Re: need help configuring debian-6.05 with DNS

2012-06-30 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:59:27 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > Hold on! on ethic's /etc/host's file I had the *wrong* IP. "deb" is my > to-be new Linux server with 10.47.0.115 as its internal IP. Now I can > ping and dig and nslookup the computer *correctly*. This is > outstanding. A bad step for som

Re: need help configuring debian-6.05 with DNS

2012-06-29 Thread Gary Kline
On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 01:37:06PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:37:06 -0700 > From: Gary Kline > Subject: Re: need help configuring debian-6.05 with DNS > To: Andrei POPESCU > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:52:32PM

Re: need help configuring debian-6.05 with DNS

2012-06-29 Thread Gary Kline
On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:52:32PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:52:32 +0300 > From: Andrei POPESCU > Subject: Re: need help configuring debian-6.05 with DNS > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On Vi, 29 iun 12, 12:40:00, Gary Kline wrote:

Re: need help configuring debian-6.05 with DNS

2012-06-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 29 iun 12, 12:40:00, Gary Kline wrote: > > Guys, > > Can someone help me get DNS installed and working on my > Debian Squeeze? The youtubed videos that I have tried have > both failed. I get an "NXDOMAIN" with nslookup or did. > > thanks for any pointers!

need help configuring debian-6.05 with DNS

2012-06-29 Thread Gary Kline
Guys, Can someone help me get DNS installed and working on my Debian Squeeze? The youtubed videos that I have tried have both failed. I get an "NXDOMAIN" with nslookup or did. thanks for any pointers! -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thoug

Re: Configuring Debian

2007-03-18 Thread Chris Lale
Keith Thompson wrote: Hello; I just downloaded and try the OS today. I got it installed correctly. I used the netinst.iso file. I get to the configuration screens until I get an apt source and CD-ROM, HTTP, FTP, and File System and manual. When I choose HTTP or FTP, I get no connection.

Re: Configuring Debian

2007-03-16 Thread gustavo halperin
Keith Thompson wrote: Hello; I just downloaded and try the OS today. I got it installed correctly. I used the netinst.iso file. I get to the configuration screens until I get an apt source and CD-ROM, HTTP, FTP, and File System and manual. When I choose HTTP or FTP, I get no connection.

Configuring Debian

2007-03-16 Thread Keith Thompson
Hello; I just downloaded and try the OS today. I got it installed correctly. I used the netinst.iso file. I get to the configuration screens until I get an apt source and CD-ROM, HTTP, FTP, and File System and manual. When I choose HTTP or FTP, I get no connection. How do I fix this. Than

Re: Trouble configuring debian

2005-01-08 Thread James Vahn
Paul wrote: > I?ve tried with xf86config, and even selecting the minimum (VGA, 16 > colors, etc) It Doesn?t work. I?m desperate. I need to get this done to > work in my ph.d. thesis, as Soon as possible. Welcome to the school of hard knocks. Make sure discover, read-edid and xserver-xfree86 are

Re: Trouble configuring debian

2005-01-07 Thread Carl Fink
Please post in ASCII. Your "smart" apostrophes look weird in a true ASCII viewer. On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 01:55:04AM -0300, Pablo J. Cobelli wrote: > I´ve tried with xf86config, and even selecting the minimum (VGA, 16 > colors, etc) > It Doesn’t work. ... What means "It doesn't work"? Do you

Re: Trouble configuring debian

2005-01-07 Thread Clifton Sluss
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 01:55:04 -0300, Pablo J. Cobelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > My name is paul, and although i´ve been using linux for almost 3 years now, > i´m completely new > > To debian. In the past, I´ve used SUSE and RedHat with no complaints. > > > > Re

Trouble configuring debian

2005-01-07 Thread Pablo J. Cobelli
Hi,   My name is paul, and although i´ve been using linux for almost 3 years now, i´m completely new To debian. In the past, I´ve used SUSE and RedHat with no complaints.   Recently I changed my computer and decided to go to the next level and downloaded debian from The web site. Deta

Re: howto/faq: installing & configuring debian on old hardware

2003-09-30 Thread matt wilkie
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Re: howto/faq: installing & configuring debian on old hardware

2003-09-30 Thread Wilko Fokken
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 06:31:29AM -0700, matt wilkie wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone direct me to a faq or howto on installing and configuring > debian for end users on quite old hardware? Old means 486 and early > pentiums (<200mhz). > I am using a Pentium w/ AMD K5, 128 MB R

howto/faq: installing & configuring debian on old hardware

2003-09-30 Thread matt wilkie
Hi, Can anyone direct me to a faq or howto on installing and configuring debian for end users on quite old hardware? Old means 486 and early pentiums (<200mhz). I have a few old beasts in my basement I want to pass on to people who don't know much about computers, so simplicity and usab

Re: Configuring Debian

2003-09-14 Thread Mario Carugno
Most of the time you can answer with the defaults. But could be good (for you) read and read. If you don't like it, you still could get Knoppix or Gnoppix. On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:12:51 -0400 "Tommy McCabe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Even with Windows, installing Debian is a snap- boot from the

Configuring Debian

2003-09-14 Thread Tommy McCabe
Even with Windows, installing Debian is a snap- boot from the CD/floppy, answer a few questions about which partitions to divide up and your keyboard and stuff, and the program takes care of it. When I reboot it, it asks me about a hundred different qusetions about Debian "configuartion" half of

Re: problems with configuring Debian

2001-08-12 Thread Paul Scott
Rafael Sasaki wrote: Hi, On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 10:52:36AM +0200, fouad HENNI wrote: I installed Linux Debian 2.2 r0 on my computer and I need solution for the problems below: 1) My video card is "Trident Blade 3D PCI/AGP (IPC)", so I installed the XF86_SVGA server but the computer often

Re: problems with configuring Debian

2001-08-12 Thread Rafael Sasaki
Hi, On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 10:52:36AM +0200, fouad HENNI wrote: > I installed Linux Debian 2.2 r0 on my computer and I > need solution for the problems below: > > 1) My video card is "Trident Blade 3D PCI/AGP (IPC)", > so I installed the XF86_SVGA >server but the computer often blocks when

Re: problems with configuring Debian

2001-08-11 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: problems with configuring Debian Date: Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 10:52:36AM +0200 In reply to:fouad HENNI Quoting fouad HENNI([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I installed Linux Debian 2.2 r0 on my computer and I > need solution for the problems below: > > 1) My video card

problems with configuring Debian

2001-08-11 Thread fouad HENNI
I installed Linux Debian 2.2 r0 on my computer and I need solution for the problems below: 1) My video card is "Trident Blade 3D PCI/AGP (IPC)", so I installed the XF86_SVGA server but the computer often blocks when I 'startx'. I used to reinstall Debian. When it works, the only graphic mo

Re: configuring debian for network mail clients

2000-12-14 Thread presi
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Carel Fellinger wrote: I now there is gnupop-3d. I used it and it worked quite good > On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 08:22:29PM -0500, Dwight Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... > > What is the name of the debian pop package? I do not see on

Re: configuring debian for network mail clients

2000-12-11 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 08:22:29PM -0500, Dwight Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... > What is the name of the debian pop package? I do not see one in the list > of packages. I do not want imap. "apt-cache search pop" will give pages full of packages, you'll have a li

Re: configuring debian for network mail clients

2000-12-10 Thread Dwight Johnson
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your reply. > On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 03:33:58PM -0500, Dwight Johnson wrote: > ... > > When she tries to read her mail using Eudora, she gets a message that > > her connection has been refused. When she tries to send mail, she gets > > a m

Re: configuring debian for network mail clients

2000-12-10 Thread cfelling
Hi Dwight, read this on debian-user, but there was a different mailing-list refered to in the To: header, so I'm cc-ing you/debian-user instead. On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 03:33:58PM -0500, Dwight Johnson wrote: ... > When she tries to read her mail using Eudora, she gets a message that > her connec

configuring debian for network mail clients

2000-12-10 Thread Dwight Johnson
I must configure my debian box so my wife can read and send her mail using Eudora from her Win95 box which is delivered to her mailbox (/var/mail/user) on the debian box using fetchmail/procmail/exim. Normal TCP/IP networking is already working on the network. The debian box is configured as an I

Re: Easy ways of configuring Debian

1997-02-19 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Daniel Robbins wrote: > What do I use instead of dselect to install software? I have all these > .deb packages on my vfat partition that need installing. Thanks for the > info... > dpkg -i //package_version.deb Luck, Dwarf

Re: Easy ways of configuring Debian

1997-02-19 Thread Shaya Potter
You can use dpkg by itself. dpkg -i package_name. Read the help page for dpkg, it is not that difficult once you get used to it. Shaya On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Daniel Robbins wrote: > On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Shaya Potter wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Daniel Robbins wrote: > > > On Fri, 14 Feb 1

Re: Easy ways of configuring Debian

1997-02-19 Thread Daniel Robbins
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Shaya Potter wrote: > On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Daniel Robbins wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Alexander Gieg wrote: > > > > > I think this is a great idea. LinuxConf makes the > > > configuration far easy for beginners. Let's think about > > > this... > > > > I am a Linux beginne

Re: Easy ways of configuring Debian

1997-02-19 Thread Shaya Potter
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Daniel Robbins wrote: > On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Alexander Gieg wrote: > > > I think this is a great idea. LinuxConf makes the > > configuration far easy for beginners. Let's think about > > this... > > I am a Linux beginner, and I find dselect confusing. If this will make > d

Re: Easy ways of configuring Debian

1997-02-18 Thread Daniel Robbins
On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Alexander Gieg wrote: > I think this is a great idea. LinuxConf makes the > configuration far easy for beginners. Let's think about > this... I am a Linux beginner, and I find dselect confusing. If this will make dselect less confusing, then it's a *great* idea! I'll check