help: setting up dial-in mail server

1999-07-09 Thread Bob Billson
ction died as soon as the POP server died, so that much is good. :-/ I'm hoping someone has already gotten Eudora to talk to a Debian box. If not some advice on what I'm doing wrong with either approach would be very well! Thanks for the help!!

Re: help: setting up dial-in mail server

1999-07-09 Thread Bob Billson
On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 02:00:07AM -0400, Carl Mummert wrote: > Why not just set their shell to /bin/false or some such. Thanks. I'll give it a try. bob

Help! mgetty & ppp won't play together

1999-09-11 Thread Bob Billson
t work right and if you remove the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file altogether, it works. I tried doing that. ppp continues complaining about not finding any secret (password). Does someone see what I am overlooking? Thanks for the help. bob -- bob billson email: [EMAI

Re: dpkg-dev / dpkg broke?

1999-09-15 Thread Bob Billson
olved it by doing: dpkg --install dpkg-dev dpkg --install dpkg After that apt was happy again. bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz (\/) {|||8- beekeeper ...3 years -8|||} Linux! Because there is (/

Re: Help! mgetty & ppp won't play together

1999-09-16 Thread Bob Billson
changing "molec3" to your hostname, > try that. hmm... That's odd. I'll give it a try and see what happens. > To any PPP experts out there who know what I'm talking about, > please tell me what this extra field signifies so I can sleep > at night... Indeed. Inq

Re: Help! mgetty & ppp won't play together

1999-09-16 Thread Bob Billson
that way, is mgetty smart enough to continue with the usual login/password prompts if it doesn't detect ppp running on the caller? -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz (\/) {|||8- beekeeper ...3 years -8|||} Lin

Re: Help! mgetty & ppp won't play together

1999-09-16 Thread Bob Billson
"Marc Mongeon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My /etc/ppp/options also contains the following options: > > +pap > -chap Don't have that in mine, but it's worth a try. :-) bob -- bob billson ema

bash weirdness under potato?

1999-05-06 Thread Bob Billson
r a week of running. Does anyone have any ideas what is going on? bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz (\/) {|||8- beekeeper ...3 years -8|||} Linux! Because there is (/60,000 head of livestock

2.2 kernel under slink?

1999-05-06 Thread Bob Billson
on Debian page no longer seems accurate. Thanks for the help. bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz (\/) {|||8- beekeeper ...3 years -8|||} Linux! Because there is (/60,000 he

HELP: EXT2-fs error

1999-05-18 Thread Bob Billson
7; on the directory and got the same error as above. Is this a bug in Potato TeX package or a problem with my system? How do I fix it? Is it safe to rmdir that directory and recreate it? TIA for the help. bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz

Re: HELP: EXT2-fs error

1999-05-18 Thread Bob Billson
On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 04:23:41PM +1000, Rob wrote: > Have you run fsck on the partition? Its probably the best place to start > with disk problems. Yes, that was one of the first things I did. The partition came up clean.

packets hanging diald

1999-05-20 Thread Bob Billson
how to stop it, if it should be stopped, or how to get diald to ignore it? (System info: Debian potato, 2.2.9 kernel) TIA ... bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz (\/) {|||8- beekeeper ...3 years -8|||} Linu

why is xdm ignoring the keyboard?

1999-05-29 Thread Bob Billson
ut. The system, itself, still appears to be functioning. cron still is running its jobs. The mouse still moves cursor around. Can someone clue me in what I need to change to get xdm to work properly? Thanks for the help. bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: why is xdm ignoring the keyboard?

1999-05-30 Thread Bob Billson
Debian FAQ, though a section in the FAQ dealing with various config files would be useful. Maybe it already exists? :-) bob ...thinking it's cool to be running xdm and X again :-) -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz (\

Re: Death of a 2nd WD hard drive

1999-06-02 Thread Bob Billson
ixed *very* quickly. Note how quickly, Alan Cox found and fixed the remote crash bug in the kernel.) bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz (\/) {|||8- beekeeper ...3 years -8|||} Linux! Becaus

[DHCPC] eth0 disappears after booting

1997-12-20 Thread Bob Billson
so experienced this and made the necessary changes. That problem disappeared, so I don't think the cable modem problem is related. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious but just don't see it. Can anyone offer any help? Thanks! bob -- Bob Billson, KC2WZ

multi-volume backups with taper?

1997-03-24 Thread Bob Billson
i.e. couple of directories at a time. This is wasteful of both time and tape. Any help would be most welcome. TIA! Bob -- Bob Billson, KC2WZ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MS-DOS, you can't live with it. You can live without it.

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-16 Thread Bob Billson
rent beast altogether and the driver won't work with it. bob -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] first year beekeeper, 2 colonies [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ MS-DOS, you can't live with it. You can live without

[HELP] Netscape & RealAudio & plug-ins

1997-10-27 Thread Bob Billson
s the correct file. However, I'm not familiar enough with Netscape to know what to add. Any help would be welcome. Thanks. bob -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] first year beekeeper, 2 colonies [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [HELP] Netscape & RealAudio & plug-ins

1997-10-27 Thread Bob Billson
! I was clicking on word 'Navigator'. That gives only the Navigator home page selection box. I clicked on the the little triangle and sure enough there was everything else. Thanks! -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] first year beekeepe

1.3 disks to install 1.2?

1997-06-25 Thread Bob Billson
stick with the 1.2 set? Thanks. By tomorrow afternoon, we should have another [Debian] Linux convert. :) Bob -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ MS-DOS, you can't live with it. You can live without it./) {|||8-

1.2 to 1.3 short cut?

1997-06-28 Thread Bob Billson
plete upgrade from 1.2 to 1.3. Anyone foresee any problems with doing this? Or should we do a complete installation of 1.2 before we upgrade? Thanks for the help. Bob -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ MS-DOS, you can't live wit

nice job with Debian CD-ROM!

1997-07-06 Thread Bob Billson
1.2 and upgrading to 1.3 about a week ago. Unfortunately we ran into problems and out of time. Since the 1.3 was already ordered, we decided to wait for it. Bob -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ MS-DOS, you can't live with it.

using cable modem with Debian?

1997-07-06 Thread Bob Billson
er said this sounded like what the cable modem uses now talking to Win95. Should we install this for Debian? If so, how to get it going? Any help will be most welcome. Thanks! Bob -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ MS-DOS, you can

Re: nice job with Debian CD-ROM!

1997-07-07 Thread Bob Billson
t want to email them about that (i.e. the typo), but I I did. No answer yet. -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ MS-DOS, you can't live with it. You can live without it./) {|||8- Linux: Wor

Re: using cable modem with Debian?

1997-07-07 Thread Bob Billson
vious. However, after an all-nighter my brain is somewhat fuzzy. :) Bob -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ MS-DOS, you can't live with it. You can live without it./) {|||8- Linux: World

Re: nice job with Debian CD-ROM!

1997-07-07 Thread Bob Billson
ebian 1.3 CD-ROM. >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jul 7 12:43:30 1997 From: Sales Information <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bob Billson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 12:28:22 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Comments From LSL Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nothing was left out. I sorry

Re: using cable modem with Debian?

1997-07-07 Thread Bob Billson
ng here, or are you? :) Most likely me. :-) -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ MS-DOS, you can't live with it. You can live without it./) {|||8- Linux: World dominatio

broke dpkpg files :-( help?

1997-07-22 Thread Bob Billson
asking a similar question when the last few months. However, searching the mail list archives didn't turn up anything. Help?Thanks. Bob -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ MS-DOS, you can't live with it. You can live

magicfilter & Espon Stylus Color II

1997-08-09 Thread Bob Billson
Has anyone already gotten magicfilter to work with the Espon Stylus Color II (ink jet) printer? Is is compatiable with one of the other Espon ink printers? I don't want to write my own configuration file if it has already been done. Thanks. Bob -- Bob Billson,

Re: magicfilter & Espon Stylus Color II

1997-08-21 Thread Bob Billson
Thanks to everyone who sent me info on getting my Epson Stylus Color II working under Linux. It works great! Some of the colors are quite right, but I can live with this! Thanks again! Bob -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ MS-DOS

[X] why does X kill my modem?

1997-08-21 Thread Bob Billson
tion. The only way to restore things to normal is ctrl-alt-del. Is there something buried in X which enables/disables the serial ports? If so, what and where? If not, does anyone have suggestions as to what might be going on here? TIA... Bob -- Bob Billson, KC2WZ

Re: [X] why does X kill my modem?

1997-08-21 Thread Bob Billson
sionally to update the controller to adjust for seasonal changes. All this works fine when X is not running. This is why I'm puzzled to what X is changing. Any other ideas? Bob -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ MS-DOS, you ca

Re: [X] why does X kill my modem?

1997-08-21 Thread Bob Billson
On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, I wrote: >ttyS0 and ttyS3 are IRQ 3 >ttyS2 and ttyS4 are IRQ 4 I *meant* to type: ttyS0 and ttyS2 are IRQ 3 ttyS1 and ttyS3 are IRQ 4 -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ MS-DOS, you can't live with it. Y

Re: POV-ray?

1997-08-21 Thread Bob Billson
On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Greg Vence wrote: >Does anyone who uses POV know why I cann't see http://www.pov.org/ ? Try www.povray.org, instead. -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ MS-DOS, you can't live with it. You can li

Re: [X] why does X kill my modem?

1997-08-22 Thread Bob Billson
er irq? I should be able to. I'll give it a try and see what happens. -- Bob Billson, KC2WZemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ MS-DOS, you can't live with it. You can live without it./) {||

Debian (not Linux) newbie

1996-09-09 Thread bob . billson
@SUBJECT:Debian (not Linux) newbie question #2 N Hi again all... Question #2 of problems getting Debian install. I tried a test install of Pacific Hi-Tech's Debian 1.1.1 CD-ROM on another hard drive (not the one I'm trying to backup) on Friday. All went okay until I got to

Debian (not Linux) newbie

1996-09-09 Thread bob . billson
@SUBJECT:Debian (not Linux) newbie question #1 N Hi all, I've been running Linux for almost a year now. I started with Slackware, moved to Red Hat 3.0.3 now I want to move to Debian. I will be moving Red Hat to another machine once I get Debian configured the way I want.

Debian (not Linux) newbie

1996-09-10 Thread bob . billson
@SUBJECT:Debian (not Linux) newbie question #2 N Hi again all... Question #2 of problems getting Debian install. I tried a test install of Pacific Hi-Tech's Debian 1.1.1 CD-ROM on another hard drive (not the one I'm trying to backup) on Friday. All went okay until I got to

Debian (not Linux) newbie

1996-09-10 Thread bob . billson
@SUBJECT:Debian (not Linux) newbie question #1 N Hi all, I've been running Linux for almost a year now. I started with Slackware, moved to Red Hat 3.0.3 now I want to move to Debian. I will be moving Red Hat to another machine once I get Debian configured the way I want.

Debian (not Linux) ne

1996-09-18 Thread bob . billson
@SUBJECT:Re: Debian (not Linux) newbie N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >use multi-volume backups as I do them off-line anyway. I just define my >backup "volumes" such that they will fit on one 170 MB tape. That holds >/etc, /home and /usr/local, which is all I need. My

Re: Which IMAP and POP3 servers ?

2000-09-14 Thread Bob Billson
tions? bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ /) Linux{|||8- beekeeper ...4 years -8|||} Join the sno

Re: Which IMAP and POP3 servers ?

2000-09-14 Thread Bob Billson
On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 08:46:28PM +0200, Davide Libenzi wrote: > Try XMail : http://www.maticad.it/davide/xmail.asp XMail is a *client*. I need a POP *server* which handles maildir. bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc

Re: Which IMAP and POP3 servers ?

2000-09-15 Thread Bob Billson
p set up. All I need is a standalone POP server which can handle maildir. There doesn't seem to be an easy way to make XMail's POP server standalone. Or is there? Courier has a POP server, but it isn't standalone either. :-( bob -- bob billson email: [EM

Re: Which IMAP and POP3 servers ?

2000-09-15 Thread Bob Billson
to do it. -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ /) Linux{|||8- beekeeper ...4 years -8|||} Join the

Re: Which IMAP and POP3 servers ?

2000-09-15 Thread Bob Billson
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Damon Muller wrote: > Try the pop3d server which is part of the qmail package. It's the only My apologies for not making myself clear enough. I'm running exim and really would rather not switch to qmail. -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Small debian install

2001-02-15 Thread Bob Billson
Quoting Neil Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have this P75 with 500MB HD and 16Mb RAM just sitting there > doing nothing (unwanted present from friend) so I'm going to install > Debian on it. Sure, you can install Debian on it. I'm running a 486/133 w/24 MB as a mail/webserver. It's running with

dead keys map info?

2000-10-24 Thread Bob Billson
configure X or various programs allow use of the dead keys. This is good. What seems to be missing is a map of what key combinations produce what. I'm looking for the info both for X and the normal console. Can someone point me where to RTFM? Thanks! bob -- bob billson

Re: Router Project

2000-01-31 Thread Bob Billson
on The Linux Router Project called Coyote Linux. Their web page is at www.vortech.net/coyote/ bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz (\ /) Linux{|||8- be

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V100 #475

2000-03-21 Thread Bob Billson
x27;. The result was a lot of unresolved symbol errors when things had previously worked. HTH ... bob, definitely not a Debian genius :) -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz (\ /)

debianized mars-nwe?

1999-12-04 Thread Bob Billson
name? Thanks for the help. bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine." - RFC-1925 (\/) {|||8- beekeeper ...3 years -8|||} Linux! Because there i

Re: mars-nwe

1999-12-04 Thread Bob Billson
Francois Deppierraz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Filename: project/experimental/mars-nwe_0.99pl12-1_i386.deb No wonder I couldn't find it! Thanks very much. bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz

[OT} firewall question

1999-12-29 Thread Bob Billson
going to the cable modem. The firewall (ipchains) is set to deny and log anything not specifically allowed or denied. Are we breaking something by denying these ICMP packets? Thanks for the advice. bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz

Re: Sound from cassete to mp3

2000-01-19 Thread Bob Billson
o CD's, additionally there is always some background noise created by > the tape machine's motors. You may be disappointed with the results Agreed. Tape->mp3 will definitely not be of CD quality. However, if you are willing to accept the lower sound quality or if there is

help: 2.4.0 kernel and /dev/shm

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
lue to no avail. I'm sure it's something stupidly simple I'm overlooking. Can anyone point it out? Thanks for the help. bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ham: kc2wz [EMAIL PROTECTED] L

Re: help: 2.4.0 kernel and /dev/shm

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
ot yet. :-) I'll have to try dbench and see how it compares. > compared to 2.2.x:) But it seems a bit slow compared to 2.4.0-prerelease. > Maybe it's just me. *This* is *slow*?! :-) I didn't have chance to try the prerelease before Linus released the real version

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
es are really partition like this: hda1=windows hda3=/ hda5=/home hda6=/usr hda4=swap If this is the case, make the appropriate changes in lilo.conf, i.e. change all hdc to hda and lilo should be happy. Let us know how you make out. bob -- bob billson em

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
d yet! If your /etc/fstab isn't right, you won't be able to reboot! bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ham: kc2wz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux geek/) "Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
possible misunderstanding. Thanks. From the snip from Dale's dmesg it appears he only has only physical drive. The kernel only reported find hdc. There may be more which didn't he post. bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ham: kc2wz

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 01:10:41PM -0500, Bob Billson wrote: > Thanks. From the snip from Dale's dmesg it appears he only has only physical > drive. Sorry, I'm cixelsyd today. I meant to say "appears he only has one physical drive".

Re: Linux 2.4.0 & root fs problem

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
odule' for ext2 support in the kernel (under General Setup) and scsi disks? I once built my kernel with ext2 support as a module late one night. Needless to say, my machine was very unhappy with me. :-) bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ham: kc2wz

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
to the kernel like with lilo.conf's 'append='? Second, is it easier to install Debian package or play with original tarball? bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ham: kc2wz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux geek/) &q

Re: Linux 2.4.0 & root fs problem

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
it called extfs? I forget. Soon there will be ext3 and others to choose from. hhmm... Can ext2 be replaced with, say, romfs for embedded apps? I'm glad Linus and the others gave us this flexibility unlike that choice-less OS out there. bob -- bob billson email: [E

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
e > defined delay). Sorry, guess I didn't make myself clear. I should have said does grub have the equivalent of lilo's /etc/lilo.conf where an equivalent 'append=' line goes? That avoids have to press 'c' and entry to info. Thanks... bob -- bob billson

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-12 Thread Bob Billson
system'. The world should be happy again! With more experience, you can get away with using only Plan B. But play it safe the first time. Hopefully, you won't need Plan B. :-) > thanks for your help > you guys are great Glad to help out. Hey, and we didn't even ask

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-12 Thread Bob Billson
27;c' and entry to info. > > Yes, it's the /boot/grub/menu.lst. Thanks! That answers my question. Looks like I'll have do so playing with grub! :-) bob -- bob billson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ham: kc2wz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[HELP] sarge, 2.6.0 and ALSA won't play

2003-12-23 Thread Bob Billson
re not being recognized. I do have module-init-tools (deb v0.9.15-pre3-2) installed. I did make sure that the correct System.map is in /boot. I'm puzzled what I'm overlooking; probably something stupidly simple. If someone could poke me with a clue :-), I would be most grateful. Tha

Re: [HELP] sarge, 2.6.0 and ALSA won't play

2003-12-24 Thread Bob Billson
8 [snd] serial 48260 1 (autoclean) Any ideas? bob -- bob billsonemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz /) [EMAIL PROTECTED] beekeeper -8|||} Beannachtaí na Nollaig! Linux geek \) -- To UNSUB

Re: [HELP] sarge, 2.6.0 and ALSA won't play

2003-12-28 Thread Bob Billson
es that are in the 2.6.0 tarball. hrm... However, the ALSA start up scripts for the 2.4 kernel are still installed. Wonder if this is messing things up for 2.6. I don't want to remove the 2.4 ALSA stuff since I dual boot this box. bob -- bob billsonemail: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Good front end for small postgress dtabases?

2003-12-29 Thread Bob Billson
curious. Is there a similar program for mysql? bob -- bob billsonemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ham: kc2wz /) [EMAIL PROTECTED] beekeeper -8|||} Beannachtaí na Nollaig! Linux geek \) -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: 2.6 kernel causing X to hang?

2004-04-16 Thread Bob Billson
er name. It seems to be totally random when it happens. And to make it more interesting, sometimes (though less often) X will lock up while I'm using it. I'm not sure if this is a kernel or X problem. It never happens if I switch back to 2.4.25. bob -- bob bil