Re: [OT] Learning PERL

2003-03-01 Thread Debian User
How bout " Elements of Programming with Perl" by Manning. "Andrew L. Johnson" I am half way through it and I also have that Progamming Perl Camel book that was way too hard to start on, but this other book is very easy to understand. I haven't yet looked at the Learning Perl book. -DU Thors

Problem with Mysql - Perl 5.8

2003-03-01 Thread Debian User
Need some advice here, I installed Perl 5.8.0 on my Debian box, on top of the Debian Perl package 5.6.1 Perl seems to work, but I tried to install the DBD::mysql bundle and am running into errors telling me mysql_config cannot be found. So I figured something was wrong with Mysql and I upgraded

Re: Problem with Mysql - Perl 5.8

2003-03-04 Thread Debian User
nstable to get just the perl unstable in there. Well, it works and I see no need for 5.8 other than my Perl Programmer friends tell me you got to have it. Thanks -DU Joey Hess wrote: Debian User wrote: Need some advice here, I installed Perl 5.8.0 on my Debian box, on top of the Debian Pe

Logging

2003-03-10 Thread Debian User
I want to track down what is causing a problem for me, but I need more info. What I'm asking about is, what can I do to enable more logging of the kernel and possibly other applications and driver modules? A month ago I upgraded my box, and since then I am experiencing stability problems under 3.0

Re: Logging

2003-03-11 Thread Debian User
> > and if possible, revert as much hardware to it's previous > state to eliminate chances that it would be the cause of > failure. Also if you can revert kernels that would be > good too. Other then X, the kernel is the only thing I can > think of that could possibly be involved in a system > lock

Re: Logging

2003-03-11 Thread Debian User
>> >> and if possible, revert as much hardware to it's previous >> state to eliminate chances that it would be the cause of >> failure. Also if you can revert kernels that would be >> good too. Other then X, the kernel is the only thing I can >> think of that could possibly be involved in a system

dpkg-reconfigure: command not found

2003-03-23 Thread Debian User
Hi, I just installed the vanilla install of Debian. I'd like to reconfigure several things, but when I do dpkg-reconfigure, I get "dpkg-reconfigure: command not found". Is this still how I'm supposed to reconfigure packages? (I don't see a --reconfigure option for dpkg.) thanks Melissa __

kde under sid

2003-11-06 Thread Debian User
I just upgraded from woody to sid. Gnome will start up fine, but kde crashes instantly when started from the gdm login. I can use apt-get to install kde components(i.e. konsole, kpackage) just fine. Is this a known issue? Thanks, Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: kde under sid

2003-11-06 Thread Debian User
Depends: kdemultimedia but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 19:15, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 11:57, Debian User wrote: > > I just upgraded from woody to sid. Gnome will start up fine, but kde > > crashes instantly when s

Question on Winbind

2003-01-19 Thread Debian User
Hi, I have been pulling out hair on this one. I am trying to get a debian box to share files to an NT 4 network. I installed Samba, works great. I also installed Winbind and that also works, but I have a problem when trying to set file permissions. When I do a - getent group or a - getent pa

diald and error exit status 127

2003-01-19 Thread Debian User
Trying to install diald from unstable? Cannot get past this error: snip--- Setting up diald (0.99.4-5) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/diald.config: line 1: t: command not found dpkg: error processing diald (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 Errors were encou

Re: Question on Winbind

2003-01-20 Thread Debian User
Mark Roach wrote: On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 20:35, Debian User wrote: Hi, I have been pulling out hair on this one. I am trying to get a debian box to share files to an NT 4 network. I installed Samba, works great. I also installed Winbind and that also works, but I have a problem when

Re: diald and error exit status 127(fixed)

2003-01-20 Thread Debian User
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/diald.postinst: line 43: /etc/diald/cvtaddrs: No such ^->removed this file here and reran now it works. dpkg: error processing diald (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit statu

PPP: VJ decompression error

2003-01-27 Thread Debian User
What is causing this error in log's. Relevant modules for ppp are: ppp_deflate39008 0 ppp_generic18120 3 [ppp_async bsd_comp ppp_deflate] slhc4352 1 [slip ppp_generic] kernel is: 2.4.18-686 #1 Sun Apr 14 11:32:47 EST 2002 i686 unknown and this i

Debian + RAID hardware

2003-02-03 Thread Debian User
A little background: A few months back I put together a box to do some work at the office, nothing earth shattering. the only thing we had handy at the time was a PC workstation. At somepoint the Boss was supposed to get me server to replace it. But he never quite got around to it, just recently th

Debian + RAID hardware

2003-02-03 Thread Debian User
A little background: A few months back I put together a box to do some work at the office, nothing earth shattering. the only thing we had handy at the time was a PC workstation. At somepoint the Boss was supposed to get me server to replace it. But he never quite got around to it, just recently th

Re: Using VIA C3 and Woody?

2003-02-04 Thread Debian User
I have a 733 Mhz C3 at home. The motherboard is a soyo 7VEM. It is a fairly small board. It has sound and video built in. I use it as a fileserver, so I never bothered to install X or sound, so I can't help on those to points. Otherwise a C3 based system is like any other i386 install. I compiled m

Re: squirrelmail, uw-imapd (and ssl)

2003-02-05 Thread Debian User
Squirrelmail shouldn't do ssl. Squirrelmail will connect to uw-imapd via the localhost, so you can install uw-imapd (and block imap port for remote connections). When you config squirrelmail with the perl script, config it to use https, then the connection/authentication to squirrelmail is ssl pro

abiword

2003-02-07 Thread Debian User
Hi, Why I don't can install abiword in sid ? When I try by the synaptic nothing happen. My repositories are http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free thanks to all ! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: Bouncing emails via procmail

2003-09-10 Thread Debian User
I do what you are trying to do w/ Exim and the .forward file. The problem is that a lot of the spam originates from bogus email addresses .. lots of email becomes undeliverable and frozen. At Wednesday, 10 September 2003, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Paul M Foster writes: >> But I'

What happened to linuxconf

2003-10-03 Thread Debian User
hi, sorry for me beeing called "Debian user" on my system, but i was just a little inattentive in the base-install and i am just new to linux - after heavy virus - attacks decided to switch over. Now i don't know how to change my real name in order to appear correct in Mails send ou

Backup Script

2002-10-19 Thread Debian User
Would anyone happen to know of a ready made backup (tar) script for a debian box, something that I could tell to backup to another drive, and make full copies with incremental updates throughout the week. Would be nice to have it report to a file too. I have messed around with using tar, but

Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-05 Thread Debian User
So, I have a few users I want to add to my web server, but I have a question or two. So with apache installed, I am not sure where I should store all the web data, previously I was storing in /var/www. I wan't users to be able to upload their content easily without hassle. Problem 1. When a u

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Debian User
Ok, I am having a hard time being new to linux and all. Basically I am looking for the Standard procedure for setting up an apache server, and ftp for users on a debian box. Someone first tells me not to use FTP, and use some windows util that none of my clients will have. I am at a loss, is

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Debian User
e there is like 500 different ways to do the same thing.   Note-- I don't get paid to learn any of this, I do all this on my own time. -Debuser Mark Ferlatte wrote: begin Debian User quote on Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 11:52:29AM -0800: Basically I am looking for the Standard procedure

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Debian User
st changes the users home directory to another directory, but wouldn't this mess with the mail settings for postfix, procmail, and squirrelmail if you change your home directory, or does this only take place when you ftp into the server? hmm debuser Mailing List wrote: On 11/6/02 1:52 PM,

mkboot w/ bzImage?

2002-11-09 Thread Debian User
I just recompiled my kernel under debian woody. I would like to make boot floppy for it. So.. I typed 'mkboot /usr/src/.../arch/i386/boot/bzImage'. It made the floppy, but when I reboot with floppy - it doesn't work. The kernel appears to load, but then the screen blanks out and the power cycle

Re: execute command from HTML page

2002-11-11 Thread Debian User
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:44:33PM +1030, Barney Wrightson wrote: > Actually you wouldn't even need the HTML at all, you could simply > enter > the address of the cgi script into your browser and load it to cause > it > to execute. Provided that apache and user permissions were set up > correctly

Re: [Samba] bind failed on port 139 socket_addr = 0.0.0.0.

2002-11-16 Thread Debian User
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:54:20PM -0800, Debian User wrote: > Could this problem be related to password encryption? > My WinMe client cannot browse samba server. okay - got it working. But I must admit my problem solving was rather non-linear... by that I mean that I just experiment

Re: Proposal - non-free software removal

2002-11-17 Thread Debian User
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 04:27:04PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > > provide specs to Bertrik Sikken ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) who's trying to > > write the SANE backend for it. THe last time I tried using the drivers for the hp PSC 750 scanner - it was broken - anyone get scanning to work on the PSC 750 on l

mail reader for news and mail

2002-11-21 Thread Debian User
Any suggestions for client that reads mail *and* news? I currently use mutt, but then use gnus for newsgroups... briefly looked into vm and rmail... not exactly attractive... want to get away from the huge ness of emacs... perhaps will get used to having two terminals open all the time - one fo

RE: 'irradicating' a package?

2002-11-21 Thread Debian User
Its failing because you need somekind of MTA. You could install say sendmail or postfix, that will remove the "exim" package you have installed because they confict, then you reinstall the official exim package. >>dpkg --purge package >> >>If this is failing, give us more info. > > argus:/etc/exim#

Re: Need help from Network Guru's

2002-11-21 Thread Debian User
If I'm understanding the situation right, then the problem looks to be the router rather than the pix. If you're meant to access the network, there might already be a route there for you, but not one for everyone else. A bit of a longshot would be to check /etc/hosts.deny and your DNS setup on Zeus

Re: esd and 2 concurrent users on machine?

2003-06-14 Thread debian-user
On Saturday 14 June 2003 14:38, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 13:09, Mario Vukelic wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have gdm configured to have 2 login windows on F7 and F8. 2 users are > > logged in concurrently, both using gnome. User 1, who was the first to > > log in, has sound via esd

Root Softraid

2002-12-18 Thread debian-user
Hi there ! I am working on the implementation of an soft-root-raid. I want to have the root file system von a die Software raid. Anyway my only problem is to write lilo. Steps taken so far: - Running system on third disk - Created /dev/md0 - Mouted /dev/md0 /mnt/newroot - copied system to

iptables+dialup

2003-01-11 Thread Debian User
Can someone point me to some docs for where to put the iptables firewall scripts for a dialup accnt. I am running testing/unstable w/2.4.18-686. This has to be activated(iptables) with each new dialup? Or does iptables refresh the ip? Sorry for all the ?'s but am new to iptables. Thank-you --

Re: iptables+dialup

2003-01-11 Thread Debian User
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 02:46:17PM -0500, Fraser Campbell wrote: > On January 11, 2003 12:29 pm, the fabulous Debian User wrote: > > > Can someone point me to some docs for where to put the iptables firewall > > scripts for a dialup accnt. I am running testing/unstable w/2.4.18

modules gone after kernel upgrade

2003-01-17 Thread Debian User
I just upgraded from potato 2.2.19 to woody and kernel 2.4.18-386. Now my modules are gone in modconf? Where to put module path so it will show in modconf? I can still insmod but was wondering why the path didnt upgrade 2? Also insmod ppp ->no module by that name? ppp_generic is there but not

Re: Dumb Terminals

1998-07-30 Thread debian-user
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have some old computers that I would like to use as dumb terminals. I > was wondering if someone could point me to a good howto or faq on how to > set this up or perhaps give me some tips and or help. Among a zillion other things t

Re: telnet/terminal key codes

1998-07-06 Thread debian-user
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to customize SecureCRT 2.2 so that the keys will be similar to > those of a VC. Is there a reference page or somewhere that I can find the > strings that are sent when certain keys are pressed? - Partially, you c

lilo

1998-11-01 Thread Debian-User
Hi I forgot the var in lilo to set in order to tell the kernel 128M Ram. Can any one clue me in?

zip disk

1998-11-02 Thread Debian-User
I am pretty sure I installed iomega parellel support to my kernel when i built the last one And why my system boots i see some iomega stuff fly by but when this is what happens when i try to use it.: mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /zip mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device

wmaker

1998-11-03 Thread Debian-User
can anyone tell me how to make images your background in wmaker? I dloaded some of those themes from e.themes.org which are .jpg format then i converted them to xpm with the gimp. But i can't figure out how to set it to my background. Can anyone help? Am I doing anything wrong? Thanks in adva

gimp

1998-11-16 Thread Debian-User
Has anyone seen this error before, or know what I did wrong to cause it? Thanks for any help. X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 91 (X_QueryColors) Value in failed request: 0x829 Serial number of failed

gimp

1998-11-16 Thread Debian-User
I guess i should have mentioned what i did to produce this error, anyways, I was trying to take a screen shot with the gimp. X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 91 (X_QueryColors) Value in failed request: 0x82

wmmail

1998-11-17 Thread Debian-User
I'm trying to get wmmail to work correctly but it doesn't seem to be recognizing the commands i put in .wmmailrc. The Execute tkmail works, but the NewMailExecute and the AlwaysNewMailExecute don't work. Anyone help? Update 1 Execute "tkmail" NewMailExecute "cat /usr/local/sounds/testsound.au

log anaylizer

2002-09-03 Thread Debian User
What do you guys use for a Web Server Log anaylizer using apache. I tried analog but can't seem to get it to work. Is there a web based version that can be totally administrated by web page? Thanks -debuser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Question on File Permissions

2002-09-22 Thread Debian User
I set up a Web Server here on my Debian Box. Question, is there any way to set a default file permission on a certain user folder inside the /var/www/ folder. I want to setup accounts for users to upload web files, but the problem is that whenever I upload files, the files always default to re

Re: Question on File Permissions

2002-09-22 Thread Debian User
Gottfried Szing wrote: >Am Son, 2002-09-22 um 22.05 schrieb Colin Watson: > > >>On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 09:54:14PM +0200, Gottfried Szing wrote: >> >> >>>and for setting default permissions you can also consult the umask >>>functionallity. but i think this is very dangerous to turn x on by

Re: Question on File Permissions

2002-09-22 Thread Debian User
Well, basically what I learned today, is that web file permissions are usually handled by the FTP client, which I am finding out is a problem with certain FTP utils like Dreamweaver for instance, because for some reason you have to download the Exchange Utilties which cost more $$ to get the f

Need help with Bind

2002-09-30 Thread Debian User
Hi everyone, I have been pulling hair on this one. I got bind set up, nslookup resolves all domains and records just fine, but when trying to register my domains to my server, I get error messages from the domain registrars that my dns server is invalid or something.. Another problem is that

smail: rsmtp spools all mail

1998-03-29 Thread debian-user
It seems that after I upgraded smail to 3.2.0.92-3, rsmtp now spools all mail, i.e. it behaves as if it were called with "-odq". Is there a way to restore the old behavior of immediate delivery? I can't find a config option for this. rsmtp also refuses to take the "-odf" parameter, so a wrapper wo

I have bind installed but..

1998-01-28 Thread Debian User
hi there, I have bind-4.9.5 package installed on my debian 1.3. And I have a dynamic ip and a blah.dyndns.com domain for dyn ip. So the question is how much i can make use of binds' features? At least I know i can use nameserver 127.0.0.1 search vmlinuz.dyndns.com instead of my isp's. thanks k

debian-user-digest Digest V97 #117

1997-04-16 Thread debian-user
Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 20:54:41 + debian-user-digest Digest Volume 97 : Issue 117 Today's Topics: Re: Install report, finally Kernel panic WINE Re: Apache web server PO

Modules / depmod

1997-10-20 Thread debian-user
Help, I've been playing arround with the new 2.1.5x kernels. Now when I issue a depmod -a, it does not update the modules.dep file. Any content of the modules.dep is cleared. I've re-built the depmod / modprobe utilities (v 2.1.55) from source, but still no joy. Can anyone suggest what I've do

forwarding mail with exim

2003-12-01 Thread Debian User
i posted this similar question when _murphy_ was having problems and wonder if it was lost ... i wish to forward email from particular domains to an open relay mailserver. how may i do this w/ the .forward or exim.conf files? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: My machine compromised?

2003-12-03 Thread Debian User
great tool ... never knew it existed until this post. At Wednesday, 3 December 2003, "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: >on Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 01:03:34AM -0800, Vanh Phom ([EMAIL PROTECTED] net) wrote: >> Hi folk, >> After reading on report of servers compromised. Just for curior

Re: SMTP setup question

2003-12-03 Thread Debian User
i think you have to go under _advanced_ options for the particular user. there, you can select the stmp server you wish to use. there is also a link in the user account window for server selection. i have my local smtp server for some accounts and an open relay for others using the same mozilla

Re: Logging from Linksys BEFSX41 Router to Debian Server

2003-12-03 Thread Debian User
perhaps there is a more sophisticated way, but, cannot you pipe tcpdump output to a file? At Wednesday, 3 December 2003, "BruceG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] net> wrote: >> >I am using a Linksys BEFSX41 router, and want to start logging >inbound >> > and outbound access. > >Any hints, tips, or po

Re: aliasing internet addresses

2003-12-03 Thread Debian User
this virtual hosting can be done w/ an apache web server. the /etc/httpd. conf file is where to place the virtual host rules. there are examples included in the httpd.conf remarks. At Wednesday, 3 December 2003, Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I want to alias internet addresses localy,

ipchains HowTo

2003-12-09 Thread Debian User
I am searching for a good HowTo on firewalls and ipchains. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO-8.html references a dead link at http://www.adelaide.net.au/~rustcorp/ipfwchains/ipfwchains.html Does anyone have another reference worth reading? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: ipchains HowTo

2003-12-09 Thread Debian User
yikes!! i have hit the wall at 37!!! i am running a 2.4 kernel and should have asked about iptables NOT ipchains. At Tuesday, 9 December 2003, Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:08:15 -0500, >Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >

Re: [OT] C programming, variable size array

2003-12-12 Thread Debian User
if you really have to do it in a low-level language, do it in assembly native to that processor. you can even write them inline within your C code. asm(" mnemonic_instruction operand, operand"); At Friday, 12 December 2003, Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED] shack.net> wrote: >On Fri, 2003-12

Re: How to login as ROOT as start

2003-12-12 Thread Debian User
why not log in to your gui as a common user and su as root from a shell? anyway, i cannot anything in /etc/gnome that would limit who has access to the gui. At Friday, 12 December 2003, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Stephen Liu wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> How can I login as ROO

Re: Debian down at present?

2003-12-15 Thread Debian User
I just tried the site and CAN get to it. At Monday, 15 December 2003, Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I haven't been able to get to www.debian.org today or to ping it either. >Is it down at present? Not another compromise I hope... > >Anthony > >-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED]|| http:/

hardware raid and 3ware

2003-12-16 Thread Debian User
I am interested in implementing hardware RAID on a new machine I am putting together. I have read a post _Hardware RAID setup_ and am glad that it can be done w/ modules in Debian. It looks liek 3ware is the way to go. I only _need_ two disks (I think). Does anyone have a suggestion as to card/

Re: hardware raid and 3ware

2003-12-16 Thread Debian User
also, I wish to use IDE drives. At Tuesday, 16 December 2003, Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: >I am interested in implementing hardware RAID on a new machine I >am putting together. I have read a post _Hardware RAID setup_ and >am glad that it can be done w/ module

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-16 Thread Debian User
maybe i missed something in a previous post... isn't it the purpose to soecify hosts you are allowing to relay w/ the host_accept_relay setting in exim.conf? this will allow you not to be an open relay eventhough you have a dynamic IP address. At Tuesday, 16 December 2003, Joerg Rossdeutscher <

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-16 Thread Debian User
but using a smarthost is a way around this. or, just tell your friends who are using aol, earthlink, snet, etc. , that you cannot send email to them because their isp is uptight ;) At Tuesday, 16 December 2003, charlie derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Debian User wrote: >>

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-16 Thread Debian User
interesting articles. realisically, as i have some business domains on my server, i cannot prevent users from receiving email from aol et. al. accounts. furthermore, i have to use a friend's open relay as smarthost to get aol-bound email off my server. is there no other way to stop aol et. al

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-16 Thread Debian User
wow ... so, if you don't have exposure to the joys and sorrows of running your own server on the net, how can you really learn? then, the net and everyone who uses it should be licensed like ham radio operators? afterall, the net is just a transmission medium like rf is a transmission medium.

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-16 Thread Debian User
that point is/was not lost on me ... i just did not articulate. At Tuesday, 16 December 2003, ScruLoose <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ca> wrote: >On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 03:42:07PM -0500, charlie derr wrote: >> Debian User wrote: > >> >maybe i missed something in a previous p

ZDNet UK: Microsoft OneCare gets a bashing

2005-05-14 Thread debian-user
This ZDNET UK story has been forwarded to you by: debian-user (debian-user@lists.debian.org). They have added these comments: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39198263,00.htm Microsoft OneCare gets a

Re: please help a poor student

2005-05-29 Thread Debian User
On Sunday 29 May 2005 15:40, ratikanta rath wrote: Note- I began liking debian after i heard of it. Please help this poor student by mailing me the CDs if you have This mail looks like a hoax to me, but anyway... Go to the Ubuntu website below http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/ and they will send

Re: please help a poor student

2005-05-30 Thread Debian User
On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 06:55:22PM +0200, Cyprien wrote: lay awake whole night. I have a very low-end computer with 5GB hard disk and 122MB RAM. It can boot from CDROM. I am running WinXP Pro successfully on it. I can not upgrade my PC due to money problems. mmm XP with 122MB of RAM ... no mone

Debian drops ball on security updates

2005-06-09 Thread debian-user
CNET News.com (http://www.news.com/) This story has been sent to you on behalf of debian-user@lists.debian.org (e-mail address not verified). Debian drops ball on security updates By Renai LeMay The newly launched Linux distribution has a glitch--some versions were released with default

Apache quirk?

2000-08-23 Thread Debian User
Greetings, I downloaded the Apache/1.3.12 pkg and installed it fine. I put my html files inside of /var/www/ and then ran apacheconfig and then surfed to localhost. The pages come up fine but no graphics are there. This probably isn't enough information for you guys but I'm not sure what els

Re: Apache quirk?

2000-08-23 Thread Debian User
t; try loading the graphics directly, make sure the graphics are in a > directory the webserver can access such as /var/www > > also look at /var/log/apache/error.log > > also check permissions on the graphics files themselves > > nate > > Debian User wrote: > > >

Printer Trouble

2000-08-24 Thread Debian User
Hi guys, Where can I find some docs on how to install a printer on Debian (woody)? I just picked up a Lexmark Optra E312, plugged it in, booted up, and it naturally did not work. A couple things to share... As a users I typed: cat > /dev/lp1 and received a permission denied message. So I t

Re: FWD: [Important News] Debian 2.2 CD-Rs SO # 42627

2000-08-24 Thread Debian User
Now that's customer service. Too bad all companies weren't like that. On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 07:35:44PM -0600, Ray Percival wrote: > I just got this from cheapbytes for one I applaud them for doing the right > thing. Ray > > -- Original Message -- > From

issue.net & issue

2000-08-24 Thread Debian User
Greetings, I've been snooping around /etc looking for the place that issue.net and issue are assigned. So far no luck, is there any documentation available from Debian that would run a newbie type thru most of that 'good to know information' about how the system is put together? Bill

[aphro@aphroland.org: Re: issue.net & issue]

2000-08-24 Thread Debian User
-- Forwarded message from Nate Amsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 19:31:54 -0700 From: Nate Amsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.17pre18 i686) X-Accept-Lang

mounting: audio vs data cd's

2000-08-25 Thread Debian User
Greetings fellow Debian users! I can mount/unmount my cdrom with data cd's using mount /cdrom. The fstab is: /dev/hda2 / ext2defaults,errors=remount-ro 01 /dev/hda1 noneswapsw 00 proc/proc proc

teTeX output looks bad. Any ideas?

2000-09-06 Thread Debian User
Hello fellow Debian users, I've recently did a clean install of stable, and I've run into a problem. The problem is that LaTeX/dvips-produced PostScript files, when printed appear to be at a lower resolution than they really are. More specifically, it looks like the fonts produced by MetaFont

Obsolete packages

2000-09-23 Thread Debian User
Hi, just upgraded my system from a mix of Test 1 and Test 3 to the full 2.2 release. Noticed that I now appear to have alot of "Obsolete/local Optional packages" now showing in dselect. According to the docs the best way to get rid of this (as these packages are the current versions) is to ru

dselect query

2000-09-23 Thread Debian User
Hi, just upgraded my system from a mix of Test 1 and Test 3 to the full 2.2 release. Noticed that I now appear to have alot of "Obsolete/local Optional packages" now showing in dselect. According to the docs the best way to get rid of this (as these packages are the current versions) is to run ap

dselect query

2000-09-24 Thread Debian User
Hi, just upgraded my system from a mix of Test 1 and Test 3 to the full 2.2 release. Noticed that I now appear to have alot of "Obsolete/local Optional packages" now showing in dselect. According to the docs the best way to get rid of this (as these packages are the current versions) is to run ap

Re: beg

2000-09-24 Thread Debian User
> I have the complete 3 CD set. I can snail mail 'em for you. > > Is it illegal in China to get the 3 CD set? offtopic... and I ain't debating How do you know that they wouldn't put you in prison for 30yrs for doing this? You know the fbi or whoever, is looking like fools lately for all the se

Re: Procmail filtering / UNDELIVERABLE EMAIL

2000-09-25 Thread Debian User
You needed a .* not just a star and if there might be a > at the end stick a ? on the end. That way it will work whether it's there or not. I hope anyway. I'm new at procmail. Also, mail dirs are to have a / at the end to let procmail know that they're mail dirs. ...maybe you even need one on /

pppd error message

2000-09-25 Thread Debian User
Hi, I have the following error message when starting pppd: /usr/sbin/pppd -detach /usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself /usr/sbin/pppd: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so. /usr/sbin/pppd: (None of the available passwords wou

Re: Firewall, IPMASQ, Debian

2000-09-25 Thread Debian User
Check out rootprompt.org, there is lots of useful info on this site (good article on "hiding" a Debian system). Jon On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 08:16:15PM -0400, Eric Rousse wrote: > > Is there a place on the internet i can get some documentation for setting up > a firewall under Debian. I've looke

Re: dselect query

2000-09-25 Thread Debian User
r help chaps Jon On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 11:46:32PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Debian User wrote: > > just upgraded my system from a mix of Test 1 and Test 3 to the full 2.2 > > release. > > Noticed that I now appear to have alot of "Obsolete/

Re: pppd error message. Thank you.

2000-09-26 Thread Debian User
Roger Waters wrote: > Debian User wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have the following error message when starting pppd: > > /usr/sbin/pppd -detach > > /usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself > > /usr/sbin/pppd: but I couldn

Mail tool for X

2000-10-04 Thread Debian User
Does anybody know a mail tool under X for pick up the mail form the mail server. Like the one in Netscape but another one ? Under Debian Potato, of course. Thank you, Adrian Nims

Re: Toshiba Satellite T1910CS notebook - preferred version?

2000-07-12 Thread Debian User
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Tony Laszlo wrote: > > I am trying to install Debian on a Toshiba > Satellite T1910CS, 486, 110M HD, 8MB ram . > I won't be running X and will just need to > use: vim, pine (+fetchmail/sendmail), > lynx, ftp, telnet and pcmcia and parallel > port modules. > > Have gon

Re: apt files to CD?

2000-07-12 Thread Debian User
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Pat Mahoney wrote: > On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 09:41:00AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello Users, > > Is there a way to download all the apt files, burn them to CD and install > > off of that? > > I have a fast connection at work to d/l the files, but only a modem at

Re: smbmount

2000-07-12 Thread Debian User
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > thanx for the replies, it is all working now... > > > > it is weird how a redhat Samba rpm package would have smbmount/smbclient > > included whereas a Debian Samba package doesn't. > > > Not everyone who uses samb

Re: dselect and Packages.gz

2000-07-12 Thread Debian User
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Tony Laszlo wrote: > I have installed Debian 2.0 (kernel 2.0.34) from > floppies and have booted from the hard disk > after installing all the base.tgz. Do I need > to install the rest of the packages from the > old 2.0 archives, or from the current files? > I searched

Re: problem with installation of kernel modules

2000-07-12 Thread Debian User
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Ricardo Gabriel Herdt wrote: >try >mount /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom Why not..open your computer up...find out what it is on (i.e. master, slave, prim/secon) and then you know WHAT the device is :) Joe > > but I'm not a indicated person to say how to make this things

Re: standard large memory question

2000-07-12 Thread Debian User
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Richard E. Hawkins wrote: > > Ack. I've seen the answer to this dozens of times, but can't find it > in the archives. > > I *thought* that large memory was now automatically detected, but my > system on a nice fresh frozen is still only finding 64M (out of 160M) > > So

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