Mozilla and Enigmail

2003-02-19 Thread will
. I just wondered if anyone had solved this problem, or had experienced it, or if I should submit a bug report. I am using stable but have installed the testing version of gpg to no avail. Will -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: Mozilla and Enigmail

2003-02-23 Thread will
Michael Bona wrote: Yup, used to have the same problem. Has something to do with Debian Mozilla being compiled with different gcc then Enigmail. Solution: Get Enigmail for Debian, available on http://enigmail.mozdev.org/download.html look for Debian. Thanks, That works great :-) Will

Dselect

1998-03-07 Thread Will
Ok. I'm new w/ linux (had it for 3 days) and have a little problem. Whenever I try to use DSELECT to install programs i've downloaded, it asks for the "package" file in addition to the *.deb files. What's wrong?? Thanx a lot Will -- E-mail the word "unsubs

The net

1998-03-07 Thread Will
:::Another Newbie Question::: What software would I need to connect to my ISP? And where could I find it? Thank you. P.S. I knew a lot about computers 'till I wondered what Linux was -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail

Another Newbie question

1998-03-07 Thread Will
Were could I find a list of basic Linux commands? (ie. Linux equivs. of DOS's TYPE, PRINT, ect.) Thanx again -- :::The more you know...The less you know::: :::If it jams, force it...If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway::: --Murphy -- E-ma

Commands

1998-03-07 Thread Will
Were could I find a list of basic Linux commands? (ie. Linux equivs. of DOS's TYPE, PRINT, ect.) Thanx again -- :::The more you know...The less you know::: :::If it jams, force it...If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway::: --Murphy -- E-

Floppy's and "X"

1998-03-07 Thread Will
Ok. I'm new here. First, I have all these nifty programs sitting on msdos floppys, but I can't find out how to access the floppies to run dpkg. (yes I have MSDOS compat. installed, yes, I'm reading every FAQ I can find) also, does debian come with a X windows program? If not, where can I find a

Commands

1998-03-07 Thread Will
Ok. when I use the man or apropos commands I get a "bad command" kind of error. Any ideas? -- :::The more you know...The less you know::: :::If it jams, force it...If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway::: --Murphy -- E-mail the word "unsubs

Problem

1998-03-07 Thread Will
Ok. when I use the man or apropos commands I get a "bad command" kind of error. Any ideas? -- :::The more you know...The less you know::: :::If it jams, force it...If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway::: --Murphy -- E-mail the word "unsub

*.gz files

1998-03-07 Thread Will
Quick Newbie Question: What are *.gz files? And what can I do to read/print/view them? -- :::The more you know...The less you know::: :::If it jams, force it...If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway::: --Murphy -- E-mail the word "unsubscri

Re: automating sa-learn via cyrus mailbox?

2004-08-28 Thread will
On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 12:01:44PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > >we're running cyrus21 and exim4 for email services, and would > >like to automate the "sa-learn" feature system-wide. > > > >so why not create a "user.spam&quo

"The world's most effective spam filter"

2004-08-28 Thread will
On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 09:08:00PM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > The world's most effective spam filter: > > while :; do sleep 1 > /var/mail/$USER; done how about halt ? :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Debian unstable - tracking the latest Firefox release?

2021-09-19 Thread Will
Greetings, I'm on Debian unstable. Firefox is currently stuck on 88.x. Was there a reason unstable wasn't tracking against later releases? The latest release for Firefox is - AFAICT - version 92. Not in a rush to get to version 92, but I've noticed it's lagged behind recently. :) Thanks, -W

Re: Debian unstable - tracking the latest Firefox release?

2021-09-19 Thread Will
Kumaran wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19 2021 at 03:51:17 PM, Will wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I'm on Debian unstable. Firefox is currently stuck on 88.x. Was there a > > reason unstable wasn't tracking against later releases? The latest > release > >

Gnome default application reset after apt-get upgrade

2021-12-13 Thread Will
Greetings, This has been an annoyance/issue for a while - at least for me - and I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this? The problem: after an apt-get update/upgrade, the Default Applications for "Web" in Gnome will somehow switch to Thunderbird from Firefox through no dire

Print drivers for Canon Imageprograf Pro-300?

2021-04-11 Thread Will
generic Postcript Level 3, CUPS, or similar driver for it I may end up contacting the Turbo Print folks to see if they're working on a pro-300 driver, but I figured it couldn't hurt to hit up this list as well. :) Thanks in advance, Will

Utilites for probing blu-ray/dvd drive?

2018-10-09 Thread Will
re as well? Any pointers are appreciated. :) Thanks, Will

Re: xcircuit in debian testing

2006-06-20 Thread Will
According to http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xcircuit.html , the maintainer of xcircuit has abandoned the package...so yeah, that might be an issue.  But it also said that the package was never entered into testing becuse of bugs, and because it says that it never had an older version in testing. O

Re: immigrate Debian from an older disk to a newer one?

2006-06-23 Thread Will
idea.  Someone correct me if I'm completely off. Of course the best method is to install from scratch.On 6/21/06, Peter Colton <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:hello Wei,Have look at the link below, I have not tryed out this method yet but I will be in the near future. You cou

Re: Documentation for xorg in etch?

2006-06-23 Thread Will
Try dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorgAs for documentation...I'm not quite sure.And from my experience, xorg.conf is the same as XF86Config-4.On 6/21/06, Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've recently upgraded from sarge to etch. Everything worked more orless painlessly. However I would l

Update to Sid, and cannot compile Nvidia module; PIC mode?

2016-10-28 Thread Will
r version 367.44. -> There appears to already be a driver installed on your system (version: 367.44). As part of installing this driver (version: 367.44), the existing driver will be uninstalled. Are you sure you want to continue? (Answer: Continue installation) -> Would you like

Re: Update to Sid, and cannot compile Nvidia module; PIC mode?

2016-10-29 Thread Will
Hey Dirk. Thank you! That worked, it compiles! And I don't have to get my hands dirty with a patch. :) On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 9:11 PM, Dirk Laebisch wrote: > > Anyone else run into this on Sid very recently? Any hints or pointers? > > Yup. > Providing some compile flags in: > /usr/src/linux

apt-get install: unmet dependencies

2006-04-14 Thread will
ll Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: sendmail-bin Suggested packages: sendmail-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: sendmail-bin 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove a

cron.daily/exim: "failed to open DB file..." what's this about?

2003-02-17 Thread will trillich
i get this daily in my cron reports--and i'm not sure where to fix it (or if it needs fixing): /etc/cron.daily/exim: failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: Invalid argument failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp: Invalid argument run-pa

KERNEL: assertion (newsk->state...) failed

2003-02-17 Thread will trillich
> fixperms.sh And copy that to the broken machine and run "sh fixperms". It might not fix all files, unless the two hosts are nearly equal, but enough to let you find the missing ones to fix by hand. Maybe /home/* will need special care. Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceF

Re: Setting progs at a runlevel

2003-02-17 Thread will trillich
newbies rcconf - Debian Runlevel configuration tool and it's been findable all along. (sheesh!) now if we can get it to munge, say, rc3.d differently from rc5.d ... :) -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DE

OT: mod_ssl (apache) log entries -- wtf?

2003-02-20 Thread Will Trillich
" 3535 [19/Feb/2003:15:20:52 -0600] 18.29.1.50 TLSv1 EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA "GET /search/go?q=w&t=*&x=y HTTP/1.1" 3523 [19/Feb/2003:15:22:22 -0600] 18.29.1.50 TLSv1 EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA "GET /search/go?q=w&t=*&x=y HTTP/1.1" 3520 [19/Feb/2003:15:22:54 -0600] 18.29.

Re: OT: Eudora/Mac 5.x users needed

2003-02-20 Thread Will Trillich
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 12:12:45PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > If you use Eudora/Mac 5.x and would be willing to do me a small favour > (i.e. helping me figure out how to connect to IMAP or POP3 via SSL > with my courier installation), please contact me privately. I'll owe > you a favour! have

Re: Free fonts

2003-02-20 Thread Will Trillich
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 06:00:17PM +0100, Wim De Smet wrote: > Could anybody help me out in just how you install a font under X? well, what *i* did was apt-get install xfonts-scalable apt-get install freefont then to figure out where to look for more info, dpkg -L freefo

Re: jack: coding failed, error#32512

2003-02-20 Thread Will Trillich
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:21:18AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > PS I hit g (the group response in mutt) and it came up with your email > address. Normally, it comes up with [EMAIL PROTECTED] If > this doesn't show up on the user list, I'll re-post it and overwrite the > address next time. if

Re: firewall -- best practices

2003-02-20 Thread Will Trillich
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 04:08:15PM +1100, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > I have been using ipCop on a P133 with dsl, no problems at > all, *very easy* to setup. (if the machine has a bootable cd > drive) i was using ipcop until i found out they mostly lifted code from smoothwall.org; so i tried smoothwal

Re: use of spamassassin and razor

2003-02-20 Thread Will Trillich
cide what to do with the tag. > > well, currently, my spamassassin is not even tagging the mail. > will i have to make changes to exim also? is there an easy to > understand, step-by-step guide to do that? yes, lemme see if i can locate it-- $ grep exim `dpkg -L spamassas

Re: nslookup --- which package?

2003-02-20 Thread Will Trillich
Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #19 from Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : How do you determine WHICH NETWORK SERVICES ARE OPEN (active)? Try "netstat -a | grep LISTE

Re: Free fonts

2003-02-20 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 08:23:24AM -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote: > Will Trillich sez: > > ...and i thought all would be lovely. sadly, my font menu > > didn't change, even after restarting (and the stopping, > > cold, and re-starting from scratch) the x window server.

Re: Free fonts

2003-02-20 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 02:49:56PM +, Steve Webster wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > > xset fp+ /usr/X11/lib/fonts/freefont > > > >...and i thought all would be lovely. sadly, my font menu > >didn't change, even after restarting (and the stopping, cold, >

Re: Free fonts

2003-02-20 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 07:11:26AM -0900, Christopher Swingley wrote: > * Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-Feb-19 23:30 AKST]: > > xset fp+ /usr/X11/lib/fonts/freefont > > > > ...and i thought all would be lovely. sadly, my font menu > > didn't

Re: sniffing SSL (was OT: mod_ssl (apache) log entries -- wtf?)

2003-02-20 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 12:45:59PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > Is there an easy way to decode a snarfed SSL session given > that he has the server's private key? Theoretically it's > possible, but I wonder if any of the popular sniffing/IDS > tools facilitate it. but the odd part is, they didn't

Re: OT: Eudora/Mac 5.x users needed

2003-02-20 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:50:18PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.02.20.0921 +0100]: > > have you been able to get the ssl running with exim? i'm still > > trying to tackle getting the tls/ssl feature going... > &g

Re: tunnelling -- best practices

2003-02-20 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 10:44:37AM -0500, jereme wrote: > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > `- Debian - when you have better things to do than to fix a system > > I always thought this was an *excellent* footer. "...like spending five years learning to configure it." sure, it does

exim trouble with DB file...

2003-02-20 Thread Will Trillich
ool directory and still no luck. any pointers appreciated. -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #68 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : So you've installed Debian/GNU Linux -- NOW WHAT? For som

free-range (but certanily not domestic) FONTS problem continue

2003-02-24 Thread Will Trillich
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 12:44:10AM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:59:57PM -0600, Will Trillich wrote: > > why don't my new fonts show up? i think i've tried just about > > everything suggested, so far... :( > > The foolproof way: > 1) Dro

kernel woes?

2003-02-24 Thread Will Trillich
D|TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT|TCPF_CLOSE)) failed at af_inet.c(689) -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #25 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Did you know you have MORE THAN ONE CONSOLE to use? There&#x

woody, nsswitch.conf/hosts.conf ignoring /etc/hosts

2003-02-25 Thread Will Lowe
f this is somehow related: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2000-11/msg00172.html Any clues? -- thanks, Will -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: woody, nsswitch.conf/hosts.conf ignoring /etc/hosts

2003-02-25 Thread Will Lowe
t looks like a bug in glibc. -- thanks, Will -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: use of spamassassin and razor

2003-03-01 Thread Will Trillich
amassassin that 'dont scan a message if it > comes from debian mailing list?' will it have to be in exim.conf (i wont > prefer it) or will it have to be in .forward (exim filter)? preferable since spamassassin is 'called' via configuration in exim.conf, i don't see ho

Re: Exim error

2003-03-01 Thread Will Trillich
r > throw them away or try to re-deliver them, (but first you'll have to fix > the problem that prevented their delivery in the first place or change > their destination addresses to something that will work). > > > > And, the line: > > > > Message is frozen

Re: Newbie administrator

2003-03-01 Thread Will Trillich
Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #8 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Search for Debian PACKAGES online with this shortcut: http://packages.debian.org/ If you can't find it right off, just hop to the

Re: Newbie administrator

2003-03-01 Thread Will Trillich
"R ute U sers T utorial and E xposition" and he just sent me a smiley. i'm guessing it's a homonym with a spelling different enough to make googling much simpler. hmm? -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unkn

Re: exim trouble with DB file... SOLVED

2003-03-04 Thread Will Trillich
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 01:49:42PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 12:17:04AM -0600, Will Trillich wrote: > | since late december, exim has had trouble with "retry" and > | "wait-remote_smtp" files in /var/spool/exim/db. >

debian-friendly mason-cm package?

2003-03-04 Thread Will Trillich
i'm looking to install HTML::Mason's "content management" features via *.deb, hopefully-- i've got apt-get install libhtml-mason-perl and i've since discovered that HTML::Mason also offers a content management toolbox of sorts, so i'd like to try it out -- but # apt-cache search

Re: glob(7) man page is confusing

2003-03-07 Thread Will Trillich
characters `-', `.', `/'.) > > However, when you run the following command: > > $ ls myfile[--/]txt here, you're talking to your command shell. that's likely to be similar to yet different from what you find in "man 7 glob". > it will say >

Re: hosts.(allow|deny)

2003-03-07 Thread Will Trillich
4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown (2 matched ipmasq) DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #21 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Looking to configure your Debian NETWORK SETTINGS? Look at the file /etc/network/interfaces (try "man interfaces" for more info). Then "ifup -a&q

Re: more on 1 liner perl/awk

2003-03-10 Thread Will Trillich
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 09:18:05PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > (All of this is untested.) > perl -lane'print$F[2]if$F[1]eq"1957"' < mat.txt > > Shorter solutions may be possible. > > Google for "Perl Golf" if you're interested in this kind of thing: the > art of solving problems in the fewest

Re: Newbie questions

2003-03-10 Thread Will Trillich
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 05:02:24PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 'more' can't go back when reading from standard input. Try > > installing 'less' instead; it's a better pager in other ways > > anyway. > > Even better, use "most"; it supports color. I would have > turned my nose up at that, u

default editor

2003-03-18 Thread Will Yardley
DITOR=vim as well, mutt will use vim (or nvi, or whatever I set). Shouldn't VISUAL (if present) override /usr/bin/editor as the default full-screen editor? That's been my experience in the past (with crontab -e, for example); is this a bug in the mutt package? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: default editor

2003-03-19 Thread Will Yardley
[ Bcc to md at linux.it; package maintainer see http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200303/msg03514.html] In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Will Yardley) writes: >> Shouldn't VISUAL (if present) override /usr/bin/editor as the >> defaul

Re: default editor

2003-03-19 Thread Will Yardley
Alan Shutko wrote: > Will Yardley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The patch (to init.c) seems to be: >> >>Tempdir = safe_strdup ((p = getenv ("TMPDIR")) ? p : "/tmp"); >> - Editor = safe_strdup ((p = getenv ("EDITOR")) ? p :

spam settings (5mb "nei-group" email every few minutes!)

2003-10-25 Thread Will Trillich
anned, but there's no X-Spam-Level headers or any other spamassassin fingerprints on it. odd!) -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #23 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Wondering what you should

Re: Spamassassin Configuration

2003-10-25 Thread Will Trillich
On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 01:11:27PM -0400, ScruLoose wrote: > As others have noted, virus traffic is not actually the same as > spam-traffic, and you might want a particular tool for each job... > > That being said, what worked for me was to grab a backport of > spamassassin 2.55 for woody from ht

Re: OT: Spam was Re: Spamassassin Configuration

2003-10-25 Thread Will Trillich
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 06:07:05PM -0400, ScruLoose wrote: > Or I could take the plunge and switch to an address on my own > domain, on my own mailserver. (The current one is hosted by my > ISP.) But if I do that, I'll be all tempted to upgrade to > exim4 with the funky integration with SA to do SM

Re: Mutt + Vim tricks (replace Nano)

2003-10-25 Thread Will Trillich
On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 12:26:23PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 02:13:58PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > | I'm finding with vim as my mail editor I jump in and out of insert mode > | for things that are kind of basic. I miss from Nano: > | > | Control-A/Contrl-E fo

Re: Spamassassin Configuration

2003-10-26 Thread Will Trillich
On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 08:44:52PM -0700, Steve C. Lamb wrote: > On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 10:24:26PM -0500, Will Trillich wrote: > > where's the list of all the tests, and what they do? man > > Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf tells about customization directives, > > bu

Re: Mutt + Vim tricks (replace Nano)

2003-10-26 Thread Will Trillich
On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 09:43:44PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 10:58:43PM -0500, Will Trillich wrote: > > > | Control-W to toggle wrap mode (which would be toggle > > > | paste mode in Vim) > > > > another approach could be > > :

Re: Mutt + Vim tricks (replace Nano)

2003-10-26 Thread Will Trillich
n gauntlet. not disappointed, only surprised. :) -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #40 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Why are ROOT LOGINS EVIL? The main problem is this: if you have a handfu

Re: Black Holes.

2003-10-26 Thread Will Trillich
si newbie to Debian also. I would reccommend > that you learn all about apt-get. This is a Really > Powerful Tool. http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/system/apt-get-intro.html -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN N

Re: vim and french accents

2003-10-26 Thread Will Trillich
[Æ] is as you'd expect, but ^K E A [Æ] still works. = > -- > -- Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) his tome "the law" should be annual required reading for anyone expecting to live in a civilized nation. it should also be weekly required reading for any felons

Re: Mutt + Vim tricks (replace Nano)

2003-10-30 Thread Will Trillich
On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 08:24:31PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 06:27:11PM -0600, Will Trillich wrote: > Lately, I do more email than anything else so I figured that using vim > for email would be a good way to learn. quite! > And it's really got me cu

GRUB -- hangs on boot

2003-01-20 Thread will trillich
any reason why grub would hang on startup? i see "GRUB" after the bios stuff, and then... nothing. a friend suggested trying windo~1 fdisk to make it a fat32 drive, wiping previous linux stuff off, then retrynig with a new linux (ext3) partition scheme. i tried that (i think) and still, hang on bo

Re: How to change start up screen resolution for X?

2003-01-20 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 02:49:29AM -0500, Travis Crump wrote: > What I do is just make up a second Section "Screen" in the same > XF86Config-4 and give it its own identifier. When I want to use it I > just do: > > startx -- :1 -screen but how do you FIGURE OUT WHICH RESOLUTIONS your monitor c

Re: kill with regex?

2003-01-20 Thread will trillich
printf 'chown %u.%g %p\nchmod %m %p\n' \ > fixperms.sh And copy that to the broken machine and run "sh fixperms". It might not fix all files, unless the two hosts are nearly equal, but enough to let you find the missing ones to fix by hand. Maybe /home/* will n

Re: vim and basic .bashrc questions

2003-01-20 Thread will trillich
mmand not found better than losing a file you really didn't want to delete. -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.2.17 #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #66 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Do you know WHICH SHELL YOU'RE RUNN

Re: how to determine hd partitioning?

2003-01-20 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 02:32:54PM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > (on Sunday, 19 January 2003, 06:30 PM -0500): > > I had my *newest* computer's motherboard crap out on me > > Friday night, and I'm trying to grab the data from its hard

Re: GRUB -- hangs on boot

2003-01-21 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 04:28:39PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 01:53:54PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > | any reason why grub would hang on startup? i see "GRUB" after > | the bios stuff, and then... nothing. > > I bet you don&

Re: GRUB -- hangs on boot

2003-01-21 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:29:56PM +0100, Rainer Koenig wrote: > will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > any reason why grub would hang on startup? i see "GRUB" after > > the bios stuff, and then... nothing. > > Can you type at this point? Maybe

Re: GRUB -- hangs on boot

2003-01-21 Thread will trillich
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 01:53:54PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > > any reason why grub would hang on startup? i see "GRUB" after > > the bios stuff, and then... nothing. On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:01:25AM +0100, Qian Gong wrote: > Did you check the file device.ma

Re: GRUB -- hangs on boot

2003-01-21 Thread will trillich
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 11:23:27AM +1100, Geoff Crompton wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 11:32:30PM +, Tim wrote: > > Maybe the MBR has been altered? Run GrUB from a floppy, and > > > root (hd0,0) <-if hd0,0 is your linux root partition > > > setup (hd0) <-places into MBR > > Wh

OT: march 2002 article on debian

2003-01-23 Thread will trillich
y'all see this? http://www.linux-mag.com/cgi-bin/printer.pl?issue=2002-03&article=debian more press like this wouldn't hurt. :) -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.2.17 #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #77 from USM Bish <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Installing on a FACELESS pc?

2003-01-23 Thread will trillich
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 04:52:09PM -0800, Jay wrote: > Headless??? > > What part of the machine constitute the 'head'? they mean "faceless" of course. no video/monitor driven from the machine. instead, you can use the serial port if you know the voodoo required. headless would be a monitor, keyb

Re: How to comment out lines in /etc/apt/preferences?

2003-01-23 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 05:07:04PM -0200, andrej hocevar wrote: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 09:59:10AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > > That still doesn't work for me ... > > > > # cat /etc/apt/preferences > > Package: mplayer* > > Pin: release a=unstable > > Pin-Priority: 700 > > > > # Pac

Re: Memory usage on debian

2003-01-23 Thread will trillich
#x27;ve got 512mb of ram -- and you don't want to use it, is that right? -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.2.17 #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #10 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Looking to run a command or two at REGULAR I

Re: regexp help

2003-01-24 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 08:16:49PM -0500, Dave W wrote: > On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 20:43, andrej hocevar wrote: > > [Which made my script almost think you were a spammer 8-)] > > > Sorry about that :-) It didn't occur to me, but I bet it was filtered > out on a lot of boxes! my (woody) spamassassin

OT -- gentle makefile assistance?

2003-01-24 Thread will trillich
okay, i used to know how these makefiles worked, but that was a few lifetimes ago... :( i'm doing many iterations on the edit-run-edit cycle in creating a postgresql 7.2.1 (woody) and thought that make would be able to help keep my inter-dependencies in line. of course, there's no "object" file a

Re: OT -- gentle makefile assistance?

2003-01-26 Thread will trillich
un.stamp : fns.sql > > # if person.sql changes, re-run dates.sql > .dates-run.stamp : person.sql > > # End of makefile > > This will make sure that if an *.sql file changes, it gets run. > Additionally, person.sql will get re-run if fns.sql changes, and if > person.s

freshly-upgraded kernel 2.4.20 -- went like a dream

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
X-uptime: 10:47:50 up 19:59, 1 user, load average: 0.08 what a delight it is to work under the debian umbrella. i'll get lulled into complacency if you folks keep this up. it was such a seamless upgrade i'm thinking of not waiting 180 days next time. :) after all, it's good to fsk those file

Returned mail... am i relaying? aaugh!

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
does this [see attachment] indicate that some spammer has found a way to get me to relay his mail? aaugh! this looks bad. i have serensoft.com running in my basement on a woody (and freshly-upgraded 2.4.20-k6 kernel) and i allow pop3 and smtp connections for my serensoft mail users. passwords are

what's fstype 83? "Linux"?

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
%p\n' \ > fixperms.sh And copy that to the broken machine and run "sh fixperms". It might not fix all files, unless the two hosts are nearly equal, but enough to let you find the missing ones to fix by hand. Maybe /home/* will need special care. Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 08:57:41AM -0900, Andy wrote: > > After a Windows reinstall, I have lost lilo. How do I install lilo or any > > bootloader, so I will be able to access my linux system? > > As the system crash was not planned i have no floppy with my custom kernel > &g

Re: "debian rookie" trying to get his bearings...

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #116 from Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Wondering WHICH PACKAGE IS USING UP ALL YOUR DISK SPACE? You can verify a package's installed size with the dpkg -s command: dpkg -s And the following script will grab all your i

about RUNLEVELs -- was "debian rookie"

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
scripts are the very same script; they look at their argument ("stop" or "start" as we saw above) and figure out what to do based on that. another common value you can use yourself is "restart": /etc/init.d/apache restart that stops the service, waits a bit, and t

Re: apt-get

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 08:08:43PM -0600, N.D.O wrote: > I understand the apt-get , the thing is how do i add a source to the > sources.list so that debian will know where to find something and it will > know where to find, lets say opera, just giving an example. try apt-setup for altern

Re: Backup Consensus?

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
or two you'd care to share? :) -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #48 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To peruse your CURRENT VIM SETTINGS (there's LOTS of them) from within Vim, sim

Re: Returned mail... am i relaying? aaugh!

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 04:10:33PM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: > Something that I recommend for anyone putting a mail server > on the 'net that's open to the public is to telnet to > 'relay-test.mail-abuse.org' *FROM* the mail server. The > remote host will run

Re: Returned mail... am i relaying? aaugh!

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 01:26:03PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 11:09:54AM -0600, will trillich wrote: > | does this [see attachment] indicate that some spammer has found > | a way to get me to relay his mail? aaugh! > > No. It mean

Re: Backup Consensus?

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
ob, shilling, pence, pound and so forth, for the ignorant north-americaner? :) -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #16 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Why are *.rpm (RED HAT PACKAGES) consi

Re: sit (compressed files)

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
://aladdinsys.com/ or (more precisely) http://stuffit.com/expander and they certainly have one for linux. NOW your problem will become, did your silly designer send you a stuffit archive of mac-only quark or photoshop docs -- or did she send you an industry-standard collection of jpegs and pdfs? -- I

Re: what's fstype 83? "Linux"?

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 04:22:21PM -0800, nate wrote: > will trillich said: > > ideas? (i think this was my slink disk drive -- i'd like to > > use it to alleviate some space pressure on my woody > > server...) > > what does e2fsck say for those drives you cannot

ntp ha no installation candidate (woody)

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #11 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Which COMMANDS pertain to ? Try "apropos ", "info ", and "man -k ". Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
r. I am quite new > and was helping out to the best of my ability with good > intentions. I understand your point totally and will try to > make more informative and helpful posts in the future. i'm glad you took it that way. glad to have you in the room. :) nothing wrong with

Re: what's fstype 83? "Linux"?

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 12:00:18AM -0500, Shaun ONeil wrote: > On 2003.01.27 19:20 Haim Ashkenazi wrote: > >On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 23:27, will trillich wrote: > >> i've found an old (debian slink?) drive around the house, and > >> plugged it in -- but i ca

Re: Bunch of musicians in a tent [was: Re: Gimp Print Problem]

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
ind more ways to help... :) -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #31 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Ever wonder why Debian STABLE SEEMS OUT-OF-DATE? It's because it's STABLE! When enou

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