Re: single-user

Hi, 2 ways to do. 1. When booting, at LILO: enter "linux single" assuming that your favourite kernel is labelled linux, if not replace the correct kernel label. 2. at shell prompt type "init 1" to go to single user mode. -gnana > Maybe a stupid question, but how do I boot my debian-linux (sli

good GPLed backup program

Hi, Looking for good reliable backup program under linux. I know BRU is good but it is priced. I want a free product. -gnana

Re: single-user

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Noella Pierlet wrote: : Hi, : : Maybe a stupid question, but how do I boot my debian-linux (slink) : in single-user-mode? >From the lilo prompt: `linux single' >From a root prompt in runlevels 2 through 5: 'shutdown now' -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Av

Making CDs with rsync.

I just made a set of slink CDs using the pseudo-image / rsync method (details at http://panic.et.tudelft.nl/~costar/pseudo-image-kit/ ) on examining the CDs under windows I find a large number of 0kb files. Did I screw up? I didn't check the md5sums (I know it's dumb), is the rsync method unrela

Re: single-user

On 17/11/99 Noella Pierlet wrote: Maybe a stupid question, but how do I boot my debian-linux (slink) in single-user-mode? if its x86 and you use lilo just type linux single at the lilo prompt (unless you call the default image something else) Best Regards, Ethan Benson To obtain my PGP ke

Re: squid question

It is possible, see the standard squid config file for solutions. Regards, Onno At 02:03 PM 11/17/99 +0300, Serge Gavrilov wrote: Hello, I need to configure squid as follows. Squid must use (itself) another proxy. Does anybody know: is it possible? Thank you in advance, -- Serge Gavrilov

Re: single-user

Thanks to everyone who responded. The single option works fine! Noella

Re: good GPLed backup program

"T.V.Gnanasekaran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Looking for good reliable backup program under linux. > I know BRU is good but it is priced. I want a free product. > -gnana I've been happy with afbackup. It's a bit of a steep learning curve, but after I finally got it set up to my taste I haven't

eterm, gnome-term... colors?

I was trying to decide between using eterms or gnome-terms yesterday, and I guess in the midst of my messing around, I messed something up. it used to be that things like dselect would show up in color within the eterms, however they no longer do. How do I set this stuff up? I am using LSCOLORS a

Re: 14.4kbps PPP link?

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Brian May wrote: bam >Still, I thought PPP was meant to be able to handle errors internally? bam >I think the statistics above mention the number of packet errors bam >that need to be fixed by TCP retransmitting it, but please correct bam >me if I am wrong. those are packet e

Re: good GPLed backup program

*- On 17 Nov, T.V.Gnanasekaran wrote about "good GPLed backup program" > Hi, > > Looking for good reliable backup program under linux. > I know BRU is good but it is priced. I want a free product. > -gnana > > How do you define good: efficient, flashy, easy to use, flexible or multi-platform?

Re: pppd Crashes Serial Port

Quoting Jeff Sciortino ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I have had a persistent problem ever since I started using debian a few > months ago. > > When I'm doing something with pppd up and moving data ... netscaping, > ftping, lynxing, etc. the mouse locks up (well it doesn't stop entirely > but acts like i

Re: single-user

At the lilo prompt, type "linux single" Bob On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 03:14:22PM +0100, Noella Pierlet wrote: > Hi, > > Maybe a stupid question, but how do I boot my debian-linux (slink) > in single-user-mode? > > Thanks in advance, > > Noella > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMA

Re: 14.4kbps PPP link?

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lists >Then you likely know enough to avoid buying a winmodem. Some people lists >don't even realize there is a difference, and instead of letting them lists >risk wasting time and money trying to get a winmodem working i point lists >them to that webs

maybe this is debian specific... Building gnusniff

I can't buld this. If configures fine. It seemes that I am missing types.h... what package is that part of? Anyone get this program to build? -Aaron Solochek [EMAIL PROTECTED] leko:~/gnusniff#make make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory `/root/gnusniff' Making all in src make[2]: Ente

Re: pppd Crashes Serial Port

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Jeff Sciortino wrote: jjs281 >Nov 12 16:00:17 debian kernel: Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial jjs281 >options enabled jjs281 >Nov 12 16:00:17 debian kernel: tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A jjs281 >Nov 12 16:00:17 debian kernel: tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 1

Re: anyone using USB devices?

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, T.V.Gnanasekaran wrote: gnana >into 2.3.x kernels. I have a HP USB scanner which I would like to use gnana >with 2.3.x gnana >kernel, if you all suggest. don't get your hopes up.. last i heard USB support didnt support much more then mice and keyboards. a scanner is a very

Re: Solved -- Re: Win NT does 1600x1200, why not X? (FireGL 1000Pro)

kickass, glad it works now :) nate On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Brian Boonstra wrote: boonst >Hi Everybody boonst > boonst >First off, a very big thank you to nate, Brian, and Bryan for all boonst >your help. Just 3 more pillars of the Debian community. boonst > boonst > boonst >The Problem

Re: diff caches stuff in memory?

Quoting Colin Marquardt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > apparently diff caches stuff in memory. That seems unlikely. I thought linux did that itself. > I noticed that when I wanted to make a patch with > >diff -urN clean_dir patched_dir > my_patch > > The patch came out fine, but then I realized th

Re: single-user

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Noella Pierlet wrote: Noella >Hi, Noella > Noella >Maybe a stupid question, but how do I boot my debian-linux (slink) Noella >in single-user-mode? I think you can type single and the LILOprompt and it will do it. i used to use a boot disk, but have since remapped CTRL+ALT+DE

Re: NIS question: ypserver=localhost in yp.conf on slave NIS?

"Ralf G. R. Bergs" wrote: > step that is NOT contained in the howto. can't cover all possibilities > Whenever my master server was unreachable the slave server couldn't read the > passwd map. So I entered "ypserver localhost" in /etc/yp.conf, et voila, > things worked again. so your localhost i

encryption licenses

It's been really hard for me to get whats needed in terms of liceses(if any) for encryption. What i'd like to know, if anyone can enlighten me is whats teh deal with using encryption in a commercial enviornment? I downgraded my SSH 2 servers to SSH1 a while back when i heard that the license had

Debian mirror of i386 only.

For some time I've had a partial mirror of debian. Partial being the slink distribution and only the binary-i386 directories. It's worked well and greatly eased upgrading the machines I have Debian installed on. Recently I decided to start mirroring potato instead of slink. I thought it would be ea

Do ALSA packages work for you?

Hello, I'm trying to use the Debian ALSA packages without success at all. I have two different servers with different sound cards and the problem is basically the same: "/etc/init.d/alsa start" does nothing but saying "alsa driver installed" which is not true. In fact, as soon as I try to run a so

Problem with X and SiS5598 chipset

I have the following config: Debian Linux, 2.1 on Kernel 2.2.13, with SiS-5598 Chipset video, and the VGA16 X- Server. When I run "startx" it brings up a nice little x-session... in 300x200

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V99 #1994

"unstable" in potato means it isn't a "final" release, meaning that whatever goals for potato aren't met yet, which, as I seem to hear, means that the boot floppies arent' what the Debian folks want them to be yet. Officially, it's 'install at your own risk', but several folks that I know are runni

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V99 #1999

> Subject: Do ALSA packages work for you? > Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 16:53:42 + > From: "Pedro Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user > > Hello, > > I'm trying to use the Debian ALSA packages without success at all. I > have two different servers with different sound cards and the prob

Re: Mutt group reply

On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 04:22:51PM +1100, Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My fault - I was searching for alternatives, not alternates :-( This is why I search for things like 'lternat', which matches both words. -- Eric Gillespie, Jr. <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I thought I was in love once.

ATI Xpert?

hello everybody: which is the difference between an ATI AGP video card and an ATI Xpert AGP card? are both usable in linux? which is better? thanks a lot

Re: Debian 2.0 booting problem

I have been having the same problem... the system often hangs right before this process (not showing it), often so long that i get impatient and just power my system down and boot back up, it seems to only hang momentarily every other time i boot... I don't have any PCI slots (it's an old 486 DX2),

RE: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

> From: Peter Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has named > > their Linux systems? At my house... grayswandir: main machine excalibur: wife's Win machine sting: laptop frakir: mac dyrnwyn: old 486 irving: old 386 B

ipmasq package

I have the ipmasq package installed, and am currently using it to provide 'net access for both my linux box and my windows box... my question is whether anyone knows if this package sets up any kind of security for me in terms of firewalling... I know that ipmasq-ing is a feature of ipchains and ip

pland like deamon for gnomecal?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi, is there somewhere a pland like daemon which understands the vCal file format used by the gnomecal shedule program? I would like to be able to write down my appointments with gnomecal and then get the notifications with the help of this daemon also when im

Help with X

I'm having some trouble setting up X on a Debian 2.1 machine. I've run xf86config and answered all the questions correctly, however X insists on coming up in 320x204 resolution, when I specifically told it to use only 1024x768 or 800x600. Here is the output when I start the server... (--) SVGA:

Right List? First install.

Hello all: I'm installing Debian 2.1.something on a P60 using floppies (against all the warnings in the installation manual http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install ). I've gotten through the hard drive boot and am in, what I believ

Re: win95/netscape/smartupdate over ipmasq failure

I am replying to my own thread since I found the problem. It turned out that I had my mtu/mru setting different for my eth0 and ppp0 network devices. This apparently can cause problems since I had the ppp0 set at 552 and eth0 at 1500. And since ip packet defrag is on in the kernel for IP_MASQUER

Re: UDP port 1025(Blackjack)

Hi, I don't know a lot about this stuff but I can help a little I think. When you are using a network, ports will get opened on your machine whenever you make a connection, this way the remote machine has somewhere to talk to. This is probably why you are seeing ports open during one scan and clo

Re: Help with X

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, cain wrote: cain >I know that my hardware is capable of 16bpp and 1024x768, because i've had it running at that with TurboLinux 4.0. When using TurboLinux' x configuration tool, my chipset (SiS 5598) was listed, however using xf86config under Debian it wasn't, so I had to

Re: Right List? First install.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... Further on down you're wondering if this is the correct mailing list for your questions; this is, in fact, the best place for you to answer your questions. > Hello all: > > I'm installing Debian 2.1.something on a P60 using floppies (aga

Re: One for you Fetchmail experts out there

On Nov 16, Kent West wrote: > Configuration #2 > -- > I can further configure Eudora to delete read mail off the server > after X days. After X days has transpired, the next time Eudora > check the mail it deletes any messages older than X days off of > the server (I assume this is based on

Debian on 2nd hard disk

This message was sent from Geocrawler.com by "Howard Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Be sure to reply to that address. Hi, I am considering installing Debian on a new hard disk, which will be /dev/hdb . I currently have W95/Red Hat Linux ( dual boot) on /dev/hda. I use "Power Boot" as a boot manager a

Re: Right List? First install.

OK, If you are trying to install via floppies, you obviously have the boot and root disks, and the base system disks (five of them, I think). There are no floppies for the "Main Packages". Let me explain: Debian uses "packages" for programs, libraries, etc. One (usually) package f

Question about XOpenIM

Does anyone know enough about this function to help me with a problem? Well that is not exactly me but the LyX team. Thanks. Michael -- Michael Meskes | Go SF 49ers! Th.-Heuss-Str. 61, D-41812 Erkelenz| Go Rhein Fire! Tel.: (+49) 2431/72651 | Use Debia

Re: Debian on 2nd hard disk

On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 11:43:56AM -0800, Howard Mann wrote: > This message was sent from Geocrawler.com by "Howard Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Be sure to reply to that address. > > Hi, > > I am considering installing Debian on a new hard > disk, which will be /dev/hdb . > > I currently have W95

Re: ldconfig -D

On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 02:11:37PM +0100, Klaus Drews wrote: > Hi there, > > I read something about "ldconfig -D" here and tried it. Now I cant find a > manpage on my > system and the --help isnt useful for explanation. What does "-D" ? > Next question. I got the following output (lots of lines)

Re: the gimp?

E.L. Meijer Eric" wrote: > Actually this is probably the best idea. Every package that has a > `non-free' variant and a free one could have the free package named > ..-free. This guarantees the user on the one hand that the contents of > the package is free, and also provides a hint that there ar

Re: the gimp?

aphro wrote: > or maybe someone can/will come up with a non-free add-on to gimp to add > gif support...who knows What, something like this? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>dpkg --print-avail gimp-nonfree Package: gimp-nonfree Priority: optional Section: non-free/graphics Installed-Size: 74 Maintainer: Ben Ge

Debian SPARC

Hello! I have a Sun Ultra-10 with an UltraSPARC-IIi (300 MHz) processor that is currently running Solaris 2.5.1. It is my web, anonymous ftp and email server. Solaris 2.5.1 has Y2K issues and I was thinking about upgrading to Debian since I'm more familiar with Linux than Solaris. I know I've go

Re: Debian SPARC

On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 12:08:00PM -0900, Christopher S. Swingley wrote: > Hello! > > I have a Sun Ultra-10 with an UltraSPARC-IIi (300 MHz) processor > that is currently running Solaris 2.5.1. It is my web, anonymous ftp > and email server. Solaris 2.5.1 has Y2K issues and I was thinking about

[Q] Setting up a primary DNS server for my domain name on a Debian box...

[Note: Would appreciate if you Cc-ed me on your replies to this thread] Hi, I have never configured bind before. I have a Debian (slink+potato) box. I have bind 8.2.2p3-1 installed on this box. I want this box to be the primary DNS server (the one that is listed in the whois record) for my dom

How to install pine on slink from source

I once did it, but I forgot what I did. Searching the archives I could not find pine installation messages. Anyone remember? I just can't get used to mutt. It smells too much like vi and I find vi hard. /--/ Daniel J. Mash

Re: stopping x from starting automatically

On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 08:38:40PM -0700, David Karlin wrote > Hello, > > On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 11:37:19PM +, John Stevenson wrote: > > I am not a developer or expert on policy, but as far as I know the intent > > of xdm is to start > > linux up X rather than on the terminal. Now as debian

process limits

sorry, I am not sure this is the right place to ask thi question: does anybody know how may I force linux to run more than ~300-500 processes for example when I run: while : ; do sleep 1 & done fork fails in ~300 iteration i would like it fails in for example 3000 iter. thanks in advan

Re: perl-5.005 on slink?

On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 07:37:45AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote > After the discussion on upgrading from slink to potato using apt-get > source I decided to try it. I could not use apt-get for a long time > now because it complained about the absence of perl-5.005 required by > postgresql 6.5.2 which

Re: How to install pine on slink from source

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Daniel Mashao wrote: daniel >I once did it, but I forgot what I did. Searching the archives I could not daniel >find pine installation messages. Anyone remember? I just can't get used to daniel >mutt. It smells too much like vi and I find vi hard. i install it on every slin

Re: process limits

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Marcin Inkielman wrote: marn >does anybody know how may I force linux to run more than ~300-500 marn >processes i thought ~100 was a lot :) marn >fork fails in ~300 iteration check ulimits (ulimit -a). what kernel are you running? marn >i would like it fails in for exampl

X and /dev/psaux

OK, this one is maybe easy? Debian 2.2, latest release of X, running on a Micron millenia w/ a nVidia Riva 128 (8MB) graphics card using SF_XVGA and a ms intellimouse(ps/2): I get a fatal error starting X: not able to connect to mouse. At first I realised that I had set it to point to /dev/ttyS0

Re: Debian SPARC

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Ben Collins wrote: > On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 12:08:00PM -0900, Christopher S. Swingley wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I have a Sun Ultra-10 with an UltraSPARC-IIi (300 MHz) processor > > that is currently running Solaris 2.5.1. It is my web, anonymous ftp > > and email server.

Re: Debian SPARC

On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 02:42:22PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm running a hybrid slink/potato system on a Sparc IPX right now. yes, > slink is in general less stable/less working than potato. OTOH, potato and > 2.2.13 will not run at all on my system, probably because I use a serial > c

Cross-compiling on Debian systems?

I'd like to set up a cross-compiler on my Lintel (AMD 266) to compile packages for my Sparc IPX. I'd preferably like to package the cross-compiler so I can esaily remove it if I no longer need it. The only cross-compiler in the slink packages list is for m68k. What do I need to do to set one up?

Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

"Ingles, Raymond" wrote: > At my house... > > grayswandir: main machine > excalibur: wife's Win machine > sting: laptop > frakir: mac > dyrnwyn: old 486 > irving: old 386 > > Bonus points to those who can spot the theme and describe the origins > of the individual na

Re: [Q] Setting up a primary DNS server for my domain name on a Debian box...

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:50:30 -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: [...] >I tried following the instructions in the DNS HOWTO. Things work fine when >I do a nslookup from the machine which is running bind. But when I do an >nslookup remotely (setting this machine that is running bind as the ser

Re: How to install pine on slink from source

*- On 17 Nov, aphro wrote about "Re: How to install pine on slink from source" > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Daniel Mashao wrote: > > daniel >I once did it, but I forgot what I did. Searching the archives I > could not > daniel >find pine installation messages. Anyone remember? I just can't get > used

Re: Cross-compiling on Debian systems?

On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 02:48:55PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'd like to set up a cross-compiler on my Lintel (AMD 266) to compile > packages for my Sparc IPX. I'd preferably like to package the > cross-compiler so I can esaily remove it if I no longer need it. > > The only cross-compil

gnome-pager loses windows and freezes X

of late gnome-pager has been losing windows (sawmill still has them when i M-TAB and it sometimes shows up in another gnome-pager that i have minimized for "visible" windows, i don't know if this is a sawmill problem or a gnome-pager problem), but nothing as bad as tonight. Let me describe: I'

Re: X and /dev/psaux

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Glen S Mehn wrote: glen >At first I realised that I had set it to point to /dev/ttyS0, changed it glen >to /dev/psaux, but X still crashes right when it loads. is psaux support compiled into the kernel? hit dmesg | more on my machine (i use /dev/psaux too) i get this during

Re: How unstable is Potato?

John Gay wrote: > > Judging from the Debian weekly news recently posted, the main stopping point > for > freezing Potato is the boot floppies. I'm running a Slink system because I am > very new to Linux and UNIX. The only deviation from Slink is I installed an > updated Xserver for my ATI AGP Rag

New intel 820 board with linux

Does anyone know how the new intel (I think its number is 820) board is compatible with linux? [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gnome-pager loses windows and freezes X

Hello, I don't think I can help you with your gnome-pager problem (I'm old-fashioned and prefer to use plain old fvwm - point and click gives me a headache). However, in terms of killing a process, why can't you just do a ctrl-alt-F3, or F-whatever, and log in on a virtual console to kill your

Corel linux

Anyone know what kind of effect corel is having on debian? Is their distro debian or not? What are the major differences? Corel apparently touts a 3 step, user friendly installation. Does this mean that debian itself will also reflect the work Corel has done? ==

Re: anyone using USB devices?

"T.V.Gnanasekaran" wrote: > > Hi, > > I know USB support is not available in 2.2.* kernels and the support > is very feasible > in the 2.3.x development kernels. But I am just asking how the USB > support is getting > into 2.3.x kernels. I have a HP USB scanner which I would like to use > with

Re: Right List? First install.

On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 03:04:16PM -0500, Bryan Scaringe wrote > OK, > If you are trying to install via floppies, you obviously have the > boot and root disks, and the base system disks (five of them, I think). > There are no floppies for the "Main Packages". > > Let me explain: > Debi

Re: How to install pine on slink from source

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Daniel Mashao wrote: >I once did it, but I forgot what I did. Searching the archives I could not >find pine installation messages. Anyone remember? I just can't get used to >mutt. It smells too much like vi and I find vi hard. Get the source from any Debian mirror, last time

Re: [Q] Setting up a primary DNS server for my domain name on a Debian box...

"Ralf G. R. Bergs" proclaimed: > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:50:30 -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > >I tried following the instructions in the DNS HOWTO. Things work fine when > >I do a nslookup from the machine which is running bind. But when I do an > >nslookup remotely (setting this machine

Re: How to install pine on slink from source

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Brian Servis wrote: servis >Wouldn't it be better to use the pine*-src and pine*-diff Debian servis >packages? I believe that these create the necessary patches to fit it in servis >a Debian system and then builds a local pine*.deb. I haven't done this, servis >but this is wh

PPP problems on potato

I have Debian slink (2.1) installed on my machine with no problems related to the Internet connection. The other day I got the unstable potato release and tried to install it onto another partition of my hard drive. Okay, the base system installation succeed. On the other hand, I wasn't able to

Re: Strange file names

On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 07:24:01AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > I thought it was part of the script's syntax. (hmm.. what an > enlightenment...) > > Oki 18:39 ~ $ which [ /usr/bin/[ 18:39 ~ $ type [ [ is a shell builtin How strange. I can't get dpkg to find what package provides the binary, either.

Re: Corel linux

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Charles Lewis wrote: lewisc >Anyone know what kind of effect corel is having on debian? Is their distro lewisc >debian or not? What are the major differences? Corel apparently touts a 3 lewisc >step, user friendly installation. Does this mean that debian itself will lewisc >

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