Re: Finger Command

2001-09-12 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach Nick Furman (on Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:05:05PM -0400): > > it's either mtime or atime of the inode of that user's mailbox. > > Could you share with me where that might be viewed? "ls -al" doesn't show > me the desired information. install the 'stat' package, then `stat filename` martin

pcl-cvs, remote repository and authorization/authentication

2001-09-12 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Dear Debs, I've got a repository on a remote machine accessible via :ext: with ssh (using a RSA pass-phrase). Using a checked out copy from the command line works fine. It'd be nice though if I could tell cvs to provide my pass-phrase automagically ... What I really would like to be able to do

Re: gpg

2001-09-12 Thread Bas van Gils
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 01:44:43PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > [ snip ] > add a line like the following to your .gnupg/options file: > keyserver wwwkeys.us.pgp.net > > After that, it will work like magic. No matter where you're calling > gnupg from (i.e. it works from inside mutt =) ), if it does

Re: Voodoo3 on potato with X 3.3.6

2001-09-12 Thread Johnny Ernst Nielsen
>Hi all, > >I've searched the archives, and elsewhere, but all the useful info seems >to be about installing with X 4 (which isn't in potato(?)), or on >redhat, or occasionally on Debian by using redhat packages. > >Is there no way to get 3d from this card using standard debian packages >on a sta

Galeon/Mozilla Woody Debs

2001-09-12 Thread Nate Custer
Hey all, I just switched to debian from redhat and am looking for a source of Galeon/Mozilla .debs for woody. Can anyone point me to the right place? Thanks in advance. Nate Custer

Re: Galeon/Mozilla Woody Debs

2001-09-12 Thread Johann Spies
Nate Custer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just switched to debian from redhat and am looking for a source of > Galeon/Mozilla .debs for woody. I am not sure whether you just want the debs to install or the source code. In the first case, if your /etc/apt/sources.list is correct you should be a

lm_sensors with 2.4.9

2001-09-12 Thread Julio Merino
Hi all, I want to compile lm_sensors. I'm using kernel 2.4.9 on woody. I've got my kernel and disable its i2c and bttv support. Why? Oh, they say that i2c is needed to be updated, and I guess that bttv should also be updated... So, I've got the i2c package and I'm going to compile it (the kernel

lm_sensors: first problem compiling kernel

2001-09-12 Thread Julio Merino
Hi all, Here it comes my first problem... I've unpacked a freshly kernel-2.4.9 sources on /usr/src, and copied my old configuration there (.config). I've run make menuconfig and deselected the bttv drivers and i2c. (I've reviewed all the configuration and seems ok). So, I run: make-kpkg c

Eth0 still doesn't work under 2.4.9

2001-09-12 Thread Vittorio
At last, after an extenuating series of failures I've been able to compile a tailored 2.4.9 kernel for my laptop under debian potato, using many of the options I had been using when compiling the 2.2.19 one. Now, it happens that while my 2.2.19 kernel at boot time recognizes the eth0 card (an eep

Re: Solidarity

2001-09-12 Thread Vittorio
Deeply upset I feel very close to the families of the American innocent victims. Vittorio

Re: Web Filter

2001-09-12 Thread Brian Potkin
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 05:44:21PM -0700, Stephen A. Witt wrote: > I've been following the 'web blocker' thread with some interest and, on a > related note, was wondering what software is available for limiting access > to certain web sites for specific users. I've a couple of elementary > school

segmentation faults running rampant

2001-09-12 Thread Alan E . Davis
A have been having much trouble with a good machine, and I have to finally ask some advice. Maching specs: ASUS A7V133 AMD Tbird 800 512 MB SDRAM (2 @ 256 MB DIMMS) Adaptec 19160 LVD-capable SCSI adaptor LVD cable Seagate Cheetah 18 GB 1 RPM SCSI Drive

Re: interface setup xserver-svga

2001-09-12 Thread Helmut Trinkl
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 11:56:29PM +0200, Steven Kooyman wrote: > Hello, > > I first installed debian with gnome. When I did this, I got a really nice > interface to configure the xserver. I think this setup ran in x itself. I > could choose my card S3 Trio3D/2X with this interface > Now, I reinst

console font problems

2001-09-12 Thread andrej hocevar
hey. lately i've been playing a little with different fonts for the console. using the command consolechars and specifying a valid filename (say, /usr/share/consolefonts/GohaClassic-14.psf.gz) i've tried some out and decided i liked this one for purely aestethical reasons. so i put a link into /etc

Re: console font problems

2001-09-12 Thread Bostjan Muller
* On 12-09-01 at 12:15 andrej hocevar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: +Here quoted text begins+ > hey. [...] > > what's wrong? is there another method for doing this? > > thanks, > andrej +and here the quote ends+ Try editing /etc/console-tools/config especially the line SCREEN_FONT

Re: Solidarity

2001-09-12 Thread xio
I am at work right now in UK. And I can't stop thinking about what happened, either. This feels like a nightmare we all are struggling to wake up from ... All my compassion goes out to all the people who have been affected by this tragedy. :( On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 06:17:46PM +, gerard rob

Re: console font problems

2001-09-12 Thread andrej hocevar
hm, still nothing ... lssuing ls makes all the blue fields dazzled. however, not with a different font (t.psf.gz for a test -- you can easily recognize it). oh, well ... (lep dan, bostjan) :) On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Bostjan Muller wrote: > * On 12-09-01 at 12:15 andrej hocevar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) w

RE: Web Filter

2001-09-12 Thread Chapman, Matt
Title: RE: Web Filter The dansguardian mentioned works well and although it does not have a debian package yet the 2.0 most likely will, and 1.5.x will compile with no issues on debian.  2.0 is coming out and should be a great improvement in speed over 1.5.x which is out now. I am actively te

Compiling Mozilla Problem

2001-09-12 Thread Banyan Y.J. Chan
Hello: I want to compile and install mozilla 0.9.3 on my debian 2.2r3. But when I gave the "./configure" command in the mozilla source directory, I got some error message indicates that it cannot find "gtk-config" script. There is libgtk1.2 pakage in my system. And there is no "gtk-config" fi

RE: sniffers

2001-09-12 Thread Chapman, Matt
Title: RE: sniffers I am looking for plugins for ethereal... any ideas.. -matt -Original Message- From: Martin F Krafft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 5:30 PM To: debian users Subject: Re: sniffers also sprach Alvin Oga (on Tue, 11 Sep 2001 02:07:35

Re: exim

2001-09-12 Thread Timeboy
On Wednesday Sep 12 01:38 Rino Mardo wrote: > ** of course there must be mails waiting in the queue list before exim can > ** deliver mails. otherwise what is there to deliver? Do i become stupid? Or isn't exim an MTA? Sorry that i don't understand this question. But isn't only a mail that thing

Gaim on Sid anyone??

2001-09-12 Thread Sunny Dubey
Hi, I run SID, (the lastest versions of everything by doing apt-get upupgrade) and for some odd reason, gaim no longer works. I've downloaded the latest source tarball off of their site ( 0.43 ), configured it very generically ( ./configure ), built and installed it as well. However when I tr

Re: Compiling Mozilla Problem

2001-09-12 Thread Timeboy
On Wednesday Sep 12 14:17 Banyan Y.J. Chan wrote: > ** There is libgtk1.2 pakage in my system. > ** And there is no "gtk-config" file in the result of "dpkg -L libgtk1.2". > ** How can I compile mozilla-0.9.3? There is a file that contains all files of the Debian system called i386-Contents fo

Re: Gaim on Sid anyone??

2001-09-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I run SID, (the lastest versions of everything by doing > apt-get upupgrade) and for some odd reason, gaim no > longer works. I've downloaded the latest source tarball > off of their site ( 0.43 ), configured it very generically > ( ./configure ), built and installed it as well. However > when

OT: modem suggestions

2001-09-12 Thread Christopher Mosley
Hello, I'm looking for a cheap, internal, ISA or PCI *all* harware modem. Any recommendations -- brand/model names appreciated. Thanks

Re: segmentation faults running rampant

2001-09-12 Thread Volker Schlecht
> This machine has been running Debian Woody pretty nicely for a few months. > Recently, > segfaults have been plaguing me. I suspect Hardware, but must ask > for advice. Sounds like a possbile memory problem, run "memtest all" as root to find out. regards, Volker -- People with narrow min

Re: Eth0 still doesn't work under 2.4.9

2001-09-12 Thread Vittorio
Hi Sunny > > potato#ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 > > SIOCSIFADDR:no such device > > eth0:unknown interface:no such device > well ... kernel support for the card (the module) has to be loaded before > you> can use apps to configure it So, you mean that I have to put a line modprobe eepro100 in /init

Re: OT: modem suggestions

2001-09-12 Thread Christopher Mosley
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Christopher Mosley wrote: > Hello, > I'm looking for a cheap, internal, ISA or PCI *all* harware modem. > Any recommendations -- brand/model names appreciated. > > Thanks That's hardware not harware and I'm lookin

Starting kde desktop

2001-09-12 Thread Julio Merino
Hi all, I usually use KDE at home. But... sometimes, all the desktop icons dissappere. How can I restart the program that controls that without having to logout and login another time? Thanks. -- FreeBSD is the power-- Julio Merino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: 18961975 pgp4Z5nPf3NuU.pgp Descripti

Install Debian-Base over LAN. (Potato)

2001-09-12 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi, Im trying to install potato on my old computer. I got the rescue and the root disk from an ftp mirror. I have also downloaded the drivers and the basesystem in whole files (not disk images). I have there a Netcard installed wich needs the NE2000 module (ne.o, 8130.o). These drivers aren't

Re: lm_sensors with 2.4.9

2001-09-12 Thread Berthold Cogel
Julio Merino wrote: > > Hi all, > > I want to compile lm_sensors. I'm using kernel 2.4.9 on woody. > > I've got my kernel and disable its i2c and bttv support. Why? Oh, they > say that i2c is needed to be updated, and I guess that bttv should also > be updated... > > So, I've got the i2c packag

Re: Galeon/Mozilla Woody Debs

2001-09-12 Thread DvB
Nate Custer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hey all, > > I just switched to debian from redhat and am looking for a source of > Galeon/Mozilla .debs for woody. There currently isn't a galeon package for woody and the mozilla package is still M18 (_really_ out of date). I believe there're .debs at

Installation Problem

2001-09-12 Thread Bill Steiner
I have had a problem installing Corel Linux. Anybody out there who can help? Bill Steiner

Re: public keys WAS: Re: of the Business Objects, how can the si\-mi\-larity (at the

2001-09-12 Thread David Roundy
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 12:44:23AM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 05:43:34PM +0200 or thereabouts, Bas van Gils wrote: > > > > just recently I installed gpg on my machine (that is, after reading the > > article in Linux Journal). It works together with mutt brilliantly. No > >

X4.0 -> X4.1 -> bother

2001-09-12 Thread David Purton
Hurrah - woody upgraded to X4.1 and now it's broken :( but in and odd way: When I run startx it appears to run as normal except the screen is completely scrambled and unreadable. Then if I either kill the X server (ctl+alt+bksp) or switch virtual consoles, the screen remains in the same scambled

Getting xfree86 4.02 onto an isolated laptop

2001-09-12 Thread David A. Rogers
I have received a hand-me-down laptop - a Thinkpad 365XD with TFT display. I've got potato on it, but 3.3.6 doesn't work for my display (unless you count VGA16 yuck!). However, I just found a web site that says that 4.02 works well on the exact model I have. Here's my problem. I've only ever use

kde system wide file associations

2001-09-12 Thread joe golden
I have a small network of seven machines. Most students log on to the kde desktop. Is there any way as root that I can alter file associations for all users on all machines so that all *.doc files and *.rtf files are automatically opened with abiword? I know how to do this one by one, but I

Re: lm_sensors with 2.4.9

2001-09-12 Thread David Z Maze
Julio Merino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JM> I want to compile lm_sensors. I'm using kernel 2.4.9 on woody. JM> JM> I've got my kernel and disable its i2c and bttv support. Why? Oh, they JM> say that i2c is needed to be updated, and I guess that bttv should also JM> be updated... JM> JM> So, I've

Re: Mutt Unread Mail

2001-09-12 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 02:22:43PM +0200, Danie Roux wrote: > Anyone know how to make that little delay between folders changing > dissapear? the only time i've ever noticed that is when i have alot of messages in a mailbox file. Takes time to load, i assume. -- Adam McDaniel Infrastructure Techn

compilation of cdrdao-1.1.5

2001-09-12 Thread Tzvetan Ivanov
hi! I tried to compile cdrdao-1.1.5 on my debian-potato system with the following commands: cd /usr/src/cdrdao apt-get source cdrdao cd cdrdao-1.1.5 dpkg-buildpackage 2> error (see attachment) any clues how to solve the problem ? -tzvetan debian/rules clean DEB_BUILD_ARCH=i386 DEB_BUILD_GNU_

Re: Installation Problem

2001-09-12 Thread D. Hoyem
I think that you need to more definitive in the problem that your having. What is it not doing?? When I installed Corel it was a clean and pain free installation. --- Bill Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have had a problem installing Corel Linux. Anybody > out there who can help? > > > B

Re: OT: modem suggestions

2001-09-12 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 09:40:51AM -0400, Christopher Mosley wrote: > On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Christopher Mosley wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm looking for a cheap, internal, ISA or PCI *all* harware modem. > > Any recommendations -- brand/model names appreciated. > That's hardware not harware and I'm l

Re: Eth0 still doesn't work under 2.4.9

2001-09-12 Thread Vittorio
SOLVED! I just compiled the eepro100 support statically in the kernel (not as a module)! Ciao Vittorio Vittorio [debian-user] <12/09/01 10:14 +>: > > At last, after an extenuating series of failures I've been able to > compile a tailored 2.4.9 kernel for my laptop under debian potato, > usin

Re: X4.0 -> X4.1 -> bother

2001-09-12 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 12:08:39AM +0930, David Purton wrote: > Hurrah - woody upgraded to X4.1 and now it's broken :( very easy way to fix this problem. Goto a console, and as root, check to see if you have an /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and an /etc/X11/XF86Config. In my case, I had my original config

Re: Install directly from SID?

2001-09-12 Thread Bruce Best \(CRO\)
I don't know if sid (unstable) can be installed directly. I have successfully installed woody (testing) directly via ftp by following the instructions at http://cdimage.debian.org/ch11.html, but substituting /dists/stable/main/disks-/ with /dists/testing/main/disks-/current/ i.e., I dow

Re: OT: modem suggestions

2001-09-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > I'm looking for a cheap, internal, ISA or PCI *all* > > harware modem. Any recommendations -- > > brand/model names appreciated. > > > Well, ultimatly you'll have the most success using an > external modem. In the past I've always had good > results with the 3Com/USRobotics Sportster. Being

Re: exim

2001-09-12 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:10:39PM +0200, Timeboy wrote: > > On Wednesday Sep 12 01:38 Rino Mardo wrote: > > > ** of course there must be mails waiting in the queue list before exim can > > ** deliver mails. otherwise what is there to deliver? > > Do i become stupid? Or isn't exim an MTA? Sorry

testing

2001-09-12 Thread xucaen
Hi all.. how stable is testing? would it be too risky to upgrade from stable to testing? thanks! xucaen

Re: console font problems

2001-09-12 Thread Bostjan Muller
* On 12-09-01 at 13:22 andrej hocevar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: +Here quoted text begins+ > hm, still nothing ... > lssuing ls makes all the blue fields dazzled. however, not with a > different font (t.psf.gz for a test -- you can easily recognize it). > oh, well ... > > (lep dan, bostjan

Re: lm_sensors with 2.4.9

2001-09-12 Thread Ross Boylan
This sounds about right; it's what I did. I used the debian source packages (i2c-source and lm-sensors-source, as I recall). You do need to disable i2c in the main kernel build. I'm not sure what you mean by the phrase "outside the kernel". If you use kernel-package it's all set up to build

want to install potato

2001-09-12 Thread Christian Eckert
Hello   I want to install the current stable version (in my opinion this is potatoe) on my pc at home.   This pc has an old 90MHz pentium, 64 MB Ram, 10GB SCSI Harddisk and a SCSI Cd-Rom with an ADAPTEC Controller 294? an of course a 1.44MB floppy. At the moment this pc has no internet acces

abiword half chomping letters

2001-09-12 Thread joe golden
Has anyone seen abiword half eating letters? I see documents in .abw and .rtf with letters half disappeared on the screen and in the printed version. What is going on??? kernel version 2.2.19pre17 #1 abiword version 0.7.13-0.3 Thanks for any suggestions, Joe Golden The Stevens School of Peac

Re: testing

2001-09-12 Thread David Z Maze
xucaen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: X> how stable is testing? would it be too risky to upgrade from stable X> to testing? It depends on what your goals are. I'd say that tracking testing is a good idea if you consider yourself a Linux weenie to the point that bleeding-edge == good, but you don't

Re: testing

2001-09-12 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Wed, 12 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all.. how stable is testing? would it be too risky to upgrade from > stable to testing? thanks! > Testing is pretty stable. I have not had any problems after upgrading. Greetz, Sebastiaan

Fonts

2001-09-12 Thread Bill Wohler
It's generally better to go with the higher resolution 100 dpi fonts, right? With the latest upgrade, I swapped the order of the fonts in /etc/X11/fs/config and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 so that the 100 dpi fonts would take precedence. Unfortunately, this makes the fonts HUGE. Specifically,

Re: testing

2001-09-12 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 12:12:32PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all.. > how stable is testing? would it be too risky to upgrade from stable to > testing? The only problem I have ever seen with testing is with the installation floppies. They dont work 100% of the time for me. But the distri

Re: mail server

2001-09-12 Thread 'Martin F Krafft'
also sprach Rino Mardo (on Wed, 12 Sep 2001 07:30:57AM +0800): > i see it is like using "proto POP3" replacing POP3 with the keyword > ETRN. ok. well, try to understand what ETRN does. POP3 means you log into a POP3 server, give it the clear-text password, and then RETR your mail (that's the comm

EBay Monitor

2001-09-12 Thread Hereward Cooper
Hi, Has anyone got an ebay auction monitor, which will work for the UK? I've found bidwatcher, but I don't think (correctly me if I'm wrong) it works for ebay.co.uk? Thanks, Hereward -- GPG Public Key @ : http://www.zadok.uklinux.net/ : "Love is Hate. War is Peace. Windows is Stable?

Re: gmc: fonts for desktop

2001-09-12 Thread Timeboy
On Wednesday Sep 12 00:52 Martin Bialasinski wrote: > ** It is hardcoded into the program. > ** You could try this in your ~/.gtkrc, maybe it will work: > ** > ** style "user-font" > ** { > ** font="-adobe-times-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1" > ** } > ** > ** #widget_class "*" sty

Re: X4.0 -> X4.1 -> bother

2001-09-12 Thread Timeboy
On Wednesday Sep 12 16:38 David Purton wrote: > ** Hurrah - woody upgraded to X4.1 and now it's broken :( > ** > ** but in and odd way: > ** > ** When I run startx it appears to run as normal except the screen is > ** completely scrambled and unreadable. Then if I either kill the X server > **

Re: Woody hangs sometimes! Why?

2001-09-12 Thread Timeboy
On Tuesday Sep 11 20:11 Rick Macdonald wrote: > ** > ** Search the archive for a thread "Gnome freezes". A couple of us had > ** problems of sawfish hanging due to sound effects being turned on for > ** window open/close events. I turned off gnome sounds _and_ sawfish sounds > ** and now I'm OK.

Re: Getting xfree86 4.02 onto an isolated laptop

2001-09-12 Thread Timeboy
On Wednesday Sep 12 16:44 David A. Rogers wrote: > ** I have received a hand-me-down laptop - a Thinkpad 365XD with TFT display. > ** I've got potato on it, but 3.3.6 doesn't work for my display (unless you > ** count VGA16 yuck!). However, I just found a web site that says that 4.02 > ** works

Re: compilation of cdrdao-1.1.5

2001-09-12 Thread Timeboy
On Wednesday Sep 12 17:20 Tzvetan Ivanov wrote: > ** hi! > ** > ** I tried to compile cdrdao-1.1.5 on my debian-potato system > ** with the following commands: > ** > ** cd /usr/src/cdrdao > ** apt-get source cdrdao > ** cd cdrdao-1.1.5 > ** dpkg-buildpackage 2> error (see attachment) > ** > **

Re: testing

2001-09-12 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach [EMAIL PROTECTED] (on Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:12:32PM -0500): > how stable is testing? would it be too risky to upgrade from stable > to testing? have you been testing stable? this is not a question anyone will be able to answer. most of us (as in the people usually answering) run woody, a

Re: compilation of cdrdao-1.1.5

2001-09-12 Thread Tzvetan Ivanov
hi Timeboy! Thanx for the hint with the debian/control file. You were right - i had to install some libs - unfortunately after installing all the libs and running dpkg-buildpackage again the same errors occured :( -tzvetan On Wed, 2001-09-12 at 19:19, Timeboy wrote: > > On Wednesday Sep 12 17:

Re: Getting xfree86 4.02 onto an isolated laptop

2001-09-12 Thread Alan Shutko
"David A. Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What's going to be the easiest way to get xfree 4.02 onto this laptop? A friend with a fast pipe and a cd burner? -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! Cats do pay attention. Just plug them into the 240v line.

Re: exim

2001-09-12 Thread Helmut Trinkl
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 11:05:06AM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:10:39PM +0200, Timeboy wrote: > > > > On Wednesday Sep 12 01:38 Rino Mardo wrote: > > > > > ** of course there must be mails waiting in the queue list before exim can > > > ** deliver mails. otherwise wh

Re: Fonts

2001-09-12 Thread Peter De Wachter
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Bill Wohler wrote: > It's generally better to go with the higher resolution 100 dpi > fonts, right? With the latest upgrade, I swapped the order of the > fonts in /etc/X11/fs/config and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 so that the > 100 dpi fonts would take precedence. > > Unf

Re: Fonts

2001-09-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
> It's generally better to go with the higher resolution 100 > dpi fonts, right? With the latest upgrade, I swapped the > order of the fonts in /etc/X11/fs/config and > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 so that the 100 dpi fonts would > take precedence. I think many X apps simply use the first font

gnumeric

2001-09-12 Thread Mark Copper
Deb users, I want to gnumeric installed on top of debian potato. (Don't need anything else from gnome right now). Trouble is that the stable version is too far out of date, and the testing version won't install (needed libgal4 package unavailable). The unstable version installs but program call

Re: lm_sensors with 2.4.9

2001-09-12 Thread Julio Merino
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 09:25:54AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > This sounds about right; it's what I did. I used the debian source > packages (i2c-source and lm-sensors-source, as I recall). > > You do need to disable i2c in the main kernel build. > > I'm not sure what you mean by the phrase "ou

Re: kde system wide file associations

2001-09-12 Thread Bruce Sass
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, joe golden wrote: > I have a small network of seven machines. Most students log on to the kde > desktop. Is there any way as root that I can alter file associations for > all users on all machines so that all *.doc files and *.rtf files are > automatically opened with abiwor

Re: Getting xfree86 4.02 onto an isolated laptop

2001-09-12 Thread David A. Rogers
I have a fast (sort of) pipe at work, a cd burner at home and a scsi drive to carry stuff back and forth. So what do I do? dar On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 01:37:48PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > "David A. Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What's going to be the easiest way to get xfree 4.02

mirrors

2001-09-12 Thread francisco m neto
Hi there, is anyone having problems trying to access the official Debian mirrors? I've been trying many different mirrors and all of them give the same answer: tux: /home/rtfm#> ncftp ftp.debian.org NcFTP 3.0.0 beta 21 (October 04, 1999) by Mike Gleason ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Could not op

Re: gnumeric

2001-09-12 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 14:09:57 -0400, Mark Copper wrote: > I want to gnumeric installed on top of debian potato. (Don't need anything > else from gnome right now). Trouble is that the stable version is too far > out of date, True. > and the testing version won't install (needed libgal4 package

Re: Fonts

2001-09-12 Thread David Z Maze
Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BW> It's generally better to go with the higher resolution 100 dpi BW> fonts, right? With the latest upgrade, I swapped the order of the BW> fonts in /etc/X11/fs/config and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 so that the BW> 100 dpi fonts would take precedence. BW>

Serial Port problems

2001-09-12 Thread Lazar Fleysher
Hello everybody I have a strange (maybe not) problem with serial port (I think) I have tried to install genpower to monitor a UPS. The deamon can see the cable but I get this error after I start genpowerd: Aiee: scheduling in interrupt 001113ed this message repeats indefinitely on the consol a

Re: Sound in Woody

2001-09-12 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Thu, 2001-09-06 at 10:44, Stefan Deibel wrote: > Here's a problem with sound in Woody: Although I get sound when KDE starts > and although /usr/bin/play works right I can't use kscd, no matter whether I > use ide-cd or the scsi emulation ide-scsi: > > steve:/var/lib$ kscd > initCDROM > ~ini

modem noise

2001-09-12 Thread Christian Schoenebeck
How can I stop my modem to make noise after establishing connection? And another question relating to that: Under Windows I added "s11=30" to the advanced setup of my connection to speed up the dial process, where do I have to add this under linux? Christian

Re: [TriLUG] Re: Typing umlauts on an english keyboard

2001-09-12 Thread csj
On Tue, 2001-09-11 at 05:31, Nathan E Norman wrote: > Interesting ... I chose the menu key for my Multi_key :) > > keycode 0x75 = Multi_key > > here are key combinations that I know of: Do you by chance know how to produce typographic (paired, curly) quotes?

Gnus with slrnpull?

2001-09-12 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
Dear all, is it possible to fetch news with slrnpull and read it with Gnus/XEmacs? I have the following in my .xemacs/init.el: (setq gnus-select-method '(nnspool "/var/spool/slrnpull/")) but when starting Gnus, it complains about: The active file doesn't exist: /usr/lib/news/active wh

Re: lm_sensors with 2.4.9

2001-09-12 Thread David Z Maze
Julio Merino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JM> On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 09:25:54AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: RB> This sounds about right; it's what I did. I used the debian RB> source packages (i2c-source and lm-sensors-source, as I recall). RB> RB> You do need to disable i2c in the main kernel

xfree86

2001-09-12 Thread timo
Warning: Newbie I'm in the middle of trying to get a geforce2. I see that potato has X 3.3.6. My question is, can I install a X package from Woody easily, without breaking anything? Thanks timo (the other timo)

Re: "Webwasher" alternatives (was Re: Web banner blocker)

2001-09-12 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) [010910 15:43]: > What other webwasher type proxies are there out there? I have a strong > preference for free software. I've never used webwasher, but I know of a program called filterproxy; might it work for what you seek? Package: filterproxy Priority

msyslog crazy screen output

2001-09-12 Thread Josh McKinney
I recently upgraded to msyslog. It seems to all work the same for the most part, but I have one problem. I have logs sent to tty12 so I can check out whats going on if I want to. This should be fine but it looks like it is being auto-indented or something. Is this normal? Here is an example: S

Re: 2.4.8 + umount'ing ZIP

2001-09-12 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Fri, 2001-09-07 at 18:41, 'cduck' Chris Grierson wrote: > i am confused. if i mount my zip disk as root, i can still umount as a normal > user. i have specified 'user,noauto' as the options in fstab, but i am seeing > behavior expected of 'users,noauto' (not the plural user*s*). > > from `man

Re: Got a question.

2001-09-12 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Michel! You wrote: > Hi, got a questions for anybody that can help. I am trying to copy a file > from one directory to another while using my konsole and I just can't. I am > using debian and would apreciate any responses. Thanks in advance Mike. Could you please describe your problem a b

Linux server as gateway

2001-09-12 Thread Wolfgang Hlawatsch
Hello, I want to use my Linux printserver as an internet gateway (or router) for my other computers. what packages are needed to be installed for that service? Is Apache recommended? Wolfgang Hlawatsch

Re: Linux server as gateway

2001-09-12 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach Wolfgang Hlawatsch (on Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:23:50PM +0200): > what packages are needed to be installed for that service? Is Apache > recommended? ipchains for 2.2.x kernels iptables for 2.4.x kernels that's it. now read the packetfilter/firewall/ipchains/iptables howto. and *why* woul

Re: EBay Monitor

2001-09-12 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach Hereward Cooper (on Wed, 12 Sep 2001 06:11:53PM +): > Hi, Has anyone got an ebay auction monitor, which will work for the > UK? I've found bidwatcher, but I don't think (correctly me if I'm > wrong) it works for ebay.co.uk? connect it to ebay.com and it'll work. ebay numbers are gl

Re: PalmOS 3.5+ and Debian

2001-09-12 Thread Wasim Ahmed
Hello, On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 11:39:02PM -0400, Akintayo Holder wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone know where I can find debs containing the PalmOS3.5 > headers, > the ones with woody appear to be 1 and 2 only. > > If there isn't one, can someone who installed the files on a debian > system giv

prayers and condolences to those affected in yesterday's tragedy...

2001-09-12 Thread Joseph Anthony De Los Santos

Re: Got a question.

2001-09-12 Thread Oliver Elphick
Michel Aubin wrote: >Hi, got a questions for anybody that can help. I am trying to copy a file >from one directory to another while using my konsole and I just can't. I am > >using debian and would apreciate any responses. Thanks in advance Mike. 1. debian-user is the proper list f

Re: exim

2001-09-12 Thread Josh McKinney
On approximately Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:10:39PM +0200, Timeboy wrote: > > # exim -bS > > does this. But it has the bad effect to need an online connection, cause > this -bS option like to send the mail at the same time to my mail ISP. > And i only like to put the mails into exims queue list to

what command in linux such as mem in dos

2001-09-12 Thread thomas anderson
Hi, is there a command in linux to show a more detailed information on memory usage and alternatively also cpu usage? currently I use 'ps aux' but I need more information... thanks -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

Re: msyslog crazy screen output

2001-09-12 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:48:58PM -0500, Josh McKinney wrote: > Sep 12 14:46:10 cy599856-a fetchmail[3374]: reading message 1 of 2 > (2721 octets) > > Sep 12 14:46:10 cy599856-a fetchmail[3374]: > flushed >

Re: Gnus with slrnpull?

2001-09-12 Thread David Z Maze
Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JT> is it possible to fetch news with slrnpull and read it with JT> Gnus/XEmacs? JT> JT> I have the following in my .xemacs/init.el: JT> JT> (setq gnus-select-method '(nnspool "/var/spool/slrnpull/")) JT> JT> but when starting Gnus, it complains

Re: Linux server as gateway

2001-09-12 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:23:50PM +0200, Wolfgang Hlawatsch wrote: > what packages are needed to be installed for that service? Is Apache > recommended? Apache is a web server, for producing content on the web. You dont need it if you just want to setup a router/firewall -- Adam McDaniel Infras

Re: apt-get problem workaround... is this a bug?

2001-09-12 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Jorge Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: js> I think that, if it is a bug, it should be submited against apt, js> since dpkg didn't seem to get to execute. Looking through the APT bug reports, I think this bug has been fixed in apt 0.5.4, uploaded to unstable around Aug 20. Unfortunately,

Re: compilation of cdrdao-1.1.5

2001-09-12 Thread Tzvetan Ivanov
Hi Hendrik! thank you very much for your quick reply. On Wed, 2001-09-12 at 22:11, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > Tzvetan Ivanov wrote: > > > > > Thanx for the hint with the debian/control file. > > You were right - i had to install some libs - > > unfortunately after installing all the libs and runn

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