On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 08:30:31PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> When I run a shell in emacs shell
>
> I get this garbled output...
>
> [mbfurry@EULER:~$ lss
> [0m[01;34mDocuments[0m [0mRMAIL[0m [0merrors[0m
Don't use colors in your prompt or with ls. Alternatively: use
M-x
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:25:35PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> when I allow something like this in sudo:
>
> /usr/bin/tail /var/log/*
>
> I allow read-access to all of /var/log. However, I also allow read
> access to /etc/shadow:
>
> /usr/bin/tail /var/log/../../etc/shadow
>
> does work
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 08:41:23AM +0100, Alexander Steinert wrote:
[ stupid advice snipped ]
> /usr/bin/tail /var/log/[^.]*
> will prevent
> sudo tail /var/log/../../etc/shadow
> but not
> sudo tail /var/log/apache/../../../etc/shadow
> :-(
Hrm, thanks for catching that.
> I have no better i
On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 03:52:53PM -0500, Andy Estes wrote:
> I am running Debian Woody (3.0r1). The default shell for my user account is
> bash, and I can verify this by typing 'ps' once I am logged on. However,
> the contents of my .bashrc do not get executed by default. If I explicitely
> inv
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 07:51:07PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> let us say, i have done ls -l , etc etc
> then i have done a few more commands at the prompt.
>
> now, i want to use that ls command again. is there a way inwhich i can
> reach it quickly? for instance, i type ls and some other k
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 06:45:53AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote:
> Hum, what's the trick to cd in bash in this case?
>
> moseley@bumby:~/wusage-accounts$ ls
"cd -- --SIMPLE-ACCOUNT--" or "cd ./--SIMPLE-ACCOUNT--"
The -- tells cd that everything after that is not a command line option,
it works with
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 05:06:42PM +0100, David Atencia wrote:
> > Hans Christian Andersen wrote:
> >
> > >On booting my woody-box it goes directly into X without letting
> > me command
> > >startx.
> > >How do I make it stay at a command line untill I order startx?
> The better form to solve yo
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 07:18:13PM -0500, stan wrote:
> I've got CUPS installed on my Debian machine from .debs. When I try to go
> to the damin section of the web interface, I'm prompted for a username
> password pair.
>
> Where do I look for this config?
It's root and root password
Stephen Rü
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 05:36:20PM -0800, Ric Otte wrote:
> :0:
> *^Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> in.debian/.
That will create a MH folder, not a Maildir one, because of the
trailing dot.
The rest of your stuff looks ok.
Stephen Rüger
P.S.: please wrap your lines after something less
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 04:11:30PM -0400, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
> (I like the login shells because I have a fairly large number of aliases
> and environmental variables in by .bash_profile that make the absence of
> a login shell unproductive.)
>
> Anybody seen this? is there a workaroun
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 07:26:09AM +0100, Klaus Ade Johnstad wrote:
> I "accidentally" deleted the files /var/lib/dpkg/available and
> /var/lib/dpkg/available.old (they were huge), now I need to recreate
> them again, becasue I can't install anything without them, even 'dpkg
> -l' turns up with not
On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 04:00:39PM -0500, stan wrote:
> I'm using gdm for my display maanger, and I went to dlete xdm in dselect,
> and it toldthe that the "x-window-system" package depended on it. I can see
> "recomends", but depends?
So remove x-window-system, what's the problem? It's not that y
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 05:17:48AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
[ apt-get puking on build-depends ]
> OK, weird. Anybody get this one before?
>
Yeah. It's probably just apt-get being brain-damaged again. Try to
install the build-dependancies manually, using a proper frontend like
dselect or aptit
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 03:43:24PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> when i enter 'apti' into the zsh shell and press tab, it completes to
> aptitude. when i type 'sudo apti', it obviously doesn't (unless
> pwd == /usr/bin or /usr/share/doc). how can i make zsh complete
> commands from the search pa
On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 10:38:59PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Jason Lunz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.09.23.2016 +0200]:
> > once you get it going, it'll install "new-style" zsh support into your
> > .zshrc (after asking some questions).
>
> some questions? a million! my problem is
This is what actually happened:
00:42 -!- macon [EMAIL PROTECTED] has joined #debian
01:24 macon> I have been using debian for about 4 years now, and I
always found that people on this channel is kindda "rude"
if one doesn't "it right away", tonight I was doing some
mount/umount, too.
After that I checked permissions, but they seem to be OK:
-rwsr-xr-x1 root root25116 Nov 22 20:14 umount
-rwsr-xr-x1 root root56284 Nov 22 20:14 mount
So what have I missed? Any hints, manpages or this only a bug and will
be fixed soon?
Thanks in advance!
Stephen Rueger
ry
easy to find an already read article. After that I looked at some
other readers (e.g. strn, trn, gnus), but none
Has anyone a recommendation for a console-news reader that looks as
much as possible like slrn or mutt, but caches the subjects?
Thanks!
Stephen Rueger
--
"... and on the third
er. As long as you doesn't use more than one hard
disks, there won't be any difference in speed, because a lonely HDD
hasn't enough power for even an UDMA-66-controller.
G'night!
Stephen Rueger
, so that it is much easier to handle mailinglists.
Just don't get afraid of the configuration and read carefully whatever
you can find about it! There are tons of features you'll never want to
miss again!
Have a nice time
Stephen Rueger
because I have to
replace packages with older versions of it.
Can someone give me a hint how I can do this with less work of my own?
Thanks!
Stephen Rueger
Hello!
Is there a way to create installation-CDs with woody or sid instead of
potato? I'm asking because a friend of mine wants to install sid, but
he hasn't the possibility of updating via internet.
Has someone a hint?
Thanks in advance
Stephen Rueger
--
Gott, - wenn du bist -, e
Hi!
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:49:47AM +0100, Walther, Christoph wrote:
> cdrecord dev=0,6,0 Speed=4 -v -eject binary-i386-1_NONUS.iso
>
Just a guess: Is 0,6,0 the right device? What does cdrecord --scanbus say?
Stephen
Hello!
Can I tell my XEmacs21 to use different font-lock-colors, when I'm using
it within X and on the console?
Thanks!
Stephen Rueger
--
Zuerst trachtet man nach Gerechtigkeit und zum Schluss organisiert man
eine Polizei
(Albert Camus)
se lines in
your "/etc/apt/sources.list":
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib
non-free
Don't forget to "apt-get upgrade" :-)
Hope this helps.
Stephen Rueger
--
Da
this. And: never change a
running system :-)
greetz
Stephen Rueger
On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 07:52:00PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 04:21:21AM +0200, Stephen Rueger wrote:
> > Don't forget to "apt-get upgrade" :-)
>
>
> Actually if all you want to get from unstable is a few selected source
> packag
it and
mbox-hooks after that.
> I'd appreciate feedback from any mutt user on this
> list.
greetz
Stephen Rueger
--
Registered Linux User #205361
(http://counter.li.org)
acias
You can put a line like this in your .muttrc:
set editor="ae"
Then you can use ae instead of vi.
greets,
Stephen Rueger
--
Ich wuerde nur an einen Gott glauben, der zu tanzen verstuende.
(Friedrich Nietzsche)
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 11:47:44AM -0500, Charles Sebold wrote:
> On 29 Tammuz 5761, Stephen Rueger wrote:
>
> > Ack. Since I installed an old DEC VT420, which doesn't like emacs, I'm
> > forced to use vi instead, although I don't want to :-)
>
> Details?
Tips-for-Newbies", I
can already think of at least two mailing-lists with subscribers that
need such a hint. Following it is the best thing you can do.
> I'll give *some* allowance on the last point for people who are clearly
> not native English speakers.
Thanks :-)
Greets,
Stephen Rueger
--
Registered Linux User #205361
(http://counter.li.org)
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 08:19:41AM -0500, Eric Brooks wrote:
> I am using Mutt. I don't have a .muttrc file yet but I plan to set one
> up. I figure I can just put it in my home directory along with the other
> .xrc files. I was wondering where Mutt kept its global configuration
> file and what i
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 10:00:40PM +0100, Jan Torben Heuer wrote:
> Ich suche eine Java Distribution, für mindestens o.g. Browser. Im moment
> nutze ich eine Version von blackdown.org, jedoch scheint es damit nicht
> möglich zu sein auf HTTPS Server zu connecten.
>
> Brauche ich eine andere Distr
On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 12:29:59PM -0500, Eugene Tyurin wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> During one of the recent KDE upgrades, konqueror (.deb 2.2.1.0-6)
> stopped opening plain text files or even "document source" - instead
> it prompts for an application. What should I do to restore the old
> behaviour?
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 06:41:01PM -0600, John Patton wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 04:08:34PM -0400, cmasters wrote:
> I don't know what getmail does, but fetchmail will gather your mail
> from your ISP and will send it straight to exim (or sendmail, etc) for
> processing. By default, exim wil
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 01:28:28PM -0600, shock wrote:
> I just downloaded v2.4.16 and am trying to get it compiled. Following
> is the output from make:
[the binutils vs. 2.4.x kernel thingie]
Get one of the 2.4.17-preX kernels (X == at least 6), the problem is fixed
in this.
greets,
Stephen
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:57:03PM -0600, shock wrote:
> > Get one of the 2.4.17-preX kernels (X == at least 6), the problem is fixed
> > in this.
>
> yep. that fixed it. thanks! (odd that it compiled on my other debian
> woody machine..)
That might have one of the following reasons:
a) you
On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 04:00:58PM -0500, Alec wrote:
> Why not put pine in non-free? Other distributions ship with pine...
Because you aren't allowed to ship modified pine binaries. See the thread
on debian-devel a few days ago for more information.
greets,
Stephen R?ger
--
"... and on the th
On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 02:15:06PM +0100, Schoppitsch Dieter wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I wonder, if there is a simple Ascii-Text-Draw-Utility for
> drawing (more or less) simple ascii-pictures.
>
> As improvement to an editor it should support drawing
> rectangles, circles, lines and text *with*
> cut/
ou want.
>
Could you send it to me too?
Thanks!
Stephen Rueger
a off" in /etc/inputrc.
greets
Stephen Rueger
--
Life is a concentration camp. You're stuck in here and there's no way
out and you can only rage impotently against you're persecutors.
(Woody Allen)
would color the header... i would like
> to color a message in the index, which contains that header. is this
> possible?
Hello!
color index red green '~h ^X-Rainbow:'
Stephen Rueger
me of my own menus and still benefit from
> the standard Debian menu. What is the best way of pulling that off?
Start with reading /usr/share/doc/menu/* and /usr/lib/menu/README
It's not very hard to understand, so don't be afraid :-)
greetz,
Stephen Rueger
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Hello!
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 08:08:11PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> I'm playing with mutt message scoring. It's interesting, but not quite
> as powerful as I'd like.
>
> It seems that the default mutt build and/or current version doesn't
> allow for filtering on headers or body. This redu
On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 09:32:00AM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
> OK, with ext3 in 2.4.15, what packages in sid will the adventurous want
> to have installed to deal with the shiny new fs?
>
None, everything is already there (also in woody, btw.)
greets,
Stephen Rüger
--
"... and on the
for 5 or
> 10 seconds bevore it runs fetchmail. How can i do this waiting with a bash
> kommand?
Hello!
sleep <# of seconds>
greets
Stephen Rueger
--
Registered Linux User #205361
(http://counter.li.org)
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 09:39:36AM -0500, Stan Brown wrote:
> I'm building a new "testing" machine for my wife, and it has a WinTV card
> in it.
>
> If I "modprobe bttv" manually the card works fine. However I would like to
> get this module loaded autmaticly at boot time.
>
> I've looked at the
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 05:41:18PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Friday 11 January 2002 05:22 pm, Richard Cobbe wrote:
> > Lo, on Friday, January 11, Paul E Condon did write:
> [snip]
> > dpkg -l
> A problem with this is that even if COLUMNS is a huge value (from
> a very large xterm window, for
y().
> cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns.
> cdrecord: Operation not permitted. shmctl failed to lock shared memory segment
Use it as "root" or make it SUID, that's all.
Stephen Rueger
--
Luther, dieses Verhaengnis von Moench, hat die
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 11:59:33PM +0200, Nils-Erik Svangård wrote:
>
> When I do "cat *" in my homedirectory I get
> the following error message
>
> In english something like
> cat: unknow flag "--exclude"
> Try "cat --help" for more information.
You have a file called "--exclude" in your home d
Richard Hoskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On unstable, i386.
Irrelevant.
>Kind of reminds me of RPM:
Reminds me of lame RPM users...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-2:
>libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-
On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 01:01:51PM +0200, Craig Main wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I am busy compiling mplayer on sid, and need the x11 headers. What
> package do I need install?
look in debian/control
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In der Einsamkeit frisst sich der Einsame selbst auf, in der
Vielsamkeit fressen ihn die vielen
On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 08:03:43AM +0700, King_Kong wrote:
>
> Hi everybody!
>
> I have written a firewall script in Bash (executable file), everything is
> OK. Each time I start the machine I have to run it manually.
>
> Are there any steps to steps to make it run automatically when the machin
On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 10:36:51PM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote:
> What would one do if they were running a "stable" box, and wanted
> a package that was only offered in "testing" or "unstable"?
>
> Would you edit your sources.list to point to "testing"...
> apt-get update
> apt-get install packag
On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 01:45:55PM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 08:30:19AM +0200, Stephen Rueger wrote:
> > > Would you edit your sources.list to point to "testing"...
> > > apt-get update
> > > apt-get install packagename
Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>This used to work until recently when I found that the .bash_history had
>been transformed into a data file, instead of the ASCII text that I was
>used to.
How exactly did you find that out? If it's merely because grep says
something like "binary file .ba
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