Relaying out my partitions

2001-03-29 Thread Rick Commo
I want to change my Linux system from "current" layout to "final" layout, shown below. Debian is what I will go into the future with and this final layout makes more sense to me. +--+---+-+ | part | current | final | | | layout| layout | +--+---+-

RE: Gnome Sound

2001-03-29 Thread Rick Commo
The good news is I fired up the box after being away from it for a few days and logged in as rick. Lo and behold event-sounds! The bad(ish) news is that I don't know *why* unless perhaps there is a difference twixt being logged in as root vs. user. Or perhaps all that was needed was one more reb

Re: Long delay between xdm and X startup

2001-03-29 Thread Erik Steffl
Christian Pernegger wrote: > After an /etc/init.d/xdm start nothing happens for 30-40 seconds, only > then X starts and the gdm login prompt pops up. startx works instantly, > no delay if I use gdm. grep urandom /etc/X11/xdm/* replace /dev/urandom by /dev/mem not sure if it's a good idea o

webmin?

2001-03-29 Thread Paul D. Smith
I could have sworn that I saw a Debian package of webmin before, but now it doesn't show up in my database with apt-cache search, nor does it appear in a search of the Debian packages on www.debian.org. Did I imagine this? If it went away, is there any interest by anyone in reviving it as a packa

Re: enlightenment deb repository?

2001-03-29 Thread DvB
>I did notice, however, that installing E 0.16.5-3 didn't remove the >0.16.5-1 package that I already had installed... shouldn't it've done >this? >The theme packages did replace their .5-1 counterparts... Never mind... it was the enlightenment-data package and not enlightnment (my terminal

gnome-help error?

2001-03-29 Thread Chun Kit Edwin Lau
Hi everyone, Don't know if this is any error, but when I was trying to upgrade gnome-help to 1.4-2. the instalation script said the postinst is a directory and permission denied. is this a bug or just me? Edwin Lau ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: webmin?

2001-03-29 Thread Darryl N . Grant
I am running potato and dpkg -l '*webmin*' did not return anything. On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 09:46:03PM -0500, Paul D. Smith wrote: > I could have sworn that I saw a Debian package of webmin before, but now > it doesn't show up in my database with apt-cache search, nor does it > appear in a search

Re: ssh2 <--> openssh public key authentication

2001-03-29 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 02:19:16PM -0500, Rob Mahurin wrote: > On peon I have: > .ssh/config containing PubkeyAuthentication yes > and IdentityFile $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa Answered my own question: I needed to have the line "IdentityFile /home/alphengl

Re: OT : Anti Virus Software for Linux

2001-03-29 Thread Nate Amsden
Joris Lambrecht wrote: > > Sorry 'bout all that commercial spam people (i'll try to cut on sendin' > hyperlinks) > > ?? never heard/read anything about mcafee linux soft > AVP is Fsecure is AVP (from what i understand they're cross licensing) > never heard of sophos but in an article mcafee for

Re: OT : Anti Virus Software for Linux

2001-03-29 Thread Nate Amsden
Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi Nate, > What mcaffe product do you use? > Does it work in Debian? > We want to implement some AV in a debian mail potato server. > Thanks, PH I use mcafee virusscan for linux. the only downside is it

Re: webmin?

2001-03-29 Thread Nate Amsden
"Paul D. Smith" wrote: > > I could have sworn that I saw a Debian package of webmin before, but now > it doesn't show up in my database with apt-cache search, nor does it > appear in a search of the Debian packages on www.debian.org. > > Did I imagine this? If it went away, is there any interest

Re: [OT] running a PIII with no fan?

2001-03-29 Thread Krzys Majewski
Oliver Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 11:19:19PM -0800, Krzys Majewski wrote: > > Noise. > > -chris > > You might want to look at http://www.quietpc.com . They claim their CPU > fans are practically inaudible. I ordered a SilentDrive enclosure from them > and I'm v

Re: ssh2 <--> openssh public key authentication

2001-03-29 Thread Alan Shutko
Rob Mahurin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Answered my own question: I needed to have the line > "IdentityFile /home/alphenglor/.ssh/id_dsa", since .ssh/config doesn't > have access to the value of HOME. It seems to work with ~, though. My .ssh/config uses ~/.ssh... and works fine. -- Alan Sh

more than 3 buttons in X?

2001-03-29 Thread Jonathan Markevich
I have a Microsoft Optical mouse, with 5 buttons. I'm running X 4.0.x, is there support for using all of them? I have "7" buttons set up in config, but I'm not sure how to tell it what I want them to do. Thanks. -- Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/jmarkevich Lif

Re: newbie-esque: how to cut & paste?

2001-03-29 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 02:56:52PM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > okay, i'm at the console > > Middle-click only works on a 3-button mouse in gpm... I don't think it > does chording. You can tell it whether you have a 2 or 3 button > mouse... check the d

URGENT

2001-03-29 Thread mathieu cupryk
Hi my name is matt,   I have a problem with running my perl scripts on netscape on linux redhat 7.0. I am using apache that comes as the web server. They run, but when I try to connect to the DB2 with the brower (netscape) I cannot. But if I am not xwindows. I can connect to the database. I

Re: [OT] running a PIII with no fan?

2001-03-29 Thread Christopher Mosley
On 29 Mar 2001, Krzys Majewski wrote: > Oliver Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 11:19:19PM -0800, Krzys Majewski wrote: > > > Noise. > > > -chris > > > > You might want to look at http://www.quietpc.com . They claim their CPU > > fans are practically inaudible.

Re: webmin?

2001-03-29 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Nate Amsden wrote: > i don't think you are..i don't remember it but doing a search turns up this on > debian-devel: > http://webhotel.mit-inter.net/debian-devel/00/09/2063.html > > so maybe ask that guy what happened to it. That guy was all set to finally upload webmin when

Re: newbie-esque: how to cut & paste?

2001-03-29 Thread Erik Steffl
will trillich wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 02:56:52PM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > > will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > okay, i'm at the console > > > > Middle-click only works on a 3-button mouse in gpm... I don't think it > > does chording. You can tell it whether you have a 2

Re: Installation of third party software under Debian

2001-03-29 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 09:34:39AM -0500, Shawn Garbett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I've just downloaded IBM's java for linux, Star Office and VmWare. Three > tools I use regularly while doing my work. Not that I choose these, they > just fit with the group I work with and I make a living wit

Re: "activating" changes to /etc/group

2001-03-29 Thread Barry Mathieu
Try issuing the command, 'update-passwd' as root. Seems to work for me for updating group status without logging-in & out. Barry On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:59:20PM -0600, DvB ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I decided to take the more elegant approach to getting sound working > than making /dev/dsp

Re: pyton & perl

2001-03-29 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 11:17:50PM +0200, Carel Fellinger wrote: > > I don't think Python assumes the coder is a moron, nor does Eiffel, > nor do you judging from your fine pigs-fly-just-fine quote . > But I wonder what things you have in mind when you state that Python > tie's your hands compared

Re: How hard get high res working?

2001-03-29 Thread Dave Carrigan
Jonathan Gift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm running 1152x864 on a 17 inch right now but am playing around with > getting and running a 21 inch. I would probably like 1600x1200 on that > but heard XFree has limits around 1200 lines? Is that true and how does > one get around it? I'm running 16

Re: ssh problem

2001-03-29 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 11:59:13AM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > can anyone explain why this isn't working? i'm trying to ssh into > pc10.cs.ucdavis.edu. here is output using the verbose switch. it looks > like the remote host hangs up when it's supposed to give the serv

Re: How to get addressbook working with tk8.2 and tk8.3 installed -fyi

2001-03-29 Thread shaulka
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 03:17:13PM -0700, Jimmy Richards wrote: > Hello, > > Several days ago someone was getting an error message trying to run > addressbook. I just wanted to let anyone who wanted to get it running how to > do so. Just run this command and it should work > > update-altern

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