Re: Incoming telnet not working

2000-09-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 12:52:43PM +0200, Philipp Schulte wrote: > On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 01:06:49AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > When I try to telnet into my potato machine, I get a "connected to" > > message followed by "Connection closed by foreign

Re: Incoming telnet not working

2000-09-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
I tried that and it doesn't make any difference. ssh, ftp and http all work, but not telnet (even 'telnet localhost' disconnects). As a last resort, I purged and re-installed telnetd. Now it works. Strange... Bob On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 01:29:43AM -0700, Nate Amsden wrote

Re: apt-get pkg held-back?

2000-09-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
> jx-lib installed before it would upgrade code-crusader. Is this a common > occurance that a package will say it's being held back because a 'new' > dependency exists that didn't before in the previous edition? > > Regards, Bill > > > On Thu, Sep 07, 2000

Re: /etc/rc.boot (new Q: 'outputting' manpage)

2000-09-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
t; > Using man's --ascii option didn't help. > > You can use Emacs (Even if this is hard for vi users ;-) ). Just type > M-x man and then write the buffer to a file with C-x w . > > Another way would be to directly use troff/nroff. How about 'man -t blabla |lpr&#

Re: kernel update?

2000-09-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
with 'make config', 'make menuconfig' or make xconfig'. After that use make-kpkg to compile your kernel and create a debian package which you then need to install with dpkg. See usr/doc/kernel-package/README.gz for details. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY

Re: gnapster replacement

2000-09-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
gt; > > gnapster (notably, what to replace it with). I tried knapster a while > > > > back but I never managed to install the right libs for it (I'm not > > > > running kde fwiw) thanks chris > > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: bash login for root

2000-09-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
n .bash_profile means putting in the > path in full, since bash doesn't do roots path if there's a > bash_profile. Is there anything else that would be missed out if I were > to put in a .bash_profile? -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbri

Re: bash login for root

2000-09-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
aries in /usr/sbin, which are not in the user's $PATH. Bob On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 08:07:46PM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: > Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I don't log in as root very often, but never had any problems having a > > .bash_profile

Re: bash login for root

2000-09-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 09:23:30PM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: > Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I use sudo, logged in as a regular user. It's generally considered a > > security risk to be logged in as root, and a bit less of a risk to use > >

Re: apt-get problems

2000-09-18 Thread Bob Nielsen
b > Charset: noconv > > iQA/AwUBOcbFJJiq2Gf2udcfEQL6cACgzTOOQLeS0oULB/0B7TVRHW17OU0An2uu > 3pMTRAEDGtOQZPlFJBUD7NRI > =kOmM > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: [ot] grub is great!

2000-09-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
gt; man kernel-img.conf. > Hmm, I don't seem to have /etc/kernel-img.conf, but in /etc/kernel-pkg.conf: image_in_boot:= 1 This appears to do the same thing. Is one of these deprecated? -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: mail sorting

2000-09-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
Procmail can be configured to do this. See 'man procmailrc' and 'man procmailex'. On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 07:53:39PM +0200, Olivier Billet wrote: > Hi evrybody ! I wonder if it's possible to sort mails with sender's name as > key and for example put the re

Re: Can't get rid of kde...

2000-09-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
ction x11 > I-- Opt x11 kdebase 1.1.1-19990 2.0-290 KDE core > applications > > Package seems to be broken. How can I remove it? > I'm using a Woody. > > TIA > > Johan > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: About Nestcape 4.75

2000-09-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
the update and select > > menus and rather than selecting any packages, I noted that it had selected > > NS to upgrade, went to the install option and the update worked fine, > > along with the glibc update. > > > > Dunno why the apt-get cammands didn't work... > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: kernel-image-2.2.17 overrides local kernel?

2000-09-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
ommand line with > > echo "kernel-image-2.2.17 hold" |dpkg --set-selections. > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: Packages held back?

2000-09-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
lp gnome-utils gnumeric rep rep-gtk > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. > > Why are they "kept back" and how do I "get them back"? They probably depend on packages which you have not installed. 'apt-get dist-upgrade' will

Re: dselect query

2000-09-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
packages] or > remove and reinstall them. apt-get doesn't seem to work, tells me that the > most up to date version of installed (this error didn't supprise me). Anyone > got a easier hack to do this via a script of something, or any ideas as to how > I can sort this out.

Re: Does debian install sendmail?

2000-09-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
ade my address as my address on the isp. redhat uses sendmail by > default. That's ok because they have an m4 script that is easy to modify to > get masquerading. How does one go about doing the same thing in debian? -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL P

Re: Paranoid's Question

2000-09-26 Thread Bob Nielsen
ECTED]> wrote: > > >Why hasn't woody done something really bad yet? > > > > > >Have I just been lucky for over two months playing 'apt-get upgrade > > >roulette'? Or, am I in pain and just don't know it? > > &g

Re: upgraded libc6 and libc6 and broke my system (Woody)

2000-09-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
I am sure that I am running this libc6 > > package that is breaking everything for everybody. However, I haven't had > > any problems (so far). Exim is still working fine. What does this mean? > > Should I count my blessings? Or will this libc6 package start breaking &

Re: OT what happens to mail when...

2000-09-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
o offer that, > > and then shut down your server just to play > > 'how-many-ways-can-regedit-fsck-my-shell*'? > > But not everyone can afford to have a second computer to play games on :} -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, W

Re: kernel options/settings

2000-09-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
the existing/running kernel image? If you copy /boot/config-x.x.x to /usr/src/kernel-source/.config before running 'make menuconfig' you will see the options in your installed kernel. Possibly the kernel-source packages already include this, but since I don&#x

Re: apt-get problem

2000-09-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
7;dpkg --set-selections' but that should probably be avoided by a new user -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: Dual NIC Problem

2000-10-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
gure]); get O'Reilly's dns/bind book for > name server configuration > o you can bind multiple ip addresses to one nic, this can eliminate > possibilities of hardware conflicts between the nics > but exposes you to security issues > > Good luck and stick with it. It will

Re: Missing Ping in Woody?

2000-10-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
or have I got > some other problem going on? -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: Missing Ping in Woody?

2000-10-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
kg -S /bin/ping", I get "dpkg: /bin/ping not > found." I guess that means that it is indeed broken. > > -- > Kent West > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: SSH again!

2000-06-14 Thread Bob Nielsen
as I remember. By the way, I > > don't really know what you're trying to do but if you did enter a > > passphrase you will not then be able to ssh or scp to that host without > > entering a password. I was just thinking that perhaps you're trying to > >

Re: SSH again!

2000-06-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 08:41:01AM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 04:23:38PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > Most of the systems on which I have set up a .ssh/authorized_keys file > > require only the key. One requires the password instead, although the

Re: Debconf Web Mode?

2000-06-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
site? > am i screwing up installation by not doing this. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY (RN2) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: VMWare, Samba, and Slink

2000-06-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
says they support dpkg packaging, but Debian is not listed as a supported distribution. Possibly this is because potato isn't officially released yet and slink was distributed with a 2.0.x kernel. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY (RN2) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA

Re: Surprising behaviour of dselect.

2000-06-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
e is a newer package available (from running [U]pdate) will be marked for installation. You can put any which you do not wish to install on hold, however. > > That is if I need to install a couple of packages from woody do I also > get all the other packages upgraded? Not with apt

Re: Compiling a new kernel and dselect problems

2000-06-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
prevent an "upgrade", you need to specify an epoch on the make-kpkg command line, such as: make-kpkg --revision=3:custom.1.0 kernel_image This is discussed in /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: Ethercard Plus Elite 16: (WD/8013EP); Slink, Potato, Corel

2000-07-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
at all. So the network didn't start working. > > 2) Tried to install 'Corel 1.1'. > > Did not make network working. Otherwise works, doesn't complain about the > hardwares > > > Conclusions? > > That card doesn't work with Debian/GNU Linux 'slink' or 'Potato'? -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: anyone know ipmasqadm

2000-07-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
man > no ipmasqadm utiliy > > what gives? > > anyone know of a deb that works??? -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: Making my own /etc/init.d/local and setting up links

2000-07-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
s I > should put where. Can anyone tell me? Actually Debian can do this for you: (as root) update-rc.d local defaults -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: Making new "/dev" entries

2000-07-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
lp3" device file. > > I am only asking for someone to direct me to the > instructions, this way I will learn more on the subject. > man MAKEDEV -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: Debian Printing Again

2000-07-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
I don't know what modconfig is, but if you select the ljet4 filter in magicfilterconfig, that should work with this printer, according to the database at www.linuxprinting.org. On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 12:13:42PM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: > Hello Group, > I was reading the list on printers and though

Re: potato & netscape - doesnt install?

2000-07-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
kages you need. I installed 4.73 this way last week and it worked fine. The binary does not include 128-bit encryption, however, but if you have a copy of that from your download, you can copy it over the installed version. Bob -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bain

Re: potato & netscape - doesnt install?

2000-07-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
ttp://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | -- John Milton > n0nb > > > ::: > http://www.aphroland.org/ > http://www.linuxpowered.net/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1:48pm up 33 days, 22 min, 3 users, load average: 0.20, 0.09, 0.03 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: Debian and WordPerfect

2000-07-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
2000 at 09:44:38PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anyone been able to run WordPerfect under Slink or Potato. I get a > segmentation fault on both. > > Does anyone know of a reason for this? -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bain

Re: Adding sound card ?

2000-07-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
gt; > Powered by Debian GNU/Linux. > http://www.debian.org > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: init.d stuff

2000-07-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
The program to execute at startup is /usr/lib/oss/soundon You could create a script in /etc/init.d/local and run 'update-rc.d local defaults' to create the necessary symlinks. /etc/init.d/skeleton is a good place to start. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: staroffice

2000-07-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
It will only run 95 and 98. I had a number of hiccups getting it installed in potato, but once it was working, I find it is more convenient to use than VMware. Applications seem to run a bit faster for me than under VMware, as well. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: staroffice

2000-07-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
.com is a PITA though. > > > -- > "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." - Voltaire > > Ed C. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: LILO and Printer

2000-07-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
nfigure lilo for the selection of multiple boot options. > > Printer: Can't find anywhere in KDE2 to setup a printer. Am used to > printtool, but can't find it. Did I miss installing something, if so what? Install magicfilter and run magicfilterconfig. -- Bob Nielsen, N7X

Re: magicfilter trouble (was: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?)

2000-07-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 06:38:25PM +0200, Andreas Hetzmannseder wrote: > > I have the SC 660, amd the magicfilter package works > > well with it. > > I would like to see your printcap entry. Mine looks like this: > > lp|esc600|Epson Stylus Color 600:\ > :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/va

Re: RealPlayer7 causes Netscape 4.72/3 bus error on startup

2000-07-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
cide how to have Netscape play mp3 files. > Plugger doesn't seem to cut it. Do you have mpg123 installed? Plugger suggests, but does not depend on it. It is necessary for playing mp3 files via plugger, however. Bob -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: current Redhat user evaluates Debian

2000-07-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
a "compact" install which can be done from 3 floppies (vs. 16). This can be used with a network connection, but I don't know if ppp is supported. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: t-dsl

2000-07-31 Thread Bob Nielsen
world... This sounds like something to look out for when choosing an ISP (not that everyone has the choice, of course). Also, some offer static IPs with DSL while others do not (or charge outrageous amounts for them). I was pleasantly surprised that all I had to do to configure my DSL connectio

Re: make menuconfig error

2000-08-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
gt; make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 > luc:/usr/src/linux# > > I know I need a development library here. Can anyone tell me which one it is? > thanks If you are using potato, it is libncurses5-dev. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: VMware with potato - any issues?

2000-08-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
hassle to set up (ymmv). -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: VMware with potato - any issues?

2000-08-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
alled it from scratch. The second time everything worked. I never figured out what really caused the original problem. The support on the win4lin-users mailing list was pretty helpful. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

/etc/init.d/networking vs. /etc/init.d/network

2000-08-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
In potato's netbase, the network script has been replaced by networking. In an upgrade from slink the old script and its symlinks in /etc/rc*.d are retained, however. While this still works, is it likely to cause compatibility problems in the future (woody and beyond)? Bob -- Bob Ni

Re: Sources.conf file

2000-08-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
orking fine until I installed alien, now I keep > getting timed out at 54%, trying to log in. It returns an Err ftp message.. > no such file or directory.. On the other hand, perhaps I have a > different problem -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROT

Re: Laplink for Linux (again...)

2000-08-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
s needed. You can recompile your kernel with PLIP support and use ftp. See the HOWTO for PLIP. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: using my /dev items - playing CDs

2000-08-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
ordingly. Some > >Debian packages may expect the default, but I can't think of any... > > > >> My CD worked perfectly in a previous installation. I now am using a > >> week-old net-install of potato. > >-- > >SIGUSR1 > > > > > >-- > >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > >/dev/null > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: Unable to install netscape

2001-02-14 Thread Bob Nielsen
-- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S

Re: Newbie Debian Networking Question (perhaps an easy one for a techie!)

2001-02-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
> > to configure the Gateway and the routes (in redhat by entering linuxconf > under > > networking... in a glimpse you had all set) Or in etc/sysconfig. I'd like > to > > see something like a network script in > > > > > -- > To

Re: First kernel under Debian

2001-02-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
hing once the packages are installed? > > -- > >Lute< > Hey! It happens. Well it does... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S

Re: Printer recommendations

2001-02-26 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:26:36PM -0500, Alec Smith wrote: > I'm faced with recommending a new printer for my parents as their old unit > is starting to show its age. The goal is to find something for $350 or > less which is Linux friendly since I'll also be using it. The printer will > be connect

Re: Lexmark E312

2001-02-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
in your > kernel) in less than a minute! > > Both the Lexmark E312L and E312 are fairly recent offerings and you > should have no problem running either one on debian potato or woody or > sid with kernel 2.2 or 2.4. FWIW, I am running sid with kernel 2.4.2. > > HTH. > > Regards, > > -- > Salman Ahmed > ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S

Re: Multi-Nics

2001-02-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
I assume you are referring to bug #63623. Unfortunately the ipmasq patches were gzipped attachments to the bug report and appear as garbage text on the web page. Is there some way to recover the actual patches? Bob On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 09:36:19PM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > /etc/network/in

Re: Mouse

2001-02-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 08:42:33PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I seem to be having some problems config my mouse under X. I have a > Microsoft serial mouse and choose > /dev/mouse and Microsoft under XF86Setup. On startx I get the error > Cannot open mouse (no such file or directo

Re: Magicfilter (in woody) problem.

2001-03-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
I am having no problems with this version. Bob On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 01:53:39PM +0100, Mirek Kwasniak wrote: > Hi, > > Don't upgrade to magicfilter_1.2-43 in woody. > Postinst is generating thousends e-mails (I got about 10k).

Re: Comments VMWare?

2001-03-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 04:04:37PM +0100, Jonathan Gift wrote: > Andrew Perrin wrote: > > There should be no problem with 32-bit apps, since VMWare reproduces an > > entire x86 *machine* on which you load whatever you want (windows, linux, > > DOS, etc.). I think you can either use an existing fil

Re: X Setup

2001-03-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 08:17:17PM -, Jesse Lee wrote: > I installed X windows 4.0.1 and all the packages (including debconf). > I got no dependency errors(I downloaded ALL files for X from the website). > The config program never ran. I've even tried reistalling and > dpkg-reconfigure. XF86S

Re: non-Debian package

2001-03-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 09:45:24AM -0500, Holp, John Mr. wrote: > > man alien, whereis alien, whatis alien, etc., etc produce no > indication of such a thing on my Debian 2.2.17 machine. apt-get install alien

Re: dist upgrade

2001-03-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 03:41:34PM -0800, Raphael Crawford-Marks wrote: > could someone give me or point me to step-by-step instructions on how to do > a dist upgrade (potato to woody)? > I recently did this to one of my systems: 1. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to change instances of "potato" or "

Re: Open Look Window managers; removed?

2001-03-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
A lot of packages in testing appear to be removed. I suspect this is because the version in the pool has been upgraded and the newer version does not [yet] meet the criteria for inclusion in testing (newness, rc bugs, etc.) Bob On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 02:19:46PM -0500, Sebastian Canagaratna wrot

Re: where is ps2up?

2001-03-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
The psutils package contains psnup. Bob On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 06:48:18PM -0500, mike polniak wrote: > I'd like to use ps2up to print. Did not find it with apt-cache > search or google. Its probably obvious but i can't see it.

Re: Problems Installing X

2001-03-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
I suggest that you check a few things: 1. What does 'ls -al /etc/X11/X' say? 2. Is xserver-xfree86 installed? (check 'dpkg -l xserver-xfree86') If not, install it with either dpkg or apt-get (it appears that sometimes this doesn't get installed in an upgrade). Bob On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 02

Re: dga in xfree4.0.2

2001-03-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
No problem with full-screen vmware here. My /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 makes no mention of DGA. Try editing your config file. Bob On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 11:36:07PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > Hey people. I just fired up vmware after upgrading to XFree86 4.0.2, and > when I tried to maxim

Re: VMware work on Debian

2001-03-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 08:00:01AM -0700, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: > I am assessing Debian as a replacement for RedHat > on all of my machines. One critical requirement is > support for VMware. > > Can someone tell me if they have had success > running VMware on Debian 2.2(r2)? > I've been runni

Re: apt-get source -b

2001-03-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
non-US/main > Does anyone see what I'm doing wrong, and if I live in > Virginia do I need teh non-US in my sources.list? > Thanks > Don > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices.

Re: Microsoft Wheel Mouse

2001-03-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
; Option "CorePointer" > Option "Device""/dev/psaux" > Option "Protocol" "imps/2" > #Option "Emulate3Buttons" > Option "Butto

Re: Microsoft Wheel Mouse

2001-03-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
I should have checked the man page first. These are case-insensitive, sorry about that. As someone else suggested, try without the "Buttons" option. Bob On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 12:36:58PM -0800, nielsen wrote: > Try "ImPS/2" instead of imps/2. Case matters much of the time.

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 11:18:00AM -0800, peanut butter wrote: > Hi, I'm using lprng with filter /etc/magicfilter/ljet4-filter to an HP > Laserjet 5M printer. Though things print fine from the command line, > if I open a pdf with acroread, nothing prints when clicking the print > button from withi

Re: cdrecord requires /dev/sg? driver - repost

2001-03-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
Have you compiled your kernel to include scsi support and if it is an ATAPE IDE drive have you included ide-scsi emulation? Does dmesg give any information related to SCSI? Bob On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 02:41:30PM -0700, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: > Sorry for the reposting... > > I have recently sw

Re: Where is nslookup?

2001-03-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 04:06:43PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > Hi, > I'd like to have nslookup. I installed and updated Debian 2.2. Any help > would be appreciated. On my system running woody, it is in the dnsutils package.

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
Thanks for the clarification. Bob On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 01:16:17AM +0100, Erdmut Pfeifer wrote: > On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 01:34:45PM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > > I had a similar problem with only certain .pdf documents. The error > > light on my Lexmark Optra E312

Re: Wanna be a Debian user...

2001-03-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 01:52:20PM -0700, Jeff Hornsberger wrote: > > 3. This isn't really related to the installation procedure, but I was > just wondering why Woody still uses XFree86 3.3.6 and not 4.0.1 (for the > video cards that are supported), or am I missing something? Woody has XFree86 4.

Re: Wanna be a Debian user...

2001-03-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
Sorry about that. I noticed (too late) that I had replied to an old message which had somehow been resent to the list. On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 08:49:15PM -0800, nielsen wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 01:52:20PM -0700, Jeff Hornsberger wrote: > > > > 3. This isn't really related to the installa

Re: Realplayer

2001-03-18 Thread Bob Nielsen
The debian installer in potato was written when version 7 was available and hasn't been updated. You can either edit /usr/lib/dpkg/info/realplayer.postinst and .prerm to change the references of /usr/lib/RealPlayer7 to /usr/lib/RealPlayer8 or (recommended) install the version in testing/unstable:

Re: ntpdate, /etc/timezone et all.

2001-03-18 Thread Bob Nielsen
Check that /etc/default/rcS contains the line UTC=yes On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 09:04:29PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > On Sun Mar 18 19:48:18 2001 Christoph Simon wrote... > > > >On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:24:29 -0500 (EST) > >"Stan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s -t 10

Problem with yesterday's woody update

2001-03-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
Not being conversant in perl, can someone tell me what to do about the following error I received after the latest woody updates: Setting up libpaperg (1.0.5) ... Can't locate Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl/5.6.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5

Re: A fact & a problem

2001-03-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
> > compile the source module rltk3189.c in the best way under potato? > > > Vittorio > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S

Re: on upgrading to testing

2001-03-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 11:42:59PM -0500, Mark Hurley wrote: > > Can't locate Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm in @INC (@INC contains: > /usr/local/lib/perl/5.6.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5 > /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.6.0 /usr/share/perl/5.6.0 > /usr/lib/perl5/5.6/i386-linux /us

Re: need internal dns (bind), what packages??

2001-03-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
Install bind. On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 04:40:53PM -0800, Nick wrote: > hi list: > > what packages do i need so that I can use my gateway as the DNS as well. > Debian box: eth0 outside ip > eth1 192.168.1.1 (gateway) > dhcp 192.168.1/24 (client addresses)

Re: netscape won't reinstall

2001-03-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
gt; From seeing and seeing the seeing has become so exhausted > First line of "The Panther" - R. M. Rilke > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S

Re: Lion Worm

2001-03-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
; this site. > > Download Lionfind Here! > > References > Further information can be found at: > http://www.sans.org/current.htm > http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-02.html, CERT Advisory > CA-2001-02, Multiple > Vulnerabilities in BIND > http://www.

Re: what's djscript?

2000-10-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
ED]> > "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount > of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to UNIX > PGP Public Key: http://www.storm.ca/~msoulier/personal.html > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROT

Re: suggestions for buying a printer

2000-10-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
only, unfortunately) but it should work with magicfilter or apsfilter as well. The Lexmark driver can be converted to .deb with alien (it puts some files in /usr/local, which is probably not a good idea, but shouldn't really hurt). Since I haven't yet received my printer, I haven't been

Re: Pine

2000-10-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
rce > tree, I guess. > > Regards, > > Robert Varga > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: GPM + Xfree86

2000-10-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
#x27;t work with all X apps. It does work with browsers (netscape, mozilla, galeon), however. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: Ghostscript

2000-10-14 Thread Bob Nielsen
h is less free than GPL. You can find 6.01 in woody under the name gs-aladdin. At the time of a new release, the previous version is re-released under the GNU license. Version 5.50 is the latest GNU version, but that has not yet been packaged for Debian. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY

Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?

2000-10-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
ect and then in the /usr/src/linux dir kernel-sources-2.2...>, them make menuconfig, you will be presented with a > nice menu driven program. Select the APM features I mentioned earlier. > then save the configuration upon exiting the program. then issue the > command and after that

Mouse freezing in X

2000-10-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
I have noticed in the past few days that if I switch from the X display to a VC and back again that as soon as I move my mouse the cursor jumps to the upper right corner of the display and stays there. This is on a system running woody. Has anyone else noticed this? -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY

Re: Questions About dpkg and friends

2000-10-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
any) a particular file in > the system belongs to? dpkg -S -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: Prints only PostScript files

2000-10-18 Thread Bob Nielsen
gt; > > Thanks in advance, > > Dwight > > -- > > Dwight Johnson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

Re: Staroffice and Debian

2000-10-18 Thread Bob Nielsen
something about "missing components" but works on a > SuSE box. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen

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