Re: Recomended dual head video card
On Thursday 07 October 2004 15:42, Bill Carlson wrote: I run a G450 dual head, be warned there is a problem with gamma correction on the second head. From what I gather it is a hardware limitation. If you don't need gamma correction, not a problem. For my setup with BenQ FP951s, they were way too bright and the OSD wouldn't adjust down enough. Thanks for the info Bill. That would explain the excessive brightness on the second display here. One of these days I'll have to look for a newer video card. Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recomended dual head video card
On Monday 04 October 2004 23:44, Nick Hastings wrote: Hi all, for reasons I won't bother going into I'm about turn a server machine into a workstation (and perhaps occasional game machine). There are two nice 1280x1024 17 inch digital LCD displays available (Mitsubishi RTD179S) [1], so I thought I'd go out and get myself a nice dual head video card. But which to choose? My budget is fairly generous. My machines motherboard has and AGP slot so I thought an AGP card would be best. I've had a bit of a look at the ATI web site and it seems that the FireGL Z1-128 [2] might suit me well. I have a matrox G450 that I picked off eBay for $35 and it works quite well and the price was right. It's a older card though, so for gaming I wouldn't really recommend it... although the card works ok, 3D stuff is a tad on the slow side. For normal stuff it works great though, and 2 monitors are very cool.. which I was running under debian unstable with windowmaker. I'm sure there is something better out there, but I've never had a problem with Matrox cards under linux. Hopefully someone can ring in here about some of the newer cards available. Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using DVD
Alejandro Matos wrote: Hi, one of the error comes in the console, the other one (the one with xine: at the beginning) isfromthexinegui... I think i don't have any scsi module installed, don' know, i use the 2.6.7-1-k7 kernel image from debianso...i don't really know :$ You do NOT need the scsi emulation with the 2.6.x series kernels for cdrw or dvd drives. Just another thought, try adding yourself to the disk (or is it disks) group once. Also, try su'ing to root and try xine once.. if the dvd part works, then it's a permissions problem. Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gallery not showing all photos
Victor Munoz wrote: I tried before gallery. I was using the unstable version as well. I didn't find a way to rotate pictures automatically (I had to edit the generated html files manually, something which I could script anyway, but it was not optimum because I had to prepare rotated versions of the pictures involved), and gallery in general has more features and is very flexible. I had no complain until I found this annoying problem with hidden albums. I'll have to take a look at gallery then also, since it sounds more functional than igal. I'll just have to keep in mind the hidden album issue. Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gallery not showing all photos
Victor Munoz wrote: I have gallery installed on a woody server. A certain album contains several albums in turn, and some of them are not shown. I can see them if I login as admin (the only other user except normal user I have configured). The album is not 'hidden', so I understand it should be visible by anyone. I thought it would be a cache problem with mozilla, but I cleaned the cache and the problem persists. I also tried with Opera, with equal results. I only have tried accessing gallery with another computer, as I currently don't have physical access to the server. I'm rather lost, since I don't understand what could be happening. Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Victor Check the permissions on the files, and check out the log files. Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gallery not showing all photos
Victor Munoz wrote: Thanks for the replies. I didn't found problems with the permissions. They were all set, for all the albums, as visible for everybody, and modifiable by admin. I did found a workaround, though. It seems the problem is the following: I upload new photos to a temporary album, which is hidden. That way I can work on how to organize the photos in sub-albums, and then I move the new photos and possible new albums to the visible albums. I notice that if I move a sub-album from this hidden album to a visible one, it remains invisible. If I move a sub-album from a visible album, it remains visible. So, annoyingly, sub-albums silently inherit the hidden attribute, and, at least in the woody version, this cannot be unset, as the Edit Album options only show the Hide album, not the Show album. The only solution I've found is to make the temporary album visible, create duplicate versions for the problematic sub-albums, and then move the new versions to the desired locations. This does not make me happy because too many albums are involved, and I didn't notice until today. The problem only seems to appear with albums. Individual pictures move from a hidden to a visible album remain visible, which is why I didn't notice before. You might also want to take a look at igal, although I've only used the unstable version myself. Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Motherboard recommendation?
Paul Gear wrote: Michael Rumpf wrote: Hi, I'm about to buy a new motherboard. Can anyone recommend a board that is known to work well with free software drivers. I just don't want to buy another board and find myself disabling most of the features as they don't work under Linux. I don't have a recommendation, but i can disrecommend the NVIDIA nForce2 chipset from a free software perspective. The NIC has a closed source driver. When i emailed them about it, the response was, Our networking performance is too important to allow competitors to use our drivers. I disabled the on-board NIC and bought a $20 RTL-8139. :-) I have a motherboard with the NVIDIA nForce2 chipset, built-in NIC and audio and they both work. Matter of fact, the NIC is a RTL-8139. ;-) The motherboard is a Chaintech 7NJL3. The ONLY problem I've run across is was running the 2.4 series kernel, (lockup bug.. chipset specific) and that was fixed in the latest 2.6 series kernel and the latest 2.4 varmit. Michael, might be you're best bet would be to go browse the archives of this list, this has been hashed over quite a few times in the past few months. http://lists.debian.org/search.html Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: All these open ports
Jon Dowland wrote: On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:56:17 -0400, Tong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've just noticed that my debian testing open many ports by default: How can I close them? Firstly open up the rc file for your inetd (e.g. /etc/inetd.conf) and comment out any lines you don't need. This should do (at least) discard, echo, daytime. Then, determine which programs are responsible for the remaining open ports. Stop them from running and prevent them from starting by default if necessary. How to do this varies on an application-to-application basis; but can probably be forced by removing the package in question (if you aren't using it at all) or using update-rc.d (I think). If a port is open, and associated with a program which isn't from a debian package and you don't believe you put it there yourself - its time to consider the possibility your machine has been compromised. Or better yet, Jon should checkout the following link: http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#securing The harden-doc is outdated except on unstable, so you're better off reading the online version at the above page. Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: why is logcheck failing?: [Fwd: Logcheck: zen8100a 2004-06-11 11:02 exiting due to errors]
On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 11:13:38AM +1000 or thereabouts, Zenaan Harkness wrote: tia zen -Forwarded Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Logcheck: zen8100a 2004-06-11 11:02 exiting due to errors Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:02:01 +1000 Warning: If you are seeing this message, your log files may not have been checked! Details: cleanchecked: Not a file or a directory Check temporary directory: /tmp/logcheck.XXR2X4nh declare -x HOME=/var/lib/logcheck declare -x LOGNAME=logcheck declare -x MAILTO=root declare -x OLDPWD declare -x PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin declare -x PWD=/var/lib/logcheck declare -x SHELL=/bin/sh declare -x SHLVL=2 Logcheck has changed recently. Make sure logcheck is a member of the adm group. Also, /etc/logcheck directory should have the owner of root, group - logcheck. Also, the /var/lib/logcheck dir should be owner logcheck, group adm and delete the files in /var/lib/logcheck. This fixed it for me, but I'm not sure if it's exactly the correct way. Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgraded to unstable - lost network connectivity | No X
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 06:45:36PM +1200 or thereabouts, Simon Kitching wrote: On Sun, 2004-06-06 at 14:22, dircha wrote: Bingo! Running lsmod in the working vs non-working config shows that a whole bunch of drivers are no longer being loaded after the dist-upgrade. Running modprobe to force the network drivers to be loaded restores network connectivity. So the question now is: why did dist-upgrade from testing to unstable mess around with the list of modules that are loaded at boot time? That's sort of a rhetorical question; I don't hugely care as I now have a working system [at least I can manually force the necessary drivers to be loaded on boot]. But presumably other people will be bitten by this too... Just for the record: I did a dist-upgrade today and rebooted, and all the appropriate modules are now loading automatically. Whatever the problem was, it seems to have been fixed in the latest unstable. I'd also like to add that doing a dist-upgrade from stable to unstable, (or for that matter going from unstable to unstable 4-1 to 4.4?) of xserver-xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 to 1-4 version breaks at least *my* system. I found out that the path to wmaker in you're .xsession is broken after the upgrade. Apparently, /usr/bin/wmaker is correct, but /usr/bin/X11/wmaker used to be correct. Basically, just update you're .xsession file path and you're good to go. Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: APRS under Linux
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 06:43:08PM -0700 or thereabouts, Dana J. Laude wrote: Greetings, Anyone have any pointers on setting up APRS under debian? I'd like to have something setup that doesn't require a actual TNC. Any links would help. Thanks, Dana - KC9AAE Never mind, I figured it out myself. :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: APRS under Linux
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 05:12:50PM +0100 or thereabouts, Arnt Karlsen wrote: ..excellent, tell us about it, there will be more people asking the same question and now is your chance to help'em find _your_ solution. ;-) Well, I suppose that I can do that. :-) I was curious on getting APRS working under debian, since I don't have a TNC. I was chatting with a fellow ham friend and he mentioned a program that ran under windows that would simulate a TNC. Well, I figured I could do the same thing under debian. Seems like I was right! Basically I installed the xastir program and now it's working. You'll need to download some maps (see the /usr/share/doc/xastir/README.MAPS.gz for details) and then set them up in xastir. The next thing will be setting up a weather station, and purchasing a kenwood th-d7a(g) ht in a few months. Everything is running right now under the current debian unstable branch btw. I'll keep everyone posted as things progress. Dana - KC9AAE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
APRS under Linux
Greetings, Anyone have any pointers on setting up APRS under debian? I'd like to have something setup that doesn't require a actual TNC. Any links would help. Thanks, Dana - KC9AAE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (Newbie) Compatibility while I am fumbling.
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 06:00:20PM +0700 or thereabouts, Brian Durant wrote: snip found on Linux Printing site that my printer should be supported and I believe my Asante NIC is supported by Tulip drivers. Anyone out there that can help? I know for sure that the Asante NIC is supported via the tulip drivers. I have a Linksys card that shows up as Asante which works well. Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange behaviour
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 11:23:32PM +0300 or thereabouts, Eduardo Rocha Costa wrote: Hi, all I really have a strange problem, I configured exim (I think) to receive e-mails the procmail and fetchmail to well then, when I do $fetchmail -k I receive all e-mails from the pop server and all correctly but when I do $fetchmail I receive all e-mails but one or two line in each Really strange huh ? And one more related question, my smtp servers needs authentication to send e-mails but I can't configure exim or mutt to do this anyone has a hint a FAQ or anything to help me Check out the docs in /usr/share/doc/fetchmail, also check out your procmail log file for errors and more information. As far as Exim goes, someone else might step in here, since I use postfix. Also, you should read all of the docs and understand the entire process of all of the packages involved. I.e., ... fetchmail retreives messages from your pop account, spits that off to you're mailer, (exim or postfix, etc) and then procmail handles the sorting, etc (basic explination) and then mutt will allow you to read mail. This can get much more complicated as you add rules to procmail, spam filters and such... but thats it in a nutshell. If you try some different config files and still get stuck, let us know. Btw, especially pay attention to the procmailrc and muttrc files, and try getting one maillist correct before going on. (testing to say you're yahoo account and checking headers and such, prior to the mailing lists works.) Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Iptables: not recommended by Debian?
On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 05:47:14PM -0800 or thereabouts, calyth wrote: All, I was downloading iptables, and was going to set it up on a box so that it would be my router... After downloading the iptables package, it says that iptables was not recommended by Debian. Given the server was using the stable distro. Is there any reason why it should do so? Also any good tutorials for setting up NAT / Masquerading using iptables? I'm reading one of the tutorials from netfilter.org and it's taking way too long for me to read. Iptables works just fine here. What I did was just install the kernel source 2.4.20 from kernel.org, and then grabbed the source for iptables and built it myself. As far as tutorials go, check out netfilter.org and read. g You might also want to check out the FIAIF firewall script, which is available in a .deb package. Just remember that if you would go the custom route that I have, you have to manually install the fiaif .deb package, along with the above. Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /var/log/messages
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 03:03:57PM +0900 or thereabouts, Nick Hastings wrote: * Dana J. Laude [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030221 14:47]: On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:39:11PM -0500 or thereabouts, Richard Beri wrote: My /var/log/messages and messages.0 are getting very large. messages alone is almost 500 meg. Is is safe to delete these files (I don't] need to read any back error messages). My syslog is also reaching 500 meg ais that safe to be deleted. Will they be auto-created again If you just want to reset the files without a backup, as root type in: touch /var/log/messages. (minus the quotes and the .) Won't that just change the access and modification time of the file? That happens every 20 minutes anyway (-- MARK --). What else does that achieve? You're absolutly correct. I normally rm filename and then do the above to create a new 0 byte file. Thanks for pointing that out. Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /var/log/messages
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:39:11PM -0500 or thereabouts, Richard Beri wrote: My /var/log/messages and messages.0 are getting very large. messages alone is almost 500 meg. Is is safe to delete these files (I don't] need to read any back error messages). My syslog is also reaching 500 meg ais that safe to be deleted. Will they be auto-created again If you just want to reset the files without a backup, as root type in: touch /var/log/messages. (minus the quotes and the .) Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Suggestions for UUCP News Reader?
Greetings, I'm looking for a easy way to read a few newsgroups without alot of overhead on the computer. I've setup news servers, but never really read the stuff on *my* personal systems before. So... I've installed Knews and it sucks, and also tried gnus..., which seemed like overkill. I'm looking at leafnode along with a lite weight news reader. Right now I use mutt, fetchmail, procmail and postfix for my normal mail. Any suggestions? Thank you! Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Small theme for wmeker.
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 03:16:37PM +0200 or thereabouts, Egor Tur wrote: Hi. Who have the very small theme for wmeker without background and other big gradient. I want to use that theme under X with depth 8. Thanx. Check out http://themes.freshmeat.net You sould be able to find something there. Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Snort Remove errors
Greetings everyone. I'm having trouble removing the snort package. Here's the info: --- Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: snort snort-common snort-rules-default 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 862kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 62718 files and directories currently installed.) Removing snort-common ... Removing snort-rules-default ... dpkg - warning: while removing snort-rules-default, directory `/etc/snort' not empty so not removed. Removing snort ... /etc/init.d/snort: var: command not found dpkg: error processing snort (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 postinst called with unknown argument `abort-remove' Errors were encountered while processing: snort E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) --- I had snort installed and working fine, then after a apt-get update and upgrade snort was upgraded. I noticed the next day that it wasn't emailing me like normal. So... I uninstalled it via apt-get remove.. went fine. Next I blew off the /etc/init.d/snort script, wiped out the /etc/snort and /var/log/snort directories this is where I think I screwed up. (yes, I'm now aware of the purge option) :-) Anyone? Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer Recommendations?
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:01:24PM -0600 or thereabouts, Alex Malinovich wrote: I've finally gotten fed up with my roommate's Canon CBJ-2100 printer and all of it's associated problems (both software and hardware) and have decided to get a new one. My only requirements are that it's relatively inexpensive ( $200 US) and that it can be set up easily and will work well on our LAN. All of the machines except for one are running Debian, and the one that it will physically be connected to is running Debian. Any suggestions on a good choice? p.s. I've been intrigued by the new Lexmark 75XP PrinTrio that I've seen advertised that prints and scans and is a little over $100 US but I don't know anything about how well it works period or how well it works under Linux. If you're in the market for a laser, check out the Samsung ML-1430. This more than likely will be my new printer... about $200US, and good support under Linux. Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DVD Player w/KDE 3
On Monday 09 December 2002 08:31 am, David Ellis wrote: Has anyone had any luck with DVD Playback on Debian with KDE 3? Can you point out a good player (and maybe a website) with a download and HOWTO? I just ran across this link today, although it looks like good software. Give it a try. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Dana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: caching-only name server
On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 03:13:28PM -0700 Santiago Canez wrote: Hi, I want to install a caching-only nameserver on my system. apt-get install bind Is this all that is needed? Will the default configuration from this installation suffice? Any other files that need to be edited? You can use bind or try pdnsd. The homepage is at: http://home.t-online.de/home/Moestl/ I just grabbed the latest source from above and compiled it, since the .deb files are only available for testing and unstable at the moment. (via apt-get) Dana
Re: Building kernel in new dir.
On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 01:29:05PM -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working on building a new kernel (just realized my newly 'bought' debian 2.2r3 has kernel 2.2 not 2.4 for some reason). Currently, the kernel is in /boot but i thought i'd install the new one in /usr/src/linux as i'm told its more of a standard directory for kernels. I know there's a symbolic link (/vmlinuz) in the root directory. Are there any other sybolic links lying around that i need to change? I've read about some on different tutorials on the web but it seems like the only one present on my debian is /vmlinuz. Did i miss any? I want to be sure b/c i'll bet it winds up in disaster if i do. The file vmlinuz is a link to the actual kernel image vmlinuz- 2.2.19whatever that resides in the /boot partition. The actual linux kernel source code goes into the /usr/src directory. When you compile the kernel, then you get a actual kernel image that you then copy to the /boot directory, modify /etc/lilo.conf to reflect the new kernel image, (this way if you screw up you can still boot off of your OLD image) and run /sbin/lilo. The following link explains everything in detail, follow it and all shall be ok. ;) http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/compiling/kernelcomp.html Dana
Postfix and Junkfilter - Anyone?
Greetings, Just looking for some input on using Junkfilter with Postfix. I'm just about setup with my postfix/fetchmail/ procmail/mutt setup, and figured it would make more sense to get rid of spam with postfix rules vs letting procmail do the work. Any input welcome! Thanks! Dana
Re: Postfix and Junkfilter - Anyone?
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 20:52:04 Dana J . Laude wrote: Greetings, Just looking for some input on using Junkfilter with Postfix. I'm just about setup with my postfix/fetchmail/ procmail/mutt setup, and figured it would make more sense to get rid of spam with postfix rules vs letting procmail do the work. Any input welcome! Ack! Junkfilter is for use with Procmail. I'm looking for good rules to use with Postfix. Or, opinions on Junkfilter. (i.e., whats best, etc.) Dana
Re: Digital camera and Linux
On Fri, 06 Jul 2001 19:53:33 Eric G. Miller wrote: On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 10:39:20AM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: John S. J. Anderson wrote: On 06 Jul 2001 14:06:06 +0400, Ilya Martynov [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Ilya Or any advice on another relatively cheap and good digital Ilya camera which can be used with Linux? Have you considered the Sony Mavica series? They write picture files to standard VFAT filesystem floppy disks I have wondered about this. I fill up a 32MB memory card pretty quickly when taking pictures at 3.1Mpixels. A single picture is usually around 1.1 to 1.3 MB, so that would be one floopy per picture. I wouldn't want to (1) carry that many floppies, (2) to forced to change the floppy after every picture and (3) feed-in all these (slow reading) floppies to my PC later. This made me think the floppy thing was not viable. How does it work out for you? I've seen a review for a camera (by Sony I think) that uses LS-120 disks and talks via USB. Nice sounding thing is you can also use the LS-120 drive for anything. But, anything with a drive will probably suck more battery. I've used several different Epson cameras with good success... I'll toss in my 2 cents here. g I've used the Sony MVC-FD81 and it worked just fine. You can fit around 10 - 40 pics per disk, depending on the resolution. Mpeg movie is about 1 min per disk, with sound. (never used the sound feature though) All in all, they are nice cameras and easy to transfer to you're box, since it is floppy disk. The battery is rechargable, which is nice. I'd recommend 2 batteries though. Take a look at: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=125324748 (as an example) Dana
Re: [users] Re: [OT] Attn: HP Pavilion 9680C (US) owners
On Tue, 03 Jul 2001 17:36:04 Kent West wrote: D-Man wrote: Well, business is (almost entirely) built on _wants_ not _needs_. Who _needs_ a computer in the first place, after all? All we _need_ is water, food, shelter, clothes, and companionship :-). Geeks need companionship?! And clothes?!! Not just *any* clothes, good stuff from ThinkGeek. :-) Dana
Postfix, Fetchmail, Procmail, Mutt
Greetings, I'm about ready to setup all of the above on a Potato 2.2r3 system, and was wondering if there is any particular order that the packages should be installed? I'll be uninstalling Exim, since I want to learn Postfix. (done the Sendmail thing on other Linux dists) Just looking for input I guess. ;-) I've already searched on the archive of the list, read some interesting things and have setup fetchmail before on a dialup, but now I'm using a 24x7 cable connection with iptables running. Thank you! Dana
Re: which NIC driver to use?
On Fri, 29 Jun 2001 13:09:25 John Griffiths wrote: for the record its the eepro100 thanks for the replies! _ Hello all, I've got an IBM xseries 200 i'm trying to get deb running on the onvoard NIC is confounding me does anyone know which driver module should i be using? Just a guess, but maybe an Intel Pro/100. All it can do is not work. ;) Dana
Re: lilo kernel upgrade
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 19:34:40 Chris wrote: Could anyone list a proper lilo.conf file for me to referrence mine against.. I plan to upgrade to kernel 2.4.5 and the last time i did snip Here's mine: # Support LBA for large hard disks. # lba32 # Prompt - missing from default Debian install for some reason - # this prompts you for selecting dos, linux, etc. prompt # Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot # block. It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which # case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR. boot=/dev/hda # Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/') root=/dev/hdb2 # Installs the specified file as the new boot sector install=/boot/boot.b # Specifies the location of the map file map=/boot/map password= delay=20 vga=normal # Boot up Linux by default. # default=Linux image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only # image=/vmlinuz.old label=LinuxOLD read-only optional # image=/test-2.4.4 label=test-2.4.4 read-only # image=/test-iptables label=testiptables read-only # image=/test2.4-wlog label=test24log read-only # other=/dev/hda1 label=dos # restricted # alias=3 I always use the kernel source from kernel.org, since I'm just used to doing things this way. :) Here's a good link on building a kernel: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/compiling/kernelcomp.html I always do make bzImage, copy the file bzImage to my / directory like: cp bzImage /test24log then edit lilo.conf and add in that, then run /sbin/lilo and if no errors, (typos do happen) reboot. As you can see from my lilo.conf, I like to play around with kernel compiles until I get things just so. :) Hopefully this will help. Follow the instructions via the link above and you should be set. Hope that helps. Dana
Re: Shutdown -h now
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 19:58:10 Andrew Overholt wrote: Hello again all, Does anyone else have a problem with proper soft power off? I realize it's a faq but I've never actually seen a clear-cut answer. What Steve Cooper mentioned works. Compile APM support into you're kernel. The apm=on in lilo.conf isn't needed... or at least not here. I compiled the proper ATM support into my kernel and now when I do a shutdown -h now, it works. Even under X, my monitor goes into sleep mode and will shutoff after a period of time. This doesn't work all that great when I have the need to boot Windows 98. (ya know, critical apps like Subspace) ;-) Dana
Re: Trying for X 4.0 on potato - again
On Thu, 31 May 2001 18:41:17 MRZ wrote: Wow, seems like I'm alone in the problems I'm having with this- hopefully someone might recognize an answer to one of these.. snip Ok, I'm finally catching up with work. Here's what I did step by step to get XFree86 4.0.3 working with Potato 2.2r3. First off, I installed the following lines in my /etc/apt/ sources.list: # Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 - XFree86 Version 4.0.3 deb http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/ xf403_potato/all/ deb http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/ xf403_potato/i386/ Next I did a apt-get update and then a apt-get dist-upgrade. Then I typed startx and the file was gone, poof!, and MIA. ;) During the apt-get dist-upgrade I did catch some message about some dependency issue. So..., next I found out that I needed the package called libfreetype6, which is available via http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha. I just downloaded the .deb file via lynx and ran dpkg -i on it. Then after the dependency issues were fixed, I discovered that the xbase-clients package never was installed. (the one fixing my startx missing buglet) So I did a apt-get install on that package and was all set. When you install the xbase-clients package it will prompt ya for creating a new XF86Config-4 file that will be in the /etc/X11 directory. I had to tweak mine slightly but that's about normal. Hope this helps! Dana -- I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead.
Re: How can i get my printer to work??
On Sat, 02 Jun 2001 21:02:43 Wayne Topa wrote: Subject: How can i get my printer to work?? Date: Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 02:59:37PM -0500 In reply to:John Hughes Quoting John Hughes([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I have a lexmark 3200 connected on LP0. how can i get it to print? What have you tried from the Printing-HOWTO that didn't work? -- MACINTOSH stands for Most Applications Crash If Not The Operating System Hangs. Nifty quote. Btw, setting up a printer under Debian is a royal PITA... really. And FYI, Mac's ain't that bad. g Dana -- I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead.
Re: iptables and 2.4.4 kernel in testing
On Sat, 02 Jun 2001 23:03:05 Steve Kowalik wrote: On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 11:44:17PM -0400, Simon Read uttered: Folks, I have a two difficulties interpreting this message: iptables is not a dynamically loadable module in 2.4.4 but is compiled in; no modules were built at all for my 2.4.4 kernel. *slap* Do _not_ build iptables directly into the kernel. Modules Are Good[tm]. Build the iptables/netfilter stuff as modules, and it will probably all start working. Actually, iptables works with it built-in to the kernel also. Ya just have to follow the build. I.e, install the kernel source, then install iptables, do a make mrproper, make xconfig(whatever), make dep, make bzImage, copy to /boot, edit lilo.conf, run /sbin/ lilo, make modules, make modules_install, copy over System.map. If you can't get the above sections, go to http://linuxnewbie.org and read. (actually, it's more detailed than that, but I'm a tad lazy tonight.;) Dana -- I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead.
Re: which gnutella-client to use
On Thu, 31 May 2001 20:16:11 Thomas Hess wrote: hi, do you have any suggestions for a graphical gnutella-client? I'm looking for one with many configuration-options, multiple searches. A gtk/gnome program would be nice, but not important. I'm using LimeWire. Give it a try, works fine here. http://www.limewire.com Dana -- I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead.
Re: Trying for X 4.0 on potato - again
On Thu, 31 May 2001 18:41:17 MRZ wrote: Wow, seems like I'm alone in the problems I'm having with this- hopefully someone might recognize an answer to one of these.. To rehash the problem, I'm running potato, and want to update X from 3.3 to 4.0.: 1. Why would a deb be unrecognized as valid prior to a apt-get dist-upgrade, but be valid after? 2. Which unstable sources would I need to unremark to get the testing debs for X 4 ? 2a. Are those testing debs the same as the ones Brendan has made available? 3. What conditions would cause the server to prompt Waiting for X server to begin accepting connections ? Marc, I have the info here that got me through to 4.0.3. I'll gather the info and send it out tomorrow. Dana -- I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead.
startx missing in potato - 4.0.3 SOLVED
Well, I actually got 4.0.3 going now. Here's a summary of what I did, and what went wrong... and what fixed it. First off, I added the following to my sources.list: # Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 - XFree86 Version 4.0.3 - added 05/24/01 at 20:35 deb http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/ xf403_potato/all/ deb http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/ xf403_potato/i386/ I then preceeded to do an apt-get update followed by a dist-upgrade. This replaced / updated the system to XFree86 4.0.3, but I found out that the xbase-clients package didn't come over due to a dependency issue, which was libfreetype6. I fired up lynx and grabbed the deb file, installed via dpkg and this allowed me to finally get the xbase-clients package, thus restoring startx in /usr/X11R6/bin. I have the output of apt-get and the errors. If anyone is interested I'll post it in a follow-up message. Thanks goes out to Paul T. Wright, who pointed me in the right direction. And others also! Dana -- I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead.
Root in X Display
On Mon, 21 May 2001 16:43:04 Chris Spencer wrote: Hello, How can I change my permissions so that root can run things on the X Display of my normal user? For example, if I drop to a command prompt, su to root, and try to configure the kernel by typing in make xconfig I get the error: Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Before you su to root type xhost +local: (minus the quotes) and you'll be set. Dana -- I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead.
Re: logging to active console is driving me crazy
On Fri, 18 May 2001 13:51:03 you wrote: I have a iptables firewall with 2.4.4 kernel. I have it log packets that are illegal etc. How do I stop these logs from being displayed on the active console. I am running potato with Adrian Bunk's stuff for 2.4 kernel support. Here is what my /etc/syslog.conf has in it. auth,authpriv.* /var/log/auth.log *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog #cron.* /var/log/cron.log daemon.*-/var/log/daemon.log kern.* -/var/log/kern.log lpr.* -/var/log/lpr.log mail.* -/var/log/mail.log user.* -/var/log/user.log uucp.* -/var/log/uucp.log mail.info -/var/log/mail.info mail.warn -/var/log/mail.warn mail.err/var/log/mail.err news.crit /var/log/news/news.crit news.err/var/log/news/news.err news.notice -/var/log/news/news.notice *.=debug;\ auth,authpriv.none;\ news.none;mail.none -/var/log/debug *.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\ auth,authpriv.none;\ cron,daemon.none;\ mail,news.none -/var/log/messages Everything else is commented out. Even commented out the following lines: # Emergencies are sent to everybody logged in. # #*.emerg* If you use the below, everything goes to tty8 on my system. (ctrl-shift-f8) daemon,mail.*;\ news.=crit;news.=err;news.=notice;\ *.=debug;*.=info;\ *.=notice;*.=warn /dev/tty8 This should work, although I don't have the logging setup yet for iptables. I was going to compile that in today. (missed it before) Dana
Re: Is Redhat that bad - a question.
On Fri, 18 May 2001 23:00:40 you wrote: On Sat, May 19, 2001, David Underwood wrote: I really don't know enough to comment on anything posted in that thread, my Linux knolwedge experiance / knoledge is'nt that extensive. I am aware though that the Debian policy is much stronger in relation to the 'packaging issue'. Presumably this is one of the contibuting factors to it's 'legendary' stability. snip I'll post on this. EVERY dist of linux has it's pro's and con's. In favor of RH we actually HAD to use it due to the support of our DPT raid controller(s) on our two servers. I contacted SuSE about support, nada. The code is free btw. RH isn't exactly evil... you just have to set it up correctly. (wow, what a concept!) I run Debian by default, but then I'm open to varius dists. I told SCO tech support how to support HST modems..., and they didn't charge me the normal rate of $100.00 per question. Amazing! Printing in Debian sucks, fix it. ;-( Regards, Dana
Re: Is Redhat that bad - a question.
On Fri, 18 May 2001 23:52:41 Dana J . Laude wrote: I'll post on this. EVERY dist of linux has it's pro's and con's. In favor of RH we actually HAD to use it due to the support of our DPT raid controller(s) on our two servers. I contacted SuSE about support, nada. The code is free btw. RH isn't exactly evil... you just have to set it up correctly. (wow, what a concept!) I run Debian by default, but then I'm open to varius dists. I told SCO tech support how to support HST modems..., and they didn't charge me the normal rate of $100.00 per question. Amazing! Printing in Debian sucks, fix it. ;-( First off, I apologize if I offended anyone. I should know better than to post after consuming to many brews. As far as the printing goes, I'll see if I can contribute something to fix it. Dana
Re: lprng problem. Problem Solved :-)
On Sat, 19 May 2001 00:22:35 Joel Mayes wrote: Thanks to everyone who responded, both on and off list, I've installed CUPS and everything is now A-KO Did you happen to use the debian packages, or did you try the ones from cups.org? I tried the .deb from cups.org, although it seems you have to pay for canon printer support. Dana
Re: lprng problem.
G'day Dana, Thanks for the reply I've followed your advise but still no luck, ( no change at all actualy ) just a black page or a No way to print this type of file, ASCII Text' message, printed on the printer :( I'll agree with you about Debian though, it is the best Dist I've come acroos out of the 5 - 6 I've tried but it's also the only one hwere I can't get my !$$%@ printer to work I should really make better notes when I fix these things, but here's the steps I took to get everything going. I'm using a Canon BJ-6000 with the BJ-600 drivers. Anyway, this is with stable. Here's the install order: 1. gs and gsfonts 2. lprng 3. a2ps 4. enscript 5. html2ps 6. psutils 7. apsfilter I might have missed some package, but this is the order. Then after going through the config of apsfilter, it prints a test page, (which always works) and then saved it. Then I ran the checkpc program, and everything now works. I can print with Star Office, XV, etc. The only thing that doesn't print yet is gimp... which I'll figure out. Hopefully this might help. Regards, Dana
Re: opera
On Fri, 18 May 2001 17:14:44 MaD dUCK wrote: trying to install opera, i got dependency errors, which even apt-get -f install couldn't fix. subsequently i isolated the dependency, and one of those were liblcms. but an apt-get install liblcms yielded: Package liblcms has no available version, but exists in the database. This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents of sources.list E: Package liblcms has no installation candidate huh? how am i going to install this? Just grab the static tar.gz from opera.com. It's as simple as doing a ./install.sh -s. :) Dana
Re: ATI Rage 128 virtual screen
On Fri, 18 May 2001 18:07:24 Martin WHEELER wrote: [Please cc responses direct, as not subscribed to list] Can any of you good folks help me out with a correctly configured XF86Config-4 file, set up for an ATI Rage 128 with 16M of memory, to give an actual window of 1024x768 on a virtual screen area of 1600x1280? One that works? I'll send you mine offlist. It's setup for just 1024x768x24... I hate virtual desktops. I just have 6 or 8 via windowmaker. :) Dana
Re: opera
On Fri, 18 May 2001 20:12:57 Brian Nelson wrote: Can't say I'm all that impressed with it though. The damn toolbar/ad crap takes up half the damn screen. Maybe you're not missing out on much... Actually, it's all configurable. Ya just got to play with the settings. Personally after you get the hang of things it's not bad for free. I don't even pay attention to the banner ads. g Dana
Re: opera
On Fri, 18 May 2001 21:06:15 Brian Nelson wrote: It's all configurable... except for the toolbar with the ads which is the biggest and most annoying one. I played with it for a while but couldn't come up with a configuration I liked. Besides, it's not free in any sense of the word, unless you consider closed source software shoving ads down your throat free. I see no point in using that browser on a Debian system. I'll stick with the truly free browsers, thank you. Well, I guess that's your right. But then again, most of the truely free browsers suck. Someday this will be corrected, but not yet. (well, minus the good 'ole standby lynx!) :) Regards, Dana
Re: lprng problem.
On Thu, 17 May 2001 18:29:12 Joel Mayes wrote: G'day All, I'm running Debian testing with kernel 2.4.4 and can not get my printer ( a HP deskjet 690C ) to work, I have the parport, partport_pc, and lp loaded with the correct irq, ect settings. but any request to the printer ejects a blank page, except the command 'lp foobar.txt' which prints No way to print this type of file, ASCII Text' on the top of the page I'm using lprng as my printer spooler and I've used lprngtool to set the printer settings. Any advice will be repaid with bundle of good karma, I just reset my printer tonight, and the permissions are all screwed up for lprng. Try running /usr/sbin/checkpc -f -V and see what it says. This checks your printcap for proper directorys and permissions. If it kicks out errors, then su and run it again..., this will fix the permissions. Although I love debian, I think getting a printer to work on this dist sucks. Just take a look at all the bug reports for lpr, lprng and cups. Note meant as a flame btw, just a fix this, improve it *alot* should be intended. Dana
Re: motherboard info
On Wed, 16 May 2001 14:58:49 MaD dUCK wrote: hey debians, is there any way to find out the motherboard make and model number of a running system? i can't take it down... just not an option. but i need the mobo info. Open up the case and use a flashlight? ;-) That's about the only option I can think of, but who knows... might just be a program that does this. Good luck! Dana
Re: Ati All-In-Wonder 128 Pro AGP?
On Tue, 15 May 2001 13:32:49 Bart Szyszka wrote: Hi, Does anyone have any experience with setting up the Ati All-In-Wonder 128 Pro AGP graphics card with the latest task-x-window-system in unstable? I tried all the ati options in xf86config without any luck. When I run startx, all I get is a black blank screen. I know it's the graphics card because I tried a different monitor that works in Linux just fine and it got a blank screen too. When I press Alt+Ctrl+F1, there aren't any errors. Any ideas? I'm getting desperate here. Really need to get Linux working. I'd go to xfree86.org and check it out. Personally I think the RAGE 128 Pro chipset is still not supported. Sorry I can't be of more help. Found this on xfree86 for ya, but it's for 4.0.2. -start- Accelerated support is provided for Mach64, Rage, Rage 128 and Radeon chips. Unaccelerated support is provided for all of the others except the Mach8 and some early Mach32 chips by the ati driver. -end- Best of luck. Dana
ATI All in Wonder 128 - TV?
I'm currently running Potato stable, with a custom kernel from kernel.org. (2.4.4) X is NOT the 4.x series, but from the the latest stable. (3.3.6?) Anyway, I'm looking to view TV via cable to watch some TV. The chipset on the card is RAGE with the BrookTree BT829 chipset. Appreciate any links, and or info. Regards, Dana
SBLive Value - Working!
Greetings! I've finally got my SBLive Value card working under Potato. I installed the current version, with Esound and updated / upgraded / added a few utils like lsof, whois, traceroute, etc. Then I grabbed the latest tar ball from kernel.org (2.4.4) and it's working just *fine*. ;) (normally I installed the OSS 4Front drivers) MusicMaster Jukebox is working, with Opera 5.0b8, etc. Life is good..., considering that I've been hosed 3 times with the Woody dist-update. (but then again, I can update my system in a few hours for a new install!) ;-) Regards, Dana
Re: Strong encryption for mozilla (woody)
On Mon, 07 May 2001 08:37:03 Hall Stevenson wrote: Hall writes: If you're a gnome user, why not try galeon ?? Because it depends on _all_ of Mozilla? I don't know exactly how it works, but the original complaint had to do with the XUL interface and the add-ons (mail, news, irc, etc). Galeon doesn't have all this. It uses gnome for the interface and is only a web browser. Yes, you do have to have _all_ of mozilla installed, but if things were packaged differently, i.e. mozilla's HTML rendering engine were a seperate module, would it not still work ?? I've used it in the past and it's quite nice... I found it less stable than Netscape 4.75, which crashes several times a day. I also would like to have a decent browser that doesn't attempt to copy IE. Or, in my experience, and I stand behind saying this, I'd like a browser for linux that *works* as good as IE... I am *not* pro-MS either. I've been running Opera 5.0b8 here and it works just fine. Netscape crashed all the time, even under Windows. Mozilla is getting close, but still not stable enough for me. Dana
Re: Can't Connect to ISP
On Sun, 06 May 2001 01:00:09 hammack wrote: I've RTFMs. Running Debian 2.2.18. Here are the applicable conf files. I think?? It looks like it's not getting the ppp as an option after the password. TIA John snip It looks like you're not in the group dip for pppd. Su and then issue the command adduser hammack dip (minus the quotes) and then log back in to the box and try it again. Try that first, and hopefully you can get online. Dana
Re: Alsa Sound in Potato stable - question
On Thu, 03 May 2001 00:25:07 Carl Greco wrote: Dana, Not certain what the problem is; however, it appears you have another version of alsa/emu10k1 installed -- either from debian distribution or from the linux kernel distribution. I don't have any debian alsa package installed. Check with dpkg -l \*alsa\* You _do_ need sound configured in the kernel but you shouldn't need to select EMU10K1. I have the following: # # Sound # CONFIG_SOUND=m # -- Carl Greco [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alsa Sound in Potato stable - question
I was wondering if the SoundBlaster Live Value card is supported in the stable potato release of Alsa? I checked Alsa's site and it's listed as supported, but it's up to version 0.5.10b there, compared to version 0.4.1 that's on the debian site. Normally I just compile a new kernel and toss in OSS from 4Front, but throught I would try something new since I got bit twice now on the Woody dist, and really need a stable box for home. Thanks! Dana
Printer Setup under Potato
Greetings everyone! After just moving to Debian a few weeks ago, (coming from SuSE) I finally got my Cannon BJ-6000 working, and thought that I'd pass on what I found so others might not have to go through my experimental stage. :-) Anyways, it seems like to get printing to work, it's how to install and use the packages in the following order. 1. lprng, 2. gs (ghostscript) 3. a2ps and finally 4. apsfilter. Upon installing apsfilter, it runs a setup script and *will* look to see if you have gs and a2ps installed, thus giving you the option of more print drivers. If you happen to be coming from a Windows or DOS background, as in LPT1, LPT2..., linux numbers things starting at 0. (zero) So LPT1 = lp0, LPT2 = lp1, etc. I also always customize my kernel, and am currently running 2.4.1 and the modutils 2.4.1. (compiled off of the original sources from kernel.org) I'd also like to mention that apt-get and dselect are very cool, especially when I created the root and rescue disks, booted up and installed via dhcp over the net. :-) (cable modem) Dana
Java Runtime and StarOffice 5.2
I'd like to install the current StarOffice 5.2 from sun.com since the version for Potato is old. When I attempt to run the .bin file it complains about no java environment found. Ideas anyone? Like which file Java file I need? Thanks! Dana
Re: Java Runtime and StarOffice 5.2
On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 22:39:15 Seung-woo Nam wrote: Hi: If you don't want to use web browsing capability in StarOffice (who does anyway), you don't need Java support. That did the trick, thanks! Dana
Re: Java Runtime and StarOffice 5.2
On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 22:54:59 hammack wrote: Dana, I am getting ready to install SO5.2 on my Linux side. As I recall on the MS side I was given an option of installing Suns Java. My installation guide states that I must have Glibc ver 2.1.0 installed. How can I determine what ver of glibc installed?? I went wild and bought the manuals snip Just check your /lib directory and see if you have something like libc-2.1.3.so installed. Also, when you run the .bin for SO it will detect your version of Glibc, and show up prior to the graphic install. Btw, you'd just install SO as a normal user, unless you have others that use your box. Also, you don't need the Java runtime installed, so just deselect it during the install. Dana
