Re: setting firefox as default kde webbrowser

2006-06-16 Thread Dion Le Blanc
Andreas Berglund wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Dion Le Blanc wrote: >> Andreas Berglund wrote: >> >> >>>-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>>Hash: SHA1 >>> >>>Hi! >>>I have set firefox as the default webbrowser but everytime I click a >>>http link a konqueror win

Re: setting firefox as default kde webbrowser

2006-06-16 Thread Andreas Berglund
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dion Le Blanc wrote: > Andreas Berglund wrote: > > >>-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>Hi! >>I have set firefox as the default webbrowser but everytime I click a >>http link a konqueror window is opened before firefox. Is there any

Re: upgrading x11-common_7.0.22

2006-06-16 Thread Dave Patterson
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-17 07:00:54 +0300]: > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin', which is also in package xgl apt-get remove --purge xgl apt-get dist-upgrade apt-get install xgl -- Cheers, Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Installation Python 2.3 with Debian Testing

2006-06-16 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On 17/06/06, Felix C. Stegerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Debian BTS != bugzilla. ;-) Acknowledged. Realized that the difference is more than subtle! Actually, it is *very* wrong to call Debian BTS bugzilla! Thanks for the tip. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 462, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Insititut

upgrading x11-common_7.0.22

2006-06-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I was doing a weekly apt-get dist-upgrade of my testing/etch distro, and apt requested the following packages to upgrade: The following packages will be upgraded: apt apt-utils aptitude dpkg-dev dselect gnome-panel gspot kcontrol kdebase-bin kdebase-data kicker libafterimage0 libafterstep1 l

Re: OT: Maximum number of fast ethernet cards

2006-06-16 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 21:41 +0100, Pete Clarke wrote: > Hi there, > > This is slightly offtopic, but does anyone know the maximum number of fast > ethernet cards a typical PC can handle..? > I want to use a cheap (ish) Debian box as a firewall/router to suppliment my > Netgear, and provide more

Re: [UNVERIFIED SENDER] Re: can't boot win2k after re-installing sarge

2006-06-16 Thread Kent West
Serena Cantor wrote: > Thanks! English is my 2nd language. No problem. However, I would suggest that you send replies to the list, not just to whoever responds. This way: * others who have more information can add to the conversation. * others who are looking for the same answers as you can re

Re: Newbie Notes

2006-06-16 Thread Angelina Carlton
Mike Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I then used apt-get to do an update, upgrade -u, and > install gaim. Thanks for those who responded and > helped me get this far. What other important first > steps should I take? Do I need a firewall? Remember I > am new, so if you make a suggestion, pleas

Re: Debian stable & SATA drive

2006-06-16 Thread Owen Heisler
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 14:19 -0700, Michael M. wrote: > Owen Heisler wrote: > > > > This doesn't really answer my question; maybe you misunderstood (didn't > > understand my babbling). I just want to know how long it will be > > (date/release/revision) until Debian stable will work with the SATA i

Re: How do I access a forwarded port on Box A from Box B?

2006-06-16 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Richard Bronosky wrote: >So, I have a machine behind a firewall on a remote network that is >reverse port forwarding to a machine with my home network via: >ssh -p -N -R 8080:localhost:80 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >On myhomemachine I can surf to http://localhost:8080 and I get the >content from the

Re: can't boot win2k after re-installing sarge

2006-06-16 Thread Kent West
Serena Cantor wrote: > I have win2k and sarge on hda3 and use grub to dual > boot. > Then I re-partition hda3 and re-install sarge, sarge's > installation program find win2k, so I let grub > install to MBR. Later, I find I can't boot win2k, > win2k complains some files missing. > > Saying that

can't boot win2k after re-installing sarge

2006-06-16 Thread Serena Cantor
I have win2k and sarge on hda3 and use grub to dual boot. Then I re-partition hda3 and re-install sarge, sarge's installation program find win2k, so I let grub install to MBR. Later, I find I can't boot win2k, win2k complains some files missing. Pls help!

How do I access a forwarded port on Box A from Box B?

2006-06-16 Thread Richard Bronosky
So, I have a machine behind a firewall on a remote network that is reverse port forwarding to a machine with my home network via: ssh -p -N -R 8080:localhost:80 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On myhomemachine I can surf to http://localhost:8080 and I get the content from the machine behind the remote fir

Re: OT: Maximum number of fast ethernet cards

2006-06-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pete Clarke wrote: > Hi there, > > This is slightly offtopic, but does anyone know the maximum > number of fast ethernet cards a typical PC can handle..? I want > to use a cheap (ish) Debian box as a firewall/router to > suppliment my Netgear, and

Re: Installation failure using debian-31r2-i386-binary-1.iso

2006-06-16 Thread Owen Heisler
On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 20:47 -0400, John Miller wrote: > Chuck, > > Every CD image has checksums available from the download site to make > sure it's been downloaded correctly. Don't know how to obtain the > checksums via BitTorrent, but the checksum for the 3.1r2 release is > available at: > > h

Re: don't like the fonts from xorg-xserver

2006-06-16 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 15:11:02 -0700, tom arnall wrote: > On Friday 16 June 2006 12:25 pm, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 09:57:50 -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > > On Thursday 15 June 2006 06:53 pm, Marc Wilson wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:11:20AM -0700, tom arnall w

Re: How to use sudo not root

2006-06-16 Thread Magnus Therning
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 21:50:39 +0200, Felix C. Stegerman wrote: [..] >> %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL >> >> should do ... as they have in ubuntu > >What about group `wheel' ? Historically in UNIX the group wheel has GID 0, in Debian that's the root group. >vipw. Interesting. You also have vipgr, visu

Re: get no sound with xmms/xine

2006-06-16 Thread tom arnall
not sure. when i do lsmod i get: snd_pcm_oss44832 1 snd_mixer_oss 15616 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_intel8x0m 16012 0 snd_intel8x0 30236 1 snd_ac97_codec 83232 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_bus

Re: Have DVD burner, will backup!

2006-06-16 Thread Daniel Johnson
Trying it out now with a noburn option with a .dar file size limit. See if this works. Am I correct to assume that it will fill the first one, burn it while filling the next one, remove it after burning/verifying and continue until done/disk is full? I had never thought of burning the DVD multis

Re: don't like the fonts from xorg-xserver

2006-06-16 Thread tom arnall
On Friday 16 June 2006 12:25 pm, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 09:57:50 -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > On Thursday 15 June 2006 06:53 pm, Marc Wilson wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:11:20AM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > > > I recently installed xorg-xserver on my debian box (

Re: dpms keeps turning off

2006-06-16 Thread Rick Macdonald
> I just installed etch on a new destop. "xset -q" shows dpms is off. > If I enable it with > > xset +dpms dpms 300 600 900 > > it somehow gets turned off some while later. How do I get the > setting to stick? I forgot to mention that I'm using Gnome. I have a sarge installation with Gnome b

Re: ia32 chroot caveat(s)

2006-06-16 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Francesco Pietra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > They were installed by default in my case. I carried out a net installation > (mirror debian.inode.at) on multi-dual-opteron from > etch beta2 release, downloaded 20 May > 2006. It was raid1 with partitions /, /usr/, /var, swap, /tmp, with grub on

Re: setting firefox as default kde webbrowser

2006-06-16 Thread Dion Le Blanc
Andreas Berglund wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi! > I have set firefox as the default webbrowser but everytime I click a > http link a konqueror window is opened before firefox. Is there anyway > to avoid that? > > My kde version is 3.3.2 and my firefox version is

Re: Mailman and Postfix in Debian Unstable

2006-06-16 Thread Lukas Ruf
> Ronny Aasen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-16 12:47]: > thanks for answering! > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 23:13 +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote: [...] > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 80.254.163.99 does not like recipient. > > Remote host said: 554 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Relay access denied > > Giving up on 80.

setting firefox as default kde webbrowser

2006-06-16 Thread Andreas Berglund
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! I have set firefox as the default webbrowser but everytime I click a http link a konqueror window is opened before firefox. Is there anyway to avoid that? My kde version is 3.3.2 and my firefox version is 1.5.0.3 regards Andreas Berglund -BEG

Re: Tiger says files are orphans but they aren't

2006-06-16 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:53:14 -0400 Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 04:09:34PM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > > Note the difference in path names (/usr/X11R6/bin vs. /usr/bin). > > Aha! > > Thank you. You may imagine me smacking myself. > > So the problem is that

OT: Maximum number of fast ethernet cards

2006-06-16 Thread Pete Clarke
Hi there, This is slightly offtopic, but does anyone know the maximum number of fast ethernet cards a typical PC can handle..? I want to use a cheap (ish) Debian box as a firewall/router to suppliment my Netgear, and provide more services to the internal network than currently available. Wit

Re: How to use sudo not root

2006-06-16 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
* Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-16 14:56]: > On 16/06/06, Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 15:41:11 +0800, Richard wrote: > > > On 15/06/06, Joseph Smidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > When I installed Debian I selected to not allow root login > > >

Re: Can't find libXmu.a and libXaw.a for xorg

2006-06-16 Thread edwardsa
Thanks very much to all. Art Edwards helices wrote: * "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006:06:16:11:33:53-0600] scribed: You can find where your particular files are with dpkg -L; for instance on my system: $ dpkg -L libxmu-dev | grep libXmu.a /usr/lib/libXmu.a Or, simpl

Re: Installation Python 2.3 with Debian Testing

2006-06-16 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
* Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-16 10:11]: > Here's the bugzilla report: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=373856 Debian BTS != bugzilla. ;-) - Felix -- Felix C. Stegerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://obfusk.net ~ "Any sufficiently advanced bug is i

Re: don't like the fonts from xorg-xserver

2006-06-16 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 09:57:50 -0700, tom arnall wrote: > On Thursday 15 June 2006 06:53 pm, Marc Wilson wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:11:20AM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > > i recently installed xorg-xserver on my debian box (kernel 2.6.16.4). I > > > don't like the fonts. Is there anythi

Re: occult nvidia kernel version skew

2006-06-16 Thread Andrew Schulman
> > mv nvidia.o{,.hold} > > I take it this is the same as > > mv nvidia.o nvidia.o.hold Right, at least in bash. > > You don't have the nvidiafb module inserted, do you? It conflicts with > > nvidia. > > No. I nvidiafb is not installed. However, there is a file > > /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-

Broken X fonts in emacs21, emacs bug?

2006-06-16 Thread Daniel Johnson
Twice now I have found emacs21 display squares instead of fonts after doing an update in Sid, and once they were fixed by an update. It seems that it is either an update to X, or some fonts package that breaks things rather than emacs. I believe both times that it broke apt was updating both X,

Re: python upgrade failing on Sid

2006-06-16 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
* loos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-16 05:51]: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=373856 Thanks. I really don't know why I didn't check for existing bugreports. - Felix -- Felix C. Stegerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://obfusk.net ~ "Any sufficiently advanced bu

Re: Tiger says files are orphans but they aren't

2006-06-16 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 04:09:34PM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote: > Note the difference in path names (/usr/X11R6/bin vs. /usr/bin). Aha! Thank you. You may imagine me smacking myself. So the problem is that the old x11 (pre-xorg) packages didn't fully remove themselves? -- Carl Fink

Re: The right location for userdefined global config files?

2006-06-16 Thread Waldemar la Tendresse
On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:40:35PM +0200, Frank Blendinger wrote: > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:37:55PM +0200, Waldemar la Tendresse wrote: > > Assume more than 1 user needs to have the same config for program > > . My idea was to create the "global" config file and symlink from > > the user's homed

Re: how to install debian raid card

2006-06-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/06/06 13:24), Ivan Petrov wrote: > Hello my name is Ivan > I have raid set 320gb=2X160Gb maxtor(done by firmware) pir-133 raid > controller You can see it here: > http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=280534&CatId=508 > The problem is: Debian instalation s

Re: occult nvidia kernel version skew

2006-06-16 Thread Steve Kemp
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 01:35:08PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there any way of finding out which installed package a file is part > of? dpkg --search /bin/ls coreutils: /bin/ls etc. Steve -- Debian GNU/Linux System Administration http://www.debian-administration.org/ -- To

Re: Can't find libXmu.a and libXaw.a for xorg

2006-06-16 Thread helices
* "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006:06:16:11:33:53-0600] scribed: > You can find where your particular files are with dpkg -L; for > instance on my system: > > $ dpkg -L libxmu-dev | grep libXmu.a > /usr/lib/libXmu.a Or, simply: $ dpkg -S libXmu.a -- Best Regards, helices -

Re: occult nvidia kernel version skew

2006-06-16 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 10:45:33AM -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l -R /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-amd64-generic/ | grep > > nvi > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root104 2006-06-14 08:30 nvidia > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root80 2006-05-16 18:14 nvidia > > /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-amd64

how to install debian raid card

2006-06-16 Thread Ivan Petrov
Hello my name is IvanI have raid set 320gb=2X160Gb maxtor(done by firmware) pir-133 raid controller You can see it here: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=280534&CatId=508 The problem is: Debian instalation see 2 separate drives. athes os: Mandriva-wo

Re: Can't find libXmu.a and libXaw.a for xorg

2006-06-16 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
On Friday 16 June 2006 11:10, edwardsa wrote: > I'm trying to compile Scilab from sources and it requires the two static > libraries > libXmu.a and LibXaw.a > > I have installed the packages libxmu-dev and libxaw7-dev, where these > files are supposed to originate,. However, after installation they

Re: Newbie Notes

2006-06-16 Thread Alexander Schmehl
Hi! * Mike Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060616 14:34]: > All seems well, and I then used VIM to edit > /etc/sudoers and added my user to enable SUDO > commands. Your might want to use "visudo" instead of editing the sudoers file direclty. visudo will use your standard editor and perform some sanit

Can't find libXmu.a and libXaw.a for xorg

2006-06-16 Thread edwardsa
I'm trying to compile Scilab from sources and it requires the two static libraries libXmu.a and LibXaw.a I have installed the packages libxmu-dev and libxaw7-dev, where these files are supposed to originate,. However, after installation they are not in the /usr/X1R6/lib directory, where, accor

Re: don't like the fonts from xorg-xserver

2006-06-16 Thread tom arnall
On Thursday 15 June 2006 06:53 pm, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:11:20AM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > i recently installed xorg-xserver on my debian box (kernel 2.6.16.4). I > > don't like the fonts. Is there anything I can do about this? > > Unfortunately, installing the current

Re: network: how to name interfaces ?

2006-06-16 Thread John L Fjellstad
Michael Biebl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yep, thats probably the even better way than using ifrename. > Open /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules and edit it to your > liking. You should at least have version 0.090-2 of udev though. I think it's better if you create your own rules, sinze

Re: ia32 chroot caveat(s)

2006-06-16 Thread edwardsa
If this is a bug, it is more general. I get similar responses for other font packages. Interestingly, however, the 75dpi fonts appear in /usr/share/fonts/X11, with the one omission of the fonts.cache-1 file. I will file a bug report, but I'm wondering whether there is a work around that will al

Re: I don't know if this is the right list for this issue, but...

2006-06-16 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Everyone, I have been trying to install Etch using a variety of methods for some time now - always a full clean install. Almost everything goes fine until it comes time to "Finish the Installation". The part that does not go fine is that, som

VoIP Platform for Service Providers

2006-06-16 Thread Daria
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Re: ia32 chroot caveat(s)

2006-06-16 Thread Francesco Pietra
On Friday 16 June 2006 16:28, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Francesco Pietra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > This confirms that I was right in reserving the 64bit machine for 64bit > > applications and the 32bit machine for 32bit applications. It is easy to > > communicate between the two. > > > >

Re: Tiger says files are orphans but they aren't

2006-06-16 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:06:21 -0400 Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's some output from the Tiger audit: > > # Verifying system specific password checks... > NEW: --WARN-- [lin001w] File `/usr/X11R6/bin/glxdemo' does not belong > to any package. NEW: --WARN-- [lin001w] File > `/usr/X11R

Re: occult nvidia kernel version skew

2006-06-16 Thread Andrew Schulman
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l -R /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-amd64-generic/ | grep > nvi > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root104 2006-06-14 08:30 nvidia > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root80 2006-05-16 18:14 nvidia > /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-amd64-generic/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia: > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73665 2006-0

Re: VPN / PPTP

2006-06-16 Thread Jon Dowland
At 1150377525 past the epoch, anthony wrote: > I am running Debian Etch Kernel 2.6.15-1-486 on an x22 thinkpad I'm not running that kernel, but I just fetched linux-image-2.6.15-1-486_2.6.15-8_i386.deb and took a look $ grep MPPE boot/config-2.6.15-1-486 CONFIG_PPP_MPPE=m $ find . -name \*mppe\*k

Re: ia32 chroot caveat(s)

2006-06-16 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Francesco Pietra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This confirms that I was right in reserving the 64bit machine for 64bit > applications and the 32bit machine for 32bit applications. It is easy to > communicate between the two. > > Because the calculations at 64bit are long lasting, I use a usb ca

Re: Bitstream Vera size in XTerm

2006-06-16 Thread Thomas Dickey
Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 16/06/06, cga2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ctrl+ displays xterm's "VT Fonts" menu. > That doesn't work for TrueType fonts in XTerm. It switches to "fixed" > ot something. no - If you've set the -fa option for a valid font, xterm displays in that

RE: unable to see my serial port

2006-06-16 Thread debian
  i  found it, problem was that serial was not enabled in my kernel.   thnx. Phil.  Hello,   i have a dell server that i use for zabbix. It has 2 procs, 1GB ram and sata disks and is in use since 10/2005   linux is debian of course, kernel is:   Linux secsquid 2.6.13.4 #4 SMP Mon Dec 19

Re: Word file

2006-06-16 Thread cornelia . winter
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Tiger says files are orphans but they aren't

2006-06-16 Thread Carl Fink
Here's some output from the Tiger audit: # Verifying system specific password checks... NEW: --WARN-- [lin001w] File `/usr/X11R6/bin/glxdemo' does not belong to any package. NEW: --WARN-- [lin001w] File `/usr/X11R6/bin/glxgears' does not belong to any package. NEW: --WARN-- [lin001w] File `/usr/

Re: unable to see my serial port

2006-06-16 Thread Roger Leigh
"Philippe Dhont (Sea-ro)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i have one com port on it and it is configured as COM1 in the bios, i am not > able to set manual addresses. > the addresses for other devices in the bios are not using irq4. > Do i have to set something in the kernel for uarts of com ports

Re: postgresql or mysql

2006-06-16 Thread Roger Leigh
gustavo halperin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm starting to work with DB, and I have a doubt about if learn and > use postgresql or mysql. > I understand that postgresql is better, but if I'm right why SQL > looks more popular ??? MySQL is more popular than PostgreSQL in the same way that Wi

unable to see my serial port

2006-06-16 Thread Philippe Dhont (Sea-ro)
Hello,   i have a dell server that i use for zabbix. It has 2 procs, 1GB ram and sata disks and is in use since 10/2005   linux is debian of course, kernel is:   Linux secsquid 2.6.13.4 #4 SMP Mon Dec 19 09:53:24 CET 2005 i686 GNU/Linux i have one com port on it and it is configured as C

unable to see my serial port

2006-06-16 Thread debian
Hello, i have a dell server that i use for zabbix. It has 2 procs, 1GB ram and sata disks and is in use since 10/2005 linux is debian of course, kernel is: Linux secsquid 2.6.13.4 #4 SMP Mon Dec 19 09:53:24 CET 2005 i686 GNU/Linux i have one com port on it and it is configured as COM1 i

Re: How to use sudo not root

2006-06-16 Thread Richard
On 16/06/06, Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 15:41:11 +0800, Richard wrote: >On 15/06/06, Joseph Smidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>When I installed Debian I selected to not allow root login thinking that >>would enable sudo and disable root. But when I logged

Newbie Notes

2006-06-16 Thread Mike Hill
Yesterday, I asked for help on a brand new Debian Sarge install. I still do not know much about fixing things, but I am getting better at doing an install. My last install was done while traveling, so I did not have network access. Since the net was not active, my ethernet was not configured. I had

Re: Mailman and Postfix in Debian Unstable

2006-06-16 Thread Ronny Aasen
On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 23:13 +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote: > Dear Siggy, dear All, > > for any strange reason, postfix rejects emails sent from my > yahoo-Account to my [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailinglist with the > following message: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 80.254.163.99 does not like recipient. > Remote

Re: VPN / PPTP

2006-06-16 Thread anthony
Thanks for the help. I think I was making a typo initially I managed to re-compile my 2.6.15 kernel with the mppe modules and now the tunnel works. Something must be wrong with my pptpconfig config still as I can authenticate and ping but not reach any of the services on the office LAN, like my mai

Re: How to use sudo not root

2006-06-16 Thread Magnus Therning
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 15:41:11 +0800, Richard wrote: >On 15/06/06, Joseph Smidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>When I installed Debian I selected to not allow root login thinking that >>would enable sudo and disable root. But when I logged into gnome it >>kept asking for the root password to do ad

Re: Installation Python 2.3 with Debian Testing

2006-06-16 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On 16/06/06, Stef Daniels VK5HSX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi There.. I have tried to install, reinstall, remove and dpkg-preconfigure, reconfigure python 2.3 (along side python 2.4) on a Debian (testing) Desktop without success. I have tried everything I could think of, with dpk

Re: vim and VIMRUNTIME

2006-06-16 Thread Michael Ott
Hello Jérôme! > > Since yesterday i get the following error message when starting vim: > > Error detected while processing /home/michael/.vimrc: > > line 12: > > E484: Can't open file /usr/local/share/vim/syntax/syntax.vim > > line 54: > > E484: Can't open file /usr/local/share/vim/syntax/synt

Installation Python 2.3 with Debian Testing

2006-06-16 Thread Stef Daniels VK5HSX
Hi There.. I have tried to install, reinstall, remove and dpkg-preconfigure, reconfigure python 2.3 (along side python 2.4) on a Debian (testing) Desktop without success. I have tried everything I could think of, with dpkg and apt, however, it gets the similar errors and exits wit

Re: postgresql or mysql

2006-06-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (15/06/06 23:37), Jaime Casanova wrote: > >As far as I know, under 3.1 sarge, MySQL has graphical tools, mysql-admin, > >mysql-navigator and mysql-query-browser. If you want that, take MySQL, if > >not, take PostgreSQL. Postgreql has pgadmin3 and pgaccess plus the web interface phppgadmin. Reg

Re: How to use sudo not root

2006-06-16 Thread Richard
On 15/06/06, Joseph Smidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When I installed Debian I selected to not allow root login thinking that would enable sudo and disable root. But when I logged into gnome it kept asking for the root password to do admin things, so I set a root password and it works. Howeve

Re: vim and VIMRUNTIME

2006-06-16 Thread Jérôme Schneider
Michael Ott wrote: > Hello! > Hi > Since yesterday i get the following error message when starting vim: > Error detected while processing /home/michael/.vimrc: > line 12: > E484: Can't open file /usr/local/share/vim/syntax/syntax.vim > line 54: > E484: Can't open file /usr/local/share/vim/sy

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2006-06-16 Thread GLACIER-HEJDA
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Re: vim and VIMRUNTIME

2006-06-16 Thread Magnus Therning
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 06:54:10 +0100, Michael Ott wrote: >Hello! > >Since yesterday i get the following error message when starting vim: >Error detected while processing /home/michael/.vimrc: >line 12: >E484: Can't open file /usr/local/share/vim/syntax/syntax.vim >line 54: >E484: Can't open f