On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 04:37:44PM -, Ben Hill wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can noone help me solve a=the problem with PPP in my new Debian 2.2 with
> Kernel 2.4.14 build?
>
> It seems that as soon as I have built the kernel and installed 2.4.0-3 PPP
> it has broken.
>
>
> Please can someone help, this
im going to transfer my debian to a new disk.
i read the Hard-Disk Upgrade HOWTO and my situation is
different from the HOWTO. right now im using
devFS
ext3FS
and here is how my disk is partitioned
/dev/discs/disc0/part1 mandrake /
/dev/discs/disc0/part2 mandrake
-/dev/
On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 10:48:03PM +0800, Paolo Falcone wrote:
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> >im going to transfer my debian to a new disk.
> >i read the Hard-Disk Upgrade HOWTO and my situation is
> >different from the HOWTO. right now im using
> >
>
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:24:53AM -0500, Matt wrote:
> Forget support and distro discussion for a second..
>
> Who are we here? I'm curious about what the Debian demographic is. I
> know this is sort of an impossible thing to answer, but it'd be
> interesting to explore in vague terms who uses D
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 09:01:22AM -0800, Harris, Jason wrote:
> on an already running system ? I'm getting a fair amount of disk seek
> timeout messages in the kernel log and I'd like to rebuild the system with a
> new HD. But I'd also like to have it down for the least amount of time
> possibl
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 04:09:53PM +, J.A.Serralheiro wrote:
> try /dev/hdc instead
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Patrick Kirk wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a second hard drive installed and in the Dell BIOS its seen as a 40
> > Gig hard drive which is correct.
> >
> > The system runs De
hi! a friend of mine is asking me if i can "make" a debian installer
specific for KDE only. is there an available installer for woody
already? how should i do this? can someone point me to the right
direction please... thanks.
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"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains,
how
hi! a friend of mine is asking me if i can make an installer
which will be KDE-centric. i want to know where will i start? im
thinking of just modifying the current debian installer... any
suggestions? can someone point me to the right direction? tnx
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"When you have eliminated the impossible, w
i have mutt sort my mails by threads, the arrow (--->) now appears
to be garbled(squares, unknown chars)... what should i do?
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however improbable, must be the truth."
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On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 10:54:52PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 01:23:33AM -0500, Allan M. Wind wrote:
> > On 2002-02-16 22:11:04, Eric G. Miller wrote:
> > > Use a different font for your terminal (want one with graphic
> > > characters, like the default X fixed font).
>
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 01:30:01PM -0800, David Wright wrote:
>
> > How can I let a normal user use the "halt" or "shutdown" command?
>
> All the responses to this query have been ugly hacks. The right way to do
> this this (put on flame-retardant suit here) is the way RedHat does: make
> the h
my /usr is currently in xfs.. now, i want to turn it
back to ext2/ext3... how should i do this?
is cp -a enough? or is there a debian/xfs way to do
this? tnx
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however improbable, must be the truth."
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On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 09:24:09PM +0800, Michael C. Alonzo wrote:
> my /usr is currently in xfs.. now, i want to turn it
> back to ext2/ext3... how should i do this?
>
> is cp -a enough? or is there a debian/xfs way to do
> this? tnx
> --
> "When you have eliminate
On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 02:15:15PM +0800, JimmyMah wrote:
> I am a new user to debian linux. I have install the os (version-potato) in my
> laptop recently. However I could not activate the sound system.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thank you and regards
>
>
>
> Jimmy Mah
what is your sound c
On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 12:29:39PM -0400, Brad R wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> Forgive me if my first several questions sound stupid, I've just begun with
> Linux and have tried to learn what I can, but there is so much to learn.
> I'm familiar with Unix protocols on the wire, but have never worked
im having problems with nvidia-*-1541*. i compiled 2.4.12 then
dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-2.4.12*.deb nvidia-glx-*1541*.deb. I started X,
works but when i exit out of X, after xserver shutdown, it won't display
any prompt anymore that's why i have to resort in rebooting, but it
won't reboot. it hangs..
On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 03:12:01PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote:
> On Sun, 2001-10-14 at 15:14, Michael C. Alonzo wrote:
> > im having problems with nvidia-*-1541*. i compiled 2.4.12 then
> > dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-2.4.12*.deb nvidia-glx-*1541*.deb. I started X,
> > works but
On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 04:24:09PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> * David ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> ...
> > I'm using 1541 + vesafb successfully so I doubt it's that.
> >
> > Have you tried just grabbing the tarballs direct from nVidia's servers and
> > installing them by hand? Works e
On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 04:24:09PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> * David ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> ...
> > I'm using 1541 + vesafb successfully so I doubt it's that.
> >
> > Have you tried just grabbing the tarballs direct from nVidia's servers and
> > installing them by hand? Works e
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 09:57:06AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> I've been having some trouble with netscape connecting to sites that I've
> connected to before. Mozilla connects with them just fine, and after
> talking with several webmasters on the sites I've had trouble with, it
> looks like Nets
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 01:41:48PM +0200, THIVENT Pascal wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using potato with a 2.4.12 kernel.
> At boot time, I can see a message like this one :
>
> #dmesg
> ...
> cat /etc/modules: no such file
> ...
>
> I don't remember having deleted this file but, indeed, this file is
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 04:19:51PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am running debian sid, and have fetchmail and exim installed.
>
> I collected my mail from an ISP's pop server using fetchmail, and it runs
> through
> and collects it OK, but then the mail seems to just
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 06:45:19PM +0200, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently got a 3dfx Voodoo3 card and thus enabled framebuffer support
> in the kernel. I would like to have my Debian system come up in
> 1024x764 mode with maximum vertical sync frequency, so according to
> Document
i have posted this problem a week ago and still finding solutions
everyday. i have kernel 2.4.12, Xfree-4.1.0-7 and nvidia-kernel-1541. i have a
problem
with X particularly xterm. when i start and exit eterm, it works. but
when i start xterm and exits, either by typing exit or pressing the
close b
hi. i want to move my debian partition to another disk..
here's my "fstab":
/dev/hda1 --> mandrake
/dev/hda2 --> extended
|_ /dev/hda5 --> mandrake swap
|_ /dev/hda6 --> mandrake /usr
|_ /dev/hda7 --> mandrake /home
|_
im goin to get a cable connection and im goin to connect this to a
standalone workstation. what files should i modify to turn my cable
connection on? how should i do this?
btw, this is not goin to be an always-on connection..
TIA
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whatever remains,
this is my setup:
2.4.12/2.4.13
devfs
XF4.1.0-6 or XF4.1.0-7
i noticed that when i run xterm (using either kernel) it hangs along
with X, so i ctrl-alt-bckspce, doesnt return my prompt,ctrl-alt-del,
then it hangs again so i press the reset button. But eterm and rxvt runs
fine though.. it seems th
i was able to print yesterday with mutt but today i wasnt able to...
i run lprngtool and can print directly to the lpt port but with mutt i
cant.. mutt says 'messageis printed' but printer doesnt print?
what could be the problem? tnx
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whatever remains,
Hi. I live here in the Philippines and i'm planning to put up an All-Linux
Message Board specifically for filipino linux users but other linux
users from other countries may post as well... is there a HOWTO on how
to build such a site? books? suggestions?
these are my thoughts:
php + mysql + apa
may i propose that the debian-RFC package should be divided by subject,
e.g, all RFC(standard) concerning mail should be in RFC/standard/mail/
subdirectory and
RFCs(best-current-practice) concerning TCP should be in
RFC/best-current-practice/networking/tcp folder. reading RFCs
(especially if you
im using blackbox as my WM. i want gkrellm to load whenever i `startx`
and i want it (gkrellm) to appear on all virtual desktops. is this
possible? how?
TIA
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"When you have eliminated the impossible,
whatever remains, however improbable,
must be the truth."
--Sherlock Holmes _The Sign
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 01:20:51AM -0400, Akintayo Holder wrote:
> Hi,
> Could some one tell me what is initrd-2.X.X.gz, and how do i go about
> creating a new one. I just compiled my kernel and i can't seem to find
> any docs that explain this file, and how you create it.
>
> thanks
>
>
On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 07:46:57PM -0500, Jeremy wrote:
>
> I'm running into a strange occurance. I evidentally have something that is
> creating error files in my / directory. They're usually named something
> like "errs9vkVeD" or "errskFcjY", always beginning with "errs", ending in a
> seemin
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 12:43:23AM -0600, Deva Seetharam wrote:
> Hi,
> i would like to install JDK 1.3 on my machine.
> is there a java debian package available?
>
> i see that javasoft has tarball available.
> what do i need to do/know to convert that tarball into .deb format?
>
> thanks,
> dev
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 01:55:57PM +1100, Joel Mayes wrote:
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> G'day Debianites
>
> Just a quick question,
>
> I use Debian at home and windows at work, and often carry floppies to
> and fro, I'm fine if I bring a win formated floppy home, but i
im getting, "devfs: devfs-register(a8): could not append to parent,
err: -17". what does that mean?
TIA
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"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains,
however improbable, must be the truth."
--Sherlock Holmes _The Sign of Four_
On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 03:32:28PM -0600, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I have a 1.9 Gig install of Debian I would like to copy to a second
> computer. Further more, I would like to format the hard disk on the new
> computer with ReiserFS rather than ext2. Is there a simple way to d
On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 02:33:05PM -0600, Gary Turner wrote:
> It's hard to believe, but I haven't done chat (and I've been 'online'
> since Genie in '90 or '91). I don't even have a chat client installed
> on any of my machines.
>
> So, I figure -- let's stick one on the Debian box. A quick
>
i dont know if this is debian-specific but it
seems that i am the only one with this problem(i think).
i looked at lkml but it seems that they dont have any
problems with pre5. when i boot to pre5, it doesnt boot
with devfs=mount, but it boots with nomount. is this a devfs
problem? or debian? im r
On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 10:34:50AM -0500, Kurt Lieber wrote:
> On Saturday 06 April 2002 10:41 am, Neal Lippman wrote:
> > My present monitor is a 19" CRT, but I am strongly considering a move to
> > one, maybe two LCD panels - so a card that supports dual monitors would be
> > great, but at the le
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:28:40PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 11:04:11AM +0800, Michael C. Alonzo wrote:
> > i dont know if this is debian-specific but it
> > seems that i am the only one with this problem(i think).
> > i looked at lkml but it seems th
Good Day,
How do i block mails(through procmail) with a subject line of 'unsubcribe'?
tia
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Osamu Aoki wrote this message last Sun, May 19, 2002 at 06:17:29AM -0700:
> On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 08:56:32PM +0800, Michael C Alonzo wrote:
> > Good Day,
> >
> > How do i block mails(through procmail) with a subject line of 'unsubcribe'?
>
> # blackhole
Thanks for all those replied!
Have a nice day.
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The trouble with computers is that they do what you tell them, not what
yo
ething like:
in all those mailing lists the only identical part is the "Received: "
part. How should I do this in exim.conf?
Thanks!!
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Good Day!
is this possible? how? can i setup a chroot'd environment so i can
install windows inside linux(debian)?
TIA.
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, I would advice to investigate the first and look into
> Mutt's mailbox-hooks.
do you have an example?
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Hi!!
im planning to buy a webcam, which one is th "best" for linux? and what
software should i use to set it up? is there something like a netmeeting
for linux? i heard of gnomemeeting, is it as good as netmeeting and
compatible with other netmeeting clients?
TIA.
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you might want to join the debian-pilot mailing lists :)
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