User authentication question?

2008-08-18 Thread Ishwar Rattan
The system is: Linux pali 2.6.23.14-slh-smp-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jan 14 23:28:40 CET 2008 i686 GNU/Linux I am trying to configure dovecot imap server. How can I figure if the system is PAM for authentication or not? Can it be configured to user /etc/shadow info to authenticate the users

Ppp-dialin help

2008-05-28 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I am trying to setup ppp dialin into my office Linux box. The log a connection is shown below. The server seems to hangup the modem after authentication. Any help will be appreciated. -ishwar --- Modem: serial external Sportster 28800 fax modem System: Linux tigaon 2.6.25-0 ppd:

Re: Ppp-dialin help

2008-05-28 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
On Wed, 28 May 2008, Mumia W.. wrote: On 05/28/2008 10:30 AM, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: I am trying to setup ppp dialin into my office Linux box. [...] ---/etc/ppp/option.ttyS0 192.168.0.12:192.168.0.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 [...] I think this is supposed to be /etc/ppp/options.ttyS0 . Note

ssh quirk after upgrade?

2008-05-16 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I did a dist-upgrade, kernel is 2.6.25-3 OpenSSH_4.76p1 Debian-9 The ssh server is ignoring the rsa-pub keys in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys (pam authentication is working though). Any pointers, -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

usb dial up modem?

2008-05-16 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
Any one using USR5633b USB dialup exyernal modem with Linux? I am looking for one that will work under Linux as the new computer does not have serial ports! Do these modem need a special driver? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

apt-get question..

2008-05-12 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I have a debian system installed and want to dist upgrade it, BUT I want apt--get dist-upgrade to upgrade only the installed debs and not to download everything under the sun! Is such a thing possible? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: apt-get question..

2008-05-12 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Mon, 12 May 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/12/08 13:48, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: I have a debian system installed and want to dist upgrade it, BUT I want apt--get dist-upgrade to upgrade only the installed debs and not to download everything

USB-pendrive boot?

2008-05-07 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I just bought a new HP-DV6700z notebook. It does not have the option to boot from (bootable pen-drive). The USB boot options are - USB floppy - USB Diskette on key The desktop is able to boot from the pen-drive. Any ideas? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: USB-pendrive boot?

2008-05-07 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
On Wed, 7 May 2008, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: I just bought a new HP-DV6700z notebook. It does not have the option to boot from (bootable pen-drive). The USB boot options are - USB floppy - USB Diskette on key The desktop is able to boot from the pen-drive. Any ideas? One guy pointed out

swap partition question?

2008-05-05 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I have a 1Gb primary swap partition (/dev/sda1) and fdisk -l shows that. But the command # swapon /dev/sda1 says that ..:/dev/sda1: is invalid argument. I made an entry in /etc/fstab (too): /dev/sda1 none swap sw 0 0 but swapon -a still syays that it is invalid argument! Any pointers?

Grub question..

2008-05-03 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I did Linux install on a Vista machine but wrote the grub info to partition (and not MBR) - I want to dual boot using grub on bootable CD. /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2 are NTFS partitions /dev/sd3 (Linux swap), /dev/sda4 (Linux /, all there) I copied the grub menu.lst entry from /boot/grub/menu.lst (on

Dist upgrade aftermath..

2008-05-01 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
After apt-get disupgrade, it comes out that I lost the KDE Manager/desktop. The system now boots in fluxbox. Is there way to goback to KDE? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dist upgrade aftermath..

2008-05-01 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
On Thu, 1 May 2008, Celejar wrote: On Thu, 1 May 2008 09:48:42 -0400 (EDT) ISHWAR RATTAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After apt-get disupgrade, it comes out that I lost the KDE Manager/desktop. The system now boots in fluxbox. Is there way to goback to KDE? Is KDE gone, or was the default

Bradcom 4231AG 802.11 a/b/g/draft-n wireless card?

2008-05-01 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
It is being by a HP-6700z notebeook in Vista-Home. I was trying to locate the .sys and .inf files (per ndiswarpper web page). I was able to find .sys file BCMWL6.SYS but no eauivalent .nf exits! So, is this card supprted by Linux as is or in compatibility mode? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

HP/Compaq dv6700z notebook

2008-04-02 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I am inclined to buy the above notebook: -- the wireless is listed as Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n and Bluetooth -- I am not sure if Linux has a driver so, any one using this notebook under Linux? (Also, Intel processor based version uses Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 4695AGN, again the

Canon LIDE-90 scanner

2008-02-11 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
Does any one know if it is supprted under Linux? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Alsa and ens1370 card help

2008-01-24 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Nigel Henry wrote: Hi Ishwar. Is it a PCI, or an older ISA card. lspci should show if it's a PCI one. I have an Ensoniq PCI card (ens1371) that works fine. Could you post also the output of: cat /proc/asound/cards Which Debian based OS is this? Do you have anything

Alsa and ens1370 card help

2008-01-23 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
The system is debian based with alsa-base and alsa-oss packages installed. On trying to configure ALSA as: # alsaconf I see the error message: Setting default volumes... amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device How do I fix it? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

OT: Flash memory

2008-01-11 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
It is way off but some one will direct me to the right place.. I am interested in knowing the storage and access architecture of 'Flash Memory'. Storage: how is the storage viewed? Contiguous or block based, is it possible to have random access etc. As comparison to hard-disk scenario is the

Perl realted..?

2008-01-10 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I am coming back to perl after a long time. The sample code these days also uses variable attribute my as: my $inst = Extutils::Installed-new(); my @modules = $inst-modules(); Can any demistify 'my' for me?? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Perl realted question..

2008-01-09 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
Is there a way to place the last line read when reading from a file? My suspicion is there is no such thing but i do want to confirm.. -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xpdf warnings??

2008-01-04 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
System is Debian derivative with xpdf-3.02-1.3 It seems to work but i see multiple lines with error: Error: Bad bounding box in Type 3 glyph ... Any help will be appreciated. -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

dvdstyler and KDE?

2008-01-01 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
Any one using DVDstyler under KDE desktop? (It seems to require Gnome-desktop??) -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

concatenating pdf files

2007-12-21 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I have scanned related pages of a document as jpeg (limitation of software), converted to pdf using imagemagick::convert. Now is there a way to concatenate the pdf files (or jpeg files and then conver to pdf) to collect the complete document. -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

texexec utility?

2007-12-21 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I have textex/texlive installed but I do not see texexec. $ which texexec $ What package is this utility part of? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Jpeg to pdf filter?

2007-12-20 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
Is there such a utility that can convert a scaned image (saved in jpeg) to a pdf format? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I have a problem with Courier Imap

2007-12-03 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Why not try a FC list?? -ishwar On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Nevruz Mesut Sahin wrote: I have problem with installing Courier Imap . when I try to install courier-imap-pop3-1.5.3-5.i386.rpm but it conflicts Cyrus Sasl and needs courier-imap-common. then I tried to install courier-imap-common but

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-17 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Marc Shapiro wrote: many package .deb files exist which are not installed, or are duplicated in the archives. It then gives options for deleting them with, or without prompting. I don't know of any packaged program that does this, however. That's why I wrote my own.

unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-16 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
Is there a way to find out the 'not used' .deb packages after dis-upgrade and remove them to free up some disk space? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

X11 header and library files?

2007-11-02 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
What .deb package contains X11-header and libraries for developmental work? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

quad-core query

2007-10-31 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
Is anyone running Linux on a quad-core Opteron or Xeon based system? If so, can you provide the system details: - self assembled - preassembled (seller?) - details on components (if available) Regards, -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: kernel 2.6.18+ SMP question

2007-10-13 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Sat, 13 Oct 2007, Robert Cates wrote: Ok, but 16x better? Or 16x more efficient? I know that if we're talking about a 2GHz quad core CPU we're not getting 8GHz of speed, but what exactly is the (performance) advantage of SMP? Not much, unless you can write software that can take

Makefile question??

2007-09-10 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
CC = gcc SRCS = a.c b1.c c1.c OBJS = $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(SRCS) .c)) target: $(OBJS) $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) -o target somehow make does not like the line that sets up OBJS says that no rules to make target found but if replaced as OBJS = a.o b1.o c1.o it works! Any

Re: The install Command is not happy with my Syntax.

2007-08-25 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Use the knoppix-installer utility (run in a terminal window) -ishwar On Sat, 25 Aug 2007, Martin McCormick wrote: I am installing a special version of KNOPPIX (sure wish it was Debian.) from a CDROM to a hard disk. The mounted hard disk is quite writable and the CDROM directory, is

DHCP renewal..

2007-08-19 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
Running a liveCD system. At the first boot ip-address is obtained via DHCP The ip-address is changed to a static ip-address (does work) After sometime, the system renews the DHCP lease, is there a way to stop this renewal? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: DHCP renewal..

2007-08-19 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007, Ken Irving wrote: On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 02:25:14PM -0400, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: Running a liveCD system. At the first boot ip-address is obtained via DHCP The ip-address is changed to a static ip-address (does work) After sometime, the system renews the DHCP lease

Conversion of .flv to .mpg format?

2007-08-09 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
Is there a way to go form .flv file to .mpg under linux? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to add dir to path

2007-08-07 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Manon Metten wrote: What's the reason I shouldn't touch /etc/profile but use ~/.bash_profile instead? A study of tutorial on Unix/Linux will take you a long way. HTH, -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Capture of video stream..

2007-08-06 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I want to capture streamed video from a youtube link. I think that it can be done using mplayer but can't find the exact invocation.. Can the same trick be used to capture streamed audio too? Thanks in advance. -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

from scanner to pdf conversion util?

2007-06-05 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
Is there any software that will scan a page/document and convert to pdf in one ore more steps? Something similar to Windows scan2pdf family.. -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Linux and qemu-090 question

2007-05-01 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I am trying to install qemu-0.9.0 from sources, the system is debian based Linux box. I got the SDL-1.2.11 sources, compiled and installed (/usr/local/lib and ../bin) Got the 5/01-snapshot of qemu-0.9.0, compiled and installs (/usr/loca/bin again) An attempt to use it as: $ qemu -cdrom

Dis-upgrade using apt-get

2007-04-25 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I have a small debian-3.1r3 system. I want to upgrade it to debian-4.0r0. Is there a way to dist-upgrade for the installed software (including dependencies) only?, to keep the extra stuff out that #apt-get dist-upgrade wants to download and install. -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Kernel upgrade?

2007-04-25 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
Is there a way to safely update the running kernel 2.4 to 2.6? What to do if the new kernel does not boot? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Procmail recipe problems

2007-03-08 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Arlie Stephens wrote: On Mar 08 2007, jeffd wrote: Arlie Stephens wrote: I've got a strange problem with my procmail setup, and it's presently affecting my handling of the debian-user list. I suspect I've made some stupid error I just can't see. The goal - filter all

Manpages??

2007-01-23 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I am running a debian derivative system. # apt-get install manpages tells that latest manpges are already installed, but $ man fork (or man 2 fork) says that there is no manual entr for fork So how do I get and install the mapges? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Python2.4.4-1 examples usage?

2007-01-04 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I just updated to python2.4, it also installed a python-examples package. How does one use this package? Import into python interpreter does not work.. -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

spambayes mail filter

2007-01-04 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Is any one using spabayes under Linux? The web page only talks about Windoz+Outlook-Express? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Safe way to upgrade kernel?

2006-12-21 Thread Ishwar Rattan
# apt-get install newer-kernel sometimes complains that it will not upgrade the running kernel. So, what is the correct way to upgrade kernel image? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I just installed Debian form the binary-1 CD and Internet. The system used Gdm/Genome by default. How do I make not to start X-windowes so that I can up dist-upgrade etc. (I think that it is level 3)? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Larry Irwin wrote: On 12/8/06, Ishwar Rattan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed Debian form the binary-1 CD and Internet. The system used Gdm/Genome by default. How do I make not to start X-windowes so that I can up dist-upgrade etc. (I think that it is level 3

Gv package..

2006-11-24 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I am running a debian derivative (Kanotix). I installed gv-3.6.2-1 after update but seems to have a problem. How can I reinstall older version gv-3.6.1-12? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Firefox icon on KDE desktop?

2006-11-24 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I accidently deletd the firefox icon (colorful fox) from menu bar (with Big-K). Is there a way to create the icon again? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xsetup reconfiguration?

2006-11-22 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I am running a debian derivative. I would like to force a reconfiguration of the xserver, any ideas how? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

AMD Turion based laptop from Dell

2006-11-17 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Any one using Debian Linux on the new laptop? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

LDAP howto?

2006-10-03 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Pointers to good LDAP-howto for server coniguration details. -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mouse Problems with KVM Switch

2006-09-22 Thread Ishwar Rattan
The solutions I have found: 1. remove and reinsert the mouse 2. replace with other KVM switch 3. if you have two monitors, use synergy software 4. lastly stay with windows as you have pointed put below HTH, -ishwar On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, aladdin wrote: Has anyone found a solution (besides a

Debian on SunMicrosystem's box

2006-08-31 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Is anyone running Debain (or derivative) on the AMD64 based box from SunMicrosystems: it is running Solaris-10 and identifies itself (uname -a output): SunOS cps203 5.10 Generic_118855-14 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Debian install and swap

2006-08-27 Thread Ishwar Rattan
The system is a debian derivative. hdb2 is a primary partition for Linux swap. /etc/fstab has the entry: /dev/hdb2 noneswapsw 0 0 but top utility shows 0M swap, and attempt to make it active with swapon (swapon -a) produces the error: swapon: /dev/hdb2: Invalid

remote access via ssh?

2006-08-24 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Remote system is debian derivative. When I access this system using ssh, the connection does not execute $HOME/.bashrc on remote system. Any ideas? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian install

2006-08-17 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Just installed base debian form 3.1r1 iso cdrom. I also installed gcc-3.4 with apt-get install. The /usr/include/stdio.h etc are missing, how do I install the header files. uname -a gives: Linux debian 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Wed Aug 17... -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

RE: Open Source Supported Graphics Cards

2006-08-14 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Seth Goodman wrote: desire to learn, and some are here to teach as well. I'm also saying that most non-technical computer users are not capable of learning Debian, as it exists today. While some may disagree, I consider that a problem. Your words of wisdom have been

vmplayer and vmx file?

2006-07-07 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Any one using vmplayer to boot systems usning a floppy image? If so, can you give the entries in .vmx file for making the floppy-image scenario work? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: vmplayer and vmx file?

2006-07-07 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Forgot to metion that I am using the entries: floppy0.present = TRUE floppy0.fileName = bootit floppy0.startConnected = TRUE but it keeps on complaining that it can't connect to bootit.. bootit is a floppy-image -ishwar On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Ishwar Rattan wrote: Any one using vmplayer

Re: vmplayer and vmx file?

2006-07-07 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I figured it out, it needs two more entries: (extension part does seem to matter): floppy0:fileType = file workingDir = . BTW is there a way to use old flat vmdk files circa vmware-4.0 or earlier with vmplayer? (there used to be two files: for example: other-flat.vmdk other.vmdk ) -ishwar On

apt-get question?

2006-07-03 Thread Ishwar Rattan
How does one install the upgrade that was downloaded as: apt-get upgrade -d -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

apt-get question?

2006-07-02 Thread Ishwar Rattan
How can one install a package downloaded as: apt-get install -d gcc-3.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Grub question?

2006-06-28 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I am thinking of installing debian on partition /dev/sda6 (on a SATA hard disk). Grub menu entry for root partition: will/should it be (hd0,5) or (sd0,5)? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

screen blank time setting

2006-06-15 Thread Ishwar Rattan
How can I set/change the scenn blan time under KDE-3.x? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

pci device config details?

2006-04-15 Thread Ishwar Rattan
System is Debian derivative (kanotix-2005-4). Is there a uitlity or command that will display the configuration of PCI devices (the NIC card in particular): io-addr, memory-addr, irq etc. ? Thanks in advance, -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

fluxbox and screen blanking

2006-03-14 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I am running a debian derivative system with fluxbox window manager. The screen does not blank and I have failed in finding how to do it? Any ideas will be appreciated. -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Managing memory usage per *user* (or group) not per *process*?

2006-03-08 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Dave Ewart wrote: On Wednesday, 08.03.2006 at 09:25 -0600, Steve Block wrote: Is there a way to impose resource limits (spec. RAM usage) per user? Or, even better, per system group (so I could say all users in group 'staff' are limited to a total memory usage at any

Re: How long must a bug report be ignored before I escalate?

2006-02-26 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, Gregory Seidman wrote: Okay, different situation, same question. I submitted a wishlist bug, with a patch, more than eight months ago. The desired change is simple and the patch only alters/adds a few dozen lines in a single source file. I've tested the patch and it

gpg error help

2006-02-20 Thread Ishwar Rattan
How do I get the gpg key of ftp.nerim.net (apt-get update complains about it): GPG error: ftp://ftp.nerim.net sid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 07DC563D1F41B907 -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

kernel compile question..

2006-02-16 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I am trying to compile the kernel for enabling SMP with command: fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version=-smp kernel-image in /usr/src/linux directory and see the error message:: ... make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.7' COLUMNS=150 dpkg -l 'gcc*' perl dpkg 'libc6*' binutils ldso make

Re: [SOLVED] kernel compile question..

2006-02-16 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Reinstall of originalawk solved the problem. The kernel-image package builds and installs fine. How do I make the modules to install? make modules make modules_install does not do anything! -ishwar On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Ishwar Rattan wrote: I am trying to compile the kernel for enabling SMP

KDE and Browser icon?

2006-02-08 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I am using a debian derivative with KDE desktop environment. After apt-get install firefox today I lost the browser icon (in task bar). Rebooting the system did not help. I can start the browser with explicit by invoking it via command line though. Any ideas? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

apt-get question

2006-02-01 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I have installed debian-archive-keyring and apt-get install still complains like: WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! tex-common tetex-base libkpathsea4 libpoppler0c2 libt1-5 tetex-bin What is the solution? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Grub install question?

2006-01-31 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I have a debian derivative with / on hda5 that bots using grub (and is working). I want to install another distribution on hda3, it also asks if bootmanager (Grub) be installed in MBR or root partition. So, will an install on MBR destroy the boot info for the exisiting system? -ishwar -- To

Re: Grub install question?

2006-01-31 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Tiago Pedrosa wrote: On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:10:09 +0100 Ishwar Rattan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a debian derivative with / on hda5 that bots using grub (and is working). I want to install another distribution on hda3, it also asks if bootmanager (Grub

vde_switch bridge question?

2006-01-14 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I have a debian based Linux box (ProMepis) running a iptables firewall on interface eth0. I want to try bridging for qemu based hosts. Using vde_switch software I set up a bridge (br0) to which intefaces eth0 and tun0 are bridged to it. 1. I assume that now the firewall should be run on interface

Re: window manager.

2006-01-09 Thread Ishwar Rattan
lwm is worth trying, they do not come any lighter. -ishwar On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Mauro Sanna wrote: Hello. Can you suggest me a light window manager to use via vnc in internet? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: hyperthreading not working (?)... /proc/cpuinfo shows 2 cpus

2006-01-07 Thread Ishwar Rattan
What is meant by not working? /proc/cpuinfo shows two processors: cpu 0 and cpu 1. -ishwar On Sat, 7 Jan 2006, Brandon Simmons wrote: running kernel 2.6.13. I built my own kernel and enabled HT and the system seems to recognize two processors. Here is /proc/cpuinfo:

Re: Debian and VMware

2005-12-20 Thread Ishwar Rattan
It sure is. -ishwar On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Chris Sutton wrote: Dear Sir/Mam, Is it possible to install VMware-for-Linux on Debian? Thx! -- Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

modprobe for module at boot time?

2005-11-29 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I am running a Debian derivative system. I would like the system to insert a module at boot time. So, how do I indicate it (which file /etc should contain the directive)? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

mplayer and mp3s

2005-11-23 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Does any one know the correct invocation of mplayer to play mp3 music file(s)? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mplayer and mp3s

2005-11-23 Thread Ishwar Rattan
And invocation of mplayer for audio-cds? -ishwar On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Rafal Czlonka wrote: Just `mplayer mymusic.mp3` works for me, make sure your mplayer was compiled with MP3 support (uses lame iirc). It uses mp3lib. Lame is an encoder. MEncoder uses libmp3lame to encode to mp3. --

Posts to list

2005-11-20 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I do not see my posts to debian-user list, but see the ones posted by others. Is it normal? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

debian packages download??

2005-11-19 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I have a debian based box at home and can't afford to to apt-get update/install over a dial-up (too slow..). Is there a way to figure out the dependency using apt-get and then download .deb files (needed) on a fast connection and then use them on home box?? Thanks, -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

OT: Asus-N6600-TD/256 video card?

2005-11-18 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Does any one know if it works with X in Debian-unstable? I am thinking of buying a new video card. Thanks in advance, -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Solaris: The Most Advanced OS?

2005-11-07 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, loos wrote: Em Seg, 2005-11-07 às 16:31 -0500, Paul Smith escreveu: %% Michel Loos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I prefer the second version: Linux is a Research Product. You should said this the first time, and not go around in circles. You are as good as supporters of

Re: (OT) Beginner's Linux book recommendation

2005-10-31 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Look at 'Linux administration and beginner's guide' (2nd Edition), S. Shah, McGraw-Hill is a good starter. -ishwar On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Antony Gelberg wrote: John Purser wrote: One thing I've found to be very helpful is to get a distribution specific or at least friendly manual to begin

bittorrent query?

2005-09-27 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I just installed bittorrent-3.4.2-5 from testing. What is the command to invoke it? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to lock user in his home

2005-09-13 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Leonardo Marques wrote: i want the user can do everything they can do by default minus browse accross the file system. Unix does not work that way. For user home dirs you can use 700 mode but changing others in the system might break it. non-operable. -ishwar -- To

testing and unstable packages?

2005-09-03 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Does it make any sense to mix testing and unstable packages in updating the system (using apt-get)? Any potential problems?? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Scanner recommendation?

2005-08-31 Thread Ishwar Rattan
System is Debian derivative with kernel-2.6.7. I am looking for a scanner (usb) that will work under this system. Any input will be appreciated. -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: When kill -9 won't do

2005-08-29 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Kent West wrote: garaged wrote: On 8/29/05, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Other than rebooting the machine, is there a stronger kill signal than -9 ? I was scp'ing some files from a CD drive on the remote machine; the process hung, so I ctrl-C'd on my end.

OT: document scanning into pdf/ps file?

2005-08-29 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I am running Debian deriveative system. Is there a way to scan in a document (as one image per page) and concatenate them into a single pdf or postscript file? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Marvel 10/200/1000 on board LAN?

2005-08-09 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, J.A. de Vries wrote: On 2005-08-08 @ 15:46:43 (week 32) Ishwar Rattan wrote: I use another mobo, but with the same ethernet controller (I think): [EMAIL PROTECTED]: lspci | grep Marvell :00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon Gigabit

Marvel 10/200/1000 on board LAN?

2005-08-08 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Hello I am trying to make an Intel D925XECV2 with motherboard with 'Marvel 10/100/1000 LAN' on board. Knoppix-3.9 (kernel 2.6.11, May/2005) also does not detect the inteface? Any one out there using this motherboard? What version of kernel might have the driver for it? BTW even the link lights

Re: Cups+printer install?

2005-08-04 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Derek Broughton wrote: Ishwar; this question has nothing to do with debian-kde - but you don't need X to use a browser. Use lynx or any other text browser. It was posted to debian-user. I have no idea about debian-kde part. Sorry for asking the question :-( -ishwar

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