Re: Dialout for "normal" users

I used pppconfig (with "pon") and even tried to > dialout with Kppp. No reaction. What else can i do I don't know how KDE adds you to groups, but usually you need to log out and log back in again for it to be enabled. Did you do this? You can check if what groups you ar

Re: config X under woody -- trubble

Hi Will, * will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021210 14:16]: > okay, i've gone thru > > XFree86 -configure > xf86cfg > xf86config Do it the Debian way: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST

Re: make-kpkg detects wrong processor type

Hi, * Wayne Gemmell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030806 09:44]: > Hi, I'm trying to make my own kernel useing make-kpkg to solve my earlier > problems with DMA etc. When I start the first processor family gets answered > for me as i386. I believe this is the default in the .config for the kernel sourc

Re: how do I get the "you have new mail"

* Jake Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030807 13:41]: > How do I get the message to say you have new mail at the shell > prompt? Is someting looking for a specific directory or file? apt-get install biff man biff Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test1-looxt93c7 i686 GNU/Linux

Re: apt and changelogs

Hi, * Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030805 11:33]: > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 06:10:19PM -0500, Matt Peter wrote: > | hello, > | > | Is there a debian-way of viewing the changelog for an app? I can > | usually find them .gz'd up on my system, but it's a hassle, is there > | any sim

Re: how to connect to the Internet via Gnome?

Hi, * Riccardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030807 11:09]: > Hi :) > > I tried the whole day but it does not work.. You need to configure your modem and ppp. If you have not already, install the pppconfig package: apt-get install pppconfig I don't know the specifics of this package, since I don't use

Re: Problem with rebooting or shutting down the system

* Hooman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030820 15:14]: > Hi, > I have recently made my Debian linux working. Now, > when I boot the system, I see a login screen in which > I can login as a regular user with Gnome or KDE. The > problem occurs when I want to logout and reboot or > shutdown the system. As I cli

Re: Best way to upgrade a single app

Hi, * David Corbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030821 10:45]: > I have a production system, that I do NOT want to migrate to testing/unstable. > But, I would like to upgrade one particular package (spamassassin, in this > case) to a more recent version. > > What is the recommended way of doing this?

Re: X11 with different keyboards

Hi, * Christian Lynbech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030821 13:39]: > Secondly, is there any other way to switch keyboard layout on the fly > under X11 (just like I can with `loadkeys' on the console) other than > generating a set of command files for xmodmap? apt-cache search keyboard switch Cheers,

Re: postfix + mutt questions

I am using postfix and /etc/aliases has no such entry. > How can I fix it? You should send all root mail to some other user such as yourself. For example I have "root: hastings" in my /etc/aliases. However I use exim not postfix so YMMV. Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable L

Re: how to configure e-mail server

Ahh! * girish jai phutane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030822 17:14]: > hello sir, > my name is girish and i am working in symbiosis college > i am the system administrator looking after 150 computers > and we have a lease line of 256 KBPS and i want to setup a e-mail > server in windows2000 server o/s.

Re: postfix + mutt questions

* Mihalis I. Tsoukalos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030822 18:07]: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 04:23:08PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > > Hi, > > > > * Mihalis I. Tsoukalos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030822 16:16]: > > > Dear list, > > > > > > I hav

Re: Checking what's installed

* Piers Kittel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030825 11:25]: > Hello all > > Am installing Debian on a 486 laptop, and because I want to trim down > the installation as much as possible, how do I view a list of what's > installed by apt-get on the laptop? DSelect is useless as it marks some > stuff that

Re: Help me please with TAR

Hi, * Piotrek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030825 16:14]: > Hello, > > I am quite a new user of Debian, so my question would sound a little bit > stupid, but I've got a problem with TAR. I am using a testing version of > Debian. I have upgraded TAR to 1.13.25-5 version and as I try to unpack > tar.bz2

Re: Checking what's installed

* Kevin McKinley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030826 10:29]: > On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:12:59 +0900 > Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Am installing Debian on a 486 laptop, and because I want to trim down > > > the installation as much as p

Re: Kernel Upgrade Problems

* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030826 10:27]: linux-2.4 > > When I tried insmod 8139too (the module for the network card), I get a > number of unresolved symbol errors. What happens if you 'modprobe 8139too'? > Any ideas? Using insmod does nothing to sort out module dependencies. Usi

Re: Linux - CDR

Hi, * Li-Ren Zhou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030826 10:31]: > Hi, > > I'm somewhat new to linux in general. I'll keep this in mind. Firstly, please start a _new_ thread if you wish to start a new topic on this list. ie. write a fresh email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] rather than replying to an existing ema

Re: virus' on the list

* amg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030827 13:23]: > While browsing my inbox, which I only do every several days, I notice > messages from places such as "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (this was recently, I > received (or it was sent?) it: 03.08.28). > > I am wondering what this is. Did someone send a virus/worm/wh

Re: devfs backward compat. problem (solved)

Hi again, * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030829 14:36]: > Hi all, > > firstly please excuse possible line wrap problems and lack of my usual gpg > signature. I'm sending this via squirrel mail for reasons described below. Yay, no more web mail. > I'm running sid with a 2.6.0-test2 ker

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

* Jon Haugsand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030829 16:01]: > My Dell Latitude needs XFree 4.3, but I'm not sure how to get it for > my Woody laptop. Trying: > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free > deb http://people.debian.org/~mmagallo/packages/xfree86/i386/ ./ > > (

Re: devfs backward compat. problem (solved)

* Todd Pytel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030829 16:11]: > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:11:00 +0900 > Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The last line of > > this file must be malformed. I simply commented it out. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ 17% cat /e

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

* Jon Haugsand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030829 18:09]: > * Nick Hastings > > apt-get install xserver-xfree86 > > Why did it work to write: > > apt-get install x-window-system Because x-window-system is a meta-package that depends on x-window-system-core, which is another

Re: Alsa and Linux kernel 2.6.0-test4

Hi, * Kevin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030901 10:33]: > Hi- > > I just decided to switch from RedHat to Debian and so far am very > impressed. Another happy convert! > I purchased a Dell Dimension 4600 and installed Woody. I then > switched to unstable. I found Crafterm's site that had the

Re: Kernel 2.6

Hi, * Sridhar M.A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030901 10:36]: > I thought of trying out the 2.6.0-test4 kernel. I noticed a couple of > problems with it which I am giving below. > >2. In /etc/modutils, I have an alias for my nic as > alias eth0 8139too > > If I do a modprobe eth0,

Re: Hi, how can I add a key map to show the desktop under gnome&sawfish?? Thanks

* Zhao You Bing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030901 10:36]: > I know that under RedHat there is a CTRL-ALT-D and it's very convenient. > > Anyone can give me a point? Run run sawfish-ui and set up the keybinding. Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c2 i686 GNU/Linux pgp

Re: Gnome 2.2 on Sid (not Sis)

Hi, * Hooman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030901 15:45]: > Hi, > I upgraded my Woody to Sid using apt-get. After > installation finished I feel that Gnome has some > missing parts (some icons are obviously missing). Can you be more specific. What exactly is missing? In case you didn't know, many "thing

Re: Duplicating installs across the network

* Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030902 09:51]: > The migration of my lab is nearly complete. The two servers are happily > running Woody and so far I have one workstation running Sid, and I even managed > to get VMWare installed and running properly on it. The last I need to do is > get pr

Re: XFree86 Version 4.3.0 Configuration- No DFP detected

Hi, firstly, please don't post such huge log files to the list unless asked. * Punit Ahluwalia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030902 13:14]: > I upgraded to kernel 2.4.20 and to Xfree86-4.3.0 When I startx I get > blank screen for a while and the system returns to console with two > errors: > 1. No DFP

Re: Internet connection sharing with WinXP: DNS problem

Good evening (or perhaps morning where you are), * J?rg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030902 16:56]: > There are only two IP's listed in the details field. My own one > (Client-IP) and the dial-in server's (Server-IP). No DNS listed :( > > But anyhow: I have set some "important" IP adresses to

Re: XFree86 Version 4.3.0 Configuration- No DFP detected

* Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030902 17:23]: > Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Ok, X could not find your mouse. There seems to be no /dev/psaux. > > ...nor /dev/gpmdata Actually the log XF86

Re: KDE3

* Huw Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030904 09:41]: > Is there a moderately easy way to get KDE upgraded to KDE3? I've tried > pointing sources to the kde.org site, updating and upgrading but that > gives me a few dozen "held back" apps and no KDE3. I tried removing > with purge kde* and art* and then

Re: Xserver

* J Y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030905 16:30]: > Hi I am new to debian, but have used those big commercial distros. > I installed 3.0 but am not having any luck getting X to start. I reinstalled several > times taking a lot of time checking the packages. But login just leaves me at the > command line. I

Re: why my exim service can not be launch ??

Hi, * jojo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030528 00:54]: > > Hi , have anybody had met this problem ?? > Why my pc's exim service can not be launch ?? > Why it tips me: exim: neither action flags nor mail addresses given ??? > the attach file is the exim configuration of my pc. thanx ! > ##

Re: How to find version of XFree in Sarge?

Hi, * Jack Dodds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030528 12:41]: > Thanks for the explanation, Wim. I just did a net install of Woody on my > computer, and it's no good if I can't run X! So I'm wondering what > version of XFree86 is in Sarge. > > Is it Sarge that gives you version 4.2.1.1 ? > > If so, wo

Re: can anyone reccomend an app to ..

* David selby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030612 08:55]: > I have been given 2xcdroms of photoes in jpeg format from australia. I > would like to view them full screen scaled to the screen size and idealy > flick through them. > > I have tried various apps xzgv,gphoto, konqueror etc but I need an app > t

Re: ACPI HOWTO (draft #2)

Hi, * Martin Wuertele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030612 09:00]: > Emma Jane Hogbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For those who are interested I've got my second draft of an ACPI HOWTO > > online. > > > > http://xtrinsic.com/geek/articles/acpi.phtml > > > > Please feel free to let me know if you th

Re: Installing via Apt-Get From a CD?

* Nick Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030614 15:10]: > > * and then Christian Schoenebeck declared > > > just get's 'package not found'. > > > > > > Could someone put me on the right track please? > > > > Use 'apt-cdrom' to add all your Debian archive CDs you have and need (no > > matter if off

Re: choosing version of gcc to compile with

~/.kernel-pkg.conf maintainer := Nick Hastings email := [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC:=gcc-3.2 Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.4.20-acpi-looxt93c9 #1 Mon Jun 23 16:44:25 JST 2003 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: config X under woody -- SOLVED... and yet...

Hi Will, * will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021212 07:42]: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 02:20:18PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > > * will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021210 14:16]: > > > okay, i've gone thru > > > > > > XFree86 -configure

Re: can not start X - new install woody with ATI RADEON 7500

Hi, * Mingzhou Nie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021212 10:23]: > Hello, all, > > I'm a recent Linux user and decided to try on Debian. Installed "woody" and > installation process went just fine. However, I can not start x. > > My video card is ATI radeon 7500 / 64MB SDRAM. I understand woody comes with

Re: questions about mutt

* Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021212 15:44]: > Hi guys, > > Ever since i started using Linux, i have routinely been switching > between mutt, mozilla mail, and (more recently), evolution. Anyway, i > kind of like mutt a lot, but i have a few questions/concerns about it: > > 1) Using m

Re: questions about mutt

Hi, * Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021212 16:05]: > On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 03:56:55PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > > * Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021212 15:44]: > > > 1) Using mutt in X. Mutt is really really ugly in an xterm (or at > >

Re: imap with fetchmail-ssl?

* martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021216 07:53]: > also sprach Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.15.1428 +0100]: > > The main reason I switched to this technique was to remove one more > > cleartext password from my dotfiles. You might find it useful, though. > > how does that elimina

Re: Debian Business Cards

Hi, * Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030108 12:32]: > I found the link for the business cards from the Debian Weekly News (go > Martin!). > > What are some of the applications available to edit these files into my own > business cards? You can edit the .xcf file with the gimp. Nick. -- De

Re: Komodo Monitor

* Richard Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030110 10:01]: > I have the woody linux, Geforce video-card a Komodo 16" monitor 1280x1024 > @60HZ and error NO SCREEN Found. What should I do to get X to work. Read the log file to find out where it borked. less /var/log/XFree86.0.log BTW, how did you confi

Re: libqt-mt-dev ( was l )

* suresh kumar sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030110 10:18]: > hi, > I have a debian unstable on my sony vaio laptop . > I have acpi support in my kernel verion 2.4.20 . > I was trying to install Kacpi from source but > when I do ./configure I keep getting error > this error . > "checking for Qt... co

Re: Mouse Problems in X

Hi, * Travis Troyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020903 14:11]: > I have a Logitech 2 button optical USB mouse, with a wheel, and I cannot > get it to work properly in x. If I move the mouse around, the cursor > goes to the top-left corner, and bounces around that area. I have tried > different protoco

Re: Mouse Problems in X

Howdy Travis, * Travis Troyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020903 16:14]: > Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I followed what Nick Hastings > suggested, and found that when I tried to modprobe usbcore, hid, input, > or > mousedev, that it said they couldn't be located.

Re: Whatever happened to "Unidentified Subject!"

Hi, * Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020910 14:51]: > Paul Johnson wrote > > Whatever happened to Unidentified Subject lines that DU used to add to > > a blank subject line? If they're not coming back, how do you get > > procmail to filter against an empty subject line? > > You don't. From my .proc

Re: Whatever happened to "Unidentified Subject!"

* Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020910 18:18]: > On 0, Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > However, Baloo asks an interesting question. It would be nice to send > > emails with no subject to /dev/null. Anyone got a procmail rule for > > findi

Re: sort question

sort -n * Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020913 13:32]: > I have a csv file I would like to sort linewise like > > 1 text > 2 text > 3 text > . > . > . > 10 text > > How can I avoid the current sorting result > > 1 text > 10 text > 2 text > 3 text > . > . > . > > ? TIA

Re: http_proxy

Hi, * Jesse Goldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020917 19:45]: > > Hi, > > I'd like to upgrade my distribution with apt-get and I'm having a bit of > trouble getting it to work with our network http proxy server. I've looked > through the debian-user archive and, accordingly, have tried: > > http

Re: still more troubles with connecting for the update sources

Hi, * Scott B. Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021003 10:56]: > Hello there, > I am still having problems. I hand coded in the deb ftp.us.debian.or and > the rest of that line but it just refuses to connect with my modem. Just so > people know I am using dialup right now. Sounds like it could be a

Re: dpkg error (repost)

Hi Simon, * Simon Tod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031117 10:35]: > Hi. > I was in the process of purging a package when I > accidently killed the process. > > Now, when I try 'apt-get --purge remove ftape-util' I > get the error > > dpkg: error processing ftape-util (--purge): > Package is in a very

Re: missing package for kdebase?

Hi, * Robert L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031119 09:55]: > > > Due to a hard disk failure I am stuck rebuilding my wife's machine. > So far it's going great and the box is up and 90% there. All that's > left is installing kdebase + some support packages. When I try to > install kdebase I g

Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?

* Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031120 15:26]: > On 19 Nov 2003 at 10:37, Scarletdown wrote: > > > > > > On 19 Nov 2003 at 9:48, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > > > > Not only that, this is what it says in the release notes: > > > > > > At the current time, the nForce drivers require a 2.4 serie

Re: kernel 2.6

* David Palmer. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031127 13:29]: > On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:24:02 -0500 > Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Tom Allison wrote: > > > > > Is there a test package of kernel-image-2.6 ?? > > > > > > I thought I read once there was, but the search engine is down right > >

Re: HOWTO configure Debian Woody

* Roger Chrisman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031203 14:36]: > Googling my topic, I find, > http://www.maenad.net/geek/di8k-debian/node5.html > >"The way to reconfigure the X-server is by using dpkg (what else?). Do: > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 Thats right. >to reconfigure X. It

Re: Sound problems

Hi, * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031204 18:03]: > Greetings: > > I kinda wondering what happen with my sound, the thing is that whenever > I'm logged in as root the soun server work with out problem, but if I log > off and login as a regular user the sound desapear, and I end up with

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

Hi, * David Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031206 17:33]: > Mark, > > I laugh that you say it sounds geek. If anything, I am contra-geek, a > masters student in Theology with barely any technical know-how other > than how to slap a computer together. Oops, I think he meant to say "Greek" rather

Re: enable mouse in tty

Hi, * saravanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031216 16:45]: > hai, > i) how to enable mouse in tty? apt-get install gpm > ii) List me the debian package sites? (not OS, other utilities)(sites > like rpmfind.net) http://www.apt-get.org/ You're welcome :-\ Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twof

Re: Knoppix saving data

Hi, * Gruessle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031216 17:29]: > > I am trying to use the XFree86 config data from knoppix for Debian. Hmm. > The only place I could find where I can save data while in knoppix > was the desktop. > After exiting knoppix and going back to Debian I can't find the desktop. > I

Looking for a good Red Hat list also.

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Re: Where is the zope tutorial?

ied installing zope, zope-tinytable and squishdot from Woody and they all went in ok, but the new user problem was still present. Thanks, Nick. --====-- _ Nick Hastings /_/ .''''.

Re: Non-interactive password check

ssh-add. Nick. ---- _ Nick Hastings /_/ .''''. School of Physics, :O(_ ...' _ `.. The University of Melbourne \_\/_/

Re: SMP kernel

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Re: SMP kernel

Hi, * Greg Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020205 12:33]: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 04 February 2002 03:36 pm, Nick Hastings wrote: > > Hi, > > > >not sure what's available in potato but a quick check on a sid box

Zope in sid broken?

ctly 3 arguments (1 given)', , ()) -- 2002-02-06T06:38:26 PROBLEM(100) zdaemon zdaemon: Wed Feb 6 17:38:26 2002: The kid, 17881, died on me. ----

Re: Zope in sid broken?

Forgot the reference: 1. http://www.zope.org/Members/ajlouie/fastcgidebian * Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020206 17:41]: > Hi All, > >I upgraded my sid machine since I last played with zope (1 month ago?). > >Previously I was using apache with mod_rewrite

Re: xmms

dev/hdc (or where ever /dev/cdrom is linked to)? Nick. ---- _ Nick Hastings /_/ .''''

Re: question about Acrobat

.deb? Nick. ---- _ Nick Hastings /_/ .''''.. School of Physics, :O(_ ...' _ `.. The University of Melbourne \_\/_/

Re: Woody / kernel 2.4.17 compiled / sound i810_audio

* Fran?ois Chenais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020305 14:14]: > Hello, > > I have installed a kernel 2.4.17 by hand on my woody. Hand on your woody!? -- Debian 3.0 Linux onefish 2.4.18-lavienx #1 Tue Feb 26 17:37:42 EST 2002 i686 unknown

Re: Woody / kernel 2.4.17 compiled / sound i810_audio

sting distribution. Nick. > > On Tue, 05 Mar 2002 14:35:23 +1100 > Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > * Fran?ois Chenais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020305 14:14]: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have installed a kernel 2.4.17 by h

Re: apm strangeness

Hi Charles, * Charles Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020306 13:43]: > > --- Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Look in /proc. There should be an apm file there. > > If not, linux is NOT using > > apm. > > Okay, no /proc/apm but what could've killed it for > 2.4.17 ? It was working

Realplayer installer broken in sid?

Hi all, after a harddisk failure I reinstalled sid on one of my pcs. There were no big problems. However the it seems that the realplayer installer may now be broken. Here is what happens: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ 8% sudo apt-get install realplayer Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependenc

Re: Missing log file

past week. > Old logs are deleted periodically. Look at the man pages for logrotate and cron. Nick. ---- _ Nick Hastings /_/ .'&

Re: list all packages that are installed

--get-selections. More specifically; dpkg --get-selections | grep '\' | cut -f1 | sort ...for only he installed packages, in alaphabetical order. Nick. ----

Re: graphical lilo

an that , and are the same as for bmp-timer _except_ that all must be specified? Thanks, Nick. ---- _

kernel-patch-bootsplash for 2.6.8?

Hi all, following the most recent Debian weekly news, I decided to try to setup bootsplash. I added the appropriate source[1] to my apt sources but, it seems the kernel-patch-bootsplash package is a bit out of date since it doesn't appear[2] to supply patches for 2.6.8 kernels. I tried googlin

Missing ttys with udev

Hi all, I recently switched from devfs to udev. Everything is fine except that I now have no virtual consoles, only X. The device /dev/tty exists as do /dev/vc/tty/*, but there are no symbolic links like /dev/tty0 -> vc/0. Does anyone know what's going on here? I run a home made 2.6.8 kernel,

Re: x server configuration problems

Hi, * Sebastien Venot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041015 18:34]: > Hello everyone, > > i m new to Debian. I managed more or less to install debian successfully. > My problem is that i cannot change the resolution of my screen.it keeps the > size 800x600. > i would like to use the resolution 1027x768. >

Re: Missing ttys with udev

Hi, * Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041015 19:24]: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 15 October 2004 03:11 pm, Nick Hastings wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I recently switched from devfs to udev. Everything is fine except tha

Re: Missing ttys with udev

Hi dman, * Derrick Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041017 11:11]: > On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 06:41:12PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > | > | Hi all, > | > | I recently switched from devfs to udev. Everything is fine except that I > | now have no virtual consoles, only X. >

Recomended dual head video card

Hi all, for reasons I won't bother going into I'm about turn a server machine into a workstation (and perhaps occasional game machine). There are two nice 1280x1024 17 inch digital LCD displays available (Mitsubishi RTD179S) [1], so I thought I'd go out and get myself a nice dual head video c

Re: Recomended dual head video card

Hi, * Bill Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041008 06:44]: > On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Dana J. Laude wrote: > > > > > I have a matrox G450 that I picked off eBay for $35 and it works quite > > well and the price was right. It's a older card though, so for gaming > > I wouldn't really recommend it... alth

Re: problems with new apt-proxy

Hi, * Art Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041021 09:18]: > I have upgraded to the newest apt-proxy and things have become really > sl. I spend a lot of time [Waiting for headers]. Is there some > configuration that I'm missing? Sounds like you're experiencing a know bug (don't know the numbe

Re: procmail puzzle

* Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041021 11:39]: > > I'm trying to filterm ail form the evolution lists into a > sep. mailbox, but for some reason it's not working. I've looked over > the recipes I wrote & they seem exactly like the ones that DO work... > Can anyone tell me what's wrong with the

Re: Debian and Win XP

Hi, * Shane Clement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041021 13:35]: > I have a Toshiba Satellite A30 with Win XP installed. How > do I resize the ntfs file system since fips will not work > on it and the only ntfsresize I can find is set to run > under Linux. > > Given that I need to know how to make a boot

Re: SSH

Hi, * cmdrwoody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041022 10:36]: > Greeting all! > > I am trying to write a script that ssh to all the computers in my > school and perform automated tasks. For a machine say, p30, i can > just put ssh p30 in my script to execute that command. I > have public-key authenticat

Re: helix

* Jerome BENOIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041028 19:37]: > Hello List, > > how can we test the Sid helixplayer ? Install and run it. sudo apt-get install helix-player Nick. -- Debian 3.1 Linux twofish 2.6.9-looxt93c1 i686 GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: helix

Hi, * Jerome BENOIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041101 20:15]: > > David Dorward wrote: > > > You are looking at Helix Player, not RealPlayer. RealPlayer is a > > non-free derivative of Helixplayer which has extra codecs. The > > referenced page links to RealPlayer and a FAQ about the differences > > be

Dual head: no xinerama

Hi all, I'm running a matrox card with two identical monitors in dual head mode ("merged" in matrox jargon). I end up with a screen of 2560x1024 over the two displays. It works quite nicely. I understand that many window managers play well with a xinerama set up and do the things described in sec

Re: Dual head: no xinerama

Hi, * Asho Yeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041110 16:01]: > > I have a Quadro NVS200 and Matrox G400 DH with Xinerama worke well. I think you missed my point: I don't use xinerama nor do I want to. I'm using a dual head setup with a *single* matrox card. What I want is to somehow have my window manage

Re: Dual head: no xinerama

Hi, * Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041110 17:11]: > Once upon a time Nick Hastings said... > > > > I think you missed my point: I don't use xinerama nor do I want to. > > I'm using a dual head setup with a *single* matrox card. > > > >

Re: Dual head: no xinerama

Hi, * Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041110 19:15]: > Once upon a time Nick Hastings said... > > Hi, > > > > * Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041110 17:11]: > > > Once upon a time Nick Hastings said... > > > > > > &g

Re: Disabling access to SSH

* Mark Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041116 16:52]: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi All, > > I'm trying to restrict access to my ssh server from the outside to > allow only two IP adresses and the internal lan ofcourse. > And deny access to everyone else. > > People are tryi

Re: xfree86 4.3 installing on unstable

Hi, * Lukas Ruf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031219 16:46]: > Dear all, > > is there any way to install xfree 4.3 on my Debian unstable box > without switching to experimental? I think you may have a misunderstanding about the experimental archive. The experimental archive is _not_ a fully self containe

Re: Trouble compiling 2.4.21 kernel

Hi, * Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030626 12:48]: > I just downloaded the new kernel-source-2.4.21-1 package. When I unpacked it > and tried 'make xconfig', I got this: > > rm -f include/asm > ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) > make -C scripts kconfig.tk > make[1]: Entering directory

Re: grip & ide-scsi & ripping

* Lukas Ruf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030627 11:11]: > A very strange is happening to me when I try to rip a CD: > > - I can read the CD, i.e. grip can display all the tracks and can play > the sound > > - but I cannot make grip rip the CD -- why? Have read the manual for grip? Have you successful

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