Re: Logging Init output?

It is annoying that not all the messages that go to the screen go somewhere else. As one possible reason for this, I'll just tell you what happened when I tried to alter the scripts to write more stuff to a file: it didn't work. The problem is that early in the boot process the file system is rea

Re: tracking down the cause of an entry in syslog?

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Re: Potato +sawfish + gnome

I had similar, not identicial, problems with a similar, not identical, configuration (see the archives for details). I finally got things back by building sawfish-gnome from source. But I've mostly eliminated the Ximian/Helix stuff from my system, and you're probably using it. On Wed, Jun 20, 200

Re: tracking down the cause of an entry in syslog?

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 05:30:29PM -0400, Paul Wright wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been getting an irritating recurring syslog entry that I'd like to > track down and stifle, but I'm at a loss as to discover what process is > causing the entry. > > The entry is (from logcheck output) this: > > Ju

Re: Cross compiling (mingw32)

On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Joel Mayes wrote: > G'day All, > > I'm trying to cross compile a the display-dhammpada program for > a friend who runs a win95 box, I've installed the mingw32 package > and the target using '-b i586-mingw32msvc'. > I'm getting an error mesage which reads > > gcc: installatio

Re: Gnome - How to install?

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 05:56:37PM -0400, Wayne wrote: > Hi. > First let me make an apology to Nick for clicking my send button to soon. > Well, I don't have an .xinitrc file. So I looked at the man page for > "startx". > Apparently I'm using the file (xinitrc) in /etc/X11/init. I could see no >

Re: A mouse Q..

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:56:30PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:05:40PM -0400, Wayne wrote: > > Hi, > > To install Debian , for the first time, I used > > the CD from the book "Debian GNU/Linux Bible" > > When I assign my mouse protocol PS/2 and selected > > the /dev/psau

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Re: local time

On 22-Jun 05:24, Steve Kowalik wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 03:57:52AM +, John Patton uttered: > > My systems clock is set for my local time zone (or used to > > be), which always worked well before. Now it lists the time > > in UTC (correctly, meaning that the time listed is about > > 5 ho

Re: testing?

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:41:00PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > I'm thinking of upgrading to testing this weekend. Is it stable enough for > day-to-day use on a non-server? I've been using it for several months with few problems. Upgrading from potato is occasionally a problem. See the list archiv

testing?

I'm thinking of upgrading to testing this weekend. Is it stable enough for day-to-day use on a non-server? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum

Re: Fetchmail + Exim + Other system

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:07:40PM -0400, Andrew Overholt wrote: > How can I make it forward to my local machine if I'm on a dialup account? Oh, I assumed wrong. You can setup a script on the solaris machine that safely flushes your mail spoolfile to a place in your homedirectory, probably best

Re: System Backup to CD

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 05:44:10PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > Though I kept good notes, it took much effort to restore my current > debian linux system with all the apt-get's and other downloads after a > hard disk crash wiped out everything. With Windows I always had to be > prepared for

Re: IBM Tokenring problems on Dell Inspiron 8000

Matthias Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, > Hallo! > > I'm struggling to get this IBM Turbo 16/4 PCMCIA card to work on a 2.4.5 > kernel. I'm using debian unstable and the pcmcia-cs 3.1.26 package. > > Strangely I get the card running with the default kernel 2.2.19pre17 of the > distro.

Re: Printing with Debian

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:35:24PM -0500, Philippe Clérié wrote: | > Samba will then hand it to lprng, which hands it to magicfilter, | > which should notice that the file is in the printer's native | > language (usually some form of PCL) and just send it straight back | > to lprng, which finally

Re: and we won't stop..

On Saturday 23 June 2001 03:52, you wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 03:25:07AM +0200, Brendon wrote: > > 2 comps connected to a hub which gets it's 'uplink' from the gateway. one > > of these computers can ping the gateway (both external ip and internal) > > and the net. while the other can only p

Re: Hardware

On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 10:31:15PM -0300, Antonio Alberto Lobato wrote: > > Hi all ! > > Where do I find good and free downloads (or on line) of > books, manuals, tutorials or guides about hardware ? In English or > Portuguese. > I think it would help me in my linux learning.

Re: and we won't stop..

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 03:25:07AM +0200, Brendon wrote: > 2 comps connected to a hub which gets it's 'uplink' from the gateway. one of > these computers can ping the gateway (both external ip and internal) and the > net. while the other can only ping the other none gateway computer but > neithe

Re: Printing with Debian

> > Samba will then hand it to lprng, which hands it to magicfilter, which > should notice that the file is in the printer's native language (usually > some form of PCL) and just send it straight back to lprng, which finally Then you don't need magicfilter, right! If all that's being done is

Re: HP-735 [slightly offtopic]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 11:18:50PM -0400, Timothy Ball wrote: > I have a cool HP-735 but no keyboard or HP-HIL->ps2 connector. I thought > I could use a serial console to connect to this beast but when I fire up > minicom no matter what speed or settings I get nothing. Does anyone know > what I hav

Hardware

Hi all ! Where do I find good and free downloads (or on line) of books, manuals, tutorials or guides about hardware ? In English or Portuguese. I think it would help me in my linux learning. Thanks Tom

and we won't stop..

a last question before i retire for the day. for some reason i'm only able to use one machine to access (ping) the gateway. to be a little less vague: 2 comps connected to a hub which gets it's 'uplink' from the gateway. one of these computers can ping the gateway (both external ip and internal

Re: how to get list of emacs key descriptions

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:54:42PM -0800, Britton wrote: > I know for example that meta x is described as "\M-x". How is tab > described, or how can I find out for a general key. I'm not seeing it in > the docs. Emacs ships with a postscript reference card which lists most of the default key ass

Re: attaining IO port info for an ISA networkcard

On Saturday 23 June 2001 02:05, Donald R. Spoon wrote: > > short question, the subject says it all really. how do you find out which > > io port your ISA networkcard is using? > > Short question, but a long answer . The answer lies in understanding > how the kernel handles the ISA bus during bootu

Re: Fetchmail + Exim + Other system

On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 06:30:43PM -0400, Andrew Overholt wrote: > > If I have to log into my school's server via telnet or ssh and then run a > > mail program like pine or mutt to access my mail, is there any way I can > > get this to work with fetchmail?

RE: attaining IO port info for an ISA networkcard

> short question, the subject says it all really. how do you find out which io > port your ISA networkcard is using? > > > Brendon Short question, but a long answer . The answer lies in understanding how the kernel handles the ISA bus during bootup AND how your particular NIC works. If you

Re: IP Masquerading: no connection to external network

On Saturday 23 June 2001 01:37, you wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 01:22:37AM +0200, Brendon wrote: > > On Saturday 23 June 2001 01:11, Joost Kooij wrote: > > > How did you setup masquerading, did you install ipmasq.deb or did > > > you try everything by hand? > > > > I used the mini howto on www

Re: IP Masquerading: no connection to external network

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 01:22:37AM +0200, Brendon wrote: > On Saturday 23 June 2001 01:11, Joost Kooij wrote: > > How did you setup masquerading, did you install ipmasq.deb or did > > you try everything by hand? > > I used the mini howto on www.linuxnewbie.org next to the Masquerading HOWTO. > th

Re: Tmpfs questions

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:15:15PM -0600, Stefan Srdic wrote: > > Just another question, would it be more efficient to use a ramfs instead of a > tmpfs to mount /tmp onto? No. -- Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 is out! ( http://www.debian.org/ ) Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page:

Re: Printing with Debian

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 01:11:08AM +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi > > Can somebody give me a (very) short overview how pronting works und No. (well at least that was short). > which of them must i use and for what? Install lprng and magicfilter. Configure magicfilter. Maybe tweak it j

Re: IP Masquerading: no connection to external network

On Saturday 23 June 2001 01:11, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 12:45:18AM +0200, Brendon wrote: > > 'fraid it had no affect. the syslogs on both machines show nothing out of > > the ordinary either > > How did you setup masquerading, did you install ipmasq.deb or did > you try eve

Re: IP Masquerading: no connection to external network

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 12:45:18AM +0200, Brendon wrote: > 'fraid it had no affect. the syslogs on both machines show nothing out of the > ordinary either How did you setup masquerading, did you install ipmasq.deb or did you try everything by hand? Cheers, Joost

Printing with Debian

Hi Can somebody give me a (very) short overview how pronting works und Debian/Linux... what are the reasons for: - printcab - aps-filter - ghostscript - lpr - bsdlpr (oldlpr) - cups which of them must i use and for what? what is the simplest way to connect my printing system to a Win98 pc over s

Re: shared modem

Wasim writes: > That is, the ability to use a standard modem on COM2 of the server as a > modem from a virtual COM3 of the windows client. What's the protocol between the server and the client? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin

Re: exim mutt ?

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:58:50PM +, Robin Gerard wrote: > Hello, > Y had to reinstall my potato 2.2r2 > (I had tried to compile kernel 2.4.5 ) > and there is a change : (exim & mutt) > > before : (complite failure...) > if user1 send a msg (local) to user2 i.e. : > From: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Fetchmail + Exim + Other system

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 06:30:43PM -0400, Andrew Overholt wrote: > If I have to log into my school's server via telnet or ssh and then run a > mail program like pine or mutt to access my mail, is there any way I can > get this to work with fetchmail? I know the server does not run POP3 and > I've

how to get list of emacs key descriptions

I know for example that meta x is described as "\M-x". How is tab described, or how can I find out for a general key. I'm not seeing it in the docs. Britton Kerin __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always."

Re: IP Masquerading: no connection to external network

On Saturday 23 June 2001 00:35, you wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:56:52PM +0200, Brendon wrote: > > Gateway: external ip 195.38.200.201 internal ip 192.162.0.1 > > Laptop: internal ip 192.162.0.2 > > desktop:.. > > > > the gateway is able to access the net and the laptop. > > the laptop i

Re: Gnome - How to install?

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 05:56:37PM -0400, Wayne wrote: > First let me make an apology to Nick for clicking my send button to soon. > Well, I don't have an .xinitrc file. So I looked at the man page for > "startx". > Apparently I'm using the file (xinitrc) in /etc/X11/init. I could see no > referr

Re: IP Maquerading: no connection to external network

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:56:52PM +0200, Brendon wrote: > Gateway: external ip 195.38.200.201 internal ip 192.162.0.1 > Laptop: internal ip 192.162.0.2 > desktop:.. > > the gateway is able to access the net and the laptop. > the laptop is able to ping the gateway on both it's external and int

Fetchmail + Exim + Other system

Hi, If I have to log into my school's server via telnet or ssh and then run a mail program like pine or mutt to access my mail, is there any way I can get this to work with fetchmail? I know the server does not run POP3 and I've tried fetchmailconf's Probe feature and it says IMAP doesn't work. T

Re: TrueType Font Guide feedback

On Thursday 21 June 2001 22:35, Paul D. Smith wrote: > It's a doc that describes how to get TrueType fonts set up > correctly on your Debian system. There is an older (and slightly > outdated) version for Debian 2.2/stable with XFree86 3.3.6, and the > new version I just posted for Debian testing/

Re: CVS environment constants

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:53:43PM -0700, MRZ wrote: > Hello again. Your mail software is broken, it does not break lines at +/- position 70. Please fix it or use another program that you can fix. It is cumbersome to read and reply to. > Just wondering if there is a standard way to store the cvs

Re: Logging Init output?

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:52:03PM +0200, Mart van de Wege wrote: > I was actually being ironic when I mentioned my 'scant' knowledge. At That's okay, because there are many subscribers to debian-user and some of them appreciate an answer that does more than reply to strictly the question asked.

IP Maquerading: no connection to external network

Hello debian users, I've just set up a machine for ip masquerading which will allow all the other machines connected to it access the net, 'least.. theoretically. the current setup: Gateway: external ip 195.38.200.201 internal ip 192.162.0.1 Laptop: internal ip 192.162.0.2 desktop:.. the g

RE:CVS environment constants

> Just wondering if there is a standard way to store the cvs > constants (e.g. CVS_RSH) such that terminals automagically "see" > them when opened. I'm using one of three terms with eterm as my > favorite, so the solution would hopefully be a one-step which would > be used by all (the terminal

CVS environment constants

Hello again. Just wondering if there is a standard way to store the cvs constants (e.g. CVS_RSH) such that terminals automagically "see" them when opened. I'm using one of three terms with eterm as my favorite, so the solution would hopefully be a one-step which would be used by all (the termina

exim mutt ?

Hello, Y had to reinstall my potato 2.2r2 (I had tried to compile kernel 2.4.5 ) and there is a change : (exim & mutt) before : (complite failure...) if user1 send a msg (local) to user2 i.e. : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] to :[EMAIL PROTECTED] (or localhost) the msg goes directly in /var/spool/

Re: Gnome - How to install?

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 05:56:37PM -0400, Wayne wrote: > Hi. > First let me make an apology to Nick for clicking my send button to soon. > Well, I don't have an .xinitrc file. So I looked at the man page for > "startx". Hi Wayne, If you create a new .xinitrc file, (containing the line: gnome

System Backup to CD

Though I kept good notes, it took much effort to restore my current debian linux system with all the apt-get's and other downloads after a hard disk crash wiped out everything. With Windows I always had to be prepared for system crashes and regularly used DriveImage to copy my complete C-drive

Re: Gnome - How to install?

Hi. First let me make an apology to Nick for clicking my send button to soon. Well, I don't have an .xinitrc file. So I looked at the man page for "startx". Apparently I'm using the file (xinitrc) in /etc/X11/init. I could see no referrence to wmaker in this file. So I tried this "startx gnome-ses

Re: 3dfx voodoo2

On 21 Jun 2001 16:48:10 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > pReJkEr wrote: > > > > Ello > > > > is there a package for 3dfx card in debian? > > i've downloaded device3dfx-source but it doesn't create /dev/3dfx > > you only need it for older X servers (version 3.X). it creates a > kernel module. th

tracking down the cause of an entry in syslog?

Hi all, I've been getting an irritating recurring syslog entry that I'd like to track down and stifle, but I'm at a loss as to discover what process is causing the entry. The entry is (from logcheck output) this: Jun 22 16:02:02 ICMP message type destination unreachable - bad port from 127.0.

Re: shared modem

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:01:59PM +0100, Wasim Ahmed wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:43:18AM -0700, Andrew Agno wrote: > > Wasim Ahmed writes: > > > Probably the only useful thing that currently cannot be replicated on > > > a Linux server on Windows NT Small Business Server appears to be >

Re: Exim and *outgoing* AUTH?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > So, what you're telling me, it seems, is that I'm out of luck because > Telocity says "AUTH=LOGIN" where a sensible system would say "AUTH > LOGIN". Correct. > It seems like that could be

Re: Exim and *outgoing* AUTH?

So, what you're telling me, it seems, is that I'm out of luck because Telocity says "AUTH=LOGIN" where a sensible system would say "AUTH LOGIN". It seems like that could be hacked in code (he says innocently); any way of simply forcing exim to use LOGIN authentication, regardless of what it fin

Re: Shutdown -h now

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 04:04:49PM -0400, Andrew Overholt decreed: > On 21 Jun 2001, W. Paul Mills wrote: > > > > What Steve Cooper mentioned works. Compile APM support into > > > you're kernel. The apm=on in lilo.conf isn't needed... or > > > at least not here. I compiled the proper ATM suppor

Re: Exim and *outgoing* AUTH?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Greetings- > > Telocity, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to use SMTP AUTH instead of > originating IP to verify SMTP clients. This presents problems for me, > since I have exim pointing

Re: problem

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 03:29:21PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I installed debial 2.1 and i forgot the root password. > Can you tell me please how i can change the root password ? If it is still running, switch to the text console (leftalt-f1) and press ctrl-alt-del. If it is off, turn it o

Re: Logging Init output?

On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 12:35:51 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joost Kooij) wrote: Thanks Joost. I was actually being ironic when I mentioned my 'scant' knowledge. At least I am happy to report that I know how init works, but I am still a little wary of fooling with shell scripting of any sort. Funny thin

Re: cvs/networking/aaaargh!

On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 11:44:57AM -0700, Glen S Mehn wrote: > ok, this is a wierd wierd wierd problem: And this isn't a very timely response, but it may be useful anyhow. > I ahve a cvs server. I use pserver auth for it. > > every now and then, connections from the cvs server hang, and they see

Re: changing hostname

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:48:17PM -0700, der.hans wrote: > I found /etc/exim/exim.conf, /etc/apache/conf/httpd.conf, > etc/ppp/options.ttyXX and the ssh host key files. I've left the ssh keys > alone, but the rest was easy to change. IIRC it worked just fine when I changed the hostname part of ss

Re: changing hostname

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:53:23PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: | On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:31:51AM +0200, Adri wrote: | > I changed my /etc/hostname from debianAdriano to Adriano | > | > That's because I'd like to bring my debian under the Windows domain of the | > company. [snip lots of fun to r

Re: How to enable remote X-logins ?

* Vineet Kumar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010622 13:16]: > change it to something like this: > > [servers] > 0=/usr/bin/X11/X vt7 -deferglyphs 16 -nolisten tcp -dpi 100 > # this second line starts up :1 on vt8 connected to my.friends.machine > # 1=/usr/bin/X11/X vt8 -deferglyphs 16 -query my.friends.mac

Re: [users] Re: kernel compiles

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:44:51PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > now do a `make clean` (just to get rid of the modules, mostly) and make-kpkg clean > re-do steps 1-3 for the second machine and the third and... It will complain if you use machines' hostnames in

Exim and *outgoing* AUTH?

Greetings- Telocity, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to use SMTP AUTH instead of originating IP to verify SMTP clients. This presents problems for me, since I have exim pointing at smtp.telocity.com. Furthermore, it doesn't reject messages outright (that would be too simple and standards-based

Re: hard lock!

* Mario Olimpio de Menezes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010621 11:24]: > On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > > I have the same setup and have, in the past, experienced similar > > display lockups. (Note: Are you sure the keyboard and mouse stop > > working? Maybe just the display is locking up so

Re: How to enable remote X-logins ?

I'm no expert on such things, but as I understand it, enabling xdmcp on your machine tells gdm to allow remote hosts to log into your machine through xdmcp, not the other way around. I don't know if gdm will show a menu option to log into remote hosts without some manual menu tweaking, but you can

Re: Gnome - How to install?

edit your .xinitrc (in your home directory) there should be one line containing wmaker or something like that, replace it with: gnome-session then try running X again On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 04:16:57PM -0400, Wayne wrote: > Hi again, > When I installed Debian from the CD I got with > the book I

Re: Shutdown -h now

On 21 Jun 2001, W. Paul Mills wrote: > > What Steve Cooper mentioned works. Compile APM support into > > you're kernel. The apm=on in lilo.conf isn't needed... or > > at least not here. I compiled the proper ATM support into > > my kernel and now when I do a shutdown -h now, it works. I have A

Re: Ati All-In-Wonder 128 Pro not working with unstable

runs great on my potato box with xfree 4.0.2 using the "r128" driver Do you have the video out cable plugged in? If it's plugged in, I can't start X, but if I unplug it then X works perfectly. Pretty sure I'm using 4.0.3 with r128 driver. -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 GigaBe

Re: problem

> Boot from your rescue floppy, mount your / partition as > /mnt, and change root's password to * (no password). That is, vi /mnt/etc/passwd (or /etc/shadow if it exists) and modify the root line's password field. Then umount /mnt and reboot. root can login w/o a password prompt. Then use passw

Re: installing KDE

Thank you to all who started and responded to this chain. Thanks to you folks, I now have the long-lost kde 1.1.2 on my system. I love this desktop manager, and kde.org is really bad about shunning their older versions and showcasing their new ones. Now I have the source line to get the old k

Gnome - How to install?

Hi again, When I installed Debian from the CD I got with the book I purchase, I selected to install all the GNOME stuff on the CD. When I "startx" I get WMAKER. I would like to have GNOME start. The book doesn't explain how to change this. Could some kind soul point me to some documentation? Wayn

Re: problem

> I installed debial 2.1 and i forgot the root password. > Can you tell me please how i can change the root password ? Boot from your rescue floppy, mount your / partition as /mnt, and change root's password to * (no password).

Re: open ports with iptables

Under the netfilter model, this is known as DNAT (Destination NAT, because it is the destination field of incoming packets that is being rewritten). you'll want something like the following: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d $extip -p tcp --dport 135 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.1.1 (also se

Re: changing hostname

Am 22. Jun, 2001 schwäzte Adri so: > Well, I saw the exim.conf file and there were some referrings to the old > host name (debianAdriano) so I run eximconfig again. > > But now I wonder what other files still refer to the old name? What > consequences I'm gonna run into? I changed my hostname

Re: problem

On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, > Dear Sir: > > I installed debial 2.1 and i forgot the root password. > Can you tell me please how i can change the root password ? > There are several ways. The simplest is to make a rescue floppy (or boot with the installation disk), mount y

problem

Dear Sir: I installed debial 2.1 and i forgot the root password. Can you tell me please how i can change the root password ? Thank you, Ray Gonzalez

RE: open ports with iptables

> > > doing a search for -dport or -sport for source and destination ports > > > > > thank you for your reply, but I am not getting much wiser with this > > document. I learn by examples. I was thinking about this: > > iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -d 212.127.10.10 -dport 135 -j ACCEPT > > iptables -A

Re: Tmpfs questions

Herbert Xu wrote: > Stefan Srdic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2. Is it recomended to mount /tmp as a Tmpfs by using the following in > > fstab: > > > tmpfs/tmptmpfsdefaults00 > > Replace defaults with size= where is some sane limit based > on the amount of swap and RAM you

Re: [users] Re: kernel compiles

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:17:14PM +0200, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach Bob Nielsen (on Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:42:23AM -0700): > > True, but you can/should configure and compile separately for each > > destination architecture, optimizing appropriately. > > so yes, the argument that my athlon (thunde

Re: attaining IO port info for an ISA networkcard

Robert Waldner wrote: On Friday 22 June 2001 20:21, Duane Powers wrote: Brendon wrote: short question, the subject says it all really. how do you find out which io port your ISA networkcard is using? cat /proc/ioports which will give you only the ports for initialized cards, not that

Re: shared modem

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:43:18AM -0700, Andrew Agno wrote: > Wasim Ahmed writes: > > Probably the only useful thing that currently cannot be replicated on > > a Linux server on Windows NT Small Business Server appears to be > > shared modems. > > Well, no. You can use IP masquerade--it works

Re: A mouse Q..

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:05:40PM -0400, Wayne wrote: > Hi, > To install Debian , for the first time, I used > the CD from the book "Debian GNU/Linux Bible" > When I assign my mouse protocol PS/2 and selected > the /dev/psaux with Emulate3Button my systems > hangs. I have to reboot. If I use Micr

Re: [users] Re: kernel compiles

also sprach Robert Waldner (on Fri, 22 Jun 2001 08:44:51PM +0200): > now do a `make clean` (just to get rid of the modules, mostly) and > re-do steps 1-3 for the second machine and the third and... > > when you want to re-do for the first machine, just move the appropriate > .config back, and

Re: attaining IO port info for an ISA networkcard

>On Friday 22 June 2001 20:21, Duane Powers wrote: >> Brendon wrote: >> > short question, the subject says it all really. how do you find out which >> > io port your ISA networkcard is using? >> >> cat /proc/ioports which will give you only the ports for initialized cards, not that useful if yo

Re: changing hostname

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:46:18PM -0400, David L. Craig wrote: > Joost wrote: > > > > In my experience, the best one is the bash(1) manpage. It is is really > > vital. You don't properly realise how much until you've read all of it > > (well maybe read a little faster over the readline bits). >

Re: [users] Re: kernel compiles

On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 20:28:04 +0200, MaD dUCK writes: >also sprach Robert Waldner (on Fri, 22 Jun 2001 08:20:41PM +0200): >> you don´t need to maintain seperate trees of the whole source. just >> `make (menu|x|)config`, then backup the .config-file. that´s where the >> information you entered/c

RE:shared modem

Wasim Ahmed writes: > Probably the only useful thing that currently cannot be replicated on > a Linux server on Windows NT Small Business Server appears to be > shared modems. Well, no. You can use IP masquerade--it works just fine with modems. You can also set things up so that it dials on de

Re: attaining IO port info for an ISA networkcard

On Friday 22 June 2001 20:21, Duane Powers wrote: > Brendon wrote: > > short question, the subject says it all really. how do you find out which > > io port your ISA networkcard is using? > > cat /proc/ioports which gives: 000-001f dma1 0020-003f pic1 0040-005f timer 0060-006f keyboard 0070-007f

Re: [users] Re: kernel compiles

also sprach Robert Waldner (on Fri, 22 Jun 2001 08:20:41PM +0200): > you don´t need to maintain seperate trees of the whole source. just > `make (menu|x|)config`, then backup the .config-file. that´s where the > information you entered/chose is kept. i understand... but when i change the .conf

Re: attaining IO port info for an ISA networkcard

Brendon wrote: short question, the subject says it all really. how do you find out which io port your ISA networkcard is using? Brendon cat /proc/ioports ~duane

Re: [users] Re: kernel compiles

On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 20:17:14 +0200, MaD dUCK writes: >also sprach Bob Nielsen (on Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:42:23AM -0700): >> True, but you can/should configure and compile separately for each >> destination architecture, optimizing appropriately. > >so yes, the argument that my athlon (thunderbird act

Re: [users] Re: kernel compiles

also sprach Bob Nielsen (on Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:42:23AM -0700): > True, but you can/should configure and compile separately for each > destination architecture, optimizing appropriately. so yes, the argument that my athlon (thunderbird actually) will outperform the others still holds. but i'd need

Re: [users] Re: kernel compiles

also sprach Nathan E Norman (on Fri, 22 Jun 2001 12:42:37PM -0500): > I fail to see why you think compiling a kernel on an Athlon, but > optimising for a 486 cos you're installing on a 486 is a problem. that's what i am doing btw. and sorry, i wasn't possibly thinking about multiple .debs, just th

shared modem

Hello, I have searched just about everywhere, but can't find an answer about this, so probably someone out there knows. Here goes. . . Probably the only useful thing that currently cannot be replicated on a Linux server on Windows NT Small Business Server appears to be shared modems. Of course

Re: [users] Re: kernel compiles

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 06:34:25PM +0200, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach Nathan E Norman (on Fri, 22 Jun 2001 11:01:13AM -0500): > > Well, for one thing, you can compile kernels on your 1GHz Athlon > > instead of your old 486 :) Since kernel-package creates a package, it > > can be installed anywhe

licq

Hi.. I have a bit problem with my ICQ, it used to be fine, and just all of a sudden, it gave me message like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ licq 13:49:36: [ERR] Unable to load plugin (qt-gui): /usr/lib/libqt.so.2: undefined symbol: setTextW_6QLabelRC7QString. Can someone tell what I'm supposed to do?

Re: Netscape makes X server crash!!!

on Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 10:44:27PM -0400, Alexander Stavitsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi! > > I'm using communicator-smotif-477. > On some pages it crashes bringing X down with it. > I experienced many Netscape crashes over the years, > but this is new. It bring Xserver down!!! > Example: ht

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