fun w/ /etc/group and friends

2002-05-05 Thread Mike Pfleger
Hello all. First; let me say thanks to Eduard Bloch for the clarification on my Woody install problems. I installed a Potato base, and upgraded. Not graceful, I suppose, but it did the trick :) Today's questions are all about group, group-, and /etc/group.org, those fun little files that live i

Re: fun w/ /etc/group and friends

2002-05-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 05:45:47PM -0700, Mike Pfleger wrote: > Today's questions are all about group, group-, and /etc/group.org, those > fun little files that live in /etc. I checked the archives, but came up > with nothing useful. > > First question: Why are there three of these files? I tho

ipchains and ipsec

2002-05-05 Thread Dave Price
Hi, I have a firewall running ipchain/ipfwadm. I cannot seem to connect 'out' thru this firewall with a masqueraded connection using IPSEC - I have a laptop (win) that need to run a nortel vpn client - supposedly NAT is no problem for this service, but i cannot connect. When i change the laptop'

Re: Allowing sound only from console

2002-05-05 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 12:43:37AM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > 2.4.18, devfs, ext3. > How do I get it so only people sitting at the console can use audio? Look for CONSOLE_GROUPS in /etc/pam.d/login. Add users to the 'audio' group is they're logged in on the console. noah --

Re: Reverse Depends on packages

2002-05-05 Thread David Z Maze
Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a tool, or series of commands that'll help me find packages > that are not depended on anymore in the debian packaging system? These days I tend to use aptitude as my standard dpkg/APT front-end. Current aptitude (possibly only the version in unsta

Re: Allowing sound only from console

2002-05-05 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Sun, 5 May 2002, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > Look for CONSOLE_GROUPS in /etc/pam.d/login. Add users to the 'audio' > group is they're logged in on the console. Could we get an example? -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

RealPlayer

2002-05-05 Thread Dennis Krinke
What happened to RealPlayer ? I would like to install it, and I still have rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2_rpm . I tried: rpm -ivh rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2_rpm , but it gives these errors: error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) error: cannot open Packages dat

My ultimate linux box

2002-05-05 Thread Michael Kahle
Hello, I am currently building a new computer to replace my P150 overclocked to P166! :) It's about time! The system will run Debian GNU/Linux, so I want to ensure that the hardware I go with will be compatable. You input is greatly appreciated. Here are the specs: Case: Enlight Full Tower (EN-

Re: ipchains and ipsec

2002-05-05 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 01:26:00AM -0600, Dave Price wrote: > I have a firewall running ipchain/ipfwadm. I cannot seem to connect > 'out' thru this firewall with a masqueraded connection using IPSEC - I > have a laptop (win) that need to run a nortel vpn client - supposedly > NAT is no problem for

Re: RealPlayer

2002-05-05 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya dennis you probably need to do something like root# mv rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2_rpm rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2.rpm note the *.rpm extension root# rpm -ivh --test --force --nodeps rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2.rpm - when you are ready to install ... remove --test

Re: Reverse Depends on packages

2002-05-05 Thread Andy Saxena
On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 10:50:01PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is there a tool, or series of commands that'll help me find packages > > that are not depended on anymore in the debian packaging system? > > These days I tend to use aptitude as my standard

Re: RealPlayer

2002-05-05 Thread Dale Hair
On Sun, 2002-05-05 at 22:39, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya dennis > > you probably need to do something like > > root# mv rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2_rpm rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2.rpm > note the *.rpm extension > > root# rpm -ivh --test --force --nodeps rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2.rpm > >

Re: RealPlayer

2002-05-05 Thread Addis Perez
On Sunday 05 May 2002 11:39 pm, Alvin Oga wrote: > you probably need to do something like > > root# mv rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2_rpm > rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2.rpm note the *.rpm extension OR, as Dale Hair has kindly stated before me, do alien -k *.rpm to convert the *.rpm into a *.deb

CUPS: client-error-not-possible

2002-05-05 Thread Patrick Lane
I'm getting this error: client-error-not-possible when trying to print a test page via the cups web based admin tool. I'm using sid, completely updated. I have no experience with CUPS, can anyone give me a hand? --Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

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