Re: Configuring kdm

2004-06-27 Thread Rafael Alexandre Schmitt
Simon Huggins wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 07:17:00PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently installed xfce4 in my woody system. Now I want to have the option to select the xfce4 window manager in my kdm menu. How can I do it? Anybody, could help me please? This is a still outstanding

Re: apt-get: how to circumvent automatic removal

2004-06-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Daniel Klein (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > how do I tell apt-get "I want to install this ftp server, but please > don't delete the old one I have running"? You can use the --force-options to override the removal, however if the two packages contain files with the same name and locations (

Re: aol art files:

2004-06-27 Thread Huskerfan1936
How do I remover art files when I sign off?

Re: How hard would this be?(Learning LaTex)

2004-06-27 Thread Rich
- Original Message - From: "richard lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 10:01 AM Subject: Re: How hard would this be?(Learning LaTex) > On Sunday 27 June 2004 05:21, cecil wrote: > > Someone told me today at lunch that what with my "wierd obses

Re: $PATH and /etc/profile

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Michael B Allen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: > > kdm spawns bash --login ~/.xsession > > I think we're on the same page here Bob but I want to point out that > running /usr/bin/bash --login is specific to bash. Yes, but if you were a csh/tcsh user you would use the following

Re: $PATH and /etc/profile

2004-06-27 Thread Michael B Allen
Sam Halliday said: >> Why is this different from what is happening above? If you run startx >> you're >> starting X from a login shell. > > it IS differnet. if you start from the console, you should really do > `startx &` > to detach from the console and allow you to continue working on the > conso

Re: Using the cp command.

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
alex wrote: > I'm trying to copy the contents of one partition to another with: > cp -afv (partition a)/* (partition b)/ > [...] > Is there a way to copy the entire contents of one partition to another > partition that contains duplicates without having to bang on y for each > duplic

keyboard error workaround possible?

2004-06-27 Thread Marty Landman
I have Woody installed on an old, put together pc which now has a hard keyboard error when attempting to boot. I seems to be the motherboard, I've tried two different keyboard ports and two keyboards. Don't suppose there is anyway to get the thing booting w/o first fixing this problem, is there

Re: $PATH and /etc/profile

2004-06-27 Thread Michael B Allen
Bob Proulx said: >> Another method that uses the user's default shell is to change: >> >> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99xfree86-common_start >> >> to read: >> >> exec -l $SHELL -c "$STARTUP" > > That is clever and I like it. But unfortunately exec -l is a bash-ism > and so that does not work if /bin/sh

Re: which dhcp client should be used?

2004-06-27 Thread Jon Dowland
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 13:59:55 -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am interested in setting up my machine as a dhcp client. Doing > apt-cache search for dhcp clients on unstable debian, I get > > dhcp-client - DHCP Client > dhcp3-client - DHCP Client > dhcpcd - DHCP client f

logrotate: extension `date "+.%m-%d-%Y"`

2004-06-27 Thread Vadik
I have apache log files rotated with logrotate, I want to add date to the log file, so I thought adding: extension `date "+.%m-%d-%Y"` Would solve, but this doesn't work. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

RE: which dhcp client should be used?

2004-06-27 Thread Stefán Freyr Stefánsson
I'm not going to claim that I know anything about this stuff but in my experience, pump is the best DHCP client. I've had problems with dhcp-client. I don't know the other two. Regards, Stefan. -Original Message- From: Jon Dowland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Se

Re: bash profile how?

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
s. keeling wrote: > If you do the "#!/bin/bash --login" in .xsession, everything deriving > from that will have your user session stuff. > > Subsequent xterm/rxvt/??? DO need to use the "-ls" switch for them to > become login shells. But they won't need to at that time because they will inherit t

pst files

2004-06-27 Thread Alejandro Matos
Hi there! I was wondering if there is a program where i can import a *.pst file (outlook 2003) I've tried evolution but it doesn't work. What i just ocurred to me is to import from outlook to outlook express and then to evolution? Has anyne done that before? Thanks in advance Alejandro Matos

Re: bash profile how?

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Michael B Allen wrote: > "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Incoming from Michael B Allen: > > > Paul Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > #!/bin/bash --login > > > > exec x-session-manager > > > > > > Yes, I think this is my problem. But I don't understand what th

Exim filters

2004-06-27 Thread Jeff Elkins
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Re: aol art files:

2004-06-27 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 05:40:51PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How do I remover art files when I sign off? Ask someone at AOL customer service -- this is a mailing list about Debian GNU/Linux, which is about as unrelated as you can get and still talk about computers. Note: mailed to origina

avantgo: first time user in kpilot

2004-06-27 Thread Paul Johnson
I'd like to start using AvantGo on my Handspring Visor. I've got the prc installed on my Handspring, I have subscriptions selected on avantgo.com, and the MAL conduit enabled in kpilot. But I just can't get channels to sync. Has anybody managed to get started with AvantGo using kpilot? -- Paul

Re: bash profile how?

2004-06-27 Thread Michael B Allen
Bob Proulx said: >> Alternatively, do it in .Xresources >> >> *VT100*loginShell: true >> *Rxvt*loginShell: true > > I can see that will work for you and for many other people. But it > won't work for everything in all cases. In particular in the cases > where you need to inherit the

Re: bash profile how?

2004-06-27 Thread Michael B Allen
Bob Proulx said: > I think you have hit the nail squarely on the head. How do you make > it work for all possible shells? I believe that to be the crux of the > issue. Anything that is done is wrong for one shell or another. Well the exec -l $SHELL -c "$STARTUP" solution fixes that provided /bi

Re: Enabling telnet access

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Paal Marker wrote: > debian 3.0r2 kernel 2.2.20 You probably really want to consider upgrading to a 2.4 kernel. Debian 3.0r2 supports linux-2.4.18 with security patches. > I have installed telnetd, and it is running. You probably also want to install telnetd-ssl instead. It does not really cha

Re: When to add extra memory to a server

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Geordie Birch wrote: > Jasper Metselaar wrote: > > I tried to look with top and free > > Another good tool to keep track of swapping is vmstat. I also like xosview. apt-cache show xosview Xosview is a monitor which displays the status of several system based parameters. These include

Re: HD about to die?

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Silvan wrote: > Michael Bellears wrote: > > Googling on the above errors has given me very little hope of fixing the > > issue - But I am welcome to any suggestions as the server is about > > 1000km away! > > Buy a plane ticket? :-) Install the SMART tools? Assuming the drive is smart capable.

MySQL 4.1 on Debian...

2004-06-27 Thread Avi Bitton
Sorry to bug you, but did you ever get MySQL 4.1.x running on Debian? If so, can you tell me what you did? Thanks so much. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: which dhcp client should be used?

2004-06-27 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2004-06-27 23:51:32 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 13:59:55 -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am interested in setting up my machine as a dhcp client. Doing > > apt-cache search for dhcp clients on unstable debian, I get > > > > dhcp-client - DHCP Cl

Re: sunclock and colours

2004-06-27 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:20:09 +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > Sunclock's colours are not working properly on a pc with an ati > graphics card: > > sunclock: warning: can't allocate color `Grey92' You may need to add those colours to /etc/X11/rgb.txt or increase your colour depth. -- Stephen Patterso

Re: avantgo: first time user in kpilot

2004-06-27 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 04:52:59PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Has anybody managed to get started with AvantGo using kpilot? Works fine here under Sarge. Have you tried, e.g. jpilot, just to be sure you have the Avantgo info set up correctly? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MySQL 4.1 on Debian...

2004-06-27 Thread Paul Johnson
Avi Bitton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sorry to bug you, but did you ever get MySQL 4.1.x running on Debian? > If so, can you tell me what you did? Thanks so much. I'm sure someone has, but you're going to need to provide more detail for us to be able to help you. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faq

Re: HD about to die?

2004-06-27 Thread John Summerfield
Bob Proulx wrote: Silvan wrote: Michael Bellears wrote: Googling on the above errors has given me very little hope of fixing the issue - But I am welcome to any suggestions as the server is about 1000km away! Buy a plane ticket? :-) Install the SMART tools? Assuming the drive i

Perl/Webmin/CPAN/ question (LONG)

2004-06-27 Thread John Foster
Hey group. This is the situation. I have a Debian SID installation. I have Perl installed from Debian. I want to run Interchange on this system. Interchange 'requires' non-threaded Perl. I have built & installed a non-threaded Perl in /usr/local/share/perl This keeps it from being an issue as

Re: Perl/Webmin/CPAN/ question (LONG)

2004-06-27 Thread Thomas Adam
--- John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey group. This is the situation. I have a Debian SID installation. I It's "Sid". Not "SID". Debian Sid is not an acronymn. There is no need to write it in this way using capital letters. [..snip..] > NOT want that. I need to keep the two installati

Re: Exim filters

2004-06-27 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 07:21:51PM -0400, Jeff Elkins wrote: | # Exim Filter | if | $h_X-Spam-Status: contains "Yes" Hmm. It looks like I haven't updated that document yet. Shame on me. Take a look at the headers of that mesasge that matched this rule, you'll probably see the text BAYES_ in

Re: Uh Oh... Prof requires ms word format

2004-06-27 Thread Tim Wood
Don't believe all the nay sayers on the list. 6 years ago, on my first laptop, I ran Win95 and Office on a 486-DX 33 with 8MB RAM and 120MB HDD (that,s Meg not Gig). It's true that I eventually ended up using Hamm split onto the HDD and a 100Zip drive. I also have a Pentium 100 40MB RAM, 1.2GH H

Re: MySQL 4.1 on Debian...

2004-06-27 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 05:07:29PM -0700, Avi Bitton wrote: > Sorry to bug you, but did you ever get MySQL 4.1.x > running on Debian? If so, can you tell me what you > did? Thanks so much. > Hi, on my UNSTABLE distro, it has 4.0.20. This would mean that you did not get it from DEBIAN. Could you

Re: keyboard error workaround possible?

2004-06-27 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 06:01:18PM -0400, Marty Landman wrote: > I have Woody installed on an old, put together pc which now has a hard > keyboard error when attempting to boot. I seems to be the motherboard, I've > tried two different keyboard ports and two keyboards. > > Don't suppose there is

Re: apt-get: how to circumvent automatic removal

2004-06-27 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 10:53:08PM +0200, Daniel Klein wrote: > Hi, > > how do I tell apt-get "I want to install this ftp server, but please > don't delete the old one I have running"? > Hi Daniel, if you install package X and in doings so, apt says that it will remove package Y, remember that t

Re: Uh Oh... Prof requires ms word format

2004-06-27 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 07:57:08AM -0500, cecil wrote: > cecil wrote: > > >I just looked on the upcoming syllubus for my CS class. The prof > >requires ms word format zipped files for the assignments. What do I do > >to do that on linux? I guess I HAVE to install X now. :( > > > >Cecil > > > > >

Both apache and apache2 (sarge) ?

2004-06-27 Thread Kenneth Jacker
I'm trying to install 'phpmyadmin' and 'acidlab' on testing/sarge. The default web server installed was 'apache2'. Yet when I try and install the above, dependencies want to force an install of 'apache' (the fact that 'apache2' is already there seems to be ignored). Doesn't seem right installing

Re: Video Camera

2004-06-27 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Keith O'Connell_, on 06/25/04 14:44,typed: Hi, I am thinking of buying my daughter a video camera, and I am looking for a little advice. Is there within Debian like tools for getting MPEG files off a camera, onto a linuc box and software to view them, or

Re: apt-get: how to circumvent automatic removal

2004-06-27 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 10:53:08PM +0200, Daniel Klein wrote: > > Hi, > > > > how do I tell apt-get "I want to install this ftp server, but please > > don't delete the old one I have running"? Use: dpkg --force-conflicts > There may be some way to

Re: Both apache and apache2 (sarge) ?

2004-06-27 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Kenneth Jacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any comments, suggestions, and/or help is appreciated! Either: Try and use 'equivs' for this, or: dpkg --force-depends and in the latter case, on your head be it should anything break. -- Thomas Adam = "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http

Re: Questions about x window environment (kdm and xdm)

2004-06-27 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have later installed xdm and kdm and changed /etc/inittab to have run level 5. By default, Debian run-levels 2-5 are identical. On other distros the different run levels distinguish between text-mode and GUI-mode. IOW, changing /etc/inittab to run 5 accomplished noth

Re: optimizing X configuration

2004-06-27 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I have a Toshiba PII Equium 7000S desktop with 256mb of Ram and an inboard ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP that has 32mb shared memory configured to it. The monitor is a Gateway EV910 and is properly configured in my XF86Config-4. However I can only do 800x600 with either

Re: apt-get: how to circumvent automatic removal

2004-06-27 Thread Daniel Klein
Hi Daniel, if you install package X and in doings so, apt says that it will remove package Y, remember that this is the basis for the super-cow powers that apt has: package dependency issueses. Either these 2 packages can not be installed at the same time or these 2 packages privide the same virtu

Re: way to change default Debian login screen

2004-06-27 Thread Kent West
Andreas Janssen wrote: Hello miso simovic (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: hi, i'm wondering if there is a way to change the default Debian X-window login screen. i tried to change it via Control Panel - System Administration - Login Manager, but i was not succesful. Whatever changes i make, the log

Re: Gnome workspace switcher still won't hold it's state between after a logout

2004-06-27 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 07:00:07PM -0500, Henry Hollenberg wrote: > Hey Antonio, > > Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure I follow you. I think I have been > using the sawfish > window manager. Are you saying I should remove it and install the metacity > WM? > > I'm a bit nervous about deletin

Re: Both apache and apache2 (sarge) ?

2004-06-27 Thread Simon Kitching
On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 14:25, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > I'm trying to install 'phpmyadmin' and 'acidlab' on testing/sarge. > > The default web server installed was 'apache2'. Yet when I try and > install the above, dependencies want to force an install of 'apache' > (the fact that 'apache2' is alrea

Unable to start x on fresh Sarge install

2004-06-27 Thread Simon Kitching
Hi, I recently installed SARGE from cd, on a PC without internet connection. I only had the first installer disk available initially, so installed the base system and that went fine. I later went back with the first 4 CDs of sarge (downloaded using JIGDO) to complete the install just using apt-cdr

Re: apt-get: how to circumvent automatic removal

2004-06-27 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 03:36:07AM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 10:53:08PM +0200, Daniel Klein wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > how do I tell apt-get "I want to install this ftp server, but please > > > don't delete the old one

Printer queue is disabled error

2004-06-27 Thread Kent Andersen
I still cant seem to make this Fscking printer work under a user, Anybody got hints? > > still cant seem to figure out why my lpr command will print as root but will > not print as any user on my box. when attempting lpr -h it > comes back and says lpr: Printer queue is disabled > > any clue to

Re: apt-get: how to circumvent automatic removal

2004-06-27 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 04:54:49AM +0200, Daniel Klein wrote: > The thing I was trying to do was quite simply this: I wanted to run a > second ftp server on another port range. Next to the already installed > proftpd I wanted to run a vsftpd. However, the cow thought that, 'well, > that's a new

apt-get: is not going to be installed

2004-06-27 Thread Daniel Klein
Hey, while trying to install mplayer from a non-free source, I've come across something I hadn't seen with apt-get so far: The following packages have unmet dependencies: mplayer-686: Depends: libavcodec1 (>= 1:0.4.8-woody0.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libvorb

Re: Unable to start x on fresh Sarge install

2004-06-27 Thread Kent West
Simon Kitching wrote: But when I then tried to run "startx", I got this message: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 2: /usr/bin/X11/X: No such file or directory xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error

Re: kerenls: hand-rolled v. stock

2004-06-27 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:29:07PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen insinuated: [...] > in general, is there much of an advantage to hand-rolling over > grabbing a stock kernel? i feel like everything i probably want to > insert as a module (soundcore; usb; whatever) should be available in > a stock kernel. aha

Re: HP DL140 with Debian stable can't see the Broadcom network card

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Jacob Friis Larsen wrote: > I have just bought a HP DL140. I am very happy for you. :-) > Installation was fine, but I can not make Debian stable see the Broadcom > network card. You say debian stable which means either 2.4.18 or 2.2.20, right? Neither of those linux kernels have broadcom supp

Re: Debian stable with 2G ram

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Jacob Friis Larsen wrote: > Which Kernel for Debian stable do I need for a machine with 2G ram? You need a kernel with the following set: CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y To the best of my knowledge none of the Debian stable kernels set it. Therefore you will need to either compile your own kernel or to jum

OT: armyops: PunkBuster bugfix

2004-06-27 Thread Paul Johnson
People upgrading to armyops 2.1.0 may have difficulty enabling PunkBuster. I found a fix. http://ursine.ca/article.pl?sid=04/06/28/0236202 Followups on the site, please; this is a courtesy announcement for Debian users who may be stuck on this one. -- Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux. Y

Re: is it save to clean /var/tmp?

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Andreas Janssen wrote: > William Ballard wrote: > > /tmp seems to clean itself up on reboots; but /var/tmp contains a > > vi.recover which I think is making me receive annoying mails about how > > I can recover my files every time I reboot. Probably the expectation is that you would recover those

Re: which dhcp client should be used?

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > I am interested in setting up my machine as a dhcp client. Doing > apt-cache search for dhcp clients on unstable debian, I get > > dhcp-client - DHCP Client > dhcp3-client - DHCP Client > dhcpcd - DHCP client for automatically configuring IPv4 networking Plus pump.

Re: How hard would this be?(Learning LaTex)

2004-06-27 Thread Ivan Fernandez
I guess you could say I use LaTeX "on a regular basis", I almost finished writing my PhD dissertation in LaTeX..., also with emacs (and the auctex package). LaTeX is great, but you have to be clear about something: it is not a desktop publishing system. If you need careful control of layout, forg

Re: starting Perl script from inetd

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Trying to start a Perl smtp(port 25) server from inetd. > Script works OK as stand alone but fails to start from inetd. Hopefully it has been designed to be run from inetd. > Question 1: Is there a way to log inetd? Information and errors is logged via syslogd. This u

Re: 4mm DAT drive

2004-06-27 Thread Philippe Marzouk
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 11:32:53AM -0700, Eric N. Valor wrote: > > Hmm.. I looked into that already. However, what I'm backing up are > already gzipped files so I doubt I'm going to get much compression > there. Perhaps that's my problem (or at least part of it). I still > wonder why I only get

apt-get install problem

2004-06-27 Thread Umar Draz
Dear Members i want install aman on debian thats why i use apt-get when i issue this command apt-get install amsn i got this error Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree ... Done Package amsn has no available version, but exists in the databases. This typically means that t

Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Michael B Allen wrote: > exec -l $SHELL -c "$STARTUP" > [...] > Rather than creating an alternative xfree86-common package, it would > really be better to just fill out a bug report and try to speak with the > maintainer. I'll look into it. martin f krafft previously posted a bug against kdm and

Re: $PATH and /etc/profile

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Michael B Allen wrote: > Bob Proulx said: > > That is clever and I like it. But unfortunately exec -l is a bash-ism > > and so that does not work if /bin/sh is not bash but a different POSIX > > compatible shell. Users with ash installed as /bin/sh will fail. > > Because 'exec -l' is not specifie

ntp configuration

2004-06-27 Thread blm
Hello, Firstly I am new to the Debian Way of doing things. I have been having trouble configuring ntp to sync my clock off an intranet windows server. In short, I reckon the ntp stuff needs more documentation especially about the debian specific stuff. Is this valid? Here is why: Firstly I

Re: bash profile how?

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Michael B Allen wrote: > Bob Proulx said: > > I think you have hit the nail squarely on the head. How do you make > > it work for all possible shells? I believe that to be the crux of the > > issue. Anything that is done is wrong for one shell or another. Note I was talking about setting up a /

no eth0 after 2.2.20 -> 2.4.18

2004-06-27 Thread joe mc cool
Please, under 2.2.20 my 3c589 was working fine. lsmod reported: Module Size Used by lockd 41808 0 (autoclean) (unused) sunrpc 57816 0 (autoclean) [lockd] nls_cp437 3896 0 (autoclean) 3c589_cs8544 1 ds

Re: Re: Sound troubles

2004-06-27 Thread David Wright
>> I blacklisted the OSS modules for both discover and hotplug, as >> described in the alsa-base docs. Loaded modules now have only snd- >> modules, including snd-pcm-oss: >> >> aloysha:~# lsmod >> Module Size Used by >> snd_pcm_oss53668 0 > > >Yes, that seems right

Re: glibc + libstdc++?

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Jeff Elkins wrote: > I set up a script to swap the libs, run the converter, then swap > them back so as not to leave my system in an unstable state. Goodbye > Windows! A slightly easier method would be to install the shared library in a private location, say $HOME/rh-libs, and then use LD_LIBRARY_

Pinter not being deleted by cups

2004-06-27 Thread J.S.Sahambi
I have two printers installed with cups. Say P1 and P2. When ever I delete printer P2 with web interface in cups or by the command "lpadmin -x P2", it mysteriously turns up again and shows up with "lpstat -p". It is also visible in the web interface (http://localhost:631/admin) This is the outp

is it save to clean /var/tmp?

2004-06-27 Thread William Ballard
/tmp seems to clean itself up on reboots; but /var/tmp contains a vi.recover which I think is making me receive annoying mails about how I can recover my files every time I reboot. I'm going to delete /var/tmp/vi.recover, but is it safe to delete everything else in /var/tmp after a reboot? Her

Re: Looking for video card to drive 1920x1200 LCD monitor

2004-06-27 Thread Peter Whysall
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:57:18 -0700, Steven Yap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you're using the ATI proprietary driver, please post your experience > with it. Does your windows tear when being moved? Are screen updates > slow when a high resolution (> 1280x1024) is in use? In brief, my system i

Re: $PATH and /etc/profile

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Simon L wrote: > In my /etc/profile file, I wrote: > "PATH="/opt/j2sdk1.4.2_04/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"" > > When I log in text mode, the entire PATH is there as I want, I can > "startx" and when I open a terminal, the PATH is perf

Re: Questions about x window environment (kdm and xdm)

2004-06-27 Thread Michael B Allen
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:24:07 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all, > > I have installed Sarge with the netiso cd and then installed x-window, > kde, mozilla and everything to have a working desktop. > > I have later installed xdm and kdm and changed /etc/inittab to have run > level 5. Deb

Re: AAARRRGGGGHHHH! How does one set up woody to talk to an HP Deskjet 882C printer?

2004-06-27 Thread the softrat
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 08:40:08 +0200, the softrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:20:07 +0200, "Jacob S." ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:13:53 -0700 >>the softrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:50:05 +0200, Kevin Mark >>> <[EMAIL P

Re: is it save to clean /var/tmp?

2004-06-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello William Ballard (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > /tmp seems to clean itself up on reboots; but /var/tmp contains a > vi.recover which I think is making me receive annoying mails about how > I can recover my files every time I reboot. > > I'm going to delete /var/tmp/vi.recover, but is it saf

Re: is it save to clean /var/tmp?

2004-06-27 Thread William Ballard
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 09:48:02AM +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: > You can of course delete the files from time to time, but probably some > apps expect their files to still be there after reboot. It seems pretty obvious that it's safe to delete something called "kdecache". But how about all t

Re: Mouse Jumps/ Moves Erratically

2004-06-27 Thread richard lyons
On Saturday 26 June 2004 23:31, Allen Williams wrote: > > -Original Message- [...] > > This is not a fix, but it might serve as a work-around. If you're > > not using gpm, install it and reconfigure it and X to play nice > > together. Then when your mouse goes screwy, just restart gpm and

Re: PHP + PostgreSQL

2004-06-27 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 05:57, deb_milist wrote: > Error message ( using function.inc file with your modification ) : > > Warning: pg_connect(): Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: FATAL: > IDENT authentication failed for user "techtables" . in > /var/www/techtables/functions.inc on line 11 > C

Re: How hard would this be?(Learning LaTex)

2004-06-27 Thread richard lyons
On Sunday 27 June 2004 05:21, cecil wrote: > Someone told me today at lunch that what with my "wierd obsession", > as he called it, to perhaps go without a gui(X), I should try "that > latex thingie". My buddy is a real wordmaster. LOL. I did some > reading up on it; it's interesting. I never knew

Re: How to setup sound under Debian

2004-06-27 Thread Tony Middleton
Alsa modules are in the standard kernel in the 2.6 series. I assume you are running Sarge or Sid. You need to install the alsa-base and alsa-utils packages. Look in /usr/share/doc/alsa-base - this describes some changes to how alsa works and how the modules are loaded. Unfortunately I had so

Re: How hard would this be?(Learning LaTex)

2004-06-27 Thread Tristan Mills
On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 11:21:41PM -0500, cecil wrote: > Someone told me today at lunch that what with my "wierd obsession", as > he called it, to perhaps go without a gui(X), I should try "that latex > thingie". My buddy is a real wordmaster. LOL. I did some reading up on > it; it's interestin

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-27 Thread Christophe Combelles
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ First, I think the latest Debian-Installer is not included in the CDs you downloaded. You should boot and install from a netinst install cdrom downloaded from here (110MB) (even if you don't install from net) : http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-t

Re: ACPI and VIA C3

2004-06-27 Thread Matthijs
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 03:50:06 +0200, Ludwig Meyerhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What processor do You have (cat /proc/cpuinfo) and what does ACPI say > (modprobe processor; cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/power)? My processor is not the same as yours - I've got a C3 Nehemiah processor: /proc/cp

Re: exim4 catch all problem (cannot find transport driver "redirect")

2004-06-27 Thread Tony Middleton
This should be in router not transport. Tony Middleton. Vadik wrote: I am trying to configure exim4 catchall by creatting 40_exim4-config_catch_all and using update-exim4.conf. Here is an output: xxx:/etc/exim4/conf.d/transport# cat 40_exim4-config_catch_all catchall: driver = redirect data =

test msg

2004-06-27 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
Sorry for the message. just a test msg. rrs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-27 Thread Martin Dowie
> You haven't said whether you're running the command line login because you > prefer it or because X won't start. Assuming that isn't your problem... No - I'd love a GUI front-end to start but I only have command line - any help much appreciated... > Installing stuff off the other CD's, you c

Re: How hard would this be?(Learning LaTex)

2004-06-27 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 11:21:41PM -0500, cecil wrote: > Someone told me today at lunch that what with my "wierd obsession", as > he called it, to perhaps go without a gui(X), I should try "that latex > thingie". Go ahead and take the plunge. You will not regret it. In fact, for di

turning off CPU fan

2004-06-27 Thread Baurjan Ismagulov
Hello, I'm using unstable on a Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook E6560. Recently I switched to the kernel version 2.6.6 and ACPI. Now the CPU fan is turned on when it's necessary, but stays on forever. Is there a way to turn it off manually, or configure the entity that turns it on (what is it, BTW?) to tu

in order to use global IP

2004-06-27 Thread askar
Hi! Are the following setting files enough to be able to use global IP address: 1) /etc/hosts 2) /etc/network/interfaces 3) /etc/resolv.conf Thanks, askar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: in order to use global IP

2004-06-27 Thread Baurjan Ismagulov
Hello, Askar! On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 05:30:18PM +0600, askar wrote: > Are the following setting files enough to be able to use global IP address: > 1) /etc/hosts > 2) /etc/network/interfaces > 3) /etc/resolv.conf Strictly speaking, you need only (2). The other two may be also necessary for some

Re: Mouse Jumps/ Moves Erratically

2004-06-27 Thread John Summerfield
Allen Williams wrote: When you want to ask a question or raise a new topic, please don't do it by replying to another email. Doing so causes problems for you by hiding your message. The reason is that many email clients including, Microsoft Outlook , can group related messages together into a t

Re: is it save to clean /var/tmp?

2004-06-27 Thread Adam Funk
On Sunday 27 June 2004 09:10, Andreas Janssen wrote: > |/var/tmp : Temporary files preserved between system reboots > | > |Purpose > | > |The /var/tmp directory is made available for programs that > |requiretemporary files or directories that are preserved between > |system reboots. Therefore, dat

Re: How hard would this be?(Learning LaTex)

2004-06-27 Thread David Fokkema
On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 11:21:41PM -0500, cecil wrote: > Someone told me today at lunch that what with my "wierd obsession", as > he called it, to perhaps go without a gui(X), I should try "that latex > thingie". My buddy is a real wordmaster. LOL. I did some reading up on > it; it's interestin

Re: turning off CPU fan

2004-06-27 Thread David Fokkema
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 01:07:25PM +0200, Baurjan Ismagulov wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using unstable on a Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook E6560. Recently I > switched to the kernel version 2.6.6 and ACPI. Now the CPU fan is turned > on when it's necessary, but stays on forever. Is there a way to turn it >

RE: in order to use global IP

2004-06-27 Thread askar
Thank you, Baurjan! My /etc/network/interfaces is: -- auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface inet static address 212.42.106.27 netmask 255.255.255.248 network 212.42.106.24 broadcast 212.42.106.31 gateway 212.42.106.25 --

way to change default Debian login screen

2004-06-27 Thread miso simovic
hi, i'm wondering if there is a way to change the default Debian X-window login screen. i tried to change it via Control Panel - System Administration - Login Manager, but i was not succesful. Whatever changes i make, the login screen still looks the same. Maybe the setting don't get saved becaus

Re: in order to use global IP

2004-06-27 Thread Baurjan Ismagulov
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 06:01:20PM +0600, askar wrote: > iface inet static > address 212.42.106.27 > netmask 255.255.255.248 > network 212.42.106.24 > broadcast 212.42.106.31 > gateway 212.42.106.25 > > I'm sure the addresses I use above ar

Re: turning off CPU fan

2004-06-27 Thread Baurjan Ismagulov
Hallo, David! On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 02:24:05PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote: > Try booting with the kernel option: 'acpi=off'. If that works, you have > a either a buggy acpi implementation on your notebook, or you are being > bitten by a acpi kernel bug. If so, please post to debian-laptop, they

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