit better. Also, it uses an Intel 810 graphics card. I can't get it to work with X. I've downloaded and am using Intels X server. Anyone had any luck with this graphics card chipset ? Thanks Matthew Sherborne <>
Windows 2000 boot loader
Has anyone succesfully replaced the Windows 2000 boot loader with LILO ? I have a Win2000/DOS boot machine, but I'm afraid to attempt installing LILO on hda in case Win2000 needs to be there. It's my work computer and if I stuff it up I'll be in big trouble. Matthew Sherborne <>
Why doesn't Debian officially include the KDE ?
Why doesn't Debian officially include the KDE ? (Please forgive my ignorance) <>
