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Are: ipchains -A output -i eth0 -p tcp -s ${INIP} 1024:65535 -d 0/0 telnet -j ACCEPT -y ipchains -A output -i eth0 -p tcp -s ${INIP} 1024:65535 -d 0/0 telnet -j ACCEPT ! -y and: ipchains -A output -i eth0 -p tcp -s ${INIP} 1024:65535 -d 0/0 telnet -j ACCEPT the same thing?

Re: Samba and permissions

At 04:50 PM 10/2/00 -0400, you wrote: I'm noticing that Samba 2.0.7 is creating files on my server owned by root.alec or root.foo instead of the permissions of the user who owns the home directory. Is there a way to get it creating files with the right permissions, such as alec.alec or foo.foo de

Re: partitions and lilo

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 05:36:29PM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > > Hello, > > Am doing project here loading up many versions of linux. I wish to > use my 20gb hd. All was going well until I reached the 4 primary partition > mark - and fdisk said no in no uncertain terms and complained t

Re: Changing E wallpaper

click middle button go into desktop menu go into backgrounds menu there you go, select one..that is assuming you have put some background images in the directory :) wm On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 10:55:44PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How do I change my desktop wallpaper in Enlightenment? > >

Re: Konsole session switching...

I don't know if it's a key-binding thing. But on my system the combination for console switching is Ctrl-Alt-F1 etc. On Tue, 03 Oct 2000, USM Bish wrote: > I don't know about switching between sessions, but you can > switch between 6 consoles using Alt-F1 through Alt-F6 on > the same machine on c

Re: setting memory limits for ssh and xdm logins

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 10:36:39PM -0400, Dan Christensen wrote: > I have put limits in /etc/security/limits.conf to prevent a user from > bringing down my machine by using up all the memory, and I have > uncommented the line > > sessionrequired pam_limits.so > > in /etc/pam.d/login so that

setting memory limits for ssh and xdm logins

I have put limits in /etc/security/limits.conf to prevent a user from bringing down my machine by using up all the memory, and I have uncommented the line sessionrequired pam_limits.so in /etc/pam.d/login so that this is read. When I log in using a virtual terminal this works perfectly, bu

Re: Off Topic: mutt and threading

William Jensen wrote: > When I change into debian-user folder I have to always use o t for sort by > thread. There has to be a way that I can tell mutt to always use threaded > mode? To make threaded sorting the default sort method for *all* mailboxes, put the line: set sort=threads into your ~/.

Re: Off Topic : ftp and firewall issues

On 2000-10-02 21:04:53, William Jensen wrote: > Call me goofy because my firewall decided it was going to stop working. I > have > the following line in for allowing ftp info back and forth... > > $IPT -A INPUT -p tcp ! --syn --source-port 20 --destination-port 1024:65535 > -j ACCEPT > > I als

re: Off Topic: mutt and threading

Forget it, the answer is set sort=threads I asked before I did a full investigation. mybad Wm - Forwarded message from William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 21:11:21 -0500 From: William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Off Topic: m

Off Topic: mutt and threading

When I change into debian-user folder I have to always use o t for sort by thread. There has to be a way that I can tell mutt to always use threaded mode? Wm

Off Topic : ftp and firewall issues

Call me goofy because my firewall decided it was going to stop working. I have the following line in for allowing ftp info back and forth... $IPT -A INPUT -p tcp ! --syn --source-port 20 --destination-port 1024:65535 -j ACCEPT I also tried..port 21 $IPT -A INPUT -p tcp ! --syn --source-port 21

Fwd: Error: undelivered email - recipient email storage limit exceeded

I'm sure tired of your rhetoricle crap - please remove your head from your behind and liberate me from your spam. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Error: undelivered email - recipient email storage limit exceeded Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 08:38:21 +0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dea

partitions and lilo

Hello, Am doing project here loading up many versions of linux. I wish to use my 20gb hd. All was going well until I reached the 4 primary partition mark - and fdisk said no in no uncertain terms and complained that I should wack a partition and build an extended partion. I won't bore the l

Re: instalation fails - won't recognize my Hard Drive

its not that it wont recognize the hdd it wont recognize the controller there is a boot disk with ide patches on it see your CD for it or the debian distribution site. it may work it may not .. from the asus page it looks like that board also has 2 DMA33 controllers i'd suggest moving the drive to

instalation fails - won't recognize my Hard Drive

I am trying to install Deb Version 2.1 on my PC but the installation doesn't see my hard drive. It insists I am at a "Diskless Work Station". Motherboard is ASUS A7V w/ AMD CPU. This MB has a built in "Win 95-98 Promise Ultra 100 IDE Controller (POC20265)" to handle 100 ATA Hard Drives.Windows

Re: Off Topic : c++ function for rounding

On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, William Jensen wrote: > aren't what I'm after. I'm looking for a function that will take 1.4 > and make it 1, but 1.5 or higher is 2. Know what I mean? Any > built-in c++ function to do that? Add 0.5 to the number before you call floor.

mounting cd-rw

Hi group, I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me figure out how to mount my cd-rw drive. I was able to install it and get it to record cd's, but I have been unable mount it and use it like a regular cd-rom. In other words, when i place a music cd or a data cd into that drive, no disk i

Re: Off Topic : c++ function for rounding

William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hey guys, > > I know this isn't the right list, but how would I even find the 'right list' > for a c++ question? I know about ceil and floor but those aren't what I'm > after. I'm looking for a function that will take 1.4 and make it 1, but 1.5 > or

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

Bruce Sass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > /etc/X11/{k,x}dm/Xservers is the place to set it for kdm and xdm, gdm is > probably the same. They are conffiles. /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf for gdm (bottom of the file). Hubert

Re: Off Topic : c++ function for rounding

round(x) = floor( x + 0.5f); William Jensen wrote: > I know this isn't the right list, but how would I even find the 'right list' > for a c++ question? I know about ceil and floor but those aren't what I'm > after. I'm looking for a function that will take 1.4 and make it 1, but 1.5 > or higher

Off Topic : c++ function for rounding

Hey guys, I know this isn't the right list, but how would I even find the 'right list' for a c++ question? I know about ceil and floor but those aren't what I'm after. I'm looking for a function that will take 1.4 and make it 1, but 1.5 or higher is 2. Know what I mean? Any built-in c++ funct

Problem using perlcc with DBI

Hello, I'm trying to compile a perl program into binary using perlcc. The perl script uses "DBI.pm". After I compiled it and ran it I got the error: Can't load module DBI, dynamic loading not available in this perl. (You may need to build a new perl executable which either supports dynamic loa

Re: Canon BJC-1000 problem

On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 07:40:17AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Could someone who knows about printers help Willy? It isn't my area. I > just spoke up because I have a BJC-1000. I don't know printers, but I have a BJC-1000, and have had no problems with it at all. I installed the magic-filter fr

Re: Internet Stations

On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Rogelio E. Castillo Haro wrote: > Yes, I've heard about it, it's named Conquer or Conqueror, or something like > that...but, since a discussion I heard about the License of KDE I'd prefer > don't use > it, and try only GPL programs... The reason for your reservations has been

Re: How to set Xserver resolution

On 2 Oct 2000, Brian May wrote: > Debian> You could set up an alias. HTH > > That doesn't work to well if you are starting X via gdm... /etc/X11/{k,x}dm/Xservers is the place to set it for kdm and xdm, gdm is probably the same. They are conffiles. LyX was mentioned in the original post...

Re: User privelidges

"ObeseWhale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How can I let users run X and mount drives? Thanks in advance. > > Matt "ObeseWhale" Grinshpun Tkdesk, set the "Directory" options (near bottom) to your mount points. But, more important, automate the unmounting of drives! E.g. in /etc/gdm/Postsessi

Re: Internet Stations

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 04:10:29PM -0500, Rogelio E. Castillo Haro wrote: > Yes, I've heard about it, it's named Conquer or Conqueror, or something > like that...but, since a discussion I heard about the License of KDE I'd > prefer don't use it, and try only GPL programs... Thanks Tim. It's Konque

procmail recipe to detect fetchmailed addrs?

i meant, procmail. it only FEELs like prickmail. anybody got some pointers here? On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 03:28:10PM -0500, will trillich wrote: > (fetchmailed? i decree it to be a verb today.) > > i've got some old addresses > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROT

RE: maximum file number

Anderson, TimTL33E scripsit: > > >I will manage about 100,000,000 files in near future. > >How many files does one directory has? > > > >I am afraid of the performance, > > Do you really need to store Files as such? What kind of data are >you keeping? Maybe you

Re: Internet Stations

Yes, I've heard about it, it's named Conquer or Conqueror, or something like that...but, since a discussion I heard about the License of KDE I'd prefer don't use it, and try only GPL programs... Thanks Tim. And about an accounting system for time and money? Rogelio E. Castillo "Anderson, Ti

Samba and permissions

I'm noticing that Samba 2.0.7 is creating files on my server owned by root.alec or root.foo instead of the permissions of the user who owns the home directory. Is there a way to get it creating files with the right permissions, such as alec.alec or foo.foo depending on the user? Relevant portions

Re: printing to a windows printer

Hello! Don't know how to create the trash bin either (because I'm also quite new to Linux) but I suggest to you to use apsfilter instead of magicfilter. The newest versions have a *very* good setup script or program or whatever, you only have to insert the server and printer name and it will be ok

RE: web-based mail

You wouldn't have to. Actually, IMP can be configured to access/read/use any IMAP or POP based server located anywhere. For example, I have IMP configured on a box so that I could go to any web browser connected to the internet (anywhere), http to my IMP site, and read mail any mail from locally

MX300

Do any of you have a Diamond Monster Sound MX300 or other au8830-based sound card working in Potato? I tried doing make install on the latest public release from linux.aureal.com and I get an error... Error 1 in particular. Matt "ObeseWhale" Grinshpun Site Director: The Darker Sector www.3dact

Re: Need CPAN Perl mods help

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 03:17:10PM -0500, John Foster wrote: > I have Akopia Interchange running on a Debian Potato system. I recently > attempted to upgrade to the most recent Bundle::InterChange mod from > CPAN. The results were that in so doing I was instructed by 'cpan' to > remove the existing

pricmail recipe to detect fetchmailed addrs?

(fetchmailed? i decree it to be a verb today.) i've got some old addresses [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] and i use fetchmail to yank email from those into my active [EMAIL PROTECTED] account. i'd like to phase out the older accounts... what

Need CPAN Perl mods help

I have Akopia Interchange running on a Debian Potato system. I recently attempted to upgrade to the most recent Bundle::InterChange mod from CPAN. The results were that in so doing I was instructed by 'cpan' to remove the existing perl mods (debianized) from the system as they represented duplicate

ISDN-Configuration

Hi! I've been trying to connect to my ISP with my ISDN-Card for a while now, but I keep on running into problems. So my question: is there anybody out there who could give my some help/hints, where e.g. I could find docs on how to set up ISDN under Debian 2.2? I looked through all the mans and howt

RE: maximum file number

>I will manage about 100,000,000 files in near future. >How many files does one directory has? > >I am afraid of the performance, Do you really need to store Files as such? What kind of data are you keeping? Maybe you could use a good database server ins

RE: Internet Stations

>Hi! >I'm just opening an Internet/coffe business. I'll have only linux >stations with a Debian Server as the link to internet. >I need an application to control the time and fee for the customers, >someone know about one to try or buy, or made it?

ps2pdf and LaTeX's seminar style

I am using Debian Linux 2.2 (potato). I also have access to systems running 2.3 (woody) if that would help. I have created a presentation in LaTeX using the seminar style. I use landscape orientation for the slides. The room where I want to give the presentation has a computer running Windows w

Re: Dual NIC Problem

This did change in 2.2. /etc/init.d/networking has replaced /etc/init.d/networks, although a normal upgrade will still use the old one (i.e., the symlinks to /etc/rc*.d aren't created if /etc/init.d/networks exists). On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 01:49:52PM -0400, Kimsey-Hickman, Brian wrote: > > Tha

Re: maximum file number

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 07:02:22PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > "=?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCMDJFRDluSH4bKEI=?=" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I will manage about 100,000,000 files in near future. > >How many files does one directory has? > > > >I am afraid of the performance, > > You should be. The ext2

Re: Debian and compaq presario

On Mon, 02 Oct 2000, Francesco Bochicchio wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 01:29:21PM +0200, Olivier Billet wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I've well installed --well, more or less : I just set the X server, some > > config files correctly-- Debian 2.2 on my Compaq Presario 1200 laptop, > > but I

Re: Konsole session switching...

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday, September 11, 2000, 3:05:16 AM, USM wrote: > I don't know about switching between sessions, but you can > switch between 6 consoles using Alt-F1 through Alt-F6 on > the same machine on console. Konsole, with a K, as in KDE's terminal emula

Re: mounting /home?

Thanks for the reply. I've got /home mounted on a separate partition so I'll just do it as you suggest in "1.a)" below. What I want to do is get back to a potato version of debian. I did an [apt-get upgrade] with the helix-gnome website in my sources.conf file and it changed *lots* of stuff. Everyt

Re: Debian and compaq presario

On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Olivier Billet wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I've well installed --well, more or less : I just set the X server, some > config files correctly-- Debian 2.2 on my Compaq Presario 1200 laptop, > but I still have a problem: > > Is there somwhere someone that has successfully insta

Trying to get .menu directory to work

Greetings, I have been playing around with the menu program and have a question for everybody. I can make my own menu items and all works well when I place those items in /etc/menu. Create the entry, put in /etc/menu and then update-menus (as both user and as root). Things show up fin

Re: Debian and compaq presario

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 01:29:21PM +0200, Olivier Billet wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I've well installed --well, more or less : I just set the X server, some > config files correctly-- Debian 2.2 on my Compaq Presario 1200 laptop, > but I still have a problem: > > Is there somwhere someone that ha

Re: firewall (fwd)

On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 11:51:50AM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > This isn't necessarily the case. It certainly appears to vary by > > region. They don't do it here (Denver, Colorado). Perhaps this is > > because DSL is so easily available :} > > One interesting thing that many providers are d

Re: User privelidges

There is a program called "xusermount" somewhere on the net (don't remember where). Got it by going thru lycos over a year ago. No .deb available. Maybe on freshmeat, give that a try as well. Can mail it as an att (PMO). HTH USM Bish On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 09:26:38PM -0700, ObeseWhale wrot

Re: Konsole session switching...

I don't know about switching between sessions, but you can switch between 6 consoles using Alt-F1 through Alt-F6 on the same machine on console. HTH USM Bish On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 06:44:41AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a way to switch between sessions in Konsol

Re: debian: dos2unix and unix2dos utilities.

Solution 1: ~~ By all probabilities you have it installed on our system already. In case you have a standard workstation model installed both dos2unix and unix2dos should be in your /usr/bin dir. Solution 2: ~~ In case not, check if you have recode installed (

Re: mounting /home?

It depends on whether your /home dir is an independent partition, or it is under root dir ("/"). 1. If seperate partition: a) Just ensure that you do not re-initialise this part- ition during re-installation. Just mount it as an "existing partition" without re-initialisation. b) You

stty, xterm, solaris

Hello, This is probably more of a solaris question than a debian one but I'm certain that some fellow debian users have encountered this same problem: When telneting (from a debian box ;^) ) into a solaris box with a ksh defaulted account, I lose usage of my backspace and arrow keys. I've found

Re: web-based mail

Would you run the mail server and apache-ssl server on the same computer? Would this cause any security problems? Dan brian moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 12:07:27AM +0700, Umum Wijoyo wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I'd like to provide a web-based mail service for my us

Re: web-based mail

On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 12:07:27AM +0700, Umum Wijoyo wrote: > Hi! > > I'd like to provide a web-based mail service for my users. > Are there any Debian packages for that? What abt its > security (I mean, when a user enters his/her password)? apt-get install apache-ssl imp With apache-ssl, your

Re: maximum file number

"=?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCMDJFRDluSH4bKEI=?=" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I will manage about 100,000,000 files in near future. >How many files does one directory has? > >I am afraid of the performance, You should be. The ext2 filesystem searches directories linearly, so performance on a directory cont

RE: Dual NIC Problem

Thanks, for the advice. However I did notice that I do not have /etc/init.d/networks file. I have a /etc/init.d/networking file. I noticed this when I first started looking but thought that the file names might have been changed between Debian 2.1 and 2.2. Do you know, or anyone for that matte

Re: Can shell-script be setuid ?

On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Alex V. Toropov wrote: > Can I make a shell script setuid ? No. Linux doesn't support this since it is insecure. It works with perl scripts only, because Perl does some extra checks and explicit handling to make it work. To get a setuid shell script you have to write a C wr

RE: Dual NIC Problem

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christen Welch Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 1:52 AM To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' Subject: Re: Dual NIC Problem On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 09:05:30AM -0400, Kimsey-Hickman, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: Need advice on Postscript/PCL printer

Nicola Bernardelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks a lot for replying, > > I'll check out what equivalents/evolutions have the Brother HL-730 and I don't know if I'd recommend the HL-730. The construction isn't the greatest (I broke part of the output tray), it is meant to be a Windows pri

Internet Stations

Hi! I'm just opening an Internet/coffe business. I'll have only linux stations with a Debian Server as the link to internet. I need an application to control the time and fee for the customers, someone know about one to try or buy, or made it? And something have been resolve the linux - browser t

Re: Mutt Address book

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 12:11:43PM -0400, Harry Henry Gebel wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 08:51:56AM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > Mutt has alias completion, so if you had an alias "associates" you could > > > type "assco" and then TAB and it would fill it in (or give you a menu for >

web-based mail

Hi! I'd like to provide a web-based mail service for my users. Are there any Debian packages for that? What abt its security (I mean, when a user enters his/her password)? OK! TIA Umum Wijoyo -- Bandung, Indonesia

Re: How does the mailing-list->usenet gateway work?

muc.lists.debian.user appears to be current. On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 05:47:53PM -0500, Jeff Howie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I was informed that the linux.debian.user group has actually been > discontinued for quite some time. Apparantly it's still being kept > alive by Deja, but you won't see i

Re: Trying to setup Xwindows on the i810 chipset

i setup 12 machines with i810 for machines that did not have X support for X out of the box i just replaced the XF86_SVGA binary. however on potato there is X support for i810 but you need the kernel driver which i dont think comes with potato ..the first time i seutp 810 on potato it took many h

Re: Mutt Address book

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 08:51:56AM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > Mutt has alias completion, so if you had an alias "associates" you could > > type "assco" and then TAB and it would fill it in (or give you a menu for > > multiple addresses. If you hit TAB on a empty "To:" line it will give

Re: Mutt Address book

On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 11:01:03PM -0400, Harry Henry Gebel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: <...> > Mutt has alias completion, so if you had an alias "associates" you could > type "assco" and then TAB and it would fill it in (or give you a menu for > multiple addresses. If you hit TAB on a empty "To:

Trying to setup Xwindows on the i810 chipset

I've been followed the instructions for install the i810 driver on my Debian potato, but I need to know where I need to put the X link to XFCom_i810? Regards! Rogelio

Re: Subject: ATA-100, UDMA100, LILO

__ Disabling the "VIA" controller does not change the letter assignment to the promise controller. It remains "hde, hdf, hdg,hdh". Therefore there is no way to a.) Install using udma66 diskettes b.) Install a new kernel with ATA-100 patches c.) Disable the udma66 controller d.) B

Re: Help with System Crashes

On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 05:31:36PM +0200, Martin Pfeilsticker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello > > I have a strange problem with one of my PCs: > It crashes for no obvious reasons, at least one time a day. > The system is completly frozen, ie no ping, no Magic-Key, no CTRL-AL-DEL, > only a HARD

Re: X-Strike-Force page?...

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 02:06:49PM +0100, Max Lock wrote: > Anyone know what's happened to the X strike force page? > http://www.debian.org/~branden/ Our web server had a disk failure, meaning www.debian.org has temporarily been pointed at another machine. The user web pages weren't part of t

RE: new Debian user, problem with internal modem

>It's marked "Telepath for Windows with X2 technology." > Could it be one of those modems that work only with Windows? Umm.. yeah, could be :-) I think the site to try is www.winmodem.org (or similar, cant remember exactly) >By the way

Problems installing X

I had problems installing X, and as I am new to Debian - though not Linux, I'd like to know if it was something I did or whether the Debian setup is not right. I previously installed 2.2 from a 2 CD set. Then I ran XF86Setup. When I chose the Diamond V770 (TNT2) from the hardware list, it told m

Re: Debian 2.2 CDs

Hello: Go to http://cdimage.debian.org for more information. Umum Wijoyo wrote: > > Hi! > > Would like to ask how I can make a copy of Debian 2.2 CDs? > Can I just download the iso files from a Debian ftp server, > and burn them to a CD? Would I need the boot floppies, or > will the CDs be bo

Debian 2.2 CDs

Hi! Would like to ask how I can make a copy of Debian 2.2 CDs? Can I just download the iso files from a Debian ftp server, and burn them to a CD? Would I need the boot floppies, or will the CDs be bootable? Are there any manuals on these stupid questions of mine...??? ;-p TIA Umum Wijoyo

Re: Can not allocate colormap

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 04:43:59PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > I get the following message when I run gvim or gv (maybe other > applications also) on gnome (slink version): > > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "gray71" > Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "AntiqueWhite3" > War

Re: Can shell-script be setuid ?

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 06:22:45PM +0400, Alex V. Toropov wrote: > Can I make a shell script setuid ? No. It's disabled in the kernel for security reasons. Binaries only. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of

Re: printing to a windows printer

sorry, i am pretty new in linuxi understand the lock part (i think), but how would someone create a trash bin dedicated to lpd? should I just comment the /dev/null out then? On Mon, 02 Oct 2000, Philipp Lehman wrote: > On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, David Erdman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >i have do

Can not allocate colormap

I get the following message when I run gvim or gv (maybe other applications also) on gnome (slink version): Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "gray71" Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "AntiqueWhite3" Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "AntiqueWhite2" Warning: Cannot a

Re: debian: dos2unix and unix2dos utilities.

These should be in the sysutils package. ape:/var/lib/dpkg/info# dpkg -L sysutils /. /usr /usr/bin /usr/bin/bogomips /usr/bin/procinfo /usr/bin/lsdev /usr/bin/fromdos /usr/bin/todos /usr/bin/dos2unix /usr/bin/unix2dos /usr/doc /usr/doc/sysutils /usr/doc/sysutils/copyright /usr/doc/sysutils/changel

Re: debian: dos2unix and unix2dos utilities.

On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Brendan J Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Are there any dos2unix and unix2dos command line utilities in any of the >debian pacages ??? >I've done an "apt-cache search ..." but can't find anything suitable. There is another one called "flip". -- Philipp Lehman <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: printing to a windows printer

On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, David Erdman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >i have done this in suse, and redhat but am thus far unsuccessful. >I need to print to an HP722C (win printer) that is hooked up to windows 98 on >an internal lan. looking at logs > >Oct 1 19:31:11 ganymede pnm2ppa[1192]: No pages pr

nfs kernel server

After installing the nfs kernel server, syslogd is flodded with messages like this one: rpc.mountd: dump request from 192.168.1.1 last message repeated 31 times last message repeated 61 times last message repeated 61 times 192.168.1.1 is the host running the nfs kernel server. What does "dump re

Can shell-script be setuid ?

Can I make a shell script setuid ? I'v try to do this but it seams that it runs under user's id who fired that script (not under root's as I wish) When I make a real C program it works as I expect, but script doesn't. Can anyone explain me where I'm wrong the script is file starting with #!/bi

modem woes

Hey people. A friend of mine is having trouble with her internal modem on a Toshiba Laptop. The modem is apparently a Toshiba V.90 on COM 2, and hardware compatability should be fine. Whenever she tries an app to use it, kppp, minicom, it reports that it cannot initialize the modem. I'm

Re: debian: mail spool directory ???

"John L . Fjellstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 10:21:19PM -0500, will trillich wrote: >> why the change? i dunno. as long as the symbolic link is there >> you should be fat-dumb-and-happy still, like me. (not necessarily >> in that order.) > >The filesysten hierarchy stand

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Re: What happened to X server web page?

Dale Amon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Does anyone know what happened to the X server >page on www.debian.org? >http://www.debian.org/~branden/ is claimed to not >exist anymore! va.debian.org (== www) had a hardware failure, and the admins are currently working on getting things back. http://samos

Konsole session switching...

Does anyone know if there is a way to switch between sessions in Konsole with the keyboard? -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. ---+

strange things with netatalk

Hi! I maintain a server in an apple network. Since I upgraded to potato strange things happen. The problem is that the connection to the apple share file server (netatalk) gets "unexpectedly" lost when opening certain files (most probably M$-Word files). This does only happen on the iMac in the ne

FW: Two Newbie X Questions

> I am using the Black Box window manager and have two questions: > > 1) How would I specify which window manager starts by default? > > 2) How do I specify an image for X to display? > > Thank you for any help! > > Michael Cantoni

RE: Two Newbie X Questions

I am using the Black Box window manager and have two questions: 1) How would I specify which window manager starts by default? Right now your /etc/alternatives/x-window manager is probably sym-linked to /usr/bin/something-er-other/ice-window-manager. Change this link to point to /usr/bin/bla

Two Newbie X Questions

I am using the Black Box window manager and have two questions: 1) How would I specify which window manager starts by default? 2) How do I specify an image for X to display? Thank you for any help! Michael Cantoni

X-Strike-Force page?...

Anyone know what's happened to the X strike force page? http://www.debian.org/~branden/ -Cheers Max.

Re: Need advice on Postscript/PCL printer

Ooops, I forgot to ask both of you: 1) how much RAM do your respective printers have? 2) what Postscript version do they support? woud Postscript2 lack features that are supposed to be supported for currently-common Postscript docs/tools? Thanks a lot, Nicola -- If one day you find out t

Re: NFS stability and file ownership problem

Did you receive any advice? (I read your mail about a month later) About ownership problem: did you install on the client machine the ugidd deamon (provided by the ugidd package). This happens to work when you specify the option "map_daemon" for the related exported files/dirs. Maybe it will help

What happened to X server web page?

Does anyone know what happened to the X server page on www.debian.org? http://www.debian.org/~branden/ is claimed to not exist anymore! -- Use Linux: A computerDale Amon, CEO/MD is a terrible thing Village Networking Ltd to wast

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