Will Debian run on my system?
I'm looking at buying a used computer and want to install Debian on it. I've taken a serious liking to the following and would appreciate any comments on whether or not there will be any hardware problems with it. Many thanks! p3 650mhz 128megs of ram tnt2 soundblaster 128 pci 3com 3c905c (1) WD Caviar 6.5gig UDMA/33 (3) Seagate 4.5gig UDMA/66 ABIT BE-6 II Motherboard 4/8gig SCSI tape backup Adaptec 2940UW SCSI controller Tripplite UPS Matt
Re: printing using lpr
On May 09, 2000 at 12:24:44PM, gijs wrote: [...] When i try printing from a program, say a word processor, it doesn't do anything. Does lpr work? e.g. `lpr file.ps' should print a file. Are you getting anything from lpq? -- Matt
Re: How to forward by default in exim
On May 09, 2000 at 08:01:03AM, Paul McHale wrote: I recently received the domain desinc.com from another company. Occasionally, exim reports that I have mail bound for someone at desinc.com for which I have no local account. Is there a way to forward all such mail to their new domain? I don't know how to do it within Exim. One way to do it is to setup a `dummy' account on your machine and have all such mail go to that account. Then put the address to which you want to forward mail in /home/dummy/.forward. Matt
Potato: KMail stoped printing
I've just recently done `apt-get dist-upgrade' to update my home system from slink to potato. I also changed the sources file to get the potato KDE debs. Once all was said and done, KMail stopped printing. Everything else seems to print fine. KMail gives no error message and `lpq' says nothing. Thanks, -- Matthew W. Roberts Structural Engineering[EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas AM University - In the realm of scientific observation, luck is granted only to those who are prepared. -- Louis Pasteur
deallocvt: could not deallocate console N
Hello, I run debian GNU/Linux (slink, kernel 2.0.36) under console mode (it's an older system) and am having problems with virtual consoles. I have logins on the first two consoles and then spawn additional consoles (with the `open' command) when I need them. A few days ago I opened up console 3 and then exited. I now cannot deallocate the console. When I try: prompt% deallocvt 3 VT_DISALLOCATE: Device or resource busy deallocvt: could not deallocate console 3 I know there is nothing running on it, `ps aux' shows nothing on tty3. In the past I've had similar problems, but usually within a few hours the console was `freed' and I was able to deallocate it. The really weird thing is that I can type into the console (nothing happens), but then when I open up the console with a shell, all of the command I had typed are run on the shell. e.g. Begin Example - This is tty3, I can type here aiejfiej aeifjije aifjeijr blah blah blah prompt% This is tty3, I can type here This: Command not found. prompt% prompt% aiejfiej aiejfiej: Command not found. prompt% aeifjije aeifjije: Command not found. prompt% aifjeijr aifjeijr: Command not found. prompt% blah blah blah blah: Command not found. prompt% _ End Example - I typed in the first 6 lines on the blank console and then switched over to another console and typed `open -c 3'. Any help is appreciated. Matt
Re: Limiting user access in ftp, ssh, samba, etc... 'passwords'
as far as i have been able to find, there is no suitable, secure, replacement for ftp (why!?!?!) Ask Bill... Gates or Clinton?
Re: Deploying Hotmail-like service with crazy requirementsy
If it was just something that a debian user was trying to do with a modem and a 386 I might give him free advice and a 486. I'll take the 486. :-)
Re: KDE office
On Mar 28, 2000 at 05:18:07AM, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: Does anybody know where the binaries for the kde office are, I can't find them in the corresponding /stable/potato/deb/i386 or so, whatever the name is in the kde ftp site. http://koffice.kde.org/
Debian Gnu/Linux for Dummies -- Sign of the Apocalypse?
Sorry to go off topic, but Aaaack! http://www.buy.com/books/product.asp?sku=30576349 -- Matthew W. Roberts Structural Engineering[EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas AM University - A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me. I'm afraid of widths. -- Steven Wright
ppp_on_boot disconnects?
I've got /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot so that my machine connects immediately on boot-up. However, the connection has been going down after a few minutes. The last few lines of ppp.log show this: Feb 16 20:41:27 roberts pppd[149]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x23 magic=0xc45a5c32] Feb 16 20:41:43 roberts pppd[149]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x24 magic=0xbc2ead1] Feb 16 20:41:59 roberts pppd[149]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Feb 16 20:41:59 roberts pppd[149]: Modem hangup Feb 16 20:41:59 roberts pppd[149]: Connection terminated. Feb 16 20:41:59 roberts pppd[149]: Exit. I'm not sure what that means. It's almost like the connection is terminated after running scripts in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d . I searched Deja and the web but could not find any documentation on how this is supposed to work. Thanks, -- Matthew W. Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas AM University -
Re: ppp_on_boot disconnects?
On Feb 16, 2000 at 10:28:11PM, John Hasler wrote: Matthew W. Roberts writes: I'm not sure what that means. It's almost like the connection is terminated after running scripts in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d . I searched Deja and the web but could not find any documentation on how this is supposed to work. Either your ISP is hanging up on you or your modem is hanging up. Does this ever happen when you run pon from the command line? I can't recall any time that `pon' from the command line cut out like this. But there have been several times when `ppp_on_boot' has disconnected unexpectedly. As far as whether it is the ISP or the modem, does the following line give any clue? Feb 16 20:41:59 roberts pppd[149]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Can you tell from that whether it was the ISP that hung up?
Buying Debian Preinstalled
I'm about ready to go out and buy a new computer. I'd really like to buy a system with Debian preinstalled. I called VA Linux, and even though they sell Debian, they won't sell me a computer with Debian on it. Penguin uses Red Hat as well. Any ideas?
Re: new to debian...
On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 12:56:39PM +0100, Ron Rademaker wrote: Just install in slink apt, edit your /etc/apt/sources.list so that apt can find potato (add a line http/ftp site potato main contrib non-free), and remove the 'stable' line. Now you do: apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade apt-get upgrade apt-get dselect-upgrade and... when all goes well YOU HAVE POTATO (apt downloads automatic). I'm on a slow connection so I'm using the -d option with apt-get. Should I run all of the above (starting with dist-upgrade) first with the -d option and then run them again without to do the final install? e.g. apt-get -d dist-upgrade apt-get -d upgrade apt-get -d dselect-upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade apt-get upgrade apt-get dselect-upgrade Or, would it be more like this: apt-get -d dist-upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade apt-get -d upgrade apt-get upgrade apt-get -d dselect-upgrade apt-get dselect-upgrade
Statistics Package Recommendations?
I'm looking for a statistics package for programming. Couldn't find any Debian packages, but did find Goose (v 0.0.11). Just wondering if there are any more mature libraries out there. Thanks, -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas AM University I know engineers. They love to change things. -- Dr. McCoy
Re: Statistics Package Recommendations?
I'm looking for a statistics package for programming. Couldn't find any Debian packages, but did find Goose (v 0.0.11). Just wondering if there are any more mature libraries out there. There's lots of debian packages. Octave(matlab clone), R(S clone), python, scilab for examples. Look in the math section and look at R. Cheers. Thanks. Specifically I was looking for a C or C++ library that I could use in an existing program I have written. -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas AM University - I want to live in a world where software doesn't stink. -- Eric S. Raymond
Re: inittab: More than 2 special key combinations?
On Jan 12, 2000 at 06:15:05PM, David Wright wrote: Quoting Matthew W. Roberts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Is it possible to set up additional special keyboard requests in inittab? I've already assigned ctrl-alt-delete and alt-uparrow and want another... ... Perhaps it will help if I get specific. Ctrl-Alt-Delete is set to reboot the computer (as usual). Then I mapped the Alt-UpArrow to play a CD in my CD-ROM drive so I can play a CD without logging in. I would like to have Alt-DownArrow skip to the next track, but can't figure out how to do it. A workaround might be to make your Alt-uparrow script more sophisticated. e.g. in terms of, say, cdplay, it could look at the output of cdir and find PLAYING, then cdplay n+1 where n is the track being played, or 0, or cdstop if n is the last track. That means you only need the one keystroke. Actually, I had already done something similar. If the CD is playing then my script stops it, if it is stopped the script plays it. Of course, the eject button on the CD-ROM is a pretty effective stop button :-) so I think I will change it as you suggest. Thanks, -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas AM University In my house there's this light switch that doesn't do anything. Every so often I would flick it on and off just to check. Yesterday, I got a call from a woman in Germany. She said, Cut it out. -- Steven Wright
Re: inittab: More than 2 special key combinations?
Is it possible to set up additional special keyboard requests in inittab? I've already assigned ctrl-alt-delete and alt-uparrow and want another... Use 'loadkeys'. Will `loadkeys' let me assign an arbitrary command to a key sequence? I've looked at the Console HOWTO and the loadkeys man pages and it appears that I can only do certain predefined things like switching consoles or showing the registers. Perhaps it will help if I get specific. Ctrl-Alt-Delete is set to reboot the computer (as usual). Then I mapped the Alt-UpArrow to play a CD in my CD-ROM drive so I can play a CD without logging in. I would like to have Alt-DownArrow skip to the next track, but can't figure out how to do it. -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas AM University Factorials were someone's attempt to make math LOOK exciting.
inittab: More than 2 special key combinations?
Is it possible to set up additional special keyboard requests in inittab? I've already assigned ctrl-alt-delete and alt-uparrow and want another... Thanks, -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas AM University For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out. -- Steven Wright
Re: Exim
I have just recently upgraded from debian 2.1 to potato and I cannot send any email at all (either internal or external) i keep getting the following error message. 1999-12-21 14:34:58 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: procmail director deferred: file existence defer in procmail director: Permission denied Does anyone know what is going on and how to get it working? I have run eximconfig again and i select option 1 (internet mail) but that still doesn't work! This looks like a procmail problem, so running eximconfig probably won't help. Are you using a procmail director in your exim.conf file, or using the .forward method? I know that using procmail with a .forward file is different with exim than with sendmail so you might want to look at the exim documentation: http://www.exim.org/ If you send me your exim.conf file I might be able to help... -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas AM University It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it. -- Steven Wright
Re: kernel 2.2 -- no sound?
I finally broke down and decided to compile a 2.2.13 kernel despite the fact that my 2.0.36 kernel continues to work perfectly. Just curious, why did you decide to `upgrade'? I'm trying to decide whether I should do the same. -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas AM University If A equals success, then the formula is A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut. -- Albert Einstein
Re: Forcing Netscape to use MTA
On Nov 21, 1999 at 10:55:35AM, Brian May wrote: Matthew == Matthew W Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Matthew This has to be a Netscape thing, though, because Mutt Matthew works just fine. I have also set the exim configuration Matthew file to accept localhost. I will assume you mean here that you have configured exim to relay mail coming from localhost. Otherwise, please do so... I did. Had to do that to get fetchmail to work... Sorry, I missed the start of this thread, so I might have missed something. What hostname do you have netscape try to connect to? If you use localhost port 25, then I agree, you do have a Netscape problem. Under preferences, mail servers, outgoing mail server I have entered `localhost'. After considerable fiddling with exim.conf, I was able to get Netscape to work by doing one of the following: 1) relay_domains = * or 2) commenting out the line: `sender_host_reject_relay = *' I don't think either solution is very desirable, but since I'm on a dial-up box with dynamic IP connections I won't sweat it too much. I think non-broken programs should send mail via /usr/sbin/sendmail, in which case, mail relaying isn't required. Obviously, Netscape doesn't fit this category ;-). I would tend to agree. Hopefully Mozilla will be non-broken... -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas AM University What's another word for thesaurus? -- Steven Wright
Re: Forcing Netscape to use MTA
Hi Dave, Sorry it took so long to get back to you. Netscape says this: -- The mail server responded: relaying to [EMAIL PROTECTED] prohibited by Administrator Please check the message recipients and try again. -- This has to be a Netscape thing, though, because Mutt works just fine. I have also set the exim configuration file to accept localhost. My guess is that Netscape expects SMTP type response from my system but is not getting it, so it aborts. I'm wondering if it is possible to get Netscape to use MTA `protocols' instead. Now, as you can probably tell, I'm not a mail guru so the above may not make any sense. Really, the issue is that Mutt works just fine and as expected, but Netscape has problems. Thanks, Matt -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas AM University You know that feeling when you're leaning back on a stool and it starts to tip over? Well, that's how I feel all the time. -- Steven Wright On Nov 05, 1999 at 05:44:33PM, Dave Baker wrote: On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Matthew W. Roberts wrote: My slink box is using a dial up connection with exim. When I enter localhost as the outgoing server, Netscape complains. I've configured exim as a `satellite' system -- is this the problem? Is there any way to force Netscape to use exim configured this way? What is the complaint? (error message text, etc) Could be that exim hasn't been told to relay for localhost? -dave -- | oOOooO / --|oOobodoO/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] --| ooOoOo / | II / The wise man tells you where you have fallen | II / and where you may fall - Invaluable secrets.
Forcing Netscape to use MTA
My slink box is using a dial up connection with exim. When I enter localhost as the outgoing server, Netscape complains. I've configured exim as a `satellite' system -- is this the problem? Is there any way to force Netscape to use exim configured this way? Thanks, -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas AM University Factorials were someone's attempt to make math LOOK exciting.
Re: popularity-contest broken pipe
I should also note that I can run it from the command line no problem, it is just as a daily cron job that it has problems... Matt On Oct 21, 1999 at 05:41:26PM, Matthew W. Roberts wrote: I installed popularity-contest (stable) on my machine and every day I get the following message from cron: /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest: /usr/bin/dpkg-awk: line 31: 2988 Broken pipe mawk $incf -f +/usr/lib/awk/dpkg-awk.lib -- --exebase=`basename $0` --exedir=`dirname $0` +$@
popularity-contest broken pipe
I installed popularity-contest (stable) on my machine and every day I get the following message from cron: /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest: /usr/bin/dpkg-awk: line 31: 2988 Broken pipe mawk $incf -f +/usr/lib/awk/dpkg-awk.lib -- --exebase=`basename $0` --exedir=`dirname $0` +$@ Because of this, the report going out is blank. Any ideas why this might be happening? Thanks, -- Matthew Roberts Structural Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas AM University What's another word for thesaurus? -- Steven Wright
Replacement for Netscape
Netscape 4.51 for X is just too slow on my slightly dated pentium. Does anyone have any suggestions for a smaller, faster graphical browser? All the possibilities I can find seem to be alpha or beta releases (arena, gzilla, etc.) The browser should also be CSS compliant and have a pretty good layout since I will be using it to check my website. Thanks for your help, Matt
