Evolution: Error loading addressbook

2009-02-06 Thread Eric Brooks
Hi. 

I restored evolution from a backup and now I get the error:


Can you offer any suggestions on how to address this? I searched Google
and Debian bugs and found very contradictory reports.

Thanks.

Eric



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Re: Evolution: Error loading addressbook

2009-02-06 Thread Eric Brooks
Thanks. I did the following:

sudo chown -R eric:eric /home/eric/.evolution/
sudo chmod -R 770 /home/eric/.evolution/

but that did not resolve the issue. 

Since I can read my email, I was wondering if there are specific
permissions at the database level and enforced via data in
addressbook.db?

Thanks.

Eric

On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 16:39 +, webmaster wrote:

 Try:
 
 #chown -R eric.eric /home/eric/.evolution/
 #chmod -R 770 /home/eric/.evolution/
 
 Bye.
 
 
 Eric Brooks wrote: 
 
  Hi. 
  
  I restored evolution from a backup and now I get the error:
  
  
  Can you offer any suggestions on how to address this? I searched
  Google and Debian bugs and found very contradictory reports.
  
  Thanks.
  
  Eric
  
  
  
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Re: Samsung ML-2010 Printer Not Recognized as connected to system

2008-01-01 Thread Eric Brooks
Thanks for your note.

When I run 
/usr/lib/cups/backend/usb

the following is output:

direct usb://Samsung/ML-2010 Samsung ML-2010 Samsung ML-2010 USB #1
MFG:Samsung;CMD:GDI;MDL:ML-2010;CLS:PRINTER;STATUS:BUSY; 

I did the following based on the emails in debian-user.

1. Installed sysfsutils

2. Updated /etc/sysfs.conf with the line:
module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend = -1

3. As root I ran the following:
echo -n 60  /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend

After rebooting the system I was able to install and use the printer.

Thanks very much!

Eric

On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 21:01 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote:
snip
 Do you get any output if you run
 
 /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb
 
 ?
 
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Samsung ML-2010 Printer Not Recognized as connected to system

2007-12-30 Thread Eric Brooks
Prior to upgrading my version of Debian on this laptop the Samsung
ML-2010 printer was working fine. After the upgrade the printer is no
longer recognized as connected to the system by lsusb, though it is seen
my usbview. In any case, the GNOME Add Printer utility doesn't recognize
the printer as attached.

I have seen other similar reports of problems but I couldn't find a
solution provided.

The syslog snip below shows the printer being initialized at the USB
level.

The usbview log shows the printer being recognized at the USB level.

The lsusb log shows that the printer is not visible in the system.

The user.log snippet shows warnings as relates to CUPS use of the Avahi
Bonjour interface.

So, my hunch (and that is all it is) would be to look at the Avahi
subsystem. However, I am completely unfamiliar with it and not sure what
I'm looking for. Has anyone encountered this issue and resolved it? Does
anyone have any thoughts they would like to share?

Thanks.

Eric

From /var/log/syslog:

c 30 18:27:35 orca kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2
Dec 30 18:27:35 orca kernel: drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: removed
Dec 30 18:28:26 orca kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using
uhci_hcd and address 3
Dec 30 18:28:26 orca kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1
choice
Dec 30 18:28:26 orca kernel: drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB
Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04E8 pid 0x326

What usbview reports:

Samsung ML-2010
Manufacturer: Samsung
Serial Number: 3A61BKBL228260D.
Speed: 12Mb/s (full)
USB Version:  1.10
Device Class: 00(ifc )
Device Subclass: 00
Device Protocol: 00
Maximum Default Endpoint Size: 16
Number of Configurations: 1
Vendor Id: 04e8
Product Id: 326c
Revision Number:  1.00

Config Number: 1
Number of Interfaces: 1
Attributes: c0
MaxPower Needed:   0mA

Interface Number: 0
Name: usblp
Alternate Number: 0
Class: 07(print) 
Sub Class: 01
Protocol: 02
Number of Endpoints: 2

Endpoint Address: 02
Direction: out
Attribute: 2
Type: Bulk
Max Packet Size: 64
Interval: 0ms

Endpoint Address: 83
Direction: in
Attribute: 2
Type: Bulk
Max Packet Size: 64
Interval: 0ms

What lsusb reports:

Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0ac8:0321 Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. USB 2.0
Webcam
Bus 005 Device 001: ID :  
Bus 003 Device 001: ID :  
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0461:4d03 Primax Electronics, Ltd Kensington
Mouse-in-a-box
Bus 002 Device 001: ID :  
Bus 004 Device 001: ID :  
Bus 001 Device 001: ID :  


From /var/log/user.log

Dec 29 14:19:40 orca cupsd[5272]: *** WARNING *** The program 'cupsd'
uses the Apple Bonjour compatibility layer of Avahi.
Dec 29 14:19:40 orca cupsd[5272]: *** WARNING *** Please fix your
application to use the native API of Avahi!
Dec 29 14:19:40 orca cupsd[5272]: *** WARNING *** For more information
see http://0pointer.de/avahi-compat?s=libdns_sde=cupsd

However, as the attached screen shot shows, no printer shows up in the
list of local printers when trying to add a printer.


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Re: OT: clicky keyboards

2007-12-07 Thread Eric Brooks
I've been using the HHKB Lite 2 keyboard (also known as the Happy Hacker
Lite) for a couple of years now. It has a firm touch but is fast and easy
to type on. I switch keyboards frequently to try to avoid carpal tunnel but
with this keyboard I haven't felt a twinge... 

They have draw backs... It is a small keyboard, and the keys are all
straight facing rather than angled like a Natural keyboard. I like the
angled keyboards a lot, but the feel of the HHKB has keep me using it longer
than any other keyboard I've had in years.


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Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Eric Brooks
On Debian I think Eclipse is the best bet for Java 
development. It is available as a standard Debian package.

I found that I like to use the Sun Java platform more than the
alternatives mostly because the stuff I write has to run on a number of
platforms all of which run the Sun virtual machine. The Sun SDK is
available as standard Debian packages too.

Eric


On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 05:02:46PM -0400, Richard wrote:
 Looking to get into programming for linux, 
 would like to do: Java, Perl  Lisp
 
 What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work
 or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too.
 
 (please no: emacs or vi (or command line apps) 
 
 wanting something that would be better than xcode on the mac,
 which contain all libraries, and syntax for dozen of languages,
 it just made it easier to type and see a drop down command choice,
 from the contextual menu. with a built-in debugger..neat.
 
 TIA -
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Epson Perfection 3590 Scanner seen by sane-find-scanner but not by scanimage -L

2006-10-15 Thread Eric Brooks




Hi. I'm trying to get an Epson Perfection 3590 Scanner working with Debian Stable, kernel 2.6.8-2-386.

sane-find-scanner reports:

found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8, product=0x0122) at libusb:001:010

I pulled the Esfw52.bin file out of the cabs provided with the scanner and put it into /etc/sane.d/firmware.

I created files in /dev, following the directions I saw on a link though this didn't make sense to me. The files I created are:
sudo mknod /dev/usbscanner0 c 180 48
sudo mknod /dev/usb/scanner0 c 180 48
sudo chmod 0666 /dev/usbscanner0
sudo chmod 0666 /dev/usb/scanner0

I am not clear whether I needed to change the owner or group for these files. Right now they are root:root.

I updated snapscan.conf with the following three blocks of text:

firmware /etc/sane.d/firmware/Esfw52.bin

/dev/usb/scanner0 bus=usb

# Epson Perfection 3590
usb 0x04b8 0x0122

Ok. Now, rather than returning no scanner found, scanimage -L hangs.

Has anyone successfully installed this scanner or, looking at what I did, if you see an issue, any instructions or pointing me in the right direction would be very appreciated.

Thank you for your help in this matter.

Eric





X11 Config Error on Moving from Potato to Woody

2002-06-10 Thread Eric Brooks
Debian friends,

I got the error shown below on moving from potato to woody. I have done
an apt-get udpate and apt-get dist-upgrade so I assume I'm running an
X-windows version in synch with the xf86config utility that I ran to produce
the XF86Config file. Does anyone have any insight on where I should start
looking to resolve this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Eric
=== ERROR MESSAGE FOLLOWS ==


warning: process set to nice value 0 instead of -10 as requested

XFree86 Version 3.3.6a / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: xx November 2000
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems.  (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.4.13 i686 [ELF] 
Configured drivers:
  SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1):
  NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2,
  RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, GeForce 256,
  GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 GTS (rev1),
  GeForce2 Ultra, Quadro 2 Pro, GeForce2 MX, GeForce2 MX DDR,
  Quadro 2 MXR, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b,
  ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b,
  ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1,
  wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128, ati,
  sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597,
  sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540, tvga8200lx,
  tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000,
  tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi,
  tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682,
  tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520,
  cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d, cyberblade,
  clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430,
  clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465,
  clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543,
  clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w,
  mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400, oti067,
  oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308,
  ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv,
  ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, s3_savage, s3_virge, AP6422, AT24,
  AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200,
  ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546,
  ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct6, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200,
  ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740, i740_pci,
  Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, smi, generic
(using VT number 7)

XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(--) no ModulePath specified using default: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules
dbe: Unknown error loading module

Config Error: /etc/X11/XF86Config:48

SubSection  extmod
^^^
Module section keyword expected

Fatal server error:
Child error writing to pipe (Broken pipe)


When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages

X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).


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Re: X11 Config Error on Moving from Potato to Woody

2002-06-10 Thread Eric Brooks
 In your XF86Config, is the subsection listed inside a section? On my
 system it is listed inside Section Module.
 
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Thanks for your note above.

In my XF86Config I don't have a Module section, as suggested above. In fact,
the line indicated by the error message is just one of many that cause syntax
errors when parsed. Since this XF86Config file is the output of the
xf86config utility, I thought that I might have some problem with being out
of sync someplace in my tool set. That is what I am trying to understand. I
actually hand edited an XF86Config file that works. I'm trying to understand
why the xf86config utility failed to produce a valid file.

Thanks for your help.

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SIGNAL 11 In libjvm.so

2002-05-28 Thread Eric Brooks
I am running on Woody Debian Kernel 2.2.19. I just installed the Blackdown
distribution of Java 1.3. Occassionally, when I just enter the 'java'
command, I get a SIGNAL 11, as illustrated below. 

From my reading, it looks like this could indicate either a hardware or a
software problem. Has anyone else seen this issue in the Blackdown java? If
not then I'll assume I have a hardware problem.

Thanks for your help,

Eric

Unexpected Signal : 11 occurred at PC=0x4025f988
Function name=pending_exception__C6Thread
Library=/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so

Cannot obtain thread information

Dynamic libraries:
08048000-0804c000 r-xp  03:03 243248 
/usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java
0804c000-0804d000 rw-p 3000 03:03 243248 
/usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java
4000-40013000 r-xp  03:03 177375 /lib/ld-2.2.5.so
40013000-40014000 rw-p 00013000 03:03 177375 /lib/ld-2.2.5.so
4001d000-4002a000 r-xp  03:03 177394 /lib/libpthread-0.9.so
4002a000-40031000 rw-p d000 03:03 177394 /lib/libpthread-0.9.so
40032000-4003d000 r-xp  03:03 33670  
/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/native_threads/libhpi.so
4003d000-4003e000 rw-p a000 03:03 33670  
/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/native_threads/libhpi.so
4003e000-40301000 r-xp  03:03 402978 
/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
40301000-40318000 rw-p 002c2000 03:03 402978 
/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
4033-40332000 r-xp  03:03 177381 /lib/libdl-2.2.5.so
40332000-40333000 rw-p 1000 03:03 177381 /lib/libdl-2.2.5.so
40333000-40446000 r-xp  03:03 177378 /lib/libc-2.2.5.so
40446000-4044c000 rw-p 00113000 03:03 177378 /lib/libc-2.2.5.so
4045-40451000 r-xp  03:03 177376 /lib/libBrokenLocale-2.2.5.so
40451000-40452000 rw-p  03:03 177376 /lib/libBrokenLocale-2.2.5.so
40452000-40463000 r-xp  03:03 177383 /lib/libnsl-2.2.5.so
40463000-40464000 rw-p 0001 03:03 177383 /lib/libnsl-2.2.5.so
40466000-40486000 r-xp  03:03 177382 /lib/libm-2.2.5.so
40486000-40487000 rw-p 0001f000 03:03 177382 /lib/libm-2.2.5.so
40488000-4049a000 r-xp  03:03 82314  
/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/libverify.so
4049a000-4049c000 rw-p 00011000 03:03 82314  
/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/libverify.so
4049c000-404bf000 r-xp  03:03 82315  
/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/libjava.so
404bf000-404c1000 rw-p 00022000 03:03 82315  
/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/libjava.so
404c2000-404d7000 r-xp  03:03 82316  
/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/libzip.so
404d7000-404da000 rw-p 00014000 03:03 82316  
/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/libzip.so
404da000-411f3000 r--s  03:03 307669 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/rt.jar
4122-414c5000 r--s  03:03 307670 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i18n.jar
414c5000-414db000 r--s  03:03 307658 
/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/sunrsasign.jar
43583000-4358d000 r-xp  03:03 177384 /lib/libnss_compat-2.2.5.so
4358d000-4358e000 rw-p 9000 03:03 177384 /lib/libnss_compat-2.2.5.so

Local Time = Tue May 28 22:29:32 2002
Elapsed Time = 0
#
# HotSpot Virtual Machine Error : 11
# Error ID : 4F530E43505002CC
# Please report this error at
# http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
#
Usage: java [-options] class [args...]
   (to execute a class)
   or  java -jar [-options] jarfile [args...]
   (to execute a jar file)

where options include:
-client   to select the client VM
-server   to select the server VM
-classic  to select the classic VM
  If present, the option to select the VM must be first.
  The default VM is -client.

-cp -classpath directories and zip/jar files separated by :
  set search path for application classes and resources
-Dname=value
  set a system property
-verbose[:class|gc|jni]
  enable verbose output
-version  print product version and exit
-showversion  print product version and continue
-? -help  print this help message
-Xprint help on non-standard options


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Re: What's a debian kid look like?

2001-12-19 Thread Eric Brooks
Male, 45 years old, mixed heritage (African American, Jewish, Native 
American, Chinese). Been programming 20+ years, mostly C/C++ on Windows.
Recently (1 year ago) focused on Linux and now doing Linux development 
for work as well (consulting).  Married, 3 kids, living in Indiana though
a native of New York City.  Progressive politically.  Like to ride my 
motorcycle on warm days. Read science fiction, science fact, philosophy,
current events, technical stuff, novels of all sorts.  BA degree in 
Anthropology. Like the blues, blues/rock like Blues Traveller, Dave
Matthews Band, Better Than Ezra. Also what I call head/rock like Pink
Floyd. A lot of other music; I'm all over the place (classical, rb,
everything but country).
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Re: Error accessing cdrom device

2001-12-14 Thread Eric Brooks
On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:47:10AM -0500, Justin R. Miller wrote:
 Did you re-login after doing that? 

No, I didn't. I'll try that. Thanks very much.


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Error accessing cdrom device

2001-12-13 Thread Eric Brooks
Hi.  I recently installed Alsa and I am working through getting sound
running. I can read data off my CDROM just fine.  When I try to play
music off the CD I get the error:

Error accessing cdrom device. Please check to make sure cdrom drive
support is compiled into the kernel, and that you have permission to
access the device.

Reason: Permission denied.

I tried adding myself into the cdrom group but that did not solve the
problem. 

I would appreciate any help in moving forward with this.

Regards,

Eric
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Re: Debian Books request (fwd)

2001-12-06 Thread Eric Brooks
On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 05:52:24PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
 How many Debian books is there ?
I don't know how many debian books exist. There are quite a few Linux
administration books out there that have information that pertain to
Debian as well.

 I'm wondering if you guys can suggest one for me...(I'm not a _fully_
 newbe, i know a bit :)

Two books that I found very helpful are:

Down, Thomas. Installing Debian GNU/Linux. 2000: SAMS Publishing,
Indianapolis, IN, USA. This book really helped me out.

Volkerding, Patrick and Kevin Reichard. Linux System Commands. 2000: MT
Books, Foster City, CA, USA. 

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template parse error in /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm

2001-12-06 Thread Eric Brooks
I'm trying to move from Debian potato to woody.  At configuration time I
get the following error:

'Template parse error near  at
/usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm line 102, TEMPLATES chunk2.'

The first time I got the error I assumed I had some sort of download
problem because the line had been dropping a lot so I cleared the apt
cache and did the download again. 

I've gotten the error consistently now for three downloads. I live in a
rural area and my ISP and telephone service can be flakey so I usually
give things a few tries before I assume it is a real problem.

Though the screen message says an attempt will be made to configure the
other packages the system stops immediately with an error:

installation script returned error exit status 100

Does this ring a bell with anyone? Is this a case where apt-get
--fix-broken or apt-get --fix-missing would help? My gut feeling was
that it wouldn't because it would just download the same file again.

I thought I might be out of disk space but I have 1Gig available free
space which I would think is enough.

Regards,

Eric

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Mutt and filtering to multiple mailboxes

2001-12-05 Thread Eric Brooks
Hi.  I use Mutt as my mail client. I am trying to set it up so that 
messages from the lists to which I subscribe get moved from my mail 
spool file to a specific mailbox for storage after reading, filtered out
from the general mail stream. Right now all my mail goes to 'mbox' -- I
would like the debian-user mail to go to ~/.mutt/debian-user.

I set up mbox-hook records in my mutt environment as follows:

mbox-hook debian-user@lists.debian.org ~/.mutt/debian-user

I am not an Emacs user much, I use vi more, and I'm not that familiar
with the 'hook' idea, so I am not sure I'm understanding the effect that
I should expect from the mbox-hook record correctly. Should the
mbox-hook command have the effect I describe above?  If so, is there
something obvious I'm missing in the syntax above?

Thanks.

Eric

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Re: Mutt and filtering to multiple mailboxes

2001-12-05 Thread Eric Brooks
On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 10:47:53PM -0500, Oleksandr Moskalenko wrote:
  Do you have any particular reservations agains procmail? It'll do what
 you need beautifully. Then you can read your lists in their respective
 folders and tell mutt to notify you when there are new messages in them.

I don't have anything against procmail. I am not familiar with it. I
will look it up.

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apt sources list

2001-12-02 Thread Eric Brooks
I read the list and see apt-get lines that work for other folks but when I try 
them the target item is not found. An example: apt-get install libgpcl0.  I 
assume that the problem is that I am either using the wrong source servers or 
using the wrong source level (i.e., stable vs. unstable).  

Could anyone who has a good list please post their /etc/apt/sources.list so I 
can use it for a reference. 

Much appreciated.

Eric


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Exim help

2001-11-26 Thread Eric Brooks
Hi. I am trying to get Exim to work as my mail transport agent. I 
configured exim using eximconfig. I selected the smarthost option since 
I am running on a laptop connected to an ISP via an ISDN line. I have no 
trouble with the connection itself in that I can browse using Mozilla 
and send/receive mail with Mozilla as well. I see the mail queued when I 
run mailq, some marked as frozen and some just queued but not sent.


My hostname is localhost. Is this a problem? I did not see anything in 
the exim info or man pages that set off any light bulbs for me.


I listed my exim parameters using exim -bP.  The output is attached as 
is my exim.conf file.


Any suggestions of pages I should read or ideas that might help will be 
very appreciated.


Regards,

Eric




no_accept_8bitmime
accept_timeout = 0s
admin_groups =
no_always_bcc
auth_hosts = 
auto_thaw = 0s
bi_command = 
check_log_inodes = 0
check_log_space = 0
check_spool_inodes = 0
check_spool_space = 0
no_collapse_source_routes
daemon_smtp_port = 
debug_level = -1
delay_warning = 1d
delay_warning_condition = ${if 
match{$h_precedence:}{(?i)bulk|list|junk}{no}{yes}}
deliver_load_max =
deliver_queue_load_max =
delivery_date_remove
dns_again_means_nonexist = 
dns_check_names
dns_check_names_pattern = (?i)^(?(?(1)\.|())[^\W_](?[a-z0-9-]*[^\W_])?)+$
dns_retrans = 0s
dns_retry = 0
envelope_to_remove
errmsg_file = 
errmsg_text = 
errors_address = postmaster
errors_copy = 
errors_reply_to = 
exim_group = mail
exim_path = /usr/sbin/exim
exim_user = mail
extract_addresses_remove_arguments
finduser_retries = 0
no_forbid_domain_literals
freeze_tell_mailmaster
gecos_name = $1
gecos_pattern = ^([^,:]*)
no_headers_check_syntax
headers_checks_fail
no_headers_sender_verify
no_headers_sender_verify_errmsg
helo_accept_junk_hosts = 
no_helo_strict_syntax
helo_verify = 
hold_domains = 
host_accept_relay = localhost
host_auth_accept_relay = 
host_lookup = *
host_reject = 
host_reject_recipients = 
hosts_treat_as_local = 
no_ignore_errmsg_errors
ignore_errmsg_errors_after = 0s
ignore_fromline_hosts = 
no_ignore_fromline_local
keep_malformed = 4d
kill_ip_options
ldap_default_servers = 
local_domains = localhost:localdomain:tds.net:[207.1.7.252]
local_domains_include_host
local_domains_include_host_literals
local_interfaces = 
localhost_number = 
locally_caseless
no_log_all_parents
no_log_arguments
log_file_path = /var/log/exim/%slog
log_ip_options
log_level = 5
log_queue_run_level = 0
no_log_received_recipients
no_log_received_sender
no_log_refused_recipients
no_log_rewrites
no_log_smtp_confirmation
no_log_smtp_connections
no_log_smtp_syntax_errors
no_log_subject
lookup_open_max = 25
max_username_length = 0
message_body_visible = 500
message_filter = 
message_filter_directory2_transport = 
message_filter_directory_transport = 
message_filter_file_transport = 
message_filter_group =
message_filter_pipe_transport = 
message_filter_reply_transport = 
message_filter_user =
message_id_header_text = 
message_size_limit = 0
no_message_size_limit_count_recipients
never_users = root
nobody_group =
nobody_user =
percent_hack_domains = 
pid_file_path = /var/run/exim/exim%s.pid
no_preserve_message_logs
primary_hostname = localhost
no_print_topbitchars
prod_requires_admin
prohibition_message = 
qualify_domain = dimension11.net
qualify_recipient = dimension11.net
queue_list_requires_admin
no_queue_only
queue_only_file = 
queue_only_load =
queue_remote_domains = 
no_queue_run_in_order
queue_run_max = 5
queue_smtp_domains = 
rbl_domains = 
rbl_hosts = *
no_rbl_log_headers
no_rbl_log_rcpt_count
rbl_reject_recipients
rbl_warn_header
received_header_text = Received: ${if def:sender_rcvhost {from 
${sender_rcvhost}\n\t}{${if def:sender_ident {from ${sender_ident} }}${if 
def:sender_helo_name {(helo=${sender_helo_name})\n\tby ${primary_hostname} 
${if def:received_protocol {with ${received_protocol}}} (Exim ${version_number} 
#${compile_number} (Debian))\n\tid ${message_id}${if def:received_for {\n\tfor 
$received_for}}
received_headers_max = 30
no_receiver_try_verify
receiver_unqualified_hosts = 
no_receiver_verify
receiver_verify_addresses = 
receiver_verify_hosts = *
receiver_verify_senders = 
recipients_max = 0
no_recipients_max_reject
recipients_reject_except = 
recipients_reject_except_senders = 
refuse_ip_options
relay_domains = 
no_relay_domains_include_local_mx
no_relay_match_host_or_sender
remote_max_parallel = 1
remote_sort = 
retry_data_expire = 1w
retry_interval_max = 1d
return_path_remove
return_size_limit = 100K
rfc1413_hosts = *
rfc1413_query_timeout = 30s
security = setuid+seteuid
sender_address_relay = 
sender_reject = 
sender_reject_recipients = 
no_sender_try_verify
sender_unqualified_hosts = 
no_sender_verify
no_sender_verify_batch
no_sender_verify_fixup
sender_verify_hosts = *
sender_verify_max_retry_rate = 12
sender_verify_reject
smtp_accept_keepalive
smtp_accept_max = 20
smtp_accept_max_per_host = 0
smtp_accept_queue = 0
smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 100

Mutt configuration file

2001-11-19 Thread Eric Brooks
I am using Mutt. I don't have a .muttrc file yet but I plan to set one up. I 
figure I can just put it in my home directory along with the other .xrc files. 
I was wondering where Mutt kept its global configuration file and what it was 
named?

Thanks.

Eric[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.dimension11.net]


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Re: Web-based email encryption / signing

2001-11-19 Thread Eric Brooks
You can use gpg with Mutt to encrypt email. If you are running in KDE you can 
use KMail. I don't know what the GNome email client is. Most clients will 
support encryption and signing.

Eric
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On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 02:23:38PM +0100, Nikolai Prokoschenko wrote:
 Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED],
 
 Once you wrote about Web-based email encryption / signing:
  Are there any-web based email providers that allow you to sign or encrypt
  emails?
 
 www.web.de, german freemail provider. I guess you'll need to live in
 Germany for that, but I'm not sure.
 
 -- 
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Re: slavage options for broken /hdb

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
I had the same messages on a Debian system that I setup.  I thought it was a 
hardware problem at first so I put another hard drive in with the same result, 
the same messages. I changed the BIOS settings so that they correctly described 
the hard drive geometry and it fixed the problem. The hard drive has worked 
fine since.

I am speaking from experience, not as an 'expert' debian user. I've only been 
using Debian for a little while and like it but I'm still getting my sea-legs 
so to speak.

Regards,

Eric
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On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 11:55:45PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
 on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 01:31:49PM -0800, tom schuetz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 
 wrote:
  I just tried re-installing a slave drive that had been hosed by
  Mysterious Forces(tm) a while back, on the off chance I could salvage
  it.
  
  Here is the dmesg:
  
  hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
  hdb: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
  hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
  hdb: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
  hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
  hdb: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
  hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
  hdb: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
  ide0: reset: success
  hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
  hdb: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
  end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb), sector 0
  
  
  Is this hopeless? gpart doesn't seem to be up to this.
 
 Unless you need to get data from the drive, RMA or toss it.
 
 If you need to get data from the drive, restore from backups.
 
 Peace.
 
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[root@dimension11.net: Cron news@bainbridge01 rnews -U]

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
I was wondering if anyone could shed light on what I need to do to get rid of 
this error message. I am a new Debian user and I think that I don't have my 
network setup correctly yet (though email is working) and I am not sure what 
the source of this email is?

i'm running on a laptop (dell latitude) as a workstation, not as a server.

thanks.

eric [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Cron [EMAIL PROTECTED] rnews -U
X-Cron-Env: SHELL=/bin/sh
X-Cron-Env: PATH=/usr/lib/news/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
X-Cron-Env: HOME=/var/spool/news
X-Cron-Env: LOGNAME=news
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 22:10:01 -0500

Hostname does not resolve or 'domain' in inn.conf is missing

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GPG Signature

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
Newbie question: Do I need to export my gpg signature to a server in order for 
it to be validated when someone opens my mail or is the signature just a data 
block associated with the email, unverified?



Re: GPG Signature

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
I don't know whether you want to include a lot of gpg usage information in your 
howto on Mutt and GPG but here's what I had to do to export my key to the key 
server and validate that it was exported. 

Assuming that the key is created already which may be a big assumption:
gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --send-keys eric
gpg --list-keys eric
gpg --recv-keys 0xA0EBA1B6

The first line updates the specified keyserver with the key for the person 
whose first name is specified (in this case, me).
The second line lists the values for the person specified (first name) so that 
they key id can be retrieved. I knew what value to look at from looking at your 
key and documentation and deducing it.
The third line retrieves the key from the keyserver, thus validating that the 
key was successfully updated to the keyserver by line 1.

I'd be happy to draft a paragraph on generating a key if you wanted to get to 
that level of detail and thought it might be helpful.

I also attempted to use keyserver pgp.ai.mit.edu and got the message that:
gpg: can't connect to `pgp.ai.mid.edu': Connection refused

I also attempted to use keyserver search.keyserver.net and got the message:
gpg: error sending to `search.keyserver.net': eof

I really appreciate your Howto. Its the best explanation on the whole 
signing/encrypting/securing of email that I've read. 

Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.dimension11.net]


On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 10:04:35PM -0500, Justin R. Miller wrote:
 Thus spake Eric Brooks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
 
  Your tutorial on GnuPG with Mutt is awesome.  Much appreciated! I'm
  going to work through it and get myself setup. 
 
 Thanks, glad you like it!  I'll probably have some updates soon as well.
 Just a couple of notes as you get into it: 
 
 1.  There are one or two features that are specific to Mutt 1.3.x.  You
 might want to give it a shot, as it is in its second or third beta now
 for 1.4.  I used 1.2.5 for about a day or two, but was using IMAP at the
 time, so I upgraded to the unstable tree to benefit from some IMAP
 enhancements, and the document reflects this.  
 
 2.  Some people, especially Outlook users, are picky about the way Mutt
 does PGP signatures.  Basically, Mutt defaults to PGP/MIME, which means
 that the signature is a MIME attachment instead of inline.  You can use
 pgp_create_traditional to make it inline, but Mutt (properly, I might
 add) uses a content-type (I forget what) that is not text/plain, and
 Outlook still behaves weirdly.  You can patch Mutt for Outlook
 compatibility, but that's not on my list of important stuff to do ;-)
 Anyway, in the document I'm a little loose on the terminology and
 basically say that Mutt uses PGP/MIME, which is the new way of doing
 things.  Long threads on both the Mutt and GnuPG mailing lists show many
 peoples' inputs on both sides of that issue and how it should be
 handled.  
 
 Otherwise, thanks again for the feedback and good luck!
 
 -- 
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Re: [root@dimension11.net: Cron news@bainbridge01 rnews -U]

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
Thanks very much for your respone.  

I did look at inn.conf but did not understand what it was trying to do. I felt 
that the problem was deeper than I could see just looking at the conf file.  
First off I didn't understand why rnews was being called at all. Then I didn't 
understand why it couldn't find the server (or even what server it was looking 
for -- the machine I'm running on or a news server).  A lot of questions in my 
mind.

I found that rnews is being called by Cron because the file /etc/cron.d/inn2 
references it.

That was the easy part.  Now I'm working through the rnews man page to figure 
out which server it is looking for and why it can't find it.  I suspect that my 
machine's hostname and dnsdomain are wrong-- which was really at the heart of 
my question, though not stated.  

I'm going to look at how my /etc/host.conf, /etc/hostname, /etc/hosts, 
/etc/hosts.allow, and /etc/hosts.deny work together and what they impact.

-- eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.dimension11.net]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 08:09:36PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
 Eric Brooks wrote:
  
  I was wondering if anyone could shed light on what I need to do to get rid 
  of this error message. I am a new Debian user and I think that I don't have 
  my network setup correctly yet (though email is working) and I am not sure 
  what the source of this email is?
  
  i'm running on a laptop (dell latitude) as a workstation, not as a server.
  
  thanks.
  
  eric [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  
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  Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon)
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: Cron [EMAIL PROTECTED] rnews -U
  X-Cron-Env: SHELL=/bin/sh
  X-Cron-Env: PATH=/usr/lib/news/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
  X-Cron-Env: HOME=/var/spool/news
  X-Cron-Env: LOGNAME=news
  Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 22:10:01 -0500
  
  Hostname does not resolve or 'domain' in inn.conf is missing
  
  - End forwarded message -
 
   well, check your inn.conf (I guess it's in /etc)
 
   erik
 
 
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3Com Mini PCI and Synaptics Touchpad Drivers

2001-09-07 Thread Eric Brooks \(Dimension11\)

I have not found drivers for the following devices:

3Com 10/100 Mini PCI Ethernet Adapter
3Com 56K V.90 Mini PCI Modem
Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad

I'm running on a Micron Transport GX laptop. The touchpad is partially 
recognized but I can't get the cursor to display correctly; all I get is a 
transparent white box.


Before I start looking into writing the drivers myself (and I'm new to Linux 
development) I wanted to ask if anyone else knew of them.


Thanks!

Eric
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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