Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-07 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:51:16AM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: | Hello Pietro Cagnoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, | | What is the advantage to keep the clock on GMT? Suppose the machine moves and is now in a new timezone. Also suppose you're running a legacy OS (eg MS-DOS or MS-Windows) and you now wan

port 515 lpd questions

2002-06-07 Thread David Frey
Say I have a computer with port 515 open and it's running a print spooler. My understanding is that to print, you must know the name of a printer controlled by that spooler. Is that correct? If so, is there a way to find out the name(s) of printers corresponding to a given print server? Please

Re: KaZaA + Debian Woody + XP

2002-06-07 Thread Marc Wilson
On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 09:59:40AM -0400, Oleg wrote: > People, please stop with Gnutella already. Only a person who never used KaZaA > would say something like this. My question was about using KaZaA from Linux > with or without XP partition, but with no Win98. I've used KaZaA and I'm saying it

Re: utempter.h ?

2002-06-07 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 02:39:50PM +1000, Chris Kenrick wrote: > On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 11:13:55PM -0500, Ted Goodridge, Jr wrote: > > Which package is utempter.h in? X needs it to build xterm... > > > > Thanks in advance, > > None of them, according to http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages. >

Re: VmWare on Woody

2002-06-07 Thread Mark Janssen
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 04:12, Paul Johnson wrote: > Mostly, yes. Just run the vmware config, and be sure to build those > kernel modules. If you use devfs, you'll need to let devfsd know this > in it's config files so the vmware devices don't get smacked down on > next reboot. Hi, Could you send

Re: VmWare on Woody

2002-06-07 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 08:51:19AM +0200, Mark Janssen wrote: > Could you send me these required changes... :) Your /etc/devfs/devices file should look something like the attached. -- Baloo # devices file # format: name [bc] major minor uid gid mode # or: directory-name d "" "" uid gid mode #

Re: Debian: abandon ship?

2002-06-07 Thread Brian Nelson
Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 0, Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I would define a major change to be something like the jump to gcc-3.1 >> or a libc6 version change, ie. something the affects nearly everything >> in the archive. I wouldn't consider a library that affects 3

when is debian 3.0 coming out ?

2002-06-07 Thread faisal gillani
does anyone knows the release date of debian 3.0 told by the debian people ? = *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ Allah-hu-Akber*º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: when is debian 3.0 coming out ?

2002-06-07 Thread Mark A. Bialik
No, everyone is too worried about creating testing/development/unstable/semi-stable/used-to-be-stable dists at the moment. An actual stable environment should be released in 2005. Mark faisal gillani wrote: > > does anyone knows the release date of debian 3.0 told > by the debian people ? --

Re: when is debian 3.0 coming out ?

2002-06-07 Thread Patrick Hsieh
Hello "Mark A. Bialik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2005? Are you kidding? How do you define "stable" in this way? Where can we know the unfixed bugs which are supposed to be fixed in so-called stable release? On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 02:39:04 -0500 "Mark A. Bialik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, everyone

Debian on DPX 20

2002-06-07 Thread Francois Chenais
Hello, Is somebody has installed debian linux on DPX 20/estrella (BULL) motorola chip computer ? Thanks a lot François -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: when is debian 3.0 coming out ?

2002-06-07 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Patrick Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello "Mark A. Bialik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > 2005? Are you kidding? How do you define "stable" in this way? > Where can we know the unfixed bugs which are supposed to be fixed in > so-called stable release? This was a common English language de

Re: when is debian 3.0 coming out ?

2002-06-07 Thread Patrick Hsieh
Hello Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thanks. I'll follow-up. :-) On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 17:28:52 +0930 Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 0, Patrick Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello "Mark A. Bialik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > > 2005? Are you kidding? How do you define "stable" in th

Re: utempter.h ?

2002-06-07 Thread Goswin Brederlow
"Ted Goodridge, Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Which package is utempter.h in? X needs it to build xterm... > > Thanks in advance, There is no such thing unless its new or only in the sources. Did you install the build-depends for X? %zgrep utempter.h Contents-i386.gz % (sorry, only have t

Re: when is debian 3.0 coming out ?

2002-06-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 12:32:13AM -0700, faisal gillani wrote: > does anyone knows the release date of debian 3.0 told > by the debian people ? No. We are waiting for the infrastructure for security updates to be complete, and no date for that is available. -- Colin Watson

Re: when is debian 3.0 coming out ?

2002-06-07 Thread David Wright
> does anyone knows the release date of debian 3.0 told > by the debian people ? 1 May. No, really. ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LILO problem.

2002-06-07 Thread Steve Haslam
On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 10:40:31PM +0200, Joachim Fahnenmueller wrote: > Hi, > > there is only _one_ boot sector for the whole harddisk (e. g. hda). > So you have the following options: > 1. Install lilo in the harddisk's MBR. It can boot windoze as well, as >Paul explained. Uh, you *can* i

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-07 Thread Pietro Cagnoni
Patrick Hsieh wrote: Hello Pietro Cagnoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, What is the advantage to keep the clock on GMT? it keeps your system simpler and cleaner. believe me, it's worth it! for instance, linux needs the bios clock on gmt, so adjusts it at boot and at shutdown. if you don't shutdown pr

Re: Software work-around for broken BIOS clock?

2002-06-07 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 06:28:27PM -0700, Cam Ellison wrote (slightly reformatted): > * Karl E. Jorgensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Problem: I have a machine that keeps loosing it's CMOS settings. > > Changing battery works - for a couple of weeks. > > > > Just a guess: your quickly-discharg

Re: Debian menu not showing up in gnome...

2002-06-07 Thread Steve Haslam
On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 04:10:00PM -0700, Jeff Johnson wrote: > another issue in my trial with the unofficial XF4.2 debs is an empty > debian menu. You just upgraded the X server and the Debian/Gnome menus disappeared? Erk. Check that the menu files are still all there-- in /var/lib/gnome/menu

Re: [Solved!] Re: Replacing default PPP deb with custom deb?

2002-06-07 Thread Steve Haslam
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:28:03AM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: > Hello Jamin W.Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > On Thu, 06 Jun 2002 22:01:26 +0200 > > "Joris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.google.com/search?q=dpkg+%22put+package+on+hold%22 > > > gives me: > > > $ echo " hold" | dpkg -

Re: when is debian 3.0 coming out ?

2002-06-07 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 12:32:13AM -0700, faisal gillani wrote: > does anyone knows the release date of debian 3.0 told > by the debian people ? May 1, 2002. Somewhere in the future, John Random Hacker wrote: > But Baloo, it's June 7th, why isn't woo

Re: Linux and legacy-free motherboards

2002-06-07 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Thursday 06 June 2002 13:56, Joris Lambrecht wrote: > I've recently purchased a spanking Athlon motherboard (Abit AT7Max) > wich is to be installed with Linux, preferably Debian. > > Who can tell me if it's possible to install Debian on a system wich > can only handle usb keyboards/mouse from sc

Re: utempter.h ?

2002-06-07 Thread ben
On Friday 07 June 2002 01:19 am, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > "Ted Goodridge, Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Which package is utempter.h in? X needs it to build xterm... > > > > Thanks in advance, > > There is no such thing unless its new or only in the sources. Did you > install the build-depen

Re: Software work-around for broken BIOS clock?

2002-06-07 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Friday 07 June 2002 10:55, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: >[...] > I doubt whether the dust could have caused it though - it still has > the problem after a bit of cleaning. Don't say such things. A friend of mine had a failing harddisk... or so he thought. Turned out that the problem was a bunch of

Re: Linux and legacy-free motherboards

2002-06-07 Thread Steve Haslam
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:26:43AM +0200, Nicos Gollan wrote: > On Thursday 06 June 2002 13:56, Joris Lambrecht wrote: > > I've recently purchased a spanking Athlon motherboard (Abit AT7Max) > > wich is to be installed with Linux, preferably Debian. > > > > Who can tell me if it's possible to insta

Re: Software work-around for broken BIOS clock?

2002-06-07 Thread ben
On Friday 07 June 2002 01:55 am, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 06:28:27PM -0700, Cam Ellison wrote (slightly > > reformatted): > > * Karl E. Jorgensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Problem: I have a machine that keeps loosing it's CMOS settings. > > > Changing battery works

Re: Debian: abandon ship?

2002-06-07 Thread Sam Varghese
On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 02:07:12PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 11:24:27AM +0200, Ivo Wever wrote (slightly > reformatted): > > Sam wrote: > > > > >And here's a third - http://www.vicnet.net.au/~rpds/ > > > > > >There are 50 elderly/disabled people in the state of Vict

smc 2602w

2002-06-07 Thread Baan Zoltan
Hi, Is there here with an experience with wireless SMC2602 ethernet card on debian system? Zoltan Baan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian on Dell PowerEdge 2500

2002-06-07 Thread Paul Sargent
On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 08:33:10PM +0200, Emil Pedersen wrote: > Paul Sargent wrote: > > > > Hi People, > > > > Has anybody had any experiance running Debian on a Dell PowerEdge 2500. > > Yes, I've set up one 2500 and a few 2550 at work. Unless something > changed in unstable, you will need a p

Re: when is debian 3.0 coming out ?

2002-06-07 Thread Tom Allison
Paul Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 12:32:13AM -0700, faisal gillani wrote: does anyone knows the release date of debian 3.0 told by the debian people ? May 1, 2002. Somewhere in the future, John Random Hacker wrote: But Baloo, it's

real event from korea

2002-06-07 Thread victory
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Re: [mostly-OT] apt-get on RH, is it worth anything? (was Re: Debian: abandon ship?)

2002-06-07 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 23:55:31 -0500 "Glen Lee Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is apt-get on RH 7.3 actually usable? > > Red Hat isn't likely to seriously support apt-get. They're pushing > up2date, which updates your computer for you. It's free for the first > computer you sign up for

Re: Linux and legacy-free motherboards

2002-06-07 Thread Joris Lambrecht
Hmmm, could someone then point me to an URL where i could obtain a 2.4-enabled-iso image ? If Debian doesn't do the trick i'm about to be forced to move away from it. The question is then, what distro. Gentoo, Suse, Redhat, Slackware ... I'll post back how this experience worked out. regards, jor

Re: lm-sensors

2002-06-07 Thread Bob Underwood
On Thursday 06 June 2002 23:34, David Z Maze wrote: > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 10:34:55PM -0400, Bob Underwood wrote: > >> are the new lm-sensors and libsensors2 available somewhere? if so, > >> where? i just checked unstable and the packages are the sa

open source correlation engine ???

2002-06-07 Thread Michael D. Schleif
I am looking for an open source correlation engine. Comparable products are Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC), IT Masters' MasterCell, &c. Any ideas? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proporti

Any X10 users out there ?

2002-06-07 Thread D.J. Bolderman
Hi, I was wondering if there are any debian users on this list who control their X10 stuff with their debian machine? Is it possible ? Regards Dick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-07 Thread John Hasler
Pietro Cagnoni writes: > for instance, linux needs the bios clock on gmt... No it doesn't. > ...so adjusts it at boot and at shutdown. Not on my computers. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: Any X10 users out there ?

2002-06-07 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, D.J. Bolderman wrote: > I was wondering if there are any debian users on this list who control > their X10 stuff with their debian machine? Is it possible ? See http://packages.debian.org/stable/electronics/x10-automate.html I haven't actually done it yet on my Debian system,

Re: Replacing default PPP deb with custom deb?

2002-06-07 Thread John Hasler
Patrick Hsieh writes: > You mean to modify the version number in the changelog? That will work, though it's more conventional to add a new entry. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: Any X10 users out there ?

2002-06-07 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 08:07, D.J. Bolderman wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if there are any debian users on this list who control > their X10 stuff with their debian machine? Is it possible ? > Regards > Dick Yes, I used to, before I moved; now all the x10 stuff is sitting in a box someplace in

Re: Any X10 users out there ?

2002-06-07 Thread D.J. Bolderman
> On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, D.J. Bolderman wrote: > >> I was wondering if there are any debian users on this list who control >> their X10 stuff with their debian machine? Is it possible ? > > See http://packages.debian.org/stable/electronics/x10-automate.html > > I haven't actually done it yet on my De

Re: [OT] rearranging data files

2002-06-07 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Freitag, 7. Juni 2002 01:21 schrieben Sie: Thank you, Matias, for your reply. I tried out your script, but I get the following error when using it: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$ ./datenumkehr.py jo-001.asc Traceback (most recent call last): File "./datenumkehr.py", line 14, in ? if float(nu

ROUTEUR ET IDENTD

2002-06-07 Thread suardi aurelien
  J'ai installe un reseau local qui est relié au reste du reseau par unu machine linux configure comme routeur. La connexion a internet se fait via squid. Les machines du reseau local tourne sous windows.  J'ai installe identd sur ces machines. L'identification au niveau de squid ne se fait

Re: Software work-around for broken BIOS clock?

2002-06-07 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 10:10:51PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: | Problem: I have a machine that keeps loosing it's CMOS settings. | Changing battery works - for a couple of weeks. My dad has an old machine (486DX2) that has had the battery replaced a few times. Last time it died, he didn't wa

Re: [OT] rearranging data files

2002-06-07 Thread Andrew Perrin
Ha! Perl 1, Python 0 (Sorry, couldn't resist.) ap -- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On Fri, 7

Re: Linux and legacy-free motherboards

2002-06-07 Thread Joris
> Hmmm, could someone then point me to an URL where i could obtain a > 2.4-enabled-iso image ? If Debian doesn't do the trick i'm about to be > forced to move away from it. The question is then, what distro. Gentoo, > Suse, Redhat, Slackware ... I'll post back how this experience worked > out. you

mod_antihak

2002-06-07 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anybody try packaging mod_antihak? http://sourceforge.net/projects/apantihak/ - -- Baloo -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9ALUqNtWkM9Ny9xURArcBAJ4z8m0Tjo98e0KAZrelC9XQHc+sgACcD/WJ OG9q6AfB1i2mOBw25QDXsCM= =yi

Re: Any X10 users out there ?

2002-06-07 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 02:07:18PM +0200, D.J. Bolderman wrote: > I was wondering if there are any debian users on this list who control > their X10 stuff with their debian machine? Is it possible ? Probably, but I recommend against it. Take a stand

RE: KaZaA + Debian Woody + XP

2002-06-07 Thread FreeportWeb Debian Support Account
Actually, there is a great version that this dude from europe has produced. Its called "KaZaA Lite". He's cobbled together a version that is free of all the spyware and BS that comes with the "real" KaZaA. He also has several utilities on the site that removes all the spyware and adversement cra

Re: VmWare on Woody

2002-06-07 Thread Dave Carrigan
On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 23:54, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 08:51:19AM +0200, Mark Janssen wrote: > > > Could you send me these required changes... :) > > Your /etc/devfs/devices file should look something like the attached. After running wmware-config, do a ls -l /dev/vm* and mak

Re: Any X10 users out there ?

2002-06-07 Thread D.J. Bolderman
> > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 02:07:18PM +0200, D.J. Bolderman wrote: >> I was wondering if there are any debian users on this list who control >> their X10 stuff with their debian machine? Is it possible ? > > Probably, but I recommend against it. Take a stand against spam. X10 > advertises primar

Re: Any X10 users out there ?

2002-06-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 06:46:44AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 02:07:18PM +0200, D.J. Bolderman wrote: > > I was wondering if there are any debian users on this list who control > > their X10 stuff with their debian machine? Is it possible ? > > Probably, but I recommend a

Re: Any X10 users out there ?

2002-06-07 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 02:07:18PM +0200, D.J. Bolderman wrote: > > I was wondering if there are any debian users on this list who control > > their X10 stuff with their debian machine? Is it possible ? > > Probably, but I recommend against it. Take a st

error

2002-06-07 Thread O Senhor
hello, Do you know about this error message, that appears when i want compile my kernel? --- make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.19/arch/i386/boot' cc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.19/include -E -D__BIG_KERNEL__ -traditional -DSVGA_MODE=NORMAL_VGA bootsect.S -o

Re: Any X10 users out there ?

2002-06-07 Thread Robert L. Harris
use spamassasin for email and squid+squidguard to block the spam. I use X10 to control christmas lights, different other lights remotely but most importantly my iguanna's cage lights via cron. Thus spake Paul Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 06:46:44 -0700 > To: debian-us

Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread Bruce
I am running Debian Woody/SID. I generally use Konqueror for browsing, though for some sites, I use Netscape v. 4.77, as Konqueror doesn't work well with them. I had Mozilla 1.0RC-2 installed, but had never run it until today. Looks great. Unfortunately, many sites I need to access EXPRESSLY D

SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Robert Webb
I just loaded up Woody on a new machine that has two 500MHZ Pentium III processors. I am trying to determine if the build I loaded is recognizing both processors. My problem is I have no clue as to where to check for this . I looked in the /proc directory and did a cat of cpu but it only showe

Re: mod_antihak

2002-06-07 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 06:29:14AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Anybody try packaging mod_antihak? > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/apantihak/ I don't know about apantihak... I believe that the correct procedure is to file a wishlist bug against the wnpp package, with a RFP: tag. More info o

Re: mod_antihak

2002-06-07 Thread Steve Haslam
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 06:29:14AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Anybody try packaging mod_antihak? > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/apantihak/ Probably ought to be fairly easy. Althought the configure.in looks pretty losing (grmbl grmbl grmbl) SRH -- Steve Haslam Reading, UK

Re: probleme beim runterfahren

2002-06-07 Thread Daniel Toffetti
On Thursday 06 June 2002 17:24, ben wrote: The official language of this mailing list is english. You should either post in english or try posting you message in: debian-user-german@lists.debian.org Good luck ! > Hi, > bin ein neuer debian user, und versuche mich so langsam > reinzufuchsen. m

debconf broken

2002-06-07 Thread Ross Vandegrift
I had a potato box lying around that was running a reasonably old revision of potato. I powered it up, and went about upgrading it, first to the latest potato, and then on to testing. After apt-get upgrade to testing, things on the box were ok. I then did apt-get dist-upgrade to clean up the las

Re: nothing to apt-get upgrade for a long while?

2002-06-07 Thread Ian D. Stewart
On 2002.06.06 23:29 Hubert Chan wrote: If you're suffering from "apt-get upgrade" withdrawal, you can always switch to unstable, but just beware that it's called unstable for a reason. With the Woody freeze on, alot of folks that would be adding/updating packages in sid have been holding off

Re: ROUTEUR ET IDENTD

2002-06-07 Thread Daniel Toffetti
Mr. Aurelien: If I counted correctly, you posted this message over 22 mailing lists. Moreover, most of them use english as official language, not french. I dare to say that this is not very polite... On Friday 07 June 2002 09:36, suardi aurelien wrote: > J'ai installe un reseau local qui est re

RE: KaZaA + Debian Woody + XP

2002-06-07 Thread Mike Dresser
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, FreeportWeb Debian Support Account wrote: > Actually, there is a great version that this dude from europe has produced. > > Its called "KaZaA Lite". He's cobbled together a version that is free of > all the > spyware and BS that comes with the "real" KaZaA. He also has severa

Re: Plans for upgrading to woody & ditching HD

2002-06-07 Thread Andrew Perrin
I just realized that I never updated the list on this project. I did as Karl suggested, except skipped the --simulate step (got impatient). Everything worked absolutely flawlessly, except my attempt to write LILO to the new drive without a floppy boot. I tried changing /etc/lilo.conf to write to

Re: sane-backends upgrade breaks scanimage with ADF

2002-06-07 Thread Andrew Perrin
FYI, this is fixed under 1.0.8, which I built from source. ap -- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-07 Thread Ian D. Stewart
On 2002.06.07 01:16 Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:51:16AM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: | Hello Pietro Cagnoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, | | What is the advantage to keep the clock on GMT? Suppose the machine moves and is now in a new timezone. Also suppose you're running a l

Re: KaZaA + Debian Woody + XP

2002-06-07 Thread Matias Hermanrud Fjeld
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 07 June 2002 16:08, FreeportWeb Debian Support Account wrote: > Actually, there is a great version that this dude from europe has produced. > Its called "KaZaA Lite". He's cobbled together a version that is free of > all the spyware and BS

Re: error

2002-06-07 Thread Mike Dresser
On 7 Jun 2002, O Senhor wrote: > hello, > Do you know about this error message, that appears when i want compile > my kernel? > > --- > make[1]: Entering directory > `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.19/arch/i386/boot' > cc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.19/include -E > -D__BIG_KERNEL__ -

Re: error

2002-06-07 Thread Steve Haslam
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:39:30AM -0300, O Senhor wrote: > hello, > Do you know about this error message, that appears when i want compile > my kernel? Install the bin86 package SRH -- Steve Haslam Reading, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Maintainer

Re: error

2002-06-07 Thread Mike Frisch
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:39:30AM -0300, O Senhor wrote: > --- > make[1]: Entering directory > `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.19/arch/i386/boot' > cc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.19/include -E > -D__BIG_KERNEL__ -traditional -DSVGA_MODE=NORMAL_VGA bootsect.S -o > bbootsect.s > as86 -0 -

WM Suggestions

2002-06-07 Thread Robert L. Harris
Ok, running gnome at work. Been useing Sawfish-gnome as my window manager. I'm having problems with the system hanging randomly with no error messages, etc. The only thing I haven't eliminated yet is sawfish and gnome. Anyone have any suggestions on a good gnome-compliant window manager, pre

Re: error

2002-06-07 Thread marshal
> "O" == O Senhor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: O> hello, Do you know about this error message, that appears O> when i want compile my kernel? make[1]: as86: Command not found Here's the key. you need as86 from the bin86 package. apt-get install bin86 Good Luck. Marshal

Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread Mark Roach
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 09:46, Bruce wrote: > I am running Debian Woody/SID. I generally use Konqueror for browsing, though > for some sites, I use Netscape v. 4.77, as Konqueror doesn't work well with > them. > > I had Mozilla 1.0RC-2 installed, but had never run it until today. Looks > great. >

Re: Debian: abandon ship?

2002-06-07 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 12:12:11AM +0200, Ivo Wever wrote: > That doesn't explain why other dists are used in production environments. It > doesn't explain why RedHat has such a huge market share. Or am I really > overestimating the capabilities of the majority of the admins? Probably. More signi

Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread Steve Haslam
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:46:57AM -0400, Bruce wrote: > HOWEVER, having now run mozilla, if I try to run "netscape" or "communicator" > (which used to run Nescape 4.77), Mozilla starts. It looks as though my > simply running Mozilla once changed /etc/alternatives/netscape to point to > mozilla

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Robert Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just loaded up Woody on a new machine that has two 500MHZ Pentium > III processors. I am trying to determine if the build I loaded is > recognizing both processors. My problem is I have no clue as to where > to check for this . I looked in the /proc di

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Stephan Seitz
Hi! On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:50:33AM -0400, Robert Webb wrote: > check for this . I looked in the /proc directory and did a cat of cpu > but it only showed one processor at 500MHZ. Did you install a SMP kernel image (like kernel-image-2.4.9-686-smp) or did you compile your own kernel with SMP

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Steve Haslam
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:50:33AM -0400, Robert Webb wrote: > I just loaded up Woody on a new machine that has two 500MHZ Pentium III > processors. I am trying to determine if the build I loaded is > recognizing both processors. My problem is I have no clue as to where to > check for this . I

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Mike Dresser
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Robert Webb wrote: > I just loaded up Woody on a new machine that has two 500MHZ Pentium III > processors. I am trying to determine if the build I loaded is > recognizing both processors. My problem is I have no clue as to where to > check for this . I looked in the /proc dire

Log message: dditional sense indicates Tracking servo failure

2002-06-07 Thread Thorsten Manegold
Hi All! I found the following message in the kern.log. What does it mean? If it means that my HD is about to quit on me, how do I find out which harddisk is affected? TIA Thorsten PS. Please cc to me directly too, so that I don't miss the post. Thanks === Jun 6 20:18

kernel compile in woody

2002-06-07 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi! are the steps to compile a new kernel in woody the same as in potato? TIA Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini DFT-IF/UERJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Gnome/X setup problems

2002-06-07 Thread Andrew Fowler
Hi ! Just started with Debian (woody). I'm by no means an expert so need the online help. Unfortunalty, Gnome help doesn't seem to be installed (Clicking on the ? in the Gnome panel just brings up a browser with the msg: Could not load default TOC). I've installed all gnome doc packages I can f

Re: Linux and legacy-free motherboards

2002-06-07 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Mark Roach wrote on Thu Jun 06, 2002 um 05:22:24PM: > The only time I have to worry about the usbkbd and usbmouse modules is > when I have usb-uhgci loaded. Otherwise, my PC emulates PS/2 devices for > both. That is why you can also boot to dos if you feel so inclined. YOUR PC. There is

Re: [OT] rearranging data files

2002-06-07 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 09:05:06AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote: | Ha! Perl 1, Python 0 | | (Sorry, couldn't resist.) ;-). | On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Joerg Johannes wrote: | | > Am Freitag, 7. Juni 2002 01:21 schrieben Sie: | > Thank you, Matias, for your reply. I tried out your script, but I get

Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread DvB
Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > HOWEVER, having now run mozilla, if I try to run "netscape" or "communicator" > (which used to run Nescape 4.77), Mozilla starts. It looks as though my > simply running Mozilla once changed /etc/alternatives/netscape to point to > mozilla instead. I don't b

Re: error

2002-06-07 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:39:30AM -0300, O Senhor wrote: | hello, | Do you know about this error message, that appears when i want compile | my kernel? | as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s | make[1]: as86: Command not found You don't have the command 'as86', but the build process is tryi

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:50:33AM -0400, Robert Webb wrote: | I just loaded up Woody on a new machine that has two 500MHZ Pentium III | processors. I am trying to determine if the build I loaded is | recognizing both processors. My problem is I have no clue as to where to | check for this . I

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 10:50, Robert Webb wrote: > I just loaded up Woody on a new machine that has two 500MHZ Pentium III > processors. I am trying to determine if the build I loaded is > recognizing both processors. My problem is I have no clue as to where to > check for this . I looked in the

Re: error

2002-06-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:39:30AM -0300, O Senhor wrote: > Do you know about this error message, that appears when i want compile > my kernel? [...] > as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s > make[1]: as86: Command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ auto-apt search as86 usr/bin/as86devel/bin86

Re: error

2002-06-07 Thread O Senhor
Thanks, i guess that too.. but sometimes the compilation works!!! yeah, i did compiled two kernels 2.2.19 and 2.4.18... i know that when i enable some option hangs my compilation.. but i will install the package... Thanks again. On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 12:49, Torsten Wolny wrote: > Am Fre, 2

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:50:33AM -0400, Robert Webb wrote: > I just loaded up Woody on a new machine that has two 500MHZ Pentium III > processors. I am trying to determine if the build I loaded is > recognizing both processors. My problem is I have no clue as to where to > check for this . I

Re: HP 2200d (double face) still not working

2002-06-07 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 18:26, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi, > I posted this before and it isnt working yet. > If anyone can help me I will be glad. > Thanks, > > ---

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Jeremiah Mahler
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:50:33AM -0400, Robert Webb wrote: > I just loaded up Woody on a new machine that has two 500MHZ Pentium III > processors. I am trying to determine if the build I loaded is > recognizing both processors. My problem is I have no clue as to where to > check for this . I

Re: WM Suggestions

2002-06-07 Thread Charles Baker
--- "Robert L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok, running gnome at work. Been useing > Sawfish-gnome as my window > manager. I'm having problems with the system > hanging randomly with no > error messages, etc. The only thing I haven't > eliminated yet is sawfish > and gnome. Anyo

RE: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| check for this . I looked in the /proc directory and did a cat of cpu | but it only showed one processor at 500MHZ. | | Am I looking in the wrong place??? Greetings, A cat of /proc/cpuinfo should give a listing for each cpu. I get two for the two on my box. HTH, Brooks -- To UNSUB

Re: WM Suggestions

2002-06-07 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Robert L. Harris wrote: > Anyone have any suggestions on a good gnome-compliant window manager, > preferably one that's semi-light weight as I'm running on a dual > p2-450 with 512 megs of ram. >From its website at http://www.xfce.org/: "XFce is a lightweight desktop environm

Pontification: Unfreeze Woody?

2002-06-07 Thread Jamin W . Collins
Now that precautions are out of the way. I was wondering if any thought had really been given to unfreezing woody while the infrastructure situation is resolved and freezing it again once the infrastructure has been solidified? Just wondering what people's thoughts were on this? Don't get me w

Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Bruce" == Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Bruce> I was able to fix this fairly easily by running "dpkg-reconfigure Bruce> netscape", and now 4.77 works again. However, many Debian end Bruce> users would not know what to do. The canonical way of doing it would be "update-alternati

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