Re: shell game

2002-12-06 Thread Michael Heironimus
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 01:45:45AM -0500, Travis Crump wrote: > From the there has got to be a better way department: > > ls /opt/images/*.jpg > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo there are jpegs There is a way that looks slightly better, but it's still ugly because it relies on bash-specific options. Someth

Re: shell game

2002-12-06 Thread Gary Turner
Drew Cohan wrote: >Hi, > >Using a bash shell script (/bin/sh), I need to know how to check to see >if certain files exist in a directory, as in, "Are there any jpegs in >this directory?". I've tried various things (like using -s, -f with >test and a do/for loop) but nothing seems to work right.

Re: [OT] spam advice

2002-12-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:16:26PM -0600, Nicolaus Kedegren wrote: > If I am not mistaken, Sweden has a law that prohibits "unsolicited > commercial email" a.k.a. spam. I am not fully aware of how the law is > written, but if any swedes out there can give some more inf, I am sure > it would be appr

procmail log dies

2002-12-06 Thread Nick Croft
Every now and then, procmail seems to stop logging incoming mail. Having googled and run procdiag.sh, my final move was to changes the VERBOSE=no to VERBOSE=yes and voila it logs again. Wonder how come a) it stops b) it starts with this setting. Nici -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: shell game

2002-12-06 Thread Lloyd Zusman
Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Drew Cohan wrote: >> Hi, >> Using a bash shell script (/bin/sh), I need to know how to check to see >> if certain files exist in a directory, as in, "Are there any jpegs in >> this directory?". I've tried various things (like using -s, -f with >> test an

Mappings between CPAN packages and lib.*-perl packages

2002-12-06 Thread Lloyd Zusman
Is it correct to assume that any given debian package whose name is of the form lib.*-perl corresponds to one and only one CPAN module, and that the algorithm for determining the corresponding debian package name from a given CPAN module name is this? ... - Add a leading "lib" and a trailing "-per

Re: shell game

2002-12-06 Thread Travis Crump
Drew Cohan wrote: Hi, Using a bash shell script (/bin/sh), I need to know how to check to see if certain files exist in a directory, as in, "Are there any jpegs in this directory?". I've tried various things (like using -s, -f with test and a do/for loop) but nothing seems to work right. The cl

Re: ipchains DENY question

2002-12-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 12:30:34PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > I'm not saying it's a bad idea; I'm just saying I don't know how to do > it. Any suggestions? apt-get install ippl logcheck -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when

Re: Debian Menus no longer come up

2002-12-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 10:56:35AM -0800, Caleb Walker wrote: > If I run update-menus it exits without and error but I still do not get > my menus. If I run install-menu kdebase it hangs and does not exit. Have you tried this? apt-get install menu -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :'

shell game

2002-12-06 Thread Drew Cohan
Hi, Using a bash shell script (/bin/sh), I need to know how to check to see if certain files exist in a directory, as in, "Are there any jpegs in this directory?". I've tried various things (like using -s, -f with test and a do/for loop) but nothing seems to work right. The closest I can come is

Re: Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs

2002-12-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 08:26:48AM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > Paul, > > To be fair, you should point out that this is an opinion that run's > contrary to how Debian's 2.4 kernels are packaged. Yes, I realise this, however, when compiling one's own kernel from the kernel archive (oppose to th

Re: EXIM relay for specific users

2002-12-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 04:42:23AM -0800, Michael Olds wrote: > Now...how come it's working so slowly? I commented out the lookup directive > to no effect. Maybe I should try Paul's solution. If you do any RBL lookups, you're waiting on DNS. You can speed this part up by running a caching bind, o

Re: [OT] spam advice

2002-12-06 Thread nate
Nicolaus Kedegren said: > If I am not mistaken, Sweden has a law that prohibits "unsolicited > commercial email" a.k.a. spam. I am not fully aware of how the law is > written, but if any swedes out there can give some more inf, I am sure it > would be appreciated by all of us. washington does to

Re: [OT] spam advice

2002-12-06 Thread Nicolaus Kedegren
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 10:55:50PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.0002 +0100]: > > Is it adviseable to attempt to use these measures to be removed from > > lists? or just keep on writing filitering rules? > > no. yes. in that order. > > w

Re: help configuring my monitor resolution...

2002-12-06 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 13:24, Pigeon wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 06:56:44PM -0800, alan brown wrote: > > > Modes "1024*768" > > Try: 1024x768 (My own file has 800x600) > > "Barely usable"? 800x600 on a 21" screen sounds great to me! :-) > > Pigeon Reminds me of the system that I go

Re: x be mop out after upgrade in test of debian, please help

2002-12-06 Thread Seneca
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 09:13:09PM -0700, eric wrote: [please don't top-post] > yes , I know the spec of my monitor of kds Xflat 17e > 3dforce B-16, 16M print on my card > HOLTEK > HT27C512-70 > A022Z0612-2 > > my most current config is using xfree86 4.0 > after that, startx > it response > (EE)

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-06 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 20:31, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:54:52AM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > > Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > Note that some people (like Linus) say that anyone who runs a > > > framebuffer console is insane. > > > > Why? > >

Re: good procmail alternative?

2002-12-06 Thread Walt Mankowski
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 05:23:53AM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: > I used Mail::Audit for quite some time, but it probably has a serious > bug which makes it impossible to verify some signed mails. Mail::Audit's MIME code has an annoying tendency to reformat message bodies and thereby break GPG sig

Re: good procmail alternative?

2002-12-06 Thread Vikki Roemer
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 06:55:06PM -0900, Britton wrote: > > I've recently been trying to give spamassassin a go, so naturally I ended > up looking at procmail. Then I tried to build procmail, wow it sure does > take me back. Trouble is, I don't want to go back. Can anyone recommend > a more mo

Re: Parition mangling tools

2002-12-06 Thread Walt Mankowski
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 03:06:00AM +, Hugh Saunders wrote: > hello, > > standard storry... have xp installation taking up entire hard disk, want to add >woody. > > Have tried the parition resize tool from zeleps.com but havent had any joy with > that, any suggestions as to linux tools/altern

Re: good procmail alternative?

2002-12-06 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-12-07 04:55]: >I've recently been trying to give spamassassin a go, so naturally I ended >up looking at procmail. Then I tried to build procmail, wow it sure does >take me back. Trouble is, I don't want to go back. Can anyone recommend >a more modern progra

Re: x be mop out after upgrade in test of debian, please help

2002-12-06 Thread eric
yes , I know the spec of my monitor of kds Xflat 17e 3dforce B-16, 16M print on my card HOLTEK HT27C512-70 A022Z0612-2 my most current config is using xfree86 4.0 after that, startx it response (EE) no device detected it assum my card on pci bus: PCI:01:00:0 maybe that is not correct, it is in

Re: Secret APT commands?

2002-12-06 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 05:08:45PM -0100, Paul Burkett wrote: > Hmm, when I do that, I get the following error: > > > debian-server:/usr/local/src/apache# dpkg --install --root=/usr/local/apache/ >apache-common_1.3.26-0woody1_i386.deb > dpkg: unable to access dpkg status area: No such file or di

Re: 3dforce name in xfree86

2002-12-06 Thread eric
3DForce B-16 16M   in the small chip have such words: HOLTEK HT27C512-70 A022Z0612-2   my startx (EE) no device detected   and it assign my chip's pci bus as PCI:01:00:0 may be that is not correct   It was in my only AGP slot in the MSI  Mainboard 645e max series   hope to see advnced tech adv

good procmail alternative?

2002-12-06 Thread Britton
I've recently been trying to give spamassassin a go, so naturally I ended up looking at procmail. Then I tried to build procmail, wow it sure does take me back. Trouble is, I don't want to go back. Can anyone recommend a more modern program/perl script that does what proc mail does and will ser

Parition mangling tools

2002-12-06 Thread Hugh Saunders
hello, standard storry... have xp installation taking up entire hard disk, want to add woody. Have tried the parition resize tool from zeleps.com but havent had any joy with that, any suggestions as to linux tools/alternative dos tools? [could just repartittion then reinstall XP and debian but h

issure on network in 2.4.20 upgrade from 2.2.18

2002-12-06 Thread eric
- Original Message - From: "Kevin Buhr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 6:00 PM Subject: Re: Special case of VPN : how can I do this ? > "eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > in my peer/dsl-provider > > pty .

Re: Secret APT commands?

2002-12-06 Thread Paul Burkett
Sweet! Thanks dude, I have no problem RTFM but I couldn't really find much in man apt-get. I'll give man apt.conf a shot. On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 05:17:45PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Paul Burkett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021206 13:50]: > > Hey, I'm wondering if there is any apt-get commands th

Re: x be mop out after upgrade in test of debian, please help

2002-12-06 Thread Seneca
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 06:50:01PM -0700, eric wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Seneca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 4:17 PM > Subject: Re: x be mop out after upgrade in test of debian, please help > > > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 04

Re: x be mop out after upgrade in test of debian, please help

2002-12-06 Thread eric
- Original Message - From: "Seneca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 4:17 PM Subject: Re: x be mop out after upgrade in test of debian, please help > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 04:00:46PM -0700, eric wrote: > > Dear Seneca or any linux users: > > N

Re: please help on configure X

2002-12-06 Thread Seneca
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 06:00:13PM -0700, eric wrote: > after I upgrade in debian, my originally preconfiured progeny 1.0 > (probably using frame buffer) X be mop out > > I tried both text and graphic config all not success(graphic config, I > always fail when I configure mouse-it freese in c

Re: What makes the files in /var/backup?

2002-12-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:57:08AM -0600, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > I looked in the crontab stuff, but couldn't figure out what makes these. > > Might be nice to be able to add stuff. :-) > > Thanks in advance. Check out /etc/cron.daily/standard -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EM

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:54:52AM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Note that some people (like Linus) say that anyone who runs a > > framebuffer console is insane. > > Why? Beats me ... STFW for the answer. I run a framebuffer; Sparc sucks wi

Re: True Type Font

2002-12-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 07:03:47PM -0500, Bruce Park ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello Debian users, > > How can I see if I have ttf installed on my machine? If I don't have > it installed, is there a simple package that I can install or does it > need configuration? If you have XFree86v4, the

Re: Secret APT commands?

2002-12-06 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Paul Burkett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021206 13:50]: > Hey, I'm wondering if there is any apt-get commands that I don't know > of. One that I would find interesting would be the option to install > in something other than the default directories when I issue a > apt-install command. You guys have any

Re: Secret APT commands?

2002-12-06 Thread Paul Burkett
Hmm, when I do that, I get the following error: debian-server:/usr/local/src/apache# dpkg --install --root=/usr/local/apache/ apache-common_1.3.26-0woody1_i386.deb dpkg: unable to access dpkg status area: No such file or directory debian-server:/usr/local/src/apache# > > of. One that I would fi

Re: Special case of VPN : how can I do this ?

2002-12-06 Thread Kevin Buhr
"eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > in my peer/dsl-provider > pty ... > it also have similar situation, > but I really did not know why my pppoe keep not work > that is in 2.4.20 kernel of 686 from unstable Which version of "pppd" are you running? Since about 2.4.2, the 2.4.x kernels have

please help on configure X

2002-12-06 Thread eric
Dear xfree86:     after I upgrade in debian, my originally preconfiured progeny 1.0 (probably using frame buffer)  X be mop out   I tried both text and graphic config all not success(graphic config, I always fail when I configure mouse-it freese in console 8(I have a Logitech 2 bottom with r

Re: Help configuring old mozilla compile

2002-12-06 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021206 13:35]: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:12:35AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > try > > > > ldd -v /path/to/executable > > > > To see what it's looking for and where. Then you can use > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH to override its search path with a righteous one. > > Hey,

Re: grub question - please help

2002-12-06 Thread Bruce Park
From: Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: grub question - please help Date: 06 Dec 2002 18:33:09 -0600 "David" == David P James writes: David> initrd /initrd.img-2.4.18-bf2.4 David> Come to think of it, the leading '/' should probably be David>

Re: grub question - please help

2002-12-06 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"David" == David P James writes: David> initrd /initrd.img-2.4.18-bf2.4 David> Come to think of it, the leading '/' should probably be David> dropped for both. The bf2.4 kernel does not use an initrd image unlike the other 2.4.18 kernel packages. So the poster does not need this

Promise Raid onboard howto install

2002-12-06 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Anyone know the steps to installing drivers so I can use the Promise Raid 20265/20276 Controller on my motherboard. I am using kernel 2.4.18 with devfs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: catch the output of an app in a perl script

2002-12-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 06:18:56PM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Michael" == Michael Naumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Michael> On Friday 06 December 2002 12:56, Colin Watson wrote: > >> Use the "pipe open" syntax. The perlopentut man page will help. > > Michael> Or even e

Re: catch the output of an app in a perl script

2002-12-06 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Michael" == Michael Naumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> On Friday 06 December 2002 12:56, Colin Watson wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 12:35:08PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini >> wrote: > How can i catch the output of a program runned in a >> perl script? >> >>

Re: Pretty much a Debian newbie

2002-12-06 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Harold" == Harold Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Harold> This week I'd like to put in some hard drives & configure Harold> them with grub ( or is it lilo?) The standard Debian Woody install will give you lilo as the boot loader. You can install grub later (IMHO, grub is nice

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 10:38:27PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.05.1757 +0100]: > > Then there's nothing more to do. The "purge" step only makes a > > difference if the package has a post-removal script; it seems that this > > one doesn't. >

Re: when scan my eth0, it say there is another pppoe access it, need help

2002-12-06 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"fsshl" == fsshl writes: fsshl> owners at bugs debian org: Hmmboy, what ever made you send this over there? Don't do it again. fsshl>   after I upgrade to kernel 2.4.20 from unstable, my fsshl> internet network be cut, so I run pppoeconf agin, at 2nd fsshl> step, it sc

Re: ipchains DENY question

2002-12-06 Thread nate
Richard Hector said: > I get stuck in a loop when I try to figure out what to monitor. totally depends on what you WANT to monitor really and how much time you want to spend doing it. My home network I recently revamped everything so it is monitored like a hawk (see http://monitor.aphroland.org b

Re: Secret APT commands?

2002-12-06 Thread Mark Janssen
On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 15:56, Paul Burkett wrote: > Hey, I'm wondering if there is any apt-get commands that I don't know > of. One that I would find interesting would be the option to install > in something other than the default directories when I issue a > apt-install command. You guys have any i

True Type Font

2002-12-06 Thread Bruce Park
Hello Debian users, How can I see if I have ttf installed on my machine? If I don't have it installed, is there a simple package that I can install or does it need configuration? bp _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 m

Norton AntiVirus detectó un Virus en el Archivo Enviado

2002-12-06 Thread NAV for Microsoft Exchange-MONTOYA
Destinatario del Mensaje: Dirección de Inscripciones\Bandeja de entrada Asunto del Mensaje: Else document.write( Uno o más archivos fueron Eliminados. RedI (Red Informática Institucional) Montoya Attachment comentario[1].bat was Deleted for the following reasons: Virus W32.Klez.H@mm was fou

Re: ipchains DENY question

2002-12-06 Thread nate
martin f krafft said: > also sprach nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.0136 +0100]: >> firewall-and-forget. > > maybe for a private system. this is *not* the way to practice > security. security involves ongoing monitoring. this is the best way if you have limited resources. Why should I care ab

Re: grub question - please help

2002-12-06 Thread Bruce Park
Martin, vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 resides in /boot vmlinuz resides in / but is a symlink to /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 bp From: martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: grub question - please help Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 23:03:20 +0100 also sprach Bruce Park <[EMAIL PROT

Re: ipchains DENY question

2002-12-06 Thread Richard Hector
On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 10:59, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.0136 +0100]: > > firewall-and-forget. > > maybe for a private system. this is *not* the way to practice > security. security involves ongoing monitoring. I get stuck in a loop when I try to figu

Re: spamproxyd set-up

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.1133 +0100]: > Is spamproxyd in Debian anymore? nope. how are you using it? i suggest spamassassin's spamd and a procmail or exim pipe through it. -- Please do not CC me! Get a proper mailer instead: www.mutt.org .''`. martin f. kraf

Re: What to change for eth0 (Direct PC connection)

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Michelle Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.05.0348 +0100]: > I want to be able to transfer a LOT of data from my linux box to a > friends WinXP box. I have a cross-over cable. If you have a switch, you're likely not going to need the cross-over cable. It's meant to connect two systems

Re: Holiday Wish list

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.05.1749 +0100]: > And if I can ask for anything, I'd ask for Debian specific HOWTO wikis. http://wiki.debian.net/FrontPage > I think most all debian setup and config options are discussed on this > list - often over and over. I'd love to se

Re: [OT] spam advice

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.0002 +0100]: > Is it adviseable to attempt to use these measures to be removed from > lists? or just keep on writing filitering rules? no. yes. in that order. we should start filing suits against spammers. anyone know which countries in th

Re: after install and remove norton security in xp, the site can not be access even in linux platform, please help

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.05.1723 +0100]: > After I install norton security in my xp machine, my ie6 can not > access the site I originally can access, then I immediately remove it, > then try again, I still can not access that site you are doing good in not using this crap

Re: Clock running slow

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.05.0616 +0100]: > This is on an old Dell PIII machine. Speaking from experience, Dell PCs seem to be unable to keep the time with any other operating system than Windoze. Do you have things like Intel SpeedStep enabled in the BIOS? I am using

Re: grub question - please help

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bruce Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.0647 +0100]: > X because kernel 2.4.-18-3 is running instead of 2.4.18-bf2.4. When I edit ^ can you find the corresponding kernel file on the harddrive? -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :

Re: Power Point reader

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Rodrigo Agerri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.1043 +0100]: > if anyone there find an alternative to openoffice.org, could you let me > know it, please? why not openoffice.org? it's quite good software and will only get better if you use it and report problems. -- .''`. martin f

Re: Dialout for "normal" users

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Christian Banik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.0848 +0100]: > how can i enable "normal" users to dialout, for example with wvdial ? I > configured KDE ---> System ---> User Manager ---> Groups/dialout but it > still don't work. I used pppconfig (with "pon") and even tried to > dialo

Re: konqueror died

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Klaus Imgrund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.1329 +0100]: > The konqueror is dead.First it would do anything at all anymore - had to > kill it.Now it doesn't come up anymore at all. If I try to start it from > a terminal nothing happens - no error messages or anything at all. > I didn'

Re: clearing the screen

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ben Hartshorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.0057 +0100]: > .zsh_logout <-- zsh .zlogout ... at least `man zshall` does not contain zsh_logout... -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you

Re: x be mop out after upgrade in test of debian, please help

2002-12-06 Thread Seneca
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 04:00:46PM -0700, eric wrote: > Dear Seneca or any linux users: No need to CC me, I read the list. > after I install xserver_xfree86 > it have dialog window pop out, to configure my system > I choose xfree86 > then it ask me chip, my agp card is 3Dfx(3dforce-15Mb)(so I cho

Re: Special case of VPN : how can I do this ?

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.05.1906 +0100]: > Does someone has ideas on how to achieve this ? i don't have access to the web as i am on the train, but i believe that www.tldp.org has a howto on VPNs, one of which tells you how to set up a ppp/ssh combination. don't know

Re: ipchains DENY question

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.0136 +0100]: > firewall-and-forget. maybe for a private system. this is *not* the way to practice security. security involves ongoing monitoring. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.05.1757 +0100]: > Then there's nothing more to do. The "purge" step only makes a > difference if the package has a post-removal script; it seems that this > one doesn't. Does it not also clean out config files? -- .''`. martin f. krafft

Re: gpm

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Dominic Iadicicco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.05.2220 +0100]: > I installed gpm with dselect and I didn't configure it > right so I then uninstalled it with gpm. I wan't to > reinstall it again but I can't find it anymore in > dselect. Does anyone know where it went or where it > is?

3dforce name in xfree86

2002-12-06 Thread eric
Dear Melkor:     do you know the 3dforce chip name in xfree86?   is that tdfx?  to configure X window in linux.  highly appreciate your reply

Fw.好康的 rV0JkmVEStxvQSndBSvgitHe8n9

2002-12-06 Thread a_dvd
Title: ©êºp¥´ÂZ

Re: Mozilla profiles....

2002-12-06 Thread Travis Crump
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With woody I use mozilla as my pet browser with two alternative profiles under the same user: One, for PPP internet dialup connections; the other one for network connections at office via eth0 and a proxy. Now it happens that when I start the first profile (PPP) the Java

Re: x be mop out after upgrade in test of debian, please help

2002-12-06 Thread eric
Dear Seneca or any linux users: after I install xserver_xfree86 it have dialog window pop out, to configure my system I choose xfree86 then it ask me chip, my agp card is 3Dfx(3dforce-15Mb)(so I choose tdfx it probably is not correct, please reponse) then the otehr parameter(I almost hit return or

Re: color in concole

2002-12-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 02:12:12PM -0800, Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > How do you get a user other then root to user the ls --color > automatic+ly? I have uncommented all of the alias in the .bashrc file > for the user but it still doesn't work. You may have to uncomment the part in the default .ba

Followup: still can't get bttv to load (been trying for days..)

2002-12-06 Thread Lukas Latz
After some more searching: The cx23881 is actually a different chip (from bt878). I could have sworn that when I checked in the store in the display, that the card had a BT878, so I suppose Hauppauge just switched the specs without changing the brand name. I couldn't find any information on the

Re: SCSI generic support: problems

2002-12-06 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 05:18:47PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've tailored the 2.4.19 kernel to use cdrecord and xcdroast enabling the SCSI >generic support and whatever is indicated in the CD-Writing-HOWTO. > > Now it all works (I mean I can burn CDs!) but in dmesg I've the following, an

Re: cupsys setting for an 882C?

2002-12-06 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 10:56:32AM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 09:08:16AM -0600, Donald R. Spoon wrote: > | Robert L. Harris wrote: > | > > | >I found the HP driver I needed on the linuxprinting.org. The only > | >problem now is the sucker is stair stepping and I

Re: color in concole

2002-12-06 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Fri, 06 Dec 2002, Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > How do you get a user other then root to user the ls --color > automatic+ly? I have uncommented all of the alias in the .bashrc > file for the user but it still doesn't work. > > any help would be appreciated. In your ~/.bash_profile set: alias l

Re: color in concole

2002-12-06 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > > How do you get a user other then root to user the ls --color > automatic+ly? I have uncommented all of the alias in the .bashrc file > for the user but it still doesn't work. > > any help would be appreciated. In ~/.bashrc: eval `dircolo

color in concole

2002-12-06 Thread Dominic Iadicicco
How do you get a user other then root to user the ls --color automatic+ly?  I have uncommented all of the alias in the .bashrc file for the user but it still doesn't work. any help would be appreciated.Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

still can't get bttv to load (been trying for days..)

2002-12-06 Thread Lukas Latz
Hi list, After switching from a mono Hauppauge WinTVgo to a WinTV-PCI-FM (model 647) (PAL-B/G 34514 REV E142) with a Conexant decoder, I can't for the life of me get bttv to load. I've tried it for days now. I was convinced that the Conexant decoder is a BT878, but it doesn't actually mention

Re: Secret APT commands?

2002-12-06 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Paul Burkett wrote: > Hey, I'm wondering if there is any apt-get commands that I don't know > of. One that I would find interesting would be the option to install in > something other than the default directories when I issue a apt-install > command. You guys have any id

Secret APT commands?

2002-12-06 Thread Paul Burkett
Hey, I'm wondering if there is any apt-get commands that I don't know of. One that I would find interesting would be the option to install in something other than the default directories when I issue a apt-install command. You guys have any ideas? Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: PS/2 and IMPS/2 mice

2002-12-06 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 12:19:36PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So I just have, here it is > > > > "mid -q" will return 00 for standard PS/2 mouse or 03 for intellimouse. > > "mid" does the same thing but with more blurb. > > > > Pigeon > > > > Hey thanks alot for your programm.

Re: dist-upgrade (potato->woody): how to get X back up?

2002-12-06 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 08:09:31AM -0600, will trillich wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:31:45PM -0800, nate wrote: > > will trillich said: > > > > > attached is the /var/log/XFree86.0.log file (sorry for the size)... hope > > > it sheds some light on this. i'd love to get X working > > > again

Re: Help configuring old mozilla compile

2002-12-06 Thread Pigeon
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:12:35AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > try > > ldd -v /path/to/executable > > To see what it's looking for and where. Then you can use > LD_LIBRARY_PATH to override its search path with a righteous one. Hey, that is one neat command. Very useful to know that! OK. The o

Re: x be mop out after upgrade in test of debian, please help

2002-12-06 Thread Seneca
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 01:05:49PM -0700, eric wrote: > Dear xfree86.org: > > after I upgrade in test of debian, on my 2.2.18 it mop out my x, gdm is not work > > if I restartx, it reponse: > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc line 2: /usr/bin/X11/X: No such file or directory > > pleease

disabling some logrotations

2002-12-06 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, I have installed a package (iptraf) which writes its logfiles to /var/log/iptraf . Now logrotate automatically rotates the iptraffic logfiles. However, I have several scripts running which takes care of the logs so I want logrotate to leave them alone. While searching on this, it seemed to be

Re: slowwww IMAP

2002-12-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 03:45:45PM -0500, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Justin Ryan wrote: > > What I'm asking is, essentially, if there is any good documentation on > > moving from a very basic setup (unix mbox, sendmail going to unix > > accounts, etc..) to what seems to be a more

Re: Where to view bootup info ? dmesg ??

2002-12-06 Thread daves debian
On Thursday 05 December 2002 17:33, Ben Hartshorne wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:09:53PM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote: > > High, > > > > On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, daves debian wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me how to view the bootup screen, it goes by so fast > > > > > > > > > I can use dmesg to view

Re: slowwww IMAP

2002-12-06 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Justin Ryan wrote: > Hiya Debian-users, > > On my mail server running Debian Woody with UW-IMAP and Sendmail, I've > got ~200M of mail archived into several mbox folders in ~/Mail that I > check both with IMAP and with mutt. As the folders have gotten larger, > access has slow

Re: kdm and xdm will only run in root

2002-12-06 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 05 December 2002 9:22 pm, Claus Christian Larsen wrote: > I can start my x with startx as user. But kdm and xdm vill only run as > root. > What would you expect it to run at - if its got to allow people to logon as root? - -- Alan Chand

Re: sync root passwords?

2002-12-06 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Pigeon wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 07:58:19PM -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote: > > Take the canonical, one-password case, and give me a reasonably good > > password, say one generated from the phrase "I Procrastinate On Grading > > Papers By Debating Debian!": > > > > I!engsyg

Re: spamassassin: recovery from CPAN install

2002-12-06 Thread nate
Tom Allison said: > Let me guess. > CPAN puts it in ...perl/5.6.1/... > and > Debian puts it somewhere else... as it should.. CPAN installs by default to /usr/local (as do most 3rd party programs), distributions install their stuff to /usr for the most part. > > If they are both in the same path

x be mop out after upgrade in test of debian, please help

2002-12-06 Thread eric
Dear xfree86.org:       after I upgrade in test of debian, on my 2.2.18  it mop out my x, gdm is not work   if I restartx, it reponse:   /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc line 2: /usr/bin/X11/X: No such file or directory   pleease help it work in my progeny1.0 preconfigure os   sincere Eric

Re: non-embedded inbox monitor

2002-12-06 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 02:50:18PM -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote: > Is there a nice simple way to have a single, solitary gnome applet > standalone? Or perhaps some other mail notification thing that has > support for IMAP and runs standalone? Sounds like you want imapbiff (http://bulldog.tzo.org/i

Re: spamassassin: recovery from CPAN install

2002-12-06 Thread Tom Allison
nate wrote: Tom Allison said: u forgot to load "Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgStatus"?) at /usr/local/share/perl/5.6.1/Mail/SpamAssassin/PerMsgStatus.pm lin e 1822. try deleting that rm -rf /usr/local/share/perl/5.6.1/Mail/SpamAssassin nate Let me guess. CPAN puts it in ...perl/5.6.1/... a

non-embedded inbox monitor

2002-12-06 Thread Gregory Seidman
On my machine at work I use gnome2 and have been (mostly) happy with the inbox monitor panel applet that comes with it. I just have an X server on my machine at home, however, and I'd like to be able to run just the inbox monitor remotely displayed on that over ssh from work. I can't just use xbif

RE: OT: infected email: How do I start a X session on another machine

2002-12-06 Thread Drew Cohan
-Original Message- From: nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 2:09 PM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: Re: How do I start a X session on another machine Andrew Lindley said: > I have 2 machines running Woody and not enough desk space for both > screens and k

  1   2   >