Re: Safe File Manager to run as root ?

> Is there such thing as a GUI File Manager that any > security and safety consious Debian users would > use, as ROOT, to manage a file system (i.e. move, > copy, change permissions) ?? Is it just a better > practice to use CLI w/ suid to make those kind of > changes. If you're referring to gmc's

Re: Safe File Manager to run as root ?

> I've never used mc, but I did try gmc a while back. I > stopped using gmc when I tried to _copy_ some files > from a floppy. Instead the default drag-n-drop action > is move. >From being a fairly experienced windows user, and apparently one of the few who understand and use drag-n-drop (I've s

[OT] NFS question

How are the permissions of an NFS mount determined ?? I've got two directories I'm mounting via NFS and they're "acting" the same. When they're not mounted, they're both owned by hall.users. When they're mounted, they're owned by amy.hall. amy and hall are both users on the system. The group "use

Re: install debian with GUI

> > i want to make installer debian with GUI like in > > Mandrake which i can put image, button image, > > logo, etc. first i think i will use Qt, or maybe Java > > but then i realize that the-X isn't installed yet, > > not quite sure where your aiming but i used progeny > debian (release 1) a whil

Re: Can`t start Mozilla

> I have a problem with Mozilla. It started yesterday, > and I cannot start Mozilla anymore. Every time I > call it I receive this message: > > The program must close to allow a previous installation > attempt to complete. Please restart. > > and the application does not starts. I don`t know

Re: Tiff to Jpeg files

> I need to convert tiff files to a jpeg file inside a > batched routine. Does anyone have ideas on > how to do this? "display", part of the Image Magick package, will convert TIFFs to JPG. I don't know about the batched routine part though. Hall

Re: Tiff to Jpeg files

> > I need to convert tiff files to a jpeg file inside a > > batched routine. Does anyone have ideas on > > how to do this? > > "display", part of the Image Magick package, will convert > TIFFs to JPG. I don't know about the batched routine part > though. Whoops... I meant "convert". Plenty of oth

Re: [OT] NFS question

> > On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 12:04:02AM -0500, Hall > > Stevenson uttered: > > > When they're not mounted, they're both owned by > > > hall.users. When they're mounted, they're owned > > > by amy.hall. > > > > > > amy a

Re: Off Topic: Mailing Agents?

> Okay, so can anyone tell me what popular (to Debian > Users) MUA sends every single message as an > attachment to an empty message? Does a person with the name "Karsten" send them a lot ?? ;-) He uses mutt... The problem is, you're using Outlook Express to read the messages (I do too at work),

Re: Off Topic: Mailing Agents?

* Dimitri Maziuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010725 19:11]: > * Adam Bell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > Okay, so can anyone tell me what popular (to Debian Users) MUA sends > > every single message as an attachment to an empty message? > > Mickeysoft Lookout Distress? Uhh, sorry, but that's wron

Re: Off Topic: Mailing Agents?

* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010725 23:17]: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 07:46:07PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > | * Dimitri Maziuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010725 19:11]: > | > * Adam Bell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > | > | > > Okay, so can anyone tell me what popul

Re: Off Topic: Mailing Agents?

> > Okay, so can anyone tell me what popular (to > > Debian Users) MUA sends every single message > > as an attachment to an empty message? > > Assuming, as others have, that you're referring to > GPG/PGP, and quite possibly my mail (in which case > you'll have to have someone forward y

Re: Off Topic: Mailing Agents?

> > Actually, other people PGP sign their messages > > and I don't think I have the same problem... I'll pay > > more attention tomorrow. > > I had recent problems with mutt's "legacy" pgp support. > One must *NOT* allow mutt to send non-pgp/mime > messages, for they're sent with an application/pgp

Re: *Could someone please post this to linux.debian.user and linux.dev.debian newsgroups*

> > http://groups.google.com/ will provide > > search-and-post functionality for Usenet-via-Web. > > > > > > I currently post messages using deja/google-groups > (just posted one this morning). They've been allowing > posts for quite some time now. I am, however, using > my old deja account and don

Re: balsa: orphaned?

> Yes balsa is a great program and should not be > orphaned and if nobody is interesting in packaging > it, I would certainly ITP it soon. Certainly doesn't look like it's been abandoned. This page, http://www.balsa.net/main.html, shows an update on the 13th of this month. It reads: 2001-07-13 -

Re: Root/User Priveleges

* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010728 15:15]: > How do I set priveleges for files/programs/commands for users? I'd > like for my username to have close to root priveleges, so I can > change system options, etc. I find that the "NEVER BE ROOT! NEVER BE > ROT!!" philosophy is bit o

[OT] Pinging and traceroute

Any ideas why I'm unable to run a traceroute to an IP address without first pinging it ?? If I try and trace a site, it does little to nothing. Here's what a trace to www.debian.org shows after 15 seconds: traceroute www.debian.org traceroute to www.debian.org (198.186.203.20), 30 hops max, 38 by

Re: ext2 -> reiserfs

* Eduard Bloch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010729 10:35]: > > does anyone know an easy way of converting a ext2 partition to > > resierfs and is it worth it ? > Are you looking for an fast journaling file system? Try ext3 - the > only thing you have to change is > - patch the kernel: > http://www.uow.e

Re: ext2 -> reiserfs

> * Eduard Bloch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010729 10:35]: >> does anyone know an easy way of converting a ext2 partition to >> resierfs and is it worth it ? Someone asked today about how fsck automatically runs and how to avoid it with ext3 partitions. The website with the ext3 patch says this:

Re: reiserfs question

> >I plan to try the reiserfs, but an curious about > >the fsck. In particular, about when it runs after > >so many boots. Do I have to disable this somehow. > >I suspect a e2fsck on a reiserfs would be bad. > > tune2fs -i 0 -C 0 > > is what u need. I read this on the ext3 patch page but I've got

Re: Modules gone after Kernel update to 2.4.7

* Herbert Pirke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010731 19:08]: > Hi, > > I recently upgraded my Kernel from 2.2.19 to 2.4.7. > checked of course. Modutils is installed of course... But what version of modutils ?? The dir structure of modules changed with the 2.4 series of kernels and older modutils won't k

Re: Reiserfs in kernel2.4.7

> Can someone tell me how to add reiserfs support > to kernel 2.4.7? I can't find reiserfs support in > "make config". Answer "Yes" to, I believe, the first question it asks you about... Something about experimental or development configurating. Hall

Re: how to you reconfigure an already installed package?

> i'm surprised that dpkg doesn't have > a --reconfigure option. > > how are we supposed to reconfigure an > already installed package? the only way > i can think of is to uninstall the package > and reinstall it. Actually, I think it's "dpkg-reconfigure packagename" ;-) Confusing, ain't it

[OT] Slow mail server (was Re: how to you reconfigure...)

hy it's taking over one hour to do this ?? It's been mentioned by others recently, but I thought someone said it was resolved... Regards Hall Stevenson

Re: Linux player for Sorenson video

> I downloaded a QuickTime (tm) .mov-ie from Apple's > movie trailers sites. Is there any way to play them > under GNU/Linux? I thought the non-free xanim could > do it. But it seems I've just put a good two-hour+ > download to waste. I would appreciate somebody's > "working" experience. Details fo

[OT] Network speed ... again

I was wondering what real-world speeds are of a 100base-t network really are. I've got (3) machines here at home, connected to one another via a Linksys router/switch. It uses the switch for the LAN side and it's rated at 100mb/s (or is it mB/s ??). All network cards are also rated for 100mb/s. Th

Re: [OT] Network speed ... again

* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010803 23:22]: > | I've got (3) machines here at home, connected to one another via > | a Linksys router/switch. It uses the switch for the LAN side and > | it's rated at 100mb/s (or is it mB/s ??). All network cards are also > | rated > > That's a little 'b' for bits.

Re: Cable Modem on Linux

> What if I choose to just connect my machines > to a hub hooked up to the cable modem? How > would I configure them to access the internet > then? Pay your cable company for the additional IP addresses you require... Hall

Re: DEB for proftpd ???

> Where can I find a proftpd deb that includes > support for PassivePorts ??? According to > , > that would mean 1.2.0rc3 and later; but, > 1.2.0pre10 does *not* support it rc3 is available in "unstable". That may or may not interest you though...

Re: package to get exchange mail?

> Does anyone know of a package that will let me > fetch email from MS Exchange? I have just been > notified that I will have to use a central Exchange > server for a certain class of email. I would like > to have a Debian mail server grab that mail and > deliver it to my normal mailbox. I'm pr

Re: Cable Modem on Linux

> Is it possible to just hook up all my machines > to the hub provided by the cable modem > provider, then install a Firewall program on > each one? Or do I have to get a cable router > or something? You seem to be ignoring a simple concept. All of your machines *must* have a unique IP address, be

Re: Re: please read: very odd network traffic

> [07/Aug/2001:06:26:03 +] request from > 195.38.105.70 "GET /default.ida? That's from the "Code Red", or some variant of it, worm... Hall

Re: restarting a service

> In Redhat, I would: /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart > to restart a service. > > How do I do that with Debian? /etc/init.d/smb restart (or reload or force-reload)

Re: Mozilla on win2k :-(

> The /unix/ in the URL makes me wonder if > its really a win2k resource. I'll bet that *some* of the things it details are "cross-platform". I can't get mozilla to work with our MS Proxy at work, so I no longer have it installed (just uninstalled v0.9.3 on Friday...). I am certainly going to boo

Re: Java plugin under Galeon

> I was trying to install java plugin in Galeon. I > went to d/l the java plugin from > ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape6/6.0/unix/linux22/jre.xpi. > But what shall I do next? it is xpi extension which > I don't know how to unpack it. Anyone have any > idea about it? Run mozilla as root user and na

Re: kernel 2.4.7 questions

> I have a P3 733mHz with an Adaptec 2940u2b > scsi and a Matrox G450, the dist that I have is > potato 2.2r2 if that helps any. > > Another problem I have is updating the packages. > I do not have a web connection, so I would have > to download everything on to zip from school and > bring it home.

Re: exim not sending mail

> I ran eximconfig choosing 'Smarthost' and the > defaults. The only thing that I can think of is > an authentication problem, I haven't entered > username/password anywhere... Most ISPs don't do authentication for connecting to their SMTP servers. They allow or disallow your connection based on

Re: Stop apt-get downloading same Packages.gz from different mirrors

> for up-to-date and for bandwith reasons i have > multiple debian mirrors in my sources.list, a close > one (which i hope is faster) and the official master > (which i believe is updated first): > Now if i do 'dselect update' or 'apt-get update' most > of the time i see two 'Packages' files bei

Re: Stop apt-get downloading same Packages.gz from different mirrors

> * Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [010810 16:43]: > > > for up-to-date and for bandwith reasons i have > > > multiple debian mirrors in my sources.list, a close > > > one (which i hope is faster) and the official master > > > (which i believ

[Way OT] SunOS question

There's a Sun Sparcstation at work that I would like to use "virtual terminals" on, if it's even possible. So, is it ?? 'uname -a' tells me this: SunOS fred 4.1.3 1 sun4m Thanks in advance Hall

Re: Mozilla: configure menu fonts?

* John Toon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010812 06:24]: > I bet you've got the "100 dpi" X fonts installed, correct? > > Install and use the 75dpi fonts instead, then you'll get them a > nice size. I myself originally thought that 100 dpi fonts would be > better for my 19" running at 1600x1200, but change

Re: How to get packages via a Windows box

> I've installed the base Debian system as a dual > with MS Windows. I want to install X-Window > from the Debian web site. The lab where I'm > 'working' has a DSL connection, however, I can > only get it to work with Windows. > I've been trying to setup a network connection on > the Linux side

Re: Netscape as root, sndconfig

> > > > I recently installed Netscape Communicator, > > > > which works great, except that I can't run it > > > > as root due to "security reasons". Does anyone > > > > know how I can get around this? > > > > > > Don't run it as root. > > hmmm, not the most useful answer I have ever seen, > edit th

Re: Why is Debian lagging so much behind Slackware?

> > > Well, to an extent. Sometimes when you > > > report a problem with a package, the > > > maintainer's reply is basically, "well, use > > > the latest one from unstable or wherever, > > > that should work, I'm not interested in fixing > > > the old version too", > > > > Disinterest in old versi

Re: Why is Debian lagging so much behind Slackware?

> "Hall Stevenson" wrote: > > > > > Disinterest in old versions is part of it - but > > > > also, package maintainers usually can't update > > > > the versions in stable except for security problems > > > > and the like. The

Re: Netscape as root, sndconfig

> > >To me, the most annoying thing about this > > > thread is that if the original poster could > > > READ he'd haver quickly found out how to > > > run netscape as root, and wouldn't have had > > > to trouble the list at all. > The 'holier than thou' attitude of the person who > posted th

Re: dot-square font in E after dist-upgrade

> In xmms, and Enlightenment menus, there is a > prob with the font which renders each character > as a square, made of dots. > > I know that all the font packages were updated, > and update-font-alias was run in each font directory. Same thing happened to myself... I saw various suggestions at f

Re: Getting off the list

> I think there is a problem with the list-manager-software. > I have been trying to unsubscribe from this list at home > (I am writing from work and do not wish to unsubscribe) > for a week now, to no avail... A few weeks or months ago, this came up with a user who was a college prof or something

Re: dot-square font in E after dist-upgrade

> > I have TrueType fonts installed by hand and a > > 'custom' fonts.alias file for them. I point to their > > location in my XF86Config-4 file and TT fonts > > work just fine, without 'xfs'. > > Right, because XFree86 4.x includes Truetype font > support ... 3.x needed a font server to handle TT.

Re: Playing Quicktime movies on woody

> I'd like to play QuickTime movies on my woody > box, so I've installed the following packages: > > gxanim 0.50-6 > xanim 2.80.1-13 > xanim-modules 2.80.1.12 > > However, when I try to play a movie ("Planet of > The Apes" trailer for instance, I receive the > following kind of me

Opera 5.05 and Java

In case anyone didn't know, Opera just released a 'preview' of 5.05. The important thing is, it know supports Netscape plug-ins and Java. My problem is that I can't get it to recognize my Java installation. I downloaded Sun's J2RE as suggested by Opera's website. I've tried the various instruction

Re:

> unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Okay everyone, make a procmail rule for this e-mail address. He's not going to get unsubscribed this way...

fetchmail upgrade problem

When trying to upgrade fetchmail, it complains that /etc/init.d/fetchmail 'does not exist'. Why should it ?? I don't want fetchmail started at bootup... Here's the main part of the error message: Preparing to replace fetchmail 5.8.16-1 (using .../fetchmail_5.8.17-1_i386.deb) ... /var/lib/dpkg/inf

Re: fetchmail upgrade problem

* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010818 16:54]: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 02:40:02PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > When trying to upgrade fetchmail, it complains that > > /etc/init.d/fetchmail 'does not exist'. Why should it ?? I don't want > > fetchmail

Re: System Wide Fetchmail (failed!)

* Roland Hinkley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010819 05:03]: > I do still have a problem that is driving me mad. Fetchmail works fine > when I start it as a user. Create a .fetchmailrc in your home directory and run fetchmail as a regular user. That is assuming this is a single-user system. > Unfortuna

Re: Any Linux/Debian friendly hardware vendors in Holland

* Cliff Sarginson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010819 10:27]: > Anyone know of any please let me know.. I have failed to find a single > one .. :( Here's a list, http://www.linux.org/vendors/systems.html. It's got some listed for Belgium, Finland, Netherlands, Sweden, etc... Hall

Re: when will woody become stable?

> Where I can get infos, how long it will take until woody > becomes stable? When it's ready :-) Hall

Re: 2.4.9 won't boot

> I have recently installed Debian on an old Pentium > computer... > I've been trying to compile and use the 2.4.8 kernel... Did you make sure to check and/or change the CPU type spec'd ?? It defaults to a Pentium II and higher, I believe. This got me once... Also, don't try and use your .conf

Re: forgot root password on head- and keyboardless machine *blush*

> On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 19:19:34 +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote: > > I know that this is a solution but I don't have a > > keyboard. I have a screen I could use, but I really don't > > want to buy a new keyboard just to do this... (my > > friends all have ps/2 keyboards, whilst my machine > > uses the o

Re: Firewall program for Debian?

> Basically, I have the 2.2.19 kernel. > Is any of the programs that you mentined easy > enough to be utilized by a Debian novice without > going into the heavy-duty configuration? If you use gnome, try 'firestarter'. It's just a gui-front end to ipchains/iptables. It obviously comes with some def

Re: Ethernet Card Setup

> I am new to Debian, and am having difficulty > setting up my Network Card. > > I currently have a 3Com 3C905-TX PCI > 10/100 network card. > > It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed > with the current Potato release. I have read that it > should be auto-detected. > > It doesn't s

Re: Upgrade

> > > Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I've gotten as far as `apt-get dist-upgrade', but it ended > > on a `file (pkg) not found'. As for my version of debian > > it's (CorelLinux)2.1... > > I have no experience with CorelLinux. I know that it is a > derivative of Debian Corel Linux is

Framebuffer support in kernel

I've compiled framebuffer support into my kernel using the Matrox option. If I want support for this as soon as LILO is done, I can't compile it as a module, can I ?? They don't get loaded 'til a bit later... If I compile it directly in, which I've done at this point, I'm lost on how to configure

Re: Kernel for AMD Thunderbird

> I'm thinking of buying an Asus A7V266 motherboard > and using it with an AMD Thunderbird CPU, 1.4GHz > with a 266MHz FSB as an upgrade for a machine > which is currently Pentium III 800MHz and runs > Debian potato, with kernel 2.2.19. > > Does anyone know which processor type I should > select in

Re: Framebuffer support in kernel

> * Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (2001-08-23 14:10): > > I've compiled framebuffer support into my kernel > > using the Matrox option. If I want support for this as > > soon as LILO is done, I can't compile it as a > > module, can I ?? They do

Re: Choosing a Debian Variant

> > Red hat guys seem to be coming up with their next > > release with ext3 file system support. Still the ext3 > > patch is not put in the standard kernels. Patch has > > to be separatly applied. I think shortly it will make > > its way in the standard kernel as well. > > it is in the standard ker

Re: Choosing a Debian Variant

> >>it is in the standard kernels. > > > I am not talking about debian kernels. > > I wasnt talking about debian kernels either :) They > are obviously not in linus' kernels but they are > (have been?) in AC's kernels (for some time?). I > know 2.4.7-ac11 has it cause i'm using it right now. > Can

Re: Where are config files for pre-compiles kernels

* Greg Wiley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010823 17:56]: > Hi all- > > I have the feeling I am missing something obvious: > > If I install one of the pre-compiled kernel packages from stable, is a > copy of the configuration file used for its build stored somewhere on > my system? Look in your /boot direc

Re: Framebuffer support in kernel

* Ben Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010823 17:50]: > > video=matrox:vesa:443 > > I think you need to add: > > append="video=matrox:vesa:443" Okay, that worked just fine. Well, the fonts ended up a little smaller than I wanted, but I figured out a value that I liked. Now though, I'd like to know

Re: Some CD burning questions

> 2. In GnomeToaster there is a method to write a > CD: fixate. For what is this needet and what will > happen if i use this method? That's called 'closing' the CD by other cd-burning software programs. You *must* do it if you want to be able to use the disc on a home cd-player, for example. > An

Re: caps lock...num lock...whatever...

> ok, even stupider. I meant num lock, not caps lock. how do you turn on > num lock by default? There's a program called 'numlockx', I believe. I'm using it and it works fine. Find it at freshmeat.net. There's no DEB version that I found easily... Hall

YACDBP (Yet another cd-burning...)

Has anyone successfully use gtoaster to copy an audio CD ?? I've tried it a few times and each time, gtoaster reports the burn was successful. It fixates the disc, so that's not an issue. When I try it in my home cd-player (which has always played CDs I've burned okay in the past), it 'reads' the d

Re: [sid] TrueType in XFree86 4.1.0

* Stephen Gran ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010825 08:18]: > Are you running xfs-xtt? It's the true type font server for X - > runs seperately from xfs, and is apparently the only thinf that can > correctly interpret true type fonts. If you're running a standalone box, and not 'serving' fonts to other mac

Re: .raw woody images to .iso

> All the Woody CD images I've found have been in > .raw format. I'm unfamiliar with this format and have > been looking for .iso files. Is there a process for > converting between the two on a MS box? Here's a simple idea: Rename the *.raw file to *.iso and try to burn it with Easy CD Creator,

Re: ext3 howto

> I have posted a mini-howto from my experiences in > converting from ext2 to ext3 file system on my > Debian 2.2 R-3 machine. Do have a look at it and let > me know if any corrections needed or something can > be added to make it even better. You want to make sure that copying and pasting *most*

Re: Can MSN work on Debian?

> I have a friend at work that is interested in trying > out Linux. The only problem that he has is that he > has signed up for one of these 3 year contracts of > MSN when he got his computer, so he's not really > willing to pay for 2 ISPs. Is there any way that we > can get him to be able to use

Re: Sawmill: Adjusting Mouse Sensitivity

> My only problem with my setup is the mouse movement > is way too sluggish. How can I change it's sensitivity? I > looked in the "Customize" menu from the popup menu > but didn't see anything that adjusted the mouse operation. Adjust it in the Gnome Control Panel or 'gnomecc' application. Regar

Re: Sawmill: Adjusting Mouse Sensitivity

> * Hall Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Adjust it in the Gnome Control Panel or 'gnomecc' application. > > Errr.. I thought the original post was clear that _only_ sawfish/ > sawmill was being used. Or did I misunderstand that? I am pretty > intere

Re: MPEG video viewer

* David Frischknecht ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010829 19:02]: > Hello, > > Does anyone know where I can get a good MPEG video viewer? From what > I've heard, xanim doesn't do justice to MPEGs. Thanks. I downloaded a plug-in to xmms that works quite well. I'm happy with it... Someone else already menti

Re: Don't use kernel 2.4.15/2.5.0 (fs corruption)

* Veit Waltemath ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011124 12:17]: > On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 10:11:06AM -0200, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > > > > Look for these strings: > > "2.4.15-pre9 breakage" > > "2.4.15 problem: deleted inodes still present in ext2" > > "2.4.15: FS corruption on EXT2" >

Re: are unstable xfonts packages still broken?

* Pollywog ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011126 21:19]: > On 2001.11.27 00:50 Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > >On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 16:45, Marc Wilson wrote: > > > >> The font packages in X aren't broken and never have been... > > > >Er, what? I've installed several Debian unstable machines and every > >one of t

Off-Topic -- Strange files

ny advice ! Regards Hall Stevenson

Another off-topic -- EXT3 question

Is there some app that tells me what type my partitions are mounted as ?? I'm now running 2.4.16 with ext3 enabled after running a patched kernel for quite some time... Here's some relevant info: /etc/fstab /dev/hdb6 / autodefaults,errors=remount-ro 1 1 /dev/hdb1 /boot autorw

Re: Another off-topic -- EXT3 question

* Nathan Weston ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011201 14:23]: > > If you run 'mount' with no arguments, it tells what type each > partition is mounted at. You can also do 'dmesg | grep -i ext3' to > show all the ext3-related messages from startup, although it doesn't > mention the device names of the partiti

Re: Another off-topic -- EXT3 question

* Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) [011201 20:51]: > on Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 02:55:09PM -0500, Hall Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I already tried mount as you mention. It basically looks exactly > > like /etc/mtab... > > > > /dev/hdb6 on / type auto (

Re: mozilla-cvs

* Craig Dickson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011206 17:38]: > Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > > > This is the expected behavior of Mozilla nightly CVS builds. If you > > don't think it's fun, you'd better stick with release builds. > > No, most of the time mozilla-cvs works very well. Once in a while it > break

Re: Netscape 6.2

* Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) [011208 20:02]: > > ...Considering a session can go over 100 tabs (really!), and rarely > tops 120 MB, it's reasonably OK... I'd suggest that when you're done reading a page, that you close it's tab !! Hall

Re: Netscape 6.2

* Alec ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011209 00:57]: > On Saturday 08 December 2001 07:56 pm, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > ...but I take it back. Galeon Kicks Ass?. > > > > Is it apt-gettable from woody? no? I'm not interested :) It only appears to be available for 'unstable'. There may be unofficial DE

Gnome fonts, squares -- no, not the usual ;)

Hopefully my subject line didn't annoy people and think, "No, not another gnome font, so-called problem...". Actually, I've experienced it and fixed it a long time ago. The current problem I'm seeing is different, although slightly familiar. It's this: In gnome apps, hitting the numeric-pad 'Ente

Re: Gnome fonts, squares -- no, not the usual ;)

* Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) [011216 22:37]: > on Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 09:06:53PM -0500, Hall Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > > In gnome apps, hitting the numeric-pad 'Enter' key doesn't 'enter'. > > It places a sq

Re: Gnome fonts, squares -- no, not the usual ;)

* Erik Steffl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011217 03:55]: > Hi Hall! > > On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Hall Stevenson wrote: > ... > > Don't appear to have 'xkeycaps' installed... If the part below > > doesn't help, I'll see about installing it. > > use

Re: Gnome fonts, squares -- no, not the usual ;)

* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011217 13:00]: > On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 07:32:16PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > | on Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 09:06:53PM -0500, Hall Stevenson > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > | The 'square' is generally just an unprintable character. You migh

Re: Eterm Functionality

* Theo Bierman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011219 00:58]: > Hi again > > Running 2.2r3. Having hassles with Eterm. Normally use Aterm. I see > each time Eterm opens up it has a different background pic to it. How > can I disable this, is their an extra string I need to put with it? Look in $ETERM_THEME_

Re: Applying kernel patches

* Carlos Laviola ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010325 07:03]: > > On 24-Mar-2001 Nate Amsden wrote: > > Hall Stevenson wrote: > >> > >> I apologize that this isn't directly Debian-related, but I know there > >> are some people around who probably know the answe

Re: Samba Password

* ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010324 17:06]: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 09:27:57PM +0100, Gregor Kaleta wrote: > > I have a problem with the Samba Password. Samba is running and the > > correct smbpasswd file exists. But when I want to login (for using > > shares) from my Win98SE Client, I get the Erro

Re: Samba Password

* ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010325 13:04]: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 12:29:16PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > * ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010324 17:06]: > > > Install Ptxt_on in W98 which can be found in the \tools\Mtsutil directory > > > of th W98 cd. This al

Re: Enableing color LS on consoke sessions

* Peter Jay Salzman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010325 16:14]: > the "auto" keyword is nice cause it doesn't frick up your listing when > piping to more or less. i also use my own color scheme > > export > LS_COLORS='fi=0:ex=31:di=01;34:ln=36:pi=34:cd=45:bd=46:so=35:or=43:*.rpm=01;31:*.sh=01;32:*.csh=01

Re: Enableing color LS on consoke sessions

* Peter Jay Salzman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010325 19:09]: > > > export > > > LS_COLORS='fi=0:ex=31:di=01;34:ln=36:pi=34:cd=45:bd=46:so=35:or=43:*.rpm=01;31:*.sh=01;32:*.csh=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01

Re: Enableing color LS on consoke sessions

* CaT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010325 22:13]: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 08:48:57PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > * Peter Jay Salzman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010325 19:09]: > > > > > export > > > > > LS_COLORS='fi=0:ex=31:di=01;34:ln=36:pi=34:cd=45:bd=46:so

Re: Running X apps when logged as su'd as root

* Brendan O'Connor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010325 22:14]: > Is this a consequence of security? Is there some cheap way around it? I'm > willing to forgo some security on my home desktop to do run things like > qtcups. Thanks! A cheap way: xhost +localhost Do that as the *original* user and then

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