Re: UNIX/Linux text files

On Tuesday 20 April 2004 19:30, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 04:10:30PM +, Adam Funk wrote: > | On Tuesday 20 April 2004 16:50, John Hasler wrote: > | > | > Ciaran writes: > | >> The file command uses magic to figure it out. Is that any better? > | > > | > The point

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Adjusting font-size in X

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Re: 8139too [SOLVED]

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Re: Oracle install

On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 16:32, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 20:57, Cage wrote: > > I got my hands on a copy of Oracle 8i. I'm mostly trying it out for fun. > > But from what I've read it's a bear to install. I'm up to the > > challenge. Been getting bored lately with no new proj

Re: UNIX/Linux text files

On Tuesday 20 April 2004 15:50, John Hasler wrote: > Adam Funk writes: >> Yes, but -T and -B tests in Perl know the difference [between text >> and binary files]. > > They guess, using heuristics. Both return true on an empty file. I know that any *n*x file is just a list of bytes. [1] I was j

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Title: Environment vars and startup scripts Hi, I'm playing about with java and tomcat4, on Woody bf2.4. I grabbed J2SDK1.4.2 and JakataTomcat 1.4.30 and installed them to /usr/local/bin/2jsdk1.4.2_04 /usr/local/bin/jakata-tomcat-4.1.30 Then I ran… ln -s /usr/local/bin/j2sdk1.4.

Re: testing : cdrecord does not recognize my cd-writer

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Re: Adjusting font-size in X

On Wednesday, 21 Apr 2004 14:47, Kristian Niemi wrote: > Allright, it's that time of the week again when I have a `stupid > question'(tm) to ask. > > I've been using xdm as a display manager, and recently switched to gdm. > The thing is that when I start X from xdm *I get larger fonts*, than if > I

Re: How can I find identical files in a directory

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Re: To dselect or aptitude, that is the question

On (20/04/04 22:27), Joey Hess wrote: > J.S.Sahambi wrote: > > I have been using apt and dselect for some time. Can any body tell me > > about the advantages/disadvantages of dselect and aptitude? and which is > > better? > > Nine reasons why you should be using aptitude instead of apt-get or ds

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Limiting bandwidth used by Exim

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Re: [Ignor Whois] Re: make-kpgk -- recompile without clean?

On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 06:54:13AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 12:17:43PM +0100, Brian Brazil wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 05:38:56PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > > > I built a kernel image and I forgot to enable one setting (console > > > framebuffer). > > > > > > I

Re: Need help to configure aptitude

Hello again whoever! On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 12:57:40AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I omit the space and these are the output I get with fontconfig > package: > aptitude show ~Astable~n^fontconfig$ > Package: fontconfig > Version: 2.2.2-2 > [...] > aptitude show ~Astable~nfontconfig > Packag

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Thanks, I've printed and read the Tux:/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt#vi Alsa-sound document, and read the stuff and when I follow their advice the modules compile but the process keeps breaking down at a certain point. The good news is that I think I understand more about what is going on and th

Re: UNIX/Linux text files

Adam Funk quotes: > Eric Raymond, "The Art of UNIX Programming", chapter "What UNIX Gets > Wrong": "Unix files have no structure above byte level." Eric is wrong. This not a bug. This is a major feature. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSU

Re: Adjusting font-size in X [solved]

Thanks! That did the trick. In /etc/gdm/gdm.conf, under [server-Standard], I changed the command-line into: "command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0 -dpi 100" (i.e. added "-dpi 100"), and it now works just like I wanted it to! h: Kristian Alexander Nordström wrote: On Wednesday, 21 Apr 2004 14:47, K

problems with dhclient after upgrade to sarge

Hi, Last night I upgraded my woody system to Sarge, and my dhclient broke. Before the upgrade I was using the package that came with woody (dhcp3-client 3.0+3.0.1rc9-2.2) and it worked 'out of the box'. That is, all I had to do was type /sbin/dhclient and I was fine. After the upgrade, dhcp3-c

Re: i810-tco reboots my computer in sarge

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Izso Benedek wrote: > Why loads debian automatically i810-tco module, and restart my computer? That shouldn't happen unless something opens /dev/watchdog, and fails to pat it every so often. And if something else is already using /dev/watchdog, i810-tco should fail to load.

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Re: ACPI

Bill Moseley wrote: On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 06:53:59PM -0400, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Bill Moseley wrote: > One other show stopper was ACPI caused the startup of PCMCIA (loading of the yenta CardBus driver) to hang the machine. So I disabled ACPI and use APM instead. Having CONFIG_PCMCIA=y and C

RE: X crashing with new Geforce FX5700 card

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Re: To dselect or aptitude, that is the question

* Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:04:20:22:27:12-0400] scribed: > J.S.Sahambi wrote: > > I have been using apt and dselect for some time. Can any body tell me > > about the advantages/disadvantages of dselect and aptitude? and which is > > better? > > Nine reasons why you should be using apt

[OT] Populating LDAP

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'no screens found' -- how & why?

Hi everyone, I've posted this on debian-powerpc but am feeling desperate -- apologies for the cross-post. I've just had something rather strange happen -- after functioning perfectly well on several bootups, suddenly 2.6.5 kernels are unable to run X. I don't believe I did *anything* to the X se

Re: Which distribution should I use ?

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libqt3-dev and kdebase-dev mutually exclusive?

Everyone, I'm having a small problem... I'm trying to compile SuperKaramba, and it needs both the KDE development files, and the Qt 3 development files... I didn't figure this would be a problem, but am running into something bizzare... When I install kdebase-dev, it uninstalls libqt3-d

Re: Sorry for duplicate post

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Modprobe under kernel 2.6

Does anybody know why some modules in /etc/modules appear to be ignored? I have always need "hid" in /etc/modules to make my usb mouse work, and now under 2.6 I also need to modprobe psmouse and intel-agp to get into X (kdm). I added them to /etc/modules but nothing seems to be modprobed at sta

reiserfs kernel messages

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Re: libqt3-dev and kdebase-dev mutually exclusive?

GreenePA Support wrote: Everyone, I'm having a small problem... I'm trying to compile SuperKaramba, and it needs both the KDE development files, and the Qt 3 development files... I didn't figure this would be a problem, but am running into something bizzare... When I install kdebase-dev

Re: Modprobe under kernel 2.6

Derek Broughton wrote: Does anybody know why some modules in /etc/modules appear to be ignored? I have always need "hid" in /etc/modules to make my usb mouse work, and now under 2.6 I also need to modprobe psmouse and intel-agp to get into X (kdm). I added them to /etc/modules but nothing seems

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Re: libqt3-dev and kdebase-dev mutually exclusive?

I have libqt3-mt-dev installed already, but the superkaramba configure script doesnt seem to want to use them for some reason... :( On Wednesday 21 April 2004 11:40, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > $ apt-cache show libqt3-dev > [SNIP] > WARNING: The nonthreaded version of Qt3 is considered deprecate

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Re: apt-get upgrade chokes in alien package

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any success story with binary nvidia drivers + software suspend + 2.6?

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Re: scanner setup

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Re: Which distribution should I use ?

On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 05:11:38PM +0200, David ROBERT wrote: > Now, what about kernel updates by the debian > Securiy Team ? If I'm not wrong, the official > 2.4 woody kernel is 2.4.18-1 and contains old > drivers (megaraid v1.18). > And when a kernel exploit is discovered, the > security team upg

Re: apt-get upgrade chokes in alien package

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:53:19 +0200, Tom Peters wrote: > So I had installed the Sun J2RE by > converting their .rpm to .deb with alien Bad idea. Go for the original deb packages, find them at http://apt-get.org./. -- Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra +55 (11) 5685 2219 Av

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Re: apt-get dist-upgrade prefers removing x-window-system-core to upgrading it

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 18:05:33 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Why does "apt-get dist-upgrade" prefer removing x-window-system-core to > upgrading it? Looks like you're doing a dist-upgrade to testing... I generally don't do that, testing often has broken dependencies. -- Leandro Guimarã

Re: 'no screens found' -- how & why?

[sorry Ian, couldn't seem to write back to you directly, and anyway seemed relevant to the whole list] On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 06:07:27PM +0100, Ian wrote: > On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Matt Price wrote: > > > (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a > > (II) UnloadModule: "vgahw" > > (I

Re: 'no screens found' -- how & why?

Em Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:10:34 -0400, Matt Price escreveu: > I've posted this on debian-powerpc but am feeling desperate -- apologies > for the cross-post. I've just had something rather strange happen -- > after functioning perfectly well on several bootups, suddenly 2.6.5 > kernels are unable to

Re: 'no screens found' -- how & why?

On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 01:35:17PM -0300, Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > Em Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:10:34 -0400, Matt Price escreveu: > > > I've posted this on debian-powerpc but am feeling desperate -- apologies > > for the cross-post. I've just had something rather strange happen

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I am installing Debian and am being asked for the: 'Debian GNU/Linux testing_Sarge_-Official NetInst Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20040315)'   I am using:    sarge-i386-netinst.iso   Do I need another image file or is this one bad? "The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."   Bertrand Russell

Re: apt preferences in latest Sarge don't work the way they used to

hugo vanwoerkom wrote: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=schuldei+group:linux.debian.user+author:vanwoerkom&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=TgUh.T6.43%40gated-at.bofh.it&rnum=5 This reference mentions that you ought to specify FQDN but that it works without. That is no longer true.

Re: Limiting bandwidth used by Exim

"Colin Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am in a small office that uses an adsl connection for its internet access. > We have a debian box with exim installed to send mail. When a large email is > send (anything over 1mb really) it hogs all of the upstream, disconnects my > ssh sessions etc a

Re: Squirrelmail config questions

stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://squirrelmail/src/compose/php > > Note the lack of the macihnes name in this. What do I need to configure to > set this? The machine name is missing? Looks like it's "squirrelmail" to me... -- Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pgp0.pgp Description:

Re: Limiting bandwidth used by Exim

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 21 April 2004 19:07, Paul Johnson wrote: > "Colin Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I am in a small office that uses an adsl connection for its internet > > access. We have a debian box with exim installed to send mail. When a > > lar

kde and sound

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Re: Limiting bandwidth used by Exim

Tom Simnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 21 April 2004 19:07, Paul Johnson wrote: >> "Colin Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > I am in a small office that uses an adsl connection for its internet >> > access. We have a debian box with exim installed to send mail. When a >> > lar

Re: apt-get upgrade chokes in alien package

Em Qua, 2004-04-21 Ãs 14:44, Derek Broughton escreveu: > On April 21, 2004 01:33 pm, Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > > > > Bad idea. Go for the original deb packages, find them at > > http://apt-get.org./. > > Which seems like a worse idea. I can only see Blackdown in there,

Re: Limiting bandwidth used by Exim

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 21 April 2004 19:26, Paul Johnson wrote: > Tom Simnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Wednesday 21 April 2004 19:07, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> "Colin Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > I am in a small office that uses an adsl con

resolves all non-existent address to my local host

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Re: Squirrelmail config questions

On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 11:09:34AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > http://squirrelmail/src/compose/php > > > > Note the lack of the macihnes name in this. What do I need to configure to > > set this? > > The machine name is missing? Looks like it's "squirrelma

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Re: Modprobe under kernel 2.6

Derek Broughton wrote: On April 21, 2004 12:41 pm, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Derek Broughton wrote: Does anybody know why some modules in /etc/modules appear to be ignored? I have always need "hid" in /etc/modules to make my usb mouse work, and now under 2.6 I also need to modprobe psmouse and inte

Re: Limiting bandwidth used by Exim

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Re: please help

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Re: Which distribution should I use ?

At 17:11 21-4-2004 +0200, David ROBERT wrote: Erik Bourget wrote: Now, what about kernel updates by the debian Securiy Team ? If I'm not wrong, the official 2.4 woody kernel is 2.4.18-1 and contains old drivers (megaraid v1.18). And when a kernel exploit is discovered, the security team upgrade th

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Re: To dselect or aptitude, that is the question

on Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:27:12PM -0400, Joey Hess insinuated: > J.S.Sahambi wrote: > > I have been using apt and dselect for some time. Can any body tell me > > about the advantages/disadvantages of dselect and aptitude? and which is > > better? > > Nine reasons why you should be using aptitude in

Cannot launch remote apps on X

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Re: Multiple sound cards and hotplug.

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 14:20:33 -0700 Scott Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > In Windows, the order really isn't an issue because I can set a > preferred sound card. Perhaps there is a way of doing that in ALSA/OSS > emulation? ... Well, what about blacklist them all and then configure them

Re: [OT] Populating LDAP

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 07:47:54 -0700 Eric Walstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've heard a bit about LDAP and am curious if it'll work for a central > contacts database for a network of both Windows and Debian users. > [...] I've googled a bit, too, and am having a hard time finding out > how best

RE: [OT] Populating LDAP

> > Anyone know of a user-friendly, lightweight Windows and/or > Linux client that can be used to add individual records to > the LDAP database? Google is your friend: (http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=ldap%2Badmin&; meta=) http://phpldapadmin.sourceforge.net/ (Never u

Re: Moving from XP and looking for replacement programs

On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 09:22:20AM +0300, Kristian Niemi wrote: > Is there a GUI available? I'm also thinking of switching a relatives > computer from win 98 to debian, and currently the only obstacle is ... > access. And perhaps I could learn mySQL, but she /really/ doesn't want to. > > What sh

Re: [OT] Populating LDAP

Nicos Gollan wrote: On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 07:47:54 -0700 Eric Walstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've heard a bit about LDAP and am curious if it'll work for a central contacts database for a network of both Windows and Debian users. [...] I've googled a bit, too, and am having a hard time finding ou

Re: Moving from XP and looking for replacement programs

On Tuesday 20 April 2004 12:43 pm, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 09:22:20AM +0300, Kristian Niemi wrote: > > Is there a GUI available? I'm also thinking of switching a > > relatives computer from win 98 to debian, and currently the only > > obstacle is ... access. And perhaps I coul

Re: Cannot launch remote apps on X

On 2004-04-21, diego penned: > Hello, I have a knoppix just installed and network configured with a > fixed IP (lets say 172.16.10.1) and working right. The problem is that > if I do: > > 1) export DISPLAY=:0; xclock ==> It works > > 2) export DISPLAY=172.16.10.1; xclock ==> It cannot connect to

Re: gnome calendar??

Benjamin Weste Pearre wrote in linux.debian.user: > No-one's maintaining ical these days, so I guess it's time for me to > move on. But please tell me -- what package do I need to install (I'm > running unstable) in order to get gnome-calendar? My faltering > attempts with google suggest gnom

Re: gnome calendar??

Benjamin Weste Pearre wrote: No-one's maintaining ical these days, so I guess it's time for me to move on. But please tell me -- what package do I need to install (I'm running unstable) in order to get gnome-calendar? My faltering attempts with google suggest gnome-utils, but no joy there. Do I

Re: kde and sound

On Wednesday 21 April 2004 11:26 am, Kenneth Macdoald Karlsen wrote: > Hi. > Im new to kde (used enlightenment for years now) > How do i turn off these stupid sounds in kde when i open a program, > switch desktop and so on? > Im using testing and kde 3 in testing. > Kenneth. Hey Kenneth, go and cl

Re: UNIX/Linux text files

On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 08:45, John Hasler wrote: > Adam Funk quotes: > > Eric Raymond, "The Art of UNIX Programming", chapter "What UNIX Gets > > Wrong": "Unix files have no structure above byte level." > > Eric is wrong. This not a bug. This is a major feature. For those of us who are not intim

Re: Mailman and Exim configuration

> > Everything is from latest stable branch: > > > > 1) I've got Exim and Apache setup and working well. > > > > 2) I installed the Mailman package. Everything seems to be working > > well (listinfo and admin pages display fine, newlist works, etc.) > > except it won't send anything out, ever. I've

Re: installation

John Heinze wrote: > I am installing Debian and am being asked for the: > 'Debian GNU/Linux testing_Sarge_-Official NetInst Snapshot i386 Binary-1 > (20040315)' > > I am using: > > sarge-i386-netinst.iso > > Do I need another image file or is this one bad? It's probably fine - I think it a

IBM Tivoli Storage software

I've been playing with Woody at work. We use Tivoli to backup our current (RH) Linux boxes. I have tried installing the Tivoli RPM to the Woody machine without any luck. I forget the errors exactly... I was wondering if the is a DEB for Tivoli? Of has someone been able to install the RPM?

Re: Newbie to SID: How to install the previous version of a package ?

Sylvain Vedrenne wrote: Hello, How to install the previous version of a package ? Example: I want to install gnome-session, apt-get install gnome-session complains that there is a grave bug in desktop-base version 0.3.13 - see below details from Debian-BTS. So I decide to install later... -

Re: Limiting bandwidth used by Exim

Don't know what kernel you have, but one idea would be to use the QOS features of the 2.4 kernel. On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Paul Johnson wrote: > --=-=-= > Content-Type: text/plain > > "Colin Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I am in a small office that uses an adsl connection for its internet

Configuring HP Deskjet 3535 with CUPS

Hi, all... Here i come with another stupid question :-) I've got sid with 2.4.25 kernel, a HP Deskjet 3535 printer, and an 'apt-get install cupsys'.. I'd tried to get my printer work by configure it via "http://localhost:631/admin"; I choose the USB Printer #1 (3535)--> i don't why this device

Re: UNIX/Linux text files

On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 07:32:15PM -0400, David Clymer wrote: > On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 08:45, John Hasler wrote: > > Adam Funk quotes: > > > Eric Raymond, "The Art of UNIX Programming", chapter "What UNIX Gets > > > Wrong": "Unix files have no structure above byte level." > > > > Eric is wrong. Th

How to make your own customised Debian CD?

1) Use the netinstall CD and install the base system 2) Install all desired software. 3) Burn the entire CD to CD 4) Bootup from CD on another PC in Single mode 5) Mount HDD 6) Install Filesystem on HDD 7) Copy CD content onto HDD 8) Chroot into mount point 9) Install the bootloader onto the HDD 10

Re: Courier IMAP directory structure with Exim

On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 16:21, Thomas Halahan wrote: > However when connecting via IMAP to the server, you cannot create directories > on the level of the IMAP account, subdirectories can only be created in the > inbox. I tried to deliver mail via Exim to $HOME/Maildir/.Inbox however the > IMAP

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aptitude display question

Hey folks, wading through the aptiude configuration options rightn ow... is there a way to group all the broken packages together somewhere in a special view? It would be ocnvenient sometimes. On a more general note, does anyone have a really excellent configuration for aptitude they'd like to

Router No Longer Routes

The Linux system that has been serving as a router (mostly for the benefit of my roommate and for Internet connectivity for other project systems of mine) has strangely stopped working as a router. It can connect to the Internet directly through the cable modem (hooked up via USB), and it can

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