Re: downgrading with apt

2001-05-27 Thread Colin Watson
John Patton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to force apt-get to install downgraded packages? One or two packages are no problem... using dpkg works just fine with them. But how could you downgrade your system from testing to stable, for example? Have a look in the apt_preferences(5) man

Re: 2 ipchains questions

2001-05-27 Thread Alvin Oga
hi andrew... imap connections will not timeout if you check for new mail regularly... for more ipchain/iptables examples and howtos.. c ya alvin http://www.Linux-Sec.net ... security stuff .. On Sun, 27 May 2001, Andrew Perrin wrote: Thanks for all this. The reason I'd like the masqueraded

libc6 missing in woody?

2001-05-27 Thread Mike Williams
I've just tried upgrading from stable to testing. I added the following to my /etc/apt/sources.list ... deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free However, I can't seem to find the

Re: ugh. more lilo probs

2001-05-27 Thread D-Man
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 06:10:55PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | Hi, | | This is a sort of followup to the lilo-related problems I was having | some days ago. | | Adding the linear option to my /etc/lilo.conf didn't effect a fix: | I still got the cascade of LI down the screen when I

Re: Packaging WM themes - question

2001-05-27 Thread Casper Gielen
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 11:02:33PM +0200, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: Casper Gielen wrote: than a Gigahertz Athlon. No way! However, sacrifing functionality or user choice (I believe, the thread started about the choices a user has when installing themes) is not the way to go. What I'm trying

Re: libc6 missing in woody?

2001-05-27 Thread Joey Hess
Mike Williams wrote: I've just tried upgrading from stable to testing. I added the following to my /etc/apt/sources.list ... deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free However,

Re: ugh. more lilo probs

2001-05-27 Thread burningclown
Hi, I didn't have much luck with lilo on my system either, but grub has worked beautifully for me. Its configuration is really simple, though you will have to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file yourself. The (or A, or The Main) problem is that it -seems- there is still a chunk of LILO, or

Re: ugh. more lilo probs

2001-05-27 Thread D-Man
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 08:11:07PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | Hi, | | I didn't have much luck with lilo on my system either, but grub has | worked beautifully for me. Its configuration is really simple, though | you will have to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file yourself. | | The

Re: I've been getting scanned...

2001-05-27 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, May 27, 2001 at 06:11:11PM -0400, Paul Wright ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, 27 May 2001 14:07:46 PDT, Karsten wrote: Wrong. Testing is unstable + 10 days - bugs. Yes, but only for packages that begin with a through f ;) Pardon? -- Karsten M. Self

Re: I've been getting scanned...

2001-05-27 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, May 27, 2001 at 06:27:00PM -0400, Carl Fink ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 02:07:46PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: Testing is unstable + 10 days - bugs. Oh. I misunderstood what it was for -- I always assumed it was almost frozen and once it was created,

How do they make money (was: free email a/c allowing download)

2001-05-27 Thread mdevin
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 10:28:46AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 08:53:05AM -0500, ktb wrote: On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 11:47:22PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any free mail accounts (like hotmail etc.) that allow you to download your mail so that you can

experience building mozilla for woody

2001-05-27 Thread Ross Boylan
I got the source of Kitame's mozilla package and built it for woody. It seems to be working OK. Thanks Kitame! It even seemed to remove the standard woody package and retain my settings. I installed the libnspr4 package first, then mozilla. The thing is huge: I chewed up about 230Mg to build

Re: Woody release date

2001-05-27 Thread David Nusinow
On Sunday 27 May 2001 12:05 pm, Jordi S. Bunster wrote: Ok folks, I already know Debian is only ready with it's ready, but, beign involved with the community, can anyone risk a probable time range for woody to become stable? As far as I can tell, the main thing that's holding up woody from

Unable to authenticate ISP -- truncated username?

2001-05-27 Thread Jean Abercrombie
Greetings to all: I would appreciate any help! I am having a problem connecting to my ISP using pon/pppconfig. The problem appears to be that pppd is truncating my username. My username has a # in the middle of it and according to /var/more/syslog, this is where it is being split. May 24

Re: switching to devfs

2001-05-27 Thread mdevin
On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 12:47:30AM +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I have an 2.4 kernel installed but with the old fashioned /dev-node system. What is the easiest way to enable and ONLY USE the new DEVFS? Take a look at the

Re: ugh. more lilo probs

2001-05-27 Thread mdevin
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 08:11:07PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I didn't have much luck with lilo on my system either, but grub has worked beautifully for me. Its configuration is really simple, though you will have to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file yourself. The (or A, or

Re: apt-utils

2001-05-27 Thread Joey Hess
Dave Sherohman wrote: Whenever I install a new system, debconf (or rather, the minimal version on the install disks) throws up a curses-based menu asking what mode I want it to run in, then what level of messages to display. I consistently answer text/medium. It then preconfigures other

Re: I've been getting scanned...

2001-05-27 Thread Paul Wright
On Sun, 27 May 2001 18:17:53 PDT, Karsten wrote: on Sun, May 27, 2001 at 06:11:11PM -0400, Paul Wright ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, 27 May 2001 14:07:46 PDT, Karsten wrote: Wrong. Testing is unstable + 10 days - bugs. Yes, but only for packages that begin with

Re: Long pause on bootup with 2.4.4 and 2.4.5 kernels

2001-05-27 Thread mdevin
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 08:50:42PM +0100, Phillip Deackes wrote: On Sat, 26 May 2001 22:07:20 +0100 Phillip Deackes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A while ago I compiled the 2.4.4 kernel but went back to 2.4.3 when I found I was getting a long pause during boot-up,just after this: 'Configuring

Re: experience building mozilla for woody

2001-05-27 Thread Ross Boylan
At 06:43 PM 5/27/01 -0700, you wrote: I got the source of Kitame's mozilla package and built it for woody. It seems to be working OK. Thanks Kitame! It even seemed to remove the standard woody package and retain my settings. I installed the libnspr4 package first, then mozilla. The thing is

Re: Sendmail aliases error

2001-05-27 Thread Oki DZ
Wayne Sitton wrote: Cannot open hash database /etc/mail/aliases.db: Invalid argument WARNING: cannot open alias database /etc/mail/aliases Cannot create database for alias file /etc/mail/aliases What's the deal? Are you using unstable? Try apt-get update, and reinstall sendmail (remove

RE: Sendmail aliases error

2001-05-27 Thread techlists
I'm using stable. I've tried re-installing. I install exim and exim works fine(which is what I'm running now), but when I try to install sendmail, I get the same problem. wayne -Original Message- From: okidz [mailto:okidz]On Behalf Of Oki DZ Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 9:57 PM To: Wayne

Re: Unable to authenticate ISP -- truncated username?

2001-05-27 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Jean Abercrombie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010527 22:17]: Greetings to all: I would appreciate any help! I am having a problem connecting to my ISP using pon/pppconfig. The problem appears to be that pppd is truncating my username. My username has a # in the middle of it and according to

Re: Book opinions?

2001-05-27 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, May 27, 2001 at 12:25:12PM -0400, Wayne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi, Well, I'm getting ready to install Debian for the first time and would like to get the groups opinion on a book I'm going to purchase. The book's title is Debian GNU/Linux Bible and was published this year. I

Re: potato - woody zu mutig gewesen?

2001-05-27 Thread Thomas Weinbrenner
Thomas Marke wrote: Ich glaube, ich war zu mutig: Ich habe gestern abend mein potato nach woody geupgraded. Jetzt habe ich einige Probleme: 1. mein schickes, neues XFree4 kommt mit englischer Tastaturbelegung daher und nimmt als Aufloesung 1280x1024. Wie kann ich das aendern? Ich verstehe

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