Re: bash scripts: how to determine directory of 'source'd file

2006-01-31 Thread Randy Belk
michael wrote: On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 10:16 -0500, Juergen Fiedler wrote: On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 02:26:27PM +, michael wrote: Presuming I have a file setEnvVars.sh that I wish to source, . path/setEnvVars.sh How do I, within the script, determine the actual directory within which

Re: Grub install question?

2006-01-31 Thread Tiago Pedrosa
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:10:09 +0100 Ishwar Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a debian derivative with / on hda5 > that bots using grub (and is working). I > want to install another distribution on hda3, > it also asks if bootmanager (Grub) be installed > in MBR or root partition. So, will an inst

Re: VMPlayer installation problems

2006-01-31 Thread Bill Thompson
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:34:14 -0800 Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The headers do not appear to be available in Sarge anymore. Do I > need to upgrade to 2.6.8 and use the matching headers? I generally > try not to change kernels unless there is a really good reason to do > so. If I ca

Re: Not a Debian question, but you guys know this stuff...

2006-01-31 Thread thierry
Tyson Varosyan wrote: Thierry, did you read their posts to me? Assholes, is a gentle adjective used to describe people that respond in that manner to a request for help. Tyson Varosyan Technical Manager, Uptime Technical Solutions LLC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.up-times.com 206-715-TECH (8324) UpT

Re: Not a Debian question, but you guys know this stuff...

2006-01-31 Thread Tony Godshall
According to Tyson Varosyan, > Given the fact that Katipo and Alvin were the only ones to reply to this > thread and nether proved to know anything about how to resolve my issue, I > thought that I should post the resolution here so that others looking for > the answer later would not have to bo

RE: Not a Debian question, but you guys know this stuff...

2006-01-31 Thread Tyson Varosyan
Hi Ed, Thanks for the response. However, I feel that you reverse-engineered the answer here. Instead of searching for how to install multiple instances of httpd (which is what the manual says to do), you already knew that answer was to run multiple instances of the same installation and googled fo

Re: Grub install question?

2006-01-31 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Tiago Pedrosa wrote: > On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:10:09 +0100 > Ishwar Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > a debian derivative with / on hda5 > > that bots using grub (and is working). I > > want to install another distribution on hda3, > > it also asks if bootmanager (Grub)

Re: Unsure about security requirements for workstation/server

2006-01-31 Thread Yasir Assam
Thanks Oliver. I didn't know about shorewall, so it's good that you recommended it. I should have mentioned that I already use a router, built in to my ADSL modem, so as far as incoming connections go I have to explicitly set up those ports on my ADSL modem/router (so I will have to forward p

Re: mysql 5.0

2006-01-31 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 10:02:29PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 08:32:38AM -0600, Steve Block wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 09:56:37AM +0800, linux china wrote: > > >Yes, My system is woody, 3.0 r4. could I apt-get upgrade, then system will > > >be at the same level

Re: Not a Debian question, but you guys know this stuff...

2006-01-31 Thread Edward Shornock
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 03:22:08PM -0800, Tyson Varosyan wrote: > Hi Ed, > > Thanks for the response. However, I feel that you reverse-engineered the > answer here. Instead of searching for how to install multiple instances of > httpd (which is what the manual says to do), you already knew that an

Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?

2006-01-31 Thread Lance Simmons
Right now, when spam makes it through spamassassin, I report it with an "X" according to the following line in my .muttrc: macro index X "|/usr/bin/spamassassin -r\nunset wait_key\n=spam/caughtspam\n" "Spamassassin report and classify as spam" Is there some way for me to tag multiple spams and

fun Re: wrong RE: Not a Debian question, but you guys know this stuff...

2006-01-31 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya kent On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Kent West wrote: > Alvin, you and I have both been on this list long enough that it's > obvious to me that you're a smart guy with lots of valuable knowledge > and skills. But why be rude? yeah... i guess it's easy to confuse "rude" with "poking fun at um" i'm a

Mozilla Suite and Seamonkey

2006-01-31 Thread [KS]
Hello all, Seamonkey 1.0 has been recently released. And with mozilla.org stopping the suite's development, the current version of mozilla i.e. 1.7.x will be the last significant release (only security updates on this will be provided by mozilla.org). What are Debian's plans for seamonkey? Will i

RE: Not a Debian question, but you guys know this stuff...

2006-01-31 Thread loos
Em Ter, 2006-01-31 às 15:22 -0800, Tyson Varosyan escreveu: > Hi Ed, > > Thanks for the response. However, I feel that you reverse-engineered the > answer here. Instead of searching for how to install multiple instances of > httpd (which is what the manual says to do), you already knew that answer

Re: Mozilla Suite and Seamonkey

2006-01-31 Thread Felix Miata
[KS] wrote: > Seamonkey 1.0 has been recently released. And with mozilla.org stopping > the suite's development, the current version of mozilla i.e. 1.7.x will > be the last significant release (only security updates on this will be > provided by mozilla.org). What are Debian's plans for seamonk

Re: strange disk access

2006-01-31 Thread BTP
I checked my logs and noticed nothing out of the ordinary routine anywwhere. At the time I did as you recommend to run top and ps but my system was operating so poorly all I got to see was a sad load average of 3+ during all the chaos in GNOME... Thanks a lot for recommending atop, it looks like

Re: Grub install question?

2006-01-31 Thread Dan Layman
. > > I am confused by your answer. Does the new ditro grub install go > in MBR or in partition hda3? > > -ishwar > > That would depend on what you asked it to do. Most distros I have experience with will let you install grub wherever you wish, or not at all. Where it installs depends on which

dctc/rccp -> direct connect documentation on debian?

2006-01-31 Thread Jean-Rene David
I'm looking to use a console client for the Direct Connect protocol. The dctc/rccp combination looks promising but I can't find documentation to start me up. Running: dctc -n username -s /path/to/share/dir \ -p port -f -g hub.address Gives me: NFO ] ""Direct Connect Text Client v0.85.9| hubip: h

upgrade screwed up my network.

2006-01-31 Thread Sean J. Fraley
Earlier tonight, I ran an upgrade with aptitude, and my network configuration started acting weird. Previously, I had set eth0 up to use a static IP of 192.168.15.10 with the household router's IP of 192.168.15.1 as the gateway and nameserver. This had been working fine for months. A

debian etch & sylpheed-claws-gtk not working

2006-01-31 Thread Rodney D. Myers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 debian etch & SC-gtk 1.9.100-2 Sylphhed-claws-gtk is my preferred email client. Yet it seems while in hospital it was broken. Everything is installed, yet when I run SC from within gdb, I get this error message; gdb /usr/bin/sylpheed-claws-gtk2 GNU

Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?

2006-01-31 Thread Ken Wahl
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 05:55:17PM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote: > Right now, when spam makes it through spamassassin, I report it with an > "X" according to the following line in my .muttrc: > > macro index X "|/usr/bin/spamassassin -r\nunset > wait_key\n=spam/caughtspam\n" "Spamassassin report a

k3b is not able to detect dvd+rw-tools package

2006-01-31 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Hi Using Debian unstable, latest k3b. When I run $sudo k3b I get a popup error saying Unable to find growisofs executable K3b uses growisofs to actually write dvds. Without growisofs you won't be able to write dvds. Make sure to install at least version 5.10. Solution: Install the dvd+rw-to

Re: upgrade screwed up my network.

2006-01-31 Thread Edward Shornock
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 10:30:49PM -0500, Sean J. Fraley wrote: > Earlier tonight, I ran an upgrade with aptitude, and my network > configuration started acting weird. Previously, I had set eth0 > up to use a static IP of 192.168.15.10 with the household > router's IP of 19

Re: fun Re: wrong RE: Not a Debian question, but you guys know this stuff...

2006-01-31 Thread Steve Lamb
Alvin Oga wrote: i'm a sucker for flamebait andpoking fun ... :-0 always fun if one doesn't emotional about it and hopefully learn a thing or 2 along the way.. AKA "Trolling". to me... it was 100% in fun .. but i guess i can see how it can also be rude when one makes fun of somebody else

Re: Grub install question?

2006-01-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 31 January 2006 18:25, Ishwar Rattan wrote: >On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Tiago Pedrosa wrote: >> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:10:09 +0100 >> >> Ishwar Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > a debian derivative with / on hda5 >> > that bots using grub (and is working). I >> > want to install another d

Re: upgrade screwed up my network.

2006-01-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 31 January 2006 22:30, Sean J. Fraley wrote: > Earlier tonight, I ran an upgrade with aptitude, and my network > configuration started acting weird. Previously, I had set eth0 up to > use a static IP of 192.168.15.10 with the household router's IP of > 192.168.15.1 as the gateway and na

Can I fix this with apt-get???

2006-01-31 Thread Rob Blomquist
I had a total of 3 crashes during my initial install of Debian Sarge about 2 weeks ago. I am noticing a number of buggy problems: -needed to install ghostscript for CUPS to work. -Still have no access to my cardreader as the USB subsection sees it, but is not mounting it. -Evolution refused to

Re: gEDA-user: Tin pest

2006-01-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 01 February 2006 00:48, Larry Doolittle wrote: And we are now officially Off Topic. >Gene - > >On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 12:43:00AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> To Larry, all I'm getting from you now is a CR bounce. I don't do >> CR's. > >What's a CR? > >- Larry Back on the

forwarding iptable packets

2006-01-31 Thread Jon Miller
I'm having a major problem trying to forward packets from either a workstation of the LAn to the Internet. I want to be sure I'm doing this correctly. I set a forward rule: $IPT -A FORWARD -i $INT_IFACE -o eth1 -p tcp --dport 1262 -j ACCEPT Then I set a PREROUTING rule $IPT -A PREROUTING -i $EX

Re: forwarding iptable packets

2006-01-31 Thread Edward Shornock
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 07:11:07AM +0800, Jon Miller wrote: > I'm having a major problem trying to forward packets from either a > workstation of the LAn to the Internet. I want to be sure I'm doing > this correctly. > I set a forward rule: > $IPT -A FORWARD -i $INT_IFACE -o eth1 -p tcp --dport

Re: upgrade screwed up my network.

2006-01-31 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 31 January 2006 19:30, Sean J. Fraley wrote: > Web browsing and e-mail work fine, but accessign other systems on the LAN > does not. If I run "/etc/init.d/networking restart" the original static IP > of 192.168.15.1 gets set and LAN access works, but web browsing and e-mail > do not.

weird fam/samba problem

2006-01-31 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; I have a machine out in the workshop that I occasionally mount via a samba share. Its a debian variant, hence this posting to both lists. At present, no shells are logged into it, nor any utilities are open to the share known as /mnt/shop-slash on this machine. But if I try to umoun

remove a package entry that has "rc" in the begining on "dpkg -l"

2006-01-31 Thread Siju George
Hi all, I understand that the package below is not installed but the confiruration files remain # dpkg -l |grep apache rc libapache2-mod 4.3.10-16 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag How do I purge the configuration files too and get this package out of dpkg listing? Thankyou so

gnome shutdown no longer asks for root password

2006-01-31 Thread Nick Dreyer
When I initially got my gnome desktop up and running (default debian 3.1r1 install), I was glad to see that it would not let you shut the system down without asking for root's password. Something has happened since then - I have no idea what - that causes the shutdown sequence to start of immediat

Can I make epiphany use other than gnome default pdf viewer?

2006-01-31 Thread Nick Dreyer
I would like to be able to use another pdf-viewer than the default gnome pdf-viewer that the epiphany web browser comes set up with. I did a standard debian 3.1r1 install, which gave me epiphany 1.4.8 Is it possible to configure epiphany to change its pdf-viewer? I can't figure this out from the

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2006-01-31 Thread Don Celestra
HI,   This is Don Celestra and I’m a user of Intel D915GVWB. May I ask how do I disabling the USP ports. Somehow I already disabled the USB port to the BIOS but when I’m going to log-in to windows the USB port still working. Does it have any configuration except for the System Device prop

install krita. Broken pioe. Do I need a plumber?

2006-01-31 Thread Scott
# apt-get install krita -t experimental Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following packages will be upgraded: krita 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 91 not upgraded. 44 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/13.7MB of archives. After unpack

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