Re: User privelidges

2000-10-02 Thread Andre Berger
"ObeseWhale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How can I let users run X and mount drives? Thanks in advance. > > Matt "ObeseWhale" Grinshpun Tkdesk, set the "Directory" options (near bottom) to your mount points. But, more important, automate the unmounting of drives! E.g. in /etc/gdm/Postsessi

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

2000-10-02 Thread Bruce Sass
On 2 Oct 2000, Brian May wrote: > Debian> You could set up an alias. HTH > > That doesn't work to well if you are starting X via gdm... /etc/X11/{k,x}dm/Xservers is the place to set it for kdm and xdm, gdm is probably the same. They are conffiles. LyX was mentioned in the original post...

Re: Internet Stations

2000-10-02 Thread Dwight Johnson
On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Rogelio E. Castillo Haro wrote: > Yes, I've heard about it, it's named Conquer or Conqueror, or something like > that...but, since a discussion I heard about the License of KDE I'd prefer > don't use > it, and try only GPL programs... The reason for your reservations has been

Re: Canon BJC-1000 problem

2000-10-02 Thread Adam Scriven
On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 07:40:17AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Could someone who knows about printers help Willy? It isn't my area. I > just spoke up because I have a BJC-1000. I don't know printers, but I have a BJC-1000, and have had no problems with it at all. I installed the magic-filter fr

Problem using perlcc with DBI

2000-10-02 Thread Cyrus Patel
Hello, I'm trying to compile a perl program into binary using perlcc. The perl script uses "DBI.pm". After I compiled it and ran it I got the error: Can't load module DBI, dynamic loading not available in this perl. (You may need to build a new perl executable which either supports dynamic loa

Off Topic : c++ function for rounding

2000-10-02 Thread William Jensen
Hey guys, I know this isn't the right list, but how would I even find the 'right list' for a c++ question? I know about ceil and floor but those aren't what I'm after. I'm looking for a function that will take 1.4 and make it 1, but 1.5 or higher is 2. Know what I mean? Any built-in c++ funct

Re: Off Topic : c++ function for rounding

2000-10-02 Thread Aaron Brashears
round(x) = floor( x + 0.5f); William Jensen wrote: > I know this isn't the right list, but how would I even find the 'right list' > for a c++ question? I know about ceil and floor but those aren't what I'm > after. I'm looking for a function that will take 1.4 and make it 1, but 1.5 > or higher

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

2000-10-02 Thread Hubert Chan
Bruce Sass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > /etc/X11/{k,x}dm/Xservers is the place to set it for kdm and xdm, gdm is > probably the same. They are conffiles. /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf for gdm (bottom of the file). Hubert

Re: Off Topic : c++ function for rounding

2000-10-02 Thread Hubert Chan
William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hey guys, > > I know this isn't the right list, but how would I even find the 'right list' > for a c++ question? I know about ceil and floor but those aren't what I'm > after. I'm looking for a function that will take 1.4 and make it 1, but 1.5 > or

mounting cd-rw

2000-10-02 Thread Jacob Stowell
Hi group, I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me figure out how to mount my cd-rw drive. I was able to install it and get it to record cd's, but I have been unable mount it and use it like a regular cd-rom. In other words, when i place a music cd or a data cd into that drive, no disk i

Re: Off Topic : c++ function for rounding

2000-10-02 Thread William T Wilson
On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, William Jensen wrote: > aren't what I'm after. I'm looking for a function that will take 1.4 > and make it 1, but 1.5 or higher is 2. Know what I mean? Any > built-in c++ function to do that? Add 0.5 to the number before you call floor.

instalation fails - won't recognize my Hard Drive

2000-10-02 Thread Steve Gilbert
I am trying to install Deb Version 2.1 on my PC but the installation doesn't see my hard drive. It insists I am at a "Diskless Work Station". Motherboard is ASUS A7V w/ AMD CPU. This MB has a built in "Win 95-98 Promise Ultra 100 IDE Controller (POC20265)" to handle 100 ATA Hard Drives.Windows

Re: instalation fails - won't recognize my Hard Drive

2000-10-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
its not that it wont recognize the hdd it wont recognize the controller there is a boot disk with ide patches on it see your CD for it or the debian distribution site. it may work it may not .. from the asus page it looks like that board also has 2 DMA33 controllers i'd suggest moving the drive to

partitions and lilo

2000-10-02 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
Hello, Am doing project here loading up many versions of linux. I wish to use my 20gb hd. All was going well until I reached the 4 primary partition mark - and fdisk said no in no uncertain terms and complained that I should wack a partition and build an extended partion. I won't bore the l

Fwd: Error: undelivered email - recipient email storage limit exceeded

2000-10-02 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
I'm sure tired of your rhetoricle crap - please remove your head from your behind and liberate me from your spam. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Error: undelivered email - recipient email storage limit exceeded Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 08:38:21 +0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dea

Off Topic : ftp and firewall issues

2000-10-02 Thread William Jensen
Call me goofy because my firewall decided it was going to stop working. I have the following line in for allowing ftp info back and forth... $IPT -A INPUT -p tcp ! --syn --source-port 20 --destination-port 1024:65535 -j ACCEPT I also tried..port 21 $IPT -A INPUT -p tcp ! --syn --source-port 21

Off Topic: mutt and threading

2000-10-02 Thread William Jensen
When I change into debian-user folder I have to always use o t for sort by thread. There has to be a way that I can tell mutt to always use threaded mode? Wm

re: Off Topic: mutt and threading

2000-10-02 Thread William Jensen
Forget it, the answer is set sort=threads I asked before I did a full investigation. mybad Wm - Forwarded message from William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 21:11:21 -0500 From: William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Off Topic: m

Re: Off Topic : ftp and firewall issues

2000-10-02 Thread Allan M. Wind
On 2000-10-02 21:04:53, William Jensen wrote: > Call me goofy because my firewall decided it was going to stop working. I > have > the following line in for allowing ftp info back and forth... > > $IPT -A INPUT -p tcp ! --syn --source-port 20 --destination-port 1024:65535 > -j ACCEPT > > I als

Re: Off Topic: mutt and threading

2000-10-02 Thread Mike
William Jensen wrote: > When I change into debian-user folder I have to always use o t for sort by > thread. There has to be a way that I can tell mutt to always use threaded > mode? To make threaded sorting the default sort method for *all* mailboxes, put the line: set sort=threads into your ~/.

setting memory limits for ssh and xdm logins

2000-10-02 Thread Dan Christensen
I have put limits in /etc/security/limits.conf to prevent a user from bringing down my machine by using up all the memory, and I have uncommented the line sessionrequired pam_limits.so in /etc/pam.d/login so that this is read. When I log in using a virtual terminal this works perfectly, bu

Re: setting memory limits for ssh and xdm logins

2000-10-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 10:36:39PM -0400, Dan Christensen wrote: > I have put limits in /etc/security/limits.conf to prevent a user from > bringing down my machine by using up all the memory, and I have > uncommented the line > > sessionrequired pam_limits.so > > in /etc/pam.d/login so that

Re: Konsole session switching...

2000-10-02 Thread csj
I don't know if it's a key-binding thing. But on my system the combination for console switching is Ctrl-Alt-F1 etc. On Tue, 03 Oct 2000, USM Bish wrote: > I don't know about switching between sessions, but you can > switch between 6 consoles using Alt-F1 through Alt-F6 on > the same machine on c

Re: Changing E wallpaper

2000-10-02 Thread William Jensen
click middle button go into desktop menu go into backgrounds menu there you go, select one..that is assuming you have put some background images in the directory :) wm On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 10:55:44PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How do I change my desktop wallpaper in Enlightenment? > >

Re: partitions and lilo

2000-10-02 Thread Pat Mahoney
On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 05:36:29PM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > > Hello, > > Am doing project here loading up many versions of linux. I wish to > use my 20gb hd. All was going well until I reached the 4 primary partition > mark - and fdisk said no in no uncertain terms and complained t

Re: Samba and permissions

2000-10-02 Thread Alec Smith
At 04:50 PM 10/2/00 -0400, you wrote: I'm noticing that Samba 2.0.7 is creating files on my server owned by root.alec or root.foo instead of the permissions of the user who owns the home directory. Is there a way to get it creating files with the right permissions, such as alec.alec or foo.foo de

Unidentified subject!

2000-10-02 Thread John Conover
Are: ipchains -A output -i eth0 -p tcp -s ${INIP} 1024:65535 -d 0/0 telnet -j ACCEPT -y ipchains -A output -i eth0 -p tcp -s ${INIP} 1024:65535 -d 0/0 telnet -j ACCEPT ! -y and: ipchains -A output -i eth0 -p tcp -s ${INIP} 1024:65535 -d 0/0 telnet -j ACCEPT the same thing?

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