Re: 2 simple questions

2001-02-16 Thread Anthony Fox
"Brad Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > other question may be a little more complicated. I am using gdm to > login and I normaly run Enlightenment but I wanted to try out Gnome > but when I selecect it from the gdm menu it starts gnome and kde > together. I have replaced the /etc/gdm/Sessions

cannot forward X11

2001-02-18 Thread Anthony Fox
Hello, I have recently upgraded to XF4.0.2. I cannot forward some remote computers' DISPLAY to my local XServer. For example, I have a FreeBSD firewall for which I cannot forward the DISPLAY variable to the Debian box. I can forward local accounts, such as root, and run X11 apps. I can forward

Re: cannot forward X11

2001-02-18 Thread Anthony Fox
Nate Amsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > try :0.0 I did. It didn't work. Any other ideas? -anthony.

Re: cannot forward X11

2001-02-18 Thread Anthony Fox
Erdmut Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > not sure, but it may have to do with your firewall settings... > Direct (non-tunneled) X connections use the port range 6000+N (where N > is the display number, i.e. :0 = 6000, :1 = 6001, ...), so packets > destined for these ports need to be routed cor

Re: cannot forward X11

2001-02-18 Thread Anthony Fox
Just to add: When I try to use the -X option with ssh, I get the following error: ant@ ~ $ ssh -X ant@'s password: Warning: Remote host denied X11 forwarding. ant@ ~ $ Anthony

Re: cannot forward X11

2001-02-18 Thread Anthony Fox
Erdmut Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 11:00:09PM -0500, Anthony Fox wrote: > > Just to add: > > > > When I try to use the -X option with ssh, I get the following error: > > > > ant@ ~ $ ssh -X > > ant@'s passwo

Re: ssh-client, which terminal emulation?

2001-02-20 Thread Anthony Fox
Florian Kessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > i want to connect to a remote linux server via ssh using nifty-telnet (mac) > or putty (win32). > Which terminal emulation is the right? Vt102 doesn´t work for me, because > all funktion keys, insert, delete and some others aren´t mapped corre

Re: Ip masquerading help

2001-02-20 Thread Anthony Fox
"Guilherme Barile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello debian users. > I am having the following ip masquerading issue: > > 1) I have four networks in my office > > 200.189.194.144 (netmask 255.255.255.248) - internet servers > > 10.0.0.x (netmask 255.255.255.0) - internal network > > 10.0.1.x

Re: *.gz

2001-02-23 Thread Anthony Fox
Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > this is a very elemental question: how can I read a text file which is > gzipped? > Al documentation files are stored in this way... eg README.gz zless Anthony

Re: Netscape setup

2001-02-25 Thread Anthony Fox
"Jason N. Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How exactly do I get netscape working? I did an apt-get of > netscape, but don't really know what to do after that. I tried > running netscape from an xterm, but it complained that the Display > was incorrect. I tried exporting the Display variable

Re: #! syntax

2001-02-26 Thread Anthony Fox
"Michael O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hola~ > > Is there any way to have a #! syntax that will conditionally run a > interpreter based on a set of fallback locations? > > For example, we have a perl install in /dir/bin/perl. However, if > you are at a non-work machine (ie, at home), yo

KDE packages being held back

2001-02-27 Thread Anthony Fox
Hello, This morning I attempted to apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade. I am told that the new KDE packages are being held back. Does anyone know why they should be held back? So I attempted to upgrade the KDE packages through dselect. The dependencies show that kscd depends on libasound whic

Re: Opening .gz files with links

2001-03-05 Thread Anthony Fox
Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd like to read manuals in .gz format without having to gunzip them, > which is possible with lynx. Can links do this too? Well, I am not sure what you mean by links, but you can use zless to read *.gz files without unzipping them first. In fact, there

Re: Simple c program won't compile

2001-03-05 Thread Anthony Fox
Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > The following program: > > > #include > #include > > int main(int argv, char **argc){ > double x; > > x=sqrt(5.0); > } > > > does not compile. Instead I get the errors: > > $ gcc thick.c > /tmp/ccU9fgSr.o: In function `main': > /tm

Re: Email client and conversion from Netscape Mail on win32

2001-03-06 Thread Anthony Fox
Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I am not on the debian-user list, so please cc me as well as the > list... > > I have been using netscape mail for several years on winblows, and > have over 50 folders and even more filters. I have been getting > about 10,000 messages a month, a

Re: can't install new kernel

2001-03-09 Thread Anthony Fox
Arkaitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I used kernel-package to build a new 2.4.2 kernel package for my > woody machine, and installed it ok. The problem is that if I do > "uname -r", it still says that the kernel version is 2.2.17. I > think everything is configured ok, in lilo.conf the default /

Auto Completion broken

2001-03-10 Thread Anthony Fox
Hello, I am noticing a strange problem. At the console or at a shell in an xterm, pressing the tab key logs me out of that session. This was not happening before. Has anyone seen this problem, and, if so, how did you fix it? Thanks, Anthony

Re: Auto Completion broken

2001-03-10 Thread Anthony Fox
kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > on Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 12:23:47PM -0500, Anthony Fox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am noticing a strange problem. At the console or at a shell in > > an xterm, pressing the tab key logs me out of that sessio

Re: Auto Completion broken

2001-03-11 Thread Anthony Fox
kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > on Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 09:59:08PM -0500, Anthony Fox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Nothing that I know of. I think bash is segfaulting when I hit > > tab. Do you know how to fix this? > > I'd try: > > - Finding out what

Re: In a downward spiral

2001-03-18 Thread Anthony Fox
Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Help > > I have a problem with emacs when being accessed through ssh in that > the backspace key is generating a C-h so I keep getting help when I > am trying to edit. Add the following line to your ~/.emacs: (global-set-key "\C-h" 'delete-backward-ch

bash segfaulting and not being able to log in

2001-03-18 Thread Anthony Fox
Hello, I have two questions: 1. Bash segfaults when I hit tab to autocomplete a filename. I have checked the bash FAQ which does not address my specific problem. Has anyone seen this? 2. I log in at the console, /etc/motd is printed, and then I am logged out. I have seen this problem

Re: bash segfaulting and not being able to log in

2001-03-19 Thread Anthony Fox
kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 09:44:51PM -0500, Anthony Fox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have two questions: > > > > 1. Bash segfaults when I hit tab to autocomplete a filename. I > > have checked the b

modules and permissions

2000-10-25 Thread Anthony Fox
Hi, I have three questions related to installing the alsa sound modules in my potato box. At the moment, the alsa sound modules are loaded into the kernel at boot time. They are not specified in /etc/modules. They are specified in /etc/modules.conf, but this should not cause them to be loaded a

Re: KDE2 dependence problem

2000-10-27 Thread Anthony Fox
On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Peter Fedichev wrote: > Hello, > > I have seen a couple of "I have installed KDE2" reports here. How have > you managed, since .debs on ftp.kde.org seem to require libgl1? > > Thanks in advance > I apt-got kde2 debs from http://kde.tdyc.com. It installed without a hitch o

Re: XFree86 - Fatal Server Error: could not open default font 'fixed'

2000-10-28 Thread Anthony Fox
> since I upgraded to the X3.3.6-11 version X started complaining about this > and won't run!! Any idea about what could be causing this ? Just download the fonts file and unpack it in the fonts directory. I think the font that you need should be in the misc directory. I had this problem two da

Re: Setting Reply-To && From fields dynamically

2000-10-31 Thread Anthony Fox
> This is on a Linux machine and mail is sent using mailx's mail program. > The MTA is sendmail (which I know little about). > > If there's anything as simple as setting an appropriate environment > variable, that'd be just cool. The mail sending is done inside a > (bourne) shell script. You coul

hdparm and hd performance

2000-10-31 Thread Anthony Fox
Hello, I have two IBM 75GXP 15.3G harddrives. The IBM website states that this particular drive can sustain data transfer rates of 37MB/sec. I am attempting to use hdparm to check my harddrive performance. I get the following values: Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 21.64 seconds = 2.96

soundcard log messages

2000-11-14 Thread Anthony Fox
I have a Soundblaster Live XGamer soundcard for which I have the alsa drivers installed and working fine. When I booted my computer this morning, dmesg gives me the following two errors: Nov 14 09:06:09 driver kernel: snd: card 1 is out of range (0-0) Nov 14 09:06:09 driver kernel: snd: Ensoniq A

konqueror and https

2000-12-30 Thread Anthony Fox
What is the debian way of recompiling konqueror with https support? The default konqueror in the kdebase package is not compiled with openssl support. Thanks, Anthony

emu10k1 module

2001-01-06 Thread Anthony Fox
I have auto module loading compiled into my kernel. How do I specify that when an application attempts to access the sound hardware that the kernel should install the emu10k1 module into the running kernel? Right now, the kernel installs the soundcore module only. Thanks, Anthony

kernel 2.4.0 and audio cd

2001-01-06 Thread Anthony Fox
After compiling and running a 2.4.0 kernel, I can no longer play audio cds. I can mount data cds just fine, but not audio cds. If I try to mount an audio cd I get the following error: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, or too many mounted file systems and the

Re: problem playing audio CD's

2001-01-24 Thread Anthony Fox
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 06:49:43PM +, Philipp Bliedung wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to the multimedia things under Linux :) > I have the problem that I can't play audio CD's on my computer. > I've installed everyhting that's related to sound properly - so I'm able > to play mp3s, *.wav,etc. with f

update broke lilo

2001-01-30 Thread Anthony Fox
Hello, I recently apt-get updated my unstable box which broke lilo. In my system, I have two hard disks. The first disk is /dev/hda and has Win2k. The second disk is /dev/hdb and has Debian unstable installed. I am assuming that lilo should install to the MBR on /dev/hda, but I think it is ins

unstable broken upgrade

2001-02-03 Thread Anthony Fox
Hi, I have an unstable debian box at home. When doing the last apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade, I get the following errors: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Calculating Upgrade... Done The following packages will b

Re: colorfonts in x/emacs

2001-02-09 Thread Anthony Fox
On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 09:26:47PM -0800, John L . Fjellstad wrote: > How can I add colors to new types in c/c++ mode in x/emacs? > > For instance, I want types like > const, namespace, class > to be colored. > Try something like this in your .emacs: (font-lock-add-keywords 'c++-mode '(("\\<\

Re: how to get list of emacs key descriptions

2001-06-23 Thread Anthony Fox
Walt Mankowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:54:42PM -0800, Britton wrote: > > I know for example that meta x is described as "\M-x". How is tab > > described, or how can I find out for a general key. I'm not > > seeing it in the docs. > > Emacs ships with a postscrip

apt-get dist-upgrade problem

2001-07-05 Thread Anthony Fox
Hello, This morning I tried to do my routine apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade. The dist-upgrade blew up on some kde packages. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ # apt-get -f dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done Calculating Upgrade...

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade problem

2001-07-05 Thread Anthony Fox
Anthony Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > This morning I tried to do my routine apt-get upgrade && apt-get > dist-upgrade. The dist-upgrade blew up on some kde packages. I found the solution on bugs.debian.org: dpkg --purge kdelibs3-crypto then apt-get -f install. -Anthony.

Re: ssh strangeness

2001-07-12 Thread Anthony Fox
Andrew Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ssh -l andrew.dixon stiq > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host Perhaps the versions of ssh are incompatible. Post the output of ssh -v -l andrew.dixon stiq > I CAN log into the PPC Deb box from the redhat

Re: ssh strangeness

2001-07-12 Thread Anthony Fox
Andrew Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > here it is: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ssh -v -l andrew.dixon stiq > OpenSSH_2.5.2p2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090601f > debug1: Seeding random number generator > debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be > trusted. > de

Re: AMD T-Bird + Potato = ?

2001-07-13 Thread Anthony Fox
"Case, Benjamin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How well does the 2.2.19pre17 kernel in Potato? Should I prepare for > any know issues ? I just got a new system with an AMD tbird 1ghz, > and 512mb DDR. I used potato with a 2.2.17 kernel with a 900Mhz Athlon. Worked fine for me. As does 2.4.6. -

KDE2 kicker not showing up

2001-07-15 Thread Anthony Fox
Hello, I have a problem where I log into KDE, and the kicker panel does not show up. Actually, I see it for a second and then it disappears. It appears to be crashing. I have to log in three or four times before the kicker panel will stick around. Has anyone seen this problem? I am running D

How do you get rid of gnome?

2001-07-20 Thread Anthony Fox
Since I use KDE2x exclusively now, I would like to get rid of the gnome desktop from my system. I run unstable. I still use some apps that depend on gnome libs like xmms. How do I get rid of just the packages that comprise the gnome desktop? Or, is there a task package that would take care of

dselect trying to remove lots of stuff

2001-07-20 Thread Anthony Fox
Hi, Seems I wasn't careful enough when using dselect. I have been trying to remove the gnome libs and binaries that I don't use on my system. Somehow, I must have selected the wrong package for purging. Dselect now wants to remove from my system, among other packages, XFree86 and KDE. I don't

Cannot load kde panel

2001-07-21 Thread Anthony Fox
Hello, This morning, I updated my kernel to 2.4.7. I rebooted and attempted to log into a kde session. The panel (kicker) attempted to start up and aborted. I cannot get a panel running. My .xsession-errors is as follows: _KDE_IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root DCOP

problem compiling openssh

2001-04-13 Thread Anthony Fox
A few days ago, an apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade broke ssh for me. Apparently the version of ssh that was installed was compiled against a later version of the openssl library than I have. So I attempted to compile the ssh package from source against my version of the openssl library. Thi

Re: problem compiling openssh

2001-04-13 Thread Anthony Fox
Carl Greco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anthony - > > You don't state which version of Debian (stable, testing, etc), > OpenSSH or OpenSSL you are using. OpenSSH's `INSTALL' file > describes which version of OpenSSL you will need. I have OpenSSH > 2.5.2p2 which requires OpenSSL 0.9.5a or great

Re: Gnus as email client (was: GUI Email program)

2001-04-24 Thread Anthony Fox
Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 06:26:27PM +0200, Dominique Deleris wrote: > > I've just discovered Emacs+Gnus, and it's TERRIFIC ! > > > > I've dropped evolution & balsa. Emacs is so cool and powerful... > > I would like to know what is it that you like so muc

agpgart module

2001-06-07 Thread Anthony Fox
Hello, I recently compiled a 2.4.5 kernel where agpgart was compiled as a module. I have verified that the object file exists under /lib/modules/2.4.5. I then recompiled my nvidia driver for my new kernel. Everything works fine, and X starts up just fine. However, I noticed that agpgart is not

Re: agpgart module

2001-06-07 Thread Anthony Fox
Daniel Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i think agp need's only to be enabled if x is running. X is running, and agp is disabled. -anthony.

Re: agpgart module

2001-06-07 Thread Anthony Fox
Daniel Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > nvidia (recently) changed there module so that it comes with it's > own agp-driver (see /proc/nv/card*). if you load the kernel agpgart > module NVdriver will use this one instead it's own. hmm, /proc/nv/card0 looks like: - Driver Info - NVRM

Re: agpgart module

2001-06-07 Thread Anthony Fox
Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I didn't try the AGPGART kernel module since I am using 2.2.17 which > I don't think had that option. I tried the nvidia agp driver, but it didn't work. I changed it to the agpgart module with a 2.4.5 kernel, and it worked. Not sure why. -Anthony.

Re: unplugged in meatworld (after a reinstall)

2001-06-07 Thread Anthony Fox
"Blue Rat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > as far as it goes: no other hosts are recognized. Now, I created a > resolve.conf with the domain name and the dns server of my provider should be resolv.conf in /etc, not resolve.conf. -Anthony.

Re: agpgart module

2001-06-07 Thread Anthony Fox
Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I still us driver 0.9.7, I don't know if there were changes for 1.0 > > This is my /proc/nv/card0: > > - Driver Info - > NVRM Version: 1.0-769 > -- Card Info -- > Model:Riva TNT1 > IRQ: 10 > -- AGP Info --- > A

dselect problem

2001-06-07 Thread Anthony Fox
Hello, When I run dselect and select update, apt runs through my sources.list updating its Contents, and then I get the following error: dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/cache/apt/available' near line 7311 package `blt': `Replaces' field, reference to `blt-dev': error in version: version strin

Re: dselect problem

2001-06-07 Thread Anthony Fox
As a followup to my last email, I believe the problem is in the way the version number of the package blt-dev is written in the depends of many other packages. In /var/cache/apt/available, the Depends: lines that contain blt-dev always list the version number as "2.4[ij]-1 ". dpkg is barfing on th

Re: emacs

2001-06-07 Thread Anthony Fox
Andrew D Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > HI All, Does anyone know how to change the keybindings in emacs? > Specifically I'd like to make my Backspace key delete the character > before the cursor (seems like a natural thing to me) instead of what > it's doing now (which is being wierd). Put i

Re: Help setting DISPLAY to an ipmasq'd machine.

2001-06-08 Thread Anthony Fox
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I want to set the DISPLAY variable on work_linux_box to display on > Xserver_machine to assist me doing off hours support. It will be > difficult to get the comany to modify the firewall. > > So, is this possible to do? If so, what exactly do I need to do on > the li

Re: two questions on emacs under Mutt

2001-06-08 Thread Anthony Fox
Vittorio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've installed Mutt and am using as my pet e-mail composer emacs. Why don't you use one of the emacs mail tools? :) > 2) Is that possible to configure emacs to wrap lines at, say, 72 > char? Add to your .emacs: ;; for mail modes and text modes, turn on a

KDE font problem

2001-06-09 Thread Anthony Fox
Hello, I have a strange problem with KDE. I have been trying to set my fonts in the KDE Control Center. I can set all the fonts correctly except for the "Fixed Width" font. When I click "Choose..." for the "Fixed Width" font, KDE crashes and restarts X. Has anyone noticed this problem? Has an

grub & dual boot with 2 hd

2001-06-11 Thread Anthony Fox
Hello, I have a machine that is a dual boot Win2k/Debian Unstable box. There are two hardrives. Windows is on the first drive, Debian is on the second. The hd layout is as follows: / /dev/hda - | Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-14649.960 megabytes | Disk label type: msdos | Minor

Re: grub & dual boot with 2 hd

2001-06-11 Thread Anthony Fox
Guy Geens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Next, put the following in /boot/grub/menu.lst: title Debian > GNU/Linux root (hd1,1) kernel /vmlinuz > > Title Windows 2000 rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 Does this make /dev/hdb (Linux) the default partition to boot from? I want Linux to boot by de

Re: nvidia-glx won't install

2001-06-12 Thread Anthony Fox
"Jonathan David Wheelhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > An apt-get update & dist-upgrade got the newer nvidia-kernel-src and > nvidia-glx-src packages(1.0.1251-1). I ran the build scripts > (ie. make-kpkg modules-image & dpkg-buildpackage -us uc > respectively) but dpkg -i on the nvidia-glx deb

Re: grub & dual boot with 2 hd

2001-06-13 Thread Anthony Fox
Guy Geens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>>> "Anthony" == Anthony Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>>>> "Guy" == Guy Geens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Guy> following in /boot/grub/menu.lst: > > Gu