Re: apt-get dist-upgrade and /dev/input/mice

2004-07-17 Thread Brian Walker
John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > John Smith wrote: > > >>1. How can I continue with the upgrade, ignoring these dependencies? > >>Large numbers of updates remain unconfigured, and I cannot get the > >>system to ignore the problems and pass onto th

apt-get dist-upgrade and /dev/input/mice

2004-07-16 Thread Brian Walker
Using Sarge and regularly apt-get updating and upgrading I ignored the uninstalled gnome and kde, using blackbox wm, mutt and slrn. Thought I would try to fix the box before migrating to unstable. apt-get upgrade followed by apt-get dist-upgrade. Box is now borked. No mouse at log-in time, ^/Alt/F

Re: Another question regarding tulip driver with 2.4 kernel

2004-03-21 Thread Brian Walker
Kent West wrote: Brian Walker wrote: Kent West wrote: Compiling a kernel is a great thing to do if you want the education, or if you have some esoteric need to do so, but for 90%+ of the population out there, the standard Debian kernels will do just fine. That should be the case here; support

Re: Another question regarding tulip driver with 2.4 kernel

2004-03-21 Thread Brian Walker
Kent West wrote: Robert Packer wrote: I am a complete newbie to this and don't have a clue how to compile a kernel(I'm reading up, but still...), so is it possible to make the 2.4 kernel work with a nic card that needs a tulip driver? It works fine with the 2.2.20 kernel but if possible I'd like t

Re: Newbie, stumped, pls help!

2004-03-14 Thread Brian Walker
jeffkiss wrote: snip I have debian disks, (and also SUSE, from the box). I plan to install both distributions, thinking the Suse will be more beginner friendly, but eventially I hope to spend more time with Debian. Presently, I am using Knoppix cd to operate my system, and it works fine, but,

Re: Erzeugung bootfähiger Installations-CDs für Debian-Linux

2004-03-14 Thread Brian Walker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo, ich hatte mich schon mit einer E-Mail an euch gewandt. Habe aber nur von der Firma Siemens(!) eine unverständliche Nachricht erhalten. Ich wende mich deshalb nochmals an euch. Sehet dazu bitte meine alte E-Mail unten. Ich bedanke mich im voraus und verbleibe m

spamassassin and bayes filter after sarge upgrade

2004-01-06 Thread Brian Walker
Greetings all, my wonderfully smooth upgrade from woody to sarge last night is showing the first glitches. Spamassassin had been installed from source previously. The upgrade appeared fine, and indeed spam is being caught and marked. When I try to teach spamassassin based on "missed spam" I get t

Re: Can't Re-Subscribe

2003-11-26 Thread Brian Walker
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:50:17 +0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 08:40:44AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: >> My subscription to this list must have been cancelled - but not by me! >> -as I have resceived no new postings in the

Re: mailfilter bug?

2003-11-12 Thread Brian Walker
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:10:18 +0800, kmark+debian wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > >> csj wrote: >> > Before I file a bug report, I'd like to confirm the behavior I >> > describe below. >> > >> > I have in my my ~/.mailfilterrc a DENY rule for "^Subject:.*Test" and >> > ALL

no more post?

2003-10-23 Thread Brian Walker
Greetings all I have had no sign of life from linux.debian.user since Oct 21 1500h ... other groups appearing OK. What has happened? Anyone there? Brian if you read this, would one kind soul please email me off list so I can try and chase down what has happened? Many thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

motherboard temperatures

2003-10-20 Thread Brian Walker
Greetings all, does anyone have a recommendation for a program to monitor temperatures inside my box? Using XP, I was getting feedback that the temps were too high despite 3 fans. The CPU was suffering. Now that HK temps are moderating a bit, I see no problem for now, but being forced to keep the

rcpthosts

2003-10-19 Thread Brian Walker
There I was, congratulating myself on getting SpamAssassin working through KMail, using mailfilter as a precommand. I sat back, luxuriating in seeing swen die at the SMTP level. Spam floated effortlessly through SpamAssassin, to land with a thump in the FilteredSpam box. I emailed a few friends.

Re: Newbie on troubles...

2003-10-19 Thread Brian Walker
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 21:20:13 +0800, Rob Weir wrote: > [Please wrap your lines! It makes it much easier to read, and thus more > likely that you'll get a response. Anywhere between 70 and 80 is > acceptable; 72 seems to be a nice value.] > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 10:40:32AM -0700, Mauricio Arg

Re: More on spam

2003-10-19 Thread Brian Walker
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 04:20:15 +0800, Pigeon wrote: > On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 06:57:40PM +0800, Brian Walker wrote: >> >> Can I add a line to procmail to prefilter spam with mailfilter, before >> letting spamassassin get to work? > > mailfilter operates on the POP3 m

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r1

2003-10-18 Thread Brian Walker
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:10:09 +0800, Carl Fink wrote: > On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 01:54:07PM +0100, brian.huckstep wrote: >> I have a copy of Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r1 on CD-Rom 7 discs in fact. >> Unfortunately my computer bios only provides boot facility from either >> my "A" or "C" Drives is there a

Re: problem setting up spamassassin

2003-10-18 Thread Brian Walker
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 07:30:11 +0800, Paul E Condon wrote: > I've been following the discussion of spam flood, and decided to try > using spamassassin. I'm running a plain vanilla Sarge, with dialup. I > use fetchmail, exim, procmail, mutt. After apt-get install fetchmail I > look at README.Debian

Re: More on spam

2003-10-18 Thread Brian Walker
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 00:20:08 +0800, Wayne Topa wrote: > Brian Walker([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: >> On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 21:20:24 +0800, John Hasler wrote: >> >> As for getting spamassassin installed, I will fumble a bit in the dark, >> despite the i

Re: More on spam

2003-10-17 Thread Brian Walker
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 21:20:24 +0800, John Hasler wrote: > Klaus writes: >> Nothing heroic about installing spamassassin.If I can do it nobody else >> should have a problem with it. > > I have it and other measures installed, but the spam is still a major > PITA. Most newbies are not going to be ab

SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy

2003-10-14 Thread Brian Walker
Greetings all, The subject line is the response I get when I try to establish a link to the internet. Debian Woody, dual booting with XP. Self-built box. All was working well. I had not switched off the computer (I usually do, because the internal cooling was not coping with Hong Kong un-airco

SOLVED Re: A novice having trouble with X window on install

2003-10-07 Thread Brian Walker
In answer to myself, and for anyone else who has the same problem: On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 14:30:14 +0800, Brian Walker wrote: > Charles Forelle wrote: >> Michael, >> >> Thanks. I ran xf86config as you suggested, selecting the generic video >> card option since I did

Re: Do we really need to worry about viruses (was Re: Anyone else notice that Swen is slowing down?)

2003-10-05 Thread Brian Walker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Karsten M. Self wrote: Given that I live alone with a cat, I still lock my desktop when I walk away for any length of time, set xscreensaver to cut in (and lock) anyway, and require a password for 'sudo' on my personal account. Hi Karsten, you must hav

Re: A novice having trouble with X window on install

2003-10-04 Thread Brian Walker
here recently solved that problem? If so, I would apprciate a walk-through. Regards, Brian Walker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ergonomic laptop keyboard?

2003-06-04 Thread Brian Walker
Nori Heikkinen wrote: hello geeks, i'm about to begin work at a new job. the shop is really chill, to such a degree that everyone hangs out on couches and beanbag chairs and works on laptops. this is awesome, but for one factor -- i can't type on a laptop for longer than about 20 minutes witho

Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks

2003-04-03 Thread Brian Walker
Greetings Alex alex wrote: The debian installation process is loaded with surprises that forces the inexperienced to make critical decisions that can make or break the installation. If there was documentation that describes what to expect and the options, it should improve the chances of a go

kernel recompile - eth0 problems

2003-04-01 Thread Brian Walker
Greetings all, after 2 years of Linux I finally gathered my courage to do my first kernel recompile - and upgrade from 2.2.20 to 2.4.20. The excellent help from http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html made it almost easy. Rebooting after sorting out LILO, I could not connect to