Re: freelance sysadmining - $50k - rates [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:48:14 -0800 (PST) Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi ya scruloose > > -- list of "who exactly is doing all this" > - providing linux support, training, etc > ( you can search for it ) > - there's a whole list of consultants for most distributi

bugzilla

2003-11-11 Thread Peter Schneider
Hi I wanted to install bugzilla.. But the apt-get isntall bugzilla, stays in preconfigure state. It's now runnin gfor 2 week and i don't expect it to finish anymore. All packages that are preconditions are installed properly. I use a stable debian with the exception that i got al unstable packages

Re: freelance sysadmining - $50k - rates [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya scruloose -- list of "who exactly is doing all this" - providing linux support, training, etc ( you can search for it ) - there's a whole list of consultants for most distributions - there mailing lists, chatrooms, archives, howtos,... On Tue, 11 Nov 20

Re: Periodic sluggishness in games

2003-11-11 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 09:02:12PM -0500, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > As a test, I tried playing UT from twm, with none of the Gnome stuff > running. The same problem occurs. It appears to be kind of progressive: > it's fine for a good while, then slows for a moment, then is fine for a > shorter

Re: Recommend a better sound card?

2003-11-11 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:11:07PM -0500, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > I'd like a good 16 bit stereo sound card that I can use for playing Oggs > and MP3s, maybe do some Voice over IP, and for playing CDs on my PC. But I > want this card to be as good as possible given that it's just 16 bit stere

Re: odd df results

2003-11-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 22:52, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > Quoting Jeffrey L. Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Quoting Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 19:44, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > > > Quoting Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 17:14, Jef

Re: freelance sysadmining [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya scruloose ( cool name :-) ) On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, ScruLoose wrote: > > > > Basic Plan: > > > > When a patch for your distro is released, I will patch the system. I will > > > > also set up a firewall customized for your needs. Whenever you feel you need > > > > a kernel upgrade, I'll custo

Re: Periodic sluggishness in games

2003-11-11 Thread Cristian Gutierrez
Joel Konkle-Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Ron Johnson wrote: >>On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:03, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: >> >>>I'm experiencing periodic sluggishness when I play 3d games [...] >Unfortunately I don't have another system to ssh from. >As a test, I tried playing UT from twm, wit

Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

2003-11-11 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 08:33:02PM +, Pigeon wrote: (c) running costs for > the sort of vehicle that gets you from A to B legally but no more $150, tops, and that's if you're as hard on a bike as I am - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PR

openGL cannot do fullscreen in dual monitor config

2003-11-11 Thread Erik Steffl
just tried dual monitors with two card (geForce FX 5600 Ultra, nvidia drivers and ATI Radeon 9800, ati drivers), debian unstable, X 4.2.1: one monitor: openGL works fullscreen or windowed two monitors: openGL works in window, not fullscreen tested with xscreensaver hacks considering

Re: Periodic sluggishness in games

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting Joel Konkle-Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 20:02, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > > > >>Ron Johnson wrote: > >> > >>>On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:03, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > >>> > >>> > I'm experiencing periodic sluggishness when I play 3d games li

Re: Identifying kernel soruce for 2.4.18-bf2.4

2003-11-11 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 04:50:27PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > I need to have installed the kernel source in order to compile a > driver, but have difficulty finding the source for 2.4.18-bf2.4. Is > the answer that the "bf2.4" is just an addition, and that the kernel > source for my kernel is act

Re: file creation permissions

2003-11-11 Thread Ken Irving
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 08:38:38PM -0800, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Quoting Michael Kahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hello, > > > > How would I force a newly created file by userA to have the permissions set > > automatically to userB, groupB 775? > > > > What I am trying to do is when a user upl

Re: freelance sysadmining [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 21:48, ScruLoose wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 05:44:16PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 07:04:07PM -0500, Vikki Roemer wrote: > > > > fun stuff !!! i shoulda been reading this thread earlier :-) > > > > > > Well, I've come up with this much (quote

Re: odd df results

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting Jeffrey L. Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Quoting Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 19:44, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > > Quoting Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 17:14, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > > > > I am getting the following resul

Re: Periodic sluggishness in games

2003-11-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 22:24, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 20:02, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > > > >>Ron Johnson wrote: > >> > >>>On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:03, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: [snip] > >>As a test, I tried playing UT from twm, with none of the Gno

Re: Periodic sluggishness in games

2003-11-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 22:39, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 20:02, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > > > >>Ron Johnson wrote: > >> > >>>On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:03, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > >>> > >>> > I'm experiencing periodic sluggishness when I play 3d

Re: Periodic sluggishness in games

2003-11-11 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
Ron Johnson wrote: On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 20:02, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:03, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: I'm experiencing periodic sluggishness when I play 3d games like Unreal Tournament (natively) and Max Payne (WineX). It's not a framerate problem

Re: file creation permissions

2003-11-11 Thread Mike Egglestone
Quoting Michael Kahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > How would I force a newly created file by userA to have the permissions set > automatically to userB, groupB 775? > > What I am trying to do is when a user uploads a file to our ftp server > (proftpd) it does not create the file using their

RE: regarding kernels

2003-11-11 Thread Joyce, Matthew
> -Original Message- > From: ScruLoose [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 12 November 2003 1:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: regarding kernels > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:31:53PM +1100, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > > > > I complied the kernel I am using last may.

Re: Periodic sluggishness in games

2003-11-11 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
Ron Johnson wrote: On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 20:02, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:03, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: I'm experiencing periodic sluggishness when I play 3d games like Unreal Tournament (natively) and Max Payne (WineX). It's not a framerate problem

Re: freelance sysadmining - $50k [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread ScruLoose
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 07:07:19PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Tom wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 05:44:16PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Tom wrote: > > > > Services consulting varies from $25-$400/hour. The services you are > > > > offering tend to b

Re: dvorak keyboard

2003-11-11 Thread p
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 04:56:40PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > i've been getting enough questions off-list (of a few lists, not just > this one) about my experiences with the dvorak keyboard layout that i > finally wrote them up: > > http://www.maenad.net/geek/dvorak/ > > in case anyone's in

better than nice -d 19

2003-11-11 Thread Jochen Daum
Hi ! I have a backup process running on a debian woody webserver with kernel 2.2.20-compact. The system is not very responsive while this backup process is running. Is there any way I can improve that? I checked the nice value with top. Thanks for any suggestion. regards, Jochen Daum Web Arch

Re: odd df results

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 19:44, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > Quoting Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 17:14, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > > > I am getting the following result on my filesystem. How do I correct > > > > it? > > > >

Re: freelance sysadmining [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread ScruLoose
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 05:44:16PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 07:04:07PM -0500, Vikki Roemer wrote: > > fun stuff !!! i shoulda been reading this thread earlier :-) > > > > Well, I've come up with this much (quote from my website > > > http://neuromancer.homelinux.com/f

Re: odd df results

2003-11-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 21:11, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:13:01 -0600, > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 17:14, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > > I am getting the following result on my filesystem. How do I > > > c

Re: Periodic sluggishness in games

2003-11-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 20:02, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:03, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > > > >>I'm experiencing periodic sluggishness when I play 3d games like Unreal > >>Tournament (natively) and Max Payne (WineX). It's not a framerate > >>problem

Re: freelance sysadmining - $50k [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya tom On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Tom wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 05:44:16PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Tom wrote: > > > Services consulting varies from $25-$400/hour. The services you are > > > offering tend to be valued on the low side. > > > > and even highter ...

Re: Definitive HOWTO use truetype fonts on a Network

2003-11-11 Thread Marc Wilson
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 05:30:12PM -0800, Daniel Miller wrote: > What's the best way to do this? It seems to me using a central XFS type > font server provides the most efficient X-server displays - but then > these fonts appear unavailable to OpenOffice. Correct, because OpenOffice couldn't care

Re: odd df results

2003-11-11 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:13:01 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 17:14, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > I am getting the following result on my filesystem. How do I > > correct it? > > > > # df > > Filesystem 1k-blocks

Re: G550 and 3D acceleration

2003-11-11 Thread Marc Wilson
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 07:07:12AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I try and take good notes setting things up, but all I have is "doesn't > work on secondary head". My memory is that I saw a reason why it > doesn't work on the secondary head but my Googling isn't finding that > right now. O

Re: odd df results

2003-11-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 19:44, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > Quoting Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 17:14, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > > I am getting the following result on my filesystem. How do I correct > > > it? > > > > > > # df > > > Filesystem 1k-blocks

Re: freelance sysadmining [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:04:07 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vikki Roemer) wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 03:32:18PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > ..oh, daring. You oughtta come up with a policy on how you > > wanna sysadmin or coach your clientele, and upfr

Re: regarding kernels

2003-11-11 Thread ScruLoose
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:31:53PM +1100, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > > I complied the kernel I am using last may. > I noticed when I did an 'apt-get update', 'apt-get upgrade' that a > kernel-source-2.4.18 was updated. > > So should I recompile ? What I would say personally is: Unless the new kerne

Recommend a better sound card?

2003-11-11 Thread Michael D. Crawford
Can you suggest a better sound card to me? The cheap sound card I use in my PC picks up a lot of electrical noise. Digital circuitry emits a lot of RF noise, and this is picked up in the analog circuitry of my sound card as a crackle and buzzing sound. Also, if I try to digitize sound input, th

regarding kernels

2003-11-11 Thread Joyce, Matthew
I complied the kernel I am using last may. I noticed when I did an 'apt-get update', 'apt-get upgrade' that a kernel-source-2.4.18 was updated. So should I recompile ? thanks Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

kernel 2.4.22 on testing

2003-11-11 Thread TK
I'm new to this list. I just installed kernel-image-2.4-386 from testing (or unstable), which is actually 2.4.22-3. The kernel boots fine, but failed to load any network card drivers. I manually tried "insmod via-rhine" but got a "unsolved symbols" errors. Looking into /boot, the kernel file is

Re: freelance sysadmining [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread Tom
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 05:44:16PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Tom wrote: > > Services consulting varies from $25-$400/hour. The services you are > > offering tend to be valued on the low side. > > and even highter ... try $50,000/yr with no minimum gurantee of anything $50,0

Re: G550 and 3D acceleration

2003-11-11 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Piers Kittel wrote: Hello Marc, > Don't know a thing about Quake... Quake puts me to sleep. Can't see > it as anything but a good thing that it doesn't work for you. Heh... was using it as an example OpenGL - that was before someone told me about glxgears. > Ewww... framebuffer. Shoot i

Re: SVGATextMode

2003-11-11 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 03:22:49PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi! > > I am doubtful that this gets a response... but here goes... > > Because I run BACKSTREET RUBY the *great* multi-seat Linux solution, I > cannot use framebuffers. So a, perhaps better, solution is to use > SVGATextMode, w

Re: Periodic sluggishness in games

2003-11-11 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
Ron Johnson wrote: On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:03, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: I'm experiencing periodic sluggishness when I play 3d games like Unreal Tournament (natively) and Max Payne (WineX). It's not a framerate problem, because there's no choppiness, it's periodic (a minute of slowness, a coup

Re: odd df results

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 17:14, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > I am getting the following result on my filesystem. How do I correct > > it? > > > > # df > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > /dev/hda1-100613097

Re: freelance sysadmining [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread Alvin Oga
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Tom wrote: fun stuff !!! i shoulda been reading this thread earlier :-) > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 07:04:07PM -0500, Vikki Roemer wrote: > > Well, I've come up with this much (quote from my website > > http://neuromancer.homelinux.com/foosoft.html): > > FooAdmin > > For a m

Exim4 ACLs (was: Thoughts on exim4-conifg)

2003-11-11 Thread Bill Moseley
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 12:25:02AM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Tuesday 11 November 2003 17:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What do people think of exim4-config? It splits the exim config file > > into parts and when exim4 is (re)started a new config file is built from > > all the parts, test

Re: Thoughts on exim4-conifg

2003-11-11 Thread Greg Folkert
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:36, Bill Moseley wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 02:20:47PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > Personally I love the stuff Andreas Metzler has done with the config. > > Makes it TONS more managable. > > Hi Greg, > > Can you explain why you think it's more managable? I'm not

Re: Installing modem

2003-11-11 Thread Kent West
Hoyt Bailey wrote: I installed minicom from KDE package manager. It is very easy. Issued 'minicom -s' and was able to move around and inserted a telephone number in the calling option but couldnt make anything happen. Red the man page as well. Got into initalization modem and couldnt get out wit

Definitive HOWTO use truetype fonts on a Network

2003-11-11 Thread Daniel Miller
I've been GOOGLING for a while - but so far I haven't found a definitive answer. I'm hoping someone can set the record straight here - and maybe we can get a mini-FAQ posted later on. Given a (in my opinion) typical networked Debian environment: One or more workstations, each running it's own X-

Booting Sarge Netinst CD

2003-11-11 Thread David Gaudine
Has anyone tried making and booting to a CD using http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/sarge-i386-netinst-iso ? I get a CD that looks good when I browse it, but that won't boot. I burned it on the same system and with the same software that I used to burn my 3.0R1 CD, and tried it on

Re: What is the password of "root" when first run after the installation of the base system!

2003-11-11 Thread kmark+debian
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:18:19PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > > Failing that, boot with the 'init=/bin/sh' parameter (so if you'd > > normally type 'linux' to LILO, say, type 'linux init=/bin/sh' instead) > > and run 'passwd root'. > > I found t

Re: odd df results

2003-11-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 17:14, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > I am getting the following result on my filesystem. How do I correct > it? > > # df > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda1-1006130973579 1 0 24% / > /dev/hda2

Re: Periodic sluggishness in games

2003-11-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:03, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > I'm experiencing periodic sluggishness when I play 3d games like Unreal > Tournament (natively) and Max Payne (WineX). It's not a framerate > problem, because there's no choppiness, it's periodic (a minute of > slowness, a couple minutes o

kword: Any idea why it bombs?

2003-11-11 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I got my KDE and koffice from CVS at this archive... deb http://oberlin.cems.umn.edu/kdecvs/debian ./ ...and I got to wonder why the current version bombs on my resume that I need to tweak a little. Here's the fun part: It only bombs on my resume, n

Re: freelance sysadmining [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:04, Vikki Roemer wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 03:32:18PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > ..oh, daring. You oughtta come up with a policy on how you wanna > > sysadmin or coach your clientele, and upfront. Good luck! ;-) > > Well, I've come up with this much

Re: Setting up a new Debian system. X and Gnome, no KDE

2003-11-11 Thread kmark+debian
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 17:46, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 08:45:04AM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > [snip] > > > Second, more general question: the dependency links in debian > > > form a directed graph. Presumably, it is acyclic. T

Re: Debian testing, Mozilla Firebird and Java

2003-11-11 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 12:02:16AM +0100, John L. Fjellstad wrote: > On Tuesday 11 November 2003 18:24, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > I'm using the Firebird nightlys, current running version is: > > Which Debian are you using? Mix of testing and unstable. -- Jamin W. Collins Facts do not cease

Re: Debian testing, Mozilla Firebird and Java

2003-11-11 Thread Wayne Topa
John L. Fjellstad([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 11 November 2003 22:00, Wayne Topa wrote: > > > I didn't put the link in -my- mozilla-plugin directory but here > > > > ls -l /usr/lib/mozilla-firebird/plugins/libjavapl

Re: Installing modem.

2003-11-11 Thread Kent West
Hoyt Bailey wrote: You say "ttyS3 is different from ttyS0 & ttyS1"; um, yes. They're different files. Maybe you mean something else when you say they're "different"? Yes, from dmesg: Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) i

Re: odd df results

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tuesday 11 November 2003 23:14, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > I am getting the following result on my filesystem. How do I correct > > it? > > > > # df > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > /dev/hda1-10

Re: freelance sysadmining [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread Tom
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 07:04:07PM -0500, Vikki Roemer wrote: > Well, I've come up with this much (quote from my website > http://neuromancer.homelinux.com/foosoft.html): > FooAdmin > For a monthly fee, I will administer your computers. There are 2 plans. > > Basic Plan: > When a patch for your

Re: G550 and 3D acceleration

2003-11-11 Thread Piers Kittel
Hello Marc, > Don't know a thing about Quake... Quake puts me to sleep. Can't see > it as anything but a good thing that it doesn't work for you. Heh... was using it as an example OpenGL - that was before someone told me about glxgears. > Ewww... framebuffer. Shoot immediately with extreme

Re: preventing a USB device from being taken by the HID driver

2003-11-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 17:36, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.11.11.1443 +0100]: > > Deinstall hotplug and rmmod the HID driver? > > > > Kinda drastic, though... > > My keyboard is usb... So ssh in!! :) --

Re: mailfilter bug?

2003-11-11 Thread kmark+debian
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > csj wrote: > > Before I file a bug report, I'd like to confirm the behavior I > > describe below. > > > > I have in my my ~/.mailfilterrc a DENY rule for "^Subject:.*Test" > > and ALLOW rules for "marssociety" and "marssocietynewsletter": > > > > $ g

Re: Identifying kernel soruce for 2.4.18-bf2.4

2003-11-11 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Haines Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 15:50 Subject: Identifying kernel soruce for 2.4.18-bf2.4 > I need to have installed the kernel source in order to compile a > driver, but have difficulty finding the s

Re: odd df results

2003-11-11 Thread Alan Chandler
On Tuesday 11 November 2003 23:14, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > I am getting the following result on my filesystem. How do I correct > it? > > # df > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda1-1006130973579 1 0 24% / > /dev/hda2

Re: Thoughts on exim4-conifg

2003-11-11 Thread Alan Chandler
On Tuesday 11 November 2003 17:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What do people think of exim4-config? It splits the exim config file > into parts and when exim4 is (re)started a new config file is built from > all the parts, tested that it's valid and then exim4 is started with the > new config. A

Re: Noisy mount

2003-11-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 16:41, Alan Chandler wrote: > I have a cron based backup script that mounts an smbfs share in order to > backup a windows machine. > > Each morning in my mail I get the following load of diagnostics from what > appears to be the basic mount commant > > opts: ro > opts: noe

Re: MTA help

2003-11-11 Thread Alan Chandler
On Tuesday 11 November 2003 23:07, Eric Walstad wrote: > > I gave up because I didn't know it *could* be set up with one file. I > can understand that breaking it up into multiple files can be nice for > complex configurations, but it would've been better for me if it was > one file. How did you

Periodic sluggishness in games

2003-11-11 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
I'm experiencing periodic sluggishness when I play 3d games like Unreal Tournament (natively) and Max Payne (WineX). It's not a framerate problem, because there's no choppiness, it's periodic (a minute of slowness, a couple minutes of normal, a couple of slow, et c.), and there's no apparent re

Re: Debian testing, Mozilla Firebird and Java

2003-11-11 Thread Roberto Sanchez
John L. Fjellstad wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2003 22:50, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: BTW, are there any debs around for 0.7...? I'm one sid, nothing there, and I can't find any on apt-get.org either... Couldn't tell you. Usually pick up the mozilla.org/sun.com versions. Easier for me... Instal

Re: freelance sysadmining [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread Vikki Roemer
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 03:32:18PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > ..oh, daring. You oughtta come up with a policy on how you wanna > sysadmin or coach your clientele, and upfront. Good luck! ;-) Well, I've come up with this much (quote from my website http://neuromancer.homelinux.com/foo

Segfaulting WindowMaker

2003-11-11 Thread Roberto Sanchez
I had been using Daniel Stone's unofficial Xfree86 4.3 for several months (which is no longer available). Today I needed to compile a program for one of my classes which requires that I have the libxaw7-dev packages installed. Of course since Stone's build is no longer avilable, I had to update t

Re: What is the password of "root" when first run after the installation of the base system!

2003-11-11 Thread Erik Steffl
Otto Wyss wrote: On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:48:16PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote: ... Failing that, boot with the 'init=/bin/sh' parameter (so if you'd normally type 'linux' to LILO, say, type 'linux init=/bin/sh' instead) and run 'passwd root'. Unfortunately there is no boot prompt where I could enter a

Re: Installing modem

2003-11-11 Thread Hoyt Bailey
I installed minicom from KDE package manager. It is very easy. Issued 'minicom -s' and was able to move around and inserted a telephone number in the calling option but couldnt make anything happen. Red the man page as well. Got into initalization modem and couldnt get out without closeing windo

Re: preventing a USB device from being taken by the HID driver

2003-11-11 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Jonathan Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.11.11.1455 +0100]: > Find out the vendor id / product id pair (check dmesg or > /proc/bus/usb/devices if it exists) and make sure that you comment out > lines which reference them to a driver in /etc/hotplug/usb.* (I believe) We are the vendor

Re: preventing a USB device from being taken by the HID driver

2003-11-11 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.11.11.1443 +0100]: > Deinstall hotplug and rmmod the HID driver? > > Kinda drastic, though... My keyboard is usb... -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud

Re: MTA help

2003-11-11 Thread Bill Moseley
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 03:07:57PM -0800, Eric Walstad wrote: > > I can't tell you how to edit the complicated new way of dealing with > > the configuration - I gave up an made one big config file. > I gave up because I didn't know it *could* be set up with one file. I > can understand that break

Re: What is the password of "root" when first run after the installation of the base system!

2003-11-11 Thread Nicolas Rueff
Ainsi parla Otto Wyss le 315ème jour de l'an 2003: > Since neither Sarge-i386-1 nor Knoppix nor Morphix was usable to > install a base system I took out Debian-3.0r1 and cleanly installed > it. Now I'm at the first run but I'm stuck at the Login prompt, I > simply don't know the password for root!

Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

2003-11-11 Thread Tom
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 08:33:02PM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 08:24:14PM -0800, Tom wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 11:11:04PM -0500, Vikki Roemer wrote: > > > > Paying the occasional "sysadmin bill" might well come out to less than > > > > what these people spend on the soft

odd df results

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
I am getting the following result on my filesystem. How do I correct it? # df Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1-1006130973579 1 0 24% / /dev/hda2-1006139352819 1 0 8% /home TIA, Jeffrey --

Re: Thoughts on exim4-conifg

2003-11-11 Thread Bill Moseley
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 02:20:47PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > Personally I love the stuff Andreas Metzler has done with the config. > Makes it TONS more managable. Hi Greg, Can you explain why you think it's more managable? I'm not arguing that it isn't, I'm just curious what you find better a

Noisy mount

2003-11-11 Thread Alan Chandler
I have a cron based backup script that mounts an smbfs share in order to backup a windows machine. Each morning in my mail I get the following load of diagnostics from what appears to be the basic mount commant opts: ro opts: noexec opts: nosuid opts: nodev opts: noauto opts: users opts: uid=34

Re: What is the password of "root" when first run after the installation of the base system!

2003-11-11 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:18:19PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > Failing that, boot with the 'init=/bin/sh' parameter (so if you'd > normally type 'linux' to LILO, say, type 'linux init=/bin/sh' instead) > and run 'passwd root'. I found this out rather recently when I was reading the debian users

Re: What is the password of "root" when first run after the installation of the base system!

2003-11-11 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 11:51:00PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:48:16PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote: > > > the password for root!?! > > > > You should have been asked to supply a password during the installation > > process. It's that one. > > > I wasn't asked. I guess I just

Re: MTA help

2003-11-11 Thread Eric Walstad
Hi Alan, On Tuesday 11 November 2003 13:57, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Monday 10 November 2003 23:07, Eric Walstad wrote: > > I'm wanting to setup a Debian box that'll suck down pop email from > > an ISP for a few local users and then serve those email up via pop3 > > or imap on the LAN. Following

Re: Identifying kernel soruce for 2.4.18-bf2.4

2003-11-11 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 04:50:27PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > I need to have installed the kernel source in order to compile a > driver, but have difficulty finding the source for 2.4.18-bf2.4. Is > the answer that the "bf2.4" is just an addition, and that the kernel > source for my kernel is act

Re: Debian testing, Mozilla Firebird and Java

2003-11-11 Thread John L. Fjellstad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 11 November 2003 18:24, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > I'm using the Firebird nightlys, current running version is: Which Debian are you using? - -- John_ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian testing, Mozilla Firebird and Java

2003-11-11 Thread John L. Fjellstad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 11 November 2003 22:50, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > BTW, are there any debs around for 0.7...? I'm one sid, nothing there, > and I can't find any on apt-get.org either... Couldn't tell you. Usually pick up the mozilla.org/sun.com versions. E

Re: scsi vs. cdrom_read

2003-11-11 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:41:22PM -0600, Jacob S. wrote: > No, it is still possible to read CDs from a CDRW drive that you've setup > using append="hdx=ide-scsi" in lilo.conf. If you have sr_mod.o compiled > into the kernel or as a loadable modules, your cdrom drive will show up > as /dev/srX or

Re: Debian testing, Mozilla Firebird and Java

2003-11-11 Thread John L. Fjellstad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 11 November 2003 22:00, Wayne Topa wrote: > I didn't put the link in -my- mozilla-plugin directory but here > > ls -l /usr/lib/mozilla-firebird/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so -> > /usr/local/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc > > and it works.

Re: Debian testing, Mozilla Firebird and Java

2003-11-11 Thread John L. Fjellstad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 11 November 2003 19:41, Micha Feigin wrote: > Last time I checked the debian packages, there was a problem with the > have plugins. But I'm not using the debian packages. > You will need to install the non-debian version compiled with gcc

Re: What is the password of "root" when first run after the installation of the base system!

2003-11-11 Thread Otto Wyss
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:48:16PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote: > > the password for root!?! > > You should have been asked to supply a password during the installation > process. It's that one. > I wasn't asked. I guess I just started the installed system right after "installing base system". Since

Re: mailfilter bug?

2003-11-11 Thread Nicolas Rueff
Ainsi parla Roberto Sanchez le 315ème jour de l'an 2003: > csj wrote: > > Before I file a bug report, I'd like to confirm the behavior I > > describe below. > > > > I have in my my ~/.mailfilterrc a DENY rule for "^Subject:.*Test" > > and ALLOW rules for "marssociety" and "marssocietynewsletter":

Re: mailfilter bug?

2003-11-11 Thread Brian Potkin
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:26:31AM +0800, csj wrote: > Before I file a bug report, I'd like to confirm the behavior I > describe below. > > I have in my my ~/.mailfilterrc a DENY rule for "^Subject:.*Test" > and ALLOW rules for "marssociety" and "marssocietynewsletter": > > $ grep -Ei 'test|mars

Re: What is the password of "root" when first run after the installation of the base system!

2003-11-11 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:48:16PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote: > Since neither Sarge-i386-1 nor Knoppix nor Morphix was usable to install > a base system I took out Debian-3.0r1 and cleanly installed it. Now I'm > at the first run but I'm stuck at the Login prompt, I simply don't know > the password fo

Re: What is the password of "root" when first run after the installation of the base system!

2003-11-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (11/11/03 22:48), Otto Wyss wrote: > Since neither Sarge-i386-1 nor Knoppix nor Morphix was usable to install > a base system I took out Debian-3.0r1 and cleanly installed it. Now I'm > at the first run but I'm stuck at the Login prompt, I simply don't know > the password for root!?! > > Can't

What is the password of "root" when first run after the installation of the base system!

2003-11-11 Thread Otto Wyss
Since neither Sarge-i386-1 nor Knoppix nor Morphix was usable to install a base system I took out Debian-3.0r1 and cleanly installed it. Now I'm at the first run but I'm stuck at the Login prompt, I simply don't know the password for root!?! Can't this password just be written on the line before t

dvorak keyboard

2003-11-11 Thread Nori Heikkinen
i've been getting enough questions off-list (of a few lists, not just this one) about my experiences with the dvorak keyboard layout that i finally wrote them up: http://www.maenad.net/geek/dvorak/ in case anyone's interested. -- .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu /V\ http://www.s

Question about debian-update-3.0r1-i386.iso

2003-11-11 Thread Barry Skidmore
I am getting ready to do a new install of Debian woody from iso's, and just downloaded the first three. In addition, I noted that there is an iso named: debian-update-3.0r1-i386.iso Do I need this, or is this iso what is used to update from an earlier version of Debian? File:debian-30r1-i386-bin

Re: Debian testing, Mozilla Firebird and Java

2003-11-11 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On Tuesday 11 November 2003 16:22, John L. Fjellstad wrote: > Mozilla Firebird 0.7 (from Mozilla.org), BTW, are there any debs around for 0.7...? I'm one sid, nothing there, and I can't find any on apt-get.org either... Cheers, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Astrophysicist/IT Consultant/Skeptic/Ski

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