Using config management to automate pam-auth-update(8) change

2018-06-19 Thread Darren S.
he best/correct approach to achieving my goal? -- Darren Spruell phatbuck...@gmail.com

Configuration to support login restrictions in LightDM with pam_time(8)

2016-03-23 Thread Darren S.
anagement group rather than the 'account' group, as login did? Can anyone suggest the correct configuration for /etc/pam.d/lightdm (including ordering) to set this up? Thanks - -- Darren Spruell phatbuck...@gmail.com

Re: LXC unprivileged containers

2015-05-04 Thread Darren Baginski
03.05.2015, 12:50, "Jonathan Dowland" : > On Sun, May 03, 2015 at 09:44:45AM +0300, Johannes Graumann wrote: >>  PROMPT> sudo echo 1 > /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset/cgroup.clone_children >>  PROMPT> sudo echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone > > I think redirections don't work for privilege

Re: LXC unprivileged containers

2015-05-04 Thread Darren Baginski
Some progress: lxcuser@lxcbox$ cat /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset/cgroup.clone_children 1 lxcuser@lxcbox$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone 1 lxcuser@lxcbox$ lxc-create --name p1 --template download Setting up the GPG keyring Downloading the image index --- You just created a Debian contai

LXC unprivileged containers

2015-05-01 Thread Darren Baginski
Hello! I'm trying to spawn unprivileged LXC containers as described here http://www.flockport.com/lxc-using-unprivileged-containers/ , however getting: lxc-create -n myvm -t debian -- -r jessie unshare: Operation not permitted read pipe: No such file or directory lxc_container: lxccontainer.c:

ifupdown is not installed by preseed, while iproute2 is installed

2015-02-03 Thread Darren Baginski
Hello! I have been installed Debian Jessie using pressed, after successful install and reboot I realized that eth0 is down and ifupdown package was missing. Why ? Same preseed file on wheezy installs ifupdown by default. Then I tried to do root@localhost:~# apt-get install ifupdown Reading pack

Re: linux-vserver (or equvalent) in wheezy

2012-11-29 Thread Darren Baginski
08.06.2012, 17:41, "John A. Sullivan III" : > On Fri, 2012-06-08 at 09:40 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > >>  On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 12:58:16AM +0400, Darren Baginski wrote: >>>  Looks promising. Is there any infrastructure around yet?  I mean init >>> s

Poor veth performance

2012-09-04 Thread Darren Baginski
Hi! I faced poor veth performance on Debian squeeze. What I did 1) #ip link add type veth 2) #cat /etc/vservers/vserver01/interfaces/0/dev veth0 3) #cat /etc/vservers/vserver01/interfaces/0/ip 192.168.145.119 Whole 192.168.145.0/24 is routed to that host server. >From the linux-vserver contai

Re: Strange network activity after updates

2012-08-03 Thread Darren Baginski
03.08.2012, 23:06, "Frank McCormick" : > Sorry first reply went to his email address - > > On 03/08/12 01:56 PM, Paul Zimmerman wrote: > >>  Today I downloaded a large group of updates, including Open Office and some >> dns-related utilities. Once they were applied, >>  some strange network acti

Re: difficulty downloading packages, is ftp.us.debian.org having a problem?

2012-07-20 Thread Darren Baginski
20.07.2012, 12:11, "Alberto Luaces" : > > You can also try the http://http.debian.net/ redirector for not having > to select manually the best mirror.  See the webpage for instructions. > Don't try that misconception, use netselect or pick mirror manually. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-u

Re: Wheezy on UEFI

2012-07-11 Thread Darren Baginski
12.07.2012, 00:36, "Martin Steigerwald" : > Am Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2012 schrieb Darren Baginski: > > I tried that with the ThinkPad T520 here and failed back then. > > But then I missed the modprobe efivars and efibootmgr steps. I understand > the first one, but wha

Wheezy on UEFI

2012-07-10 Thread Darren Baginski
Hi list! Today I have installed Wheezy on UEFI system, Asus UX31A to be more particular. While installing I faced some issues. Looks like installer can't recognize and do not ask whenever system is BIOS or UEFI and installs grub-pc, while grub-uefi required in such case. Thus making system unboota

Re: linux-vserver (or equvalent) in wheezy

2012-06-08 Thread Darren Baginski
08.06.2012, 17:41, "John A. Sullivan III" : > I find there are other advantages to VServer.  We use both KVM and > VServer in our environment on hefty hardware.  Not only do the lower > requirements make a difference on highly virtualized systems (nothing > like seeing dozens of small servers ru

Re: linux-vserver (or equvalent) in wheezy

2012-06-07 Thread Darren Baginski
07.06.2012, 23:45, "Adrian Fita" : > > I think that would be Linux Containers (LXC): http://wiki.debian.org/LXC. > Looks promising. Is there any infrastructure around yet? I mean init scripts for auto start , /etc/ files like the same for linux-vserver ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-use

linux-vserver (or equvalent) in wheezy

2012-06-07 Thread Darren Baginski
Hi! Could you please tell me what is the option now should be used instead of linux-vserver in wheezy? Looks like there is no kernel with linux-vserver for wheezy. I'm aware about KVM, but we understand it's not the same. I'm looking for lightweight containerization like linux-vserver which works

Re: GPT preseed [ almost solved ]

2012-06-02 Thread Darren Baginski
34 62534 30.5 MiBEF02 2 62535 3187535 1.5 GiB 8200 3 318753652992223 23.7 GiB0700 31.05.2012, 13:16, "Tom H" : > On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Darren Baginski wrote: > >>  I've added

Re: GPT preseed [ almost solved ]

2012-05-30 Thread Darren Baginski
30.05.2012, 20:41, "Tom H" : > > I'd collected some info on creating a gpt label last August for future > use but I never tested it; and I thought that the above was enough > when answering your initial post; sorry. (Didn't the reply on the > second link help?) Looking through the stuff that I'd

Re: GPT pressed

2012-05-28 Thread Darren Baginski
29.05.2012, 02:29, "Tom H" : > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Darren Baginski wrote: > >>  Perhaps I didn't search well, but can someone point me >>  how to force GPT partitioning scheme in the preseed.cfg ? > > http://lists.debian.org/d

Re: GPT pressed

2012-05-28 Thread Darren Baginski
29.05.2012, 02:29, "Tom H" : > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Darren Baginski wrote: > >>  Perhaps I didn't search well, but can someone point me >>  how to force GPT partitioning scheme in the preseed.cfg ? > > http://lists.debian.org/d

GPT pressed

2012-05-28 Thread Darren Baginski
Hi ! Perhaps I didn't search well, but can someone point me how to force GPT partitioning scheme in the preseed.cfg ? Another question, why debian installer keeps asking about keyboard layout even then I have it set in the preseed.cfg file and have "preseed/file=/preseed.cfg auto=true, priority=

Re: installing source over package

2012-04-15 Thread Darren Crotchett
ups-filters is fixed in the current version. On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Brian wrote: > On Fri 06 Apr 2012 at 14:08:25 -0500, Darren Crotchett wrote: > > > I had an issue with the cups-filters package on Wheezy. I found that the > > bug was resolved in the unstable bran

Re: installing source over package

2012-04-06 Thread Darren Crotchett
thanks On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Darren Crotchett wrote: > > I had an issue with the cups-filters package on Wheezy. I found that the > > bug was resolved in the unstable branch. But, I wasn't sure how to get > the > > unstable b

installing source over package

2012-04-06 Thread Darren Crotchett
I had an issue with the cups-filters package on Wheezy. I found that the bug was resolved in the unstable branch. But, I wasn't sure how to get the unstable branch version of cups. So, I compiled cups-filters from source and installed it on top of my current version (did not uninstall the packag

Re: sound issues

2012-03-04 Thread Darren Crotchett
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Raffaele Morelli < raffaele.more...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2012/3/4 Darren Crotchett > >> I am going to clearly remark as much as possible for the benefit of >> anyone who may find this page later. See my inline replies/comments.

Re: sound issues

2012-03-03 Thread Darren Crotchett
I am going to clearly remark as much as possible for the benefit of anyone who may find this page later. See my inline replies/comments. On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 05:53, Darren Crotchett > wrote: > > > > Can you ela

Re: sound issues

2012-03-03 Thread Darren Crotchett
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 05:35, Raffaele Morelli > wrote: > > > > if you want two or more audio apps to share the same sound device, start > > qjackctl, tell vlc to use jack output module and do the same with other > apps > > if needed. > > >

Re: sound issues

2012-03-02 Thread Darren Crotchett
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Raffaele Morelli < raffaele.more...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2012/3/2 Kelly Clowers > >> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 05:35, Raffaele Morelli >> wrote: >> > >> > if you want two or more audio apps to share the same sound device, start >> > qjackctl, tell vlc to use jack out

Re: sound issues

2012-03-02 Thread Darren Crotchett
PulseAudio Thanks, Darren On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 05:35, Raffaele Morelli > wrote: > > > > if you want two or more audio apps to share the same sound device, start > > qjackctl, tell vlc to use jack output module an

Re: sound issues

2012-03-02 Thread Darren Crotchett
Thank you so much for this information. I will do that tonight or tomorrow and report back. On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > > 2012/3/2 Darren Crotchett > >> I am having issues with sound on my son's computer. We are unable to run &g

sound issues

2012-03-02 Thread Darren Crotchett
I am having issues with sound on my son's computer. We are unable to run two sound applications simultaneously. Occasionally, I can stumble upon a combination of more than one (usually two) that will work together. But, it's not repeatable. I have tried a few combinations non of which worked to

preseed IPv6 stateles, finding first drive, gpt

2011-12-01 Thread Darren Baginski
Hi! I would like to build preseed.cfg which 1) has only ipv6 staless config on all interfaces found (number of interfaces may vary) 2) OS installed on a first hard drive found (hda, sda, vda whichever reported as a first hard drive, not a usb flash ) 3) partitioning scheme should be always gpt

Wireless Intel Centrino 6300 + Debian netinstall

2011-02-06 Thread Darren Gmail
Hi, I am having some problems in getting my wlan (Intel Centrino 6300 AGN) to work on a T510 with Debian 6.0. The 6300 does work under Windows... So there does'nt appear to be a hardware defect, it's just a software configuration issue. I have wrote (debian-6.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso) to a USB key a

Toshiba satellite L40

2008-08-19 Thread darren naidoo
Which is the best os 4 my laptop with drivers etc _ Sent from my phone using flurry - Get free mobile email and news at: http://www.flurry.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Xorg video intel

2008-08-19 Thread darren naidoo
Intel 965 does not want to work. Got the latest etch video intel package and did dpkg reconfig. _ Sent from my phone using flurry - Get free mobile email and news at: http://www.flurry.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

How do i make debian livecd

2008-08-12 Thread darren naidoo
I want to make a live dvd with all the features. What command can i use to copy my whole hard drive. _ Sent from my phone using flurry - Get free mobile email and news at: http://www.flurry.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

How do i make debian livecd

2008-08-12 Thread darren naidoo
I want to make a live dvd with all the features. What command can i use to copy my whole hard drive. _ Sent from my phone using flurry - Get free mobile email and news at: http://www.flurry.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

How do i make debian livecd

2008-08-12 Thread darren naidoo
I want to make a live dvd with all the features. What command can i use to copy my whole hard drive. _ Sent from my phone using flurry - Get free mobile email and news at: http://www.flurry.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

System copy

2008-08-11 Thread darren naidoo
Hi i want to do a system copy of my main partition to dvd and must be bootable. Using deb 4.0r3. Have 3 primary parts and 2 logicals. Whats commands can i use? _ Sent from my phone using flurry - Get free mobile email and news at: http://www.flurry.com -- To UNSUBS

Fwd: Re:how to make a boot disk and ...

2008-08-06 Thread darren naidoo
_ Sent from my phone using flurry - Get free mobile email and news at: http://www.flurry.com --- Forwarded Message --- Date: Mon Aug 04 03:30:19 PDT 2008 From: darren naidoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re:how to make a boot di

Re:how to make a boot disk and ...

2008-08-04 Thread darren naidoo
...Which important directories to tar/gzip. Want to make a custom system image on dvd for me. Thanks _ Sent from my phone using flurry - Get free mobile email and news at: http://www.flurry.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: i want to only load certain programs on boot

2008-08-01 Thread darren naidoo
When my system boots it boots with alot of programs. I want to select what i want to load. Thanks _ Sent from my phone using flurry - Get free mobile email and news at: http://www.flurry.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: i want to make an image copy of my system

2008-08-01 Thread darren naidoo
Hi there i want to do the above but the partition is a boot partition and when i boot from a disk it says i cannot because i am not root but i am root user. _ Sent from my phone using flurry - Get free mobile email and news at: http://www.flurry.com -- To UNSUBSCR

new users

2005-10-17 Thread Darren
all this package later on today.   Thanks for your help. Looking forward to setting this product up.   Darren King Nova Scotia, Canada

Strange Keyboard Behavior Modes

2004-07-09 Thread Darren
This is not strictly a debian question, as I had this same problem under redhat 7 before I switched to Sarge. There is some odd key combination that changes the way my keyboard behaves. I've noticed two distinct modes that it seems to get locked into: 1) Totally Insane Capslock. My capslock lig

Install hang with debian-installer b4/rc1

2004-06-05 Thread Darren
do Alt-F3, Alt-F4 to look at the install log. Someone suggested removing non essential PCI cards and trying again (perhaps the SCSI controller?), but what else can I try? Thanks, Darren -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Install prob - motherboard?

2003-02-05 Thread Darren
650GX/962L    P4 2.4GHz    NVidia GeForce 4    TIA Darren

Sending mail as a particular user

2002-11-27 Thread McRae, Darren A
Hello, Is the a way of mail being sent as a particular user no matter what the linux username is? So if I log in as root or daz or pete it sends mail signed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] This needs to be done via sendmail, as that is what I'm using. regards D

RE: SSH X11Forward not working

2002-10-22 Thread McRae, Darren A
we had a exactly the same problem, it turn out that there was 2 ip address for the host in the /etc/host file and the first one was wrong once this was changed and the second one given an alias of localhost everything worked. - > Error: Can't open display: fluffy:12.0 >(but after taking about 2

RE: New Debian User - Totally Impressed

2002-10-11 Thread McRae, Darren A
Hello, I have to agree with chip. I've worked on Unix for 6 years or so and until the last year I'd always dismissed Linux (sorry) mainly because of my experiences with it in the early 90's. Why have I changed my mind? because with the increase power of the internet and open source it means that

Re: Page Faults Defined

2002-09-26 Thread Darren Salt
I demand that Anthony DeRobertis may or may not have written... [snip] > Writing off of allocated memory causes a page fault as well Well, I suppose that that would be useful if the memory is unrepairable... I hope that it was insured :-) -- | Darren Salt| nr. Ashing

Re: potential new Debian user

2002-05-13 Thread Darren
ll be shipped? And, yes, I have read the web page official statement that says that the release date is nearing but as for a specific date, it will be released when it's ready. Darren -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

potential new Debian user

2002-05-13 Thread Darren
es are rather out of date. Is that true, even if I choose to install Woody? Just to get a feel for the packages, I browsed through the packages looking for KDE3. I found a long list of KDE3 files. Would I have to install all of those KDE3 apps individually? Or, is it as simple as something lik

RE: X troubles

2002-05-10 Thread Darren Martz
nit ke6sls [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 9, 2002 11:57 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: X troubles -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 09 May 2002 10:09 pm, Darren Martz wrote: > Yeah, I think that was a thin on the information - sorry about that. > &

RE: X troubles

2002-05-10 Thread Darren Martz
have read nVidia is only starting to be supported by Linux (is that correct?). Darren -Original Message- From: Thomas Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Cook Sent: May 9, 2002 9:38 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: X troubles On 0, Darren Martz <[EM

X troubles

2002-05-09 Thread Darren Martz
Hi, I'm new to Linux and having troubles getting X to run with my monitor and video card. Monitor: NEC FE950+ Video : Asus 7100 Magic SE (aka: nVidia GeForce2 MX-200) Any help will be greatly appreciated. Darren -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Internet access problem

2002-03-18 Thread Darren Walker
it hangs "waiting for response" is there any clues as to the cause of this problems I would appreciate any assistance thank you Darren Walker mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.iprimus.com.au/drwalker

RE: Alsa on Dell OptiPlex GX1 (Debian/2.4.17/CS4236B)

2002-02-06 Thread Greer, Darren \(MED\)
(ACT Y) )) With the above setup, all is well after a reboot. I was actually quite surprised that on my first try with the isapnp.conf configuration that I got everything to work. Again, thanks Elizabeth for the suggestion, Darren -Original Message- From: Elizabeth Barham [mailto:[EMAIL

Alsa on Dell OptiPlex GX1 (Debian/2.4.17/CS4236B)

2002-02-06 Thread Greer, Darren \(MED\)
port=0x534 snd_cport=0x220 snd_mpu_port=-1 snd_fm_port=0x388 snd_irq=9 snd_mpu_irq=7 snd_dma1=1 Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Darren

RE: X-windows + Mouse issue

2002-02-05 Thread Greer, Darren \(MED\)
Out of a lucky guess I have solved the issue. If I change both Input sections in the x config file to be ImPS/2, it works. Thanks, Darren -Original Message- From: Kurc, Marcin A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:19 AM To: Greer, Darren (MED) Subject: RE: X

RE: X-windows + Mouse issue

2002-02-05 Thread Greer, Darren \(MED\)
This is a Microsoft Intellimouse PS/2 Compatible. I have now installed gpm and tried it with gpm with the same results. Thanks, Darren -Original Message- From: Craig Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:15 AM To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org

X-windows + Mouse issue

2002-02-05 Thread Greer, Darren \(MED\)
I can see anywhere.   Setup:   Debian 2.2 updated to unstable   Latest X from unstable   Kernel 2.4.17   Thanks,   Darren

Re: No inodes free on /var

2002-01-15 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
302% /var after : /dev/hda31966080 287418 1678662 15% /var As a matter of interest, tar has the '-T news' option which creates a file system with 'one inode per 4kb block', however, the above '-i 1024 doubles' that. -- Darren Wyn Rees

untarring tar file into specific directory

2002-01-14 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
What option do I give tar to untar a file into a specific location ? I've backed up /var; re-formatted the partition, and now I want to untar things back to /var. I've gone through the manual, but can't find the right option. (I need something like unzip's '-d exdir&#

No inodes free on /var

2002-01-08 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
eeBSD). How can I back out and recover from the above, bearing in mind, there's around 3-4GB of news articles sitting on /var ? -- Darren Wyn Rees

Re: some questions (after a HD crash)

2001-11-04 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
nk I'll be buying from Big Blue again. Maxtor disk in the UK come with a 3 year warranty. Are these any good ? -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED]

some questions (after a HD crash)

2001-11-04 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
guarantee. What is the best way to WIPE data on the disk ? -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian dedicated server provider ?

2001-10-29 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
Looking to lease a dedicated server to run Debian. I see leasing companies mainly offering Redhat Linux, but I'd prefer Debian. Recommendations sought/welcomed... Thanks. -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to install aha1542 kernel module

2001-10-28 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
When I changed a jumper setting on the card, it worked. Mysterious. Ah well, many thanks for your help with this. At least I've started to learn how to compile kernels with Debian. -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to install aha1542 kernel module

2001-10-25 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
hanks. That's a lot easier. I've installed this. I *think* I need module aha1542 for my SCSI CDRW. This module is not available to modconf. Could somebody please help ? -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to install aha1542 kernel module

2001-10-23 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
x27;m still looking for help to answer the question. > The normal way I get modules > is to compile and install them in the kernel building process. I don't need to build a new kernel. I'm loading the module. > Do you > already have the aha1542 module, in /lib/modules/ or whe

Re: how to install aha1542 kernel module

2001-10-23 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
l-source-2.2.19-8 and the option is CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 in > the kernel source's .config file. I do not understand your response. I am not seeking to recompile a new kernel, but I want to make a module available to the kernel. -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED]

how to install aha1542 kernel module

2001-10-23 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
I believe I need to have the aha1542 module to enable me to use my SCSI CDRW. I am using Linux debian 2.2.19pre17 #1 Tue Mar 13 22:37:59 EST 2001 i686 unknown Would someone please explain where I can find this module and how to install it ? Thanks. -- Darren Wyn Rees

obtaining makemap [postfix]

2001-10-13 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
Where do I find 'makemap' to use with Postfix ? What package ? Looking at an OpenBSD box I have here, the makemap seems to have come from Sendmail... but I'm not sure. Thanks. -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ether-wake / Wake On Lan setup

2001-10-07 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
the motherboard manuals to double check everything is configured properly. Useful comments and suggestions much appreciated. -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: anyone using postfix in a home LAN setup?

2001-10-05 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
your.host.name smtp:[192.168.1.51] whereby mail is delivered directly; [] suppresses MX lookups. -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED]

3com 905 driver/module

2001-10-02 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
During the installation process, I tried to find a module for the 3com 905 NIC, but could not find one under the module/net menu. Is there one thereabouts, or somewhere else ? -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how do i extract a bullet from my foot (tar woes)

2001-08-21 Thread Darren Marsh
allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx wrote: hello: i have managed to insert a bullet in my poda courtesy of tar and my ineptness! that is, i did: tar -cvIf --remove-files /tmp/foo.tz /opt/tmp silly me filled up my current directory with a file called "--remove-files". my quest

Re: Console dead after update

2001-08-21 Thread Darren Marsh
Karsten M. Self wrote: on Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 06:34:25PM +1000, Darren Marsh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: on Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 07:10:49PM +1000, Darren Marsh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I updated from the testing tree 2 days ago and after all the packages were

Re: Console dead after update

2001-08-21 Thread Darren Marsh
Karsten M. Self wrote: on Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 07:10:49PM +1000, Darren Marsh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I updated from the testing tree 2 days ago and after all the packages were installed the keyboard appeared to go dead. The system was still running fine as I could telnet to it and all

Console dead after update

2001-08-20 Thread Darren Marsh
getty isn't running even though it is. If I boot to single user (runlevel 1) the keyboard works fine but when I go to runlevel 2 it goes dead. The keyboard works fine on another machine and was working fine before the update so I know it's not the keyboard. Any ideas? Thanks, Darren

raw files

2001-05-28 Thread Darren Walsh
I've been trying to install debian woody. I first tried the disk's but it lacked the old "base" file and when trying to install it was looking for a RELEASE file under a certain directory which of course I didnt have. I then tried downloading the iso's. They are in some strange "raw" format. I t

Suitability of USRobotics Message Modem ?

2001-05-20 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
Would some people give me an opinion on the US Robotics external 56k Message Modem ? Is it suitable for use with Linux. I've read a few Linux modem resource pages, but a lot of the stuff is way above my head. I haven't bought a new modem in a few years, and it's an investment. I'd *appreciate*

Upgrade from 2.2.r2 to 2.2r3 ?

2001-05-17 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
Would someone please advise me what's the best way to upgrade from 2.2r2 to 2.2r3. I haven't really had the chance to use the older release properly, and I don't see the economic sense of buying a complete new set of Linux disks. -- "S+M is outta the question, have you got a better suggestion

Shutdown/switching computer power off automatically ?

2001-05-03 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
I've noticed that Linux Mandrake 7.2 is the only Linux distribution I've come across that actually switches off my (ATX) computer after shutdown. What is Linux Mandrake doing differently, say compared with a recent Debian, which just hangs at "power down/off" ? -- "S+M is outta the question, ha

Configure PS/2 mouse for new Debian install

2001-05-03 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
[re-sent with correctly subscribed address; apologies for any duplicates] How can I configure a mouse for use with Debian ? I've gone through xf86config and chosen /dev/tty0 but to be frank, I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to configure thereabouts. Type 'startx' and no working mouse. --

Configure PS/2 mouse -- /dev/??

2001-05-03 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
How can I configure a mouse for use with Debian ? I've gone through xf86config and chosen /dev/tty0 but to be frank, I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to configure thereabouts. Type 'startx' and no working mouse. Thanks for any help. -- "S+M is outta the question, have you got a better su

Re: ssh on Debian, not connecting to OpenBSD 2.7 ["Disconnecting: Bad packet length 1349676916"]

2001-02-26 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
Will do. > But if you want to try to track down the root cause, there are a couple > more data points which may (or may not) be useful. 1) What version of > sshd is running on the OpenBSD box? 2) What does `ssh -v` say? bash-2.04$ ssh -V SSH Version OpenSSH-2.1, protocol versions 1.5/2.0.

ssh on Debian, not connecting to OpenBSD 2.7 ["Disconnecting: Bad packet length 1349676916"]

2001-02-26 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
Would somebody please clarify what needs changing to enable me to ssh into an OpenBSD (2.7) box, using Debian (OpenSSH 1.2.3, protocol version 1.5). (a) the ssh client on the Debian box, (b) the ssh daemon on the OpenBSD one, or (please, no) (c) both. *Thnx* -- Darren Wyn Rees

Re: email server?

2001-02-19 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
rocmail.org. If you want to run a pop3 server on your firewall/gateway comp, you can use qmail-pop3d (which comes as part of the main qmail tarball). -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED] ASK your ISP to ADD the NEW england.* Newsgroups http://www.england.news-admin.org/accessfaq.html

Re: XFree86 and nVidia

2001-02-19 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
ltra I'm lost here. Should I download the source, and compile; or rpm ? -- Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED] ASK your ISP to ADD the NEW england.* Newsgroups http://www.england.news-admin.org/accessfaq.html

Re: Why is the Debian home page so boring?

2000-05-19 Thread Darren O. Benham
Speaking as a member of the webteam... You're welcome to submit the rewrites. There are instructions on the site for downloading the webpages in source (*.wml, not *.html) form. In particular... Following changes can be a time consuming process (ask the people who do the Debian Weekly News) and

T-Shirts

2000-01-30 Thread Darren O. Benham
I am happy to announce that Debian T-Shirts are available from Copyleft, the Free Software "goodies" outfitter... Check out http://www.copyleft.net/ -- Please cc all mailing list replies to me, also. = * http://benham.net/i

Re: lost kernal source

1999-12-15 Thread Darren Benham
Did you install one of the kernel-source packages?

Re: Corel Update

1999-12-15 Thread Darren Benham
You'll have to ask that of Corel. Most of us at Debian do not use their tools to do the actual day-to-day update of our boxen. We use and recommend the tool called "apt" from the commandline.

Re: minimum install

1999-12-08 Thread Darren Benham
You can't. The base1.2 are for 1.2 (5 1/4 inch) disks. The base14 are for the 1.44 (3.5 inch) disks. They are used during the initial install before the first reboot... and therefor before dinstall.

Re: Need help with pppd

1999-11-30 Thread Darren Benham
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: >when I hook up the pppd starts ok, but when I try to use a application like >lynx (and several others) all I get is a message saying that they cannot >find the remote connection. > > Do you have the option: defaultroute set?

Re: Corel/deb...compile kernel

1999-11-21 Thread Darren O. Benham
I'd guess that corel doesn't install the source by default...? In linux.debian.user, you wrote: >Please forgive if this is a newbie type question, but I can't seem to >find the path to the source directory to recompile my kernel for the >Corel/Deb distribution. > > > -- ==

Re: mouse problems W/ Corel linux

1999-11-21 Thread Darren O. Benham
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: >I cannot get my serial mouse to work on Corel. I had no problem with >Calderaa OL 2.2, 2.3 and RH 5.2 & 6.0. > >gpm starts at boot and I am getting no error messages. I looked in >/etc for x11 and did not find it. Does debian put this file somewhere >else?

Re: Just went tp potato

1999-10-25 Thread Darren O. Benham
reloads the inetd.conf file... On Mon, Oct 25, 1999 at 07:34:07AM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > What does restarting inetd do? > -- Please cc all mailing list replies to me, also. = * http://benham.net/index.html<[EM

Re: Just went tp potato

1999-10-25 Thread Darren Benham
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: >Hi all, > >Just upgraded from slink to potato and seem to be having a few mail >troubles. How can I tell if exim is running? It never shows up in pstree? > >Patrick > Also.. when you upgraded exim, you should have seen an install message telling you that the form

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