Re: Startx works, but sddm/lightdm/xdm doesn't

2022-02-28 Thread John Goerzen
On Mon, Feb 28 2022, Felix Miata wrote:

>> However, removing modesetting_drv.so from
>> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers did.  That solved the problem.
>
>> But it didn't switch to nouveau; it went to fbdev.
>
> You likely created a new problem. modesetting_drv.so is the default DIX for 
> AMD,
> Intel and NVidia GPUs. fbdev is unaccelerated, and won't support most common
> widescreen display modes. Some apps won't run on it. I don't think Gnome will 
> even
> start using it. Using fbdev you can expect your PC to feel like it's running a
> single core at 233MHz instead of 2000MHz or more on multiple cores.

I was afraid of this, yes.

> I don't know that I've ever migrated an installation using SDDM to another PC
> using a majorly different GPU. I use TDM or KDM3 on most installations, with a
> rare few on LightDM or SDDM, whose themes I always have extreme negative
> appreciation for.

Somehow the Live CDs must be doing something that works here.  I guess
it might be interesting to see what Debian Live KDE does on this box!

John



Re: Startx works, but sddm/lightdm/xdm doesn't

2022-02-28 Thread John Goerzen
On Mon, Feb 28 2022, Felix Miata wrote:

> There are two nouveau drivers:
>
>   kernel device
>   display device
>   modesetting
>   nouveau
>
> Both possible full-function display device drivers depend on the nouveau 
> kernel
> driver (module). inxi -Gayz will show both. Try switching from the one in 
> current
> use to the other. Adding or purging xserver-xorg-video-nouveau is typically 
> the
> simplest way to switch between them. /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ can also be used to
> make the switch by explicitly declaring the chosen driver. The in-use display
> driver is announced in roughly half the lines in each Xorg.#.log.

Interestingly, purging xserver-xorg-video-nouveau didn't change
anything.  However, removing modesetting_drv.so from
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers did.  That solved the problem.

But it didn't switch to nouveau; it went to fbdev.

But, since I also want to boot this drive on other machines that need
it, I can't just leave it that way.  It also leaves open the question of
why it worked fine in startx, or after logging in with sddm, which is
darn weird to me.

> Try disabling Plymouth, appending one of the following to the end of the linu 
> line
> after striking the E key at the Grub menu:

Thanks for the tip; no change there (I wasn't using the graphical stuff
anyhow).

> If none help, try appending your display's native mode & refresh instead, 
> e.g.:
>
>   video=1920x1080@60
>
> If this works, likely an edit to /etc/default/grub about graphics handling or
> theme, and regeneration of /boot/grub/grub.cfg, is indicated.

It's also already getting that right from EDID, so I'm pretty sure
that's not the issue.

Thanks again!

John



Startx works, but sddm/lightdm/xdm doesn't

2022-02-28 Thread John Goerzen
Hi,

I have a system with a GeForce 1050 Ti on bullseye.

On this system, if I log in as a regular user and run startx, everything
works fine; KDE Plasma comes up and it's all good.

But sddm doesn't work.  In fact, when it starts, it causes my monitor to
go "no signal".  Oddly, though, if I can log in blindly, then once I hit
enter after putting in my password, KDE will come up and work like it
should.

I also tried lightdm and xdm.  Both of them also had "no signal" when
starting.

It is using the nouveau driver.  There are no errors in Xorg.0.log,
journalctl, dmesg, syslog, or the xsession log.  lspci doesn't show any
other graphics adapter.  xrandr on the sddm session shows it detected
the appropriate output at the appropriate resolution.  Xorg.0.log looks
completely appropriate; detecting devices, setting them up, etc.

If I boot the same drive on a different box with Intel graphics, sddm
works fine.

This is a fresh bullseye install.

A am utterly baffled; I'd think at least xdm should work!

Thanks,

John



Re: Xorg on dfsbuilt live CD

2007-09-11 Thread John Goerzen
On Tue September 11 2007 4:55:36 am Piotr Kopszak wrote:
 Hello,

 I'm trying to get Xwindows going on a live etch CD I prepare using
 dfsbuilt on recent etch. In my dfs.cfg I added the following packages:

 x-window-system-core xorg larswm

 The CD builds OK. It runs fine in text mode however when I try to
 start Xwindows it complains about inaccessible /var/log directory and
 quits. Any ideas?

It probably wants to be able to write to that directory.  There is a line in 
dfs.cfg where you can list the files/dirs that you will want to put on the 
ramdisk instead of on the CD.

-- John


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Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

2007-01-26 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 11:20:00PM +0100, Piotr Dziubinski wrote:
 I'm very irritated and disappointed with your policy! Why?
 
 I've used various Linux distributions for 8 years. I've been using Debian
 for the last 6 months, but today I changed my mind!
 
 After updating Firefox in Debian I realized that Firefox is no longer
 present in my operating system!
 Instead of it, I have this trashy and shity Iceweasle.
 F.u...k, #%[EMAIL PROTECTED] 5^%^*(@ %$$%^$

Urm, you do realize that Iceweasel *IS* Firefox, right?


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FW: Debian From Scratch 0.99.0

2006-04-21 Thread John Goerzen
I received a comment suggesting that I forward this message on to
debian-user.  So here goes.  Please make sure to CC me on replies as I'm
not on this list.

Thanks,

-- John

- Forwarded message from John Goerzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

From: John Goerzen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:18:12 -0500
To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Debian From Scratch 0.99.0

Debian From Scratch (DFS) is a single, full rescue CD capable of
working with all major filesystems, LVM, software RAID, and even
compiling a new kernel.  The DFS ISO images also contain a small
Debian mirror subset that lets you use cdebootstrap, along with the
other utilities on the CD, to perform a manual, Gentoo-like
installation.  It also serves as an excellent rescue CD, with a full
compliment of filesystem tools, backup/restore software, and a
development environment complete enough to build your own kernels.

DFS also refers to dfsbuild, the tool that generates DFS images.
dfsbuild is available as a Debian package.  dfsbuild is designed to
make it trivial to build your own custom DFS images.  You can have
your own set of Debian packages on your images, your own kernels,
etc.  Unlike many other systems, you can go from the example dfs.cfg
to a customized DFS build in just a few minutes, even if you've never
used dfsbuild before.

Today I am announcing the availability of DFS 0.99.0 images for
i386/amd64 and dfsbuild 0.99.0.

dfsbuild is available in sid and (hopefully shortly) testing.  My DFS
ISOs are available from http://people.debian.org/~jgoerzen/dfs/

DFS is not a separate distribution.  DFS images *are* Debian.  What
you get when you boot a DFS CD is etch (or whatever you built your own
images with), with a few minor tweaks to make it run from CD-ROM.

These are the major changes since the previous incarnation of DFS:

 * Entire program rewritten from scratch.  Ported from OCaml to
   Haskell, with some Busybox scripts.

 * DFS now supports Debian initramfs kernels out of the box.  It
   continues to support kernels with enough drivers statically
   compiled to load the CD.

 * Switched from apt-move to reprepro for the generation of the
   on-CD mini Debian mirror, saving space on the generated image.

 * DFS images now use (and require) udev.  2.4.x kernels are no longer
   supported.

 * CD-ROM autodetection via /sys.

 * My DFS images are now built with testing (etch).

 * My DFS images now come with multiple versions of GCC, plus development 
   environments for C, Java, Perl, Haskell, Pyton, OCaml, shell, and
   tcl.

 * My DFS images now come with various version-control programs: CVS,
   darcs, bzr, subversion, git, cogito, arch2darcs, tailor, etc.

 * Numerous additions of other packages to the DFS images; full list
   at [1].  My DFS images now contain 575 packages.

 * My DFS images now built with etch, and come with enough .debs to
   cdebootstrap sarge, etch, or sid (assuming sid is stable enough at
   this time)

 * My DFS images continue to be able to cdebootstrap either an i386
   or amd64 system.

A more comprehensive list of DFS features is available at [2].

[1] http://people.debian.org/~jgoerzen/dfs/pkglist-0.99.0_i386.txt
[2] http://people.debian.org/~jgoerzen/dfs/html/intro.html#FEATURES


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Re: offlineimap duplicating emails

2004-12-24 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 01:51:17PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
 [John... I put you on Bcc to be sure you see this. Please forgive
me.]

No problem.  You'll have to continue to CC me, though, since I'm not
on -user.

Some data would be useful:

1. What mail server is being used?

2. Are you using IMAP or Maildir on the local end?  If IMAP, what
   local server?

3. What mail reader are you using?

4. Are you using any other mail programs to access the mail store on
   the server?

After that, it would probably be useful if you could isolate a folder
with just a few messages in it for testing...  send along a dump of -1
-d imap and a ls -lR over your Maildir tree.

-- John

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Re: GNUCash 1.6.4

2001-11-05 Thread John Goerzen
This has already been fixed in version 1.6.4-2 which should now be
available for powerpc and i386 in sid.

-- John

Stephen Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Hi All,
 
 I am trying to run GNUCash 1.6.4 and I get the following message
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnucash
 ERROR: no such module (g-wrapped gw-runtime)
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
 
 I get the same error when running GNUCash 1.6.1.
 
 I did have 1.6.1 running, but I installed the 1.7.0 source files from cvs,
 installed the build dependecies and have not been able to run gnucash ever
 since.
 
 Thanks for your help.
 
 Cheers, Stephen Grant Brown
 
 PS Craig, I installed the files you suggested.
 

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Re: X broken at 3.3.6-8 potato update!!! a work-around fix

2000-07-01 Thread John Goerzen
James D. Freels [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 The fix as recommended by several folks is to 
 
 rm -rf /tmp/.X11-unix
 
 I trust this information is being passed on to the developers without
 a formal bug report.

It would be far better to submit a bug report, actually.

-- John



Re: freedomization task list [was: Re: Dangerous precedent being set - possible serious violation of the GPL]

1999-12-27 Thread John Goerzen
John Galt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

   Until that happens, I stand by the fact that xemacsXX depends on X in all
   extant cases.
  
  Being linked with a library is FAR different that requiring the X
  Window System (X).  The difference is not hard to notice and I am
  surprised that you have missed it.
 
 If you tell me how to find out if package foo requires X save by the
 xlib6g dependency, I'll gladly concede the point.  Good luck trying...

Perhaps -- shock horror -- you might actually *boggle* READ THE
DOCUMENTATION?!

  Furthermore, your logic quoted below is extremely faulty; xterm has no 
  non-X mode; XEmacs does.  Oops, looks like you have a flaw.  Next
  thing I know you'll be claiming mc depends on GNOME and ls on Linux!
 
 Furthermore nothing. The only fault of logic here is your failure to
 address all bases for the analogy and your building a strawman.

You are saying A is B, A is C; Z is B; therefore, Z is C.  (Where A
is xterm, B is depends on xlib6g, C is depends on X, and Z is
XEmacs.)

Notice the flaw in your logic yet?  It should be obvious.

As another example.  Cars have windows.  Cars need sparkplugs.  Houses 
have windows.  Therefore, houses need sparkplugs.

  Note that even though it is linked with an X library, it is still
  possible for it to ignore such.
 
 Not when you're installing it.  The actual execution is irrelevant--you
 can't even install xemacs without X, and installation is just a bit higher

You can, and I have.  Please stop spouting these lies until you have
actually tried it.

 up in the tree than execution: you can install without execution, but you
 can't execute without installing.  

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Re: [Debian]: Deutsche Manpages

1999-04-21 Thread John Goerzen
Kurt,

Entschuldigen Sie bitte meine Grammatik.  Ich spreche nur ein bisschen
Deutsch.

Wenn Sie Debian 2.1 haben, koennen Sie dies tun:

Zuerst installieren Sie die Pakete manpages-de und
manpages-de-dev.  Dann schreiben Sie:

export LANG=de_DE

Jetzt koennen Sie schreiben, zum Beispiel:

man cat

Und Sie erhalten die deutsche manpage.

-- John

Kurt Stallknecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Ich muss das Thema noch einmal aufgreifen, da ich das selbe Problem 
 habe und noch nicht Jau rufen kann. Die Umgebungsvariablen habe ich 
 gesetzt und auch die AEnderungen in der manpath.conf vorgenommen. In 
 bo hat das wunderbar geklappt, aber seit dem Update auf hamm muss ich 
 das Manual wieder in Englisch lesen. Klaert sich das mit dem Update 
 auf slink von alleine oder liegt es evtl. daran, dass bei mir z.B. 
 LANG=de_DE und nicht LANG=de steht?
 
 Danke fuer jeden Hinweis,
 
 Kurt
 
 
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Re: using Hauppauge WinTV under Debian

1999-04-01 Thread John Goerzen
Andrei Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  it's a TV/Radio tuner which works under all the winblows versions
 
 Just because it works with Windows doesnt guarantee it's work with Linux. 
 It's a WinTV card. Basicly, logic suggests it's a Win-hardware, and
 therefor you can not use it with Linux.

This is incorrect.  Those cards use the BT848 chipset, which is
explicitly supported by Video4Linux.


Re: elm sending blank mails

1999-03-14 Thread John Goerzen
Max Kamenetsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 No, I haven't tried downgrading yet, though I know that the problem is not
 with the kernel version.  I get the same problem with kernel 2.2.3.  I'd
 also be very surprised if this were an MTA problem because pine works
 fine.  I haven't tried downgrading glibc because that is a major task

Pine and Elm may be talking in different ways to the MTA or feeding it 
different types of data.

I'd suggest that you make a full bug report, including version numbers 
of everything, log files with as much debugging information as
possible, a sample blank mail, and the like.  Try it with different
kernel versions, different libc versions, etc., replacing things one
at a time until the problem goes away.

 (it's a whole bunch of packages, I'm not even sure where to begin with
 those).  So, is there anyone out there using elm with exim and glibc2.1?
 There's got to be at least one person!

Well, glibc2.1 is a *very* new introduction to unstable, and as such,
is, well, unstable.


Re: elm sending blank mails

1999-03-13 Thread John Goerzen
Max,

I don't know if this is a problem with glibc2.1 or Exim -- neither of
which I have the opportunity to test (my development platform is Alpha 
running sendmail).

It is possible that your kernel version is causing trouble; being an
unstable and development kernel could have its risks.

Have you tried downgrading system components one by one to make sure
that it's really an elm problem and not a glibc2.1 one?  What happens
with other MTAs?

Max Kamenetsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I just upgraded my potato system to the latest version of libc and exim,
 and I'm not faced with the problem of elm sending blank e-mails.  If I
 send a test message or reply to someone else's e-mail, the message comes
 out blank.  The mail buffer gets written to a file in /tmp just like it's
 supposed to, and I can see that it's there right before I press s to
 send.  The strange thing is that the message is sent empty, even though
 it gets written properly to my sent folder.  There are no error messages
 in exim's mainlog.  What is even stranger is that if I send a MIME
 message, it goes through OK.  Pine also works fine.  So, does anyone know
 what's going on?  I'd really like to get this fixed ASAP, but it seems
 that the Debian version of elm wasn't compiled with debugging support.
 
 I'm running glibc2.1 under kernel 2.1.121.
 
 Thanks, and please reply via e-mail!
 
 Max Kamenetsky


Re: help me to undertand GMT time!!!!

1999-03-11 Thread John Goerzen
John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I wrote:
  12:00 noon, please.  12:00 pm is midnight...
 
 Pann McCuaig writes:
  I don't think so. 12:00pm is noon
 
 PM stands for post meridiem, which means after noon.  Thus 12PM is 12 hours
 after noon, or midnight.

No.  By your logic, 12:01 PM is 12 hours and one minute after noon.

12:00 PM is noon, because the time switches from AM to PM at noon.
Simple, eh?

 be 12AM or 12PM.  The instant of midnight is both 12 hours before and 12 hours
 after noon, and therefor is both 12AM and 12PM.
 
 Say noon and midnight, or use 24 hour notation.

Yes.


Re: help me to undertand GMT time!!!!

1999-03-11 Thread John Goerzen
Marcelo E. Magallon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

   PM stands for post meridiem, which means after noon.  Thus 12PM is 12 
   hours
   after noon, or midnight.
  
  No.  By your logic, 12:01 PM is 12 hours and one minute after noon.
  
  12:00 PM is noon, because the time switches from AM to PM at noon.
  Simple, eh?
 
 John Hasler is correct.  The point is there is NO 12 am or 12 pm.  As he

That is not what he said.  He said that, and I quote, 12 PM is 12
hours after noon, or midnight.  This is incorrect.

 Although it might seen as a logical conclusion to say that 12:00 pm is noon,
 the argument doesn't hold, because `pm' has a precise definition.  It means
 when any given star has _crossed_ the meridian

Which it will have by the time you are able to write either the AM or
the PM.  Speaking of one precise instant in time is pointless; it is
gone in an infinately small amount of time.  Trying to confuse the
issue, and everyone, by doing this is silly.  Nitpicking like that is
unnecessary, and you are not correctly stating either my statement or
the one to which I was replying.


Re: Debian Kills Disks

1999-03-01 Thread John Goerzen
Jerry,

It would be *very* helpful if you could include the exact error
messages that you get, word-for-word, what you were doing when you
received them, and how to reproduce.  Otherwise, we really have no
idea what to do to fix.

However, you can wipe out the partition table and master boot record
on your disk and restart.  WARNING: THIS COMMAND WILL DESTROY
EVERYTHING ON YOUR DISK.  USE WITH CARE!  Also, reboot immediately
after using it.

  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=10

Jerry Human [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Hello Debian Geeks:
 
 Before you get upset let me declare that I'm a Linux/Debian newbie geek
 wannabe. I've only recently (a month ago) became interested in Linux.
 I've spent most of the time reading everything I could find. I have
 d/led a few distros to get a feel of Linux. I have two computers, a
 486DX50 VLB and a 386DX40. The 486 is running PC DOS 7.0 and Win95, 40x
 CD and SB 16 Pro that is my main box for doing almost everything
 including surfing the net. The 386 is my test box that I'm trying to get
 Linux to run on but it doesn't have a CD or modem. Consequently, I have
 obtained everything I have for Linux on the Win95 box and transferred to
 the 386 via floppy.
 
 I've made the floppies (Rescue, Drivers, 5 base disks for Debian)
 following the instructions in the .txt files and Howto's on the 486 in
 DOS using Rawrite for them and used the disks to install Debian several
 times as I would learn more and realize I had left something out or
 wanted to try something different. These seem to be the most stable
 floppies I have made in Debian. Needless to say, Debian would succeed
 more times than any of the other distros, including RedHat.
 
 Obviously, I spent most of my time working/learning Debian. However,
 after using a floppy two or three times, it became unusable in any OS.
 This I attributed to normal attrition, even though the attrition rate
 was a lot higher than in any of the other OS's. Now the hard drive in
 the 386 has become unusable.
 
 Even Debian is refusing to install properly on it, the last semi
 successful install attempt resulted in a Read Only partial install that
 won't boot from the hard disk and a floppy boot won't access the hard
 disk. I believe that Debian has signed the boot partition in some way
 to make the disk(s) unusable. In other words, a software flag or
 partition id was written to the disk in a way that was not completely
 correct. How can I correct this? Is there a Hex editor I could use to
 clear the boot sector of the disk so a new install would work correctly?
 
 Thanks.
 
 
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Re: cdu31a

1999-02-22 Thread John Goerzen
Hello Andrea,

The kernel sources list the following as possible addresses:

   { 0x340, 0 },/* Standard configuration Sony Interface */
   { 0x1f88,0 },/* Fusion CD-16 */
   { 0x230, 0 },/* SoundBlaster 16 card */
   { 0x360, 0 },/* Secondary standard Sony Interface */
   { 0x320, 0 },/* Secondary standard Sony Interface */
   { 0x330, 0 },/* Secondary standard Sony Interface */
   { 0x634, 0 },/* Sound FX SC400 */
   { 0x654, 0 },/* Sound FX SC400 */

In my experience, I found it often at 0x330 or 0x300, or 0x2c0 (not
all of those are listed.)  If all else fails, try each of those and
see if you get it to work.  Hint: compile it as a module and specify
it on the command line so you don't have to compile and reboot so many
times.

Andrea Novara [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Hi to all!
 
 I have an old sony cdu33a 2x cd! The problem is that no docs are provided
 about which io_port I should use. The DOS driver don't tell me the values!
 The manifacturer of the audio card / controller have retired ( was Reveal )
 and all the hints in cdu31a.c don't work!
 
 I'm using kernel 2.2.1 on hamm.
 
 What can I do?
 
 Thanks!!!
 Andrea
 
 
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Re: XFree86 3.3.3.1 packaged.

1999-02-20 Thread John Goerzen
Is this built with the Sparc and Alpha patches, so those of us not on
x86 can try it out too?

Thanks,
John

Vincent Renardias [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 'lo,

 If you feel bored this WE or happen to have one of those gfx cards
 supported only in the most recents XFree86 releases, you may want to try
 my 3.3.3.1 packages.
 They're accessible on: http://master.debian.org/~vincent/xfree-3.3.3.1/

 Notes:
 - Based on the Debian changes from 3.3.2.3a-10 and upstream 3.3.3.1
   sources.
 - One new binary package produced: xserver-glint; boards supported: GLINT
   500TX with IBM RGB526 RAMDAC, GLINT MX with IBM RGB526 and IBM
   RGB640 RAMDAC, Permedia with IBM RGB526 RAMDAC and Permedia 2
   (classic, 2a, 2v).
 - Takes ~1.5h to build on my Celeron 385 ;)
 - These are _not_ the 3.3.3.1 official packages. Branden should make
   them in a while.
 - These packages WorkForMe(tm), but I haven't tested them too much. If you
   have problems/questions about them, please report to me directly.


   Cordialement,

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Re: XFree86 is 3.3.3.

1999-02-16 Thread John Goerzen
On Wed, Feb 17, 1999 at 09:23:34AM +1300, David Zanetti wrote:

 That is, until it dselect comes along an upgrades the X servers :(
 
 Several times already my 3.3.3 SVGA server has been nuked by dselect,
 and 3.3.2 doesn't support my TNT board :(

This would imply that you're using 3.3.3 debs for X, which are not available
yet.

I would suggest that you download your own version and stick it in
/usr/local/bin, and set /etc/X11/Xserver to use that file.


 David Zanetti, Unix System Administrator, Information Technology Group
 Wellington City Council, New Zealand. Phone x3354 or 04 801 3354
 
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 assistance is appreciated.

This doesn't make a lot of sense, considering that this list is public with
thousands of subscribers and web-based archives mirrored around the world,
with news gateways and corresponding archives there.


Re: Goodbye, people!

1999-02-03 Thread John Goerzen
On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 08:30:35PM -0500, Randy Edwards wrote:

Gee, that sounds familiar! ;-)
 
Yes, Linux's learning curve is pretty steep, and you can't just overwhelm
 the system either (at least I can't!).  You're taking the right tack -- you
 have to relax, plug away, keep trying, and savor every little victory; after,
 of course, making backup copies of your config files in case you screw
 something up!  You wouldn't believe how many *.conf.good files used to
 litter my hard drives. ;-)

I've been using it for years (and am a developer); I still do that sort of
thing :-)

There'are always something new.  Lately, I've learned a lot about DNS and
anti-spam in sendmail.  Someday I want to learn enough to hack on the kernel
in a proficient manner.   Of course, by that time, there will probably be
hundreds of new programs just waiting for me to learn about :-)


Re: Slink CDs available

1999-02-03 Thread John Goerzen
Hi,

Will you be making CD images of the other architectures to be carried in
slink as well, so those can be tested?

Thanks,
John

On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 02:59:11AM -0500, Johnie Ingram wrote:

 
 With the Bug count under 20 now, I figure it's time for some final
 testing of Slink.
 
 For CD beta testers I've put the 2 i386 binary and 2 source images up
 on a server in Michigan (US), accessible via ftp, http, and rsync:
 
 -rw-r--r--   588021760 1999/02/02 20:17:16 slink1.raw
 -rw-r--r--   546574336 1999/02/02 20:20:57 slink2.raw
 -rw-r--r--   632743936 1999/02/02 20:25:00 slink3.raw
 -rw-r--r--   590200832 1999/02/02 20:29:00 slink4.raw
 total size is 2357541044
 
 Just the first 2 are necessary to test the install, and if you're
 lucky you can get by with 1.  :-)  They're completely unofficial, but
 made with Steve McIntyre's slink-cd deb, and so should approximate
 what the final CDs will look like.
 
 If you're just testing the 2.1 upgrade, and not the CDs themselves,
 all you need is the APT deb in /debian/dists/slink/main/upgrade-i386
 on any mirror.  Put this in /etc/apt/sources.list:
 
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian frozen main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US
 
 And then run apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade.
 
 The links for these images are on my site, http://netgod.net/ --
 instructions on burning them are at http://cdimage.debian.org/ and in
 cdrecord docs.  Please let me know what problems remain, or if you
 prefer pre-burned CDR.
 
 BTW the vote for the next Debian Project Leader is almost over (17
 hours to go) and I'll post the pic of the winner.  :-)  The nominees
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Re: [whine] Power down. vs System halted.

1999-02-03 Thread John Goerzen
On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 02:26:44PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:

 I belive we now use the POWER_OFF mechanism by default as machines with
 APM bioses and ATX power supplies actualy do shut off.

My Alpha, which has zero APM suport either in the BIOS or in the kernel,
also displays that message.

 
 There might be a way to tweak it, option to shutdown or something?
 
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Re: scsi tape

1999-01-31 Thread John Goerzen
On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 11:23:26AM -0500, David B. Teague wrote:

 
 Hi Debian Users: 
 
 The question is: can I use SCSI disk drives currently running with an
 Adaptec 2840 SCSI controller with Bus Logic controller? 

I'm not quite sure what you're asking here.  There's not much point to
having two controllers on a single SCSI chain...

 What about SCSI tapes: can a SCSI tape made on a tape drive with one
 controller be read with the same tape drive run with another (SCSI)
 controller?  (Reason suggests the affirmative, but reason
 unfortunately does not always prevail.)

Yes.

 Questions restated: I need to move the data from the old machine to
 the new one. I'd like to be able to use the tape drive and some of the
 SCSI disks with a Bus Logic or other SCSI controller.  Will I be able
 to use the disks unchanged on the machines with a Bus Logic SCSI
 controller?  What about reading the tape drives? 

You'll be able to use them provided that the new machine uses the same type
of SCSI.  If, for instance, then new machine is UW SCSI and the old one is
Fast SCSI, you'll need an adaptor device to hook up the old device (unless
your card also has a Fast SCSI connector).


Re: function keys

1999-01-29 Thread John Goerzen
I'm not so sure there's really a problem.  As long as xterm is generating
codes that match the xterm terminfo spec, and the console is generating
codes that match the linux terminfo spec, what's the problem?

On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 08:49:42PM -0600, dan wrote:

 Currently, the function keys in the virtual consoles generate different 
 escape sequences then in environments such as xterm and screen.  I've only 
 tested keymaps under i386/qwerty, but I suspect this applies to others as 
 well.  
 
 Is there any logic behind the currently assigned escape sequences?  Are they 
 sup posed to emulate a certain terminal behavior?  Right now, they don't 
 really make sense.
 
 My suggestion is to make function keys consistant across as many tty 
 interfaces as possible.
 
 I think the best way to do this is to change the files 
 /usr/share/keymaps/*/*/* so that they are consistant on all ttys.  I would 
 help with this, but I want to know what people think first.  Configuration 
 for other programs could also be modified, but I don't know as much about how 
 to do that.
 
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Re: What owns a piece of postgresql...

1999-01-26 Thread John Goerzen
Two ways to find this:

1.  grep or zgrep through Contents-i386, located in dists/unstable/ or
dists/stable;

2.  use dpkg -S libpq.so.1

John

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 libpq.so.2? Reason being, I have the posgresql from hamm and am trying to
 upgrade to the version in potato (which has python support) and to dump my
 databases I need these files.
 
 tia,
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Re: What owns a piece of postgresql...

1999-01-26 Thread John Goerzen
Ahh, no ideas then.  Try writing to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to reach
the maintainer; he may be able to help, or it may be a bug in the package.

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On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 07:18:23PM -0600, Chris Frost wrote:

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 On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, John Goerzen wrote:
 
  Two ways to find this:
  
  1.  grep or zgrep through Contents-i386, located in dists/unstable/ or
  dists/stable;
  
  2.  use dpkg -S libpq.so.1
 Guess I should have been more specific, but I'm trying to find the package
 that provides these files so that I can install it. Anyway, I downloaded
 Contents-i386 from both slink and potato and neither had the files in the
 correct places that I need (/usr/lib/postgresql/dumpall/6.3/).
 
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Re: Web-based email for Debian

1999-01-02 Thread John Goerzen
There are quite a few.   If you go to freshmeat.net and search for the words
web mail, you'll find about a dozen.

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Re: **IMPORTANT** Slink sendmail and libdb2

1998-10-28 Thread John Goerzen
Remco van de Meent [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 On Tue, Oct 27, 1998 at 08:35:35AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
 
  : Would it be possible for the sendmailconfig to update these databases? 
  : It wouldn't be that hard, I think.  Also, how about updating the defailts
  : so that they are stored in /etc/mail instead of /etc?
 
 They default to /etc/mail, except for aliases.db, which should be in /etc
 (Debian Policy, 4.5).

I know what policy says, but this is not how it works.  mailertable,
etc. are in /etc and not /etc/mail.

 Because of the different db-structures you can use (hash, btree, etc.), I'd
 say don't let an automatic install program update those databases. It should
 even be able to process customized sendmail.cf's in order to work without
 failure. I personally wouldn't want any program changing those databases
 itself...

It's a pain to manually have to run a long makemap command each time
something is updated.  There has GOT to be a better way...



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Re: **IMPORTANT** Slink sendmail and libdb2

1998-10-27 Thread John Goerzen
Would it be possible for the sendmailconfig to update these databases?
It wouldn't be that hard, I think.  Also, how about updating the
defailts so that they are stored in /etc/mail instead of /etc?

John

Richard A Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 The last update of sendmail switched from libdb to libdb2, as
 recommended by the sendmail group (and requested by a sparc user).
 
 Unfortunately, this change means that sendmail databases (alias,
 users, etc.) *must* be rebuilt.
 
 I'll update the package to provide this warning - but those who
 have already synched to Slink should do this ASAP!
 
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Re: Y2K+38 disaster in debian?

1998-09-28 Thread John Goerzen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miquel van Smoorenburg) writes:

 It's a kernel issue. On 32 bit platforms time_t will probably always be
 restricted to 32 bits, but on 64 bits systems such as the alpha time_t
 is 64 bits .. and by 2038 I expect everyone to be running at least
 a 64 bit machine.

BZZT, wrong answer!

First, some people already need to go far into the future for
forecasting applications.

Secondly, even if desktop machines no longer are 32-bit, by that time
Linux certainly will run on minituarized devices that may not be
64-bit.  Let us not repeat the same mistake others are making!

 In fact in a few years everyone using the Intel platform will probably
 have switched to a mercoed or its successor which is 64 bit.

This is not due out for several more years, and considering that old
XTs from the early 80s will still be around at that time (they'll be
20 years old at least), it's not at all a stretch to say that the
32-bit machines from the late 1990s or early 2000s will still be
around in 2038.

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Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-07-15 Thread John Goerzen
Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Well, I disagree with this point of view. Yes, Debian wishes to support
 newcomers to Linux. That is why we have debian-user. We have a
 responsibility to those new users to train them to be free users.
 They can only do that if they become familiar with the ins and outs of the
 Debian Way.

But by actually submitting a bug report in the first place, they're
already helping.  The maintainer can either fix it or open a dialogue
up with the submitter if more information is needed.

The fact is -- if we require research beforehand, there will be FAR
fewer reports.  I for one will not submit any (or very few at least)
bug reports if this happens.  This will end up hurting Debian
seriously.


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Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-07-15 Thread John Goerzen
Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Suggesting, even strongly, that it is proper proceedure when submitting a
 bug, to research the bug reporting system first, and provide useful
 information second, doesn't seem onerous to me, and has several practical
 uses for the bug submitter, as well as the maintainer.

I disagree.  When I am doing an upgrade, I may notice a number of
bugs.  Perhaps I can log on to a terminal next to the computer I'm
upgrading and submit bug reports.

However, I do not have time to check the bug logs and webpages (which
may be out-of-date, remember).  Sometimes (often, actually, for me)
the Internet connection is slow.  I use Debian at work and I'm not
paid to research the Debian bug logs when, for instance, X suddenly
breaks because KDE has removed the /etc/X11/Xsession file.  (Still
haven't received a reply to this one yet, and it's in hamm!)

 Merging bugs is not that hard, but it also doesn't provide any bookkeeping
 advantages to the maintainer. The bugs still get reported in the
 problems report separately. Nags still come separately. This requires
 that the maintainer keep records of which bugs have been merged.

Well then we ought to fix those reporting mechanisms.

 I am only suggesting that we make clear that the socially correct way to
 report a bug involves adequate research on the part of the bug reporter.

We can SUGGEST this as before.  However, I will be Very Upset if
people start complaining at me because I filed bug reports without
checking the webpages first after a particularly frustrating upgrade
experience that took three times longer than it should have because
people delete me config files or fail to put a read at the end of
their postinst and important information goes whizzing by the screen.

 This requirement provides additional service to the user at the same
 time that it provides the maintainer with more chance to fix the problem.

I feel that I'm already helping out the project by reporting a bug.
I often don't have time to figure out the problem and end up deleting
packages if they're non-essential -- or doing some quick hack to fix
it.

BTW, while we're on this topic, I am ASTOUNDED at the number of
packages that display messages in postinst but don't prompt for Enter
keypress -- the messages then scroll by.  Even though policy requires
a prompt.

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Re: Holy Water in my system? Daemons keep dying . . .

1998-06-17 Thread John Goerzen
OK, I don't mind that as long as the bug is left open (with severity
downgraded, of course).

John

Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 On 15 Jun 1998, John Goerzen wrote:
 
   Or, just put a 2 second sleep between the kill and start in the
   /etc/init.d/lpd restart section.
  
  Why would this make a difference?  Wouldn't this signify a race
  condition?  Worse, on a heavily-loaded system, wouldn't 2 seconds be
  too little a wait for whatever needs to be done?
 
 Yes, it is a race condition.  My guess is that lpr doesn't die before the
 next lpr tries to start up.  The second lpr sees the first and fails to
 start, and then the first finally dies.  There are much better solutions
 than a 2 second wait, and it will probably fail on a heavily-loaded
 system.  However, it's enough to get the bug out of the release critical
 list, and to take a deap breath before working on the correct solution.
 
 OK?
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Re: Holy Water in my system? Daemons keep dying . . .

1998-06-16 Thread John Goerzen
Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:


  privately...)
  
  My system information:
  
  lpr 5.9-26
 
 Fixed:
 ii  lpr 5.9-27 BSD lpr/lpd line printer spooling system
 
 Or, just put a 2 second sleep between the kill and start in the
 /etc/init.d/lpd restart section.

Why would this make a difference?  Wouldn't this signify a race
condition?  Worse, on a heavily-loaded system, wouldn't 2 seconds be
too little a wait for whatever needs to be done?

 
 HTH,
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Re: e2defrag-problem

1998-06-14 Thread John Goerzen
First, I cannot verify this, but I am almost certain that you should
UNMOUNT before running any defrag program!

Secondly, there is no need for defrag on ext2fs systems unless you
have a REALLY weird setup.

John

Wolfgang Gernot Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Im having a problem with the e2defrag-program (debian2.0). I always get
 the following message: 
 
  mother# e2defrag -Vr /dev/sda1
  e2defrag 0.73
  RCS version $Id: defrag.c,v 1.4 1997/08/17 14:23:57 linux Exp $
  
  e2defrag: Error seeking to end of filesystem
  mother# 
 
 The debian-system itself works well... :(
 
 Here are my mounted drives: 
  mother# df
  Filesystem 1024-blocks  Used Available Capacity Mounted on
  /dev/sda12478138 1824826   525196 78%   /
  /dev/sda41019856  711792   308064 70%   /msdos/c
 
 Anyone had luck with defrag?
 
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Re: cd writers linux

1998-06-13 Thread John Goerzen
Just make sure you get SCSI.  I highly reccommend the cdrecord
program.  Take a look at the docs that come with it for a list of
suported devices.

Paul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I'm interested in buying a internal/ide cd writer.  I'd like to be able to
 (in linux) write audio cds, direct read, speed isn't too important, and
 I'm not sure about worm vs rewritable.  What is the difference (other than
 being able to erase, rewite, etc.)? 
 
 Any recommendations?
 
 Thanks
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Re: Is there any program like ICQ ? Thanks ! ;)

1998-05-27 Thread John Goerzen
Stuart Krivis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 On 26 May 1998, John Goerzen wrote:
 
  There are several Linux solutions that provide an extended subset of
  the ICQ functionality.  You may want to take a look at ytalk and IRC.
 
 Or you could use ICQ for Java. I've used it with Solaris x86 and RedHat 5.
 It seems to be pretty stable.

I have experienced a few too many crashes.  It is also a memory hog
(12 meg).  Which is much more than the, what, 3k that it takes inetd
to listen for ytalk requests... :-)

However, it is indeed true that ICQ can be better for mobile users.
In the end, it's up to the user, of course.  I prefer ytalk but others 
prefer ICQ and it is indeed available and usable under Linux.

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Re: Is there any program like ICQ ? Thanks ! ;)

1998-05-26 Thread John Goerzen
Nuno,

There are several Linux solutions that provide an extended subset of
the ICQ functionality.  You may want to take a look at ytalk and IRC.

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HTML ToC generators?

1998-05-20 Thread John Goerzen
Hi,

I have a large collection of webpages and I am looking for something
to generate a Table of Contents (eg, site index).  I don't need a
search tool -- something that just spits out HTML will be fine.

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Re: xemacs 20.3 slow load

1998-02-08 Thread John Goerzen
That doesn't sound right.

You should have something like:

127.0.0.1   zeropoint.your.domain   zeropoint
127.0.0.1   localhost

(Also try flipping those lines around.)

Also, what does hostname and hostname -f report?

Gerald Wann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 
 I am experimenting with xemacs 20.3 on debian linux 2.0.29 machine
 w/ AMD K6 200MHz / 32M RAM. It takes xemacs about a full minute
 to load in xwindows. Anyone else experience such a prolonged load
 wait, or is it just me ( 20.3 ;-)?
 
 Usually the problem with *really* slow emacs loading is that your
 hostname is set incorrectly.  It will wait a long time trying to
 resolve a bad hostname.  Add your hostname to /etc/hosts to fix.
 
 Hi -
 
 I've tried the following (single) lines in my etc/hosts file -
 
 127.0.0.1 localhost
   OR
 127.0.0.1 zeropoint   // where zeropoint is what is reported by hostname
   OR
 127.0.0.1 zeropoint   localhost
 
 and noticed very little if any improvement in xemacs load speed? I'm probably
 making a silly mistake, but it's not immediately obvious to me what it is.
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Re: xemacs 20.3 slow load

1998-02-07 Thread John Goerzen
On my P166 (64 meg RAM) it takes about 20 seconds.  Strange, on a BSDi 
P133 it takes about 5-10 seconds and that machine has less memory.  I
suspect our Xemacs is loading a bunch of unneeded stuff but I don't
know for sure.  You might want to mail our xemacs maintainer about this.

Gerald Wann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Hi -
 
 I am experimenting with xemacs 20.3 on debian linux 2.0.29 machine
 w/ AMD K6 200MHz / 32M RAM. It takes xemacs about a full minute
 to load in xwindows. Anyone else experience such a prolonged load
 wait, or is it just me ( 20.3 ;-)?
 
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Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?

1998-01-27 Thread John Goerzen
Steve Hsieh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Sorry if my previous post on this made it out as well.
 
 It seems that on Debian, the maximum single file size on ext2fs is 1GB and
 not 2GB.  Can someone confirm this, and suggest how to fix the problem,
 if possible?

I am getting bigger than 1 gig:

garfield /scratch$ cat /dev/zero  test
cat: write error: No space left on device
garfield /scratch$ ls -l
total 1433633
drwx--   4 jgoerzen jgoerzen 1024 Jan 19 13:19 jgoerzen
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root12288 Dec 14 11:26 lost+found
-rw-rw-r--   1 jgoerzen jgoerzen 1462290432 Jan 26 20:46 test

Kernel 2.0.33, libc6.

This is well over a gig.

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Re: MWave Modem

1998-01-27 Thread John Goerzen
The real reason is that the MWave (and similar modems like the
WinModem) are not really real modems.  They offload the stuff that
the modem should be doing itself on to the computer's CPU.  This is
bad.  First, it eats CPU time like crazy.  Secondly, it requires
special OS-specific drivers to work.  In all, a bad design and
something to be avoided.

Stephen Zander [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 tommy knocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 
  I have an IBM computer with debian installed and it uses an internal 
  Mwave modem.  I can't seem so write a script that will initialize the 
  modem.  Does anybody have a script that will work with this modem that I 
  can look at?  
 
 I have bad news  I have bad news.  The answer is almost certainly: buy
 a pcmcia modem.  AFAIK, there is no support for MWave devices in linux,
 mainly because IBM/(what is their name ?) won't provide documentaion
 without lots of legal/economic strings.
 
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Re: Debian max file size is 1GB instead of 2GB?

1998-01-27 Thread John Goerzen
Steve Hsieh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 
 I don't think it is the kernel (unless, it's due to a specific
 configuration option in the kernel?)  I tried it on 2.0.33 and 2.1.78,
 same result on both:
 
 lilu# ls -l xxx
 -rw-r--r--   1 root root 1073741824 Jan 25 15:36 xxx
 lili# uname -a
 Linux lili.eecs.umich.edu 2.1.78 #1 Wed Jan 21 06:44:08 EST 1998 i686 unknown
 
 Does anyone have any ideas on what the issue is and how to fix the
 problem for those of us stuck at the 1GB limit?

I would suggest mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] (the
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Re: [Q] 56K US Robotics?

1998-01-25 Thread John Goerzen
Vladislav,

You can use a chatscript of this type:

ABORTBUSY
ABORTNO CARRIER
ABORTVOICE
ABORTNO DIALTONE
ABORTNO DIAL TONE
   ATZ
OK   ATDT123-4567
CONNECT  \c
^M

Then you will get the connect speed logged to /var/log/messages,
although you may have to use the -v option to chat to make it log
that.

John

Vladislav Papayan x285 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Hello,
 Would anyone know how to verify that I am connecting to
 Internet at 56K.  I run Debian hamm + 2.1.78 kernel.
 I use X-ISP package to connect (it displays 31.200 connected speed).
 I know that when I use the same modem connecting to the same ISP
 only running WinNT -- it connects at 56K.
 I made sure that setserial is used with speed_vhi options when
 setting up my serial ports. My pppd is 2.3 patch level two.
 
 What else do I need to do to get it going at 56K.   And may be I am
 connecting at 56K -- but how do I verify it for sure (my modem
 is US Robatics external).
 
 
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Re: best Linux video card

1997-12-24 Thread John Goerzen
Pere,

I got an ATI 3D Pro Turbo PC2TV 8MEG (Mach64/3D RageII+) card for
about $210.  It is quite awesome, and lightning fast.  It supports my
21 monitor quite nicely, and is well-supported under Windows as well.

The TV output doesn't work under Linux, but that's not what I got it
for anyway :-)

Pere Camps [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

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   What's the best Linux/Debian (Win95/NT too) compatible video card 
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   Thanks in advance for your help!
 
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Alternatives to NIS?

1997-12-16 Thread John Goerzen
At my location, we are dealing with a large Unix network composed of
machines from multiple vendors -- Debian, RedHat, Sun, DEC, etc.  We are
moving largely in the direction of Debian and some of the legacy systems
will be dropped within a few years anyway (due to Y2K nonconformity).

We have approximately 2500 users that can pick any of a few dozen machines
to log in to.  Currently, we use NIS to propogate passwd information
(login, password, UID, etc.)  I am aware that NIS is widely considered to
be insecure.  I am wondering what alternatives Debian might support that
would provide a more secure solution than NIS.

Regards,
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Video capture boards and Linux

1997-11-29 Thread John Goerzen
Does Debian/Linux support any video capture boards?  If so, what
software is needed and what boards are supported?

Thanks,
John

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Re: fat32 in installation vfat module?

1997-11-23 Thread John Goerzen
Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I was under the impression that the base install doesn't come with full
 PPP support (it says this during installation).  After the base install
 (from floppy), you still are unable to dialup.  If you could dialup, that
 would, of course, solve everything.

It does now come with PPP support.  You just have to know how to
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Re: fat32 in installation vfat module?

1997-11-19 Thread John Goerzen
Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I'm interested in submitting a 'Beginner's Debian Installation Guide' of
 some sort.  I have about 80% of the framework of one completed, but am
 concerned about the lack of fat32 support.  As is stands, if someone has a
 new computer formatted in fat32, they would have to format a fat16
 partition to download the packages into.  the vfat module in the

Not correct.  In no case do you have to download the packages onto a
non-Debian partition.  dselect can automatically grab the packages you
need on-the-fly via PPP, Ethernet, Token Ring, or whatever network
system you have.  There is no need to download them beforehand; in
fact, doing so will probably be much more difficult.

 installation process won't allow a fat32 partition to be mounted and the
 base-install doesn't have full ppp support for dialup.
 
 I'm afraid I'm no programmer, I'm a user trying to learn as much as I can
 and help out, if possible.  I don't know how difficult it would be to make
 the installation vfat module fat32 compliant.  I would, however, like to
 submit a document for review.
 
 Should I submit one based on the current situation, or could the module be
 'patched'?  I would be very appreciative to hear any opinion on this, and
 how such a document might be received.
 
 TIA for your consideration :)
 
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Re: CD recording question

1997-11-13 Thread John Goerzen
Unfortunately not.  This being an audio CD and not a data one, that
doesn't work :-(

Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

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  store it in a file suitable for later recording.  I am aware of the
  cdda2wav program, which will generate WAV files that then need to be
  converted back to cdr format by a program like sox.  But surely there
  has to be an easier and better way to do it.  Converting to wavs and
  back seems rather cumbersome.
 
 As a wild guess, does `dd if=/dev/cd-device of=raw.cd.image', or
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CD recording question

1997-11-12 Thread John Goerzen
Hi,

I am looking for a good program to read audio from an audio CD and
store it in a file suitable for later recording.  I am aware of the
cdda2wav program, which will generate WAV files that then need to be
converted back to cdr format by a program like sox.  But surely there
has to be an easier and better way to do it.  Converting to wavs and
back seems rather cumbersome.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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Re: CDR drive replacement.

1997-10-17 Thread John Goerzen
Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I have used Philips CDRs exclusively and have not been satisfied. For the
 usual reasons, I am replacing my current CDR and want something that will
 last a while. I can get an HP SureStore CD-Writer 6020 for a
 reasonable price. I am curious if anyone has had any first hand
 experience with this device? Is it encouraging? I would consider other
 options if they fall in the catagory of cheap (cost effective) and
 dependable, while at the same time available quickly through mail order
 using a credit card.

I have the HP SureStore 6020i drive.  As its model number suggests, it
is 6x read, 2x write.

For writing, I use the cdrecord program.  It works flawlessly, even
writing multi-session CDs and it even works from a master on an IDE
drive.

cwrite also works with this drive, BUT...  it won't do multisession,
and it is much, much more system-intensive than cdrecord is.  cdwrite
barely works with an IDE drive at 1x record speed; cdrecord easily
works with my IDE drive at 2x record speed.

For reading, you need to do a tad bit more up-front.  It will read
normal CDs without any problem.  However, you must patch the kernel to
get the drive to read multi-session CDs.  Once the kernel is so
patched, however, it is able to read multi-session CDs without any
difficulty at all.  (Actually, this patch is included in 2.1.x and
maybe even in 2.0.30 but I know it isn't in 2.0.29.)

I have had good luck with this drive with all sorts of various media.
I have not experienced any problems with data loss on any media, as
sometimes occurs with CDR drives.  I have used both the genuine HP
media and the cheap Pioneer media without difficulty.


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Booting to SCSI

1997-10-15 Thread John Goerzen
Hey everyone!

Simple (hopefully) question.  I've got an IDE drive on an Tyan
motherboard with an Award BIOS.  I recently went out and bought a
Seagate Cheetah drive on a Symbios Logic (aka NCR) 53c875 host adapter
(an AWESOME combination, BTW g)  How do I make the system boot from
the SCSI drive instead of the IDE drive?

Yes, I know I can make the LILO in the MBR of the IDE drive point to
the Linux partition on the SCSI drive, and I have done this; but I
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Re: A quickie on telnet

1997-10-15 Thread John Goerzen
You might try the netcat program, it is specifically designed for this
and is (yipee!) a Debian package.

Mike Patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Very simply, I'm trying to telnet to a site and get some data from a script.
 In HPUX, I would do this:
 
 echo Alinetobesent | telnet an.address.com 1234
 
 And it would happily telnet to the machine and echo the command, getting me
 the results I wanted. This doesn't seem to work under any of the shells I 
 could find installed in DEBIAN, or any odd variation I could come up with.
 
 Any ideas, or do I have to re-write in C using sockets (bleah)?
 
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Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive

1997-10-12 Thread John Goerzen
Simon Karpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Which WD drives have you had good luck with?
 
 I have yet to see a recent one last more than a year...

I have several (3) old Caviar drives.  One is a 170 meg and the other
two are 540 meg.  One is six years old; the other, probably about 5;
and the third is about the same.  All worked fine for at least the
first 4-5 years of their life even though they were powered up
24/7/365.  The 170 developed some bad sectors about 1/2 year ago; the
younger 540 meg had the same problem at about the same time.  The
5-year-old 540 meg is still going strong.

Considering that they were all cheap IDE drives, originally installed
in a poorly-ventilated case, it is not bad.

John

 
 --Simon
 
 On 10 Oct 1997, John Goerzen wrote:
 
  I've had nothing but good luck with Seagate and Western Digital.
  Conner, I agree has horrible problems.
  
  Simon Karpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
  
   Right now, my personal system has a Micropolis Stinger (5400rpm 4.3GB,
   Ultra SCSI), and hasn't had any problems. The drive is a bit noisy, but
   seems to be very solid. I've never had any real problems with Quantum 
   drives,
   but I can say to stay away from any form of Conner/Seagate/Western Digital
   drives. The failure rates are *horrible*. I've also heard many good things
   about the recent IBM drives.
   
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Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive

1997-10-11 Thread John Goerzen
I've had nothing but good luck with Seagate and Western Digital.
Conner, I agree has horrible problems.

Simon Karpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Right now, my personal system has a Micropolis Stinger (5400rpm 4.3GB,
 Ultra SCSI), and hasn't had any problems. The drive is a bit noisy, but
 seems to be very solid. I've never had any real problems with Quantum drives,
 but I can say to stay away from any form of Conner/Seagate/Western Digital
 drives. The failure rates are *horrible*. I've also heard many good things
 about the recent IBM drives.
 
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Re: UW SCSI Card

1997-09-03 Thread John Goerzen
I have had good luck with the Symbios Logic (NCR) 8751SP card.  Use
the Linux driver that was ported from FreeBSD (it is in the standard
kernel config menu).

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Re: Netscape ?

1997-09-01 Thread John Goerzen
Michael Legart [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Hi !
 
  Please use the netscape installer package from Debian. It will integrate
  netscape in your Debian GNU/Linux Box.
 
 Erhm... where do I get that package ? As far as I can see, isn't it 
 uncludet in the distribution.

Yes it is.  Type /netscape and press Enter and it will take you
right to it.

 
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Re: integrate X-programms

1997-09-01 Thread John Goerzen
Darin D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  finally I have now Debian installed after putting a simple / to the
  question were is my top level located. Now I wonder why the X-Server
  doesn't run (3D Virge) although I installed the particiular server, just
  it runs in vga16 mode. How can I configure X? (xconfig or make xconfig
  doesn't work)
 
 Make sure you install the xbase package as well, as it contains a
 program xbase-config which will make your XF86Config file.  (i think it is
 called that - someone may need to correct me here)

There are two configuration programs:
 * xf86config, a text-based config program
 * XF86Setup, a graphical config program

Sometimes one will work when the other one didn't.

  As well how can I integrate all X-programms and games on the X-screen?
  There is currently just the desktop and a shell for input.
 
 I still haven't figured out how to make custom menus yet.  I do know that
 it involves editing your .Xresources or .Xsession files, something like
 that anyways.

No, you edit your window manager rc file -- .fvwm2rc for instance.

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Re: X newreader

1997-08-31 Thread John Goerzen
I like GNUS from XEMACS.

Shaleh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

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Re: [Common Lisp] I'm working on the clisp package...

1997-08-31 Thread John Goerzen
How does this differ from gcl (GNU Common Lisp)?

Thanks,
John Goerzen

Will Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 The new version of clisp was released today from it's upstream source.
 I'm going to package it for debian,  probably this weekend.  If you use
 clisp (or are likely to use it),  please let me know if you think the
 following modules are appropriate:
   CLX (common lisp X-interface)
   STDWIN (standard windowing toolkit)
   READLINE (i'm using this instead of newreadline because it's
   been better tested)
 
   Any opinions would be appreciated.  The windowing toolkits,  in
 particular,  seem to increase the size of the binary significantly,  but
 I'm assuming that if you're doing a lot of lisp development you're
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Re: Anyone has seen this before?

1997-06-21 Thread John Goerzen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eloy A. Paris) writes:

 Jun 19 11:36:11 zeus kernel: Current error sr0b:00: sense key Medium Error
 Jun 19 11:36:11 zeus kernel: Additional sense indicates L-ec uncorrectable 
 error
 Jun 19 11:36:11 zeus kernel: CD-ROM I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 660128
 
 What's happening here? Is my NCR83C510 SCSI adapter going to die or I need
 to trash the CD I was reading and the hard disk with bad sectors?

I don't think your SCSI controller is the problem.  Most likely hard
drive problems.  Check that you have the latest driver and give the
FreeBSD driver a shot.  Make sure you have no cabling problems (long
cable runs, etc).

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Re: Netscape bug: Newbies using root

1997-06-21 Thread John Goerzen
It is stated very clearly in documentation all over that you should
run as root as little as possible...  Besides, it is common sense.
When I first taught myself Unix, this was impressed on me very
clearly.  The Linux NAG and SAG mention it, I'm sure, as do some
various HOWTOs.

BG Lim [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I agree that nobody shoudl be using root. But for newbies its hard having
 to learn Unix adn system admin at the same time. By using root, you avoid
 all the 'Permission denied' messages.
 
 
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Re: Quotas AMD

1997-06-21 Thread John Goerzen
Did you enable quota support in the kernel on both the client *AND*
the NFS server?

I work with a Debian machine with just such a setup, and there are no
real problems there

Felix Almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

   Does anybody know how I can configure my network in order to let the
 users know their disk quotas? The problem is that the quota command
 doesn't show the quota values, it only shows them when the user is logged
 on the server.
 
   I'm using the AMD to mount the home directories by NFS on the clients.
 I've read all of documents related to quotas, but with no success...
 
   Also, I've noted that when I mount the home directories by hand (without
 AMD), using NFS of course, the users can see their disk quotas normaly,
 but I really don't know why. 
 
   Please help-me. :-)
 
 
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Re: setting switching screen densities

1997-06-21 Thread John Goerzen
Craig Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote:
 
  stealth vram (#124), which is an S3.  I've set it for 432 under 8 bits,
  and 32 under 16 (1mb vram).  But it seems to insist that the higher
  density modes don't exist.  It's startup messages (the ones that are
  left) annnouce 
  
  (--) there is no mode definition mamed 1024x768
  (--) removing mode 1024X768: from list of valid modes
  
  then again for 800x600.
  
  What am I doing wrong?

Look: 1024x768 is not the same as 1024X768.

 easiest way is to edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file.  Mine looks like:

Better: edit XF86Config and specify a default color depth.


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Re: setting switching screen densities

1997-06-21 Thread John Goerzen
E.L. Meijer \(Eric\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 This looks like something similar to what I experienced with XF86Setup.
 It goes like this: running XF86Setup, the program determines the modes
 with the best refresh rates for my monitor/video card combination.
 Seems OK, but it does so _for_256_colors_.  When I then switch to 16 bit
 color, the modes in XF86Config with resolution higher than 800x600 get
 deleted, because the video card cannot supply these refresh rates.
 Solution: pretend that your monitor cannot handle high vertical refresh
 rates in XF86Setup, and the defined modes will have low enough refresh
 rates for the video card to cope with.  The older xf86config program
 used to provide a lot more modes apparently.  Has anyone noticed this
 before?

Yes, although I had not identified the cause like you have.

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Re: BIG NetScape Bug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 (fwd)

1997-06-21 Thread John Goerzen
Yes, that is true.  This is precisely why this is not such a big deal
for us, although it may be for people running Windows...

Jim Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 On 19 Jun 1997, John Goerzen wrote:
 
  Let's not over-react, please.  This bug *only* allows people to see
  files that the user running Netscape has access to, and *only* if it
  already knows the names of these files.  On a Debian 1.3 machine,
  which uses shadow passwords, essentially the only thing that would be
  of use for people would be files in your home directory.  And since
  there are no predictable patterns for these files, it would be
  difficult to construct a web page that would cause serious harm.
 
 NT and Win95 users are at risk since the OS is typically loaded into the 
 default directories and files such as those containing passwords are 
 susceptible to being accessed. Recommendation from NS is to turn off Java 
 Script and set the warn of sending secure data option until the patched 
 versions are released.
 
 Cheers,
 
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Re: BIG NetScape Bug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 (fwd)

1997-06-21 Thread John Goerzen
George Bonser [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  
  And once Communicator for Linux is officially released, we won't have
  to worry about it any more.
 
 And exactly how is the release of Communitcator going to fix the systems
 running 3.01?

There's this thing called an Upgrade, you know

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Re: Xlib3.3 server probs

1997-06-21 Thread John Goerzen
Jean Pierre LeJacq [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Brian Skreeg wrote:
 
  Only the user that  runs the xserver (startx) can run apps on it
  any attempt to run an app by another user is refused. eg below;
 
 Yes I've noticed this problem as well.
 
 Two solutions.  You can allow any user to run apps by executing:
 
   xhosts +

Ick, ick, ouch!  NEVER do that!

 
 The second solution is to add specific users to your .Xauthority file
 using the xauth program.  See man pages for details.
 
 This solves the problem for me.
 

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Re: modem hang up

1997-06-21 Thread John Goerzen
Your ISP is probably the one that is doing this, not Linux.

A.D.Y. Cheng [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Hello all,
 
 I am running PPP connecting to my ISP. However, after connecting, if I
 leave the connection idle for about half an hour, the modem will hang up
 itself which I do not really want. Can somebody point out to me how to
 turn off this feature?
 
 Thanks for help in advance !
 
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Re: X11 Problems

1997-06-21 Thread John Goerzen
This is a known problem, I believe.  Check the info under the
disks-i386 directory -- I think there is a file in there that mentions
this.

FYI, you should try this, as root on the console:

shadowconfig off
shadowconfig on



Richard Harran. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I have just installed the X11 graphical windows program, at the same time
 as upgrading from debian 1.2 - 1.3.  It all worked fine at the time, and
 I selected to have X11 coming up automatically on start-up.  However, I
 have just rebooted my machine, and after the usual linux start-up
 messages, it came up with the login window in X11.  I entered 'root' as
 user name, and my password (I need to make linux bootable from
 hard-drive), but kept getting login incorrect.  (I installed shadow
 passwords when upgrading to 1.3, if this has any effect).  Is there a way
 I can get linux to boot-up without starting X11 (preferably without
 resorting to the rescue disk), and/or change my password?  Is the problem
 that you can't login to X11 as root?
 
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Re: modem hang up

1997-06-21 Thread John Goerzen
Many ISPs have policy against such a thing, so be careful before you
do it.

Udjat -Whoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Ping you host once in a while.
 
 ping -i 500 xyz.com  /dev/null 
 
 see ping man page.
 
 
 On Sat, 21 Jun 1997, A.D.Y. Cheng wrote:
 
  Hello all,
  
  I am running PPP connecting to my ISP. However, after connecting, if I
  leave the connection idle for about half an hour, the modem will hang up
  itself which I do not really want. Can somebody point out to me how to
  turn off this feature?
  
  Thanks for help in advance !
  
  Anthony
  
  
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Re: BIG NetScape Bug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 (fwd)

1997-06-20 Thread John Goerzen
Let's not over-react, please.  This bug *only* allows people to see
files that the user running Netscape has access to, and *only* if it
already knows the names of these files.  On a Debian 1.3 machine,
which uses shadow passwords, essentially the only thing that would be
of use for people would be files in your home directory.  And since
there are no predictable patterns for these files, it would be
difficult to construct a web page that would cause serious harm.

George Bonser [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Better take this SERIOUSLY folks, it is a VERY big bug ... major security
 hole.  It allows a server to see EVERYTHING on the client filesystem.
 
 
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
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 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 21:06:45 -0500
 From: Francisco Benavides [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: BIG NetScape Bug1
 
 Hi, 
 
 A HUGE flaw was uncovered in the new NetScape, for more details:
 
 http://cnnfn.com/digitaljam/9706/12/netscape_pkg/
 
 Bye/Francisco :)
 
 
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Re: Will ATI 3D Rage chips work with XFree86?

1997-06-20 Thread John Goerzen
FYI, I am running an ATI 3D Pro Turbo PC2TV 8meg card (3D Rage
II-based) and it works very nicely (although the TV output doesn't yet
work under Linux.)

Raja R Harinath [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Michael Tempsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
  On 15 May, Rick Macdonald wrote:
  Re: R. Chris Ross wrote:
  Re:   I wondered if the D3 Rage chip set boards would work with
  Re:  XFree86.  They are supposed to be quite hot and someone offered to
  Re:  trade me a Wincharge for one even up.
  Re: 
  Re: Maybe I should grab the new 3D GPT once the chipset is supported in
  Re: XFree?
  
  If my memories are correctl then the 3D Rage _is_ supported in XFree 3.2
  and the 3D Rage II in XFree 3.2A...
 
 From the XFree86[tm] 3.3 Release Notes:
 
 3.11  Mach64 server
 
o Support for 3D Rage II based Mach64 cards is included.
 
o Various problems with support for some revisions of CT, VT and GT 
 chipsets
  have been fixed.
 
o It is strongly recommended that all users with CT, VT, GT and 3D Rage II
  based Mach64 cards upgrade to the 3.3 release due to the problems that
  were fixed.
 
  3.2A is not available as a .deb package, but I've seen several reports
  of people simply replacing the Mach64 Xserver binary from 3.2 with the
  one from 3.2A. Haven't tried this myself, but did do a similar thing
  under Slackware last fall (3.1.2-3.1.2F) so it'd seem reasonable...
 
 XFree86 3.3 should be available in `unstable' real soon now, as soon as
 Mark Eichin feels it's right.
 
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Re: BIG NetScape Bug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 (fwd)

1997-06-20 Thread John Goerzen
George Bonser [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 My concern was for someone running Netscape as root.

This should never occur.  People should not run Netscape as root.
(In a nutshell: Java   The thought of running unknown programs as
root should send a shiver down your spine...)

 And thirdly, since the linux versions that have been released are
 unsupported, it is possible that there will not be patched releases of
 the earlier versions.  This concenrs me if the exploit is made public
 after the patched release of the supported versions.

There have already been exploits made public on Bugtraq, I believe.

And once Communicator for Linux is officially released, we won't have
to worry about it any more.

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Debian over NFS

1997-06-18 Thread John Goerzen
Hello,

I am wondering how to set up systems in this way:

 * A Debian server, with a large hard disk, with a fairly full install of
   Debian.
 * Multiple Debian client machines, with small hard disks (often 100 meg or
   less).  I'd like to mount, at minimum, /usr from the Debian server.
   /usr should be mounted over NFS in read-only mode.

My questions are:
 * How do I go about installing packages on the client?  I would assume
   that I install packages in the normal way on the server, but that
   wouldn't update the client's /etc directory.  However, I do not want to
   try to install on the client since it would fail if it tries to write
   anything in /usr.
 * How do I remove packages?  Again, if I remove from the server, there
   may still be files left in the client's /etc and /var directories.
 * What is the suggested method for going about this?


Thanks,
John Goerzen


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Re: Non-interactive modem hangup

1997-06-08 Thread John Goerzen
Just killing pppd will do it unless your modem isn't set up properly.



[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Does anyone know a simple command or tool to hang up the modem? Just
 hang it up, not stay connected to the tty and await more commands.
 
 What I'm after is something simple I can put into a script for sudo
 to kill the ppp daemon and also hang up the line, freeing /dev/ttyS1
 immediately (rather than waiting for the ISP to idle out the line and
 hang up on me).
 
 The first part I've got figured out --
 
 start-stop-daemon --stop --verbose --exec /usr/sbin/pppd
 
 But there has to be an easier way to hang up the modem than writing a
 chat script or something like that.
 
 Does anyone have any ideas?
 
 -- 
 G. Branden Robinson
 Purdue University
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Re: Non-interactive modem hangup

1997-06-08 Thread John Goerzen
Look for an option something like:
 * Drop carrier on DTR low
 * Disconnect on DTR low

If I remember correctly, it is an ATDx command, but I'm not
completely sure.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 On 7 Jun 1997, John Goerzen wrote:
 
  Just killing pppd will do it unless your modem isn't set up properly.
 
 Then my modem isn't set up properly.  I got a private email mentioning
 something about how the modem should automatically hangup once DTR is
 dropped, which happens if modem is given as an option to pppd.  It is in
 my case, so the problem lies with my modem.
 
 I've got a Hayes Accura 144B + FAX, so once I dig up the manual I'll come
 back to the list with my solution.
 
 -- 
 G. Branden Robinson
 Purdue University
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: making 16bpp the default in X

1997-06-02 Thread John Goerzen
Douglas L Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 What do I need to do to make 16 bpp the default in X?

You can edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config and remove all the other modes.
If you are running xdm, you can edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and add
-bpp 16 to the command line.  If you are using startx or xinit, you
can set up an alias.

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Re: xdm???

1997-06-01 Thread John Goerzen
Jonathan B. Leffert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I installed the xbase package from unstable/ as well as a lot of other X
 packages.  I have X working fine, but I cannot seem to get xdm to work.
 When I do a /etc/init.d/xdm start as root, xdm loads as a process, but the
 X login prompt never appears.  Anyone know how to get this to work?

Did you check /var/log/xdm-errors?  That is the first place to check
in the event of trouble.

Secondly, did you try to start xdm when you already had an X session
running?  If so, that is a mistake.

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Debian install on multiple machines

1997-05-28 Thread John Goerzen
Hello,

What is the easiest way to install an identical set of packages on multiple
machines?  That is, at install time, I want it to select the same packages
to install, rather than manually having to select packages on each machine.

Thanks,
John Goerzen


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Who's using Debian?

1997-05-15 Thread John Goerzen
Hi,

I thought it might be a neat idea to make a webpage listing some of
the people that use Debian and what they use it for.  So, if you are
using Debian, reply to this e-mail (privately to me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED], not to the whole list).  Let me know what you
are using it for, and if you have a web address, give me that too.
I'll add you to my page and add a link to your site as well.

I know there are people out there using Debian for some impressive
things  Help us spread the word about what Debian can do!

BTW, the page is at http://happy.cs.twsu.edu/~jgoerzen/Debian/users.html

I'll probably also make a mirror of it somewhere...

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Re: cdwrite / hybrid cd's

1997-05-03 Thread John Goerzen
You might check into the cdrecord program.  Also, there is a list at
pixar.com (cdwrite or cdrecord list or some such) that may be of use.

Steve Hsieh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Is there any way to make a hybrid CD on Linux?  I guess cdwrite just
 writes an image file onto the CD, so the question is if it is possible to
 create that hybrid (mac / iso) file?
 
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Re: lprm says Permission denied (fwd)

1997-03-22 Thread John Goerzen
But that still doesn't solve the problem of viewing the Unix print queue
from within Windows.  That works with regular lpr, but not lprng.

   On Mar 5, Craig Sanders wrote:

 but that's not necessary at all. with samba, printers listed in
 /etc/printcap appear on the Win3/Win95/etc machines printer list (this
 is the default for the debian package - you can turn it off if you like)
 - Win users can select it and print to it just like any other printer.
 
 Here's an excerpt of relevant parts from my /etc/smb.conf file which
 works on my network.
 
 [global]
printing = lprng
load printers = yes
 
 [printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /tmp
printable = yes
public = no
writable = no
create mode = 0700
 
 Once you've set this up, you should be able to see the linux box's
 printer(s) in Network Neighbourhood on the Win95 machines. Can't
 remember what the Win3 equivalent is, but the linux printers show up on
 Win3 too.
 
 I have samba, lprng, and magic-filter installed.  it works brilliantly.
 
 craig
 
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  finally took it now?
  
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Re: Using SOCKS server

1997-03-05 Thread John Goerzen
Did you try passive mode?

   On Mar 4, Matt Lawrence wrote:

 Is there any way to run dselect via ftp through a SOCKS server?  I have T1
 access from work, but I'm behind a firewall.  
 
 -- Matt

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Re: /etc/alternatives -- Why?

1997-03-05 Thread John Goerzen
   On Mar 4, Scott Stanley wrote:

 On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Dominik Kubla wrote:
 It seems like anyone who is running their system with /usr as a CD-ROM is 
 probably not looking for options or configurability.  They just want a 
 basic system to play with and try before stepping all the way into an 
 installation.  It would seem like the creater of the CD should just place 
 a ``basic'' system on the CD without alot of different flavors of 
 commands.  

But you are leaving out one very important situation: NFS.  There are a good
number of people that have /usr mounted over NFS in read-only mode.  Most
people don't have /etc mounted over NFS.  This allows each individual
machine to be configured as the admin likes it, without messing up
configurations on other machines.  Nifty, eh?

 The /etc/alternatives seems like it just adds one more file to the 
 configuration which might increase the confusion of someone trying to 
 learn the system.

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Re: 56k baud modem (x2)

1997-03-03 Thread John Goerzen
I don't know why not.  There is nothing different about the modem -
computer interface, AFAIK.

   On Mar 2, Gregory Vence wrote:

 Is the 56kb USRupgrade compatible with linux?  I tired of 14.4. :)
 
 Thanx -- Greg.

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Re: lprm says Permission denied (fwd)

1997-03-03 Thread John Goerzen
I had tried the first item you suggested before reverting back to normal
lpr, I do recall.  I also seem to remember that in some of Samba's
documentation, the lprng option was mentioned, while in other areas where
the options for printing were listed, lprng was not mentioned.

I do not recall if I tried the second thing, but lpq, lprm, and lpr all
worked fine from the local box, and lpr worked from Win95.  If somebody
could print, I would think that they would also have permission to view the
queue.

   On Mar 3, Craig Sanders wrote:

 
 On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, John Goerzen wrote:
 
   i've got it running on my system, using lprng  magicfilter with   .
   samba no problems. it works.
 
  Not in my experience. I also tried lprng, magicfilter, and samba. I
  found the same nonprintable option and turned it off. The Win95 box
  appeared to print correctly, BUT it could NOT view the print queue,
  delete sent jobs, etc. With lpr instead of lprng, the Win95 box could
  do all of that like it is supposed to be able to.
 
 a couple of things that might help:
 
 1.  check your /etc/smb.conf.  Does it have a line like:
 
 printing = lprng
 
 in the [global] section
 
 see man pages for samba and smb.conf - samba has specific support for
 lprng.
 
 
 2.  check your /etc/lpd.perms - you may not have set up the permissions
 correctly to allow the win95 box to see the queue and/or delete jobs.
 
 
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Re: lprm says Permission denied (fwd)

1997-03-02 Thread John Goerzen
 John Goerzen writes:
  This is *not* an acceptable fix.  Other packages, for isntance Samba, will 
  **NOT** work with lprng.
 
 Why won't samba not work with it? Please file an appropriate bug against
 the samba package.

Because Samba depends on the output formats of the lp* commands, in particular, 
lpq.  It parses the output and converts it to the format suitable for 
displaying to Windows users.

Since LPRNG's lpq is different that LPR's lpq output, samba cannot parse it 
correctly. 
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Re: lprm says Permission denied (fwd)

1997-03-02 Thread John Goerzen
   On Mar 2, Craig Sanders wrote:

 On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Scott Stanley wrote:
 
  On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, John Goerzen wrote:
  
   This is *not* an acceptable fix. Other packages, for isntance Samba,
   will **NOT** work with lprng.
 
  This is nice to know
 
 actually, it's completely untrue.  samba works very well with lprng.
 
 i've got it running on my system, using lprng  magicfilter with samba.
 no problems.  it works.

Not in my experience.  I also tried lprng, magicfilter, and samba.  I found
the same nonprintable option and turned it off.  The Win95 box appeared to
print correctly, BUT it could NOT view the print queue, delete sent jobs,
etc.  With lpr instead of lprng, the Win95 box could do all of that like it
is supposed to be able to.

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Re: /etc/alternatives -- Why?

1997-03-01 Thread John Goerzen
 
 What is the /etc/alternatives directory for.  I mean, what's the
 philosophy behind it?
 
 Thanks
 Paul Serice
 

It lets people have two programs with the same name on the system at once.

Examples:
 nvi, vim, etc: install as vi
 xemacs, emacs: both install as emacs

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Re: can Linux r/w Windoze FAT32?

1997-03-01 Thread John Goerzen
Yes.  And it also supports long filenames on those partitions.

 Hi,
 
 Having benefited greatly from this list before, I do not doubt for a 
 moment that someone will know the answer to this:
 
 Does Linux read/write to the new Win95 Fat32 filesystem?
 
 thanks in advance.
 
 -alex
 

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Re: Live filesystem on CDs

1997-03-01 Thread John Goerzen
 John Goerzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
  Hmm, just an observation here.  (Not necessarily directed at you, Mike.)
  Are *all* packages that are compressed with gzip compressed with gzip -9?
  Including all .orig.tar.gz files, .diff.gz, etc.?  If not, this may be a
  way to save some space for now.
 
 The gzip call for these files is done by dpkg-source, so the gzip
 options are determined by dpkg-source and not by the developer.

Right, this is kinda what I'm getting at.  dpkg-source, debstd, etc. should 
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Re: lprm says Permission denied (fwd)

1997-03-01 Thread John Goerzen
This is *not* an acceptable fix.  Other packages, for isntance Samba, will 
**NOT** work with lprng.

 On Wed, 26 Feb 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
 Much Deleted.
 
  
  The real fix seems to go to lprng. That's the official position of the
  maintainer as well, as stated in a msg. to this list last year. I'll
  do it as soon as I have a chance.
  
 
 If the recommended fix (by the package maintainer even) is to switch from 
 lpr to lprng, shouldn't lpr be switched out of Standard and lprng moved 
 from Optional into Standard?
 
 I just happen to be having some problems setting up lpr as well.  I think 
 I'll switch to lprng before spending any more time.
 
 Scott
 
 
 
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Re: Why is PPP so screwed up!?!?!

1997-02-28 Thread John Goerzen
On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, CoB [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Emenaker) wrote:

 EVERY person I've talked to who has tried getting dial-up ppp going on
 Debian has approached it like a heavyweight fighter preparing for a title
 fight. They spend a few days just mentally preparing for the ordeal. Then,

Funny, I have found Debian's PPP easier to set up than any other Linux.  I
have had no troubles of this kind.  In fact, the only problems I've ever
had have been traced to my ISP.

 I editted /etc/ppp.chatscript to properly log into the dial-in server.
 Since /etc/ppp.options_out made reference to /dev/modem, I went to /dev and
 make a symlink from modem to ttyS0. (I know I could have edited the 

Bad idea.  Replace the entry in the options file with ttyS0, do NOT make a
modem symlink.  This could, in fact, be responsible for all the rest of
your problems.

Reason is: modems use UUCP-style locking.  Other programs will see that
/dev/modem is locked, but NOT that /dev/ttyS0 is locked, and will use that
device without asking any questions at all!

 The system started up... started pppd and the modem began dialing. I watched
 the whole show by periodically doing tail /var/log/messages. Chatscript

It's possible you missed something then... Try using tail -f
/var/log/messages.

 of the connection, apparently).  So, I tried pinging remoteIP and not a 
 single packet came back (although I could see them getting sent out on the 
 modem by watching the lights).  Pinging localIP went fine, but didn't use 
 the modem. Pinging anywhere on the server's network other than localIP. 

This is perhaps indicitive of a problem with your ISP.  It is strange that
it goes out but does not return.

 Which *seems* okay. I was a little concerned about not seeing a default
 in there, but route add default remoteIP metric 1, but that didn't 
 cause anything new to show up in route -n. Lastly, after a couple minutes,
 the connection will drop, with /var/log/messages reporting:

Oops, seems that you forgot to put defaultroute keyword in your PPP
configuration!  Although, since you specified -n, route WON'T show a
default route!!  So it could be (and perhaps is likely) that the 0.0.0.0
entry is indeed your default.

 Also, I tried dialing into a Cisco terminal server and all I got was Could
 not determine local IP address. Again, I don't have this problem with Win95.

Just because it works with Windows 95 does *not* mean that it works
correctly.  My ISP has a Cisco term server and it works with Windows 95
but doesn't negotiate the remote IP address with *ANY* other OS -- OS/2,
Linux, FreeBSD, even some other Windows socket implementations.

It appears that Win95 is a lot more forgiving than standards would
indicate that it should be.

 So, I have a few questions:
 1 - Why is PPP this screwed up? Even if the ppp_on_boot thing *did* work,

It isn't.

 why is there no mention of it in the instal program? There are a lot of
 people out there who install Debian on their home systems and need to
 use ppp in order to add/update packages via ftp. Shouldn't a little more
 effort be made to make this a little simpler? I don't know of ANYONE
 who looks forward to attempting ppp on Linux without a sense of dread.

It was easy for me.  Easy for others I know.  I don't know why you are
making it so hard on yourself :-)

If you want a better solution, why not use diald?  It will automatically
bring up the modem when there is a connection attempt, will handle
disconnects due to idle, etc.

 2 - How can I fix it in the short term? Does anyone know what I can do to
 be able to see the remote network?

Well, without seeing your exact configs, it's hard to say.  If you'd like
to mail me (privately, not to the list) your ppp configs and relevant
portions of /var/log/messages, I'll take a look and see if I can spot
anything.

BTW, isn't the appropriate file to edit /etc/ppp.options_out?

 3 - I think I'm resigned to the fact that this figgin' ppp catastrophe isn't
 going to get fixed unless I do it myself. I'm tenatively planning on
 writing a set of scripts and ppp.options files to allow people to
 easily configure their system as a dial-in server or as a home machine
 that dials into an ISP. Does anyone want to offer suggestions, help
 code, or help test?

This is what the existing system accomplishes, no?

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Re: cygnus win32 cross-compiler

1997-02-26 Thread John Goerzen
Hmm, worked for me.  I think I found the DLL sitting around in
/usr/lib/win32 or something.  (Poke in the /var/lib/dpkg/info/win32*list
files to find it.)

On Sun, 9 Feb 1997, Douglas L Stewart wrote:

 I'm trying to get a hello world program running on a Win95 box.  I have
 the following packages:
 
 bash$ dpkg -l | grep win32
 ii  win32binutils   2.6.cygnus.960 Compilation Utilities for the Win32 
 Cross-Co
 ii  win32gcc2.7.2.cygnus.9 GCC Configured as Win32 Cross-Compiler
 ii  win32libs   0.0.14-1   Win32 Cross-Compiler Libraries
 
 Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any documentation that comes with
 these packages.  I tried compiling a test program.
 
 #include stdio.h
 
 void main()
 {
 printf(Hello World!\n);
 }
 
 I compiled it like this:
 
 i386-unknown-cygwin32-gcc hello.c -o hello.exe
 
 I tried running it on the Win95 machine and it said it needed CYGWIN.DLL.
 I searched around on the net and found a copy of it, but it said the
 program needed to be relinked.  
 
 Am I compiling this correctly?  Where should I get the correct version of
 the CYGWIN.DLL?
 
 Douglas L Stewart
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Re: Live filesystem on CDs

1997-02-26 Thread John Goerzen
On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Mike Neuffer wrote:

  Personally, I would go for seperate i386 and m68k CD's, both with source.
 
 It doesn't fit (i386 + source) on one CD. However we had a number
 of orders for 68k CDs and i386+68k binaries fit on one CD at the moment.

Hmm, just an observation here.  (Not necessarily directed at you, Mike.)
Are *all* packages that are compressed with gzip compressed with gzip -9?
Including all .orig.tar.gz files, .diff.gz, etc.?  If not, this may be a
way to save some space for now.

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Re: Some thoughts for Debian.

1997-01-22 Thread John Goerzen
 If you think Debian has a tremendous amount of software, you should try 
 sunsite.unc.edu or tsx-11.mit.edu sometime.

Look how much Debian has compared to Slackware or RedHat, though.  All of it 
integrated with the Debian package manager.
 
 I'm seriously thinking of going back to slackware.  I've searched 
 ftp.debian.org for bash 2.0, the 2.1.x kernel, and other recent software, 

Ummm, why would you expect an operating system to come with an EXPERIMENTAL 
and UNSTABLE kernel?  If Debian would ship with 2.1.x, I'd really dislike it.  
But the kernel-package works fine with 2.1.x.  Just download it.  Or you can 
do it like you always did with Slackware -- the hard way.

 but they're nowhere to be found.  I just found out that my Debian system 
 compiled Linux 2.1.21 with the 2.0.27 kernel headers because someone 

You probably didn't use the kernel-package then.  If you want to do it 
manually, fine, but like any other system, you need to make sure you know what 
you're doing.

Let the package system work for you -- don't be constantly trying to subvert 
it.

 thought it was a good idea to fuck with the Linux kernel and libc.  I 
 have no idea whose idea it was split every library into two (or more!) 
 packages, either.  This is ridiculous.  Under Slackware, when I want 

There is no reason for somebody that just needs to run a program that 
requires, for insance, Tcl, Tk, SLANG, XView, etc. to have the full 
development binaries.  It is a waste of disk space.  Besides, how hard is it 
to hit + twice instead of once in dselect if you want the developer's version 
of the package?

 S-LANG, I go to S-LANG home page and ftp it, compile it, and install it.  
 Debian gives me several packages to choose from, which, it turns out, are 
 all required.  Then I find out that the guy who compiled it did something 
 weird.  Lynx 2.6 doesn't compile with it.  So, I go to the S-LANG home 
 page and get the real source and compile it.  Lynx compiles fine.  Why 
 was I recompiling Lynx?  Because the guy who compiled that screwed it 
 up!  My God, I've recompiled half the Debian packages, it seems like.  
 All this effort could have gone towards making my old Slackware system 
 more usuable than my current Debian system!

Please elaborate here.  Lynx works fine on my machine.  So does SLANG, SLRN 
(uses Slang), most (also uses slang), etc.

 
 I don't know.  Maybe I'm just not in the correct mindset for Debian.  I 
 like to run the latest stuff.  Debian offers, it seems, only the oldest, 
 most stable software.  I just don't see why anyone would run Linux and 

Really.  Please take another look.  One of the main reasons I picked Debian 
instead of RedHat or Slackware was that Debian had the most current software.  
When I installed it, Debian had kernel 2.0 while Slackware was stuck at 
1.2.13. Today, Redhat has 2.0.18, Slackware 2.0.0, and Debian has 2.0.27.  
(Actually, this was current as of December.)  Gee, Slackware really is on the 
bleeding edge sarcasm

 not want to compile software, be on bleeding edge, and actually 
 administer a UNIX system...  I feel like I'm running Windows 95.  
 Unconfigurable software with horrid defaults, plain bad planning, 
 changing industry standards without notice, etc.

You make lots of accusations without mentioning any specific instance.  Unless 
you elaborate with examples, you can hardly expect anyone to take you 
seriously.

What software isn't configurable???  Debian has Sendmail available just like 
anyone else.  You can make your own cf file just like anyone else.

You are familiar with the concept of the /etc directory, aren't you???


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