Re: ssh

--- Marcelo Leal [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2002-03-15 12:40): On Thu, 2002-03-14 at 23:18, Sean Quinlan wrote: --- Marcelo Leal [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2002-03-14 14:40): thanks for the response to my questions... thanks. i have one problem in my Debian box running unstable version... just ssh

Re: /etc/issue

/cache/apt/archives dpkg -i $package Then again, with something as simple as /etc/issue you could look at the man page and create your own one. Here's mine if you don't want to go through all that effort :) -- Debian GNU/\s 2.2 \n \l -- Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I'm

Re: ssh

accepted or rejected? It could be a problem with ssh versions or any number of things... post the results of ssh -v and we'll have a look. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I'm using Debian GNU/Linux Woody 3.0 Linux plato 2.4.16 #1 Sat Dec 8 22:01:29 GMT 2001 i686 unknown

Re: How to Increase the number of logs rotated

. This is the file that controls the rotation of the squid log files. The settings you want to change are LOG_HISTORY=1 to LOG_HISTORY=7, and down at the bottom, change the line: savelog -c 3 squid.out /dev/null 21 to savelog -c 8 squid.out /dev/null 21 Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: PS1

one in your case), is the default bash prompt, which it gets when its not a login shell, or if you purposefully tell it not to read its rc files. You can try passing Eterm the -l (login) option, which should fix your problem. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I'm using Debian GNU

Re: Where do the plugins for galeon live?

to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (or wherever your plugins directory is - usually under /usr/lib/mozilla if you use the .debs). You'll have to restart mozilla/galeon to see the plugins - type about:plugins in the address bar to see what plugins are loaded. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL

Re: UT

the same problems before. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: UT

at the README file that comes with the UT files, to see what lines you have to change to use the OpenGL renderer. Otherwise, what does the UT log say? Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: how to modify screen resolution?

. Hope that helps, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Nits in unstable ssh config

the ssh package. This put the correct ssh2 version of the config file in its place, and all worked fine after that. Hope that helps Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: IPTABLES and DHCP

-- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Java-vm Mozilla plugin problems

, and I've had no problems with java pages so far. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Upgrading to XFree 4.x

--- Américo Rocha [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-12-05 23:38): i realy want to know the best way to upgrade my debian 2.2 r4 (potato) to use XFree 4.x. There are unofficial debs here: http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf410_potato/READ.THIS Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Alcatel SpeedTouch USB Modem Setup...

running ifconfig once the ppp has completed, it may be that the connection is up and running already :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: /var/log/messages on the desktop

--- Sunny Dubey [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-11-10 14:40): how do people get messages that get added to /var/log/messages printed to their desktops ?? Try the package root-tail. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Sudo and sudoers file

, you may have a NOPASSWD tag in one of your sudo rules, which should override the default of authenticate. HTH, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Debian Kernel 2.4

and 2.4.9 on my ADSL firewall, using Adrian Bunk's packages. So far I've had no problems, but its ruleset is fairly small so it doesn't get heavily used, so YMMV. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: XFree86 version?

--- MarceI Figuerola Estrada [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-10-24 21:30): I've just intallet Debian Potata 2.2r3 I need to know which XFree version I have. Does anybody know? Potato ships with XFree86 3.3.6. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: ASDL with potato? FreeSWAN with potato?

made deb packages for the latest version 1.91, you can get them here: http://people.debian.org/~risko/ Hope that helps, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Security Update

with security fixes will be upgraded. You might want to subscribe to the debian-security-announce list as well, to get notified when security fixes are applied. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: ssh and debian

when you use sudo. Just a guess :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: directly installing a deb package

for more info, and all the other cool things you can do with it. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: X compilation problem

://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf410_potato/READ.THIS These are unofficial and unsupported, but I've had good experiences with them in the past. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Portforwarding

--to 192.168.1.2:22 HTH, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: GPM + X

..) Run gpmconfig and change the device to /dev/psaux and the repeat type to raw (very important, since it just echoes all its input). Change XF86Config to use /dev/gpmdata (which is just an echo of what /dev/psaux gets), and all should be fine. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: OT: screen command

to list all screen sessions and their pids, in order to connect to a specific screen session. And you can use screen -x to connect to an already connected screen session (I generally use -x instead of -r, since it does more :). Man screen will give you way more options... :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean

Re: [NuBe:] frozen keyboard

want to try linux init=/bin/sh which should at least get you a shell on the machine, but without running any startup stuff. You could then check dmesg to see if your keyboard is recognised. HTH, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: [OT] folder-hook mutt question

to surround the set command with quotes (single quotes since you already have double quotes)... so try: folder-hook debian-user 'set index_format=%3C %q' Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: dynamic ip addresses

the file from a woody box, and modified the $NAME variable to use /usr/local/bin instead of /usr/bin. I can send you my file if you want, or you could just download the woody package of ez-ipupdate and extract the file yourself. HTH, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: help - mouse, and installing NIC driver

-- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: logitech cordless keyboard lockups after upgrade to XFree 4.1

to think about :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Adaptec 1542 with slink/potato?

some bad sectors on it :) but if the boot floppies work, then the CD will work fine. The kernel on the boot floppies picked the card up automatically, no modules needed to be inserted, but if it doesn't see it straight away, just insert the aha1542 module. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL

Re: Installed Woody Package, Killed X

(no deinstalling of packages necessary). Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Installed Woody Package, Killed X

--- Sean Quinlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-09-13 10:30): ln -s /etc/X11/X /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 Replying to my own post, that should actually be: ln -s /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 /etc/X11/X doh :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: xfree86

of X4.1 for Potato: http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf410_potato/READ.THIS I've heard lots of good reports of them so you should have no problems. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: want to install potato

the Adaptec 294x controllers have bootable CDROM support). Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Mouse problems after upgrading to Woody (X4)

to /dev/gpmdata. Then you'll be able to use the mouse in the console and X. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Mouse problems after upgrading to Woody (X4)

X4.0.3, but using a PS2 Intellimouse. Hope this helps, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: installation

for the rescue.bin file in the normal location on the official mirror, but since the reiserfs disks are unofficial, there aren't any copies of the rescue.bin file on any of the official Debian mirrors. Hope that helps, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: no mouse with X

is a device file, but gpmdata isn't: --([EMAIL PROTECTED])-(~)% ls -l /dev/gpmdata prw-r--r--1 root root1 Aug 30 23:49 /dev/gpmdata You could try removing the symlink and then reinstalling gpm, which should recreate the /dev/gpmdata file. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL

Re: The Sound of Silence

-- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Framebuffer support in kernel

-- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: mplayer opengl

fine without OpenGL output. It would probably be faster, and reduce the load on your CPU, but since Nvidia's drivers are not open source, I doubt you'll ever see OpenGL output support from mplayer. My $0.02... Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: IOMEGA ZIP-100 / ZIP-250 -- banging my head against the wall

* Phil Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-08-18 01:00): On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 12:12:03AM +0100, Sean Quinlan wrote: * Phil Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-08-17 23:50): mount -t vfat -o blocksize=1024 /dev/hdd4 /mnt/point I tried this just now, still no joy. I am seeing something with hdd4

Re: 2.4.8 SB live

problem. Have a look at the changelog here: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.9 Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: IOMEGA ZIP-100 / ZIP-250 -- banging my head against the wall

treats it as another fixed disk). Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Mutt: folder-hook + set index_format= doesn't work?

1.3.20. I tried your line as such: folder-hook mbox 'set index_format=%4C %Z %s' and it worked fine, give it a go and see :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Routing and pppd

, or make sure that you have the usepeerdns entry in your /etc/ppp/peers/adsl script (I believe this is the default if you use the script file in Benoit's tarball). Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Quake 3

rendering: no I already have Q3 installed, but it fails to start, with the following output: [snipped output] What graphics card do you have? DRI only works with certain cards, others don't need it (like Nvidia cards). Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Quake 3

with the Voodoo 3. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Mouse Setup

/psaux. And if all that still fails to get the mouse working, you'll have to post back to the list, since I'm outta ideas :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: gcc-2.91.66 needed for kernel compilation?

bzdisk', but It was for my existing kernel. I don't have much experience with boot disks myself, but the kernel-package tool will create one for you. Install kernel-package and have a look at /usr/doc/kernel-package for more information on all it can do. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL

Re: screen 1024x768 desktop 1600x1200

is now 1024x768, but the desktop has still 1600x1200, so it scrolls while using it, how can i stop that? thank you for helping me! markus Try adding the line Virtual 1024 768 Under the Modes line in your XF86Config-4. That should fix it. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: X freezing seconds after starting when mouse moves

didn't play well with XFree86 4.x, but I'm not sure if that's causing my problem or something else. Enlightenment works fine with all versions of X I've found. I've used it for years with no problems. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Question about the --color option of ls

/DIR_COLORS). Probably more pertinent on a multi user system, but good policy nevertheless. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: X 4.0.3 and agpgart

-- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Kernel upgrade

no problems. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: [OT} Linux and reiserfs

for more than 6 months... As always YMMV :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: xfree 4.0 debs for potato?

* Bostjan Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-07-12 19:40): Does anyone know of any .deb archive for XFree v4 for potato? These are unofficial, but I've had good results with them: http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf403_potato/READ.THIS Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: A basic apt-get question...

--is-it-installed packagename ? I'd use dpkg -l $foo, but you could also try dpkg -s $foo or even dpkg -S $foo if you're looking for a specific filename man dpkg probably gives even more options, have a look. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Install

... Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: help! can't start X anymore

this problem was to downgrade the packages. I'm hoping that by now, some fix has been discovered? Actually, AFAIR the solution all along was to just link /etc/X11/X to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86. Fixed it when I upgraded :) Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Nvidia, GL and root

/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.0.1251 You can also try deleting the .q3a directory in $HOME and then letting it recreate the startup files. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Nvidia, GL and root

and nvidia.com and I saw mention of those devices, so that was going to be my next suggestion... looks like you beat me to it :) -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Nvidia, GL and root

, then comment out the whole section as well. If Quake 3 runs fine as root though, it does suggest a permissions problem. What error do you get when you try run it as a user? Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: your mail

, post them back to the list and we'll have a look. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: ls colors

.bashrc. Then I can make my own changes to that file. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Alternatives to xcdroast?

. Any suggestions? I find Gnome Combust is pretty nice - you can write straight to disk without needing to create an iso, and it seems to be as configurable as xcdroast. Also, you can write disks fine as a normal user, so long as you have permission to the cdr device. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL

Re: Unable to start X

easy to fix, just make /etc/X11/X a symlink to /usr/bin/X11/XFree86. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

[OT] Mutt Threading (was Re: LOGO (with the turtle))

threaded under an existing discussion on my machine, but I'm interested as to why its showing up as a new topic on yours. Do you know of any mutt setting that would do this? -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Command-line arguments for CD drive

,SoundBlaster as suggested in the CD-ROM HOWTO, and variations of those, but they all are rejected, with comments like syntax error: end of file unexpected - installation failed. Sean Quinlan wrote: AFAIK, the above argument should only be used if your CD-ROM is connected to the ide

Re: Command-line arguments for CD drive

. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: speedup nvidia?

. When I left it as a module (and didn't modprobe it), then I could get the Nvidia AGP driver working. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: kde2

it by modifying your sources.list with the instructions on the link above. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Geforce2MX vid card setup

dselect. and I managed to erase my sources list along the way. during the install it walked me through setting up my sources list. is there another way to run that tutorial again apt-setup -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Wheel mouse

the protocol to ImPS/2. I have a Logitech cordless wheel mouse, and it works fine with the setting above. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: module net-pf-10

there problem?? This is the ipv6 module, just edit /etc/modutils/aliases, uncomment the net-pf-10 line, and then run update-modules. IIRC that should fix the problem. -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

WindowMaker Postint problem in sid

, and replacing /usr/man/man1 with /usr/share/man/man1 and that allowed it to install with no problems. Does this mean that I should file a bug report again wmaker? Thanks -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])