Re: MD5 passwords and NIS

2001-05-24 Thread Joey Hess
Dave Sherohman wrote: > The debian installer warns about possible compatibility problems using MD5 > passwords in conjuction with NIS. Does NIS itself have difficulty dealing > with MD5 or is this warning just a reference to the possibility that some NIS > clients using the passwd map may not be s

Re: turning off exim on port 25

2001-05-24 Thread Rich Puhek
Yes, Exim will still deliver from the queue (there's a cron job to run every 30 minutes), and exim will still send outgoing email if needed. I use exim on any of my machines that will not be receiving mail for a domain. By eliminating the smtp line from inetd.conf, I don't show up with an active po

Re: login problem!

2001-05-24 Thread Kevin Ross
This is happening because login won't allow non-root logins while the system is booting up. It thinks the system is booting up because of the existance of the file /etc/nologin. This file is removed automatically when entering multi-user mode. Two things to check: 1. What is your default run

Re: login problem!

2001-05-24 Thread Rich Puhek
Log in as root. Look to see if you have a /etc/nologin file or an /etc/nologin.boot file. If you're seeing the "Sytem bootup in progress - please wait" message, that means that the nologin files are there, and only root is allowed to login. If those files are there, something went kinda wrong wit

Re: [users] Re: Unkillable process

2001-05-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:38:55PM -0700, Eric G. Miller (egm2@jps.net) wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 10:23:13AM -0400, MaD dUCK wrote: > > also sprach Karsten M. Self (on Tue, 22 May 2001 11:29:18PM -0700): > > > No. Your memory's going to be released. But your files might be > > > scrambled.

open gl man pages

2001-05-24 Thread Michael O'Brien
Hola~ I'm struggling to find a debian package that contains the OpenGL man pages in man form. Is there one? MO -- Michael O'Brien Tools Pixar [EMAIL PROTECTED] VIZZINI: You fell victim

Re: /etc/rc* and locate

2001-05-24 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 08:16:26PM +0100, john gennard wrote: > which locate (after updatedb) shows as being present when in actual > fact they are not there. I did not remove them by hand, it was only > when trying to do so that I found this situation. > > Does anyone have any explanation of why

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V101 #704

2001-05-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, May 24, 2001 at 03:32:03PM -0400, Marc Shapiro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Please reply to list mail on list. Reply direct to list. Reply-to set to list. > Karsten, > > Thanks for the advice on which partitions can be used for both > releases. I certainly don't want to mess up apt-get

Re: Multi-platform software development

2001-05-24 Thread James Leigh
http://www.borland.com/kylix/ that my first thought, although you would be developing in Pascal, a c++ version is "on the way". gtk is ported to win32, so is gnome: http://www.gtk.org/ http://www.gtlinc.com/gnome.html http://www.gtlinc.com/uwin.html from what I have seems is is easy to port from

re: printer problem

2001-05-24 Thread Thomas H. George
I have discovered that apsfilterconfig writes three filters for my Brother HL-730 laser printer (which can simulate an HP LJIIP). In the printcap file it generates I find ascii|jet2p-letter-ascii-mono|jet2p lp|jet2p-letter-auto-mono|jet2p raw|jet2p-letter-raw|jet2p.

Re: Setting up USB under 2.4

2001-05-24 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, You have enabled 'CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS' haven't you? Also, if you have VIA chipset (that's what I have), make sure you're using 'usb-uhci.o', *not* 'uhci.o' Cameron Matheson On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 07:27:37PM +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi all > > I have a USB Modem. Now i have enab

Re: Samba won't start

2001-05-24 Thread D-Man
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 08:34:32PM +0200, Mirek Kwasniak wrote: | On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 07:55:14AM -0400, D-Man wrote: | [...] | > Yes, that was it! Thanks. I had configured xinetd to run smbd and | > nmbd on-demand a while back, but forgot about it. Does samba work | > when run from xinetd?

Re: /etc/rc* and locate

2001-05-24 Thread Kevin Dalley
"locate -e" limits your output to files in the database which still exist. "Noah L. Meyerhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 08:16:26PM +0100, john gennard wrote: > > which locate (after updatedb) shows as being present when in actual > > fact they are not there. I did no

Re: Multi-platform software development

2001-05-24 Thread Bruce Sass
On Thu, 24 May 2001, James Leigh wrote: > from what I have seems is is easy to port from linux -> win32 and very hard > to port from win32 -> linux. So the strategy for world domination should be: port apps to win32, when they get hooked... tell'em the apps run better on the OS they originally we

ProFTPd and inet.d

2001-05-24 Thread Scott Fraser
has anyone tried to configure the above combo under stable? So far, everything I try in /etc/inetd.conf doesn't seem to work. If I use the init script from /etc/init.d it works fine, but I really want this service TCP-wrapped. Cheers and thanx in advance folks. PS: yes, the ProFTPd is a .deb pack

Re: 2.2 to 2.4

2001-05-24 Thread Patrick Kirk
Changing to testing/unstable did the trick. Its booted. Actually, this 200MMX with its 128MB RAM and 8 Gig hard drive was my pride and joy once upon a time. when I moved it from NT Server to Linux, most felt I had passed up on a superb desktop machine when I could hav eput any old bit of tin as

Re: ProFTPd and inet.d

2001-05-24 Thread Petr \[Dingo\] Dvorak
On Thu, 24 May 2001, Scott Fraser wrote: SF> has anyone tried to configure the above combo under stable? So far, SF> everything I try in /etc/inetd.conf doesn't seem to work. If I use the SF> init script from /etc/init.d it works fine, but I really want this SF> service TCP-wrapped. SF> SF> Cheer

Re: ProFTPd and inet.d

2001-05-24 Thread Scott Fraser
Thanx mate... I finally figured out is was the ServerType directive. So switched it from standalone to inetd and everything is a happy camper. Cheers all, Scott "Petr [Dingo] Dvorak" wrote: > > On Thu, 24 May 2001, Scott Fraser wrote: > > SF> has anyone tried to configure the above combo under

usb scanner setup?

2001-05-24 Thread mikepolniak
Has anyone had success setting up a usb scanner (e.g. Epson636u) with SANE in Debian ? If yes , are you satisfied with the results?

Re: usb scanner setup?

2001-05-24 Thread Lance Simmons
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 06:35:22PM -0400, mikepolniak wrote: > Has anyone had success setting up a usb scanner (e.g. Epson636u) with SANE > in Debian ? If yes , are you satisfied with the results? While we're at it, how about the HP 3300Cse? Anyone have it working? Lance Simmons

Best sniffer?

2001-05-24 Thread Michael Marziani
What's the fav sniffer for you Debian gurus? Whether a .deb, source, or whatever, what is the most versatile and all-round best sniffer that is available? Thanks! -Mike

Re: login problem! (SOLVED)

2001-05-24 Thread J . Ramón Fdez
I haven' t a symlink to /etc/init.d/rmnologin. Now all it's OK Many thanks El Jue 24 May 2001 18:53, J. Ramón Fdez escribió: > Hi all, > When I try login in my debian 2.4 as normal user, system say: > > login: jramon > Sytem bootup in progress - please wait > > Password: *** > Login incorre

Woody SSH and spurious DNS calls

2001-05-24 Thread Carel Fellinger
Recently I upgraded a box to woody and ever since it takes a lot of time to start ssh from that box. Only starting from that box, connecting to it is normal, and (quit telling) only when my internet connection is down. With tcpdump it's clear that the only thing going on over the net is a DNS que

Bash history problem/question

2001-05-24 Thread Jeroen Reynders
Hello, System: "Debian 2.2.18pre21" - "486dx" Bash version: "2.03-6" Background: Recently I have written a shell-script that is supposed to append every minute new history lines to a alternate file where they are being processed further. Problem: The command `history -a file` can't be execu

Re: 2.2 to 2.4

2001-05-24 Thread Paul Wright
On Thu, 24 May 2001 23:05:52 BST, Patrick wrote: > > Changing to testing/unstable did the trick. Its booted. > > Actually, this 200MMX with its 128MB RAM and 8 Gig hard drive was my pride > and joy once upon a time. when I moved it from NT Server to Linux, most > felt I had passed up on a super

Re: usb scanner setup?

2001-05-24 Thread Jens Gecius
Lance Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 06:35:22PM -0400, mikepolniak wrote: > > Has anyone had success setting up a usb scanner (e.g. Epson636u) with SANE > > in Debian ? If yes , are you satisfied with the results? > > While we're at it, how about the HP 3300Cse? An

Re: Woody SSH and spurious DNS calls

2001-05-24 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Carel Fellinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Recently I upgraded a box to woody and ever since it takes a lot of time > to start ssh from that box. Only starting from that box, connecting to > it is normal, and (quit telling) only when my internet connection is down. > > With tcpdump it's clear

sendmail

2001-05-24 Thread Mike Pfleger
Hello. I am trying to use the userdb functionality of sendmail. I am currently running sendmail from testing, with a 2.4.4 kernel. I have tried to make sendmail rewrite the userid of my outgoing mail, by modifying: /usr/share/sendmail.cf/ostype/debian.m4 and /etc/mail/sendmail.mc

Re: Woody SSH and spurious DNS calls

2001-05-24 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm not sure if it's the same in woody, but on potato I'd take a look > at the /etc/nsswitch.conf file. In there make sure that you have a > line like: > > hosts:files dns > > Sounds like yours is either not using "files" at all or you

Re: /etc/rc* and locate

2001-05-24 Thread ray p
And of course updatedb will rebuild the database which depending on your system may be a short time or a *very* long time. On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 02:30:35PM -0700, Kevin Dalley wrote: > "locate -e" limits your output to files in the database which still > exist. > > > "Noah L. Meyerhans" <[EMA

Re: Setting up USB under 2.4

2001-05-24 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi I have tried all this and i have enabled USB FS... Here is a part of my kernel-conf #USB support # CONFIG_USB=m # CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y # CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH is not set CONFIG_USB_UHCI=m CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT=m # CONFIG_USB_OHCI is not set # CONFIG_USB_AUDIO is not

Anyone has P3V4X + Promise ATA100 card?

2001-05-24 Thread Edwin Lau
Hi everyone, I have P3V4X + Promise ATA100 card and wish to get a ATA100 harddisk. Right now I have Maxtor ATA66 on the Promise card but often have the "hde: timeout waiting for DMA" error. I am not sure if this is the problem of the harddisk or kernel (I try 2.4 and 2.2) or VIA IDE contr

Re: Woody SSH and spurious DNS calls

2001-05-24 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Woody SSH and spurious DNS calls Date: Fri, May 25, 2001 at 01:14:20AM +0200 In reply to:Carel Fellinger Quoting Carel Fellinger([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Recently I upgraded a box to woody and ever since it takes a lot of time > to start ssh from that box. Only starting fr

Re: open gl man pages

2001-05-24 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 01:27:18PM -0700, Michael O'Brien wrote: > Hola~ > > I'm struggling to find a debian package that contains the OpenGL man pages in > man form. Is there one? I think they're in /usr/include/GL/ ;) Funny how they don't follow the standard man format... Seriously, I don't t

Re: Anyone has P3V4X + Promise ATA100 card?

2001-05-24 Thread Nate Amsden
Edwin Lau wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I have P3V4X + Promise ATA100 card and wish to get a ATA100 harddisk. > Right now I have Maxtor ATA66 on the Promise card but often have the "hde: > timeout waiting for DMA" error. I am not sure if this is the problem of the > harddisk or kernel (I t

boot system under unstable

2001-05-24 Thread Renai LeMay
hi, the boot system and init scripts seem to have changed location upon upgrading to unstable, most importantly I can't find a rc.local. Can someone point me to a document describing the new boot system? thanks, Renai

Re: Driver help

2001-05-24 Thread Bob McCollum
Hello Nate, I am pleased that you responded, and it is reassuring that your answers were not just questions returned for questions given. I have considered installing Mandrake, but I didn't have a copy. Is it lots easier? In previous attempts to get help I have sent the same communication i

i386 or PowerPc

2001-05-24 Thread Mike Egglestone
Hi all... I was wondering if anyone has both of these models running and which one they preferred? Speaking of performance only... not about ease of install, price... orcompaibility...etc   Pretend its used in a server environment with around 100 workstations(300 + users)   r

Re: [users] i386 or PowerPc

2001-05-24 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Mike Egglestone (on Thu, 24 May 2001 07:00:44PM -0700): > Which platform of hardware would be best? > G4 from apple > Pentium something from somewhere is that a serious question??? the pentium has nothing to say against the G4. period. moreover, CISC is just pittyful compared to RISC.

Re: [users] Maildir protocaol spec?

2001-05-24 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Eugene van Zyl (on Wed, 23 May 2001 09:01:13AM +0200): > I want to use a maildir as a sort of queue for processing incoming > emails with structered data which needs to be processed and written > to a db. Now, once I've decided to read a message, I move it to > ./cur, but how do I let a

Re: usb scanner setup?

2001-05-24 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 06:35:22PM -0400, mikepolniak wrote: > Has anyone had success setting up a usb scanner (e.g. Epson636u) with SANE > in Debian ? If yes , are you satisfied with the results? You may be interested in this article... http://www.linuxmednews.com/linuxmednews/990489359/index_h

Re: [users] i386 or PowerPc

2001-05-24 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > is that a serious question??? > the pentium has nothing to say against the G4. period. moreover, CISC > is just pittyful compared to RISC. Irrelevant with today's modern CPUs like the PIII.

mouse config for PowerBook Pismo?

2001-05-24 Thread Scott Frankel
Would anyone have suggestions for configuring the mouse for X v.3, Debian Potato release? This is for use with an Apple PowerBook "Pismo" 2000. When I launch X, I get some sort of desktop environment (WindowMaker?) with the cursor locked dead in the center of the screen. It won't move with eith

Re: [users] i386 or PowerPc

2001-05-24 Thread kyle
> > then again, unless you are talking absolutely high volume, there is > > nothing of big computational cost that your server will do, so i'd > > assume a pentium would work just as fine. however, if you have the > > means, go for the G4! > > No, go for the PIII, especially if you're going to run

Re: [users] i386 or PowerPc

2001-05-24 Thread Mike Egglestone
Thanks for the input guys... I took it upon myself to do some VERY basic testing... and I'll share my results if anyone's interested. The test: untarring a 88MB file full of .gifs and .html files Imac 400 Mhz 128 Ram IDE drive time= 53 seconds Celeron 700 Mhz 128 Ram IDE drive time= 80 secon

Re: LILO error: "ran out of input data"?

2001-05-24 Thread Roderick Cummings
From: Brian Dunnette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: LILO error: "ran out of input data"? Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 11:52:57 -0500 Hey all... Just tried installing Debian 2.2 on an old K6 I had lying around... after wading through LOTS of stuff (the installer crash

gdm not starting

2001-05-24 Thread Matthew Thompson
Greetings, I just did a fresh potato install for a friend, including X 3.3.6, Ximian Gnome 1.4 and the ~bunk updates for 2.4.4 and gdm doesn't start on boot, although it starts fine with `/etc/init.d/gdm start' as root. I checked the permissions on the file and compared the file to my own and all

Re: [users] i386 or PowerPc

2001-05-24 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 08:50:33PM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Weird... seems like hard drive performance is > very important too:) In fact, disk is often more important than the processor! When building a box, I go for RAM, disk, and processor in that order. If you don't have enough RAM,

Re: gdm not starting

2001-05-24 Thread evan . day
> Greetings, > > I just did a fresh potato install for a friend, including X 3.3.6, Ximian > Gnome 1.4 and the ~bunk updates for 2.4.4 and gdm doesn't start on boot, > although it starts fine with `/etc/init.d/gdm start' as root. > > I checked the permissions on the file and compared the file t

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