On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 17:37 +, michael wrote:
> On 18 Dec 2007, at 23:57, Adam Porter wrote:
>
> > What video driver? Does it happen with KDE? Does it happen with
> > different
> > Linux distros? Does it happen if you boot a live CD of Ubuntu
> > or...? Does
> > logging out and back in
On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 13:46 -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On Dec 31, 2007 9:55 AM, cs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I wish to monitor the current state/focus of the mouse - how would I
> do
> > this?
> > I'm trying to narrow down my intermittent USB mouse (
I wish to monitor the current state/focus of the mouse - how would I do
this?
I'm trying to narrow down my intermittent USB mouse (and occasionally
USB keyboard) problems -- see thread started 18 Dec. Thanks, Michael
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On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 17:57 -0600, Adam Porter wrote:
> What video driver? Does it happen with KDE? Does it happen with different
> Linux distros? Does it happen if you boot a live CD of Ubuntu or...? Does
> logging out and back in (without rebooting) fix it?
>
>
I've not had the time to try
I've not managed to define precisely when I get borrows but I'm noticing
the following symptoms and was wondering if some kind soul would help me
debug what's going on in order to get to a solution? Thanks, Michael
set-up: etch, gnome (eg gnome-core 2.14.3.6), metacity 2.14.5-4 and
Dell/Logitech U
On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 10:56 -0500, John Miller wrote:
> Hey there, M,
>
> I think you might be looking for:
> Preferences -> Removable Drives and Media -> Storage -> "Browse
> removable media when inserted"
aha, never thought it might apply to HDs too ;)
thanks!
> I don't know of a way to keep t
Folks, can somebody point me to the magic configuration key that will
allow me to mount a filesystem from a shell without it opening a nwe GUI
window of its contents? And ideally without adding an icon to the
desktop? I'm running 'etch' with Gnome as the window manager. Thanks, M
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On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 13:12 -0500, Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé wrote:
> I suppose the error occurs at line 542 :
>AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
> First make sure the mod_include module is enabled. To do that, issue the
> # a2enmod include
> command as root. Then, restart with
> # /etc/init.d/ap
y with the common suffix for perl scripts.
#
# Note 2: The example entries below illustrate that in some cases
# the two character 'Language' abbreviation is not identical to
# the two character 'Country' code for its country,
# E.g. 'Danmark/dk'
I thought I'd worked out how to ensure only 1 instance of a shell script
was running (using grep and wc) but I now see that sometimes the script
name appears twice in the list of processes - any ideas?
eg (apols for wrapping) when running /home/michael/bin/backup-rsync-VERI
we get the below where
On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 11:05 +, michael wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 00:56 +0100, Gilles Mocellin wrote:
> > Le Wednesday 14 November 2007 21:57:20 Pantor, vous avez écrit :
> > > Exactly yes, CPU is AMD Athlon XP-M 2800+ and no idea is it 64 bits or
> > > 32 bits CPU.
> >
> > It is 64bits if
On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 20:57 +, Pantor wrote:
> Exactly yes, CPU is AMD Athlon XP-M 2800+ and no idea is it 64 bits or
> 32 bits CPU.
>
> s. keeling wrote:
> > Jerome BENOIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >> Pantor wrote:
> >>> anybody can tell me how to define is my system 64 bits or 32 bits?
> >>
I was looking for a tool that would generate a graphical call graph (aka
SGI's old Speedshop tools) but couldn't find anything appropriate in
'etch'. ie for a given Fortran code that has numerous subroutines I
wish to know what calls what (eg via gprof) but also to get a graphical
representation (
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 21:54 +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 03:32:39PM +0000, cs wrote:
> > #!/bin/bash -x
> > TEMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/chk_procs_XXX`
> > trap 'date|mail -s "$0 error" [EMAIL PROTECTED];echo Error - aborting;\
> > exit
Folks, I have a bash script and I wanted to be able to catch a situation
and then send an email to the user flagging this. However, the -s to
`mail` doesn't allow spaces and I cannot work out, despite several
attempts, how to escape/quote etc in order to do what I want. Here's
what I'd like to do:
On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 17:43 -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> I have been searching without success for a command-line tool to
> manage a Creative Zen mp3 player.
>
> The only Creative Zen management tool for Linux which I have
> discovered thus far is gnomad2 (version 2.8.12-2 currently in the
>
In Dave Sherohman's email, 13-07-2001:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 12:13:20PM +0100, J.A.Serralheiro wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Alexey wrote:
> > > You know, while running DOS or Windows, the CPU is hot (I can touch it),
> > > even if I do nothing. It becomes cool under Linux!!!
> >
> > strange
In MaD dUCK's email, 20-06-2001:
> so i pulled this old 486-33 machine out of the basement, it's got 8Mb
> RAM, a shitty graphics card, and 240Mb of HDD space. it's ISA only,
> but i want to try using an AVM FritzCard and a cheap NE2000 compatible
> to make it be a masquerading router. it's probabl
In Adri's email, 15-06-2001:
> Ok,
>
> I didn't install the module for my ethernet card.
>
> What now? Shall I reinstall and indicate the ethernet card correctly or
> can I fix this up from where I am now?
You can specify modules to be loaded at boot time in the file /etc/modules
Each line sho
In Karsten M. Self's email, 10-05-2001:
> on Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:19:32AM -0500, Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:04:23PM -0500, ktb wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 02:01:42PM +1000, Craig Holyoak wrote:
> > > > potato => stable
> > > > woody =>
In Franck Routier's email, 10-05-2001:
> Hello,
>
> I want to set up the route to a new box on my LAN.
> If the route is not set, the connexion is refused (I think this is an otion
> in the kernel networking configuration)
>
> Where should I put this route ?
>
> From the docs I have found it s
In Tham Kine Seng's email, 10-05-2001:
> Hello people,
> I had mounted a windows partition. Now I am trying to give "write"
> permission to my user to this windows partition. Anybody knows how to
> go about giving this permission?
>
> All suggestions are greatly welcomed. Thank you.
>
In M G Berberich's email, 22-03-2001:
> Hello,
>
> are there any tools/hints/recommendationshow to adminstrate a pool of
> debian-systems.
>
> At the moment we have connected stand-alone-systems sharing some
> resources via nfs and nis. From a users view this is O.K. but from
> administrators vi
In Darryl Röthering's email, 21-03-2001:
> I am curious if anyone knows anything about clustering several single cpu
> boxes together and attempting to run a multi-cpu build of Linux on top of
> them. Has anyone figured out a way to thus put together a relatively cheap
> emulated parallel archi
In christophe barbe's email, 19-03-2001:
> Why all downloaded packages are saved in the /var/cache/apt/archives
> directory.
> Can I delete these files ?
> Where can I tell to not keep these file ?
>
> I see only one interest in keeping downloaded files, It' s to download only
> the diff when up
In Allan Andersen's email, 07-02-2001:
> Hi,
>
> Right now I have a poster with Corel Linux (better than nothing
> I think) hanging on my door. But I don't use the Corel Linux
> disto - so I thought if there were anyone out there who have a
> good quality of the debian logo which could be used to
In A.E. Roy's email, 05-02-2001:
> I`ve noticed that maple 6.01 conatins an install script for suse and redhat,
> does anyone know how it is like installing maple 6.01 on debian 2.2?
> A. Roy
>
Simple. You just install like a normal Linux, and it installs all the
RedHat stuff in /usr/local/map
On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 11:29:39PM +0100, Kerstin Hoef-Emden wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> this is a completely stupid thing I did. I wanted to make a zipped tar
> archive of my complete user home account and write it to MOD.
>
> Unfortunately I used the following line:
>
> tar -cvvf -gzip /mod/name-of-a
debs,
i floppy boot potato.
if i need to access mount or superformat another floppy, i cannot access
/dev/fd0.
suggustions?
ti,a.
bentley taylor.
att.
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running: debian gnu/linux ( http://www.debian.org )
kernel: 2.2.17
Script started on Sat Feb 3 16:25:01 2001
cls210:/home/bt# superform
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 03:33:31PM -0700, Brandeil macleod wrote:
>hi !
> I have been trying to install some packages to run MPEG/AVI etc but with
> no luck. Tried xmms plugins and xanim put nothing want to insatll.
>
> Also tried to install real player according to real.com for the debian
> v
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 10:05:55PM -0800, Xucaen wrote:
> Hi all..
>
> I've added new menu files to /etc/menu but
> update-menus doesn't see them. I got this to
> work with one menu file I added, but I've added
> three more since and they don't show up.
> here's one that I am trying to get to wor
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 11:04:31PM -0500, D-Man wrote:
>
> In /etc/X11/XF86Config
>
> change the mouse protocol to "MS IM" (or something like that, I'll
> check my config once I get back to my computer) and add the line
>
> ZAxisMapping 4 5
>
> to the pointer section. This causes the wheel to
debs,
i just ran uptime on my single-user box connected to the office dsl pipe.
it shows 3 users; and there's only one non-root account.
1. how do i find out who are the other 2 users?
2. does this mean that i've be hacked?
ia, t.
bentley taylor.
running: debian gnu/linux ( http://www.d
Hello! This is a simple question, but my 15-minutes of scouring the web
didn't turn up anything, so here goes.
Is there any way to mark all messages in a folder read in mutt?
This function would be particularly useful after coming back to 300+
mail messages from debian-user after a 2-day bre
- Forwarded message from cls/cs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:23:48 +
From: cls/cs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: fetchmail nameserver failure
Reply-To: cls/cs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i
Running
debs,
it seems like once a week, my fetchmail gets stuck with an email address it
cannot recognize. (i usually then just download the mail with netscape and
keep going.) once the error comes up, fetchmail won't download any other
messages.
attached is the script.
...suggestions?
ia, t.
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 01:55:12PM -0800, Michael Madden wrote:
> When I used dpkg to install the new modutils package,
> it gave me the option of installing a new /etc/modules
> file. If you choose yes, it gives you a basic
> /etc/modules files just with comments. You'll
> need to put in a line
In hanasaki's email, 12-01-2001:
> Support was added to the kernel when Potato was installed. The system
> does not seem to see the card. Any input would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you
>
Is this a eepro100 card, or one of the Intel integrated ethernet
controllers (on the motherboard). I have
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 10:51:17AM -0500, Christopher W. Aiken wrote:
>
> My Debian system has a name of "darkstar.localdomain"
> When I'm at home I can no longer send email to my office
> because of "spam" filters that were setup to reject any
> mail from rdsomains that are unresolvable.
>
> I h
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 08:43:17PM +0100, Philipp Schulte wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 09:27:55AM +, cls/cs wrote:
>
> > fetchmail told me that i had 317 new messages; but i
> > think my system shut off at 200.
> >
> > 1. how do i set up exim/fetchmail/mu
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 09:27:55AM +, cls/cs wrote:
> debs,
>
> fetchmail told me that i had 317 new messages; but i
> think my system shut off at 200.
>
> 1. how do i set up exim/fetchmail/mutt to give me all
> the mail?
>
> 2. is there a way for me to get th
debs,
fetchmail told me that i had 317 new messages; but i
think my system shut off at 200.
1. how do i set up exim/fetchmail/mutt to give me all
the mail?
2. is there a way for me to get the 117 emails that
did not show up in /var/spool/mail/foo?
ia, t.
bentley taylor.
//
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running: deb
debs,
i've been using stock kernel 2.2.17 that came with
potato. it recognized my 3com nic (as 3com 3c905c) and
works wonderfully.
i would like to ungrade to kernel 2.4.0 (now that it's
stable). after rebooting a custom 2.4.0, i can't
seem to get the nic recognized by the kernel. in the
reco
aps you missed something?
>
> Greetz,
> Sebastiaan
>
>
> On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, cls/cs wrote:
>
> > debs,
> >
> > i'm looking to roll 2.4.0 for my potato box; but i'm
> > getting ncurses issues. (i have libc6-dev, which
> > preven
debs,
i'm looking to roll 2.4.0 for my potato box; but i'm
getting ncurses issues. (i have libc6-dev, which
prevents my having libc5-dev, which, apparently ncurses
needs)
suggestions?
ia, t.
bentley taylor.
//
running: debian gnu/linux (http://www.debian.org)
kernel: 2.2.17
Script sta
On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 07:42:04AM -0800, Tom Schuetz wrote:
> Thanks to everyone for the ongoing responses to my newbie dreck.
>
> Why, when I MKBOOT VMLINUZ-2.2.12, would the system come back to me on three
> different BRAND NEW disks with a "write protected or other error"?
>
> I really doubt
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 04:22:48PM -0600, will trillich wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 03:08:27PM +, cls/cs wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 03:36:26PM -0600, will trillich wrote:
> > > On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 10:21:02PM +, q wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Dec 2
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 03:36:26PM -0600, will trillich wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 10:21:02PM +, q wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 09:16:14PM +, q wrote:
> > > debs,
> > >
> > > since i use rather nice background images for my
> > > potato boxes, i like to keep the screens on even
In Ard Righ's email, 02-12-2000:
> ([<> On 1 Dec 2000, some witty mortal wrote: <>])
>
> > RedHat has kickstart which greatly simplifies the install process.
> > Currently users here can fill out a webform and get a customized boot
> > disk that will do the right thing, just boot from it go to lun
In robert_wilhelm_land's email, 21-11-2000:
> Would someone kindly share his experiences in using a combo TV/radio
> card on Deb 2.2.17?
>
> Having a look on the internet I found the two cards at reasonable
> prices:
>
>
> 1.) Hauppauge WinTV Primio FM TV/Radio-Karte PCI Mono/Stereo
I can atte
In Samuel Hathaway's email, 10-11-2000:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hmm... I ran the following commands...
>
> # cd /usr/src
> # apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.17
> # bunzip2 kernel-source-2.2.17.tar.bz2
> # tar -xf kernel-source-2.2.17.tar
> # cd kernel-source-2.2.17
> # make dep
> # find
Hello debian ppl!
I am a lab admin. I need to give access to the floppy (/dev/fd0), zip
drive (/dev/hdd), and sound (/dev/dsp) to the person logged in at the
console (x or tty). If this was my personal machine, I would just
put the users in the group console. Unforfunately, this cannot be th
In Dwight Johnson's email, 13-10-2000:
> I need to get the list of packages installed by 'task-x-window-system', so
> that I can uninstall the ones I do not want. But
>
> # dpkg --listfiles task-x-window-system
>
> does not give it and
>
> /user/share/doc/task-x-window-system/README.debian
>
>
In Jack's email, 13-10-2000:
> Hi,
>
> I always compile my own customized kernel. However, it brings one
> thing annoying when using apt-get dist-upgrade. As you can see as
> following it tries to install debian provided kernel instead.
>
> Can I shut it off?
>
> thanks,
[ snip of apt/dpkg
Hi!
IMHO, vmware is a rather large solution to just running windows -
if you're looking for something commercial, you might take a look at
win4lin (www.trelos.com). I have been using the eval version for
about a week and I like it alot - it required a modified kernel, but
once you get that do
Message from To debian-user@lists.debian.org at 04/07/00 04:50:21AM:
> Hi all Debian users,
> anyone has a firewall script that can send me.
> I already know ipchains well but with a script (commented) it will
> better. :)
> Thanks, Paulo Henrique
Hi -
Yo
Hi --
I recently installed a machine with debian. I only have one problem
with the install.. I can't ping.. whenever I try to ping:
<3 bleh:~ >ping 127.1
ping: socket: Protocol not supported
traceroute has this error also:
bleh:~# traceroute 127.1
traceroute: icmp socket: Protocol not suppo
Message from To debian-user@lists.debian.org at 28/06/00 12:07:55PM:
> >I wonder why nisplus is not provided by Debian's...
>
> Probably because no-one has so far been interested in packaging it, or
> adding it to an existing package.
>
Not so:
http://www.realbodo.de/debian
these packages wor
Message from Cc debian-user@lists.debian.org at 07/06/00 02:20:12PM:
> Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > You do need to install nessusd on the machine you are going to scan, right?
>
> Really? I don't think that is the case. I thought the whole point
> was to be able to scan a machine fro
Message from To debian-user@lists.debian.org at 05/06/00 12:22:52PM:
> We are currently building up several servers, all of which will be
> hosted here locally. The thing is, it's going to be more than 25
> servers. Maintaining user accounts on all these bastards is going to be
> hell.
>
> I've
Message from Lindsay Allen at 23/05/00 09:54:58PM:
>
> I'm a very inexpert sysadmin who assists at a local school. We have a
> Debian box now for mail, squid, modem server and so on and they are very
> receptive to the idea of running Linux workstations and eventually
> breaking away from you-kno
Some of you probably have seem me asking about this in #debian:
I'm trying to setup NIS+ on Debian.. I have a number of machines which
I would like to use NIS+ for authentication and also for autofs
mapping.. Has anyone actually succeeded in using NIS+ with Debian?
I've currently taken nis-ut
Message from Barak Pearlmutter at 15/05/00 03:54:29PM:
> > From: Graeme Mathieson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > For autofs ...
> > I have the actual home directories on the server in /disk/home>
>
> Doesn't this mean that all your home directories live on a single
> server? The reason we are consideri
Hi.
Can you try with XF86Setup?
- Original Message -
From: "Michel Dänzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: NEW x problem :/
>
>
> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I think I discovered my problem, but another came up.
I am having the same problem here,
I am actullay using RedHat 5.2, on a Tecra 520 but most of the erorrs people
are getting are exactly the same as I am getting.
to check if the PCMCIA card is installed do a cat /proc/interrupts it should
show you if the 3c589_cs is there or not.
tha
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