Re: exim4 config help

2005-05-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/05/05 02:20), SdA wrote: > Hello: > > I'm attempting to configure 'exim4 daemon heavy' to deliver mail via a > smarthost. > > When setting up the configuration via 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' I > selected the 'monolithic' option. However I can't find a exim4-config > file anywhere a

Re: exim4 config help

2005-05-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/05/05 09:47), Steve A wrote: > On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 11:45:19AM +0100 or thereabouts, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (01/05/05 02:20), SdA wrote: > > > > When setting up the configuration via 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' I > > > selected the &#x

Re: printing under debian

2005-05-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/05/05 22:18), Vegard|drageV wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Vegard|drageV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 22:18:19 +0200 > Subject: Re: printing under debian > Reply-To: Vegard|drageV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 4/30/05, Joydeep Bakshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Debian, and font support help

2005-05-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (04/05/05 21:28), Mr. Kevin Veroneau wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: "Mr. Kevin Veroneau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 21:28:24 -0500 > Subject: Debian, and font support help > > Debian-Users, > >I am having trouble with Fonts and OpenOffice.org. I had the

Re: selecting which messages to download based on headers

2005-05-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/05/05 17:15), ice.dp wrote: > Hi, > I want to download only headers of my mail messages > and then in mutt choose which mail should be download completely. > I use fetchmail to get messages. > > I was googling but find no answer. You could have a look at MailwasherPro - I've not used it bu

Re: KDE

2005-05-09 Thread Clive Menzies
On (09/05/05 15:54), Paul Akkermans wrote: > Dear Debian list users, > > I was asked to paste my /etc/apt/sources.list into a reply. > This is in my /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb ftp://ftp.snt.utwente

smp kernel boots from Knoppix but not Sarge

2005-05-09 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi I have a couple of servers (identical spec) with the advertised cpu as: 3.2GHz 3.2GHz Intel P4 Prescott If I boot from Knoppix I get: # uname -a Linux Knoppix 2.6.7 #2 SMP Wed Jul 28 04:25:36 CEST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cp

Re: smp kernel boots from Knoppix but not Sarge

2005-05-09 Thread Clive Menzies
On (09/05/05 23:28), michael wrote: > On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 23:20 +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have a couple of servers (identical spec) with the advertised cpu as: > > 3.2GHz 3.2GHz Intel P4 Prescott > > > > If I boot from Knoppix I get

Re: which file do I edit to give my syste a default gateway??

2005-05-10 Thread Clive Menzies
On (10/05/05 14:33), Siju George wrote: > Hi all, > > I installed my Debian system without a default gateway. > > May I know which file I should edit to give the system a default gateway?? > If you are using dhcp, you shouldn't need one and your /etc/network/interfaces file should look something

Re: best way to implement disk mirroring in Debian Woody 3.0

2005-05-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (11/05/05 10:57), Siju George wrote: > Hi all, > > Could someone please tell me the best method/practice to implement > "Disk Mirroring" RAID with two 40 GB hard disks on Debian Woody. > > I would like to know which package or software I should install to > support RAID. > > Please also kindl

Re: Debian boot probelm due to raid controller

2005-05-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (11/05/05 03:21), Amira Youssef wrote: > Hello, > > I can't install Debian Woody on IBM series 335 that contains scsi disks and > raid controller. > The installation just hang from the very beginning window!! > > Does any one have experince with such machin? > > Note: I've tried Debian on

Re: Debian boot probelm due to raid controller

2005-05-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (11/05/05 04:15), Amira Youssef wrote: > > Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On (11/05/05 03:21), Amira Youssef wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I can't install Debian Woody on IBM series 335 that contains scsi disks and > > raid controller.

Re: [newbie] Compile Kernel 2.4.18 with dynamic module support

2005-05-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/05/05 09:33), Tony Vandiver wrote: > Hi All, > >How do I compile the 2.4.18 kernel to allow dynamic module loading > instead of statically building the selected modules into the kernel? Look at: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html at the config stage (menuconfig,

Re: clock troubles

2005-05-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/05/05 16:59), Glenn English wrote: > The system clock on one of my machines is running way slow. If I > repeatedly run 'date' the second changes once every 3 or 4 seconds. > ntpdate will bring it into line, but ntpd can't keep it there. > > I don't understand how this can happen. My experie

Re: clock troubles

2005-05-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/05/05 00:04), Clive Menzies wrote: > On (12/05/05 16:59), Glenn English wrote: > > The system clock on one of my machines is running way slow. If I > > repeatedly run 'date' the second changes once every 3 or 4 seconds. > > ntpdate will bring it into lin

Re: Upgrade to XFCE 4.2 now?

2005-05-15 Thread Clive Menzies
On (15/05/05 13:45), Angelina Carlton wrote: > On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 04:14:04PM +0200, Matthias Kaeppler wrote: > > > Is there any means for telling apt that it should ignore the XFCE > > packages in the official repo and just use the ones from os-works? > > I don't want to break the deps. > >

Re: Woody -> Sarge apt-get dist-upgrade

2005-05-15 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/05/05 02:58), Simon Gloßner wrote: > Hi, > > * Andy Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now that Sarge has entered freeze, I'm considering upgrading my Woody box to > > it. This runs the firewall for my local network (connected via Ethernet > > cable modem) handling mail (Exim v3 and fet

Re: Woody -> Sarge apt-get dist-upgrade

2005-05-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/05/05 22:03), Mankuthimma wrote: > > At the risk of being contrary, I recently (January) upgraded a couple of > > servers from woody to sarge and it was pretty trivial - in fact I don't > > recall having to do any reconfiguration other than answer some questions > > during the upgrade. > >

Re: Recommended Debian book?

2005-05-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/05/05 22:54), Deboo ^ wrote: > What is a good book on debian for and intermediate users? I would endorse Linux Administration Handbook mentioned by someone else and Rute Users Tutorial and Exposition by Paul Sheer which you can download. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...s

Re: Howto make a boot floppy for my broken system.

2005-05-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/05/05 12:40), Alex Polite wrote: > My RAID array broke down the other day. Using Knoppix I've managed to > reassemble the array but it won't boot any longer. (Maybe due to the > fact that I've moved the drives around.) > > Rather than figure out how to get system to boot from RAID I'd like

Re: help in sarge testing->stable

2005-05-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/05/05 10:33), Alberto Bert wrote: > I'm running sarge, but I would like to keep using the testing distribution, > also after the release. Do you think there will be any kind of > problem in the transition between sarge and the new testing? I mean, > should I just upgrade my system and everyt

Re: Cups configuration..

2005-05-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (19/05/05 21:28), Ishwar Rattan wrote: > > On Thu, 19 May 2005, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > > Ishwar Rattan wrote: > > > Is there a tool (not KDE based) to configure > > > local and remote printers on a box running cupsys? > > > > The GNOME frontend, gnome-cups-manager. > > > > Well it is plain

Re: remote printing isn't working - lpd not listening

2005-05-20 Thread Clive Menzies
On (19/05/05 23:26), Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > Hi all, > > Just installed Debian on my new workstation, "satan". The workstation has > an HP LaserJet 6MP that I'd like to share with other Linux computers on my > home network. I use lpd, not lprng. > > I'm pretty sure /etc/printcap is set up co

Re: Sound

2005-05-21 Thread Clive Menzies
On (21/05/05 19:00), RSPCA Sheffield wrote: > Hello > > I know you can't give instructions on setting up EVERY piece of > hardware. But I was wondering, for users running sarge, what tool do you > expect them to use to configure sound? In the past I've used sndconfig > but it isn't available on

Re: Sarge

2005-05-23 Thread Clive Menzies
On (23/05/05 08:07), John Moran wrote: > I need to download the latest sarge iso and do a new install and went to > the website to get it. I'm just a little confused as to what to > download. There is a testing release dates May 22 and a sarge release > dated april 27. Is sarge still testing or

Re: poor font rendering in white-over-black (eg Mutt)

2005-05-23 Thread Clive Menzies
On (23/05/05 08:20), s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from A Mennucc: > > > > I just upgraded my box from woody to sarge > > overall the result is OK, but for minor glitches > > > > one problem is that the rendering of the fonts when using Mutt, or any > > other application > > that draws white char

Re: How to make Firefox default to CUPS printer (rather than Xprint spool dir)

2005-05-23 Thread Clive Menzies
On (23/05/05 10:47), Jason Rennie wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Jason Rennie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 10:47:42 -0400 > Subject: Re: How to make Firefox default to CUPS printer (rather than Xprint > spool dir) > > On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 09:57:02PM -0400, Pa

Re: local IP and new MAC address

2005-05-23 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/05/05 00:32), michael wrote: > I'm trying (again!) to sort this out and can't find any answers so, > fingers crossed, one of you guys can help! > > I have a Broadband connection and my Debian box sits behind a router. I > recently upgraded the motherboard so it now has a new MAC address. Th

Re: Changes to apt-get

2005-05-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/05/05 10:21), Ionut Georgescu wrote: > chmod? NEVER! > > install sudo and run either > > sudo vi /etc/apt/source.list > or > sudo kate /etc/apt/source.list > > The best is the first one, of course. ;-) > > > To setup sudo: > apt-get install sudo > su - > vi/joe/emacs /etc/sudoers

Re: Changes to apt-get

2005-05-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/05/05 13:27), Michael Marsh wrote: > On 5/24/05, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try gvim and vim; the former has a gui interface and will give you a > > slow intro to vim (command line version) itself. There is a very good > > book 'Vi IMpro

Re: Gnome on Knoppix?

2005-05-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/05/05 22:23), John Conover wrote: > Anyone installed Gnome on Knoppix? > >Thanks, > >John No but Ubuntu and Beatrix have gnome as the default desktop Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: famd won't let go of my samba shares! (myref: rl3a26may)

2005-05-26 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/05/05 12:52), rich lott wrote: > re: Sarge / Kde / konqueror / smbmounts > > Often when I mount a remote samba share and browse the share with konqueror, > I > can't unmount it after. mount complains that "device is busy". > > This happens when the mount point is not showing in konqueror

Re: sarge 3.1 kernel

2005-05-27 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/05/05 18:06), noc-ops wrote: > > Hi, > > I know which kernel images are available. I'm asking for recommendation > for which kernel-image should I upgrade to. > > Anyway, I went w/ 2.6.8-2-386 :-) Depending on your processor, you may want to upgrade to the 2.6.8-2-686 kernel. '386' wil

Re: Kernel Headers

2005-06-06 Thread Clive Menzies
On (06/06/05 21:53), Stephen Grant Brown wrote: > Hi All, > I would love to go the Debian way but I need the 2.6.11.7 kernel to connect > to a > usb drive which I cannot get going with a Debian precompiled kernel. > Thanks for all your help. > > PS The only program I really want to use is faubacku

Sarge release

2005-06-06 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi A message to all those responsible for the sarge release: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/credits Many thanks for all your brilliant work accomplished with generosity and patience. A very grateful user ;) Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUB

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-09 Thread Clive Menzies
On (09/06/05 15:05), Guillaume TESSIER wrote: > Hi! > > I have been using debian sarge while in testing for some times and got > really satisfied. > > However, i tought i'd just continue to use when it well get frozen. > I'm not that much of a purist but Woody was really outdated. > > The probl

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-09 Thread Clive Menzies
On (09/06/05 17:50), Guillaume TESSIER wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > >On (09/06/05 15:05), Guillaume TESSIER wrote: > > > > > >>Hi! > >> > >>I have been using debian sarge while in testing for some times and got > >>really satisfied. &g

Re: permissions on folders

2005-06-09 Thread Clive Menzies
On (09/06/05 10:39), Jon Roed wrote: > I recently installed limewire (a file sharing program) and i am wondering if > there is a way to share one downloads folder between both users on the > system ? I tried creating a directory called /downloads and giving everyone > permission to it, but lime

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-09 Thread Clive Menzies
On (09/06/05 14:07), Marty wrote: > Basajaun wrote: > > >For understanding what version you are running, and what packages will > >get updated (or not), take a look at "man apt_preferences". > > Good point. Specifically, the apt conffile /etc/apt/apt.conf must > indicate the debian version. e.g.

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-10 Thread Clive Menzies
On (10/06/05 13:13), Marty wrote: > Colin Ingram wrote: > > >On a side note: I installed sarge fresh a couple of months ago and I > >didn't have a /etc/apt/apt.conf file or /etc/apt/preferences. I created > >both by hand. > > > > > > This is all very mysterious to me, all these people lacking

Re: [newbie] Cannot login as root (not a passwd issue)

2005-06-11 Thread Clive Menzies
> On Friday 10 June 2005 05:03 pm, Fernando Cacciola wrote: > > *snip* > > The first thing that shocked me was that I couldn't make a directory via > > Konqueror except inside my home dir (is hard to "undumb" oneself from a > > MS universe ;). > > But OK, I suppose you just don't use Konqueror to d

Re: palm sync

2005-06-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/06/05 06:17), Meni Shapiro wrote: > Hi Guys, > Anybody here synced his palm zire72 with the gui 'plamOS devices' ?? > I somehow couldn't... > my palm syncs through a usb cable (no cradle...) and tried all the default > /dev/ttys* ? > I even tried /dev/input/ts* with no success!! > > What p

Re: software raid - no grub?

2005-06-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/06/05 23:34), Graham Seaman wrote: > I just bought a new machine and installed the new debian on it. It has 2 > drives and I wanted > to run software raid on them so I was really impressed when it came up > as an install option. > The problem is, now I can't always boot: as far as I can work

Re: Request for window manager recommendations

2005-06-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/06/05 17:56), Simon Huggins wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 05:35:23PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > > --- Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Educate me: what's the difference? > > A Window Manager, on the other hand, does just that -- it manages > > windows. It doesn't dictate a fil

Re: Setting up PostgreSQL on Debian...

2005-06-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/06/05 17:45), Redefined Horizons wrote: > I'm a little confused on this one. > > I chose to install PostgreSQL during the installation of Debian Sarge. > Both PostgreSQL and pgAccess were installed. > > However, when I try to create a new database using pgAccess, I get the > following erro

Re: Setting up PostgreSQL on Debian...

2005-06-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/06/05 20:41), John Hasler wrote: > I get exactly the same error here. The user I am running pgAccess as is a > PostgreSQL user. When I run psql I can create the database and then open > it in pgAccess, but I can't create it in pgAccess. > > Looks like a but. but what? ;) It's not a bug.

Re: changing from unstable to testing

2005-06-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/06/05 06:10), Anton Bretterklieber wrote: > > Thank you for helping! > My problem: I did an upgrade to gnome-panel 2-10.1.3. From now on, > gnome-panel doesn't work - "gnome-panel crashed". Also bugbuddy > shows only a blank window, therfore I cannot send a bug-report. > > thx > Anton

Re: Disk Mirroring in Sarge howto

2005-06-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/06/05 16:09), Siju George wrote: > Alright friend :-) > > I just completed it successfully! > > I first created identical partitions in each hard disk and marked them > as RAID Physical volumes. The I created the RAID devices and then > specified mount points and ReiserFS :-) > > It worke

Re: Disk Mirroring in Sarge howto

2005-06-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/06/05 16:52), Siju George wrote: > On 6/14/05, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > cat /proc/mdstat > > > > Thanks a lot Clive :-) > > #cat /proc/mdstat > Personalities : [raid1] > md2 : active raid1 hdd3[1] > 48836

Re: Request for window manager recommendations

2005-06-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/06/05 12:58), Thomas Adam wrote: > --- "Steve C. Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I never quite understood the > > logic > > behind requiring command line tools and text files to configure a > > graphical > > environment. > > No? See this: > > http://edulinux.homeunix.org/fvwm/user

Re: Request for window manager recommendations

2005-06-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/06/05 13:08), Thomas Adam wrote: > --- "Steve C. Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oddly enough when you said "share a common theme" my first > > reaction is > > "that's a WM" as a WM controls the widgets on the application which > > is part of > > the theme. > > No, I meant it from

Re: Setting up PostgreSQL on Debian...

2005-06-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/06/05 06:47), Redefined Horizons wrote: > On 6/14/05, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On (13/06/05 20:41), John Hasler wrote: > > > I get exactly the same error here. The user I am running pgAccess as is a > > > PostgreSQL user. When I run p

Re: Setting up PostgreSQL on Debian...

2005-06-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/06/05 08:03), Redefined Horizons wrote: > I really appreciate the time you've taken to explain these things to > me. I think I've got this figured out. I'll give it a whirl tonight > and let you know how things turn out. > > Thanks Again. > > Scott No problem ;) I've had so much help from

Re: Setting up PostgreSQL on Debian...

2005-06-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/06/05 09:32), John Hasler wrote: > I wrote: > > I get exactly the same error here. The user I am running pgAccess as is > > a PostgreSQL user. When I run psql I can create the database and then > > open it in pgAccess, but I can't create it in pgAccess. > > Clive writes: > > It's not a bu

Re: Setting up PostgreSQL on Debian...

2005-06-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/06/05 09:32), John Hasler wrote: > I wrote: > > I get exactly the same error here. The user I am running pgAccess as is > > a PostgreSQL user. When I run psql I can create the database and then > > open it in pgAccess, but I can't create it in pgAccess. Hi John I just tried creating a ne

Re: Rescue

2005-06-15 Thread Clive Menzies
On (15/06/05 16:47), nx13441a wrote: > In Woody with the cd nr. 1 we can rescue a system. > And in Sarge? > > Thanks There are a couple of 'live' CD's that can work as rescue disks but I think you need to use grub as your bootloader. I use dfs (debian from scratch): http://people.debian.org/~jg

Re: Is 'rename' missing or is it just me?

2005-06-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/06/05 00:10), Carl Fink wrote: > On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 09:05:03PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 21:49 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > > Of course, the difference between it and the lame MS-DOS version is that > > > you use a perl-compatible regexp to speci

Re: Login as a root

2005-06-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/06/05 20:30), David E. Fox wrote: > On 13 Jun 2005 23:27:30 -0700 > "puishor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I really need that, because I use linux as a desktop , on a single > > machine, so there is no need for any security issues ;I'm the only user > > and the only admin... so I do

Re: Is 'rename' missing or is it just me?

2005-06-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On Sat, 2005-06-18 at 09:37 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 01:35:25PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (18/06/05 00:10), Carl Fink wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 09:05:03PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2005-0

Re: CUPS restart-jobs permission

2005-06-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (21/06/05 17:37), Beretta wrote: > Fellow Debian Users, > > I have a _closed_ network (not connected to the internet) on which I have a > Debian server with CUPS installed. > > I have done a fair amount of searching, but I cannot figure out how I can > configure CUPS to allow _anyone_ to resta

Re: dselect and a Recent Experience

2005-06-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/06/05 12:06), Martin McCormick wrote: > In the spirit of helpfulness on this list, I want to repay > some of the assistance I have gotten from others, here. This message > is a warning, not a gripe. I think Linux software is astoundingly > robust. Like anything, there are gotchas.

Re: New Debian 3.1 Installation, GDM no keyboard no mouse

2005-06-23 Thread Clive Menzies
On (23/06/05 18:28), Christoph Simon wrote: > I just installed debian 3.1 and chose to setup a desktop > environment. Everything seemd to go smooth until GDM showed up and > neither the keyboard nor the mouse would work. The keyboard does work > in text mode. In case of the mouse, complains about /

Re: Kernel Panic After Sarge Dist-upgrade To Kernel Image 2.4.27-2-386

2005-06-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/06/05 23:29), Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:05:34AM -0500, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > > >Now I'm worried. Note: I don't have a reiserfs file system, only an > >ext3 fs since day one on all partitions. > > > >If anyone can help me to get the system boota

Re: How to bounce emails selectively with exim?

2005-06-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (23/06/05 09:53), Oliver Elphick wrote: > We get a number of spam mails and viruses sent to us with the sender > address spoofed to appear to be from our domain. These get bounced for > the appropriate reason (unrouteable address, spam, etc) but if the mail > got routed through our ISP, the ISP

Re: I cannot get my X reasonably configured

2005-06-26 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/06/05 09:44), Xeno Campanoli wrote: > X configuration lousy. Please somebody suggest to me something to make > a good X configuration for good graphic hardware. This xf86config POS > just won't do it. Hi Xeno Can you be more specific about 'good graphic hardware'. The output of $ lsp

Re: [Fwd: Re: I cannot get my X reasonably configured]

2005-06-26 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/06/05 17:53), Kent West wrote: > Xeno Campanoli wrote: > > > I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. I get X up, but it only displays as this > > grainy mess with three 2inch icons. Nothing I've done with xf86config > > I haven't uses "xf86config" in years. Is it still a valid tool? > > > [EMAIL P

Re: Printer problems

2005-06-27 Thread Clive Menzies
On (27/06/05 06:09), Strake wrote: > On 6/26/05, hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 6/26/05, Strake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > HP PSC 1350 all-in-one. Connected using USB. I tried printing with both > > lpr > > > and Firefox (neither works). > > > > Are you using cups? Did you in

Re: How to make account with sudo root permissions

2005-06-27 Thread Clive Menzies
On (27/06/05 14:35), Michal Sedlak wrote: > Hello, > I would like to know, how to make SSH sudo account with root permission on > my debian server? > > Can anybody help me, please. I'm not sure I understand what you want to do. But what I do is ssh to the server as 'user' and then sudo once log

Re: Reinstalling exim4

2005-06-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/06/05 08:37), John Burton wrote: > I've badly mesed up my email on my debian server. > I've broken some of the config files and I'm not sure what any more and > deleted a lot of things in a bad attempt to fix it. > > Now I just want to remove it and reinstall exim4 and all of it's related

Re: help scp or rsync

2005-06-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/06/05 10:05), roberto wrote: > hello > i have to get my entire /home/myself from machine B (debian sarge, k 2.6.8) > to my actual machine A to make a backup copy, > > could you please address me where i can find the correct procedure to do > this using rsync or scp? > > please note

Re: debian hosting service

2005-06-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/06/05 09:17), Mark D. Hansen wrote: > can anyone recommend a good hosting company that provides debian sarge > (either dedicated or virtual private server)? > http://www.blackcatnetworks.co.uk/ is run by Simon Huggins who maintains xfce Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...

Re: mdadm: raid not working after stop/reboot

2005-06-29 Thread Clive Menzies
On (29/06/05 08:25), Kristian Rink wrote: > Hi Mike; > > and, at first, thanks loads for your mail. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > > I found it easier not use the mdadm.conf file at all. I simply deleted > > it. > > However, without it, your partitions and/or disks that are going to be > > u

Re: wajig broken in unstable?

2005-06-29 Thread Clive Menzies
On (29/06/05 11:09), Anthony Campbell wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:09:18 +0100 > Subject: Re: wajig broken in unstable? > > On 29 Jun 2005, Graham Williams wrote: > > Received Wed 29 Jun 2005 7:39pm +1000 from A

cupsd - Allow from LAN not working

2005-06-29 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi I have two servers running cupsd (sarge) and can administer their printers, locally, as member of the group lpadmin. For convenience I want to be able to administer both printers from anywhere on the network. Historically, I've used ssh/lynx but for users, I would like to allow them access vi

Re: cupsd - Allow from LAN not working

2005-06-29 Thread Clive Menzies
On (29/06/05 11:49), John Miller wrote: > Clive Menzies writes: > > >Hi > > > >I have two servers running cupsd (sarge) and can administer their > >printers, locally, as member of the group lpadmin. > > > >For convenience I want to be able to admini

Re: cupsd - Allow from LAN not working

2005-06-29 Thread Clive Menzies
On (29/06/05 20:52), Michael Ott wrote: > Hello Clive! > > > I have two servers running cupsd (sarge) and can administer their > > printers, locally, as member of the group lpadmin. > > I've edited the cupsd.conf file as follows: > > > > ## Restrict access to local domain > > Order Deny,Allow > >

Re: Upgrading PHP Version

2004-10-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (11/10/04 09:37), Ed Curtis wrote: > > Hello, I've searched the archives and haven't found anything on this as of > yet. I'm running 3.0 woody and need to upgrade my php version to better > than 4.1.2. I need at least 4.2.0. I don't want to install from source and > would like to keep everythin

Re: Debian Sarge printing ?.

2004-10-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/10/04 07:58), Erik Jakobsen wrote: > Hi. > > As a new debian user, this question had to come :-) > > I want to could print from my newly installed sarge. I have a server, > that has my 2 printers connected. > They are a Brother HL-5040 and a HP-DJ895Cxi. The first one is on lp, > and the

Re: Debian Sarge printing ?.

2004-10-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/10/04 10:06), Erik Jakobsen wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > >Hi Erik > > > >In a browser go to: localhost:631/admin > >This is the web based configuration tool for cups > > > >http://www.cups.org/sum.html > > > >Regards > >

Re: Debian Sarge printing ?.

2004-10-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/10/04 13:40), Erik Jakobsen wrote: > Hi. > > I have tried to setup the printer using http://localhost:631, but had no > luck to link to > the printers in the network on my server. > > I choosed IPP, as there is no network option with the :631. > > What can I do to get it to work ?. > >

Re: Help! Lost keyboard.

2004-10-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/10/04 08:36), Michael Satterwhite wrote: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Michael Satterwhite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:36:37 -0500 > Subject: Help! Lost keyboard. > > I'm running Sid. Everything was working fine. I did *NOT* run any apt command > or (knowingly) make a

Re: basic newbie help

2004-10-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/10/04 09:22), Huy T. wrote: > Hey all I'm looking for a new operating system to use as a primary OS > instead of Windows XP. I noticed that there is extensive documentation > located at tldp.org. Could anyone share any sites with me for > expediting a newer user to getting up and setup

Fwd: Re: Problems with debian install

2004-10-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/10/04 16:16), Vikas Rawal wrote: > I am new to debian but have some experience with Redhat 9. > > I would like to install debian on a Compaq PIII machine. I have the 7 > CDs (downloaded ISOs and burnt CDs without trouble). But when I try to > install, pretty soon it gives a message to the

Re: big boot problem with sid i-386 installer

2004-10-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/10/04 14:38), Dan Roozemond wrote: > Hi, > > > First,I installed win xp pro in /dev/hda1, > > then installed debian with sid net-installer, > > and partitioned for linux with installer, > > everything went well.But > > after rebooted ,grub just couldn't recognize the NTFS partition >

Re: Problems with debian install

2004-10-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/10/04 15:51), Vikas Rawal wrote: > I managed to install debian but after recreating the partitions and > surrendering my windows partition as well. But the problem now is that > it is not able to configure the right monitor and video adoptor. > > This is a compaq machine with an intel 81

Re: Mozilla to Xprint to CUPS = no output.

2004-09-27 Thread Clive Menzies
On (27/09/04 12:13), John L Fjellstad wrote: > Matt Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The printer is using a direct (9100) socket. It's HP > > Color Laser 2500n. It's just mozilla that causes > > problems. Just nothing comes out. No errors. > > I haven't been able to print using the debia

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When the > big switchover comes, I want the woody machine to continue running > woody and not follow stable to a big change to sarge. Oh -- I will > eventually change to sarge, but at a time

Re: Idea

2004-09-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/09/04 12:02), remy harel wrote: > Hi folks, > > Debian user for a long time, I think debian is a > really good project, and a wonderful linux > distribution. One more time, congratulations, and > maybe one day I'll join you to help this project, but > I still hesitate, I don't know if I

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/09/04 10:02), s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Clive Menzies: > > On (28/09/04 05:57), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have a machine running woody and another running sargs. When the > > > big switchover comes, I want the woody machine to continue running

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/09/04 18:50), Joost Witteveen wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > >Ah! Well this does here: > >deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main > > Reminds me of the time my box was rooted. Must have been 1997 or > thereabouts, and I was constantly keeping

Re: keeping woody

2004-09-29 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/09/04 21:18), Max Moritz Sievers wrote: > On Tuesday 28 September 2004 21:01, Clive Menzies wrote: > > I don't think there is any non-free stuff on them. Time to google to verify > > that. > > Take a look at the Virtual Richard M. Stallman: > http://packages

Re: Is there a stable mail client for linux?

2004-10-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/10/04 10:41), Brian Nelson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 04:30:15PM +0200, Francois Cerbelle wrote: > > Le Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:02:52AM -0400, Ed Sutherland ecrit : > > > had to log-out and reboot in order to regain control. Is there a > > > secure, solid and stable e-mail client built

Re: question re: removing all traces of Windows ME OS

2004-10-04 Thread Clive Menzies
On (04/10/04 20:09), Andrea Vettorello wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Chris Moffa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 13:25:14 -0400 > Subject: question re: removing all traces of Windows ME OS > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [...[ > > > What's the protocol for removing all t

Re: [Way OT] Re: GMAIL Invites..!

2004-10-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/10/04 12:52), Nate Duehr wrote: > Rodney Richison wrote: > > > > > > >>Top posting leads to a big mess. Every non-technical person does it > >>and it ends up with them saying "let's use a forum or something" > >>because they can't follow the thread any longer. Surprise surprise, a > >>forum

Re: kernel update, initrd image help

2004-10-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/10/04 14:27), Ian L wrote: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Ian L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:27:35 -0700 > Subject: kernel update, initrd image help > > I'm trying to install kernel 2.6.8 and during the apt process it says i > need to configure lilo to use initrd. > >

Re: kernel update, initrd image help

2004-10-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/10/04 15:08), Ian L wrote: > one quick question: > > apt-get install kernel-image-x > > Thats going to install that specific kernel image alongside the existing > kernel image, correct? i.e. its not going to replace it. > > if so, how do i get lilo to offer me the choice to boot into

Re: How to get the 2nd CPU to work?

2004-10-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/10/04 09:42), Brendan wrote: > On Thursday 07 October 2004 13:16, Jason Rennie wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 03:06:41AM +0530, Rishi wrote: > > > The output of dmesg and /proc/cpuinfo appears to have recognized the > > > 2nd CPU. Any ideas if > > > (a) the 2nd CPU is being used OR > > >

Re: x-windows configuration in woody/sarge

2004-10-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/10/04 09:40), Paul E Condon wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 12:39:47PM +0530, Vikas Rawal wrote: > > I have been trying to install debian on a Compaq Deskpro EN for last one > > week. I have tried both woody (stable) and sarge (testing). In both, the > > x-windows configuration does not w

Re:

2004-10-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (19/10/04 09:03), Vikas Rawal wrote: > Thanks to both of you. I will try what you have suggested and get back. > In the meanwhile, yes, we do have a functioning debian on the machine. > The problem is really with video driver/monitor settings. When I say > "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xwindows",

Re: [OT] Debian advocacy for Smart but Scared People With Lives

2004-10-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (21/10/04 14:59), s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from William Ballard: > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 12:16:21PM -0700, Gilbert, Joseph wrote: > > > session and found that KDE had autodetected my sound card. You may want to > > > have them give Sarge a try. It may be a lot easier than even you susp

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