Upgrade woes: These packages have been kept back
I tried (again) upgrading my 2.1r4 to 2.2r3 today. When I ran apt-get --fix-broken --show-upgraded dist-upgrade I was told that These packages have been kept back, and a list of about 12 packages, including: login, netstd, passwd, ppp. Most of the list I didn't really care about too much, but the above seem pretty important for what I use. I thought the normal reason that packages were kept back was that one or more packages were in a hold state or something similar, yet I don't have anything like that. Does anyone have any clues as to why I got this result, and what the best thing to do is, please? -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 Ghastly .sigs, have they no ending?
Upgrading from 2.1r4 to 2.2
Okay, I'm now nearly ready to make the switch - a full, functional backup has been taken. What I haven't seen anywhere is what happens if one has packages which are later than what apt-get knows about. For example, I installed X from 2.1r4 but found it didn't support my video card, so installed a new copy of X from a tarball. What will happen to such installations when I upgrade, does anyone know? -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 The universe is composed of 13% Electrons, 13% Protons, 14% Neutrons, 60% Morons.
Re: ipchains: cannot open file `/proc/net/ip_fwnames' (was: Re: No such file or directory - huh?!)
On 22 Jul 2001, Bob Nielsen wrote: 2.0.x kernels do not use ipchains, but use ipfwadm instead. Aha! Wonderful, thanks. Yes, I just read the Firewall HOWTO which says: The bilt in Linux firewall have changed several times. If you are using an old Linux kernel (1.0.x or older) geta new copy. These older used ipfwadm from http://www.xos.nl/linux/ipfwadm/ and is no longer supported. The last sentence of which I read as meaning kernels 1.0.x and earlier used ipfwadm, and anything later uses ipchains, but it goes on to say: If you are using 2.2.13 or newer you will be using ipchaining as developed by http://www.rustcorp.com/linux/ipchains/ which does indeed suggest I should not be using ipchains. Quite why I have the ipchains stuff installed, however, is a mystery. Upgrading is definitely in order, however. Its on the list. Generally I don't like to upgrade unless there is a compelling reason to (one reason to use Linux is to escape the bigger! better! faster! M$ mentality, at least for me). However to upgrade over the 'net I first need a firewall... Will look more closely at ipfwadm this evening, thanks Bob and everyone else who responded. -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it. (Henry Ford)
ipchains: cannot open file `/proc/net/ip_fwnames' (was: Re: No such file or directory - huh?!)
Joost Kooij wrote: On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 08:34:48PM +0200, Gary Jones wrote: ash-ock:/etc/init.d# ./firewall bash: ./firewall: No such file or directory [snip] What's going on? The script file is definitely there In the script, you are using a command with a tpyo in it or that is located in a place not in your current $PATH. Nope. See later for how I know why not... Perhaps the command is ipchains (/sbin/ipchains) and you are used to doing su to become root? In that case, next time do su -, so you get a propor root login, with all the sbins in $PATH. No, I ran that scripting session as root so that I wouldn't get anything silly like ownership issues. and Tim Moss wrote: The No such file could be referring to the shebang line. Does /bin/sh exist? Yes. I still don't know what caused the problem. What I ended up doing was something like: cp ../init.d/firewall ../init.d/firewall.old cp ../init.d/network ../init.d/firewall jed ../init.d/firewall ../init.d/firewall.old and then copying the contents of 'firewall.old' into 'firewall'. After that I didn't get No such file or directory any more, though the original reason is still a mystery to me. Thanks for your help, though. Now I get: ash-ock:~# ipchains -F ipchains: cannot open file `/proc/net/ip_fwnames' [which is not surprising, since...] ash-ock:~# ls -la /proc/net/ip* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root0 Jul 22 10:29 /proc/net/ip_forward -rw-r--r-- 1 root root0 Jul 22 10:29 /proc/net/ip_input -rw-r--r-- 1 root root0 Jul 22 10:29 /proc/net/ip_output *sigh* I thought creating all the stuff required was the job of the install routine? I also get setsockopt : protocol not available when trying to set the policy. FWIW this is ipchains --version 1.3.4 (as per standard 'slink' distro, I believe) -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Einstein)
No such file or directory - huh?!
Okay, now I'm /really/ confused! Who nicked my firewall script?! Have a read of this (some snipped for brevity): ash-ock:/etc/init.d# ls -la total 60 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jul 21 19:26 . drwxr-xr-x 40 root root 3072 Jul 21 19:24 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 840 Jan 12 1999 README -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2869 Nov 2 1998 alsa -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1683 Jan 8 1999 bootmisc.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 728 Jun 21 1998 checkfs.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2776 Jan 12 1999 checkroot.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 835 Apr 11 1999 cron -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1046 Jul 21 1999 exim -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 765 Jul 21 19:26 firewall [snip] ash-ock:/etc/init.d# ./firewall bash: ./firewall: No such file or directory ash-ock:/etc/init.d# ./hostname.sh ash-ock:/etc/init.d# more ./firewall #! /bin/sh # Script to control packet filtering. [snip] What's going on? The script file is definitely there, I can 'more' it, 'jed' it, whatever I like except run it. I'm sure I'm missing something real simple here... -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants. (Isaac Newton)
Re: Ripping MP3s
On 23 Jun 2001, Thomas Zimmerman wrote: On 23-Jun 12:31, Gary Jones wrote: [cdparanoia] (== PROGRESS == [ | .. 00 ] == :-P . ==) hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 hdb: ATAPI reset complete hdb: irq timeout: status=0xc0 hdb: ATAPI reset complete hdb: irq timeout: status=0xc0 end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40, sector 0 snip try disabling DMA access to hdb. Thanks, but it isn't on (everything==0 except readahead which == 8) It did give an error at the end of hdparm when querying it, but I don't know if that's normal or not. Clues, anyone? I should probably have mentioned that the drive works fine as a CD- ROM drive - I installed Debian from it and cdparanoia itself - so I'm a bit bemused by this turn of events. -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 Every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not on the equal freedom of others. HERBERT SPENCER, 1851
Re: Ripping MP3s
On the Debian User list, many people including Chris Smith wrote: Thanks for the info everyone. I'm having a few problems, however... Can anyone recommend any package for creating mp3s from CDs [snip] cdparanoia to extract the audio from the cd. Okay, I've tried that, but I don't seem to get very far: ~# cdparanoia 1 general info stuff snipped Ripping from sector 33 (track 1 [0:00:00]) Ripping to sector 11822 (track 1 [2:37:14]) Ouputing to cdda.wav (== PROGRESS == [ | .. 00 ] == :-P . ==) hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 hdb: ATAPI reset complete hdb: irq timeout: status=0xc0 hdb: ATAPI reset complete hdb: irq timeout: status=0xc0 end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40, sector 0 Anyone know what those status code mean? The drive is quite obviously doing something (I can hear it), and the '.' after the :-P in the PROGRESS line changes between '.', 'o', and '0' (I guess to show that something is happening). I read on the Troubleshooting section of the cdparanoia website that some drives have trouble extracting the first track so I tried doing the second and got a similar result, except that it first extracted most of the track. The cdparanoia README says: snip |(for ATAPI and proprietary cdrom devices) | | The kernel must have compiled-in or module-supplied cdrom support. Compiled in, so I guess that's not the problem. snip | In the /dev directory there have to be these descriptors: | br 1 cduser user major, 0 Jan 23 1995 cdrom device 1 | br 1 cduser user major, 1 Mar 24 1993 cdrom device 2 | etc... I have: /dev# ls -la | more snip lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Aug 2 2000 cdrom - /dev/hdb snip brw-rw 1 root disk 3, 64 Dec 9 1999 hdb (which makes me think I might switch off the 'w' but doubt that that is my problem here?) | a link named 'cdrom' to the cdrom drive used will speed up the | process of finding the cdrom (cdparanoia checks for the link first) Yup, it seems to find it just dandy. Anyone know why it fails to complete an extraction once it has found it, please? For bonus points you might also like to recommend a sound card, as I'm not sure that mine (Yamaha WF192XG) works too well (or at all) using GPL-type software. Have you tried Alsa? I've just started reading the docs. Last time that I looked, my card wasn't supported as Yamaha wouldn't release the details, but it seems they've had a change of heart :-) -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6
Re: Ripping MP3s
On 23 Jun 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 12:31:12PM +0200, Gary Jones wrote: I have: /dev# ls -la | more snip lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Aug 2 2000 cdrom - /dev/hdb snip brw-rw 1 root disk 3, 64 Dec 9 1999 hdb chgrp cdrom /dev/hdb (if thats really a CDROM). adduser yourusername cdrom logout login Okay, thanks for that useful snippet. It din't solve my main problem, but I can now do what I could only do previously as root, as a normal user. That was going to be my next thing to look at after I sorted out the extraction problem, but as usual you're way ahead of me ;-) Thanks anyway. -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Einstein)
Re: [MAPS #33478] Re: Whats goin on?
On 3 Apr 2001, Alan Shutko wrote: Roberto Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: They want to block the whole IP's which are dynamic so they can not send mail anymore so every guy in the internet will have to depend upon a third-party mail relay to send mail [..] Your ISP gives you a mailserver through which to relay mail. Set a smarthost and get over it. Do they? I can name at least one which may not (depending on the tarif you choose). They might provide a newsserver as well, but it doesn't mean you are forced to use it, either to read or post. Why isn't that sufficient for you? Because that is not the way the internet works[1]. [1] You may substitute should work if you prefer. -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 Ghastly .sigs, have they no ending?
Debian + exim + procmail
Okay, exim has confused me again. I've just set up procmail, per that app's documentation. Now exim says 2001-04-02 22:13:59 14kAi7-5E-01 ** |exec /usr/bin/procmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] D=userforward T=address_pipe: exec command not found for address_pipe transport in the log. Iassume the D= T= refer to Director and Transport entries in exim.conf? My .forward file is: |exec /usr/bin/procmail So... so... what? What did I miss? I can see something in the exim documentation about procmail, but can't understand exactly how it applies to me. I find the Exim spec somewhat unintelligible at the best of times, but I was up 'til 3am last night (this morning) so I'm 'somewhat' tired right now. -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 Quiet people aren't the only ones who don't say much.
inn: 441 posting failed
I'm just setting up inn on my Deb box (from the inn_1.7.2-4.1.deb). It is overkill for what I want, but since it is fun to try these things... Everything so far seems to be okay except when I try to post, at which point I get this error: Apr 1 13:28:42 localhost innd: SERVER starting Apr 1 13:29:53 localhost nnrpd[211]: localhost connect Apr 1 13:30:06 localhost nnrpd[211]: localhost post failed Can't generate Message-ID, No such file or directory (from the log). The odd thing is that when slrn asks me if I want to retry the posting and I say yes, I get this: Apr 1 13:30:13 localhost nnrpd[211]: localhost post ok [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone know where I might have gone wrong, please? FWIW slrn is configured to /not/ generate M-IDs, but since inn is perfectly capable of doing so I think that is not the problem. -- Gary If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. (Lewis Carroll, 'Alice in Wonderland')
Re: inn: 441 posting failed
On 1 Apr 2001, I wrote: I'm just setting up inn on my Deb box (from the inn_1.7.2-4.1.deb). [snip] when I try to post [...] I get this error: [snip] Apr 1 13:30:06 localhost nnrpd[211]: localhost post failed Can't generate Message-ID, No such file or directory (from the log). [...] Does anyone know where I might have gone wrong, please? Answer: I didn't read the FFAQ. Put a domain: something in the inn.conf. -- Gary If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants. (Isaac Newton) But If I fail to configure software properly its because I haven't RTFM.
Re: Read-only Servers We Can Snoop Around on for Tips?
On 23 Feb 2001, MaD dUCK wrote: i find myself usually using configurations that are very specific to my sites. You're right, I think. There are so many possible permutations (just thing, for example, about the different ways to connect to the 'net - modem ppp, isdn, cable, *DSL (did I miss any) - and the different ways they may be configured/used. Its a nice idea, but it just seems a little impractical to me. that's why there are HOWTOs, man, Yeah, man, read the HOWTOs %-) -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Einstein)
Re: Linux Professional Institute
On 16 Feb 2001, another spammer wrote: P.S.: This is not spam mail. It is Unsolicited. It is Commercial (and Bulk) It is Email. It is spam, QED. Send complaints as normal, folks. -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 Ghastly .sigs, have they no ending?
Re:
On 11 Feb 2001, unix,inc. wrote: Nothing of interest, how unusual. Did anyone hear anything back from the domain, or are we to take this to MAPS and get the sewer plugged? Note cc. -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6
Re: mutt + seperate folder for lists
On 2 Feb 2001, Nathan E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The following works well for spam (thanks craig sanders)(season to taste): ## Spam filters :0 * ^TO([EMAIL PROTECTED])|(free4u2.com) Mail/SPAM/ I don't use procmail[1], so I don't know, but if it does rule processing in order, and exits after a match is found, you could just have a rule which catches all mail on which you're not in the To line (you need to have all your mailing lists rules first so that such mails, which have a similar construct, aren't binned my mistake). Very little spam will be directed to you directly, you'll be bcc'd on it, most likely. [1] Little point at present, as I don't get any spam... # impossible ip address in Received: line - one of cyberpromo's tricks. :0 E * ^Received.*\[[0-9\.]*([03-9][0-9][0-9]|2[6-9][0-9]|25[6-9]) Are you sure this won't catch emails from IP addresses which aren't in dotted quad format? Like I say, I don't use procmail (and my reg- ex is a bit rusty!) Mail/SPAM/ # now check the body of the message for spam :0 BE I guess these mean Norman didn't see his own message? :-) -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Einstein)
Re: Compiling a kernel for another machine
On 30 Jan 2001, Hall Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have this worry about all those bits I marked as Modules, though. I guess I have to copy those too, hmm? From where to where? Is there anything else I should worry about? I think most people will suggest you use the make-kpkg utility. It will create a *.deb file which you can copy to the laptop. Ahh! I never even thought of that! Its obvious though - what I'm doing is dsitributing (even if it is only about 3' away) a kernel, so I need to package it. Cool. Then just dpkg --install kernel-package-custom.deb and it will install things where they need to go. Thanks, both to you, and the others who suggested the same (sort of) thing :-) So I've been there, done that, installed the package. Great. Now it says it can't find the serial module. Serial module? I don't remember even seeing an option for that. It seems kerneld is looking in /etc/modules for the list of modules to load at startup, where, sure enough, it lists serial as one which it should load, and no it isn't in /lib/modules/any directory/my kernel version. This is the first time I've had a play with kerneld, and it seems to have gone wrong :-( Does anyone have any clues as to what I've missed? -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. (Lewis Carroll, 'Alice in Wonderland')
Sound (ESS488 AudioDrive)
I'm about to try setting up sound on my laptop in which there's one of the above cards. Does anyone have any experience setting one up? Even compiling the kernel to support sound looks confusing! -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 Quiet people aren't the only ones who don't say much.
Re: xfree 3.3.6 and 4.x
On 26 Jan 2001, Xucaen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Timothy H. Keitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or those who need XFree86 4.x :-( I'm curious, what has changed between 3.3.6, and 4.x? I'm using 3.3.6 now, and it seems ok to me.. is 3.3.6 incompatible with any new software? I believe 4.x has better support for nvidia cards (probably amongst other things; you can check http://www.xfree86.org for info on what the changes are), but you're right 3.3.6 seems fine to me, too. I likes it :-) -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 The universe is composed of 13% Electrons, 13% Protons, 14% Neutrons, 60% Morons.
fvwm95: error in loading shared libraries
I've just installed X and am getting this error on typing startx: fvwm95: error in loading shared libraries libXpm.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory What I've done is to install X 3.3.3.2 + fvwm95 from my CD-ROM and then installed the X 3.3.6 binaries over 3.3.3.2 (because 3.3.3.2 doesn't support my video card). A find / -name libXpm* -print reveals no such file on the system. Who stole libXpm.so.4?!? -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it. (Henry Ford)
Re: fvwm95: error in loading shared libraries
On 14 Jan 2001, David Purton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Gary Jones wrote: Who stole libXpm.so.4?!? on my machine this file is contained in the package xpm4g Yes, on mine too. I had the package installed but the file was nowhere to be seen. I've removed and then reinstalled both that and fvwm95 and everything is now fine. Thank you David, Romain, all is now running fine. -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6 If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants. (Isaac Newton)
Re: Tape support under Linux 2.2.x
On 10 Jan 2001, you wrote: On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 04:03:18 PST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I definitely need /something/ to do backups to (alternative suggestions, anyone?). Anyway, I found http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ftape-HOWTO.html quite interesting, particularly http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ftape-HOWTO-6.html#supp_drives any SCSI-tapedrive should do AFAICT. If you have a scsi interface :-)
Re: Some refreshing news
On 5 Jan 2001, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: upgraded my motherboard and CPU last night (from a Pentium 75 to a Celeron 500). The system is a dual boot system (Debian Linux, and Windows 95). I have been unable to boot into Windows (lots of errors, graphics look horrible, and finally kills me with a fatal error), but I have had no problems with getting back into Linux! I will have to reinstall Windows to see if I can get it working again (if they had kids learning games for Linux I would get rid of Windows entirely, but until then I am stuck with it) Wine? vmware? create a debian boot-disk before you reinstall windows; windows will clear the MBR (master boot record) during installation. Indeed. Obviously you wouldn't possibly want to have any other OS on your 'puter as well.
Re: How send mail one user to another/One account?
On 5 Jan 2001, Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having trouble understanding exactly what your setup is I have one account with my ISP but have set up two users. Two users at the ISP, right? Now my SO can send me mail from MS Outlook, Is this on a LAN, or what? Does the email have to go out of your SO's system to your ISP and then to your system is what I'm trying to establish (and of course what the reverse path should be). but I can't sem to send out without it bouncing straight to me in folder with a can't find sort of msgs. Probably if you post a copy of the message then it will be more helpful, for example in identifying exactly which piece of s/w thinks your SO doesn't exist (maybe its just jealous?). Details: Original account [EMAIL PROTECTED] Added [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm using Mutt, Procmail and Fetchmail. And exim or some other MTA? There has to be a way of telling one of them to let [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail out of the system. This is what makes me wonder, you see. Does the email /have/ to go out of the system, or could you just run a pop3 server locally from where your SO could collect email with Outlook. This would be a better solution if you have networked PCs, but you could also try Post-Its :-)
Re: Debian 2.2 and ISDN
On 23 Dec 2000, Michael Steiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Felix Natter wrote: I just tried to set up isdn exactly the way Marcus Jodorf described in his mail a few months ago (configure modules, create config files with isdnconfig and edit them). If you are in Germany you have to use the 1TR6 protocol and not DSS1 as in rest of europe. I don't think you /have/ to use 1TR6, I am happily using the default (i.e. not specifying a protocol) which I think is DSS1. Are there benefits of one over the other?
Re: /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0dns-up for ipppd ?
On 1 Jan 2001, Felix Natter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was pleased to see that there is a file in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d that does the dynamic nameserver-assignment (option usepeerdns) for pppd (probably created by pppconfig). Now I would like to know if there is anything similar for ipppd (option ms-get-dns) ? I don't know, though my ISP insists that I use it also. All I did was boot into Windows and trap the DNS lookups to a log file via my firewall. Of course, I'm in trouble if they ever decide to change the IPs of their DNS (so if you find a better solution I would be interested to know it), but it does work for the time being.
Stupid question
Okay, stupid question time. What is the best way of connecting to the 'net? I don't mean the mechanicals, which connection type to use, that sort of thing, but rather which account(s) should do so. Preferably I don't want to connect as root, but some things (e.g. collecting mail or news) might be better done as root or might /need/ to be done as root, or at least some specific user with the right permissions which might be different for the different tasks. What's the best thing to do? I've never really seen a decent discussion about this, since I started fiddling about with Linux (on and off, about 2 years).
Exim on a dialup
I have just installed and configured exim on my box. Both incoming (via fetchmail) and outgoing mail work, but at the moment exim initiates a connection to my ISP as soon as it gets outgoing mail. I know there is a way to stop this but I couldn't see the details in the man page. Could someone point me in the right direction, please, maybe with a hint as to the keyword or phrase I should be looking for?
Mutt/exim - multiple email addresses
What's the best way of rewriting addresses when you have multiple email accounts all pointed at the same local login? I've got exim setup to rewrite the 'From' on outgoing mail so that [EMAIL PROTECTED] becomes one of my real email addresses, which is fine as far as it goes. The problem is that I would like to be able to send email from my other addresses as well, with the correct 'From'. Some sort of interactive script thing, maybe? Does mutt have that kind of extensibility, like slrn?
Re: Hosts.all/Hosts.deny vs. a firewall?
So far I have the following setup: hosts.deny: ALL:ALL hosts.allow: ALL: my_work.domain My intention is to prevent everyone from the 'outside' from reaching my box. I do realize that anyone in my_work.domain would also be able to get at it. Is this secure? No! If this is indeed correct could someone tell me why I would need/want a firewall /me considers the two attempted port scans against this computer this weekend I wouldn't connect to the 'net without one. YMMV. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
RE: Hosts.all/Hosts.deny vs. a firewall?]
I'm sorry, make that three attempts. The fuckwits can FOAD - all such attempts are logged and sent to the appropriate abuse / postmaster addresses. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
RE: Hosts.all/Hosts.deny vs. a firewall?]
Pollywog wrote: On 27-Aug-2000 Gary Jones wrote: I'm sorry, make that three attempts. The fuckwits can FOAD - all such attempts are logged and sent to the appropriate abuse / postmaster addresses. I have been on a DSL connection for a few weeks, and my IP address will change about once a week. Since the most recent IP address change, I have been seeing in my logs attempted connections to ports 137, 138, and 139 Nope, I'm talking about shit like this: Alert 27/08/00 19:30:42.876 IP Filter Details: Inbound TCP connection Local address,service is (62.180.7.167,27374) Remote address,service is (62.180.21.221,1448) Alert 27/08/00 19:30:41.107 IP Filter Rule Details: Inbound TCP connection Local address,service is (62.180.7.167,27374) Remote address,service is (62.180.21.221,1448) Alert 27/08/00 19:25:48.151 IP Filter Details: Inbound TCP connection Local address,service is (62.180.7.167,Backdoor-g-1) Remote address,service is (62.180.21.221,2128) And shite load more. If I have my way they /will/ burn. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?
I just received my Debian 2.2 CDs from Cheapbytes I decided to run `md5sum' on each file on the CD-ROM, and compare its output with the file /cdrom/md5sum.txt. I was surprised to find that they differed. (there are many other such files): I'm really not surprised. I had CheapBytes RH and had all sorts of problems with the CDs. It was these problems that convinced me that I needed to get some new Linux CDs, from there it was a small matter to decide to move everything to Debian (rather than just have it on my laptop). CheapBytes have guaranteed no repeat business from this quarter. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
isdn
I'm confused. I have just switched from modem to isdn (a PCI AVM Fritz! card - the 'active' one, but I can't find a model number anywhere, sorry). I just want to be able to (manually) establish a connection to my ISP (any ISP, actually!) and then manually disconnect, but I can't find anything anywhere about how to set up Debian to use the card - a few references on the wuhwuhwuh which say to look at the docs under /usr/doc (I've done this, but there doesn't seem to be anything obviously useful - yes I do have all the HOWTOs miniHTs installed, at least the ones that came on the CDs). Does anyone have some pointers, maybe to some fuller documentation elsewhere, please? -- Gary[Deb. 2.1r4] Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: mailcap/slrn question
Dale Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have a working mailcap file that will display images from newsgroups in slrn? Have you tried asking in news.software.readers ng? For info on slrn configuration this should really be your first stop - lots of knowledgable people including JED himself. -- Gary Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
