debian newbie "tip-of-the-day" signature script

2001-04-24 Thread will trillich
in ~/.muttrc: # pipe randomized 'tip' from perl script-- send-hook debian- "set signature='~/.signature-debian |'" # any email going out to any address containing "debian-" # gets the output of ~/.signature-debian as a signature block and in ~/.signature-debian

MC

2001-04-24 Thread Ales Jerman
Why is mc in xterm black&white, why there are no colors? Because ls --color does what I asked for, why not mc? (mc-Midnight Commander) Thanks! Bye, ALeš

Re: why does ps->eps conversion reduce line thickness?

2001-04-24 Thread Mark Mackenzie
Hi Erdmut, Thanks for such a detailed reply. > 5 setlinewidth I added this line in box.ps, and yes, the box lines are quite thick. However, after doing an epswrite, to my surprise the lines were thin again. I installed the non-free gs-aladdin, and now it works - so there must be a slight b

Re: ipmasq in debian links?

2001-04-24 Thread will trillich
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:39:35PM -0400, Michael Soulier wrote: > On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Mark S wrote: > > > I'm going to try and set up a lan here at home with my linux box as a > > router/firewall. > > I've checked out a lot of ipmasq/ipchains howto's, but they're redhat > > biased. > > > > Do

Enabling Magic-Keys

2001-04-24 Thread Jan Gehring
Hello, do anyone know how i can enable the magic-keys (kernel-keys) thnX jan

Re: Documentation for total beginners

2001-04-24 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 12:01:14AM -0500, Jason Pepas wrote: > wait till will gets wind of this... look out... ! :) > well, here are some resources you might not have known about: > > http://www.aokiconsulting.com/debian-survival/ > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/ > http://newbied

Re: Does anyone know what this is ?

2001-04-24 Thread will trillich
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 11:58:26PM +0100, Gavin Hamill wrote: > On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Benj wrote: > > > I run top, and see this process: > > 7705 0.0 % -discard [164.138.*.*] > > > > What is this process -discard ?? The IP (from which i've hidden the last two > > numbers) i

Debian box does not 'finish' booting...

2001-04-24 Thread Jeremy Higgs
Hi, I'm having some troubles with a Debian/PPC box running mostly testing (woody?) packages... After starting up, I have noticed that the /etc/nologin file is not removed, as it should be, and as a result, I cannot SSH or login with any user except root. Has anyone else encountered this? I'm

Re: ipchains packets logs get displayed on active tty

2001-04-24 Thread Lindsay Allen
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > I suspect restarting syslogd without restarting klogd AFTER syslogd finishes > > reloading causes this, but I haven't tested. ipchains can't be at fault, it > > logs to the kernel ringbuffer. > > Hey, that might be it after all. I just restarted klogd

Re: pdp11 support

2001-04-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 10:23:01PM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 01:32:21PM +0200, Ellenkamp, Guus wrote: > > Can anyone tell me whether there is a version of Linux for the pdp11? > > wouldn't that be wonderful? > > as i recall...hmm, this takes some e

Re: Skeletal packaging?

2001-04-24 Thread Colin Watson
"Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Does anyone have any simple instructions or suggestions on how to create a >fake debian package that claims it provides mail-transport-agent? equivs is your friend - just put Provides: mail-transport-agent in the appropriate place in the control file. Cheers,

Problem when update 'console-tools' by dselect

2001-04-24 Thread Liao Zhing-Shin
hello This is the error messages Preconfiguring packages .. (Reading database ... 37745 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace console-tools 1:0.2.3-22 (using .../console-tools_1%3a0.2.3-23_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement console-tools ... dpkg: error processing /va

Listar Configuration

2001-04-24 Thread Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
Hi I want to configure the mailing lists daemon Listar in order to filter some (but not all) type of files, i.e., I want to allow images (gifs, jpegs) and do not allow exe-files. I already looked to the docs and to the confs files but I have not discover how. Can you help me? Thank you. -- Pe

Can't find modules - but they work

2001-04-24 Thread Glyn Millington
My set up is Debian 2.2r0 with updates - so pretty much r3 I guess ? Kernel 2.2.18pre21 (but had the same problem with my customized 2.2.17) On boot up I get messages relating to several modules eg lp modprobe can't locate module lp. ppp modprobe can't locate module ppp But something

Re: MC

2001-04-24 Thread Erdmut Pfeifer
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 08:25:55AM +0200, Ales Jerman wrote: > Why is mc in xterm black&white, why there are no colors? Because ls > --color does what I asked for, why not mc? (mc-Midnight Commander) > Thanks! whether mc automatically starts up in color mode depends on some termcap/terminfo settin

Re: Enabling Magic-Keys

2001-04-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 08:22:17AM +0200, Jan Gehring ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > do anyone know how i can enable the magic-keys (kernel-keys) Compile it into your kernel. -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There

compiler compatability

2001-04-24 Thread kristin hedges
I took my first C++ programming course. I plan to download a compiler, unix based, after I get a linux OS on my computer. Will the debian GNU/Linux 2.2r3 be appropriate for my plans?PS I am used to command line, not windows based compiler. My computer is a Dell, IBM compatible which I purchased

OT : find problems or updatedb ?

2001-04-24 Thread Petr Danek
Hi list, i have some problem with find . For example when i try find / -name foo the command finishes immediately and didnt give any results altough file foo exists somewhere in directory tree. I use binutils 2.9.5.0.37-1 with kernel 2.2.18-1 file /var/lib/locate/locatedb has only

upgrade woes

2001-04-24 Thread Graeme Grundill
Hi all, I have recently upgraded from woody to sid and have managed to break a few things in the process. I am having trouble figuring out a solution as i find dpkg's output somewhat cryptic ... please find output from apt-get -f install below :- The following extra packages will be insta

Re: compiler compatability

2001-04-24 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I took my first C++ programming course. I plan to download a compiler, >unix based, after I get a linux OS on my computer. Will the debian >GNU/Linux 2.2r3 be appropriate for my plans? The g++ compiler is included with Debian, and should be perfect. Once you have Debia

Re: XFree86 logging

2001-04-24 Thread Willi Dyck
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 03:00:07PM -0700, Chris Majewski wrote: > Well, if you don't find a nicer solution, you could write a bit of C > code to read the /var/log/X*.log file and copy it to one of the syslog > facilities. See also the syslog manpage. That's not the problem. There are no X* file

Re: Problem when update 'console-tools' by dselect

2001-04-24 Thread Colin Watson
Liao Zhing-Shin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >This is the error messages >Preconfiguring packages .. >(Reading database ... 37745 files and directories currently installed.) >Preparing to replace console-tools 1:0.2.3-22 (using >.../console-tools_1%3a0.2.3-23_i386.deb) ... >Unpacking replacement cons

Hardware acceleration for Voodoo 3

2001-04-24 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hello List After my upgrade to woody (and XFree4), I cannot run q3a and ut any more. Both of them crash X comletely (means: gdm restartsthe X server automatically after a few seconds). I do not know where to start searching for the reasons of this. According to a posting in the debian-x list, I on

Re: Proper use of cvs

2001-04-24 Thread Tommi Komulainen
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:06:58PM +0800, csj wrote: > I managed to download some source trees using cvs (five different > programs in fact). None of them would compile successfully. Note that > these are sources of programs whose latest ftp/http sources all > compiled smoothly (give and take a

Re: hda timeout waiting for DMA?

2001-04-24 Thread Lex McPhail
On 23 Apr 2001, at 19:19, Stephen E. Hargrove wrote: > I've got a server that's been running for quite some time now with no > problems. Actually, it's running right now. However, just today, I've > noticed some log entries I've never seen before: > > Apr 23 15:22:27 cx633007-b kernel: hda: tim

Problema gnome.

2001-04-24 Thread Álvaro Eixea
Hola, Al instalar la version 2.2r2 "potato" el sistema configura como entorno grafico por defecto el window maker. Tengo instalado el gnome y no consigo hacer que arranque por defecto al conectar la maquina. Lo mas que puedo hacer es entrar con window maker y en un terminal ejecutar gnome-sessi

Re: Debian box does not 'finish' booting...

2001-04-24 Thread Tom Pfeifer
That file is normally removed by the rmnologin script located at /etc/init.d/rmnologin. There should also be links to that script in the /etc/rc2.d through /etc/rc5.d directories. The rmnologin file is part of the sysvinit package, and the links to it are installed by the /var/lib/dpkg/info/sysvi

Setting up a Firewall DMZ

2001-04-24 Thread Kuhar, Mike
Hi, Could someone point me to definitive documentation on setting up a DMZ using either ipchains, iptables or some other firewall package. I would sure appreciate any help given. TIA -mk Michael W. Kuhar * [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Setting up a Firewall DMZ

2001-04-24 Thread Ilya Martynov
KM> Hi, KM> Could someone point me to definitive documentation on setting up a KM> DMZ using either ipchains, iptables or some other firewall KM> package. I would sure appreciate any help given. See IPCHAINS-HOWTO. It has an example of such setup. If you have installed HOWTOs it should be in fil

RE: Setting up a Firewall DMZ

2001-04-24 Thread Kuhar, Mike
Thank You. > -Original Message- > From: Ilya Martynov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 8:03 AM > To: Kuhar, Mike > Cc: 'Debian-user' > Subject: Re: Setting up a Firewall DMZ > > > > KM> Hi, > KM> Could someone point me to definitive documentation on setting up a

Re: startx asking for a password

2001-04-24 Thread Mike G
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 05:05:38PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 08:43:13PM -0300, Mike G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > hi, > > I'm running potato, and when I try to startx I get something like > > password: > > password: > <...> > > Any one got any idea of this? > >

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-24 Thread D. Hoyem
Here is my two cents worth. For a Video card I have the Matrox Millenium G200 with 8MB of Mem. I have used this card with Slcakware, Mandrake and Debian. It was setup perfect on installation with Debian 2.2r.2. www.pricewatch.com has them for $49 plus $10 shipping. For the Modem, and I'll take

Mail client

2001-04-24 Thread Ales Jerman
Which X Mail clent to use under FVWM2? Thanks! Bye, Aleš

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-24 Thread ray p
The big question that you don't talk about is how much are you willing to spend and what flavor of Debian (stable, testing, etc) are you going to be running. The answer to this question would vary quite a bit based on that for example if money is not object and you want to run testing. Then whate

Info...

2001-04-24 Thread Jenner Almánzar
Hello!!!   I just bought a new computer and i decided to install linux debian gnu, first i tested the hardware installing windows 2000 and it worked perfectly but when i start to install linux in the create partition section linux only showed me 8 Gb of hard disk when i got a 40 Gb hard driv

EMAIL PROCESSORS WANTED IMMEDIATLY

2001-04-24 Thread paul
EMAIL PROCESSING COMPANY LOOKING FOR EMAIL PROCESSORS IMMEDIATELY, TO SUSTAIN EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. EARN $5,000- $10,000.00 AND MORE MONTHLY. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. SEND AN EMAIL TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] WITH "EMAIL PROCESSOR" IN THE SUBJECT LINE. WE WANT SERIOUS INQUIRIES FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MA

Re: Mail client

2001-04-24 Thread ktb
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 03:50:08PM +0200, Ales Jerman wrote: > Which X Mail clent to use under FVWM2? > Thanks! > Bye, > Netscape mail or kmail if you have kde installed. You could search around in http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages for possibilities. kent -- From seeing and seeing the se

Re: startx asking for a password

2001-04-24 Thread Gordon Hart
> >$ startx xterm > > > > ...and report if it still prompts for a password. > > still the problem persists. > I also tried as root, no results. try editing the startx script and add set +x at the start of it, it should echo the commands it runs as it does so , might give you a clue as to whi

RE: Using dhcp on a home cable connection

2001-04-24 Thread Mark S
/ect/network/interfaces need your network namethe cr-x number @home gave you. As root, run dpkg-reconfigure etherconf. A text program starts, and you can walk through to set up your eth0. When you get to hostname, type in your crxxx number...right now it reads proginey, then exit and run /

Re: hda timeout waiting for DMA?

2001-04-24 Thread Stephen E. Hargrove
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Lex McPhail wrote: > > I had a similar message come up with hdc: > > hdc: timeout waiting for DMA > hdc: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } > > Finally worked out that the system had been working fine (no timeouts) prior > to > me compiling up a f

RE: debian newbie "tip-of-the-day" signature script

2001-04-24 Thread Mullins, Ron
> # pipe randomized 'tip' from perl script-- > send-hook debian- "set signature='~/.signature-debian |'" > # any email going out to any address containing "debian-" > # gets the output of ~/.signature-debian as a signature block > > -- > -- > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP: > What's a

Re: Info...

2001-04-24 Thread Jason Healy
At 988120542s since epoch (04/24/01 08:55:42 -0400 UTC), Jenner Alm?nzar wrote: > Hello!!! > > I just bought a new computer and i decided to install linux debian gnu, first > i tested the hardware installing windows 2000 and it worked perfectly but > when i start to install linux in the create p

Re: Mail client

2001-04-24 Thread ray p
The same mail client I use everywhere mutt or course. On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 03:50:08PM +0200, Ales Jerman wrote: > Which X Mail clent to use under FVWM2? > Thanks! > Bye, > > > Ale? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: compiler compatability

2001-04-24 Thread straylite
At Tue, 24 Apr 2001 05:26:27 -0700 , kristin hedges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I took my first C++ programming course. I plan to download a compiler, >unix based, after I get a linux OS on my computer. Will the debian >GNU/Linux 2.2r3 be appropriate for my plans?PS I am used to command >line,

Re: Mail client

2001-04-24 Thread b3
I have to second this. mutt is OUTSTANDING. It does have a small learning curve, however, so be forewarned. If you need any help setting it up, there are PLENTY of mutt users on this list (including myself) who would be willing to help. -b3 On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 08:28:25AM -0600, ray p wrot

Re: compiler compatability

2001-04-24 Thread Mike G
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 07:39:41AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At Tue, 24 Apr 2001 05:26:27 -0700 , kristin hedges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >I took my first C++ programming course. I plan to download a compiler, > >unix based, after I get a linux OS on my computer. Will the debi

Network Interface: Bus Master Problem ?

2001-04-24 Thread Lukas Ruf
I am experiencing similar problems as well: I am running 2.4.3 and applied your hint below, too. But still the problem exists for -- I assume -- Network Traffic: I make use of two 3c59x. When I create a lot of network traffic without writing to the discs -- therefore my assumption -- some drive

Re: HOWTO? Fix a term that has "space junk"

2001-04-24 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: HOWTO? Fix a term that has "space junk" Date: Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 10:47:22PM -0400 In reply to:Mark Hurley Quoting Mark Hurley([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I'd like to think I resort to man's, HOWTO's etc. before posting. > BUT.this one has been bugging me for a while now.

Re: Enabling Magic-Keys

2001-04-24 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Enabling Magic-Keys Date: Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 08:22:17AM +0200 In reply to:Jan Gehring Quoting Jan Gehring([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hello, > > do anyone know how i can enable the magic-keys (kernel-keys) Yes. Do less /usr/src/linux/Doc*/sysrq.txt and you'll know also.

Snoozing XDM

2001-04-24 Thread Dave Whiteley
I run xdm. Following an upgrade (to testing) I find that xdm takes a LONG TIME to restart the X Window. Any ideas anyone? Dave -- E-Mail: Dave Whiteley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 24-Apr-2001 Time: 16:14:23 Phone: 0113 233 2059 Missing .sig - Missing reason for mis

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-24 Thread Denzil Kelly
Sound card: Ensoniq es1371 Video card: Matrox Millennium G200, G400, or G450 modem: doesn't matter really, just make sure it's external, and make sure that is isn't a winmodem. For a guide to building a cheap linux box refer to: http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html hth ---

mutt and the running emacs

2001-04-24 Thread Jim McCloskey
This is really a mutt question rather than a debian question, but there seem to be a lot of mutt wizards on this list, so I'll risk it. I've read what's available in /usr/share/doc/mutt and at the mutt site, but can't find the answer to this question: I'm migrating from emacs RMAIL to mutt and l

Man-db cofigure error

2001-04-24 Thread Sang-Kyun Kim
"dselect" automatically upgrades man-db. But, it cannot be configured, display this error messge. - Setting up man-db (2.3.16-1.1) ... chown: man.root: invalid user dpkg: error processing man-db (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status

Re: three questions about modules

2001-04-24 Thread Iwan Mouwen
* Benjamin Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010422 21:35]: > 1.) the default behavior for debian seems to be to run modprobe on all > modules listed in /etc/modules at boot time, without -k (autoclean). is > there a way to change this behavior? edit /etc/init.d/modutils > 2.) i've looked through some

Re: mutt and the running emacs

2001-04-24 Thread straylite
At Tue, 24 Apr 2001 08:12:54 -0700 , Jim McCloskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm migrating from emacs RMAIL to mutt and liking it (mutt) more and >more. Within mutt, I have the editor set to emacs. But I always have >emacs running anyway, so there's an annoying duplication when mutt >starts its

swapping hard disks

2001-04-24 Thread Brian Smith
I just got Debian installed (potatoe), and due to the way I had to get the old machine up and gonig to install from CD rom, the hard disk on which I installed is connected to the second IDE master, not the primary. The installation routine located it as /dev/hdc1. How can I modify my configuratio

Re: GUI Email program

2001-04-24 Thread Christoph Groth
Dominique Deleris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've just discovered Emacs+Gnus, and it's TERRIFIC ! > I've dropped evolution & balsa. Emacs is so cool and powerful... Yeah, you're absolutely right! :-) Christoph

Re: debian newbie "tip-of-the-day" signature script

2001-04-24 Thread will trillich
"Karsten M. Self" wrote: > on Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:24:01AM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > in ~/.muttrc: > > > > # pipe randomized 'tip' from perl script-- > > send-hook debian- "set signature='~/.signature-debian |'" > > # any email going out to any addr

Selective mail download (was Re: Mail client)

2001-04-24 Thread Liam Ward
Do any of these mail readers allow selective download from a POP server? In other words, I want to view the message headers and choose the ones I wish to download. I access my work mail from home and sometimes get large attachments that I could choose not to download when I'm dialing in from ho

cups problems

2001-04-24 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
Hi, I've installed CUPS in my box but I could not manage to have it work properly, that is, I can print the test page but nothing else. Even trying the "Print a File" from KUPS I can't print anything. Also I can't access the admin page from localhost:631/admin. I have a E

Re: Man-db cofigure error

2001-04-24 Thread Colin Watson
"Sang-Kyun Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "dselect" automatically upgrades man-db. > > But, it cannot be configured, display this error messge. > >- >Setting up man-db (2.3.16-1.1) ... >chown: man.root: invalid user >dpkg: error processing man-db (--configure): > subprocess p

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-24 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > Well i have given up on trying to configured Windows > > / Linux together. I can't get the hardware right > > and don't feel like fucking with it anymore. I > > wanna build a computer just for linux-debian. I > > know what kinda motherboard and KMD processor i > > wanna get but could someone

Re: cups problems

2001-04-24 Thread Brian Stults
Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: > > I've installed CUPS in my box but I could not manage to have it > work properly, that is, I can print the test page but nothing else. > Even trying the "Print a File" from KUPS I can't print > anything. Also I can't access the admin page from lo

Re: StarOffice 5.2

2001-04-24 Thread Hunter Marshall
I have to do this because the usual suspect did not chime in. For some reason, I have come to believe the following SO adjective is about the funniest (and most accurate) thing I've heard recently. Anyway, it appears that your question about SO, that bloated stuck pig of an application, has been a

Re: Selective mail download (was Re: Mail client)

2001-04-24 Thread b3
Truthfully, I'm not sure - given that I use 2 email systems: Personal mail: I use fetchmail to pop the mail off the server, and procmail to filter it into various mailboxes. Work mail: We have an IMAP server setup - which is (sortof) like doing email like you would newsgroups - you download a me

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-24 Thread Robert Voigt
The Voodoo 3 is worth being mentioned here. It has very good 3D support in X and they are really cheap nowadays.

Re: cups problems

2001-04-24 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Brian Stults wrote: > Sorry, no suggestions for you, but I want to add that I also cannot > access the admin page from localhost:631/admin. I could a week ago, but > no longer. > I'm stressing all the possibilities and I did some progress: I was able to print pdf files as we

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-24 Thread Denzil Kelly
If you already have an internal modem you can use it, but if you were buying one get an external one. This is not really that big of an issue. I was assuming that you were building the box from scratch. One reason to avoid internal modems is because they are a heat source and they will increase the

Re: Can't find modules - but they work

2001-04-24 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:10:40AM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: > On boot up I get messages relating to several modules eg > > lp modprobe can't locate module lp. > ppp modprobe can't locate module ppp > > But something is finding them because I can prnt and send you this post > without a

Re: removing inetd

2001-04-24 Thread Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar
-> > > at boot, i was starting innd, of which i believe i've -> > > gotten rid. but i still see inetd as a pid when i -> > > run top. -> > > -> > > how do i remove inetd or stop it from starting. -> > > (currently i stop it by killing the pid.) -> > -> > inetd should be running. If you wish to di

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-24 Thread b3
> So far, it seems that everyone has suggested avoiding internal modems > and getting an external one. Why ?? If someone is capable of building > their own PC, I'd hope they're also capable of reading the requirements > of a modem they purchase. I've used two or three different *internal* > modems

isdn routher

2001-04-24 Thread Brian Smith
I'm trying to build an isdn router using linux, Alexis Roda wrote: > Brian Smith wrote: > > > > I just got Debian installed (potatoe), and due to the way I had to get > > the old machine up and gonig to install from CD rom, the hard disk on > > which I installed is connected to the second IDE mas

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-24 Thread Kevin Easton
From: "Hall Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 1:42 AM Subject: Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer > > > Well i have given up on trying to configured Windows > > > / Linux together. I can't get the hardware right > > > and don't feel like fucking with it

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-24 Thread Pann McCuaig
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 11:42, Hall Stevenson wrote: > IRQ3. I guess that's one benefit of an external. They > can't be PnP, can they ?? Yup. My USR 56K external is recognized as P'n'P by Windoze if it's on when I boot into that OS (sic). Cheers, Pann -- geek by nature, Linux by choice

Re: where to find ttmkfdir?

2001-04-24 Thread Timothy Ball
This is a side issue to this thread, but I have the nvidia drivers and qt w/ Anti-aliased font support on in my sid box and kde doesn't seem to acknowledge the presence of my ttf fonts. Does anyone know how to fix this? I made my fonts.dir w/ mkttfdir if it makes any difference. --timball --

converting programms to windows (gcc for win ? )

2001-04-24 Thread Daniel Marquez-Klaka
Hiya, maybe off topic i'm writing some progie's under linux, in C using gcc, of cause. Now i need to convert them to run under windows. My question is if there is a gcc port to windows or does anyone know about a free windows compiler that easy compiles ANSI C created under linux. Daniel

Re: help with php4 and horde

2001-04-24 Thread Kevin Easton
Hi, As it happens, I did just this the other day. All I had to do to get horde/IMP working with php4 (apart from installing the additional packages required by IMP such as php4-imap) was to edit the file /etc/apache/mime.types, commenting out the line: application/x-httpd-php3

Re: How to remove messages from mbox based on relative date?

2001-04-24 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 06:05:07PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > Hi, > > I have a .procmailrc and am filtering, but now I don't want to have to > delete my messages when they get old in certain mbox files. > > Can I run procmail with another conf file and have it send messages with a > "delivered" d

Gnus as email client (was: GUI Email program)

2001-04-24 Thread Johann Spies
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 06:26:27PM +0200, Dominique Deleris wrote: > I've just discovered Emacs+Gnus, and it's TERRIFIC ! > > I've dropped evolution & balsa. Emacs is so cool and powerful... I would like to know what is it that you like so much about Emacs+Gnus? I am not trying to be sarcastic o

Re: networking 2 pcs

2001-04-24 Thread Kevin Easton
Hi, My advice is to start trouble-shooting from the bottom up. First, check the link lights on the cards, to see if the cards can 'see' each other. If not, you may not actually have a crossover cable. If that's okay, then try and watch the 'data' or 'act(ivity)' light on the card while you

Re: Can't find modules - but they work

2001-04-24 Thread Glyn Millington
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:10:40AM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: >> On boot up I get messages relating to several modules eg >> >> lp modprobe can't locate module lp. >> ppp modprobe can't locate module ppp > > When you rebuilt your kernel,

dpkg host -> target

2001-04-24 Thread Fabrizio Pollastri
I all, I am trying to use dpkg on my PC to build a target partition to be moved to another system. I have set dpkg --admindir and --instdir to the target, but Q1: how I can init to empty the target file database? Q2: admindir and instdir are the correct options? Q3: any other trick needed? Th

Re: Can't find modules - but they work

2001-04-24 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 06:11:37PM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: > Great! Many thanks for this - its been puzzling me for some time. Can I > add another question - how _should_ modules.conf be told about it? Edit the files in /etc/modutils/ and run update-modules to rebuild modules.conf. If you

Re: converting programms to windows (gcc for win ? )

2001-04-24 Thread D-Man
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 06:57:49PM +0200, Daniel Marquez-Klaka wrote: | i'm writing some progie's under linux, in C using gcc, of cause. | Now i need to convert them to run under windows. | | My question is if there is a gcc port to windows or does anyone know | about a free windows compiler that

Re: three questions about modules

2001-04-24 Thread Kevin Easton
From: "Benjamin Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 1:50 AM Subject: three questions about modules >1.) the default behavior for debian seems to be to run modprobe on all >modules listed in /etc/modules at boot time, without -k (autoclean). is >there a way to change this

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Elm 2.4

2001-04-24 Thread Roger Price
I have just taken responsibility for a server running GNU/Linux. Previously I was a systems administrator for Altos Unix and can see distinct similarities. My predecessor has gone without leaving me any documentation. In particular I need information on administering Elm. Please can you help?

Re: Gnus as email client (was: GUI Email program)

2001-04-24 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to know what is it that you like so much about > Emacs+Gnus? I used mutt for years. Now I change to gnus, because I want to use my newsgroups and my mailinglists in the same way. Without the usenet and without high-traffic mailinglists lik

Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer

2001-04-24 Thread Morgan Terry
b3 wrote: [...] > External modems have the best chance of NOT being a winmodem (I haven't seen > an external winmodem - do any exist?) - so a new buyer might be less likely I have seen external winmodems. They are usually labeled as such, though (unlike internal winmodems). > to come home with a

Re: Gnus as email client (was: GUI Email program)

2001-04-24 Thread Anthony Fox
Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 06:26:27PM +0200, Dominique Deleris wrote: > > I've just discovered Emacs+Gnus, and it's TERRIFIC ! > > > > I've dropped evolution & balsa. Emacs is so cool and powerful... > > I would like to know what is it that you like so muc

Re: Gnus as email client (was: GUI Email program)

2001-04-24 Thread Dominique Deleris
Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to know what is it that you like so much about > Emacs+Gnus? I am not trying to be sarcastic or something like that. > I have tried to configure gnus a few times for using with email and > found it a frustration to get working. Well, configu

Which bootup script brings up interface 'lo'

2001-04-24 Thread Chris Howells
I'm trying to work out where interface 'lo' is brought up on potato. I've grepped through /etc, but can't see any references to 'ifconfig'. I'd be greatful to be CC'd, since I'm not on the list. Cheers, -- Chris Howells E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 93699029 Web: http://www.chowells.uklinux.n

Re: Which bootup script brings up interface 'lo'

2001-04-24 Thread Brian Stults
Chris Howells wrote: > > I'm trying to work out where interface 'lo' is brought up on potato. > I believe the default culprit is /etc/init.d/networking. It calles "ifup" which in turn refers to /etc/network/interfaces where you probably have an entry for lo. -Brian -- Brian J. Stults

gnome cal? Doesn't seem to process alarms

2001-04-24 Thread Rick Macdonald
Is anybody using gnome calendar (gnome-pim package)? I've tried many times over the last 6 months and I've never been able to get it to do anything. The specified times pass with no notification. I'm currently using woody. ...RickM...

Re: Which bootup script brings up interface 'lo'

2001-04-24 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 06:46:03PM +0100, Chris Howells wrote: > I'm trying to work out where interface 'lo' is brought up on potato. > > I've grepped through /etc, but can't see any references to 'ifconfig'. /etc/init.d/networking uses `ifup -a` to bring up all interfaces. They are defined in /e

Re: Gnus as email client (was: GUI Email program)

2001-04-24 Thread Alan Shutko
Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to know what is it that you like so much about > Emacs+Gnus? Anything you want to do, you can add lisp to do it. And people often have done so already. (Reading slashdot and web boards, for instance.) Scoring is great... pine doesn't have

Re: ipmasq

2001-04-24 Thread Robert Voigt
On Tuesday 24 April 2001 01:57, Steve Witt wrote: > Have you read the IP Masquerade HOWTO? I thought the ipmasq package has it's own black magic and the HOWTO is not useful here. I was wrong. I looked into it and found the information I needed. I forgot to edit /etc/resolv.conf on the box I wan

communicator: contrib vs non-free

2001-04-24 Thread peanut butter
Hi, forgive me if this is a stupid or over-answered question. I just spent alot of time searching the last quarter of mailing list archives and searching Debian Package descriptions to answer the question myself but can't seem to find a suitable answer: What is the difference between Communicator

Re: communicator: contrib vs non-free

2001-04-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 11:04:27AM -0700, peanut butter wrote: > Hi, forgive me if this is a stupid or over-answered question. I > just spent alot of time searching the last quarter of mailing > list archives and searching Debian Package descriptions to answer > the question myself but can't seem

Re: communicator: contrib vs non-free

2001-04-24 Thread D. Hoyem
As a matter of interest I did a dist-upgrade yesterday and had previously installed Communicator package ie Netscape and now have both on my system and either work. Don --- peanut butter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, forgive me if this is a stupid or over-answered > question. I > just spent alo

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