Re: exim problem

On (29/02/04 22:12), Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 03:36:05PM +1100, Ivan Wills wrote: > > Recently the server has started to take about 30s before sending a email > > message. (It never did this before) > > It does not matter what the size of the message is. It seems like the > >

Re: debconf MemoryError

On (02/03/04 18:10), BaekRyun Je wrote: > Hello, > i'm using sid and while system update debconf raising > error. > > Setting up debconf (1.4.12) ... > Sorry: MemoryError: () > dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error > exit status 1 Upgra

Re: debconf MemoryError

On (03/03/04 13:57), Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 11:45:17AM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > > Upgrading yesterday, aptitude reported critical bug(s) in dpkg - it > > seems to have cleared now and the latest upgrade seems to be OK. > > I wouldn't put too

Re: Newbies! please check this out -> http://www.aboutdebian.com/

On (04/03/04 09:02), Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 03 Mar 2004, xucaen wrote: > > Today I found an amazing web site! why this is not listed anywhere on the > > debian.org > > web page I can not say but this has more information than I could ever have wished > > for! > > I urge all newbies to check

Re: Opinions on some Debian books?

On (05/03/04 10:09), Adam Funk wrote: > I know that a lot of people here recommend "The Debian GNU/Linux Bible" > by Steve Hunger, which my library is getting. But I've also seen in > secondhand catalogues the following books (some of which I think are > out of print) and I'd appreciate any commen

Re: aptitude stopped automatically upgrading packages

On (05/03/04 11:32), Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 11:27:16AM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > | On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 05:49:10PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > | | Usually when I used aptitude in the curses interfaces pressing u to > | | update and then g to install w

Re: installation question?

On (06/03/04 08:29), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We are using Debian for a linux installation, .. yet there is > NO need to setup a Server and all that > jazz. The only instructions or "How to" guides we have instruct > building a server, networking, etc. [b:47e5d03b6f]All we want is a > Regular WOR

Re: Base debian for testing distribution

On (08/03/04 02:49), sara wrote: > I want to know from where i can download the base root > file system for testing distribution(like basedebs.tar > for woody)of Debian.How to unpack it.any one plz > explain in detail.THnaks in advance A good place to start is: http://www.debian.org/distrib/ Depen

Re: Base debian for testing distribution

gards Clive > > --- Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On (08/03/04 02:49), sara wrote: > > > I want to know from where i can download the base > > root > > > file system for testing distribution(like > > basedebs.tar > > > for woody)of

Re: What can't sudo do?

On (15/03/04 14:52), Bill Moseley wrote: > I'm not a current sudo user -- know very little about it > > I'm wondering what the downside is to sudo in managing a Debian machine, > if any, if admin duties are not shared. > > I don't use sudo -- I try and minimize my root access as much as possible.

Re: What can't sudo do?

On (15/03/04 15:49), Bill Moseley wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 11:35:42PM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > > I use sudo for all my machines (servers and workstation) with full root > > privileges. You can restrict what sudoers can do if you're concerned > > about some

Re: Installing from testing on stable - will it be stable after a new release ?

On (18/03/04 10:05), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm using apt-get to install packages from the testing distribution. > Everything installs and runs ok. > > What i'm wondering is when the testing distro and all it's packages turn into stable > will i be able to "convert" all the packages i've inst

Re: Latest Kernel Supporting iMac?

On (18/03/04 10:52), Ed Sutherland wrote: > I'm considering moving from YDL -- great Mac hardware support, > dinosaur-like update schedule -- to Debian. Questions -- > > What is the latest kernel that supports iMac hardware? > Is it best to download and burn a Debian ppc distro or use the > net-

Re: Intel MB SE7501CW2

On (23/03/04 10:44), Gabriella Teruggi wrote: > Sorry but I don't understand your answer. > What do you mean with "CompuTron SpeedWidget 5000"??? > I was looking for someone who has already tried to install Debian on a > server based on the Intel Motherboard SE7501CW2. > By the way, yesterday, whil

Re: Printing from mozilla with cups

On (23/03/04 07:52), Andy Firman wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 06:36:11PM +1100, Glenn Meehan wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 04:31, David P James wrote: > > > I think you are right. I looked at an output file in ghostview and it > > looks the same as my printout. > > > > I am using debian

Re: debian and women? from DWN #10

On (25/03/04 14:41), Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 06:10:56PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > > > > I've personally found the Debian community to be an equal opportunity kind > of place. Help is given

Re: [OT] How big are Logitech's balls?

On (25/03/04 21:31), Andrew Perrin wrote: > The one in my logitech T-BB18 is 35mm. > > ap > > On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Pigeon wrote: > > > Logitech do some rather neat optical trackballs, called "Marble", with > > a speckledy ball to give the optical sensor something to work on. > > > > Unfortunatel

Re: Installing an SMP kernel

On (28/01/04 08:39), Robert Cates wrote: > I would like to install Debian 3.0 (Stable) on my dual CPU Pentium 3 system, with an > SMP kernel of course. My understanding is I would have to first install using a > non-SMP kernel, and then compile a new kernel with SMP support. Could I not just do

Re: Installing Debian Unstable From Scratch

On (28/01/04 17:17), Chavdar Videff wrote: > Ok > This was asked maybe a thousand times. > and I've read it again and again. > and didn't take notes. > Now that I need it I don't have time to look through the list archives. > I am apologizing for taking your time, but would anyone not so busy with

Re: libmemoize-perl/testing: Broken package?

On (28/01/04 15:00), Sam Ruby wrote: > I'm new to Debian (previously I used RedHat). My ultimate goal is to > install mythtv, but for now I seem to have isolated a reproducible > problem with a CPAN module. > > Environment: a machine wiped clean. Fresh minimal netinst of sarge > (vintage 2004012

Re: stopping exim4 from hanging on startup with no network

On (29/01/04 00:32), Micha Feigin wrote: > I have exim4 setup on a laptop, thus the network isn't always available > when the system starts up. > The problem is that when the network isn't found it hangs for about a > minute before it gives up and lets the boot process continue which is > very anno

Re: CUPS & Brother HL-1450: junk page appearing before every printout.

On (29/01/04 16:46), Adam wrote: > I'm running Debian testing with the following packages installed (from dpkg > -l): > > ii  cupsomatic-ppd20040102-1 > ii  cupsys1.1.20candidate6-6 > ii  cupsys-client 1.1.20candidate6-6 > ii  cupsys-driver-g

Re: Books for Debian.

On (29/01/04 10:28), Wendell Cochran wrote: > Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:29:06 -0500 > From: "Randy W. Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [snip] > > . . . I've never seen "Linux Administration Handbook" > recommended . . . . > > Well, the book _is_ big, pricey, & intimidating. > > But in Nemeth `big'

Re: Apt-Get Update Stalling

On (02/02/04 08:55), David Thurman wrote: > We are trying to get an apt-get update and it seems to stall here > > 38% [Connecting to non-us.debian.org (194.109.137.218)] [Connecting to > security.debian.org (194.109.137.218)] > > Any ideas?? Colin Watson answered this earlier today. The machine

Re: Aptitude "#Broken: 4" message -- Confused!

On (02/02/04 15:54), Benjamin Sher wrote: > Just for the fun of it, I downloaded and installed "Aptitude", At the top on > the menu it says: > > Aptitude 0.2.13 #Broken: 4 Will free 9375kb DL size: 13.9 > > This appears on the third line of the menu BEFORE I actually use it in any > way. Does t

Re: Aptitude "#Broken: 4" message -- Confused!

On (03/02/04 00:02), Martin Helas wrote: > Am Mo Feb 02, 2004 at 10:3202 + gab Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> von sich: > > On (02/02/04 15:54), Benjamin Sher wrote: > > > Just for the fun of it, I downloaded and installed "Aptitude", At

Re: Root Password recovery

On (03/02/04 21:45), Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 14:19, Quartenoud Francois wrote: > > Hi, I have change the root password on a Debian 3.0. I make a mistake > > during > > the typing, I cannot retrieve the password. > > I try to reboot with typing "linux single" on Lilo, but

Re: Partition size discrepancy df v parted/cfdisk -SOLVED

On (22/01/04 19:55), Paul Morgan wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:57:44 +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (22/01/04 14:31), Paul Morgan wrote: > >> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:05:01 +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > >> > I've just reorganised the partitions on a seco

Re: Newbie: Back to installation part...dselect

On (10/02/04 13:05), Strop Alexander wrote: > I installed woody on my system here. I tried to make a minimal system so > didn't use dselct or something like that, > because i tought i know apt. After the minimal installation i installed the > KDE with, apt-get install kde. No problem so far. > If i

Re: hp deskjet 600c please help

On (10/02/04 12:35), dm wrote: > Please help me configure my deskjet 600c, I keep finding lists every > like here > > http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/printmodedescr.php#DJ6xx > > > and various listervs but no matter what I try i can not get it > configured. > > > > I have tried foomatic, cups

Re: ADSL ISP in UK

On (11/02/04 11:15), Dave Howorth wrote: > Hi, > > Does anybody have any recommendations or warnings about ADSL ISPs in the > UK? I will also need (perhaps as part of the package) a mail address. > > (I'm currently with BTO but their refusal to support anything other than > Outlook Express has

Re: ADSL ISP in UK

On (12/02/04 13:46), Dave Howorth wrote: > I wrote: > > Does anybody have any recommendations or warnings about ADSL ISPs in > > the UK? > > Many thanks to all who made suggestions. I'll check them out and pick > one. I'm sure I won't go wrong with one from the list: > > Andrews & Arnold (AAISP)

Re: whew

On (12/02/04 16:29), Pedro M. wrote: > That's a good news. In any case, I would like to see Debian-Newbie email > list. > In view of recent discussion, this is unlikely to happen. I first installed Debian as a complete novice having used mainly Macs and some Windows PC's. It was hard because

Re: whew

On (12/02/04 16:17), Clive Menzies wrote: > On (12/02/04 16:29), Pedro M. wrote: > > That's a good news. In any case, I would like to see Debian-Newbie email > > list. > > > In view of recent discussion, this is unlikely to happen. > > I first installed Debi

Re: Troubles to install debian in a Machintosh

On (13/02/04 16:44), Nate Duehr wrote: > To: Debian-User users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:44:20 -0700 > Subject: Re: Troubles to install debian in a Machintosh > > > On Feb 13, 2004, at 1:03 PM, Fernando R. Fernandes wrote: > > >Hello,

Re: ADSL ISP in UK

On (15/02/04 00:28), Pigeon wrote: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 00:28:26 + > Subject: Re: ADSL ISP in UK > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 03:12:09PM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > > ADSL Guide > > gave Metr

Re: apt-get upgrade of kernel-image

On (13/02/04 09:27), Raquel Rice wrote: > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:54:59 +0100 > Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello > > > > Chris Searle (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > > > I ran apt-get upgrade -u yesterday and noticed that it was > > > wanting to upgrade kernel-image-2.4.2

Re: dselect refusing to upgrade packages in unstable?

On (19/02/04 20:54), Henry Hollenberg wrote: > I keep getting a line from dselect about packages that will > not be upgraded: > > 98 upgraded, 36 newly installed, 0 to remove and 71 not upgraded. > > I wonder, have I screwed something up? This morning I upgraded using aptitude and experienced so

Re: OT linux/debian book (?) for beginners

On (27/03/04 07:06), Tom Allison wrote: > Rodney D. Myers wrote: > >I have a friend, who I've installed debian for, who is waffling between > >whining about windos XP, and it's mysterious hard disk activity and > >crashes, and his whining about no linux docs/books. > > > >Where can I find/buy/print

Re: downgrade to stable

On (29/03/04 16:54), Costas Magkos wrote: > > Hi debian people, > > Is there a way to downgrade to stable, after having apt-get dist-upgrade > to testing? > > ~kmag > > P.S. people of debian-user please CC me. > > Costas Magkos Hi Unless you really know what you are doing this is not advised

Re: latest apt-get update hosed system gdm!

On (31/03/04 07:09), Philip Pinkerton wrote: > Help Debian. The latest apt-get Debian Sarge unstable broke my system! Sarge = testing Sid = unstable Which one? If you use aptitude, it can be configured to give warning of broken packages and bugs before you commit to the upgrade. I know this is a

Re: Advice for setting up a file server

On (31/03/04 13:35), Stefan Goessling wrote: > Hello List! > > I would very much appreciate any advice concerning the set-up of a Debian > based file server. I have some experience in Debian desktops and laptops, > but none so far with servers. My list of questions is long, I know, but > any answe

Re: SMP on Compaq 850r

On (01/04/04 00:21), Pete Clarke wrote: > Hi there, > > I have several Proliant 850r's running dual 200mhz Pentium Pro CPU's. > I have noticed that since the last apt-get dist-upgrade the boot procedure > no longer recognises the 2nd CPU. > > Each machine goes through the POST OK, with the bios i

Re: Advice for setting up a file server

On (01/04/04 09:24), Michael Bellears wrote: > > On (31/03/04 13:35), Stefan Goessling wrote: > > > > Which packages should I use? > > samba & nfs for file and print services. I use both but you > > could use just samba and configure the linux clients accordingly. > > I was also in the process

Re: SMP on Compaq 850r

On (01/04/04 19:29), Pete Clarke wrote: > > I am going to try a clean install of debian on a spare 850 to see if it > > works, I'll ost my results when I find out. > > DOH! How stupid do I feel? I re-ran the SCU and set the OS to Unix/Linux and > the 2nd CPU magically reappeared.. seems I must hav

Re: ppp problems

On (01/04/04 18:04), Phil wrote: > I'm trying to set up a home server (as practice) and having trouble with > finding module for a dell e100 imbedded NIC. It seems that one exists on > the debian site but the NIC doesn't work so I can't logon. So, Get a NIC, it'll save you hours of frustrat

Re: Upgraidng to 'testing'

On (04/04/04 15:55), Paul Johnson wrote: > jack kinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I started off with 'stable' and a dial-up modem. Now I have upgraded to > > broadband. The idea was to have faster download to assist in upgrading to > > 'testing'. The trouble is that 'stable' only works with

Re: Error installing libgimp2.0 on Debian unstable - SOLVED

On (04/04/04 23:24), Kevin B. McCarty wrote: > > Jean-Sébastien Guay wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > When trying to upgrade my system today, I got this error when > > installing libgimp2.0 (output from apt-get -f dist-install follows) > > This is already filed -- hopefully it will be fixed soon

Re: need tool to configure network

On (05/04/04 18:17), Christian Eyrich wrote: > On 05.04.2004 17:00, Ralph Crongeyer wrote: > > >> > It is put by the package etherconf. Run etherconf as root and it will > >> > put the proper entries in /etc/network/interfaces. > >> > >> As I wrote I installed etherconf but don't know how to use i

Re: Upgrading 2.4 to 2.6 kernel problems

On (05/04/04 10:24), Mike Chandler wrote: > I understand what I need to do now, putting stuff in /etc/hotplug/"blacklist", > but the problem is that while booting, the stuff goes by so fast, I can't > actually pick out any names...I just can't see that fast! > I guess I can live with this, till t

Re: Mail Filters

On (05/04/04 10:48), Brad Camroux wrote: > Hey all, > > I am just wondering how I might filter out emails with > foreign-language-encoded fonts, like Chinese or Russian. > > Thanks, mailfilter works well but I'm not sure what regex you would use for this. Regards Clive -- http://www.clivemenz

Re: Upgrading 2.4 to 2.6 kernel problems

On (05/04/04 20:16), Jaap Haitsma wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > >On (05/04/04 10:24), Mike Chandler wrote: > > > >>I understand what I need to do now, putting stuff in > >>/etc/hotplug/"blacklist", but the problem is that while booting, the > >

Re: libpam-runtime is broken in unstable.

On (14/04/04 11:28), Chris Metzler wrote: > On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:52:41 -0400 > Ralph Crongeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [ snip ] > > > So it looks like > > libpam-runtime is broken in unstable because it has happened on two > > different machines with two differen

Re: dpkg: error processing libpam-runtime (--configure):

On (16/04/04 17:11), Michael Linton wrote: > I recently took over a Debian system whose previous owner had been using > "testing" apt-get sources. For reasons that now make no sense even to me I > switched to "unstable" sources I had been using (without any apparent > problems) on my laptop fo

Re: branding debian releases

On (16/04/04 10:28), s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Chris Metzler: > > > > But this assumption is wrong. The purpose of the existence of testing > > and unstable is *not* to give users choices. It may also be true that > > their existence gives users choices; but that's not what they're > > f

Re: firefox deleted all my bookmarks

On (19/04/04 00:44), Katipo wrote: > To: debian-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Katipo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:44:36 +0800 > Subject: Re: firefox deleted all my bookmarks > > Micha Feigin wrote: > > >I just saw that firefox deleted all my bookmarks (and there were quite >

Re: So is this a kernel bug?

On (20/04/04 10:20), Kent West wrote: > The other day I backed up a lot of Macintosh files to a Linux-based > backup "appliance" server (SNAP server?); it's named PEZ13. > > Now I'm trying to move those files to a similar server named PEZ10 using > my Debian box as the middle man. From the Debia

Re: To dselect or aptitude, that is the question

On (20/04/04 22:27), Joey Hess wrote: > J.S.Sahambi wrote: > > I have been using apt and dselect for some time. Can any body tell me > > about the advantages/disadvantages of dselect and aptitude? and which is > > better? > > Nine reasons why you should be using aptitude instead of apt-get or ds

Re: The Traps Of Linux...&open Source Software

On (23/04/04 01:05), Derek Broughton wrote: > To: debianuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 01:05:07 -0300 > Subject: Re: The Traps Of Linux...&open Source Software > > > The Traps Of Linux...&open Source Software > > A scandalous book pub

Re: Can rpm packages from other linux distribution be used on Debian?

On (12/05/04 17:40), Rick wrote: > Hello People: > Our product is base on redhat,I will porting it to Debian,but in this > system,many procedure depend redhat rpms,for example: > glibc-2.3.2-11.9.i386.rpm, perl-5.8.0-88.i386.rpm,etc.. > At the start,I wanted to try install these rpm packag

Re: Getting back with dselect

On (12/05/04 14:23), Vittorio wrote: > I've erroneously asked dselect to install many packages which entail the > download of an incredible amount of other dependent packages (something like > 600 MB of stuff), as I can see asking to install. > > Now I don't want all this to happen but don't kn

Re: Debian dedicated hosts?

On (12/05/04 10:02), Steve Lamb wrote: > Ok, I'm looking to switch my dedicated host away from tophosting.com. > I've been less than impressed with their service, even for $30/month. I mean > this is typical for them. I send in 2 sticks of RAM to be put into my > machine. I did this because

Re: No display signal after installing Debian on PowerMac 8600

On (12/05/04 21:43), Lukas Foljanty wrote: > Hi. > > I am a total newbie to Linux, so perhaps this is all stupid, but I have > a problem I cannot solve after installing the current build of Debian > on my PowerMac 8600. > > Here it goes: > I (successfully) installed the basic installation of De

Re: mutt in xterm fun

On (13/05/04 01:24), Antony Gelberg wrote: > Hi all, > > I think there is a bug in mutt 1.5.6 (and shortly before, but I upgraded > to try and correct it). > > Simply, when I resize my rxvt, mutt goes to a 20-ish line display - the > rest of the window is blank. Also happens with xterm, so it's

Re: mutt in xterm fun

On (13/05/04 01:24), Antony Gelberg wrote: > Hi all, > > I think there is a bug in mutt 1.5.6 (and shortly before, but I upgraded > to try and correct it). > > Simply, when I resize my rxvt, mutt goes to a 20-ish line display - the > rest of the window is blank. Also happens with xterm, so it's

Re: No display signal after installing Debian on PowerMac 8600

On (13/05/04 09:24), Lukas Foljanty wrote: > >On (12/05/04 21:43), Lukas Foljanty wrote: > >>Hi. > >> > >>I am a total newbie to Linux, so perhaps this is all stupid, but I > >>have > >>a problem I cannot solve after installing the current build of Debian > >>on my PowerMac 8600. > >> > >>Here it

Re: mutt in xterm fun

On (13/05/04 12:27), Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 01:50:14AM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > Incidentally, I used shift L in mutt to send a reply and normally it > > won't cc you but it seems to have done - is there something in the way > > your

Re: Gbucash (Sarge)

On (06/05/04 13:57), Clive Menzies wrote: > On (05/05/04 21:46), Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 01:18:38AM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > | FWIW - Gnucash won't start on powerpc in unstable - this bug is 19 days > > | old. I have

Re: Mozilla firefox en-gb

On (03/05/04 11:14), Michael Graham wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to get firefox to use en-gb. The locale is not available as a > deb package but is available from mozilla.org so I downloaded that one. > Thing is the debianised version of firefox seems to do things > differently to the mozilla.org o

Re: Mozilla firefox en-gb

On (03/05/04 17:34), Alan Shutko wrote: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 17:34:42 -0500 > Subject: Re: Mozilla firefox en-gb > > Michael Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Not much to be honest, but it makes me cringe everytime I see a

Re: lynx and google.com

On (06/05/04 11:14), William Ballard wrote: > On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 06:57:52PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (06/05/04 09:23), William Ballard wrote: > > > Has anybody tried 'lynx google.com' lately? > > > > > > You get HTTP/1.0 400 B

Re: traceroute Re: lynx and google.com

On (06/05/04 18:17), Alvin Oga wrote: > hi ya > > On Fri, 7 May 2004, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > Nope, sid still gives "Bad Request". > > > > However, debian.org works fine .. curious because > > http://www.google.com definitely won&#

Re: Laptop strategy: RH7 -> Woody

On (06/05/04 10:19), Mark Gillingham wrote: > I like the way my old RH7.3 disc is able to identify SUB and NIC on AST > Ascentia M Series laptops that I have in our dust bin. Of course I want > the ease of Debian's package management too. Is it a good strategy to > install a base system using my

Re: Upgrading Debian

On (07/05/04 09:22), mags wrote: > Are there packages from Testing and Unstable on the Debian CD's (3.02 > etc)? or just Stable. > I'm interested in installing Debian, but many packages in stable seem a > little out of date, and an upgrade with a 56k modem looks as though it > would take forever

Re: http://picasaweb.google.com/talk2ram/HpProblems

On (26/02/07 18:30), ram wrote: > iam trying to install Debian on HP R class 9000 > but i dont see iam able to make success > can some one help me ot resolve this problem > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/talk2ram/HpProblems > > any solution for this problem > any help will be great I know you

Re: http://picasaweb.google.com/talk2ram/HpProblems

On (26/02/07 19:40), ram wrote: > On 2/26/07, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >On (26/02/07 18:30), ram wrote: > >> iam trying to install Debian on HP R class 9000 > >> but i dont see iam able to make success > >> can some one hel

Re: Mount CIFS share as user

On (01/03/07 10:26), Greg Vickers wrote: > I want to mount a Windows share using CIFS and an entry in my fstab like so: > //server/share /media/mnt cifs rw,user,noauto,workgroup=one,username=two Here's what I do: set up .smb_pass in each user's home dir cat .smb_pass username= password= use the

Re: CMS for server

On (02/03/07 15:18), Salvatore Iovene wrote: > On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 04:58:13AM -0800, Jordi wrote: > > I am considering to change to another CMS. The best for me are these: > > - Xoops > > - Joomla > > - e107 > > > > What do you use in your servers? Have you been using these in your > > servers

Re: Configurable files and functions

On (02/03/07 10:37), Raquel wrote: > On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 12:33:11 -0600 > "Dave Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am looking for an explanatory list of configuration files used > > in sarge 3.1. The information I am looking for would give the > > location (path), function (what the system

Re: apt-get upgrade

On (07/03/07 15:34), Robert Cates wrote: > Thanks for your replies, but I believe aptitude is a GUI application and > I forgot to point out that my machine is a server - no GUI, no KDE, no > Gnome. I have tried 'dpkg -i locales' but that didn't do the trick either: > dpkg: error processing local

Re: Groups, Permissions and /Share

On (10/03/07 11:12), Dave Walker wrote: > I have set up a nice big /Share directory on a separate HD, and would > like to create a document repository there accessible by all users. So > far only the root user can read, write and execute on the /Share > directory. What is the best way to accomplish

Re: OT: suggestions for rugged portable computer

On (12/03/07 16:10), Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 03:44:46PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > I'm going to be travelling in semi-wilderness and would like to take a > > computer with me. Primarily for note-taking with vim, and when a > > Will you be travelling by vehic

Re: Non-free software in the kernel (in the main section!)?

On (13/03/07 17:17), Michelle Konzack wrote: > Who use 2.6.8 today? -- > It is outdate since years and nobody care realy about it. Well it's still the standard kernel in sarge.. and my servers are running it. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNS

Re: OT: sponge burning!

On (15/03/07 22:10), Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 08:49:28PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 03/15/07 19:18, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > > > ..thru Cheney, Halliburton, KBR, etc. > > > > Do you *really* believe that? > > > Of course he does. The wars in Afghanistan and I

Re: How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup

On (22/03/07 20:32), Greg Folkert wrote: > You are fooling yourself. Run them a one shot cronjob set to run every > 10-30 minutes. Much better use of resources on the machine. > > As I have said before, fetchmail WILL die or hang on you, when run in > daemon mode. I may have misunderstood but we'

Re: exim4: how to handle other addresses on my ISP?

On (15/11/06 01:39), Chris Metzler wrote: > 1. I have a machine with no domain of its own, in the sense that I > haven't registered a domain or anything like that. My ISP is > speakeasy.net. Outgoing email goes to a smarthost. Incoming email > is pulled in by fetchmail and handed off to exim4

Re: too new phpmyadmin security update

On (16/11/06 12:01), Serban Udrea wrote: > After one of the latest updates I made on a debian sarge box I got the > following version of phpmyadmin: > > 2.6.2-3sarge3 > > Nevertheless, the latest security advisory regarding phpmyadmin i received > by email mentions just version: > > 2.6.2-3sar

Re: spam filter easy install

On (19/11/06 13:14), Richard Lyons wrote: > Can anybody point me to a reliable way to install basic spam filtering on a > fresh etch install? > > I have again tried spamassassin, using the notes at > http://www.spencerstirling.com/computergeek/email.html to help with the > installation, but hav

Re: spam filter easy install

On (19/11/06 17:23), Anthony Campbell wrote: > I like spamprobe better than spamassassin. There is a deb package but > I've always compiled and installed my own in /usr/local. It has a > mailing list where the author answers questions helpfully. > > See spamprobe.sourceforge.net. Hi Anthony Alth

Re: spam filter easy install

On (20/11/06 09:40), Anthony Campbell wrote: > Probably easiest to download the tarball from the above source; it will > provide the documentation, which is pretty good. > > Spamprobe can be run from procmail, which is I do myself. I know people > do run it in conjunction with other filters but I'

Re: dedicated debian hosting

On (02/12/06 09:50), Tom Allison wrote: > Can anyone direct me towards debian based dedicated server hosting > companies? > > I might be interested in other levels of hosting, but I might need more > root-level access than some configurations would permit. Checkout: http://www.blackcatnetworks

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

On (05/12/06 14:43), Florian Kulzer wrote: > I cannot predict what the future will bring. I can say, however, after > using aptitude on two Sid systems for almost a year and doing > "dist-upgrade" nearly every single day, that aptitude seems to be a lot > less dangerous than what has been claimed b

Re: recommended Debian package for burning CDs...

On (06/12/06 19:27), Michael Fothergill wrote: > Dear Debian folks, > > What is the recommended Debian package for burning CDs (and DVDs)? > > On Fedora I think I have been using Nautilus. I like cdrbq - it's a GTK program and is pretty intuitive (one I realised the cdrom is /dev/hdc) Regar

Re: Setup a printer on debian linux

On (07/12/06 15:14), Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hi there, > > I am looking for an up to date documentation on how to setup a > printer under a debian/testing system .I am reading for example, that > one should not anymore install foomatic-filters-ppds (which use to > contain the ppd file for my p

Re: Setup a printer on debian linux

On (08/12/06 11:38), Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On 12/8/06, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Although this talks about windows/samba printing, I've found it a useful > >reference for setting up printers generally: > > > >http://excess.org/docs/lin

Re: spamassassin + exim4 problem

On (14/12/06 11:57), Paul wrote: > Hi all, > > I am running debian stable and am having problems with spamassassin + > exim4. > > I followed this tutorial to set SA (spamassassin) and exim4 up : > http://koivi.com/exim4-config/ > > Mail scanned by exim (using SA) seems to ignore my settings

Re: What is the best way to install Samba

On (18/12/06 12:03), michael wrote: > On 18 Dec 2006 11:24:55 -0800, schmity wrote > > Ok I have my debian machine connected to a XP machine through a router. > > I have made several attemps to install samba using apt-get and I > > have modified the smb.conf on several occations. My first though

Re: Palm III xe

On (18/12/06 18:58), Rob Wright wrote: > I'm new to Debian, so please forgive me if this has been beaten to death. > Through Red Hat, Fedora, and OpenSuSE I've not been able to get my old > Palm IIIxe to connect and ultimately sync. This is something I was really > hoping to be able to do with De

Re: New User Information Request

On (20/12/06 15:30), Laura J. Portscheller wrote: > I am very new to linux. I have used it to a minimal extent and like > it, but have no experience in system administration and all the many > technical matters involved with it. I want to install linux on my > laptop and want to make sure that th

Re: insurance software

On (28/12/06 14:59), Manuel Souto Pico wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for some free software for insurance business. A friend of > mine is going to migrate all his client's data to a new (commercial) > application, but before he does I'd like to make him consider other > (free) options, if there

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