Re: Installation problem

2005-07-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (11/07/05 22:11), Andrej Perdih wrote: > I am wirting to you in order to kindly ask for your assistance. I have > downloaded the iso image of the core Debian 3.1 for i386 arcfitecture (i have > pentium 4 processor). > > Then I have successfuly instaled the core (i only could not make the DHCP

Re: NIC card

2005-07-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/07/05 01:03), Andrej Perdih wrote: > Hi Clive! > > Firstly thank you for your replay. > > I aam shure but i have look up and i havefound these three things among > network > adapters. (not shure; is this NIC card ?) Otherewise please tell me where to > find the information in windows XP ?

Re: Problems with Instalation part deux

2005-07-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/07/05 01:41), Andrej Perdih wrote: > Hello evry one again! > > As one of the menbers kindly informed me I am sending you more information in > a > seperate e-mail (thank you Clive for the reminder) > > My NIC card: > > Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet > Controlle > > And per

Re: NIC question

2005-07-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/07/05 12:30), Andrej Perdih wrote: > Hello again, > > does anyone know if NIC Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet > Controlle is supporded for Debian. > > If it is than how should i install the system, must I get additional drivers > or > enything else I think you may have to

Re: New install -- MTA mail needs to be reconfigured

2005-07-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/07/05 16:31), Kent West wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > >1) All of my devices seem to have been configured correctly, > >including my sound and video. That is, the video and sound work > >fine. However, I can't find a specific listing of my video card and > >sound card. Where precisely

Re: Help!

2005-07-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/07/05 20:38), Vladimir S. Petukhov wrote: > Hi all! > I (accidentally) select BIG group of packets in dselect and accept them, but > not install. > How can delete these packet, may be synchronize packets in dselect list > marked > as "must be installed" with currently installed packets?

Re: Printing in CUPS -- almost there!

2005-07-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/07/05 13:19), michael wrote: > On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 06:28 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: > > michael wrote: > > > On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 05:32 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: > > > > > > > Dear friends: > > > > > > > > I've spent the past hour searching in Google for articles that will > > >

Re: CUPS/Samba help please

2005-07-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/07/05 07:24), Beretta wrote: > I have a strange situation that I cannot figure out. > > When printing to an HP LaserJet 3550N printer via CUPS/Samba on a Sarge box > _from_ a Windows XP box the bandwidth and CPU usage on the client (XP) machine > is insane. > > The network usage applet (on

Re: Printing in CUPS -- almost there!

2005-07-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/07/05 16:16), Benjamin Sher wrote: > peter colton wrote: > > >On Wednesday 13 July 2005 16:46, Clive Menzies wrote: > > have look at the link below for the packages you need to install for > >cups. I did not use the install the Recommended packages and al

Re: Suggestions for a CUPS Client HOWTO??

2005-07-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/07/05 23:37), C. Hurschler wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: "C. Hurschler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:37:48 +0200 > Subject: Suggestions for a CUPS Client HOWTO?? > > Hello, > > I've been having all sorts of problems trying to get a linux client to pri

Re: KMD start

2005-07-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/07/05 00:03), Andrej Perdih wrote: > I have tried starting X by typing > > # /ect/init.d/kmd start like I was adviced, however I got the replay > > bash /ect/init.d/kmd start no such file or directory. > > Any suggestions? $ startx (as user) Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk

Re: CUPS/Samba help please

2005-07-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/07/05 01:05), Johann Beretta wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Johann Beretta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 01:05:19 -0700 > Subject: Re: CUPS/Samba help please > > On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:00:15 +0200, Clive Menzies <

Re: KMD start

2005-07-14 Thread &#x27;Clive Menzies'
On (14/07/05 19:42), Paul Fraser wrote: > > -Original Message- > From: Clive Menzies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 14 July 2005 8:13 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: KMD start > > On (14/07/05 00:03), Andrej Perdih wrote: > &

Re: Sarge vs. Stable in /etc/apt/sources.list

2005-07-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/07/05 18:29), Benjamin Sher wrote: > Lorenzo Taylor wrote: > > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >"sarge" and "stable" currently refer to the same Debian branch in the > >official > >Debian mirrors. However, when Etch becomes stable, "stable" will refer to > >Etch >

apt-listbugs issue or bug?

2005-07-15 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi Upgrading both 32/64 bit sid systems overnight, I'm seeing the following error: Fetched 24.0MB in 6m50s (58.5kB/s) Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... 0% [0/46] W: not in gzip format: xserver-common W: not in gzip format: libxtrap6 W: not in

Re: apt-listbugs issue or bug? - RESOLVED

2005-07-15 Thread Clive Menzies
On (15/07/05 12:15), Clive Menzies wrote: > Hi > > Upgrading both 32/64 bit sid systems overnight, I'm seeing the following > error: > > Fetched 24.0MB in 6m50s (58.5kB/s) > Reading package fields... Done > Reading package status... Done > Retrieving bug rep

Re: Migrating from Windows to Debian - keeping email messages from Outlook Express

2005-07-15 Thread Clive Menzies
On (15/07/05 19:34), Dom wrote: > Thank you all for your help, I've found out even more than I needed. > I can proudly say I won a several days battle between a man and the > machine and I have a Sarge version of Debian Linux installed (with > gdm). > The biggest problem is that I'm a 'trial and er

Re: exim4, sa-exim, clamav

2005-07-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/07/05 18:27), Stephen Allen wrote: > OK having lots of problems here. Unfortunately, I've mis configured this > setup. Can someone help me out here ? > > I have the following enabled in my exim4.conf (monolithic); > > # Dynamically loadable local_scan rules! :-) > #local_scan_path = /usr/

Re: exim4, sa-exim, clamav

2005-07-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/07/05 19:40), Steve Å wrote: > On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 11:53:39PM +0100 or thereabouts, Clive Menzies wrote: > > I posted some notes to the list: > > Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 01:05:06 +0100 > > Subject: Re: mail server > > > > I found this very useful: >

Re: exim4, sa-exim, clamav

2005-07-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/07/05 00:11), Steve Å wrote: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 01:26:20AM +0100 or thereabouts, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (16/07/05 19:40), Steve Å wrote: > > > > 'X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on barnyard.sweetpig.dyndns.org); SAEximRunCond > > > expanded > >

Re: exim4, sa-exim, clamav

2005-07-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/07/05 19:33), Steve Å wrote: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 11:59:05PM +0100 or thereabouts, Clive Menzies wrote: > > Yes, I had all that enabled. I was thinking about this last evening, > and decided > what I was trying to do (reject spam at SMTP time), was quite brain dead

Re: Upgrading Sarge from "testing"

2005-07-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/07/05 19:38), Dave Ewart wrote: > On Monday, 18.07.2005 at 18:28 +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > On (18/07/05 09:43), Robert Kopp wrote: > > > In February I installed Sarge, a release from Dec. > > > 2004, which was then the "testing" release. Now

Re: Upgrading Sarge from "testing"

2005-07-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/07/05 09:43), Robert Kopp wrote: > In February I installed Sarge, a release from Dec. > 2004, which was then the "testing" release. Now the > most current release of Sarge is stable. By changing > "testing" to "stable" in sources.list, I can install > individual packages that aren't already

Re: Web-based calendaring/project mgmt

2005-07-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/07/05 14:51), Stephen R Laniel wrote: > A client is looking for a web-based calendaring and > project-management package. Someone suggested Microsoft > Project to her. I am ... opposed ... to that idea. I think > we should be able to do better with open source. > > Here's what I would like:

Re: printing in Debian/need unstable users opinion

2005-07-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/07/05 23:24), Kevin Mark wrote: > Hi users of 'unstable' Debian: > The included messages was posted to the debian-devel mailing list. It > outlines some of the issues with the upcomming transition from gimpprint > to gutenprint. I want to know if this kind of messages would be useful to > o

Re: postgresql -U postgres login porblems

2005-07-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/07/05 09:05), Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > What am I doing wrong here? > I am not able to do anything with my postgresql database? > > in /etc/postgresql/pg_hba.conf > > local allpostgres md5 > host allpostgres 127.0.0.1 255.

Re: Changing mouse (newbie question)

2005-07-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (19/07/05 09:38), Josh Battles wrote: > Vegard|drageV said: > > hi list, > > > > I'm a newbie who need help making my new mouse work... > > > > Today I'm using a 2-button mouse connected to /dev/ttyS0 (or known as > > COM1 in windoze) wich is working as it should.But I've gotten a new > > mouse

Re: downgrading debconf

2005-07-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (19/07/05 15:42), Tony Heal wrote: > I have a remote woody server that accidentally got upgraded with sarge > packages. I need to downgrade debconf 1.4.30.13 to 1.0.32 to get things back > to normal. The problem is that when I try to run downgrade using apt-get > install I get an error (see belo

Re: exim4, sa-exim, clamav

2005-07-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/07/05 09:48), Chris Bannister wrote: > Don't you have to be online 24/7 to "(reject spam at SMTP time)"? > I see that you Clive have an address which shows you have your own > domain whereas Steve has a yahoo account. > Well I'll declare now that I'm pretty new to doing this and so don't pr

Re: exim4, sa-exim, clamav

2005-07-19 Thread Clive Menzies
I promised to post my notes: http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk/MailServer.html Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: exim4, sa-exim, clamav

2005-07-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (19/07/05 17:38), John Hasler wrote: > Clive Menzies writes: > > I'm am online 24/7 but the process (as I understand it) by which mail is > > collected (fetchmail) is via smtp. > > The originating host connects to your ISP's server via SMTP and delivers > the

Re: exim4, sa-exim, clamav

2005-07-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/07/05 01:17), Clive Menzies wrote: > On (19/07/05 17:38), John Hasler wrote: > > Clive Menzies writes: > > > I'm am online 24/7 but the process (as I understand it) by which mail is > > > collected (fetchmail) is via smtp. > > > > The originating

Re: apt-get to remove all files

2005-07-20 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/07/05 23:04), Johan wrote: > > I did the following.. > apt-get install clamav > > now I want to get rid of it and I mean all files connected to it. > apt-get remove clamav.. does remove clamav but there is about another 20 > files refering lying around. > > Kindly please is there a way t

Re: exim4, sa-exim, clamav

2005-07-21 Thread Clive Menzies
On (21/07/05 16:21), Chris Bannister wrote: > Ok. I have downloaded exim4-daemon-heavy, spamassassin, spamc > > And have been playing around. I set up mutt using the example in the > spamassassin package, + procmail with spamc entries > > and when I hit R (macro index R "!/usr/bin/sa-learn --sync

Re: aptitude

2005-07-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/07/05 09:47), Edward Dunagin wrote: > i tried to post this before subscribing to the list. > so if this is a duplicate..sorry. > > when i run aptitude update i get a response that tells > me that 78 files are to be removed. lots of gnome and > libs. (i use kde) but i see one or two of the l

Re: A little something quirky....

2005-07-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/07/05 12:11), Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 12:59 -0700, ke6isf wrote: > > I just realized that every time I do an apt-get update - and I mean EVERY > > time - the repository over on purdue.edu always gets the Packages and > > Release data files. Most recent test was today,

Re: A little something quirky....

2005-07-23 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/07/05 22:58), Dennis Carr wrote: > To: Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Dennis Carr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:58:32 -0700 > Subject: Re: A little something quirky > > On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:13:48 +0100 > Clive Menzies <

Re: Comments Wanted: Mozilla localstart page

2005-07-23 Thread Clive Menzies
On (23/07/05 10:33), Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > [KS] wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >I had tried my CSS skills to redo the mozilla localstart page, and sent > >the new one to the debian mozilla package maintainer for comments. Don't > >know why, but I never got a reply from the maintainer! > > > >The page i

Re: Sharing the internet connection with XP

2005-07-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/07/05 19:24), Björn Johansson wrote: > Hello! > > I still haven't managed to get these 2 computers > sharing the internet connection. > Any new ideas? :-/ There is a huge volume of messages on d-u and so it is unlikely that many people remember what you wrote before and even less likely t

Re: Making spamassassin nice?

2005-07-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/07/05 12:01), Jon Dowland wrote: > On 7/25/05, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks. /etc/default/spamassassin has limits on child processes and > > nicelevel > > as well. > > Can anyone report on what sort of resources are needed to run > spamassassin adequately? Since the up

Re: Reference to your work

2005-07-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/07/05 15:15), Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 02:07:19PM +0530, Sandhya wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Greetings of the day. Please allow me to introduce myself as a member of the > > technical development team at EC-Council. Currently we are finalizing the > > release version of o

Re: Reference to your work

2005-07-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/07/05 19:07), Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 09:57:56PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > Might be ... but he doesn't seem to be trying to sell anything. > I think this guy sincerely wants to do the > right thing with copyright and author's paternal

Re: Kernel Compile - the Debian way

2005-07-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/07/05 18:00), Josh Battles wrote: > I'd like to learn how to compile a kernel the Debian way and haven't had that > much luck finding a faq or walkthrough that explains what I'm doing > step-by-step and why I'm doing it. I hear that it's easier than the > "standard way" and I'd like to find

Re: Debian Installer SATA detection

2005-07-26 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/07/05 22:30), Grant Thomas wrote: > I have a problem getting the Debian Installer to recognize my SATA > controller. > My computer is a ST20G5, a Shuttle small form factor PC. > Currently I have an 80G SATA drive, and a 120G PATA drive to work with. > I have been able to setup Debian with

Re: Debian Installer SATA detection

2005-07-26 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/07/05 13:37), Grant Thomas wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:41:35 -0500, Jacob S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:52:16 +0100 > >Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>On (25/07/05 22:30), Grant Thomas

Re: Any recomendations on C/R spam tools for Debian

2005-07-27 Thread Clive Menzies
On (27/07/05 15:31), Steven Jones wrote: > > -Original Message- > From: Gerard Ceraso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2005 3:22 p.m. > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Any recomendations on C/R spam tools for Debian > > Rishi wrote: > > >Hi > > > >I p

Re: Sharing the internet connection with XP

2005-07-27 Thread Clive Menzies
On (27/07/05 13:57), Christian Henz wrote: > On 7/27/05, Björn Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 00:03 2005-07-27, you wrote: > > >On 7/26/05, Björn Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I can't afford to buy a router right now, so that's out of the question. > > > > I have

Re: Using a novell shared printer from debian.

2005-07-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/07/05 10:14), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:14:28 +0700 > Subject: Using a novell shared printer from debian. > > Dear my friend. > > I am new in debian. I am the only one employee who uses linux at our >

Re: Using a novell shared printer from debian.

2005-07-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (27/07/05 22:26), Kent West wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I don't have any problem to use the resource of windows environment > > but for the resources of novell shared yes. > > > > for example I can not print any document from my debian box onto a > > shared printer. This printer is

Re: Can't change XF86Config-4 (Sarge i386)

2005-07-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/07/05 08:26), Joan Andersen og Jesper Gertz wrote: > Hi > > I want to adjust my X -configuration. > > But the changes I make using "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" doesn't > change anything in my XF86Config-4 file. > > > md5sum of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is the same as the md5sum listed

Re: OT: xorg-x11 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 Packages Not Found

2005-07-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/07/05 09:16), Kent West wrote: > Tom Allison wrote: > > > I hate finding out that everything I've been using is XX years > > outdated, it's like wearing bell bottoms to work... > > Oh, great! Now I've got to find another pair of pants to wear this > morning . . . . After hanging back for

Re: std mail server

2005-07-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/07/05 11:54), Maurice O'Regan wrote: > I wish to set up a dedicated mail server, based on debian. > > I require: > > pop3 > smtp > webmail > spam control > antivirus system > web administration module > > I would like to hear from and administrator who has such a > configuration, and is p

Re: installation of a package requests removal of a lot of packages

2005-07-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/07/05 08:47), Edward Dunagin wrote: > > you know, i have following this thread and find it > strange > > i ran aptitude update and then ran aptitude upgrade, > and look: > > HighNet:/usr/local# aptitude upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree > Reading extended

Re: Using a novell shared printer from debian.

2005-07-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/07/05 09:54), Don Jackson wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (27/07/05 22:26), Kent West wrote: > > >>I think printing is still pretty much a nightmare in Linux. > >> > >>What I do, is to install cups (aptitude install cupsys - I always have >

Re: sharing i386 and amd64 /etc and /home

2005-07-29 Thread Clive Menzies
On (29/07/05 13:40), Wackojacko wrote: > >I've got my disk partitioned so that /home, /etc, /usr, /tmp, and /boot > >are on separate partitions. I'd like to install the amd64 port so I can > >finally make use of the full performance of my processor. But, I'd > >really like to transfer over all of m

Re: CD problem: hardware or software?

2005-07-29 Thread Clive Menzies
On (29/07/05 08:55), Daniel Ramaley wrote: > On Friday 29 July 2005 08:26 am, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 08:16:06AM -0500, Daniel Ramaley wrote: > >> I'm running testing on a PowerPC (a Mac Mini to be precise). I have > >> an external CD drive that i am using to rip my CD collec

Re: On lprng and magicfilter (was: Re: : Re: Using a novell shared printer from debian.)

2005-07-29 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/07/05 23:46), Rogério Brito wrote: > On Jul 28 2005, Joel Peter William Pitt wrote: > > Used LPRng as the spool daemon and magicfilter as the filter. > > Nice to see others using this combination of programs. I sincerely > think that magicfilter is underrated. It simply works in the usual >

Re: slightly-OT: centralized user management

2005-07-29 Thread Clive Menzies
On (29/07/05 20:01), Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > I currently have a small home network (1 server, 1 workstation, 1 > laptop) with only two users. What I would like to do is to setup some > sort of centralized user authentication mechanism (NIS, LDAP, whatever) > with home directories mounted from

Re: How to report a broken package ?

2005-07-30 Thread Clive Menzies
On (30/07/05 08:01), Thomas Lecomte wrote: > Hi, > I'm new in the Debian community, and I'm running Debian Sid on my > computer. > I would like to know what should I do when I get a broken package. Report > it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? > The broken package is libaspell which disable me to install kd

Re: Inexpensive hardware SATA RAID suggestions?

2005-07-31 Thread Clive Menzies
On (30/07/05 12:13), jennyw wrote: > Anyone care to recommend SATA RAID controllers? > > I'd like to setup a relatively inexpensive box with hardware RAID 1. The > system will use Sarge. I was wondering if anyone had hardware suggestions. > > I found a SATA RAID FAQ at: > > http://linux.yyz.us/

Re: switchdesk question

2005-07-31 Thread Clive Menzies
On (31/07/05 09:30), Gene Heskett wrote: > New debian user, old readhat/fedora user. > > I have sarge installed and had aptitude install both gnome and kde. > gnome looks ok I guess althought there are errors, but I'm a kde fan > and the utility called 'switchdesk' doesn't seem to be available...

Re: Aptitude erroneously thinks many packages are unused and wants to remove them.

2005-08-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/08/05 12:32), Adam Funk wrote: > Inspired by the advice on this group and the -s option, I'm trying out > aptitude. But I'm surprised by this: > > $ aptitude -s upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree > Reading extended state information > Initializi

Re: Sarge dselect Shows Corrupted Screen Menu Choice 2

2005-08-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/08/05 07:49), Martin McCormick wrote: > I posted about this last week and got no response so I will > try a shorter version. > > I have upgraded 3 systems to sarge from woody. All 3 systems > exhibit the same behavior when running dselect either over the network > or via serial

Re: Debian Sarge Compatible Laptop Hardware

2005-08-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/08/05 15:51), Michael Ott wrote: > > Wonder if anyone can help. I'm looking to buy a Debian Sarge > > compatible laptop - yes, I know, most should probably be compatible, > > but wanted to check that before I went ahead and bought one. > > > > What I'm really after, is a make of laptop that

Re: need to disable laptop touchpad completely: 80+ year old debian user touches it by accident

2005-08-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/08/05 09:55), Mitchell Laks wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Mitchell Laks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:55:16 -0400 > Subject: need to disable laptop touchpad completely: 80+ year old debian user > touches it by accident > > Hi, > > My dad is an avid D

Re: Debian Sarge Compatible Laptop Hardware

2005-08-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/08/05 16:43), jim biri wrote: > Clive and Michael: Great, thanks for this info. > > One thing - do both of the systems you mention use "standard" > components I can buy from anywhere? So if I want I can whack in more > RAM or a new hd? Not sure on most components but memory is available f

Re: Aptitude erroneously thinks many packages are unused and wants to remove them.

2005-08-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/08/05 13:56), Bryan Donlan wrote: > On 8/1/05, Bryan Donlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/1/05, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On (01/08/05 12:32), Adam Funk wrote: > > > > Inspired by the advice on this group and the -s opt

Re: Exim4 + Clamav

2005-08-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/08/05 22:35), Marco Tasinato wrote: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Marco Tasinato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 22:35:10 +0200 > Subject: Re: Exim4 + Clamav > > I know this is a very irksome thing but I can't delete an important e-mail > (t

Re: Aptitude erroneously thinks many packages are unused and wants to remove them.

2005-08-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/08/05 19:17), Clive Menzies wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 19:17:30 +0100 > Subject: Re: Aptitude erroneously thinks many packages are unused and wants > to remove them. > > On (01

Re: Grub error 17

2005-08-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/08/05 13:45), Martin Smith wrote: > I am new to debian and have just installed sarge on to a 160g sata disk > on an Asus P5P800, when it came to installing grub I wnt for the choice > of installing it on that disk but it said it ws not able to, so I let > it install on the primary master whi

Re: Nearly unreadable fonts with native resolution (1280x800) of my notebook (new to Debian, need help)

2005-08-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/08/05 14:43), Hans-Peter Sulzer wrote: > Hi! > > I have shortly installed Debian on my system (details of > my configuration see below). It is running (even > sound works). > > After I have changed XF86Config-4 (see below), to be able > to use the native resolution of 1280x800 of my notebo

Re: Aptitude erroneously thinks many packages are unused and wants to remove them.

2005-08-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/08/05 09:49), Jules Dubois wrote: > On Monday 01 August 2005 06:19, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > On (01/08/05 12:32), Adam Funk wrote: > >> Inspired by the advice on this group and the -s option, I'm trying

Re: Equivalent to MailWasherPro, windows version?

2005-08-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/08/05 20:05), Dom wrote: > Hello, > > I'm searching for a MailWasherPro (for Windows) equivalent for my new > Linux Debian environment. That's a mail filter software that works > kind of like this: > > It downloads only headers and first 20 lines of every email message > from a server so t

Re: Aptitude erroneously thinks many packages are unused and wants to remove them.

2005-08-02 Thread Clive Menzies
> On (02/08/05 09:49), Jules Dubois wrote: > > I suggest, rather than using 'h' for "hold", using 'm' for "mark as manually > > installed" for packages the OP is certain he wants to keep. In this way, > > those packages and their dependencies are both "protected" and upgradable. > > I just found

Re: Practical problems faced by new Debian user

2005-08-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/08/05 16:59), nuno romano wrote: > I have Debian 3.1Sarge(testing) from early > May2005,since then I have > downloaded binary packages from testing(latest May) > and 3.1stable > (early June) and with dpkg -install package_x.deb I > usually get: > You're probably better off using aptitude wh

Re: OT: suggestions of uncapped Broadband >512Kbp in UK

2005-08-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (03/08/05 12:35), michael wrote: > OFF TOPIC (not sure which is more appropriate list) > > I've moved house and need to get Broadband installed. I'll be running X > from a remote site and it seems a 1Gb or 2Gb cap will be too > restrictive. So any suggestions of uncapped (reliable) B'band ISPs

Re: how to make dselect "forgot" what it wants to remove

2005-08-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (03/08/05 11:47), H. S. wrote: > If I do an update using dselect and it reports that n packages will be > installed and nnn will be removed, and I abort dselect (thinking to do > it later hoping newer packages will resolve the issue), I notice that > the next time if I start dselect it still rem

choosing default web browser in mutt

2005-08-03 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi Following excellent advice here recently, I used update-alternatives to make sure firefox is the system default web browser. AFAICT this is working fine. The problem arises in mutt. If I right-click on a link within an email, firefox will launch and display the page. However, if I receive a

Re: choosing default web browser in mutt SOLVED

2005-08-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (03/08/05 19:54), Tom wrote: > [03/08/2005 -- 19:34u] Clive Menzies: > > The mutt manual refers to adding: > > macro index \cb |urlview\n > > macro pager \cb |urlview\n > > to the .muttrc file but this has no noticeable effect. > > It should make up a list

Re: Cups+printer install?

2005-08-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (03/08/05 16:02), Ishwar Rattan wrote: > Is there a way to install a printer using cups without > a browser (no capability for http://localhost:631/)? > > I want to access remote printers alos on a cups server in > the dept but have no interest in installing X-windows. Is there any reason you

Re: SATA/RAID

2005-08-04 Thread Clive Menzies
On (04/08/05 14:53), Boskey wrote: > Hello everybody, > > Our company is in the process of purchasing intel based servers with the > below > config to install Debian Sarg 3.1 over it. > > Has any body installed Debian with Raid support successfully on any of such > machines? > > The Config is

Re: PROMISE FASTTRAC TX4000 IN LINUX

2005-08-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/08/05 12:27), d wrote: > Hello, I've been trying to get my Promise FASTTRACK TX4000 PCI (ata/133/IDE) > raid card working in Debian (2.6.11) for 3 days straight now. If you check the archives you'll find quite a few threads about so called H/W raid cards; put in your google search: site:li

Re: PROMISE FASTTRAC TX4000 IN LINUX

2005-08-08 Thread &#x27;Clive Menzies'
On (08/08/05 13:49), d wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Clive Menzies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 12:56 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: PROMISE FASTTRAC TX4000 IN LINUX > > On (08/08/05 12:27), d wrote: > >

Re: connecting from MAC OS X to a Samba share

2005-08-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/08/05 21:33), Frank Guthorel wrote: > Hi all, > > I got a problem in our network here - a recently purchased Mac Powerbook > on OS X 10.4.2 cannot seem to find any shares that are available on the > Debian server. > > Other machines can access without any problem - Linux, Win2000 can > bro

Re: Web Development on Debian

2005-08-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/08/05 17:16), Parker, Matthew wrote: > I'm hoping to do some web development on Debian. Can anybody recommend > some web development technology? Bluefish, Quanta and nvu are worth a try and screem (although it can lose work from time to time) also. When looking for packages use: $ apt-c

Re: how-to for using xfwm4 and ROX?

2005-08-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/08/05 10:18), Albert wrote: > I can find no documentation for using a window manager other than > xdm, e.g. xfwm4 with ROX. I don't want either Gnome or KDE. Can > anyone here point me in the right direction. X Windows was up > and running before I installed these two packages. Now I just

Re: how-to for using xfwm4 and ROX?

2005-08-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/08/05 20:48), Albert wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > >On (17/08/05 10:18), Albert wrote: > > > >>I can find no documentation for using a window manager other than > >>xdm, e.g. xfwm4 with ROX. I don't want either Gnome or KDE. Can > >>anyone h

Re: Printer & localhost:631

2005-08-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/08/05 09:53), Marie-Louise wrote: > I am wondering if someone might be able to assist me, someone completely new > to Debian and relatively new to Linux? To set up my Epson Stylus C43UX > USB Printer, which works a treat with the C42UX driver in Linux.. On > my Acer 1355LC la

Fwd: Re: Printer & localhost:631

2005-08-17 Thread Clive Menzies
- Forwarded message from Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:17:15 +0100 > Subject: Re: Printer & localhost:631 > > On (18/08/05 09:53), Marie-L

Re: Printer & localhost:631

2005-08-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/08/05 10:36), Marie-Louise wrote: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:17:15 +0100 using the keyboard as a tool Clive crafted > these words: > |- > Host name lookup failure > |- > |- You could try http://192.168.x.x:631 (using your IP address) or check > |- /etc/hosts to ensure you have

Re: rsync won't stop password prompt

2005-08-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/08/05 15:56), Rob Brenart wrote: > I'm trying to script an rsync process and I keep getting the password > prompt... here's my "script" > > rsync -avz -e /usr/bin/ssh --password-file=/home/username/pwd.rsync > /home/user/test/ host:/home/username/test > > And it works fine, but it prompt

Re: Printer & localhost:631

2005-08-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (19/08/05 09:28), Marie-Louise wrote: > But one more question. how do I find out the Net address that is Mine, > for this machine I know nothing of networking. As root $ ifconfig Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: base-config broken

2005-08-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (19/08/05 09:03), Kent West wrote: > David Goodenough wrote: > > >Actually if you have already used apt-get to download the package then > >simply editing it in place:- > > > >sudo nano /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-config.postinst > > > >and getting rid of the offending / > > > >and then rerunning a

Re: bug with gftp-gtk on sid?

2005-08-20 Thread Clive Menzies
On (19/08/05 15:24), Barry Rader wrote: > I am not exactly sure where this should be reported to. > > The bug is similar to #323874 > If you're suffering the same problem, it wouldn't do any harm to add your details to the same bug report. > But it occurs all the time including in middle of tr

Re: how to remove 'Games'

2005-08-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (21/08/05 14:40), qee wrote: > hi > if i have to remove whole group called 'Games' > instead of individual game, how do > i do this using command prompt. and also is the name > of the application displayed in KDE > same as the name of the package associated with it. I'd probably do someth

Re: Portmap trouble

2005-08-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/08/05 21:44), Andrew Diakin wrote: > Hello, I remove symlink from rc2.d/, my init is 2, but after reboot > portmap was started .What I must do with this? I don't want portmap in > second level... > $ aptitude remove portmap should do the trick, or: $ aptitude purge portmap Regards Clive

Re: PKARC

2005-08-23 Thread Clive Menzies
On (23/08/05 09:45), Harvey Greenberg wrote: > I came across your search of pkarc with google. I am in that situation. > do you have a copy of pkarc you can send to me (or tell me where to > get it)? I have a 1991 file that was compressed with it. nomarch - Unpacks .ARC and .ARK MS-DOS archives

Re: how to reconstruct MD RAID device?

2005-08-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/08/05 14:45), Jukka Salmi wrote: > a Debian 3.1 system which uses md devices for all its file systems and > swap was reset by a power failure. On startup, the root file systems > md device failed to configure and is in degraded mode now. I think the > failed device is probably fine, but md c

Re: how to reconstruct MD RAID device?

2005-08-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/08/05 15:53), Jukka Salmi wrote: > Clive Menzies --> debian-user (2005-08-24 14:22:39 +0100): > > On (24/08/05 14:45), Jukka Salmi wrote: > > > a Debian 3.1 system which uses md devices for all its file systems and > > > swap was reset by a power failure. On

Re: how to reconstruct MD RAID device?

2005-08-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/08/05 16:31), Jukka Salmi wrote: > Clive Menzies --> debian-user (2005-08-24 15:08:11 +0100): > > Have you tried something like: > > > > $ mdadm /dev/md2 -a /dev/hdb3 > > No. Unfortunately it's a production system, hence I'm a little bit > cauti

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