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Re: RBL for hire

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Re: turning on X extensions with XFree86 4.0.x

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>Hello- > I'm having problems installing my Zip. I have it set-up through a >parallel port, and together with a printer, in the customary set-up. > I've already configured the /etc/fstab with > >/dev/sda1 /mnt/zip ext2 noauto,user 0 0 >/dev/sda4 /mnt/dos msdos noauto,user 0 0 -^

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Re: A small doubt

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 10:34:27AM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Good Morning/Evening to all, > I guess that it is standard in Unixes that : > 0 : STDIN : keyborad > 1 : STDOUT : monitor > 2 : STDERR : error output device Those file descriptors, yes. > If this much can be accepted ,

Re: MUA with html support

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On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, D-Man wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 02:54:11PM -0500, David A. Rogers wrote: > | I've got a 56k modem on my home machine. Is it feasible/reasonable for me > | to run testing on this machine? I've got 2.2r2 CDs. Any guesstimates as to > | how long it will take for the ini

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Re: Zip installation - help with imm, ppa and diagnostic messagees.

On 23 Jul 2001, hzi wrote: > Hello- > I'm having problems installing my Zip. I have it set-up through a > parallel port, and together with a printer, in the customary set-up. > I've already configured the /etc/fstab with > [snip] Before you go ahead with this installation, you might

Re: I did it a mess with perl

Joost Kooij [debian-user] <21/07/01 14:05 +0200>: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 01:22:19PM +, Victor wrote: > > Install dh-perl-make && rtfm && build your own libperl-dbd-foo.deb. > > dpkg -p dh-make-perl > Package: dh-make-perl > Priority: optional > Section: devel > > Cheers, > Joost Hi Joo

Re: What's the "NVI recovery program"? Could this be a trojan?

> Hi- > > I found the message below in my Balsa Inbox. > Is there such a thing? Why did it appear in my mailbox? > Should I be worried about trojans and the like? > Thanks, > Henry hello, nvi is an editor with almost the best recovery option there in the field, i would say you are probably

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Re: I did it a mess with perl

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 10:47:06AM +, Victor uttered: > I'm unable to find dh-make-perl && rtfm under > > deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free > deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian Debian2.2r3 main contrib non-free > > Where can I find them? > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

Re: VS: Zip installation - help with imm, ppa and diagnostic messagees.

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Re: A small doubt

<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Good Morning/Evening to all, > I guess that it is standard in Unixes that : > 0 : STDIN : keyborad > 1 : STDOUT : monitor > 2 : STDERR : error output device > > If this much can be accepted , and this is true for Linux verssions , too , > then how come I am

Re: turning on X extensions with XFree86 4.0.x

On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 10:42:32PM -0700, Rich Rudnick wrote: > In /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 you will find a section like the following (copied > from my config): Oh! From which deb is XF86Config-4 coming from? i don't have it. -- Get self-realization at ...

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Re: gcc-2.91.66 needed for kernel compilation?

* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-07-23 09:00): > I'm attempting to compile kernel 2.4.6 on 2.2r3. Yes, i know .7 is out, but > when i tried to unpack the archive I downloaded from ftp.kernel.org i got > errors using the same method I used to unpack the 2.4.6 kernel successfully > so

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Re: [OT] IP to phone

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Re: What's the "NVI recovery program"? Could this be a trojan?

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 01:05:25PM -0300, hzi wrote: > Hi- > > I found the message below in my Balsa Inbox. > Is there such a thing? Why did it appear in my mailbox? > Should I be worried about trojans and the like? > Thanks, > Henry > > > - Forwarded message fr

Re: Modem problems after kernel upgrade

Did you also get the 2.4.? ppp? That is required when you upgrade to a 2.4.* kernel. You can also try setserial -g /dev/ttyS* and see what is listed as the modem. It should be listed as UART 16550A if memory serves me right. Don --- Jeremy Whetzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a USR 5610A pc

Re: bash ${parameter%%patern} does not work ?

Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have been scratching my head for bash parameter substitution. > > I understand ## in following examples but I can not understand %%. > Is this how bash 2.0 supposed to work? [examples deleted] The examples you give do not really illustrate what exactly

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Hi all Which package should I apt-get install to get the newest kde? (kde?, kdebase?, etc...) Thanks.. -- Rodolfo

Re: Press Release

Woohoo! More donations for us! :) --adam b. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 9:05 PM Subject: Press Release > For Immediate Release > Incline Village, Nevada > Contact Corporate Communications > www.sugarpinel

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Re: [OT] IP to phone

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Re: Anyone got acroread working on potato?

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 01:16:15PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Everytime I try to open a .pdf file with acroread it gives me the > following error: > Exited with error code: 0x400e0009. > > I am running potato and xpdf works OK - but it doesn't display the fonts > in the .pdf file properly.

Re: Reading .doc files from within Mutt

Hi Mark, I use this in my ~/.mailcap file: application/msword; ~/viewDoc %s; copiousoutput which calls the small script viewDoc, residing in my PATH: #!/bin/sh wvHtml $1 $1.html w3m -dump -T text/html $1.html rm $1.html This converts the doc file to html using wvHtml, and then converts the htm

Re: Starting with postgreSQL and pgaccess

Joost Kooij wrote: >On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 04:30:57PM +, Victor wrote: >> I'm in trouble using pgaccess. After trying to >> open the same db giving its name and postgres as user it invariably >> answers: >> >> Connection to database failed ConnectDB().Conn

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pl help me to get a link to download Video driver for ATI 3D Rage Pro.Ramachandran __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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I had the same problem and was able to fix it by adding the following line to my /etc/locale.alias file: english en_US,ISO-8859-1 I'm not sure why this wasn't there anyway... cheers Richard Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Dear Debianers, > > When I apt-get install some packages I get the

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Re: mitsumi 4802 te

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Re: upgrading kde?

> Which package should I apt-get install to get the newest kde? (kde?, > kdebase?, etc...) apt-get install task-kde

Re: mitsumi 4802 te

what is this ide-scsi? how can i use it? where can i find it? which kackage? thanks markus Matthias Richter wrote: > Markus Hansen wrote on Sun Jul 22, 2001 at 11:52:06PM: > > hi does anyone have experience or know > > wheter the mitsumi 4802 te works with linux or not? > > Works flawlessly with

Re: Modem problems after kernel upgrade

further more, I remember I also had a strange problem I had to recompile pppd in order to work with 2.4

Re: CUPS setup, but no /etc/printcap.cups file?

On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 10:02:08PM -0700, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: > > I set up CUPS for the first time and I do not see a file > > /etc/printcap.cups > > I understand that CUPS is supposed to generate entries each time I add a > printer. > > I have used the lpadmin command to add a printer (it

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Re: turning on X extensions with XFree86 4.0.x

On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Joshua N Pritikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 10:42:32PM -0700, Rich Rudnick wrote: >> In /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 you will find a section like the following (copied >> from my config): > >Oh! From which deb is XF86Config-4 coming from? i don't have it.

Re: RBL for hire

also sprach Alvin Oga (on Sun, 22 Jul 2001 06:27:34PM -0700): > and a new not-for-profit anti-spam db being setup too ... > donno if they wanna annouce it yet.. that's us, i assume. freerbl.org. we are still in the process of figuring things out, and we hope to be ready by the end of july. then we

Re: Reading .doc files from within Mutt

also sprach Jesper Holmberg (on Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:59:00PM +0200): > which calls the small script viewDoc, residing in my PATH: > > #!/bin/sh > wvHtml $1 $1.html > w3m -dump -T text/html $1.html > rm $1.html there is also catdoc, a debian package, which essentially does the same... martin;

Re: A small doubt

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 10:34:27AM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Good Morning/Evening to all, | I guess that it is standard in Unixes that : | 0 : STDIN : keyborad | 1 : STDOUT : monitor | 2 : STDERR : error output device | | If this much can be accepted , and this is true for Linux

Re: install debian with GUI

Ondolan wrote: hi all ... i want to make installer debian with GUI like in Mandrake which i can put image, button image, logo, etc. first i think i will use Qt, or maybe Java but then i realize that the-X isn't installed yet, can someone help me how to make this GUI installer ???. and does s

Re: ... a mess with perl: End of the story

Steve Kowalik [debian-user] <23/07/01 19:30 +1000>: > On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 10:47:06AM +, Victor uttered: > > I'm unable to find dh-make-perl && rtfm under > > > > deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free > > deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian Debian2.2r3 main con

Re: install debian with GUI

Ondolan wrote: > > hi all ... > i want to make installer debian with GUI like in Mandrake which i can > put image, button image, logo, etc. > first i think i will use Qt, or maybe Java but then i realize that > the-X isn't installed yet, > can someone help me how to make this GUI installer ???. i

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Hi, i want to setup a restricted ssh acount in one machine. I took the PATH restriction aproach but it only works when the user actually logs in to the machine, but when he does ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] some_command he can run any installed program. How do you guys setup this thing ? Thanx.

Re: MUA with html support

On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 02:36:13PM -0400, D-Man wrote: > On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 03:16:55PM -0700, Duncan Watson wrote: [snip] > | So I am looking for either a super duper lynx-like tool that can render > | html attachments pretty and colorful or a new MUA that has similiar > | features. > > The l

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Re: Template Parse Error

David Goodenough wrote: > So I did a search on the archive for this list and found > advice (from the 17th July) to updrage DebConf on its > own using apt-get install DebConf which duely went > through (after one problem which a rerun seemed to > cure). > > Unfortunately the problem still persists

Re: perl question

Ilya Martynov wrote: > > >> > Here's one for some of the perl guys > >> > > >> > I want to delete a directory that will have files in it... > >> > I don't know the name of the files there for wildcards might > >> > be needed > >> > > >> > I understand that "rmdir" will wipe out an empt

Re: Starting with postgreSQL and pgaccess

Victor wrote: >Now the problem of this absolute beginner is the definition of ID when >using createuser. What exactly should I input at the prompt for it? My >user ID as a linux user (the one I find in records in file >/etc/passwd) or what else? This is an arbitrary identifier that defaul

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Re: MTAs: rejecting senders with exim and delivering responses to rejected senders

On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 03:48:41AM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: > > Server: provides dial-up connection to ISP, runs qmail > > qmail sends any non-local mail using smtp.SoftHome.net > > as remote SMTP server > > The remote SMTP server accepts mail only when envelope-sender > > and

Re: Modem problems after kernel upgrade

well probably you have 3 serial ports. two on board and one for your modem. one way to find wich ports are detect is listing /proc/ioports 3f8 states as ttyS0 2f8 ttyS1 3e8 ttyS2 238 ttyS3 that is, if you stick with the normal settings in /etc/serial.conf You can ass

Re: question about X-configuration of debian from newbie.

This question is appropriate for debian-user, debian-boot only handles the base install (which doesn't include X). It is best to send to only one list first rather than cross-posting to multiple. I'm forwarding to debian-user, and I can suggest the package 'xf86setup' and the program XF86Setup. -

Re: ... a mess with perl: End of the story

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 02:06:49PM +, Victor uttered: > So, in a nutshell: > > Not willing to do a mess with my potato 2.2r3 *JUST SUCCESSFULLY > RESTORED* installing anything from testing or worse unstable I wonder > if it is possible simply to add the needed modules simply compiling > with t

Re: Problem with apt-get removing a package

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 10:42:56AM -0400, Andrew Dixon wrote: > I'd also recommend getting rid of Ximain and installing Gnome from > the Debian .debs. It really does eliminate a lot of headaches. Know of any rough instructions on how to do this? Is it just a matter of taking Ximian out of sourc

logoutd and time.conf : HELP!

Hi, I have a silly question: how do I enforce time restriction on the user? I have a user on my box whom I would like to be able to login ONLY between 6 pm and 10 pm. That is, to login in any form at all (tty, ssh, gdm, everything). I placed the following line to my /etc/security/time.conf *;*;

Re: mitsumi 4802 te

[EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: > what is this ide-scsi? It is a kernel module with which an IDE drive can be treated as if it is a scsi drive. The cd-burner program needs this for IDE CD-burners, since it can only handle SCSI devices. > how can i use it? insmod ide-scsi. (See the CD burner howto). >

RE: Removing a brokenly nstalled package?

On 23-Jul-2001 Stan Brown wrote: > I'm building a new STABLE machine this weekend. > > By not paying enough attention to the depedncies that dselect picke, I > would up with a broken install of aolserver. I don't need this package at > all, but dpkg --remove aolserver fails. > > How can I remove

Re: Press Release

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 07:45:06AM -0500, John Hasler uttered: > Adam Bell writes: > > Woohoo! More donations for us! > > These guys have run up a bill of at least $10,000 just in the last few > days. Unfortunately, Debian has, AFAIK, never attempted to collect the > $1999 from anyone. Pity. It'

Re: Reading .doc files from within Mutt

antiword is great for this also. Steve On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 04:13:35PM +0200, Martin F. Krafft wrote: > also sprach Jesper Holmberg (on Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:59:00PM +0200): > > which calls the small script viewDoc, residing in my PATH: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > wvHtml $1 $1.html > > w3m -dump -T t

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Cups, or magicfilter . HP Deskjet 540

I made a new installation from scratch (2.2 rev 3), but I didn't get any printer settings, nor I saw any script for that. I have a HP deskjet 540, does some one know how to configure it? What would be better, cups or magicfilter? Thanks, RR

Re: Is there something wrong with my CPU ?

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 12:02:35PM +0800, LiuTao wrote: > >> CPU: Intel Celeron (Mendocino) stepping 05 > >> Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting > > >No. It's telling you how the Floating Point Unit interacts with the > >CPU. > > Does that mean FPU using a met

Re: question about X-configuration of debian from newbie.

David Kimdon wrote: Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 02:48:11PM +0200 wrote: Hello, first of all, I am sorry if I annoy you with my silly question. I just installed Debian 2.2 (potato) and encountered X-windows problem. It seemed I configured wrong driver for the monitor so I could not start x-win

Re: Problem with apt-get removing a package

"Randolph S. Kahle" wrote: > > I may have messed up my package database... ximian may have messed it up too. I find that it's a good idea to stay away from ximian and use the gnome stuff from the Debian archives. Ximian writes great stuff but they don't do a very good job packaging it so it cre

RE: A7V133 motherboard with debian 2.2r3

I am running V2.2r3 on an A7V133 with no problem. I am currently running my disks on the regular IDE controller, but did play with them on the Promise controller for a bit before I decided to move them back (for non-technical reasons). The disk drives were an IBM 30GB and a nondescript 1GB that I

Re: Problem with apt-get removing a package

Thank you! This worked perfectly. I'm now back to a clean installation of CUPS. Regards, Randy On 23 Jul 2001 10:42:56 -0400, Andrew Dixon wrote: > "Randolph S. Kahle" wrote: > > > > I may have messed up my package database... > > ximian may have messed it up too. I find that it's a good ide

Re: ssh restrictions - HOW TO

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 10:35:32AM -0400, Felipe Alvarez Harnecker wrote: > > i want to setup a restricted ssh acount in one machine. I took the > PATH restriction aproach but it only works when the user actually > logs in to the machine, but when he does > > ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] some_command

Re: mitsumi 4802 te

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 03:40:28PM +0200, Markus Hansen wrote: > what is this ide-scsi? > how can i use it? > where can i find it? which kackage? > thanks > markus visit : http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html John > > Matthias Richter wrote: > > > Markus Hansen wrote on Sun Jul 22,

TOT Re: Optimizing potato

Victor wrote: This because the precompiled packages are > prepared for a generic i386 while I have an i686 processor. > > This is totally off topic but I was just wondering. . . What is an i686. i586 is the generic family of processors that the Pentium belongs to if IIRC but I didn't realize

Getting a 'woody' distribution

Hi, Due to various reasons (most particularly desire for UDMA 100 support and I need XFree 4) I want to get a distribution of woody. I know it's in the testing phase, but I'm happy to take that risk. Want I want to know is how I can make myself a CD set of woody from a machine that is not debian (

how to know which modules go with which aliases

Hi all, modprobe is having trouble finding some modules on my system: $ grep modprobe /var/log/syslog Jul 23 14:37:21 boris modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-0-3 Jul 23 14:37:26 boris modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 Jul 23 14:37:26 boris modprobe:

Re: MUA with html support

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 08:06:44AM -0700, Duncan Watson wrote: | On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 02:36:13PM -0400, D-Man wrote: | > On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 03:16:55PM -0700, Duncan Watson wrote: | [snip] | > | So I am looking for either a super duper lynx-like tool that can render | > | html attachments pr

Re: install debian with GUI

> > i want to make installer debian with GUI like in > > Mandrake which i can put image, button image, > > logo, etc. first i think i will use Qt, or maybe Java > > but then i realize that the-X isn't installed yet, > > not quite sure where your aiming but i used progeny > debian (release 1) a whil

cvs permissions

i/we operate a number of remote servers, and sometimes, configuration is impossible because of slow links; then, vi takes 10 seconds to start, and a keystroke is echoed in 5... unacceptable. so i would like to change configuration remotely, and currently, i rsync the /etc trees to a local director

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