Re: svc: bad direction 268435456, dropping request

2005-07-05 Thread lyager
These messages appear in my messages file here, like: Jul 5 09:29:24 tigger kernel: svc: bad direction 268435456, dropping request and lot's of them. Anyone foudn a good reason for it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROT

Retiring promise 378 => Linux mdadm SW Raid + Windows Dynamic Disks

2005-07-05 Thread Enrique F . Céspedes Sánchez
My hardware: 2 SATA HD's and promise fastrack 378. Operating systems: Linux and Windows XP. Can I create a raid 0 with mdadm(or other) for linux partitions and dynamnic disks in raid 0 for windows xp partitions in the sames two hard disks? I wanna retire my promise raid 0. Sorry for my english, t

Re: Migrating from Windows to Debian - keeping email messages from Outlook Express

2005-07-05 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Michael Z Daryabeygi (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Adam Fabian wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 06:52:51PM +0200, Dom Delimar wrote: >> >>>So how can I keep all my emails from Outlook Express and integrate >>>them into any of the Linux mail clients? I actually don't know which >> >> To t

syntax highlighting

2005-07-05 Thread roberto
hello, i have the following question: in my MATLAB code i have a lot of "for...end" or "ifend" and most of them are nested one inside the other, do you know how to recognise whose "for" or "if" an "end" belongs to? i know some editors are able to do this (vim, kwite...). I mean these for's

Why has "find ... -exec rm -i '{}' ';'" stopped working?

2005-07-05 Thread Adam Funk
I have a script called texclean as follows: #!/bin/sh if [ -z "$1" ]; then DEPTH=1; else DEPTH=$1; fi; for PATTERN in '*~' '*.log' '*.aux' '*.bbl' '*.blg' '*.toc' \ '*.lof' '*.lot' '#*#'; do find . -maxdepth $DEPTH -name "$PATTERN" -exec rm -i '{}' ';'; done Recently i

Re: Why has "find ... -exec rm -i '{}' ';'" stopped working?

2005-07-05 Thread Dave Ewart
On Tuesday, 05.07.2005 at 10:03 +0100, Adam Funk wrote: > I have a script called texclean as follows: > > #!/bin/sh > if [ -z "$1" ]; then > DEPTH=1; > else > DEPTH=$1; > fi; > for PATTERN in '*~' '*.log' '*.aux' '*.bbl' '*.blg' '*.toc' \ >'*.lof' '*.lot' '#*#'; > do >

Re: syntax highlighting

2005-07-05 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 11:11 +0200, roberto wrote: > hello, i have the following question: > in my MATLAB code i have a lot of "for...end" or "ifend" and most of them > are nested one > inside the other, do you know how to recognise whose "for" or "if" an "end" > belongs to? > i know some edit

Re: apt

2005-07-05 Thread Adam Hardy
Carl Fink on 05/07/05 03:40, wrote: dpkg --get-selections > myselections.txt Actually, is that a list of all available packages? It shows that some are set 'deinstall': mysql-commondeinstall mysql-common-4.1install

Re: Why has "find ... -exec rm -i '{}' ';'" stopped working?

2005-07-05 Thread Andrew Schulman
> I have a script called texclean as follows: > > #!/bin/sh > if [ -z "$1" ]; then > DEPTH=1; > else > DEPTH=$1; > fi; > for PATTERN in '*~' '*.log' '*.aux' '*.bbl' '*.blg' '*.toc' \ >'*.lof' '*.lot' '#*#'; > do > find . -maxdepth $DEPTH -name "$PATTERN" -exec rm -i '{}

Re: Debian Roadmap

2005-07-05 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 16:04 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > moment, I do not have the info handy. The other place I can think of is > the 'debian' wiki (wiki.debian.net), as many plans including Etch are > proposed. Thanks, that's a helpful link. -- Kind regards Hans du Plooy SagacIT (Pty) Ltd hansdp

Re: Migrating from Windows to Debian - keeping email messages from Outlook Express

2005-07-05 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 05:59:44PM -0500, Adam Fabian wrote: > On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 06:52:51PM +0200, Dom Delimar wrote: > > So how can I keep all my emails from Outlook Express and integrate > > them into any of the Linux mail clients? I actually don't know which > > > To the best of my knowl

Re: apt

2005-07-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/07/05 11:07), Adam Hardy wrote: > Carl Fink on 05/07/05 03:40, wrote: > > > > dpkg --get-selections > myselections.txt > > > > Actually, is that a list of all available packages? It shows that some > are set 'deinstall': > > mysql-commondeinstall >

Re: rosegarden, no sound

2005-07-05 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Tuesday July 5 2005 06:46, David E. Fox wrote: > After configuring rosegarden4 it seems to think the midi device can do > sound, but nothing comes out, despite playing with the kmix sliders to > no avail. > > This is on a (mostly) sarge system, kde 3.4.1, using jackd/alsa as the > software sugge

Re: Why has "find ... -exec rm -i '{}' ';'" stopped working?

2005-07-05 Thread Adam Funk
Dave Ewart wrote: >> Recently it stopped working because "rm -i" in "find..." no longer >> appears >> connected to the console for input. Typing "find -name '*~' -exec rm -i >> '{}' ';'" directly prints a list of rm-questions, doesn't get an answer, >> and so does nothing. >> >> Why did this beh

Re: Why has "find ... -exec rm -i '{}' ';'" stopped working?

2005-07-05 Thread Adam Funk
Andrew Schulman wrote: >> Why did this behaviour change, and how can I fix my script? > > An alternative is > > find ... -print0 | xargs -0r rm -i I get the same problem with that! $ find . -name '*~' -print0 |xargs -0r rm -i rm: remove regular file `./.emacs.d/auto-save-list/.saves-20203-viln

gpg-errors with apt

2005-07-05 Thread Johann Spies
I have read http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/174 about this topic and have done what the article suggested: = ~# gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --recv 4F368D5D Got a timeout here. Or if you wish you can download it from the internet, from http:

Re: Why has "find ... -exec rm -i '{}' ';'" stopped working?

2005-07-05 Thread michael
On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 11:36 +0100, Adam Funk wrote: > Andrew Schulman wrote: > > >> Why did this behaviour change, and how can I fix my script? > > > > An alternative is > > > > find ... -print0 | xargs -0r rm -i > > I get the same problem with that! > > $ find . -name '*~' -print0 |xargs -0r

ma quanti bei ritardi madama dorè ...

2005-07-05 Thread alex
Uh. Mando questo messaggio per vedere quando mai mi apparirà in lista: il reply dalla lista più recente che ho visto finora è del 23/6/05. Poichè continuano ad arrivarmi, sia pure con una settimana di ritardo, stupisco alquanto. In altre liste non ho questo problema, solo in quelle a cui s

Re: Why has "find ... -exec rm -i '{}' ';'" stopped working?

2005-07-05 Thread Adam Funk
michael wrote: > Well on 'sarge', under bash, the > find . -name 'whatever' -exec rm -i {} ";" > works as expected for me, but the above example exhibits the same > performance as you note (I'm no 'xargs' expert and can's see what the > '-0r' option is meant to do) > > If I were you I'd check t

debian reference html

2005-07-05 Thread roberto
Hello i wonder if it is possible to download the entire debian reference in html format, with ALL its internal links and pages. I have downloaded it from http://www.us.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#quick-reference but when i try to access it off-line lynx tells me that it is impossible to open one

Re: debian reference html

2005-07-05 Thread Colin Ingram
roberto wrote: Hello i wonder if it is possible to download the entire debian reference in html format, with ALL its internal links and pages. aptitude install debian-reference-en -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

Re: debian reference html

2005-07-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/07/05 15:01), roberto wrote: > Hello > i wonder if it is possible to download the entire debian reference in html > format, with ALL its > internal links and pages. > I have downloaded it from > http://www.us.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#quick-reference > but when i try to access it off-lin

mount ntfs only readable?

2005-07-05 Thread ebenoit
mount -t ntfs -w /dev/hdb1 /home/admin/Desktop/windows1 Hello, I am trying to mount a file system writable, does anyone know if the Debian Sarge release 2.6.8 stock kernel can do this? I have no problem mounting the file system but it is only readable. The filesystem is NT 4 and is a second HD

mount ntfs only readable?

2005-07-05 Thread Eric
mount -t ntfs -w /dev/hdb1 /home/admin/Desktop/windows1 Hello, I am trying to mount a file system writable, does anyone know if the Debian Sarge release 2.6.8 stock kernel can do this? I have no problem mounting the file system but it is only readable. The filesystem is NT 4 and is a second H

RE: Migrating from Windows to Debian - keeping email messages from Outlook Express

2005-07-05 Thread Tony Heal
There is a workaround for this. create an imap account on your server. create the folders that you have set up in Outlook. set up the imap and pop accounts in Outlook. Drag and drop the emails you want from outlook into the imap account. This will put the into mbox format. I had to use this method

Re: Migrating from Windows to Debian - keeping email messages from Outlook Express

2005-07-05 Thread Jochen Schulz
Jonathan Kaye: > > I'd personally suggest you download the netinst version of "testing" > (known as Etch). It may sound scary but it's really quite steady. No, it is not. At least the installer is not yet ready to be released to newcomers. And running Etch shortly after a release isn't exactly an

Re: debian reference html

2005-07-05 Thread roberto
--- Colin Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > > aptitude install debian-reference-en > thanks, it works, but how to use lynx to display this debian-reference-en instead of konqueror, which is automatically started in my system? bye Roberto Debian Sarge kernel 2.6.8

Re: can't switch to virtual console

2005-07-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, thank you for your replies. 1.The "DontVTSwitch" option is commented. 2.My videocard is built in the motherboard - "Intel Corp. 82915G" What actually happens is the following-during the debian booting(shortly before the X server starts and takes me to the graphic mode),when I press Ctrl+Alt+F1

Re: hostname in logfile?

2005-07-05 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 7/5/05, Bill Marcum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you looked in /etc/hostname? Yes. It shows the correct hostname -- not the ones listed in the logs. The "merlin" hostname referenced in the log file is actually a live server. It use to be the host for the service that's currently runni

Fasttrak problem

2005-07-05 Thread Gömöri Zoltán
Hi, I'm not a very experienced user. I was using Debian Woody on a machine containing an integrated Promise FastTrak 100 Lite controller in RAID1 (MSI Pro266TD Master-LR motherboard). I tried to install Debian Sarge on this hardware, but it looks like it doesn't detect this hardware correctly. Wh

Re: mount ntfs only readable?

2005-07-05 Thread Conall O'Brien
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 01:58:56PM IST, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> incoherently babbled: > mount -t ntfs -w /dev/hdb1 /home/admin/Desktop/windows1 > > Hello, I am trying to mount a file system writable, does anyone know if > the Debian Sarge release 2.6.8 stock kernel can do this? > > I have no

Re: Migrating from Windows to Debian - keeping email messages from Outlook Express

2005-07-05 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 06:36:05AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: [...] } I have not used this but it does exist! } Cheers, } Kev } --- } Running: apt-cache show readpst } Package: readpst } Priority: optional } Section: utils } Installed-Size: 192 } Maintainer: Joe Nahmias <[

Re: Digital signing of printed documents

2005-07-05 Thread Alphonse Ogulla
On 7/4/05, Lee Braiden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd be worried about why you need to validate an invoice or receipt in the > first place. Local regulations stipulate so. I really don't know why but ill make an effort to find out why this is the case. -- Rgds, Alphonse, Nairobi-Kenya

Re: Migrating from Windows to Debian - keeping email messages from Outlook Express

2005-07-05 Thread Dave Ewart
On Tuesday, 05.07.2005 at 10:42 -0400, Gregory Seidman wrote: > On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 06:36:05AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > [...] > } I have not used this but it does exist! > } Cheers, > } Kev > } --- > } Running: apt-cache show readpst > } Package: readpst > } Prior

Re: Digital signing of printed documents

2005-07-05 Thread Alphonse Ogulla
On 7/4/05, Dave Howorth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alphonse Ogulla wrote: > > Hi good people, > > I wish to get your views on how I can implement a system that will > > capture text of a financial document that is to be printed, run a hash > > algorithm (SHA-1) over the document text, store an el

Hewlett-Packard package conflicts

2005-07-05 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
I posted a question to Debian User about package conflicts between hpoj(sp?) and hplip(sp?) that are for parallel HP printers and usb HP printers. My HP 697C is parallel, and my HP psc1210 is usb. Perhaps this question should also be posed to Debian KDE since one of their hints in version 3.3 r

Re: rosegarden, no sound

2005-07-05 Thread Geoff Thurman
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 09:46:13PM -0700, David E. Fox wrote: > > I've benn looking on and off at rosegarden, and the most recent > version looks very polished for a midi app. On the downside, I can't > get any sound out of it, and other apps play fine. I'm pretty sure midi > did work on my system

Re: xfce 4.2

2005-07-05 Thread Robert Wolfe
- Original Message - From: "Simon Huggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User Lists" Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 4:58 AM Subject: Re: xfce 4.2 Ah good point. I've removed this now. xfce 4.2.2 is in unstable everywhere but sparc and s390 whose buildd admins need to prod it a little

Re: Why has "find ... -exec rm -i '{}' ';'" stopped working?

2005-07-05 Thread Dave Carrigan
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 05:51:07AM -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote: > find ... -print0 | xargs -0r rm -i This won't work because rm -i reads for confirmation from stdin and rm has no stdin when it's run via xargs. -- Dave Carrigan Seattle, WA, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.rudedog.org/ | ICQ:

aptitude incompatible with synaptic?

2005-07-05 Thread Matthias Kaeppler
Hi, I am using aptitude almost exclusively to manage packages in Debian. But I thought I'd check out Synaptic and see how it works, because I eventually intend to migrate o Ubuntu on the next occasion, which uses Synaptic per default. So, I installed some packages with it. The next time I tried

Re: ppp addresses and routing table

2005-07-05 Thread Bernd Prager
Adam Majer wrote: Bernd Prager wrote: I'm experiencing some trouble with my DSL setup. Every time after reboot my routing table is using my ppp0 P-t-P address instead of its inet address. Which is the correct way of setting routes. Default should go though the other end of the ppp con

Re: Why has "find ... -exec rm -i '{}' ';'" stopped working?

2005-07-05 Thread Almut Behrens
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 12:41:48PM +0100, Adam Funk wrote: > michael wrote: > > Well on 'sarge', under bash, the > > find . -name 'whatever' -exec rm -i {} ";" > > works as expected for me, but the above example exhibits the same > > performance as you note (I'm no 'xargs' expert and can's see wh

Help with personal repository

2005-07-05 Thread Raffaele D'Elia
Hello all, I've created a personal repository using debarchiver that "just works". Now I need to remove some packages from it. Any ideas? I googled a bit, but... Many thanks in advance. Radel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: Why has "find ... -exec rm -i '{}' ';'" stopped working?

2005-07-05 Thread Andrew Schulman
> On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 05:51:07AM -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote: > >> find ... -print0 | xargs -0r rm -i > > This won't work because rm -i reads for confirmation from stdin and rm > has no stdin when it's run via xargs. Hm, you're right. Well one alternative that will definitely work is fin

Re: mount ntfs only readable?

2005-07-05 Thread Adam Fabian
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 09:15:46AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have no problem mounting the file system but it is only readable. > The filesystem is NT 4 and is a second HD on my current Deb Sys. NTFS write support was experimental (that is to say, it will corrupt your filesystem) the las

Re: Executing script(SOLVED)

2005-07-05 Thread j Mak
The problem is now solved. I edited the sudoers file entering my username with the following command: User_Alias FULLTIMERS = mak FULLTIMERS ALL = NOPASSWD: ALL After that, I created a link with sudo /usr/bin/xcd.sh command, and now the program ejects the cd without problem. Thanks eve

Is there a fetchmail setting to delete messages after x days?

2005-07-05 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi Googling around suggests that this functionality is supported in getmail but I couldn't find anything comparable in fetchmail. Do I need to switch to getmail to do this? Thanks Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian Install Problem...

2005-07-05 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
I searched the archives of the Debian users lists, but didn't see anything, I haven't searched the newsgroup, so sorry if this is common. I attempted to install Debian stable release today on a computer that has Windows on it already. The install seems to have worked and I got through the entire

Posting a log...

2005-07-05 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
I just installed Debian on a computer that I also have Windows XP on. I am having an error and I want post the error log, but I don't know how to copy the error log from the Debian command line and the paste it into a Windows e-mail. Any thoughts? BTW: The error is that xserver won't start, so I

Re: aptitude incompatible with synaptic?

2005-07-05 Thread Olle Eriksson
On Tuesday 05 July 2005 18.09, Matthias Kaeppler wrote: > Hi, > > I am using aptitude almost exclusively to manage packages in Debian. > But I thought I'd check out Synaptic and see how it works, because I > eventually intend to migrate o Ubuntu on the next occasion, which uses > Synaptic per defau

Posting a log...

2005-07-05 Thread Peter Kupfer
I just installed Debian on a computer that I also have Windows XP on. I am having an error and I want post the error log, but I don't know how to copy the error log from the Debian command line and the paste it into a Windows e-mail. Any thoughts? BTW: The error is that xserver won't start, so I

Re: Why has "find ... -exec rm -i '{}' ';'" stopped working?

2005-07-05 Thread Andrew Schulman
> P.S. The reason that "find ... -print0 | xargs -0r rm -i" exhibits the > same behaviour is a different one: Here, find's stdin filehandle would > somehow have to be passed through to rm (via xargs, which in turn has > its stdin attached to find's stdout), in order for rm to be able to > read fr

Re: Posting a log...

2005-07-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 12:30 -0500, Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: > I just installed Debian on a computer that I also have Windows XP on. I > am having an error and I want post the error log, but I don't know how > to copy the error log from the Debian command line and the paste it into > a Windows e-mail

[OT] linking table of contents in a dvi file

2005-07-05 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Is it possible to have links in the "table of contents" of a dvi file? The dvi file is produced from latexing *.tex file. This is useful, for example, I can click on a chapter in the toc page and I can go to the required chapter. I searched the web and thought that hyperref might be capable of

removing exim also removes mysql-server-4.1

2005-07-05 Thread Mark D. Hansen
when i do: apt-get --purge remvoe exim4 debian also wants to remove mysql-server-4.1. why is this? how can i remove exim4 without removing mysql?

Howto implement large file support into avidemux

2005-07-05 Thread Vegard|drageV
I have a 2,8GB .avi file I need to split into pieces of 700MB each, but the original file is to large for avidemux. How can I get lfs to work with avidemux, Debian Sarge Kernel 2.4.27-2-686 Best regards, Vegard

Re: removing exim also removes mysql-server-4.1

2005-07-05 Thread Brad Sawatzky
On Tue, 05 Jul 2005, Mark D. Hansen wrote: > when i do: > > apt-get --purge remvoe exim4 > > debian also wants to remove mysql-server-4.1. why is this? how can i > remove exim4 without removing mysql? I imagine mysql-server is complaining because it needs mailx, which in turn requires an MTA

Re: Debian Install Problem...

2005-07-05 Thread Kent West
Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: I attempted to install Debian stable release today on a computer that has Windows on it already. The install seems to have worked and I got through the entire base configuration, but when I type "startx" I get an error message that says "no screens found." This generall

Re: removing exim also removes mysql-server-4.1

2005-07-05 Thread Dave Ewart
On Tuesday, 05.07.2005 at 14:43 -0400, Brad Sawatzky wrote: > > when i do: > > > > apt-get --purge remvoe exim4 > > > > debian also wants to remove mysql-server-4.1. why is this? how can > > i remove exim4 without removing mysql? > > I imagine mysql-server is complaining because it needs mai

Re: Posting a log...

2005-07-05 Thread Kent West
Peter Kupfer wrote: I just installed Debian on a computer that I also have Windows XP on. I am having an error and I want post the error log, but I don't know how to copy the error log from the Debian command line and the paste it into a Windows e-mail. Any thoughts? BTW: The error is that xser

Re: aptitude synaptic gnome to be removed?

2005-07-05 Thread Bill Wohler
Jules Dubois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 'apt-get upgrade' is restricted (and therefore safer) in that: > >under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or >packages not already installed retrieved and installed. > > This isn't sufficient for 'unstable', as both of the

Re: mount ntfs only readable?

2005-07-05 Thread Eric
Thanks for your help, just one more question, if I have an NT4 file system(that contains all my music) can I do a FAT32/vfat (same difference) instead of NTFS? Conall O'Brien wrote: On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 01:58:56PM IST, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> incoherently babbled: mount -t ntfs -w

rio cali

2005-07-05 Thread Roman Muñoz
Hi, Is the rio cali able to be mounted as mass storage device? How? After googleing, I have found reports saying "yes" and "no" I'm using Sarge with stock 2.6 kernel Cheers Roman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fasttrak problem

2005-07-05 Thread Roman Muñoz
On Sarge, I needed to do (24) modprobe pdcraid on 2nd console in order to get the ataraid device listed when partitioning, but then I was not able to install grub or, even if installed, I was not able to reboot (error 21) For 2.6, it seems that d-i has not "hardware" raid support at all I final

exim tutorial

2005-07-05 Thread Mark D. Hansen
I'm a total newbie at mail servers. Now, I need to set up exim. I can't even figure out how to add users. Can somebody point me to a good "HowTo" or tutorial "for dummies" ??

Re: mount ntfs only readable?

2005-07-05 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 02:56:45PM -0400, Eric wrote: > Thanks for your help, just one more question, if I have an NT4 file > system(that contains all my music) can I do a FAT32/vfat (same > difference) instead of NTFS? FAT32 is available. (VFAT is NOT the same as FAT32.) What most people do,

Re: exim tutorial

2005-07-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/07/05 15:45), Mark D. Hansen wrote: > I'm a total newbie at mail servers. Now, I need to set up exim. I can't > even figure out how to add users. Can somebody point me to a good "HowTo" or > tutorial "for dummies" ?? I posted this in the last couple of days: http://lists.debian.org/deb

Re: exim tutorial

2005-07-05 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 03:45:48PM -0400, Mark D. Hansen wrote: > I'm a total newbie at mail servers. Now, I need to set up exim. I > can't even figure out how to add users. Can somebody point me to a > good "HowTo" or tutorial "for dummies" ?? I would suggest installing the exim4-doc-html and/

Re: mount ntfs only readable?

2005-07-05 Thread ebenoit
Carl is it possible to do this: I have a 100gb hd the whole hd is an ntfs file system, however I only have 46gb of information I want to save could I shrink the partition size with out loosing any of the 46gb data and then change the other 54gb to a an LVM ext3 partition, so that I can cop

Re: mount ntfs only readable?

2005-07-05 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 04:36:51PM -0400, ebenoit wrote: > Carl is it possible to do this: > > I have a 100gb hd the whole hd is an ntfs file system, however I only > have 46gb of information I want to save could I shrink the partition > size with out loosing any of the 46gb data and then ch

ppp problem

2005-07-05 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina
Hi, As well as ppp_on_boot (/etc/init.d/ppp) is deprecated, I decided to switch to the "interface" way. I'm running Etch, and my ISP provides pppoe connection, ADSL. I followed what was written into the README.Debian - edit /etc/network/interfaces to add: auto pppoe iface pppoe inet ppp

"Right" way to add devices at boot for udev?

2005-07-05 Thread Paul Smith
So, since I upgraded my system to Sarge+Linux 2.6, I'm using udev to manage /dev. It's great, BUT I have some non-free software (required so I can log into work from home, unfortunately) which is not udev-knowledgeable. When I install the software it creates a device in /dev. Of course, when I r

Re: removing exim also removes mysql-server-4.1

2005-07-05 Thread Dave Ewart
On Tuesday, 05.07.2005 at 15:46 -0400, Mark D. Hansen wrote: > > > > when i do: > > > > > > > > apt-get --purge remvoe exim4 > > > > > > > > debian also wants to remove mysql-server-4.1. why is this? how > > > > can i remove exim4 without removing mysql? > > > > > > I imagine mysql-server is

Re: mount ntfs only readable?

2005-07-05 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 05:05:54PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 04:36:51PM -0400, ebenoit wrote: > > Carl is it possible to do this: > > > > I have a 100gb hd the whole hd is an ntfs file system, however I only > > have 46gb of information I want to save could I shrink th

Re: mount ntfs only readable?

2005-07-05 Thread ebenoit
I'll have to take my time doing this ...thank you for your help, I greatly appreciate it! Carl Fink wrote: On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 05:05:54PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 04:36:51PM -0400, ebenoit wrote: Carl is it possible to do this: I have a 100gb hd the whole

SOLUTION:Re: mounting usb devices consistently

2005-07-05 Thread Edward Kamau
A google search turned up the follwoing document: http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html I followed along and solved the problem decribed below. emk On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 13:31 -0400, Edward Kamau wrote: > Hi > > I have a usb sd card reader a usb cruzer mini jump drive and a usb c

Re: aptitude synaptic gnome to be removed?

2005-07-05 Thread Wayne Topa
Bill Wohler([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Jules Dubois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 'apt-get upgrade' is restricted (and therefore safer) in that: > > > >under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or > >packages not already installed retrieved an

Re: Posting a log...

2005-07-05 Thread Dexter
On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 13:51 -0500, Kent West wrote: > Peter Kupfer wrote: > > > I just installed Debian on a computer that I also have Windows XP on. I > > am having an error and I want post the error log, but I don't know how > > to copy the error log from the Debian command line and the paste it

Re: ppp problem

2005-07-05 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina
Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > - edit /etc/network/interfaces to add: > auto pppoe > iface pppoe inet ppp > provider pppoe > pre-up br2684ctl -b -c 0 -a 0.8.35 Experimenting, I commented it out. > pre-up ip link set up nas0 I changed this "nas0" to "eth0" as well as my

Re: "Right" way to add devices at boot for udev?

2005-07-05 Thread Marty
Paul Smith wrote: So, since I upgraded my system to Sarge+Linux 2.6, I'm using udev to manage /dev. It's great, BUT I have some non-free software (required so I can log into work from home, unfortunately) which is not udev-knowledgeable. When I install the software it creates a device in /dev.

Re: aptitude incompatible with synaptic?

2005-07-05 Thread Jules Dubois
On Tuesday 05 July 2005 10:09, Matthias Kaeppler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Looks like those two programs don't really know what each other is > doing. apt-get and Synaptic (and probably dselect, which I haven't used) don't know about aptitude's "automatically/manually in

bash - executing function in "find" command

2005-07-05 Thread Dexter
Hi, bash command "find" let's you execute other commands like this: $find . -exec commandname {} param1 param2 \; This should do: for each file in actual directory tree run: $commandname filename param1 param2 ("{}" stands for filename) So far I understood it from manuals and it's running as I want

Re: bash - executing function in "find" command

2005-07-05 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 12:44:25AM +0200, Dexter wrote: } Hi, } bash command "find" let's you execute other commands like this: [...] This is where your problem comes up. The find command is a standalone program, and unrelated to bash. } Somebody has a idea how to run function there? This is wha

Re: aptitude synaptic gnome to be removed?

2005-07-05 Thread Paul Smith
%% Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: bw> Jules Dubois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> 'apt-get upgrade' is restricted (and therefore safer) in that: >> >> under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or >> packages not already installed retrieved and instal

Re: Posting a log...

2005-07-05 Thread Kent West
Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: Kent West wrote: Peter Kupfer wrote: I just installed Debian on a computer that I also have Windows XP on. I am having an error and I want post the error log, but I don't know how to copy the error log from the Debian command line and the past

Re: bash - executing function in "find" command

2005-07-05 Thread Paul Smith
%% Dexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: d> But I want to use bash function instead of command. You can't. d> Problem is not, that command "find" runs in different environment, and d> doesn't know variables and functions from parent shell. Yes it is. d> Because i tried: d> A="XXX" d>

Call for Mentor

2005-07-05 Thread Tom Allison
I've been sitting on the list for a while now and am interested in creating a series of deb packages for perl modules. But I think I need a mentor to introduce me to how things work and what my first reading list or RTFM should be. This is an open call for someone to point me inthe right directio

Re: bttv/streamer: no audio recorded

2005-07-05 Thread Marek Kulczyci
Hi, It was very long since you have posted your question, but if you haven't found solution please look at the bttv-HOWTO at http://www.linux.com/howtos/BTTV/recording.shtml It was very helpfull for me with one change: I could not make btaudio working, but finally managed to record AVI with audi

Re: apt

2005-07-05 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:07:12AM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote: > Carl Fink on 05/07/05 03:40, wrote: > > > > dpkg --get-selections > myselections.txt > > > > Actually, is that a list of all available packages? It shows that some > are set 'deinstall': No. It's a list of every package I have ev

Re: isp service

2005-07-05 Thread roach
On Monday 04 July 2005 10:17, Joseph Haig wrote: > And that would be?  ;-) http://www.uklinux.net/ BTW, I never though that the OP was in England. If you've read my .sig you'd know I'm nowhere close to the UK. That comment was just my sad reflection on the state of support with ISPs. -- Rober

"Can't open initial console"

2005-07-05 Thread Marty
If /dev is empty in a cloned root filesystem (since udev is its own filesystem and /dev files are not copied) it does not boot up but hangs with an error message similar to "can't open initial console." I've not narrowed down which console device the kernel is looking for, nor determined whether

Re: aptitude synaptic gnome to be removed?

2005-07-05 Thread Jules Dubois
On Tuesday 05 July 2005 16:38, Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I think Jules' message above is pretty clear and straightforward. I > suppose some of the ramifications of this choice might not be > immediately clear though. His comments are, I believe, correct but no

Re: aptitude synaptic gnome to be removed?

2005-07-05 Thread Jules Dubois
On Tuesday 05 July 2005 12:43, Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > How does one know when to use dist-upgrade? That's a good question, one which I can't really answer. I switched to aptitude without bothering to read any documentation. Since then, I've been constructi

Re: Call for Mentor

2005-07-05 Thread Angelina Carlton
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:26:56PM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > > I've been sitting on the list for a while now and am interested in > creating a series of deb packages for perl modules. But I think I need > a mentor to introduce me to how things work and what my first reading > list or RTFM should

Re: Call for Mentor

2005-07-05 Thread Jules Dubois
On Tuesday 05 July 2005 17:26, Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I've been sitting on the list for a while now and am interested in > creating a series of deb packages for perl modules. But I think I need > a mentor to introduce me to how things work and what my first

Re: "Can't open initial console"

2005-07-05 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If /dev is empty in a cloned root filesystem (since udev is its > own filesystem and /dev files are not copied) it does not boot up > but hangs with an error message similar to "can't open initial > console." I've not narrowed down which console device the kern

whether does it mean bytes or bits in file /proc/net/dev?

2005-07-05 Thread Steven Law
hi,all:     i have a mrtg script to scale the network bandwidth usage. here cames the script:   ==   Title[eth0]: eth0 bitsOptions[eth0]: bitsTarget[eth0]: `grep eth0 /proc/net/dev | sed 's/eth0://' | awk '{print $1; print $9; print ""; print ""}'`

Re: [OT] linking table of contents in a dvi file

2005-07-05 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 02:15:30PM -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Is it possible to have links in the "table of contents" of a dvi file? Yes. > I searched the web and thought that hyperref might be capable of doing > this. However, the documentation of hyperref is so cryptic

re:boot in xp

2005-07-05 Thread Chidrup Tripathi
After installing Debian on my laptop successfully, I installed Windows XP. Now when I boot, it goes straight into WIndows XP. What do I have to confgure to make it multi boot. I once did this wiht another Linux OS, but it was incompenent. IF you could help me I will be pleased. Chidrup

Re: boot in xp

2005-07-05 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 06:28:30PM -0700, Chidrup Tripathi wrote: > After installing Debian on my laptop successfully, I installed Windows > XP. Now when I boot, it goes straight into WIndows XP. What do I have > to confgure to make it multi boot. I once did this wiht another Linux > OS, but it was

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