Re: locked out of my own system (was: HELP!!!)

2001-07-01 Thread vester
/rmnologin that schould delete the nologin file... locate nologin says: /etc/init.d/rmnologin /etc/nologin /etc/nologin.boot /etc/rc2.d/S99rmnologin /etc/rc3.d/S99rmnologin /etc/rc4.d/S99rmnologin /etc/rc5.d/S99rmnologin /lib/security/pam_no_login.so anyone? thanks, vester

Re: locked out of my own system (was: HELP!!!)

2001-07-01 Thread vester
ure you do NOT have /etc/nologin /etc/nologin does not exist... > - make sure df shows all your partitions df shows all my partitions. any ideas what else i could try? thanks! vester > > - or ... you might have a corrupted libcrypt and/or libpams > since single user login wor

locked out of my own system (was: HELP!!!)

2001-07-01 Thread vester
nged anything though. does anyone know how to get back into my system? thanks a lot! vester

Re: HELP!!!

2001-06-30 Thread vester
RZU keyboard by any chance ? Also, does your > pasword contain any characters that might be affected by such possible > problems. > > > ---- > vester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >hi everyone -- > &g

Re: HELP!!!

2001-06-30 Thread vester
lation or manual fscking... did you apt-get upgrade prior > to last reboot? Try boot into single user mode and apt-get > update/upgrade again. > > On 30 Jun 2001 12:39:24 +0200, vester wrote: > > > > hi everyone -- > > > > i fear i did something stupid. >

HELP!!!

2001-06-30 Thread vester
w what else to say. :-( thanks all! -vester

Re: kapm-idled

2001-06-11 Thread vester
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 04:13:45PM +0200, vester wrote: > > can anyone explain to me what exactly the process kapm-idled does and why > > it takes up 50-90% of cpu usage? > > Kernel APM IDLE Daemon > > It's a pseu

kapm-idled

2001-06-11 Thread vester
t know. it just seems to make my system really slow :-( any advice on how to change that? thanks, vester

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread vester
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Steve Kowalik wrote: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 02:53:24PM +0200, vester uttered: > > [...] > > update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/gdm: file does not exist > > dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure): > > subprocess post-installation script r

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread vester
/gdm --how can i get that file back??? (and i thorougly learnt my lesson: do not manually remove scripts! hehe) thanks! -vester

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread vester
one possibility would be to edit your /etc/init.d/windowmanager-script (that is, xdm gdm kdm or whatever you are using)...just put in "exit" into the first line then they won't start and you'll stay in console... you could simply delete the scripts but you shouldn't do that (because i did and now

gdm

2001-06-08 Thread vester
is it possible to have a line break in this message? thanks! vester

Re: Getting modules.conf to load sound at startup

2001-06-03 Thread vester
basically run /sbin/modconf whatever modules you add here will load at bootup -- the straightforward way is to add your modules to /etc/modules (but i'm not sure about options here) hth, vester On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Chris Kenrick wrote: > I've managed to get sound working on

Re: oh crikey, it's ALSA all over again

2001-06-03 Thread vester
o the alsa directory and run ./configure --with-cards= additionally you may have to add another --with for the directory of the kernel source... alsa will copy the modules to the appropriate subdirs...afterwards run ./snddevices, that should do the job! hth, vester On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, Blue

PCMCIA advice needed!

2001-06-01 Thread vester
most important card (network) works, so i am coutious about changing anything really) thanks... -vester

mixer - soundcard question

2001-05-31 Thread vester
ssion) in order to hear sound...this is strange and it's not really a solution to start gmix on each reboot =) advice is greatly appreciated! thanks, vester

pcmcia-cdrom woes (2)

2001-05-31 Thread vester
what i should add is that the cd-drive works with the kernel that was originally provided by the debian installation...actually it was about the only thing that did work with that kernel...anyway, thanks all! vester

pcmcia-cdrom woes

2001-05-31 Thread vester
tion as to what has to be done in order to get a cd-drive to work...can anybody help me out? thanks, vester

Re: Slow Ximian Gnome 1.4

2001-05-31 Thread vester
x27;s always blackbox =) best, vester On 31 May 2001, Patrick Colbeck wrote: > Hi > > I 'upgraded' my Gnome on 2.2.r3 to Ximian 1.4 and it now runs like a > dog. I have a P400 with 128Mb RAM and a Matrox G200, running top with > just a gnome terminal open shows 50% CP

Re: First Debian Install Question

2001-05-31 Thread vester
haven't got them installed run # apt-get install xf86setup xf86config ) for xfree4 it may be xf86config again... HTH, vester On Wed, 30 May 2001, Bill Witherspoon wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone tell me how to re-run the X setup proggy that > you get through dselect? > &

Re: Ximian Gnome Problem

2001-05-30 Thread vester
and marked all packages with "ximian" in the version number for deletion and that worked fine. hope that helps! vester On Wed, 30 May 2001, Thomas H. George wrote: > Installation of Ximian Gnome Desktop failed, left problems I can't resolve. > > Last week I started

Re: gtk-themes not working

2001-05-30 Thread vester
okay, i solved this myself...pretty easy apt-get install gtk-engines-pixmap sorry for asking such a dumb question... On Wed, 30 May 2001, vester wrote: > > hi, it's me again...i still haven't figured this one out: > > problem is that apparently gtk themes aren'

gtk-themes not working

2001-05-29 Thread vester
ect for "gtk" and "themes" but that didn't really help. ideas, anyone? thanks in advance, vester

woody/sid

2001-05-28 Thread vester
oh...of course i forgot something: -i have also problems with gtk themes...i had AquaGraphite installed...after the upgrade it is still there, but i just get the standard gtk theme...is there any vital gtk package that i might have to install? thanks, vester

woody/sid questions (was: Re: ximian 1.4 and woody)

2001-05-28 Thread vester
es list once i've installed all the packages i wanted on my system and everything is working? i guess there is no real answer to this question but since i am still new to debian, it would help to get some advice! thanks all! -vester On Mon, 28 May 2001, [ISO-8859-1] christophe barbé wrot

Re: Scrolling mouse

2001-05-27 Thread vester
d the following line to wherever you set-up your mouse: ZAxisMapping 4 5 (or alternatively: 5 4 depending on how you'd like it to handle the scrolling) hope that helps! -vester On Sun, 27 May 2001, Reza wrote: > Hi there > I use Logitech scrolling mouse which is connected in >

Re: Free mail a/c that allows download of mail

2001-05-27 Thread vester
try www.crosswinds.net -- i think they offer a free pop3 account... On Sun, 27 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there any free mail accounts (like hotmail etc.) that allow you to > download your mail so that you can read it with mutt say? Instead of > having to view it through the web br

ximian 1.4 and woody

2001-05-27 Thread vester
27;t install either! any ideas there? well, those are my main problems basically. any ideas on how to fix them? thanks all! -vester

RE: gkrellm mail plugin

2001-05-24 Thread vester
/amael (my user name) or at least it is not there. so i guess i need to change something about how exim handles mail...? thanks, vester

gkrellm mail plugin / fetchmail / exim basics

2001-05-24 Thread vester
hi! could anybody explain the basics of debian's local mail delivery to me? or, to be more precise: i want to be able to use the gkrellm mail plugin. in order to do that i added several pop servers to fetchmail using fetchmailconf but when i run fetchmail, nothing happens...i do not really know

easy question

2001-05-23 Thread vester
i know this sounds trivial, but i haven't figured it out...after installing and successfully loading ALSA drivers (as root) sound applications only work as root...what do i need to change to make sound accessible to normal users? anyone? thanks! -vester

Re: need help with ALSA / soundcard

2001-05-23 Thread vester
ooops, i forgot: use ./snddevices after you have compiled the drivers, and alsamixer will work! i think cameron just had the same problem and noah's advice fixed it for him -- good thing =) cheers, vester On Wed, 23 May 2001, [ISO-8859-1] christophe barbé wrote: > Hi all, > &g

ALSA / sound

2001-05-23 Thread vester
rectly from www.alsa-project.org best, -vester

Re: need help with ALSA / soundcard

2001-05-22 Thread vester
parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters alsamixer says: alsamixer: failed to open mixer #0/#0: No such file or directory when i run xmms as root now i can play files, but can't hear anything. do you know what i could do? thanks for your help! best, vester On Tue, 22 May 2001, N

Re: need help with ALSA / soundcard

2001-05-22 Thread vester
> On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 07:57:40PM +0200, vester wrote: > > i'm using a vaio notebook with a yamaha ymf-754 soundcard on > > debian/testing. i compiled the > > kernel with CONFIG_SOUND CONFIG_SOUND_OSS and CONFIG_SOUND_YMFPCI as > > modules (i know that the la

need help with ALSA / soundcard

2001-05-22 Thread vester
the following output: Starting ALSA sound driver (version none):modprobe: Can't locate module snd no driver installed what can i do to make sound work? i don't particularly need to use alsa -- i just want to have the soundcard working anyway i can! thanks! vester

Re: Kernel Modules

2001-05-22 Thread vester
configures and loads modules... hope that gives you somewhere to start =) best, vester On Tue, 22 May 2001, John Tatum wrote: > Just call me Mr. Newbie. This is my first Debian box and I have reached > the limits of my current knowledge. > > I am looking for info on how to c

Re: modprobe / modutils problems...

2001-05-21 Thread vester
was found, with correct irq and all...but that doesn't do the job... anyway, thanks a lot for your modprobe suggestions! cheers, vester On Mon, 21 May 2001, Mirek Kwasniak wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 12:34:24AM +0200, vester wrote: > [...] > > > # depmod -av > &

Re: modprobe / modutils problems...

2001-05-20 Thread vester
modules/2.4.4/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/apm.o Symbol Version Prefix '' # insmod -vn apm.o gives me: Can't locate module -- and that is precisely what modprobe presents me with. i suppose it is becaue of those wrong paths? but how can i put them right? any ideas? thanks a lot! vest

modprobe / modutils problems...

2001-05-20 Thread vester
d it does find my soundcard, i can neither hear sound nor run alsaconf successfully -- i *think* it is all because of modprobe doesn't locate the modules... i also tried to add the respective /lib/modules/2.4.4/... directories in /etc/modutils but to no avail can anybody suggest to me how to solve this? thanks! -vester