Re: Newbie: How do I defrag my (FAT) drive?

2005-08-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/08/05 10:24), Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 05:49:58PM +0200, Tim Ruehsen wrote: > > > > > You don't need to. You only need to defragment your disk if your > > > operating system is incapable of keeping the fragmentation under > > > control, and Linux does not suffer from t

Re: how to reconstruct MD RAID device?

2005-08-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/08/05 18:14), Jukka Salmi wrote: > I added the "non-fresh" device to the failed md: > > $ mdadm /dev/md2 -a /dev/hdb3 > mdadm: hot added /dev/hdb3 > > and could see hda3 being rebuilt onto the new spare: > > Aug 24 17:11:12 sv005 kernel: md: trying to hot-add unknown-block(3,67) to > md2

Re: recommended email server-small business

2005-08-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/08/05 13:07), Chris Parker wrote: > I'm looking for a lightweight email server for a small company- around 5 > users. Exim4 looks good, but was hoping for recommendations from more > knowledgeable admins. All replies greatly appreciated. If you're looking to offer IMAP, dovecot (with ex

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/08/05 21:27), Doofus wrote: > Yes, I've read a lot in the twenty minutes since writing the above. I > use thunderbird though in linux, solaris and windows. No matter, I'll > deal with it. Maybe I'll look at the much lauded mutt... It's worth the effort ;) Regards Clive -- www.clivemen

Re: Can't install Sarge on an HP NetServer

2005-08-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/08/05 11:27), Raquel Rice wrote: > "marco_elen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Finally after many tries and (actually unuseful) web searches I > > could install Debian on an HP NetServer LH4. As suggested by > > Raquel I simply installed Woody booting with "vanilla". I > > installed only the

Re: Installation problems

2005-08-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/08/05 16:09), Ken Heard wrote: > At this point, not being very knowledgeable about computers, I do > not know what to do next. If however I cannot get Sarge running > reliably I > will probably have to go back to Windows, with all the its problems. I > don't really want to

Re: Can't install Sarge on an HP NetServer

2005-08-26 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/08/05 14:28), marco_elen wrote: > On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:33:32 +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > I've got an LH3 also upgraded to sarge recently (from an original woody > > install) and upgrading with aptitude worked flawlessly. I also had a > > couple of LHPro200&#

Re: Installation woes: How can I network boot a dell gx280, including tg3? May require kernel 2.6.12.

2005-08-26 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/08/05 15:46), Turloch O'Tierney wrote: > Dell Gx280 installation > > Tigon3 ethernet card is not supported on the debian testing network > install download(kernel 2.6.8). > (http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/) > > Error: > [tg3:eth%d:Firmware "tg3/tso-1.4.0" not loaded; c

Re: Can't install Sarge on an HP NetServer

2005-08-26 Thread Clive Menzies
the server to 2.4.27 and all went well. > > But keep your old kernel around ... just in case. ;-) > > > > BTW ... I'm booting off the SCSI drive too. > > On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:33:32 +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > I've got an LH3 also upgraded to sa

Re: Promise FastTrak100 on Sarge install?

2005-06-30 Thread Clive Menzies
On (30/06/05 16:39), Roman Muñoz wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to do a fresh sarge install on an Asus A7V mboard, but my > stripping raid (20265) is not working. I see only two separated disks. > > I see modules pdc202xx_old & pdc202xx_new on sarge install, both with > 2.4 and 2.6 kernels, but I ca

Re: courier or cyrus ?

2005-07-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/07/05 11:55), Khanh Cao Van wrote: > Which is better ? Why ? I need some information before chose one of > them . Thank you ! I dunno ;) However, I've just installed dovecot on two mailservers and it seems to woprk straight out of the box (with exim4) Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.

Re: Fakeraid vs softwareraid? (was Promise FastTrak100 on Sarge install?)

2005-07-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/07/05 00:38), Roman Muñoz wrote: > > This reminds me of the problems I had setting up a server recently > > which had the dreaded Promise FastTrak100 interface on the > > motherboard. > > Wow. On woody it works _fine_. > > So sarge is finally here to kick off my fakeraid card? (purchased a

Re: Netinstall fail

2005-07-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/07/05 04:20), mts.mail wrote: > i went to debian sight for net install it failed i then went to find two dvd > that work > dvd's at debain sight dont work etiher what can i do? been trying to get dvd > that wil work to install debian Go to: http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/#netinst-stabl

Re: Renice cron

2005-07-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/07/05 14:12), Lars Roland wrote: > On 7/1/05, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 02:35:52PM +0200, Lars Roland wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > > > Is it possible to renice a single cronjob from within crontab ?. > > > > Have you tried? > > Of cause I have -

Re: mail server

2005-07-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/07/05 19:03), Csanyi Pal wrote: > To: Debian User > From: Csanyi Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 19:03:42 +0200 > Subject: Re: mail server > > On Sat, Jul 02, 2005 at 01:13:12PM -0400, Craig Russell wrote: > > > > askar k wrote: > > > > >Is there step-by-step guide on bui

Re: debian based compatible distros

2005-07-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (03/07/05 10:09), Rodney Richison wrote: > Am looking for suggestions of debian 100% compatible distro's. > I see one for the desktop called Zen. I am also looking for a distro for > a gateway which would include standard gateway stuff like dhcp, squid, > firewall etc. > > I'd like them to be

Re: WHAT the Eff is this???

2005-07-04 Thread Clive Menzies
On (04/07/05 01:23), trevor hamel wrote: > i recently installed linux. when i finished the installer i as hoped to be > gretted with an OS with a display like windows what i gto was more like a > display of dos. can someone tell me how to get it to not be in command > prompt... because i did

Re: apt

2005-07-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/07/05 11:07), Adam Hardy wrote: > Carl Fink on 05/07/05 03:40, wrote: > > > > dpkg --get-selections > myselections.txt > > > > Actually, is that a list of all available packages? It shows that some > are set 'deinstall': > > mysql-commondeinstall >

Re: debian reference html

2005-07-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/07/05 15:01), roberto wrote: > Hello > i wonder if it is possible to download the entire debian reference in html > format, with ALL its > internal links and pages. > I have downloaded it from > http://www.us.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#quick-reference > but when i try to access it off-lin

Is there a fetchmail setting to delete messages after x days?

2005-07-05 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi Googling around suggests that this functionality is supported in getmail but I couldn't find anything comparable in fetchmail. Do I need to switch to getmail to do this? Thanks Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: exim tutorial

2005-07-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/07/05 15:45), Mark D. Hansen wrote: > I'm a total newbie at mail servers. Now, I need to set up exim. I can't > even figure out how to add users. Can somebody point me to a good "HowTo" or > tutorial "for dummies" ?? I posted this in the last couple of days: http://lists.debian.org/deb

Re: Need help! I upgraded to stable - bad move? :-(

2005-07-06 Thread Clive Menzies
On (06/07/05 11:00), Björn Johansson wrote: > Hello. > > I had a unstable Debian 3.1 on my Powerbook "Lombard G3" then I upgraded to > 3.1 stable > and now I only get a white screen at startup (after the boot questions of > course). > If you went from unstable(sid) to stable (sarge), you 'downg

Re: Need help! I upgraded to stable - bad move

2005-07-06 Thread Clive Menzies
On (06/07/05 12:47), Björn Johansson wrote: > Now it works again! I don't know how good the system is right now, > but I'm investigating... It seems okay. > > To boot the system again I simply boot with the kernel: old. > Jihoo! :-D > > But it would be nice if the new kernel would work good also.

Re: Is there a fetchmail setting to delete messages after x days?

2005-07-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/07/05 15:48), Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2005-07-05 18:29:17, schrieb Clive Menzies: > > Hi > > > > Googling around suggests that this functionality is supported in getmail > > but I couldn't find anything comparable in fetchmail. > > You will not

Re: Is there a fetchmail setting to delete messages after x days?

2005-07-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/07/05 16:43), Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2005-07-08 15:24:45, schrieb Clive Menzies: > > > Thanks Michelle > > > > Another opportunity to break a working system ;) > > Not directly, because you can use "imapfilter" > to do the job independat

Re: sarge or etch?

2005-07-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/07/05 08:06), Enrique Morfin wrote: > I want to install etch, but there are no cd avaiable. > Where are they? > > in cdimage.debian.org only are images to 3.1_r0a. > > how can i get an etch installer cd? The etch installer, if it is available, is unlikely to work as well as the sarge inst

Re: dist-upgrade?

2005-07-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/07/05 08:09), Enrique Morfin wrote: > Hi! > > I have some sarge boxes. Sarge is now stable, but i > want to have testing boxes. > > in sources.list: > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main > non-free contrib > deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main > non-free

Re: Exim question

2005-07-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/07/05 18:39), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Trying to set up email on my machine, I can receive mail from my dial-up > ISP, but I am having trouble setting up exim. Are you running exim or exim4? > I've used eximconfig, but not sure how some of the questions need to be > answered. > Where

Re: 32 or 64

2005-07-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/07/05 10:49), Enrique Morfin wrote: > >> Hi all! > > >Hi, > > >> how can i get a 64 bit kernel? do i have to compile > >> myself? or there are some kernel images ready to > use? > > >As far as I know, 64bits is a separate architecture > >now. > >If you want it you'll probably have to "swi

Re: sarge or etch?

2005-07-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/07/05 17:16), Carl Fink wrote: > On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 04:38:54PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > The etch installer, if it is available, is unlikely to work as well as > > the sarge installer. The prescribed approach is to use the sarge > > installer (prefe

Re: Sarge installation problems

2005-08-27 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi Ken A number of replies to the previous copy of this message were posted to the list. Did you not see them? Regards Clive On (27/08/05 15:31), Ken Heard wrote: > Hello, > > Since July 2003 I converted to Linux from Windows, using the Red Hat > distro. However, just after I did so Re

Re: Can't install Sarge on an HP NetServer

2005-08-29 Thread Clive Menzies
On (29/08/05 13:12), marco_elen wrote: > Hello everybody, > I finally could install Sarge on an HP NetServer LH4. (I could post a report > when I'll have all the probelms solved). > > First I installed Woody, then I upgraded to Sarge. > I also updated the kernel from 2.2.20 to kernel-image-2.4.27

Re: pgadmin and libwxgtk

2005-08-30 Thread Clive Menzies
On (30/08/05 10:33), Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would really really like to use pgadmin3 but there is, and has been for > > ages, a problem with dependencies. When I try and install it I get this > > > > Depends: pgadmin3-data but it is not going to be installed > > Depends: lib

script to start fetchmail daemon for users on startup

2005-09-02 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi Googling around for ways to start the fetchmail daemon on behalf of the various users, I came across what looks like a good script on the following link: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=30838 The script, written by Vince Parsons, is for Fedora although a debian version is mentio

Fwd: script to start fetchmail daemon for users on startup

2005-09-02 Thread Clive Menzies
- Forwarded message from Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:18:47 +0100 > Subject: script to start fetchmail daemon for users on startup > > Hi > &g

Re: Windows Server to Debian migration

2005-09-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/09/05 20:33), Joseph H. Fry wrote: > 7. Finally, other than the Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Bible, which I understand > is the best resource for all things Debian... Are there any other texts I > shouldn't go without in this quest. There are good books, as mentioned already, however, it is likel

Re: Problem with xdm

2005-09-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/09/05 20:37), Marc Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 06:09:21PM +0100, Tim Bedding wrote: > > However, the words Login and Password seem to be in a smaller > > font than I would expect. > > What kind of silly statement is that? Did you perhaps LOOK to see what > font xdm was configur

Re: SOLVED- script to start fetchmail daemon for users on startup

2005-09-04 Thread Clive Menzies
- SOLVED Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On (04/09/05 16:55), Brice Méalier wrote: > no need of such a script! simply look at the documentation > /usr/share/doc/fetchmail and you'll find that you have to put the config > file in /etc (namely /etc/fetchmailrc). Take care at the permissi

Re: Help!

2005-09-06 Thread Clive Menzies
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 07:48:53AM -0400, George Boyce wrote: > > I'm not sure what to do from here! I typed in ENTER - no good. I > > tried LOGONstill no good! Keeps > > bringing me to "username"@Debian1: ~$ There are a number of GUI environments to choose from but KDE is probably a go

Re: Win 9x Clients FAIL to Connect after upgrade to Sarge!

2005-09-07 Thread Clive Menzies
On (06/09/05 16:08), Lawrence Houston wrote: > Debian USERS: > > After upgrading from Woody to Sarge I find Windows 9x Client are unable to > Browse/Connect to Samba Shares!!! Windows 2000 and Linux Clients are > working as they had before the Upgrade from Samba 2.2.X to 3.0.X, but the > Windows

Re: pb with Printing using CUPS v1.1.x and lpd LaserJet1100

2005-09-07 Thread Clive Menzies
On (07/09/05 18:14), Jean-Louis Crouzet wrote: > Hi all, > > not sure this is the proper NG but I couldn't find any CUPS related NG > so far... > > I do have a strange issue with my wrong configuration for sure! > > I have a printer (HP LaserJet1100) connected to my SMC7404WBRA printer > conne

Re: [tutors-dev:01606] Request for the list of your installed packages

2005-09-07 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/09/05 01:53), AIDA Shinra wrote: > Sorry, I forgot to attach the debian-installed-packages.sh. > > > Dear debian users, > > > > The Todai Fink Team has a project to build a website to find open > > source softwares. (Roughly speaking, yet another freshmeat.) > > > > We want to survey how

Re: pb with Printing using CUPS v1.1.x and lpd LaserJet1100

2005-09-07 Thread Clive Menzies
On (07/09/05 19:26), Jean-Louis Crouzet wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > >On (07/09/05 18:14), Jean-Louis Crouzet wrote: > > > >>Hi all, > >> > >>not sure this is the proper NG but I couldn't find any CUPS related NG > >>so far... > >&

Re: pb with Printing using CUPS v1.1.x and lpd LaserJet1100

2005-09-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/09/05 15:03), Jean-Louis Crouzet wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > >On (07/09/05 19:26), Jean-Louis Crouzet wrote: > >>Thanks. OK I will give tomorrow a second try via the working > >>http://localhost:631/admin interface. But what's puzzle me is the f

Re: Laptop choice to run debian

2005-09-09 Thread Clive Menzies
On (09/09/05 17:44), Jonathan Kaye wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > > I am planning to buy a laptop for my self in the near future for > > travels, stinks not having with you a debian system. Any good > > recommendations by any chance? > Hi

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-15 Thread Clive Menzies
On (15/09/05 15:18), Anthony Campbell wrote: > I've struggled with this one for months! Much perusing of HOWTOs and > googling hasn't helped. > > I have two computers, desktop and laptop, and a wireless router and ADSL > modem. Both machines reach the internet without problems, one via a > cable l

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (15/09/05 17:10), Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 15 Sep 2005, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (15/09/05 15:18), Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I've struggled with this one for months! Much perusing of HOWTOs and > > > googling hasn't helped. > > > > &g

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/09/05 12:13), Anthony Campbell wrote: > Under LAN IP setting, the entry for "Use Router as DHCP server" is > ticked. The help file says: > > Use Router As DHCP Server > > The MR814v2 router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host > Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the TC

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/09/05 18:20), Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 16 Sep 2005, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > [snip] > > > > It looks as if the router does NAT between the wireless and the wired > > segments. > > Can you configure the router to do bridging ? > > > > Frank > > I don't think so. There is nothing about

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

2005-09-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/09/05 17:16), Andy Streich wrote: > On Friday 16 September 2005 12:55 pm, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > > > Most importantly, this is _debian_-user.  If you want to advocate > > > other distributions willy-nilly, it's not the place. > > > > That kind of isolationism is something I think you will

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

2005-09-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/09/05 12:45), Antony Gelberg wrote: > My understanding is that Debian welcomes patches from anybody who can > improve the documentation situation on the www.debian.org. The Debian > Reference is a good start but could be so much better. > > Perhaps those of you who have your own howtos a

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

2005-09-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/09/05 18:08), Antony Gelberg wrote: > Taking your notes section by section: > > Desktop - take a look at the Install Guide. Is there anything in your > notes that would be useful there? > File /mail server - this could go into the Reference. See 3.4, 3.5, 9.6. > LAPP - nothing like this

Re: Automatically maintaining permissions on specific directories

2005-09-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/09/05 01:39), Olle Eriksson wrote: > Is there any way to enforce the permissions on a specific directory so > that everything that is in it will always have the correct permissions? > > I know a simple cron job can do the job but I have fucked up more file and > directory permissions than

Re: Opinions -- When will Sid be usable again?

2005-09-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/09/05 02:41), William Ballard wrote: > I started using Woody in Jan 03, and switched to Sid maybe by around > April, and learned to deal with its unstability and stuck with it until > Sarge came out. Now I run Sarge, because I expected Sid to become > horribly unusable. Now my question is,

Re: Aptitude, apt-get, security-updates

2005-09-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/09/05 12:26), Simo Kauppi wrote: > Is there an easy way to search for packages which are installed and have > more than one version available to see which version is currently > installed? > > The reason for asking is that I just accidentally noticed that > php4-common, libapache2-mod-php4

Re: Automatically maintaining permissions on specific directories

2005-09-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/09/05 16:25), Olle Eriksson wrote: > On Sunday 18 September 2005 02.37, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (18/09/05 01:39), Olle Eriksson wrote: > > > Is there any way to enforce the permissions on a specific directory > > > so that everything that is in it w

Re: Debian on AMD64?

2005-09-21 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/09/05 20:31), Jacob wrote: > Has anyone gotten Debian running on an AMD64... I would like to know if my > hardware has support, and I would like to use > the familiar Debian O/S... I have installed it already however I need > gigabit lan support and PCI express support... > Yes. Lots of

Re: ntpd glitch - anyone seen anything similar?

2005-09-21 Thread Clive Menzies
On (21/09/05 11:41), Chris Cowen wrote: > We have a server running ntpd, using pool.ntp.org as time server. > > > On Sunday, an unusually large time correction caused ntpd to stop. > > > Could this be a glitch with pool.ntp.org? The other strange thing is > that there seems to be no ntpd activ

Re: Horizontal and Vertical Refresh rates for 15.4 inch Wide-Screen

2005-09-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/09/05 00:46), David R. Litwin wrote: > I recently acquired a laptop with an LCD 15.4 wide-screen display with > resolution of 1280 x 800 and 60MHz refresh rate. I have googled and have not > come up with the answer to this question: What are the Horizontal and > Vertical Refresh Rates for th

Re: 4ol 4rt files:

2005-09-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/09/05 09:50), Paul E Condon wrote: > On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 02:16:29AM -0600, Jules Dubois wrote: > > On Friday 23 September 2005 21:55, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > > > On Friday 23 September 2005 07:57 pm, John Hasler wrote: > > >> > > >> Paul J

Re: pcmcia-card (netgear wg511t) causes computer to get extremly slow ...

2005-09-24 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi I can't help you with your problem but you may consider reposting because you seem to have changed the subject line of an existing thread. Some people may, as a result, send it to trash because the thread is of no interest to them. Always, start a new message rather than highjack an existing

Re: Should one CPU(Hyper-Threading) machine install SMP kernel?

2005-09-27 Thread Clive Menzies
On (27/09/05 08:10), Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Dick Davies wrote: > > > Yup, use SMP. I get 2 cpus in cpuinfo that way (although top doesn't > > > see them for some reason). > > > > Have you ever run a top that lists individual processors on a

Re: teaching debian...

2005-10-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/10/05 17:45), askar k wrote: > Is there anybody teaching debian for newbies? > I'm thinking to make a debian course for those who don't have linux > experience at all. > I would be grateful if someone could share with his teaching plan. Have a look at Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition: ht

Re: teaching debian...

2005-10-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/10/05 22:11), askar k wrote: > On 10/1/05, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have a look at Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition: > > http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz > Thanks. > > > "The book also aims to satisfy the requir

Re: backup plan for home server

2005-10-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/10/05 08:47), Michael Perry wrote: > After doing backups to tape for a long time using things lika Amanda, I > finally settled on my own approach which actually works decently for me. I > have a primary Linux server here at home which does samba, vpn, apache, nfs. > I setup a second linux bo

Re: how to start php

2005-10-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/10/05 01:48), Eric P wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Eric P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 01:48:47 -0500 > Subject: how to start php > > Hi all, > > Php4 was up and running. Then I tried out dotdeb's php5. Decided to > switch back to php4, but now php4 do

Re: apt-get: how to remove old config files?

2005-10-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/10/05 17:37), Stefan Salewski wrote: > Hello, > > to remove a package completely I have to use something like > apt-get --purge remove packet. > If I forget option purge, config-files are not removed. > If I try > apt-get --purge remove packet > after > apt-get remove packet > to correct m

Re: your mail

2005-10-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/11/05 13:41), Jose Benavides G. wrote: Go to: http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/subscribe to subscribe Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Re: how to start php

2005-10-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/10/05 14:56), Eric P wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (02/10/05 01:48), Eric P wrote: > >>Hi all, > >> > >>Php4 was up and running. Then I tried out dotdeb's php5. Decided to > >>switch back to php4, but now php4 doesn't start w

Re: adding user to multiple groups

2005-10-04 Thread Clive Menzies
On (04/10/05 15:38), Basanta Shrestha wrote: > Hi List, > Can any help me? I use debian. I need to add a new user which would be > member of multiple groups. I have to do this using simple "adduser > $username" command( without using "usermod" command . Here is my > /etc/default/useradd file >

Re: preferred method of using imap/mutt

2005-10-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/10/05 16:52), Cameron Matheson wrote: > I've been using mutt happily w/ my POP email account for a good long > while now, but i'm switching over to an IMAP server. I've been using > thunderbird (which is cool, but it's eating up sooo much RAM), and i > would like to go back to mutt. Rea

Re: Should I try Etch?

2005-10-07 Thread Clive Menzies
On (07/10/05 07:50), Redefined Horizons wrote: > I'm still rather new to Linux, and I've been running Debian Sarge for a > couple of months. However, I am eager to try the new features in Gnome 2.12, > and I remember someone on the list writing that it ships with Sebian Etch. > So I thought I woul

Re: SSH attack

2005-10-07 Thread Clive Menzies
On (07/10/05 17:38), Del Boy wrote: > >It looks like I am being rooted right now. How do I toss this guy off > >of my system. he has an IP address of 210.95.212.131 > > > >Please get back to me fast. I took the compilers off of the system, > >and it's only running dns... so there's no firewall o

Re: Install Thai Languange

2005-10-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/10/05 07:29), Theekapun Charoenpong wrote: > Dear Debian User > My name is Mr. Theekapun Charoenpong. Thai. > I have some question to ask you about how can I debian > support Thai Language? Please explain step by step. > And How can I install the debian. > Looking for your answer. > Thank yo

Re: Laptop clock is localtime, system time is off

2005-10-10 Thread Clive Menzies
On (10/10/05 11:57), Mitja Podreka wrote: > Nate Bargmann wrote: > > >I use a laptop that multiboots with XP and I just set up a second hard > >disk for it with Sid installed. As a result, the hardware clock is set > >to local time and I can't seem to change Sid's mind on this. > > > > > How oft

Re: Laptop clock is localtime, system time is off

2005-10-10 Thread Clive Menzies
On (10/10/05 06:21), Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Oct 10 05:13 -0500]: > > > rerun base-config to reset > > Thanks for the tip, but base-config had nothing about the system time > in its menu, just users and passwords, hostname,

Re: Laptop clock is localtime, system time is off

2005-10-10 Thread Clive Menzies
On (10/10/05 17:13), Mariusz Kruk wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Mariusz Kruk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:13:31 +0200 > Subject: Re: Laptop clock is localtime, system time is off > > Clive Menzies napisa??(a): > >Sorry, I assu

Re: Laptop clock is localtime, system time is off

2005-10-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (11/10/05 17:48), Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 01:13:27PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (10/10/05 06:21), Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > * Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Oct 10 05:13 -0500]: > > > > > > > rerun base-co

Re: IMAP and Squirelmail.

2005-10-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (11/10/05 02:42), Chuck Payne wrote: > Hey, > > I need to know what IMAP program is the best and easiest to set up so I > can Squirrel mail set up. I see Cyrus is a bit of pain. > > Payne > > PS. Anyway web pages that you have that can help me get Squirrel Mail, > please send. Dovecot pret

Re: Laptop clock is localtime, system time is off

2005-10-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (11/10/05 11:04), Antony Gelberg wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > However, what the OP needed to do was 'not' set the system clock to the > > hardware clock; it seems to avoid time conflicts on multi-boot systems. > > During the install you're asked wh

Re: debian vs ubuntu and knoppix

2005-10-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (11/10/05 21:08), Sam Rosenfeld wrote: > What are the major differences among the latest debian, ubuntu, and > knoppix distros? Leaving aside the ensuing debate on 'freeness': Debian gives to access to the full Debian universe in 3 flavours: stable, testing and unstable Ubuntu is derived from

Re: debian vs ubuntu and knoppix

2005-10-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/10/05 10:53), Antony Gelberg wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (11/10/05 21:08), Sam Rosenfeld wrote: > > > >>What are the major differences among the latest debian, ubuntu, and > >>knoppix distros? > > > > > > Leaving aside the ens

Re: debian vs ubuntu and knoppix

2005-10-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/10/05 09:03), Chris Humphries wrote: > I at one time had programs written to update a user's environment when they > logged in (set up the desktop, check for updates, upload whatever, etc). > > This should be simple for debian (and others) based systems, by running the > script to verify th

Re: DHCP on samba

2005-10-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/10/05 17:28), partha wrote: > Hi Every one , > > I have installed Samba server and i want to > install dhcp on the same server . Can i do it? I can't think of any good reason why not :) Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: email components faq?

2005-10-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/10/05 15:28), Bernd Prager wrote: > I would like to catch up on some mail component techniques and vocabulary. > I am getting confused with meaning and interaction of all the different > things like: > > - mail user agent (like mailx) > - mail delivery agent (like maildrop) > - mail transpo

Re: nautilus cd-burner

2005-11-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/11/05 22:03), Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote: > gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Check this out - cdrdao - amd64 -- gary > > > >http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2005/06/msg00562.html (or > > alien + cdrdao.rpm) FWIW I use cdrtoaster on amd64 and it works well - very light too.

Re: chmod mistake

2005-11-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/11/05 12:49), David Dorward wrote: > > 2. "find" in my home directory gives 1,300 files. Is there any utility that > > can be used to adjust their permissions quickly? (I will mostly be > > recursively setting permissions on directories.) > > Something along the lines of: > > chmod -R 700

Re: A page that causes Firefox (Sarge) to close

2005-11-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/11/05 14:31), Maurits van Rees wrote: > On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 11:37:56PM +1100, James Foster wrote: > > I'm using the latest mozilla-firefox (1.0.4-2sarge5) on Debian Sarge, > > and whenever I attempt to visit a particular page, I'm finding that it > > closes immediately. Can someone pleas

Re: Useful GUI apps on low-mem computers?

2005-11-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/11/05 10:56), Mitch Wiedemann wrote: > Greetings all, > > Our local Free Software User Group has a large number of donated > computers, each having 64MB of RAM and a PII or PIII processor. We are > intending to configure these computers with a useful set of software and > make them availab

Re: openoffice 2.0 fail on start (debian unstable)

2005-11-04 Thread Clive Menzies
On (03/11/05 21:18), yzhh wrote: > Sorry for duplicate postings. > But is this common or just happening to me? > > yzhh Works fine here on sid. Perhaps more info on your setup may shed some light. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: image library manager recomendation

2005-11-04 Thread Clive Menzies
On (04/11/05 09:43), Bruno Buys wrote: > Micha Feigin wrote: > > >I am looking for a recommendation for a digital image library. I looked > >at a > >few and none seemed to fit the bill, so before I break down and decide to > >write one of my own (which I don't have the time for at the moment) I

Re: starting cups

2005-11-04 Thread Clive Menzies
On (04/11/05 06:06), Kent West wrote: > Joe Zien wrote: > > I installed deb 3.1 sarge and it is working fine but can't > > print a test page. > > On my libanet 2.8.1, a debian distro, when it boots up > > "cupsys starting" is shown. > > On sarge, the "cupsys starting" is not shown. > > How do I sta

Re: openoffice 2.0 fail on start (debian unstable)

2005-11-04 Thread Clive Menzies
On (04/11/05 10:55), Clive Menzies wrote: > On (03/11/05 21:18), yzhh wrote: > > Sorry for duplicate postings. > > But is this common or just happening to me? > > > > yzhh > > Works fine here on sid. Perhaps more info on your setup may shed some light. As a ride

Re: Remove Abiword from Debian Sarge?

2005-11-07 Thread Clive Menzies
On (07/11/05 12:32), David Mummery wrote: > Hi all - > > Is there a way to remove Abiword from Debian Sarge without Synaptic insisting > on removing all of Gnome-Office? > > I have a real pain with it opening .doc files instead of OpenOffice under the > Gnome environment. > > Alternatively, how

Re: Setting up a File Server

2005-11-09 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/11/05 22:14), Kent West wrote: > White-Hat` (sent by Nabble.com) wrote: > > >I wanted to set up a file server using Samba--I thought the idea of > >creating a small, home network using my old box's would be sort of > >neat. I'd hate to see them go to waste anyway. I'm pretty new to > >ne

Re: OpenOffice 2 on Sarge?

2005-11-09 Thread Clive Menzies
On (09/11/05 12:08), Eriberto wrote: > David Mummery escreveu: > >How can I install OpenOffice 2 on Sarge? Haven't found much useful info on > >the > >web yet. > > OpenOffice 2 is available on unstable repository. It is but that version is unlikely to work on sarge (different dependencies etc.)

Re: GUI

2005-11-10 Thread Clive Menzies
On (10/11/05 11:31), new to linux wrote: > Hi, > I'm new to linux. I installed debian ver 3.1. When finished the > installation, debian started automatically in GUI. What I have to do so that > not to start the GUI automatically? > Thank you, > New to linux Once booted, you can get to a console

Re: spam blacklist pop3 solution

2005-11-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/11/05 19:15), Adam Hardy wrote: > >Adam Hardy([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > >>I googled for this extensively and come up with nothing - I'm looking > >>for a hard-core spam blacklist to remove the spam from my POP3 mailbox > >>before I download it. > >> > >>I'm using a

Re: Got totally messed up with Debian Unstable

2005-11-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/11/05 07:58), All Nicks Are Taken wrote: > Hi. > A few of days ago I decided I want to upgrade my Sarge to Sid (unstable) and > so I did (changed the apt sources list, as I've read in some article.) > Couple of days ago everything worked fine, absolutely no problems; a clean > shutdown with

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/11/05 17:36), privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote: > > > Regardless, please come back in a few months and request its removal > > > again. I'd love to see that original email [2] climb higher in > > > Google's results than the current #3 spot it holds now when searching > > > for your na

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