Re: testing .v. unstable .v. sarge (WAS Re: apt-get Failure)

2004-11-17 Thread Brian Nelson
On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 03:45:43PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 01:22:44PM -, michael wrote: > > I initially went for 'stable' (woody) but it was too out of date for my > > Ethernet card & hard drive. I've now installed 'testing' (sarge) and have > > followed recommendation

Re: Antivirus/Antispyware/Antiadware for linux?

2004-11-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 21:57 +, Juha Siltala wrote: > On 2004-11-17, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In that context, terms like FLOSS or software-libre (or even FAIS(1) > > and FAIB(2)) shoud be used instead. IMO, of course. > > Social scientists are apparently standardizing on

Re: please help: upgrade from woody to sarge; postfix broken

2004-11-17 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Jacco Hoeve wrote: > ERROR > - > Nov 17 22:36:55 server01 postfix/master[15177]: fatal: getaddrinfo: Servname > not supported for ai_socktype Translation: You're missing something in /etc/services. In other words, you're telling postfix to connect to something like 192.

RE: please help: upgrade from woody to sarge; postfix broken

2004-11-17 Thread Jacco Hoeve
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Jacco Hoeve wrote: > > ERROR > > - > > Nov 17 22:36:55 server01 postfix/master[15177]: fatal: getaddrinfo: > Servname > > not supported for ai_socktype > > Translation: > You're missing something in /etc/services. > > In other words, you're telling postfix to connec

Re: Partitioning hard drives

2004-11-17 Thread Robert Storey
I won't attempt to tell you just how big each partition should be or on which drive you should locate it, but a fairly standard and secure configuration for hard disk partitioning would be to put each of the following in its own partition: / swap /boot /home /tmp /var /usr Not every

telnet problem

2004-11-17 Thread Jacco Hoeve
Hi One more quick question: I am used to typing "telnet 0 port" .. but after I upgraded woody to sarge "telnet 0" gives: server01:/etc# telnet 0 25 telnet: could not resolve 0/25: Name or service not known Thanks Jacco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

telnet problem

2004-11-17 Thread Jacco Hoeve
Hi One more quick question: I am used to typing "telnet 0 port" .. but after I upgraded woody to sarge "telnet 0" gives: server01:/etc# telnet 0 25 telnet: could not resolve 0/25: Name or service not known Thanks Jacco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: Partitioning hard drives

2004-11-17 Thread Steve Lamb
Bob wrote: So I'd like to know if this box was yours, how would you partition the disks...? Are there any documents other than the ones referenced by the Debian Install Guide on how you should partition a Servers disks...? This is a fairly common question and a search in the list archives shoul

Re: printing from firefox

2004-11-17 Thread Brad Sims
On Wednesday 17 November 2004 3:17 pm, Rich Wellner wrote: > I've updated xprt-common, but that didn't seem to do anything.  Are there > other packages which I must touch? IMO, dump Xprt; darn thing is more trouble than its worth... WTF do I need to run a separate daemon just so that Mozilla/Firef

Re: telnet problem

2004-11-17 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Jacco Hoeve (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > One more quick question: > > I am used to typing "telnet 0 port" .. but after I upgraded woody to > sarge "telnet 0" gives: > > server01:/etc# telnet 0 25 > telnet: could not resolve 0/25: Name or service not known Use the full IP address or nam

RE: telnet problem

2004-11-17 Thread Jacco Hoeve
> -Original Message- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andreas Janssen > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: telnet problem > > Hello > > Jacco Hoeve (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > One more quick question: > > > > I am u

Not booting from IDE-0

2004-11-17 Thread Punit Ahluwalia
I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.7 and landed into this problem. When the system boots, the screen displays a message something like "looking for boot record from IDE-0" OK followed by "L" and then continuous stream of number 40 I have to press the reset button to stop this stream. I can boot with t

Looking for openldap 2.2

2004-11-17 Thread Andrew Ritchie
Hello All Does anyone have a deb of openldap 2.2.18 The latest version I can find is 2.1.30-3 Thank you Andrew Ritchie --- Server and Database Administrator ed-IT, Faculty Of Education Doug McDonell Building The University of Melbourne ph: 8344 8719 __ -- To UNSUBSCR

CD malfunction on Sarge "testing" install

2004-11-17 Thread Walt L. Williams
Greetings This may be a little off topic. I just tried to install Sarge "testing" for Sparc which I downloaded just last on an Ultra2. I was able to boot from the CD but afterwards it (strangely) could not find the CDROM drive which it booted from and therefore would not install. I didn't know w

Re: X won't start, need help to config XFree86

2004-11-17 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Zachary Uram wrote: Hi everyone, This is my first post to the lists. Wow high volume of traffic on here - how do I set mode to not deliver mail so I can just read them from the web? Unsubscribe from the list. Put a note in your signature asking to be CC'd (otherwise most people will not). You can

Re: please help: upgrade from woody to sarge; postfix broken

2004-11-17 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Jacco Hoeve wrote: > > ERROR > > - > > Nov 17 22:36:55 server01 postfix/master[15177]: fatal: getaddrinfo: Servname > > not supported for ai_socktype > > Translation: > You're missing something in /etc/services.

Re: Base system install- eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting ")")

2004-11-17 Thread Paul E Condon
On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 05:20:58PM -0500, Allen Williams wrote: > Well, I didn't see this until after the last post. I'll get in sync here in > a second! And, thanks for the response. > ... > I am downloading these images, one at a time, from the earliest to the most > recent, in the hopes that

Re: X won't start, need help to config XFree86

2004-11-17 Thread Kent West
Zachary Uram wrote: Anyways, I just installed Debian 3.0 R2 (woody) which wass packaged with kernel 2.2.18. During X setup I selected default bpp of 24 (not sure what my on-mboard video supports - it has 4 MB VRAM) and for video type selected VESA (again since not sure what card supports). GDM give

Re: Re: Re: your excel document [#138401]

2004-11-17 Thread customercare
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Re: linux source vs kernel-source

2004-11-17 Thread Russ Cook
thanks Joerg, When I do apt-get update using unstable, I see kernel-source-2.6.8-8 as most recent version. I didn't know 2.6.9.deb was available, and didn't know where to find it. thanks again, Russ Joerg Johannes wrote: Am Dienstag, den 16.11.2004, 15:59 -0600 schrieb Russ Cook: I genera

Re: Antivirus/Antispyware/Antiadware for linux?

2004-11-17 Thread Pigeon
On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 12:14:03AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >But it sure is useful to be able to have people on duty 24x365, > >to update virus-signature files in hours, rather than days. > > When would it be days? I've seen the clamav db update in hours. In > fa

Re: printing from firefox

2004-11-17 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
Rich Wellner wrote: > I get an error printing from firefox saying "A broken version of the X print > server (Xprt) has been detected. Note that printing using this Xprt server > may not work properly. Please contact the server vendor for a fixed version". > > I've updated xprt-common, but that

patches in deb prebuilt kernel

2004-11-17 Thread Blake Swadling
Where can i find a list of the patches that are included in the Debian Prebuilt kernel (specifically 2.6.9-1-k7) Cheers Blake -- Blake Swadling Senior Software Engineer Newton Pty Ltd Telephone: +61 2 6247 3544 Fax:+61 2 6247 3533 Mobile: +61 407 026277 Web:

Re: CD malfunction on Sarge "testing" install

2004-11-17 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
Walt L. Williams wrote: > This may be a little off topic. I just tried to install Sarge "testing" > for Sparc which I downloaded just last on an Ultra2. I was able to > boot from the CD but afterwards it (strangely) could not find > the CDROM drive which it booted from and therefore would not >

Re: Disabling access to SSH

2004-11-17 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 06:12:34PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > Deny everything (except what you explicitly allow in hosts.allow) > # hosts.deny > ALL: ALL > > # hosts.allow > ssh: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy > > Alternatively to allow everyone on your local network (assuming the > standard

Error inserting ndiswrapper

2004-11-17 Thread nornagon
I'm using the stock debian kernel 2.6.7-1-k7, to get that out of the way. I need to use ndiswrapper, since my card isn't yet supported by prism54. Okay, so I compiled ndiswrapper. Then, I modprobe it. Output: $ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.9-1-k7

problem about starting KDE and Gnome

2004-11-17 Thread Manlin Li
I installed Debian testing version on my IBM T42. And I use ndiswrapper as wireless driver. Every time I activate the wlan0, I can not start kde or gnome. Kde stops at "Initializing System Service" and Gnome stops at "Session Manager". Is there anyone can help me to solve this problem? Thanks Manli

Installing Debian 3.0 r3 on a G5 from CD-RW...

2004-11-17 Thread Raymond Halbert
I have followed the instructions, burned the CD-RW's, started up in boot prompt mode, and entered 0 > boot cd:,install\powerpc\yaboot\, then typed install24 as the onscreen instructions said. I saw a long list of "0 > ok"'s and the fans began to speed up. right now, the G5 is sounding like a vacuu

Re: patches in deb prebuilt kernel

2004-11-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 14:43 +1100, Blake Swadling wrote: > Where can i find a list of the patches that are included in the Debian > Prebuilt kernel (specifically 2.6.9-1-k7) Maybe kernel-patch-debian-2.6.9 ? "apt-cache search kernel patch" helped here. -- ---

dual-OS system

2004-11-17 Thread ken keanon
Hi,     As mentioned in my previous mail, I'll run a dual-OS system. Since l have only one drive, I'll divide it into two partitions, one for Win XP and one for Debian. I think this is a good way to start off. When one fails, I can use the other to troubelshoot via the Web. I forsee doing this a l

Bold Fonts Not Working in OpenOffice (Sid)

2004-11-17 Thread Bernard Lineham
Hi folks, I'm running a recently installed up to date Sid distribution. I am having a problem where text in OpenOffice Writer that is marked as bold is still showing up as plain text. Can anyone advise how I might solve this problem? Cheers, Bernard Lineham -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Error inserting ndiswrapper

2004-11-17 Thread nornagon
I'm using the stock debian kernel 2.6.7-1-k7, to get that out of the way. I need to use ndiswrapper, since my card isn't yet supported by prism54. Okay, so I compiled ndiswrapper. Then, I modprobe it. Output: $ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.9-1-k7

RE: Base system install- eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting ")")

2004-11-17 Thread Allen Williams
Right. I guess I was doing them in the wrong order. I have been dissecting the install scripts all night (what fun ;>). The first problem is that in a function called download_release_indices in the file /usr/lib/debootstrap/functions, there is a sequence like this: TMPCOMPONENTS="$(sed -n 's/C

Re: smtp performance

2004-11-17 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "Steven Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there anyway to run them in parallel such that they load share + > if one falls over the mail is channeled into the remaining server? Use a hostname with multiple A records to let DNS round-robin it? -

Re: dual-OS system

2004-11-17 Thread William Ballard
On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 08:47:29PM -0800, ken keanon wrote: > I'll divide it into two partitions, one for Win XP and one for Debian. At least three parts. Debian needs a swap part. I started this way. > 1. How easy is it to switch from one OS to another? Is rebooting the only way? Pretty much. T

Vendors supporting Linux (Debian)...

2004-11-17 Thread Mark Maas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I need to move from DELL machines to some other vendor. This is because of a disagreement between me and them. Are there any vendors out there who have specificly supported Linux in general or Debian in special even? Are there any server brands?

Re: patches in deb prebuilt kernel

2004-11-17 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:43:07 +1100, Blake Swadling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where can i find a list of the patches that are included in the Debian > Prebuilt kernel (specifically 2.6.9-1-k7) > In /usr/share/doc/kernel-image-2.6.9-1-k7/Debian.src.changelog.gz Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: cd burning problem

2004-11-17 Thread Alan Chandler
On Wednesday 17 November 2004 21:00, Joris Huizer wrote: > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) > Sense Bytes: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 3A 00 00 00 > Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0 > Sense Code: 0x3A Qual 0x00 (medium not present) Fru 0x0 > Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) > cmd finished af

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