Re: Downgrading to xfree86 3.x

2003-02-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 08:02:59PM -0600, Jeffrey Taylor wrote: > I have an old VLB video card (ATI Graphics Ultra Pro). It does not > appear to be supported in xfree86 4.x. How do I downgrade to xfree86 > 3.x in woody? apt-get install xserver-mach32 xserver-common-v3 Debian's 3.x and 4.x versi

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 09:19:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > my /var is 465M. i'm trying to do and apt-get upgrade, which i > haven't in a while, and got the following message: > > Need to get 69.0MB/109MB of archives. After unpacking 39.1MB will be > used. > E: Sorry, you don't have enough

Re: CD Burner and ide-scsi emulation

2003-02-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 10:34:46AM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Thomas" == Thomas Nyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thomas> Hi Am an old SuSEr that has just switched to Debian. Can > Thomas> someone give me a helping hand getting hy hdc cd-rom > Thomas> burner working with i

Re: Can't upgrade from slink to woody!

2003-01-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 08:41:37PM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 08:32:29PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 02:25:24AM +, Pigeon wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 01:15:04PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > Could you try updating to Potato first? That wa

Re: Can't get sound to work (CMIxxxx)

2003-01-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
At least some of the Debian kernel-image packages (I run kernel-image-2.4.20-686) already contain many of the CMI drivers, so compiling your own shouldn't be necessary: # grep CMPCI /boot/config-2.4.20-686 CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI=m # CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_FM is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_MIDI is not se

Re: Can't get sound to work (CMIxxxx)

2003-01-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
The driver should be provided with the kernel as a module. Try this: modprobe cmpci On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 04:21:14PM -0800, Jay wrote: > I installed debian from the CD as the normal install, I do think that I'm > missing something but I don't know what package contains it (dselect what?) > > T

Re: Cd difficult to burn

2003-01-21 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 02:02:16PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > What I meant was: Wanting to burn a CD, first had to copy the original CD to > an iso file to my hard disk. This copying process was the difficult one, as > I said. I guess is my fault for not explaining well This has worked for

Re: kernel-headers & compiling source

2003-01-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 12:25:12PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > Jeff Penn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have read through the kernel-header docs, & am still not sure I > > understand what they are for. I assumed that they enable source to be > > compiled when using a kernel-image. > > > > If

Re: Ethernet Adapter Configuration

2003-01-18 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 05:33:06PM -, Kevin Smith wrote: > Hi All, > > Well, Debian Linux 3.0r1 (powerpc) installed and working like a dream, well > just about anyway. ;) > > I'm trying to work out the ifconfig tool and how to assign more than 1 IP > address to the ethernet card. I have an I

Re: Cannot run X - missing /dev/mouse

2003-01-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
Try changing Option "Protocol" "auto" to Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 07:29:54PM -0500, Andrew Pierce wrote: > I am still not getting a mouse in X. I tried this: > > cat /dev/mouse > > moved the mouse around, and got garbage characters on the screen. This > means

Re: Driver for Netgear PCI Ethernet board?

2003-01-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 03:32:27PM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > Is there a driver available for the Netgear FA311 Ethernet board. If > so, where can I get it? For 2.4.x kernels, use the natsemi.o driver. Netgear provides driver source (fa31x.c) which will work with 2.2.x (it says for Red

Re: File rights

2003-01-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 10:15:46AM -0800, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > Can some kind soul please point me to the documention area(s) that will > let me understand file/directory rights per user? I've trying to use > WINE, and install some Windoze programs - and I can't get user access to > create the

Re: opera or other fast browser

2003-01-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 06:57:12PM +0100, Florian Sukup wrote: > Hi, > > I'm installing Debian on an old machine. Therefore, I need a fast browser. > > So, I thought Opera could be a good idea. But I can't find a package > including it (at least not bin/opera). > > Is there a debian package fo

Re: apt-get remove exim .... wants to remove more?

2003-01-14 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 07:38:43PM +0100, Jean-Marc V. Liotier wrote: > On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 18:54, Andy wrote: > > I want to install qmail to give it a test drive and thought it might be a good > > thing to remove exim. But look at all that will be removed below > > Why does Debian want to

Re: [apt] Disabling upgrade to insecure packages

2003-01-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 12:27:01PM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 07:04:37PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > Well, if one could put on hold a particular version of a package > > (given by the user), it would be better than nothing. Is there a > > way to do this? > >

Re: Making a DSL server

2003-01-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
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Re: Desperate for Mplayer apt sources

2003-01-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 05:33:20PM +0800, Elijah wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to install Mplayer 386 or 686 via synaptic but it seems I > don't have libvidencore0. I checked out libvidencore0's dependency and > it requires libc6. It doesn't seem to accept my current libc6 (currently > installed)

Re: console messages flit by too fast

2003-01-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
Shift-PgUp? On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 01:57:17AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > I can't believe this is still not solved. I boot the system. I see > some ominous warnings. They scroll by so fast and are gone. > E.g. something about mtab. Ok, cd /var/log; grep mtab * */* > Nothing. > > You will ans

Re: IP firewalls

2003-01-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
nd my NIDS. > Behind that is my NAT box which runs linux 2.2.x and ipchains. > > nate > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY

Re: old /lib/modules still there after purging kernel

2003-01-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 06:27:24AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > I long ago stopped using the older kernel, 2.2. However in > /lib/modules/ I see 2.2.20/ 2.2.20-idepci/ 2.4.18-k7/ . > What is the recommended way of cleaning up the older ones? Is the > user supposed to just rm -r? > -- > http://j

Re: Woody->FreeBSD box via null modem cable

2002-12-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 02:14:02PM +0100, Holger Rauch wrote: > Hi! > > I would like to connect to a FreeBSD box from Woody using a null modem > cable. The FreeBSD box is already set up properly (a getty is running on > one of the serial ports). The serial cable is connected to ttyS1 on my > Debia

Re: am I a sitting duck for fetchmail hole because can't upgrade?

2002-12-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
chmail-common (= 6.1.2-1) (NOT AVAILABLE)" > Does that mean one is screwed either way? > -- > http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780 > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fetchmail security problem and sarge

2002-12-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
I figured it out--fetchmail-common no longer exists with the newer version. Using --force-depends with dpkg got fetchmail to install. On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 09:18:00AM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: > There is a new Debian security advisory about fetchmail. Since sarge > does not get se

Re: Speaking of ntp, yes CD-R does mess with the clock!

2002-12-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 09:44:23AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > On Wed, 25 Dec 2002, Rob Weir wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 06:36:22AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > > > On 24 Dec 2002, John Hasler wrote: > > > > > > > Bill Moseley writes: > > > > > I just don't think it unreasonable that th

Fetchmail security problem and sarge

2002-12-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
There is a new Debian security advisory about fetchmail. Since sarge does not get security updates (why not??), I built a new package using unstable source. This is not installable, because fetchmail-common does not get built. Is there any way around this? Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: Mixed install of Open Office 1.0.1

2002-12-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 07:11:34PM +0100, Roland Wegmann wrote: > Hello > > I have seen there is a lot traffic because of OpenOffice. I was really > happy, when I realized that OO is in unstable. I'm running testing on my > iBook (11.2002) and try run do a mixed system in order to install OO. >

Re: text mode pdf and msword reader?

2002-12-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 11:30:42PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 10:57:00AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > hello all > > > > from a gui die-hard, i have started using console extensively. mutt, vim > > and all :) much faster - i must say. > > > > off and on, i get m

Re: boo lexmark (was: Which USB portable memory?)

2002-12-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 11:52:58AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * p ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021220 11:45]: > > hi, > > > > for my sd/mmc (secure digital/multimedia > > card), sandisk works flawlessly, mounted > > as /dev/sda1. > > > > a lexmark card reader is frigid towards my > > linux box. erg

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:57:02PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > John Griffiths wrote: > > >At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > > > > >>What do I need to do to get exim to get mail from my ISP? Or at least > >>where is the best document or tutorial to read to answer my own questions?

Re: Printer Recommendations?

2002-12-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:41:59AM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2002-12-17T18:48:32Z, Jon Dick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I got mine after a few weeks, it doesn't cost you anything. It's just a > > bit of cardboard that you have to ram down into the paper tray so that it > > replaces

Re: Printer Recommendations?

2002-12-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 06:44:32AM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 04:19, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 16 Dec 2002, Nicolaus Kedegren wrote: > > > > > > > I could not agree more with you. A used HPLJ4 cost me $125, and a > > > "refill cartridge" about $45 at the same place. A

Re: apm

2002-12-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 06:34:27PM +, daves debian wrote: > Am i right in thinking that I need apm compiled in the kernel to allow my > system to turn its own power off when i > > shutdown -h now ?? > > All the documentation seesm to be about laptops and batt saving ? I run a > full size sy

Re: dist-upgrading when tracking testing

2002-12-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:13:42PM +, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Hi, > > currently i'm tracking testing/unstable and with the release of 3.0r1 > i was wondering if i would have to do a dist upgrade too? I suppose > not since i'm not tracking stable but when is this command usefull > then if tr

Re: Spamassasin says Debian 3.0r1 announcement is spam...

2002-12-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 09:44:18AM -0500, Edward Guldemond wrote: > On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 08:03:32AM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > I am sure some one else noticed, or did the annoucement just fly by > > most people? I know this is not a "bug" but I am sure it is a > > noteworthy fact ;-) > >

Re: urgent - system slow after spamassassin

2002-12-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 12:30:07PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > hello all > > after installing spamassassin, my system has become terribly slow! i > thought that it must be becasue spamd is trying to scan all messages. so > i modified ~/.spamassassin/user-prefs. here is how it looks: > > whi

Re: E-Mail trouble

2002-12-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
I suspect you are seeing this because lists.debian.org does not accept SMTP because RiverWillow is not a FQDN and/or is not resolvable. Bob On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 11:59:40AM -0600, Larry W. Irwin Sr. wrote: > Hi, > > I am a new Mutt/Exim user and have a problem sending mail. Have successfully

Re: Is it possible to switch these processors?

2002-12-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
Slot 1 processors are on a daughterboard which plugs into the motherboard, while socket 7 (and all socket*) processors plut directly into a socket on the motherboard. In many cases the socket itself will designate "socket 7" or similar. Slot 1 was (IIRC) only used for Pentium 2 and some early Cel

Re: X server problem

2002-12-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
You might try installing xserver-svga, which is X 3.3.6, but is supported in woody. I used it with Diamond video cards in the past and it worked fine with 16 bpp. I don't believe the X folks are supporting a lot of the older cards in 4.x. On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 12:45:25PM -0800, Bruno Freitas w

Re: dist-upgrade (potato->woody): how to get X back up?

2002-12-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 08:09:31AM -0600, will trillich wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:31:45PM -0800, nate wrote: > > will trillich said: > > > > > attached is the /var/log/XFree86.0.log file (sorry for the size)... hope > > > it sheds some light on this. i'd love to get X working > > > again

Re: grub question - please help

2002-12-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
Try line 7 without the leading /: kernel vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 root=/dev/hda4 ro The vmlinuz in / is just a symlink to the real file and is not needed. On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 12:47:48AM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello folks, > > I'm having a difficult time loading the linux partition in grub.

Re: file system

2002-12-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 11:12:54PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello Debian users, > > I need some help regarding file system in Linux. Currently, I have four > partitions on my hard drive. I will use Grub's notation for representing an > IDE primary-master hard drive > > hd0,0 - Windows (NTFS

Re: apt-get update then apt-get upgrade, remaining a lots package not install

2002-12-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
I suspect there is some missing dependency problem. Unfortunately apt-get isn't very good about identifying the specifics of these. You might try 'apt-get dist-upgrade' or use dselect. On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:35:41PM -0700, eric lin wrote: > Dear advance linux user: > > under choice of sour

Re: cdrecorder and IDE burners

2002-11-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
I'm running the Debian 2.4.19-686 kernel, which does include the ide-scsi.o module (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m). Put ide-scsi in /etc/modules and you should have no problems. On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 10:35:14AM +0800, Tim Wood wrote: > I just acquired a Lite-On burner, IDE UDMA/33. > > I installed c

Re: spamassassin & razor

2002-11-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
If you let fetchmail process incoming mail via smtp and put "|usr/bin/procmail" in your ~/.forward file (or specify procmail as your MDA in .fetchmailrc) fetchmail will use procmail. Bob On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 03:51:37AM +0100, chainy wrote: > > I see this two packages are made for procmail, ar

Re: how to make hda become hdb?

2002-11-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 04:56:33PM +1100, Nick Hastings wrote: > > Hi, > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021129 16:53]: > > > > I have debian installed on /dev/hda, how can I switch this hard drive to > > become /dev/hdb? > >I'm anything but a hardware expert, but I suspect you n

Re: Netgear FA311 Network card

2002-11-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
Sorry for the typo, that should have been natsemi.o. On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 09:22:31AM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: > If you run a 2.4 kernel, use netsemi.o, otherwise there is source for > fa31x on the disk which comes with the FA311. I recall that it took a > bit of experimentation

Re: Netgear FA311 Network card

2002-11-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
If you run a 2.4 kernel, use netsemi.o, otherwise there is source for fa31x on the disk which comes with the FA311. I recall that it took a bit of experimentation to get a useable fa31x.o module. Bob On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 03:33:45PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I am

Re: samba question *Solved*

2002-11-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
Actually you probably only needed to remove the rc2.d link, as that is the one which Debian uses by default. It might be better to leave one of the symlinks in place (under a runlevel that you don't use). That way, if you upgrade samba in the future the symlinks will not be reinstalled. Bob On T

Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
man apt-cdrom On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:17:37AM -0500, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > Hi all, > I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded > from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. > > Thanks in advance, > mw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: psaux.o not compiled as a module?!

2002-11-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
upport IS built into the Debian kernel-image-2.4.19-686 kernel and is included in the pc_keyb.c driver. Sorry for the confusion. Bob On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:18:31PM +0100, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:55:59 -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > >It shows up here as &

Re: psaux.o not compiled as a module?!

2002-11-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
It shows up here as /lib/modules/2.4.19-686/kernel/drivers/input/mousedev.o On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 01:28:49PM +0100, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 11:04:54 -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > >> all of a sudden I've got a strange problem. I'm trying

Re: Version To Use? (2)

2002-11-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 10:28:26AM -0800, John Floren wrote: > > > So, I should just use the new release? Remember, my computer is really > slow, I could only download with a 56K modem, and I can't download > directly to the intended computer. Also, exactly how large is the > current release?

Re: psaux.o not compiled as a module?!

2002-11-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
Perhaps mousedev.o is what you are looking for. This is what 2.4.19 uses for a ps/2 mouse driver. On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 06:55:18PM +0100, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > Hi there, > > all of a sudden I've got a strange problem. I'm trying to compile 2.4.20-rc2 > with XFS, where psaux should be com

Re: apt and dist-upgrade

2002-11-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 05:29:46AM +, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > > I just installed a system using the 4 floppies for a compact install (rescue, > root image, and 2 drivers) and did the rest of the install via the net. > > Very nice. > > So, I now have a running woody that I want to upgrade to

Re: CorelPHOTOPAINT9

2002-11-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 12:27:57AM +0100, mess-mate wrote: > Hi debian-users, > is there any site to find the *.deb package > of corelphotopaint9 ? > Is there anyone who's install it without pbs ? > Thanks for your info > mess-mate > http://linux.corel.com/products/pp9/download_instructions.htm

Re: [OT] Moving away from KDE to what?

2002-11-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 11:01:16PM -0800, nate wrote: > Sandip P Deshmukh said: > > > my question - why doesnt debian turn dma on by default? dont we like fast > > machines? > > safety. Theres a lot of systems out there that do not support DMA > or the driver is not mature enough. My mom's CTX la

Re: Compiling RedHat network driver

2002-11-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 10:42:30AM +1000, mdevin wrote: > > One further thing: Obviously you don't need this kernel-headers-2.4.18 > package to compile a 2.4.18 kernel because I didn't have it and my > kernel compiled OK without it. I compiled heaps of things as modules > too. That confuses me?

Re: newbie, what flavour for my old hardware?

2002-11-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 12:50:10PM +0100, James Finch wrote: > secondhand Apricot SL550, 75MHz Pentium, 0.84GB hard drive. 32 MB ram > what version of debian should be used? > am completely ignorant Any Debian version should work with that hardware. The only limitation would be how many packages

Re: Wish us all luck...

2002-11-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 06:02:23AM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > XFree86 4.2 has moved to testing - should be okay, but this is where we > find out... So far it looks pretty good to me. One of my systems has an ASUS motherboard with the SiS 630 chipset and 4.1 really didn't like it. 4.2 is fine,

Re: Microsoft's plans to kill open source: TCPA

2002-11-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 07:52:39PM +1100, Russell wrote: > Alan Chandler wrote: > > > ... > > If we then have a situation where Windows software has all these controls > > built in to it - with keys being controlled back at Redmond, and Linux with > > the keys being controlled by the owner of the

Re: Woody kernel 2.4.18 ready for NAT? Can't make it work

2002-11-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
g kernel > 2.4.x? > Do we have to compile our own kernel, or is there something we can do to > correct the state. > > Cheers, > > Jerome > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: deleting directory

2002-10-31 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 10:09:10PM -0800, ian wrote: > can an entire directory be deleted without deleting its contents first? if > so how? > ian rm -rf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian GNU/LInux 3.0 - Win4Lin 4.0

2002-10-31 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 08:56:58PM -0800, nate wrote: > fritz said: > > Hello world, > > > > using Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, which works great, we have to use one > > business-application which is only available as Windows-programm. Trying > > wine and Cross-Over , both programms are unable to run our

Re: Ghostscript Problem

2002-10-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/n022003l.pfb is contained in the gsfonts-x11 package, but it is actually a symbolic link to /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/n022003l.pfb, which is part of the gsfonts package. On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 03:02:43PM -0700, Dean Allen Provins wrote: > Mike: > > I'm using

Re: Kernel compilation

2002-10-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
To upgrade your kernel, you can probably just use one of the packaged kernel-image versions. Type 'apt-cache search kernel-image'. Pick the latest 2.4 version which matches your type of processor and install it with apt-get. You may have to edit either /etc/lilo.conf or /boot/grub/menu.lst, depe

Re: lm-sensors and lm78 chip

2002-10-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
Note that you also get the following: > Probing for `ITE IT8705F / IT8712F / SiS 950' > Trying address 0x0290... Success! > (confidence 7, driver `it87') You might try 'modprobe it87'. That one works for me, although I used i2c-source and lm-sensors-source to compile modules instead of jus

Re: ipmasq and ftp

2002-10-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 01:40:04AM +0100, Benedict Verheyen wrote: I notice that Gibraltar contains shorewall, so I may try that. I'm also going to look at fiaif. > > Only problem i still have is that when i log on to the system say > on ttys1 for instance, that i get log messages of unauthoriz

Re: ipmasq and ftp

2002-10-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 09:08:43PM +0100, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Hi, > > yesterday i installed woody 3.0 (testing/unstable) on my server. > I then installed ipmasq so it's able to share the cable connection. > For the moment all works well except for ftp: i get this error in > my ftp program:

Re: Install one from testing

2002-10-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:10:49AM +1100, Russell wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to try out this color picker that looks much better > than xcolors and xcolorsel: > > http://gcolor.sourceforge.net > > However, it's not debianized, so i thought of > using checkinstall: > > http://packages.debia

Re: real audio streaming

2002-10-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 03:42:12AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 02:29:14AM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > Sorry for not being clear: I want to be the client side of the > > > stream... > > > > download the ra player for it its *.rpm tho > > apt-get install realplayer >

Re: which anti-spam tool?

2002-10-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 01:49:08PM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote: > [Thanks to everyone who replied to my initial question] > > * Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [25-10-2002 08:09]: > > I like Spamassassin, myself. I use unstable, though, and don't really > > follow stable to know how old it is.

Re: Knoppix: Was: The *ONLY* real problem with Debian...

2002-10-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
Read it again. Swap FILE on a MS-DOS partition. No partitioning involved. On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 08:52:04PM -0700, Shawn Lamson wrote: > thanks for the reply - didnt mean for you to have to go to all of that > trouble :) I will definitely look at the website before I try it > anyway. I have s

Re: muttprint problem: base.def missing

2002-10-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
I can't really help except to say that I have the exact same version of those packages and also do not have any auto.def file, but muttprint works for me without any problems. On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 04:16:45PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > i am trying to print with muttprint, but it failes with

Re: Two Debian 3.0 reviews at Slashdot

2002-10-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 01:57:19AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 07:57:25PM -0400, Justin F. Knotzke wrote: > >I used RedHat a few years ago for about a month and rpm gave me such > > a headache that I bolted back to Debian. > > Heck, when I was a regular Red Hat user, w

Re: upgrade kernel from 2.2 to 2.4

2002-10-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 12:29:02PM +0330, Arash Bijanzadeh wrote: > I got to upgrade my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4 > It is ok but because 2.4 using initrd.img so there is some problems init > proccess. I tgives some errors about ReadOnly file system and also couldn't > find mtab. > Anybody have info

Re: Setting console timeouts

2002-10-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 03:19:51PM -0500, steve wrote: > I was wondering it there a way to prevent the console from turning the > monitor off? For instance if you want to run a program like iptraf and > leave it running all the time and always have it within eye sight. setterm -blank 0 -- To U

Re: Mozilla 1.1 plugin failure

2002-10-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 02:38:47PM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > >On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 12:27:27PM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > > > >>LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library > >>/usr/local/mozilla/plugins/java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so > >>[libstdc++-

Passive mode with wu-ftpd

2002-10-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
I am running a wu-ftpd server on a machine inside my NAT router/firewall, which uses ipmasq and ipchains. I have port 21 forwarded from the firewall to the ftp server with ipmasqadm. Retrieving files without using passive mode works fine from either inside or outside the firewall. From another h

Re: configuring CMI8738 sound card

2002-10-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
Have you tried 'modprobe cmpci'? It works fine on my motherboard with the CMI8738 chip onboard. If this works, add cmpci to /etc/modules. Bob On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 01:40:59PM +0100, Pavel Bradut Boghita wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I have been looking for documentation on how to set up the

Re: Template to build nVidia driver as deb ?

2002-10-18 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 06:23:59PM +0200, Robert Rakowicz wrote: > Hello, > > I search for a template to build nVidia video drivers ( kernel & GLX ) > as debian package. Can you help me? > Install the Debian nvidia-kernel-src and nvidia-glx-source packages and follow the instructions in /usr/sha

Re: Compiling a kernel for another machine

2002-10-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:07:04PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I've got an Athlon XP 2000 system running as my desktop machine. I've > also got a PIII 850 laptop and a p133 mail server. While recompiling the > kernel on the laptop isn't too time consuming it still takes almost > twice as long

Re: Rebuilding the Kernel Mini HOW TO

2002-10-14 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 11:08:46AM +1000, Russell wrote: > Michael Olds wrote: > > > > Thank you, > > > > I am still in a fog in terms of simple things like symlinks. What you want > > is to end up with a link in the linux directory called kernel-source-2.4.18 > > that links to /usr/src/kernel-s

Re: Routing doesn't start automatically

2002-10-14 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 05:58:46PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > > # In new Debian installations, this file is deprecated in favour of > > # the ifup/ifdown commands (invoked from /etc/init.d/networking), which > > # can be configured from the file /etc/network/interfa

Re: Routing doesn't start automatically

2002-10-14 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 11:45:00AM -1000, Joseph Dane wrote: > Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm not that well versed on calculating netmasks and broadcast address, > > but these look a bit strange. You might try the standard settings: > > a

Re: Routing doesn't start automatically

2002-10-14 Thread Bob Nielsen
I'm not that well versed on calculating netmasks and broadcast address, but these look a bit strange. You might try the standard settings: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.14 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.0.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255

Re: ADSL, routers firewalls etc.

2002-10-14 Thread Bob Nielsen
Since you have a static IP, you probably have a bridged setup (by far the easiest method). If you get a modem with routing and firewall included, that will take the place of your firewall machine. In addition to what has been mentioned, you need to check with your telephone provider (as well a

Re: Debian Linux Compatability

2002-10-14 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 11:50:19PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > Howdy, > > * Marcus Bendall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021014 16:11]: > > I am considering using Debian Linux, but I have one question. Can you > > install Debian onto a computer running Windows 98, and keep 98 as the > > main OS so that

Re: compiling and building software

2002-10-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 11:01:53PM -0400, Rodney Green wrote: > Hello. I recently installed a base Debian system by using the rescue and > root floppies and installing the rest from the Internet. Since I installed > only the bare system I didn't have a compiler installed (at least I don't > think

Re: Realtek 8029 NIC Problem !!

2002-10-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 02:37:24PM +0200, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > Bob Nielsen heeft geschreven: > > >What kernel version are you running? It is included in all the 2.2 and 2.4 > >stock Debian kernels I have tried. > > > > > I Use kernel 2.2.20, so how can I act

Re: Non-english characters in mutt (was: Locale and date/time settings)

2002-10-08 Thread Bob Nielsen
Got it working, thanks. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: j2se-common (was Re: java debs, where?)

2002-10-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
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Non-english characters in mutt (was: Locale and date/time settings)

2002-10-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
Along this same line, is there a locale setting which would allow mutt to display non-English characters? Now they all show up as "?". Bob On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 03:37:46PM -0400, David P James wrote: > Colin Watson was roused into action on 2002-10-07 12:01 and wrote: > >On Mon, Oct 07, 200

Re: knoppix

2002-10-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 10:36:57PM +0200, el wrote: > does anybody here know of a downloadable, STABLE version of knoppix? > > i searched all resources i could think of. > the knoppix-forum (http://www.linuxtag.org/forum/) is not reachable. > all i found were beta-versions, switching from > > ?

Re: Ghostscript 7.04...

2002-10-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 05:17:36PM -0600, Mike Fontenot wrote: > > Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Try gs-aladdin instead of ghostscript. It has a more-restrictive > > license and is in non-free (the older versions are GPL'd and exist in > >

Re: Ghostscript 7.04...

2002-10-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
Try gs-aladdin instead of ghostscript. It has a more-restrictive license and is in non-free (the older versions are GPL'd and exist in main). I don't know about woody, but sarge has 7.04. Bob On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 02:14:37PM -0600, Mike Fontenot wrote: > > The versions of ghostscript in pot

Re: Email (Solved)...next...POP3 setup

2002-10-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 11:49:31AM -0700, Michael Olds wrote: > Carel, > > OK, I got it. > > It was the permissions on the K-mail client program itself. It was root root > for userme and root is set to receive no mail. > > ...now...on to POP3 configuration...I am using qpopper. I see the > qpop

Re: New install and 2.4 kernel?

2002-09-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 05:50:35AM +0200, Jonas Hallgren wrote: > Hi! > > I have used poptato with a 2.2 kernel for some time and now decided I > wanted to upgrade to 3.0 with a 2.4 kernel. > For som reason I thought that 2.4 was default in 3.0 but I found that it > was 2.2.20. > > Does anybo

Re: Defeting Crappy Bios

2002-09-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
Compaqs tend to be problematic. I've worked with several (starting in 1984 with an 8086 DeskPro) and have run into problems of some sort with every one. If you can get to the BIOS setup, possibly you can configure it to boot to a CD-ROM or hard drive. Try hitting the F10 key during the boot pro

Re: XFree86 Problems [continues Woody Installation Problems II]

2002-09-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 11:45:43PM +0200, Daniel Fabian wrote: > Hi List, > > Sorry to bother you all again. As some of you told me, I setup a minimal > system, and installed xfree86 and kde with apt-get. Now that the installed > completed correctly, I'm experiencing my next problem: startx sets

Re: Woody Installation Problems II

2002-09-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 09:15:39PM +0200, Daniel Fabian wrote: > > Look up your laptop on http://linux-laptop.net (although they seem to be > > down at the moment )^8 ) to see if there's any known issues with it. If > > there's not anything outstandingly difficult, try again, but choose a > > ver

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