Re: Debian
* Pablo Cebrian Piazuelo [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-06-14 04:36]: Please, I have installed Debian 30r2-i386 succesfully. But, when I get into the shell and I want to change to Xwindows, a message appears saying that I have Screens detected, but any can be used. So I can't get into the Xwindows. It seems to detect my GraficCard, and I think that it detects the screen too. but says that this one can't be used. I have done dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, but it don't helps me a lot. please contact me, and help me with this installation. I would do this: apt-get install discover dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xfree86 Also use your internet access: http://lists.debian.org/search.html http://lists.debian.org/google.html These links will provide more info. I hear the Sarge installer auto-detects hardware. If you don't need to build a server install Sarge, it is the testing distribution. Good Luck Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reading logs - message from syslogd
Im running the 2.6.0-1-k7 kernel with debian unstable and today I find messages like these have been written to the eterm window I had left open: various snips Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] at Sun Mar 7 01:27:17 2004 ... dhunt kernel: MCE: The hardware reports a non fatal, correctable incident occurr ed on CPU 0. Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] at Sun Mar 7 01:27:17 2004 ... dhunt kernel: Bank 0: 8400c136 Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] at Sun Mar 7 01:27:32 2004 ... dhunt kernel: MCE: The hardware reports a non fatal, correctable incident occurr ed on CPU 0. Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] at Sun Mar 7 01:27:32 2004 ... dhunt kernel: Bank 0: 8400c136 /various snips I'm thinking this is fairly important, what logs to you monitor on your systems and where do you go to decipher the meanings? Kind regards, Dan Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installing nvu:the html editor for L--dows
I'm eager to try out nvu, without finding a spare box / partition to install lindows upon. Yes they are giving l--dows away again. http://nvu.com/download.html How would I ensure that my debian unstable system would have the right packages required? Do I install this nvu-0.1.tar.gz by moving it from the archive to and mark something executable? Dan Hunt Saint Brieux Saskatchewan Canada -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mozill-Mail: POP3 - IMAP
* Jerome BENOIT [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-01-04 08:44]: Hello List, is there a simple way to convert the Mozilla-Mail POP3 Accounts to IMAP Accounts ? Greetings! You want to convert from one type to another? In my experiance the best way I have found so far is to set up a second account pointing to the imap server and copy the messages from one account ( old POP ) to the ( new IMAP ) other. Your server or ISP mail server must support IMAP. This works for me, Kind regards Dan Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Light on CD burner lit without disk.
Tonight, I am confused. Debian Unstable. The light on my c.d. burner is on, however no disks are in either one of the cd drives. If you have an idea why, would you please enlighten me? Bad pun, real question. Dan Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Games for 1-2 year old child. Recommendations wanted.
Check out the GCompris package. My children love this. With the version in the unstable disributrion you can edit the menu that the game provides, blocking access to the area's you feel are for older kids. Some of the gcompris modules depend on math or reading skills. My son call's GCompris wooshy. apt-get install gcompris Not too many mindless amusements for kids. Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt damaged need help to fix.
Ever do something careless and not know how to fix it? Early this morning I purposely deleted the .deb files in /var/cache/apt/archives . Problem was I deleted the everything up to /var/cache/apt/ ( Why? The old .deb files are not being deleted automatically so I was cleaning up, when I should have been making coffee. ) When I run: dhunt:/home/dan# apt-get update E: Archive directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing. E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object If you know how I can get apt-get back I would appreciate a response to the list. Kind regards Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Remote Mozilla Calendar powered by libapache-mod-dav
Can I set up my own Webdav powered remote Calendar for Mozilla? I'm using Debian unstable and Apache/1.3.27, I installed these packages using aptitude: libxmltok1 libapache-mod-dav I checked the version using help about: Mozilla Calendar 2003081117-cal Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030827Debian/1.4-3 I have checked this newsgroup: netscape.public.mozilla.calendar and if this http://www.webdav.org/mod_dav/faq/#02-00 is or is not the help I need to set up this service, please respond to the list. Perhaps to achieve the same end, a different solution would be best like this one: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/libical0.html Your wisdom and guidance and discussion is welcome. With kind regards, Dan Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problem with mutt and imap
* David J. Weller-Fahy [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-04 08:02]: * Dan Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-03 20:32]: * David J. Weller-Fahy [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-03 21:10]: * Dan Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-03 18:22]: * Grzesiek Sedek [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-03 18:43]: I'm getting this weird error when trying to connect to imap server: gnutls_handshake: A TLS packet with unexpected length was received Hey! I am having the same problem with a new installation, and a Red-Hat server. Right now I am running Sid and it used to work when I had Woody. What version of mutt are you using? I've just duplicated that by removing my IMAPd SSL certificate (imapd.pem with courier-imap) and attempting to connect to my imapd server. Are you sure you've created a self-signed certificate? Oh, and I'm using mutt 1.5.4i on Debian testing. Regards, -- dave [ please don't CC me ] I'm just having this problem with one mail server, as a user I am using IMAP to connect to my ISP provided mailbox with no problems. I just enter c to change and type in each time imap://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ Gotcha. However Mutt 1.5.4i (2003-03-19) is not connecting to my work address. At this domain I am a user, who cannot connect using mutt, yet. Rather than using the provided IMP webmail, I set up Mozilla to use imap and it works well. So, the problem is with one imap server that is not under your control, correct? What IMAP options are you using in your .muttrc? I'm assuming (from the context) that they're running a non-ssl secured IMAP server and are advertising STARTTLS, right? If so, you may want to try putting the following in your .muttrc: #v+ set ssl_starttls=no #v- And try to connect. Just a WAG, but it might help. Great guess, fixed that right up. Kind regards Dan Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problem with mutt and imap
* Grzesiek Sedek [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-03 18:43]: Hello everybody, I'm getting this weird error when trying to connect to imap server: gnutls_handshake: A TLS packet with unexpected length was received Hey! I am having the same problem with a new installation, and a Red-Hat server. Right now I am running Sid and it used to work when I had Woody. What version of mutt are you using? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problem with mutt and imap
* David J. Weller-Fahy [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-03 21:10]: * Dan Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-03 18:22]: * Grzesiek Sedek [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-09-03 18:43]: I'm getting this weird error when trying to connect to imap server: gnutls_handshake: A TLS packet with unexpected length was received Hey! I am having the same problem with a new installation, and a Red-Hat server. Right now I am running Sid and it used to work when I had Woody. What version of mutt are you using? I've just duplicated that by removing my IMAPd SSL certificate (imapd.pem with courier-imap) and attempting to connect to my imapd server. Are you sure you've created a self-signed certificate? Oh, and I'm using mutt 1.5.4i on Debian testing. Regards, -- dave [ please don't CC me ] I'm just having this problem with one mail server, as a user I am using IMAP to connect to my ISP provided mailbox with no problems. I just enter c to change and type in each time imap://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ However Mutt 1.5.4i (2003-03-19) is not connecting to my work address. At this domain I am a user, who cannot connect using mutt, yet. Rather than using the provided IMP webmail, I set up Mozilla to use imap and it works well. Kind regards Dan Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unstable Dep. prevent config. of 5 xserver-xfree86 files
So sorry folks, found the answer using google groups. http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/ Bug#206790: missing file on install of 4.2.1-10 As a workaround, do this: # mkdir -m 755 /var/lib/xfree86 dpkg --configure xserver-common Kind Regards Dan Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound Config Asus A7V8x-x with 2.4.22-pre10
On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 03:35:05PM +1000, Rex Chan wrote: | Hi Dan, | | I'm just wondering if you were able in the end to get sound | working on your motherboard. Thanks for asking Rex, not yet. I will keep you posted. Let me know if you get it to work or find helpful documents. If we leave a thread here it will be easier for others. http://www.alsa-project.org/ was my stop today. I downloaded the latest alsa stable files into my home/alsa directory. I have made some progress, posted the last dmesg to http://hunt.ath.cx/dmesg.txt I was following the instructions on this page. http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php3?company=VIAcard=chip=via82c686amodule=via82xx I installed aumix and set the volume up with that. I have discovered lots of way's that don't work. Kind Regards Dan Hunt pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Sound Config Asus A7V8x-x with 2.4.22-pre10
RE: Sound Config Asus A7V8x-x with 2.4.22-pre10
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sound Config Asus A7V8x-x with 2.4.22-pre10
From: Dan Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
==
Dan,
REsponding to you directly as I'm not on the List, but
was searching the Archives.
Not sure this will solve the problem.
But if your Debian is Stable, you may need additional
devices to support sound. Read man MAKEDEV
If you are using the devfs, with 2.4.22-pre10
you must boot with: option devfs=nomount
before you can run:
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV -v -d audio
--
audio: This creates the audio devices
used by the sound driver.
These include mixer mixer{1..3} (Mixer
controls), sequencer (Audio sequencer), dsp dsp{1..3} (Digital audio),
sndstat(Sound card status information), audioctl (SPARC audio
control device)and audio audio{1..3} (Sun-compatible
digital audio). MIDI devices are midi00 through midi03,
midi{0..3}, rmidi{0..3}, smpte{0..3}.
In addition, devices mpu401data and mpu401stat are created.
--
MarvS
Thanks!
I will try that once I find out how
to boot with option devfs=nomount !
You don't have to be on this list to post.
Kind Regards
Dan Hunt
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Re: Sound Config Asus A7V8x-x with 2.4.22-pre10
Found a updated driver for most distributions here, http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=294#md Debian is not listed. Yet. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: VIA Soundcard Driver - skipping, failing
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 11:54:02PM -0400, Brad Sawatzky wrote: Hi Matt, FWIW, I had similar troubles with my integrated VT8233 AC97 (rev 80) with both the 2.4.20 OSS and pre-0.9.2 ALSA drivers. I ended up sticking with ALSA and the performance has improved in each rev. I'm currently using the 0.9.4 ALSA driver and am now happy enough that I've stopped considering the purchase of a cheap SBLive card. Useful info on building your own ALSA deb from the source: http://64.253.105.26/modules.php?op=modloadname=Sectionsfile=indexreq=viewarticleartid=541 The 0.9.4 alsa-source package is available in unstable. In testing too! http://packages.debian.org/testing/sound/alsa-source.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sound Config Asus A7V8x-x with 2.4.22-pre10
No sound. I have been running stable, upgraded motherboard to the ASUS A7V8X-X, hda remains the same. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200307/msg03724.html as sugested I Patched and installed the kernel 2.4.22-pre10 Dmesg|more snippit: Via 686a/8233/8235 audio driver 1.9.1-ac3 PCI: Found IRQ 4 for device 00:11.5 IRQ routing conflict for 00:11.5, have irq 3, want irq 4 via82cxxx: Six channel audio available PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:11.5 to 64 via82cxxx: timeout while reading AC97 codec (0x800) lspci -v snippit: 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Ethernet Controller (rev 74) Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80a1 Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5 I/O ports at b400 [size=256] Memory at f300 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Any suggestions? Kind regards Dan Hunt Pitch in and help with the Debian Weekly News, send your news to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read it at http://debian.org/News/weekly/current/issue/ pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: downgrading from testing to woody
Would this help? http://groups.google.com/groups?num=100hl=enlr=ie=ISO-8859-1scoring=dedition=q=%22downgrade+from+testing+to+stable%22 or would this help? http://www.debianplanet.org/node.php?id=880#comment Good luck and Kind Regards Dan Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Request for Hardware Compatability Resources.
I have been looking for resources to evaluate two motherboards, for my main system, where stable is the main feature / requirement, and quality audio output next, performance / cutting edge features are a distant third. ASUS A7S333-WA with a 1800+ V.S. ASUS A7V8X-X something faster. These motherboards alone are priced around $100.00 Canadian, my spending limit. How would you compare these two for use with Debian. I have searched the archives using google, with the keywords debian and model-#. The lucky board will be very Microsoft Windows(TM) free. It has been suggested that I look at the chip sets and see if they are supported in the Debian kernel. Where do I look to find that information? Would one grep in the kernel source? The Asus A7S333-WA has a SiS745 chiip set and the Asus A7V8x-x has a VIA KT400. Please post the URL of your favorite hardware information source for these two motherboards / chip sets so the next fellow who google's for Debian and ASUS will find some good information to make a purchase. With kind regards, Dan Hunt Pitch in and help with the Debian Weekly News, send your news to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read it at http://debian.org/News/weekly/current/issue/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Package to OCR from Image of Text, tips?
I want to optical character recgonize some typewritten pages. The documents were done on an old manual typewriter and is a family history of sorts, going back six generations and by now one more generation has to be added. I could scan them into tif or jpg images, and them transfer then onto my Debian Woody system for OCR processing. I do not have a scanner so must borrow one. My google efforts did not yield much in terms of usefull info. Kind Regards Dan Hunt http://hunt.ath.cx/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: Dairy Apt
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 11:37:34PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: Well, I had to cancel right after I hit g too many times. When they read the slogan, I had a thinko and momentarily thought the ad said, Dequeue something different, and thought now what good would that do? Har-har Nice one Paul. Dan Hunt St. Brieux SK CA http://hunt.ath.cx/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get question
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 12:20:37AM -0700, James LeClair wrote: would be to easy. I have done some experimenting, but every time I appear to have done the dist-upgrade successfully, KDE completely breaks down. James, see the new book in progress at http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Update_Newest.html Hope this helps, eh Dan Hunt Saint Brieux Saskatchewan Canada http://hunt.ath.cx/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: deb http://people forbidden
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 10:31:34PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: Hello, Anybody knows what's the problem with people.debian.org? I have the following line in my apt.souces: # xfree 4.2.1 for Woody. Gnome 2.2 needs it... deb http://people.debian.org/~blade/woody/i386 ./ and I get the following message when I run apt-get update: Err http://people.debian.org ./ Packages 403 Forbidden Thanks, Marcelo This may seem obvious to everyone else and to you, but this is what I did. I went to http://apt-get.org/ I searched down the list for xfree and 4.2 I found another source to replace the missing one. Then I su into root apt-get update apt-get upgrade Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Content Managment Systems List
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 03:31:37PM +0100, Grzesiek Sedek wrote: Hi, Does anyone have a list of Content Mangement Systems avialable in Debian? I have this link http://www.sydney.wilderness.org.au/docs/node.php?id=1PHPSESSID=5e8409c75bc4bbdc40c0f5dcaaf509f4 Hope this helps. Dan Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lilo broken after upggrade
Me too! I have compiled a new custom 2.4.18 kernel using the great instructions from http://newbiedoc.sourcefourge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html I am having problems with lilo, mbr, booting without using a floppy. I have no other OS installed. I understand lilo is a good thing, so I can change from kernel new to kernel old. The new kernel does work as I made a boot floppy from it and use it to boot. Right now I get: MBR FA:_ then if I press a then the prompt changes to MBR 1234F:_ So something is wrong. My /boot/ has a wastland of files from various kernels I tried to get working. Four, count them 4, kernels. My /boot is on /dev/hda5 ext3 hda1 (ext2 with 100 MB free) hda2 hda 5 6 7 8 9 hda3(swp) hda4(tmp) My lilo.conf looks something like this without any typo's: lba32 boot=/dev/hda5 root=/dev/hda5 compact install=/boot/boot.b delay=20 map=/boot/map vga=normal image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only I hope that I have included just enough information. BTW, thanks Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia video cards
On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 01:07:29PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: Hope this helps, Bob Thanks Bob, I appreciate the help, I will give it a whirl. Kind Regards Dan Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia video cards
Go to the NVIDIA web site and download their drivers, or get the packages nvidia-kernel-src and nvidia-glx-src from Debian. Follow the instructions. I went apt-get install nvidia-kernel-src and apt-get install nvidia-glx-src and I found the instructions a bit confusing, /usr/doc/nvidia-kernel-src/README.Debian cd linux ( or your kernel source directory ) O.K. I have a stock kernel installed 2.4.18-bf2.4 and I installed the kernel-headers package, but I think I needed to get something else instead. Anyone offer a tip? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [~OT] tax program for linux
[snip] On the plus side, the Canadian version of TurboTax, QuickTax, does not appear to employ the strange things that its US counterpart. My father installed it on his comp and I could find no trace of the rumored nasty stuff (moreover, Intuit denies that it exists in the Canadian version). Great! My Micro$oft work computer is safe, from the evil nasty stuff. I'm gonna sleep better tonight boy. For next year, I would LOVE to find a Canadian tax program or web based service I could use with Mozilla - and Debian GNU/Linux. The web based version of QuickTax gave me: YOU NEED Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later on Windows or Netscape 4 or later on Windows or Macintosh. Would tricking the browser test be morally wrong? How would I ask the Canadian Web based Income Tax program providers to support Mozilla and GNU/Linux? Dan Hunt Saint Brieux Saskatchewan Canada http://maps.bzzt.net/users-very-big.jpg http://www.linuks.mine.nu/debian-worldmap/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian Menu in KDE
I have a stock Woody install, and I prefer the debian Menu structure. I would like to use KDE without the KDE menu. I have failed in the past to make the kde menu similar to the standard Debian Menu. Would anyone care to offer advice on doing this properly? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Juke does not play- Solved.
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 12:25:13PM +, Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 09:20:58PM -0600, Dan Hunt wrote: My debian Woody system 2.4.18-bf2.4 is an i686 AMD Duron and I have installed Juke. I cannot make it go. I have reread the documentation, perhaps I am missing a vital definition or perhaps I am trying to hammer with a wrench. Press 'h' for a help message, which was enough to get the UI to start making sense to me. You probably want to hit 'a' for add tune. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks! Dan Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Juke does not play.
My debian Woody system 2.4.18-bf2.4 is an i686 AMD Duron and I have installed Juke. I cannot make it go. I have reread the documentation, perhaps I am missing a vital definition or perhaps I am trying to hammer with a wrench. The config file has a line like this for mp3 songs mpg123 -b 1024 -q @ When I type that into my Konsole the file I put in for the @ plays. Any clues would be appreciated. Thanks, Dan Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Antivirus in Debian?
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 12:10:47AM -0300, Santiago Hirschfeld wrote: Hi, I'm running Woody in my home computer, and i was wondering if it is a good idea to install an antivirus, if it is...what should i use? should i use it to scan mails and files? can someone give me some hints? I am happy to report that I have been running debian for almost a year in my home computer without a single virus. ;-) Other things can cause larger problems. You would be well advised to protect your system from intruders or other malicious activities. Unlike my computer at work, ( Win 98 ) I need not worry about attachments to email running amok. Most virus writers want to infect MS Windows rather than free operating systems like Debian GNU/Linux. Your Woody machine is like a tank, properly secured it can take you where you want to go, but don't leave the doors open and the engine running. Please check the Debian Documentation for tips on Securing Debian. Welcome Aboard! Dan Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Voice on DSL?
Concept: Two sisters, seperated by 14 hours of driving, and some Rocky Mountains. Each has DSL service. One has an I-Mac, one with i386 Debian GNU/Linux, each with a microphone / speaker headset and Apache Web server on this end. Any package suggestions? BTW Yes, they each have a telephone. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subdomain - node ?
What is it called when you set up foo.mydomain.com I have Googled for domain node and I have nothing. I want to make a directory mybuddys-stuff and have it resolve to either foo.mydomain.com/mybuddys-stuff or mybuddys-stuff.foo.mydomain.com If you can name this feature I can read about it. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Subdomain - node ?
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 07:31:47AM -0600, Dan Hunt wrote: What is it called when you set up foo.mydomain.com I have Googled for domain node and I have nothing. I want to make a directory mybuddys-stuff and have it resolve to either foo.mydomain.com/mybuddys-stuff or mybuddys-stuff.foo.mydomain.com If you can name this feature I can read about it. Thanks Everyone, yes I was talking about http:\\ and and ftp in the same sentence, sorry to mess you up. http://mybuddys-stuff.foo.mydomain.com/ or http://www.mybuddys-stuff.foo.mydomain.com/ And I would be working remotely via ftp like ftp://ftp.mydomain.com/mybuddys-stuff/ I now have the words I need to look for instructions I require. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT Knoppix installation
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 11:17:10AM -0500, stan wrote: I have a new laptop, and I was planing on istalling Koppix to take advantge of it's _great_ hardware auto detection, then merging back intot the Debain mainstream. Problem is, I can't figure out how to actully install Knoppix. I have a bootable CD (that was fun because of the size), and everythign works like a charm when I boot from it, but I can't figure out how to get that image onto the hard disk. One person has told me Knoppix is not intended to install. -- The Knoppix installer results in a system that is a blend of packages from Sid, Testing, Stable and perhaps a few older than Stable. I think the hardware autodetection is good but the resulting system is not sustainable. Use the information from it to do an install. Other options are google the mailing list for install +auto detection, PGI Good luck Dan Hunt. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Boot fails at: starting FAM ... ...
I can't restart my Woody with a custom 2.4.18 without it hanging at this point. ~much complaining about firewall rules that cannot be started, do you need to insmod? and like~ touch: creating `/var/lock/subsys/bastille-firewall': No such file or directory Starting file alteration monitor: FAM The systen hang's at this point. I have a boot floppy, install c.d.'s, a rescue partition, and knoppix. How do I mount and edit the startup sequence to avoid this? Dan Hunt Debian GNU/Linux Fan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
if you could have just one dead tree book
I am taking care of my big sister's farm here in western Canada while she is visiting her daughter at UC Davis in Davis California. My brother in law phoned and asked me if there was a book I would like from the ucdavis book store. Oh fellow debian-users, if you could have just one dead tree book what would you ask for? If I don't reply to his I will own a big book about red-hat! All I could think of is Rute, but I see Matt Welsh's Running Linux was reccomended. Dan Do not CC Me! I am on the List! Fan - Debian GNU/Linux http://debian.org/ User #280833 Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: There is no place like Sarge.... Knoppix must go. Duh ... Solved!
Not enough sleep. Using the install c.d.#1 I booted and began the install. 4. Boot the installation system 5. Configure the keyboard 6. Create and mount Debian partition I mounted my previous root partition, and skipped ahead to make it bootable, installed lilo in the mbr. Initialized the knoppix partition wiping it clean. Reboot to success! Sources of inspiration: prior experiance breaking things and having to learn how to fix them, http://lists.debian.org/google.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2000/debian-devel-200010/msg00418.html I have not totally finished the small hard disk partition as a rescue partition, and install a second Linux on that yet! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: initializing linux partitions after installation
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 02:24:40 -0500 Nori Heikkinen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what's weirding me out is, having created a user account for myself and logging in, `pwd` says i'm in /home/nori. how can this be, if i didn't initialize a /home partition? where on the disk am i? is this bad? i mean, i'm going to go back and initialize it and /tmp just as soon as i figure out how, but i'm kind of confused. I would do this as root, apt-get install mc (and then as user nori) (start mc) mc Once it is running hit F9 and then i You will be able to see where on the disk you are! Midnight Commander Intro http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue23/wkndmech_dec97/mc_article.html History and more screenshots http://www.linuxorbit.com/features/newbie11.php3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: There is no place like Sarge.... Knoppix must go.
On Sat, 04 Jan 2003 19:02:32 + Chris Lale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Hunt wrote: I had decided Knoppix 3.1 could be installed on my old windows Are you trying to use Knoppix to install Debian? There are instructions at http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/1104.barr_p.html No, I ran apt-get update without changing the etc/apt/sources.list and it broke the apt-get in Knoppix. Joe Barr Quote Pretty easy, really. I added deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free to my /etc/apt/sources.list, then ran apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. The whole process took me about 10 minutes. /Joe Barr Quote In my Canadian 10 minutes, I had decided I wanted to go back to Sarge! I guess if I try hard enough I can break anything. Thank You! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is no place like Sarge.... Knoppix must go.
I had decided Knoppix 3.1 could be installed on my old windows partition. Has anyone tried #apt-get update using Knoppix? It does not go well! Oh well, I still have the demo c.d. and the config floppy. I am hoping that one day the auto-config Knoppix will show me the way to finish installing ( USB CDRW ) and optimizing Debian. The first problem: dev/hda1 is the Knoppix partition ext2fs that is 3 GB, and I cannot boot now to dev/hda6 unless I use the install cd and ?bfsf24 rescue root=/hda6? or use my boot floppy. The second problem: I don't know how to juggle my free space ( partition 1 ) where I need it. After I boot I run #lilo Added Linux * Skipping /bzImage.mykernel.july-7-2002 Fatal: First sector of /dev/hda1 doesn't have a valid boot signature. dev/hda6 / 988MB 156MB Free dev/hda5 /tmp 472MB 447MB Free dev/hda7 /usr 4.6GB 915MB Free dev/hda8 /home 3.95GB 413MB Free dev/hda9 /var 3.94GB 2.59GB Free dev/hda3 SWAP 502MB Partition 2 extended. Partition 4 ( for windows 95/98 partition for kids) 952MB So I googled the Debian List Archives and found this. http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2002/debian-laptop-200212/msg00052.html This advice: boot your system off the knoppix CD mount your root partition on /mnt cd /mnt sbin/lilo -r . cd / umount /mnt mount your Woody root partition on /mnt cd /mnt sbin/lilo -r . sbin/lilo -r . -C etc/lilo.conf.mbr cd / umount /mnt reboot This did not work root@ttyp2[hda6]# sbin/lilo -r . Fatal: open /dev/hda: Permission denied. Do I mount hda1 (ext2fs) first? How? Do I then begin to move files around with mc? Learn by breaking has been my moto, but I need a guiding hand. Links to suitable reference materials, similar mail list archives greatly appreciated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Server Recommendations
I am ready to set up my own Web Server rather than paying my friends each month. Your IT guidance would be appreciated. I have a dusty Pentium 90 with 32 MB Ram, and a 1 GB Drive. The new unit will be equipped with Debian Woody, on a static DSL IP address without any firewall. Will this meager equipment serve as a village (community) static page web server and mail server for about 1 dozen people? Would I need something more to run zope or drupal? Perhaps I should shop around ebay canada for a not the i386 debian port equipment? Can you please your reality based, ultra low budget equipment suggestions? -- Dan Hunt Peace on Earth! A real old concept, do your part today! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Moving from stable(Woody) to testing(Sarge)...
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:09:35 -0500 Terry Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a complete newbie to Debian, but also a complete convert. I have been using RH and Mandrake for quite a while but have no experience with dpkg. So, please excuse my ignorance, but how do I move my Woody installation (installed from cd and ftp) to the testing version, Sarge? This outstanding documentation http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-woody.en.html covers the stable to testing in great detail. I would suggest searching the mailing list archives. http://lists.debian.org/search.html This has been covered many times each month. This move is painless. ( So far ! ) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ready to take the plunge...
On 18 Nov 2002 21:48:36 -0600 ZephyrQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've pretty much decided to take the Debian plunge, but now I need some direction. Is it better to wipe my partition clean (it has SuSE 8 right now) and then install? My /home partition is on another physical drive (for now) so it will be fine, but what about other packages I have installed? Save the tarballs and burn a CD? Also, who should I get the distribution from? I have a slow dial-up connection, so downloading a whole system (with OOffice) is a bit unweildy. I would also like a *little* dead-tree documentation to help me through the install as I have heard it is a bear to accomplish. Would selecting the packages from the debian c.d. set be o.k.? I would use aptitude to add the packages you want to the base install. I think you may want to avoid adding non debian packages to avoid the dreaded dependancy issues. ( Skilled Debian users jump in here! ) This is the very verbose debian instructions http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2016 The official instruction may work fine for you http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install.en.html I purchased a c.d. set before dsl was available in my village http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ But if your in Canada ... where I got mine: Vendor: ComputerHelperGuy URL: http://www.chguy.net URL for Debian Page: http://www.chguy.net/CDsets.html Allows Contribution to Debian: Yes Any problems or further specific questions please write the list again. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Software Selection Internet Admin School
Would you please consider making suggestions for a school? Inside the school youth log with usernames in a M$ enviroment. I have been asked to suggest software / equipment that would: A) Provide firewall services. B) Log ( capture ) the username and website visited. C) Report this information. Most of these schools have DSL and only one has dialup. I do not know enough about network admin to know what debian packages to look at. Does a Log Server http://debianplanet.org/node.php?id=847 do the right job for logging and reporting? The Microsoft Network Administrator felt that by trimming (somehow) the information the workstation info could be left out and ONLY the username and website address could be reported. For Example: Nov 22 2002 09:15 | davey-smith | barbie.com Nov 22 2002 09:22 | davey-smith | bay-watch-girls.com Any URL donated will be gratefully evaluated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: . XMMS icecast streaming was : Elementary Woody Firewall with DSL
Preferences/Input Plugins/MPG123/Streaming. Xmms MPG123 Configuration Streaming Tab. Proxy: checked use proxy Plug in the Host:192.168.0.1 and left the port set to 8080 Left the use authentication blank. Are you actually running a proxy (squid/etc) on your firewall, or does it just do packet filtering (iptables)? If you're not actually running a proxy, don't try to use one. Using info from Google, I Set up the browser so it knows what to do, but when I hit play on a website Listen tab the pop up box says couldn't conect to host 192.168.0.1 That happens even when I save the url playlist to disk and load it. Thank you for pointing that out! XMMS Works! Now, if I can just get my automobile off the ground ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Elementary Woody Firewall with DSL.
On 07 Nov 2002 07:55:42 -0600 Shyamal Prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan == Dan Hunt Dan.Hunt writes: Dan After basic Woody install, with nothing extra at first. I Dan upgrade the Kernel to a stock 2.4.?? and Is there was a way Dan to install a 2.4 kernel right from the c.d.? You should be able to do ~# apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-586tsc When I used the CD set regularly (potato) I used dselect to find and install software, which is an alternative to apt-get, but it has a user interface that can be traumatic at first. Well actually I have started over so many times I enjoy using aptitude. I'm not exactly proud of the fact that 4 months ago I tried to install Debian without reading the manual, it was part of my education. After the base install and saying no thanks to adding extra software I run ~# apt-get install mc and ~# apt-get install aptitude I just used aptitude to find the right package that you mentioned above and then install it. The built in editor in mc caused me some trouble but I love the mc Midnight Commander file manager so much I inadvertently try to fire it up at a dos prompt at my M$ workplace. What I was hoping for was a way of finishing the base installation with the 2.4 kernel. Thanks Everyone Dan Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Elementary Woody Firewall with DSL. Solved!
Crispin. I made the changes you suggested rebooted and now I'm back with a Debian Firewall protecting my Debian box. Thank You. Any suggestions on allowing streaming Audio through the Firewall to XMMS? Thank you Jeff, I will try inserting Disk #5 in the boot cd and install Debian with the 2.4 kernel soon. Microsoft Free and loving Debian GNU/Linux. Dan Hunt St. Brieux Saskatchewan Canada -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bad interpreter
Hi! Bad interpreter? I did edit the top of the script with the Midnight Commander edit program to remove those pesky M$ spaces or carriage returns. #!/bin/sh for CHAIN in INPUT OUTPUT FORWARD POSTROUTING PREROUTING do iptables -P $CHAIN ACCEPT iptables -F $CHAIN done /usr/bin/nice: ./doit.sh: No such file or directory Extreme Minimalist install of Woody with a stock 2.4 series kernel. Any suggestions? Happy Halloween from Sunny St. Brieux Saskatchewan Canada ;) Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt-get install gnome2 gdm2 and typo errors ...
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen of the Debian list! I chose to follow the directions on: http://people.debian.org/~walters/gnome2.html For my woody installation. I love gnome so I thought I would give gnome2 a go. Here is what I got: 17 packages not fully installed or removed. Setting up bug-buddy (2.2.0.1) ... /usr/share/omf/file-roller/file-roller-ru.omf:5: error: Input is not proper UTF=8, indicate encoding ! Then I have to CTRL-C it to make it stop. Same error after the Setting up scrollkeeper (0.3.11-2) ... I think this was a result of a typo I made editing the sources.list . This looks suspicious Hit http://people.debian.org woody/gnome2 Packages Ign http://people.debian.org woody/gnome2 Release Err http://people.debian.org woody/gnome2 Sources 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://people.debian.org/~kov/debian/dists/woody/gnome2/source/Sources 404 Not Found I am using Linux Version 2.4.18 How do I clean up the sources and get back on track? Dan Hunt Debian is the Gnu/Linux I started with, and now I am Microsoft free! Well yes honey, Daddy did break the computer, but I'll get it (M$-ME) working again, someday. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Windows Metafiles
Sir, I have used The GIMP, on a Windows Machine. I would try that. I'm sure it can cut and paste just fine ;) On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 20:19:12 +0930 Tom Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have this nasty NT app called ActiveHDL that I use for VHDL development. Its block diagram editor doesn't export to any reasonable format. I am trying to put block diagrams from it in a Latex document, and am having all sorts of grief. I would prefer it to be a vector graphics format than a bitmap (vg always looks nicer). First I tried printing the document to a file, in the belief that this would give me postscript, but gs, gv and ps2pdf all barf on it with the message: Error: /syntaxerror in -file- Operand stack: Execution stack: %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- Dictionary stack: --dict:1037/1476(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:67/200(L)-- Current allocation mode is local Current file position is 425 GNU Ghostscript 6.53: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 If anyone cal tell me what that means I would appreciate it. So next I tried copying it to the clipboard. It seems that it keeps the image there as a Windows Metafile (WMF). But I can't find anything to paste it into that will save it as a useful format. I can paste it into Word, but that won't export it further. Also if I try printing it to file from word I get the same issue as above. Windows clipboard viewer can save it, but that is as some .clp file. I am greatly frustrated by this. Google doesn't seem to have any answers. Is there a way of opening the windows clipboard files (*.clp) in linux? Or does anyone know of a free 'doze app that can grab the contents of the clipboard and save it as some useful vector format (EPS would be nice...) TIA, Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide Classifications of inanimate objects: Those that don't work, those that break down, and those that get lost. Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
