Re: 2.4.18 SMP Kernel

2002-11-22 Thread Bob Hauck
deFreese > NTS Technology Services Manager > Nike Team Sports > (949)-616-4005 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster." > Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell > > > > > -- -| Bob Hauck -

Re: debian crashes server (can't use debian ? :-( )

2002-11-23 Thread bob parker
nning memtest86 before I abandoned Debian. The only good thing about W98 was that it persuaded me to give Ms the arse in favour of Linux. HTH Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ide-scsi and initrd

2002-11-23 Thread Bob Hauck
On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, David P James wrote: > Bob Hauck was roused into action on 2002-11-22 08:01 and wrote: > > When I upgraded, that stopped working because the ide-cd driver is now a > > module. So I added an /etc/modultils entry "cdrw" per the CD-Writing > >

Re: ide-scsi and initrd

2002-11-23 Thread Bob Hauck
DE of which > only one requires SCSI emulation). I have almost the dual of that. I have several SCSI devices and only two IDE devices of which both require ide-scsi. I've got it working now, see my other post today. -- -| Bob Hauck -| To Whom You Are Speaking -| http://www.haucks.o

Re: Looking for a backup to CD-R(W) program

2002-11-26 Thread bob parker
remental backups every other day. The cdr is finally fixated Saturday. The idea is to restore from a total wipeout by doing a minimal install followed by selective restore of /etc, full restore of /usr/local and my home dir. I'm quite new to Debian so I may be way off base here. Comme

Re: [OT] Debian vs Gentoo (discussed in newsletter)

2002-11-27 Thread bob parker
generally is more helpful than the man page. Contrast this with Mdk which just opens up the man page when you info anything. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Catastrophic Tasksel failure on install

2002-11-27 Thread Bob Eby
either mentioned how to use tasksel, nor this problem. It also didn't point me to any better documentation. Docs page in question: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-init-config.en.html#s-pres elections -Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

RE: Catastrophic Tasksel failure on install

2002-11-27 Thread Bob Eby
post-install, and exited without actually using it. I guess I did install from floppy originally. Now that I've updated everything from the network it seems to be working better. At this point I've already gone through dselect the old fashioned way. Guess this was just noise that p

Re: Netgear FA311 Network card

2002-11-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
If you run a 2.4 kernel, use netsemi.o, otherwise there is source for fa31x on the disk which comes with the FA311. I recall that it took a bit of experimentation to get a useable fa31x.o module. Bob On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 03:33:45PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello everybody, >

Re: Netgear FA311 Network card

2002-11-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
Sorry for the typo, that should have been natsemi.o. On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 09:22:31AM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: > If you run a 2.4 kernel, use netsemi.o, otherwise there is source for > fa31x on the disk which comes with the FA311. I recall that it took a > bit of experimentation

Re: that dreaded APM

2002-11-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Dave Selby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-25 12:33:30 +]: > Linux shuts down but the hardware does not. Add apm to /etc/modules. echo apm >> /etc/modules Bob msg15953/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: how to make hda become hdb?

2002-11-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 04:56:33PM +1100, Nick Hastings wrote: > > Hi, > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021129 16:53]: > > > > I have debian installed on /dev/hda, how can I switch this hard drive to > > become /dev/hdb? > >I'm anything but a hardware expert, but I suspect you n

Re: spamassassin & razor

2002-11-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
If you let fetchmail process incoming mail via smtp and put "|usr/bin/procmail" in your ~/.forward file (or specify procmail as your MDA in .fetchmailrc) fetchmail will use procmail. Bob On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 03:51:37AM +0100, chainy wrote: > > I see this two packages are m

Re: cdrecorder and IDE burners

2002-11-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
I'm running the Debian 2.4.19-686 kernel, which does include the ide-scsi.o module (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m). Put ide-scsi in /etc/modules and you should have no problems. On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 10:35:14AM +0800, Tim Wood wrote: > I just acquired a Lite-On burner, IDE UDMA/33. > > I installed c

[OT] Help with cdrecord

2002-11-29 Thread bob parker
Hi debian-users, I'm running debian Woody. I've burned the final track on a multi-session cdr without the -multi option because the desired outcome was to finalise it. The result has been that only the first recorded file is visible when I mount the cdr like so: bob@debian:~$

Re: Cheap CDs

2002-11-30 Thread bob parker
o image before burning it mount -r -t iso9660 -o loop cd.iso /mnt Maybe as root for the mount. Much easier than stuffing abround with the guis Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Cheap CDs

2002-11-30 Thread bob parker
On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 05:59, bob parker wrote: > On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 05:06, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > Maybe I've just read past this several times in the package list without > > my brain catching what was being said, but what is a good program for > > cloning bootable data CD

Re: Cheap CDs

2002-11-30 Thread bob parker
On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 06:15, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 13:59, bob parker wrote: > > On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 05:06, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > > Maybe I've just read past this several times in the package list > > > without my brain catching what wa

Re: is software raid across two networked machines possible ?

2002-12-01 Thread Bob Proulx
irs apt-cache show rsync apt-get install rsync Bob msg16406/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Doing an "apt-get --purge remove" after an earlier "remove"?

2002-12-05 Thread Bob Proulx
/etc/package.conf are left around unless you purge them. But it applies to more than just /etc/*.conf. For example exim has a crontab entry that runs (doing nothing) unless you purge it if you replace exim with something else but don't purge exim. Bob msg17222/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: apt-get update then apt-get upgrade, remaining a lots package not install

2002-12-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
I suspect there is some missing dependency problem. Unfortunately apt-get isn't very good about identifying the specifics of these. You might try 'apt-get dist-upgrade' or use dselect. On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:35:41PM -0700, eric lin wrote: > Dear advance linux user: > > under choice of sour

Re: file system

2002-12-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 11:12:54PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello Debian users, > > I need some help regarding file system in Linux. Currently, I have four > partitions on my hard drive. I will use Grub's notation for representing an > IDE primary-master hard drive > > hd0,0 - Windows (NTFS

Re: grub question - please help

2002-12-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
Try line 7 without the leading /: kernel vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 root=/dev/hda4 ro The vmlinuz in / is just a symlink to the real file and is not needed. On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 12:47:48AM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello folks, > > I'm having a difficult time loading the linux partition in grub.

Re: Re: Realtek NIC and Modem trouble.

2002-12-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Mike Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-05 23:18:31 +]: > Yes, I disabled both onboard serial ports and the modem is now > working fine. I got the network driver but it dosnt compile. I recommend that you at try the 8139too driver. modprobe 8139too echo 8139too >>

Re: changing a computer's name

2002-12-06 Thread Bob Proulx
e files are in the comment section of the file. You can either ignore them entirely and everything will work okay. Or if you want to eradicate any trace of the old name then feel free to edit them by hand and change the machine name in the comment there. Bob msg17410/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Installing Debian i386 on HP Workstation 4000

2002-12-06 Thread Bob Proulx
n to this entry and select it. kernel/drivers/sound Sound cards. Then page down to this entry and select it. i810_audio- Intel ICH audio support Hopefully those two clues should get you running nicely. My main Debian machine is the HP x4000 dual Xeon and it is a swe

Re: gpm crazy

2002-12-06 Thread Bob Proulx
between mouse and X11. The very fact that people claim removing gpm solves their X problems means that they did not have X configured to use it properly in the first place. Bob msg17423/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Realtek NIC and Modem trouble.

2002-12-06 Thread Bob Proulx
/etc/modules so that it is loaded automatically. Bob msg17424/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: dist-upgrade (potato->woody): how to get X back up?

2002-12-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 08:09:31AM -0600, will trillich wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:31:45PM -0800, nate wrote: > > will trillich said: > > > > > attached is the /var/log/XFree86.0.log file (sorry for the size)... hope > > > it sheds some light on this. i'd love to get X working > > > again

Re: root fs not in df

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
mount -f /proc [ "$devfs" ] && grep -q '^devfs /dev' /proc/mounts && mount -f "$devfs" fi Bob msg17632/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: shell game

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
oblems.) mp3playlist=$(find . -name '*.jpg' -print) for mp3 in $mp3playlist; do mpg123 $mp3 done Bob msg17634/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Manipulating .debs

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
it is compatible with newer ar programs which read both the old format and the new format. Therefore you would need to use the old ar program to repack the .deb. Unfortunately off of the top of my head I don't know where that old format program is that debian uses for that purpose. This is docum

Re: shell game

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 19:58:00 +0100]: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:47:54AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > > You are trying to find files in a directory. Therefore I recommend > > you use the 'find' command. > > [..contrived.example...] &g

Re: shell game

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-07 12:13:11 -0700]: > > find . -name \*.jpg -exec mpg123 {} \; > I was only proposing the mpg123 as an example. I really don't know > what the OP wanted to do with it. You can tell what I was doing in the background while reading

Re: shell game

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
nt`" != _"" ] However, if you are only testing against a zero length string as here then using the test operators -z or -n work well without the extra safeguarding. if [ -n "`find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.jpg' -print`" ] Bob msg17661/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: gimping along

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
pg And if you are going to leave them lying around then background them too, of course, to release the mail processes above them. Bob msg17663/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Look for a rebate or sale and save. No disk drive to crash, no need for backup, no fan, quiet and can be left on for instant access. You can add a second or third computer trivially. You can run any OS you want behind the firewall since these are usually configured by a web interface. Bob msg17665/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Wrong size with ls

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
m may require several blocks per file even if the file is zero length. The value reported by ls -s and du are the number of disk blocks consumed. Disk blocks used and size of files are related only in that the latter will always be less than the former on an uncompressed filesystem. Bob msg17666/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: virus from your address

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
x27;t understand that they were not connected to the original message. My advice? Scan for viruses but discard them without responding to them. They probably did not come from who you think they came from. Bob msg17692/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Jamin W. Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-08 12:21:40 -0600]: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 04:43:44PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > > > Although the linux kernel iptables firewalls are excellent I still > > recommend a separate firewall box between your computer and the Evil

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-08 Thread Bob Proulx
rabilities to yourself. Security through obscurity is neither. The best security comes through open debate. If you have found a vulnerability that others have missed then please share it. Bob msg17750/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

2002-12-08 Thread Bob Proulx
The modem is really a fuse to protect the system behind it. When the fuse blows you replace the fuse. :-) Bob msg17751/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Last partition sectors access problem

2002-12-09 Thread bob parker
rything was ok. > Javier, Check that you have something like this in your lilo confile # Support LBA for large hard disks. # lba32 Just a wild guess. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X server problem

2002-12-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
You might try installing xserver-svga, which is X 3.3.6, but is supported in woody. I used it with Diamond video cards in the past and it worked fine with 16 bpp. I don't believe the X folks are supporting a lot of the older cards in 4.x. On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 12:45:25PM -0800, Bruno Freitas w

Re: 10MB lost per CD multi-session?

2002-12-10 Thread bob parker
ups are very thrifty. I do a full backup of selected dirs weekly, and add 6 incrementals over the following days. It works out ~300MB full and 3 - 15 MB daily for me, 40 cents/week. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Good Debian-based distro

2003-08-12 Thread bob parker
stro. Last I looked it comes in a few flavours. MorphixBase MorphixCombined-Game MorphixCombined-LightGUI MorphixCombined-HeavyGUI MorphixCombined-KDE - or something like that google gets it's page HTH Bob Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kernel-package system: install a boot block using the existing /etc/lilo.conf?

2003-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
ing forward and backward while hacking a new kernel. It normally works when just moving forward. > What you want to do is install a new boot block which refers to the new > kernel you just compiled. Which should be the default. Bob P.S. Let me second the review that your 'newbiedoc' is excellent. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: re nvidia drivers

2003-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
those commands should be run as root. All of the others are run as yourself. But sudo is very useful. So: su apt-get install sudo echo "$LOGNAME ALL=ALL" >> /etc/sudoers exit sudo id Bob Bob's g

Re: WebCam

2003-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
rnel and load it into your system. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: HTML mail

2003-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
I!! Yes. All HTML email is Evil. The only good HTML is on a web page. Friends don't let friends mail HTML. > Most email from users of Outlook/OE/Exchange is html, and even though > it's rude when it's sent to a mailing list, there's other html email > I need to recei

Re: Backporting debhelper

2003-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
backport? Perhaps there can be some help on the list for them in addition to the debhelper issues. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: FHS question

2003-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
to have an agreed to schema when setting up files. Agreed. Debian Policy is the preexisting agreement in Debian for where things go. But there is also a lot of flexibility there too. You can make local policy decisions such as I have done and still fit seamlessly into the grander scheme of things. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: kernel-image-2.4.18-686

2003-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
nally think the bootstrapping kernel should be the modular kernel so that users get put onto the path at the start and future upgrades are easier. Today the first kernel upgrade is the one rough spot because of the transition to a modular kernel but subsequent upgrades are then very easy. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: re nvidia drivers

2003-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
john gennard wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > I have a self compiled kernel using 2.4.21 which was being Should be fine too. I just like using the package system for my machines. Just build the module with your kernel source and you should be fine. > Where I went wrong seems to be at the

Re: net install with eepro100 / 845G

2003-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
avoid needing to reboot. The 2.4.20 kernels have the Intel driver called e100 in addition to the eepro100 driver. If possible I recommend the e100 driver since it fixes some bugs in the eepro100 driver. Intel opened up the source and now the Intel e100 driver is part of the main kernel tree.

Re: Packages.gz blocked by Symantec Web Security

2003-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
-get update' stage. apt-cache show apt-zip Just as a workaround until you resolve your problem. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: make-kpkg clean error

2003-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
never build kernels or work in /usr/src as root. I personally would manually remove the entire kernel source tree and start over from clean sources. Just a big reset. You might want to save your old .config file. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [OT] deleting dot files on remote server with ftp

2003-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
You can 'mv .nfs* ../' for example to get the files up a level. That empties the directory and would allow you to remove a directory for example. Sometimes that can be useful when you don't want to kill the process that has the file open. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

finding upstream

2003-08-14 Thread Bob McElrath
heers, Bob McElrath [Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Physics] "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A popular government without popular information or the me

Re: Working around package conflict

2003-08-15 Thread Bob Proulx
make this work fairly easily using LD_LIBRARY_PATH to access the libraries in your private cubby. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Backporting debhelper

2003-08-16 Thread Bob Proulx
o that. Although perhaps if it could be tested against the current 'stable' and that dependency version used instead it would be generally beneficial. It would certainly make maintaining backports much simpler. Developers would get extra karma points for it. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: kernel-package system: install a boot block using the existing /etc/lilo.conf?

2003-08-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Kevin McKinley wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > installed, the symlinks pointing to it, and running lilo will set up > > the boot to go to the new kernel. > [...] > When I got to the "install ... existing lilo.conf" question, if I answered > yes rebooting the sys

Intel mobo

2003-08-17 Thread bob parker
Hi folks, Anyone have any experience with this board + Debian? Intel D865GBFLK Planning a future system. Thanks Bob Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: net install with eepro100 / 845G

2003-08-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Kevin McKinley wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > The 2.4.18 bf24 kernel has the eepro100 driver build in. The modular > > kernels need eepro100 in /etc/modules. Or modprobe it manually and > > restart networking to avoid needing to reboot. > > Perhaps you're thinki

Re: xfree, matrox millennium G450 problem..

2003-08-19 Thread Bob Proulx
ed. Apparently it is not always needed but sometimes it is needed. I have no understanding of when is which. But it is not distributed as part of the linux kernel. So if you need it then you have to install the driver from matrox. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Woody Stable Kernel

2003-08-20 Thread Bob Proulx
y compatible they will not be automatically updating your system. But you should seek out those updates and manually select the appropriate kernel and upgrade. Hope that helps. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Best way to upgrade a single app

2003-08-20 Thread Bob Proulx
ing here in d-u will often turn up backports for particular packages. Bob Here's Theo's release summary: 2.55 is a minor bug fix release of mostly documentation updates. If 2.54 is working for you, there is no need to update. Bugs fixed in this release: - Added documentation

Re: Working around package conflict

2003-08-21 Thread Bob Proulx
James Steward<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry Bob - that didn't quite work. I did something like the following; > mkdir /usr/lib/libkde3 > cp /root/kdelib3/usr/lib/* /usr/lib/libkde3/ > vi /etc/ld.so.conf > { add the path /usr/lib/libkde3 } > ldconfig Ooo. I

Re: /etc/mtab & /etc/modules.conf warning messages on startup

2003-08-23 Thread Bob Proulx
o root cause it would be good to file a BTS report on them to get those annoyances cleaned up on the future. But I think this is one of the reasons splash screens are becoming more popular. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Summary: IBM DB2 installation on Woody

2003-08-23 Thread Bob Proulx
#x27; as /usr/bin/java. Not having tested it but I would guess that Blackdown's version of Java would handle the IBM scripts. In any case, it is useful to know that there may be an conflict on the /usr/bin/java if one tried to install both. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Nvidia driver install

2003-08-23 Thread Bob Proulx
mbled file. If they don't match, as I suspect they will not, then that is your problem. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: root login How ???

2003-08-23 Thread Bob Proulx
ode which is not needed in console mode. But then recently someone added the ability to work with CNTL-ALT-FunctionKey the same as ALT-FunctionKey on the console so I guess that distinction does not matter much anymore.] Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Setting dnsdomainname w/ DHCP client on Debian?

2003-08-23 Thread Bob Proulx
a long time. But I think you would be better off using autofs if possible. The am-utils package in particular has terrible debconf behavior. Blech! apt-get install autofs Then as discussed recently make sure you are using the autofs4 module and not the autofs module. echo autofs4 >>

Re: Woody Stable Kernel

2003-08-24 Thread Bob Proulx
lf, grabbing it straight > from ftp.kernel.org That works too. But I prefer the CRAMFS patches which Debian installs by default. But whatever. You can still build a deb with make-kpkg. See http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html for details. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian install fails on Intel P4C800 w/ WD800J drive (but Redhat 9 is ok)

2003-08-24 Thread Bob Proulx
ut then you spend another 15 minutes editing files to change the system over to its new personality. That assumes that your only real problem is that you need a newer kernel than what exists on your installation media. If you need something else than this won't work either. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Using an older libc for one app

2003-08-24 Thread Bob Proulx
ion out of LD_DEBUG. Try: LD_DEBUG=help /bin/echo Then perhaps one of the debug options there will help narrow down what is happening for you. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: cannot install perl-doc

2003-08-25 Thread Bob Proulx
also check what apt is seeing with apt-cache and the answer will be revealed. Also, make sure you have run 'apt-get update' to make sure you have current package lists. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: BIOS reports more memory than kernel finds

2003-08-25 Thread Bob Proulx
will probably need to supply the correct amount of memory as an option to the kernel at boot time. I will assume you are using lilo as that is the default. Put this in your /etc/lilo.conf file and then run lilo. append="mem=128M" lilo Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: ..booooo, should be: Dead rodent, was: Help Please!!

2003-08-25 Thread Bob Proulx
it gpm-data?)... It is /dev/gpmdata. When you do an initial installation that option is just off the end of the scroll list and easy to miss. > > gpm was installed by me but has since been removed. The result either > > way was the same. > ...then [ctrl]+[alt]+[F3] and try get gpm working. Specifically, install it again! apt-get install gpm Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: COBOL compiler

2003-08-27 Thread bob parker
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 00:25, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 08:50, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2003-08-26T12:52:33Z, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Too bad you have such a negative view of COBOL. In the hands of > > > someone with a brain, it's quite a powerful and modular

Re: COBOL compiler

2003-08-27 Thread bob parker
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 10:46, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 17:22, bob parker wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 00:25, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > I particularly like the way it deletes the most significant figure(s) > > when you get an overflow in a numeric fiel

Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-28 Thread bob parker
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 00:17, Dave Howorth wrote: > >>> Unfortunately, nowadays "s/C /Perl /". > >> > >>Wouldn't it be easier to read if you wrote it s/C/Perl/ ? > > > > So that it wouldn't change Choo-choo to Perlhoo-choo. > > When I saw the question, I thought the obvious counter-example was so > t

Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-28 Thread bob parker
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 21:21, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 01:11:08AM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > The recent COBOL discussion has gotten me to thinking. Some languages > > seem to be very popular in some situations. C is easily the dominant > > language for most things Linux. So

Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-28 Thread bob parker
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 01:55, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 04:06, Alfredo Valles wrote: > > On Wednesday 27 August 2003 3:59 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 07:15, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: > > > > Frank Gevaerts wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 01:11:08AM -

Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-28 Thread bob parker
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:13, Jacob Anawalt wrote: > bob parker wrote: > > C is easier to learn than shell scripting, the elements at least, much > > less > > > >Perl. I personally find it quicker to code a dirty fix in C than anything > >else and would not real

Re: VIA CPU's

2003-08-29 Thread bob parker
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:37, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 06:13:47 -0500 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What brand of fans and CPU cooler do you use? > > Heck if I know. My GF thinks I'm enough of a geek because I can > describe from memory my CPU and motherboard. If

Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-29 Thread bob parker
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:18, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 09:06:23AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Or the poster doesn't know much about Java. Having used Java, I'd > > say that Java isn't good for small programs/quick hacks. > > And what I've seen of the larger stuff in Java, it's

Re: VIA CPU's

2003-08-29 Thread bob parker
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 02:15, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 01:56, bob parker wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:37, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 06:13:47 -0500 > > > > > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: VIA CPU's

2003-08-29 Thread bob parker
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:37, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 16:56:02 +1000 > > bob parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ah, but does a man with a 'puter have to have a woman? > > Depends. Does he have a decent news feed? Yeah I was forgetting about tha

Re: Spam Assassin 2.5x

2003-09-01 Thread Bob Proulx
piece that got > missed or that I need to set by hand? Hmm... I recommend you upgrade from Duncan's own backport area. deb http://people.debian.org/~duncf/debian/ woody main That should work out of the box. And he just updated that to 2.55 with the osirusoft patches. So that

Re: Getting KDE 3.1

2003-09-01 Thread Bob Proulx
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> deb ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/Debian woody main > >>> Then do apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. > > I had done this before and thought that maybe Sarge had changed since then > and made it impossible, but last night I kept at it and got it. Actually

Re: Packages: required vs recommended vs suggested

2003-09-01 Thread Bob Proulx
dselect. Although others like dselect better. And the obligatory mention of synaptic for those that like a graphical interface. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Configuring HP Inkjet Printer

2003-09-02 Thread bob parker
utput text quickly and cheaply I need to learn how to configure it to print in draft mode etc. TIA Bob Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Configuring HP Inkjet Printer

2003-09-02 Thread bob parker
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 22:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 11:42 Tue 02 Sep?, bob parker wrote: > > I've just installed a HP 3325 printer. > > > > I configured it using cups after downloding and compiling the latest > > hpijs driver (1.4.1). > > > > It&#x

Re: remount md0 after disc failure

2003-03-25 Thread Bob Proulx
system on hda and reattach your secondary filesystem md0 onto it after a restoration then yes you would have your /home back onto your system again. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: checking mount success/fail

2003-03-25 Thread Bob Proulx
operation if one is pending. cat /proc/mdstat Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: repartitioning: joining two partitions

2003-03-26 Thread Bob Hilliard
rtitions. This is at most 15 partitions total on an SCSI disk and 63 total on an IDE disk. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P

Re: Multiple network interfaces

2003-03-26 Thread Bob Hilliard
monolithic kernel, but I now have the drivers as a module. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL 34990 USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559

Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks

2003-03-26 Thread Bob Paige
I think that what most people who clammer for a GUI installer really want is a more easy-to-accomplish installation, not necessarily a graphics-based installation. Of course, I could be wrong. (That'd be the third time this year if I am - doh!) My opinions: First, I think some people were rais

Re: How to unselect the german language as

2003-03-26 Thread Bob Proulx
re locales It is also fine to edit the /etc/locale.gen directly and run the locale-gen command manually. But then you also need to edit /etc/environment, or remove it, to cause it to take effect. Easier to run dpkg-reconfigure and let the scripts handle it. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

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