Re: Overwhelmed newbie

Steve Lamb wrote: He's also trying to install Opera and yet noone's jumped on the 3 people that are shoving him towards Firefox and Thunderbird. I don't know if they are doing that. It's far easier for a newbie to install from main, without having to play around with their sources list st

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

Antony Gelberg wrote: > See my previous post. He's trying to install Debian, let's help him > install Debian. However hard people think it is, choosing Desktop from > the dreaded tasksel gets most people on their way. He's also trying to install Opera and yet noone's jumped on the 3 people t

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

On 9/17/05, Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anthony Campbell wrote:> iface eth1 inet dhcp> address 192.168.0.22> auto eth0> iface eth0 inet dhcp>   address 192.168.0.20I could be missing something but why do you specify DHCP as well as a static address?I thought these options were mut

Re: Can't login when using kdm (KDE) -- Part 2

--- On Fri 09/16, Brian Kimball wrote: > See http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2005/09/msg00023.html > > and > > http://bugs.debian.org/327191 I think it all applies to KDE 3.4.2 and I'm still on KDE 3.3.2-1. In any case, I do not have ~/.bash_profile, only /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile fi

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

Antony Gelberg wrote: > I really don't think that this is the kind of thing to recommend on d-u > without a very good reason. The amazingly simple install is a very good reason. Hell, I've used Debian since the libc5 days and *I* preferred Ubuntu's setup to even Sarge's. My one and only comp

Re: hostap and intersil prism

After much digging I found out the card that I have is actually *newer* than the PrismII (the "rev 1.0" on it is misleading), and doesn't require anything extra to be an AP. Just iwconfig... So it is working really nice now! Thanks for your replies. Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Is ASUS A8V Deluxe OK for Linux?

On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 22:50 +0200, Dirk wrote: > Hi! > I'm planning to buy a ASUS mainboard with the following chipset: > > Chipset VIA K8T800Pro and VIA VT8237 > > > It's the A8V-Deluxe > > Does anyone know if this MB has problems with Linux (or the other way?) My housemate has the A8V S

Re: Is ASUS A8V Deluxe OK for Linux?

On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 22:50 +0200, Dirk wrote: > Hi! > I'm planning to buy a ASUS mainboard with the following chipset: > > Chipset VIA K8T800Pro and VIA VT8237 > > > It's the A8V-Deluxe > > Does anyone know if this MB has problems with Linux (or the other way?) My housemate has the A8V S

Re: Freshness of packages

On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 12:37:05PM +0100, antgel wrote: > kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > No they are not the same. > > Who said they are? You can't have the penny and the bun. The original poster had a good point. Your dismissing it with an invalid analogy isn't helpful. Despite the name, man

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

Andy Streich wrote: Would a few months of using Ubuntu cause me to come running back to Debian? I have no idea. Yes, it would. I started off with Libranet, but once you reach a certain point, the specific configurations, the tailored /etc/apt/sources.list files, the over abundance of

Re: weirdest network problems of my ilfe [SOLVED]

On 9/16/05, Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P.S. Yesterday i was trying to figure out why the windoze boxen would > work when the linux boxen wouldn't (they also have 192.168.0.1 as one > of their dns servers). The only thing i could think of is i thought at > one time i had heard

Re: Is there a screencapture utility?

On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 15:38 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 12:16:18AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm running sarge/GNOME. I'd like an ability to capture portions of a screen > > (part of a window preferably). Is there something which will do that? > > > > I am awa

Re: gnome and mime types

Can anyone out there using Gnome tell me how to get epiphany or galeon to start realplayer when I click on a .smil link? It wants to open a text editor, and I can't find anyway to get it to do otherwise. In Mozilla there's a preference setting for associating a MIME type with a helper application

Re: apt_preferences: how to get cogito from unstable?

On 17 Sep 2005 03:53:40 +0200, Martin Wilck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The idea is "In general I give low priority to unstable; but I don't > like version X of package Y in testing and would rather use the unstable > version of that package". How can this be cast into /etc/apt/preferences > synta

udev or hotplug problem: fail to create /dev files for USB storage device

Hi, all I have a USB external disk, which works fine under windows as well as Ubuntu Linux. When I plug it to my debian box (Debian Testing, uptodate, self-made 2.6.13), it does not create the /dev file and I cannot mount it, although it does recognize the virtual SCSI device according to the dmes

apt_preferences: how to get cogito from unstable?

Hello, I'm a long-time Linux user now experimenting with Debian for the first time. I have a problem setting up apt package preferences. I am using sarge with this apt.conf: APT::Default-Release "stable"; I have configured testing/unstable as additional sources in sources.list. My /etc/apt/pref

Re: No Starch Press releases _The Debian System_ by Martin Krafft

On Thursday 15 September 2005 05:03 pm, Jules Dubois wrote: > On Thursday 15 September 2005 13:58, Roberto C. Sanchez > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 01:29:41PM -0600, Jules Dubois wrote: > >> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > >> > >> Media contact: Patricia

Re: I got random freeze in my KDE......

On Friday 16 September 2005 12:37 am, yasker wrote: > It is the completely FREEZE. The mouse point can't move. Any key > include num lock response none. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and Ctrl-Alt-Fx Have you tried another Window Manager/Environment? Try that, if it still freezes, it isn't KDE... Disable all

Re: Is ASUS A8V Deluxe OK for Linux?

On Friday 16 September 2005 01:50 pm, Dirk wrote: > Hi! > I'm planning to buy a ASUS mainboard with the following chipset: > > Chipset VIA K8T800Pro and VIA VT8237 Sold Debian machines with that board commercially about a year ago. Easiest install you will ever do, all the onboard peripher

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

Andy Streich wrote: On Friday 16 September 2005 12:55 pm, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: Most importantly, this is _debian_-user. If you want to advocate other distributions willy-nilly, it's not the place. That kind of isolationism is something I think you will find very little support for

Re: KDE font size changes randomly

I tried it and it didn't fix the problem, but thanks for the tip. ps auxww | egrep dpi root 3089 0.0 0.0 15724 572 ?S09:25 0:00 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xprt -ac -pn -nolisten tcp -audit 4 -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 05:16:32PM -0700, Andy Streich wrote: > On Friday 16 September 2005 12:55 pm, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > > > Most importantly, this is _debian_-user.  If you want to advocate > > > other distributions willy-nilly, it's not the place. > > > > That kind of isolationism is somet

Re: Is ASUS A8V Deluxe OK for Linux?

On Friday September 16 2005 22:50, Dirk wrote: > It's the [ASUS] A8V-Deluxe > > Does anyone know if this MB has problems with Linux (or the other way?) The article linked below says that you'll probably have to hunt for working network drivers, and there's also a mention of problems with kernels

frozen emial in exim4

Hi, I get a bunch of frozen emial in my exim4 queue. How can I tell what the problem is? 21h 105K 1EG6ne-0006Kv-TB <> *** frozen *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] Both the mail.log and mail.err in /var/log are empty: $ ls -l /var/log/mail.err /var/log/mail.log -rw-r- 1 root adm 0 07-10 06:

Re: Suggestions for Debian Harware Vendors

hi ya jason On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Jason Martens wrote: > Hey all, >We are currently a Dell shop my condolences :-) > but are getting frustrated with the > lack of debian support available for our Dell servers. and where is the "debian support" supposed to come from ?? if it's dell hardwa

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

On (16/09/05 17:16), Andy Streich wrote: > On Friday 16 September 2005 12:55 pm, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > > > Most importantly, this is _debian_-user.  If you want to advocate > > > other distributions willy-nilly, it's not the place. > > > > That kind of isolationism is something I think you will

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

On Friday 16 September 2005 12:55 pm, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > > Most importantly, this is _debian_-user.  If you want to advocate > > other distributions willy-nilly, it's not the place. > > That kind of isolationism is something I think you will find very little > support for in the free softwa

Re: mouse

sela wrote: I am going to sound like a goof ball but, my mouse roller working in the wrong direction mean scrolling up will take down and vice verse. here is my debian XF86Config-4 , which work wrong: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

On 9/14/05, Pooly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2005/9/6, mess-mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:> | Basically, the steps are:> |> | 1. Download the kernel source> |> | 2. Extract it to /usr/src, or wherever you'd prefer > |> | 3. Download the bootsplash patch from http://www.bootsplash.de/files/> |> | 4. 'cd'

Re: postfix + sasl + mysql

Juan Manuel Tato wrote: hello, here again. i´m having a problem, in the authentication using courier-authdaemon for smtp, for imap and pop3 works fine. when i tried to send an email i have this error in the syslog Aug 30 16:54:19 ns1 postfix/smtpd[2767]: warning: unknown[192.168.100.11]: SAS

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

Anthony Campbell wrote: iface eth1 inet dhcp address 192.168.0.22 auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp address 192.168.0.20 I could be missing something but why do you specify DHCP as well as a static address? I thought these options were mutually exclusive and I'm surprised you

Re: Can anyone offer help re Apache2 and phpicalendar?

I also set up a webdav server recently. here is a howto I found very useful. I hope it helps you out. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Apache-WebDAV-LDAP-HOWTO/ you need to create apache users ( using htpasswd ) to access the webdav section. Hoping it helps, Yann -- Yann Monclair ---

Re: Is ASUS A8V Deluxe OK for Linux?

Am Freitag, 16. September 2005 22:50 schrieb Dirk: > Hi! Hi DIrk, > I'm planning to buy a ASUS mainboard with the following chipset: > > Chipset VIA K8T800Pro and VIA VT8237 > > > It's the A8V-Deluxe > > Does anyone know if this MB has problems with Linux (or the other way?) I use the K8V S

Re: Is ASUS A8V Deluxe OK for Linux?

On 9/16/05, Dirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > I'm planning to buy a ASUS mainboard with the following chipset: > > Chipset VIA K8T800Pro and VIA VT8237 > > > It's the A8V-Deluxe I'm running this board on my desktop machine with Debian Sarge since March without any problems. I ha

Re: Is ASUS A8V Deluxe OK for Linux?

I use these chipsets on my Abit perfectly well. Chipset VIA K8T800Pro and VIA VT8237 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Minimize diskaccess on a light server

Alright, I'll keep that in mind once I figure out a way to minimize disc access. I'm unsubscribing from debian-user again, and retreat to debian-laptop. Thanks for the pointers, if I ever find a solution I will be sure to let you know. Regards, Arjen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hello, > > > >>

Re: Apache2 & mod_rewrite

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 04:30:38PM +0200, Marco wrote: > Hi Simo, > the problem is not still this... :-) > My server has following CNAME name on DNS server: www.domain.com, > pop.domain.com, smtp.domain.com ecc... > I would like that a user digit on his client http://www.domain.com he > see the

Re: can not edit XF86Config-4

According to Robert Kopp, > > > --- Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > dale schleyer wrote: > > > for some reason i am unable to edit the XF86Config > > file even though i am logged in as "root" > > > > > > any help greatly appericated > > > > You need to give us more information

Re: Is ASUS A8V Deluxe OK for Linux?

On Friday 16 September 2005 02:50 pm, Dirk wrote: > Hi! > I'm planning to buy a ASUS mainboard with the following chipset: > > Chipset VIA K8T800Pro and VIA VT8237 > > > It's the A8V-Deluxe > > Does anyone know if this MB has problems with Linux (or the other way?) > > Before I had the P5RD1-

mouse

I am going to sound like a goof ball but, my mouse roller working in the wrong direction mean scrolling up will take down and vice verse. here is my  debian XF86Config-4 , which work wrong: Section "InputDevice"     Identifier  "Configured Mouse"     Driver

Is ASUS A8V Deluxe OK for Linux?

Hi! I'm planning to buy a ASUS mainboard with the following chipset: Chipset VIA K8T800Pro and VIA VT8237 It's the A8V-Deluxe Does anyone know if this MB has problems with Linux (or the other way?) Before I had the P5RD1-Deluxe (Intel CPU) but it was too hot (noisy) because I needed 55

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

Well, I was afraid I was going on a bit, but anyway: -- Laptop: # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback

Re: cron + ldap = disaster?

On 9/16/05, Dick Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not exactly related, but I had very similar nasties on freebsd 5 withnss_ldap recently. Seehttp://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=81555 (basically make sure you're using the latest nss_ldap) interesting. I hope the maintainer is of libnss-ldap

Installing a rtl8139 wireless cardbus card

I'm trying to install a Linksys WPC11 v4 CardBus card on my IBM 240z laptop. I'm running debian with a custom 2.4.27 kernel and pcmcia-modules 3.2.5-10 module installed from the .deb source package. The card uses the Realtek rtl8139 chipset (confirmed by runing 'cardctl ident'). /proc/pci shows t

Re: weirdest network problems of my ilfe [SOLVED]

Hey thanks for everyone's responses... i'm still not 100% sure what the problem ended up being, but this is what i did (this was thanks to some submissions on the list, #debian, and trial and error). The lowering of the MTU explanation made the most sense to me, but it didn't actually do anyth

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

On fredag 16 september 2005, 21:09, Antony Gelberg wrote: > Please reply onlist. Errr, well, I don't consider this an important topic for the list, and it is also rather rude to respond to a off-list message on-list. Please refrain from that in the future. > It's because if people use stable, t

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

On (16/09/05 18:20), Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 16 Sep 2005, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > [snip] > > > > It looks as if the router does NAT between the wireless and the wired > > segments. > > Can you configure the router to do bridging ? > > > > Frank > > I don't think so. There is nothing about

Re: ffmpeg won't install

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:33:02 +0100 Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rodney D. Myers wrote: > > > afraid that was the answer. :-( > > > > I was a little short. The other alternative is to wait until testing > is unbroken again. No problem. I 'assumed' that as an option as well ;-)

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 07:26:19PM +0100, Antony Gelberg wrote: Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: On fredag 16 september 2005, 14:20, Fritz Brown wrote: Help! I have recently begun an attempt to install Debian on a Sony laptop (Mobile AMD K6-2 550MHz, 64MB RAM), and am thoro

Re: still no sound juicer (was Re: Gnome 2.10 going in to etch today)

If you want to keep the packages installed to satisfy dependencies while using aptitude you can 1) mark the package you want to remove and press 'g' as usual. 2) Now you should have a listing the packages that will be removed. 3) Mark the ones you want keep ('+'), then press 'q'. 4) You're

Re: setting up environment variables

Nelson Castillo wrote: I was unaware of the /etc/environment directory. Is this a Debian thing? A linux thing? An X thing? Seems debian-specific. Is PAM Debian-specific? Is PAM's sourcing of /etc/environment PAM-specific? Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: Tape Backup advice needed - dump, tar etc.

I'll throw in a suggestion for bacula: http://bacula.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: On fredag 16 september 2005, 20:26, you wrote: I really don't think that this is the kind of thing to recommend on d-u without a very good reason. Why is that? I've seen many newbies burn themselves badly on trying to maintain a full Debian install, and like this user

Re: Tape Backup advice needed - dump, tar etc.

On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 11:13 -0500, J French wrote: > How are most people backing up to tape with Debian (or linux in > general)? I need a robust backup because this will be a production > server. Advice is appreciated. I'm using Amanda, but Amanda uses dump or gtar, so the question about live f

Re: Common Users And Passwords For Multiple Computers

On 16 Sep 2005 08:38:33 -0700, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to set up a about half a dozen linux boxes for my company. > I wanted to know how I can set one machine to maintain an user and > password list that would be accessible to all of the computers. > > Or alternate

Re: Can't login when using kdm (KDE) -- Part 2

rs wrote: > Debian / Sarge / main > > This is continuation of the following thread: > http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/browse_thread/thread >/0ba07cce9a5d0a6b/066a545b5852bfd4#066a545b5852bfd4 See http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2005/09/msg00023.html and http://bugs.debian.or

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 07:26:19PM +0100, Antony Gelberg wrote: > Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > >On fredag 16 september 2005, 14:20, Fritz Brown wrote: > >>Help! I have recently begun an attempt to install Debian on a Sony > >>laptop (Mobile AMD K6-2 550MHz, 64MB RAM), and am thoroughly > >>overwhelmed

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: On fredag 16 september 2005, 14:20, Fritz Brown wrote: Help! I have recently begun an attempt to install Debian on a Sony laptop (Mobile AMD K6-2 550MHz, 64MB RAM), and am thoroughly overwhelmed with choices about which I know nothing! Yeah, I can really see that. It

Spammassassin Problems

(Sorry this was suppose to come from the above address) Hi, I am new to Debian, I have been using SuSE since 5.3 and have just move to Debian. I am having a problem getting Spamassassin to work correctly. It's running. I have turn it in default and I am see process... ps ax | grep spam 1657

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

Angelo Bertolli wrote: On that note, I found that Firefox and Thunderbird are a couple of those programs that you don't want to use the Debian repository to get. I don't know why but the Debian versions of Firefox and Thunderbird don't allow me to install new themes or extensions. Angelo

Re: can not edit XF86Config-4

--- Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dale schleyer wrote: > > for some reason i am unable to edit the XF86Config > file even though i am logged in as "root" > > > > any help greatly appericated > > You need to give us more information - the above is > far too vague. > I find this

Re: Issue with ttf-bitstream-vera

steef wrote: > Julien Sobrier wrote: > >> Hello, >> I had to run "dpkg --configure -a". But after 48 hours, it is still at >> the beginning: >> Setting up ttf-bitstream-vera (1.10-3) ... >> Regenerating fonts cache... >> > no not that long: no way. something seems to be really wrong here. we > can

Re: problems updating with apt

On 16/09/05, Del Boy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > are there any current problems updating sarge with apt ? > I wonder of someone could give me a copy of a basic sources.list for sarge ? this is my sources.list from my sarge machine at work, I updated it this morning without any problems. deb htt

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

On fredag 16 september 2005, 14:20, Fritz Brown wrote: > Help!  I have recently begun an attempt to install Debian on a Sony > laptop (Mobile AMD K6-2 550MHz, 64MB RAM), and am thoroughly > overwhelmed with choices about which I know nothing! Yeah, I can really see that. It is huge, and not easy t

Re: minicom display problems

Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there any way to get minicom to properly display the color graphics of an ncurses app like iptraf? I am using the multi GNOME terminal as my X terminal, but xterm seems to have the same problems.

Re: Laptop Installation Problem

Scarletdown wrote: >On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 10:42 +0100, Pooly wrote: > > >>2005/9/16, Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >>>Anyway, I currently have Windows 98SE working fine on it. However, I >>>want to make it full 100% Debian (etch which would be upgraded to sid). >>>The CD ROM drive

Re: Laptop Installation Problem

On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 10:42 +0100, Pooly wrote: > 2005/9/16, Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Anyway, I currently have Windows 98SE working fine on it. However, I > > want to make it full 100% Debian (etch which would be upgraded to sid). > > The CD ROM drive is not bootable, so I made a set o

problems updating with apt

are there any current problems updating sarge with apt ? I wonder of someone could give me a copy of a basic sources.list for sarge ? del -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

problem writing udev rules

Hi I'm having a problem writing a udev rule for my printer, I want it to always be setup as /dev/optra and have the following rule in /etc/udev/rules.d/010-udev.rules BUS="usb", SYSFS{serial}="6033190", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="optra" where the 6033190 is the serial number given by sysfs. This rules

Re: Postfix trouble

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 07:22:09PM +0300, Adrian Minta wrote: > I need an advice on the following problem: > I setup an email server for a small ISP. The server is sarge with > postfix as MTA. Unfortunately some of the clients contacted a > virus/spambot that is sending spam via my mail server. I

Re: Suggestions for Debian Harware Vendors

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 11:12:30AM -0500, Jason Martens wrote: > Hey all, > We are currently a Dell shop, but are getting frustrated with the > lack of debian support available for our Dell servers. Specifically, > see these [1] [2] threads on the linux-poweredge list if you are interested. >

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

On 16 Sep 2005, Frank Gevaerts wrote: [snip] > > It looks as if the router does NAT between the wireless and the wired > segments. > Can you configure the router to do bridging ? > > Frank I don't think so. There is nothing about it in the manual as far as I can see. Perhaps I need a differen

Re: expose internal network to the outside world

On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 11:27:21AM -0400, Angelo Bertolli wrote: > Matt Price wrote: > > >Thanks wim! and everyone else. I must have missed something in the > >admin screens, 'cause when I logged in this morning there was "virtual > >server" right in my face. I set up the ports just as wim desc

Spammassassin Problems

Hi, I am new to Debian, I have been using SuSE since 5.3 and have just move to Debian. I am having a problem getting Spamassassin to work correctly. It's running. I have turn it in default and I am see process... ps ax | grep spam 1657 ?Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/spamd --create-prefs --ma

gdm, kdm, xdm can't startkde

Hi people, This one's driving me crazy. I'm running Debian Etch 2.6.8-2-386 and recently "upgraded" from xfree86 to xorg. Everything is fine except this one problem. I can't start kde (my desktop of preference nor gnome nor xfce from any display manager. Say I'm using gdm. I boot up and the gdm scr

Re: Common Users And Passwords For Multiple Computers

--- John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to set up a about half a dozen linux boxes for my company. > I wanted to know how I can set one machine to maintain an user and > password list that would be accessible to all of the computers. > There is a How To for NIS here: http:/

anyone have spamassassin 3.1 packported to sarge?

or know of a place to get it? -Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Installing Sarge 31r0a on Compaq Presario 2500

I am trying to install Sarge on Compaq Presario 2500 that has a built in Firewire card. The hardware detection part of the installation hangs at 5% with the following message: Detecting hardware to find CD-ROM drives Loading module 'ohci1394' for 'Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-13

Re: Apache2 & mod_rewrite

Angelo Bertolli ha scritto: Angelo Bertolli wrote: Marco wrote: Angelo Bertolli ha scritto: ServerName domain.com ServerAlias www.domain.com ServerAlias pop.domain.com ... RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^pop\.domain\.com$ [NC] Rewri

Re: Tape Backup advice needed - dump, tar etc.

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, J French wrote: > Hello, > We are setting up Debian Linux on a new server for a PostGreSQL database. In > the past, on FreeBSD, I used the dump utility with the live filesystem > (snapshot) switch to backup the running database. Does dump on linux support > live filesystem bac

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

Angelo Bertolli wrote: Kent West wrote: Fritz Brown wrote: , surf the internet (I have Opera for Linux ready to install), Once you have an Internet connection, you're good to go. Most applications you want are available from the official Debian repositories, and it's generally these v

Tape Backup advice needed - dump, tar etc.

Hello, We are setting up Debian Linux on a new server for a PostGreSQL database.  In the past, on FreeBSD, I used the dump utility with the live filesystem (snapshot) switch to backup the running database.  Does dump on linux support live filesystem backups as well?  How are most people backing up

Suggestions for Debian Harware Vendors

Hey all, We are currently a Dell shop, but are getting frustrated with the lack of debian support available for our Dell servers. Specifically, see these [1] [2] threads on the linux-poweredge list if you are interested. 1. http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2005-March/01967

Re: Common Users And Passwords For Multiple Computers

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 08:38:33AM -0700, John wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to set up a about half a dozen linux boxes for my company. > I wanted to know how I can set one machine to maintain an user and > password list that would be accessible to all of the computers. > NIS and NFS would certa

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Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 02:43:43PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 16 Sep 2005, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (16/09/05 12:13), Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > Under LAN IP setting, the entry for "Use Router as DHCP server" is > > > ticked. The help file says: > > > > > > Use Router As DHCP Server

Common Users And Passwords For Multiple Computers

Hello, I'm trying to set up a about half a dozen linux boxes for my company. I wanted to know how I can set one machine to maintain an user and password list that would be accessible to all of the computers. Or alternately, my company does run a windows domain, can have have the linux boxes check

Re: cron + ldap = disaster?

Not exactly related, but I had very similar nasties on freebsd 5 with nss_ldap recently. See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=81555 (basically make sure you're using the latest nss_ldap) On 16/09/05, Natxo Asenjo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have successfully deployed a s

Re: readpst

Angelo Bertolli wrote: > Stephen R Laniel wrote: > >> I've just been handed a couple of Outlook PST files to >> convert to any other usable format. I installed readpst, >> but it really didn't get anywhere with the PSTs that I have. >> Instead I got the sequence of errors below. It may be >> becau

Re: Apache2 & mod_rewrite

Angelo Bertolli wrote: Marco wrote: Angelo Bertolli ha scritto: ServerName domain.com ServerAlias www.domain.com ServerAlias pop.domain.com ... RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^pop\.domain\.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.

Re: Apache2 & mod_rewrite

Marco wrote: Angelo Bertolli ha scritto: ServerName domain.com ServerAlias www.domain.com ServerAlias pop.domain.com ... RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^pop\.domain\.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

Angelo Bertolli wrote: > On that note, I found that Firefox and Thunderbird are a couple of > those programs that you don't want to use the Debian repository to > get. I don't know why but the Debian versions of Firefox and > Thunderbird don't allow me to install new themes or extensions. Works

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

On 16 Sep 2005, Florian Dorpmueller wrote: > >I'm very grateful to everyone for their suggestions but I'm starting to > >think it's about time to give up :-( > > Don´t give up! Linux computers are designed to work in networks. > Please be so kind to post the complete contents of your > /etc/netwo

Re: still no sound juicer (was Re: Gnome 2.10 going in to etch today)

On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 11:17:23PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 01:13:16PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > > er .. a little question. What packages will be removed if I remove gnome > > and gnome-desktop-environment. I am guessing since there are > > metapackages, nothing else will be r

Re: Re: Overwhelmed newbie

See: http://www.damtek.com/D-I.php use this as a guide, try to get Sarge if you can, and you can pretty much just follow it, only if you use the CD, then make that change in the apt-sources part, i.e. pick CD, not the internet. If you can not get Sarge, then you can still use my howto as a gen

Re: readpst

Stephen R Laniel wrote: I've just been handed a couple of Outlook PST files to convert to any other usable format. I installed readpst, but it really didn't get anywhere with the PSTs that I have. Instead I got the sequence of errors below. It may be because the PSTs are a very recent version; I

Re: Apache2 & mod_rewrite

Angelo Bertolli ha scritto: ServerName domain.com ServerAlias www.domain.com ServerAlias pop.domain.com ... RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^pop\.domain\.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

Fritz Brown wrote: > Help! I have recently begun an attempt to install Debian on a Sony laptop > (Mobile AMD K6-2 550MHz, 64MB RAM), and am thoroughly overwhelmed with > choices about which I know nothing! > > I only need the ability to dial-up and network, surf the internet (I have > Opera fo

Re: Is there a screencapture utility?

On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 15:38 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 12:16:18AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm running sarge/GNOME. I'd like an ability to capture portions of a screen > > (part of a window preferably). Is there something which will do that? > > > > I am awa

Re: Apache2 & mod_rewrite

Marco wrote: If I put only the option "ServerAlias", the bar of the client doesn't come rewritten. You need to do both a ServerAlias and a Rewrite. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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