Re: More detailed post ...

2003-02-10 Thread Nick Hastings
I do) screw up and CC the poster when we shouldn't or, reply off instead of onlist but this occurs only occasionally. If the majority of us can follow the protocol, why should lists.debian.org change their setup because a few people are lazy with their email? Nick. -- Debian testin

Re: importing audio cassettes

2003-02-13 Thread Nick Hastings
microphone" input in you computer/sound card? If yes, then you just need a program that will record from /dev/dsp. Try: apt-cache search record dsp Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.20-lavienx #1 Mon Jan 6 17:03:01 JST 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

Re: mounting sound cdroms

2003-02-14 Thread Nick Hastings
ly you don't mount audio cds. Most programs just look the device eg /dev/cdrom. What happens if you use the -v flag as suggested. Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.20-lavienx #1 Mon Jan 6 17:03:01 JST 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: kmix doesn't show anything

2003-02-14 Thread Nick Hastings
t; that the sound is too low and i can't use kmix to change the volume. i > just open it but it doesn't show anything. maybe it's some permission > problems, but i don't know what to change. As root kmix works perfectly. > could someone help. thanks You need to have

Re: Package cleanup following demise of /usr

2003-02-16 Thread Nick Hastings
So it might be best to put the package list in a file, and edit out the packages that apt-get complains about. eg 1. dpkg --get-selections | grep -w install > pkg.txt 2. apt-get install --reinstall `cat pkg.txt` 3. Delete entries in pkg.txt, go back to 2. Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable

Re: Backup MX server

2003-02-16 Thread Nick Hastings
]> [030217 12:56]: > > Can you recommend one that's easy to configure/setup ? exim Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.20-lavienx #1 Mon Jan 6 17:03:01 JST 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Using multiple keys with ssh-agent

2003-02-16 Thread Nick Hastings
ype > >ssh -i id_dsa_pine remote Maybe I'm missing something but surely it would be easier to just have the one key and then just run ssh remote pine -i Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.20-lavienx #1 Mon Jan 6 17:03:01 JST 2003 i686 unknown unkno

Re: Using multiple keys with ssh-agent

2003-02-17 Thread Nick Hastings
* Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030217 17:01]: > On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Nick Hastings wrote: > > > Maybe I'm missing something but surely it would be easier to just have > > the one key and then just run > > > > ssh remote pine -i > > I could

Re: Using multiple keys with ssh-agent

2003-02-17 Thread Nick Willson
On 2003-02-16 23:49, Bill Moseley wrote: > On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Nick Hastings wrote: > > > Maybe I'm missing something but surely it would be easier to just have > > the one key and then just run > > > > ssh remote pine -i > > I could only get that to wo

Re: Problem compileing

2003-09-07 Thread Nick Hastings
* setty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030908 10:11]: > The error i get is "checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt > 3.0.3) (library qt-mt) not found. Please check your installation! Perhaps the following? apt-get install libqt-mt-dev Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable

Re: Modconf for 2.6 kernel

2003-09-08 Thread Nick Hastings
to build module-init-tools tools from source rather than just use the binaries? Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c2 i686 GNU/Linux pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: mutt tips

2003-09-09 Thread Nick Willson
to use, please do tell me) Is there a way of having > mutt tell this to emacs? This works for me - In .muttrc: set editor="emacs -nw --no-init-file --load ~nick/.emacs-mail +7:0" In .emacs-mail: ( setq auto-mode-alist ( cons '("/tmp/mutt.*$" . post-mo

Re: Getting a wireless card to work play with debian

2003-09-10 Thread Nick Hastings
oading modules by hand you should use modprobe instead of insmod (eg. /sbin/modprobe 8211). Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c3 i686 GNU/Linux pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: boot, init and config

2003-09-11 Thread Nick Hastings
all but I would like my mutella program to > start of immediatly and stay on. You need a script in /etc/init.d/. Then you need to make a symlink to /etc/rc2.d/ (assuming you use the default runlevel). Have a look at /etc/inittab. Also "man init". Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testin

Re: xdm setup

2003-09-16 Thread Nick Hastings
xdm or dpkg-reconfigure -plow xdm If you can't set what you want with dpkg-reconfigure, then try editing the files in /etc by hand. Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c3 i686 GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: failed upgrade to unstable... libxrender1

2003-09-17 Thread Nick Hastings
ause it is trying to divert (man 8 dpkg-divert) a file to a location that is already used. You seem to have two versions of libxrender installed (version 1 and 1.1). Perhaps you should remove one of them. Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c3 i686 GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: remap caps lock key to control

2003-09-18 Thread Nick Hastings
I think this is a more portable/better solution since it does not require that Caps Lock aways has the same code. And yes, "Control (Caps Lock) + a" works as expected. Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c3 i686 GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: Digital signature

ATI drivers 3.2.5, kernel 2.6-test4 and modules

2003-09-18 Thread Nick Lidakis
I have been trying my hardest to get ATI's 3.2.5 driver (the 3.2.5 are supposed to be kernel 2.6 compatible) module to compile with kernel 2.6-test4 on my Debian unstable box. I have read the kernel doc's concerning modules, but I can't seem to figure out what I am doing wrong. I don't have any

Re: why won't 2.6.0-test4 compile\

2003-09-18 Thread Nick Hastings
; in some other way (or, perhaps better, set the CC variables from the > shell)? I set the compiler by putting the following in my .kernel-pkg.conf CC:=gcc-3.2 Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c3 i686 GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: ATI drivers 3.2.5, kernel 2.6-test4 and modules

2003-09-19 Thread Nick Lidakis
Mental Patient wrote: Lots of stuff changed from 2.4 to 2.6 and the ati drivers arent' totally prepared for it. Zinx on #ati (freenode) has a port that I'm using with my ATI 9800 + 2.6.0-test5. You can get it here: http://zinx.xmms.org/misc/tmp/fglrx-module-3.2.5-for-2.6.0-test.tar.gz Nothing

Re: modconf under 2.6.0-testn

2003-09-21 Thread Nick Hastings
f, any suggestions? Modconf doesn't work with kernels > 2.5. Just use modprobe. Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c3 i686 GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Source file for at.c

2003-09-25 Thread Nick Hastings
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030923 15:00]: > > > apt-get source at > > thanks for this! Extremely easy solution, but still I did not find it > using man pages or Google :-( man apt-get Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-

Re: 2.6.0-test4, ALSA and Ensoniq 1371 sound card

2003-09-28 Thread Nick Hastings
> I compiled all the sound modules into my kernel and diddled about > with the /etc/devs/conf.d/alsa adding entries to try to force it to add > /dev/sound/mixer, etc but no avail Are you sure you compiled in everything? What is the output of grep MIXER /boot/config-`uname -r` Nick. --

Re: rpm packages - alien

2003-10-02 Thread Nick Hastings
Have you done an "apt-get update" recently? 2. What is in your /etc/apt/sources.list Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c3 i686 GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Automated delayed installation of security updates - Any thoughts on how to do?

2003-10-02 Thread Nick Jenson
er to face a problem, so I'm suspecting that someone else has had this problem previously, and if I'm very lucky maybe even found a solution to it. If so, please let me know what you found or ended up doing, or if you have any thoughts on how to accomplish this ple

db2 DARI

2003-10-05 Thread Nick Willson
eip = b; cs = 0; ss = 9580; eflags = 1; Stack Trace: dladdr of address 0xb failed, dlerror = "(null)" Local symbol from file "/lib/libc.so.6" cannot be found dladdr of address 0x8060b10 failed, dlerror = "(null)" *** End

Re: wine

2003-10-06 Thread Nick Hastings
ollowing will list the relevant available packages apt-cache search freetype I suspect you need to install the freetype2 package. Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c3 i686 GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to manage services?

2003-10-07 Thread Nick Hastings
* Sudeep Mukherjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031008 10:17]: > Hi > > I want to disable some services, e.g., Samba. What is the Debian way > to do it? Since no one seems to have mentioned it sofar, I will; rcconf. This is a front end to update-rc.d. Cheers, Nick. -- Debian test

Re: Unidentified subject!

2003-10-09 Thread Nick Hastings
Ahh, interesting doesn't sound like a gas burner at all. But it doesn't sound like your OS is Linux either. > Can you please help. i would really appreciate it. rosa Please post your question to a Windows or barbecue list. HTH, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofis

Re: How do I prevent User 'A' from seeing User 'B' /home contents

2003-10-12 Thread Nick Hastings
27;m thinking > > that I have to change the groups they are in, is that correct? > > chmod 700 /home/* Do _not_ do this. You don't want everything to be executable. You just want to remove read permission for everyone except the owner. To do that: chmod -R go-r /home Nick. --

Re: How do I prevent User 'A' from seeing User 'B' /home contents

2003-10-13 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031014 10:42]: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 05:23:44PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > > * Ryan Nowakowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031012 16:56]: > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 10:53:46AM -0500, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > > >

Re: tetex on unstable: dvips (5.92b) -Ppdf problem

2003-10-14 Thread Nick Hastings
hem from either latex or tex documents with pdflatex or pdftex. HTH, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test7-looxt93c2 i686 GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: cd's listing

2002-10-07 Thread Nick Hastings
h X and friends. Or if you plan on having your machine on a fast network, just down load the "minimal CD"[1]. The use the "apt-get" tool to download and install the specific packages that you want. Cheers, Nick. 1. http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ -- Debian unstable/experi

Re: DEFAULT WINDOW MANAGER

2002-10-07 Thread Nick Hastings
will let you set the default wm for your machine. Or just for you, try putting "exec wmaker" in ~/.xsession or ~/.Xclients HTH Nick. -- Debian unstable/experimental Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: change modem serial port

2002-10-08 Thread Nick Hastings
zone will give you more detailed help in a couple of hours :-) Cheers, Nick. -- Debian unstable/experimental Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debian emacs policy and configuring mutt

2002-10-08 Thread Nick Hastings
ditors on your system and let you change/chose the default one. Basically, the above command just changes the sym links pointing to and from /etc/alternatives. do an "ls /etc/alternatives" to see all the things that can be configured in this fashion. Cheers, Nick. -- Debian unstabl

Re: Shutting down X

2002-10-09 Thread Nick Hastings
to turn X off while I do so. If you use xdm: /etc/init.d/xdm stop for gdm /etc/init.d/gdm stop Nick. -- Debian unstable/experimental Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: Debian Linux Compatability

2002-10-14 Thread Nick Hastings
e to run Windows from Debian. To do this you need to use some sort of virtual machine like VMware, but I guess this is going a little bit further than what you want. Nick. -- Debian unstable/experimental Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

Re: Debian Linux Compatability

2002-10-14 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * Claudio Bley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021015 00:34]: > On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 16:50, Nick Hastings wrote: > > > > As other posters have stated, you can install and run either. More > > specifically you can _boot_ to either. You can not "run Debian _from_ >

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Nick Traxler
Just one thing--back up /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 before you install 4.2. I've apt-gotten 2 revisions from unstable, and it overwrote my XF86Config both times. Pretty annoying. -- Nick This one time, at band camp, Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka said: > Me.I'm using it for some time and it&#

Re: X 4.1.0 - is there gatos code?

2002-10-25 Thread nick lidakis
X4.1 does not support the 7500 at all, you need 4.2. The gatos drivers for 4.2 are superior to those included with X, esp if you need to do any Xv. Mike Just out of curiosity, do they plan to merge this code into the Xfree tree? Is there any reason why one has to go looking for thi

Re: Speed

2002-10-28 Thread nick lidakis
nate wrote: C. Brewer said: Debian 3.0= 47secs not sure what kinda computer you have but i don't even get to my LILO prompt for at least 30 seconds from power on. nate I just purchased a Solek 75drv5-c motherboard. One of the reasons I settled on this board were for it's insanl

Re: Speed

2002-10-28 Thread nick lidakis
C. Brewer wrote: The following may be unappetizing to trolls: - From power on to KDE- Mandrake 8.1=1min 52secs RedHat 7.1= 1min 35secs Debian 3.0= 47secs (with setups as close as possible by distro) Debian Unstabe 32 seconds to XDM (with having to press enter at the lilo multi-boot prom

Re: parted boot CD

2002-11-04 Thread Nick Traxler
images from the official parted > site (www.gnu.org/software/parted) but as there's two of them I'm not > quite sure how I'd go about making them into a bootable CD. Any > suggestions? TIA. I know for a fact that parted can resize a ro-mounted partition, because I did

Re: parted boot CD

2002-11-04 Thread Nick Traxler
ap files as well as swap partitions? Not at the time I did it. I still like having it seperate from the filesystem though. -- Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to add "testing" source to my apt.conf?

2002-11-05 Thread Nick Hastings
add a url, so I can use Synaptic to get .debs. Hmm, never used synaptic. Just now looked at it and see it's just a gui front end to apt... so what I've said above should work. Cheers, Nick. -- Debian unstable/experimental Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686

Re: choice of software

2002-11-07 Thread Nick Traxler
quot;acquire" ROMs, you can play the real Metroid. I never had a console as a kid, so that was a pretty fun way to spend a few evenings. -- Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bloody bleeding edge unstable error 2 many times

2002-11-13 Thread Nick Croft
e thing. Tried the toys: synaptic, deity, aptitude. Tried --force-all-sorts-of-things. A friend suggested 'intuitively' manually editing files in /var/lib/dpkg. Any directions, maybe? Usually brokenness gets fixed after a few days. Nick === Error

Re: Root can't login (but can in single user mode)

2002-11-15 Thread Nick Mitchell
ects root logins. > > Is there anyone that can give me a hint on where to look? > > Thanks, > Xaveer > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is it possible for you to l

Re: Debian installation: monitor/videocard problem

2002-11-18 Thread Nick Hastings
ure xserver-xfree86 Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: remove or install a broken package

2002-11-19 Thread Nick Hastings
important line. Did you rm it? Try touch /etc/init.d/ipmasq and then apt-get remove ipmasq again. HTH, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: simple (hopefully obvious) question + thankyou

2002-11-25 Thread Nick Hastings
ib/modules/kernel-release -name sb.o return? Where "kernel-release" is whatever uname -r returned. Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: Books on Debian

2002-11-25 Thread Nick Hastings
gs for both .rpm and .deb based systems. Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: need help with mailfolders

2002-11-25 Thread Nick Hastings
ack;( In emacs: M-x unrmail > Can someone pls help? The above command can be found in the Emacs manual. Help -> Read the Emacs Manual Then middle click on "Rmail" Then middle click on "Out of Rmail" Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavie

Re: simple (hopefully obvious) question + thankyou

2002-11-26 Thread Nick Hastings
mething like apt-get install kernel-image-2.2.20 Or, if you are feeling brave install a 2.4 series kernel. Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cannot open /dev/dsp (permission denied)??

2002-11-27 Thread Nick Hastings
sers read permission to that file, but this time, it tells > me that "cannot not open /dev/dsp(device not exists)", but I am sure > it exists. Anyone can help me ? thanks! Are you really sure it exists? What is the output of: ls -l /dev/dsp Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux

Re: Autoload Modules

2002-11-27 Thread Nick Hastings
at file do I have to edit to autoload the module? Well, I don't know about "auto load", but you you can load it at boot by adding it to /etc/modules. echo sis900 >> /etc/modules or you can, run modconf, navigate through the menus and install it, and I believe modconf will

Re: two different netenvs (work and home)

2002-11-27 Thread Nick Hastings
ou any hints there. What I can say is that I use my laptop with three different static IPs, two very different DHCP servers and with ppp over a modem. I found that the package "switchconf" handles changing the configurations like a champ. So: apt-cache show switchconf. HTH, Nick. -- D

Re: compile 2.4.19 kernel,.. the debian way?

2002-11-27 Thread Nick Hastings
nel-image-2.4.19-386? \ linux-wlan-ng-modules-2.4.19-386 \ linux-wlan-ng > > I would appreciate any help/info or guidence in this area, also any > current good reading material on `proper' kernel compiling,... the debian way. Have a look at the Debian manual at the debian.org. Che

Re: dselect trying to remove newer stuff in favor of older stuff

2002-11-27 Thread Nick Hastings
wer the prompts. Install apt-listchanges, it doesn't do exactly what you want, but after an upgrade it will email you a list of all the upgraded packages, and relevant log entries. As, they say, apt-get into it. Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58

Re: how to make hda become hdb?

2002-11-28 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021129 16:53]: > > I have debian installed on /dev/hda, how can I switch this hard drive to > become /dev/hdb? I'm anything but a hardware expert, but I suspect you need to switch the ide cables on each disk. Nick. -- Deb

Re: audio cd

2002-12-03 Thread Nick Hastings
le I have: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root8 2000-11-08 18:13 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdc brw-rw-rw-1 root disk 22, 0 2002-05-13 18:06 /dev/hdc Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU

Re: .Xresources file

2002-12-03 Thread Nick Hastings
with the xrdb command, I am trying to understand what's > going on here. Can anyone tell me why this doesn't get executed everytime I > log into my machine? Troll through the /etc/X11/*dm scripts and you should be able to work out what is going on. Try something like: cd /

Re: audio cd

2002-12-03 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * Bruce Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021204 14:04]: > Nick, > > I took myself off the disk group. I see your point in how dangerous that > can become. > You stated you have this: > >lrwxrwxrwx1 root root8 2000-11-08 18:13 /dev/cdrom -> >

Re: audio problem restated

2002-12-03 Thread Nick Hastings
the hard was tell xmms to use a diffent output plugin or apt-get install libmikmod2 > Would that error possible cause all this nuisance? Well it sure is causing a problem. But please just ditch xmms for now. Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 ES

Re: .Xresources file

2002-12-03 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021204 14:23]: > heya, > > iirc, .Xresources is deprecated in favor of .Xdefaults. Hmm, I thought it was the other way around .Xdefaults deprecated... anyway I always make one a symlink to the other. Just my 2 yen, Nick. -- Debian t

Re: audio cd

2002-12-04 Thread Nick Hastings
HI Bruce, * Bruce Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021205 11:03]: > Nick, > > It seems you are absolutely correct about using cdplay. It's better to > concentrate on the initial source of the problem rather than use XMMS and > see if that's the problem. This is how yo

Re: audio problem restated

2002-12-04 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi * Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021205 10:57]: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 02:17:20PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > > > > * Bruce Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021204 14:13]: > > I don't think it's a group related problem. When I run XMMS from the shell,

Re: Why make-kpkg? What and Where is apt-src?

2002-12-05 Thread Nick Hastings
at is in your sources.list? Did you run "apt-get update"? ... apt-src _is_ the name of the package so you should be able to just do "apt-get install apt-src". Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unkno

Re: Dialout for "normal" users

2002-12-06 Thread Nick Hastings
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

procmail log dies

2002-12-06 Thread Nick Croft
Every now and then, procmail seems to stop logging incoming mail. Having googled and run procdiag.sh, my final move was to changes the VERBOSE=no to VERBOSE=yes and voila it logs again. Wonder how come a) it stops b) it starts with this setting. Nici -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: procmail log dies

2002-12-07 Thread Nick Croft
Every now and then, procmail seems to stop logging incoming mail. Having googled and run procdiag.sh with no cure, my final move was to changed the VERBOSE=no to VERBOSE=yes and voila it logs again. Wonder how come a) it stops without warning b) it starts with this setting. Nick -- To

Re: config X under woody -- trubble

2002-12-09 Thread Nick Hastings
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-lavi

Re: make-kpkg detects wrong processor type

2003-08-05 Thread Nick Hastings
le configuration just copy it to /usr/src/linux/.config (or wherever your kernel source lives). Have you looked at the docs in /usr/share/doc/kernel-package? Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test1-looxt93c7 i686 GNU/Linux pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

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

2003-08-07 Thread Nick Hastings
* 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-looxt9

Re: apt and changelogs

2003-08-09 Thread Nick Hastings
.Debian.gz how about making a one line script: #!/bin/sh zless /usr/share/doc/$1/changelog.Debian.gz Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test1-looxt93c7 #1 Thu Jul 31 17:37:06 JST 2003 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to connect to the Internet via Gnome?

2003-08-14 Thread Nick Hastings
up has _nothing_ to do with gnome, however once you do have it set up you may be able to run pon/poff with some gnome applet or such. To find if such a thing exists do: apt-cache search ppp gnome Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test1-looxt93c7 i686 GNU/Linux pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Problem with rebooting or shutting down the system

2003-08-19 Thread Nick Hastings
dm. HowTo: apt-get install gdm ( or apt-get install kdm) Note: If you are already using gdm or kdm but see no reboot or halt option, then you need to reconfigure them. For example try "dpkg-reconfigure -plow gdm". If this does not work, you can configure gdm with its own gui: "

Re: Best way to upgrade a single app

2003-08-20 Thread Nick Hastings
d if someone else has already backported it. I just checked and it seems you are in luck. Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c1 i686 GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X11 with different keyboards

2003-08-20 Thread Nick Hastings
board switch Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c1 i686 GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: postfix + mutt questions

2003-08-22 Thread Nick Hastings
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

2003-08-22 Thread Nick Hastings
indows2000 server o/s. > i would like you to kindly help me out how to configure the mail > server > step-b-step . > kindly do the needfull I was just reading the BOHF articles, but this really takes the cake! ROTFLOL! Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-

Re: postfix + mutt questions

2003-08-22 Thread Nick Hastings
* 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

2003-08-25 Thread Nick Hastings
as it marks some > stuff that hasn't been installed as to be installed. dpkg -l | grep ^ii or dpkg --get-selections | grep -w install | cut -f1 Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c1 i686 GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Help me please with TAR

2003-08-25 Thread Nick Hastings
You are correctly using the "j" flag to call bzip2 to decompress the file before untaring it. The error seems to indicate that bzip2 is not installed on your system. Solution: install it! apt-get install bzip2 Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c

Re: Checking what's installed

2003-08-26 Thread Nick Hastings
* 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

2003-08-26 Thread Nick Hastings
sort out module dependencies. Using modprobe does. > Hope I have given enough information! Providing specific error messages is always best. Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c1 i686 GNU/Linux pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Linux - CDR

2003-08-26 Thread Nick Hastings
ds to mp3's or oggs can be done with grip. Cheers, Nick. PS. Both xcdroast and grip are just gui front ends to lower level tools (cdda2wav, cdrecord, oggenc etc.). Once you become more familiar with linux you may find it easier to use these tools directly. -- Debian testing/unstable Linu

Re: virus' on the list

2003-08-27 Thread Nick Hastings
. Did someone send a virus/worm/whatever to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] A virus/worm/whatever was sent to someone at winram.com. The email "From:" header was faked to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] The virus was found and a stupid automatic reply was sent to the address shown in the "From:" he

Re: devfs backward compat. problem (solved)

2003-08-29 Thread Nick Hastings
sound/oss/sndstat /dev/sndstat Any devfs experts know how to fix this line properly? Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c2 i686 GNU/Linux pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-29 Thread Nick Hastings
allo/packages/xfree86/i386/ ./ > > (And I did do an 'apt-get update'.) > > Any suggestions? The package name is xserver-xfree86, so: apt-get install xserver-xfree86 Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c2 i686 GNU/Linux pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: devfs backward compat. problem (solved)

2003-08-29 Thread Nick Hastings
* 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?

2003-08-29 Thread Nick Hastings
* 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

2003-09-01 Thread Nick Hastings
to load other modules? I was using alsa modules with no problems with 2.6.0-test1 and 2.6.0-test3. My current kernel (2.6.0-test3) has alsa compiled in (not as modules) and works without a hitch. Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c2 i686 GNU/Linux pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Kernel 2.6

2003-09-01 Thread Nick Hastings
nt to do this every time. How do I automate this as in > 2.4.22? echo "8139too" >> /etc/modules Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c2 i686 GNU/Linux pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

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

2003-09-01 Thread Nick Hastings
* 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-loox

Re: Gnome 2.2 on Sid (not Sis)

2003-09-01 Thread Nick Hastings
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: Installing Debian on IBM Thinkpad X24

2003-09-01 Thread Nick Lidakis
Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: So I got myself one of these nifty things. It's really nice but it won't be perfect until I can get Debian on it. The problem is doesn't have a floppy or cd drive. I did notice it can boot from the network. Would it be possible to do some kind of TFTP type deal? It's ru

Re: Duplicating installs across the network

2003-09-02 Thread Nick Hastings
the boxes, put the disks in the machine with the OS and "dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb". What could be easier? Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c2 i686 GNU/Linux pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: XFree86 Version 4.3.0 Configuration- No DFP detected

2003-09-02 Thread Nick Hastings
-reconfigure -plow xserver-xfree86 Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test3-looxt93c2 i686 GNU/Linux pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

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