Re: UPS wars: APC vs Tripplite?

2000-06-02 Thread Nate Duehr
On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 10:19:34AM -0500, Jeff Noxon wrote: > Have you looked at Best Power? The Fortress line is very competitive with > APC, and comes with software and source code! Onvia.com carries them, > and with free shipping and the various $25 coupon codes floating around... > You can't

How to configure sendmail to relay messages to other servers.

2000-06-02 Thread Scott Graves
How do I enable sendmail to sent to remote server? Local email works fine, but I need to be able to send messages accross the internet. I have added the MX Record to my DNS server, so what else do I need to do? Thanks, Scott

Re: Raid setup

2000-06-02 Thread Nate Duehr
There is a Boot-RAID Howto and later kernels do support starting RAID root filesystems, but other than that, it's usually easier to set it up the "old fashioned" way where you fire them up after boot's completed... At least that's the way I've done it. YMMV. On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 09:34:28AM -0

apache module question

2000-06-02 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, Is there an apache module out there so that I can insert a little banner to all of the html pages that it serves? If there is not, could anyone tell me an alternative solution? Thanks. Shao. --

Re: 100Mb/Full Duplex

2000-06-02 Thread Nate Duehr
[Moving this to debian-user where it belongs...] Just set the Cisco's to not auto-negotiate. We have to do this regularly for customers, as the auto-negotiation doesn't always interoperate well between vendors. You got lucky with the Alteon's, but there is a way to do this on those as well... G

Re: Error Message

2000-06-02 Thread Esko Lehtonen
Jay Kelly wrote: > > Hello guys, > I just compiled my kernel 2.2.12 for ip_masq and now after rebooting I > receive an error: unresolved symbol in lib/modules/ip_masquerading > but I cant read it in time. What will I need to do to fix this? > I think your modules.dep file is not up-to-date

How do I format manpages to ouput in test format?

2000-06-02 Thread SKillz
I do not have a local printer attached to my linux machine, so I need to know the command to output manpages to a text file. Thanks, Scott

Re: How do I format manpages to ouput in test format?

2000-06-02 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 02:19:12AM -0500, SKillz wrote: > I do not have a local printer attached to my linux machine, so I need > to know the command to output manpages to a text file. You can do better than plain text! man -t man > man.ps But you can get ascii too. See man man for more info! -

Fw: Win2000 - DUN Problems

2000-06-02 Thread Ben Babich
  - Original Message - From: Ben Babich To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 3:56 PM Subject: Win2000 - DUN Problems Hi,   I am having a few problems with re-dialing automatically with win2k (final release)   Firstly, I am unable to correctly save the dialup password (

staroffice

2000-06-02 Thread Joseph de los Santos
hi, I recently installed staroffice and it works on only one user (the default one) and I was wondering how I can make my other users be able to use it too because when other users try to execute soffice nothing happens. I tried changing the permissions (chown, chgrp, chmod, and anything else I

Kernel Upgrade

2000-06-02 Thread Mark
I have slink installed with kernel 2.0.38, and want to upgrade to 2.2.15. I'm happy with kernel compilation etc, but want to know whats the correct way to go about getting the kernel sources under debian? Which packages do I need? Should I expect to run into problems with any libraries? Cheers

Re: staroffice

2000-06-02 Thread Eric Gillespie, Jr.
On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 05:57:24PM -0700, Joseph de los Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, I recently installed staroffice and it works on only one > user (the default one) and I was wondering how I can make my > other users be able to use it too because when other users try > to execute soffi

Re: Kernel Upgrade

2000-06-02 Thread Ron Rademaker
Well, the only packages you really need are thos needed to compile the kernel, you'll probably have them installed already (gcc, cpp, make, etc.). If you want to use make menuconfig, and that's what you want ;), you'll also need ncurses installed. You shouldn't run into any problems, but you never

Re: which echo understand \n

2000-06-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 05:03:09PM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi, > > The /bin/echo I used to use in Solaris understand \n and \t stuffs > by default. Is there any trick I can play so that I don't need to > specify the -e parameter for echo? use printf instead. pri

Re: Compiling i686 packages?

2000-06-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 12:19:51PM +1000, Martin Bishop wrote: > > If I understand you correctly, adding a switch (-march=pentiumpro / i686) > to gcc at compile time is meaningless for 99.9% of programs? AFAIK there is no optimization switch for anything but plain pentium, which does not buy much

Re: files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 01:52:10PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Just a quick question: how (un)safe is it to create your own files and > directories below /var/www/? Are there any names taken (besides dwww > and index.html)? /var/www should belong to you, i don't think any debian package will

Re: Reply to list (was: Re: Tool to draw E-R diagrams?)

2000-06-02 Thread Preben Randhol
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote on 02/06/2000 (04:56) : > ...don't go there, holy war land. No :-) I only wanted to learn why and I did. > > Since you're using Mutt, you can add debian-user to your known mailing > lists and hit -L to reply to list. Ah thanks! Didn't know that! -- Preben Randhol --

Q: What's the min install option for X?

2000-06-02 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I'm going to be making the move from Mandrake, which I've pretty much figured out, to Debian soon. I'd like to know if in Slink/Potato I go with one of the pre-selected install packages (if so, which) or with custom (again, if so, which) to get the following: 1. A basic OS install with man, h

Q: Gimp installs to .gimp-1.1x

2000-06-02 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I'm curious while Gimp 1.04 installs in my root directory as .gimp, why does Gimp 1.1x go in at .gimp-1.1x? Anyway to have it just go in as .gimp, I thought at first it wouldn't overwrite the original Gimp directory so I removed it but the install repeated the directory entry. Thanks for the

Q: Using another Distrib's Xconfig

2000-06-02 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, In setting up Mandrake, I have a good XConfig file that supports my monitor. I had no such initial success with Debian. I tried copying over my XConfig file over and that didn't work, so which part of the original Mandrake version refering to the monitor do I need to move over then and will th

sendmail 8.11.0.Beta1-1

2000-06-02 Thread Jaume Teixi
I'm testing sendmail on frozen dist What I need to setup in order to get SMTP AUTH running ? I've put "pwcheck_method: passwd" on Sendmail.conf and on saslpasswd.conf, but still users' cannot autenticate their smtp's I need to add any entry on my sendmail.mc ? thanks and bests,begin:vcard n:Te

Getting debian installed on an off-line machine

2000-06-02 Thread Preben Randhol
I'm planning to install debian on my machine at home. Since potato is not finished yet I thought that I'd install slink (2.1-r4 there are two iso-images from December 1999 available). But I need to have an up to date version of at least Ada (gnat), Gtk+, GtkAda and vim packages and preferably more

quick sendmail question

2000-06-02 Thread Andrew McRobert
hi all ... the output from "ps -eax | grep sendmail" shows that sendmail is rejecting all connections requested on its port (no. 25). Does anyone know how I can quickly change it so that it will accept connections? thanks - Andrew McRobert LLB B.Sc

Re: Getting debian installed on an off-line machine

2000-06-02 Thread pseelig
On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Preben Randhol wrote: > I'm planning to install debian on my machine at home. Since potato is > not finished yet I thought that I'd install slink (2.1-r4 there are two > iso-images from December 1999 available). > > But I need to have an up to date version of at least Ada (gna

Searcing for Potato ISO images (was Re: Getting debian installed on an off-line machine)

2000-06-02 Thread Preben Randhol
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/06/2000 (12:50) : > If i were you i *definitely* wouldn't bother with slink anymore at all and > go potato right from the start. Especially since you are installing on > your home machine which is offline. Does anybody on this list know where one can get ISO images o

about X Windows Programming

2000-06-02 Thread Wan Hing Wah
Does the X Windows have a parent window-child windows concept? What I mean is like in windows.. In a program,there can be a parent windows having a title bar... and within the windows there can be several windows ,having a title bar too .An Example is just like PhotoShop...when you open several fil

winmodem driver????

2000-06-02 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
Does anybody have a driver for a MDP7800SP-U modem? I have two modems, the external modem can't connect to v90, so i have to use the slow connection from Debian. Or may be it can? It is an Accura 288 V.34+FAX (Hayes). So I am using the fast from win98, and the slow from Debian. Any help will be app

Re: Q: Using another Distrib's Xconfig

2000-06-02 Thread ktb
Jonathan Gift wrote: > > Hi, > > In setting up Mandrake, I have a good XConfig file that supports my > monitor. I had no such initial success with Debian. I tried copying over > my XConfig file over and that didn't work, so which part of the original > Mandrake version refering to the monitor do

Re: Kernel Upgrade

2000-06-02 Thread ktb
Mark wrote: > > I have slink installed with kernel 2.0.38, and want to upgrade to 2.2.15. > I'm happy with kernel compilation etc, but want to know whats the correct > way to go about getting the kernel sources under debian? Which packages do > I need? Should I expect to run into problems with any

apt-get hold?

2000-06-02 Thread Michael Epting
I'm running Woody, which is my first foray into really unstable territory, because, frankly, Potato has been very solid. Now and then we get an unusable package into Woody, but since I keep the old .debs for a while, it's no big deal to reinstall the old working one. However, the next time I do a

Win 2000 smbmount problems

2000-06-02 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista
Hi all, I have a Debian server machine SMBmounting a Windows NT to get .dbf files to import and use in a gtk/perl program. But now this machine is upgraded to Windows 2000 and it is giving me an error about acess denied altought the NT expert said that I can view (access) the des

Re: apt-get hold?

2000-06-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 05:50:43AM -0700, Michael Epting wrote: [snip] > > The apt-get manpage refers to a "hold" attribute, which I suspect is the > way out of this mess, but how do I apply that attribute to a package > that I want to not be replaced? I've messed about a bit with dselect, > but

Re: Win 2000 smbmount problems

2000-06-02 Thread Richard Black
Hi I had a similar problem problem. If I recall it was an issue with the way passwords were being encrypted (ie they are under NT with service pack >= 3). You may want to check this. Also, are you using shadow passwords on linux? If so, has the samba been configured for this? HTH Richard

GNAT Ada and JDK in debian ?

2000-06-02 Thread Mark
Hello anonymous list readers !   I would like to know if the GNAT Ada compiler and the Java Development Kit are included in the debian distribution or I would have to download them seperatly.   Thank you, Mark.

Problems /etc/alternatives and JDK 1.2.2 installation?

2000-06-02 Thread Dr. Simon Read
Folks, I've always had some problems with Java on my Debian machines. I made a fairly major upgrade recently and it's stopped working entirely. I get some mystical traceback from the ClassLoader that's pretty much useless. The correct class file exists and so forth. simon$ java edu/american

compatible sound cards

2000-06-02 Thread Kenneth Scharf
Does anyone know if either of the following PCI sound cards are supported in Potato? Sound Blaster PCI128 model CT4700 Creative-Ensoniq model ES1370 / ES1371 Thanks for any feedback. = Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or . _

Re: compatible sound cards

2000-06-02 Thread Oliver Hingst
Kenneth Scharf wrote: Yes, these cards are supported. I use a Soundblaster 128 PCI. It works using the OSS/Lite drivers (found in the kernel) as well as ALSA (what I am currently using). Oliverh > > Does anyone know if either of the following PCI sound > cards are supported in Potato? > > Soun

Re: apt-get hold?

2000-06-02 Thread Michael Epting
OK, I got it now, I think. The argument for dhold or for dpkg --set-selections hold 'filename' does not include the version number for the .deb. For example: dhold pysol does the job. Thanks again for your help.

Modifying /etc/apt/sources.list

2000-06-02 Thread Oliver Hingst
Hello again, I am trying to add a directory found on ftp.uk.debian.org for Non-US apps (in my case, I want to download SSH). Even though I have downloaded SSH now, I would like the directory added to my sources.list. I currently have : deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/ potato main contrib non-free add

Re: Getting debian installed on an off-line machine

2000-06-02 Thread Jo Hoffmann
For potato cds look at: cdimage.debian.org/potato_pre.html Jo

Re: Modifying /etc/apt/sources.list

2000-06-02 Thread Ragga Muffin
Oliver Hingst wrote: >I currently have : >deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/ potato main contrib non-free > >adding "non-US" to this, gives an error about not being able to download >the Packages.gz file. What line must I add to get the package list from Try adding a line like this deb ftp://ftp.uk.

Re: Modifying /etc/apt/sources.list

2000-06-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 02:57:51PM +0100, Oliver Hingst wrote: > Hello again, > I am trying to add a directory found on ftp.uk.debian.org for Non-US > apps (in my case, I want to download SSH). Even though I have > downloaded SSH now, I would like the directory added to my sources.list. > I curren

Debian 'crashes'

2000-06-02 Thread Michiel Meeuwissen
Already several times happened to me the following: When I use a few memory eating programs like Netscape and dselect together, by whole computer freezes for a long time (10 minutes or so) and I don't see another way out then simply turning it of, because then I at least know what happens, and ho

Re: Modifying /etc/apt/sources.list

2000-06-02 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 06:15:07AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 02:57:51PM +0100, Oliver Hingst wrote: > > Hello again, > > I am trying to add a directory found on ftp.uk.debian.org for Non-US > > apps (in my case, I want to download SSH). Even though I have > > downloaded

RE: vga=ask

2000-06-02 Thread A. Scott White
I'm posting this again in the hopes that someone may know the problem. One person responded (and I appreciate that), but I've already tried everything they suggested. Anyone have any ideas? I'm really stumped. Is it possible that I've somehow excluded support for this option from my kernel or some

RE: about X Windows Programming

2000-06-02 Thread Wan Hing Wah
On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Mark wrote: > > Hello Wan. > > Do you mean : ? Does X Windows have MDI forms? (MDI= Multiple Document > Interface), in a sense that when you maximize one of the child windows it > only covers the area ocupied by the parent (the MDI form). > > As in windows all widgets and

Re: vga=ask

2000-06-02 Thread Jo Hoffmann
> > I've set vga=ask in my lilo.conf and run lilo. > > > > I've specified the kernel image along with the command line > > vga=auto at the > > lilo prompt. > > > > I've run rdev -v \boot\vmlinuz-2.2.15 -3 > > > > I've run vidmode \boot\vmlinuz-2.2.15 -3 > > > > I have also tried all of the above w

Re: files/dirs under /var/www/

2000-06-02 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Just a quick question: how (un)safe is it to create your own files and > directories below /var/www/? Are there any names taken (besides dwww > and index.html)? Check The Contents files (which you might have on your CD, or get it from a Debian server): $ zgrep var/www

Kernel compile problem

2000-06-02 Thread Jay Kelly
I am having problems with recompiling my kernel. I had kernel 2.2.12 and recompiled it to thw same 2.2.12 but to include ip_masquerading. Now when I boot I see depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.12/ipv4/ip_masq_quake.o depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.12/ipv4/ip_m

Re: NFS submounts

2000-06-02 Thread Ron Flory
Chris Baker wrote: > > Randy Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >I'm having a problem with NFS. My basic NFS is working; so I can mount > > the shares remotely. The problem is that I cannot "see" submounted > > partitions from across the network. yeah... this has been broken since da

Re: staroffice

2000-06-02 Thread Bob Brown
In the StarOffice directory where you unpacked the tarball is a README file that details how to install multiple users. Each user has to run setup and install a 2 meg (rather large) base package. A word of advise: Save your files often. SO craps out on a regular basis. I love the gui, but it's a

Re: Kernel compile problem

2000-06-02 Thread Ron Flory
Jay Kelly wrote: > > I am having problems with recompiling my kernel. I had kernel 2.2.12 and > recompiled it to thw same 2.2.12 but to include ip_masquerading. Now when I > boot I see > > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.12/ipv4/ip_masq_quake.o > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols

Re: Fw: Win2000 - DUN Problems

2000-06-02 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Is this where we say: Switch to Debian. There are many good mail servers for Debian. diald can dial out automatically, and it can remember the password! :-)

Re: Modifying /etc/apt/sources.list

2000-06-02 Thread Colin Watson
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 06:15:07AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 02:57:51PM +0100, Oliver Hingst wrote: >> > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/ potato main contrib non-free >> > >> > adding "non-US" to this, gives an error about not being a

Re: Modifying /etc/apt/sources.list

2000-06-02 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 04:18:45PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 06:15:07AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 02:57:51PM +0100, Oliver Hingst wrote: > >> > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/ potato main contrib non-fre

New to Debian and would like some input on this message

2000-06-02 Thread Daniel Ray
Security Violations =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jun 2 09:02:06 mail kernel: lockd: connect from unprivileged port: 205.136.135.133:1349<4>lockd: accept failed (err 11)!

telnet vs console

2000-06-02 Thread w trillich
i've got telnet enabled from within my 192.168.*.* intranet and would like to have the telnet sessions behave like the consoled does--but mutt and mc* all use monochrome-like displays even tho my settings are 'vt220' compatible. when i use 'ls --color' the colors show up properly, just as they do i

RE: vga=ask

2000-06-02 Thread A. Scott White
Jo wrote: > A full screen console (no X), is that what you want? > If so check out framebuffer. There is an HOWTO on it. > Jo I want to use a different vga text mode (like 80x50) on my terminal. I do not like to use X Windows, it is too slow. I prefer to use the standard, text based terminal. I wa

Re: staroffice

2000-06-02 Thread Ron Farrer
Bob Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > In the StarOffice directory where you unpacked the tarball is a README > file that details how to install multiple users. Each user has to run > setup and install a 2 meg (rather large) base package. > A word of advise: Save your files often. SO craps out o

Re: GNAT Ada and JDK in debian ?

2000-06-02 Thread Mike Werner
Mark wrote: > Hello anonymous list readers ! Hi there. > I would like to know if the GNAT Ada compiler and the Java Development > Kit are included in the debian distribution or I would have to download > them seperatly. Yes, they are available in .deb packages. You can check: http://www.debian.

ipchains configuration

2000-06-02 Thread John Plate
Hi > Im trying to use such rule (in test purpose), but it simply does not > work. ipchains -I input -j ACCEPT -l -i eth0:2 You can do it very easy for yourself. Take a look at "pmfirewall", http://www.pointman.org It can help you setup all your ipchains for you. Sorry for late answer -- John

compile error

2000-06-02 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello All, Quick question. When I compile my kernel 2.2.12 I use "make dep" the "make clean" then "make bzimage or make bzdisk" and I receive an errror at the end of the compile: make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot' as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s make[1]: as86: Comman

Re: compile error

2000-06-02 Thread Peter Palfrader
Hi Jay! On Fri, 02 Jun 2000, Jay Kelly wrote: > Hello All, > Quick question. When I compile my kernel 2.2.12 I use "make dep" the "make > clean" then "make bzimage or make bzdisk" and I receive an errror at the end > of the compile: > > make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'

Re: about X Windows Programming

2000-06-02 Thread Esko Lehtonen
Wan Hing Wah wrote: > Actually I want to write a program portable between Linux and > windows..And gtk+ has been chosen for my program as gtk+ have a win32 > port. Does gtk+ have a MDI widget for it? > Check out this. There are some GnomeMDI stuff too. I haven't tried it and I don't know does i

Moving partitions around...

2000-06-02 Thread David Henningsson
This is how my 20 GB disk looks today: hda1 Linux, /boot 24 hda2 Linux swap 133 hda3 ALinux root 8197 <- the 1024 limit is here hda4 PRI DOS FAT32-LBA11217 I would like to have a FAT16 partition too,

Re: vga=ask

2000-06-02 Thread Tom Furie
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 09:39:22AM -0500, A. Scott White wrote: > > I've set vga=ask in my lilo.conf and run lilo. > > > > I've specified the kernel image along with the command line > > vga=auto at the > > lilo prompt. I set vga=ask in my lilo.conf global section with no mention of vga=auto anywh

Solved: Modifying /etc/apt/sources.list

2000-06-02 Thread Oliver Hingst
Ok, guys. That did the trick. Thanks for the help !!! Oliver

RE: Moving partitions around...

2000-06-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
Absolute safest thing to do is backup the partition (or maybe only your files). using dpkg --get-selections and a little scripting, you can get a list of every package on your system. pass that data into dpkg --set-selections and you get your old system back. So all you really need to save is ho

X HELP

2000-06-02 Thread Kreaped Ripping Reaper
hi.. i just installed woody and just finished setting up X and am running gnome-helix fine... but it only works if i use gdm... if i'm going to just use "startx" to start X... i got this error... even i have /etc/XF86Config and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config here starts the error in 'startx' XF

fdisk/mkfs problem

2000-06-02 Thread john smith
Hi, I have created a dos partition via linux's fdisk (FAT32) now I try to write it I get ioctl() error..telling me that the resource or device is busy and tells me to reboot and check that the partition is updated. I did that and it shows in the partition table but now when I try to format it u

Re: fdisk/mkfs problem

2000-06-02 Thread Bolan Meek
john smith wrote: > > ... mkfs -t FAT32 or mkfs -t Win95 FAT32 Try '-t vfat'.

Re: staroffice

2000-06-02 Thread Bryan Scaringe
Do yourself a favor and (as root) make change your umask to 022. I had mine set to 077, and SOME (but not all) files were unreadable/unwritable to anyone but root. Since some files were OK, this led me to believe the Staroffice install scripts fail to set permissions on SOME of the files. I file

Compile problems

2000-06-02 Thread Jay Kelly
Can someone tell me the steps needed to compile a kernel. I am having problems with Unresolved symbols. I first run 'make config' and select the option I want. Then I use'make dep' 'make clean; after that I compile the kernel with 'make bzImage' then I use 'make bzlilo; The 'make modules;make modul

Re: determining what makes a filesystem busy

2000-06-02 Thread Chris Baker
Joost Claessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 09:47:44PM +, ktb wrote: > > I don't know if it would work or even be recommended but have you tried > > the -k option to kill all processes to that file system? The other > > thought I had is boot into your system as a sing

Re: fdisk/mkfs problem

2000-06-02 Thread john smith
nope..it still does'nt work. any other ideas? From: Bolan Meek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: john smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: fdisk/mkfs problem Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 14:22:38 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received:

RE: Debian 'crashes'

2000-06-02 Thread Lehel Bernadt
On 02-Jun-2000 Michiel Meeuwissen wrote: > > Already several times happened to me the following: > When I use a few memory eating programs like Netscape and dselect > together, by whole computer freezes for a long time (10 minutes or so) > and I don't see another way out then simply turning it o

Re: staroffice

2000-06-02 Thread Joseph de los Santos
what abt siag office suite? I think it can be an alternative to staroffice...it has a word processor (with a cool name mind you..;) pathetic writer, spreadsheets, etc and supports ms formats...sadly it does'nt have presentation software..(ala ms powerpoint? or does it...)

RE: fdisk/mkfs problem

2000-06-02 Thread Andrew Weiss
Title: RE: fdisk/mkfs problem This command also works mkfs -t msdos -F 32 /dev/xdxx were the first x is scsi (s) or ide (h) and the second is the device order ... 1st ide master, then slave, then 2nd ide master... then slave (a,b,c,d)... or scsi ID order, and then the partition number. A

exim question (fwd)

2000-06-02 Thread Ari Heitner
Never did resolve the below. Anyone have any suggestions? Please cc: me on replies. [mbaker is the exim package maintainer...] Ari Heitner DC: 703/5733512 CMU: 412/8622699 Non c'è più forza nella normalità: c'è solo monotonia. -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 14

Re: How to see hidden files/dirs

2000-06-02 Thread nitebirdz
On Wed, 31 May 2000, Eric G . Miller wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 07:46:54PM +1200, John Leget wrote: > > Yes im aware of ls options but let me repeat for clarity. > > > > How do i get GTK/GNOME applications to show me hidden files in their > > open file dialogue windows. They dont show them

postgres database framework disappeared

2000-06-02 Thread Johann Spies
Postgresql 6.5.3 on a mixed slink/potato system. I don't know how this happened. Suddenly postgres's postmaster is not running and trying to make it run results in the following error message: There is no PostgreSQL database framework in /var/postgres/data. Run initdb as the postgres user to cre

firewall

2000-06-02 Thread Timothy C. Phan
Hi, I'd like to know if there is any firewall software for Debian? Thanks! --- tcp [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: named cache

2000-06-02 Thread Chris Baker
Bob Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I haven't asked a big dummy question in awhile; here goes: > > Is named's cache of dns query results held in memory only or is it ever - for > any reason - written to a file? Memory only, last time I checked at least. Anybody else? HTH, cbb

Re: postgres database framework disappeared: Solved

2000-06-02 Thread Johann Spies
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 11:03:23PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > I don't know how this happened. Suddenly postgres's postmaster is not > running and trying to make it run results in the following error > message: > > There is no PostgreSQL database framework in /var/postgres/data. > Run initdb as

Re: firewall

2000-06-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 04:04:13PM -0500, Timothy C. Phan wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to know if there is any firewall software > for Debian? Firewalling is done in the kernel and set up with ipchains. Debian has a couple of packages which can be useful with this, ipchains-perl and ipmasq.

neighbour table overflow

2000-06-02 Thread Dietmar
I recently install potato on my new box and finally realized that the kernel issued "neighbour table overflow". I figered out that this was because my internet loopback device was not activated though part of the kernel. ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 fixes everything. I finally want to know where this (or

Re: firewall

2000-06-02 Thread Scott Mann
Also, check out ftp://ftp.interlinx.bc.ca/pub/spf/ for stateful filtering capabilities. Bob Nielsen wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 04:04:13PM -0500, Timothy C. Phan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to know if there is any firewall software > > for Debian? > > Firewalling is done in the k

Re: staroffice

2000-06-02 Thread Martin J . Hillyer
On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 10:47:49AM -0700, Bob Brown wrote: ***snip, snip > I'm still looking for Mr. Goodbar... If anyone has found an Office > Package that can stand up to Office97, I'd love to hear about it. > I'm presently playing with Applix. (Not very strong, but stable.) > **snip, snip

Re: neighbour table overflow

2000-06-02 Thread Dietmar
Alec Smith wrote: > It should be in /etc/network/interfaces See the attached file for an > example. > > On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Dietmar wrote: > > > I recently install potato on my new box and finally realized that the > > kernel issued "neighbour table overflow". I figered out that this was > > becau

Re: postgres database framework disappeared

2000-06-02 Thread Oliver Elphick
Johann Spies wrote: >Postgresql 6.5.3 on a mixed slink/potato system. > >I don't know how this happened. Suddenly postgres's postmaster is not >running and trying to make it run results in the following error >message: > >There is no PostgreSQL database framework in /var/postgres/dat

kernel-source

2000-06-02 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
What's the difference between kernel-source and the linux-2.*.tar.gz? To compile your own kernel, if you use the linux* one, you use make-kpkg after unpacking. If you use kernel-source, do you unpack it? If yes, how? And then, what next? Thanks, antonio.

Re: Q: Using another Distrib's Xconfig

2000-06-02 Thread John Carline
Jonathan Gift wrote: > Hi, > > In setting up Mandrake, I have a good XConfig file that supports my > monitor. I had no such initial success with Debian. I tried copying over > my XConfig file over and that didn't work, so which part of the original > Mandrake version refering to the monitor do I n

RE: kernel-source

2000-06-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 02-Jun-2000 Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > What's the difference between kernel-source and the linux-2.*.tar.gz? > To compile your own kernel, if you use the linux* one, you use make-kpkg > after unpacking. > If you use kernel-source, do you unpack it? If yes, how? And then, what > next? the kern

Re: Searcing for Potato ISO images

2000-06-02 Thread Igor Mozetic
> Does anybody on this list know where one can get ISO images of potato? The official site is http://cdimage.debian.org/, you an also try http://ftp.si.debian.org/debian-cd/ -Igor Mozetic

Re: postgres database framework disappeared: Solved

2000-06-02 Thread Oliver Elphick
Johann Spies wrote: >On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 11:03:23PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > >> I don't know how this happened. Suddenly postgres's postmaster is not >> running and trying to make it run results in the following error >> message: >> >> There is no PostgreSQL database framewo

df reports wrong partition sizes?

2000-06-02 Thread Ron Farrer
I have two 2GB disks (SCSI-2 narrow) and this is what 'df' reports: Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda8 1189183632032495712 56% / /dev/sda7 2029267 1694526229834 88% /usr/src /dev/sdb5 2029267 169452

can't delete /foo

2000-06-02 Thread Aaron Solochek
I created a directory, /foo, which was its own partition. I first wanted to change the group of /foo to bar, but it wouldn't let me do that, even as root. I got the error message "operation not premitted: /foo" Then I thought this is screwed up, so I tried to delete /foo, but rm -r /foo just say

Re: can surf but not ping outside

2000-06-02 Thread Nick
I did compile ICMP Masq in the kernel. i can ping my gateway and two other machines inside my network, but can not ping anything outside ie. www.microsoft.com or any ip not in my broadcast thankx for anymore suggestions - Original Message - From: "Ron Rademaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To

IMPORNTANT FIX: Having weird X problems? Wheel mouse or xterm keys not working right?

2000-06-02 Thread Branden Robinson
Okay, okay, half a dozen bug reports about this is enough. The reading in of X resource files got broken in 3.3.6-7. Sorry. And I offer an apology to Lars Wirzenius. Yes, sometimes the damnedest things DO happen... :) Please stop filing bugs about this. I know about the problem and the fix is

Segmentation fault

2000-06-02 Thread M Smith
I get the message "Segmentation fault" when attempting to run xf86config, XF86Setup, xstart, and xinit. No other information is given. It started after I installed gpm_1.14-3.deb, although that may not be the cause of the problem. I remove gpm but still get the error. Does anyone know any more

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