Re: How do I make my normal account (not root) have administrative (root) privileges?

2008-12-10 Thread Strake
Your display manager may be configured not to allow root logins. Check the documentation; there may be a directive in the configuration file that must be changed. On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Brendan West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I make my normal account (not root) have administrative

Re: Source code editor

2008-04-15 Thread Strake
Emacs is a versatile editor and functions quite well as an IDE. Any features not included out-of-the-box can be easily added using Emacs Lisp script, but don't worry about learning that, because most, if not all, functions you'll need are in the stock version or have already been written. On Tue,

Re: NFS File-server Oops

2007-11-18 Thread Strake
Hey, that was it! This is a bug that was apparently fixed in 2.6.18.6, so what I ended up doing to fix it was to upgrade to 2.6.18.8, thus eliminating the bug. Thanks for your help! On Nov 17, 2007 9:56 AM, Jamin W. Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Strake wrote: Hi, I am running Debian

NFS File-server Oops

2007-11-17 Thread Strake
Hi, I am running Debian 4.0 on a file-server, called bender, using NFS to serve the files, and a little while after I start to copy files to my server, my server's kernel oopses and the process on the client doing the copying hangs. Using stock kernel. The kernel according to `uname -r`:

Multiple MTAs?

2007-08-21 Thread Strake
Hi, I have a Debian server, and was about to install an MTA, when I was stricken by indecision as to which MTA actually to install. I realized that it would probably be best to use Postfix to send/receive mail to/from the Internet (because of its security) and Exim on my internal network (because

Re: Multiple MTAs?

2007-08-21 Thread Strake
Thanks. I've decided, in that case, that I shall install Postfix. On 8/21/07, Strake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a Debian server, and was about to install an MTA, when I was stricken by indecision as to which MTA actually to install. I realized that it would probably be best to use

Partitions not mounting

2007-08-07 Thread Strake
I have recently installed Debian Etch on a computer. It now boots, but the filesystems /usr, /opt, /home, /var and /tmp are not mounting, and when I attempt to mount them manually, mount complains that the file /dev/mapper/vg1-fsname is missing. The /dev/mapper directory contains only the file

DHCP not working

2006-04-12 Thread Strake
Hi all,I recently installed a new motherboard (an MSI K8N Diamond Plus) in my PC, and now DHCP fails to autoconfigure the network during installation of Debian 3.1. This is weird, because not only has Debian 3.1 successfully used DHCP to configure the network on previous occasions (with everything

Re: DHCP not working

2006-04-12 Thread Strake
One interface is a Marvell 88e1115 PHY (PCI), the other is 88e8053 (PCIe). I don't know what modules to load; it doesn't say in the manual and my Google search turned up nothing useful. On 4/12/06, Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Strake wrote: Hi all, I recently installed a new

Re: Sound problem

2005-08-01 Thread Strake
Thx ppl, it works now!!! :DOn 7/31/05, Colin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Strake wrote: Same deal. On 7/30/05, *Martin Kenneth Lopez* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: try this Re-install alsa and configure it again. apt-get remove alsa apt-get remove alsa-base apt-get install alsa

Sound problem

2005-07-30 Thread Strake
When i log in (using kdm) and kde (version 3.3) starts, i get the following message (note the dialog box's title bar says Informational - artsmessage): Sound server informational message: Error initializing sound driver: Device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such device) The sound server will

Re: Sound problem

2005-07-30 Thread Strake
It outputs this: # alsaconf modinfo: snd: no module by that name found modinfo: snd: no module by that name found modinfo: snd: no module by that name found Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: (none loaded). Building card database... modinfo: snd-opl3sa2: no module by that name found modinfo:

Re: Sound problem

2005-07-30 Thread Strake
run as root alsaconf and should do it... that works for me, good luck Kenneth Strake wrote: When i log in (using kdm) and kde (version 3.3) starts, i get the following message (note the dialog box's title bar says Informational - artsmessage): Sound server informational message: Error

Re: Printer problems

2005-06-27 Thread Strake
From: Strake [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Jun 27, 2005 6:08 AMSubject: Re: Printer problemsTo: hacker [EMAIL PROTECTED]On 6/26/05, hacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/26/05, Strake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:HP PSC 1350 all-in-one. Connected using USB. I tried printing with both lpr and Firefox

Re: Printer problems

2005-06-27 Thread Strake
On 6/27/05, Ernst-Magne Vindal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Strake wrote: Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:09:13 -0400 From: Strake [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Printer problems Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 05:09:19 -0500 (CDT) Resent-From

Webcam/Digital Camera not working

2005-06-26 Thread Strake
I have a Logitech Clicksmart 820, but I don't know how to access it through my computer. I'm running Sarge.-- No place like ~/

Printer problems

2005-06-26 Thread Strake
I'm running Sarge, and I can't print. My printer's on, and try to print something but nothing happens. It gets stuck as a job on the spool and doesn't print.-- No place like ~/

Re: Printer problems

2005-06-26 Thread Strake
On 6/26/05, Steve Block [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 04:35:13PM -0400, Strake wrote:I'm running Sarge, and I can't print. My printer's on, and try to printsomething but nothing happens. It gets stuck as a job on the spool anddoesn't print. Well, what kind of printer?, how

Re: Copy protected CD's

2005-06-20 Thread Strake
On 6/20/05, Shaun Lipscombe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Tony Godshall wrote: According to Bj??rn Lindstr??m, Andrew Schulman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:Does anyone know the details?Some Windows-specific driver that's required to read the tracks?And how does it know how many times you've

Re: cd - iso

2005-06-19 Thread Strake
On 6/19/05, Strake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried dd but the file it gave me is 222M and the cd has about 600-700M on it! What gives? I also tried readcd but it gave me the following error: readcd: Read-only file system. Cannot open '/dev/hdc'. Cannot open SCSI driver. readcd: For possible

Re: cd - iso

2005-06-19 Thread Strake
On 6/18/05, ABrady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rogrio Brito wrote:On Jun 18 2005, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: cp /dev/hdc image.isoAnd yet another option for those interested in it is using the readcdprogram, available in the cdrecord package. The usage is something like this, under a 2.6

cd - iso

2005-06-18 Thread Strake
Hi ppl, I have a cd that i want to make an iso image of. How do i do this?-- No place like ~/

Re: cd - iso

2005-06-18 Thread Strake
On 6/18/05, Jochen Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Strake: I have a cd that i want to make an iso image of. How do i do this?Everything is a file:dd if=/dev/cdrom of=~/my-cdimage.isoSee manpage of dd for more options. When using dd, always be sure you don't confuse if= (input file) and of= (output

Error Reading Package Lists

2005-06-11 Thread Strake
I just booted my debian system for the first time and it automatically ran /usr/sbin/base-config . It went fine until tasksel. I chose yes when asked whether to run tasksel, but nothing happened and it skipped to the part where it asks me if i want to run dselect. I selected no, and it gave me

Re: Error Reading Package Lists

2005-06-11 Thread Strake
Thx, it worked. I think I'll go download sarge now :D On 6/11/05, Maurits van Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 09:52:28AM -0400, Strake wrote: E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room That should be solved by specifying the 'Cache-Limit' for apt in /etc/apt/apt.conf, e.g. like

Console Login

2005-06-11 Thread Strake
I just installed sarge but it always boots into a graphical environment and even when I kill it with ctrl+meta+backspace it starts again. How do I boot into console mode? -- No place like ~/

Re: Console Login

2005-06-11 Thread Strake
But I still want to be able to start them with startx, i dont want them to be gone. On 6/11/05, Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 12:36:30PM -0400, Strake wrote: I just installed sarge but it always boots into a graphical environment and even when I kill

Re: Console Login

2005-06-11 Thread Strake
Thx, it works now! On 6/11/05, Angelina Carlton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 01:20:43PM -0400, Strake wrote: But I still want to be able to start them with startx, i dont want them to be gone. you still will be able to startx, kdm, gdm are only *logon managers

Setting default desktop environment

2005-06-11 Thread Strake
I recently installed Debian but gnome is my default desktop environment. How do I change it to KDE? -- No place like ~/

Re: Console Login

2005-06-11 Thread Strake
Thx ppl, it boots into console mode now! -- No place like ~/