Re: limiting hard drive space for a user..

2003-03-30 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 09:19:48AM +1000, Ross Tsolakidis wrote: > Hi all, > > Newbie question I know, > But how can I limit a users home dir to certain amount of hard drive space ? > Is it possible ? man quota Look at the quota section - http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/c

[OT] History of debian-user footer.

2003-03-28 Thread ktb
In light of the most recent iteration of the 'users can't unsubscribe' discussion I thought I would do a bit of research. When I started using debian the footer was - Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null There was a huge debate about whether or not to change this to

Re: leaving computer on 24/7

2003-03-27 Thread ktb
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 02:15:43AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 10:08:17AM +1100, Lindsay Yardley wrote: > > if it's a 24/7 box it's probably better to run it headless and administer it > > from a web interface. i.e. webmi

Re: Good open source primer?

2003-03-26 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 01:47:57PM -0500, stan wrote: > I found myself in a discussion wiht my bosses boss this morning. It was > about how we had time synched all the *NIX boxes. > > Somewhere in the middle of the discussion, it became quite clear that he > simply _did not understand_ the concept

[OT] user psychology

2003-03-23 Thread ktb
I've been searching around the web for some documentation on how to deal with users from the perspective of a systems administrator. I'm finding a lot on account management and user policies but not much by way of dealing with people. I'm interested in educating myself about the different approac

Re: users question

2003-03-19 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 12:16:13PM -0700, Didier Caamano wrote: > Greetins to all: > > My question is: > > How can I block a user to his home directory? so he can have access to his > home directory but no other directory on the system. > > Any hint will be appretiated. > have a nice day Set t

[OT] starting damons as non-priv

2003-03-18 Thread ktb
1) How can you tell if a program is actually running as a non-privileged user? For example proftpd is configured to run as "User nobody" and "Group nogroup" but when I do a "lsof|grep proftpd" "root" is listed as the user. proftpd 5884 root0u IPv4 20170 TCP *:ftp (LISTEN) 2) If I create

Re: nothing works

2003-03-17 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 06:15:08PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > my old computer's dead as a whole. i determined that it was either > the motherboard or processor, and bought a new combo. plugged them > in. turned on computer, and all is well! i let it download email for > a while, transferred

Re: Difficulty configuring exim for use with fetchmail and as external MTA.

2003-03-16 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 12:59:39AM -0500, Chris Metzler wrote: > > Hi. I'm a new-ish Debian home user, and exim was the default > SMTP handler at installation time. I have a problem with exim > that I've put up with for quite some time; but enough is enough, > and I'm trying to solve it now, and

Re: Removing CRONTAB jobs

2003-03-16 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 01:06:38AM -0500, sean finney wrote: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 06:33:50AM +0100, n/a wrote: > > I've just set up a firewall for some students, now it's late and i'm still awake > > and > > > > this machine is making a lot of noise. Are there any crontab jobs i surely

Re: Debian Boot Process

2003-03-13 Thread ktb
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:27:55AM -0800, Kris wrote: > You state it calls init. Where is init /usr/bin /usr/sbin. is init a > program. Thanks /sbin/ # which init $ man init $ ps ax|grep init kent -- To know the truth is to distort the Universe. Alfred N. Whitehead (a

Re: SSL installation help.

2003-03-12 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 11:02:00AM -0600, linux stuff wrote: > yes, thank you ... i realized i had omitted the subject and re-sent the > message > > as i understand it, it's not the actually install, which should work fine > the way you propose, but the configuration and getting a certificate

Re: Setting Static IP Address

2003-03-11 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 07:52:04PM -0800, CM Miller wrote: > > > Very new to Debian and installed Woody last weekend. > FOr some reason, it didn't recognize by pci 3com nics, > but after a little help on this list I got them. > > Now, how do I set a static ip address? > That is set in - /etc

Re: newbie mutt questions

2003-03-11 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 02:56:15PM -0500, Chris Hoover wrote: > Sorry for this newbie type of questions, but how do you move mail messages to > another folder when in mutt? > If you want to move one message at a time you can use "s" for save. If I move a whole folder I generally just "cp folder

ATA raid install

2003-02-28 Thread ktb
I've been wading though the various howtos and list archives and could use some advice. I have a GA-7VAXP Gigabyte motherboard with on-board ATA raid. I've got the disks set up with MBFastrack 2+0 stripe. Should I be attempting this with stable/testing/unstable? Does anyone have a floppy set up

screens saver - scrolling marquee

2002-05-22 Thread ktb
I've got a kiosk set up and would like to display what the intended use of the kiosk is for, in the form of a screensaver. I've installed xscreensaver. The only two screensavers included that come close are "flag" and "GLtext." Flag doesn't look very professional and GLtext flips around so much

Re: Small footprint window manager

2002-05-12 Thread ktb
On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 11:37:37PM +0200, Miroslav Mazurek wrote: > > I need som recomendation for some realy small footprint window manager (it > should run on 386/16MB). What's best choice? > Take a look at PWM. Has great customizable keyboard support. It also allows you to stick windows to

Re: print web pages with dot matrix?

2002-04-30 Thread ktb
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 08:23:55PM -0500, Gary Turner wrote: > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:42:09 -0500, ktb wrote: > > >I'm running Woody. The printer I'm working with is a Panasonic > >KX-P2030. It will print web pages fine from a windows computer but from > >Woody

print web pages with dot matrix?

2002-04-29 Thread ktb
I'm running Woody. The printer I'm working with is a Panasonic KX-P2030. It will print web pages fine from a windows computer but from Woody it only spits out something along the lines of - %!PS-Adobe-3.0 %%BoundingBox: 54 72 558 720 %%Creator: Mozilla (Netscape) HTML -> PS %%DocumentData: Clean

Re: cdrecord/burn problem

2002-04-25 Thread ktb
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 07:20:22PM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > ktb wrote: > > > > My burner used to work fine until I installed woody. I've been > > searching the net and found the suggestion to use the "-dao" switch. > > That didn't help. I&#x

cdrecord/burn problem

2002-04-25 Thread ktb
My burner used to work fine until I installed woody. I've been searching the net and found the suggestion to use the "-dao" switch. That didn't help. I'm running a 2.4.18 kernel. Here is the output of - # cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 J?rg Schilling

Re: Woody Woes

2002-04-21 Thread ktb
>On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 08:35:51AM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > One reminder, 2.4 kernels are very modular and must be configured using > modules otherwise most key functions do not work. > I've got a 2.4.18 kernel with one module installed. Everything else is static. I've seen no key functi

Re: config file for current kernel

2002-04-21 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 05:58:12AM -0700, Kapil Khosla wrote: > Hi, > I normally have to recompile my kernel a number of times. > > Obviously , the .config file in /usr/src/linux gets overwritten and I lose my > old .config file. I know I can save it by a unique name but > is there a command/uti

Re: Woody Woes

2002-04-21 Thread ktb
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 11:47:55AM +1000, Matt Chipman wrote: > Hi all > > I am trying to upgrade to Woody and use the 2.4 kernel. > I am a wireless enthusiast and have a pcmcia to pci adapter PLX card with a > hermes enterasis card which is why i want to use the 2.4 Kernel. (support is > in this

Re: ispell

2002-04-17 Thread ktb
On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 03:39:08PM -0600, Art Edwards wrote: > Thanks for the recommendation. Does this integrate easily with > emacs/xemacs? > I don't use emacs so don't know for sure but it is claimed to be a drop in replacement for ispell. I use it with mutt and off the command line. kent --

Re: ispell

2002-04-17 Thread ktb
On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 12:23:40PM -0600, Arthur H. Edwards,1,505-853-6042,505-256-0834 wrote: > After a testing dist-upgrade I lost ispell. The entire directory > > /usr/lib/ispell > > is gone. I have tried installing, removing and installing, purging and > installing. So far nothing has worke

Re: What are the "bf" varient kernel packages?

2002-04-09 Thread ktb
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 01:19:04PM -0400, Curtis Dean Smith wrote: > As above, what is the difference between the regular kernel packages and > "bf" varients in testing? > Read the "README.txt" - http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/disks-i386/current/bf2.4/README.txt and the "fla

Re: Menuing system

2002-04-04 Thread ktb
On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 01:48:34PM -0500, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > Is there a package for a utility that will allow me to make custom menu > screens for utilities? I am setting up a server for a user that is not linux > savvy and I want to create a menu to run commands like adduser, userdel,

Re: black screen of death

2002-04-03 Thread ktb
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 11:27:00AM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hello! > > I am running woody + sawfish-gnome. Sometimes, after xscreensaver has started > and the monitor enters the suspend mode it never comes back again. No matter > I > do, the screen remains black and insensible to any

Re: How to reconfigure fetchmail?

2002-03-24 Thread ktb
On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 02:11:14PM -0500, stan wrote: > I need to reconfigure fetchmail on one of my woody machines. > > I tried using dselct to delte & reinstall it. That did not prompt me for > configuration data, so I tried dpkg-rconfigure fetchmail. This just > returned a prompt. > > How can

Re: attachment problem with mutt

2002-03-23 Thread ktb
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 06:09:21PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hello, > > I am running woody and mutt. I have a problem with the attached files in > mutt: > mutt insists in put the attached file in the body of the message, either in > the messages I send as well as the messages I receiv

Re: libm.so.5

2002-03-23 Thread ktb
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 03:47:41PM -0800, Joe Wise wrote: > I just did an apache installation and that libm.so.5 library is missing > from our Debian/linux 2.2r2 > > > > What is the workaround or solution. > You can do a search at - http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents to fi

Re: vim-gtk, where is gvim ?

2002-03-20 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 10:41:25PM +0100, Thomas wrote: > Hello, > > I've installed vim-gtk with apt-get, but I cannot find /usr/bin/gvim, > it's just a link to vim. Moreover, vim -g doesn't launch the GUI. Does > anyone have the same problem ? > I just installed vim-gtk from testing and gvim

Re: dosemu: cua

2002-03-20 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 02:13:09PM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Looking again at the README.txt.gz, I see that all the serial examples use > "/dev/cua1" etc, though the examples in /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf use > /dev/ttyS0, > etc. What on earth is a /dev/cua device; I don't have anything like that

Re: re-set button keeps blinking

2002-03-20 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 03:07:42PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi I just thought you might help me > I have a hp deskjet 870Cse printer just > a couple of days ago I noticed no print jobs > when I turn it on the re-set button keeps blinking > and the paper won't feed. I don't have an owners

Re: su montioring

2002-03-20 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 06:27:46PM -, David Richards wrote: > hi > > are there any program that will log/monitor who are using root > privigies ? > I don't know if it completely fits the bill but take a look at /var/log/auth.log hth, kent -- To know the truth is to distort the Univers

Re: Galeon PSM

2002-03-20 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 08:32:11AM -0800, Michael Montagne wrote: > What is PSM for Galeon (mozilla?)? > When trying to reach a secure sight I'm informed that this must be > installed. The download is a whole bunch of files tarred together. I'm > unsure how to proceed. Should I just copy the who

Re: dosemu

2002-03-20 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 09:08:17AM -0700, Phil Reardon wrote: > I installed dosemu on my potato box to try to help Cheryl, but it did not > give me any man or info pages. Who maintains dosemu, anyway? > I went here - http://www.debian.org/devel/people Looks like - Xu, Herbert ?<[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: apt-get reinstall?

2002-03-20 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 09:33:59AM -0600, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > Hi, > > Is there an easy method to re-install a package? I rebooted my machine > and apache is segfaulting right as it starts up. Other applications > are running fine, even Tomcat which taxes memory. > > Any ideas on how to diag

Re: How can I find out what package contains the Gnome dictionaty aplet?

2002-03-20 Thread ktb
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 06:52:34AM -0500, stan wrote: > Somewhere along the line, one of my dslect upgrades must have removed the > Gnome dictionary aplet, but I cna't seem to find it in the dselect list. > > Is there a tool that I can use to search the avaialble packages & see > what package con

Re: PDF

2002-03-19 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 02:43:56PM -0800, curtis wrote: > What is the best tool for editing and creating pdf files? > Here is a quick online prog - http://www.ps2pdf.com/convert/convert.htm Maybe not exactly what your looking for but... kent -- To know the truth is to distort the Universe.

Re: bash scripting question (variables and spaces)

2002-03-19 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 08:35:53PM +0100, Karsten Heymann wrote: > Hi, > > I have once again come upon bash problem I can't solve. I'm writing a > little bash frontend and one of the programs expects a option that includes > spaces and is composed from two other shell var's. Example: > > #!/bin/b

Re: Which window-manager for a kiosk?

2002-03-19 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 11:41:35AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Which window manager will give me the ability to size/move/close/etc > windows, but without the ability to start other programs, etc. I want a > kiosk style setup, on a low-memory machine. ICEWM has that menu at the > bottom with the "

Re: menu

2002-03-19 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 09:39:18AM +, Marcelo Leal wrote: > Has anyone a menu script done??? I need do some scripts, and i will have > to do a nice interface... i thought if somebody have a default one... > with colors and so on... > Look at the package dialog, xdialog, whiptail. You can se

Re: linux on IBM PS/1

2002-03-18 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 03:45:37PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 08:29:01 CST, ktb writes: > > >A few years back I installed on a IBM PS/2 386. It had a MCA bus. I > >would imagine the PS/1 does also. I don't know off the top of my head

Re: linux on IBM PS/1

2002-03-18 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 03:05:21PM +0100, Bostjan Muller wrote: > Hi! > > We recieved a few IBM PS/1 machines in our local cybercaffe, and would > like to install linux on them, but none of the install floppies would > recognize the disk controler nor the disk. > If anyone has any information abou

Re: browser tries to download php test file info.php

2002-03-17 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 10:05:09PM -0800, Xeno Campanoli wrote: > Say, I'm stuck making PHP go. As per instructions on page 43 of > Converse and Park, I made an info.php file, but when I specify it's URI, > the browser just tries to download it. I've got the Addtype(s) in > Apache, and I've got v

Re: exim getting the from addresses right

2002-03-17 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 08:41:19PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > After getting a little experience with exim, I think I've done my last > painful config hairpulling session with sendmail. And have moved > other machines not running debian to exim too. > > I think I may be botching my config with o

Re: server error

2002-03-16 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 08:26:32PM +, john gennard wrote: > I've just re-installed Potato 2.2 r4 (following changes to hard disks) -this > is something I have not done for a long time as I don't have crashes. Now > I have a problem not encountered before. > > When trying to 'startx', I get th

Re: Newbie - Internet install help 2

2002-03-16 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 04:15:48PM +0100, Ronald Castillo wrote: > Thanks a lot for your help!! I'll give a try to what you are suggesting > me. > > About the HTML emails.. I hadn't noticed I had that set up, but now > they are configured as plain text. Thanks for warning me. > > And, about th

Re: Newbie - Internet install help 2

2002-03-16 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 03:27:59PM +0100, Ronald Castillo wrote: > Hello.. > > I am new to the Linux world. I want to install Debian Linux but I have > some questions, and I would really appreciate it if you could help me: > > I have a CD of the Debian 2.1 (Slink) distribution. Is there any w

Re: noise when using esd

2002-03-16 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 12:56:07PM +0100, Preben Randhol wrote: > I have set up esd on a machine that has a via868 soundcard. I compiled > the latest alsa driver. The sound works nicely without any problem. Even > having several programs playing sound at the same time works (which was > the reason

Re: booting from PCI IDE card rather than SCSI

2002-03-16 Thread ktb
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 01:39:02AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 21:59, Matt Garman wrote: > > > > Okay---at this point I've rebooted my computer probably 50 times over > > the last three days. I'm trying to install a new IDE hard drive and > > have it run off of an IDE PCI co

Re: package install problem

2002-03-15 Thread ktb
On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 03:06:57AM -0800, faisal gillani wrote: > Can anyone tell me what this mean when i install this > package with dpkg ? > > debian:~# dpkg -i fetchmailconf.deb > dpkg-deb: unexpected end of file in version number in > fetchmailconf.deb > dpkg: error processing fetchmailconf.

Re: netscape6

2002-03-15 Thread ktb
On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 09:31:04AM +, Marcelo Leal wrote: > how can i install netscape6 in Debian unstable? I've been off list for a while so I don't know if anyone has a package put together. Search the archives for that. If there isn't a package you can try - http://browsers.netscape.com

Re: Slow list?

2002-03-14 Thread ktb
On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 12:29:03AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: > Is it just me, or are others too experiencing a rather slow > debian-user? It takes more then an hour just to get me own posting > back! This used to be mere minutes. > > So what happened, is my ISP holding up the messages or is

Re: Advice on creating a workstation

2001-10-13 Thread ktb
On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 01:29:16PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello All > > I do voluntary work in a place where members of > the public come to use computers, drink tea and > coffee, read newspapers ... > > Usually we use windows but I have decided to > experiment with linux workstation

Re: How to prevent blanking of monitor?

2001-10-12 Thread ktb
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 08:58:39AM -0400, Stan Brown wrote: > Debian stable + Progeny upgrades )XF964) _ 2.4.9 kernel. > > When I log intot an X session, after a certsin period of time of inactivy > the monitor blaks out. > > How can I stop this? xset I think will work. Check the man-page but

Re: Where do I start looking for one hand typing?

2001-10-12 Thread ktb
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 02:30:59PM +0200, Danie Roux wrote: > Just out of curiosity mostly: > > How can I make the shift key "sticky". And can I switch between a sticky > and non sticky shift in one keystroke? > > I don't want to stop typing when I drink my coffee :-) I've never tried it but I

Re: Man

2001-10-06 Thread ktb
On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 12:31:44AM -0500, Michael Grover wrote: > is there any on-line version of the man pages? > > like for "man 5 interfaces" > > I tried "man 5 interfaces > mike.txt" but there was so many control > chars that the text file was too hard to read. > google.com will net you lot

Re: www.debian.org

2001-10-01 Thread ktb
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 05:45:27PM +0300, Ilmars Dinbirs wrote: > any problems with subj. ? The server seems to be down at the moment as you have discovered. kent -- "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."

Re: notification related

2001-10-01 Thread ktb
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 03:49:40PM +0530, Jeffrin Jose T. wrote: > > Iam using mutt as MUA and i have different mail boxes. Is it possible > to make an arrangement such that i should to notified that a new message > has arrived at a typical box without opening it. I use gbuffy. There are vari

Re: debian Xwindows -- query

2001-09-30 Thread ktb
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 12:48:55PM +0800, louie miranda wrote: > Hi, i try to install the xfree86*.deb files and some other libraries, and i > choose fvwm for my desktop. And i installed xterm and netscape only.. > > this was in "dselect", now after the dselect installed/configured the > packages.

Re: not sure how to retrive my mail

2001-09-28 Thread ktb
On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 10:07:19PM +0100, j.dales wrote: > please could you put me on the right track to be able to retrive my mail. > very new to this. i used to go onto the ntl icon and double click and the > computor would ask if i wanted to retrive my mail. i phoned ntl support line > who co

Re: So many package tools, apt, dselect, dpkg, which should I choose?

2001-09-27 Thread ktb
On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 07:12:17AM +, Yuwen Dai wrote: > Hi, All > > I'm new to Debian but not new to Linux. I find there're many packages in > Debian. I'm confused. In what situation should I choose one? > > Thank you in advance. Take a look at - http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkgtool

Re: .raw vs .iso for burning?

2001-09-26 Thread ktb
On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 06:04:43PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Following the links on the Debian homepage I've found some .raw files of > Sid; however, I've always used .iso files for burning CDs. Can I burn a > .raw file just the same as an .iso, or is it a different format, or > should I just re

Re: exim rewrite, sorry

2001-09-26 Thread ktb
On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 06:38:34PM -0400, Giulio Morgan wrote: > I can't make my exim rewrite line work...on a dial-up machine, no domain > > Here are what I think are the pertinent parts of my exim.conf > >qualify_domain = SanMarco > ># qualify_recipient = > >local_domains = localh

Re: kernel modules problems

2001-09-26 Thread ktb
nning - # depmod -a ? IIRC it is run in the start scripts but I've found running it prior to a reboot can sometimes help with some issues. kent > At 12:11 AM 9/26/2001 -0500, ktb wrote: > >On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 12:38:53AM -0400, Bart Himel wrote: > > > I've been a

Re: kernel modules problems

2001-09-26 Thread ktb
On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 12:38:53AM -0400, Bart Himel wrote: > I've been a user of Debian for several years now. Due to a problem with > libc last week, I had to go through the pain of reinstalling > everything. Anyway, since then, every time I try to compile a new 2.4.x > kernel, I get a messa

Re: How to fix corrupted download

2001-09-25 Thread ktb
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 09:04:44AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > Is there an easy way to force apt to download a deb again? I seem to have > got a corrupted one: > > (Reading database ... 131943 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace xfonts-75dpi 4.1.0-5 (using > .../x

Re: time sync probs

2001-09-24 Thread ktb
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 01:19:54PM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Hi, > > I thought I would try and sync my potato server > to an internet time server, so I installed ntp, edited > the /etc/ntp.conf file: > > server 192.5.41.209 > > I then restart the ntp daemon and noticed my date never chang

Re: How to disable X temporarily?

2001-09-17 Thread ktb
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 01:43:48PM +0200, Alexander Steinert wrote: > What would you regard as the most elegant way to keep all users of a > system from starting a X session. > > It should be > > a) temporarily and > > b) nothing like apt-get remove ... ;-) Don't know how elegant but how about

Re: little script for log watching

2001-09-12 Thread ktb
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 04:01:12PM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to write a script that would > output to the screen the latest contents of a log, > and continue to do so until I abort the script. > > For example, > I have squid running, and would like to see the latest add

Re: what command in linux such as mem in dos

2001-09-12 Thread ktb
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:45:58PM +0200, thomas anderson wrote: > Hi, > > is there a command in linux to show a more detailed information on memory > usage and alternatively also cpu usage? currently I use 'ps aux' but I need > more information... One way you can find information about commands

Re: Mutt Unread Mail

2001-09-11 Thread ktb
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 01:37:28PM +0100, Paul Clark wrote: > I am learning to use Mutt. I cannot find a way to jump to unread > messages across my many mail folders. I know works > within folders but that means I have to try every folder to find > unread messages. > > Is there an easier way? I

Re: How

2001-09-10 Thread ktb
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 02:41:24PM -0700, rg2k1 wrote: > Hi > > Have been trying my darndest to download Debian from the net. But evidently I > don't understand how to do it. And can't find any "How to" references. I go to > download with FTP/ USA and get the Parent list. ?? I'm a newbi to Linux,

Re: Debian & Progeny Debian?

2001-09-09 Thread ktb
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 04:56:14PM +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > I'm scouting for a Linux distro for a complete newbie who I think will be > interested in Linux. RedHat or Mandrake might be easy to install, but the > mere fact that they ship with a broken compiler that breaks almost anythi

Re: Mouse problems after upgrading to Woody (X4)

2001-09-09 Thread ktb
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 07:28:08PM +0200, Daniel de los Reyes wrote: > El Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 12:02:35PM -0500, ktb dijo: > -| On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:44:23PM +0200, Daniel de los Reyes wrote: > -| > > -| > -- > -| > __ > -| >

Re: Mouse problems after upgrading to Woody (X4)

2001-09-09 Thread ktb
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:44:23PM +0200, Daniel de los Reyes wrote: > > -- > __ > Daniel de los Reyes > S2-Desarrollo, Grupo S2 > Valencia Spain > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Powered by Debian GNU-Linux 2.2r3 > __ > Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 1

Re: aterm and ~/.Xdefaults

2001-09-09 Thread ktb
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 07:19:52PM -0500, Rob VanFleet wrote: > Aterm doesn't seem to want to read my ~/.Xdefaults file even though its > manpage declares it will. > > Before anyone tells me to try ~/.Xresources, I already have, and xterm > reads ~/.Xdefaults just fine. > > All I have in my ~/.Xd

Re: Burning .raw

2001-09-07 Thread ktb
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 03:23:57PM +0200, Helgi Örn wrote: > On Friday 07 September 2001 14:26, ktb wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 01:58:50PM +0200, Helgi Örn wrote: > > > Hello all! > > > I just domnloaded the DEMUDI image to give it a try end the file happens &

Re: Burning .raw

2001-09-07 Thread ktb
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 01:58:50PM +0200, Helgi Örn wrote: > Hello all! > I just domnloaded the DEMUDI image to give it a try end the file happens to > be in a .raw format which I don't know anything about. How do I do to > successfully burn it in XCDroast? You should be able to burn it as .raw

Re: SHIT! Was: Re: procmail don't work

2001-09-06 Thread ktb
On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 06:25:59PM +0200, Timeboy wrote: > > Hi! > > What a bad thing. I experimented with my .procmailrec and lost 14 of > your mails. ARGHHH!! Next time i will use fetchmail -k for someting > like that. > > Ok! If someone wrote me a message with subject Re: i810 sound?, > Re:

Re: is exim the cause for this?

2001-09-05 Thread ktb
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 09:52:30PM +0200, Timeboy wrote: > Hi! > > Since i use exim as MTA there is a very strange thing: Everytime if i make > with Balsa a reply to all i get the following mail into my mailbox. It is > eaqual which mail address of yours i reply. There cames everytime the same >

Re: Quoting styles, cont (Was Re: Fonts in GTK)

2001-09-05 Thread ktb
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 07:27:13PM +0200, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 11:52:27AM -0500, ktb wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:48:22AM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote: > > > Bud Rogers wrote: > > > > > > > Except that in this case we&#

Re: Printing go bye-bye

2001-09-05 Thread ktb
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 11:16:42AM -0400, Kyle Girard wrote: > Somewhere in between now and about hmm a month ago my ability to print > has ceased. > > Here's some background info: > > Distribution: sid (current as of this morning) > kernel 2.4.9 > Printer: hp720c > > I am using magicfilter w

Re: shell script for bash [timeboy@Calculusterix]

2001-09-05 Thread ktb
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 06:09:05PM +0200, Timeboy wrote: > > Hi! > > I like to write a litte shell script that first makes a connection to my ISP > and then runs fetchmail. This is no problem for me. But cause it takes some > seconds till the connection to ISP is done, the script needs to wait fo

Re: Quoting styles, cont (Was Re: Fonts in GTK)

2001-09-05 Thread ktb
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:48:22AM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote: > Bud Rogers wrote: > > > Except that in this case we're not talking about a practice that was > > not previously common or even not so common. We're talking about a > > practice that was virtually unknown until Microsoft flooded the m

Re: exim: how to modify the "Sender:" header

2001-09-05 Thread ktb
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 02:53:30PM +0700, Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim wrote: > Hello: > > Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, /etc/email-addresses > modifies the RFC-2822's "From: " header, and NOT the > "Sender: " one :-(. > > I guess, that this is a Netscape mailer problem, since > there is

Re: dominate xdm?

2001-09-05 Thread ktb
On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 06:13:37AM +, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: > >On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 11:43:07AM -0400, richard wrote: > >> New install and just got X to work. xdm starts twm, which is lame, on > > >> VC7 with a login. You can't get out of it on that console. Startx won't > > >> work a

Re: XFree86 4.10-4 and huge fonts

2001-09-04 Thread ktb
On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 10:18:03AM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Sid at home, previously X fonts were a normal size (at > 100dpi) where a 10pt font was roughly the same size as a 10pixel font. > This looks about right on my monitor. However, last night I upgraded to > X4 4.10-4

Re: dominate xdm?

2001-09-03 Thread ktb
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 11:43:07AM -0400, richard wrote: > New install and just got X to work. xdm starts twm, which is lame, on > VC7 with a login. You can't get out of it on that console. Startx won't > work anywhere of cours. > > I want to use e.g. icewm. How do I reconfigure xdm to default to

Re: kill netscape persistant

2001-09-03 Thread ktb
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 06:33:13PM +0200, Thomas Halahan wrote: > > When netscape (4.75) crashes I often still get: > > "PID" /usr/lib/netscape/475/navigator/navigator-smotif.real > > running under processes. even if i try to explicitly kill > it with its pid it will not go away. this is real

Re: startx on another terminal say, tty8 and then tty9

2001-09-03 Thread ktb
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 10:25:59PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A]] I tried startx -l:8 for getting > XWindows onto tty8 and then Ctrl+Alt+F8 to get there > > Result : (1)If the machine has not put up XWindows by default , then > it > comes on tty7 , which is the default. >

Re: Debian Parititioning Trouble

2001-09-02 Thread ktb
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 09:58:08PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to set up a machine I just built to run Debian. It installs fine, > but LILO says it cannot install itself on the hard disk due to an error, (I > forgot what it says precisely, but it says this is a common problem wit

Re: Just a question

2001-08-31 Thread ktb
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 10:51:12PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 11:09:07PM -0500, ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:45:29PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > > > > > * Brian Schramm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010830 19:41]:

Re: Just a question

2001-08-30 Thread ktb
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:45:29PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > * Brian Schramm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010830 19:41]: > > Is there a way that I can take a passwd file and compare the full name data > > in it to the email ldap server and give a a list of what it finds and what > > it > > misses?

Re: Just a question

2001-08-30 Thread ktb
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:45:29PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > * Brian Schramm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010830 19:41]: > > Is there a way that I can take a passwd file and compare the full name data > > in it to the email ldap server and give a a list of what it finds and what > > it > > misses?

Re: managing /etc/rc?.d

2001-08-30 Thread ktb
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 09:28:41AM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 07:26:57AM -0500, ktb wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 03:54:02AM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 10:03:35PM -0500, ktb wrote: > > > > I created the

Re: managing /etc/rc?.d

2001-08-30 Thread ktb
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 03:54:02AM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 10:03:35PM -0500, ktb wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 04:03:47AM +0200, Martin F Krafft wrote: > > > despite wonderful packages like file-rc, the /etc/rc?.d structure is > > > dam

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