Re: Strange net problem (MAC-adress?)

2003-08-10 Thread Andreas Janssen
a, not to XFree. The firewall logs these messages, and your system probably is configured to display them on a console. Take a look at /etc/syslog.conf or your firewall configuration. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered

Re: CD access prob

2003-08-12 Thread Andreas Janssen
mount: only root can mount /dev/scd0 on /cdrw > > I've given permissions on /cdrw. What have I forgotten here? The permissions for the mount point do not matter. Do you have a line for the device in your fstab? If not, users cannot mount it. best regards Andreas Janssen

Re: Internet Connection Sharing

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
Can you ping the windows system? Can you ping IP addresses on the internet? If yes, did you tell your Debian system which nameservers to use? best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Making a file system image

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
/loop-dir -o loop Please note: if you want to use encryption, you have to use the encryption parameters with losetup before you make the file system. best regrads Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: removing traces of exim

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
will not reinstall the config files. > I notice that there is a script exim.postrm in the directory > /var/lib/dpkg/info. Would it be enough to run this script manually? Try dpkg --purge exim instead. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID:

Re: Alsa-utils make error

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
curses... no > configure: error: this packages requires a curses library > How do I proceed? You need ncurses packages. If you use Woody, install libncurses5 and libncurses5-dev. bets regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Register

Re: Strange net problem (MAC-adress?)

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
mean that it is blocked. Traffic can also be logged and then be accepted. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What this error mean?

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
You could feed google with: dma_intr : error = 0x84 {drive status error badcrc} It finds a lot of information about these problems ans possible reasons. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSC

Re: /usr/sbin/pppd: bad local IP address 127.0.0.1

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
ugh > that user is a member of the dip group. Try to set the "noipdefault" option in /etc/ppp/peers/provider. See man pppd for more information. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSU

Re: cdrecord suddenly doesn't allow burning

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
make them read-writable for the group. BTW, please correct me if I am wrong, but I think if you want to run cdrecord suid root, setting the suid bit on the /usr/bin/cdrecord script will not work (as suid bits on scripts are ignored). Instead, you will have to set the suid bit on the binaries. bes

Re: CD-Writer on Debian Woody

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
your device is shown several times in /proc/scsi/scsi, add the following to the append line of your bootloader: max_scsi_luns=1 best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: apt through proxy

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
t; > How can I do that to get apt-get working through my Proxy > server? Google found this: Add a line like this to your /etc/apt/apt.conf: acquire::http::proxy "http://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:port"; best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PG

Re: Cups and gimp

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
imp/Gimp-Print 4.2.5 > > and then it feed empty papers until I empty "cups job" and turn off > the printer. > The printer is a HP DeskJet 610C. Did you install the gimp1.2-print or gimp1.3-print packages and configure your printer in gimp? best regards Andreas Jansse

Re: Activating vim color?

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
n to syntax on or create your own ~/.vimrc best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cdrecord suddenly doesn't allow burning

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
me what to do to make cd writing > possible again (for normal users) ? Did you check the permissions for the device files /dev/scd* and /dev/sg*? They should be owned by root.cdrom and be read-writable by owner and group. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Curious GUI problem

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
nager to change it. You can also change your login manager (for example by installing kdm). best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Turn on the service

2003-08-15 Thread Andreas Janssen
run (take a look at /etc/init.d for the scripts and /etc/rc*.d for the links). Please remember that services like telnet and ftp send passwords and data over the net in cleartext. Maybe you want to use ssh and sftp instead, which support encryption. best regards Andreas Janssen -- An

Re: Turn on the service

2003-08-15 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Ron Johnson (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 13:34, Andreas Janssen wrote: >> >> Victory (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > [snip] >> Activating/Decativating: >> >> You can use update-inetd for services started by inetd or

Re: Woody Stable Kernel

2003-08-16 Thread Andreas Janssen
hitecture specific kernel images available like kernel-image-2.4.18-686-1 or kernel-image-2.4.18-k7-1 which you maybe want to use instead of the installation kernel. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #26

Re: Woody Stable Kernel

2003-08-16 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Stephane (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Le Sat, 16 Aug 2003 09:15:25 +0200 > Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > >> The installation kernel is not known to the package management. Do >> apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4 >> This will

Re: Lost /etc/init.d/mysql

2003-08-16 Thread Andreas Janssen
, extract it to some dir with dpkg -x and copy the missing init script to /etc/init.d. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe&

Re: Woody Stable Kernel

2003-08-16 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Stephane (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Le Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:36:07 +0200 > Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > >> Recent packages are not affected by the ptrace bug. This was >> corrected with version >> kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4_2.4.1

Re: EnsonIQ 1370, KDE, USB Mouse?

2003-08-16 Thread Andreas Janssen
ci (depending on your USB controller), the hid and mousedev drivers and maybe also the usbmouse module. And set XFree to the correct input devices and protocol. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ISA network cards

2003-08-16 Thread Andreas Janssen
also specify the irq and i/o values manually. And you can take a look at the isapnptools package. And of course going to google.com or groups.google.com and searching for something like "d-link 220 isa kernel module" will probably give you some information. best regards Andre

Re: Building Ati Radeon 9000 module for Debian bf24 Kernel

2003-08-17 Thread Andreas Janssen
the right directory? Can I build a > module for the bf24 kernel using the kernel-source-2.4.18 source code? Maybe you have to configure the source first (use the config file in /boot for this). Or you try to compile the driver using the kernel-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4 package instead of the source.

Re: Problem with X

2003-08-18 Thread Andreas Janssen
lace "nv" with "nvidia" in your config file or use dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 for this. However, If you didn't do it, please first try to turn off the Kernel framebuffer option as Stephane already proposed. Many nvidia cards won't work if it is activated. best r

Re: Problem with X

2003-08-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Hooman (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > --- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> However, If you didn't do it, please first try to >> turn off the Kernel >> framebuffer option as Stephane already proposed. >> Many nvidia cards >&g

Re: Problem with X

2003-08-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
on the fly requires you to use XFree 4.3. And I think only the latest beta of Gnome 2.4 has an option in it's control center for doing this. But I may be wrong, I don't use Gnome at all. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Reg

Re: How to upgrade kernel and another question about nvidia driver

2003-08-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
NVIDIA_something.run (don't know exactly). You need to make it executable and then run it as root (or run /bin/sh /path/to/NVIDIA_something.run). I described the procedure in a message in the "Problem with X" thread. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL P

Re: Question: What is it meant from SECURITY in Linux

2003-08-20 Thread Andreas Janssen
s"? To learn more about security problems of Debian packages, go to <http://security.debian.org> and read the security announements or subscribe to the debian security announcement list here: <http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/> best regards Andreas Janssen

Re: artsd

2003-08-20 Thread Andreas Janssen
be an option for the sound server not to be loaded at startup. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LILO ! framebuffer

2003-08-22 Thread Andreas Janssen
n "vga=normal". This should turn off the framebuffer. best regards Andreas Jassen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: System clock GMT or not

2003-08-22 Thread Andreas Janssen
using tzconfig but I did not find a > hint on how to change the setting from 'HW clock set to GMT' to 'HW > clock set to local time'. Try re-running base-config. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered

Re: Woody Stable Kernel

2003-08-24 Thread Andreas Janssen
ot; It doesn't know it is installed. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel vs driver question

2003-08-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
ewhere? Another way could be trying to recompile the driver module against the kernel header package matching your image, but I don't know if this works with all drivers (and if you have the driver source). best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key

Re: Linux - CDR

2003-08-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
up with the cdrom group. If you add your user id to a group, you will have to log out and log in again to apply the change. If your cdrecord executable still cannot be found afterwards, try to reconfigure the path K3b expects programs to be (something like Options/Programs in K3b). best

Re: Debian and KDE

2003-08-28 Thread Andreas Janssen
ay of getting > Debian closed down? Does CTRL+ALT+DEL not work? Which login manager do you use? If you use XDM, you can switch to KDM. KDM allows you to shutdown your computer if it is properly configured. Call kcontrol as root (e.g. kdesu kcontrol) to check this. Try apt-get install kdm

Re: Debian and KDE (Update)

2003-08-28 Thread Andreas Janssen
use your X. Use "kdesu kppp" as user instead if you want to run it as root while logged in as user. However this should not be necessary (see below). > I think it is a permission issue. You need to be in the group that has > access to the dialer, I think it is the dialo

Re: Debian and KDE (Update 2)

2003-08-28 Thread Andreas Janssen
ne knows could you tell me the file that has to be modified. Check the permissions for kppp. The kppp executable normally is only executable by owner (root) and group (dip). Make sure you are member of the dip group. If you add yourself to the dip group while logged in with your user id, you have t

Re: Slow CD burning with k3b, cdrecord

2003-08-28 Thread Andreas Janssen
sions of these files. Maybe dpkg-reconfigure cdrecord can change the settings for you. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: modules of different kernels (same version)

2003-08-28 Thread Andreas Janssen
t its extraversion and automatically looks for modules in the correct directory. Maybe you also want to take a look at kernel-package and its make-kpkg program. It allows you to make deb packages containing kernel source, doc, image/modules and headers from your source. best regards Andreas

Re: Getting KDE 3.1

2003-08-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
ll not work because apt will try to install the KDE 2.2.2 kde package. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Getting KDE 3.1

2003-08-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
to wait or get the packages from unstable. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: scsi device for cdrdao

2003-08-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
if it is suid root). Maybe you want to change group ownership from root to cdrom and make them read/writable for group as well. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: Quoting

2003-08-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
be worth a try, at least to turn off OE's most annoying habits. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Getting KDE 3.1

2003-08-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Grand Apeiron (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Andreas Janssen wrote: >> As far as I know there is no backport of KDE 3.1.3 for Sarge. This >> question has been discussed recently on debian-user-german, and I >> think at the moment you either have to wait or get th

Re: Getting KDE 3.1

2003-08-30 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello William Bradley (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Friday 29 August 2003 05:08 pm, Andreas Janssen wrote: >> >> The difference is that the packages on kde.org are built for stable, >> not for unstable. > > I am running the stable or Woody version of Debian

Re: Getting KDE 3.1

2003-08-30 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello William Bradley (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Friday 29 August 2003 04:15 am, Andreas Janssen wrote: >> >> [Getting KDE 3 backports from ftp.kde.org] > > I did the above and when I updated the etc/apt/souces.list I opened > access to the security update

Re: Getting KDE 3.1

2003-08-30 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello William Bradley (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Saturday 30 August 2003 09:45 am, Andreas Janssen wrote: >> William Bradley (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >>> On Friday 29 August 2003 04:15 am, Andreas Janssen wrote: >>>> [Getting KDE 3 backports

Re: Problem with KDE 3 upgrade

2003-09-01 Thread Andreas Janssen
some packages were removed instead of being upgraded, among them konqueror. Try installing kdebase. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: KDE Sound Server Test Silent, But OSS Driver Works

2003-09-01 Thread Andreas Janssen
king. I probably should have just lived with it, because > I can't figure out how to fix things now. Are you in the audio group? best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Internet connection sharing with WinXP: DNS problem

2003-09-02 Thread Andreas Janssen
.. >> Any idea how to make surfing the net possible with such a setup? > > Try obtaining the IP addresses of your ISPs DNS servers and use them > for DNS > resolution. That may work. As Jörg's ISP seems to be T-Online, maybe he should add these nameserver entries to his /etc/

Re: Fdisk cannot detect my harddisk

2003-09-02 Thread Andreas Janssen
sting ones), you have to disable that option. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: bf24 and usb problems

2003-09-02 Thread Andreas Janssen
he base system. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: remove Debian

2003-09-02 Thread Andreas Janssen
ot;fdisk /mbr". bets regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lm-sensors

2003-09-02 Thread Andreas Janssen
for your kernel, but you can compile the modules and create your own package with make-kpkg from the kernel-package package. There is some Documentation available here: <http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html> best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL P

Re: KDE3

2003-09-03 Thread Andreas Janssen
gure out how to get to KDE 3. If you run into problems after upgrading and making sure all necessary packages are installed, try to move your ~/.kde folder somewhere else. Sometimes kde 3 behaves strange with the old configuration files. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [E

Re: KDE3

2003-09-03 Thread Andreas Janssen
ng KDE. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ppp0 as default?

2003-09-04 Thread Andreas Janssen
> reconnect, it must be issued to use ppp0 again. Set the option in the ppp configuration. There is a "defaultroute" option set in my /etc/ppp/peers/myprovider. The man page for pppd says something about this. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ?dm startup problems

2003-09-04 Thread Andreas Janssen
by server > ^M > kdm_greet: cannot connect to X server :0 Does logging in on a console and using startx work? best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: logrotate help

2003-09-04 Thread Andreas Janssen
files are not being rotated and are getting quite large. > > In what area of logrotate do I need to add these, do I have to add > them all seperately ? You can use wild cards in the logrotate configuration. Take a look at the files in /etc/logrotate.d and the logrotate man page. best r

Re: iptables :( internet

2003-09-05 Thread Andreas Janssen
howto: <http://www.netfilter.org/unreliable-guides/packet-filtering-HOWTO/> Or do a search on the web, there is plenty of information available. Try masquerading iptables as keywords. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registere

Re: Please, no GUI boot.

2003-11-17 Thread Andreas Janssen
ave a graphical login with xdm or gdm, why don't you just deinstall the packages? best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installation Problem

2003-11-17 Thread Andreas Janssen
e available. Type bf24 at the prompt directly after booting to load 2.4.18 for installation. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xfree86/x-server/x-window

2003-11-17 Thread Andreas Janssen
uot;Device" section of the XFree config file (/etc/X11/XF86Config-4) best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How do I use dpkg without superuser privileges?

2003-11-18 Thread Andreas Janssen
le like a tar >>>file. I DO NOT WANT TO INSTALL IT. I just want to >>>UNPACK it like i might a TAR file. >>> > > Well, then use tar. :) > > ar -pf some.deb data.tar.gz | tar xzf - Or use dpkg: dpkg -x package . will extract the deb (with paths) to the curr

Re: What up with www.debian.org ?

2003-11-21 Thread Andreas Janssen
from stable, instead of > stable/updates. I also downloaded chkrootkit from the upstream site, > and it came out clean. Should I worry yet? Looks to me more like there is a new revision of Woody (there is a Debian3.0r2 directory on the ftp server). So maybe the servers just have problems wit

Re: apt-getting source for my kernel

2003-11-26 Thread Andreas Janssen
-source-2.4.18/.config, changing the EXTRAVERSION in the Makefile to -bf2.4 and running make oldconfig. Maybe you also have to run make dep. However, probably you don't need the complete source and the headers are sufficient. Try installing the kernel-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4 instead first.

Re: New Debian release

2003-11-26 Thread Andreas Janssen
llaneous Bugfixes" for a list. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-get etiquette

2003-11-26 Thread Andreas Janssen
packages.debian.org>, but it seems to be down right now). best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: No sound in web pages with flash animations

2003-11-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
gin. Did you try to tell Mozilla to use arts? You can tell mozilla which soundwrapper to use, run dpkg-reconfigure mozilla-browser. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: eject command for normal users and some other stuff

2003-11-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
not/ the hard disks) to root.cdrom. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Usable X login/starter in Debian needed

2003-11-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
gt; gnome), KDM > (requires too much of KDM). Does anyone know a simple solution? Try wdm. By default, it allows you to shutdown if you have the root password, maybe it can be configured to let normal users shutdown as well. Changing permission for shutdown might also allow wdm to do it, but I did

Re: x-window-system-dev for installing X-Window includes?

2003-11-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
(this > means C header files, right?) I found the meta package > x-window-system-dev but this seems to be for installing a complete X > window development environment and really overkill for this. > > Is there a more specific package for X includes? Try xlibs-dev. best regards

Re: loading iptables when debian server reboots

2003-11-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
oading a saved state, you can use /etc/init.d/iptables. Or you can also create your own init script setting the rules you want. bets regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: No NIC and No X - WTF Does It Take?

2003-11-28 Thread Andreas Janssen
rk with Debian? Perhaps you couldn't select the driver in modconf because it is built into your kernel. What does /etc/network/interfaces say about your card? Maybe you want to install the etherconf package. If you want to rerun it's configuration dialog later, use dpkg-reconfigure etherco

Re: X won't start

2003-11-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
>Section "Device" > Identifier "Generic Video Card" > Driver "ati" > Option "UseFBDev" "true" >EndSection I think you need to change the driver from "ati" to "

Re: Modules/Ethernet setup

2003-11-30 Thread Andreas Janssen
n interfaces) or install etherconf (you can run dpkg-reconfigure etherconf later to change the configuration). best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Debian Package Finder, where?

2003-12-02 Thread Andreas Janssen
; > Is there a mirror or equivalent search engine? Try apt-get install apt-file best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to shutdown openbsd ssh server and samba server

2003-12-02 Thread Andreas Janssen
server. You can of course also remove the symlinks in the runlevel directories /etc/rc*.d. To disable the samba server, try dpkg-reconfigure samba best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: HOWTO configure Debian Woody

2003-12-03 Thread Andreas Janssen
ed, do apt-get install x-window-system-core Use dpkg to check the status of a package: dpkg -l xserver-xfree86 should show ii for installed. You can, by the way, use etherconf (apt-get etherconf, dpkg-reconfigure etherconf) to configure/reconfigure your ethernet card if you don't want to edit

Re: kernel-image-2.4.18-686 vs. kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686

2003-12-03 Thread Andreas Janssen
from breaking things automatically. Btw, does anyone know why the name for 2.4.18-bf2.4 was left unchanged? best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: Sound problems

2003-12-04 Thread Andreas Janssen
laster or xmms. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: loading ide-scsi at bootup

2003-12-04 Thread Andreas Janssen
gt; setting it so that it is loaded at startup. Edit /etc/modules and add ide-scsi or use modconf. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: changing from xdm to kdm

2003-12-04 Thread Andreas Janssen
xdm. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Andreas Janssen
already comes with Kernel 2.4.18 packages. 2.2.20-idepci is the default installation kernel, you can however also install Debian using 2.4.18-bf2.4. or install some 2.4.18 package at any later time. Make sure security.debian.org is in your sources.list, and install kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686/

Re: Kernel options - how to determine which are needed?

2003-12-04 Thread Andreas Janssen
nel is stored in /boot (/boot/config-2.2.20-idepci in your case). You can try to use it with the new kernel source by copying it to /path/to/kernel-source/.config and running "make oldconfig". best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0

Re: permamently load a network module

2003-12-04 Thread Andreas Janssen
is not loaded at startup ] Either add a line eepro100 to /etc/modules, manually or by using modconf, or add a line alias eth0 eepro100 to /etc/modutils/aliases or your own file in /etc/modutils and run update-modules to save the change to /etc/modules.conf. best regards Andreas Jansse

Re: New kernel cud not detect ethernet cards

2003-12-05 Thread Andreas Janssen
/path/to/kernel-source/.config - ran "make oldconfig" To see exactly what's going on, you first have to find out which drivers your ethernet cards use. dmesg | less using the old kernel can tell you. Next, find out if your new kernel has these drivers, by using make xconfig or make menu

Re: Newbie: installation using iso images on hard disk

2003-12-06 Thread Andreas Janssen
es to your sources.list. <http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200207/msg05541.html> best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &

Re: to let the "shutdown -h now" make the power really go off

2003-12-06 Thread Andreas Janssen
apm It that works, add apm to /etc/modules to load it automatically. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Configuring Sound problems

2003-12-06 Thread Andreas Janssen
work for Sound Blaster clones. If the sound device is connected via PCI, use lspci to get a listing and identify the chip. If it is connected via ISA, maybe isapnpdump from the isapnptools package can help you. Taking a look at the bootup information or at Windows control center can also help. best r

Re: compiled and installed new kernel, but dkpg does not find it

2003-12-06 Thread Andreas Janssen
xtension. Try dpkg -l kernel-image* to get a list and see how they are called. Your package probably is called kernel-image-2.4.22-nvidia best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: who calls /ETC/MODULES

2003-12-06 Thread Andreas Janssen
om /etc/modules are loaded by /etc/init.d/modutils. During boot, it is executed through the symlink /etc/rcS.d/S20modutils. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: installed nvidia driver, but permission denied while trying tuxracer

2003-12-07 Thread Andreas Janssen
e proper way to do it? I installed the driver using the installer from nvidia.com and the permissions are crw-rw-rw-, only owner.group is root.root, so I think it should be okay. By the way, did you log out and in again after adding yourself to the video group? Otherwise the system won't kno

Re: Wvdial and mysterious /dev/ttyS0 permission change

2003-12-07 Thread Andreas Janssen
nnections with pon/poff if you are in the dip group, and you can create your own ones for use with kppp /without/ kppp being suid root, if you are in the dialout group. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debian port for spamassassin ?

2003-12-08 Thread Andreas Janssen
orts.org/debian woody spamassassin The first one maybe is still not available because of the hack of the Debian servers, the second one should work. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBS

Re: mouse

2003-12-08 Thread Andreas Janssen
us what kind of mouse you use, how it is connected to your computer, and how the InputDevice part or your XFree config file looks like. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Wvdial and mysterious /dev/ttyS0 permission change

2003-12-08 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello csj (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On 7. December 2003 at 10:52PM +0100, > Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You can of course use predefined connections with pon/poff if >> you are in the dip group, and you can create your own ones for >

Re: Newbie kernel-source package question

2003-12-08 Thread Andreas Janssen
k to do_brk in mm/mmap.c (DSA-403-1) -- Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:50:50 + best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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