Re: Encrypted Filesystems

2001-08-22 Thread Mike McGuire
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 02:05:41PM +1000, Damon Muller wrote: > Quoth Rog?rio Brito, > > I'm also interested in encrypted filesystems and I think that > > the only way to go (reasonable one, that is) is to use the > > international kernel patch available at > > http://www.kerneli.o

Re: Firewall program for Debian?

2001-08-22 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 05:11:32PM -0400, dman wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 01:48:11PM -0700, Brandon High wrote: > | On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 03:58:57PM -0400, Han Yoo wrote: > | > > | > Basically, I have the 2.2.19 kernel. > | > Is any of the programs that you mentined easy enough to be utiliz

Re: how do i extract a bullet from my foot (tar woes)

2001-08-22 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 08:32:40PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > > hello: > > > > i have managed to insert a bullet in my poda courtesy of tar and my > > ineptness! that is, i did: > > > > tar -cvIf --remove-files /tmp/foo.tz /opt/tmp > > > > silly me

fixing demand-dialing ppp

2001-08-22 Thread Forrest Cahoon
I have the same problem that is described in bug #103843: my woody box can't do demand-dialing ppp. While the bug is still open, the maintainer (Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) posted this response: > The reason is the kernel-mode-pppoe patch, having removed it > the pppd seems to start fine.

OT: AMD chips cause kernel errors and hangs?

2001-08-22 Thread Rick Macdonald
We have a Linux cluster of 1000 nodes. I wasn't involved in setting it up. They use RedHat 6.2 kernel 2.2.19. Dual AMD 1.2GHz, 2GB memory, 2GB swap, GB ethernet. Several nodes hang and/or get kernel errors every day. The first causes that come to mind are bad RAM and running out of virtual memory

Re: glibc version

2001-08-22 Thread John L. Fjellstad
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 05:56:58PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > but anyway...your answers: > glibc == libc6 > Woody meets that requirement. > You might need libc6-dev too for headers and such. Are there different versions of libc available? What if you are using Woody (glibc 2.2), and need suppo

a woodied gnumeric

2001-08-22 Thread Bill Wohler
Any word on when woody will have an installable gnumeric? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and mh-e. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane.

Re: debian linux and SMP

2001-08-22 Thread John L. Fjellstad
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:59:11PM -0500, nick lidakis wrote: > I have heard of numerous quirks with certain video cards. I wanted to run a > tyan > 230 with a radeon 32Mb video adapter. Do you have any problems > as far as the machine locking up or behaving in a strange manner? There aren't > tha

Re: kdev 2.2 debs for testing distributions....

2001-08-22 Thread John Foster
Nicolas Salvagno wrote: > > hi , > > i'd like to install kde 2.2 on my workstation, but i don't want to be in sid > version?? > > so. > > Where can i find theses deb for testing version?? The ones in sid work fine in testing. At least for me so

Re: VMware and Debian

2001-08-22 Thread Dan Pomohaci
Thanks for answers but they don't solve my problem (but they are very good hints for later operations). I downloaded the VMware-2.0.4-1142.tar.gz from their site. I read the INSTALL file where it is written: To install/upgrade VMware for Linux, run the program "vmware-install.pl". But I didn't

Re: forgot root password on head- and keyboardless machine *blush*

2001-08-22 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Stig Brautaset wrote: > * dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 06:02:07PM +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote: > > | I have a head- and keyboardless machine running debian potato that I > > | used to log into with ssh. Now I have forgotten the passwo

Debian install - How to create a 'floppy module' for Raid controller?

2001-08-22 Thread JP Rignault - Smerwick Ltd.
Hello everybody,     I am trying to install Debian 2.2r3 on a new server with AMI Express 500 Raid controller.   As the install program doesn't find any HDD, I am asked to "preload essential modules from a floppy", aka my Raid controller driver. I have ".c" and ".h" driver files for Lin

Re: Apt - Segmentation faulty Tree

2001-08-22 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 22 2001, cdpye wrote: > I have been using apt-get for some time without trouble, however now (after > doing update) when I go to install update,etc. I get this error > Reading Package Lists... Done > Segmentation faulty Tree... 50% > Tried -f & it comes to same error. (...) I have a

Re: OT: AMD chips cause kernel errors and hangs?

2001-08-22 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 21 2001, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Several nodes hang and/or get kernel errors every day. The first causes > that come to mind are bad RAM and running out of virtual memory. I've > pasted some logs below. (...) I guess that the best solution would be for you to run these Oops

Re: Xwindows color depth

2001-08-22 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, David Frischknecht wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having trouble trying to get XWindows to load up > in any color depth higher than 16bpp. I have my > Win98SE setup for 24bpp color, but XWindows doesn't > want to load up in that color depth. Can someone help > me out? Tha

Re: Debian install - How to create a 'floppy module' for Raid controller?

2001-08-22 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, JP Rignault - Smerwick Ltd. wrote: > Hello everybody, > > > I am trying to install Debian 2.2r3 on a new server with AMI > Express 500 Raid controller. > > As the install program doesn't find any HDD, I am asked to > "preload essential modules from a floppy", aka

Re: loading Galeon seems to have killed X

2001-08-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 06:54:39PM -0700, James A. Hilsenteger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I received some help earlier but still struggling. I downloaded and installed > Galeon and even got Galeon running except fo the fact that my fonts within X > were all screwed up. I decided to reboot t

Can't get Quake-3dfx to run

2001-08-22 Thread Steven Farrier
I have been trying to run Quake-3dfx. But whenever I do I get this Removing symlink ./idsw/pak0.pak Removing symlink ./idsw/base ln: `/home/tachys/.quake/./idsw/pak0.pak': File exists ourbase /usr/share/games/quake/idsw basename of ourbase idsw QuakeForge (UQuake) v0.1.1 Added packfile ./base/pa

Re: glibc version

2001-08-22 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:01:12PM -0700, John L. Fjellstad wrote: > Are there different versions of libc available? What if you are using > Woody (glibc 2.2), and need support for glibc2.1? > I know you can do both libc5 and libc6 (glibc2.x), but can you do > different versions of glibc? My unders

Re: Exim catch-all recipient

2001-08-22 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brooks R. Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Greetings, > Okay, I give up. I've RTFM. I've tried. I've played. How do you get >Exim to redirect mail from an unknown non-user to a given account instead of >bouncing it. I need a catch-all recipient, and I

Re: how do i extract a bullet from my foot (tar woes)

2001-08-22 Thread frankie
On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 02:26:37PM -0700, allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx wrote: > hello: > > i have managed to insert a bullet in my poda courtesy of tar and my > ineptness! that is, i did: > > tar -cvIf --remove-files /tmp/foo.tz /opt/tmp > > silly me filled up my current dir

Re: Encrypted Filesystems

2001-08-22 Thread Iain Smith
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 01:39:41AM -0400, Mike McGuire wrote: > > I remember seeing a project recently which was a kernel module which > > allowed you to have encrypted loopback devices with patching the kernel > > of using the international kernel patch. > > Not sure if this is it, but I've been

Re: Firewall program for Debian?

2001-08-22 Thread Sam Varghese
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 03:58:57PM -0400, Han Yoo wrote: > > Basically, I have the 2.2.19 kernel. > Is any of the programs that you mentined easy enough to be utilized by a > Debian > novice without going into the heavy-duty configuration? > there is something called pmfirewall. http://www.poi

Re: Bad signature on partition table

2001-08-22 Thread Johann Spies
I have used parted with success in a situation where I got the same error message from cfdisk. Maybe it can help here also. > > c. cfdisk hda gives the error message 'Fatal Error: >Bad Signature on partition table - press any key >etc. to leave' >fdisk hda gives no message - just

Re: Soundblaster 16

2001-08-22 Thread Markus Hansen
Bob Nielsen i tried to install my isa pnp soundblaster like you discribed, a sound system should be activated in the kernel... (now it is a different installation) i used the things you wrote but it said output dma timeout probably irq/dma conflict what can i do? i already used different settings f

Re: VMware and Debian

2001-08-22 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Dan Pomohaci wrote on Wed Aug 22, 2001 um 09:49:17AM: > To install/upgrade VMware for Linux, run the program "vmware-install.pl". > > But I didn't find any file vmware-install.pl(only an uninstall file). Then your tarball is corructed while downloading, or has not full extracted or w

Re: fixing demand-dialing ppp

2001-08-22 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Forrest Cahoon wrote on Wed Aug 22, 2001 um 12:41:58AM: > > The reason is the kernel-mode-pppoe patch, having removed it > > the pppd seems to start fine. > > I have no clue what this is supposed to mean. I got pristine 2.2.19 NOT the patch IN THE KERNEL! The pppd was patched in order

launch apps with special keys

2001-08-22 Thread Martin Würtele
hi, i mapped my compaq armada's special keys (info, home, search, mail) but now i'd like to know how i can launch an app when i press one of those keys in x. i read about xevd but there's no sample config file available (google didn't help ether) and i also can't find anything in the windowmaker

Re: VMware and Debian

2001-08-22 Thread Alexis Roda
Eduard Bloch wrote: > > /tmp # tar zxf /download/VMware-2.0.4-1142.tar.gz A related question. Does vmware-2.0.4-1142 run with 2.4.7 kernel? When I run vmware-install.pl I got compilation error messages. Anyone has experienced the same problem? Any hint? TIA --

Re: Soundblaster 16

2001-08-22 Thread Steven Yap
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 12:27:29PM +0200, Markus Hansen wrote: > Bob Nielsen > > i tried to install my isa pnp soundblaster like you discribed, a > sound system should be activated in the kernel... (now it is a different > installation) i used the things you wrote but it said output dma timeout > p

pilot-xfer stopped working after kernel upgrade to 2.4.9

2001-08-22 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
Hi All, I have upgraded my Debian box to kernel 2.4.9 I have added: deb http://people.debian.org/~bunk/debian potato main deb-src http://people.debian.org/~bunk/debian potato main to my /etc/apt/sources.list and upgraded the necessary packages. Now, when I run the pilo

Re: pilot-xfer stopped working after kernel upgrade to 2.4.9

2001-08-22 Thread thomas
> Now, when I run the pilot-xfer, it displays the message: > Waiting for connection on /dev/pilot (press the HotSync button now)... > And waits forever. I've stated that the appropriate modules are loaded: > (Output from lsmod: > Module Size Used by > ircomm-tty 32080

Re: pilot-xfer stopped working after kernel upgrade to 2.4.9

2001-08-22 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 02:04:34PM +0200, thomas wrote: > > What kernel did you run before? Did you use 'make oldconfig' before you > made the new kernel? I used "make menuconfig" and configured the kernel by hand (having read the configuration from the old 2.2.18 config), was it wrong? Does "old

Re: HTML composer ?

2001-08-22 Thread Andre Berger
* Daniel Toffetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2001-08-21 09:31 +0200: > Is there any graphical HTML composer which runs happily on Woody and > KDE ? I don't need any advanced features, only lists, performatted > paragraphs and the like. I just want to avoid typing the tags... > > Daniel Do you know b

Re: fixing demand-dialing ppp

2001-08-22 Thread John Hasler
Forrest Cahoon quotes Eduard Bloch: > The reason is the kernel-mode-pppoe patch, having removed it > the pppd seems to start fine. And writes: > I have no clue what this is supposed to mean. I got pristine 2.2.19 > sources from ftp.us.kernel.org and built a kernel with make-kpkg, but I > still ha

Re: launch apps with special keys

2001-08-22 Thread Jason Healy
At 998502913s since epoch (08/22/01 06:55:13 -0400 UTC), Martin W?rtele wrote: > i mapped my compaq armada's special keys (info, home, search, mail) but now > i'd like to know how i can launch an app when i press one of those keys in > x. After much fooling around with my Microsoft Natural keyboa

Ethernet Card Setup

2001-08-22 Thread Nathan Goss
Hello,   I am new to Debian, and am having difficulty setting up my Network Card.   I currently have a 3Com  3C905-TX   PCI  10/100 network card.   It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed with the current Potato release. I have read that it should be auto-detected.   It

Re: Ethernet Card Setup

2001-08-22 Thread Jeff Reed
On Wednesday 22 August 2001 09:08, Nathan Goss wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to Debian, and am having difficulty setting up > my Network Card. > > I currently have a 3Com 3C905-TX PCI 10/100 network > card. > > It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed with > the current Potato releas

Re: Ethernet Card Setup

2001-08-22 Thread Wes Byne
I think the driver's for this card are only included in the compact kernel. Go grab the compact rescue and root floppies and try again. -Wes On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:08:02PM +1000, Nathan Goss wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to Debian, and am having difficulty setting up my Network Card. > >

Re: Ethernet Card Setup

2001-08-22 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I am new to Debian, and am having difficulty > setting up my Network Card. > > I currently have a 3Com 3C905-TX PCI > 10/100 network card. > > It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed > with the current Potato release. I have read that it > should be auto-detected. > > It doesn't s

backspace problem

2001-08-22 Thread Jeroen Valcke
Hello, I recently upgraded my debian (unstable) and some things broke. I was able to fix most of it. I have a rather annoying problem that I can't solve. Seems like the backspace key is messed up. I functions properly in applications like pan, mozilla, ... and at the commandline but when I press b

Sound cards & Linux?

2001-08-22 Thread David Frischknecht
Hello, I just want to express my appreciation for all the help I've gotten from the members of this list.  I'm practically a Linux newbie, so all of the configuration that's needed to get it up and running is unfamiliar to me.  I'd like to know how I could get my ESS Audiodrive sound card to work w

Re: DNS and BIND 8.2.3

2001-08-22 Thread Chris Nestrud
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 09:09:30PM -0400, Michael W. Cole wrote: > I am using BIND8 trying to set up a DNS server (authoritative) for my > domain (mpjcri.org). Linux v2.2.19. The network of two hosts are > connected via a hub which is then connected to an Internet Router. > I can ping all the hos

hdparm problem

2001-08-22 Thread tek know
Hi, For some reason Hdparm stopped working in two of my Debian machines (one kernel 2.2.19-ide, another kernel 2.2.19pre17-idepci ). Testing (hdparm -t/T) works fine but any parameter i try to change, (e.g., hdparm -c 1 /dev/hda1) fails (eg., HDIO_SET_32BIT failed: Invalid argument). But thes

Re: Killing your keyb.controller... was: Re: forgot root password on head- and keyboardless machine *blush*

2001-08-22 Thread Emil Pedersen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:24:34PM +0200, Emil Pedersen wrote: > > > > Just to add some more noice to the list ;-) > > > > [statement] Hot-plugging keyboards works _MOST_ of the time. > > > > It is true for at least PS/2-keyboard, since the only machine I've > > mana

Re: Ethernet Card Setup

2001-08-22 Thread Iain Smith
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:08:02PM +1000, Nathan Goss wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to Debian, and am having difficulty setting up my Network Card. > > I currently have a 3Com 3C905-TX PCI 10/100 network card. > > It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed with the current Potato >

Choosing a Debian Variant

2001-08-22 Thread Avdi B. Grimm
This is a message I /should/ have sent before I even tried to install Debian. Oh well, better late than never. Here's the deal: I want Debian on my machine. Mandrake is in many ways wonderful; it has the best install in the world (in my experience); it has loads of bundled software; and it does

Re: home firewall problems

2001-08-22 Thread Stefan Janecek
On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 07:13:56 -0500 (CDT) Gene Gallistel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i'm setting up a firewall for my home network and i'm having problems w/ > my network cards. > > eth0 connects to the internal LAN w/ address 10.10.10.1 > eth1 connects to my cable modem gets a dhcp address >

How can I upgrade

2001-08-22 Thread Greg
*formerly GECOS * SUCCESS --- `aptget' is a work of art...thanx all...gb

Re: Choosing a Debian Variant

2001-08-22 Thread Tom Massey
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 07:29:39AM -0700, Avdi B. Grimm wrote: > Here's what I want out-of-box: No, I really shouldn't say it. But anyway. What you've just asked for reads almost exactly like the specs for Mandrake 8.1 (due out in a month or so). In my experience, you're not going to get this o

logout problem

2001-08-22 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi to all! sometimes, when I logout, the monitor freezes with a black background and blue vertical lines. Nothing else can be done, and I am forced to reset the system. What could be the problem? I run potato 2.2.r3 + ximian gnome. Thanks in advance for the help! Regards, Marcelo -- Marcelo C

Re: OT: AMD chips cause kernel errors and hangs?

2001-08-22 Thread Jason Majors
I just got an AMD chip and noticed that witht the RAM set to 133MHz in the BIOS it would lock under Debian or Win98. It happened on my box and my girlfriend's identical box. I'd suggest checking the memory settings. On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:59:06PM -0600, Rick Macdonald scribbled... > We have a

Re: Sound cards & Linux?

2001-08-22 Thread Jason Majors
Most SB compatibles mean the SB16 'standard'. You need to add the lines soundcore sb to /etc/modules to get it to load at boot. and run "insmod soundcore" and "insmod sb" to get it to run now. On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 06:53:35AM -0700, David Frischknecht scribbled... > Hello, > > I just want to

Ask for information

2001-08-22 Thread CIFARMA
I am writing to ask this information: I want to know if it is possible to convert Informix 2.1000B Software Development Kit (SDK) in Debian Gnu-Linux 2.2r3 "Potato". If it is possible, please, tell me where I can find any resource. Your help is foundamental to decide to buy a Debian distribu

Network install switching to ppp access

2001-08-22 Thread mullena
Greetings; I like Debian. I have at home a computer I installed Debian from floppy. And I now connect to the internet via ppp with no problem. Unfortunately the software installation is kind of slow. So for a second computer I found T1/T2 access and after the floppy install I upgraded via the

kde source list for potato

2001-08-22 Thread Alejandro Diego Garin
Hello: I have this entry in my sources.list deb ftp://kde.debian.net/pub/kde potato main crypto for download KDE packages and since two days ago I am experimenting timeouts problems. could you tell me if this url has been changed? Any type of help will be appreciated Thx. -- Alejandro Diego G

Re: Ask for information

2001-08-22 Thread Sebastiaan
High, > I am writing to ask this information: I want to know if it is possible > to convert Informix 2.1000B Software Development Kit (SDK) in Debian > Gnu-Linux 2.2r3 "Potato". If it is possible, please, tell me where I > can find any resource. Your help is foundamental to decide to buy a > De

Re: Network install switching to ppp access

2001-08-22 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings; > > I like Debian. > > And for that matter. I'd like to take my home machine in to the same rj45 > for faster updates/upgrades. How can I make that ppp-installed Debian box > access the intenet via nic? > > If you have a gatewa

Re: Firewall program for Debian?

2001-08-22 Thread Oleksandr Moskalenko
* Sam Varghese ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 03:58:57PM -0400, Han Yoo wrote: > > > > Basically, I have the 2.2.19 kernel. > > Is any of the programs that you mentined easy enough to be utilized by a > > Debian > > novice without going into the heavy-duty configuration? > >

Re: Ethernet Card Setup

2001-08-22 Thread George Karaolides
Hi, On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Nathan Goss wrote: > I currently have a 3Com 3C905-TX PCI 10/100 network card. > > It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed with the current Potato > release. I have read that it should be auto-detected. > > It doesn’t seem to be detected and set up in

USB/Scanner, how to start?

2001-08-22 Thread Jan Torben Heuer
hmm, what I have to do, to make my USB Scanner working? It's an Agfa SnapScan 1212 there is no /proc/pci there is no usb entry at /proc/interrupts however usb support ist generally compiled as module, but which modules do I really need? Any hints? thanx, JT -- /--

Re: C library not found!

2001-08-22 Thread Mart van de Wege
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:06:13 -0400 (EDT) Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 21 Aug 2001, Yong Jing Hung wrote: > > > Does anyone know why the C library doesn't work? I try to do 'man > > fork' but it doesn not pick up. It simply says that there isn't any > > manual page for it? Ca

Re: Peoplestreet/Microsoft/Quantum

2001-08-22 Thread Mart van de Wege
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 08:55:46 -0400 "Tina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PLEASE GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS ON ANY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES > OR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH PEOPLESTREET. > We will certainly welcome your donation to 'Software In The Public Interest'. See http://www.debian.org

Re: Encrypted Filesystems

2001-08-22 Thread Mike McGuire
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 10:13:02AM +, Iain Smith wrote: > > Anyone happen to know the current state of the crypto patches? I haven't seen > a new patch for 2.4 since april... for 2.4.3! Yeah, that's it, I guess. Maybe they got it right the first time. :) One minor problem (too minor to bother

Re: OT: AMD chips cause kernel errors and hangs?

2001-08-22 Thread Michael B. Taylor
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:59:06PM -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: > > We have a Linux cluster of 1000 nodes. I wasn't involved in setting it up. > They use RedHat 6.2 kernel 2.2.19. Dual AMD 1.2GHz, 2GB memory, 2GB swap, > GB ethernet. > Quoting the latest Kernel Traffic (kt.zork.net), which summer

Re: Choosing a Debian Variant

2001-08-22 Thread Bruce Mobarry
Avdi B. Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's what I want out-of-box: Libranet is the closest debian solution to your requirements: ReierFS, up-to-date kde, gnome, etc. A new version will be out by the end of August, according to their newsletter. I use it at home because I don't have a bro

dual displays

2001-08-22 Thread Andrew Austin
Hi, I'm thinking about getting the ATI RADEON VE Dual Display video card but haven't been able to find much info on running it in linux. I have heard that the RADEON series needs xserver 4.1.0 but this dual display card is a little different. Has anyone got dual displays running in debian usin

Re: a woodied gnumeric

2001-08-22 Thread Michael B. Taylor
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:17:43PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: > Any word on when woody will have an installable gnumeric? > Gnumeric has been updated in sid a couple of times in the past few days. I am told that sid -> woody typically takes two weeks if all goes well, so maybe in two weeks. Mik

Re: Why so big(2)

2001-08-22 Thread Bruce McIntyre
* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 03:51:16PM +0100, P Kirk wrote: > > | I don't have anything other than samba and python installed. How can > | /usr/share be so big? > > Actually you have a lot of stuff installed that you don't need if the > machine is only going to b

Re: how to make exim run queue only when ppp link is up?

2001-08-22 Thread Mike McGuire
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 02:21:19AM +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote: > Diald keeps bringing up the link on request from exim. I have only had > this problem since I made a fresh install about a week ago. Earlier, the > exim cron-entry that run the queue was controlled by a set of scripts > in diald's ip

FortranPlus F95 Compiler Packs: New Release now shipping

2001-08-22 Thread NAS Marketing
Dear support customer, As a previous user of our customer support service, we hope you would be interested to know that Release 2.22a of our FortranPlus F95 compiler is now shipping. This new release has substantial enhancements to the Student Pack capability, and to the support software inc

SoundBlaster Live not recognized!

2001-08-22 Thread Juan Antonio
Well I am getting crazy. I do not know how to install my SoundBlaster Live Card. I do not know how to configure the kernel and what libraries or programs I need. If anybody can help me and explain step by step what I should do in the kernel and what files I have to install I will be very ple

Re: SoundBlaster Live not recognized!

2001-08-22 Thread Jason Majors
To get my SBLive to work I had to compile a special kernel. I didn't see it in 2.2.17, so I got 2.2.19 (2.4.x would work too if you have that). On the soundcard page of the kernel config, look for soundblaster live, it will build an emu10k1.o module for you. If you don't know how to rebuild the ker

Removing folder in KMail

2001-08-22 Thread Daniel Toffetti
I've imported an Outlook 5 folder into KMail. Now I want to delete this folder, but the Remove option in the Folder menu in grayed out. Other folders I've created previously in KMail (not imported) don't have this problem, but inbox, outbox an the other 'system' folders do, so I guess perhaps th

launching mozilla from Pine

2001-08-22 Thread Faheem Mitha
Dear People, This might be offtopic, but... I am currently using Mozilla 9.3, and Pine 4.21. I want to launch Mozilla from Pine using the url-viewer feature. I currently have # List of programs to open Internet URLs (e.g. http or ftp references). url-viewers="/usr/bin/mozilla -remote 'openURL(_U

[Potato] IRQ/DMA/IO config with ISA PnP card (Was: Re: Soundblaster 16)

2001-08-22 Thread Phil
hello everybody ;) On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 01:10:02PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: Markus Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Soundblaster 16 > Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 12:27:29 +0200 > i tried to install my isa pnp soundblaster like you discribed, a sound system > should be

install problems on an lcIII

2001-08-22 Thread Troy Elseth
Ive ran linux before on an x86, but this has me baffeled.  I want to get linux going on an old Mac lcIII, but i have no internet software on it and I can't for the life of me get a boot floppy working.  I have a floppy but no cdrom on this thing.  The only other computer i have is a pentium

Re: OT: AMD chips cause kernel errors and hangs?

2001-08-22 Thread Kent West
Jason Majors wrote: I just got an AMD chip and noticed that witht the RAM set to 133MHz in the BIOS it would lock under Debian or Win98. It happened on my box and my girlfriend's identical box. I'd suggest checking the memory settings. On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:59:06PM -0600, Rick Macdonald scr

Re: how to make exim run queue only when ppp link is up?

2001-08-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 02:21:19AM +0100, Stig Brautaset ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Diald keeps bringing up the link on request from exim. I have only had > this problem since I made a fresh install about a week ago. Earlier, the > exim cron-entry that run the queue was controlled by a set of sc

[Potato] IRQ/DMA/IO config with ISA PnP card (Was: Re: Sound cards & Linux?)

2001-08-22 Thread Phil
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 08:42:10AM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > Most SB compatibles mean the SB16 'standard'. > You need to add the lines > soundcore > sb > to /etc/modules to get it to load at boot. > and run "insmod soundcore" and "insmod sb" to get it to run now. > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 06:

Re: Ethernet Card Setup

2001-08-22 Thread Erdmut Pfeifer
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:34:43AM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > I am new to Debian, and am having difficulty > > setting up my Network Card. > > > > I currently have a 3Com 3C905-TX PCI > > 10/100 network card. > > > > It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed > > with the current

mplayer opengl

2001-08-22 Thread harsha
Hi, When I do ./configure for compiling mplayer it says GL includes missing and opengl support is missing. I have a Riva TNT2 card and using the binary drivers from nvidia. How do I get mplayer to compile with opengl support. Actually is it neccessary that I compile it with such a support. What

Re: SoundBlaster Live not recognized!

2001-08-22 Thread Scott_Patterson
>Well I am getting crazy. I do not know how to install my SoundBlaster = >Live Card. I do not know how to configure the kernel and what libraries = >or programs I need. If anybody can help me and explain step by step what = >I should do in the kernel and what files I have to install I will be =

Creating Install CD with reiserfs

2001-08-22 Thread Christopher S. Swingley
Hi! I noticed that the most recent woody boot disks include a directory for Reiserfs support. How would one create a Debian install CD (with the debian-cd package) that uses this kernel / boot image? Thanks, Chris -- Christopher S. Swingley 930 Koyukuk Drive System / Network Manager

Re: a woodied gnumeric

2001-08-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:17:43PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: > Any word on when woody will have an installable gnumeric? I've had gnumeric (0.64-1) running in woody for several months without problems. I don't recall having to install any non-woody packages to get it to install, but I have inst

Re: VMware and Debian

2001-08-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:49:17AM +0300, Dan Pomohaci wrote: > Thanks for answers but they don't solve my problem (but they are very good > hints for later operations). > I downloaded the VMware-2.0.4-1142.tar.gz from their site. I read the > INSTALL file where it is written: > > To install/upg

Re: Mounting MS-DOS on bootup.

2001-08-22 Thread Andrew Agno
Karsten M. Self writes: > Add them to your /etc/fstab with 'auto' mount options. Which might catch the msdos file system instead of the vfat (Win95/98) filesystem module. Try the vfat option instead: /dev/hdb10 /mnt/dos/win98c vfat rw,gid=dos,umask=002 0 0 This will mount /dev/hdb10 as /mnt/d

Re: forgot root password on head- and keyboardless machine *blush*

2001-08-22 Thread Stig Brautaset
* Sebastiaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > High, > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Stig Brautaset wrote: > > > * dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 06:02:07PM +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote: > > > | I have a head- and keyboardless machine running debian potato that I > > >

Re: Upgrade

2001-08-22 Thread Shaul Karl
> Shaul Karl wrote: > > > > > Is there any way to upgrade to a higher version of debian ? I always get > > > lost in `dselect' or `apt-get' . Greg > > > > > > > Which version of debian are you currently using? What is your > > /etc/apt/sources.lists looks like? What is the output of apt-get when

Re: OT: AMD chips cause kernel errors and hangs?

2001-08-22 Thread Brandon High
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 01:03:05PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > I got an FIC motherboard with an AMD 1.2GHz Athlon; the mobo has a > jumper to switch between 100MHz and 133MHz bus speed. If I set it to > 133, I can then go into CMOS and watch the temperature monitor climb and > climb until the m

RE: fixing demand-dialing ppp

2001-08-22 Thread Shaun Crossley
I had this same problem, so I manually removed woody ppp and installed potato ppp, then marked it 'hold' so that it wouldn't get replaced on the next apt-get upgrade. Since then, ppp demand-dial has been working just great on my woody ipmasq/demand-ppp 56k dail-out box. If you don't need whatev

Re: Upgrade

2001-08-22 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > > Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I've gotten as far as `apt-get dist-upgrade', but it ended > > on a `file (pkg) not found'. As for my version of debian > > it's (CorelLinux)2.1... > > I have no experience with CorelLinux. I know that it is a > derivative of Debian Corel Linux is

Re: mplayer opengl

2001-08-22 Thread Sean Quinlan
* harsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-08-22 19:40): >When I do ./configure for compiling mplayer it says GL includes > missing and opengl support is missing. I have a Riva TNT2 card and using > the binary drivers from nvidia. How do I get mplayer to compile with > opengl support. Actually is it ne

Gnome panel + sawfish = very slow ?

2001-08-22 Thread Neil Booth
I installed sawfish about 3 wks ago, and have installed a couple of revisions of gnome panel since then. However, if I bring up panel after starting sawfish, dragging a window becomes jerky and slow. I don't remember this behaviour in WindowMaker. Somtimes, but not always, panel complains about

Re: FortranPlus F95 Compiler Packs: New Release now shipping

2001-08-22 Thread Gerhard Kroder
NAS Marketing wrote: > Upgrade Prices > == I wonder if they will offer a cross-grade/trade-in, i might giv'em g77 ;-) gk

Re: Choosing a Debian Variant

2001-08-22 Thread Nathan Weston
Debian unstable should be able to give you all of the end results you are looking for. However, you also want to get these things easily -- ie, good hardware detection, ReiserFS by default during the install, etc. This you probably won't be able to do. I was recently in a similar situation to yo

Re: pilot-xfer stopped working after kernel upgrade to 2.4.9

2001-08-22 Thread thomas
> I used "make menuconfig" and configured the kernel by hand (having read > the configuration from the old 2.2.18 config), was it wrong? > Does "oldconfig" makes some magic conversions from old version of > configfile? It only works from 2.Y.x -> 2.Y.x anyway (not 2.2.x -> 2.4.x) afaik (you could

Re: launching mozilla from Pine

2001-08-22 Thread W. Paul Mills
I do not think this is unique to Pine. Seems to be a mozilla thing. Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Faheem Mitha) writes: > I am currently using Mozilla 9.3, and Pine 4.21. I want to launch Mozilla > from Pine using the url-viewer feature. I currently have > > # List of programs to open Internet URLs

Re: Upgrade

2001-08-22 Thread Paul Scott
Hall Stevenson wrote: Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've gotten as far as `apt-get dist-upgrade', but it ended on a `file (pkg) not found'. As for my version of debian it's (CorelLinux)2.1... I have no experience with CorelLinux. I know that it is a derivative of Debian Corel L

Re: USB/Scanner, how to start?

2001-08-22 Thread Adam Bower
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Jan Torben Heuer wrote: > hmm, what I have to do, to make my USB Scanner working? > It's an Agfa SnapScan 1212 > > there is no /proc/pci > there is no usb entry at /proc/interrupts > however usb support ist generally compiled as module, but which modules do I > really need? Y

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