Conducting an install via ssh

2007-10-04 Thread Hugh
boot.cat is? - I cant find boot.cat in the ppc iso. Thanks for taking the time to read this and for any assistance. Hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Conducting an install via ssh

2007-10-06 Thread hugh
Douglas A. Tutty writes: On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 06:58:13PM +0100, Hugh wrote: I wanted to use debian-installer's network-console. Is there no way to use a USB-Serial converter as the console? I hadn't thought to try that, I assumed extra modules would be needed and it'

Debian newbie wants to know if this is a good place to ask questions?

2002-03-15 Thread Hugh
I just switched from Red Hat and I wonder if this list is the right one to ask simple questions in? If not sorry for wasting your time

Re: cdrecord -scanbus fails

2003-02-17 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 05:07:01PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > I did not intentionally set DMA on /dev/hdd and I don't know how to turn > it off. Could you tell me how you did this? man hdparm hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: Installing Opera

2003-02-18 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 12:38:03PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > I'm currently downloading Opera 6 to my linux machine and would like to > install it > It's a deb file, downloading to /home/david (which is where I'm logged > in and running Mozilla) dpkg -i foo.deb

Re: Installing Opera

2003-02-18 Thread Hugh Saunders
t; X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 no no no, your next project is mutt and postfix... hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Woody ISO

2003-02-19 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 03:29:57PM +, Keith O'Connell wrote: > Hi, > > Could anyone supply me with a site I can get hold of a copy of the ISO for > a CD of Woody (Binary 1 - Non US) please? mirror.ac.uk is quick if your anywhere near janet... hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: can anyone recomend an application ??? ...

2003-02-19 Thread Hugh Saunders
isnt much but it would store your wifes birthday unless calculating it is more complicated than easter. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

vim macro|bind

2003-02-20 Thread Hugh Saunders
how would one bind a key to :.,$d [or a named function to delete from current position to eof] ? basically just want to start simple! have gasped in amazement at the vim maze solving macro and looked at /usr/share/doc/vim/html but cant see anything simple for binding stuff. thanks hugh -- To

Re: vim macro|bind

2003-02-21 Thread Hugh Saunders
ll play with that. I often hit f1 by mistake as well [is your laptop a thinkpad? mine is and has the esc where my fingers woulndt expect it] but im so cluless with vim it quite good to see the help every now and then:-) hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian-user as mbox format available?

2003-02-22 Thread Hugh Saunders
eel that would be usefull. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IRC Server

2003-02-26 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 09:28:46AM -0500, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > Can I please have some suggestions on a small, simple, and secure IRC > server. I don't need anything major, but would like some basic > functionality... how about a 386 running ircd behind a well configured f

Re: Mouse not working in GPM or X

2003-02-26 Thread Hugh Saunders
or rude remarks would be very helpful. 1. stuff gpm [theres the rude remark] 2. I wouldnt bother with an X configure program either, just vim /etc/X11/XFree86-4 In the configured mouse section make sure device is /dev/psaux 3. make sure you kill gpm before starting X unless you set X to read

Re: Mouse not working in GPM or X

2003-02-26 Thread Hugh Saunders
t; Option "CorePointer" Option "Device""/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" EndSection check the protocol option. hugh ps: this is back on list, sorry i replied personally by mistake la

Re: [OT] what are you running? (was Complaint)

2003-02-26 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 05:07:16PM -0600, Ray wrote: > > (I'm sure there are more then a few Evolution and OE users on the list). > > what are people on the debian-user list using for there primary machine(s)? > > the last few messages i see are from users of (going by User-Agent or > X-Mailer h

Re: debian on laptop w/ limited ram/speed/HD

2003-03-01 Thread Hugh Saunders
eg ram > 20 gig hard drive I dont think that spec if particulaly limited! from the subject line i was thinking 386 25mhz 4mb ram 40mb hdd... the above will be fine! and ill second that icewm rocks! -if you wannt a quick easy way to try ice and OOo on the above laptop, try knoppix. hugh

Re: Monitor problems

2003-03-01 Thread Hugh Saunders
r, when I want to > switch to a console, the same thing happens. Reboot, then, too. > > I've never before experienced such behaviour, and find it quite odd. > How come my refresh rates get (too) high when I *leave* X? are you using a frame buffer? hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel-sourcecode directory

2003-03-03 Thread Hugh Saunders
; > Does someone know where to find this directory/how to install the nvidia > drivers? kernel packages leave a tar in /usr/src you need to unzip and untar. it is helpful to then symlink this dir to /usr/src/linux as thats where scripts seem to look for kernel source. hugh -- To UNSUBSC

Re: kernel: lp0 on fire ????

2003-03-06 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 05:10:13PM -0500, Narins, Josh wrote: > I set my printer ablaze, and did not get this message. > > Am I doing something wrong? yes: arson hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

hosts.(allow|deny)

2003-03-07 Thread Hugh Saunders
hosts.allow. This dosnt work[ssh connections are refused], how do i specify that i want all hosts to be able to connect to port 22? thanks hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: hosts.(allow|deny)

2003-03-07 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 09:43:34AM -0800, nate wrote: > Hugh Saunders said: > > > But i thought it would be more secure to put ALL : ALL in hosts.deny and > > then in.sshd : ALL in hosts.allow. This dosnt work[ssh connections are > > refused], how do i specify that i want

Re: hosts.(allow|deny)

2003-03-07 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 12:57:25PM -0800, nate wrote: > Hugh Saunders said: > > > There is no reference to ssh at all in daemon.log > > But.. I changed in.sshd to sshd and it now works. > > it may be in /var/log/auth.log been a while since I used tcp wrappers :) for th

Re: hosts.(allow|deny) [non-NAT routing]

2003-03-07 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 03:55:12PM -0600, Will Trillich wrote: > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:01:14PM +0000, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 09:43:34AM -0800, nate wrote: > > > Hugh Saunders said: > > > another reason I don't use it is I prefer fir

Re: Debian cannot recognize NIC

2003-03-08 Thread Hugh Saunders
spci or cat /proc/pci and work out what exactly you have and therefore what module you need] hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: recover lost root password

2003-03-08 Thread Hugh Saunders
here was me thinking my laptop was almost secure!! how can i prevent this from working? [apart from bios password] hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: recover lost root password

2003-03-09 Thread Hugh Saunders
inking my laptop was almost > > secure!! > > > > how can i prevent this from working? > > [apart from bios password] > > > > hugh > > Password-protect GRUB. See > http://www.gnu.org/manual/grub-0.90/html_mono/grub.html# Thankyou! i should have looked t

Re: recover lost root password

2003-03-09 Thread Hugh Saunders
ent now? no, your right. I was a little off-topic for the thread. I was going on about laptop security [ie passwording grub] wheras the original thread was about how to change root password. So the shadow magik for removing root password is fine for that as leaving the root acount passwordless was ne

Re: Bad Debian (L.A.H.)

2003-03-09 Thread Hugh Saunders
ty green sucess lists but that doesnt make it great! have you personally found anything wrong with debians implementation of init? -i havent. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Only Modem Is Detected

2003-03-09 Thread Hugh Saunders
ys nic. Before you try that i would try #modprobe tulip and see if the tulip driver for your currently running kernel works. google is good! hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

entrance exam [was wt?(long and fustrated)]

2003-03-11 Thread Hugh Saunders
i can think of to the installer would be to use grub not lilo but thats just my opinion hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

woody base system

2003-03-11 Thread Hugh Saunders
- Reverse Address Resolution Protocol daemon I will post this anyway incase it helps anyone who was thinking of the same question. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: entrance exam [was wt?(long and fustrated)]

2003-03-11 Thread Hugh Saunders
dware from 66mhz-1.13ghz laptops,desktops various vendors/components -all have installed fine the only machine i havent managed to boot debian on is my applepowerbook520 and thats only becyause its internal NIC isnt supported so i cant be bothered to try. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: woody base system

2003-03-11 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:02:53AM +0200, Birzan George Cristian wrote: > On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 08:22:11PM +0000, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > so then, how do i install a minimal system to a dir for a > > diskless terminal to use? > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386

Re: newbie mutt questions

2003-03-11 Thread Hugh Saunders
. prompt for tag pattern [shift-t] 2. tag all old messages 3. tag save [; means do the next action to all tagged messages not just the sleected one] you could change ~O to whatvever read mutt manual sect 4.2 [i was pointed at that recently on the mutt user lists!] hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: woody base system

2003-03-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 02:50:29PM +0200, Birzan George Cristian wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:06:54AM +0000, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > that is the file i was looking for, thanks. The thing that confuses me > > is that if debootstrap is the officially way to install debian an

X-over cables [was Direct cable connection]

2003-03-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
i only want to carry one network cable in laptop bag but would be useful to have a crossover cable sometimes.. thanks hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X-over cables [was Direct cable connection]

2003-03-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
nna be a cable, as you say; i might as well just carry two cables. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X-over cables [was Direct cable connection]

2003-03-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 06:29:28PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 22:34:02 + > Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > on the subject of crossover cables, do you know where you can get > > adapters that go on the end of normal patch ca

Re: X-over cables [was Direct cable connection]

2003-03-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
gotiate which end does it when you connect two Macs. > > Really cool! > > > > Yeah but who wants a Smash-n-toss?? ;-) me gots a powerbook520 and it is so fustrating! there are no flippin keyboard commands! click finder to switch between netscape and telnet! grrr. hugh ps: have

Re: X-over cables

2003-03-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 06:58:22PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Alan Shutko wrote: > > >Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > >>im sure i have seen one of these somewhere, just cant remember where! > >> > >>

Re: X-over cables [& googling]

2003-03-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 08:43:54PM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > If i lived in the US ;-) > > Delivery would be a bit of a prob. > > > > im in the uk, so as suggested already i think this will be a diy > >

smartctl vs cat

2003-03-13 Thread Hugh Saunders
worked? thanks hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: smartctl vs cat

2003-03-13 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 02:58:19AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.03.14.0221 +0100]: > > can anyone explain why the cat worked? > > it is entirely possible that reads work fine, just that writes don't > stick. so

Re: Laptop PCMCIA Ethernet Card and Wireless

2003-03-15 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 06:39:32PM -0500, Metnetsky wrote: > I also have a PCMCIA wireless card, > suggestions or links on how I might go about installing that? what is it? linux-wlan-ng, is a good place to start. [http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan/] wlan is fun:-) hugh ps: this is

RH [Auto apt-get upgrade]

2003-03-16 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 01:52:46PM +, Richard Kimber wrote: > -- > Richard Kimber http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ having fun with RH? hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

kill with regex?

2003-01-19 Thread Hugh Saunders
which returned bash: kill: 16[1234567890]*: no such pid 1) is the regexp correct to match the pids of the processes? 2) how do i get kill or bash to realise its an expression? thanks hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

silent Kismet

2003-01-19 Thread Hugh Saunders
i run /usr/bin/wavp /usr/local/share/kismet/wav/new_network.wav then i get sound but the kismet program is silent, any ideas? thanks hugh -who is not a wepcracker just would like to be able to find public WiFi networks [faster than 9600 from mob!] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: kill with regex?

2003-01-19 Thread Hugh Saunders
its name? or just processes called 'xine' killall xine didnt work as i think the arguments are included in the process name. thanks for your comments.. [and everyone else -like the look of the awk but really dont know anything about it so gotta do some reading -maybe after exams!]

Re: kill with regex?

2003-01-19 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 10:22:13AM +1100, Michael Wardle wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 02:40, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > ps x gives a list of xine's which i would like to kill > > My preferred method is: > $ kill `ps -C xine -o pid=` > OR > $ ps -C xine -o pid= | x

Re: how to determine hd partitioning?

2003-01-19 Thread Hugh Saunders
ed > > windows and debian before, hence the need for both partition and > > fs-type). > > > > How can I determine the drive's partition scheme? cfdisk should list partitions? hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kill with regex?

2003-01-20 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 11:11:29AM +1100, Michael Wardle wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 10:41, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 10:22:13AM +1100, Michael Wardle wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 02:40, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > > > ps x gives a list o

Re: kill with regex?

2003-01-20 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 12:35:08PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 12:18:39PM +0000, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > so now we have the understanding, why dont they die? > > > > anni:~# ps -C xine -o pid= > > 1609 > > 1610 > > 1618 > >

Re: debian on old powerbook?

2003-01-20 Thread Hugh Saunders
hicknet rather than standard ethernet -i have a powerbook510 and it needs a transciever between the mac and the rj45 patch cable. -havent ventured as far as linux on it -v small disk. It runs a terminal emulater and thats all i would use it for in linux anyway! hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: (forw) [hugh@mjr.org: Re: Quick aptitude question...]

2003-01-20 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 11:20:25PM +, iain d broadfoot wrote: > - Forwarded message from Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > > Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 22:57:15 +0000 > From: Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: iain d broadfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: Own kernel doesn't work

2003-01-21 Thread Hugh Saunders
of doing things. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-24 Thread Hugh Saunders
g eth0 [IP] netmask [NETMASK] hw ether AB:CD:EF:01:02:03 [up] > > If anyone can see what I might be doing wrong in that command above please > help me out! the following works for me: ifconfig eth0 [inet] 192.168.0.6 netmask 255.255.255.0 hw ether AB:CD:EF:01:02:03 [up] with our wi

Re: Window Managers

2003-01-25 Thread Hugh Saunders
the window manager you would like to start with [afterstep?] in your .xession file. shell [bash] scripts really arent that bad, read some bash howtos and bash-scripting howtos. hugh --no expert but can now manage a simple script! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: make-kpkg install question

2003-01-25 Thread Hugh Saunders
ulting packages using dpkg -i this will put things in the right place and set up symlinks in / to the actual images in /boot. -you only need to do make-kpkg modules_image if you have extra modules in /usr/src/modules/* hugh ps: dont know if you do already but use grub, then you can boot from an

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread Hugh Saunders
of running lilo, apt-get install grub] note: unless you add your windows partition to /etc/lilo.conf before you run lilo, you will not be able a to boot your windows instalation. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pci scan

2003-01-25 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 05:21:31AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > Is there some tool that you can use to autoscan your hardware? not sure what you mean by 'autoscan' but lspci [-vv] or cat /proc/pci will give you info about installed pci devices. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: redirect of "ls --color" causes problems

2003-01-25 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 11:54:29AM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > 'chsh /bin/zsh', then ls() { /bin/ls --color=auto --classify "$@"; } please explain... hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pci scan

2003-01-26 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 01:06:23PM +0700, Mouammer H. Rayes wrote: > kata Hugh Saunders > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 05:21:31AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > >> Is there some tool that you can use to autoscan your hardware? > > not sure what you mean by 'autoscan'

Re: (forw) [hugh@mjr.org: Re: Quick aptitude question...]

2003-01-26 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 01:46:41PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > # aptitude install bleh Yeah, i figured that but then i thought why not apt-get!! Would still be good to be able to sync the aptitude package status with the actual package status, is this possible? hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Bad Magic

2003-01-26 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 08:31:50PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > What does this mean? not sure but if my comp said that, id get some coffee or go to bed [is 1:58 localtime] -im sure some kernel-hackers will come up with some more helpful suggestions! hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

[OT] sparc-->mac serial cable

2003-01-28 Thread Hugh Saunders
booted] be a debian box :-) thanks, hugh Datafrom: [1]http://62.194.125.41:8080/pinouts/mac_pc_serial.html [2]http://www.stokely.com/unix.serial.port.resources/A-B-Ycablepinout.html#ipc.ipx.link -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] sparc-->mac serial cable

2003-01-28 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 09:05:18PM +0100, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 06:12:10PM +0000, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > Hello, i am attempting to build a serial cable so i can use an old mac > > laptop [powerbook510] to boot a sun sparc ipc and start it network booti

Re: How crazy is it to run 2.4.20 on woody?

2003-01-30 Thread Hugh Saunders
this? why would it be crazy? woody ships with 2.4.20 i have used 2.4.20 since i installed woody using the bf24 flavour. [i now use a 2.4.21-pre3 patched for acpi and even that is stable] used 2.40.20 on potato before woody and that was fine to. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: Desktop environment---what am I missing?

2003-02-01 Thread Hugh Saunders
sole email clients don't seem to have the features > I need. what do you want to do that mutt cant? hugH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[jamesbuch@iprimus.com.au: Re: Desktop environment---what am I missing?]

2003-02-02 Thread Hugh Saunders
think this was supposed to be a list reply... but came to me only hugh - Forwarded message from James Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 11:21:01 +1100 From: "James Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hugh Saunders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: More detailed post ...

2003-02-04 Thread Hugh Saunders
I sent an 'ATZ' reset string to my modem from the command line ? echo "ATZ" >/dev/modem? hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mounting filesystems

2003-02-05 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:32:22AM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > When I manually try to mount them, for example, 'mount -a', I get mount > point /c does not exist and same for /d and /e does the directory /c exist? test -d /c || mkdir /c hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

mac address change

2003-02-08 Thread Hugh Saunders
address [that might not be exact, this is from memory] The mac address is correct [i copied it from the output of ifconfig] is it that cards cant accept addresses asigned to other manufacturers? thanks, hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Wildly, wildly OT (was Re: shuttle disaster)

2003-02-08 Thread Hugh Saunders
; where this discussion would be on-topic. Please, agree on one, and take > it there. it was a good point... but then you completely ruined it by continuing the politics discussion on this list! hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

sbpcd mount fails during install

2003-02-08 Thread Hugh Martin
;under DOS and works correctly there). >>Installation of >>the sbpcd driver is successful, but when I try >>to use >>the cd-rom to do the base system installation, >>the >>mount fails. Help, what am I doing wrong? >> >>Hugh Martin >> >Hi. did

Re: Woody, Sarge, SID, WTF?

2003-02-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
find stable is what it says on the tin. I have one testing machine [laptop] and an unstable box to try out new stuff. I wouldnt use testing on a vital machine as i dont know enough yet :-) hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

vim undel

2003-02-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
restore a load of text ive delted? has it gone into some random buffer? thanks hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: vim undel

2003-02-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 07:41:54PM +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 the mental interface of > Hugh Saunders told: > > > hello, i use vim to weed out large chunks of email so can quote > > [hopefully] the relevant bits. My method is :x,yd this is fine u

Re: Machines with Debian preinstalled?

2003-02-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
e than a clean install? hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie Installation Problems

2003-02-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
s long as sshd is running]. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PCI graphics cards recommendations

2003-02-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
hough.] so yeah PCI does lack bandwith but you dont need to spend ££ on a superwizzy swineforce4[1] in order to play games! just find someone who does, and use their old one! [1]hackles.org :-) hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: more kernel questions

2003-02-15 Thread Hugh Saunders
un it again to make sure. > > Is there something else I've missed? 1. look in lilo.conf and see what images is being pointed at 2. if that is a symlink, check where it goes 3. consider grub hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: VMWare package

2003-02-16 Thread Hugh Saunders
vmware couldnt be included as it is totally non-free? hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 16MB not enough to install

2003-02-16 Thread Hugh Saunders
en put it back. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Modem Ring Event

2002-10-22 Thread Hugh Saunders
>Tom Cook wrote: > Can it SMS me the DHCP'd address too? You could just use dyndns, then you dont kneed to know the ip address as you can use the hostname. -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Configuring?

2002-10-24 Thread Hugh Saunders
;Can I get it to go to the menu without the need to shift? put 'prompt' in /etc/lilo.conf then run lilo and reboot http://linux.ctyme.com/man/man1098.htm sorry, cant help with the other questions! -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT - Power Supply 300w or 400w?

2002-10-25 Thread Hugh Saunders
powering 2x500mhzCeles which works fine. -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie Questions

2002-10-25 Thread Hugh Saunders
26/10/2002 07:11:14, "C. Brewer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found the a few site on setting up te true-type windows fonts, but this >covers only .ttf. Is it any different to do .fon fonts? i thought .fon werent true type? could be wrong, -- hugh -- To UNSUBS

Re: Kernel compilation

2002-10-30 Thread Hugh Saunders
er] 6. find bZimage [usually in ./arch/i386/boot] 7. cp bzimage to /boot [anywhere would do but /boot seems logical] 8. edit /etc/lilo.conf -add section image=/boot/bzImage alias=3 [blahblah] 9. execute lilo hope that hel

Re: server with debian 3.0 randomly shuts down when booting

2002-11-01 Thread Hugh Saunders
>Benedict Verheyen said: >>[snip] >>When i tried to reboot >> the system it would suddenly shutdown at various points in the >> startup procedure. 02/11/2002 00:57:14, "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >if the system is powering down on it's own during bootup and you >do not see the lights flicker

Re: Needed: Hardware recommendateons for Wireless Networking

2002-11-03 Thread Hugh Saunders
supported. the linux wlan project has a compatability matrix which is a good start http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan/index.html#Compatibility but there are other resources to be googled for. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Compiling a new kernel

2002-11-04 Thread Hugh Saunders
need to edit lilo.conf > and I specified where to load the new image. After rebooting did you actually excecute lilo? hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: tftpboot.img

2002-11-05 Thread Hugh Saunders
a sun-sparc 4c IPC which boots via the network [tftp then nfs root] so is possible, you need a small image so compile one! Think tftpboot kernel images are called 'tagged'? do some googling hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Upgrading to a SMP kernel ?

2002-11-05 Thread Hugh Saunders
06/11/2002 09:24:04, "W.D.McKinney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have a dual PIII server I need to get both processors working. compile a kernel with SMP enabled hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

execute command from HTML page

2002-11-10 Thread Hugh Saunders
? thanks, hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Trying to do a search on Debian home page.

2002-11-11 Thread hugh saunders
11/11/02 21:37:55, infotechsys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >So, myquestion is how-come I have to go thru >freshmeat to do a search on debian ? freshmeat prob referred to the debian package search [which works] http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages hugh -- To

Re: execute command from HTML page

2002-11-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
; riley could keep you without an internet connection. Yes, i would limit the availablity of the service to within the local network as it would not be helpfull if outside users could down my link! thanks for the input, hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Modem connection.

2002-11-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
v easy to setup. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: execute command from HTML page

2002-11-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
on denied" errrors in /var/log/apache/error.log] but seeming as pon works... will use that! I didnt think cgi would be so simple, thought i would have to use a cgi intrpreter not bash! hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dhcp-dns problem

2002-11-12 Thread Hugh Saunders
machine an ip address based on its mac address so it can download a tftp image to boot from. Guess it could prob be used instead of dhcp for addressing but all the 'leases' would have to be configured manually in a table i think. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Modem connection.

2002-11-13 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Wednesday 13 November 2002 2:23 am, Eric G. Miller wrote: > Fix your dang clock already! I'm quite sure this month is November not > January ;-) that better? have messed around with date -s so should be correct now! sorry if i messed up msg order, hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

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