Re: Bash commands

2002-08-31 Thread Russell
Russell wrote: > > Allan Wind wrote: > > > > On 2002-09-01 14:25:53, Russell wrote: > > > > > > debpc:# if [ -n df /mnt | grep -ie "/dev/hdc1" ] ; then echo "yes" ; fi > > > > You need the put 'df ..' in back quotes (``) to get it executed, > > but usually the exist status ($?) of grep is used

Re: Woody kernel 2.4.18-686; ppp & scsi won't work.

2002-08-31 Thread Earl F Hampton
On Saturday 31 August 2002 06:17 pm, Andre Berger wrote: > * Earl F Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2002-08-31 21:11 -0400: > > I'm having this same problem with ppp. I can get the modem to pick up > > and dial but that's it. > > > > Everything works fine on 2.2 kernels and it worked > > back in pota

Re: Problem with sound card.........help?

2002-08-31 Thread Glyn Millington
Matthew Claridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > This is my first day using Debian and I've got everything installed > and working and I've even found a load of the configuration stuff, but > the one thing I can't fix is my soundcard. > > The permissions on /dev/dsp are fine: > crw-rw

Re: XMMS and the new MP3 patent terms

2002-08-31 Thread Isaac To
> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> Restrictions on commercial sale violate point 1 of the DFSG, and Joey> such a violation alone is enough to put software into non-free. So Joey> be very careful before selling CD's of debian's non-free archive. Hm... then we

Re: Bash commands

2002-08-31 Thread Russell
Allan Wind wrote: > > On 2002-09-01 14:25:53, Russell wrote: > > > > debpc:# if [ -n df /mnt | grep -ie "/dev/hdc1" ] ; then echo "yes" ; fi > > You need the put 'df ..' in back quotes (``) to get it executed, > but usually the exist status ($?) of grep is used to do this: > > df /mnt | grep

Re: FW: kernel source patching

2002-08-31 Thread Scott Henson
On Sat, 2002-08-31 at 22:39, Chris A. Morgan wrote: > Hi List > > I'm struggling through the sea of documentation as a linux and Debian newbie. Got >Debian 3.0 installed (2.4.18-bf.2) on my Thinkpad 770 with only a few minor >annoyances like no sound and some other strange functionalities. >

Re: [Samba] strange problem printing to windows box

2002-08-31 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 03:00:19PM +0200, Kovar Jan wrote: > Connect the printer to Windows 98. > Install drivers. > Test printing. > Unplug the printer and connect it to your linux box. > Setup samba to see the printer from Windows 98 on your samba server. > Go to printer settings in Windows 98

Re: Bash commands

2002-08-31 Thread Allan Wind
On 2002-09-01 00:52:19, Allan Wind wrote: > On 2002-09-01 14:25:53, Russell wrote: > > > > debpc:# if [ -n df /mnt | grep -ie "/dev/hdc1" ] ; then echo "yes" ; fi > > You need the put 'df ..' in back quotes (``) to get it executed, > but usually the exist status ($?) of grep is used to do this

Re: Bash commands

2002-08-31 Thread Allan Wind
On 2002-09-01 14:25:53, Russell wrote: > > debpc:# if [ -n df /mnt | grep -ie "/dev/hdc1" ] ; then echo "yes" ; fi You need the put 'df ..' in back quotes (``) to get it executed, but usually the exist status ($?) of grep is used to do this: df /mnt | grep -ie /dev/hdc1 > /dev/null; if [ $? -

Re: Bash commands

2002-08-31 Thread Russell
Martin Strauss wrote: > > Begin Russell quotation: > > 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 wait

Re: Bash commands

2002-08-31 Thread Russell
Mark Zimmerman wrote: > > 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 ">

Re: Most stable MSN and ICQ support?

2002-08-31 Thread VETSEL Patrice
For ICQ i use ickle. The version in stable (woody) is great, but in unstable it's GEANT, 'cause there is an orthographic correction included ;) cya -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bash commands

2002-08-31 Thread Martin Strauss
You need to enclose the whole statement after -n in quotes: if [ -n "`df /mnt | grep -ie /dev/hdc1`" ]; then echo yes; fi HTH Martin Begin Russell quotation: > Russell wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > When i try a command like: > > > > debpc:# if [ -n df /mnt | grep -ie "/dev/hdc1" ] echo "ye

Re: Bash commands

2002-08-31 Thread Mark Zimmerman
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

Re: Bash commands

2002-08-31 Thread Russell
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 pr

Re: XMMS and the new MP3 patent terms

2002-08-31 Thread John Hasler
Isaac writes: > If you look at the license of non-free software in the Debian archive and > read the copyright file of each of them, you can find that they allow the > binary code to be distributed in a Debian CD-ROM to be sold. Not true. One of the reasons for a package to go into non-free is p

Re: KDE hangs when starting up.

2002-08-31 Thread Kent West
Joe Hendrix wrote: > Recently KDE will hang on the gears icon when starting up, and I > failsafe mode will hang as well. I don't belive I've installed any > new software, other than updating packages to the latest version (I'm > using testing). How do I go about diagnosing where the problem

Bash commands

2002-08-31 Thread Russell
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? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: XMMS and the new MP3 patent terms

2002-08-31 Thread Joey Hess
Isaac To wrote: > If you look at the license of non-free software in the Debian archive and > read the copyright file of each of them, you can find that they allow the > binary code to be distributed in a Debian CD-ROM to be sold. They become > non-free because of things like source code not prov

Re: FW: kernel source patching

2002-08-31 Thread Russell
"Chris A. Morgan" wrote: > > Hi List > > I'm struggling through the sea of documentation as a linux and Debian newbie. Got >Debian 3.0 installed (2.4.18-bf.2) on my Thinkpad 770 with only a few minor >annoyances like no sound and some other strange functionalities. > > I want to upgrade to 2

Re: repairing a ntfs partition with fdisk?

2002-08-31 Thread Matthias Szupryczynski
On Sun, 2002-09-01 at 06:49, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > I am sorry to jump into this late since I didn't see your original post, > *but* I just did an install here on my laptop that had Win-xp on it. > > I looked at Gnu/Parted and Randish(sp) for partition resize tools, but > neither looked p

KDE hangs when starting up.

2002-08-31 Thread Joe Hendrix
Recently KDE will hang on the gears icon when starting up, and I failsafe mode will hang as well. I don't belive I've installed any new software, other than updating packages to the latest version (I'm using testing). How do I go about diagnosing where the problem lies? Thanks, Joe Hendrix

Re: Lilo and Kernel issues Help Please

2002-08-31 Thread Russell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi: > > I almost hosed my booting capabilities Maybe you could get a more useful rescue disk from the bottom of this page: http://www.linuxlots.com/~fawcett/Bootdisk-HOWTO/ If you know someone with a linux system, maybe you could plug your HDD onto a spare ID

Re: XMMS and the new MP3 patent terms

2002-08-31 Thread Isaac To
> "W" == W Paul Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: W> Are you saying even remove from non-free? Some of us have good reason W> to use MP3 files from 3rd parties. For example: W> http://www.banjonews.com/ If you look at the license of non-free software in the Debian archive and rea

Re: Problem with sound card.........help?

2002-08-31 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:47:00 +0100 Matthew Claridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is my first day using Debian and I've got everything installed and > working and I've even found a load of the configuration stuff, but the > one thing I can't fix is my soundcard. This is my system: > > Debi

FW: kernel source patching

2002-08-31 Thread Chris A. Morgan
Hi List I'm struggling through the sea of documentation as a linux and Debian newbie. Got Debian 3.0 installed (2.4.18-bf.2) on my Thinkpad 770 with only a few minor annoyances like no sound and some other strange functionalities. I want to upgrade to 2.4.19 kernel and compile it myself to pe

Re: no X server installed in Deb 3.0r0 :(

2002-08-31 Thread David Z Maze
boud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i cannot get any X server to start on the Debian 3.0r0 system i've > just installed with the i386 option and bf2.4 flavour. i can only > use the ALT-F[1-6] tty terminals. ... > prompt>xf86cfg > sh: /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86: No such file or directory > Failed to ru

Re: Most stable MSN and ICQ support?

2002-08-31 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 18:36:43 -0400 Chun Kit Edwin Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to find a stable MSN and ICQ client but don't know which > one is. I know that icq changes its protocol a while ago. Don't know > if any client support it. Are Gaim and Gabber ok? Thanx For ICQ, I

no X server installed in Deb 3.0r0 :(

2002-08-31 Thread boud
Hi. = problem = = some diagnostics = = my attempts following the initial installation process = = packages with failed installations = = ideas for solutions = = related emails on debian-user = = problem = i cannot get any X server to start on the Debian 3.0r0 system i've just installed with th

Re: source command puzzle

2002-08-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 12:47:00AM +0800, csj wrote: > The following (slightly edited) command sequence should illustrate the > problem: > > foo:~> echo "backup rescueCD" ; source ${ALTRC_DIR}/tcsh.tar.source ; > TAR_FULL_RESCUECD_COMMAND > backup re

Annoying tickets

2002-08-31 Thread Andre Berger
--5xSkJheCpeK0RUEJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hmm, whenever I write to debian, user, I get two annoying "tickets" from two different users at the same provider:=20 > From: "Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] [he

Re: Woody kernel 2.4.18-686; ppp & scsi won't work.

2002-08-31 Thread Andre Berger
* Earl F Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2002-08-31 21:11 -0400: > I'm having this same problem with ppp. I can get the modem to pick up > and dial but that's it. > > Everything works fine on 2.2 kernels and it worked > back in potato with lower than 2.4.5 kernels. I should say it worked with > 2.4

Re: Most stable MSN and ICQ support?

2002-08-31 Thread Addis Perez
In GAIM, go to --> Tools --> Plugins --> choose Load (this will open a new sindow) --> choose the plugins desired (i.e. libyahoo.so for Yahoo!) Voila! Enjoy and good luck Addis On Saturday 31 August 2002 07:25 pm, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > I have GAIM working fine, but how do you make

Re: how to unsubscribe??

2002-08-31 Thread Jeff Maxson
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 11:32:45AM -0700, Craig Dickson happened to mention: > Larry Smith wrote: > > > The email I received from this group when I joined > > indicated a method to unsubscribe -- which doesn't > > work. > > > > > > How do I unsubscribe from this group? > > This text appears a

Re: Woody kernel 2.4.18-686; ppp & scsi won't work.

2002-08-31 Thread Earl F Hampton
I'm having this same problem with ppp. I can get the modem to pick up and dial but that's it. Everything works fine on 2.2 kernels and it worked back in potato with lower than 2.4.5 kernels. I should say it worked with 2.4.3 and 2.4.5 but not with 2.4.9 and above. That was using the Bunk kernel

Re: Exim: multiple smarthosts?

2002-08-31 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Andre Berger said: > * Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2002-08-31 11:49 -0400: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Is it possible to use multiple smarthosts with exim? It's about a > > >laptop used in differ

Re: Most stable MSN and ICQ support?

2002-08-31 Thread Leo Spalteholz
Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: >Hi everyone, > > I want to find a stable MSN and ICQ client but don't know which >one is. I know that icq changes its protocol a while ago. Don't know >if any client support it. Are Gaim and Gabber ok? Thanx > I can't quite remember which one it was but either

Re: Qt problem

2002-08-31 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka said: > On Sat, 2002-08-31 at 15:30, Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: > > Hi all, > > maybe its little bit OT, but I have no idea what to do, so I'm asking > > this question: > > I'm running Debian unstable, KDE 3.0.3.,and I want to use Krusader and

Re: Most stable MSN and ICQ support?

2002-08-31 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I have GAIM working fine, but how do you make it work for yahoo messenger? I haven't seen the way, only AIM. Thanks. %%% I have found Gaim (v0.59) to be most useful for AIM (via TOC), MSN, ICQ and Yahoo IM's. I was a user of Gabber/Jabber. But I can not comment on it's performan

Re: Problem with sound card.........help?

2002-08-31 Thread Bob Proulx
Matthew Claridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-01 00:47:00 +0100]: > This is my first day using Debian and I've got everything installed and > working and I've even found a load of the configuration stuff, but the > one thing I can't fix is my soundcard. This is my system: I just posted a [1]not

Re: Woody on Asus A7V333 with Promise FastTrak133 Controller

2002-08-31 Thread Bob Proulx
Paul Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-31 18:50:47 -0400]: > I've tried to install the bf2.4 flavour of Debian, which looks like > it's got all the appropriate kernel switches to support my onboard > fasttrak133 RAID [sic] controller. Unfortunately looks can be deceiving. I had the same ide

Problem with sound card.........help?

2002-08-31 Thread Matthew Claridge
Hi, This is my first day using Debian and I've got everything installed and working and I've even found a load of the configuration stuff, but the one thing I can't fix is my soundcard. This is my system: Debian Woody with 2.4.18bf2.4 kernel Soundblaster Live! soundcard Running Gnome on top of

Re: Help me!! Kernel Panic!!

2002-08-31 Thread Herbert Xu
Jerome Acks Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 11:52:55PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: >> This should not be necessary. In fact, it's probably a bug if your >> box doesn't work without it. > > Is your statement in reference to putting the root file system module in > /etc/mk

Re: XMMS and the new MP3 patent terms

2002-08-31 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 22:36:35 -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 02:51:19PM -0400, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > | There is a version of ogg123 for the Sharp Zaurus Gnu/Linux based > | laptop and it is integer based, so that problem has been solved. > > The Intel 486sx

Re: Most stable MSN and ICQ support?

2002-08-31 Thread Addis Perez
I have found Gaim (v0.59) to be most useful for AIM (via TOC), MSN, ICQ and Yahoo IM's. I was a user of Gabber/Jabber. But I can not comment on it's performance -- it's been a while. On Saturday 31 August 2002 05:36 pm, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I want to find a stabl

Re: floppy install problem

2002-08-31 Thread shaulka
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 04:23:11PM -0400, Hal wrote: > I have a debian potato box on which I have decided to do a fresh install > of woody rather than an upgrade (I am turning a former wksta into a > server and don't need 60% of the packages now on it). The floppy I am > using was previously u

Re: Woody on Asus A7V333 with Promise FastTrak133 Controller

2002-08-31 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya paul if yu are using the raid connectors on the motherboard... - disconnect it and problem is solved... ( it doesnt work right to begin with ) if you are using a pci-based fast-track controller ( $50 - $300 stuff ) ... dont bother .. return it too if it doesnt wor

Re: Kernel extremely large after compile

2002-08-31 Thread shaulka
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 01:59:57PM -0500, Joey McDaniel wrote: > I'm running a standard Woody system on an Athlon 850. A compile of > Kernel 2.4.18 with IDE, PPP, Sound, PS/2 and very little else comes up > with a kernel a little over 2 megs. This is the second installation of > Woody on the c

Re: XMMS and the new MP3 patent terms

2002-08-31 Thread W. Paul Mills
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Klaus Imgrund) writes: > On the xmms website is a statement that nothing has changed. > I tend to stick with what xmmms has on their site - after all it's their >program.They would probably know that they are about to go to jail;-0 I agree with this. But some seem to think it

Woody on Asus A7V333 with Promise FastTrak133 Controller

2002-08-31 Thread Paul Galbraith
I've tried to install the bf2.4 flavour of Debian, which looks like it's got all the appropriate kernel switches to support my onboard fasttrak133 RAID [sic] controller. I've got two physical drives striped, running as 1 virtual drive, and it is working (SLOW, but working :-) in Windows. When I

Re: XFree breaks after Kernel update

2002-08-31 Thread Kent West
Matthias Ellinger wrote: > Hi, > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 after reinstalling the Nvidia kernel & glx > solved it, X starts! > > However, now my USB Wheelmouse has stopped working under X (hotplug USB). ... > > How can I fix that? > > Thanks, Depends on if you're running gpm or not.

Most stable MSN and ICQ support?

2002-08-31 Thread Chun Kit Edwin Lau
Hi everyone, I want to find a stable MSN and ICQ client but don't know which one is. I know that icq changes its protocol a while ago. Don't know if any client support it. Are Gaim and Gabber ok? Thanx -- Edwin ERTW Lau ___

Re: Exim: multiple smarthosts?

2002-08-31 Thread Andre Berger
--yEPQxsgoJgBvi8ip Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2002-08-31 11:49 -0400: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Is it possib

Re: raidhotadd and RAID1

2002-08-31 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya michael -- looks like we have a mis-communication.. lets try it again my understanding so far.. - you had sda and sdb running as raid1 ( mirroring ) before - if this not the case... all bets are off - than sdb dies you replaced it ... and now we are trying to rebuild the

Re: http://security.debian.org down?

2002-08-31 Thread Udo Schlaepfer
Jaye Inabnit ke6sls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Don't know if there is a person that might know more about this server(or > admin), but it isn't responding to my apt-get, nor pings. Works fine for me. Tschoe Udo. -- Zu vermieten. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: http://security.debian.org down?

2002-08-31 Thread Paul Scott
Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > > >Don't know if there is a person that might know more about this server(or >admin), but it isn't responding to my apt-get, nor pings. > > > It responds from here. Paul Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: Looking for good usenet binaries downloader

2002-08-31 Thread Philippe Marzouk
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 10:17:07PM +0100, Andrew Pritchard wrote: > > Hi, > > > > In your oppinion what's the best program for downloading a lot of > > binaries from usenet servers? > > > > At the moment I'm using pan, which is a very nice one, but ideally I > > would like to have something that c

Re: Looking for good usenet binaries downloader

2002-08-31 Thread Andrew Pritchard
> Hi, > > In your oppinion what's the best program for downloading a lot of > binaries from usenet servers? > > At the moment I'm using pan, which is a very nice one, but ideally I > would like to have something that can combine posts from several servers > automatically for multipart messages etc

SOLVED: Re: XFree breaks after Kernel update

2002-08-31 Thread Matthias Ellinger
Hi, I found out that I forgot to enable full USB HID support before compiling the kernel - so of course my USB mouse wouldn't work. Fixed it, and everything's fine now, with my first self-compiled kernel working just fine! Thanks for all the help! all the best, -- Matthias Ellinger [EMAIL PR

http://security.debian.org down?

2002-08-31 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Don't know if there is a person that might know more about this server(or admin), but it isn't responding to my apt-get, nor pings. tatah - -- Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls\/A GNU-Debian linux user\/ http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls If it's stupid, but works,

Re: Need help with ZIP function in libarchive-zip-perl-0.11

2002-08-31 Thread Ragnar Hafstað
- Original Message - From: "PathFinder Software" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Anyone familiar with the Debian libarchive-zip-perl-0.11? If you do not get an answer here, maybe you should try the usenet newsgroups comp.lang.perl.modules or comp.lang.perl.misc > > I am looking for the destinati

Re: repairing a ntfs partition with fdisk?

2002-08-31 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 31 August 2002 02:01 am, Matthias Szupryczynski wrote: > > And ss far as I can see from the description of the parted package, it > won't work for ntfs ... thanks for the warning though. > > I was just hoping there is some 'magic trick' I

floppy install problem

2002-08-31 Thread Hal
I have a debian potato box on which I have decided to do a fresh install of woody rather than an upgrade (I am turning a former wksta into a server and don't need 60% of the packages now on it). The floppy I am using was previously used for another installation and worked well. The problem is

Re: shutdown without waking up the monitor

2002-08-31 Thread csj
On 31 Aug 2002 04:13:18 +0800 Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Problem: the electric company often cuts power here either for 10 > minutes or for the whole day. One can only guess what it will be. > With both my monitor and computer on, my UPS can only last 5 minutes, > but with the

Re: GNU GCC manual for Debian

2002-08-31 Thread Matthias Czapla
Seneca wrote: > files are located in /usr/share/info. (you can get a list of files in > packages with the form at the bottom of > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages) or with dpkg -L if the package is installed, for example dpkg -L gcc-2.95-doc Gruß lal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: cdrecord/README.ATAPI boot camp

2002-08-31 Thread Udo Schlaepfer
Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Just thought you might like to see how I append files to my CDs, a > multitrack backup CD. My hair is turning grey in no coincidence to > the trial and error involved. I step thru it and it actually works. > You know what's neat? How the windows users

Re: How do I install the module "snd"?

2002-08-31 Thread Bob Proulx
Moonlite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-31 08:30:10 -0700]: > Modconf did not list module 'snd'. It had one called > 'sound' which was described as OSS sound modules. > However, ALSA is looking for snd, which I can't find. > Where can I find it, and then how do I make it appear > in the modconf list

Re: exim (.forward)

2002-08-31 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 09:10:00PM +0200, Christian Schoenebeck wrote: | Am Samstag, 31. August 2002 15:38 schrieb Derrick 'dman' Hudson: | > On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 12:52:27AM +0200, Christian Schoenebeck wrote: | > | So is there a way to save messages in maildir format? | > | > Put a trailing s

Re: exim (.forward)

2002-08-31 Thread Christian Schoenebeck
Am Samstag, 31. August 2002 15:38 schrieb Derrick 'dman' Hudson: > On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 12:52:27AM +0200, Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > | Hi! > | > | How do I handle a .forward file if I configured exim to use maildir > | format instead of mbox? the 'save' command in a .forward file doesn't >

Re: java, konqueror

2002-08-31 Thread Christian Schoenebeck
Am Samstag, 31. August 2002 20:19 schrieb Pavel Bradut Boghita: > Konqueror will not run any Java applets (java executable not found) Could > anyone give me some suggestions please about how to effectively enable Java > in Konqueror ? > > Thanks 1. install a Java runtime environment 2. open Konqu

Re: ripperx and cdparanoia no permission for cdrom

2002-08-31 Thread Klaus Imgrund
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 21:12:55 +0200 Nicos Gollan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 31 August 2002 18:18, Klaus Imgrund wrote: > > I guess you shouldn't mix beer and debian ;-0 > > I can rip .wav now.mp3 wont work but that would be illegal anyway - > > except from commandline. > > Don't get

Re: Help me!! Kernel Panic!!

2002-08-31 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 11:52:55PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Jerome Acks Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Add the module needed for you root file system to > > /etc/mkinitrd/modules. If you are using ext3, put "jbd" on the line > > above "ext3". Then rebuild your initrd image by running: >

Woody kernel 2.4.18-686; ppp & scsi won't work.

2002-08-31 Thread Barry Mathieu
I am currently running Woody with kernel 2.2.19 and both my dial-up ppp connection and scsi system work as expected. I have installed kernel 2.4.18-686 for potential use of the USB capability (digital camera). Unfortunately, when I restart my machine with the 2.4.18-686 kernel, neither my ppp nor

Re: default X font sizes

2002-08-31 Thread Remy Indebetouw
On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, nate wrote: > John Batistic said: > > I have just completed a Woody install to XFS file system. > > > > My default X font sizes are way too big. > > /etc/X11/fs/config used to control font size, but now has no effect. > > Renaming fs makes no difference, so default font size i

Re: ripperx and cdparanoia no permission for cdrom

2002-08-31 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Saturday 31 August 2002 18:18, Klaus Imgrund wrote: > I guess you shouldn't mix beer and debian ;-0 > I can rip .wav now.mp3 wont work but that would be illegal anyway - > except from commandline. Don't get us started about beer again ;-) (Read the archives, it's worth the time!) As for mp3

Kernel extremely large after compile

2002-08-31 Thread Joey McDaniel
I'm running a standard Woody system on an Athlon 850. A compile of Kernel 2.4.18 with IDE, PPP, Sound, PS/2 and very little else comes up with a kernel a little over 2 megs. This is the second installation of Woody on the computer, the first time I didn't have this problem but when I reinstal

Need help with ZIP function in libarchive-zip-perl-0.11

2002-08-31 Thread PathFinder Software
Hi, Anyone familiar with the Debian libarchive-zip-perl-0.11? I am looking for the destination path '/html/cgi-bin' to be included in the ZIP when extracted but I just cannot make it work. It will list the files in the ZIP but not the path. What do I need to do to fix that? ===

Qt and system - help needed

2002-08-31 Thread Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka
Hi, I sent previous post "Qt problem" about my problems with compiling programs - KGamma and Krusader (I am running testing/unstable and KDE 3.0.3). I have qt (and qt-mt) libraries 3.0.5. installed (libqt-mt.so.3.0.5 is in /usr/lib) and I have all dev libraries. I had post with the autor of KGamma

Re: Class notes in a tree structure

2002-08-31 Thread patrick
--- Scott Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hate to hit up the list with this problem, but I havn't been able > to > find anything anywhere else. I am looking for a program that would > allow me to put my notes from class into a tree like structure on the > computer for ease of studying. Doe

Re: GNU GCC manual for Debian

2002-08-31 Thread Seneca
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 01:35:03PM -0400, Steve Dondley wrote: > I'm using GCC version 2.95.4 (Debian prerelease). How can I get a manual > for this version? I can't find one for this version at > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/ > > I'm fairly new to C/Linux. I've looked in usr/doc for the manu

Re: how to unsubscribe??

2002-08-31 Thread Craig Dickson
Larry Smith wrote: > The email I received from this group when I joined > indicated a method to unsubscribe -- which doesn't > work. > > > How do I unsubscribe from this group? This text appears at the bottom of every message on this list: > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with

unsubscribe

2002-08-31 Thread Lorenzo Micheli
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how to unsubscribe??

2002-08-31 Thread Larry Smith
The email I received from this group when I joined indicated a method to unsubscribe -- which doesn't work. How do I unsubscribe from this group? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com -- To UNSU

java, konqueror

2002-08-31 Thread Pavel Bradut Boghita
Konqueror will not run any Java applets (java executable not found) Could anyone give me some suggestions please about how to effectively enable Java in Konqueror ? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: understanding apt-proxy

2002-08-31 Thread Paul Scott
Chris Halls wrote: >On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 03:41:40PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > >>I would be glad to help if I end up getting a little better >>understanding. I will read more of the apt-proxy script. >> >Thank you for offering :) Actually there is a rewrite in Python already in >alpha

xmcd

2002-08-31 Thread Bytor
I am having trouble playing audio CDs and wonder if someone might be able to give me a clue. I have xmcd and as root I can start it and play CDs but I have no sound. As non-root I can start xmcd but it does not recognize that there is a CDs in the cdrom. I have add myself to the groups cdrom

GNU GCC manual for Debian

2002-08-31 Thread Steve Dondley
I'm using GCC version 2.95.4 (Debian prerelease). How can I get a manual for this version? I can't find one for this version at http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/ I'm fairly new to C/Linux. I've looked in usr/doc for the manual but didn't see it there. I then installed the gcc-2.95-doc package bu

Re: understanding apt-proxy

2002-08-31 Thread Chris Halls
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 03:41:40PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > >I would happily accept worked-over documentation for anything I maintain - > >knowing a program inside-out does not help in writing documentation - I > >don't always see the problems you do. > > > I would be glad to help if I end up ge

Re: XFree breaks after Kernel update

2002-08-31 Thread Matthias Szupryczynski
On Sun, 2002-09-01 at 02:59, Matthias Ellinger wrote: > Hi, > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 after reinstalling the Nvidia kernel & glx > solved it, X starts! > > However, now my USB Wheelmouse has stopped working under X (hotplug USB). ... > > How can I fix that? Have a look at your rece

syslog-ng

2002-08-31 Thread Phillip Hofmeister
All, For some reason when I upgraded to syslog-ng some time ago (removing sysklogd) my kern.log stopped showing. My syslog-ng.conf file seems to include a kern.log Can anyone think why it would not be showing anything in kern.log? destination kern { file("/var/log/kern.log" owner("root") group

source command puzzle

2002-08-31 Thread csj
The following (slightly edited) command sequence should illustrate the problem: foo:~> echo "backup rescueCD" ; source ${ALTRC_DIR}/tcsh.tar.source ; TAR_FULL_RESCUECD_COMMAND backup rescueCD TAR_FULL_RESCUECD_COMMAND: Command not found. foo:~> echo

Re: XFree breaks after Kernel update

2002-08-31 Thread Matthias Ellinger
Hi, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 after reinstalling the Nvidia kernel & glx solved it, X starts! However, now my USB Wheelmouse has stopped working under X (hotplug USB). ... How can I fix that? Thanks, -- Matthias Ellinger [EMAIL PROTECTED], PGP key at: http://www.bernardel.de Key finge

Re: Class notes in a tree structure

2002-08-31 Thread Scott Henson
On Sat, 2002-08-31 at 07:34, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 11:54:53PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: > > On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 23:53, Larry Holish wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 11:08:54PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: > > > > I hate to hit up the list with this problem,

Re: How can I get Galeon to hadle Java pages?

2002-08-31 Thread Jeremy Tan
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 09:32:19 -0400, stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > What's the package, or procedure I need to complete to get Galeon to > handle Java pages on a testing/unstable systen? > You can download and install the java 2 runtime from here: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/download.html

Lilo and Kernel issues Help Please

2002-08-31 Thread fbrian
Hi: I almost hosed my booting capabilities. I can boot the rescue kernel 2.2.20-compact from the harddrive. Unable to make a boot floppy that works though, error durring boot from floppy... kernel panic does not know where init is. For some reason, I had to install lilo on the /boot partition an

Re: How do I install the module "snd"?

2002-08-31 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 the mental interface of Moonlite told: > Modconf did not list module 'snd'. It had one called > 'sound' which was described as OSS sound modules. > However, ALSA is looking for snd, which I can't find. > Where can I find it, and then how do I make it appear > in the modconf li

Re: ripperx and cdparanoia no permission for cdrom

2002-08-31 Thread Klaus Imgrund
On 31 Aug 2002 11:43:18 -0400 "Mark L. Kahnt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 18:43, Klaus Imgrund wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 18:13:00 -0400 > > Edward Guldemond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 04:31:38PM -0300, Klaus Imgrund wrote: > > > > Hel

Re: XFree breaks after Kernel update

2002-08-31 Thread Kent West
Matthias Ellinger wrote: >Hi there, > >I tried updating my Woody box to the 2.4.19 kernel using the kernel.org >tar.bz2 and make-kpkg > >Everyting seems to have worked well, except that X won't start anymore. I use >4.01 with the NVidia.com kernel (apt-get). > >XFree86.0.log tells me that scree

Re: X server configuration

2002-08-31 Thread Florian Krohs
Hallo Bhupendra,* * Bhupendra Kumar Patidar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [31-08-02 15:33]: > HI, > I recently installed debian 2.2 releae 5. I am not able to > configure my x server so that i can run x windows. my > configuration is logitech mouse at ps/4, mercury mother board with > on board video car

Re: Exim: multiple smarthosts?

2002-08-31 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is it possible to use multiple smarthosts with exim? It's about a >laptop used in different network environments, and I would like to >avoid giving root privileges and/or the chance to mess up the >configuration to inexperie

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