exim max emails?

2002-03-01 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am doing some consulting work for a marketing company that wants me to perform some mass email using client supplied sample. I grabbed the bulkmail.pm perl script and thought all was fine. It doesn't seem like exim will mail more than 200 messages at a time. I changed the exim.conf script t

Re: networking problems withe Linksys router

2002-03-01 Thread Chris Jenks
At 10:30 PM 3/1/02, Timothy R. Butler wrote: Hi, > I'm curious if the problem is being caused by the MAC address cloning. Has > anyone else had problems like this when using the linksys routers? I have the normal Linksys 4-port router with Charter Pipeline internet access, and everything works

portfw to multiple machines, same port

2002-03-01 Thread Xeno Campanoli
As near as I can tell from the documentation I've read so far, you can't (in 2.2.x) ipmasqadm portfw a port to multiple servers of the same port. For instance if I want to go from the ip address on my cable connection to four separate webservers, say one an apache, one a boa, a dhttpd and a roxen,

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Mark Zimmerman
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.

Re: networking problems withe Linksys router

2002-03-01 Thread Timothy R. Butler
Hi, > I'm curious if the problem is being caused by the MAC address cloning. Has > anyone else had problems like this when using the linksys routers? I have the normal Linksys 4-port router with Charter Pipeline internet access, and everything works fine in Woody (standard DHCP settings). I'm n

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Chris Jenks
At 07:23 PM 3/1/02, 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

Re: Printing question

2002-03-01 Thread Angus D Madden
Alan & Kerry Shrimpton, Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:58:46PM +1300: > Hi, > > I know most people have their Linux box connected to the net. I have my > windows machine. > > I know most people probably have their printers connected to their Linux > machine. I have it connected to my windows machine.

Nautilus broke?

2002-03-01 Thread Arthur H. Johnson II
I dont know if its how I installed Debian Woody, but Nautilus will not start. The only error I get is: Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library Not sure what to do from here.

Re: Why Debian?

2002-03-01 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > why is "It's a completely free distribution run by volunteers" on both? =) Because let's be honest, volunteers can drop the ball if they get in over their head or their real life job or screaming baby etc. get in the way. And not having money mea

Re: exim and printer answers

2002-03-01 Thread paul
--- Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 11:53:30AM -0800, paul > wrote: > Remember those > > # cat a single line > an other line > EOF This command works > tests? There the cat command was reading its input > from the terminal. > So you had to type

The Continuing Saga of the Kernel that Now Boots, but doesn't Work

2002-03-01 Thread Timothy R. Butler
Hi everyone, Anyone who has been following the threads "Linux Progress Patch (Splash Screen)" and "The Kernel that Wouldn't Boot," have probably gotten really tired of hearing about my little kernel. Well, hopefully I'll finally have it fixed soon, so not to worry. :-) Anyway, my kernel now

Re: woody reiserfs

2002-03-01 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 13:38, Dmitry V. Petrovsky wrote: > Hi gents, > > I wonder, if woody offers reiserfs/xfs/etx2 installation? > Thnx. > > --- > Ciao, > Dmitry > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cdr

Re: 3d with nvidia

2002-03-01 Thread Kevin C. Smith
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 07:34:35PM +, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have xlibmesa3(4.1.0-14) as well and xserver-xfree86(4.1.0-14) > installed as well as make install(ed) NVIDIA_Kernel(v.2314) and > NVIDIA_GLX(v.2313). > > Relevant parts from my XF86Config-4 is at the end of this

Re: Java not working in Galeon/Mozilla

2002-03-01 Thread dman
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 11:21:50PM +, Patrick Kirk wrote: | Hi all, | | If I visit www.icq.com/icqwebbie I am prompted to download a vm. If I | do so as a user, the installation fails. If I do so as root, | installation succeeds but when I go back to the page, it still prompts | me to downl

Re: X problem - unwanted logout after 20 min

2002-03-01 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 09:13:57PM +0100, Martin Hermanowski wrote: > Hi, > I got an unwanted logout after about 20 minutes of inactivity under X. I > am using Sawfish and the only programs I running are xterms. I am not > using idled or so. > > I think this started just after the last upgrade of

Re: Strange Problem accessing Web Sites

2002-03-01 Thread Timothy R. Butler
Thanks everyone for the advice. :-) I feel much better now... -Tim -- Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search To

Re: using Woody vs testing

2002-03-01 Thread Timothy R. Butler
> above to this: > >unstable -> sid > >??? -> testing > >stable -> woody Does ??? equal "buzz" or "lightyear" this time around? -Tim -- Timothy R. Butler[EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks

Re: exim and printer answers

2002-03-01 Thread dman
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 03:08:10PM -0800, paul wrote: | cat < /dev/lp0 | a short line | a second line | a third line | EOF | No such file or directory. Note visable in joe and KDE | file manager. | | lpr | line1 | line2 | line3 | EOF | syntax error near unexpected token '<' | lpr EOF | lpr cannot

Re: Flash Player, GPLed Flash player available

2002-03-01 Thread Raghavendra Bhat
debian-user posts : > the Flash player to stop working. I've done trouble shooting, including > installing the latest version of Netscape 6.2.1. This may not solve your problem though, do have a look at a GPLed Flash player/plug-in. http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/ HTH. -- /

Re: Enough time wasted, moving on

2002-03-01 Thread Harry Putnam
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Considering you are asking about pre-release, unstable, wildly > unusable software on a users list, rather than the developers one, it > should come as no surprise no one would be able to offer any help. Horse pucky. Manoj, you do a disservi

Re: Enough time wasted, moving on

2002-03-01 Thread Harry Putnam
dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > | > A couple of posters have mentioned a network install. Where are the > | > details spelled out? > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install I read that over a bit before asking the above question. I'll admit I didn't read all of it word fo

libglib1.3-12 (or new libkmid)

2002-03-01 Thread Michel Loos
Does any one have a libglib1.3-12.deb ? Or is there some chance to have a new release og libkmid before March 5th ? I have to make a demonstration of installing an easy to use (by a secretary) debian system this day. By the end of the afternoon the machine (an AMD-K6 450) and the secretary must b

Re: dpkg - the letter prefixes.. what do they mean

2002-03-01 Thread Harry Putnam
dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 07:48:59AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > | Mark Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > | > dpkg -l | head > | > > | > The first 3 lines of the dpkg output list what the letters mean. > | > > | > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/courier/smtpaccess

Re: exim and printer answers

2002-03-01 Thread dman
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 11:53:30AM -0800, paul wrote: | tests you asked for: | lp command not found | | lpr cursor goes to the next line and stays there until | the window is closed, (forever). This is normal for programs that read data from stdin. Instead of closing the window, type some stuf

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Harry" == Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Harry> Well, I got X working in my fresh woody install, but there Harry> are a few rinkles. 1) I want to boot to console mode and Harry> call x with startx. Choose a runlevel that does not use X (I use 2). Rename the files in /e

Re: Printing question - samba stuff

2002-03-01 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya > Alan & Kerry Shrimpton([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > Hi, > > > > I know most people have their Linux box connected to the net. I have my > > windows machine. > > > > I know most people probably have their printers connected to their Linux > > machine. I have it conn

Re: Enough time wasted, moving on

2002-03-01 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 03:40:14PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Manoj, please relax. [[ There must be something wrong with the mail system somewhere, there seems to be a hudge time gap between posting to the list and receiving, and judging from your blunt reaction, for some the gap is

Re: Apache fails to ExecCGI properly

2002-03-01 Thread Tim Moss
Apparently, on Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 02:31:20PM -0500, Daniel Whelan wrote: > > Look at /var/log/apache/suexec.log. I think it's because your scripts > > are outside the suexec docroot (which is /var/www/ in the Debian > > packages). > > Looks like you might be onto something. This is what I get in

Re: ssh and private resources?

2002-03-01 Thread Richard Hector
"Michael A. Miller" wrote: > > I'm having trouble running a commercial application. When I ssh > to the redhat machine that the application is installed on and > try to run it, it crashes with display errors like "X Error of > failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource > denied

Re: Why Debian?

2002-03-01 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Gustavo" == Gustavo Noronha Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gustavo> On 01 Mar 2002 11:10:11 -0600 Gustavo> Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Why Debian? >> >> - It's a completely free distribution run by volunteers >> >> Why not Debian? >>

Re: OT: scsi vs ide: some data - "features" and ide-to-scsi

2002-03-01 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya paul, brian i like the following "feature list" - disk reliability -- stays up and running - functionality -- does what its supposed to do - costs -- can be replicated if needed (disk crash) within an hour or day -- not a major budget issue - expandability -- into other "file s

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Michel Loos
Em Sex, 2002-03-01 às 17:54, Kurt Yoder escreveu: > Harry Putnam said: > > 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. > > > > Currently, I get popped right into X. > > I thought this could be contol

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Harry Putnam
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

Re: Help!!! undelete for ext3fs!!!

2002-03-01 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Well, it really is too late now, as this was my root partition and I couldn't unmount it immediately even if I had known what to do. I had already looked at Midnight commander but your additions were helpful as I only saw the information about undeleting from the command line. The information wasn'

networking problems withe Linksys router

2002-03-01 Thread Chris Jenks
I've looked on google, and in the archives, but I'm not having much luck finding what is causing my problem. I've got a dual boot box, windows 98 and Debian 2.2r3, connecting to my cable modem via a linksys router. It's a Linksys Wireless access point + cable/dsl router with 4 port switch. I'm

Re: IPMasq disturbing Fetchmail?

2002-03-01 Thread Xeno Campanoli
"Karl E. Jorgensen" wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 03:10:24PM +0100, joe user wrote: > > Hello. > > > > Is it possible that IPMasq can disturb fetchmail? > > The retrieving of messages always stalls when a message is between 2434- or > > 2448 bytes in size. I'm no expert on this, but is it po

Test

2002-03-01 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck

Open Office on Woody?

2002-03-01 Thread Curtis Vaughan
I noticed all the talk of Open Office on potato, but is it also on woody? and, if so, where? Thanks

Re: test filter???????????????????????????

2002-03-01 Thread Cameron Kerr
Um, what's the idea of reposting my own post? Cameron Kerr -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~cameronk/

Re: Help!!! undelete for ext3fs!!!

2002-03-01 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Friday, March 1, Jeff did write: > Ulf Rompe, 2002-Mar-01 10:25 +0100: > > > > alias rm = 'mv --backup=numbered --target-directory=/tmp/Trashcan' > > > > This is nice, and I'm starting to use this from my root and user > account on my laptop. > > However, how would I delete from the T

Re: date '+%a %b %e %Y' does not work from within crontab.

2002-03-01 Thread Cameron Kerr
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Shaul Karl wrote: > >Should > >date '+%a %b %e %Y' > >work from within crontab? It likely won't with Vixie Cron. IIRC, Vixie Cron uses the % character as a newline/comment. Here's the relevant part from crontab(5) The ``sixth'' field (the rest of the line) specifi

Re: Where do the plugins for galeon live?

2002-03-01 Thread Oliver Doepner
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, stan wrote: > Where do teh plugins for thsi get put? I need to check and see how it's set > up, and add any plugins that I'm missing. AFAIK galeon uses the mozilla plugins e.g. /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/javaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozil

RE: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Richard Wurdack
Wouldn't it be cleaner to just remove S99gdm from rcX.d? They're just symbolic links to the same file in init.d, right? As long as you don't lose that, it's fairly straightforward to relink. (I'm a total novice, so spank me if I'm wrong :) Richard Wurdack -Original Message- From: dm

Re: Flash Player doesn't work.

2002-03-01 Thread Cameron Kerr
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi, >I using the latest version of woody and recent upgrade seems to have caused >the Flash player to stop working. I've done trouble shoting, including >installing the lastest verion of Netscape 6.2.1. Try getting it straight from the vendor. When I u

Re: 100dpi vs 75dpi sizes

2002-03-01 Thread Chris Olson
Gary Hennigan wrote: > could make the window wider, but is there a way to decrease the size > of these? Looking at the Navigator.ad file is like reading a word > jumble. The font sizes are loaded in the order they appear in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. By putting the entry for 75dpi first, it will for

Re: hardware quote comments?

2002-03-01 Thread Faheem Mitha
Dear People, Thank you so much for your responses. I'm very grateful. Since I can't respond individually to everyone (though I would like to) here are my responses to some of the issues which were raised. 1) There seemed to be a consensus that this company was charging too much. I may have cause

Re: what's the version of XFree86 in Woody?

2002-03-01 Thread Brian Nelson
Peter De Wachter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 04:20:23PM +, debian debian wrote: > > what's the version of XFree86 in Woody? > > Woody has both XFree86 3.3.6 and 4.1.0. 4.2.0 is being prepared, and > will be released when ready. 4.2.0 most likely not appear in Wood

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > In my redhat dealings it was possible to set default to runlevel 5 > > which force boot to bring up X. setting runlevel 3 gave you a console > > login. > > > > Where is this choice made on debian? > > > > runlevels do not affect Debian

Java not working in Galeon/Mozilla

2002-03-01 Thread Patrick Kirk
Hi all, If I visit www.icq.com/icqwebbie I am prompted to download a vm. If I do so as a user, the installation fails. If I do so as root, installation succeeds but when I go back to the page, it still prompts me to download the vm all over again. What do I need to do to get this working? Is

Re: some problems with gnome

2002-03-01 Thread dman
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 07:52:01PM +0100, Raphaël Scateni wrote: | Hi, | | I am running debian woody, with gnome 1.4 | When launching gnome, i have a message How are you launching gnome? Via 'startx' or gdm? | Desk guide alert |gnome desktop guide |you are running a gnome compliant wind

Re: X problem - unwanted logout after 20 min

2002-03-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 01-Mar-2002 Martin Hermanowski wrote: > Hi, > I got an unwanted logout after about 20 minutes of inactivity under X. I > am using Sawfish and the only programs I running are xterms. I am not > using idled or so. > > I think this started just after the last upgrade of parts of xfree in > woody

Re: YaOOQ (Yet another Open Office Question)

2002-03-01 Thread Brian Nelson
"Kurt Yoder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Joachim Trinkwitz said: > > "Karsten M. Self" writes: > > > >> on Fri, Feb 22, 2002, Timothy R. Butler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >> wrote: > >> > This may sound stupid, but is there an up-to-date Open Office > >> > package to be had as a deb? I was thinking

Re: Printing question

2002-03-01 Thread dman
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:58:46PM +1300, Alan & Kerry Shrimpton wrote: | Hi, | | I know most people have their Linux box connected to the net. I have my | windows machine. | | I know most people probably have their printers connected to their Linux | machine. I have it connected to my windows

Re: Flash Player doesn't work.

2002-03-01 Thread DvB
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Java seems to be installed. > > I don't think you even need that .class file for the plugin to work. Anyhow, a simple search in bugzilla turns up quite a few bugs about java and flash plugins not working when both are installed (I had it happen at some point last y

exim and printer answers

2002-03-01 Thread paul
cat < /dev/lp0 a short line a second line a third line EOF No such file or directory. Note visable in joe and KDE file manager. lpr line1 line2 line3 EOF syntax error near unexpected token '<' lpr EOF lpr cannot access EOF A tad frustrating but hopefully the end is near thanks paul ___

Re: 3d with nvidia

2002-03-01 Thread Timo --Blazko-- Boewing
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 20:34, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > Hi, > > Section "Module" > Load"GLcore" > Load"bitmap" > Load"dbe" > Load"ddc" > Load"dri" > Load"extmod" > Load"freetype" > Load"glx" > Load"int10" >

Re: Unable to Ping NT boxes

2002-03-01 Thread Kent West
Bodnyk, Bruce W wrote: I'm trying to configure samba on my Linux machine so I can access directories on an MT box and am being unsuccessful. I'm thinking it has something to do with another problem which I have ignored up to now. After installing Linux I found that I was unable to ping normal NT

Re: some problems with gnome

2002-03-01 Thread Timo --Blazko-- Boewing
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 19:52, Raphaël Scateni wrote: Hello Raphaël, > > Desk guide alert >gnome desktop guide >you are running a gnome compliant window manager > gnome support by the window manager is strongly recommended for proper > desk guide operation. GNOME users often tend to use

Re: Xf864 config, and LCD flat panel dispalys?

2002-03-01 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* stan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:29:29AM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > * stan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > Just bit the bullet and ordered a nice flat panel LCD display for my wifes > > > new Debian "testing" workstation. > > > > > > I presently h

woody reiserfs

2002-03-01 Thread Dmitry V. Petrovsky
Hi gents, I wonder, if woody offers reiserfs/xfs/etx2 installation? Thnx. --- Ciao, Dmitry

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:32:50AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > 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. > > Currently, I get popped right into X. > I thought this could be contolled by setting the

Re: Xf864 config, and LCD flat panel dispalys?

2002-03-01 Thread Brian McGroarty
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 02:54:03PM -0500, stan wrote: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:29:29AM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > * stan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > Just bit the bullet and ordered a nice flat panel LCD display for my wifes > > > new Debian "testing" workstation. > > > > > >

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-03-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Bill" == Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bill> I think those are clear, now that the parts are making more Bill> sense to me. It might be helpful to show the lilo line in the Bill> first message box, Well, the first message is spit out before we have determined what boot

Re: exim and printer answers

2002-03-01 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 11:53:30AM -0800, paul wrote: oeps, I think you're to terse for me in this post:( I miss the context provided by showing pieces of my posting you're replying to. > tests you asked for: > lp command not found I take it you mean you typed `type lp' and that's the result.

Re: Help!!! undelete for ext3fs!!!

2002-03-01 Thread Bob Hilliard
Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ulf Rompe, 2002-Mar-01 10:25 +0100: > > > > alias rm = 'mv --backup=numbered --target-directory=/tmp/Trashcan' > > > > This is nice, and I'm starting to use this from my root and user > account on my laptop. > > However, how would I delete from the Trash

Re: 3d with nvidia

2002-03-01 Thread David Bellows
According to the README you are also supposed to remove the "dri" and "GLcore" options under the Module section. Good luck, David Bellows n Friday 01 March 2002 02:34 pm, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > Hi All, > > I have xlibmesa3(4.1.0-14) as well and xserver-xfree86(4.1.0-14) > installed as well a

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-03-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Stan" == Stan Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stan> This was good; it pointed out which RTFM was germane. A note Stan> that the new 2.4.x kernel images use initrd whereas the 2.2.x Stan> kernels didn't would help those of us who don't follow kernel Stan> development realize that there's

Re: modem/pppd troubles

2002-03-01 Thread Shaul Karl
I do not know what is the cause but trying to go by the elimination method: 1) Why do not you try to create a kernel for the desktop with CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY = m? 2) Can you dial with minicom to your provider and stay connected until your provider disconnect you? Actually, what are the differen

Re: Where do the plugins for galeon live?

2002-03-01 Thread csj
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:15:44 -0500 stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm getting really fond of Galeon, and want to make it my default browser > (testting machine). > > Where do teh plugins for thsi get put? I need to check and see how it's set > up, and add any plugins that I'm missing. I d

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Simon Hepburn
On Friday 01 Mar 2002 6:32 pm, Harry Putnam wrote: > 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. remove package xdm, kdm, gdm or wdm (you don't state which display manager you have installed).

Re: Retry.. no more crybaby bs

2002-03-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Harry" == Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Harry> 2) The driver listed for the 3Com 3c905b is not the right one and Harry>in my case the OS rejects it. The right one is a couple lines Harry>further along. One would never know it unless told in advance as I Harry>

Re: 100dpi vs 75dpi sizes

2002-03-01 Thread Shaul Karl
> I noticed the other day that I hadn't installed the 100dpi X fonts and > so I went ahead and installed them. When I restarted X some time after > that all my fonts were completely different sizes. I managed to modify > the applications I use most frequently, like XEmacs and my Gnome > terminals,

Re: Help with missing /boot/boot.b

2002-03-01 Thread Mark S. Reglewski
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 03:18:41PM -0400, Liam Black wrote: > > I will try your advice this evening. How did you recreate /boot/boot.b, > though? Was this part of the lilo Process? > > Thank you for your detailed and informative response. Even if it does not > assist me, it will likely assist oth

Re: Enough time wasted, moving on

2002-03-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Harry" == Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Harry> Anyone who wants the official 6 CD set of woody 3.0 Harry> Can send me an address privately. First one I get in my inbox with Harry> snailmail address will get the cds mailed to them. You have been conned. Woody 3.0 is in a

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Shaul Karl
> 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. > > Currently, I get popped right into X. > I thought this could be contolled by setting the defalult run level > /etc/inittab But I see nothing in there

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:32:50AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > 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. > > Currently, I get popped right into X. > I thought this could be contolled by setting the

Re: Howto create a custom-kernel Debian ISO?

2002-03-01 Thread Shaul Karl
> Hi, > I've been spending the last two days struggling with installing Debian on a > Dell PowerEdge 4400 server. The problem is that the raid card (Perc 3/Di) > does need to be enabled in the kernel to be detected correctly. I have > compiled a kernel that detects it, but now I'm confused about

Re: 2.2r5 Kernel Module Install Failure

2002-03-01 Thread dman
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 07:59:42PM -0600, Keith Parkansky wrote: | Early in the 2.2r5 installation | (from CD) I get to the step | "Configure Device Driver Modules" | | - I highlight "fs" and press Enter | - I highlight "binfmt_aout" and | press Enter and the following | errors appear: | | /

Re: Help!!! undelete for ext3fs!!!

2002-03-01 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:12:51AM -0800, Jeff wrote: > Ulf Rompe, 2002-Mar-01 10:25 +0100: > > > > alias rm = 'mv --backup=numbered --target-directory=/tmp/Trashcan' > > > > This is nice, and I'm starting to use this from my root and user > account on my laptop. > > However, how would I dele

Re: Remove ME

2002-03-01 Thread Patrick Kirk
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 18:40, Carel Fellinger wrote: > > Fun fun, Python jokes on debian-user:) > > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 05:01:44PM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote: > > High, I've added the these lines to my .forward which hdoubles up as a spam filter: # NUISANCE POSTS TO DEBIAN USER if ${lc:$h_to:}

Re: 100dpi vs 75dpi sizes

2002-03-01 Thread Thomas Shemanske
Look at the order in which the fonts appear in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 If the 100dpi fonts appear before the 75dpi fonts, try reversing the order and restart the display manager TRS Gary Hennigan wrote: I noticed the other day that I hadn't installed the 100dpi X fonts and so I went ahead and

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Thomas Shemanske
You must have a display manager installed (e.g. xdm, gdm ,kdm, wdm, etc) If you remove it (apt-get remove xdm), you will not be popped into X Runlevel 2 is the debian standard. The init files are in /etc/init.d (corresponding to RH's /etc/rc.d/init.d) TRS Harry Putnam wrote: Well, I got X

Re: IPMasq disturbing Fetchmail?

2002-03-01 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 03:10:24PM +0100, joe user wrote: > Hello. > > Is it possible that IPMasq can disturb fetchmail? > The retrieving of messages always stalls when a message is between 2434- or > 2448 bytes in size. > > I have a small home-network with two boxes running Woody. > One of them

Re: what's the version of XFree86 in Woody?

2002-03-01 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 07:20, debian debian wrote: > HI: >what's the version of XFree86 in Woody? > > thanks! 'apt-cache showpkg xserver-xfree86' -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Flash Player doesn't work.

2002-03-01 Thread debian-user
> > the Flash player stopped working. I've done trouble shooting, including > Well, a better description of what your browser's doing and/or not doing > might help here. Just saying "Flash doesn't work" makes it kind of hard Er, Netscape 4.72 was doing Flash fine. Since an upgrade to 4.77, Netsca

Re: Enough time wasted, moving on

2002-03-01 Thread dman
On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 06:19:59PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: | * Harry Putnam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020228 18:14]: | > Geordie Birch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > | > >> At least `woody' sounded.. well erect :- | > > why don't you lose all those cd's, do a network install of stable, | >

Re: Howto create a custom-kernel Debian ISO?

2002-03-01 Thread Pontus Edvardsson
On Friday 01 March 2002 21.37, Emil Pedersen wrote: > > Hi, thanks for the suggestion... I've tried that already, what happened > > was that it presented me with the gui, and trying to set the > > keyboardlayout, it told me /tmp/'something' wasn't writable. (The machine > > is at work, hence the un

Re: dpkg - the letter prefixes.. what do they mean

2002-03-01 Thread Bob Thibodeau
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 01:33:50PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > Not quite. 'un' means that it's no longer available ("unknown") and not > installed, but since it's listed at all it was available once and the > system hasn't forgotten about it yet. > > Packages that are available but that were n

ssh and private resources?

2002-03-01 Thread Michael A. Miller
I'm having trouble running a commercial application. When I ssh to the redhat machine that the application is installed on and try to run it, it crashes with display errors like "X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)". The vendor tells me that "this is b

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Bob Thibodeau
Which display manager is coming up? On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:32:50AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > 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. > > Currently, I get popped right into X. > I thought th

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread p
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:32:50AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > 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. > > Currently, I get popped right into X. > I thought this could be contolled by setting the

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread dman
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:32:50AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: | 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. | | Currently, I get popped right into X. | I thought this could be contolled by setting the

Sound Woes

2002-03-01 Thread Ray Raddatz
I have an almost new Debian installation (Woody) that is giving me a great deal of grief getting sound configured. I actually have two soundcards in my machine to chose from. I have a Creative CT4750 PCI sound card that had worked in this hardware configuration under Red Hat. I also have the on-

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Kurt Yoder
Harry Putnam said: > 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. > > Currently, I get popped right into X. > I thought this could be contolled by setting the defalult run level > /etc/inittab But I see

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Chris Jenks
At 01:32 PM 3/1/02, Harry Putnam wrote: 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. Currently, I get popped right into X. I thought this could be contolled by setting the defalult run level /etc/inittab

Re: Avoid booting direct to X.. I want my starx back

2002-03-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > In my redhat dealings it was possible to set default to runlevel 5 > which force boot to bring up X. setting runlevel 3 gave you a console > login. > > Where is this choice made on debian? > runlevels do not affect Debian. We have a different philosohphy than RedHat. In Debian, any inst

Re: Howto create a custom-kernel Debian ISO?

2002-03-01 Thread Emil Pedersen
> > Hi, thanks for the suggestion... I've tried that already, what happened was > that it presented me with the gui, and trying to set the keyboardlayout, it > told me /tmp/'something' wasn't writable. (The machine is at work, hence the > uncomplete error). What worked better was booting of a win9

Re: AutoCAD (or similar) for Debian/Linux?

2002-03-01 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 07:46, Carl Johnson wrote: > The original person who requested information about CAD should > probably check carefully into Linuxcad first. They have had a bad > reputation for years, but probably part of that was due to their spam > advertising practices in the linux newsgr

Troubleshooting method

2002-03-01 Thread techlists
OK, I'm about to pull my hair out over this, so I'm hoping someone here can give me a clue. I've got a server that is currently running Debian Woody. It's been running since potato first went stable, upgraded to woody about 9 months ago. But, in the last month, I've had to reboot it twice. It

Re: 100dpi vs 75dpi sizes

2002-03-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > I suppose I could go back to the 75dpi fonts but how do I make that > the default for all applications, short of removing the 100dpi fonts? > > Running "testing" with XFree86 4.1.0.1 > The obvious answer is add -dpi 75 to however X gets started on your system -- either the XDM configs or xs

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