Re: Gnome2 in Testing

2003-07-19 Thread Michael Heironimus
On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 12:11:02AM -0500, Christopher L. Everett wrote: > Can anyone tell me if Gnome in Testing is anywhere near usable? When I last looked it was usable, but not complete. The migration from GNOME 1 to 2 isn't all that smooth, several big components went through but now it's goin

Re: OT: grading multiple choice

2003-07-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.07.20.0215 +0200]: > Ok, what does that mean? From my probably flawed reading, it sounds > like the gov't likes to ensure that grades are as high as possible. No, just as fair as possible. > > Moreover, I would like to be able to assign grades su

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 compiling problems [almost solved]

2003-07-19 Thread Marino Fernandez
On Saturday 19 July 2003 1:18 pm, Torquil Macdonald Sørensen wrote: > On Saturday 19 July 2003 17:30, Marino Fernandez wrote: > > On Saturday 19 July 2003 2:20 am, Marino Fernandez wrote: > > > On Saturday 19 July 2003 2:16 am, Marino Fernandez wrote: > > > > On Saturday 19 July 2003 1:59 am, Paul

Re: LVM install

2003-07-19 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Tom Allison [Sat, Jul 19 2003, 02:35:54PM]: > I'm doing a new install from the floppies and was wondering if there is > anyway to do this with LVM on the drive? > > I was thinking of something like: > > /boot ext2 > swap > /root ext3 > /dev/LVM... everything else (home, usr, var,

Re: Linux commands

2003-07-19 Thread Salman Haq
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, GLS-Ausmines wrote: > I am new to Linux, just installed Debian 3.0r1 to and including the basic setup. The > OS appears in text mode, and I could not get further than logging in, having no clue > of OS commands. > > Questions:- > > 1. Is there any Internet access to Linux

Re: No GUI

2003-07-19 Thread Todd Pytel
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 06:14:41 +0200 (CEST) Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I just installed it on my machine, but it starts automatically with > > the GUI. I'd like it to start with the command line and start the > > GUI myself once I log on. > > > > Any pointers on how to chan

Re: rmnologin in rc$.d

2003-07-19 Thread Travis Crump
David Z Maze wrote: Another is to use the man command; often random files are documented in man pages. For example, nologin(5) documents what exactly /etc/nologin does such that you'd need an init script to remove it. No, it doesn't. It documents why you'd need an init script to remove it onc

Re: No GUI

2003-07-19 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Marvin Aguero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Hi guys, > > I have a little problem with debian (little problem for those of you who know > about this stuff). > > I just installed it on my machine, but it starts automatically with the GUI. > I'd like it to start with the command line and sta

mouse pointer does not show

2003-07-19 Thread Marvin Aguero
Guys,   I've installed debian "woody" on my computer but I am experiencing a weird problem.   The mouse pointer does not show on the screen. I can say that it's been working, in the sense what if I move the mouse randomly, I can see the different buttons changing colors. But I cannot see wher

No GUI

2003-07-19 Thread Marvin Aguero
Hi guys,   I have a little problem with debian (little problem for those of you who know about this stuff).   I just installed it on my machine, but it starts automatically with the GUI. I'd like it to start with the command line and start the GUI myself once I log on.   Any pointers on how t

Re: Linux commands

2003-07-19 Thread Joseph Barillari
> "G" == GLS-Ausmines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: G> I am new to Linux, just installed Debian 3.0r1 to and including G> the basic setup. The OS appears in text mode, and I could not G> get further than logging in, having no clue of OS commands. G> Questions:- G> 1. Is

Re: Linux commands

2003-07-19 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- GLS-Ausmines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I am new to Linux, just installed Debian 3.0r1 to and including the basic > setup. The OS appears in text mode, and I could not get further than logging > in, having no clue of OS commands. > > Questions:- > > 1. Is there any Internet access to L

Linux commands

2003-07-19 Thread GLS-Ausmines
I am new to Linux, just installed Debian 3.0r1 to and including the basic setup. The OS appears in text mode, and I could not get further than logging in, having no clue of OS commands.   Questions:-   1. Is there any Internet access to Linux commands? (I have not found any at Debian and Redh

Re: Loading agpgart (Was: Loading drm)

2003-07-19 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Jerry Van Brimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Thank you for the info. I think I'd like to go with a debianized 2.4.20 > kernel. > Is deselect a good way to install it? > Yes. Just select it in dselect. When the download finishes, untar the source tree and in /usr/src create a symli

Re: netinstall basically, well, F****D up.

2003-07-19 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 01:35:06 +0200 Wolfgang Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DHCLIENT doesn't work with 2.4 kernels. However, you can use udhcpc > instead. It works fine with my 2.4.20 kernel, and it worked fine with my 2.4.18 kernel before that. Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: Upgrading over the internet

2003-07-19 Thread David Z Maze
J F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > TekMate wrote: >> tom wrote: >>>OK, I finally got my potato distro connected to the >>>internet. I want to upgrade to Woody over the internet. I forgot how to >>>do it. >>> >>>Anyone remember? >> >> Apt-get dist-upgrade >> remember to change your sources in /etc

Re: rmnologin in rc$.d

2003-07-19 Thread David Z Maze
Jimmy Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, I have recently installed Debian and I love it so far! I'm currently > trying to secure it as much as I can... > > I'm reading debian-security-howto as I go along. I'm currently trying to > remove unneeded daemons from /etc/rc?.d/ Why not uninstal

Re: Hi, where is gnome2 configuration file?

2003-07-19 Thread Zhao You Bing
Todd Pytel wrote: On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 10:15:15 +0800 Zhao You Bing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sawfish does not use the settings in the gnome-control-center; you need to>run sawfish-ui. Alt-F2, sawfish-ui. Which is the same as "Applications" -> "Desktop Preferences" -> "Windows"(I liked the old w

Re: Hi, where is gnome2 configuration file?

2003-07-19 Thread Todd Pytel
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 10:15:15 +0800 Zhao You Bing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Sawfish does not use the settings in the gnome-control-center; you > >need to>run sawfish-ui. Alt-F2, sawfish-ui. > > > > > > Which is the same as "Applications" -> "Desktop Preferences" -> > > "Windows"(I like

Re: Loading agpgart (Was: Loading drm)

2003-07-19 Thread Jerry Van Brimmer
Roberto Sanchez wrote: Jerry, The nForce2 AGPGART is not directly supported in 2.4.xx. You have some options: - download the driver from nVidia's website and apply the patch to a 2.4.20 kernel (it applies just fine to the Debianized kernel) - download a later 2.5.xx or the new 2.6.0-test1 kern

Re: Hi, where is gnome2 configuration file?

2003-07-19 Thread Zhao You Bing
W. Paul Mills wrote: On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 18:57:39 +, Rich Rudnick wrote: On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 02:06, Zhao You Bing wrote: I'm using unstable Gnome2(sawfish) I want to change the font size of window titile, I found that I can't change it using menu options. Thank u very much!!! Sawfish doe

Re: fetchmail: lock creation failed

2003-07-19 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"spock" == spock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: spock> generated an error (forgotten now). Sorry to be vague, but spock> this happened a few weeks ago. Since then, every time I try spock> and fetchmail, I get the message: spock> fetchmail: lock creation failed. spock> So

Re: SSL on Apache

2003-07-19 Thread Jeremy Gaddis
On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 13:28, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote: > Not being an SSL guru, I suggest you using apache-ssl. You will end up > with two separate servers with separate config and log files, and this > will help you on not messing things (not a single conflict!). Yes! Then you get to ma

Re: Loading agpgart (Was: Loading drm)

2003-07-19 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Jerry Van Brimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > I do have this file: > /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o > > Is it saying it can't find an AGP device? > > > I have a Gigabyte GA-7N400-L1 motherboard, which has an nForce2 chip on it. > Could it be that the cu

Re: Loading agpgart (Was: Loading drm)

2003-07-19 Thread Jerry Van Brimmer
Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: I'm sorry, the Subject should have read Loading agpgart. Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: I was trying to install the agpgart module using modconf, into my kernel, when I got this message: Installing module agpgart. If the device isn't there, or isn't configured correctly, thi

Re: rmnologin in rc$.d

2003-07-19 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 01:50:06 +0200, Jimmy Johansson wrote: > My question is, do I need rmnologin, The /etc/nologin file is described in man login. In short, you won't want to disable this "daemon" (it doesn't run in the background). > makedev Not a daemon either. This one creates device nodes.

Re: Loading drm

2003-07-19 Thread Jerry Van Brimmer
Antony Gelberg wrote: On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 04:29:29PM -0700, Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: I was trying to install the agpgart module using modconf, into my kernel, when I got this message: Installing module agpgart. If the device isn't there, or isn't configured correctly, this could cause your

Re: Upgrading over the internet

2003-07-19 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
man apt-get says that "dist-upgrade" has some more dependency resolution smarts that's useful for changes made between distributions. From my own perusal of package repositories I know there are "dummy" packages to ease transitions between different implementations of some programs. Cheers, Bret

Re: Internet phone capability?

2003-07-19 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 06:12:34PM -0700, J F wrote: > I haven't tried them but: > FreePhone http://www-sop.inria.fr/rodeo/fphone/obtain.html > Speak Freely on Linux http://www.fourmilab.ch/speakfree/unix/index.html > fd sound driver avail

fetchmail: lock creation failed

2003-07-19 Thread spock
Hello, (Although I'm not subscribed to this list, as my email is broken, I was hoping someone here might give me a nudge in the right direction. I'll keep watching the public archives for responses.) I'm running Woody with 2.4.18 and mutt, fetchmail, exim, etc., using a (functional) serial modem.

Re: Upgrading over the internet

2003-07-19 Thread J F
TekMate wrote: tom wrote: OK, I finally got my potato distro connected to the internet. I want to upgrade to Woody over the internet. I forgot how to do it. Anyone remember? Apt-get dist-upgrade remember to change your sources in /etc/apt/sources.list Why wouldn't apt-get update apt-get upgrade b

Re: No space left on device

2003-07-19 Thread Salman Haq
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 12:51:55PM -0400, Salman Haq wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > When trying to compile some code, I got the following error: > > > > cpp0: /tmp/ccFJJwQN.ii: No space left on device > > > > I then realized that /tmp is mounted on my

Re: Hi, where is gnome2 configuration file?

2003-07-19 Thread W. Paul Mills
On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 18:57:39 +, Rich Rudnick wrote: > On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 02:06, Zhao You Bing wrote: >> I'm using unstable Gnome2(sawfish) >> I want to change the font size of window titile, I found that I can't >> change it using menu options. Thank u very much!!! > Sawfish does not use t

Re: Internet phone capability?

2003-07-19 Thread J F
I haven't tried them but: FreePhone http://www-sop.inria.fr/rodeo/fphone/obtain.html Speak Freely on Linux http://www.fourmilab.ch/speakfree/unix/index.html fd sound driver available though from http://alsa.jcu.cz Like I say, I haven't tried them. dave wrote: Hi all, Is there

Re: GeForce4 card

2003-07-19 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 10:07:55AM +0100, john gennard wrote: > On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 09:44:25AM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > When X loops back the login manager, there is normally an error listed > > in the ~/.xsession-errors for the user that can't log in. Does this > > file contain any

fetchmail with antispam still clogged

2003-07-19 Thread J F
Repost, the first post didn't make it thru. # fetchmail -v ... fetchmail: SMTP< 250-VRFY fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=4018 fetchmail: SMTP< 550-5.4.3 reject sender '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. fetchmail: SMTP< 550-5.4.3 Failure trying to verify address tar

Re: Font references and info

2003-07-19 Thread Steven Yap
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 04:20, Aaron wrote: > > I don't really care about bitmap fonts, but I am still very unclear > how X11 is made aware of the availability of the FreeType fonts. Sorry for the rather long delay for this reply. Procastination is my weakness. :) I am assuming that you're using

Re: Loading drm

2003-07-19 Thread Antony Gelberg
On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 04:29:29PM -0700, Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: > I was trying to install the agpgart module using modconf, into my kernel, > when I got this message: > > Installing module agpgart. If the device isn't there, or isn't configured > correctly, this could cause your system to pau

Re: OT: grading multiple choice

2003-07-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 12:02, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.07.19.1834 +0200]: > > If you make an "answer template" in a dictionary, I bet that REs > > would make it pretty trivial. > > The main problem is that we have to adhere to pretty strict rules by

rmnologin in rc$.d

2003-07-19 Thread Jimmy Johansson
Hi, I have recently installed Debian and I love it so far! I'm currently trying to secure it as much as I can... I'm reading debian-security-howto as I go along. I'm currently trying to remove unneeded daemons from /etc/rc?.d/ My question is, do I need rmnologin, makedev or quotarpc? What are the

Loading agpgart (Was: Loading drm)

2003-07-19 Thread Jerry Van Brimmer
I'm sorry, the Subject should have read Loading agpgart. Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: I was trying to install the agpgart module using modconf, into my kernel, when I got this message: Installing module agpgart. If the device isn't there, or isn't configured correctly, this could cause your system

Loading drm

2003-07-19 Thread Jerry Van Brimmer
I was trying to install the agpgart module using modconf, into my kernel, when I got this message: Installing module agpgart. If the device isn't there, or isn't configured correctly, this could cause your system to pause for up to a minute. /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agp

Re: RealPlayer on Debian

2003-07-19 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
apt-get install realplayer In fact, this is a package that installs the .rpm from Real, as they don't allow redistribution of their software. I'm running Woody + backports. I got this one from: deb http://marillat.free.fr stable main There is other multimedia stuff there. You can try seaching

Re: RealPlayer on Debian

2003-07-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Ken Walker wrote: > I have been searching unsuccessfully for information on using RealPlayer > in > Debian. I use Opera or sometimes Konqueror as my web browser. > > The realplayer site has some downloads of generic Linux players but I > was > hoping to find a .deb package somewhere. Is

Re: LVM install

2003-07-19 Thread Tom Allison
Wayne Topa wrote: Tom Allison([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: This should work for me then. I was planning on something similar in structure. What deb packages do you need for a basic config of LVM? apt-cache search lvm lvm-common - The Logical Volume Manager for Linux (common file

Weird gtk2/gnome problem

2003-07-19 Thread James Kahn
Hi, For a few days I've been having an odd problem with gtk2/gnome2 apps. They look screwed up. I can't think of any other way to describe it.. have a look at the screenshot at http://liet.net/images/weirdproblem.png It really plays havoc with my desktop icons - and look at those scrollbars and

Re: Exim, can send mail but not receive

2003-07-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Gordon Chapman wrote: > Just installed Exim 3.35, I can send mail from the server and from a > machine on the LAN. The machine has the domain MX record pointing to it. > The /var/mail/$user user files receive the mail but clients seem > incapable of collecting this mail. Using outlook expre

Re: mgetty AutoPPP failing

2003-07-19 Thread Ian Eure
On Friday 18 July 2003 03:18 pm, Thomas Krennwallner wrote: > Hi! > > On Fri Jul 18, 2003 at 02:28:50PM -0700, Ian Eure wrote: > [...] > > > Jul 18 13:51:33 axinite pppd[12370]: rcvd [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 > > user="ieure" password=] > > Jul 18 13:51:33 axinite pppd[12370]: no PAP secret found for ieu

Re: Exim, can send mail but not receive

2003-07-19 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Gordon" == Gordon Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gordon> Just installed Exim 3.35, I can send mail from the server Gordon> and from a machine on the LAN. The machine has the domain Gordon> MX record pointing to it. The /var/mail/$user user files Gordon> receive the mail

RealPlayer on Debian

2003-07-19 Thread Ken Walker
I have been searching unsuccessfully for information on using RealPlayer in Debian. I use Opera or sometimes Konqueror as my web browser. The realplayer site has some downloads of generic Linux players but I was hoping to find a .deb package somewhere. Is there such a thing? -- Ken Walker http

Re: LVM install

2003-07-19 Thread Wayne Topa
Tom Allison([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > This should work for me then. > I was planning on something similar in structure. > > What deb packages do you need for a basic config of LVM? > apt-cache search lvm lvm-common - The Logical Volume Manager for Linux (common files) lvm

Exim, can send mail but not receive

2003-07-19 Thread Gordon Chapman
Just installed Exim 3.35, I can send mail from the server and from a machineon the LAN. The machine has the domain MX record pointing to it. The/var/mail/$user user files receive the mail but clients seem incapable ofcollecting this mail. Using outlook express, get the followingYour server h

Re: netinstall basically, well, F****D up.

2003-07-19 Thread Wolfgang Fischer
On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 18:40:09 +0200, Lars Unin wrote: > > I've got a good Debian install, it just can't access the 'net > because DHCLIENT is far too old, and so is the 2.2 kernel series. > > Im used to using DHCPCD with 2.4 kernels/distros. > > If I can get DHCLIENT configured, I can get my bro

.._ARRRGH!!!_; ext3 fs "is write-protected, mounting read-only", new bug?

2003-07-19 Thread Arnt Karlsen
..summary: a45:~# mount -t ext3 -v -o remount,rw /dev/hda7 /var mount: block device /dev/hda7 is write-protected, mounting read-only /dev/hda7 on /var type ext3 (ro) a45:~# ..it reboots _nicely_, just like Wintendo: a45:~# cat /proc/mounts /dev2/root / ext3 rw 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /

Re: lm-sensors i2c-viapro

2003-07-19 Thread David Z Maze
"Tit \"Black\" Petric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > im running latest sid (regularely updated), and i installed lm-sensors just > now. the sensors-detect report that i should load "i2c-viapro" which is > quite right, but that module doesnt exist under the installed kernel. > > is there any way to

Re: configuring DHCLIENT-2.2.x

2003-07-19 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Lars" == Lars Unin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If all this fails, just kill any running dhclient process >> (after doing an ifdown eth0) and try running 'dhclient eth0' >> and see what it says. >> Lars> Something about a device not found Hso what is the name

Re: configuring DHCLIENT-2.2.x

2003-07-19 Thread Lars Unin
> You can add 'pegasus' to the file /etc/modules so it will load > automatically on load up. I suggest you do that because the networking > scripts in /etc/init.d/ expect the ethernet device to be up when they > run. I am assuming that pegasus driver is for a USB based ethernet > device? That

Re: LVM install

2003-07-19 Thread Tom Allison
Markus Kolb wrote: On Saturday 19 July 2003 20:35, Tom Allison wrote: I'm doing a new install from the floppies and was wondering if there is anyway to do this with LVM on the drive? I was thinking of something like: /boot ext2 swap /root ext3 /dev/LVM... everything else (home, usr, var, opt,

lm-sensors i2c-viapro

2003-07-19 Thread Tit \"Black\" Petric
im running latest sid (regularely updated), and i installed lm-sensors just now. the sensors-detect report that i should load "i2c-viapro" which is quite right, but that module doesnt exist under the installed kernel. is there any way to get the i2c-viapro module without installing kernel source a

Re: LVM install

2003-07-19 Thread Markus Kolb
On Saturday 19 July 2003 20:35, Tom Allison wrote: > I'm doing a new install from the floppies and was wondering if there > is anyway to do this with LVM on the drive? > > I was thinking of something like: > > /boot ext2 > swap > /root ext3 > /dev/LVM... everything else (home, usr, var, opt, tmp

Re: Hi, where is gnome2 configuration file?

2003-07-19 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 02:06, Zhao You Bing wrote: > I'm using unstable Gnome2(sawfish) > I want to change the font size of window titile, > I found that I can't change it using menu options. > Thank u very much!!! > -- > Zhao YouBing, Ph.D student > State Key Lab of CAD&CG,Zhejiang University, > H

Re: configuring DHCLIENT-2.2.x

2003-07-19 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Lars" == Lars Unin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> What kernel version are you using. Exactly. (uname -r). >> Lars> 2.2.20 Okay, this was confusing me because I could not tell if you were running 2.2.x or 2.4.18-bf24. BTW, I have not used a 2.2.x kernel in a while so I'll try to

Re: color picker CHANGED to [OT] Mozilla suggestions

2003-07-19 Thread Paul Scott
Harshwardhan Nagaonkar wrote: My question is though: What would you change in mozilla so that it replies to the list instead of the user who sent it? I tried to find it in the menus, but its not there. So I assume I will have to edit some of the mozilla files (.xml/.xul) files? I am not a mozi

LVM install

2003-07-19 Thread Tom Allison
I'm doing a new install from the floppies and was wondering if there is anyway to do this with LVM on the drive? I was thinking of something like: /boot ext2 swap /root ext3 /dev/LVM... everything else (home, usr, var, opt, tmp) Doing this with SuSE was easy. Doing this with gentoo was possib

Re: configuring DHCLIENT-2.2.x

2003-07-19 Thread Lars Unin
> "Lars" == Lars Unin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Lars> I have a vanilla Debian Woody, no X, I'd like to configure > Lars> DHCLIENT to query the broadband DHCP server to get itself up > Lars> and running, I can do this really easy with 2.4 based > Lars> systems with DHCPCD,

Re: SSL on Apache

2003-07-19 Thread Ismael Valladolid Torres
Francisco Castellon escribio el 19/07/03 20:14: I am wanting to use SSL on apache and I am a bit confused as to how to go about it. I know that I could use CPAN to install *mod_ssl* but then is that all I need or is that the best route to go? I also saw that Debian has a package (Apt-cache show)

Re: SSL on Apache

2003-07-19 Thread Nathan Poznick
Thus spake Francisco Castellon: > Hello list: > > I am wanting to use SSL on apache and I am a bit confused as to how to > go about it. I know that I could use CPAN to install mod_ssl but then is CPAN is an archive for Perl modules. An Apache module != a Perl module. > that all I need or is th

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 compiling problems [semi solved]

2003-07-19 Thread Torquil Macdonald Sørensen
On Saturday 19 July 2003 17:30, Marino Fernandez wrote: > On Saturday 19 July 2003 2:20 am, Marino Fernandez wrote: > > On Saturday 19 July 2003 2:16 am, Marino Fernandez wrote: > > > On Saturday 19 July 2003 1:59 am, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 01:43:19AM -0500, Marino Fern

SSL on Apache

2003-07-19 Thread Francisco Castellon
Hello list:   I am wanting to use SSL on apache and I am a bit confused as to how to go about it. I know that I could use CPAN to install mod_ssl but then is that all I need or is that the best route to go? I also saw that Debian has a package (Apt-cache show) called Apache-ssl but then t

Re: arts Server Problem - only running as root

2003-07-19 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 01:23:00PM +0200, Thorsten Viel wrote: > Hi List, > > i got a problem ;-). > > After installation of the necessary packages for a soundsystem, logging in > as nonroot user i always get the following error message: > > Sound server informational message: > Error while init

Re: netinstall basically, well, F****D up.

2003-07-19 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 12:16, Lars Unin wrote: > > There's quite a lot involved in what you did I'm not knowledgeable > > about, and you didn't mention why you attempted to do it this way, so > > perhaps I'll be speaking past you, but... > > > > You bypassed most of the install logic for Debian.

Re: configuring DHCLIENT-2.2.x

2003-07-19 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Lars" == Lars Unin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Lars> I have a vanilla Debian Woody, no X, I'd like to configure Lars> DHCLIENT to query the broadband DHCP server to get itself up Lars> and running, I can do this really easy with 2.4 based Lars> systems with DHCPCD, but I've ne

Re: OT: grading multiple choice

2003-07-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.07.19.1834 +0200]: > If you make an "answer template" in a dictionary, I bet that REs > would make it pretty trivial. The main problem is that we have to adhere to pretty strict rules by the Swiss government in terms of statistical analysis of the

kernel oops playing sound -- sound now wedged

2003-07-19 Thread Carl Fink
I used gmplayer (from Christian Marillat's excellent archive) to play a video file this morning. Gmplayer froze, and I had to kill it. Now *no* sound will play, and this is in /var/log/messages: Jul 19 07:41:30 nitpicking kernel: printing eip: Jul 19 07:41:30 nitpicking kernel: df935efb

Re: [RFC] Initialisation of ssh-agent

2003-07-19 Thread HdV
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I know about /etc/X11/Xsession.options and use-ssh-agent, but most of > the people that will be reading this are using Solaris, HP-UX and all > kinds of GNU/Linux distributions, so this must be as portable as > possible. Of course the above is for Ope

Re: Has debian an online updater?

2003-07-19 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 06:34, Tamer Higazi wrote: > About Online Update > > Hi! > I am interested to get Debian GNU Linux but i am not sure because i have > asked myself if Debian Linux has a way for updating the system online. I > have on my machine SuSE Linux 8.2 running and i have the cha

Re: Hi, where is gnome2 configuration file?

2003-07-19 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
Perhaps this changed recently, but not all of Gnome is ported to Gnome 2 yet - some programs are still Gnome 1. On my system, I set Gnome 2 app fonts in the provided system-wide configuration. I set some apps in their own menus, and I edit ~/.gtkrc to change some other fonts (gtkfontsel lets me p

configuring DHCLIENT-2.2.x

2003-07-19 Thread Lars Unin
I have a vanilla Debian Woody, no X, I'd like to configure DHCLIENT to query the broadband DHCP server to get itself up and running, I can do this really easy with 2.4 based systems with DHCPCD, but I've never used this tool before, and alas the man page is, well, *undescriptive* and Google pulls u

Re: netinstall basically, well, F****D up.

2003-07-19 Thread Lars Unin
. > There's quite a lot involved in what you did I'm not knowledgeable > about, and you didn't mention why you attempted to do it this way, so > perhaps I'll be speaking past you, but... > > You bypassed most of the install logic for Debian. If you did a similar > thing attempting to change betw

Re: OT: grading multiple choice

2003-07-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 11:03, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.07.19.1638 +0200]: > > Presumably the answers have been encoded into a text or binary > > file of some sort? > > Yes. One file per student, one line per question, of the following > format: > >

Re: Portable MP3/Ogg player supported by Debian?

2003-07-19 Thread HdV
On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Paul Johnson wrote: > One device I'd love to see is a car stereo that supports oggs and uses a > standard hard drive for storage. Would make upgrading a snap. Hi Paul, It isn't a car stereo, but maybe the Neuros is what you want. It is a portable MP3 player with build-in FM

Re: VIA EPIA - M10000 Mainboard with Processor

2003-07-19 Thread Kevin Mark
Hi, Svens, On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 18:49, Svens wrote: > I compiled Kernel 2.4.21 for VIA C3 Processor, downloaded from Debian > Server, and installed it, but kernel do not boot. I don't know, why. > > If i change the processor type to i386, then kernel works. > # CONFIG_MVIAC3_2 is not set May b

Re: Portable MP3/Ogg player supported by Debian?

2003-07-19 Thread Mark C
On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 05:20, Carl Fink wrote: > I'm thinking about getting a portable MP3 player so I can listen to > recorded/downloaded content in my car. I've just got a portable MP3 player for my wife, is a Diva MP3 Player from from http://mydivaplayer.com/html/diva.html They range from 32m

Re: OT: grading multiple choice

2003-07-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.07.19.1638 +0200]: > Presumably the answers have been encoded into a text or binary > file of some sort? Yes. One file per student, one line per question, of the following format: 01: ab 02: ce 03: d 04: acd [...] > Have you looked in F

Re: GeForce4 card

2003-07-19 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 11:20:07 +0200, john gennard wrote: > From Sebastian Kapfe's latest posting it seems that I have > compiled DEVPTS_FS into my kernels and this is not the > same as DEVFS. Could this be the answer? I can easily > recompile. No, probably not. KDE should run fine without devfs.

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 compiling problems [semi solved]

2003-07-19 Thread Marino Fernandez
On Saturday 19 July 2003 2:20 am, Marino Fernandez wrote: > On Saturday 19 July 2003 2:16 am, Marino Fernandez wrote: > > On Saturday 19 July 2003 1:59 am, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 01:43:19AM -0500, Marino Fernandez wrote: > > > > I used gcc 3.3 and 2.95 to compile a 2.6 ke

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 compiling problems

2003-07-19 Thread Marino Fernandez
On Saturday 19 July 2003 8:48 am, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > --- Marino Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > I already posted this to the kernel mailing list, but I am trying here so > > see > > > > if I am lucky. > > > > I have knoppix 3.2/Debian testing/stable. > > > > I used gcc 3.3 and 2.

SOLVED: Simple analyze of squid

2003-07-19 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 04:28:47PM +0200, Christophe Courtois wrote: > Le Vendredi 18 Juillet 2003 09:10, Paul Johnson a d?clam? : > > > Can someone with a bit experience just spare me some time and tell > > > me which one is/are easy and simple. > >

Intel Pro 100S driver

2003-07-19 Thread Jay Latham
I want to install woody on a IBM xseries 200 server. The integrated nic is a Intel Pro/100 S. I don't see a driver listed for it so I was wondering if there was a generic driver listed on the install cd that would work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: netinstall basically, well, F****D up.

2003-07-19 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
There's quite a lot involved in what you did I'm not knowledgeable about, and you didn't mention why you attempted to do it this way, so perhaps I'll be speaking past you, but... You bypassed most of the install logic for Debian. If you did a similar thing attempting to change between other distr

Re: Using md5sum

2003-07-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 20:19, alex wrote: > I don't remember the source of the following instructions that I > have in my notes. > > "To use these things* you use the linux program [b]md5sum[/b]. type > [b]md5sum [i]filename[/i][/b] to create a checksum. You can channel > the output to a differe

Re: OT: grading multiple choice

2003-07-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 06:39, martin f krafft wrote: > I have to grade 200 multiple choice exams, and rather than > reinventing the wheel, I figured it'd be best to quickly ask: does > anyone have a tool to do this grading automatically? Presumably the answers have been encoded into a text or binar

Re: Managing Palm Addresses

2003-07-19 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-07-19T00:04:10Z, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sorry, I misremembered > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200307/msg02486.html Gotcha. To be more specific, I should've said: I prefer Evolution's mailer to Kmail. I prefer kaddressbook to Evolution'

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 compiling problems

2003-07-19 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Marino Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I already posted this to the kernel mailing list, but I am trying here so see > > if I am lucky. > > I have knoppix 3.2/Debian testing/stable. > > I used gcc 3.3 and 2.95 to compile a 2.6 kernel. I just copied the .config > file form my pre

Re: Portable MP3/Ogg player supported by Debian?

2003-07-19 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 10:01:25PM +1000, Paul Foote wrote: > I have one that plays mp3's off of a CD-R\CD-RW, it was $120AUD but it > was this really dodgey no name brand called ESC, my suggestion is you > get something simmilar because for me a 650mb

Re: Has debian an online updater?

2003-07-19 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 12:34:41PM +0200, Tamer Higazi wrote: > I am interested to get Debian GNU Linux but i am not sure because i > have asked myself if Debian Linux has a way for updating the system > online. Heh, all the other distros got the idea

Re: Using md5sum

2003-07-19 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030719 03:19]: > Would someone please elaborate on the steps described in the quote > starting with "you use the linux program [b]md5sum[/b]"? > How do you 'use' [b]md5sum[/b]...? md5sum Yours sincerely Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: netinstall basically, well, F****D up.

2003-07-19 Thread Lars Unin
> Well, maybe you could tell us what choices you make during the install, > and how...tasksel? dselect? What do you choose? > > Otherwise a bit difficult to tell what you're doing that doesn't work... > Please respond to the list, so others can help as well. > > Cheers, > Bret I'll give it a s

Using md5sum

2003-07-19 Thread alex
I don't remember the source of the following instructions that I have in my notes. "To use these things* you use the linux program [b]md5sum[/b]. type [b]md5sum [i]filename[/i][/b] to create a checksum. You can channel the output to a different file if you want with the > operator. To check a

Re: Portable MP3/Ogg player supported by Debian?

2003-07-19 Thread Paul Foote
On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 12:20:21AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > I'm thinking about getting a portable MP3 player so I can listen to > recorded/downloaded content in my car. I have never used one, and I'd love > to get some advice on an inexpensive one (I don't care about audio quality) I have one th

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