Re: USB Mouse problems (Solved)

2002-10-06 Thread lameth
After reading a few articles and searching debian's package list I thought using modutils or usbmgr might solve the problem I was having. Don't ask why it was just a hunch. When I typed in modutils or usbmgr I recieved the message command not found.Yeah I was amazed too ;-) I thought both soun

Re: Unsubscribe

2002-10-06 Thread Tom Cook
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GTK, GTK--, wrong header directories

2002-10-06 Thread Ville V Sinkko
Is it just my imagination or newbie ignorance, or are things with debian header packages seriously messed up? GTK headers are installed by apt-get in /usr/include/gtk-1.2/gtk, which renders eg. GTK-- headers completely non-functional because they look for GTK headers in /usr/include/gtk/. Who i

A ? for all you old time linux users

2002-10-06 Thread lameth
I remember reading that most experienced linux users believe that programs run best if you download the source code and compile the code on your own machine. Is this true, do programs you compile on your own machine run best? Or is it just a matter of knowing the program and your computer a li

Re: A ? for all you old time linux users

2002-10-06 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 06 October 2002 01:07, lameth wrote: > I remember reading that most experienced linux users believe that > programs run best if you download the source code and compile the code > on your own machine. Is this true, do programs you compile on your own > machine run best? Or is it just a m

Re: java debs, where?

2002-10-06 Thread Gottfried Szing
Am Son, 2002-10-06 um 02.13 schrieb Jaye Inabnit ke6sls: > Thank you. I just sent a reply to another response questioning where > j2se-common was! Anyway, I modified the apt link to: > deb ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian > woody non-free main > and it work

Re: HP 5550 & CUPS & (USB | PAR)

2002-10-06 Thread John Manko
Ok, I renamed foomatic-gswrapper to *.orig, and I got a test page to print. However, it only printed the following message: " Unable to open the initial device, quitting." The paper then remains in the printer with out feeding, and I have to manually eject it. I'm thinking that the hpijs dr

Re: gpg: invalid subkey binding

2002-10-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.05.1635 +0200]: > Do you have more than 2 sub-keys? pub 1024D/330C4A75 2001-06-20 Martin F. Krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uid Martin F. Krafft (AERAsec GmbH) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uid Martin F. Krafft (Debian) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> u

Re: Process accounting paused

2002-10-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.05.1221 +0200]: > i remember seeing that once before, though on a freebsd box. from googling, > and my own vague memory, i believe it has to do with disk space allocation, > as in the partition to be written to can't accommodate the amount to be > wr

Re: ide-scsi grabs devices against my wishes

2002-10-06 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Once upon a time Jason Pepas said... > hello, > > ide-scsi appears to be grabbing devices which I don't wish to be scsi. > > [...] > > how can I make ide-scsi only grab the devices I tell it to? append="ignore=hdx" where hdx is the drive to NOT be ide-scsi. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Icepref broken in testing?

2002-10-06 Thread Anthony Campbell
Icepref seems to be broken in testing. I get: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/icepref", line 22, in ? from gtk import * ImportError: No module named gtk Anyone else seeing this? AC -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]|| http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for

Re: Windows Metafiles

2002-10-06 Thread Derek Gladding
On Thursday 03 October 2002 03:49 am, Tom Cook wrote: > Hi all, > > I have this nasty NT app called ActiveHDL that I use for VHDL > development. Its block diagram editor doesn't export to any > reasonable format. I am trying to put block diagrams from it in a > Latex document, and am having all

Lot of questions on Debian services

2002-10-06 Thread programing
Hi. I want to 'secure' one machine in such a way to avoid clear text authentication on various services. 1.: I want to secure FTP. Now I'm using pro-ftpd which provide SSL also. The problem is that if you want to use SSL, you must use a special client (ex. on Windows you can use Filezilla). Is th

OT: a new slogan for Debian :)

2002-10-06 Thread andrej hocevar
(In a recent attack of misanthropy, which I regretted just seconds afterwards, I came up with this idea for a slogan -- ) Trying to be cool? Use Debian GNU/Linux instead! andrej :) -- echo ${girl_name} > /etc/dumpdates -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: GTK, GTK--, wrong header directories

2002-10-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 10:45:26AM +0300, Ville V Sinkko wrote: > Is it just my imagination or newbie ignorance, or are things with debian > header packages seriously messed up? GTK headers are installed by apt-get > in /usr/include/gtk-1.2/gtk, which renders eg. GTK-- headers completely > non-fun

R: Debian login

2002-10-06 Thread MLiva
Grazie della risposta cortese ed immediata ma il problema persiste. Il sistema continua a chiedere una Debian Login che non corrisponde a quelle da me inserite. Grazie comunque e cordiali saluti. - Original Message - From: Olivier Esser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MLiva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc:

aha-2940 scsi controller problem

2002-10-06 Thread Andraz Sraka
re I'm having difficulty making teac scsi cdrom to work with aha-2940 scsi controller under kernel 2.4.19. I've tried with aic7xxx module as well as aic7xxx_old module. With aic7xxx_old the whole thing doesn't work at all, because the SCSI bus is being reset all the time. (see enclosed log file)

Re: galeon crashes on pasting (was: galeon and its problems)

2002-10-06 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 10:46:35PM -0400, Allan Wind wrote: > On 2002-10-04 22:06:51, Kevin Coyner wrote: > > Galeon has been funky for me too. Mine goes into an instant freeze > > where it simply locks up, typically while scrolling down the page. > > Scroll bar freezes and all other controls are

Re: Re-broadcasting/caching streaming video

2002-10-06 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 11:28:13PM +0200, Balazs Javor wrote: > Hi, > > I wonder whether there is a solution for this problem: > > My wife would like to whatch some sreaming video channel > from the net on her Windows box but unfortunately the > server is quite busy and it is difficult to connec

Re: CDROM peculiarities

2002-10-06 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 09:14:14PM +0100, Andrew Elcock wrote: > when trying to copy large files from my cdrom drive (mounted on /cdrom > from /dev/hda) I get this error for each file: > > cp: reading `Scrubs 201 - My Overkill.avi': Input/output error I only get that error on damaged/badly-burnt

Re: CUPS ppd config

2002-10-06 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 11:20:51PM +1000, Russell wrote: > Hi all, > > I installed CUPS on woody and used the included "stcolor.ppd" > file for my epson stylus colour 400 inkjet. > > lpoptions doesn't seem to set many parameters in the .ppd file. > Is there another utility for this? I think the

Re: Building distributions based upon Debian

2002-10-06 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 06:17:13AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Which CDs are source-only for Woody? AFAIK, there are seven binary CDs, and a seperate set of source CDs. -rob msg05558/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Xwindow problems ASUS A7N266-VM board (nForce)

2002-10-06 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 10:41:07AM -0700, Cam Ellison wrote: > I just installed this board, and downloaded the driver and the GLX > package from the nvidia website. They match -- I used the rpm > packages, and converted them with alien. I have also downloaded the > tar'd packages and tried those

Re: galeon crashes on pasting (was: galeon and its problems)

2002-10-06 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 10:06:51PM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 10:38:28PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote.. > > > On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 11:35:28AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > > > also sprach Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.03.0553 +0200]: > > > > Galeon doesn'

Re: XFree86

2002-10-06 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 11:42:46PM +0200, meSS wrote: > Hello.. > When i start my game the Xserver is gonna swith to the same resolution > as the game to make it fullscreen..if u have the modes listed in > XFree86config-4..and i have ..but instead it places a window on the > desktop in the same

Re: java debs, where?

2002-10-06 Thread Seneca
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 10:21:21AM +0200, Gottfried Szing wrote: > Am Son, 2002-10-06 um 02.13 schrieb Jaye Inabnit ke6sls: > > > Thank you. I just sent a reply to another response questioning where > > j2se-common was! Anyway, I modified the apt link to: > > deb ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linu

Re: Performance needed for an Internet gateway

2002-10-06 Thread Balazs Javor
>Bandwidth management & traffic shaping on your home network >Unless you're learning how to do it so you can then do it at work, >seems like a huge overkill. > >> I was wondering what sort of processing power is needed for such a >> computer? > The main reason would be to prioritize upstream

Re: Re-broadcasting/caching streaming video

2002-10-06 Thread Balazs Javor
> >Couldn't she just leave the streaming client running on her machine? Yes, that's what she does right now. But it's a Windows machine and therefore needs frequent rebooting :) Also it's a damn noisy one :( > >> So I was wondering whether it would be somehow possible to use >> my always on Debi

Re: OT: a new slogan for Debian :)

2002-10-06 Thread Oleg
On Sunday 06 October 2002 09:26 am, andrej hocevar wrote: > (In a recent attack of misanthropy, which I regretted just seconds > afterwards, I came up with this idea for a slogan -- ) > > Trying to be cool? > Use Debian GNU/Linux instead! LOL. How about this: Are you losing sleep and feeling de

Re: java debs, where?

2002-10-06 Thread Gottfried Szing
Am Son, 2002-10-06 um 13.45 schrieb Seneca: > > is there somewhere a mirror which contains also a j2se 1.4 version? and > > possibly j2ee 1.4? > > Well, if it doesn't matter if you have to manually install, take a look > at the contents of: > > ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/bl

Re: repairing a ntfs partition

2002-10-06 Thread Tim Wood
> > >Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 22:33:49 -0400 >From: Andy Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: repairing a ntfs partition with fdisk ? >Message-ID: <20021006023348.GC548@debian> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Disposi

Re: A ? for all you old time linux users

2002-10-06 Thread John Hasler
lameth writes: > I remember reading that most experienced linux users believe that > programs run best if you download the source code and compile the code on > your own machine. This one doesn't. > Is this true, do programs you compile on your own machine run best? In general, no. -- John Has

Re: A ? for all you old time linux users

2002-10-06 Thread Chris Cioffi
lameth wrote: > I remember reading that most experienced linux users believe that > programs run best if you download the source code and compile the code > on your own machine. Is this true, do programs you compile on your own > machine run best? Or is it just a matter of knowing the program a

Re: [lp.hp] Re: HP 5550 & CUPS & (USB | PAR)

2002-10-06 Thread Till Kamppeter
Can you update your HPIJS to version 1.2.2? Till John Manko wrote: > Ok, I renamed foomatic-gswrapper to *.orig, and I got a test page to > print. However, it only printed > the following message: " Unable to open the initial device, quitting." > The paper then remains in the printer

Re: USB Mouse problems (Solved)

2002-10-06 Thread Kent West
lameth wrote: > lameth wrote: > >> User level. >> Just born Newbie. >> >> System >> Dell Dimension XPS T-500 Desktop with 128mb of Ram, 26 gig hard >> drive, Soundblaster live value soundcard, Diamond Multimedia Viper >> 770D Ultra TNT2 video card with 32mb of memory. Logitech Marble Mouse >>

Re: aha-2940 scsi controller problem

2002-10-06 Thread Stephan Hachinger
On 06 Oct 2002 12:55:08 +0200 Andraz Sraka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > as aic7xxx_old module. With aic7xxx_old the whole thing doesn't > work at all, because the SCSI bus is being reset all the time. (see > enclosed log file), aic7xxx module also dumps a sort of strange > output and cdrom still

Re: ide-scsi grabs devices against my wishes

2002-10-06 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Jason" == Jason Pepas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jason> how can I make ide-scsi only grab the devices I tell it to? Besides telling ide-scsi to ignore the other devices as another poster suggested, you can ensure that ide-cd first grabs everything else. In my case I want ide-scsi only

Re: repairing a ntfs partition

2002-10-06 Thread Andy Saxena
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 09:01:44PM +0800, Tim Wood wrote: > Just a word of caution here. > I had a similar problem with W2k and the repair went OK but as it > completed w2k suggested I run "checkdsk /f". This corrupted my kernel > image and made the ntfs partition I had on a logical drive in th

Re: point and click with latex

2002-10-06 Thread Alan Shutko
Andy Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am tempted to learn me some emacs! Doing LaTeX in Vim isn't that much > fun. More temptation. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! Rejection (Ultimate): Hand falling asleep while wanking. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: USB Mouse problems (Solved)

2002-10-06 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 03:35:15AM -0400, lameth wrote: ... > The previous distrobution of linux that I used was Mandrake 8.0. The > installs always went fine but then after a month or two of using it I > would start seeing messages about non-contiguous data on the hard drive. That's just `fsc

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Re: point and click with latex

2002-10-06 Thread Alan Shutko
Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andy Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I am tempted to learn me some emacs! Doing LaTeX in Vim isn't that much >> fun. > > More temptation. Yes, it's morning... http://preview-latex.sourceforge.net/ -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a varie

disabling framebuffer device

2002-10-06 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, How can I disable (rmmod) framebuffer device which was activated by "modprobe tdfxfb". (I am using stock 2.4.19-686-smp kernel-image) Simple "rmmod tdfxfb" does not work: # "rmmod tdfxfb tdfxfb: Device or resource busy I know I can reboot but that is not cool. Osamu PS: I am having f

Re: Very OT: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-06 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 14:14:00 +0930 Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Instead of saying, 'You can't pass this > software on. You must buy it from the source,' it says, 'You can't > buy this software from the source. If you pass it on, you must make > sure that the next person has the same rig

Re: Performance needed for an Internet gateway

2002-10-06 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On 06 Oct 2002 00:58:14 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For a home LAN, I wouldn't be surprised if a 386DX40 with adequate > RAM would be adequate. If I could lay my hands on a functional one for a reasonable price I'd give it a whirl. =) -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: OT: a new slogan for Debian :)

2002-10-06 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:24:18AM -0400, Oleg wrote: > LOL. How about this: > > Are you losing sleep and feeling depressed? Is your computer driving you > crazy? Ask your doctor about Debian! > Forgot the side effects: "Side effects were mild and include loss of appetite, loss of sleep, loss

Re: Xwindow problems ASUS A7N266-VM board (nForce)

2002-10-06 Thread Cam Ellison
* Rob Weir ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 10:41:07AM -0700, Cam Ellison wrote: > > I just installed this board, and downloaded the driver and the GLX > > It's not really a solution, but are you aware of the nvidia-kernel-src > and nvidia-glx-src packages in Debian? They ha

Re: A ? for all you old time linux users

2002-10-06 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 04:07:21AM -0400, lameth wrote: > I remember reading that most experienced linux users believe that > programs run best if you download the source code and compile the code > on your own machine. Is this true, do programs you compile on your own > machine run best? Or is

ATI Radeon 7500 - what drivers for tv?

2002-10-06 Thread Roman Joost
Iam a little bit dazzled about what for drivers have to i use for mplayer and TV. If i use mplayer with xv output and switch then to another virtual desktop, i have an mplayer screenshot in this position. Then i've to switch back and the movie will go on. I can't minimize the mplayer window, becau

Re: Performance needed for an Internet gateway

2002-10-06 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 09:55:30AM -0500, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On 06 Oct 2002 00:58:14 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For a home LAN, I wouldn't be surprised if a 386DX40 with adequate > > RAM would be adequate. > > If I could lay my hands on a functional one for a reaso

RE: A ? for all you old time linux users

2002-10-06 Thread Daniel Fabian
> I've compiled from source code myself. That way it would be a gradual > transition from cdrom based installation to a natively > compiled system. > Is this feasible? This does not quite answer your question, but there is this new (very new, it's not yet released) Linux distro called SourceMage

Re: Outlook 2000 and XP vs uw-imapd

2002-10-06 Thread Andy Saxena
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 09:05:59AM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > Hi all, > > A client I put a Intranet in for pointed out an odd problem which I can > duplicate on my own network. > > The default IMAP setup works perfectly for all accounts when they use > Outlook Express or Squirrelmail. > > But

Quickest way to copy audio CD's?

2002-10-06 Thread stan
I've been using abcde to grab songs off of my CD"s for a while now. I just bought a car with a CD chager, and I want to simply copy some CD's to put in the car (I can't image treating the originals like that!). Whats the quickets/easiest way to do this on my Debian machine? -- "They that would

Re: Performance needed for an Internet gateway

2002-10-06 Thread mess-mate
I've 'fli4l' installed (as gateway) on a 486 and runs fine. Look at http://www.fli4l.de mess-mate On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 09:55:30 -0500 Jamin W.Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On 06 Oct 2002 00:58:14 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | > For a home LAN, I wouldn't be surprised if

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2002-10-06 Thread Barry W. Wilson
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Installation On XP Machine

2002-10-06 Thread Michael Richardson
Hi, I just resently bought a brand new hp pavilion 552 with Windows XP as it's OS about a week ago and I want to install Debian Woody on a partition of my hard drive. I noticed that your install manual doesn't mention anything about installing Debian on an existing XP machine. I was wondering

escputil epson

2002-10-06 Thread waterboy waterbody
>> > > Hello, > > > > > > i began to install GNU/debian linux and now i,m configuring my > > >computer. I have some problems with escputil package for install my >printer > > >epson stylus color 880. The synopsis i write isn´t admitted by my >computer. > > >i don´t understand it. If you c

dhcp and dnat

2002-10-06 Thread martin f krafft
hi there, my ISP allows me to use 4 IPs obtained with DHCP. I have a firewall box connecting a DMZ and the LAN to upstream. In the DMZ, there are two servers for which I would like to use a public IP assigned by upstream's DHCP server and consequently DNATted (iptables) by the firewall box. My t

Apache mod_ssl problem. Don't get https...

2002-10-06 Thread Marc Dreher
Hi, I am stuck here. I used apt-get to install apache and mod_ssl. Then I edited httpd.conf to run one server serving http on port 80 and https on port 443 via a virtual host. The problem is, when I start apache I only get http, no https. But when I use "Port 443" instead of Port 80 in httpd.conf

Re: Installation On XP Machine

2002-10-06 Thread Rhodri
> > Hi, > I just resently bought a brand new hp pavilion 552 with Windows XP as it's > OS about a week ago and I want to install Debian Woody on a partition of my > hard drive. I noticed that your install manual doesn't mention anything > about installing Debian on an existing XP machine. I was wo

Epson LX 300 + on debian potato 2.2 r5

2002-10-06 Thread Dr. Sachin Kale
Hello, I found that this is not supported as yet; is this true ? If any one knows how to get this to work on debian pls share the secret ! Thanks Sachin Kindly cc me the replys. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Performance needed for an Internet gateway

2002-10-06 Thread Wayne Topa
Jamin W.Collins([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On 06 Oct 2002 00:58:14 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For a home LAN, I wouldn't be surprised if a 386DX40 with adequate > > RAM would be adequate. > > If I could lay my hands on a functional one for a reasonable

test

2002-10-06 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
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Gnome session errors

2002-10-06 Thread A R
Everytime I login using gnome-session or sawfish manager, my mouse becomes some kind of X and no panels appear. This problem has begun over the weekend. All was working perfect before that. So I have lost my settings to gnome. However, KDE and othet winows managers from Gnome continue to work fin

Re: A ? for all you old time linux users

2002-10-06 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 11:07:34AM -0400, Edward Guldemond wrote: > It's feasible, and if you recompile from Debian sources, you can meet > all of the dependencies. There's only one problem though: most > packages are compiled with (reasonably) sane optimizations. There won't > be many performa

PCI based parallel port question

2002-10-06 Thread fbrian
Hi >From an earlier post ... I am having problems getting my pci parallel port card to work. I am trying to use a plip connection over it. output of lsmod Module Size Used byTainted: P plip 10760 0 (unused) parport_pc 14980 1 parport

Setting up a firewall

2002-10-06 Thread lameth
I just upgraded to a cable modem at home. Is it necessary to set up a firewall under linux to protect my computer and if so is there a firewall packaged for debian? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Performance needed for an Internet gateway

2002-10-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Jamin W. Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.06.1655 +0200]: > > For a home LAN, I wouldn't be surprised if a 386DX40 with adequate > > RAM would be adequate. > > If I could lay my hands on a functional one for a reasonable price I'd > give it a whirl. =) a 386-25 with 32 Mb RAM pla

Re: Icepref broken in testing? (Reported to bug tracking)

2002-10-06 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 06 Oct 2002, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Icepref seems to be broken in testing. I get: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/icepref", line 22, in ? > from gtk import * > ImportError: No module named gtk > > > Anyone else seeing this? > > AC > I see that someone else

Re: Quickest way to copy audio CD's?

2002-10-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.06.1726 +0200]: > I just bought a car with a CD chager, and I want to simply copy some CD's > to put in the car (I can't image treating the originals like that!). Whats > the quickets/easiest way to do this on my Debian machine? mkdir rip && cd rip &&

Re: Setting up a firewall

2002-10-06 Thread bob
lameth wrote: > I just upgraded to a cable modem at home. Is it necessary to set up a > firewall under linux to protect my computer and if so is there a > firewall packaged for debian? > > Suggest Bastille. apt-get install bastille Then as root from a terminal run InteractiveBastille typed as

Re: Setting up a firewall

2002-10-06 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * lameth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-10-06 18:51]: >I just upgraded to a cable modem at home. Is it necessary to set up a >firewall under linux to protect my computer and if so is there a >firewall packaged for debian? Firewalling is a complex thing and would require some time to plan and set

everybuddy 0.4.2 on testing

2002-10-06 Thread Charles Baker
Has anyone else noticed strange behaviour from everybuddy? I'm using 0.4.2 on testing. Lately, the main everybuddy window listing contacts will become blank. Also, everybuddy will shut down for no apparent reason. Any clues? = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.charleshbaker.com/~chb/ Hacking is a

Re: Woody and miscellaneous issues

2002-10-06 Thread Magnus Therning
On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 11:56:55AM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 07:36:59PM +0100, Paul Lewis wrote: [..] > > Next, on my old machine I was able to access a remote drive > > (NFS) on a redhat machine, how can I get this working again before > > upgrading to Woody I backe

OT: Siemens Megaset 960 Telephone

2002-10-06 Thread martin f krafft
sorry for the OT. i have a siemens megaset 960 phone and lost the user's manual. siemens wants $30 for a replacement (!!!) so i am pinging to you... does anyone have this phone and the manual? please contact me privately (reply-to set)! -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the s

Re: A ? for all you old time linux users

2002-10-06 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 05:46:54PM +0200, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 11:07:34AM -0400, Edward Guldemond wrote: > > It's feasible, and if you recompile from Debian sources, you can meet > > all of the dependencies. There's only one problem though: most > > packages are compil

Re: Setting up a firewall

2002-10-06 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
http://www.fwbuilder.org/index.html bob wrote: > lameth wrote: > >> I just upgraded to a cable modem at home. Is it necessary to set up a >> firewall under linux to protect my computer and if so is there a >> firewall packaged for debian? >> >> > > Suggest Bastille. > apt-get install bastille

Re: Cups broke spontaneously

2002-10-06 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Jeff" == Jeff Utter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jeff> Hey. this is really wierd.. my printer (Epson Stylus Color Jeff> Photo 700), setup with cups worked last time i used it, about a Jeff> week ago. However, I went to use it today, and i would try to Jeff> print something, nothing woul

Problem with apache mod_ssl.

2002-10-06 Thread Marc Dreher
Hi, I am stuck here. I used apt-get to install apache and mod_ssl. Then I edited httpd.conf to run one server serving http on port 80 and https on port 443 on a virtual host. The problem is, when I start apache I only get http, no https. But when I use "Port 443" instead of Port 80 in httpd.conf

the apt-get cache, backing up and using to install debain on another machine

2002-10-06 Thread Jim Hribar
I used apt-get to install the packages I wanted on my Debian machine after a "network install". I know that apt-get caches downloads so you don't have to download the packages more than once. How could I backup these "cached" packages? Where are they? I intend just to move them to another mac

Re: gnustep config problem

2002-10-06 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, You need this somewhere (like in your .xsession or .bashrc): export GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT=/usr/lib/GNUstep/System . $GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh then it should work... Cam Richard Weil wrote: > Can anyone provide some advice on getting gnustep > working properly? When I try t

Re: the apt-get cache, backing up and using to install debain onanother machine

2002-10-06 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Jim" == Jim Hribar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jim> I used apt-get to install the packages I wanted on my Debian Jim> machine after a "network install". I know that apt-get caches Jim> downloads so you don't have to download the packages more than Jim> once. Jim> How could I backup these

CVS questions

2002-10-06 Thread Justin Ryan
Heya all.. I've got a small project in CVS and am having some trouble. The problem is, when I try to add files to the project, although all other files are at revision 0.2.1.x, it adds files as revision 1.1.1.x.. When I try: cvs add apache.py cvs commit -r 0.2.1 I get: cvs commit: cannot add

Re: the apt-get cache, backing up and using to install debain on another machine

2002-10-06 Thread Jason Pepas
On Sunday 06 October 2002 13:20, Jim Hribar wrote: > I used apt-get to install the packages I wanted on my Debian machine > after a "network install". I know that apt-get caches downloads so you > don't have to download the packages more than once. > > How could I backup these "cached" packages?

Re: Quickest way to copy audio CD's?

2002-10-06 Thread csj
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 19:00:56 +0200 martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.06.1726 +0200]: > > I just bought a car with a CD chager, and I want to simply copy some > > CD's to put in the car (I can't image treating the originals like > > that!). W

Re: [lp.hp] Re: HP 5550 & CUPS & (USB | PAR)

2002-10-06 Thread John Manko
Apparently, Debian packages for woody only include 1.0.2. after I manually install hpijs and reconfigured the other installations, everything worked. Thanks Till Kamppeter wrote: > Can you update your HPIJS to version 1.2.2? > >Till -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: A ? for all you old time linux users

2002-10-06 Thread Travis Crump
Frank Gevaerts wrote: > You have a sparc, and you didn't include openssl in your list of > software to recompile ? It must be a very fast sparc > > Frank > The debian binaries in testing for openssl are already optimized for sparc-v9... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Gnome session errors

2002-10-06 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
Similar here, but looking for a more drastic solution: I want to re-install gnome for a specific user in a box (several users have access to same box) due to several reasons, without affecting the settings for any other user. What should I do? Thank you. A R wrote: >Every time I login using

firewall options

2002-10-06 Thread john gennard
I have a small home LAN and decided to protect it with a firewall. Some time ago I built a small box with spare items and installed Smoothwall on it with two NICs (one on the Green channel and the other on the Red channel with a modem to connect to my ISP). Although I can access the Smoothwall

Re: CVS questions

2002-10-06 Thread Jean-marc Harang
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le Dimanche 6 Octobre 2002 21:05, Justin Ryan a écrit : > Heya all.. > > I've got a small project in CVS and am having some trouble. The problem > is, when I try to add files to the project, although all other files are > at revision 0.2.1.x, it adds

Q: Xfree troubles!!! help, please

2002-10-06 Thread Raúl Wild-Spain
Hi! I've installed with apt-get the x-window-system package . I've not been able to successfully execute Xwindows. When I try to execute startx it says: "could not open default font 'fixed'" Looking for information about my problem I've found the following possibilities: * to reinstall xfont-b

Re: aha-2940 scsi controller problem

2002-10-06 Thread Stephan Hachinger
- Original Message - From: "Andraz Sraka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephan Hachinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 4:23 PM Subject: Re: aha-2940 scsi controller problem >> >> Are you sure that the controller and drive is properly connected >and> terminated and that

Re: A ? for all you old time linux users

2002-10-06 Thread csj
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 11:07:34 -0400 Edward Guldemond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I had to recompile four parts of my system from source, they would > be, in this order: > > 1. glibc, because it is THE library that all programs rely on > 2. gcc, because it might speed up compiles > 3. ker

linux abi

2002-10-06 Thread Reinhard Mueller
Hello, I was trying to run an SCO binary in woody (with 2.4bf24 kernel) and noticed that linux abi is neither enclosed in woody nor in sid. Is there any chance for making this work without patching the kernel manually? Thanks, -- Reinhard Mueller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Xwindow problems ASUS A7N266-VM board (nForce)

2002-10-06 Thread Cam Ellison
* Cam Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > * Rob Weir ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 10:41:07AM -0700, Cam Ellison wrote: > > > I just installed this board, and downloaded the driver and the GLX > > > > It's not really a solution, but are you aware of the nvidia-kernel-sr

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Re: disabling framebuffer device

2002-10-06 Thread Paul Lewis
Well, I can tell you what not to do. Do not just rem out the matrox frame buffer in the /etc/modules file. This caused me so much trouble that I ended up (with a wing and a prayer) putting it back in, in the hope that everything would work again. So far it does. I get the anoying little white

Re: Q: Xfree troubles!!! help, please

2002-10-06 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 10:15:12PM +0200, Raúl Wild-Spain wrote: > Hi! > > I've installed with apt-get the x-window-system package . I've not been able > to successfully execute Xwindows. When I try to execute startx it says: > > "could not open default font 'fixed'" > > Looking for information

Re: New KDE3 on SID will only allow root login;Any suggestions

2002-10-06 Thread Kent West
John Foster wrote: >On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 21:56, Kent West wrote: > > >>Check /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config; you probably want >>allowed_users=console >> >>whereas you probably have >>allowed_users=root >> >>Kent >> >> >= >N

Re: escputil epson

2002-10-06 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 04:56:34PM +0100, waterboy waterbody wrote: > > >> > >> Hello, > >> > > >> > i began to install GNU/debian linux and now i,m configuring my > >> >computer. I have some problems with escputil package for install my > >printer > >> >epson stylus color 880. The synopsis

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