su in X/menus - how?
Greetings, all. This may be a newbie-ish question, but here goes. How can I make menu entries for programs that need to be run as root? I've tried all kinds of things, and the best thing I've come up with (which sucks, really) is opening an xterm and doing su -c. Of course I'd rather not do this.. and I'd rather not install kdebase just to get kdesu. Any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA, addi -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ...I'm not evil, I'm 'morally challenged' =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
aol art images on linux
Is there any such thing as a Linux viewer/converter that supports AOL's .ART image format? I've tried searching everywhere with no luck so far. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA, addi
fetchmail error
i was wondering if anyone had any idea what this error means. i never had any problem with mail retreival until recently (nothing has been changed on this end). Unable to process From lines (envelopes), change recognition modes. -- what exactly does that mean? here's the error message/s: fetchmail: 5.3.4 querying polbox.com (protocol POP3) at Mon, 01 May 2000 19:12:25 -0400 (EDT) fetchmail: POP3 +OK QPOP (version 2.53-rw991029) at free.polbox.pl starting. fetchmail: POP3 USER xx fetchmail: POP3 +OK Password required for countess. fetchmail: POP3 PASS * fetchmail: POP3 -ERR Unable to process From lines (envelopes), change recognition modes. fetchmail: Unable to process From lines (envelopes), change recognition modes. fetchmail: Authorization failure on [EMAIL PROTECTED] fetchmail: POP3 QUIT fetchmail: authorization error while fetching from polbox.com fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL) TIA, addi -- addiction http://thunder.prohosting.com/~delusion/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Well, let's just say, 'if your VCR is still blinking 12:00, you don't want Linux'. (Bruce Perens, Debian's Fearless Leader) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Free Internet... ?
On Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 01:50:38PM -0800, Percival wrote: I apologize, but I remember that several days ago someone was talking about a free web access deal. Some company who pays for free internet access by putting advertising on their hompage, and requesting users to load it as their start page. It worked with linux, which was the prime factor. I lost those messages, and I need to find this service again (I also lost the bookmark). Anyway, if anyone's got the info out there, please e-mail me. --snip-- http://www.teledyn.com/products/FreeWWW works for me -addi -- addiction http://thunder.prohosting.com/~delusion/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Well, let's just say, 'if your VCR is still blinking 12:00, you don't want Linux'. (Bruce Perens, Debian's Fearless Leader) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
fstab stuff - rather stupid question, I know!
This is a very newbie-ish question but here it is... I have several partitions, three of which I want to mount via fstab so that any user can read (not write) all of the files and directories. These are all ext2 filesystems, currently being mounted in this manner via fstab: dev/hda8 /mp3 ext2 rw,user,suid,dev,sync,noauto 0 2 etc etc... The problem is that everything on these partitions was moved by me when I was logged in as root; the filesystems were mounted rw,default at the time. I'm not sure what's up but I can't access the 2nd level directories as a normal user anymore. I tried changing the group, permissions, etc of the files manually and it does no good - I get permission denied when I try to change directories within the /mp3 dir at all (same with all the other mounted partitions I moved stuff on, two others specifically). Please, someone tell me what my silly mistake is. Is it the options I'm using in fstab, or did I do something wonky to my permissions when I moved the files? It shows the current permissions on the dirs as this: drw-rw-rw-6 root audio4.0k Mar 6 20:58 l/ drw-rw-rw-2 root audio 16k Mar 6 20:34 lost+found/ drw-rw-rw-3 root audio4.0k Mar 6 20:58 miscmp3/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mp3 cd a bash: cd: a: Permission denied (Yes, Haunted is a member of the audio group.) TIA, addi -- addiction http://thunder.prohosting.com/~delusion/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Well, let's just say, 'if your VCR is still blinking 12:00, you don't want Linux'. (Bruce Perens, Debian's Fearless Leader) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
possible to extract .cab files under linux?
Hello.. Rather silly question but here goes: I don't have access to Windows or DOS and I need to extract the contents of some .cab files. I was wondering if there is any tool I can use to do this, since this is a Microsoft free Debian machine. All I want to do is extract some truetype fonts from various .cabs I have on old cd-roms (I need them for something in particular). I did consider the possibility of using dosemu or wine with some kind of command-line program made for DOS (something like winzip or cabview I guess it'd be) but since Windows/DOS is not installed on this machine I really have no way of doing this (that I can think of). Any help would be greatly appreciated.. either a recommendation for a program which runs under Linux to extract such files, or any other logical method I might use to accomplish this task. Thanks in advance, addi -- addiction http://thunder.prohosting.com/~delusion/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Well, let's just say, 'if your VCR is still blinking 12:00, you don't want Linux'. (Bruce Perens, Debian's Fearless Leader) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: possible to extract .cab files under linux?
In our last episode, on Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 08:10:41PM +0100, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 19:27:04 -0500, addiction wrote: All I want to do is extract some truetype fonts from various .cabs I have on old cd-roms (I need them for something in particular). Try this URL: http://Trill.cis.fordham.edu/~barbacha/cabinet_library/download.htm Disclaimer: I don't know whether the above software works AT ALL, I just came across it on my search for a Win32 CAB extractor that would extract InstallShield CAB files. I had given this a try, and actually I couldn't get either the executable or the lib to compile. If anyone tries and has any luck please let me know. TIA, addi -- addiction http://thunder.prohosting.com/~delusion/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Well, let's just say, 'if your VCR is still blinking 12:00, you don't want Linux'. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: localtime/universal time
In our last episode, on Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 03:22:02AM +, Randy Edwards wrote: stupid question, maybe, but is there any way to change to local time after having chosen universal time when installing debian? if so, how do it do it? Don't you just love little things like that? :-) A man tzconfig thanks lots, randy :) -- addiction http://thunder.prohosting.com/~delusion/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Software is like sex; it's better when it's free (Linus Torvalds) If you continue running Windows, your system may become unstable. (Windows 95 BSOD) It is a greater compliment to be trusted than to be loved. (George Macdonald) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
localtime/universal time
hello... stupid question, maybe, but is there any way to change to local time after having chosen universal time when installing debian? if so, how do it do it? i'd look in the archives but the site seems to be down at the moment, and i have no clue. i thought perhaps base-config would do this, but it does not. any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA, addiction
problem with mutt/slang1 in unstable?
Hi all... Don't know if this has been addressed already or not, but if so I missed it. For about the last week I've been unable to update mutt in unstable. This is what apt says: (03:21pm) root: ~ $ apt-get install mutt Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: mutt: Depends: slang1 ( 1.3) but 1.3.9-1 is to be installed E: Sorry, broken packages Can anyone explain this to me? I'm lost here. TIA, addi pgpiWb8CMjCx1.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: updatedb error
Quoteth Patrick on Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 10:16:48PM +: Anyone come across this on potato? enterprise:/home/patrick# updatedb /usr/bin/updatedb: frcode: command not found updatedb: new database would be empty enterprise:/home/patrick# yep... today, as a matter of fact. Suggestions as to cause and how to fix appreciated. i wish i knew... anyone? Thanks! Patrick pgp7p8gx4Mk5B.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Last potato linuxlogo
Hi, Changelogs and bug reports are very helpful... I found this line in /usr/doc/linuxlogo/changelog.Debian.gz: * Added the original swirl files to the debian directory (Fixes #46588). The bug report link (http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/46/46588.html) mentions the swirl is back in the source package. So it looks like a re-compile is needed in order to get it back. Chris Schleifer Well, upon checking out the source for version 3.02, I don't see the swirl mentioned anywhere in the code, the docs, or in any subdirectory for that matter. I s'pose I'll write the developer and ask him about it. -- addiction [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thunder.prohosting.com/~delusion/ I didn't want to hurt you, but you're pretty when you cry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.1 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBN+O+l65Ltvodctv2EQLo/ACfUeF+0x8KJN6e47I1VsY9+AWKREYAn3tM ilsbFNwQVspiUEBJP5L3H9Gq =law8 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Last potato linuxlogo [again]
my mistake, the swirl is in the source package of version 3.0.1-1.. Now to just find that somewhere, which I'm having a hard time doing.
Re: Last potato linuxlogo
Until this evening I had linuxlogo displaying the pretty debian swirl. However after the latest potato update I noticed this had changed to a pengouin, which looks very ugly on my screen (the default is squeezed because of the resolution, and the banner mode does not look nice because of my fonts). Is there some hidden option to have it display the debian logo again, or do i have to downgrade it? Thanks, -Lex I have been wanting to ask the same thing... I did try downgrading to get the swirl back but I can't find which version actually HAD the swirl to begin with. Does anyone know? Or is the swirl still there but simply not the default anymore? -- addiction [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thunder.prohosting.com/~delusion/ I didn't want to hurt you, but you're pretty when you cry --
Re: PAP Authentication Failed
Quoteth Olafur Jens Sigurdsson on Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 10:31:01PM +: On 25. September 1999, Wiz wrote: When i dial to my ISP i get PAP authentication failed. Whats wrong and how do i fix it? I use pppd, chat and have a dynamic IP-adress. Sep 25 10:11:23 wizard pppd[136]: Remote message: Password validation failure Sep 25 10:11:23 wizard pppd[136]: PAP authentication failed See these two lines? That sais the ISP cant validate your password, so most probably the password is wrong. It should be in /etc/ppp/ in a file called pap-secret or something (it was mentioned in an earlyer post). You could allso have to edit the /etc/ppp/options to let ppp do something that the ISP requires it to do. Wery vague I know but chech those two, the password and what it is you are asking PPP to do. Oli I've been having the same problem since I did an apt-get dist-upgrade a few days ago. Anyone else? -addi -- addiction, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thunder.prohosting.com/~delusion/ Powered by Debian GNU/Linux (potato) 2.3.6 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE37WwkuYeCfjDItu8RAuD3AKCXHtUsHQhCMQmaC3zvDjpVpdjPNQCfZJGq +YYju1Z9uP55Wu+m7upMKdk= =qoT3 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: silly sendmail question
On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 12:02:15PM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: I'm behind a firewall, and I'm trying the same thing and can't get it to work: [snip] However, I have an old sendmail.cf V8.7 file that works perfectly with /etc/mail/users.db (it sent this email). Any clues? Nope -- I actually tried that same solution about an hour after I posted that message and it didn't work (using 8.9.3, I think). Are you just using the old config file with the new sendmail, or do you have the old sendmail installed (which is probably a bad security idea)? Rob -- With listening comes wisdom, with speaking repentance. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null I can't believe what I got started here heh... I gave up on it. I have no idea what this program, mxmail, will report me as and I don't care. grin -addi -- addiction: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thunder.prohosting.com/~delusion/ Powered by Debian GNU/Linux (potato) 2.3.6 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT d--- s-:+ a- C+++ UL+++ P+ L++ E--- W+++ N++ o+ K- w-- O- M- V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R+ tv b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r% x** --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- --
Re: bash prompts question
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - - Original Message - From: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 3:20 PM Subject: RE: bash prompts question | | On 06-Sep-99 Hamish Moffatt wrote: | I'm (experimenting with) converting my interactive | environment from tcsh to bash. One thing I miss: tcsh supports | a %B token in the prompt to go bold, and it expands it to | something terminal-specific at run time. Any way to do this in | bash, besides something terminal-specific? (And what's a | terminal-specific way to do it anyway?) | | | It takes terminal sequences to do this. Don't know them however. 'ello... Try here: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html linuxdoc.org has all the howtos and mini-howtos in various formats. hope this helps. - -addi - -- addiction [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thunder.prohosting.com/~delusion/ ICQ: 2019597 I didn't want to hurt you, but you're pretty when you cry... - -- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.1 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBN9W5BK5Ltvodctv2EQJrfwCg6yKUC5NjXbIa6FhfxFQ2qOSAOcIAn2zo syUHiTk/s+Bx9KPbgDuZjqcr =deRZ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: netbase from potato not configuring
ahh i remembered! the problem was that something which installed PRIOR to netbase had wiped out my hostname. that is, my hostname was just a blank line and as you know that can play some funny tricks on things. once i re-added my hostname everything installed properly. cheers again, addi
