Re: Problems getting dialup to work

2003-12-12 Thread Kent West
Walter Dnes wrote: Thanks. It works. Now for another modem question. According to /proc/pci I have an internal device on another PC... Bus 0, device 16, function 0: Serial controller: US Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 1). IRQ 9. I/O at 0x1430 [0x1437]. Not only did it wo

Re: fun stuff - dvd - 802.11g

2003-12-12 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Nate Duehr wrote: > On Friday 12 December 2003 09:57 am, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > but i wanna try to make my own AP too .. for the cost of a PC > > instead of buying a ready made linksys/netgear for $150 - $250 .. > > - silly huh .. > > - new challenges are fun sometim

Re: disabling inetd

2003-12-12 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 06:44:52PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Initech ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031212 13:42]: > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 01:20:42PM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote: > > > I've heard that the inetd process is not very secure. > > > > > update-rc.d -f inetd remove > > > > (note: thi

Re: installmanual

2003-12-12 Thread Kent West
Joseph MICHEL wrote: Hello, I would like to install debian. But when I read the installation manual http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual, I feel lost because it addresses expert people. Please, is there an automated installation program like that of Red Hat ? Becaus

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 15:00, Aryan Ameri wrote: > On Friday 12 December 2003 22:38, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 14:04, Wesley J Landaker wrote: > > > On Friday 12 December 2003 11:38 am, Aryan Ameri wrote: > > > > Hi There: > > > > Hmmm... sounds a lot like a homework problem.

Re: Setting Up Email

2003-12-12 Thread W. Citoan
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 18:51:04 -0800, Scarletdown wrote: > I've been trying to set up POP3 email access (in text mode instead of > from the desktop), and am really stumped now. I just did a little > experiment and installed fetchmail, then from the command prompt gave > the fetchmail command as

Re: OT: Letter to TigerDirect

2003-12-12 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 09:46:03AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > OFF-TOPIC > > Perhaps I have no business posting this here . . . . > > I've done business with TigerDirect in the past, but recently > they've added a pro-MS banner to their home page. I wrote this note > to them, and would encourage

RE: Mail questions

2003-12-12 Thread Reaz Baksh
> -Original Message- > From: John Hasler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Reaz Baksh writes: > > 2) I have 3 domains on this Debian box and all the mail is forwarded to > > my ISP email address which fetchmail logs into. I did the forwarding > > through my DNS. How do I set this system up

Re: Problems getting dialup to work

2003-12-12 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 07:13:35PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote > dpkg --purge wvdial && apt-get install ppp pppconfig > > Use pppconfig as root to twiddle your PPP settings. Enable demand > mode and forget about it. Might have to retry your connection after a > minute if the modem's on the hook w

How do I get sound?

2003-12-12 Thread Mark Healey
Have no sound. What tool do I use to get it? - Please leave this. It is a filter term. ferulebezel - Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't bothor CCing or emailing this address. Since spammers seem to be harvesting thi

Applications are too big

2003-12-12 Thread Mark Healey
Whenever I open an application it is too big for my desktop (Gnome). There are a couple of problems with this. If I resize it many of the controls are obscured. Then there are the non resizable apps. I think that this has something to do with the fact that the first time I managed to get X to st

Re: Setting Up Email

2003-12-12 Thread Scarletdown
On 12 Dec 2003 at 21:05, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Scarletdown: > > I've been trying to set up POP3 email access (in text mode instead of from the > > desktop), and > > am really stumped now. I just did a little experiment and installed fetchmail, > > then from the > > command prompt

Re: How to login as ROOT at start

2003-12-12 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Stephen Liu wrote: Hi David, Thanks for your advice. While working as USER, I usually use following command on Konsole window to login as ROOT to do administration work, starting applications ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] Because my Debian box is newly installed, not properly setup, X-window forwardi

Re: Earthlink and Swen

2003-12-12 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 08:56:48PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 04:15:45PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > ... > > > > Earthlink have implemented virus and spam filtering within the past > > month or so, early November, if time serves. > Yea! > headers. They may have resi

Re: Cannot send mail with sylpheed-claws

2003-12-12 Thread Serge Gebhardt
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:20:58 -0500 Johann Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday December 13 at 04:01am > Serge Gebhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > somehow I just can't get sylpheed-claws to send my outgoing mail. I > > use IMAP for all my mailboxes and when I click the "send" butt

Re: How to login as ROOT at start

2003-12-12 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi David, Thanks for your advice. While working as USER, I usually use following command on Konsole window to login as ROOT to do administration work, starting applications ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] Because my Debian box is newly installed, not properly setup, X-window forwarding not configured.

Re: Setting Up Email

2003-12-12 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Scarletdown: > I've been trying to set up POP3 email access (in text mode instead of from the > desktop), and > am really stumped now. I just did a little experiment and installed fetchmail, then > from the > command prompt gave the fetchmail command as follows: > > fetchmail -p

Re: chrony_1.20-2 Released

2003-12-12 Thread Raghavendra Bhat
John Hasler posts: >> may have problems in the rtc stuff, especially on 440BX/GX boards Would do that, maybe backport chrony for woody and test on these chipsets. Great package John, tnx. Amongst the best alongwith pppconfig! -- ragOO -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

(forw) Minneapolis, MN USA BSP + Keysigning

2003-12-12 Thread Scott Dier
Sort of late to send it out again, but it was suggested in case users in the area want to do keysigning or help with bugsquashing. Thanks! - Forwarded message from Scott Dier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Scott Dier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Minneapolis, MN USA BSP + Keysigning Date: We

Re: Cannot send mail with sylpheed-claws

2003-12-12 Thread Johann Koenig
On Saturday December 13 at 04:01am Serge Gebhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list, > > somehow I just can't get sylpheed-claws to send my outgoing mail. I > use IMAP for all my mailboxes and when I click the "send" button it > just says "Could not queue message". On the console it reads > "s

Re: Mail questions

2003-12-12 Thread John Hasler
Reaz Baksh writes: > 2) I have 3 domains on this Debian box and all the mail is forwarded to > my ISP email address which fetchmail logs into. I did the forwarding > through my DNS. How do I set this system up to drop the mail that > fetchmail retrieves into mailboxes based on Domain and User? I

Cannot send mail with sylpheed-claws

2003-12-12 Thread Serge Gebhardt
Hi list, somehow I just can't get sylpheed-claws to send my outgoing mail. I use IMAP for all my mailboxes and when I click the "send" button it just says "Could not queue message". On the console it reads "sylpheed-warning: can't find queue folder". It's version 0.9.6 (Debian unstable) Any idea

chrony_1.20-2 Released

2003-12-12 Thread John Hasler
I've uploaded chrony_1.20-2. It may have problems in the rtc stuff, especially on 440BX/GX boards. Please test it. Running the chronyc rtcdata command will suffice. To do so you will need 'Enhanced RTC' support in your kernel and will need to uncomment the rtcfile line in /etc/chrony/chrony.con

Re: Mail questions

2003-12-12 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 at 01:11 GMT, Reaz Baksh penned: > > I now have a few questions: > 1) when I issue the fetchmail command as above, is fetchmail passing > the mail to exim4 to deliver it to the mail box, or is it delivering > it on its own? Fetchmail does not deliver mail on its own; it passes

Setting Up Email

2003-12-12 Thread Scarletdown
I've been trying to set up POP3 email access (in text mode instead of from the desktop), and am really stumped now. I just did a little experiment and installed fetchmail, then from the command prompt gave the fetchmail command as follows: fetchmail -p AUTO -u gsutton9503 mail.charter.net I

Re: fun stuff - dvd - 802.11g

2003-12-12 Thread Nate Duehr
On Friday 12 December 2003 09:57 am, Alvin Oga wrote: > but i wanna try to make my own AP too .. for the cost of a PC > instead of buying a ready made linksys/netgear for $150 - $250 .. > - silly huh .. > - new challenges are fun sometimes Agreed that new challenges are fun, but you h

Re: disabling inetd

2003-12-12 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Initech ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031212 13:42]: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 01:20:42PM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote: > > I've heard that the inetd process is not very secure. That's not necessarily true. What is "not very secure" is running any service you don't need. If you don't have anything nece

Re: Limiting Child Processes - SpamAssassin

2003-12-12 Thread Vineet Kumar
* BruceG ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031212 18:01]: > Hey all, > > I think this was answered on this list a few weeks ago, but as usual, > my attention was elsewhere. Anyway - is there a way to limit the number of > child processes SpamAssassin can spawn? I take it you mean spamd? It has an optio

Re: locales and coding systems

2003-12-12 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Haines Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031212 14:02]: > Logged and back in and went to save my test file. The test > failed. That is, I'm still being prompted for the coding system, and > utf-16-le is offered as the default. > > The command $ locales tells me that locales is installed (status is > ii

Limiting Child Processes - SpamAssassin

2003-12-12 Thread BruceG
Hey all, I think this was answered on this list a few weeks ago, but as usual, my attention was elsewhere. Anyway - is there a way to limit the number of child processes SpamAssassin can spawn? I am running fetchmail, exim4-heavy-daemon and ClamAV. I had SpamAssasin running, but my PC

Re: Info Problem

2003-12-12 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 05:54:56PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:41:27AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > You brilliantly miss the somewhat minor point that the info document > > *isn't* a single page, readily searchable, and accessible via a single > > command-line st

Re: Anti-Virus Scanner recommendations please

2003-12-12 Thread BruceG
- Original Message - From: "Raquel Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have ClamAV running, just checking files. The documentation which > comes with it says that it shouldn't be run to check email. Is this > real? > > So, I went and got Amavis-ng ... but it wouldn't set up properly to > sc

Re: Palm used to sync... not any more

2003-12-12 Thread Todd Pytel
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 19:28:32 -0600 Lance Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure, but maybe the modules didn't load correctly or in the > right order. You said in your earlier post that you had the same > modules loaded. Are you sure? (Sorry for being obnoxious, it's just > that I've

Re: Use Debian mailinglists with slow connection to Internet?

2003-12-12 Thread Clive Standbridge
On Fri 12 Dec 2003 19:14:25 +(+0200), Anton Zinoviev wrote: > computer I use? Is the following scenario possible somehow: First, I > connect to Internet in order to get automaticaly the first messages > from each thread. Then read the received messages offline. Next by > some "subscription"

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 at 23:40 GMT, Paul Morgan penned: [snip] > > In the real world: > > Do the simplest thing that is consistent with the specification. > Someone, whose skill level you can't predict, is going to have to > maintain it after you. Corollary: Regardless of the skill level of the pe

Re: Palm used to sync... not any more

2003-12-12 Thread Lance Simmons
* Todd Pytel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031212 17:23]: > What's the implication of doing so, however? That the device numbering > might change or something? Since the Palm is my only USB serial > device, that seems unlikely, and I tried the other ports anyway. I'm not sure, but maybe the modules didn't

Mail questions

2003-12-12 Thread Reaz Baksh
Hello Hope some would be kind to help me with this. As you will notice I'm new to this. I have a Debian unit with fetchmail, exim4 and procmail installed. Everything is setup and all seems to work fine. I can receive mail if I were to use the following: fetchmail -k -v I use -k just to be safe

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 08:38:18PM +0200, Aryan Ameri wrote: > Hi There: > > I am a first year CS student, learning C. A while ago I was asked this > question from a fellow friend of mine: > > "Write a program, which promts the uset to enter some numbers. The user > should terminate the sequenc

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Paul Morgan
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:38:18 +0200, Aryan Ameri wrote: > Hi There: > > I am a first year CS student, learning C. A while ago I was asked this > question from a fellow friend of mine: > > "Write a program, which promts the uset to enter some numbers. The user > should terminate the sequence of

Re: Kernel-HOWTO has been removed for review

2003-12-12 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 at 23:24 GMT, Arnt Karlsen penned: > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 17:18:05 -0700, "Monique Y. Herman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 at 00:07 GMT, tripolar penned: >> > I am familiar with compiling kernel #make menuconfig #make dep

Re: make-kpkg and kernel patches

2003-12-12 Thread Ross Boylan
After reading the fine source I can now answer some, but not all, of my questions. I understand more about why it's failing, but don't know how to make it work right or diagnose the failures (well, I probably could diagnose them by untarring the patch file and comparing it to the target, though th

Re: your mail

2003-12-12 Thread Vineet Kumar
* CLARK DAVIDSON ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031212 14:29]: > Do you know how I can get a file called apt_0.5.4_i386.deb that is not corrupt? /pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.5.4_i386.deb from your local debian mirror. For example: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.5.4_i386.deb good times

Re: bad cd, bad apt?

2003-12-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 14:51:44 -0600, "CLARK DAVIDSON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Do you know how I can get a file called apt_0.5.4_i386.deb that is > not corrupt? > > > The install CD is corrupt > > > Clark Davidson > CLARK STUDIOS > 712-737-2020 > [EMAIL PR

Re: installmanual

2003-12-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:39:36 +0100, "Joseph MICHEL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > I would like to install debian. ..onto what? > But when I read the installation manual > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual, > I feel lost because

Re: Can't get jabber to start on installation

2003-12-12 Thread Doctorcam
* Jamin W. Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Are you manually sending the XML? Have you tried using a Jabber client > to register with the server? Did you set the host name of the server? > Yes, no, and yes. I was using telnet to test jabber itself. Rather tedious, but a bit of an intro

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Aryan" == Aryan Ameri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Aryan> About initializing the array as static, well I thought that way, Aryan> when I reinitialize it, I would be able to save it's contents (if Aryan> you know what I mean). I was afraid that if it was a automatic Aryan> array, when

Re: Kernel-HOWTO has been removed for review

2003-12-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 17:18:05 -0700, "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 at 00:07 GMT, tripolar penned: > > I am familiar with compiling kernel #make menuconfig #make dep && > > make clean && make bzImage && make modules && make modu

Re: Palm used to sync... not any more

2003-12-12 Thread Todd Pytel
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 17:03:39 -0600 Todd Pytel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have you rebooted in that time? > > Yes, I rebooted today after I noticed the problem, wondering if the > cradle had maybe temporarily flaked out. No difference. Sorry - I realize you're really asking about rebooting be

Re: Info Problem

2003-12-12 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 05:54:56PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > Cool well if the only problem is that you people like man format better ^^ Oops! I didn't mean to write you people. First I meant to write you. Then I decided to write people. But I f

Re: Can we tag [T]echnical posts?

2003-12-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:46:18 -0500, Mark Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 16:41, Nunya wrote: > > > [1] I know you can read a sender tag, so there's no hiding here. > > I'd ask that you respect my wishes in the "From" line, "just > > becau

Re: Palm used to sync... not any more

2003-12-12 Thread Todd Pytel
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:57:00 -0600 Lance Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Todd Pytel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031212 16:35]: > > > > Hardware-wise, nothing at all has changed in the last 3 weeks. No > > new devices, same kernel, same modules. > > Have you rebooted in that time? Yes, I reboot

Re: Can't get jabber to start on installation

2003-12-12 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 01:59:27PM -0800, Doctorcam wrote: > * Jamin W. Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 03:02:24AM -0800, Doctorcam wrote: > > > I have managed to get jabber installed, and running it from the command > > > line seems to work fine, following the instru

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Friday 12 December 2003 1:41 pm, Aryan Ameri wrote: > On Friday 12 December 2003 22:04, Wesley J Landaker wrote: > > Something like this would work if you fill in some of the blanks: > > > > int main() { > > int *array = malloc(sizeof(int)); > > int size = 0; > > printf("Enter Number\n");

Script for subscribung/unsubscribing Debian-user?

2003-12-12 Thread Andreas von Heydwolff
Just wondering - is it possible to write a script for mailing a few initial subscribe or unsubscribe messages for one's favorite lists to the server managing the listmembers or does this process depend on the web page/cgi or whatever? Not that it is all too much work via the web page, but typin

Re: Palm used to sync... not any more

2003-12-12 Thread Lance Simmons
* Todd Pytel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031212 16:35]: > > Hardware-wise, nothing at all has changed in the last 3 weeks. No new > devices, same kernel, same modules. Have you rebooted in that time? -- Lance Simmons signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Info Problem

2003-12-12 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:41:27AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > 5) It splits a programs docs into multiple pages. > > > > Again you can convert it to html all on one page. > > You brilliantly miss the somewhat minor point that the info document > *isn't* a single page, readily searchable, an

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 10:21:36PM +0100, John Smith wrote: > #include > > int main > ( >int nNumberofArguments, >char* apszArgument [] > ) Hungarian notation! Ugh! -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Hubert Chan
> "John" == John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> #include John> int main John> ( John>int nNumberofArguments, Your variable names are too long, which decreases readability. Having such a long name does not convey any more information than a shorter name such as "numArgs" (or

Palm used to sync... not any more

2003-12-12 Thread Todd Pytel
Using Sarge mostly, with a few Sid packages as well. I've been using jpilot for some time now to sync and backup my Palm m500. My last sync was Nov.24th. Today, I go to sync and jpilot errors out. Attempts at "pilot-xfer -l" give an error that/dev/pilot (link to/dev/ttyUSB1) is not connected. Hrm.

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Wesley" == Wesley J Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Wesley> It would be better to allocate memory in chunks, ... Yes. If you reallocate for every number you read, then it takes O(n^2) time to read n numbers (assuming realloc has to relocate the data every time). If you make y

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Alex" == Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Alex> And I wouldn't even bother putting the linked list into an array Alex> in the first place. If you write a good linked list implementation Alex> (which, as I said, would be a good exercise) it will already Alex> support all of

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Mark Roach
On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 16:00, Aryan Ameri wrote: [...] > To the person who suggested the linked-list thing to me. Thanks very > much. I don't know what they are yet, but it seems something really > interesting. I'll go back to my cave now, to study them. Hi, another thing you might want to check

[no subject]

2003-12-12 Thread CLARK DAVIDSON
 Do you know how I can get a file called apt_0.5.4_i386.deb that is not corrupt?     The install CD is corrupt     Clark DavidsonCLARK STUDIOS712-737-2020[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.frontiernet.net/~clickin/INDEX.htm

Re: Compiling a Kernel - Need ncurses

2003-12-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:16:25 -0800, "Scarletdown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am once again giving a whirl at compiling a 2.4.22 kernel; this > time on my test box which I am telnetted into so I don't have to > keep switching back and forth via the KV switch.

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Aryan Ameri
On Friday 12 December 2003 22:38, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 14:04, Wesley J Landaker wrote: > > On Friday 12 December 2003 11:38 am, Aryan Ameri wrote: > > > Hi There: > > Hmmm... sounds a lot like a homework problem... =) > > Yes, it does... :) See, this is what I was afrai

make-kpkg and kernel patches

2003-12-12 Thread Ross Boylan
I am trying to apply kernel patches with make-kpkg, but am running into difficulties, particularly on repeated runs. First, I am not able to find the .rej files when patches fail to apply. I thought this might have been from a subsequent make-kpkg clean, but even without that, they're not there.

Re: locales and coding systems

2003-12-12 Thread Haines Brown
Logged and back in and went to save my test file. The test failed. That is, I'm still being prompted for the coding system, and utf-16-le is offered as the default. The command $ locales tells me that locales is installed (status is ii). However, the $ locale command still only returns LANG=POST

Re: Can't get jabber to start on installation

2003-12-12 Thread Doctorcam
* Jamin W. Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 03:02:24AM -0800, Doctorcam wrote: > > I have managed to get jabber installed, and running it from the command > > line seems to work fine, following the instructions in the 1.4.x > > administration guide. > > Which user did y

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Aryan Ameri
On Friday 12 December 2003 22:04, Wesley J Landaker wrote: > On Friday 12 December 2003 11:38 am, Aryan Ameri wrote: > > #include > > > > main() > > { > > int tmp, cnt = 0; > > static int arr[cnt]; > > printf( "Enter Number\n"); > > scanf( "%d", &tmp); > > while ( (tmp = getchar() ) != EOF ) { >

Recommended Gnome Install Method Under Sid

2003-12-12 Thread M. Kirchhoff
To install Gnome under Sid, is it recommended to simply do: apt(titude)-get install gnome-desktop-environment Or is it better to install things piecemeal: apt(titude)-get install gnome-core gdm etc. Thanks for any suggestions -- me.kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Nunya
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 08:38:18PM +0200, Aryan Ameri wrote: > > "Write a program, which promts the uset to enter some numbers. The user > should terminate the sequence of numbers by entering EOF character. The > program should put numbers entered by the user in to a 1D array". The real answer

Re: My Debian box can't connect Internet

2003-12-12 Thread Michael Will
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stephen Liu wrote: > My Debian box can't connect Internet, Broadband connected. 1. What provider? 2. Broadband means cable rather than DSL, right? I use comcast at home, connected a debian sarge machine to a cable modem. To allow anything from going in / out, yo

Re: Function of make dep : newbie :-?

2003-12-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:46:10 -0500, David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Marcos José Setim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Please, which the function of make dep? > > It depends on how the makefile is set up (search for a line that says > "dep:"), but usua

Re: disabling inetd

2003-12-12 Thread Initech
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 01:20:42PM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote: > I've heard that the inetd process is not very secure. > Also, my email server runs fine even if I kill the inetd process. Because it runs standalone :-) > Is there a way to remove it or disable it permanently. > Would this be a go

installmanual

2003-12-12 Thread Joseph MICHEL
Hello,       I would like to install debian. But when I read the installation manual http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual, I feel lost because it addresses expert people.       Please, is there an automated installation program like that of Red Hat ?

Re: How to login as ROOT as start

2003-12-12 Thread Debian User
why not log in to your gui as a common user and su as root from a shell? anyway, i cannot anything in /etc/gnome that would limit who has access to the gui. At Friday, 12 December 2003, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Stephen Liu wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> How can I login as ROO

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread John Smith
#include int main ( int nNumberofArguments, char* apszArgument [] ) { int nReturncode = 0 ; int* pnStorage = NULL ; int* pnTmp = NULL ; int nNumberofelements = 0 ; int nNumberofreadfields = 0 ; int nCounter = 0 ; int nInput = 0 ; while ((nReturncode == 0) && ((nN

Re: How to login as ROOT as start

2003-12-12 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Stephen Liu wrote: Hi folks, How can I login as ROOT after booting at 'Desktop Manager" popup. I am only allowed to login as USER both KDE and GNOME. Thanks in advance. B.R. Stephen Liu Why on God's green earth would you log in to ANY GUI as root? -Roberto pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signa

Re: Debian installation trouble on server

2003-12-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:22:13 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to install Debian (latest) on a 1U rack-server. > Specs: P4, Raid (hot spare), no floppy, no cdrom, no PS/2 ports, 2 USB > ports. > > My problem is the following: > I cannot con

Re: libGL and DRM error with Matrox card

2003-12-12 Thread Graeme Tank
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 01:00:58PM +, Richard Kimber wrote: > > Some apps give an error when started saying: > > libGL error: failed to open DRM: Operation not permitted > libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering > > XFree86.0.log says:- > MGA(0): Direct rendering enabled > > Is

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Friday 12 December 2003 1:46 pm, Debian User wrote: > if you really have to do it in a low-level language, do it in > assembly native to that processor. you can even write them inline > within your C code. > > asm(" mnemonic_instruction operand, operand"); > Hey, I wouldn't be surprised if some

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Friday 12 December 2003 1:42 pm, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Wesley J Landaker: > Content-Description: signed data > > > On Friday 12 December 2003 11:38 am, Aryan Ameri wrote: > > > I am a first year CS student, learning C. A while ago I was asked > > > this question from a fellow friend

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Debian User
if you really have to do it in a low-level language, do it in assembly native to that processor. you can even write them inline within your C code. asm(" mnemonic_instruction operand, operand"); At Friday, 12 December 2003, Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED] shack.net> wrote: >On Fri, 2003-12

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Wesley J Landaker: Content-Description: signed data > On Friday 12 December 2003 11:38 am, Aryan Ameri wrote: > > > > I am a first year CS student, learning C. A while ago I was asked > > this question from a fellow friend of mine: > > Hmmm... sounds a lot like a homework problem...

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 14:04, Wesley J Landaker wrote: > On Friday 12 December 2003 11:38 am, Aryan Ameri wrote: > > Hi There: > > > > I am a first year CS student, learning C. A while ago I was asked > > this question from a fellow friend of mine: > > > > "Write a program, which promts the uset to

libapache-mod-perl install breaks

2003-12-12 Thread Nori Heikkinen
for some time now, whenever i apt-get install anything, dpkg has been trying to configure libapache-mod-perl, and failing. it'l present me with the config screen: Setting up libapache-mod-perl (1.28-1) ... Configuring 1. mod_vhost_alias 22. mod_access43. mod_auth_dig

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Friday 12 December 2003 11:38 am, Aryan Ameri wrote: > Hi There: > > I am a first year CS student, learning C. A while ago I was asked > this question from a fellow friend of mine: > > "Write a program, which promts the uset to enter some numbers. The > user should terminate the sequence of numb

Re: locales and coding systems

2003-12-12 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 01:19:17PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > > Suspecting locales needs a different version of glibc, and knowing > > > that one can install multiple versions of glibc, I try: > > > > One cannot install multiple versions of glibc, at least not using the > > Debian package man

Re: OT: Lindows based on Debian? (Re: Linux is not for consumers!)

2003-12-12 Thread John Hasler
Lance Simmons writes: > Probably, but if I have a friend who is thinking of buying a machine with > Lindows installed on it, I can tell him to go ahead, and I can teach him > how to maintain it as a Debian machine. Or you can tell him to go ahead and then install Libranet. -- John Hasler [EMAIL P

Re: Can we tag [T]echnical posts?

2003-12-12 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:20:07 -0700 "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incoming from Monique Y. Herman: > > > > There is absolutely a learning curve to every community, and > > long-standing members deservedly get more respect and slack. I do > > think that I've been lurking and posting lo

tetex in unstable, tcrm1000 not found

2003-12-12 Thread Andrew Perrin
Greetings- I was getting the error message: font tcrm1000 not found, leaving blank when creating a pdf file from LaTeX using the following sequence: latex microcultures dvipdf microcultures After some digging around, I found that the problem was that dvipdf attempted to run mf to create the fo

Re: Re: problem updating postgresql package

2003-12-12 Thread Martin Hofheinz
Hi, i am encountering the same problems as described in this thread. following your advice to alter the preinst script, i receive this output: (my locale settings are german) # dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb (Lese Datenbank ... 17012 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind

[OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Aryan Ameri
Hi There: I am a first year CS student, learning C. A while ago I was asked this question from a fellow friend of mine: "Write a program, which promts the uset to enter some numbers. The user should terminate the sequence of numbers by entering EOF character. The program should put numbers ent

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-12 Thread Vineet Kumar
* TR ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031212 04:02]: > Somebody whose attribution has been removed wrote: > > Well, really you'll just need one such router, with the bad domains > > listed on that "domains = " line. Me, I'd use a filename there and > > that way be able to just edit the file whenever I felt li

Re: Can't get jabber to start on installation

2003-12-12 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 03:02:24AM -0800, Doctorcam wrote: > I have managed to get jabber installed, and running it from the command > line seems to work fine, following the instructions in the 1.4.x > administration guide. Which user did you run it as? > Trying to get dpkg to finish installing i

disabling inetd

2003-12-12 Thread Rick Weinbender
I've heard that the inetd process is not very secure. Also, my email server runs fine even if I kill the inetd process. * Is there a way to remove it or disable it permanently. Would this be a good thing to do? Or will it just cause me problems down the road. Thanks, -Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Can we tag [T]echnical posts?

2003-12-12 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Monique Y. Herman: > > There is absolutely a learning curve to every community, and > long-standing members deservedly get more respect and slack. I do think > that I've been lurking and posting long enough to have a sense of the > community. I don't think that's possible. Between

Re: How to read package change logs before install

2003-12-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 09:53:02AM -0500, Lou Losee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Ok - another elementary (I hope) apt question: > > 1)Is there any way to read the change-log associated with a package > without either downloading the package or installing the package? apt-get install apt-listc

Re: Use Debian mailinglists with slow connection to Internet?

2003-12-12 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 at 17:14 GMT, Anton Zinoviev penned: > Hi! > > The Debian mailing lists produce big trafic of email. If I want to > follow them regularly I have to use a slow and expensive connection to > Internet (low quality phone line or mobile phone). I tried to use > offlineimap but thi

Re: OT: Lindows based on Debian? (Re: Linux is not for consumers!)

2003-12-12 Thread Lance Simmons
* David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031212 02:18]: > > signature.asc Description: Digital signature

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