Re: Backup mirror machine

2005-05-06 Thread Bill Moseley
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 01:40:31AM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > But that system turns out to be harder to keep in sync. > > nope ... actually trivial [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ trivial -bash: trivial: command not found I must not have it installed. You didn't provide a pointer to trivial and i

Re: starting vim in non-gui mode under woody

2005-05-06 Thread David Purton
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 01:18:01PM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > David Purton wrote: > > >The version in sid definitely does not have this problem. > > A long-shot, but maybe reading the changelog for the woody version to > the sid version will help you find out which bug/patch changed the > beha

Re: Best file system for Disk quotas and undelete

2005-05-06 Thread Lee Braiden
On Friday 06 May 2005 12:15, Siju George wrote: > actually I don't run a GUI on this machine because it is a server that > hosts some PHP website development. Ahh. What are you actually trying to prevent, then? Accidentally deleting your web projects? For software projects, I'd recommend getti

Re: Auto Disconnecting...

2005-05-06 Thread Jerzy Wolowik
At First, Thanks for Your Attention. Problem occurs in my test/dev system so I have all root privileges and direct access to the host. Host OS: Debian Woody. It's standard installation - server + development tools. telnet daemon: in.telnetd in /usr/sbin/ it's 0.17-18woody2 according to dpkg man

Re: starting vim in non-gui mode under woody

2005-05-06 Thread Jon Dowland
David Purton wrote: The version in sid definitely does not have this problem. A long-shot, but maybe reading the changelog for the woody version to the sid version will help you find out which bug/patch changed the behaviour. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: New kernel compiled does't work, gives errors

2005-05-06 Thread Jon Dowland
Deboo Geek wrote: DOes a kernel compiled on one system not work for others? Well, maybe it's complaining because hardware that was present on the older machine (and therefore has drivers compiled in or as modules) doesn't exist on the newer machine, and vice versa? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: xmesalib

2005-05-06 Thread Steve Vejcik
Thanks- I have it in my paws (the article) and skimmed it, but out of laziness went right to the idea of manually renaming files and changing links instead. My guess was that this was the not-pretty-but- equivalent workaround and since it didn't work, I didn't go down the documented workaround pat

New kernel compiled does't work, gives errors

2005-05-06 Thread Deboo Geek
Why does it happen that when a working (modular) kernel which is working fine on one system (a P - III), when copied to another system (a P4), boots but gives hundreds of messages a bout modules. I did copy the modules directory under the same subdirectory as it si on the other system. DOes a kerne

Re: xmesalib

2005-05-06 Thread Sven Arvidsson
Steve Vejcik wrote: > Thanks again for the info, unfortunately it didn't work. Very > peculiar (or at least non-intuitive to me). I tried the > workaround of renaming the libGL.so.1.2 file but > I still couldn't get xlibmesa-gl to install-same > error mesage about overwriting the (non-existent!

Re: vesafb problem in debian

2005-05-06 Thread Robert Vangel
J.Bakshi wrote: Dear all, I have integrated VGA based on KM400 chipset from VIA. when I boot from *lnx-bbc* I can see the boot-logo. now I have configured 2.6.10 kernel from debian and enable framebuffer-support, vesa-support,vga-16-support and 16-color-logo all as *built-in features* but the new

cannot install sarge 3.1 on hp pavillion ze5300

2005-05-06 Thread sup
having problems installing debian on laptop freezes up on firewire module! if you can help it would be appreciated!      thanks Jerry nelson

vesafb problem in debian

2005-05-06 Thread J.Bakshi
Dear all, I have integrated VGA based on KM400 chipset from VIA. when I boot from *lnx-bbc* I can see the boot-logo. now I have configured 2.6.10 kernel from debian and enable framebuffer-support, vesa-support,vga-16-support and 16-color-logo all as *built-in features* but the newly build kernel

Re: Best file system for Disk quotas and undelete

2005-05-06 Thread Siju George
Thankyou so much Lee for your detailed reply. I appreciate them very much :-) On 5/6/05, Lee Braiden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 06 May 2005 10:33, Siju George wrote: > > Undeleting files shouldn't be part of a "strategy". At best, it's a last > resort. If it actually works, it's a

Managing shares and authentication for a small network

2005-05-06 Thread Balazs Javor
Hi all, I'd like to ask your opinion on the best approach for setting up file sharing and user authentication for a small home network with a diverse list of clients. I have currently a Debian server providing various services including samba, nfs, ftp etc. In addition I have a few desktops and n

kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device

2005-05-06 Thread Norman Hooper
Hi there, This has me a bit stumped, and Google isn't coming up with much. I have a box with an Intel SRCS16 SATA controller. It uses the megaraid module. At the moment it's running a standard 2.6.7-1-686-smp kernel. I've built a custom kernel based on the .config from the 2.6.7-1 kernel, the onl

Re: IM

2005-05-06 Thread Björn Lindström
hja123 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thks. I have been using IRC for some quick response to my Debian > problem. The problem is that it does not handle images, at least not > in a straightforward manner. I find this out when I wanted to post a > screenshot for discussion. Just post the screenshot

Re: OpenOffice 1.1.3 envelopes with hp psc 1210

2005-05-06 Thread John Marks
On Tuesday 03 May 2005 21:33, Paul Stolp wrote: > * John Marks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-03 20:20]: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I have been running Debian Sarge and enjoyed until I ran apt-get > > dist-upgrade. I will not be doing that again any time soon. It has > > caused nothing but trouble. >

optimizing ext3 with journaling

2005-05-06 Thread michael
I've Googled about but not found anything to help although I'm sure there must be a relevant HowTo/FAQ somewhere, so all pointers welcome! My system is a dual Xeon box, running Sarge with [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.personal$ uname -a Linux ratty 2.4.27-1-686-smp #1 SMP Wed Dec 1 19:50:1

Re: Background question

2005-05-06 Thread Lee Braiden
On Friday 06 May 2005 07:14, M. Maas wrote: > > Between the boot splash and the graphical login manager, there is a > > screen with a black and white checkerd background and a big black > > "X" which is the mouse. > > > > Does anyone know how to change this background to something > > prettier, as

Re: Background question

2005-05-06 Thread Wackojacko
You can't. I believe it is hardcoded in the depths of X. (Perhaps the newer X stuff from X.org might do something differently) Just installed X.org and can report that it doesn't solve this problem, sorry. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: faxing via broadband

2005-05-06 Thread Lee Braiden
On Friday 06 May 2005 11:05, hja123 wrote: > Interesting, what you said about faxing and broadband. I would have > thought that it is possible since broadband can handle images. I came > across some non-free software available for this purpose. Well, broadband itself, like a modem, is not really a

Re: AMD cooling utility in debian

2005-05-06 Thread Wackojacko
I don't think that is the case--at least, not in stock Debian kernels. I have an Athlon XP 1700+, and it idled at 45C until I installed athcool. Now it idles below 40C, sometimes as low as 30-32C in cooler weather. I have to agree, my Athlon 64 3200+ runs at least 5-10c cooler in Windows (with C

Re: How to install debian on IBM X336 eserver

2005-05-06 Thread Angel L. Mateo
El jue, 05-05-2005 a las 12:18 +0300, Nasir Ali escribiÃ: > Hi every one there, > > > > Is any one tried to install Debian on IBM Machine Model: eServer > X336, I am unable to find the way how to installâ > I installed debian sarge on a xserver 335 without any problem. Try with the C

Re: Re: faxing via broadband

2005-05-06 Thread hja123
Interesting, what you said about faxing and broadband. I would have thought that it is possible since broadband can handle images. I came across some non-free software available for this purpose. I'll do a search to find out more about email-to-fax gateway. thks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: Re: IM

2005-05-06 Thread hja123
Thks. I have been using IRC for some quick response to my Debian problem. The problem is that it does not handle images, at least not in a straightforward manner. I find this out when I wanted to post a screenshot for discussion. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: Background question

2005-05-06 Thread M. Maas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mr Mike wrote: > > > Holy cow.. I just read this a couple of weeks ago and actually found the > image... it's actually a 'x' on a light-gray background that is tiled on the > screen I'm not sure what would happen if you were to mess with it

Re: Best file system for Disk quotas and undelete

2005-05-06 Thread Lee Braiden
On Friday 06 May 2005 10:33, Siju George wrote: > 1) implementing and managing disk quotas I think most of the mainstream filesystems support this equally well. Not sure though. > 2) easy undeleting of files Undeleting files shouldn't be part of a "strategy". At best, it's a last resort. If

Re: Random Crashing KMail

2005-05-06 Thread Lee Braiden
On Friday 06 May 2005 10:33, Mr Mike wrote: > Is there any documentated problems with KMail random crashes? It is quite > annoying... I can't seem to find a rhyme or reason for them and they > aren't doing any real damange to my system. I just restart it and it runs > for a while but a wrong cli

Best file system for Disk quotas and undelete

2005-05-06 Thread Siju George
Hi all, May I know which filesystem is best for Debian woody 3.0r5 for 1) implementing and managing disk quotas 2) easy undeleting of files ext2? ext3? ReiserFS? JFS? Thankyou so much kind regards Siju

Random Crashing KMail

2005-05-06 Thread Mr Mike
Is there any documentated problems with KMail random crashes? It is quite annoying... I can't seem to find a rhyme or reason for them and they aren't doing any real damange to my system. I just restart it and it runs for a while but a wrong click here or a delete there or move to trash ... a

Re: starting vim in non-gui mode under woody

2005-05-06 Thread David Purton
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 03:56:28PM +0930, David Purton wrote: > On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 12:24:58PM +0930, David Purton wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just installed vim-gtk under woody and now when I run vim - it runs > > the gui version. How can I set things up so that cim runs the console > > version

Re: IM

2005-05-06 Thread Lee Braiden
On Friday 06 May 2005 09:49, hja123 hja123 wrote: > hi, > is there an Instant Messenger group for Debian users? Try the IRC channels: #debian (and others) on irc.freenode.org -- Lee. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: modem+kppp question..

2005-05-06 Thread Mr Mike
On Thursday 05 May 2005 07:38 pm, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > I am trying to connect to scholl dial-up via USRModem and Kppp. > I configure the modem (including initialize string), but when > dialed it gets connected to remote box, the message is displayed but > stays stuck at: > > host: > (in log wind

Re: Microsoft Digital Media Pro USB keyboard and KDE3

2005-05-06 Thread Rick Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 l Johnson wrote: > I'm looking for any help that might lead to getting all the little > bonus keys working on my new keyboard in KDE3. Googling for the > keyboard name and "kde" or "linux" doesn't find anything relevant, > just Windows-oriented rev

Re: ftpd login problem

2005-05-06 Thread Björn Lindström
Robert Vangel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > BjÃrn LindstrÃm wrote: > >>>Stable/Sarge/Unstable? >> Sarge, up-to-date as of today. >> >>>Also try /var/log/messages >> There's nothing there, either. I tried grepping for 'ftp' in /var/log >> and found nothing more useful than that line from /var/log/s

IM

2005-05-06 Thread hja123 hja123
hi, is there an Instant Messenger group for Debian users? hja123

Re: Background question

2005-05-06 Thread Mr Mike
On Friday 06 May 2005 01:44 am, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Friday 06 May 2005 07:14, M. Maas wrote: > > M. Maas wrote: > > > Hello List, > > > > > > Between the boot splash and the graphical login manager, there is a > > > screen with a black and white checkerd background and a big black > > > "X" w

Sarge and IBM z800

2005-05-06 Thread Marek Rudziak
Hi It is possible to install Debian sarge on IBM z800 ? If yes, did you have any documentation? Best regards Marek Rudziak -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Backup mirror machine

2005-05-06 Thread Alvin Oga
On Thu, 5 May 2005, Bill Moseley wrote: > > one script ... change-me-from-slave-to-master.sh and symlinked to "N" > > But that system turns out to be harder to keep in sync. nope ... actually trivial > No, I'm not asking that. I was thinking I could use lilo to boot a > different configur

Re: SCP problem

2005-05-06 Thread Jon Dowland
NATARAJAN Sasi Kumar wrote: While run the following goal didn’t prompt for password Thanks in advance Is the target machine a debian box? Does logging in with those credentials via the openSSH 'ssh' tool, (or putty or something) work? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: do I really need "make-kpkg clean"?

2005-05-06 Thread Jon Dowland
Manoj Srivastava wrote: Huh? The only time make-kpkg calls the kernel build script's clean is in make-kpkg's clean target. When you tell make-kpkg to clean stuff, it calls the kernel's clean targets, which makes sense. Why would you want to disable this? I wouldn't want to disable that behaviour, r

Re: Cannot remove 'execute' permission from vfat & ntfs partitions

2005-05-06 Thread Jon Dowland
Laura Melton wrote: Thanks for asking this question; I hadn't realized it was possible to remove the pesky executable permissions, so I hadn't even tried to find out how to do it! It's not generally useful to do so, however - if it's a script, you don't need +x to pass it as an argument to the int

Re: faxing via broadband

2005-05-06 Thread Lee Braiden
On Friday 06 May 2005 09:03, hja123 hja123 wrote: > is there a package for faxing, using the computer and a broadband link? Broadband doesn't do fax. At least, not in the way you're probably expecting if you've used a fax modem before. It just so happens that fax machines and modems share a few

faxing via broadband

2005-05-06 Thread hja123 hja123
Hi, is there a package for faxing, using the computer and a broadband link? hja

Re: apt-get deprecated?

2005-05-06 Thread Lee Braiden
On Thursday 05 May 2005 23:59, Wim De Smet wrote: > Now there's several bugs posted on aptitude (check bugs.debian.org) > about its command line interface. Apparently, this loading of the > package cache doesn't happen completely or reliably in command line > mode, resulting in aptitude not knowing

Re: kernel installation problem

2005-05-06 Thread Eugen Ciur
Thanks for help, but I prefer more classical / general kernel build process , because at home I use Debian, at work Red Hat , at school Suse The point is not to get loosed in distro specific stuff :( Best wishes , Eugen. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: kernel installation problem

2005-05-06 Thread roberto
--- "M. Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > jenea wrote: > > Hi! > > > > > > When I type : > > > > >$ mkinitrd -k vmlinux-2.6.10 -i initrd-2.6.10 > > > > I get the same result ( mknitrd help ). > > Could somebody help me with this stuff ? > > > > Best regards, > > Eugen. > > > >

Re: kernel installation problem

2005-05-06 Thread Dennis Stosberg
Am Freitag, 6. Mai 2005 07:43 schrieb jenea: > None of them works on my system ;I have mkinitrd v 1.201 , my > system's kernel is v 2.4.27-1-386 ; I use debian distro. > > When I type ( I try to build 2.6.10 kernel ) : > > mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.10.img 2.6.10 > > it gives me mkinitrd help ,

Re: kernel installation problem

2005-05-06 Thread M. Maas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 jenea wrote: > Hi! > > I tried to build a new kernel and install it following the steps > described in > http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html > All goes ok till I get to > > " To create the initrd, do the following: > >

Re: Re: ide- cd-writer fails under sarge(2.4.27-ct-1)

2005-05-06 Thread Christian Kasprowicz
Hi,   I work with a 2.4 kernel… The following modules are loaded: Module  Size  Used by    Not tainted …….. sg 25180   0 loop    8440   0  (unused) sr_mod 12632   0  (unused) ide-detect   288   0  (unus

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