RE: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 17:42, deFreese, Barry wrote: > Hey, I'm not trying to start a hardware religous war here, it was just an > observation. I have issues with some vendors myself. (Personally I hope Sun > Microsystems goes the way of the DoDo). I do work at a large company but I > certainly do

RE: "irradicating" a package?

2002-11-20 Thread Jan Johansson
>dpkg --force-depends --purge exim >Use this only when you KNOW for CERTAIN this is safe. In the case of exim >your machine will not fall over and die because it is missing a mail >server. Warning heeded.. But that, along with apt-get install exim, did the trick just nicely, thankyou. -- To

Re: xvncviewer respawn

2002-11-20 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:23:22PM -0600, Michael Kahle wrote: > to get around the authentication issue, you could just run: > > #/path/to/vncpasswd > Password: > Verify: > > #/path/to/vncviewer -passwd /path/to/passwd(that was created with vncpasswd) > 0.0.0.0(your servers name or IP) & > > T

Re: "irradicating" a package?

2002-11-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 20 November 2002 23:30, Jan Johansson wrote: > >dpkg --purge package > > > >If this is failing, give us more info. > > argus:/etc/exim# dpkg --purge exim > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of exim: > at depends on mail-transport-agent; however: > Package mail-transport-agen

RE: "irradicating" a package?

2002-11-20 Thread Jan Johansson
>dpkg --purge package > >If this is failing, give us more info. argus:/etc/exim# dpkg --purge exim dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of exim: at depends on mail-transport-agent; however: Package mail-transport-agent is not installed. Package exim which provides mail-transport-agent is

Spamassassin (reply to: admin@storms-elite.net)

2002-11-20 Thread Michelle Storm
Roommate installed Spamassassin on my computer yesterday. And I'm not sure I'm recieving all my emails anymore. I've completely stopped recieving everything from the Debian User List. Can someone help me out with finding out what's wrong with it, what I need to setup, where, and etc etc. Since it

Re: "irradicating" a package?

2002-11-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 20 November 2002 23:19, Jan Johansson wrote: > Tried a "customized" deb of a package (Exim), decided that it wasn't > "all that I wanted" so I want to replace it with a stock Exim.. But I > cant seem to make apt-get and/or dpkg to understand that? dpkg --purge package If this is fai

"irradicating" a package?

2002-11-20 Thread Jan Johansson
Tried a "customized" deb of a package (Exim), decided that it wasn't "all that I wanted" so I want to replace it with a stock Exim.. But I cant seem to make apt-get and/or dpkg to understand that? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: ldap re-creating database

2002-11-20 Thread mdevin
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 18:16:34 -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 01:24:18PM +1000, mdevin wrote: > > | One thing interesting though is that if I enter my proper system > | password then ldap refuses me once and gives another Password: prompt. > | If I then enter the p

Re: OT: Politics of Java

2002-11-20 Thread Craig Dickson
Michael Kahle wrote: > Does the fact that they control the "standard" prohibit others from > implementing the language with other standards if they see fit? Forking the > project so to speak? It's called C#. So yes, it is possible, but you can't call the resulting language "Java" without Sun's p

Re: OT: Politics of Java

2002-11-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 20 November 2002 22:05, Michael Kahle wrote: > Interesting. I am going to have to do some reading on this. > > Does the fact that they control the "standard" prohibit others from > implementing the language with other standards if they see fit? Forking > the project so to speak? > I

Wireless LAN

2002-11-20 Thread Rusty Minden
I am going to be getting a wireless LAN 802.11b for my home network. I would like to get one that is supported by GNU/Linux. Does anyone have any suggestions? I have two desktop computers and a laptop computer I will be setting up. The Laptop and one desktop run Debian Sarge on the 2.4.18 kern

RE: OT: Politics of Java

2002-11-20 Thread Michael Kahle
Craig Dickson wrote: >I know there are other compilers/tools for Java than Sun's, but that >doesn't change the fact that the Java name is a Sun trademark and that >Sun has never submitted the language to an independent standards body. >Sun, all by themselves, defines what Java is and isn't. > >Crai

Re: [OT] cdrdao and toc files

2002-11-20 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 05:00:22PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > Can someone point me to info about the toc files used by cdrdao. > Specifically I'm trying to understand what I can and cannot do just with > the toc file -- such as how to split a track into multiple tracks, or > shorten a track. And

Re: OT: Politics of Java

2002-11-20 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-11-21T05:06:49Z, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm just curious; do other folks (particularly real developers, not just > tinkerer-wanna-be's like myself) have a similar problem with Java, or have > I just been channeling too much RMS lately? You're not alone. I've never felt

Re: OT: Politics of Java

2002-11-20 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:04:30PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry insinuated: > On Wednesday 20 November 2002 21:06, Kent West wrote: > > I'm just curious; do other folks (particularly real developers, > > not just tinkerer-wanna-be's like myself) have a similar problem > > with Java, or have I just been c

Re: OT: Politics of Java

2002-11-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 20 November 2002 21:06, Kent West wrote: > > I'm just curious; do other folks (particularly real developers, not just > tinkerer-wanna-be's like myself) have a similar problem with Java, or > have I just been channeling too much RMS lately? > > Thanks for any comments. > > Kent Many o

Re: OT: Politics of Java

2002-11-20 Thread Craig Dickson
Michael Kahle wrote: > Is the standard, "controlled entirely by Sun"? > > I'm not sure how mature this is, but if your interested in Java programming > without the politics. > http://gcc.gnu.org/java/ I know there are other compilers/tools for Java than Sun's, but that doesn't change the fact th

Re: difficulties installing on a Compaq Presario 1020

2002-11-20 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Levi Waldron said: > I'm having a few problems installing Debian on an older Compaq Presario 1020 > P120 with 48MB RAM. (Yes I just read the thread on Compaqs - I agree that > after I get everything working it'll probably be great) > > 1) The worst one is that after

Re: Eterm and mouse

2002-11-20 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:42:43PM +, Ricardo Diz wrote: > Hi all, > > This maybe a litle off topic but, since I'm running debian and this is > The mailing list for debian users... Anyway, feel free to flame me (once > is enough though :) ). > > As I wrote in the subject, I usually use Eterm

Re: german ispell with mutt

2002-11-20 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Thu, 21 Nov 2002 06:07:59AM +0100, Oliver Fuchs insinuated: > On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > so i've recently started writing emails in german, and would like > > to spellcheck them from within mutt, like i can using 'i' bound to > > ispell for english messages. however, piping

RE: OT: Politics of Java

2002-11-20 Thread Michael Kahle
-Original Message- From: Craig Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 11:21 PM To: Debian User Subject: Re: OT: Politics of Java Craig Dickson wrote: /* snip > >No, you haven't been smoking too much RMS. Java is not an open standard; >it is controlled entir

Re: Pine again?

2002-11-20 Thread Joey Hess
Travis Crump wrote: > cd /good/directory/; apt-get source pine; cd pine-; > fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us; dpkg -i ../pine*deb Or if you're using unstable: apt-get install apt-src apt-src install -i pine And to track new versions of the source as they come out: apt-src update apt-src upgra

Java & Galeon

2002-11-20 Thread Richard Hector
Having taken Colin Watson's advice the other day about my sources.list for blackdown java, I upgraded (it had been on hold for ages). But then later I noticed that java no longer works in galeon. I also decided at that point to ditch the official stuff (those horrible EULAs) and installed jikes &

Re: OT: Politics of Java

2002-11-20 Thread John Hasler
Kent West writes: > I'm just curious; do other folks (particularly real developers, not just > tinkerer-wanna-be's like myself) have a similar problem with Java,... Yes. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

RE: xvncviewer respawn

2002-11-20 Thread Michael Kahle
nate said: >Hugh Saunders said: > >> but this just causes >> INIT: id "8" respawning to fast: disabled for 5 minutes >> to be repeated on the console. so that is obviously not the way to do it, >> any better ideas? > >probably because it cannot connect to the X server.. > >you could try a shell scr

Re: Pine again?

2002-11-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Looks like I'll have to wait until 4.60 is done; the present source package fetched with this command is 4.44. However, it does work. Thanks. Cheryl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

JavaView

2002-11-20 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi All ! Currently when I lauch JavaView from http://www-sfb288.math.tu-berlin.de/vgp/javaview/ mozilla is vanishes ? Can we install (and launch) `JavaView' on Woody ? And how ? Thanks in advance, Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

sound with SiS 7012 and alsa

2002-11-20 Thread Jeff Cours
Hi, everyone - I'm having some trouble getting sound to work on my system. The motherboard is an ABIT SR7-8X with what windows identifies as an SiS 7012 chipset (the motherboard manual calls it an AC'97 sound controller). Running kernel 2.4.19-686. I first tried getting sound working just usin

Re: OT: Politics of Java

2002-11-20 Thread Craig Dickson
Kent West wrote: > I picked up Dori Smith's "Java for the World Wide Web" book at the > library the other day; thought I'd at least introduce myself to the > basics of Java programming. I am not a programmer; just did the usual > college class work in the basic languages (Pascal, Fortran, BASIC

Re: german ispell with mutt

2002-11-20 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > so i've recently started writing emails in german, and would like to > spellcheck them from within mutt, like i can using 'i' bound to ispell > for english messages. however, piping it to `ispell -d deutsch` > (which works from the command line, with a

OT: Politics of Java

2002-11-20 Thread Kent West
I picked up Dori Smith's "Java for the World Wide Web" book at the library the other day; thought I'd at least introduce myself to the basics of Java programming. I am not a programmer; just did the usual college class work in the basic languages (Pascal, Fortran, BASIC), and then a smallish ap

Re: Pine again?

2002-11-20 Thread Travis Crump
Cheryl Homiak wrote: I know i've seen threads about this on Pine before, even posted on the subject but I'm stuck again. Pine450 is out and i'd like to use it. I've never figured out how to compile it from the source on debian and never have found a full explanation of it. I've been cheating and u

Pine again?

2002-11-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I know i've seen threads about this on Pine before, even posted on the subject but I'm stuck again. Pine450 is out and i'd like to use it. I've never figured out how to compile it from the source on debian and never have found a full explanation of it. I've been cheating and using the binary but th

Re: dhcpd and pppoe and name servers

2002-11-20 Thread Bill Moseley
At 08:41 PM 11/20/02 -0600, David Bell wrote: >On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 17:57, Bill Moseley wrote: >> 2) if the ppp-reported name server changes how do I update the "option >> domain-name-servers" in my /etc/dhcpd.conf file automatically? > >I would recommend running a caching DNS server on this box,

german ispell with mutt

2002-11-20 Thread Nori Heikkinen
so i've recently started writing emails in german, and would like to spellcheck them from within mutt, like i can using 'i' bound to ispell for english messages. however, piping it to `ispell -d deutsch` (which works from the command line, with a filename) at the send menu doesn't work. i've trie

Re: Help: Connecting two Debian boxes directly

2002-11-20 Thread Jeff
Oleg, 2002-Nov-20 20:32 -0500: > They are on the same subnet (BTW I don't know what "Gateway" should be set > to, and whether ip_forward should be "yes" in /etc/networks/options). Since they are in the same subnet, no gateway is needed. And you don't need to enable ip_forward since you aren't

difficulties installing on a Compaq Presario 1020

2002-11-20 Thread Levi Waldron
I'm having a few problems installing Debian on an older Compaq Presario 1020 P120 with 48MB RAM. (Yes I just read the thread on Compaqs - I agree that after I get everything working it'll probably be great) 1) The worst one is that after apm -s, apm -S, or alt-F3 the system acts all weird afte

RE: Help: Connecting two Debian boxes directly

2002-11-20 Thread Joyce, Matthew
> -Original Message- > From: Oleg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 21 November 2002 12:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Joyce, Matthew; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Help: Connecting two Debian boxes directly > > > Vineet Kumar wrote: > > Are your IP addresses within the

Re: [OT] CD-R Requirements (or Giving Back To Windows Users)

2002-11-20 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Levi Waldron ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021118 15:44]: > On November 17, 2002 08:22 pm, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > >?How do I watch the fifo? > > >? > > >?The new IDE CD-R has "BurnProof" so I think that will indeed help. > > > > Also use nice to lower nice of cdrecord (higher priority) > > > > ?$ nice --9

Re: KMAIL

2002-11-20 Thread David Bell
On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 06:13, Torsten Wolny wrote: > Try this: > torwo@twooften:~$ apt-cache search kde | grep addressbook > kab - An addressbook for KDE apt-cache actually allows for searching of multiple words, like so: [20:46:46][david@david:~]$ apt-cache search kde addressbook kab - An address

Re: dhcpd and pppoe and name servers

2002-11-20 Thread David Bell
On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 17:57, Bill Moseley wrote: > 2) if the ppp-reported name server changes how do I update the "option > domain-name-servers" in my /etc/dhcpd.conf file automatically? I would recommend running a caching DNS server on this box, since it will be used to service a LAN. This way,

Re: [debian-user] Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-20 Thread Rüdiger Kuhlmann
>--[sean finney]--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > support some form of text-only mode? for icq i've used licq and micq, > one of which has a text-mode plugin, the other *is* text mode, but > i'm not happy with either because the former doesn't keep history > in text mode, and the latter was rather barebon

Re: [debian-user] Which ICQ Client is better?

2002-11-20 Thread Rüdiger Kuhlmann
>--[Meir Kriheli]--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tuesday 12 November 2002 18:52, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: > I use sim-icq. It's really good, supports version 8 of ICQ protocol (ICQ 2001) > with lots of other features as well. It is a qt/kde app, and they have a deb > for download in the downloads se

Re: where do I find the kernel headers?

2002-11-20 Thread Travis Crump
Seneca wrote: On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 04:28:17PM -0600, Michael Kahle wrote: I hope this isn't a silly question. Most of the time, the only silly question is the one left unasked (trite, I know). From the Debian FAQ (http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.en.html): //snip The kernel head

Re: pcmcia network on boot

2002-11-20 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Alexey" == Alexey Chetroi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alexey> I've just installed woody on my travelmate 512T Alexey> laptop. Everything works fine even pcmcia (expected Alexey> trouble with it) but I have a minor issue when the system Alexey> boots up. I've added to /etc/ne

Re: [OT] Love you guys - It's Alive

2002-11-20 Thread p
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 05:23:35PM -0800, deFreese, Barry wrote: > >"deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Sorry for the goofy OT post but I really wanted to put Debian on a Compaq > >> Proliant 1600 and not have to put RedHat on it. I couldn't get it to see > >> the array controller a

Re: [OT] Love you guys - It's Alive

2002-11-20 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 05:23:35PM -0800, deFreese, Barry wrote: > It's up and running. Just trying to figure out what minimalist window > manager to use and I'm off and running. I have twm on at the moment > and gotta say it's a little too minimalist. Any of the following should work well for

Re: Help: Connecting two Debian boxes directly

2002-11-20 Thread Oleg
Vineet Kumar wrote: > Are your IP addresses within the same subnet (i.e. > 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3)? Is the cross-over cable (and > both NICs) known to be good? They are on the same subnet (BTW I don't know what "Gateway" should be set to, and whether ip_forward should be "yes" in /etc/net

Re: where do I find the kernel headers?

2002-11-20 Thread Russell
Michael Kahle wrote: I hope this isn't a silly question. From the Debian FAQ (http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.en.html): //snip The kernel headers distributed with the kernel source are located in /usr/include/linux/include/. //snip I think that is a mistake in the documentation. I thi

Re: Kernel compilation

2002-11-20 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Oki DZ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021120 17:15]: > Hi, > > I was trying to compile the kernel version 2.5.44, and then compilation > stopped at the following: > net/ipv4/raw.c: In function `raw_send_hdrinc': net/ipv4/raw.c:297: > `NF_IP_LOCAL_OUT' undeclared (first use in this function) > net/ipv4/raw

Re: [OT] Love you guys - It's Alive

2002-11-20 Thread Robert L. Harris
check out xfce, it's great on my p2 sony vaio with 96megs. Thus spake deFreese, Barry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > From: "deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [OT] Love you guys - It's Alive > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:23:35 -0800 > X-Mailer: Internet Mail Servi

RE: [OT] Love you guys - It's Alive

2002-11-20 Thread deFreese, Barry
>"deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Sorry for the goofy OT post but I really wanted to put Debian on a Compaq >> Proliant 1600 and not have to put RedHat on it. I couldn't get it to see >> the array controller and being the newbie moron that I am I had no idea how >> to get it to wor

Re: Kernel compilation

2002-11-20 Thread Oki DZ
BTW, would there be any problems in using 2.5.x on Debian systems? TIA, Oki -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Kernel compilation

2002-11-20 Thread Oki DZ
Hi, I was trying to compile the kernel version 2.5.44, and then compilation stopped at the following: net/ipv4/raw.c: In function `raw_send_hdrinc': net/ipv4/raw.c:297: `NF_IP_LOCAL_OUT' undeclared (first use in this function) net/ipv4/raw.c:297: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once n

RE: Help: Connecting two Debian boxes directly

2002-11-20 Thread Joyce, Matthew
> > * Oleg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021120 16:43]: > > Hi > > > > I have two Debian boxes, and I'm trying to move some files directly > > between > > them (w/o the hub or the Internet). > > > > I tried connecting them using a cross-over cable and assigning them > > arbitrary IP addresses. However

Re: Help: Connecting two Debian boxes directly

2002-11-20 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Oleg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021120 16:43]: > Hi > > I have two Debian boxes, and I'm trying to move some files directly between > them (w/o the hub or the Internet). > > I tried connecting them using a cross-over cable and assigning them > arbitrary IP addresses. However, when I try pinging,

[OT] cdrdao and toc files

2002-11-20 Thread Bill Moseley
Can someone point me to info about the toc files used by cdrdao. Specifically I'm trying to understand what I can and cannot do just with the toc file -- such as how to split a track into multiple tracks, or shorten a track. And how I can build a toc file from a collection of .wav files (where I d

Re: accessing linux partitions from windows

2002-11-20 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Sandip" == Sandip P Deshmukh writes: Sandip> http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/ Sandip> i have tried the program. basic procedure is boot the Sandip> machine in windows and run e2fs. you can browse entire Sandip> linux partition. who cares about file permissions! S

Help: Connecting two Debian boxes directly

2002-11-20 Thread Oleg
Hi I have two Debian boxes, and I'm trying to move some files directly between them (w/o the hub or the Internet). I tried connecting them using a cross-over cable and assigning them arbitrary IP addresses. However, when I try pinging, no connection can be established; tcpdump also produces

Re: vi as a text editor

2002-11-20 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Wed, 20 Nov 2002 06:25:57PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson insinuated: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 01:58:28PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > | really? i've been beating my head against this for a while now, and > | have to date only managed to get dark-blue-and-pink syntax > | highlighting on th

Re: vi as a text editor

2002-11-20 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:44:22AM -0600, Andy Wettstein insinuated: > This works for me in .bashrc on solaris 8: > > if [ `uname` = "SunOS" ]; then > export TERM=xtermc > fi exporting TERM to be xtermc doesn't seem to do anything here. > i Compiled vim with ncurses5, not the sun curse

Re: xvncviewer respawn

2002-11-20 Thread nate
Hugh Saunders said: > but this just causes > INIT: id "8" respawning to fast: disabled for 5 minutes > to be repeated on the console. so that is obviously not the way to do it, > any better ideas? probably because it cannot connect to the X server.. you could try a shell script something like

Re: xvncviewer respawn

2002-11-20 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 06:54:55PM +, Hugh Saunders wrote: > hello, I use xvncviewer lots to connect to various machines but i seem > to get disconnected quite frequently, is there a way i can get > xvncviewer to respawn? > If the viewer gives an error code when it is disconnected, you could

dhcpd and pppoe and name servers

2002-11-20 Thread Bill Moseley
On the Debian machine eth0 will connect to the DSL modem, eth1 is MASQ'ed internal net. dhcpd is running on eth1. I have not used pppoe before (I have static IPs). I assume the ppp server supplies the name server on connection. 1) what's the procedure to automatically update /etc/resolv.conf wh

Re: When packaging systems go awry (Was: Re: Are we losing users to Gentoo?)

2002-11-20 Thread Ken Bloom
H. S. Teoh wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 04:59:04PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > Glenn McGrath wrote: > > > I didnt realise that, what are its bad points... i guess it could make > > > dependencies a bit tricker. > > > > The way redhat does it means you have to distinguish between installing > >

Re: NAT Question

2002-11-20 Thread Sven Gaerner
Hi, I solved this by changing the following rules. 1. masquerading is not bound to the interface but masquerades only traffic that is coming from LAN 2. one DNAT rule that forwards packages to my server if the source is a LAN address and the destination address is my external assigned ad

xvncviewer respawn

2002-11-20 Thread Hugh Saunders
hello, I use xvncviewer lots to connect to various machines but i seem to get disconnected quite frequently, is there a way i can get xvncviewer to respawn? as a shot in the dark i added a line to /etc/inittab 8:23:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/xvncviewer 192.168.0.4 but this just causes INIT: id "8" re

RE: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread deFreese, Barry
Hey, I'm not trying to start a hardware religous war here, it was just an observation. I have issues with some vendors myself. (Personally I hope Sun Microsystems goes the way of the DoDo). I do work at a large company but I certainly do NOT have unlimited budget. As for small company vs. large

Re: where do I find the kernel headers?

2002-11-20 Thread Seneca
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 04:28:17PM -0600, Michael Kahle wrote: > I hope this isn't a silly question. Most of the time, the only silly question is the one left unasked (trite, I know). > >From the Debian FAQ (http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.en.html): > //snip > The kernel headers distribut

RE: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread deFreese, Barry
Your right Kirk, I shouldn't have said "all" of you, my apologies. Actually it is kind of funny. I was up at a Technology Planning meeting at our headquarters a couple of weeks ago and IBM and HP were in the same room talking about Linux. It was humurous to see them go back and forth. Anyway, th

Solved: Root can't login (but can in single user mode)

2002-11-20 Thread Xaveer Leijtens
I finally solved the problem. My /etc/environment had a single line LANG=nl_NL@euro which (for unknown reasons) caused the problems. Removing this line did the trick. Now that I can login as root again, I still wonder why this is causing trouble in the first place and also why it only prevents r

Re: Sound card problem

2002-11-20 Thread Seneca
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:11:57PM +0600, chanka perera wrote: > In my Debian woody box sound card is not working I'm having creative > vibra 128 card #sndconfig says Sound module not found you don't seems > to be running a kernel with modular sound enable (soundcore.o was not > found) and it's sup

Re: capturing X to video

2002-11-20 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Nov 20, 2002, J?rg Johannes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello Martin > > >is it possible to capture all that's going on on my X server to video > >somehow? I imagine it can't be hard thanks to X's modular > >architecture. Does anyone have a pointer or so? > > > > There are various progra

RE: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread nate
deFreese, Barry said: > It's funny, all of you are saying "I don't like Compaq", "I wouldn't use > Compaq", etc yet all of you state that after it was up and running, they > run well!? I agree that they do some funny stuff with hardware, but some > of it is a good thing. For example, they burn th

Re: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-11-20T22:56:13Z, Gene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > great, i'm glad i know this now, I'm about to get about 5 DL380/dual > processor and ML540 next week to install linux... any pointers or > problems that I'm going to have? The biggest hurdle turned out to be that the standard Debian bo

Re: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-11-20T22:45:08Z, "deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's funny, all of you are saying "I don't like Compaq", "I wouldn't use > Compaq", etc yet all of you state that after it was up and running, they > run well!? I, for one, never said that I don't like Compaq, or even that

Re: about mt and rmt command

2002-11-20 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Nov 20, 2002, imran ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi All > I am quite new to linux / debian linux. currently I am working with rmt and > mt utility > my objective is to test all options provided by mt and rmt . I don't have > magnetic tape drive installed on my debian machine. Is it requir

Solved: Re: Gnome / Gtk menu fonts: galeon, mozilla, pan, gabber (sid/unstable)

2002-11-20 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Nov 20, 2002, Michael Rauch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Karsten M. Self wrote: > >Menu fonts for a number of applications, most of them Gnome / Gtk apps > >(and I suspect the latter) are now larger than I'd like them to be. > > > >Apps affected include Galeon, Pan, Gabber, Mozilla, and dil

Re: vi as a text editor

2002-11-20 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 01:58:28PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: | really? i've been beating my head against this for a while now, and | have to date only managed to get dark-blue-and-pink syntax | highlighting on the Suns i work on ... exporting TERM=dtterm doesn't | seem to do much, either. do

Re: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 03:04:55PM -0800, deFreese, Barry wrote: > Matthew, > > What did you use for the Netelligent Ethernet adapter, or did you install > something else? I am using the onboard adapter as well as another... After you partition the drive and begin the base install, it will ask y

Re: ldap re-creating database

2002-11-20 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 07:40:30PM -0800, nate wrote: | mdevin said: | > Another thing: I just noticed that everytime I send and email now, the | > log screen for slapd spews heaps of stuff. I guess postfix is already | > communicating with it for some reason, although I am not sure what. There |

Re: ldap re-creating database

2002-11-20 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 01:24:18PM +1000, mdevin wrote: | One thing interesting though is that if I enter my proper system | password then ldap refuses me once and gives another Password: prompt. | If I then enter the proper system password again, I am allowed to login. | So ssh must check /etc/pa

Re: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread Gene
great, i'm glad i know this now, I'm about to get about 5 DL380/dual processor and ML540 next week to install linux... any pointers or problems that I'm going to have? I'll try installing debian before my boss makes me install rh, but then again, i'm going to have to install freebsd just for

Re: text mode clone of gaim?

2002-11-20 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:03:36AM -0600, Kent West wrote: | Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: | | >i have been using gaim - a good im package. It is stable as far as AIM is concerned, but IMO the UI is a bit lacking. | >is there a clone that runs on console? may be i can postpone starting x | >that much

Re: Can't get ATI Rage128 to work with XFree86 on Debian

2002-11-20 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:30:30 -0500 Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > carlos@snob:~$ lspci > > (...) > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF > > steve@gashuffer:~$ /sbin/lspci > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128

Re: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread Robert L. Harris
THIS is why I like this list, the debian community and the devs. Security and stability are great but attitudes like this backing it up are what make it really happen. Thus spake Matthew Daubenspeck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:18:28 -0500 > From: Matthew Daubenspeck <[EMA

Re: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread Gary Hennigan
"deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What do you mean especailly with a Compaq? I personally think that the > Proliant servers are some of the best PC-based servers out there. My experience with Compaq is colored by experiences I had with them "way back" in the early 90's (92 or 93 I t

RE: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread deFreese, Barry
It's funny, all of you are saying "I don't like Compaq", "I wouldn't use Compaq", etc yet all of you state that after it was up and running, they run well!? I agree that they do some funny stuff with hardware, but some of it is a good thing. For example, they burn their own firmware into their ha

where do I find the kernel headers?

2002-11-20 Thread Michael Kahle
I hope this isn't a silly question. >From the Debian FAQ (http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.en.html): //snip The kernel headers distributed with the kernel source are located in /usr/include/linux/include/. //snip I used dselect to install the kernel-source-2.4.18 package and a ls of the /

Re: Modem dialup with wvdial and kppp

2002-11-20 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Christian Banik wrote: Dear Debian Users, i tried to configure my Com Port Modem with pppconfig. It doesn't work. The problem is not the Hardware, because he dials and even seems to go in the internet (with wvdial) . Under kppp Error massage 1 appears. But Konqueror or other Browsers can't show

support compaq presario 700 (722EA)?

2002-11-20 Thread unmaterial
Will Debian work with my laptop compaq presario 700 (722EA)? …

Re: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-11-20T22:23:56Z, "deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What do you mean especailly with a Compaq? I personally think that the > Proliant servers are some of the best PC-based servers out there. Yes, but they're also the most chock-full of weird hardware. I haven't touched a C

RE: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread nate
deFreese, Barry said: > What do you mean especailly with a Compaq? I personally think that the > Proliant servers are some of the best PC-based servers out there. "best" doesn't really matter that much if you can't get it workin :) I installed debian 2.2 on a few DL380 generation 1s, worked pret

Re: Can't get ATI Rage128 to work with XFree86 on Debian

2002-11-20 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Carlos Sousa said: > Already taken care of. > > > steve@gashuffer:~$ uname -a > > Linux gashuffer.lobefin.net 2.4.20-rc1 #1 SMP Sun Nov 3 14:05:24 EST 2002 i686 >Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > > carlos@snob:~$ uname -a > Linux snob 2.4.18vbc02 #1 S

RE: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread Steve Barr
> > fly. Especially with a Compaq! :) Not quite the same beast, but I've got Debian on a DL-360. Runs great! Steve -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. (v3.22-7) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

RE: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread deFreese, Barry
What do you mean especailly with a Compaq? I personally think that the Proliant servers are some of the best PC-based servers out there. Barry deFreese NTS Technology Services Manager Nike Team Sports (949)-616-4005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you st

Re: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 03:19:31PM -0700, Gary Hennigan wrote: > "deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sorry for the goofy OT post but I really wanted to put Debian on a Compaq > > Proliant 1600 and not have to put RedHat on it. I couldn't get it to see > > the array controller and bei

Re: Gnome / Gtk menu fonts: galeon, mozilla, pan, gabber (sid/unstable)

2002-11-20 Thread Michael Rauch
try it with putting the following in your ~/.gtkrc style "user-font" { fontset="-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1" } widget_class "*" style "user-font" you can use simpler font names if you have set up aliases on your system (i didn't). further you may want to checkou

Re: [OT] Love you guys

2002-11-20 Thread Gary Hennigan
"deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sorry for the goofy OT post but I really wanted to put Debian on a Compaq > Proliant 1600 and not have to put RedHat on it. I couldn't get it to see > the array controller and being the newbie moron that I am I had no idea how > to get it to work. A

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