Re: Debian Commands

2004-11-06 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 06 November 2004 01:46 am, Chris Lale wrote: > On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 06:17, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > > On Friday 29 October 2004 10:13 pm, Patrick Albuquerque wrote: > > > The `configure-debian' package gives a nice frontend to > > > dpkg

Re: always ask for root password

2004-11-06 Thread Ananda Kumar Samaddar
Thanks, I've realised what I've done. I've copied and pasted the menu entry for the recovery option for my new kernel. I'm used to Lilo and tut, tut didn't read the grub documentation thoroughly. Cheers Ananda Samaddar --- Jules Dubois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 04:12:5

Re: always ask for root password

2004-11-06 Thread Jules Dubois
On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 04:12:51 +, Ananda Kumar Samaddar wrote: > When I boot my custom compiled kernel (2.6.8) the system always asks for > a root password (Ctrl-D for normal startup). That kernel is being booted into single-user mode. Check your boot-loader configuration file -- probably /boo

always ask for root password

2004-11-06 Thread Ananda Kumar Samaddar
Hello everyone. I'm a long time Debian user (four and a half years) and just successfully installed Sarge on a new machine. I'm just getting to grips with it but I have an extremely annoying problem. When I boot my custom compiled kernel (2.6.8) the system always asks for a root password (Ctrl-D

Re: Enhancing video

2004-11-06 Thread Nick Lidakis
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: That's right: MX-440 + Nvidia driver 1120.200 FPS TNT2 - 440.800 FPS Running 2 cards with two monitors, two kbds, two mice for two users, and 2 X servers from Sarge and the Nvidia driver. Hugo May I ask if that video card has a fan or if it's of the silent heatsink only

Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader

2004-11-06 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 00:03:37 +0100, Alexander Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041106 22:54]: > > > Forgive me if I am missing something obvious but why cant you just > > apt-get the acroread package? > > Because it's not part of Debian, nor is it in

Re: Scripting

2004-11-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 23:10 +, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Silvan Villiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've started to learn scripting in linux. But I have some troubles > > understandig the redirection of the streams. I tried to test whether a > > directory already exists using the ls c

Re: dselect not respecting holds ?

2004-11-06 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 11:47:24AM -0800, James Kirk wrote: > Does anyone else (who still uses dselect) find that > dselect does not respect holds ? A couple of packages > (tetex-bin, gramofile) I've installed have > recommends/suggests (texi2html, mctools-lite, cddb) > that don't interest me. I

Re: Scripting

2004-11-06 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 11:46:04PM +0100, Silvan Villiger wrote: > Hi, > > I've started to learn scripting in linux. But I have some troubles > understandig the redirection of the streams. I tried to test whether > a directory already exists using t

Re: Enhancing video

2004-11-06 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ron Johnson wrote: On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 18:57 +0100, Mark Maas wrote: Hello All, After tinkering with Linux for a few years now I feel i'm getting to a point that I can say: I can use Linux for everything. Except for games... I've got good video cards, but I just can't get the quality out of th

Re: Scripting

2004-11-06 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Silvan Villiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've started to learn scripting in linux. But I have some troubles > understandig the redirection of the streams. I tried to test whether a > directory already exists using the ls command (didn't find a bether > solution) and whenever ls doesn'

Scripting

2004-11-06 Thread Silvan Villiger
Hi, I've started to learn scripting in linux. But I have some troubles understandig the redirection of the streams. I tried to test whether a directory already exists using the ls command (didn't find a bether solution) and whenever ls doesn't find such a directory it writes an error to the err

Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader

2004-11-06 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041106 22:54]: > Forgive me if I am missing something obvious but why cant you just > apt-get the acroread package? Because it's not part of Debian, nor is it in the contrib or non-free section, since it's license doesn't allow it. > $apt-cache search

Re: Limiting User Commands

2004-11-06 Thread ea
> On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 19:53:33 +0200 (EET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yes, you can make something like that: addgroup(access), then change >> groupname of commands that you want with that group (access), remember >> to >> remove "execute/search by others" from commands that a

Re: Permanent disabling sound in X isn't possible (Re: Sounds off in bash)

2004-11-06 Thread Ralph Katz
On 11/05/2004 04:00 PM, Otto Wyss wrote: It's now 2 weeks later, I've asked in 2 different newsgroups, poked around every possible place on the net and still don't know how to permanenty disable the sound in X. How can Linux ever become a contender in the desktop marked if such a simple thing can't

Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader

2004-11-06 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 18:45:15 +, Pedro M (Morphix User) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I cannot install AAR following the instructions in > > http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?Acrobat > > Why I click in the script (*.sh )I recieve an error message. > > I suggest include the tarbar in the Debian

Re: Limiting User Commands

2004-11-06 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 11:21:43AM -0800, Stephen Le wrote: > On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 12:43:27 -0500, Kevin Mark > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think it is worth the extra 'sudo'. People should learn the difference > > between regular commands and special commands. you can have sudo ask for > > a pa

Re: Bug#237377: unsure if I am suffering the same tihng

2004-11-06 Thread Dave Ewart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, 06.11.2004 at 01:53 +1000, Adam Conrad wrote: > Dave Ewart wrote: > > > > FWIW, for me, a manual '/etc/init.d/apache reload' *does* cause the > > problem too. My difficulty therefore reduces completely to be > > "/etc/init.d/apache relo

dselect not respecting holds ?

2004-11-06 Thread James Kirk
Does anyone else (who still uses dselect) find that dselect does not respect holds ? A couple of packages (tetex-bin, gramofile) I've installed have recommends/suggests (texi2html, mctools-lite, cddb) that don't interest me. I marked them hold in the dependecies conflict resolution window that po

Re: Limiting User Commands

2004-11-06 Thread Stephen Le
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 16:55:33 +0100, Lukas Ruf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If they got Apache to execute the script, the "bad_command" would be > > run. This is the reason why I'm trying to approach this problem from > > a permissions standpoint. Of course, someone might suggest running > > an Apa

Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader

2004-11-06 Thread robin
Pedro M (Morphix User) wrote: I cannot install AAR following the instructions in http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?Acrobat Why I click in the script (*.sh )I recieve an error message. I suggest include the tarbar in the Debian packages, in a similar way to the Macromedia Flash (this is important be

Re: Enhancing video

2004-11-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 20:20 +0100, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 18:57:25 +0100, Mark Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > You need to enable DRI, look in the maling list, it was asked some weeks ago. > With glxinfo you should see a line "direct rendering: Yes" if enabled. >

Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader

2004-11-06 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 18:45:15 +, Pedro M (Morphix User) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I cannot install AAR following the instructions in > > http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?Acrobat > > Why I click in the script (*.sh )I recieve an error message. > > I suggest include the tarbar in the Debian

Re: Limiting User Commands

2004-11-06 Thread Stephen Le
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 12:43:27 -0500, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it is worth the extra 'sudo'. People should learn the difference > between regular commands and special commands. you can have sudo ask for > a password or not. Ubuntu uses a sudo-like thing. Users should be asked >

Re: Enhancing video

2004-11-06 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 18:57:25 +0100, Mark Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > After tinkering with Linux for a few years now I feel i'm getting to > a point that I can say: I can use Linux for everything. > > Except for games... I've got good video cards, but I just can't get > the qu

Re: Enhancing video

2004-11-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 18:57 +0100, Mark Maas wrote: > Hello All, > > After tinkering with Linux for a few years now I feel i'm getting to > a point that I can say: I can use Linux for everything. > > Except for games... I've got good video cards, but I just can't get > the quality out of them w

Need help making a deb of mozilla extentions...

2004-11-06 Thread Brad Sims
I have the latest mozilla-mozgest package but it is version 0.3.99+20040902-2, and to make it work with firefox (I am flirting with it) it needs version 1.0. I have the xpi downloaded but would like to make a deb of it. My google-fu must be weak, as I found nothing to help me package it. Any hel

Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader

2004-11-06 Thread Thomas Adam
--- "Pedro M (Morphix User)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is this what you're currently using? > Why I click in the script (*.sh )I recieve an error message. What is this error message? > I suggest include the tarbar in the Debian packages, in a similar way to No can

Enhancing video

2004-11-06 Thread Mark Maas
Hello All, After tinkering with Linux for a few years now I feel i'm getting to a point that I can say: I can use Linux for everything. Except for games... I've got good video cards, but I just can't get the quality out of them what they are capable of. Radeon 9000 for instance. I'm getting 200

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Adobe Acrobat Reader

2004-11-06 Thread Pedro M (Morphix User)
I cannot install AAR following the instructions in http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?Acrobat Why I click in the script (*.sh )I recieve an error message. I suggest include the tarbar in the Debian packages, in a similar way to the Macromedia Flash (this is important because I cannot print PDF files

Re: Limiting User Commands

2004-11-06 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 01:19:53PM -0800, Stephen Le wrote: > On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 18:40:59 +0100, Benedict Verheyen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sounds like you want sudo. > > I don't think sudo is appropriate for what I'm trying to do. I'd like > users to have limited shell access; I'm not try

Re: Debian creates duplicate image files with strange extensions!

2004-11-06 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Siju George wrote: Hi Ron, Thanks a lot for the Reply On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 08:04:18 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are you so sure that *Debian* does this, and *should* be fixed? No Idea Ron! but because of that I am not able to copy the folder through windows to take backup!

Removal of old cyrus-sasl (libsasl7) from sarge

2004-11-06 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > Can we remove cyrus-sasl and libsasl7 packages from sarge and sid? Moving It is now the 6th of November, and no-one commented on this. I have to assume cyrus-sasl can finally be left behind. And it is about time, too... I am therefore g

Re: Limiting User Commands

2004-11-06 Thread Lukas Ruf
> Stephen Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-06 00:36]: > > On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 00:13:28 +0100, Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Is there an easy way to limit the commands a certain group of > > > users can execute? I've looked at chroot, and it's too > > > complicated for my needs and see

Re: debian based web hosting

2004-11-06 Thread robin
RituRaj wrote: I would like to host my web site. But currenlt i am just looking for a free web hosting solution. Does anyone know of some provider which has debian running on their servers?(i do not want my site to be running on some proprietory OS) PLease suggest. Rituraj __

Re: Debian creates duplicate image files with strange extensions!

2004-11-06 Thread Pete Clarke
when I take this folder through the windows explores I get files with a "~" attached to there names. If I try to delete them or open them the I get an error These are created by Windows (may be XP SP2 specific) whenever it creates a file. They contain zone information metadata - plain text files w

Re: Debian creates duplicate image files with strange extensions!

2004-11-06 Thread Siju George
Hi Ron, Thanks a lot for the Reply On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 08:04:18 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you so sure that *Debian* does this, and *should* be fixed? > No Idea Ron! but because of that I am not able to copy the folder through windows to take backup! I get the error

Re: Debian creates duplicate image files with strange extensions!

2004-11-06 Thread Siju George
Hi Wim, Thankyou so much for the reply! On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 15:02:00 +0100, Wim De Smet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You sure these aren't just thumbnail files the windows boxes create? > Are they visible from the windows machines? When you disable write for > them, do these still show up? >

Re: Debian creates duplicate image files with strange extensions!

2004-11-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 19:26 +0530, Siju George wrote: > Hi all, > > My Debian Woody 3.0r2 has a folder called "images" ie shared to > outside by Samba. Clients using windowsXP and Windows 2000 acces these > shares and write to it. > > In this folder I found a strange behavior! Debian creates dupl

Re: Debian creates duplicate image files with strange extensions!

2004-11-06 Thread Wim De Smet
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 19:26:43 +0530, Siju George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My Debian Woody 3.0r2 has a folder called "images" ie shared to > outside by Samba. Clients using windowsXP and Windows 2000 acces these > shares and write to it. > > In this folder I found a strange behavior!

Re: Limiting User Commands

2004-11-06 Thread Thomas Mueller
On 06.11.2004 00:35 Stephen Le wrote: Is there an easy way to limit the commands a certain group of users can execute? Indeed. A chroot would only apply to a user if they were logged into the system. Let's say I wanted to prevent users executing the command "bad_command". Well, if "bad_command" wa

Debian creates duplicate image files with strange extensions!

2004-11-06 Thread Siju George
Hi all, My Debian Woody 3.0r2 has a folder called "images" ie shared to outside by Samba. Clients using windowsXP and Windows 2000 acces these shares and write to it. In this folder I found a strange behavior! Debian creates duplicate files for every image file with a strange name . Below is the

Re: vote: best webmail !

2004-11-06 Thread Lukas Ruf
> Alexei Chetroi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-05 17:08]: > > On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 02:42:55PM +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote: > > > IMP > > > > > > http://www.horde.org/imp/ > > > > > > > Is there anywhere a detailed, precise and concise ( ,-) ) > > instruction manual on what is required to configure imp

debian based web hosting

2004-11-06 Thread RituRaj
I would like to host my web site. But currenlt i am just looking for a free web hosting solution. Does anyone know of some provider which has debian running on their servers?(i do not want my site to be running on some proprietory OS) PLease suggest. Rituraj ___

Re: mystery file spotted in /

2004-11-06 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 03:57:40AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Say if we spot a file, > # ls -l /root-n > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 2004-03-24 00:31 /root-n > > Can I delete /root-n? Hi Dan, it sounds like a 'finger fumble'. vi $FILE to look at it and run file $FILE and see what it says. to be

Re: How to activate a theme look of gtk/gnome application when I usen't gnome session ?

2004-11-06 Thread Stephen Le
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 00:56:15 +0100, Yann Lejeune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use fluxbox and gnome-based applications. At the start of fluxbox I > lunch the following command : > > /usr/lib/control-center/gnome-settings-daemon > --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_SettingsDaemon --oaf-ior-fd=35 Ex

Re: How to activate a theme look of gtk/gnome application when I usen't gnome session ?

2004-11-06 Thread Yann Lejeune
On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 10:29:20AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : > When I'm on KDE, the gnome/gtk application aren't theme. > How to activate this theme always ? > Stéphane KLEIN Hi, I use fluxbox and gnome-based applications. At the start of fluxbox I lunch the following command : /usr/lib/co

Re: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 unable to mount root

2004-11-06 Thread Eddy Jacob
Thanks for the boot options Justin, Yes I did run lilo, and I use initrd, as you can see from lilo.conf parts that I pasted into my first email. On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 16:49:23 -0700, Justin Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 04 November 2004 20:11, Eddy Jacob wrote: > > > > Hi every

Re: Permanent disabling sound in X isn't possible (Re: Sounds off in bash)

2004-11-06 Thread Otto Wyss
> On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 21:38:25 +0100 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss) wrote: > > > It's now 2 weeks later, I've asked in 2 different newsgroups, poked > > around every possible place on the net and still don't know how to > > permanenty disable the sound in X. How can Linux ever become a > > contend

Re: Permanent disabling sound in X isn't possible (Re: Sounds off in bash)

2004-11-06 Thread Otto Wyss
> Which xfce4 packages have you installed? I ask as I had the same error > message (freedesktop.org) some time ago and found I was missing a xfce4 > package. Xfce4 on my system consists the following: > Just the ordinary packages from Debian/Sarge. If I don't use the .xsesssion, it works correct