Re: KNOPPIX as an installer for Debian

2003-03-28 Thread Bob Paige
Yeah, I have heard about this Morphix, and some suggest that it has a much cleaner designe that Knoppix, but I have heard that Morphix is still an infant project, and not mature enough. What about Libranet? Has anyone tried installing Libranet, and the pointing the repository to Debain's repos

Re: What's the std print config tool

2003-03-29 Thread Bob Proulx
gt; already installed, apart from trying each one. cupsys, lpr, lprng all are quite popular. Okay, I have exhausted my knowledge here. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Antivirus in Debian?

2003-03-30 Thread Bob Proulx
. Check BTS why this is so. I use and recommend AIDE. It is free software. Having used both tripwire and aide I like aide better. A win-win situation. apt-cache show aide Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: scsi emulation howto (was Re: buying a cd writer)

2003-03-30 Thread Bob Hilliard
with CD-writing, and in the process explains what is necessary for scsi emulation. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm C

Re: X over ssh

2003-03-30 Thread Bob Proulx
nal/ And also VNC should be mentioned here too. http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ apt-cache show vncserver xvncviewer VNC can be tunneled over SSH for a secure window connection. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: setup ?

2003-03-31 Thread Bob Hilliard
ssfully with the 2.2.20-idepci, which is the default. I think this type of problem is hardware-specific, but at least one of the kernel options should work on almost any hardware. If you have further problems, come back on debian-user and someone will be able to help. Regards, Bo

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Bob Hilliard
situation, but for the last few years I have used Turbo-Tax to print it out. I use my own calculations to check Turbo-Tax (and vice versa), but the time savings over copying the data by hand to the IRS forms and proof reading the result is worth it to me. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Ro

Re: How do I "apt-get upgrade" the kernel for debian-390?

2003-03-31 Thread Bob Hilliard
er apt-cache searches on a regex (does it use grep?), so `kernel' gets the smae match as `kernel*'. bob:vc-p2:bob>apt-cache search kernel|wc 5274402 32495 bob:vc-p2:bob>apt-cache search "kernel*"|wc 5274402 32495 Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Rob

Re: Administering a network

2003-03-31 Thread Bob Proulx
what about the kernel??? I try to use a modular initrd kernel if possible. That way I can use the same kernel across different types of hardware. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

font problem in xterm

2003-04-01 Thread Bob Paige
Ever since I installed truetype fonts, I've had the odd problem with xterm. Sometimes when I open an xterm, the characters are double-spaced horizontally (like this: b o b c o m : ~ $ _ and sometimes the are not: bobcom:~$_ I have not been able to discern a pattern of when it works and

Re: Removable Media: What is the practical answer??

2003-04-01 Thread Bob Hilliard
find that letter to Aunt Edith > written on the 286 in 1991, and she is sure it is on a floppy in one of > these boxes... Check out the mtools package. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way &l

Re: cdrdao / ide-scsi problem

2003-04-01 Thread bob parker
corder dfokkema > > I quit ssh and restarted it, and cdrdao scanbus gives nothing. No error, > no lists, nothing. What should I do? > > David I think you might need to setuid cdrdao hth Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: KNOPPIX as an installer for Debian

2003-04-01 Thread bob parker
The method used for the 3.1 version was to ftp download the iso. It took several days on my dialup, restarting each night. Tested the md5sum, it failed. Corrected the iso using rsync. The correction took 2 to 3 minutes. hth Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: Why does rsh still work?

2003-04-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Noah Meyerhans wrote: > ls -l `which rsh` /etc/alternatives/rsh > should answer your question. That shows the details. But this seems more in the spirit of things. update-alternatives --display rsh Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: upgrading to unstable KDE

2003-04-02 Thread Bob Proulx
dotty output. It is a graphical dependency diagram of what packages depend upon what other packages. Way cool. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: cdrdao / ide-scsi problem

2003-04-02 Thread bob parker
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 16:56, David Fokkema wrote: > > > > I think you might need to setuid cdrdao > > > > hth > > Bob > > If there is any other way, I'd rather not do that, :-) I'm no expert really, and maybe there is some other permissions proble

Re: Why does rsh still work?

2003-04-02 Thread Bob Proulx
said it is in /usr/sbin which is probably not in your path by default, but it is in mine. /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --display rsh I had forgotten it was not in most people's paths. My bad. You don't need root to run it. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: cdrdao / ide-scsi problem

2003-04-02 Thread bob parker
who can not use cdrdao as well as cdreord. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Keymap on a laptop

2003-04-02 Thread Bob Hilliard
machine, I must use USB peripherals, and, AFAIK, USB is not supported on 2.2 kernels. I have compiled and installed 2.4.18 and 2.4.20 kernels several times, but the keyboard or the key mapping is screwed up. When I type my login `bob', it appears as `b[Cb'. About half of the keys produ

Re: KNOPPIX as an installer for Debian

2003-04-02 Thread bob parker
oaded as the > resuming point for downloading KNOPPIX_V3.2-2003-03-28-EN.iso? > My best guess is try to ftp from a decent mirror and start again. I'm on line for 8/24 and I was getting close to 100meg per shift except for one bad night. Then rsync it if the md5 fails after it's compl

Re: Shell based text editor for writing prose

2003-04-03 Thread Bob Proulx
st of all nano is free software while pico/pine fails the DFSG test. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Shell based text editor for writing prose

2003-04-03 Thread Bob Proulx
issue. Wait until someone creates SuperCite for vim and then we can claim it is an emacs/vim problem. :-) Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: cdrdao / ide-scsi problem

2003-04-03 Thread bob parker
it will not run at all. The question is really whether you have obtained your copy of cdrdao from a trusted source or not. Or so it seems to me. Regards to all Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: bash question: reporting a variable named within a variable

2003-04-03 Thread Bob Proulx
OO = bar' and then the echo is executed with those arguments. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: cdrdao / ide-scsi problem

2003-04-04 Thread bob parker
On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 20:20, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 04:42:17AM +1000, bob parker wrote: > > Using a setuid root program (sudo) to avoid having cdrecord or cdrdao set > > up as setuid root just does not any sense to me at all. > > Well, sudo can

Re: Debian x Redhat

2003-06-05 Thread bob parker
time. You do have to shell out $ for support on RH or Mdk and a couple of years ago the Mdk support was fairly useless. Don't know about the current situation. My 2 bits Bob Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Very slow nfs client (woody) > server (woody)

2003-06-06 Thread Bob Proulx
will need to do some tinkering. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Inserting a into sed's replacement string

2003-05-30 Thread bob parker
lly type a tab key in the place of the '\t' in the replacement string just has the xterm barfing and I get the same result if I log on in a real terminal. So does attempting to insert Ctrl-I. Is there some way of inserting the tab in octal or hex? TIA Bob Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: /etc/profile no longer used

2003-06-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Leandro Guimar?es Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > Perhaps not exactly, but wider: /etc/environment is meant to be used > by all shells, ... Really? Can someone point me to documentation or standards which describes the use and behavior of /etc/environment? Bob pgp0.pgp Descr

Re: Inserting a into sed's replacement string

2003-06-01 Thread Bob Proulx
bob parker wrote: > I want to be able to insert tab chars into the output lines eg > sed = somefile | sed 'N;s/\n/\t/' > just gives me the literal 't' immediately following the number at the start > of each line. > [...] > Is there some way of inserting t

Re: nvidia video cards

2003-06-01 Thread Bob Proulx
n "UseFBDev" "true" The framebuffer is needed for some programs, notably tuxracer, which use it and you won't be able to run those programs without it. Darn! But at least you will have X running. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

tuxracer: extension "GLX" missing (was: nvidia video cards)

2003-06-01 Thread Bob Proulx
[Drifting from original topic and on to tuxracer problems...] Ron Johnson wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > The framebuffer is needed for some programs, notably tuxracer, which > > use it and you won't be able to run those programs without it. Darn! > > Are you sure? I&

Re: /etc/profile no longer used

2003-06-02 Thread Bob Proulx
Vineet Kumar wrote: > Kevin McKinley wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > Really? Can someone point me to documentation or standards which > > > describes the use and behavior of /etc/environment? > > > > /etc/environment seems to be an AIXism that'

Re: nvidia video cards

2003-06-02 Thread Bob Proulx
c cd /usr/src dpkg -i nvidia-glx*.deb Configure X for this driver: ... edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 ... Driver "nvidia" Option "UseFBDev" "true" Option "NoLogo""true" Hope this helps, Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: nvidia video cards

2003-06-02 Thread Bob Proulx
Kevin McKinley wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > wget http://205.158.109.140/XFree86_40/1.0-2880/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2880.tar.gz > > wget http://205.158.109.140/XFree86_40/1.0-2880/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2880.tar.gz > wgetting the tarballs is no longer necessary; NVIDIA now allows them t

Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burn it ?

2003-06-04 Thread Bob Proulx
ts/binary.html I feel like I am in a dispute over which end of the egg to break open! [Do they really expect their "pronunciation" suggestions to catch on? Looks more like a not so obvious attempt to squash the binary terms.] Sigh. Bob P.S. Note that the coreutils and other suppor

Re: Inserting a into sed's replacement string

2003-06-04 Thread bob parker
trl-I. > > Try typing ctrl-v before the tab. The ctrl-v allows you to insert the > next character you type literally, be it tab, newline, backspace, > whatever. > Thanks, The ctrl-v seems to work the best. Thanks to all who replied. Regards Bob Prker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: kdm init files and xmodmap

2003-06-04 Thread Bob Proulx
e should I put it? KDM starts X which runs Xsession which will look in .Xmodmap. If you put your xmodmap into $HOME/.Xmodmap it should be read at start up time. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Very slow nfs client (woody) > server (woody)

2003-06-04 Thread Bob Proulx
dparm -q -d1 -m16 /dev/hda Note that just because you turn DMA on does not mean it will stay on. If the kernel gets errors it will switch it off, log the action to syslog, and continue using non-dma. This can happen with some chipsets which have problems. I have one machine like that. Oh well. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Speeding up debian ... ?

2003-06-07 Thread bob parker
ident that it makes a significant difference for > typical workstation users (who are rarely constrained by CPU speed, > instead being mostly constrained by I/O speed), I eagerly await your > numbers from a battery of real-world tests. > > Thanks in advance, > But surely it makes

getting iproute

2003-06-14 Thread bob parker
I am using Woody and trying to set up shorewall. I need iproute and am without the #2 install cd. How can I get it online? I have man'd sources.list and doing what it says there is getting me nowhere. TIA Bob Parker __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now

Re: How to "undo" a broken "apt-get upgrade"

2003-06-14 Thread Bob Proulx
hought about suggesting ways here. But it is a tangle web and so I decided that pushing you forward is probably more productive. Many things depend upon in what way your system is having -f trouble. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: CVS: how to set the pserver (ssh)?

2003-06-14 Thread Bob Proulx
ost certainly holes in the above recipe. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: CVS_RSH for :ext: CVS access

2003-06-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Try this command: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --display rsh A while back I posted this note. It might help in getting up to speed with the alternatives system. A short tutorial on the subject. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200208/msg02808.html HTH, Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

shared UIDs across NFS (was: CVS_RSH for :ext: CVS access)

2003-06-14 Thread Bob Proulx
using NFS then you should be using the same password entry (at least the same data) across all participating hosts. If you do that, then again there is no trouble. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Advice needed : Oracle and Debian Linux

2003-06-15 Thread Bob Proulx
y were LSB compliant it would be trivial to install those. Sigh. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Beginning Linux Programming(THANK YOU)

2003-06-15 Thread Bob Proulx
an't say as I like the output which is generated from a stylistic viewpoint. But 'autoproject' is a way to get a full project directory going quickly. With that disclaimer you might want to give it a test drive. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: alias in .xsession

2003-06-16 Thread Bob Proulx
children. Instead you need to put them in your .bashrc or other shell environment file. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: command for disk free ?

2003-06-16 Thread bob parker
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 03:34, David selby wrote: > Hello, > > I am writting a bash script, I need the free memory on my hard disk > partitions. I can get this via gfreedisk or kwikdisk but I need a CLI > command so I can process its standard output. > > I have tried man -k free, man -k disk ... etc...

Re: Using libstdc++.so.5 on woody?

2003-06-16 Thread Bob Proulx
ou would not be able to install it on woody. You could try to backport it. Frankly if you are going to be running commercial binaries you will almost certainly be pushed into needing glibc-2.3.1. So you might consider upgrading to either testing or unstable for at least the libraries that you n

Re: backporting Questions

2003-06-18 Thread Bob Proulx
this format didn't work for me as apt tried to find > packagename/testing instead of packagename in the testing branch. Is this > suppose to work? Hmm... Can't say. I don't know. I am not an expert on pinning. I usually avoid pinning. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Whither logwatch? Or equivalent?

2003-06-18 Thread Bob Proulx
ld be more readily available it leads me to ask what are the favored log watch utilities? I can certainly walk through the list of available ones. But here I would like to learn from your experiences and hear your recommendations. Thanks Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Firewall logs and analyzing tools

2003-06-20 Thread bob parker
r designated recipient. Does not make stats though. HTH Bob Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Please help with Sarge and my network card

2003-06-21 Thread Bob Alexander
0 mobility, wireless etc. Thank you. Bob Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: backporting Questions

2003-06-21 Thread Bob Proulx
debian-devel. In summary anyone could set up a track for this purpose. But so far no one has decided to champion such a track enough to actually do it. There are some tricky issues so it is not quite as simple as you might think at first guess. And remember this would be needed across 11 architectures too. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: nfs through dsl router

2003-06-21 Thread Bob Proulx
ticle. Thanks for sharing that. I would also recommend reading the VPN HOWTO. The 'secvpn' package may be of use to you in this area. Creating a full VPN between your computers may be what you are looking for. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian Linux Version

2003-06-21 Thread Bob Proulx
ux then KNOPPIX is probably your best and easiest way to get going. And since it is based upon Debian you gain the advantages that Debian provides. http://www.knoppix.org/ Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: iso images etc

2003-06-21 Thread Bob Proulx
k you would have a better chance at answers to your specific questions over there. :-) Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: how to use rpm in debian

2003-06-21 Thread Bob Proulx
information I might be able to give more specific suggestions. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Wheelmouse

2003-06-21 Thread Bob Proulx
have not played with this at all but it looks interesting. Probably more than you need at the moment. apt-cache show mdetect For now I would just change the XF86Config file line and be happy. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: logging apt-get/dpkg activity

2003-06-21 Thread Bob Hilliard
dist-upgrade 2>&1 |tee -a upgrade_log exit 0 This contains several bashisms, so it shouldn't be run with #!/bin/sh. You still have to stand by to answer apt's and debconf's questions. HTH Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: logging apt-get/dpkg activity

2003-06-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Bob Hilliard wrote: > I suspect the easy availability of script(1) discouraged people > from expending any effort on it. I finally got tired of editing out > all the bogus newlines (^M) from script's output, so I wrote the > following wrapper for apt-get, which I have in

Re: logging apt-get/dpkg activity

2003-06-21 Thread Bob Hilliard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > You could eliminate all of the non-portable stuff in the above by > changing the single 'echo -e' to 'printf'. This is functionally > equivalent. That isn't the only bashism in that script. Regards, Bob -- _

Re: logging apt-get/dpkg activity

2003-06-22 Thread Bob Hilliard
sion the back-quotes for command redirection aren't standard either - at least a number of people object to them. I am not familiar with any shell other than bash, so I'm never sure what is or is not a bashism. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROT

Re: XFree86 ctrl:swapcaps

2003-06-22 Thread Bob Proulx
hat seems like it should still work. But as another data point you could bring up 'xkeycaps' and see what it says about your configuration. You could even use it to swap the keys and create a new xmodmap file completely outside of the global X config. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: logging apt-get/dpkg activity

2003-06-22 Thread Bob Hilliard
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bob Hilliard wrote: >> The redirection " 2>&1" isn't portable - it doesn't work with >> /bin/dash. > > Yes it is, and yes it does. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>dash > $ perl -e 'p

Re: how to use rpm in debian

2003-06-23 Thread Bob Proulx
backports easy. The latest versions have some very important bug fixes. Even with the newest version, however, I have some issues. But Joey has been very active working on it of late and I think the release for sarge will be in excellent shape. Bob pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: how to use rpm in debian

2003-06-24 Thread Bob Proulx
Joey Hess wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > I install it [Intel compiler] by picking it apart and reassembling > > because I am a purist. I end up with a clean installation. (If > > the license allowed it I could make the .debs available. But it > > does not and so

Re: Wheelmouse

2003-06-24 Thread Bob Proulx
needed to generate wheelmouse events so that applications could use them. The imwheel program actually got in the way of that by eating them and translating them. I can't recommend it to people today. I think most people install it thinking it is something that is needed to make the whee

Re: Is it possible to switch these processors?

2002-12-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
Slot 1 processors are on a daughterboard which plugs into the motherboard, while socket 7 (and all socket*) processors plut directly into a socket on the motherboard. In many cases the socket itself will designate "socket 7" or similar. Slot 1 was (IIRC) only used for Pentium 2 and some early Cel

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-13 Thread Bob Proulx
No collisions with other processes in the shared /usr/src area. Bob msg18957/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: E-Mail trouble

2002-12-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
I suspect you are seeing this because lists.debian.org does not accept SMTP because RiverWillow is not a FQDN and/or is not resolvable. Bob On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 11:59:40AM -0600, Larry W. Irwin Sr. wrote: > Hi, > > I am a new Mutt/Exim user and have a problem sending m

Re: strange problem compiling source rpms

2002-12-13 Thread Bob Proulx
> kernel) that I am building myself on a multiuser system. I prefer > this to /home/replay-with-your-login-name-here/src/ Very good! Bob msg19067/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Removing devfsd

2002-12-14 Thread Bob Hilliard
To recover, I have booted another partition, mounted hda6 on /mnt, chrooted into hda6 and re-installed devfsd. This is reproducible - I have done it three times. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way

Re: Its a SPAM & Fuck You.

2002-12-15 Thread bob parker
th a 1meg text attachment which just tells them over and over what they can do with their spam. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: urgent - system slow after spamassassin

2002-12-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 12:30:07PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > hello all > > after installing spamassassin, my system has become terribly slow! i > thought that it must be becasue spamd is trying to scan all messages. so > i modified ~/.spamassassin/user-prefs. here is how it looks: > > whi

Re: change terminal type while using 'screen'

2002-12-16 Thread Bob Proulx
vt100, xterm, or another type of terminal. echo 'term ansi' >> ~/.screenrc Bob msg19405/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Spamassasin says Debian 3.0r1 announcement is spam...

2002-12-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 09:44:18AM -0500, Edward Guldemond wrote: > On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 08:03:32AM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > I am sure some one else noticed, or did the annoucement just fly by > > most people? I know this is not a "bug" but I am sure it is a > > noteworthy fact ;-) > >

Re: dist-upgrading when tracking testing

2002-12-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:13:42PM +, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Hi, > > currently i'm tracking testing/unstable and with the release of 3.0r1 > i was wondering if i would have to do a dist upgrade too? I suppose > not since i'm not tracking stable but when is this command usefull > then if tr

Re: apm

2002-12-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 06:34:27PM +, daves debian wrote: > Am i right in thinking that I need apm compiled in the kernel to allow my > system to turn its own power off when i > > shutdown -h now ?? > > All the documentation seesm to be about laptops and batt saving ? I run a > full size sy

Re: change terminal type while using 'screen'

2002-12-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Sandip P Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-17 10:42:31 +0530]: > On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 09:50:15AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > > screen -T $TERM > > well, i did this. now when i start screen and do echo $TERM, it does say > linux. however, there seems to be some er

Re: Printer Recommendations?

2002-12-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 06:44:32AM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 04:19, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 16 Dec 2002, Nicolaus Kedegren wrote: > > > > > > > I could not agree more with you. A used HPLJ4 cost me $125, and a > > > "refill cartridge" about $45 at the same place. A

Re: Printer Recommendations?

2002-12-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:41:59AM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2002-12-17T18:48:32Z, Jon Dick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I got mine after a few weeks, it doesn't cost you anything. It's just a > > bit of cardboard that you have to ram down into the paper tray so that it > > replaces

Re: vi alternate problem

2002-12-18 Thread Bob Proulx
i as the alternative. Or you could remove vim too which would also return vi to nvi. This is described in some detail in this note posted previously. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200208/msg02808.html Bob msg19835/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:57:02PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > John Griffiths wrote: > > >At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > > > > >>What do I need to do to get exim to get mail from my ISP? Or at least > >>where is the best document or tutorial to read to answer my own questions?

Re: 2.4.18 to 2.4.19/20 locks up

2002-12-19 Thread Bob Underwood
kernel (rage128 pro ultra TF chipset). sorry, if it's already been noted. i came into this a bit late. bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SMTP standards : needs outgoing SMTP server be MX for my domain?

2002-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
mailer should be the same as MX. > I am wondering if SMTP standards require that email sender of a domain be > its MX? I find that really surprising. The problem is spam. When you are drowning in the sea you don't look carefully at the rules for boating safety when you grab onto a life pr

Re: Agghh! hostname in Woody install

2002-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
endation) and also customized it then you _may_ have to change the hostname in this file too. /etc/postfix/main.cf Bob msg20108/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Configuring a mail server...

2002-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
t time a large number of people will refuse to accept mail from your server. It will be less than useful to operate a mail server from which people cannot receive mail. Bob msg20109/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: DLINK DFE-530TX install problems

2002-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
ll of this for you with a guided install. It presents a menu of drivers, you select, it installs that line in /etc/modules. Bob msg20187/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Groups

2002-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
ore or recreate it. The base copy of that is in /usr/share/base-passwd/group.master and could perhaps help. But you will need to modify it most likely. Bob msg20188/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Configuring XFree86 version 4

2002-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
7;lspci' (or cat /proc/pci) output. Have you installed 'gpm', yes or no? Do you have a usb, ps2, imps2 or other mouse. Might as well ask as those will be the next questions. Bob msg20190/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

2002-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
tmp/vi.recover and see what files are there. The name will be scrambled. But if there are files there then one of those is the corresponding one to your .muttrc file being edited in that other process. Bob msg20216/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Browser identity crisis

2002-12-20 Thread bob parker
webmaster about their buggy site. Or just go to the link provided by Greg Norris, I just did and prefbar is installed and working. I had to: `sudo mozilla` in an xterm to have it install successfully then chown the resulting 'prefbar.rdf' to my user name. HTH Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: boo lexmark (was: Which USB portable memory?)

2002-12-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
and if we avoided all manufacturers who make winprinters, the choice would be pretty meager. One does need to check the specs before buying (the lower-end stuff is most suspect). Lexmark also makes printers with built-in PostScript, which is, in general, better supported in Linux than Windows.

Re: just survived from unbootable system - what was wrong?

2002-12-20 Thread Bob Proulx
erefore this for loop walks through all of the devices and provides it as standard input with the < redirect. Bob msg20362/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: ntpdate from cron -- DON'T DO THAT! - more

2002-12-22 Thread Bob Hilliard
How does rdate compare to chrony and nptd? Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL 34990 USA GPG Key

Re: need some readline tricks

2002-12-22 Thread Bob Proulx
in the bash package contained this template. Perhaps it would be useful to you. Bob # In xterm windows, make the arrow keys do the right thing. $if TERM=xterm "\e[A": previous-history "\e[B": next-history "\e[C": forward-char "\e[D": backward-char # Under Xt

Re: text mode pdf and msword reader?

2002-12-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 11:30:42PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 10:57:00AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > hello all > > > > from a gui die-hard, i have started using console extensively. mutt, vim > > and all :) much faster - i must say. > > > > off and on, i get m

Re: Mixed install of Open Office 1.0.1

2002-12-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 07:11:34PM +0100, Roland Wegmann wrote: > Hello > > I have seen there is a lot traffic because of OpenOffice. I was really > happy, when I realized that OO is in unstable. I'm running testing on my > iBook (11.2002) and try run do a mixed system in order to install OO. >

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