Hello Group,
I am running Potato and have just install Gnome using apt-get install gdm. I
have two question.
1, When the gnome login screen appears I select gnome for my session from
the drop down mune and enter my login and pass and hit enter. The screen
goes black the right back to the login
Problem
Jay Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Jay I am running Potato and have just install Gnome using apt-get
Jay install gdm.
Note that this will just install the GNOME display manager; it won't
install any of the rest of the GNOME stuff that gdm doesn't directly need.
Jay 1, When the gnome
Is a real big defference between GDM and KDE? What who should I be using?
Also how do I start Gnome from the console? With X I used startx whats the
command for Gnome?
Thanks Guys
What will I need to put in /etc/X11/window-managers or ~/.xinitrc
to load gnome when I use 'startx'?
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To: Jay Kelly
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: How to start Gnome
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Hello Group,
I running Potato and on startup, I see some error message about Unresolved
symbol in but I cant read it in time. When I do a dmesg I dont see the
error. Why? and what is it? Also I see that ISDN Service is starting. Im not
using a ISDN so do I shut it off in init.d directory? And
If I want to completly remove samba how do I do about doing it. I was
playing around on my firewall and install samba, Now I have port 139 netbios
wide open. So I want to set up my firewall as it was before. and ides's guys
Thanks
Jay
What's needs to be added to a Debian firewall to make it completely stealth.
So from the outside my firewall doesn't exist. Im looking to better me
security and need some idea's how to got about it.
Thanks
you guys are a huge help
Jay
I have a quick qestion, I want my nic cards (eth0 and eth1) to keep the
setting I configure such as ip, netmask after rebooting. Each time I reboot
eth1 dumps all the information I put in the ifconfig setup. How can I get it
to store and keep the information for both nic cards?
Thanks
: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
So what do you guys thinks? It worked fine then I upgraded to potato and now
I I get this error.
Any suggest would be great.
Thanks
Jay
Is IP firewall packet logging available in kernel 2.2.12?
file its empty. But when I do a ifconfig I can see
both card. Will I need to transfer all the ip information over?
Jay
-Original Message-
From: John Pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 5:35 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Network Cards
On Fri, May
When I try to install a extrenal modem(28.8 bitsurfer) and use wvdialconf, I
get an error Port Scan*1: Ignoring ttyS0 because /dev/mouse is a link to
it.
Now Im using a ps/2 mouse and it looks like my potato box is reserving com1
for the mouse. How can I remove that link and will it be safe to
Hello Guys,
I have a network qestion. If my ip is 172.19.32.10 and a subnet of 255.0.0.0
what would my broadcast be? 172.255.255.255 ?
Where does Debiean keep all the network settings(ie ip, subnet, gateway)? I
need to change it and cant find anything in the howto's
Thanks
If I want to edit my kernel what command do I use. I tried make menuconfig
but that doesnt work. Any help would be great... Im using slink
When I cd to /usr/src there is no linux in there. So it looks like I dont
have the source tree needed to run make menuconfig. What would I need to do
from here?
-Original Message-
From: Oswald Buddenhagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 1:06 PM
To: Jay Kelly
Cc
system or run isapnp manually.
1) after using the 'pnpdump' how do I save it to the /etc/isapnp.conf.
2) Where do I uncomment the (ACT Y) command? I didnt see it.
3) How do I make sure the isapnp is run at bootup?
Thanks Guys
Jay
How do I figure out what to uncomment from the isapnp.conf. After doing
pnpdump the file has several lines that are all commented out. Any help
would be great
-Original Message-
From: Marshal Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 4:16 PM
To: Jay Kelly
Cc: debian-user
When I configure eth1 with ip, netmask, etc. then do a ifconfig all the
information will show. After rebooting I do a ifconfig and all the
information is now gone. How do I make sure it stays?
Ok here it is. I have two ethernet card one a linksys and the other netgear,
Both using the tulip driver. I configure eth0 and eth1 with ifconfig
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and so on. the check the configuration with ifconfig and
everything is fine. Then I reboot the system and try ifconfig and eth0 is
fine
I did a check on my firewall using grc.com and found I have a hole from port
139 NetBios. Which I sure I did while I was playing with Samba. The question
is how can I reverse this and shut down netbois. I have try to comment out
netbios in /etc/sevides but I still have the problem. I want my
I need help in getting my potato box to see it. When I run wvdialconfig it
only checks com 1 and com 2. How do I get linux to look on come 3 and 4?
-Original Message-
From: Ray Olszewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:56 PM
To: Jay Kelly; debian-user
When I do a fresh install of slink, Will it detect my two pci Ethernet cards
automatically or will I need to change the module.conf file.
Hello Debians,
Im am trying to setup a Debian firewall using ipchains, But I need some help
in setting up the PCI Ethernet cards. One is an Linksys and the other a
Kingston. Both should work under the Tulip driver but I dont know how to add
the second eth1 card. The system detects the first and
Hello All,
What Version on of Debian should I be using. Is there a big difference from
Slink to Potato to Frozen? Any seuggestion would be great
Hey,
How do I install a modem. I looked at the man page and tried isapnp buty I
couldnt figure out how to use it. Im using a PnP 33.6 Wisecom Modem. I also
looked at the howto's and it was very little help.
Any help would be great.
Im sorry to ask this again, what do I do to add another ethernet card to my
box. I want to add a Kingston to eth1 and I cant remember the way to do it.
Hello Group,
Im trying to setup sendmail and Im at the sendmailconfig and im confussed. I
am being asked for: what is the visable mail name of your system. would this
be my computer name?
Ok I have another dumb question.
If I want to install X Windows what do I do. I have already tried apt-get
install xserver-svga and it installs, but when I try to run the XF86Config
I get command not found and I get the same for XF86Setup. What did I
forget to install?
, 2000 1:18 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Jay Kelly; debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: APM Disable
According to the only package I found on Debian's site concerning APM
(apmd): The Debian default kernel does *not* contain APM support,
because it causes problems on some computers
If my monitor goes black,(i.e. screen saver I think) how do I turn that off.
The monitor doesnt shut off just goes blank. Sounds like the screen saver
but I have no idea where to check..
Is there a way to keep my Telnet port open but still have security?
When I turn on setterm -msg on, i see:
Package log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17 172.19.32.10:1026 172.255.255.255:111
L=13 s=0x00 I=742 F=0x T=64 (#4)
So what am I looking at and why does it continue to do this?
Thanks for your help ahead of time
Ok I have two qeustion for the group,
1) I am wanting to use the finger command in my hosts.allow file to see who
has been in my system. Im using
spawn (/usr/sbin/safe_finger -l @%h | /usr/ucb/mail root) but I dont receive
any mail. Am I doing this right?
2) When I try to edit my hosts.allow
: Friday, May 19, 2000 11:57 PM
To: Debian User List
Subject: Re: Telnet Security
On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 10:05:32PM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote:
Is there a way to keep my Telnet port open but still have security?
I just went through this. I installed ssh on my linux box removed telnet.
If you're
Hello Guys,
After a few minutes my monitors shut due to APM. Where do I shutoff APM? I
checked the bios and didnt see anything dor the monitor.
Any sugestion would be great
Hello All,
Is it possible to clone my linux hard drive to an image or to another drive?
This way in the event of hard drive failure I can swap drives and be right
back up. If it is, how would I go about it?
What mail program should I use to recieve mail from my pop3 server. Also
what generates the quotes at the end of the emails???
might not find
the
exact lines as above, but you will find the lines which accomplish the same
thing.
...or even simpler to look at /etc/init.d/samba. The
/etc/rc?.d/S[whatever]samba is a link to the script in the init.d directory.
--Jay Barbee
Hello All,
How can I remove Sendmail and install something just a get mail like
fetchmail I guess? I accidently installed sendmail not knowing that I really
dont need it.
Hey Its me again,,
Can I upgrade from Debian 2.1 to something like potato? And if so do I do it
with agt-get or something..
-Original Message-
From: Jay Kelly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 4:34 PM
To: cls--colo spgs
Subject: RE: Upgreade Debian
Im not sure I understand, I need to add Http://.debian.org potato main
contrib non-free exactly like that Will that link work like
Hey Group,
How can I keep my monitor from shutting off after a few minutes. I sure its
a part of APM but do I make the changes in Debian or is it done in the bios
Anybody have an idea?
-Original Message-
From: Olaf Meeuwissen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 10:23 PM
To: Jay Kelly
Subject: Re: Samba
Jay Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
When I Run the command nmblookup -B SERVER __SAMBA__. I get Sending
queries to 0.0.0.0
to or do I create
a new file. Im confused...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jay
On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 03:34:44PM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote:
Where do I change my computer Name, Workgroup and how do I rename the Samba
Server?
Samba gets its computer name from /etc/hostname, which is also your computer
name. Workgroup is changed in /etc/smb.conf (or /etc/samba/smb.conf
After looking at the smb.log I noticed a error:
[2000/05/17 07:37:48, 1] smbd/sever.c:main(628) smbd version 2.0.5a started.
[2000/05/17 07:37:48, 1] smbd/files.c:file_init(216) file_init: Information
only: requested 1 open files, 1014 are available.
[2000/05/17 07:37:49, 0]
Hello Group,
Im running Samba and was wondering how I set up a Windows98 machine to login
into the debian server and to be auth. ?
Hello all,
I'm looking to run a mail server similar to Microsoft Exchange. Is there
something for debian out there I can use? If so what's the url?
16, 2000 12:27 AM
To: Jay Kelly
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Samba Setup
Odd.. I don't have netscape 4.x installed, but the newest mozilla.
I installed swat to test it out ( I am on woody ), hmm.. do you have
nmap installed? sending the output of `nmap localhost` might help,
just
Is there a How-To I can look at to help me set this up
-Original Message-
From: Davide Libenzi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 11:42 PM
To: Jay Kelly; debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Maikl Server
If You need a one package solution ( SMTP + POP3
I notice when I go into /etc there isnt a file named smb.conf. Does that
mean that samba is not installed or do I need to create the file myself?
-Original Message-
From: Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 12:27 AM
To: Jay Kelly
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Where do I change my computer Name, Workgroup and how do I rename the Samba
Server?
Where would I find smbclient, I cant seem to find it and I guess I need it
for samba ,, right?
Hello All,
Anyone have any idea;s what would keep my mouse from woring in X Windows.
Its a PS2 Kensington mouse. I cant seem to get it to work. Is it compatible
with Debian?
Hello Guys,
How do I stop X Windows from startign automaticlly aafter rebooting? Should
I use a boot disk to get to a promt? Any help would be great.
Thanks
Jay
uick question,
How would I edit a file such as XF86Cofig? I mean what is the command to
open it so I can change a few things such as pointer.
Thanks
Ok Guys,
I got X Finally working mouse and all. But and you knew there had to be a
butt. How can I change the screen size without going back into XF86Config. I
am looking at 640x480 and would like 800x600. Will this be possible to
change without going into XF86Config?
Thanks Agian for all the
When running X, Where do I find NetScape Browser.I tried Mozilla Navigator.
Thats not is right?
Thank Guys
and under a name matching one of the following:
Communicator*-v4-.X86-*-linux*glibc*.tar*
navigator*-v4*.x86_*_linux*glibc*.tar*
Ok so what am I doing wrong here
Thanks ahead of time for all your help
Jay
I need some help setting up Samba.. Sorry to keep bugin you guys . Im
getting there. I try to configure samba thought netscape but I am gettting
an error Netscapes connection was refused by the server. Im sure I installed
it when I installed Debian. Any Ideas guys
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Samba Setup
Hi Jay,
I assume you are trying to configure samba through SWAT..
( I like using the manpage and editing smb.conf,
but that's me :)
Is SWAT in your /etc/inetd NOT commented out ( without a
# in front of it ), is inetd running, which port
.
Thanks Jay
Anybody know where I can get some help woth setting up X.. I cant seem to
get it working right.
Jay
WHat Ethernet card will work best with Debian, Netgear FA-310TX (Tulip chip)
, Intel Pro 100or Linksys LNE100TX. And what command do I use to install the
card?
Jay
I need help installing a Ethernet Netgear FA-310TX (Tulip
chip). Does anyone know where I would get the drivers and how to install it.
Im new to linux and was looking for a link to download Debian. Where can I
find a ISO format of Debian?
Thanks Jay
AS a new user to Linux, what flavor of linux should I use for a server with
Windows clients? And where can I download a cdimage of it. I tried
cdimage.debian.org but that was a bad link. Can someone give me the exact
link to the cdimage file download?
know its there I just installed it. Can someone help with this
Thanks
Jay the newbie
know its there I just installed it. Can someone help with this
I also notice that it says Stand Alone Shell above the cusor after logging
in.. How do I switch it back?
Thanks
Jay the newbie
:18:02 CST 1999
i686 unknown
Any help to fix this problem would be greatly
appriciated.
Thanks,
- Jay
On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 06:19:54PM +0200, Emilis wrote:
Maybe offtopic, what win util burns *.raw files ? Used for potato
unofficial iso files.
Rename to .iso.
Any tool (EZCD, CDR-Win, etc.) should be able to burn it.
--Jay Barbee
On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 12:52:48PM -0500, Wayne Sitton wrote:
how do I enable ip aliasing
you need to make you kernel and have
CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y
in the 'make config'.
If you are totally lost view the Kernel HOWTO:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html
--Jay Barbee
network. For the printer/disk shares can be done via Samba (if windows
clients) and nfs, lpr (if UNIX clients).
But be careful what you are granting. You are creating security holes.
-Jay Barbee
of the mail file where your mail is stored.
I will not take credit for this, I found it on a deja post:
http://x41.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=529909910search=threadCONTEXT=956587245.1650458628HIT_CONTEXT=956585501.1607860225hitnum=4
Good luck,
--Jay Barbee
On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 12:42:42PM -0400, Maury R . Merkin wrote:
Is there a command which returns a list of the *.deb packages presently
installed on my 'puter?
dpkg --get-selections
--Jay Barbee
Under the most recent Corel Linux I compiled 2.2.14 for a
notebook and everything went fine.
I can ping around the globe, do nslookups, and dig.
I also can ping back and forth within my intranet.
No worries here.
However, any browser, whatsoever refuses to bring up web pages
from the internet.
I had the same problem where I have two files in /usr/doc/mount/ that were
block devices on the README.Debain.gz.
They way I got rid of the files is to go into debugfs. Be careful with
this util. You can use debugfs' rm and it will clear the inode. Problem
solved.
Hope it helps...
--Jay
to the solution.
--Jay
As a new user of Linux it took me four times to get it installed on my old
machine, the last time I had to take apart my PC to resolve a minor cable
problem that Windows 95 had no problem with. I read for a full week the
documentation provided on the Debian web site before I attempted to
routines,
and I do not see anything out of the ordinary.
Anyone have any hints on how to get this volume to shutdown cleanly?
Booting up into the rescue partition next time to run ckraid is not that fun.
Thanks,
--Jay Barbee
that I have broken (not really but it bitches).
If slink's netbase is not going to include ipmasqadm, then there needs to
be a package for ipmasqadm. To go to potato's netbase cleanly, involves
many iteration.
Just my $.02
--Jay Barbee
emails
in debian-user after a month of slink being stable!
--Jay
At 4/12/99 09:43 AM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
Jay Barbee writes:
I have never used pppconfig before, but I did not. I got the connection
setup and it it authenticated without a problem. But it would not setup
the defaultroute?!?!
Do you have an ethernet card installed? pppd won't override
, however /var/spool/mail/username is empty.
Niether Mutt or Elm finds new mail?
--Jay
. It was link that in Hamm, and I
believe Bo too.
So if resolve.conf fixes your problem... what do you have in resolve.conf,
that I do not have? What are the permissions?
I still think it is a bug. Do you have a bug-track number for it?
Thanks for the reply,
--Jay Barbee
At 3/26/99 10:45 AM
...
--Jay Barbee
Jay Barbee wrote:
Hummm...
I actually do have /etc/resolv.conf. It is odd that I also run BIND but
only in a caching mode. My resolve.conf does not point to my box as being
a choice for one of the name services, but it still uses server 0.0.0.0
(mybox) as the name
If I go back and add the old package (libc6_2.0.7t-1). I do not have this
problem.
I have installed SLINK from scratch on a laptop and a friend's system. I
did not get these errors then, so why now? Is this a bug? Anyone else see
this?
--Jay Barbee
I have checked the bios... and it is odd that for the two ports there are
three settings, one disabled, and then one for IRQ4, IO0x03e8 and another
for IRQ3, IO0x02e8. And the BIOS lets you know when you have set the
serial port up conflicting. But I did check, and both are on!
Thanks,
--Jay
Thanks for the note, And I just recieved a letter about my BIOS. I did
check it, and I know they are not disabled, however, I wanted to check to
make sure the IO Ports are matching.
--Jay
At 3/19/99 07:04 AM +0100, you wrote:
Dear Jay,
I have seen this discussion on the Debian users
At 3/17/99 07:58 PM -0800, Shanta McBain wrote:
Jay Barbee wrote:
First modem is MultiTech ZDX 19.2k bps and the second is a USR Courier
v.everything 33.6k bps.
Are they set to different settings. If they are on the same setting you will
get
nothing.
Hummm, are you talking about the modem's
v.everything 33.6.
Humm! It honestly looks as if the serial port on the computer is not
working. This would explain why I could never get apcd and upsd working
about 4 months ago.
--Jay Barbee
).
No mouse is attached to the system, but it is an ATX system with a PS/2
style mouse port.
I am under the impression that these serial ports do not work.
Thanks for your help,
--Jay Barbee
At 3/16/99 08:07 PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
Jay Barbee writes:
Mar 16 16:49:16 torch kernel: tty02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Mar 16 16:49:16 torch kernel: tty03 at 0x02e8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Modem should be in the first serial port. Any ideas how I can get this
thing to talk
not make a peep or even a blink. Very odd.
--Jay Barbee
PS: My computer has two builton serial ports listed as port1 and port2.
setserial detects these as ttyS2 and ttyS3 (which I know are the 3rd and
4th serial devices). Mine is physicall pluges into port1, which I am
seeing as ttyS2. But as I said
Never on tried using a modem on this debain box.
First modem is MultiTech ZDX 19.2k bps and the second is a USR Courier
v.everything 33.6k bps.
I figured pretty standard modems. I was using the USR on a NT with all the
same cables, so I know the cable and modem do work.
--Jay Barbee
At 3/17
At 3/17/99 05:53 PM +0100, Nils Rennebarth wrote:
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 11:48:39AM -0500, Jay Barbee wrote:
Never on tried using a modem on this debain box.
First modem is MultiTech ZDX 19.2k bps and the second is a USR Courier
v.everything 33.6k bps.
What does cat /proc/interrupts and cat
At 3/17/99 08:12 PM +0100, Thomas Keusch wrote:
On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 10:20:56AM -0500, Jay Barbee wrote:
I get this cron error ever since I upgraded the LPR package.
I didn't just want to run a chmod on it, but if someone could explain what
has happened and how to handle it I would
I get this cron error ever since I upgraded the LPR package.
I didn't just want to run a chmod on it, but if someone could explain what
has happened and how to handle it I would appreciate it.
--Jay Barbee
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 06:46:30 -0500 (EST)
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