| 00:00.00 | helix | hm. i guess that's on my page but i thought it was james clerk maxwell that said it.. |
| 00:00.09 | groo | ok. next, for some reason my winxp box isn't getting an ip from my linux box. i have set the subnet to be 192.168.1.0 with netmask 255.255.255.0. the ip of the dhcp server is 192.168.1.10. the ips which are to be distributed are in the range 192.168.1.11 - 192.168.1.100. does anyone see anything wrong with this? |
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| 00:00.26 | akusarujin | jgb, lsmod | grep <module> and see if it's there.. |
| 00:00.27 | groo | Peaker: yeah, i thought so. i just wanted to make sure i wasn't doing anything stupid. :-) |
| 00:00.28 | RichiH | helix: 'Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.' - Steven Wright |
| 00:00.35 | xmas | initq6: hrm, usually it will give more information if you page through it looking for errorrs... |
| 00:00.39 | helix | heh |
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| 00:00.43 | jgb | it is there, but unused |
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| 00:00.54 | jgb | ifconfig shows no ip |
| 00:00.55 | xmas | initq6: I'm not familiar with the hardware, just a general idea... |
| 00:01.15 | akusarujin | jgb, well if dhclient isn't working there won't be an ip unless you statically configure it.. |
| 00:01.24 | oigres | I am looking for an application to read News Feeds (RDF)? The more simple it is, the better! |
| 00:01.24 | Slate | im trying to dual boot redhat and debian, i have pointed my grub.conf to where the needed files are on the debian harddrive, however only the vmlinuz file is found |
| 00:01.36 | Slate | anyone know why? |
| 00:02.27 | RichiH | helix: i will have to go through your quotes when i have more time and muse. they are wasted when you just gobble them down |
| 00:02.27 | stew | groo: are you looking at /var/log/daemon.log for any errors? |
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| 00:02.28 | helix | RichiH: indeed |
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| 00:02.28 | nyktovus | hey hey, anyone know how I can hide files? |
| 00:02.28 | helix | RichiH: fwiw, i think a lot of them are kinda cliche.. i've seen them a million times. some of them are good though |
| 00:02.28 | nyktovus | i wanna hide some folders that get created automatically from netatalk |
| 00:02.28 | cafuego | nyktovus: you can't |
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| 00:02.41 | jgb | akusarujin why would it not be working? |
| 00:02.41 | nyktovus | what?! i cant? |
| 00:02.42 | cafuego | nyktovus: No, you can't. |
| 00:02.46 | RichiH | helix: well, everyone has to save & delete in new quote files for themselves |
| 00:02.55 | nyktovus | this is LINUX man!!! i thought "i can't " wasn't in linux vocab! |
| 00:03.11 | GCBirzan | I can't isn't. |
| 00:03.13 | cafuego | nyktovus: Well, you can hack netatalk to it doesn't create them to begin with, of course. |
| 00:03.15 | GCBirzan | You can't, however, is. |
| 00:03.17 | De_Mon | cafuego 'you cant' and 'i cant' arnt the same thing |
| 00:03.20 | nyktovus | i thought "i can't " was windows talk! |
| 00:03.24 | De_Mon | err nyktovus |
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| 00:03.33 | GCBirzan | De_Mon: :) |
| 00:03.33 | nyktovus | i can hide files in windows! |
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| 00:03.40 | GCBirzan | nyktovus: Who gives a fuck? |
| 00:03.44 | RichiH | nyktovus: we will just hand you the magic wand of debian, shall we? |
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| 00:03.48 | cafuego | nyktovus: THis may be a shock, but Linux != Windows |
| 00:03.57 | Slate | HOLY CRAP! |
| 00:03.59 | De_Mon | nyktovus why are you trying to hide them? |
| 00:04.03 | Slate | i did not know! |
| 00:04.04 | dana_c | cafuego: i'm back and i part of the problem with my network, i just don't know what it means, when the driver loads it says init_module: No such device |
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| 00:04.10 | GCBirzan | cafuego: Dear God, that can't be! |
| 00:04.21 | cafuego | nyktovus: Either way, windows can't hide those files either; it's just that explorer doesn't show them. Different matter. |
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| 00:04.28 | groo | stew: thanks for the tip! :-) i am getting the message: No subnet declaration for eth1. this might be the source of my problem...? |
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| 00:04.34 | cafuego | dana_c: Wrong driver |
| 00:04.46 | RichiH | helix: as you are so keen on spelling, there is a missing white space in your william carlos williams quote |
| 00:04.48 | GCBirzan | god: I said God, not god. |
| 00:05.01 | stew | groo: yeah, you need to declare every subnet in dhcp.conf even if you don't want it to serve ip addresses on that interface |
| 00:05.03 | initq6 | xmas: yeah I'm looking at the log file now and I see a bunch of: (II) R128(0): Not using default mode "1024 x 768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan), a bunch of times with default resolutions listed |
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| 00:05.08 | helix | RichiH: ah, i see it. thanks |
| 00:05.19 | helix | i really need to update my website.. i'll take care of it tonight i think. |
| 00:05.21 | RichiH | nyktovus: mv yourfile .yourfile - done |
| 00:05.24 | RichiH | helix: np |
| 00:05.31 | initq6 | xmas: then finally says: Mode pool is empty |
| 00:05.32 | helix | since no one i know IRL remembered my birthday |
| 00:05.33 | helix | :/ |
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| 00:05.43 | groo | stew: thanks. i need to figure out how to do that now. heh. |
| 00:05.49 | initq6 | xmas: no valid modes found |
| 00:06.06 | sandman | Is it generally true that packages aren't introduced into unstable until they're atleast pretty sure it's going to be stable? For example, no point in putting release candidates into Unstable (unless perhaps the project is dead, and that was the latest release..) |
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| 00:06.15 | RichiH | helix: t'was your birthday? |
| 00:06.21 | scone | i'm trying to pin mozilla-thunderbird and mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail version 0.3-6 on my deb unstable system... however i can't seem to do it by creating /etc/apt/preferences and putting Package, Pin, and Pin-Priority info in it. Is this still how it's supposed to be done? |
| 00:06.29 | simonrvn | helix: i'm real. i touch the bandanna on my head and seems real enough |
| 00:06.30 | helix | RichiH: yeah, today is.. or, if you're in germany, yesterday was i think |
| 00:06.30 | graf | has anyone come up with a fix to the problem with touchpad mice on 2.6.2, where tapping the pad to click doesn't work? |
| 00:06.31 | Slate | im trying to dual boot redhat and debian, i have pointed my grub.conf to where the needed files are on the debian harddrive, however only the vmlinuz file is found |
| 00:06.35 | stew | groo: same way as for the other interface, just leave the body (between { and } ) empty |
| 00:07.19 | cafuego | RichiH: yes, 8 hours ago, in china. |
| 00:07.19 | helix | simonrvn: heh |
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| 00:07.22 | RichiH | helix: 0107 local here, yes. happy birthday :) |
| 00:07.22 | graf | Slate: are you passing a root= parameter to the kernel? |
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| 00:07.22 | Auzer | I'm running Linux Debian and when I telnet localhost 25, after installing sendmail, I get the normal connection (escape character, etc)... but I never see the 220 version message, and the connection is terminated... what's wrong? |
| 00:07.22 | helix | RichiH: heh, thanks. |
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| 00:07.25 | RichiH | helix: how old are you now, if i may ask? |
| 00:07.31 | xmas | initq6: well, I'm no expert, I usually end up putting a SubSection "Display" in my XFconfig files listing some resolutions... |
| 00:07.35 | helix | RichiH: 24 |
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| 00:07.39 | groo | stew: i would imagine something like this would be correct: 'subnet 212.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 { }'...? |
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| 00:07.52 | xmas | initq6: there are probably better ways to do it, but I don't seem to have problems...?? |
| 00:07.56 | dana_c | cafuego: the card is a realtek 8139 and i have the only driver for those cards loaded, could if be that it relies on another module that i don't have compiled in? |
| 00:08.06 | RichiH | helix: ah, so you're a month and ten days older than me |
| 00:08.12 | helix | :) |
| 00:08.19 | cafuego | dana_c: there's 2 drivers for it actually... 8139too and 8139cp |
| 00:08.22 | stew | groo: yeah |
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| 00:08.40 | cafuego | dana_c: Which one to use depends on which version of the card you have. |
| 00:08.49 | initq6 | xmas: yeah, it's probably just going to take some futzing with |
| 00:08.53 | GCBirzan | Slate: Go back to god so I can penixstike you, okay? |
| 00:09.15 | groo | stew: yeah, no errors this time. thanks. :-) |
| 00:09.23 | simonrvn | ok, sorry for the upcoming unban spree |
| 00:09.47 | xmas | initq6: that's what I usually end up doing...usually takes half an hour to get both of my screens up after I haven't done it for a while... |
| 00:09.55 | xmas | initq6: good luck. |
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| 00:11.13 | initq6 | xmas: thanks o'le buddy |
| 00:11.18 | g4lt | simonrvn there's some reason you're opening the door to rima-tde again? |
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| 00:12.02 | simonrvn | yes |
| 00:12.07 | stew | Auzer: have you looked at /var/log/mail.log for errors? |
| 00:12.18 | RichiH | g4lt: old bans spam the channel when fnd splits |
| 00:12.40 | helix | spam is neat |
| 00:12.44 | caphuso | g4lt: those are dialup IPs, whoever had those IPs when he they were banned will have a new one anyways |
| 00:12.47 | helix | it makes the netsplits look more impressive |
| 00:12.52 | RichiH | heh |
| 00:13.02 | caphuso | helix: you're sick |
| 00:13.03 | cafuego | helix: Give me an email address then that i can redirect my SA >=6 score mail to. |
| 00:13.05 | petemc | just ignore modes |
| 00:13.18 | helix | caphuso: that isn't the first time i've heard that.. |
| 00:13.22 | g4lt | RichiH not anymore... |
| 00:13.29 | helix | cafuego: ha, i never really get email spam. :) |
| 00:13.33 | hippie | helix: he must mean SA >=6 *metric* |
| 00:13.41 | helix | heh |
| 00:13.50 | helix | hippie: were you the one that had the picture of the bunny humping the cat? |
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| 00:14.14 | cafuego | hippie: [\*]6+ |
| 00:14.15 | hippie | helix: I don't recall that'n. |
| 00:14.26 | RichiH | helix: having email adresses on 'little' slds does have its advantages, yes :) |
| 00:14.27 | helix | hippie: ok.. :) |
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| 00:15.22 | nyktovus | thanx everyone, but some newbies in #morphix answered my question with getting self riteous, cheers! |
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| 00:15.31 | Auzer | stew - nope. I'm rebooting because I think there's a problem with inetd. syslog is becoming bloated with "address already in use" messages. |
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| 00:15.48 | helix | argh :/ kawfee is going to come back |
| 00:15.51 | RichiH | heh, i _did_ tell him how he could 'hide' them :) |
| 00:15.56 | simonrvn | he was only +q |
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| 00:16.25 | helix | simonrvn: i know |
| 00:16.32 | helix | but he couldn't talk |
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| 00:16.55 | stew | RichiH: you know he was probably just some kiddie just trying to hide his tracks on some box he rooted anyway... |
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| 00:17.22 | simonrvn | possibly |
| 00:17.40 | RichiH | stew: the "i surfed pron at dad's pc" story, more likely ;) |
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| 00:18.24 | cafuego | helix: /ignore |
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| 00:18.28 | cafuego | helix: Works fine for me. |
| 00:18.32 | rich_ | well computers are pretty evil but but all in all Id prefer that they work. |
| 00:19.30 | Bac9 | are there any official packages with gpg-agent? |
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| 00:19.50 | simonrvn | thanks for your patience |
| 00:20.00 | simonrvn | (should help a little) |
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| 00:20.30 | Devtron_Learning | i need a little help |
| 00:20.41 | cafuego | And on that note I need to go off and get fresh coffee. |
| 00:20.44 | Devtron_Learning | 'i forgot what username i made to login to debian |
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| 00:20.56 | Devtron_Learning | is there anyway i can see what usernames there are |
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| 00:21.06 | caphuso | Devtron_Learning: pager /etc/passwd |
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| 00:21.53 | huz | hello guys, does someone know a good app to switch easily the config of the network interface ? |
| 00:22.01 | initq6 | xmas: if you are still there, I'm a dipwad. I figured it out. All I had to do was run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and then copy the XF86config-4 to XF86config and startx. doh! :-) |
| 00:22.03 | Devtron_Learning | its asking me for "debian login: " |
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| 00:22.16 | Devtron_Learning | i cannot do anything wile there |
| 00:22.20 | Auzer | mail.log complains about my unqualified hostname. Where is this set, /etc/hostname? I've changed this to reflect my qualified hostname, but login prompts (even after completely logging out) still reflect the old name. Either 1) etc/hostname is not the place where this is stored or 2) I need to reboot? |
| 00:22.27 | caphuso | Devtron_Learning: you can log in as root |
| 00:22.34 | sandman | Devtron_Learning: Do you remember your root password? |
| 00:22.35 | Bac9 | Devtron_Learning: log in as root and try it |
| 00:22.51 | RoNiS | hi when i try to use a printer in windows by samba (CUPS) it appears the mensage (in windows): Access denied, can anyone help me? |
| 00:22.54 | RichiH | Devtron_Learning: else, you need local access to the box and a boot disk |
| 00:22.55 | Devtron_Learning | yes |
| 00:23.04 | ryty | how would I get windowmaker to have a better menu then the shitty menu? |
| 00:23.14 | ryty | shitty default menu* |
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| 00:23.27 | Bac9 | Auzer: let me guess /etc/hosts has an unqualified hostname for your ip? |
| 00:23.28 | PlayaX | ryty make your own |
| 00:23.35 | ryty | figured |
| 00:23.40 | PlayaX | :) |
| 00:23.40 | pingouinAfk | man getent |
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| 00:24.04 | Devtron_Learning | I cant login as (username = root ) either |
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| 00:24.16 | caphuso | Devtron_Learning: and why not? |
| 00:24.22 | pingouinAfk | Devtron_Learning, getent to know what user have a count on the computer |
| 00:24.30 | Bac9 | RoNiS: did you not make the printer printable in samba? |
| 00:24.33 | dasenjo | Hi .. I need a replace for /sbin/nologin .. |
| 00:24.41 | dasenjo | DOes it works on Debian ? |
| 00:24.42 | RoNiS | Bac9: i put printable = yew |
| 00:24.44 | RoNiS | Bac9: i put printable = yes |
| 00:24.45 | caphuso | pingouinAfk: how is he supposed to run getent if he can't log in? |
| 00:24.53 | Devtron_Learning | pingouinAfk ??? |
| 00:24.54 | dasenjo | I used it in RedHat |
| 00:24.55 | Bac9 | RoNiS: how about public? |
| 00:25.02 | caphuso | dasenjo: /bin/true |
| 00:25.03 | RoNiS | Bac9: guest ok = yes |
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| 00:25.37 | pingouinAfk | he said he had the root password ?! |
| 00:25.52 | caphuso | pingouinAfk: he also said he couldn't log in as root either |
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