Re: Nvidia and X

2003-02-19 Thread Jonah Sherman
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 07:33:33AM +, Steve Webster wrote: > I compiled a new kernel, 2.4.18, for ACPI and nvidia drivers. All went > well, eventually. After updating my XF86Config-4 I tried re-starting > x-windows. All I got was a black screen, no flashes of color, nothing. I >couldn't see

Re: cdrecord -scanbus -> not working

2003-01-25 Thread Jonah Sherman
> Any ideas why `cdrecord` is not working for me. Debian Woody, kernel 2.4.18bf > thanks. [snip] > hdb: R/RW 4x4x24, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > hda: 16514064 sectors (8455 MB) w/512KiB Cache, CHS=1092/240/63 > hdb: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache > U

Re: Nvidia problem ?

2003-01-29 Thread Jonah Sherman
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:34:06PM +0100, w-cool wrote: > I have the following problem, I have transmitted from Slackware to Debian. > I have problem with quake 3, I have installed drivers nvidia everything > works well but when I start quake I can see the game only in a small part > no on a full

Re: cdrecord -scanbus -> not working

2003-01-30 Thread Jonah Sherman
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 05:12:13PM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > On 25.01.2003 19:33 Jonah Sherman wrote: > >> Any ideas why `cdrecord` is not working for me. Debian Woody, kernel > >2.4.18bf > >> thanks. > >[snip] > >> hdb: R/RW 4x4x24, ATAPI CD/DV

Re: Limiting SU

2002-12-31 Thread Jonah Sherman
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 05:49:08AM -0500, Ludwig wrote: > On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 05:34, Andrew Pritchard wrote: > > Is there a way of limiting who and SU to root? > > > > As root, > > chmod go-x /usr/bin/who > This won't do anything. $ last -f /var/run/utmp will do the same thing as who What y

Re: restricting wireless access

2003-01-10 Thread Jonah Sherman
MAC-based authentication is a joke. All it takes is for someone to sniff traffic, then clone your mac(ifconfig ethX hw ether [...]). The best way IMO to secure a small wireless network is with ipsec. You can do this very easily with freeswan and a good ipsec howto. Just create a encrypted/authe

Re: how launch Aterm 'as' root

2003-01-11 Thread Jonah Sherman
$ aterm -e su On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 10:59:02PM +0100, willem wrote: > What i want is when logged into X as a normal user...launch Aterm and > have it ask for the root password straight away without me having to type > 'su' firt after Aterm opens. > It's a very small prob...but it's gettin on me