Re: Adding a progress bar into start-up

2005-08-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Ian wrote: > I don't find the text displayed during start up too aesthetically > pleasing, so is there a way I can add a progress bar there to cover up > all that (like in Mandrake 10)? Install Mandrake? -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PG

Re: OT: Electoral College [Re: U.S. federal income tax program]

2005-08-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Monday 29 August 2005 12:40 am, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>First off, it would be nice if more people held that view. Maybe then >>we would not be suffering at the hands of liberals and neo-cons that >>think that the only way to accomplish anything is with a bigger >>gover

Re: wordpress (was Re: FW: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?)

2005-08-28 Thread Andy Streich
On Sunday 28 August 2005 04:18 pm, Mark Crean wrote: > I suspect an important reason for the popularity of web boards is that > they provide a greater sense of community than a mailing list and > become, for some, a place to hang out. At present, though, I don't think > anyone's really cracked the

Re: weird characters not quite fixed (was: Re: weird characters FIXED)

2005-08-28 Thread Timothy Musson
Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 12:07:21PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > For one thing, the Mutt arrow problem happens to me too, > > > starting when I made UTF-8 English the default characterset. > > > I don't know how to fix it. [...] > I am trying to run a pure UTF-8 system. [

Re: Problem Playing Movie Trailers & Clips

2005-08-28 Thread Debian User Leonard Chatagnier
Kent West wrote: Debian User Leonard Chatagnier wrote: Using Sarge stable with RealPlayer 10 Gold. Can play audio/video files with realplayer on all sites but can't play movie trailers or clips(wmv format) on any site. Have tried my.yahoo.com, cnn.com and movie.com and all I get is the us

Re: OT: Electoral College [Re: U.S. federal income tax program]

2005-08-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 11:14:24AM +0800, Katipo wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > > > > > It would be better if all states did that, if only > >because it provides a more accurate reflection of what the people want > >without allowing sudden changes in the public mood to unduly affect > >e

Re: Switching to Debian (from Fedora)

2005-08-28 Thread Kent West
Edward Kamau wrote: >Hi > >I have been running Sid for a while now. Today I decided to do a >'apt-get dist-upgrade' (after doing an update). Two problems have arisen >from this. > >1. apt-get has been unable to reach Debian mirrors for 'non-us' i.e apt >fails with a 404 error. I basically got arou

Re: OT: Electoral College [Re: U.S. federal income tax program]

2005-08-28 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 29 August 2005 12:40 am, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 11:14:24AM +0800, Katipo wrote: > > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > > > > It would be better if all states did that, if only > > >because it provides a more accurate reflection of what the people want > > >withou

Re: email clients with reply-to-list feature

2005-08-28 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 11:56:57PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > Development seems to have stalled in the last century. The only home page > for Elm I can find says they hope to have a new release by 1999. Depends on whether you consider elm or elm-ME to be real elm, I suppose. In less than a minute

Re: Problem between OSS and ALSA in sid

2005-08-28 Thread Manu
Well, I had no response yet.. So I have tested the ubuntu and I don t understand why , but in Ubuuntu I have the choice between ALSA and OSS. so what am I missing? I use the same options in the modutils? could it be a kernel Issue? MAnu --- Manu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I am having

Re: OT: Electoral College [Re: U.S. federal income tax program]

2005-08-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 11:14:24AM +0800, Katipo wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > > > It would be better if all states did that, if only > >because it provides a more accurate reflection of what the people want > >without allowing sudden changes in the public mood to unduly affect > >elect

Re: ftp working

2005-08-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Ivan Glushkov wrote: > one of the previous treads reminded me to check wheather I have ftp > server working on my laptop (after 1.5 years with Debian, I am still > surprised how many things had been installed/configured/working without > me knowing it). I found that: > > #dpkg -l | grep ftp > i

Re: email clients with reply-to-list feature

2005-08-28 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 08:42:28PM -0700, David E. Fox wrote: > speaking of mailers, while we're on the subject (sort of) whatever > happened to elm? It did reply-to list just fine. It used to be so > ubiquitous (in fact it was the first mail reader IIRC available for > Linux) but can't find it an

Re: Installing to IBM eSeries X336 using software RAID

2005-08-28 Thread Brian Wright
Ok, I'll put this question more simply. Does anyone know the major and minor numbers to create the /dev/md/0pX files with mknod for RAID devices? I'd really like to get these partitions formatted and move on with the installation. Like, for example, /dev/md/0 (the whole disk) is (if I remem

Re: email clients with reply-to-list feature

2005-08-28 Thread David E. Fox
On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:01:38 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > IMP yes sylpheed (not claws) - yes speaking of mailers, while we're on the subject (sort of) whatever happened to elm? It did reply-to list just fine. It used to be so ubiquitous (in fact it was the first mail reader IIRC available f

Re: What is the point of sudo?

2005-08-28 Thread Michael Spang
Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 09:37:52PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 05:20:37PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: It's also easier to do root-type things while in X without having to log into X as root or muck about with the Xauthority files.

Re: Fwd: Sound Issue

2005-08-28 Thread Ms Linuz
Scott wrote: > I am running sarge, and got the sound to work after installing ALSA. > However, other users on the same machine have no sound. Gnome, KDE, > etc, doesn't matter. I've run alsamixer, no change. > > Any suggestions? > Thanks in advance. > Scott Add other users to the audio group m

Console color map ?

2005-08-28 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Hello, I was wondering if there is a console color map similar to /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt ? Also, I am using a framebuffer vga=791? Is there a colormap for this? What if were to change to something like vga=792? I am trying to determine what colors will be available to be in a console? Lance

Re: OT: Electoral College [Re: U.S. federal income tax program]

2005-08-28 Thread Katipo
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: It would be better if all states did that, if only because it provides a more accurate reflection of what the people want without allowing sudden changes in the public mood to unduly affect election results. Any government, that usurps the right of an individual t

Re: email clients with reply-to-list feature

2005-08-28 Thread michael
Quoting kamaraju kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi I would like to make a list of email clients which have a reply-to-list feature either built-in or as an add on. This is what I know so far from reading the archives. I am hoping that others would comment about whether their favorite email

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday 28 August 2005 06:55 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > Spammers are given a bulk discount. That's honest? > > You have a real distorted view of the world, huh? I guess that makes > Costco dishonest since they give a discount for buying in bulk. What > about software vendors that give

problems updating udev

2005-08-28 Thread Edward Kamau
Hi I have been running Sid for a while now. Today I decided to do a 'apt-get dist-upgrade' (after doing an update). Two problems have arisen from this. 1. apt-get has been unable to reach Debian mirrors for 'non-us' i.e apt fails with a 404 error. I basically got around this by commenting out the

Re: OT: Electoral College [Re: U.S. federal income tax program]

2005-08-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday 28 August 2005 06:48 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 05:50:48PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Sunday 28 August 2005 04:51 pm, John Hasler wrote: > > > > 20% approval ratings from it's own citizens. That speaks fathoms > > > > about how trustworthy the US gover

Re: Switching to Debian (from Fedora)

2005-08-28 Thread Edward Kamau
Hi I have been running Sid for a while now. Today I decided to do a 'apt-get dist-upgrade' (after doing an update). Two problems have arisen from this. 1. apt-get has been unable to reach Debian mirrors for 'non-us' i.e apt fails with a 404 error. I basically got around this by commenting out the

Fwd: Sound Issue

2005-08-28 Thread Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am running sarge, and got the sound to work after installing ALSA. However, other users on the same machine have no sound. Gnome, KDE, etc, doesn't matter. I've run alsamixer, no change. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Scott -BEGIN PGP SIG

Re: adding modules to kernel

2005-08-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Adam Hardy wrote: > (2) sudo make-kpkg --initrd kernel-image This is not the question you were asking but... * Don't use sudo in the above. Use fakeroot instead. Much safer. fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd kernel-image If there is a complain about writing to /usr/src then you need to add

Re: What is the point of sudo?

2005-08-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 09:37:52PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 05:20:37PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > >It's also easier to do root-type things while in X without having to log > > >into X as root or muck about with the Xauthority files. > > > > Which running gd

Re: i cant print from firefox?

2005-08-28 Thread James Vahn
L.V.Gandhi wrote: > On 8/26/05, James Vahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> edit /etc/Xprint/C/print/Xprinters: >> >> Augment_Printer_List %none% >> # Printer xp_pdf_spooldir_HOME_Xprintjobs >> # Printer xp_ps_spooldir_HOME_Xprintjobs >> > Does it mean one has to change

Indexing the mailing list (was:Re: FW: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?)

2005-08-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 06:30:15PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 02:57:59PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > All the severe usability and freedom-of-choice issues that hamper web > > boards > > aside, the only thing starting a redundant forum serves to do is fracture > > the

Re: I messed up bootmisc.sh - now can't log in!

2005-08-28 Thread dwilliams1066
Michael Spang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Michael Spang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>Alan Ianson wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Sat August 27 2005 06:38 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

disappearing ide disks

2005-08-28 Thread Glenn English
OS is Debian sarge stable. Computer is a Dell 1400 server box with a kind of vestigial IDE controller -- enough to read a CD ROM, but not much more. It doesn't do DMA. I installed a PCI bus IDE card with a couple big IDE disks for a client with lots of data. The BIOS sees them and the installer se

Re: FW: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-28 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 06:44:07PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > I wrote: > > http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user > > Carl Fink wrote: > > Be warned, that's a one-way thing. Posts to linux.debian.user don't > > appear in the mailing list. If you see something you want to res

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-28 Thread Marc Wilson
On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 06:17:36AM +0100, Wulfy wrote: > Strange. I pressed Reply-to-All on one of my obviously defective > mailing list e-mails. What came up? > > To: > CC: Uh, that's another incredibly broken behavior, given that the OP is almost certainly a member of the list. -- Marc

Re: Automatically getting dependencies with dpkg.

2005-08-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 06:50:09AM +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 09:03:48AM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > > http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto/?page=debian > > > > This service of yours is greatly appreciated. Nice HOWTO. > Thanks for the good word. -Roberto --

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 05:53:16PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > I had the USPS tell me that a certified package was delivered, only to have > the recipient tell me that it wasn't delivered, and the postmaster to tell me > three weeks later that it was "lost." That's honest? That's reliable?

OT: Electoral College [Re: U.S. federal income tax program]

2005-08-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 05:50:48PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sunday 28 August 2005 04:51 pm, John Hasler wrote: > > > > 20% approval ratings from it's own citizens. That speaks fathoms about > > > how trustworthy the US government is right now. > > > > Those are the same citizens who electe

RE: FW: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-28 Thread David Christensen
I wrote: > http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user Carl Fink wrote: > Be warned, that's a one-way thing. Posts to linux.debian.user don't > appear in the mailing list. If you see something you want to respond > to, use e-mail to the list, not the GG functionality. Ugh. I would ask

Re: Adding a progress bar into start-up

2005-08-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 03:26:22PM -0500, Ian wrote: > I don't find the text displayed during start up too aesthetically pleasing, > so is there a way I can add a progress bar there to cover up all that (like > in Mandrake 10)? > What you want is to patch your kernel with bootsplash. But, unles

Re: What is the point of sudo?

2005-08-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 05:20:37PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >It's also easier to do root-type things while in X without having to log > >into X as root or muck about with the Xauthority files. > > Which running gdm I don't even know how to do: "sysadmin is not allowed to > login here" or s

Re: Originating mail problem

2005-08-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 11:12:07AM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote: > I'm trying to get mail working through my isp and have a basic problem. My > isp, bellsouth, requires a username and password to permit mail being > relayed through them. Firefox and Mozilla have sections in the SMTP server > options t

Re: Debian Unstable kills MatlabR14

2005-08-28 Thread Waqar Malik
For the 2.6.* kernel you have to do, export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 or 2.2.5 Did you try that. -- Waqar A. Malik

Re: Automatically getting dependencies with dpkg.

2005-08-28 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 09:03:48AM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto/?page=debian > This service of yours is greatly appreciated. Nice HOWTO. Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 462, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036

Re: How can I reply to the mailing list automatically in Gmail?

2005-08-28 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Ian wrote: I've noticed in Gmail if I use the little reply box at the bottom, it replies to the person who last replied in that topic. So I have to retype the subject line exactly as it is, and add the Re: to it. I always mess it up. Is there a better way? I just don't like using mail clients

what startup scripts attempt to update sendmail config?

2005-08-28 Thread Ron Peterson
Debian Sarge.. On boot, apparently right after the networking init script, and quite some time before the actual sendmail init script, something appears to be attempting to update various sendmail db's in /etc/mail. What's doing this? -- Ron Peterson Network & Systems Manager Mount Holyoke Coll

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday 28 August 2005 04:56 pm, John Hasler wrote: > Paul Johnson writes: > > Not sure I would risk jailtime and fines by sending something through a > > known insecure, extremely unreliable and dishonest "delivery service," > > either. > > I have found the USPS to be quite reliable and honest.

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday 28 August 2005 04:51 pm, John Hasler wrote: > > 20% approval ratings from it's own citizens. That speaks fathoms about > > how trustworthy the US government is right now. > > Those are the same citizens who elected George Bush. Their opinions are > irrelevant. That's not how it works.

Re: disable ethernet auto-negotiation?

2005-08-28 Thread Matthew Lenz
its an e1000 .. according to intels website ethtool should work.. strange though cuz when i do an ethtool eth0 after setting the duplex (full), speed (1000) and autoneg (off) .. it still sez that autonegotiation is on..strange. - Original Message - From: "Mirko Parthey" <[EMAIL PROTE

PDA bluetooth passthrough internet connection

2005-08-28 Thread Chad Davis
Greetings, I am looking to connect my PDA (Dell Axim x50v) to my machine using a bluetooth to share the internet connection. Has anyone been sucessfull in this or have any ideas how to get this working? I seem to be able to connect but I never get the connection... Any leads would be great.

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-28 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-08-28 14:46:01, schrieb Paul Johnson: > Last I ran a YahooGroup (formerly eGroup), *not* munging the Reply-To: header > was the default with the other option being, "Set Reply-To: to mailing list > post address (NOT RECOMMENDED)". Oh yes, I am on "watt-32" (DOS-Networking) and "alim_lis

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-28 Thread John Hasler
Paul Johnson writes: > Not sure I would risk jailtime and fines by sending something through a > known insecure, extremely unreliable and dishonest "delivery service," > either. I have found the USPS to be quite reliable and honest. In any case, if they were to lose my tax return the fact that th

Debian Unstable kills MatlabR14

2005-08-28 Thread Ben Pearre
Anyone running Matlab under Unstable? (many apologies if this is a duplicate post; I haven't used gmail much yet and I think I just got an error) I'm running a few-days-old Unstable. I can't pinpoint the cause of the problem yet because I haven't run matlab for a month. But here's what I know:

Debian Unstable kills MatlabR14

2005-08-28 Thread Ben Pearre
Anyone running Matlab under Unstable? I'm running a few-days-old Unstable. I can't pinpoint the cause of the problem yet because I haven't run matlab for a month. But here's what I know: I'm running homebrew kernel 2.6.12.5 (also at least .12.3, same problem, going to check on some others now).

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-28 Thread John Hasler
Paul Johnson writes: > This is the American government we're talking about, though. Like most people, you are allowing your political opinions blind you to the facts. Despite being a libertarian with anarchistic tendencies and viewing taxes as a form of armed robbery, I recognize that the IRS is

Not able to print page footer or header.

2005-08-28 Thread George App
I am currently running debian testing (etch) I am unable to get the page footer to print when for example printing a webpage using firefox. When I do a page preview both the header and footer show up. Any ideas? Thanks, George -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: How can I reply to the mailing list automatically in Gmail?

2005-08-28 Thread Michael Marsh
On 8/28/05, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've noticed in Gmail if I use the little reply box at the bottom, it > replies to the person who last replied in that topic. So I have to retype > the subject line exactly as it is, and add the Re: to it. I always mess it > up. Is there a better way? I

Re: i cant print from firefox?

2005-08-28 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 8/26/05, James Vahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Eric Persson wrote: > > I'm using a debian testing environment on my laptop, and most of the stuff > > works good now, but printing is still a bit strange. > > Cupsys and gimp-print have improved things tremendously, if your

Re:Adding a progress bar into start-up

2005-08-28 Thread Ian
Thank you, kind sir, for that article!-- "If practice makes perfect, and no one is perfect, then why practice?"

Re: Adding a progress bar into start-up

2005-08-28 Thread Mark Crean
On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 18:42 -0500, Ian wrote: > No it isn't. That's where the programmers at Debian spend their time. > Would someone mind giving answers instead of smart-alec remarks? > > -- > "If practice makes perfect, and no one is perfect, then why practice?" Perhaps this is of interest: h

Re:Multiple monitors?

2005-08-28 Thread Ian
I know it is possible. My brother wrote a tutorial on it. It doesn't cover the usage of vid cards with multiple video inputs, but it tells you the gist of it. Do a google for "multiple monitors linux" and you'll get a few tutorials. Link to article Have fun! Sorry about mailing the reply dir

Re: Originating mail problem

2005-08-28 Thread Steve Å
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 11:12:07AM -0400 or thereabouts, Jim Lynch wrote: > I'm trying to get mail working through my isp and have a basic problem. My > isp, bellsouth, requires a username and password to permit mail being > relayed through them. Firefox and Mozilla have sections in the SMTP serv

Re: FW: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-28 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 04:25:57PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > > This mailing list already ... has a web interface (via Google > > Groups). > > http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user > > I didn't know about Google Groups -- thanks! Be warned, that's a one-w

Re: Adding a progress bar into start-up

2005-08-28 Thread Ian
No it isn't. That's where the programmers at Debian spend their time. Would someone mind giving answers instead of smart-alec remarks?-- "If practice makes perfect, and no one is perfect, then why practice?"

Re: Can SSH Default to Different Usernames Based on Remote Host?

2005-08-28 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Jeff, Jeff Stevens wrote: Suppose I am working with three machines. I'm logged into host "workstation" and I would like to ssh to hosts "remote0" and "remote1". "id_dsa" and "id_dsa.pub" exist on "workstation". I've added "id_dsa.pub" from "workstation" to "authorized_keys2" on hosts "re

Re: Multiple monitors?

2005-08-28 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Jeffrey Alsip wrote: Is it possible to run multiple monitors under Debian? If so, what steps are necessary? I am running a Colorgraphic Quad-monitor card (S4 Savage chipset). The primary monitor (on port 1) works fine, but the other three are not activated. How will I get this to work? Better

Re: What is the point of sudo?

2005-08-28 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Kent West wrote: David Goodenough wrote: On Sunday 28 August 2005 18:06, Ian wrote: I know it provides a fake root environment for work, but why would you want that? You have misunderstood sudo, the root environment is real, not fake. Sudo allows certain users to issue root commands

Re: Originating mail problem

2005-08-28 Thread David Jardine
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 11:12:07AM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote: > I'm trying to get mail working through my isp and have a basic problem. My > isp, bellsouth, requires a username and password to permit mail being > relayed through them. Firefox and Mozilla have sections in the SMTP server > options t

What is the point of sudo?

2005-08-28 Thread Ian
OK, thanks, that makes sense now.-- "If practice makes perfect, and no one is perfect, then why practice?"

Re: Problem with phpmyadmin

2005-08-28 Thread Steve Å
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 10:57:49AM -0400 or thereabouts, Jim Lynch wrote: > I installed apache2, phpmyadmin, php4 and various other packages that came > along with the install but when I attempt to access phpmyadmin with > http://localhost/phpmyadmin > > I get a popup box with the following messa

Re: some cron.daily scripts not running

2005-08-28 Thread John Hasler
swk writes: > What am I overlooking? What are the names of the scripts? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 27 August 2005 09:44 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Yes. But do you intend to file electronically? If so, then the server > > housing (or at least initially processing) the transaction and > > information is publically accessible over the net. > > No, I mail ours in. Not sure I would ris

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 27 August 2005 06:12 am, Jacob S wrote: > Yes, I trust my ability to use awful software (Windows) more than I > trust sys-admins I've never met to keep internet servers secure. I seriously question the intelligence of trusting software known to be insecure and unfixable over paid pro

Re: problems with basic lvm commands on Debian

2005-08-28 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Allan Wind wrote: On 2005-08-25T23:10:05-0400, Faheem Mitha wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev/mapper# pvdisplay /dev/hda2 No physical volume label read from /dev/hda2 Failed to read physical volume "/dev/hda2" How does the disk partition look like (fdisk)? Maybe there

RE: FW: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-28 Thread David Christensen
Carl Fink wrote: > This mailing list already ... has a web interface (via Google > Groups). http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user I didn't know about Google Groups -- thanks! David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 26 August 2005 06:02 pm, John Hasler wrote: > Colin Ingram writes: > > I wouldn't doubt if the IRS keeps this information on servers that are > > publicly accessible. > > I would. The IRS is considerably more careful about such things than many > other organizations. They also have no r

Re: Can SSH Default to Different Usernames Based on Remote Host?

2005-08-28 Thread Jeff Stevens
> > I can "ssh remote0" and am able to log in without further prompting. > > All works well. On the other hand, I have to specify my username in > > "ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED]" when connecting to "remote1". This is, of course, > > because my username on "workstation" and "remote1" differ. > > > > I'

Re: cancel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

2005-08-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 26 August 2005 10:32 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This message was cancelled from within Mozilla. Cancels do not work on mailing lists. Sorry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wordpress (was Re: FW: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?)

2005-08-28 Thread Mark Crean
On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 17:37 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 07:15:25PM -0700, Andy Streich wrote: > > > Opensource blog software is pretty good these days and simple to set up (at > > Argh wordpress > > 1) the WP release model is incompatible with debian's security release

FIFO stuck

2005-08-28 Thread Haines Brown
I have a usb printer and use kernel 2.6.8 with debian. When I do: $ echo "hello" >> /dev/lp0 The command just hangs. In /var/log/debug and in dmesg I get: teufel kernel: parport0: FIFO is stuck teufel kernel: parport0: BUSY timeout (1) in compat_write_block_pio I checked printer cab

Re: What is the point of sudo?

2005-08-28 Thread Kent West
David Goodenough wrote: >On Sunday 28 August 2005 18:06, Ian wrote: > > >>I know it provides a fake root environment for work, but why would you want >>that? >> >> > >You have misunderstood sudo, the root environment is real, not fake. > >Sudo allows certain users to issue root commands with

Re: Problem Playing Movie Trailers & Clips

2005-08-28 Thread Kent West
Debian User Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > Using Sarge stable with RealPlayer 10 Gold. Can play audio/video > files with realplayer on all sites but > can't play movie trailers or clips(wmv format) on any site. Have > tried my.yahoo.com, cnn.com and movie.com > and all I get is the usual player scr

Adding a progress bar into start-up

2005-08-28 Thread Ian
I don't find the text displayed during start up too aesthetically pleasing, so is there a way I can add a progress bar there to cover up all that (like in Mandrake 10)?-- "If practice makes perfect, and no one is perfect, then why practice?"

Re: hacked: can't delete files

2005-08-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
You probably already got this one solved but if not, you'll need to download on another computer one of the linux rescue disks and boot the machine up with that disk. It will have a clean copy of chown and chmod and rm on it the hacker never damaged. What has happened is the hacker replaced y

Re: Adding a progress bar into start-up

2005-08-28 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ian wrote: I don't find the text displayed during start up too aesthetically pleasing, so is there a way I can add a progress bar there to cover up all that (like in Mandrake 10)? "all that" is where Linus Thorvalds spends his time... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Can SSH Default to Different Usernames Based on Remote Host?

2005-08-28 Thread Roel Schroeven
Roel Schroeven wrote: Yes; refer to the manpage for ssh_config. In short, create $HOME/.ssh/config with an entrie like Of course I meant to write "entry" instead of "entrie". My first version had multiple entries and apparently I used a very naive algorithm for converting from plural to sing

Re: SC & gmail. not configured correctly

2005-08-28 Thread Rodney D. Myers
Damn, wrong list My apologies -- Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux User #96112 ICQ#: AIM#: YAHOO: 18002350 mailman452 mailman42_5 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Fran

Re: SC & gmail. not configured correctly

2005-08-28 Thread Rodney D. Myers
Thanks to Bill & Darlo. I now have a working gmail account. Took over 48 hours for gmail to get the username/password sync'd & working. It's now working, and confirmed with Thunderbird. Thanks for all of the hard work SC team. -- Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux User #

Re: What is the point of sudo?

2005-08-28 Thread David Goodenough
On Sunday 28 August 2005 18:06, Ian wrote: > I know it provides a fake root environment for work, but why would you want > that? You have misunderstood sudo, the root environment is real, not fake. Sudo allows certain users to issue root commands without having to know the root password (they nee

Multiple monitors?

2005-08-28 Thread Jeffrey Alsip
Is it possible to run multiple monitors under Debian? If so, what steps are necessary? I am running a Colorgraphic Quad-monitor card (S4 Savage chipset). The primary monitor (on port 1) works fine, but the other three are not activated. How will I get this to work? Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

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2005-08-28 Thread Dalibor Straka
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 01:27:20AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Prabu Subroto wrote: > > > Dear my friends... > > > > I want each user of a desktop can shutdown the desktop after they are > > finished with their job on the desktop. > > > > Till now only root can do shutdown. > > > > How can I do to

Re: Can SSH Default to Different Usernames Based on Remote Host?

2005-08-28 Thread Roel Schroeven
Jeff Stevens wrote: Suppose I am working with three machines. I'm logged into host "workstation" and I would like to ssh to hosts "remote0" and "remote1". "id_dsa" and "id_dsa.pub" exist on "workstation". I've added "id_dsa.pub" from "workstation" to "authorized_keys2" on hosts "remote0" and "

Re: I messed up bootmisc.sh - now can't log in!

2005-08-28 Thread Michael Spang
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Spang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Alan Ianson wrote: On Sat August 27 2005 06:38 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat August 27 2005 05:28 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've

Re: What is the point of sudo?

2005-08-28 Thread Michael Spang
Ian wrote: I know it provides a fake root environment for work, but why would you want that? No, sudo allows root privileges on a per-user, per-command, and per-host basis. Package: sudo Description: Provide limited super user privileges to specific users Sudo is a program designed to al

Compiling 2.4.27 kernel on a testing system

2005-08-28 Thread Patrick Wiseman
Hello, all: I tried to compile a custom 2.4.27 kernel (the Debian way, of course!) on my testing system, but got this error: "warning: conflicting types for built-in function '_exit'" I Googled the error, and it seems the kernel won't compile with some versions of gcc. In particular, I guess it

RE: FW: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-28 Thread David Christensen
Andy Streich wrote: > As a supplement to (not replacement for) this email list, I'd really > love to see a weblog where anyone who registers (just like we > subscribe to this list) can post questions and comments. Ideally > when signing up for a list you could choose to be a weblog user or a > mai

What is the point of sudo?

2005-08-28 Thread Ian
I know it provides a fake root environment for work, but why would you want that?-- "If practice makes perfect, and no one is perfect, then why practice?"

How can I reply to the mailing list automatically in Gmail?

2005-08-28 Thread Ian
I've noticed in Gmail if I use the little reply box at the bottom, it replies to the person who last replied in that topic. So I have to retype the subject line exactly as it is, and add the Re: to it. I always mess it up. Is there a better way? I just don't like using mail clients, so am I doomed

Re: (no subject)

2005-08-28 Thread Ian
What he means is that when you start a KDE session through the login screen, you can only log out, and then shut down the computer by typing the root password. In GNOME anyone can shut down though. How can we change it to show a shut down option in the K menu?-- "If practice makes perfect, and no o

Re: Mail relay question.

2005-08-28 Thread hakim
Hi, look at # man 5 postconf and search for smtp_sasl_auth_enable and smtp_sasl_passsword_maps. Example: smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtp_sasl_passsword_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/yourdb-file the db file looks like that: your-isp.com username:password Achim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Popfile, with or without Noffle

2005-08-28 Thread Scott Fitzgerald
Hi, all, Installed popfile, and am enjoying my training of it. I would also like to use it for netnews and was wondering if anybody on the list was familiar with using the nntp module. Everytime time I activate the nntp module by setting the one in the config file, it works great when I restart

Problem Playing Movie Trailers & Clips

2005-08-28 Thread Debian User Leonard Chatagnier
Using Sarge stable with RealPlayer 10 Gold. Can play audio/video files with realplayer on all sites but can't play movie trailers or clips(wmv format) on any site. Have tried my.yahoo.com, cnn.com and movie.com and all I get is the usual player screen with a black background and "no picture" i

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