Re: domain name of debian

2004-08-23 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Rus Foster wrote: > >> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Shu Hung (Koala) wrote: >> >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> where does the domain name of a debain stored? >>> is there anyway to change it? >> >> >

Re: nvidia drivers

2004-08-23 Thread Tom Allison
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 23 August 2004 06:13 am, Tom Allison wrote: OK, I tried to install the nvidia kernel headers and such with a stock debian kernel. I didn't see any errors through any of the steps, however I keep getting failure when I now start X. IIRC the packages where nvidia-

Re: why not anaconda installer

2004-08-23 Thread Tom Allison
Kent West wrote: anaconda as installer. It is very easy for installation ! The general answers given are: Thank you for an excellent response. I would like to augment this a bit more with what I had to go through in order to install Debian on my 3 machines. First: I used the USB Mass Storage dev

Re: nvidia drivers

2004-08-23 Thread Peter O
> Gregory Seidman wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 06:13:22AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > > } OK, I tried to install the nvidia kernel headers and such with a stock > > } debian kernel. I didn't see any errors through any of the steps, > > } however I keep getting failure when I now start X. II

Authentication (pam?) becoming dead.

2004-08-23 Thread Jorge Santos
Hello, I have been having this wierd problem in which after a while (sometimes days, sometimes hours) I can't do anything login-related, be it logging in at the console, su, starting or stopping certain services and the like. If, for example, I try to login at the console it will just sit there af

Re: Request for help in tracking down a bug in X or hardware.

2004-08-23 Thread Jacob S.
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:35:06 -0600 Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am running Xwindows on Sarge. I have an S3 Savage video card. > I have a strange problem in web browsers that use the Mozilla, > i.e. all but Opera. My problem seems to occur with only one > web site, namely www.thereg

Re: configuration of nsswitch.conf ignored by system

2004-08-23 Thread Thomas Hood
> I've the problem that on all debian systems (Woody, Sid) it > seems that some configuration changes of the nsswitch.conf > are ignored by the system. See #160596 and those merged with it. -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

upgrading OpenSSL

2004-08-23 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, I've got Debian 3.0 Woody installed on an AMD K6-2 machine and recently installed the linux-kernel-2.4.18-k6-1 image which went fine. However now I'm trying to upgrade my OpenSSL to the newest version (by compiling it myself, as I've done before I installed to k6-1 kernel image), and all I se

Re: nvidia drivers

2004-08-23 Thread Wim De Smet
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:23:45 -0400, Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gregory Seidman wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 06:13:22AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > > } OK, I tried to install the nvidia kernel headers and such with a stock > > } debian kernel. I didn't see any errors through any

Re: upgrading OpenSSL

2004-08-23 Thread Robert Cates
Hi again, never mind. I found my (typo) mistake. Thanks anyway! - Original Message - From: "Robert Cates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 7:05 PM Subject: upgrading OpenSSL > Hi, > > I've got Debian 3.0 Woody installed on an AMD K6-2 machine

alsa on 2.6 kernel

2004-08-23 Thread Tom Allison
I'm trying to configure my xmms and xine/mplayer goodies for me to play with. I'm stuck on the basics of sound. I can play xmms mp3 files just fine. I can only play some of the avi files that I have on my computer. on a previous installation (SuSE 9.0?) I was able to play all of these AVI's that

What utility to post my gateway's IP?

2004-08-23 Thread Dave Hathaway
I am using a D-Link router as the gateway between my cable modem and my home network. If I want to remotely access my Woody computer, I need to know the address assigned the gateway by the ISP's DHCP server. I could then configure an open port in the gateway router so I could access the server.

mozilla-firefox/testing + calendar = calendar is blank after first load

2004-08-23 Thread hanasaki
Running: mozilla-firefox/testing + calendar The calendar is the firefox linux download from http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/download.html Install the calendar quit firefox run firefox open calendar - entries show ok quit firefox run firefox open calendar - all entries are blank uni

program to display popups in X ?

2004-08-23 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Is there n easy program/way for me to get popup messages to appear in X? I basically create a text file in ~/docs/ with random information and I wish to use cron to have it popup this information in X on an hourly basis. Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer

Scrolling in console

2004-08-23 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am wondering if there is a way to scroll to the right in a console? When I open mutt I cannot read the entire subject header on the email - it trails off the screen. Is there a way to recapture the rest of this subject line? I have also had this problem in slrn as well. Lance --

Re: What utility to post my gateway's IP?

2004-08-23 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 10:24:26AM -0700, Dave Hathaway wrote: } I am using a D-Link router as the gateway between my cable modem and } my home network. If I want to remotely access my Woody computer, I } need to know the address assigned the gateway by the ISP's DHCP } server. I could then confi

Re: program to display popups in X ?

2004-08-23 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:38:55PM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > Is there n easy program/way for me to get popup messages to appear in > X? I basically create a text file in ~/docs/ with random information > and I wish to use cron to have it popup this information in X on an > hourly basis. > >

CPU temparature display??

2004-08-23 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Is there a utility (X11 or text based) that will display the cpu temperature? I put together and am torturing a dual Xeon based pc using Knoppix-3.4 (CD boot, no install yet!). -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROT

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread csj
On 23. August 2004 at 3:06PM -0700, Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 04:44:15PM -0400, Brian Pack wrote: > > I've been hit with the issues between cdrecord and the 2.6.8 > > kernel. > > "The" issues... what issues? Pretty well-known issues;-) 2.6.8.x breaks curre

Re: X Server Crash

2004-08-23 Thread Nils Hebsich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone, This is my first posting to any debian list. I had a problem with an X Server Crash whose output, together with that of scanpci, is pasted below. I digged around lists.debian.org and found similar problems experienced by others, only that they didn't help. I

Re: alsa on 2.6 kernel

2004-08-23 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 08:14:41PM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > I can only play some of the avi files that I have on my computer. > on a previous installation (SuSE 9.0?) I was able to play all of these > AVI's that I created on this same machine. the frustrating part is that > only some of them

Re: CPU temparature display??

2004-08-23 Thread Dirk Reiss
Ishwar Rattan wrote: Is there a utility (X11 or text based) that will display the cpu temperature? maybe cat /proc/acpi/thermal/.../temperature will suffice ? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CPU temparature display??

2004-08-23 Thread Simon Kitching
On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 12:50, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > Is there a utility (X11 or text based) that will display > the cpu temperature? I think you want the "lmsensors" module. See: http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/ Regards, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: enable bonding

2004-08-23 Thread Joost De Cock
Quoting Jacob Friis Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Now it's working. > > But I don't know how to enable ifenslave at boot? > # ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1 > > Can I put that in /etc/network/interfaces? Hmm, not sure. I don't actually think so since it's not realy an interface configuration option is

Re: enable bonding

2004-08-23 Thread Joost De Cock
Quoting Jacob Friis Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > But I don't know how to enable ifenslave at boot? > > # ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1 > > > > Can I put that in /etc/network/interfaces? > > Sorry, by Googling I found some options. > Is it correct below? > > # apt-get install ifenslave > In /etc/mod

Re: the Packages files should get to mirrors last -- no swarthy emails

2004-08-23 Thread Mark Symonds
On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 13:35, Ursine.caPostmaster wrote: > > Nobody at ursine.ca regularly corresponds with people in Taiwan. > And it will always be that way, due to rules you have in place. I guess there must be a good reason why you don't do spamhaus/spews checks et. al. instead. -- Ma

Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

2004-08-23 Thread Daniel B.
Michael Graham wrote: Daniel wrote: It would be sensible if logging in via a display manager included the same shell login initialization that logging in on a virtual console performed. (Or via telnet, rlogin, ssh, etc.) ... Why should logging into X have the same behaviour as running a bash (or w

Software RAID using Sarge Installer

2004-08-23 Thread John Fleming
Would someone help me, preferably off-list if the question's too simple, know exactly what choices to make using the new Sarge installer and RAID 1 for mirroring? During the partitioning, there is a chance to set up RAID 1, but I don't fully understand exactly what partitions are required. I just

Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

2004-08-23 Thread Daniel B.
Matthias Czapla wrote: On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 01:20:13PM -0400, Daniel B. wrote: It would be sensible if logging in via a display manager included the same shell login initialization that logging in on a virtual console performed. (Or via telnet, rlogin, ssh, etc.) I agree, that would be most se

Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

2004-08-23 Thread Daniel B.
Jamin W. Collins wrote: I'll admit I too don't know the internals of it but I would think that the solution proposed previously would work for at least some of the cases: Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 07:58:56PM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote: There are no new files. The cha

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-08-23 Thread Daniel B.
dircha wrote: Steve Lamb wrote: ... I mean like a list of, 2-300 files which have no common denominator. Suddenly the globbing gets rather convoluted or you need to go through several passes whereas in a GUI selection you can just go down the list holding CNTL and SHIFT-select ranges and then exe

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-08-23 Thread Daniel B.
Kirk Strauser wrote: At 2004-06-18T14:34:27Z, "Daniel B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Has anyone every tried _combining_ a graphical view with a command line in the window? Open Konqueror. Select "Window -> Show Terminal Emulator". It opens a small shell window that changes working directies as

Re: Re: Apt-get error with package diff

2004-08-23 Thread thelmap04
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Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread Michael D Schleif
* Brian Pack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:08:23:16:44:15-0400] scribed: > I've been hit with the issues between cdrecord and the 2.6.8 kernel. Does this also affect cdrdao? My boxen are at 2.6.3x, and I have considered upping them . . . -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fi

apm warning when switch from X to console

2004-08-23 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I get this message every time I switch from X to the console. What do I need to do so that I don't this this message? $ apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x apm: disabled - APM is not SMP safe.e/2004-08-23 Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMA

Re: Software RAID using Sarge Installer

2004-08-23 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, John Fleming wrote: fun stuff > Would someone help me, preferably off-list if the question's too simple, "off-list" would be too selfish as others can also benefit ?? if you check the debian archives ... this problem has been answered google-plex different times and

Re: release change

2004-08-23 Thread Christoph Wegscheider
Kaiser, Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - newTesting (current unstable? Don't know how it is called, or what it will > be) etch > - how can I tag my installation to a defined branch to stay on the > currentTesting, which will be equal at the release date with newStable? I do > not want, that my

Cannot ping after compiling kernel

2004-08-23 Thread Rodrigo Otaviano
Before scenario: Kernel 2.2.20 internal subnet: 10.71.0.0/24 gateway eth1:10.71.0.1 gateway eth0:216.x.y.1 external subnet: 216.x.y.0/128 I hook up to eth1 and get IP from DHCP server. I can ping eth1, eth0, etc I can telnet 10.71.0.1 I can ssh 10.71.0.1 I can web browse 10.71.0.1 Everythin

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Marc Wilson (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 04:44:15PM -0400, Brian Pack wrote: >> I've been hit with the issues between cdrecord and the 2.6.8 kernel. > > "The" issues... what issues? Kernel 2.8 has an "improved" security model that (for now) does not allow normal

Cannot ping after compiling kernel

2004-08-23 Thread Rodrigo Otaviano
Before Scenario: Kernel 2.2.20 Internal Subnet: 10.71.0.0 Gateway Eth1: 10.71.0.1 Gateway Eth0: 216.x.y.1 External Subnet: 216.x.y.0 I hook up to eth1 and get IP from DHCP server. I can ping eth1 I can telnet 10.71.0.1 I can ssh 10.71.0.1 I can web browse 10.71.0.1 After Scenario: I upgra

Re: Where's routed?

2004-08-23 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Check out the package zebra. Replaces routed and ripd. >http://www.zebra.org/ Zebra has been superseded by quagga, http://www.quagga.net/ Mike. -- The question is, what is a "manamanap". The question is, who cares ? -- To UNSUB

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Re: Question about using dpkg-deb:

2004-08-23 Thread Brendon Higgins
Stefan O'Rear wrote: > There might be a similar directory for aptitude, but it's more likely > aptitude uses the apt cache. This is correct. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: ethernet routing

2004-08-23 Thread alpacino holi
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Re: gateway 2000 solo bypass password

2004-08-23 Thread alpacino holi
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Re: the Packages files should get to mirrors last -- no swarthy emails

2004-08-23 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Ursine.ca Postmaster wrote: correspondents there, and there is a obvious way to get your mail through anyway? Please, learn from the material you're given for once and get a clue. please get yourself one further clue - debian-users, just for example, has people from every single country in the w

Re: program to display popups in X ?

2004-08-23 Thread Kent West
Stefan O'Rear wrote: On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:38:55PM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: Is there n easy program/way for me to get popup messages to appear in X? I basically create a text file in ~/docs/ with random information and I wish to use cron to have it popup this information in X on an ho

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread Marc Wilson
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:53:12AM +0800, csj wrote: > Pretty well-known issues;-) 2.6.8.x breaks current versions of at > least two of the most popular optical media writing tools, > cdrecord and growisofs. I knew there was a reason I stayed with the 2.6.5 kernel I was running. :) -- Marc Wils

IP accounting software

2004-08-23 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I'm trying to implement ip accounting on the basis of bandwidth consumption to my cable lease users. Can someone please suggest me a good utility for this ? TIA, Ritesh - -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT -- http://www.resea

Re: why not anaconda installer

2004-08-23 Thread Brian Nelson
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:22:09PM -0700, belahcene abdelkader wrote: > I don't understand yet why debian doesn't use the > anaconda as > installer. It is very easy for installation ! > I just tried the new version sarge, it is still > complicate for new user > !!! http://platform.progeny.com

Re: IP accounting software

2004-08-23 Thread Vijaya S
Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have tried ipfm anf it works good. > Hi all, > I'm trying to implement ip accounting on the basis of bandwidth > consumption to my cable lease users. Can someone please suggest me > a good utilit

Re: CPU temparature display??

2004-08-23 Thread Lourens Steenkamp
Lourens replying to Ishwar Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a utility (X11 or text based) that will display > the cpu temperature? > > I put together and am torturing a dual Xeon based pc using > Knoppix-3.4 (CD boot, no install yet!). > > -ishwar > Try mbmon (xmbmon) -

ppp problems

2004-08-23 Thread Haldor Riddering
Hiya, just got a copy of woody r2, and installed it on my machine. first timer. managed to get nvidia thingy to compile for my video card, and solved the problem of not finding screens. what a mission that. all good. now however am stuck. I can dial a ppp conection using wvdial, kppp, pon, and a

Re: OT: Questions or Doubts?

2004-08-23 Thread Jules Dubois
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:49:30 +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Jules Dubois wrote: > >>unknowingly, a few to sound important. Look for other similar subjects >>like "Configuration woes", or "Video nightmare", etc. > > I mostly ignore those. > > Handy hint to those seeking help: you have, at mos

Re: ppp problems

2004-08-23 Thread Red Faction
Sounds like resolve.conf issue. Look into /etc/resolve.conf and add name servers there if not listed or not assigned by dhcp. search domain-name nameserver ip-address nameserver ip-address HTH On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 19:52, Haldor Riddering wrote: > Hiya, just got a copy of woody r2, and installe

Re: apt-get GDM

2004-08-23 Thread Jules Dubois
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:18:47 +, Craig Dunn wrote: > Hi, > > I'v recently installed Debian on my system. The current version of GDM > that I have is 2.2 and I would like to upgrade it to 2.4. Do you mean GNOME? GDM is just a sort of X-Window login program. > The trouble is I only have a d

Technical differences

2004-08-23 Thread Joshua Lowe
Title: Technical differences Hey there, Im currently studying the UNIX and LINUX Operating systems at Uni. Ive been given an assignment and my mission is to find out technical / operational differences between UNIX as an operating system and Linux. Such differences Ive found are kernels, Fi

Re: Technical differences

2004-08-23 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Joshua Lowe wrote: > Hey there, > > Im currently studying the UNIX and LINUX Operating systems at Uni. Ive been given an > assignment and my mission is to find out technical / operational differences between > UNIX as an operati

Re: IP accounting software

2004-08-23 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It just seems to be a reporting tool. What I was wanting was to control connectivity to a user on the basis of bandwidth. I am wanting to sell services to my customer in terms of bandwidth, say 500mb/month. Is there a utility available or do I need to

Re: IP accounting software

2004-08-23 Thread Vijaya S
Try with CBQ -> Class based queueing or HTB in cbq , a parent class is created of certain BW and then its shared among child. Thjere is a configuration file maintained for each user and u can control the upper and lower BW. Regards, vijaya Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAG

Problem with apache installation..!

2004-08-23 Thread Nayyar Ahmed
Hello All, when i am tring to install apache i give me errors of dependency...! the following are the screan output when i try to install, first when i query dpkg, it gives. debian:/home/neenix# dpkg -l | grep apache ii apache 1.3.31-3 Versatile, high-performance HTTP server ii ap

Re: Problem with apache installation..!

2004-08-23 Thread Red Faction
what are you using? sarge? woody? unstable? and apt source? backports etc? Apache and apache2 are two different packages. Apache2 is version 2 of apache server and is different in configuration/setup etc. Someone correct me if i'm wrong, looks like you've been trying to install different packages

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