Re: Mount windows drive within another machine (network)

2001-06-24 Thread Alvin Oga
hi juan make sure D: is exported as a share on windows make sure on linxu that your kernel supports that filesystem ( vfat, msdos, ntfs(is not recommended for writing ) mount the windows box and do what you want with the contents in D: ( many different ways to mount it... ( vers

Re: recursive download of cgi based webpages ??

2001-06-24 Thread csj
On Sunday 24 June 2001 16:08, Balbir Thomas wrote: > Hi, > How can one download a group of webpages hyperlinked by cgi scripts > (rather than simple hrefs) . Note - wget chokes on this, in the > sense it downloads some of the cgi forms itself, instead of > querrying the server and obtaining the pag

Re: telnet client

2001-06-24 Thread Joost Kooij
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 10:32:24PM +0200, Sebastiaan wrote: > On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, nico de haer wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I'm looking for a telnet client for windows 9x that provides me with: > > > > 1. Properly working keyboard (including F1 to F10) > > 2. SSL (would be a BIG BIG plus) > > 3

Re: telnet client

2001-06-24 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya nico try looking at th various windows clients http://www.Linux-Sec.net/SSH - windows client section on the bottom have fun alvin On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, nico de haer wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm looking for a telnet client for windows 9x that provides me with: > > 1. Properly worki

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread Joost Kooij
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 01:57:55PM -0700, Jack Pryne wrote: > Believe me, I'd never require anybody to be using MS products. ;) Why does this sound so damn funny? ;-) > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.m

Re: Mount windows drive within another machine (network)

2001-06-24 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya nico to protect your linux box from MS crashes... always use automounters or soft mounts that should minimize any nfs timeout issues due to the MS crashes still NOT a samba issue just a mount options issue in /etc/fstab or your automounter files c ya alvin On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, n

Re: Stop apt-get upgrade from messing with fetchmailrc?

2001-06-24 Thread Mart van de Wege
Ok thanks Jimmy, Together with another problem I had I am now in for some shell scripting over the week. I just *know* I am going to enjoy this :). Sorry about the double replies, I just tend to hit 'Reply All' without thinking, I'll be more careful from now on. (BTW seems I am not the only one wi

Re: Mount windows drive within another machine (network)

2001-06-24 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya michael to put passwds into a file is a bad idea... - you can use sudo to not require passwd for certain root functions such as mount ... but that too is equally bad ??? - if you use an automounter, it needs the passwd too but at least the world cant see the file contents used by auto

Re: "su" Capability Needed In Konqueror

2001-06-24 Thread Dan Berdine
On Sunday 24 June 2001 05:35 pm, csj wrote: > > Thanks for the tip. I didn't know that. But I'm worried. What sort of > magic does kdesu do? As console (konsole, xterm) root, I can't run > konqueror. > > alpha:/web/debian/http# konqueror > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client

ipppd problems

2001-06-24 Thread MaD dUCK
hi, i am in the process of setting up an ISDN router for a network of three computers, using a 486 and running kernel 2.4.5 (because of the iptables functionalities). the system has one of the very old AVM A1 (Fritz!Classic) cards, which I can load and talk to with the hisax.o driver. it's at 0x200

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread Nick Jennings
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 10:47:28PM +0200, nico de haer wrote: > This is horrible!!! > try this new slogan: > > "Debian Install: Windows 9x required. Please contact Micrsoft and PAY > to get your free software running" > > NO WAY !! > A MS Client doesn't mean there wouldn't be a linux clie

Re: wordperfect on linux

2001-06-24 Thread Agner-Nichols
the saga continues -- (thanks again for all the help) I cleaned up the symbolic links (had already installed xlib6, libc5, and xpm4.7) so the character-based install worked (and I managed to trap the install script so I could get some idea why it did not want to initiate the gui install) ... Anyway

Re: telnet client

2001-06-24 Thread Nick Jennings
I preffer installing cygwin, it comes with the unix versions of telnet & ssh, full ansi support. It's a feature rich unix shell for windows, and it's painfully simple to install. http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 09:56:22PM +0200, nico de haer wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm lo

Re: installing KDE

2001-06-24 Thread Zac Hostens
Run dselect and choose the package kdebase, and it will install everything it needs for kde, u dont have to download anything manually On Thursday 21 June 2001 16:04, Robert L. Harris wrote: > I have a friend who wants to install KDE. Other than getting all the > packages from kde.org manually

Unidentified subject!

2001-06-24 Thread MaD dUCK
folks, just now i figured out that the pppd debug option is also present in ipppd, and i turned it on to see the following in the logs (after a bunch of packet dumps): Jun 25 01:13:31 embryo ipppd[3918]: Unsupported protocol 'Van Jacobson Uncompressed TCP/IP' (0x2f) received well, that would ex

Re: Why use fakeroot when compiling kernel?

2001-06-24 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 03:03:35PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 11:35:05PM +0200, Carel Fellinger wrote: > > > > Don't know why debians package builder needs to be root, but given that > > it suffices to fake root, fakeroot is the way to go:) > > because if your not {fake}

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread Jack Pryne
You've got the idea, Nick! This would be so great! Another neat aspect of such a system is that it works *only* with a free OS. If there was a similar system to install/maintain Windows, then Windows piracy would proliferate out of control! (hmm) Nick Jennings wrote: A MS Client doesn'

Re: dosemu

2001-06-24 Thread Jeroen Valcke
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 11:33:57PM +0200, Alson van der Meulen wrote: > The command name is dos, not dosemu > dpkg -L dosemu might help ;) Thanks -- Jeroen Valcke jeroen@valcke.com ICQ# 30116911 Home page: http://www.valcke.com/jeroen Phone +32(0)56 32 91 37 Mob

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread Marcus
On 24.06.01 at 12:24 Jack Pryne wrote: >Imagine a P2P network of Debian users who *all* shared their system >configuration information... Sounds basically like a good idea to me. It also sounds like a tall order, but why not, if the security issue can be handled :-) One thing I definately agree

Re: potato on imac

2001-06-24 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 10:50:08AM -0700, crombie wrote: > hi, > > need any and every direction installing potato on imac. > having trouble with configuring usb mouse, xterm (monitor > resolution).. and god knows what next? mostly, looking > for solutions to configuring monitor right now. it's

Re: [users] Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Joost Kooij (on Sun, 24 Jun 2001 09:42:19PM +0200): > Debian/GNU Bob > > "Now you can put the stark fist of removal at work for YOU!" hehe, and when you mistype your password three times, it'll prompt you to change it. believe it or not, Micro$oft Bob did that. martin;

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread Jart Berilcosm
What about Silent Waters or Silencer --- Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 12:24:10PM -0700, Jack Pryne wrote: > > One last thing: I'm open to suggestions for naming such a P2P > client. > > Something which expresses community support and freedom from > technic

Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-06-24 Thread thomas
> Jun 25 01:13:31 embryo ipppd[3918]: Unsupported protocol 'Van Jacobson > Uncompressed TCP/IP' (0x2f) received > well, that would explain why i get kicked out, but i am still clueless > how i can change this. i'll see what protocol my other routers use, > but if you have anything on this, pleas

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread Jack Pryne
Marcus wrote: Sounds basically like a good idea to me. It also sounds like a tall order, but why not, if the security issue can be handled :-) One thing I definately agree on is that Debian could do with easier installation, or at least more user guidance. Personally I decided on Debian afte

Re: NVidia RivaTNT2 M64

2001-06-24 Thread Jeffrin Jose .T.
Hello : Please try this after you have compiled the kernel and have your GNU/Linux system running on the using the kernel. 1 . Put the compressed driver's from www.nvidia.com to /usr/sr

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread G.LeeJ
> Personally I decided on Debian after trying Suse and Red Hat first. Same here. > > However, I've been following the Linux distro rankings in one computer > magazine (CHIP, Germany), and Debian is rated lowest amongst 7 others. > I think this is mainly due to lacking "user guidance" during s

Re: "su" Capability Needed In Konqueror

2001-06-24 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Sunday 24 June 2001 05:35 pm, csj wrote: >> Thanks for the tip. I didn't know that. But I'm worried. What sort of >> magic does kdesu do? As console (konsole, xterm) root, I can't run >> konqueror. >> >> alpha:/web/debian/http# konqueror >> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" re

Re: [users] Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread MaD dUCK
i just wanted to add my two pfennige. see, the reason that debian rocks is that it does not impose configuration tools on you like suse and redhat. it does provide a very cool package system, but everything is under the control of the user and vi. that's the beauty. now looking at how i frequently

Re: installing KDE

2001-06-24 Thread Aquila
I think apt-get install task-kde is the "proper" way to do it. It's a virtual package that depends on the actual kde packages. On 24 Jun 2001 17:17:02 -0500, Zac Hostens wrote: > Run dselect and choose the package kdebase, and it will install everything it > needs for kde, u dont have to download

Can't read bootup message

2001-06-24 Thread Chun Kit Edwin Lau
Hi everyone, I noticed that when I booted up Linux, I saw some error message. But the message just when very fast that I couldn't really read it. dmesg and the message file didn't have that error. I think it was some shell script error. Can anyone show me a way to show all the message

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
Hi, My initial reaction was a shudder, basicly 'cus I teak everything to within an inch of it's life and hate the limitations of GUI interface for system configuration (you can only stick in so many options). But, upon reflection something like this could have a place, but it's a huge undertaking

Re: Can't read bootup message

2001-06-24 Thread Cameron Matheson
Have you checked syslog (/var/log/syslog)? Cameron Matheson On 24 Jun 2001 20:51:42 -0400, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I noticed that when I booted up Linux, I saw some error message. But > the message just when very fast that I couldn't really read it. dmesg and the >

Re: Can't read bootup message

2001-06-24 Thread ktb
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 08:51:42PM -0400, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I noticed that when I booted up Linux, I saw some error message. But > the message just when very fast that I couldn't really read it. dmesg and the > message file didn't have that error. I think it was

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread Michael P. Soulier
Debian's already on top. Pollution like RedHat is not required. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous

Re: [users] Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread Jack Pryne
From: MaD dUCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> now looking at how i frequently already disagree with the formatting of config files contained in the packages, or the default settings for an application, i couldn't possibly imagine running such a distributed system. The system I propose would greatly bene

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread Jack Pryne
From: "Jonathan D. Proulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My initial reaction was a shudder, basicly 'cus I teak everything to within an inch of it's life and hate the limitations of GUI interface for system configuration (you can only stick in so many options). It's a pretty dirty hack, but even that to

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread John Griffiths
At 06:48 PM 6/24/01 -0700, Jack Pryne wrote: ...After all, if you were a confused newbie, wouldn't you >want the shoemaker elves to come and fix your computer while you slept? ;) > That would depend entirely on my fear of the nasty goblins

How to fetchmail from ISP-b using SSH when ISP-a has socks?

2001-06-24 Thread Robert Cymbala
My remote provider (ISP-b) has enabled SSH on my account, but am still getting "secure connection... refused". What can I try next? My local provider (ISP-a) is www.lafn.org that I use to dial-up (uses a socks proxy "proxy.lafn.org:1080"). Fetchmail gets email from mail.lafn.org using POP withou

Netscape 4.77 Java Fonts too large

2001-06-24 Thread Harold Bibik
Using Netscape 4.77 on a Progeny-Debian (Newton)system with Gnome 1.4, I get HUGE bold fonts in Java Applets. I've created an .Xdefaults file to clean up the toolbars and fonts in the browser itself but I haven't seen anything in the Netscape.ad file that might change the default fonts in Netsc

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread Mark Garland
How about some "clueless user" testimony about Debian? I am completely new to Linux and *nix in general (though I did play with an IBM RS/6000 at work once). I'm so clueless, I didn't even know that Debian was a difficult Linux distribution. So, strictly out of curiosity (could a $6.00 set of CD

i screwed up my computer with alien (second try...)

2001-06-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ok, so i just typed this email once on a windows machine and of course it crashes when i hit "Send", so sorry if i send this twice on accident. basically, i screwed up my debian install by force installing some rpm's. i was trying to get dvd playback working, and mplayer sounded like what i wan

Re: Can't read bootup message

2001-06-24 Thread Chun Kit Edwin Lau
Hi I didn't know the pause works in Linux. I tried that it didn't work and the /var/log/syslog didn't have that error. Edwin Lau On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 08:24:26PM -0500, ktb wrote: > On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 08:51:42PM -0400, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I noticed t

Re: Can't read bootup message

2001-06-24 Thread ktb
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 11:03:25PM -0400, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: > Hi > > I didn't know the pause works in Linux. I tried that it didn't work and the > /var/log/syslog didn't have that error. > Maybe it is scroll lock. One of them has worked for me in the past. kent -- From seeing and s

iptables help

2001-06-24 Thread Tom Tsaknakis
i will give anyone my first born if you can help me with converting this \'/sbin/ipchains -A input -s 10.96.8.1 -p IGMP -j ACCEPT\' to an iptables line thanx in advance Tom - This mail sent through IMP on IGN WebMail. http://webmail.ign.com.au

Re: [users] Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 06:42:39PM -0700, Jack Pryne wrote: :machine take care of itself, without ever having to worry about missing :DLL's, or corrupt registry files. That's the whole idea behind this proposed :system. Though I take your point, I encourage you to get Debian up and running so y

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread Jack Pryne
From: "Mark Garland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> So--my experience is that the installation of a basic working Debian system is not too hard. Configuring peripherals is hard! Exactly why users would benefit from a pool of reference which contains, in all liklihood, many users who are running Debian

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

2001-06-24 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 06:48:49PM -0700, Jack Pryne wrote: :Sounds like you have some valuable insight into the task at hand! But :consider the fact that this system I propose would not be trying to cram :infinite permutations on a disk. Instead, it would create a communal :reference library,

Re: iptables help

2001-06-24 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 01:04:30PM +1000, Tom Tsaknakis wrote: :i will give anyone my first born if you can help me with converting this :\'/sbin/ipchains -A input -s 10.96.8.1 -p IGMP -j ACCEPT\' I have all the kids I need :) But I have this working: iptables -A INPUT --proto icmp -s 10.9.1.1/32

Re: iptables help

2001-06-24 Thread Tom Tsaknakis
a billion thanks you sure you dont want that kid? hehe thanks again ill try that adios tom Quoting \"Jonathan D. Proulx\" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 01:04:30PM +1000, Tom Tsaknakis wrote: > :i will give anyone my first born if you can help me with converting this > :\\\'/sbin/

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