Hi,
> > I allways thought, it stands for "Multi Media eXtensions" ??? But your'e
> > right, I think the K6 is PII performance for under-Original-Pentium price.
>
> I read (again, can't place it) that MMX stands for nothing; it justs
> sounded good to the PR guys at Intel.
That's not what I recal
Hi,
> Does the current Debian release work on a Pentium II platform? All the
> FAQs mention the Pentium and Pentium Pro but not the Pentium II. If not,
> when will the Pentium II be supported?
Yes it does. Many of us have Debian installed on PII systems, including
myself.
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> upload/download to directories that they have access to and 2) anonymous
> ftp download from /home/ftp is enabled but no world writeable upload
> directory is created.
#2 assumes that anonymous ftp directories are setup, doesn't it? I
believe that the default FTP daemon installation does not s
> I have installed Debian 1.3 and would like to set up appletalk. I
> installed the appletalk package but there was no appletalk.o module
> installed. The kernel (2.0.29) has appltalk configured as a module.
>
> Where can I get a pre-compiled module? OR...
>
> How do I compile just the appleta
Manoj wrote:
> Hmm. Those terms are generally used by the intellectually
> challenged. I shall make a note your affliction, and I offer you my
> sympathies. I shall also attempt to down grade any communication to
> you to words of one syllable, so that you may actually understand the
> s
Hi Alain,
> anyone know what's this and where to look for security advices and
> the likes (i dont know anymore where to start) ???
You might want to try Secure Shell and perhaps a one time password
package like OPIE.
Take a look at the following URL that has links to security software:
Hi,
> combination in between. It has a good package system and does not seem to
> have
> as many bugs as redhat. Although I could be wrong since red hat has a lot of
> patches. Try them yourself and get a feel for it.
This could be interpreted several ways. Either RedHat is quicker at
gettin
Hi,
> Can anyone suggest an easy way to ensure that I never download a debian
> kernel package where I already have a custom kernel installed?
> dpkg/apt/dselect
> continually replace my kernel-package-2.0.33 with the standard one,
> which doesn't suite my hardware at all of course (and causes ra
Hi,
> I own a Hercules Stingray 128/3D 3DFX card (pci)6 megs vidram.
> and when I do xwindows, I get gigantic icons and screens.
> has anyone else ran across this problem, if have please let me know how
> you repaired it.
I own an Intergraph Intense 3D Voodoo which has the same Voodoo Rush
chipse
Hi Mike,
Below is the message I sent to some one else who was having problems with
his Voodoo Rush card. I hope that it helps.
-Ossama
Forwarded message:
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I too have a card with the Voodoo Rush chipset, an Intergraph Intense 3D
Voodoo. The Xserver/driver
Hi,
> Wheh I am on the net (with netscape 3.04) my disk suddenly begins
> thrashing. A look at top shows a "find / ( -fstype" under user:nobody.
> The rather extensive find explains the disk thrashing, but who is
> nobody,
> and how do I tell him to knock it off. This has happened twice on two
>
gt;/dev/null
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On Debian, the PS/2 mouse device is /dev/psaux, not /dev/mouse. You must
also have PS/2 mouse support compiled into the kernel or as a module,
which it seems you already have.
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59x module
exist in /lib/modules/2.0.x/net? If not compile it as a module, install
it and reboot.
You don't have to write a driver, as you mentioned. The driver already
exists, as stated above.
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> > exist in /lib/modules/2.0.x/net? If not compile it as a module, install
> > it and reboot.
> No, the whole point of it being a module is that you can just use insmod
> to insert it, and you won't have to reboot at all.
Yes I know it isn't always necessary to reboot. However, I just like to
annot get the greeting message from server" error?
Thans for any help or suggestions.
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Hi,
I checked my inetd.conf and services files. Both had the correct afbackup
entries. The "backuphost" problem seems to be related to the fact that
afbackup is looking for "backuphost" instead of "localhost" which is what
is configured. If I add "backuphost" as an alias to localhost in
/etc/ho
deleting all of these PINE posts. :-)
And, yes I am a PINE user.
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Have you guys already tried Debian's "xbase-configure" yet? It is
normally run during the xbase package install, but I believe that it will
setup xdm to start at boot if you haven't already done so.
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Hi,
> loading device 'eth0'...
> eth0: 3c509 at 0x300 tag 1, 10baseT port, address 00 a0 24 e7 06 66, IRQ 3
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> But when I boot the machine it says: Network is unreachable
It sounds like your gateway hasn't been configured. Have you configured
your gate
Hi Hans,
> Thanks for the quick response, Ossama.
No problem. :)
> but I haven't found any files with any of the information
> about the network card specified during installation.
> Where should it be?
I'm not sure what you mean so I'll try to answer several questions:
- If you mean during in
re it shouldn't really present any problems, AFAIK.
Check the mailing list archives for Millenium II related subjects.
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> > Is there a way I can see how much information has been sent between my
> > computer and another computer?
>
> See ipfwadm -A ...
That assumes that a kernel is configured for firewalling, which not
everyone has configured, such as myself. :)
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Hi,
It is amazing how often this question is asked on this List. Perhaps a
FAQ should be created that explains how to use a Millenium II with Debian
1.3.1. :)
>I have a Matrox Millenium II video card and Linux Debian 1.3.1. I
>would like to install the X environment but so far I haven'
Hi,
> Yes .. ne was in /etc/modules .. and so it tried to load it on
> top of the kernel one ..
>
> Shouldnt make modules_install write over this file or something .. or
> be made too ?? with the up to date modules to run.
I don't believe it should. There are times when I want a module availa
Hi there,
> When I press M-g (which as a developer I use frequently) I get "A-g not
> defined". So my ALT key has reverted to ALT behaviour, instead of META
> which I am sure it was before.
>
> What has changed? I'm need my M-g! Thanks!
I also experienced this problem. On my system, the Meta k
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> Is the Pentium compiler stable and usable yet? Is it possible to have
> both it and standard gcc installed? How can one test that the Pentium
> compiler is truly helping? questions, questions, questions
The EGCS compiler already has pgcc optimizations integrated into it. Just
install the egc
> So - a completely undebianized XFree installation isn't neccesary as you
> have seen above.
Yes and No. :) I've always felt it better to use a piece a of software
with software it was intended to be used with; i.e. X332svga with X332*.
Also, I've been told that XF86Setup and xf86config in X33
Hi,
> I am not yet running debian, waiting for the new hd to arrive, would i have
> similar problems with my Mystique II, that people seem to be having with the
> Millenium II??
Check out:
http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.2/MGA1.html#1
(yep, there's a "#1" in there :))
For information on Mil
Hi,
> Perhaps we could consider having "make moudles_install" disable (ie
> comment out) any modules mentioned in /etc/modules that are not compiled
> into the current kernel. I would suggest that this shouldn't be done
> automatically, but should instead prompt the user for the change.
This sou
Hi Daniel,
> > I'm a bit confused. Why should I bother looking up something in the
> > archive that I wrote? Also, it wasn't me who asked. I was
> > attempting to answer the question. Hence, you get another smiley face.
> > :)
>
> Touche ... I think that I was confused when I wrote it, so don
Hi,
> might as well forget csh and learn sh. (This is similar to why I
> think Java/C can now replace C++, but I digress. :))
Ugh...I shudder the thought. I like C++ :)(although, I can
understand why)
> ksh = Kron Shell (an extension of sh)
> LocalWords: Kron
The correct name is "Kor
Hi Paul,
> > On the systems that I run, I have disabled all incoming telnets, ftps,
> > rsh/rlogin/rexec/etc, finger, rusers, ident, etc. The only way in is via
>
> I already use ssh, but would like to exclude access by other means just
> as you describe. How do I go about doing this? Is ther
Hi,
I'm not sure if this will help, but have you tried tweaking some of the
SCSI low level driver settings when you configure your kernel? Also, is
your kernel configured to support tape drives?
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> > 2. Can anyone suggest how I could restore NT as the default boot?
If fdisk /mbr doesn't work try to RTFM! :) Just kidding. Actually, LILO
stores the original MBR in /boot. Read the LILO docs in /usr/doc/lilo to
get detailed instructions on which file to "dd" and what dd flags are
needed.
Hi,
> Also, now I have lilo installed on the HDD and I cannot remove it. I've
> try "fdisk /mbr" from dos, but with no succes. Does anybody have a
> suggestion ?
Like I said to someone else, RTFM! :) LILO stores a copy of the original
MBR in /boot. Read the manual in /usr/doc/lilo for details
Hi,
> > I'm not sure if this will help, but have you tried tweaking some of the
> > SCSI low level driver settings when you configure your kernel?
>
> no I havn't...I supose I should take a look at the source code for the
> kernelSCSI
> drivers
I meant the SCSI low level driver settings when yo
Hi Steve,
> No I am not braver than you
> I didn't see any such configs when i did it (kernel 2.0.29...but they shoul
> dbe there
> if you see them I guess)
> anyway I will look again when I can but...
> I didn't see anything
Sorry, I gave you bad advice. :( I have an Adaptec 2940UW which uses
>
> I am using the Boot manager that comes with partition magic 3 (IBM thingy),
> and in order to boot linux it requires that Lilo is installed on the
> partition to boot. Quickly and easily, how do i install Lilo on /dev/hda6
> (thats the partition i want to boot) with only one boot option (linux
_ix86 (not glibc) binaries from any XFree86 mirror.
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Hi there,
Actually there is support for Intense 3D Voodoo. Where have you been? :)
The latest XF86_SVGA server has support for the AT25/AT3D chipset which is
on Voodoo Rush cards. I have the exact same card you have and it works
fine. If you can, install the XF86 3.3.2 Debian hamm packages.
Ot
Hi,
> Hi, I'm looking for a basic document describing how to take some basic
> (but important) steps towards securing your computer. Something that
> describes to the new user how to use things like tcpd, ssh, tripwire,
> and other things to keep their system secure. Something that is not
> comp
Hi,
> Thanks for letting me know, at least some people on here are willing to
> help others and not be bias on what kind of hardware they have.
No problem. Normally most people are very helpful. Sometimes there is
some controversy, however. :)
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since it seems like it shouldn't be necessary.
Thanks,
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ry upon login, too.
utmp's work fine for me on my Debian, RedHat, Digital Unix, Solaris and
SunOS systems. :)
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Hi,
> I have just installed debian linux and want to telnet into the machine.
> Neither telnet localhost nor telnet IPaddress do work, I am getting
> "connection refused".
>
> The inetd is running (checked with ps -aux),
> in host.allow I typed in ALL: ALL and removed
> the PARANOIC from hosts.de
Hi,
On 7 May 1998, Truxton King Fulton II wrote:
> The newer linux kernels do "serial console" if no video card is
> detected. This is a kernel configuration option -- get a new 2.1
> kernel and compile it.
Some people can't afford to take a chance on a development kernel,
especially if system
x27;t seem related to your X windows problem, but it
is. :)
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Hi,
> Here's a list of the files in /boot/
[snip]
> boot.0301
[snip]
Here is what the lilo manual says:
---
LILO automatically makes backup copies when it overwrites boot sectors.
They are named /boot/boot., with corresponding to the device
number, e.g. 0300 is /dev/hda, 08
Sorry, that should have been:
dd if=/boot/boot.0301 of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1
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machine which you can setup in your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny
file. Again, this assumes that the Debian package has tcp wrapper support
compiled in to it or you compiled in tcp wrapper support yourself.
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Hi,
> Since g++ is now seperate from gcc, I noticed after installing both of
> these that I have two directories under /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux.
> One is 2.7.2.3 from gcc and the other is egcs-2.90.26. Other than a few
> differences they seem to have the same files each taking almost 3M. I'm
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