Howto change the default font used by gs?

2004-12-08 Thread Bruno Boettcher
Hello! still trying to get my printer (aculaser c4100) working... actually the stuff issued is written out in a too big font (lines merge a littel) and a font that wobbles over the lines... i looked at dfontmgr but don't understand a thing about it... tryed to install the different fonts i

Re: Help

2004-12-08 Thread Kent West
samuel prakash wrote: sir I am from india. I recently got your debian linux on a DVD as a free issue from a magazine "PC quest". I used linux kernel 2.6 on my machine running pentium 4 with mercury motherboard using intel 845GL as chipset. after installing the gnome starts only with 640 x 480. I

Sarge Install help (kernel panic)

2004-12-08 Thread Simon Buchanan
OK just completed primary mail server. HW is Tyan Tiger i3320 mobo, dual 2.8 xeon nocona, 2GB kingston ECC registered ram, 3ware 9000 4 port SATA with 4 x 200GB drives. installed sarge using 'linux26' install... the lan and raid card are all recognised perfect... partitioned the drive, proc

udev question

2004-12-08 Thread Kudret Güler
udev creates /dev/hdc(burner) with permissions 640 and with owner root.hal. Therefore hal group members cannot burn. And any change is reversed on reboot. How can I tell udev to create it with permissions 660? Or should I just put it in a script to chmod /dev/hdc on every boot? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

AUTOREPLY from Firenze.net

2004-12-08 Thread bellacopia
== Bellacopia.com - Il servizio italiano online di stesura e revisione testi == Grazie per averci scritto. Sara' nostra cura risponderle al piu' presto.

RE: Sarge ttyS0 (COM1) Software Issues

2004-12-08 Thread Pete
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 17:09 -0600, Croy, Nathan wrote: > > From: Pete [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 1:26 PM > > > > I'm having some issues with ttyS0 (COM1) on my mail server. I'm trying > > to get it to work with NUT, but I cannot communicate through > > the se

Re: X.org <-----> Xfree

2004-12-08 Thread Marc Wilson
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 07:51:47PM +0100, Roelof Wobben wrote: > Is X.org better than Xfree ?? No. It's "different". Someday it may be "better", for some values of "better", but not yet. > Does someone has X.org getting on work with debian Sarge ?? Xorg will wait until Sarge+1 (namely, Etch).

Re: Help

2004-12-08 Thread Emil Perhinschi
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 21:45:21 -0800 (PST) samuel prakash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sir > > I am from india. I recently got your debian linux > on a DVD as a free issue from a magazine "PC quest". I > used linux kernel 2.6 on my machine running pentium 4 > with mercury motherboard using intel

Re: xprt print.org printing and firefox debian sarge

2004-12-08 Thread Marc Wilson
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 09:17:42PM -0500, John Kerr Anderson wrote: > I've noticed this annoying "problem" with the xprt printing in mozilla > firefox. I have 3 printers, and instead of going to the default laser it > wants to print to my inkjet instead as the 1st option. Easily. Don't use Xp

Help

2004-12-08 Thread samuel prakash
sir I am from india. I recently got your debian linux on a DVD as a free issue from a magazine "PC quest". I used linux kernel 2.6 on my machine running pentium 4 with mercury motherboard using intel 845GL as chipset. after installing the gnome starts only with 640 x 480. I cant change the res

Help

2004-12-08 Thread samuel prakash
sir I am from india. I recently got your debian linux on a DVD as a free issue from a magazine "PC quest". I used linux kernel 2.6 on my machine running pentium 4 with mercury motherboard using intel 845GL as chipset. after installing the gnome starts only with 640 x 480. I cant change the res

Re: Debian retail kit?

2004-12-08 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 04:57:24PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > I'm looking for suggestions on what people would expect in a retail kit > for Debian, as I've been put in charge of pushing Debian in the shop I > work at. > > Right now, since we're concerned only with i386, I'm thinking a Sarge CD

Configuring proftpd

2004-12-08 Thread Mike
I am trying to configure proftpd on my woody box and having no success. I want to beable to log in with the account called "upload" an have all premissions.  I want all files to be uploaded into the /var/www folder.  I am very confused. I followed the documentation and had no luck.  Can someb

Re: Learning GTK+ proramming under Debian

2004-12-08 Thread Nayyar Ahmed
On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:12:31 -0500, Mark Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 16:42 -0600, Michael Madden wrote: > > What resource(s) would you recommend to someone who's new to GUI programming > > and would like to learn GTK+ development under Debian Woody/Sarge? I've > > mess

Re: Fw:Mewbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-08 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
I agree, close this thread. the main issue was resolved with a reinstall. Thanks for the sources.list info. Leonard Chatagnier - Original Message - From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 1:18 PM Subject: Re: Fw:Mewbie Having Much T

hardware raid card recognition before mount of /lib/modules/2.6.9-1-386 and raid2

2004-12-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I just installed a debian system on a machine that stores data on a hardware raid 3ware 7806-5 and another system that uses an adaptec 2400a. both are ata hardware raid devices. During bootup, the boot halts while going through /etc/rcS.d/ when it runs S30checkfs.sh because the kernel module

Re: X.org <-----> Xfree

2004-12-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 14:18 -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > On Wednesday 08 December 2004 12:51, Roelof Wobben wrote: > > > Is X.org better than Xfree ?? > > Yes. > > > Does someone has X.org getting on work with debian Sarge ?? > > If you're asking if X.org will be packaged for Sarge: yes, altho

Re: Sending all processes the TERM signal

2004-12-08 Thread HXD
In addition, after system booted up, I get the following error:   "kernel panic: attempted to kill init"   and the system hangs.   Hung HXD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: After upgrading kernel to 2.6.x from Sarge install on my HP DL380, I get the following msg when I try rebooting at which point the

Sending all processes the TERM signal

2004-12-08 Thread HXD
After upgrading kernel to 2.6.x from Sarge install on my HP DL380, I get the following msg when I try rebooting at which point the system hangs:   "Sending all processes the TERM signal".   Anyone come across this before with any suggestions.   Thanks,   Hung Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo!

Re: web mail interface

2004-12-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 21:08 -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > Grant wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 18:54, Jacob S wrote: > > > >>On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:29:47 -0800 (PST) > >>"Ron Farrer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > Thank you. Something encouraging out there. > I was starting to think I was

Re: new to debian -- a few questions

2004-12-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 16:17 -0600, Steve Block wrote: > Chris Lale wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 15:44, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > > > >>On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 07:13:50AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> > > >> > Last I checked, v2.8 is not in Sarge, yet. Besides, I run Sid, > >> > so don't c

Re: {Virus?} Mail Delivery (failure sales@cyclades.com)

2004-12-08 Thread Sales Department
Dear Customer: This automatic response is to acknowledge that your message has been received by Cyclades. A sales representative will be contacting you shortly. If you don't receive a response in 48 hours, please let us know. Cyclades Sales -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

re: cannot display with res 1024x768

2004-12-08 Thread jack kinnon
Hi,   You can read through all the mails concerning my problem in Debian's Dec User mail-list by "Author".   Cheers   Jack Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more.

apt-get over SSH - unexpected results

2004-12-08 Thread Ivan Teliatnikov
I have difficulties installing a package on a Debian Sarge machine. The problem is rather strange, installation fails when I run apt-get remotely over ssh and works fine when I work on the console. In more details: If I login to a remove host using ssh and run command apt-get install fam eve

Re: Cloning a workstation [PowerCockpit]

2004-12-08 Thread ocl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 2004-12-08 19:51: Try PowerCockpit. Allows you to copy an image of the original workstation (to a file) then deploy the image to another machine (which may be dissimilar). Are you sure it supports Debian? http://www.mountainviewdata.com/us/products/pwc/pwc_system.html The

xprt print.org printing and firefox debian sarge

2004-12-08 Thread John Kerr Anderson
Hi, I've noticed this annoying "problem" with the xprt printing in mozilla firefox. I have 3 printers, and instead of going to the default laser it wants to print to my inkjet instead as the 1st option. Is there anyway, to change the order it appears from the print menu? Some users will accid

Re: putting ascii keys in a script

2004-12-08 Thread Richard Hector
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 08:54:52AM +0800, Robert Vangel wrote: > Michael Martinell wrote: > >I have a script that I need to send an enter keystroke with. > > > >On the keyboard I can do alt + 013 which is the ascii code for the enter > >key. I wanted to put this into my script using vi. Any sugge

Re: web mail interface

2004-12-08 Thread Tom Allison
Grant wrote: On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 18:54, Jacob S wrote: On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:29:47 -0800 (PST) "Ron Farrer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, December 8, 2004 4:29, Robert Vangel said: Gregory Seidman wrote: I use squirrelmail on top of courier-imap, but I haven't tried it with> particularly la

Re: web mail interface

2004-12-08 Thread Tom Allison
Gregory Seidman wrote: On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 06:49:20AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: } I'm getting kind of sick of squirrelmail. } } It have a very lame feature that mailboxes in excess of 1500 to 2000 } emails simply don't load or fail to work correctly. That and I am } getting hit with SERVER_

Strange LVM on RAID Behaviour with Sarge

2004-12-08 Thread Lucas Barbuto
Hi All, Can someone explain this strange LVM2 on RAID-1 behaviour? I've recently made a fresh install of Sarge using a recent debian-installer (more recent than RC2). I've got two 80GB SATA drives. I've partitioned them as follows: >8 0 117220824 sda >8 1 32098 sda1 >

Re: Learning GTK+ proramming under Debian

2004-12-08 Thread Lex Hider
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 16:42 -0600, Michael Madden wrote: > What resource(s) would you recommend to someone who's new to GUI programming > and would like to learn GTK+ development under Debian Woody/Sarge? I've > messed around with Motif and Xlib in the past on HP-UX and Solaris, but GTK+ > or Qt

Debian retail kit?

2004-12-08 Thread Paul Johnson
I'm looking for suggestions on what people would expect in a retail kit for Debian, as I've been put in charge of pushing Debian in the shop I work at. Right now, since we're concerned only with i386, I'm thinking a Sarge CD set and a printed copy of the installation manual, all in a single bi

Re: putting ascii keys in a script

2004-12-08 Thread Robert Vangel
Michael Martinell wrote: I have a script that I need to send an enter keystroke with. On the keyboard I can do alt + 013 which is the ascii code for the enter key. I wanted to put this into my script using vi. Any suggestions for an escape-type sequence that will record the keystroke and not caus

putting ascii keys in a script

2004-12-08 Thread Michael Martinell
I have a script that I need to send an enter keystroke with. On the keyboard I can do alt + 013 which is the ascii code for the enter key. I wanted to put this into my script using vi. Any suggestions for an escape-type sequence that will record the keystroke and not cause vi to interpret it as

Re: Sarge KDE weird icon colors on selecting/highliting?

2004-12-08 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Joao Clemente [Thu, 09 Dec 2004 00:14:07 +]: > Then I notisted that gnome does not show this behaviour. It's ok. > KDE bug? kde known bug, fixed un t-p-u and in sid. please understand what is t-p-u before using it. -- Adeodato Simó EM: asp16 [ykwim] alu.ua.es | PK: DA6AE621 L

Sarge KDE weird icon colors on selecting/highliting?

2004-12-08 Thread Joao Clemente
My KDE installation on two different (and updated) "sarge" machines shows weird KDE colors when selecting an icon (for instance, the "folder" icons gets greenish in one of the machines, one the user one it gets some purple zones in some areas of the icon) It happens with all (well... I havent't

Re: Learning GTK+ proramming under Debian

2004-12-08 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Michael Madden wrote: What resource(s) would you recommend to someone who's new to GUI programming and would like to learn GTK+ development under Debian Woody/Sarge? I've messed around with Motif and Xlib in the past on HP-UX and Solaris, but GTK+ or Qt seem more acceptable under Linux. Maybe th

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Sarunas Burdulis wrote: Thank you for all the input. Certainly more than one way to do it, as usual... For the single case a simple scp/rsync + grub install seems adequate. However partimage looks like something worth getting familiar with --- so I'll try that. Sarunas For your needs, systemim

Re: Learning GTK+ proramming under Debian

2004-12-08 Thread William Ballard
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 04:42:45PM -0600, Michael Madden wrote: > What resource(s) would you recommend to someone who's new to GUI programming > and would like to learn GTK+ development under Debian Woody/Sarge? I've > messed around with Motif and Xlib in the past on HP-UX and Solaris, but GTK+ >

Re: Debian's at(1) is so bad, what does GNU use?

2004-12-08 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
Constructive me says: Debian's at(1) is so bad, one can't even do $ at next year parse error. Last token seen: year Garbled time $ at now + 12 months #Sigh. Must use instead. No wonder. Not genuine GNU parts. Say, Stallman to the rescue. What do those cool GNU people use? Don

Re: Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

2004-12-08 Thread cga2001
> > ... could not find the basedbs.tar file. > > There's no such animal for sarge. > > > I also noticed that the section "Installing > > Debian GNU/linux from a UNIX/linux System" in the "testing" Installation > > Guide does not exist. > > Sure it does. http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i

Re: Debian's at(1) is so bad, what does GNU use?

2004-12-08 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 09 Dec 2004, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Constructive me says: Debian's at(1) is so bad, one can't even do It is not only bad. It has a fame of being sort of a security bomb (currently the fuse is believed to be unlit, but we never know if there isn't a hidden one lit in there somewhere). Wethe

Debian's at(1) is so bad, what does GNU use?

2004-12-08 Thread Dan Jacobson
Constructive me says: Debian's at(1) is so bad, one can't even do $ at next year parse error. Last token seen: year Garbled time $ at now + 12 months #Sigh. Must use instead. No wonder. Not genuine GNU parts. Say, Stallman to the rescue. What do those cool GNU people use? Don't tell me they don't

Re: cron jobs + (some?) output

2004-12-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Carl Johnson wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi Debian! I found out something that was of interest: I run mplayer from a script in the early morning as a cron job. It start a script that forks and runs execve mplayer to record KUSC for 3 hours. Then 3 hours later I start another

Re: /etc/hosts ignored

2004-12-08 Thread Justin Pogrob
did you find a solution to you hosts file problem. My host file seems to have no effect on my xp system. any ideas? Thanks, Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cron jobs + (some?) output

2004-12-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ron Johnson wrote: On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 07:11 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Maurits van Rees wrote: On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 03:17:29PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi Debian! I found out something that was of interest: You run mplayer from a cron job. You kill mplayer from a cron job. A mail wi

Re: Learning GTK+ proramming under Debian

2004-12-08 Thread Mark Roach
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 16:42 -0600, Michael Madden wrote: > What resource(s) would you recommend to someone who's new to GUI programming > and would like to learn GTK+ development under Debian Woody/Sarge? I've > messed around with Motif and Xlib in the past on HP-UX and Solaris, but GTK+ > or Qt

RE: Sarge ttyS0 (COM1) Software Issues

2004-12-08 Thread Croy, Nathan
> From: Pete [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 1:26 PM > > I'm having some issues with ttyS0 (COM1) on my mail server. I'm trying > to get it to work with NUT, but I cannot communicate through > the serial > port. Assuming the port works (I usually test with a modem

Re: verification after cd burn

2004-12-08 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 05:47:53PM -0500, Kudret Güler wrote: > Hi, > > I use nautilus-cd-burner to backup some important stuff(binary as > well) on CD-Roms. How can I verify that the files on the cd and the > files on the hard drive are exactly the same. > > I use diff on directories with -r swi

Re: IP masquerading

2004-12-08 Thread Claude Brisson
Maybe you only need to enable IP forwarding : ip_forward=yes in the file /etc/network/options Claude On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 23:43, Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote: > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I wonder if someone could help please! > > > > I've upgraded to sarge, and built a new kernel wi

Re: cannot display with res 1024x768

2004-12-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
jack kinnon wrote: Hi, No one got any solution to my problem? I think this mail-list is dying. The number of pages per month has been in decline for the past months. Fewer people are posting, and fewer still are getting any solution to the problem posed. Any opinions to the contrary ? Yes.

Re: Suggestions for DVD/CD writing software?

2004-12-08 Thread Rthoreau
> Rick Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: wrote > Which version of K3b are you using? The other day, I installed the > version from Sid (K3b 0.11.17). It found everything, including > dvd+rw-format with no problem. The version I tested this with is with Sarge, K3b 0.11.12 Using KDE 3.2.3 which is

Re: Upgrading from another debian machine

2004-12-08 Thread Richard Hector
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 09:35:24PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have woody on one machine and would like to upgrade to sarge. > > I have another machine [laptop, PCMCIA modem] that I upgraded from woody to > sarge. I did not delete the .deb files. > > Can I us the deb files on the lapt

Re: Kmix: mixer cannot be found

2004-12-08 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 09:23 am, you wrote: > >In your KDE control panel:sound, you are informed that KDE monopolizes > >your sound system to make its noises, and you can set the release time. > >I think that, when you punch up kmix, there is a desktop noise, and > >kmix has to wait 15 seconds

Re: Suggestions for DVD/CD writing software?

2004-12-08 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 03:28:25PM -0500, Ben Bettin wrote: > I appreciate your taking the time to test some of it out and teach me > a few things. My pleasure. Of course you use all advice from this mailing list at your own risk. ;-) > If using the apt commands won't screw up my system I'd defin

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-08 Thread Richard Lyons
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 10:44:11AM +, Chris Lale wrote: > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 00:23, Richard Lyons wrote: [...] > > > > 3com Office Connect ADSL wireless 11g firewall router > > 3CRWE754G72-A-UK > > > > Belkin 54g wireless DSL/Cable gateway router > > F5D7230UK4 > > > > D

verification after cd burn

2004-12-08 Thread Kudret Güler
Hi, I use nautilus-cd-burner to backup some important stuff(binary as well) on CD-Roms. How can I verify that the files on the cd and the files on the hard drive are exactly the same. I use diff on directories with -r switch. Is it totally safe? What about md5sum? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: new to debian -- a few questions

2004-12-08 Thread gl34
> It depends, and this question demands another. What did you install, > Knoppix or Debian? ARRGH! I'm lost in a novel by Kafka! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IP masquerading

2004-12-08 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wonder if someone could help please! > > I've upgraded to sarge, and built a new kernel with > lots of the networking > options built in. > > I've tried to set up IP masquerading so I can use my > Debian PC as a router > to a [dialup] ISP. The Debian machin

Re: web mail interface

2004-12-08 Thread Grant
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 18:54, Jacob S wrote: > On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:29:47 -0800 (PST) > "Ron Farrer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, December 8, 2004 4:29, Robert Vangel said: > > > Gregory Seidman wrote: > > >> I use squirrelmail on top of courier-imap, but I haven't tried it > > >with>

Learning GTK+ proramming under Debian

2004-12-08 Thread Michael Madden
What resource(s) would you recommend to someone who's new to GUI programming and would like to learn GTK+ development under Debian Woody/Sarge? I've messed around with Motif and Xlib in the past on HP-UX and Solaris, but GTK+ or Qt seem more acceptable under Linux. Maybe there's a recommended bo

Re: wi-fi - choice of hardware

2004-12-08 Thread Conrad Newton
>From Eugen Leitl on Wednesday, 2004-12-08 at 09:26:41 +0100: > On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 04:33:36PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > The Netgear is indeed the one you want. I'll just about gauraunteed to > > be higher quality than Linksys for a couple dozen dollars cheaper. > > Linksys WRT54GS a

Re: new to debian -- a few questions

2004-12-08 Thread Steve Block
Chris Lale wrote: On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 15:44, Sridhar M.A. wrote: On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 07:13:50AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Last I checked, v2.8 is not in Sarge, yet. Besides, I run Sid, > so don't care that much about Sarge. > I think about 4 days back it made it into sarge. I h

Re: Operating system does not support locale ???

2004-12-08 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Thomas H. George (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > When I start oopadmin it first writes "Operating system does not > support locale" to the terminal and then starts. > > My operating system is kernel-2.4.27 compiled from tha latest > kernel-source-2.4.27 release. I paged through make menuco

Upgrading from another debian machine

2004-12-08 Thread joebosak
I have woody on one machine and would like to upgrade to sarge. I have another machine [laptop, PCMCIA modem] that I upgraded from woody to sarge. I did not delete the .deb files. Can I us the deb files on the laptop to upgrade the distribution on the other machine? I reckon the software li

Re: new to debian -- a few questions

2004-12-08 Thread Paul Johnson
Please use reply-to-mailing-list, not reply, when making an on-topic response to a list message. On Wednesday 08 December 2004 1:31 pm, you wrote: > > > That doesn't negate the fact that Knoppix isn't Debian. > > ok, but when the OS ignores changes to inittab and XF86Config is that > knoppix

Re: Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

2004-12-08 Thread Joey Hess
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > understand is the soon-to-be official "sarge" release..) and I could not > find the basedbs.tar file. There's no such animal for sarge. > I also noticed that the section "Installing > Debian GNU/linux from a UNIX/linux System" in the "testing" Installation > Guide does

Re: IP masquerading

2004-12-08 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wednesday 08 December 2004 1:09 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Once connected to the ISP, the Debian machine can ping the IP address > of its modem and get a response, and canload web pages. But other > machines get nothing when I try. Did you install the ipmasq package as well? -- Paul

Re: new to debian -- a few questions

2004-12-08 Thread gl34
> That doesn't negate the fact that Knoppix isn't Debian. It's based on ok, but when the OS ignores changes to inittab and XF86Config is that knoppix or debian? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cannot display with res 1024x768

2004-12-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 06:59:06AM -0800, jack kinnon wrote: > Hi, > > No one got any solution to my problem? > Can you please point me to when you first stated your problem. I can't readily find it in the mailing list archives. Otherwise, a very brief restatement and I might have a crack at

IP masquerading

2004-12-08 Thread joebosak
I wonder if someone could help please! I've upgraded to sarge, and built a new kernel with lots of the networking options built in. I've tried to set up IP masquerading so I can use my Debian PC as a router to a [dialup] ISP. The Debian machine has a serial modem and an ethernet card. The

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Sarunas Burdulis
Thank you for all the input. Certainly more than one way to do it, as usual... For the single case a simple scp/rsync + grub install seems adequate. However partimage looks like something worth getting familiar with --- so I'll try that. Sarunas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: how can I put an acpi laptop to sleep?

2004-12-08 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _John Covici_, on 08/12/04 15:56,typed: Hi. I have an IBM thinkpad and I installed Debian on it and got a daemon called sleepd -- however it wants a command to actually put the machine to sleep. Its default was apm -s which of course never worked because the machine is an acpi machine.

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Karsten Heymann
Hello Sarunas, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > Hello, > > I need to clone a workstation (which has some custom configuration and > scripts added to otherwise basic Sarge/KDE) into another set of > absolutely identical hardware (Intel Pentium 4, IDE HD). Just one clone, > not a massive install. What to

how can I put an acpi laptop to sleep?

2004-12-08 Thread John Covici
Hi. I have an IBM thinkpad and I installed Debian on it and got a daemon called sleepd -- however it wants a command to actually put the machine to sleep. Its default was apm -s which of course never worked because the machine is an acpi machine. Any suggestions will be appreciated. --

Re: new to debian -- a few questions

2004-12-08 Thread Chris Lale
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 15:44, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 07:13:50AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> >> Last I checked, v2.8 is not in Sarge, yet. Besides, I run Sid, >> so don't care that much about Sarge. >> > I think about 4 days back it made it into sarge. I hav

Mod4 vs. Super_L on Windows Key

2004-12-08 Thread Alex Malinovich
I'm having an issue with my Windows key. I'm trying to set up my keyboard shortcuts in Gnome using the Keyboard Shortcuts tool. I already have Windows+D set to show desktop. In the shortcut tool this shows up as Mod4+D. However, when I try to do another mapping (such as Windows+L for lock screen)

RE: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Chris Lale
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 17:42, Croy, Nathan wrote: > > From: Sarunas Burdulis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:31 AM > > > > I need to clone a workstation (which has some custom > > configuration and > > scripts added to otherwise basic Sarge/KDE) into another set

Re: Suggestions for DVD/CD writing software?

2004-12-08 Thread Ben Bettin
I appreciate your taking the time to test some of it out and teach me a few things. On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 20:59:04 +0100, Maurits van Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > apt-cache search > might help here. In regards to apt, I've always stuck with aptitude. I've been using linux for 3 years now, b

Re: Making my mouse wheel work on the fly [SOLVED]

2004-12-08 Thread Icebiker
Hi This was an old item wherein I had problems with my mouse wheel not working when I switched between a Linux and an XP box. I recently solved this problem by buying a new KVM. It's a 4 port Aten CS-14 which I got cheap-cheap (~US$70 new) on e-bay. Now my keyboard never goes funny on either XP

cannot change gamma on 855GM

2004-12-08 Thread Yves Grenier
Hello, I installed debian sarge (i.e. testing) on an A3N15 Asus laptop, the graphic chipset is 855GM. The display looks as if the gamma was set to 3.0 or more. Using KDE configuration tool produces no effect, except writing into XF86config-4 a line "Gamma 1.0" in Section "Monitor". I also tried

Re: X.org <-----> Xfree

2004-12-08 Thread Kirk Strauser
On Wednesday 08 December 2004 12:51, Roelof Wobben wrote: > Is X.org better than Xfree ?? Yes. > Does someone has X.org getting on work with debian Sarge ?? If you're asking if X.org will be packaged for Sarge: yes, although it might take a while. -- Kirk Strauser pgphuUTpWAr9X.pgp Descript

Re: Suggestions for DVD/CD writing software?

2004-12-08 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:16:54 -0600 Rthoreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Rodney D. Myers wrote: > > > 2.6.8 have known problems with writing cd's, so I would "assume" it > > would aslo have problems writing dvd's. > > > > Either upgrade to 2.6.9 or downgrade to 2.6.7, and try to burn the

Re: getting Aculaser C4100 working...

2004-12-08 Thread Bruno Boettcher
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 07:09:40PM +0100, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > Don't know if this can help: > > http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Epson-AcuLaser_C4100 went there allready, unfortunately those drivers try to use the device acl4100 with gs, and gs doesn't know that thing...

compaq evo - weird hd problem

2004-12-08 Thread stephen parkinson
was playing with drqueue, nfs and exec as one of default permissions well suddenly, almost sounds of singing/melody from compaq evo, thought it was my mp3 player initially evo hung on reboot and also after a power off/on, only the usb hard drive i had plugged in, is shown in the bios the evo st

Re: Suggestions for DVD/CD writing software?

2004-12-08 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 02:05:31PM -0500, Ben Bettin wrote: > Searching through aptitude for "cd" and "dvd" brings up quite a few > packages. Some appear to do the same thing, it's rather overwhelming. apt-cache search might help here. > I tried the "dd" command someone mentioned earlier, I u

Re: X.org <-----> Xfree

2004-12-08 Thread messmate
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:51:47 +0100 "Roelof Wobben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello, > >I heard a lot about X.org en thatin some distro's X.org wil replace >Xfree. > >Is X.org better than Xfree ?? >Does someone has X.org getting on work with debian Sarge ?? > >Roelof > > Not yet, maybe never. me

Re: M$ USB-key

2004-12-08 Thread Yevgen Reznichenko
David Purton wrote: make sure you have CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD also. Is enabled :( Yevgen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sarge ttyS0 (COM1) Software Issues

2004-12-08 Thread Pete
Hi all, I'm having some issues with ttyS0 (COM1) on my mail server. I'm trying to get it to work with NUT, but I cannot communicate through the serial port. I managed to locate and download a DOS 6.22 floppy and an app called Modem Dr, which I used (with my old serial modem) to verify my serial p

Re: Fw:Mewbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work

2004-12-08 Thread Kent West
Leonard Chatagnier wrote: From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Leonard Chatagnier wrote: Well. finally achieved partial success. Modem, ppp,wvdial and gnome GUI now working without error messages except Mozilla mail client still gets mail from the wrong account. Somewhere in the Mo

Re: Using AutoCAD 2005 on linux:

2004-12-08 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting John Foster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > There is virtually NO free software that comes close to AutoCad in > features as far as I am aware. Possibly of interest: Back in 2002, before the Linux Gazette staff left SSC's hosting and moved to linuxgazette.NET, a guy named Richard Brown submitted

X.org <-----> Xfree

2004-12-08 Thread Roelof Wobben
Hello,   I heard a lot about X.org en thatin some distro's X.org wil replace Xfree.   Is X.org better than Xfree ?? Does someone has X.org getting on work with debian Sarge ??   Roelof      

Re: Suggestions for DVD/CD writing software?

2004-12-08 Thread Ben Bettin
My kernel shouldn't have a problem, I'm running 2.6.7. I'm at work at the moment. I'll submit a bug report for this when I get back home later this evening. I'm not sure what version of K3b I'm using. Under the suggestions of the users on this list I started up aptitude and installed whatever t

Re: ALSA or OSS?

2004-12-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
Christian Convey wrote: Hendrik Boom wrote: I've seen a lot of discussion about how to get alsa to work. The main advice seems to be to disable OSS, which seems to sneak modules of its own into the kernel. This leaves me wondering -- which sound system *should* I use on my Debain sarge system?

Re: web mail interface

2004-12-08 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:29:47 -0800 (PST) "Ron Farrer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, December 8, 2004 4:29, Robert Vangel said: > > Gregory Seidman wrote: > >> I use squirrelmail on top of courier-imap, but I haven't tried it > >with> particularly large mailboxes. I have no trouble sending em

Re: Suggestions for DVD/CD writing software?

2004-12-08 Thread Rick Friedman
Rthoreau wrote: Just installed K3b as a test, came up with the same bug, K3b does not detect dvd+rw-tools, then used dpkg --purge to purge dvd+rw-tools and reinstalled it, same problem. Seems like K3b is buggy, will wait to file bug report, in case first poster wants to. Kernel version 2.6.7.

Re: ALSA or OSS?

2004-12-08 Thread Christian Convey
Hendrik Boom wrote: I've seen a lot of discussion about how to get alsa to work. The main advice seems to be to disable OSS, which seems to sneak modules of its own into the kernel. This leaves me wondering -- which sound system *should* I use on my Debain sarge system? Is on a traditional pa

Re: Suggestions for DVD/CD writing software?

2004-12-08 Thread Rthoreau
> Rodney D. Myers wrote: > 2.6.8 have known problems with writing cd's, so I would "assume" it > would aslo have problems writing dvd's. > > Either upgrade to 2.6.9 or downgrade to 2.6.7, and try to burn the > > dvd's. Just installed K3b as a test, came up with the same bug, K3b does not det

Re: web mail interface

2004-12-08 Thread Ron Farrer
On Wed, December 8, 2004 4:29, Robert Vangel said: > Gregory Seidman wrote: >> I use squirrelmail on top of courier-imap, but I haven't tried it with >> particularly large mailboxes. I have no trouble sending email through >> it, >> however. > > I use squirrelmail on top of courier-imap as well (so

Re: ALSA or OSS?

2004-12-08 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 12:59:19 -0500 Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've seen a lot of discussion about how to get alsa to work. The main > > advice seems to be to disable OSS, which seems to sneak modules of its > > own into the kernel. This leaves me wondering -- which sound system

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