Re: libimf.so not found by Intel C/C++ 9.0 compiler

> On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 06:01:55PM +0100, michael wrote: >> I looked around but can't see why I'm getting >> >> error while loading shared libraries: libimf.so: cannot open shared >> object >> file: No such file or directory >> >>

OT: suggestions of uncapped Broadband >512Kbp in UK

. Surely there must be more/better! Thanks, -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: suggestions of uncapped Broadband >512Kbp in UK

On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 13:26 +0100, Pete Clarke wrote: > > On 3 Aug 2005, at 12:35, michael wrote: > > > >> OFF TOPIC (not sure which is more appropriate list) > >> > >> I've moved house and need to get Broadband installed. I'll be > >> r

Re: OT: suggestions of uncapped Broadband >512Kbp in UK

On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 13:13 +0100, TreeBoy wrote: > On Wednesday 03 Aug 2005 12:41, James Burke wrote: > > On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:35:43 +0100 > > > > michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OFF TOPIC (not sure which is more appropriate list) > > > >

Re: Re: Exim4 + Clamav

Quoting Marco Tasinato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: But the addressee doesn't know anything about the rejection of this e-mail and continually calls me in order to know where is his e-mail. After telling him a lot of time that his e-mail has been refused because the sender had sent him a virus not by h

Re: XEmacs TeX mode: Excessive syntax highlighting

toggle font-lock (syntax highlighting) is font-lock-mode Try that and if it works for that buffer then you could always add stuff to your .emacs file Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

wvdial and US Robotics 33.6k ext modem

Anybody out there successfully used a US Robotics 33.6k Sportster voice fax-modem with wvdial? If so can you send me your wvdial.conf (the AT codes part) since my (auto-setup) of the configuration hangs when it dials with 'waiting for carrier' thanks -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Phy

Re: XEmacs TeX mode: Excessive syntax highlighting

On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 22:46 +0900, Victor Munoz wrote: > On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 02:14:00PM +0100, michael wrote: > > > The emacs (sic) command to toggle font-lock (syntax highlighting) is > > font-lock-mode > > > > Yes, except that it disables all syntax high

Re: wvdial and US Robotics 33.6k ext modem

On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 07:56 -0700, Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote: > > --- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anybody out there successfully used a US Robotics > > 33.6k Sportster voice > > fax-modem with wvdial? If so can you send me your > > wvdia

Re: GREP

On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 11:25 -0500, Ed Curtis wrote: > I need some help with grep. In fact I'm not really sure grep is what I > should be using. I would list to find the number of files containing a > string. Not the number of times the string appears in a single file. > > Say I'm searching the /v

Re: wvdial and US Robotics 33.6k ext modem

ialconf that generates a new wvdial.conf file if >> you run it it will configure your modem. >> Then run as root >> #wvdialconf I put myself in group 'dialout' then tried wvdialconf but to no avail (see below). You've def got this going with Robotics 33.6 Sportster?

Re: wvdial and US Robotics 33.6k ext modem

Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote: --- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Original Message apols for sending only to Sebestian before. M. -- Anybody out

Re: RAID and/or LVM suggestions?

Quoting Chris Boot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi all, I know this isn't strictly Debian related, but I'll be implementing this on a Sarge system so I thought it appropriate. I've just taken the plunge and bought 4 250GB SATA hard drives and am planning on implementing a RAID, with LVM2 layered

demon usb modem [WAS: suggestions of uncapped Broadband >512Kbp in UK]

ember. > > They're not bad. DNS can be a bit sticky every now and again - but you do get > free "fax to email"! I've signed up with Demon and got their USB modem - but Debian doesn't bring up eth0. Do I have to anything extra before I can use their modem? Thanks, Michael

Re: Unbashing the system :-)

t;sh" > processes stuck around. > > While I do not know what script is responsible, my stuff, I can at least have > some control over--how does one put a time-out limit on a bash script? > I'd look into setrlimit and bash's builtin ulimit -- Michael Bane Atmos

Re: Unbashing the system :-)

On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 13:24 +0200, Tarapia Tapioco wrote: > > Very occasionally but often enough to be a pain, when there is an initial > > problem connecting to the internet, certain scripts hang up. Repeated > > attempts fail for whatever reason and "top" shows a long list of "sh" > > processe

Re: demon usb modem [WAS: suggestions of uncapped Broadband >512Kbp in UK]

plains: > >> > >>http://www.debianhelp.org/module-pnForum-viewtopic-topic-9551-start-0.html > > > > > >I'm running 2.6.11 kernel so that implies just download the relevant file > >(speedtouch-firmware_0.3012k_all.deb). I then did a 'dpkg -i'

Re: Need Help Installing Debian on My Computer

Quoting Court Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have a new computer and am having a hard time installing linux. The computer is a Dell XPS pentium 4 system. The BIOS identifies the system as a 64 bit system. I've tried installing SUSE 9.3 but with little luck. My computer is capable of booting f

Re: Wierd Xserver issue.

On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 05:37 -0400, Bill Day wrote: > I seem to be having a wierd behavior issue with xfree86 off of sarge. > downloaded the rc3 for sarge installed and got kdm kde etc installed. but > after logging in (wifes computer) and its on for about an hour or so(no exact > time ca

pppd and dhcp questions [WAS: demon usb modem [WAS: suggestions of uncapped Broadband >512Kbp in UK]]

On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 00:00 +0100, michael wrote: > On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 14:51 +0100, linux wrote: > > At 11:33 13/08/2005, you wrote: > > > > >At 12:22 12/08/2005, you wrote: > > > > > >>On Friday 12 Aug 2005 12:03, TreeBoy wro

Re: File Permissions: Allow write, but not modify

Quoting Chris Purves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Is it possible to set up a directory so that a user can add a new file, but once the file is there the same user cannot modify, rename, or delete the file? The shared directory is a samba share, and will only be accessed through windows, so solving this

Re: debian system users delete or change access

Quoting Brent Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi list I have the following in my /etc/passwd file. daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/l

Re: Problems with software RAID on SATA

Quoting Stephen Tait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I'm just in the process of setting up a Sarge server to be used as a sort of backup server. The main PATA discs are used to boot the OS offof software RAID1, with the rest of the disc space used in JBOD for not-so-important backups. However, I'm having

Re: rsync won't stop password prompt

Quoting Rob Brenart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I'm trying to script an rsync process and I keep getting the password prompt... here's my "script" rsync -avz -e /usr/bin/ssh --password-file=/home/username/pwd.rsync /home/user/test/ host:/home/username/test And it works fine, but it prompts me for

Re: Problems with software RAID on SATA

Quoting Stephen Tait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: As you can see, the only mention of md2 is the "md: md2 stopped" line, whereas of course I'd be expecting a "raid1: raid set md2 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors" message. Does anyone more au fait with kernel software RAID know why the kernel won't eve

Re: raid0 / "operating system not found"

Quoting Mike Wyatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: yesterday I tried installing Debian onto a raid0 array using this guide , but it quickly became too overwhelming for me, so I quit the installation and went through an installation like I always have (netinstall from wood

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

Quoting Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tuesday, 23.08.2005 at 22:09 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: So hit Reply to Mailing List instead of Reply to Author. The list does set standard mailing list headers that are easily detected by any modern mail reader. no, Outlook is not a modern mail rea

Re: Help with broken Aptitude

p://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ sarge main non-free contrib > > > Does anybody have any advice on how to fix this ? have you (tried to) update aptitude itself? -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Printing on a shared printer from debian to Novell Server

On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 21:37 +0700, Prabu Subroto wrote: > Dear my friends... > > I work at a workstation and my workstation is associated in a LAN. My > internet connection is only through http proxy server. So if I want to > go to internet, I have to set my internet browser for the ip number and

Re: easy vimdiff like program

On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 17:07 +0200, Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > I need to compare two files, in a quite accurate way, i tried vimdiff, > but it is quite hard to learn. > Does someone know about a program that makes the same of vimdiff, but > is easier, and possibly for gnome/kde? xxdiff (occasionally c

Re: mouse wheel

nd these archives. essentially once you've editted XF86Config (changed the md5) then package managers assume you won't want them to write all over your changes. the fix is also in said sources -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

/dev/log

ket is for or whether the permissions are correct all advice gratefully received -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

perl grab /etc/group info memory error

Hi, I'm getting an "out of memory" error when trying to grab the gid information for a user from /etc/group. The problem only occurs when there is a group of about 1000 users in it. Less than about 500 users as members of the group, will not produce the error. The original error was noticed in

Re: Package insall/uninstall weird behaviour

solutions, but they should get the > package uninstalled for you. > > hope that helps. IIRC there was also discussion of this (and which drivers to use for this printer) on the linuxprinting website (and prob archives of D-U too) -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why has "find ... -exec rm -i '{}' ';'" stopped working?

e.) Well on 'sarge', under bash, the find . -name 'whatever' -exec rm -i {} ";" works as expected for me, but the above example exhibits the same performance as you note (I'm no 'xargs' expert and can's see what the '-0r' option

Re: mc confusion

> ok it works correctly, even if to do what mc-help says i have to press the > "Esc" key because the > M-Tab or C-Tab combination do dimply what they have ever done: > - switch between windows > - switch between panels > > while the meta keys do not do anything (they are useless like the windows

Re: CPU fans shut off by Debian?

this seems inconsistent with it not working when you then come back up. I guess we'd need to see your /var/log/syslog for more info... -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CPU fans shut off by Debian?

On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 15:39 +0100, michael wrote: > On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 09:58 -0400, Stephen Lokitz wrote: > > Hello, > > I am running Sarge 2.4.27-2-686-smp on an intel SR1435VP2(which is > > a 1U server platform) with dual 2.8 Xeon processors. I am required to >

Re: OT (and Flamebait): Top-Posting

ase is (1/1) * 10 = 10 widgets (ie the same!) whereas a 10-fold decrease is (1/10) * 10 = 1 widget that make any sense?! > -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CPU fans shut off by Debian?

On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 12:46 -0400, Stephen Lokitz wrote: > Thanks again for your response. Any other suggestions? Our only current > option remaining is to attempt to return the server and find another with > different components that hopefully will not have the same problem. > Thanks, >

Re: RAID 5 questions (software)

Quoting Michael Martinell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Results: If I replace hard drive 1 I am unable to boot. Using the grub boot disk and pointing at hd 2,0 generates the following messages: md2 No spare disk to reconstruct array! continuing in degraded mode EXT3-fs: unable to read supe

Re: email clients with reply-to-list feature

Quoting kamaraju kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi I would like to make a list of email clients which have a reply-to-list feature either built-in or as an add on. This is what I know so far from reading the archives. I am hoping that others would comment about whether their favorite email

Re: Sarge i386 on AMD Athlon 64

Quoting Kaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi Is Sarge i386 able to run on AMD Athlon 64 (in32 bit mode) Thanks in advance Kaffe You betcha, Cheers, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xloadimage -delay

perhaps it's too late, but i find this patch may helps https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-cvs-commits/2005-March/msg00079.html

deb-user digest - stopped?

Is the debian-user-digest still working - I don' seem to have received anything in the last couple of weeks... -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

backups (dirvish) + dynamic IP

ent (dynamic IP, not up 24hrs/day) to backup to a server (static IP, runs 24/7)? Thanks, -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

dirvish and root password

I can't see anything in the dirvish FAQ or manual page about this so can somebody tell me why dirvish requires the root password on the client and how to circumvent this (I've sudo on the client but not the root password)? Thanks, -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of

Re: Overwhelmed newbie

Fritz: > Help! I have recently begun an attempt to install Debian on a Sony > laptop (Mobile AMD K6-2 550MHz, 64MB RAM), and am thoroughly > overwhelmed with choices about which I know nothing! > > I only need the ability to dial-up and network, surf the internet (I > have Opera for Linux ready

Re: Is there a screencapture utility?

On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 15:38 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 12:16:18AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm running sarge/GNOME. I'd like an ability to capture portions of a screen > > (part of a window preferably). Is there something which will do that? > > > > I am awa

Re: lightweight iconbox - SOLVED

ugh with icewm (instead > of icewm-lite). well that is exactly what i was looking for. > > as for what i meant by iconbox (http://freshmeat.net/projects/iconbox/) > > but your suggestion is a better option. can you leave the 'solution' in your 'SOLVED' posts, pl

Re: Fw: Logging procedure/mechanism questions

On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 15:03 +0430, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Neil McGovern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "basteh pardaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 3:11 PM > Subject: Re: Logging procedure/mechanism questions > > > > On Thu

Re: NUM Lock , Home, End

#x27;d be pre-XDM (etc) level having not used MS WinXX for a while I can't remember if it's a correct assertion that that OS uses 'remember last' (I thought it was just a BIOS setting last time I looked) -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird

On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 08:44 -0500, root wrote: > On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 14:09 +0100, Antony Gelberg wrote: > > Albert wrote: > > > I am a new user of Debian. My first task after system install is to > > > install Firefox and Tbird, preferably the latest 1.0.6 or 1.0.7. It's a > > > piece of cake t

Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird

On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 09:27 -0500, Albert wrote: > michael wrote: > > > I presume you've checked out the diff between stable and unstable? > > > I presume you are not going to answer my question. Well well... I was trying to be helpful but if all you want is answers

Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird

ewcomers to > Linux. For the record, bonehead, and insults don't generally inspire people to respond in a helpful manner, but then you prob knew that already ;) > I am probably here just long enough to > install a 2.6.x kernel so that I might use this dist as host for > building an LFS 6.1 system. My current LFS system is only 5.0. > > -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

installing debian on home network

s step?); this happens with both linux26 and expert26 boot options. Suggestions on how to progress this (without writing numerous CDs!) most welcome... Thanks, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

install probs (partially was: installing debian on home network_

a network (but why doesn't it fail then offer me to skip this > step?); this happens with both linux26 and expert26 boot options. >From one of the consoles, it appears an ide-cd (?) read causes a kernel failure... strange given it's booting off the CD in the first place. Any

Re: installing debian on home network

>> I've another box on which I wish to install Debian (again 2.6). I tried >> to use a netinst CD on this box but it hangs (with no indication of what >> is happening) after probing hardware. I guess this is when it's trying >> to detect a network (but why doesn't it fail then offer me to skip this

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

On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 10:03 +0100, Dick Davies wrote: > On 25 Sep 2005 23:23:48 -0700, James He <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Should one CPU(Hyper-Threading) machine use SMP kernel, or stick to a > > regular kernel? > > Yup, use SMP. I get 2 cpus in cpuinfo that way (although top doesn't > see

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

On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 10:37 +0100, michael wrote: > On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 10:03 +0100, Dick Davies wrote: > > On 25 Sep 2005 23:23:48 -0700, James He <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Should one CPU(Hyper-Threading) machine use SMP kernel, or stick to a > >

Re: newbie boot question

? BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes > -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

and of Redmond > where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot > Henrique Holschuh > > -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

pointer for home networking

router. It's now connected to Internet by a USB modem. I've a second computer with an ethernet card. So all I want to do is connect the latter to the former such that both can access the Internet... All pointers to (simple) (online) (Debian specific) references most welcome! Thanks

Re: pointer for home networking

> michael wrote: > >>I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home >>network. There seems much discussion of 'deeper' stuff but I'm stymied >> for >>setting up my first home Debian/Linux network. >> >>

Re: newbie boot question

> michael wrote: >> On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 12:20 -0400, Jim Woodward wrote: >> >>>How do I retrieve the messages that I see when booting? >>>dmesg does not have all the information. >>>I'm using kernel 2.6.13.2 >>>Thanks >> >> >

Re: tar backup ok but restore errors w/ scsi dat dds2

> I think this might be a hardware compatibility problem, but you be the > judge. > > Using tar, I can write a tape archive to the scsi dat drive (tar cvf > /dev/st0 /usr/kbmosas) without any errors but when I try to read the tape > back (tar tvf /dev/st0 or tar xvf /dev/st0), I get the following

Re: pointer for home networking

On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 22:23 -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 06:18:15PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > Michael writes: > > > I don't want to fork out dosh for a modem/router. > > > > The "router" can be an old junker pc running Li

Re: pointer for home networking

On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 18:12 -0500, Kent West wrote: > michael wrote: > > >>michael wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home > >>>network. There seems much di

Re: pointer for home networking

On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 08:39 +0200, Maurits van Rees wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 10:54:58PM +0100, michael wrote: > > I've had a look about but can't find a basic guide to setting up a home > > network. > > Jut two days ago Steve Kemp at the debian-adminis

Re: how can I see the apt history

On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 17:47 +0800, rosetta wrote: > Hi > > Is there any way to display apt history(install or remove)? I've not found anything to do that. However, install apt-listchanges and it will then mail root with all future installations. Also worth considering is apt-listbugs which will

Re: Cannot access the computer

On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 13:04 +0200, Mitja Podreka wrote: > Hello > > I have a big problem. I have six new computers running Mandrake. I > would like to migrate them to Debian, but everything is password > protected and the people who installed the original OS forgot all the > passwords. > I tried t

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

On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 08:10 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Dick Davies wrote: > > > Yup, use SMP. I get 2 cpus in cpuinfo that way (although top doesn't > > > see them for some reason). cpuinfo will tell you about the logical CPUs; top will t

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

On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 13:19 +0100, Dick Davies wrote: > On 27/09/05, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 08:10 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Bob Proulx wrote: > > > > Dick Davies wrote: > > &

Re: newbie boot question

On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 07:57 -0400, Jim Woodward wrote: > michael wrote: > >>michael wrote: > >> > >>>On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 12:20 -0400, Jim Woodward wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>How do I retrieve the messages that I see when

Re: pointer for home networking

> michael wrote: >> On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 18:12 -0500, Kent West wrote: >> >>>michael wrote: > >>>Er, then I'm confused about what you're trying to accomplish. Perhaps >>>you're trying to turn the computer that's plugged into the

Re: pointer for home networking

> On 09/27/2005 08:06 pm, Mike McCarty wrote: >> michael wrote: >> > On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 18:12 -0500, Kent West wrote: >> >>michael wrote: >> >> >> >>Er, then I'm confused about what you're trying to accomplish. Perhaps you're

Re: pointer for home networking

> On 09/27/2005 08:43 pm, michael wrote: > >> I should also add that it'd be better to link the machines so that I >> only >> have to download all updates once from the Internet (and then use copy >> locally) > > Using a router would not prevent you from

Re: pointer for home networking

> On 09/27/2005 08:06 pm, Mike McCarty wrote: >> michael wrote: >> > On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 18:12 -0500, Kent West wrote: >> >>michael wrote: >> >> >> >>Er, then I'm confused about what you're trying to accomplish. Perhaps >>

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

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

Re: Howto start X in a default resolution?

Port0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1280x768" "1280x1024" > ViewPort0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x768" "1280x1024" > ViewPort0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection > Can't answer your question directly, but does the /var/log/XFree86.0.log (or whichever is relevant to your display) hold any clues? -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: broken kdm/kde

upgraded, 17 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 27.3MB of archives. After unpacking 83.6MB will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n > > It doesn't try to install anything from unstable. I'm confused as to > why you thought it did last

Re: what the least installation of Debian

/www.debian.org/distrib/netinst and boot from that. then just only load the stuff you need as & when -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: newbie boot question

On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 11:15 -0400, Jim Woodward wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: > > Jim Woodward wrote: > > > >> michael wrote: > >> > >>>> michael wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 12:20 -0400, Jim Woodwa

Re: eth0 does not start during boot, but can be started manually

On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 17:15 -0700, richard wrote: > Dear Steven, > > Thanks! It sounds plausible. Can you give me a bit more detail (or a > reference) on how to do that, please? As I recall from reading, the > number-order in a particular run level will determine the event > ordering, but in wh

Re: Standard place for Bash Scripts

On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 07:47 -0400, Scott Fitzgerald wrote: > I was wondering if there was a standard place for bash scripts. A > convention or "normal place" where they can be placed to be turned into a > command, accessable to all users. /usr/local/bin but users will have to ensure that's in th

Re: Is there a problem with debian-user-digest?

any digests. After > more than a day I unsubscribed and tried again, with the same results. > I unsubscribed again and this time I subscribed to the NON-digest > debian-user. That is working just fine. > > So, is there a current problem with the digest? I believe so. My digests s

Re: How much difference does it make to run ssh on a different port number?

On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 16:07 +0200, Tarapia Tapioco wrote: > Occasionally people recommend running sshd on a different port number > (not 22) to reduce the number of cracking attempts (dictionary > attacks). > > Does this really make a big difference? > Anyone have any statistics on it? when i tri

Re: How much difference does it make to run ssh on a different port number?

On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 15:25 +0100, michael wrote: > On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 16:07 +0200, Tarapia Tapioco wrote: > > Occasionally people recommend running sshd on a different port number > > (not 22) to reduce the number of cracking attempts (dictionary > > attacks). > >

Re: Checking Filesystems

On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 18:35 -0400, C Shore wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 04:24:59PM -0500, Tim McDonough wrote: > > Recently when running backups from Windows machines I've started > > getting errors that say one or more files don't verify correctly. They > > are not files that are in use at t

Re: Kernel Panic with Sarge

On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 10:47 -0400, Edward J. Shornock wrote: > michael bailey wrote: > > [..] > > > > kernel: CPU 0 : Machine Check Exception: > > 0004 > > > > kernel: Bank 4 : b2040151 > > > > kernel: Kernel panic: CPU

Re: Bash commands

On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 08:18 -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > Hi all, > > I downloaded the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide the other day an have > started to work my way through it. I'm fairly new to bash so I get more > than a little confused when the output I get is nothing similar to what > t

Re: Bash commands

On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 15:49 -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > Thanks for answering. Sorry it's taken so long to answer. I've just > been too busy to get back to this. I've inserted my comments in line. > > michael wrote: > > >On Thu, 2005-10-13 at

Re: Fwd: Problem with PATH variable and access

On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 23:42 +0300, Simo Kauppi wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 05:53:02PM -0300, Ivan Paganini wrote: > > Sorry about the last message, I forgot to put that I am running sarge > > 3.1stable. :-) > > > > > > +++

Re: Bash commands

On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 05:01 -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > michael wrote: > > >On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 15:49 -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > > > > > >>Thanks for answering. Sorry it's taken so long to answer. I've just > >>been too bus

Re: Bash commands

On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 14:44 +0100, michael wrote: > On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 05:01 -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > > michael wrote: > > > > >On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 15:49 -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Thanks for answ

JACK won't start

Hi I just did a dist-upgrade in testing and have lost the use of JACK for audio stuff I normally use the JACK control gui to start it up, and it simply tells me it can't start JACK rgh Any help would be appreciated -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

openoffice woes

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openoffice woes

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libc confusion

With 'unstable' I'm getting an increasingly large number of packages being held back (seemingly on 'libc') and was wondering whether I'd messed something up (eg when experimenting with 'apt-cacher' and generally trying to get a new box up and running 'unstable'). Any advice on the below output or o

Re: cannot access USB modem - after unstable dist-upgrade Nov05

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