| 00:00.00 | obake | that's after typing echo "quake.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/some/stuff |
| 00:00.02 | Toshy | b00: artsdsp esd |
| 00:00.02 | pmcdonnell | is this possible with vsftpd? |
| 00:00.04 | obake | TMM: yep, it is |
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| 00:00.12 | mprentice | dondelelcaro: which is more specific, but not much more helpful to me |
| 00:00.16 | b00 | esd uses arts ? |
| 00:00.17 | obake | first, i get mmap errors, and no sound but playable |
| 00:00.18 | TMM | obake, well... beats me :) sorry |
| 00:00.23 | digitaltrog | need some help compiling kernel 2.4 |
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| 00:00.29 | digitaltrog | using make dkpkg |
| 00:00.30 | Toshy | b00: no - but you can "tweak it" |
| 00:00.38 | obake | then, i type some echo stuff |
| 00:00.40 | b00 | nice tweak |
| 00:00.43 | obake | and the sound works, but freezes |
| 00:00.47 | moberry | obake, read artsdsp --help |
| 00:00.49 | moberry | its interesting |
| 00:00.50 | ariston | what key can you press during boot at the lilo prompt to see boot options |
| 00:00.50 | obake | freezes quake3 |
| 00:01.04 | obake | moberry: wanna tell me about -m ? |
| 00:01.08 | Toshy | (brb testing X server w/ GLX) |
| 00:01.22 | doublehp | dondelelcaro: no :( |
| 00:01.51 | obake | crap i don't believe it's all intel8x0's fault |
| 00:01.51 | Toshy | humm what's Signal 8 ? |
| 00:01.58 | obake | just an alsa update, and boom |
| 00:02.09 | digitaltrog | kernel compilation |
| 00:02.15 | obake | i really don't want to downgrade, heh |
| 00:02.19 | digitaltrog | ?? help |
| 00:02.39 | obake | digitaltrog: what do you wan't... |
| 00:02.45 | dgbeards | I'm having trouble connecting my box to the network. I get a hostname lookup failure. Can anyone help me? |
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| 00:03.01 | Toshy | dgbeards: does the IP work ? |
| 00:03.01 | lupz | i've a problem with the linux flash player, i'm using that with firefox but it's extremely slow... any suggestion ? |
| 00:03.10 | dgbeards | Toshy: I'm using dhcp. |
| 00:03.18 | obake | lupz: mine is slow too.. not extremely |
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| 00:03.26 | Toshy | dgbeards: so? ipconfig eth0 and get the IP... |
| 00:03.29 | obake | just freezes for half a second sometimes |
| 00:03.34 | Toshy | Yeah |
| 00:03.35 | digitaltrog | obake: trying to compile kernelk 2.4.24 via make dkpkg |
| 00:03.37 | Toshy | Flash is soo slow... |
| 00:03.37 | dgbeards | Toshy: When I do "ifup eth0", it says "ifconfig: cannot resolve 'up'. Hostname lookup failure" |
| 00:03.38 | obake | Toshy: ipconfig? |
| 00:03.47 | obake | PI PI PI WinXP user! |
| 00:03.48 | mdh | lupz: get a faster machine ;) |
| 00:03.48 | Toshy | LOL ipconfig... |
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| 00:03.53 | Toshy | ifconfig* |
| 00:03.57 | obake | lol |
| 00:03.59 | dgbeards | Toshy: It won't get an IP |
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| 00:04.18 | obake | dgbeards: try ifconfig eth0 ip, as Toshy said |
| 00:04.23 | Toshy | dgbeards: are you sure ? try the ifconfig eth0 |
| 00:04.24 | lupz | obake, extremely is a point of view right but it sucks "a little" :) |
| 00:04.49 | obake | lupz: yes.. i think it's macromedia's fault |
| 00:05.00 | lupz | obake, any workaround is possible for what you know |
| 00:05.02 | obake | digitaltrog: no pvts |
| 00:05.07 | obake | digitaltrog: apt-get install kernel-package |
| 00:05.13 | Toshy | lupz: get a 6gig machine ? |
| 00:05.15 | digitaltrog | done |
| 00:05.17 | Toshy | ghz* |
| 00:05.30 | digitaltrog | I follwoed the procedure, compile seems to be success |
| 00:05.46 | tarzeau | apt building-computers |
| 00:05.47 | | tarzeau: are you using Windows? |
| 00:05.48 | bugged | sorry ppl but i can't find a netinstall cd of debian for i86 |
| 00:05.51 | obake | digitaltrog: make menuconfig, make-kpkg clean, make-kpkg -rev something kernel_image |
| 00:05.52 | digitaltrog | obake: however what the heck next |
| 00:05.55 | bugged | can anybody help ? |
| 00:06.01 | lupz | Toshy, i've a 3gig one with 1gig of ram and a 256mb 5600fx... it can't play a tiny flash movie ? |
| 00:06.02 | tarzeau | apt computer-factory |
| 00:06.03 | | tarzeau: I'm not sure, is it larger than a breadbox? |
| 00:06.05 | tarzeau | apt computer-factory is http://next.z80.org/next/office/Local_4.jpg |
| 00:06.06 | | okay, tarzeau |
| 00:06.10 | dgbeards | obake: I did that, but it doesn't give me an IP. |
| 00:06.16 | Misirlou | bugged: I cannot help with eye surgery. |
| 00:06.17 | digitaltrog | obake: thats exactly the path I followed |
| 00:06.22 | Toshy | lupz: No - that's flash -- why do you want flash anyway ? |
| 00:06.32 | obake | dgbeards: ifconfig eth0 doesn't give you an ip, you have to put one |
| 00:06.44 | deadcat | i am using kernel-image-2.4.24-1-686, i have the kernel-headers in /usr/src, kernel-souce-2.4.24 in /usr/src, patched the orinoco driver, but when i run make in the orinoco dir, it failed badly, any idea? |
| 00:06.44 | bugged | Misirlou: LLOOL |
| 00:06.45 | obake | digitaltrog: so, what's wrong |
| 00:06.52 | dgbeards | obake: I don't have one because my ISP uses dhcp |
| 00:06.57 | digitaltrog | obake: I have compiled kernels the traditional method |
| 00:07.00 | bugged | just give-me a page... |
| 00:07.03 | bugged | an URL |
| 00:07.04 | mdh | lupz: I've got a dual celeron 433 and it plays flash fine |
| 00:07.07 | digitaltrog | obake: and worked fine |
| 00:07.10 | bugged | u must have one on favorites no? |
| 00:07.15 | digitaltrog | obake: what happens next ? |
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| 00:07.18 | obake | dgbeards: hm, is DHCP enabled in kernel ? |
| 00:07.19 | lupz | Toshy, pls i know all the filosofical stuff... but it's still a free world :) |
| 00:07.25 | obake | digitaltrog: install the .deb... |
| 00:07.31 | obake | digitaltrog: dpkg -i ../kernel-image<tab> |
| 00:07.38 | lupz | mdh, any suggestion ? |
| 00:07.42 | dgbeards | obake: Yes, I have had it working on this same computer before, but I moved it to a new location and it just stopped working. |
| 00:07.54 | digitaltrog | obake: it aint there ? no .deb file thats the problem |
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| 00:08.09 | Toshy | lupz: Yea yeah, but - it's slow here to... but it's fast when theres only one |
| 00:08.23 | Toshy | that's is smaller then 640x480... |
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| 00:08.36 | mdh | lupz: what I've noticed with flash is two things, first off bandwidth matters - for some reason on low-bandwidth connections it tends to screw up more often |
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| 00:08.51 | obake | hm, i'm not expert in networking.. but dgbeards , if it helps, if you know what ip the dhcp server would give to you, you can still config it manually |
| 00:08.54 | mdh | lupz: the second thing is that there's some flash programs that are just written poorly |
| 00:08.59 | digitaltrog | obake: this was the command I issued "sudo make-kpkg --revision=mars.kernel.2.4.24" |
| 00:09.16 | obake | digitaltrog: what about a nice kernel_image in the end? |
| 00:09.17 | lrdMyren | can anyone recommend a good library for doing syslog stuff, particularly one that i can access with streams? |
| 00:09.34 | Toshy | dgbeards: what does `hostname` give you ? |
| 00:09.34 | lupz | mdh: i've a strange connection to the internet but matter of fact it has a 10mbps bandwidth (ethernet, 9.4mbps effective) |
| 00:09.37 | obake | without that the kernel doesn't compile :) |
| 00:09.56 | dgbeards | router.mightybyte.net |
| 00:10.02 | dgbeards | Toshy: router.mightybyte.net |
| 00:10.05 | dap | is anyone else getting segfaults tunnelling a GTK 1.2 app over SSH while clicking any type of menu? |
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| 00:10.08 | lupz | mdh, all the flash movies i've tried has the same problem.. |
| 00:10.33 | dgbeards | Toshy: And I also tried it with localhost.localdomain |
| 00:10.35 | obake | lupz: try another browser |
| 00:10.39 | Toshy | dgbeards: if you ifdown it and ifup it it says cannnot find hostname ? |
| 00:10.46 | dgbeards | dgbeards: Yes |
| 00:10.57 | pmcdonnell | I'm trying to limit non-anonymous users FTPing to my vsFTPd server to one directory. How can I do this? |
| 00:11.18 | obake | dgbeards: already talking to yourself? calm down, you don't need to get crazy :D |
| 00:11.18 | Toshy | dgbeards: saying yes to yourself ? ;) |
| 00:11.27 | obake | lol |
| 00:11.36 | digitaltrog | obake: darn! |
| 00:11.45 | obake | digitaltrog ..? |
| 00:11.46 | Toshy | dgbeards: okay does your /etc/hosts has an "whatever-your-hostname" entry ? |
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| 00:11.53 | dgbeards | Toshy: Somewhere in the process it says "ifconfig: cannot resolve 'up'. Hostname lookup failure" |
| 00:12.10 | dgbeards | Toshy: oops :) |
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| 00:12.29 | obake | dgbeards: not sure, but.. can it be an routing problem? |
| 00:12.32 | obake | nah, forget it |
| 00:12.42 | Toshy | obake: I think /etc/hosts is the key ;) |
| 00:12.48 | obake | yes |
| 00:12.54 | obake | i'm very stupid in networking |
| 00:13.01 | lupz | obake: i've just tried mozilla and it's slow as firefox |
| 00:13.09 | Toshy | obake: I had a few net calles |
| 00:13.13 | FieldySnuts | lupz: you're surprised? they're pulled fromt he same codebase |
| 00:13.15 | dgbeards | obake: I was using this computer for my router/firewall. But then I moved and when I tried to set it up again, it wouldn't work. I have two ethernet cards and I can't seem to get either of them to work. |
| 00:13.19 | b00 | lupz: get gtk1 version then |
| 00:13.21 | Toshy | lupz: Firefox and moz are the same |
| 00:13.27 | working | I have a process whose command line thing is very long which doesn't fit into the screen, i.e. ps -df doesn't show the whole thing |
| 00:13.33 | obake | lupz: they have the same base.. it's normal both have the same problem |
| 00:13.39 | {Shadow} | hi guys, first time here. i want to install the 3.0r2 version and there is 7 CDs to download. is there a way to know which CDs i will actually need? a list of their contents? |
| 00:13.47 | working | how can I see the whole command line option for that process |
| 00:13.50 | Justin_ | working: ps -dfwww |
| 00:13.51 | dgbeards | Toshy: I changed /etc/hosts to have 127.0.0.1 router localhost |
| 00:13.53 | obake | {Shadow}: the first one |
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| 00:13.59 | lupz | ALL: ok, but them are the better and gtk1 is really poor |
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| 00:14.04 | working | Justin_: thx a lot |
| 00:14.04 | b00 | {Shadow}: just get first one |
| 00:14.07 | Justin_ | or cat /proc/pid/cmdline heh |
| 00:14.20 | Toshy | dgbeards: okay - try `ifdown eth0` && `ifup eth0` |
| 00:14.21 | {Shadow} | obake: only the 1st? the others are for..? |
| 00:14.31 | obake | {Shadow}: for wasting your time |
| 00:14.32 | obake | kidding |
| 00:14.36 | dgbeards | Toshy: Been there, done that. That's what got me to where I am now |
| 00:14.39 | obake | just additional stuff you can get from apt |
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| 00:14.54 | {Shadow} | obake: apt? |
| 00:14.55 | dgbeards | Toshy: When I did ifdown, it said something like device not configured or something. |
| 00:14.55 | obake | i've installed mine with an 40mb iso.. |
| 00:15.01 | obake | {Shadow}: yes.. |
| 00:15.06 | b00 | apt, smack {Shadow} |
| 00:15.11 | | ACTION smacks {Shadow} upside the head. |
| 00:15.11 | Toshy | dgbeards: normal - but never hurts ;) |
| 00:15.13 | lupz | if there is NO WORKAROUND just say it... i've just installed linux and i've discovered this now... |
| 00:15.15 | dgbeards | Toshy: :) Yep |
| 00:15.19 | FieldySnuts | !pimp {Shadow} |
| 00:15.22 | {Shadow} | lol |
| 00:15.23 | FieldySnuts | er |
| 00:15.24 | b00 | hahahah |
| 00:15.29 | FieldySnuts | that backfrired |
| 00:15.37 | b00 | kinda |
| 00:15.38 | b00 | :) |
| 00:15.49 | Toshy | lupz: flash isn't the end of the world - and no there's no workaround asfar as my nose can see... |
| 00:15.50 | obake | !fuck alsa 1.0.2c |
| 00:15.55 | dgbeards | Toshy: I've tried everything I can possibly think of. Including trying it with only one network card, but nothing works. |
| 00:15.57 | FieldySnuts | obake: hell yeah |
| 00:16.06 | {Shadow} | obake: ok. there is everything i need on the 1st CD? X Window (gnome,kde,..)? |
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| 00:16.13 | lupz | k thanks a lot |
| 00:16.14 | dgbeards | I've also tried to get a static IP and just talk to another computer on my network, but that hasn't worked either. |
| 00:16.16 | obake | {Shadow}: probally |
| 00:16.20 | lupz | to all |
| 00:16.21 | Toshy | dgbeards: can you manually configure one of them ? |
| 00:16.29 | dgbeards | Toshy: Yeah, I tried that. |
| 00:16.39 | Toshy | dgbeards: did that work ?? I hope yes... |
| 00:16.43 | obake | i should be sleeping right now |
| 00:16.43 | dgbeards | Toshy: No. |
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| 00:17.09 | dgbeards | I tried manually configuring to the same IP when I connect a different computer (The one I'm on now) to my ISP, but that didn't seem to work either. |
| 00:17.10 | Toshy | dgbeards: even `ifconfig eth1 inet <iphere>` didn't work ? |
| 00:17.23 | {Shadow} | obake: about the internet installation; is that working? got a DSL connection. |
| 00:17.39 | digitaltrog | obake: figured it out! |
| 00:17.40 | obake | {Shadow}: not for me, some months ago |
| 00:17.45 | dgbeards | Toshy Hang on, I'll try that. I have to switch my monitor over though. :) |
| 00:17.49 | Toshy | heh okay |
| 00:17.55 | obake | digitaltrog: did you? |
| 00:18.11 | obake | digitaltrog: what was the problem? |
| 00:18.14 | Toshy | eh, remindes me -- I wanna install linux on my laptop - but I'm scared... |
| 00:18.20 | obake | Toshy: lol |
| 00:18.35 | Toshy | The problem is that my laptop is my main working computer... |
| 00:18.37 | Justin_ | !tell dgbeards about dhcp client |
| 00:18.58 | Toshy | we use ASP && Visual Basic 6 at school... |
| 00:19.02 | Toshy | and I still need those... |
| 00:19.05 | {Shadow} | obake: i tried to find a list of CDs contents on debian.org but i didnt find anything. is there a way to know what .iso comes with? |
| 00:19.12 | obake | yes |
| 00:19.17 | obake | but i don't remember how |
| 00:19.21 | {Shadow} | hehe |
| 00:19.26 | {Shadow} | anyone know? |
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| 00:19.49 | b00 | Peeeeeeeenix has landed !! |
| 00:19.51 | Toshy | {Shadow}: CD1 is the BASE cd... if you want a base install only get that one - then APT-GET from the internet... |
| 00:19.56 | obake | lol |
| 00:20.02 | Toshy | {Shadow}: It's one solution... |
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| 00:20.03 | ^kristian^ | I am experiencing compilation problems... can anyone help?! |
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| 00:20.24 | OblivionO | Hi guys. |
| 00:20.26 | obake | ^kristian^: help us fisrt telling us what problems |
| 00:20.29 | eggsand | I have a cobalt booting from the network but it doesn't want to get an ip from my linksys router, it does grab an ip when it comes from my other debian machine (on the same switch) but can't get out to the network (which I need to debootstrap to it's drive). I can get an ip from my windows box on the same switch, anyone have any ideas? |
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| 00:20.46 | {Shadow} | Toshy: the 1st CD contains all i need to connect over the internet, and download packages? |
| 00:21.05 | Toshy | {Shadow}: Yes, unless you have a very odd inet connection... |
| 00:21.05 | ^kristian^ | just downloaded cvs sources of gnome-common. Typed the usual "./autogen.sh" and the thing stops at "Checking for forbidden m4 macros".... |
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| 00:21.22 | {Shadow} | Toshy: no, fast connection. |
| 00:21.32 | joshk | anyone use cupsys-bsd (latest from sid) and is having problems with remote lp-using clients? |
| 00:21.43 | Toshy | {Shadow}: should work (note; the key word here is should) |
| 00:21.53 | ^kristian^ | obake: and the message says that I might not have some m4 macros, or that I might also have macros that are forbidden... what the heck! :) |
| 00:21.54 | {Shadow} | Toshy: hehe |
| 00:22.11 | ^kristian^ | joshk: I guess I do... |
| 00:22.14 | {Shadow} | Toshy: the 1st cd is bootable right? |
| 00:22.18 | ^kristian^ | joshk: what kind of problem? |
| 00:22.24 | Toshy | {Shadow}: Yep |
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| 00:22.39 | joshk | ^kristian^: basically doesn't work |
| 00:22.47 | joshk | let me get some specifics |
| 00:22.49 | abrotman | ive got a question about dependencies .. how can a package get into testing when a dependency doesn't exist? |
| 00:22.51 | ^kristian^ | joshk: what error are you getting? |
| 00:22.55 | abrotman | err . into sid |
| 00:23.01 | joshk | Mar 8 07:10:35 triplehelix cups-lpd[14838]: Connection from ringo.triplehelix.org (192.168.1.2) |
| 00:23.04 | joshk | Mar 8 07:10:35 triplehelix cups-lpd[14838]: Unable to get command line from client! |
| 00:23.11 | {Shadow} | toshy: so, i will only download the 1st one. if this is not working i will download the other CDs later. |
| 00:23.12 | XinmingLai | anyone can give me a url for installing gnome 2.4 plz? I tried it so many times.and I've reinstalled my Debian for 5 times.But it doesn't work... |
| 00:23.17 | XinmingLai | Anyone would help? |
| 00:23.18 | joshk | i'm considering just switching the user to use the IPP interface of cupsys |
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| 00:23.25 | joshk | but it would be nice to know what is going on here |
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| 00:23.32 | iNkO | hello, anybody knows how to chech if a NIC have been detected? |
| 00:23.35 | Toshy | {Shadow}: you'll have to mod the /etc/apt/sources to get it to download from www |
| 00:23.42 | ^kristian^ | joshk: what's your print command? |
| 00:23.45 | abrotman | iNkO: dmesg | grep eth |
| 00:23.47 | joshk | ^kristian^: it is a windows machine :) |
| 00:23.51 | ^kristian^ | joshk: the one you are using the send the printout |
| 00:23.52 | Toshy | {Shadow}: The lines are commented IIRC... |
| 00:23.57 | ^kristian^ | joshk: oh ok... |
| 00:23.59 | iNkO | but there it doesn't appear |
| 00:24.02 | ^kristian^ | joshk: :).. sorry |
| 00:24.11 | joshk | it used to work, then i upgraded it; i'll probably downgrade it again |
| 00:24.13 | abrotman | iNkO: lspci -v .. does it show up? |
| 00:24.18 | obake | soon, soon |
| 00:24.23 | simonrvn | XinmingLai: why did you re-install? didn't need to do that. what does your sources.list have stable, testing, unstable? |
| 00:24.31 | {Shadow} | Toshy: hmm. dont understand. |
| 00:24.33 | obake | soon Packages list from sid will have 3000kb |
| 00:24.42 | Toshy | {Shadow}: you know what the apt-get is ? |
| 00:24.42 | pmcdonnell | I'm trying to limit non-anonymous users FTPing to my vsFTPd server to one directory. How can I do this? |
| 00:24.43 | ^kristian^ | joshk: did the test page work when you configured the printer? |
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| 00:24.56 | Seb | pmcdonnell: chrooting ? |
| 00:24.59 | {Shadow} | Toshy: in fact. no. kinda newbie. |
| 00:25.00 | ^kristian^ | obake: so.. no idea about my problem? |
| 00:25.03 | XinmingLai | Anyone would help me? |
| 00:25.05 | Toshy | okay - |
| 00:25.37 | abrotman | XinmingLai: which version? |
| 00:25.37 | simonrvn | XinmingLai: pay attention when someone talk to you |
| 00:25.37 | obake | what problem |
| 00:25.37 | Seb | XinmingLai: first you need to read help from people, like simonrvn's last input to you :> |
| 00:25.37 | obake | lost myself |
| 00:25.37 | obake | heh sorry |
| 00:25.37 | Seb | heheh |
| 00:25.39 | pmcdonnell | Seb: that's what I'm thinking, though the man page only describes how to chroot a user to their home directory, which I don't want. |
| 00:25.39 | iNkO | ok!! thanks! |
| 00:25.39 | Toshy | someone tell {Shadow} about apt... (the command-line apt-get and /etc/apt/sources) I'm a n00b at explainning;) |
| 00:25.39 | XinmingLai | abrotman: I am using Debian 3.0 |
| 00:25.39 | obake | hm |
| 00:25.39 | ^kristian^ | just downloaded cvs sources of gnome-common. Typed the usual "./autogen.sh" and the thing stops at "Checking for forbidden m4 macros".... |
| 00:25.40 | obake | forbidden macros |
| 00:25.41 | abrotman | iNkO: does it show up? |
| 00:25.48 | ^kristian^ | obake: and the message says that I might not have some m4 macros, or that I might also have macros that are forbidden... what the heck! :) |
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| 00:25.52 | simonrvn | XinmingLai: you won't get gnome 2 in woody |
| 00:25.55 | abrotman | XinmingLai: unless theres a backport i dont know about .. there is no gnome2.4 for woody |
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| 00:26.06 | XinmingLai | simonrvn: I am using mIrc,So that won't highlight talker to me. |
| 00:26.13 | abrotman | XinmingLai: there is 2.2 for woody ... or gnome2.4 is in sarge |
| 00:26.23 | Seb | pmcdonnell: chroot the whole vsftpd for added security, then I'm pretty sure you should be able to chroot any user to a particular dir after that. But take it as a disclaimer that I've never used vsftpd :) |
| 00:26.25 | XinmingLai | abrotman,I ever installed it. |
| 00:26.30 | obake | hm |
| 00:26.33 | OblivionO | I have two small questions. 1.) I have an INtel 830M Graphics controller.. but all of my text/operations are centered in the screen, I want them to fill up the whole screen instead of just a 10"x10" block.. can anyone help with this issue? |
| 00:26.35 | abrotman | XinmingLai: that didn't make sense |
| 00:26.36 | Toshy | XinmingLai: tell mIRC to highlight your name -- there's an option |
| 00:26.39 | simonrvn | XinmingLai: need to get backports. (ok re: highlighting; damn that's fucked, no hilighting?) www.backports.org, www.apt-get.org |
| 00:26.40 | Seb | XinmingLai: try apt-get.org |
| 00:26.46 | obake | ^kristian^: don't know.. |
| 00:26.49 | ^kristian^ | joshk: so? |
| 00:26.56 | ^kristian^ | obake: alright... thanks anyway :) |
| 00:27.00 | pmcdonnell | Seb: do you know how to chroot the users? The specific directory I want them chrooted to is /var/debmirror/. |
| 00:27.04 | dgbeards | Toshy: I tried it again and It won't even connect to the local network. |
| 00:27.04 | {Shadow} | Toshy: seems you are the only one available. try to explain, please. |
| 00:27.04 | Seb | simonrvn: there is highlighting, mIRC is fucked but not to that point ;) |
| 00:27.09 | joshk | ^kristian^: dunno, i have to wait a bit.. |
| 00:27.10 | simonrvn | ok |
| 00:27.12 | XinmingLai | Seb: Plz don't say that site...I've been there. I was here 8 hours ago for asking this. |
| 00:27.20 | abrotman | XinmingLai: which site? |
| 00:27.25 | Seb | pmcdonnell: i dunno, as I said I've never used it :) |
| 00:27.27 | ^kristian^ | joshk: ok... anyway.. I got to go |
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| 00:27.31 | simonrvn | XinmingLai: did you try backports.org? |
| 00:27.31 | XinmingLai | Seb: they all gave me the answer as you gave... |
| 00:27.32 | Seb | XinmingLai: it's either that, or nothing |
| 00:27.35 | dgbeards | Toshy: When I tried the eth0 on DHCP again, it gave me the same error and then it also gave me a recurring error saying "network is down" |
| 00:27.38 | ^kristian^ | take care you people! |
| 00:27.39 | Seb | XinmingLai: yeah, for a good reason |
| 00:27.41 | pmcdonnell | If anyone has any ideas, let me know.. Thanks |
| 00:27.43 | joshk | 'bye |
| 00:27.44 | Seb | XinmingLai: cause that's your only solution |
| 00:27.47 | ^kristian^ | bye! |
| 00:27.50 | XinmingLai | simonrvn: both of them |
| 00:27.51 | OblivionO | Nobody has had / and would like to pass on the knowledge to a debian noob about text only filling the center of your screen? |
| 00:27.52 | nacky | been using WindowMaker and Gnome.. kinda like Gnome but want something a little less bulky.. Windowmaker is just kinda.. boxy.. and i like the taskbar. any good compromises here..? |
| 00:27.55 | abrotman | pmcdonnell: yes |
| 00:27.56 | obake | hah |
| 00:27.57 | cavediver | Hi guys, anyone seen Revolution OS? Is it any good ? Anyone have it ? |
| 00:28.02 | obake | i will try running quake3 again |
| 00:28.07 | Seb | OblivionO: be more specific |
| 00:28.07 | abrotman | pmcdonnell: /var/blah ./ |
| 00:28.08 | pmcdonnell | abrotman: ... ? |
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| 00:28.10 | simonrvn | i've seen it. it's good. |
| 00:28.13 | obake | what the heck i'm thinking |
| 00:28.16 | pmcdonnell | abrotman: what? |
| 00:28.16 | cavediver | Ok nice |
| 00:28.21 | abrotman | pmcdonnell: chroot? |
| 00:28.35 | abrotman | its something like that |
| 00:28.38 | obake | there is no magical way it will work just trying run it all the time lol |
| 00:28.40 | Penix | bleh. it's boring |
| 00:28.40 | Seb | abrotman: no he wants chroot within vsftpd, for his users |
| 00:28.41 | Toshy | {Shadow}: okay okay - so apt-get i'll n00bify my explanations ;) apt-get is the way to quickly install a pakage-- if you want, say, xmms then you type apt-get install xmms and it will install it for you --- but you have to tell it from where to get the packages -- that is done in the file /etc/apt/sources |
| 00:28.41 | dgbeards | obake: When I tried to ifup eth0 again it gave me a recurring "network is down" error |
| 00:28.47 | netgod | OblivionO: in text mode? perhaps linux is in 640x480 mode and your laptop is permanently locked in 800x600? |
| 00:28.50 | XinmingLai | Seb: No, I don't think so,I did it before.but I don't know why,I can't install gnome2.4 using apt-get install gnome2 |
| 00:28.51 | Toshy | dgbeards: is the card modules up ? |
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| 00:28.58 | XinmingLai | Seb: I've got the apt source |
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| 00:29.02 | pmcdonnell | abrotman: yes, that's what I want to do - force users logging in to vsftpd to be chrooted to /var/debmirror. Do you know how I can do that? |
| 00:29.02 | abrotman | Seb: oh .. sorry .. i jsut chroot in /etc/passwd .. im lazy |
| 00:29.02 | dgbeards | Toshy Yes, I'm pretty sure they are. |
| 00:29.04 | OblivionO | Seb: My Screen is roughly 15" (laptop)", but everything I run, all my terminals, etc. seem to run in a box in the middle of the screen, it's like cutting off the outside on all 4 sides |
| 00:29.10 | dgbeards | Toshy: How can I tell? |
| 00:29.14 | OblivionO | netgod: how do I reset linux to run in 800x600? |
| 00:29.14 | Toshy | dgbeards: lsmod |
| 00:29.18 | abrotman | pmcdonnell: my experience is jsut with /etc/passwd |
| 00:29.19 | dgbeards | Toshy: One moment |
| 00:29.28 | XinmingLai | simonrvn: I've tried both of them |
| 00:29.35 | pmcdonnell | abrotman: well, I'd try that, but the users are listed in NIS rather than in passwd |
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| 00:29.46 | Toshy | Anyone mind if I use bold ? |
| 00:29.50 | Penix | yes |
| 00:29.55 | abrotman | pmcdonnell: eep |
| 00:30.03 | netgod | OblivionO: framebuffer console works best for me; use a vga= to lilo at boot |
| 00:30.25 | dondelelcaro | Toshy: the +c precludes your use of bold et al. |
| 00:30.27 | OblivionO | netgod: I apologize for mya rrogance, am I modifying lilo.conf? |
| 00:30.32 | {Shadow} | Toshy: cool. i understand. and how do i tell him where the package is? (in the /etc/apt/sources...) |
| 00:30.35 | XinmingLai | simonrvn: I've no highlight of names.So I might reply slowly.sorry |
| 00:30.38 | pmcdonnell | Well, if anyone has any ideas, let me know - I'll be here. |
| 00:30.43 | abrotman | XinmingLai: turn it on |
| 00:30.59 | Toshy | {Shadow}: it's a line -- you'd have to see it .. |
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| 00:31.09 | Toshy | dondelelcaro: eh, well I see |
| 00:31.18 | abrotman | wow .. so there are gnome2.4 backports for woody ... |
| 00:31.22 | abrotman | guess im slow |
| 00:31.28 | obake | played without sound |
| 00:31.31 | obake | bot 5 x 0 obake |
| 00:31.32 | abrotman | of course .. 2.6 is almost out |
| 00:31.35 | obake | cool |
| 00:31.46 | simonrvn | XinmingLai: it's ok. um, are you sure there aren't? abrotman says there are some |
| 00:31.51 | {Shadow} | Toshy: a line? there is no www address to specify?.. |
| 00:32.08 | Toshy | {Shadow}: Can i query you ? I'll show you my sources... |
| 00:32.14 | abrotman | XinmingLai: simonrvn: http://www.apt-get.org/search.php?query=gnome&submit=Submit&arch%5B%5D=i386 |
| 00:32.19 | abrotman | towards the bottom |
| 00:32.22 | {Shadow} | Toshy: yep you can. |
| 00:32.36 | OblivionO | netgod: Should I change the vga=normal to vga=ask in lilo.conf? |
| 00:32.37 | obake | cafuego: you there? |
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| 00:32.56 | Seb | OblivionO: you're not talking about X, right ? Simply in console ? |
| 00:33.01 | netgod | OblivionO: its a good start yes, until you know the s3kr3t cod3z needed |
| 00:33.10 | Seb | heh |
| 00:33.10 | OblivionO | Seb_: Yes, only in the console |
| 00:33.18 | dgbeards | Toshy: I believe I compiled the modules into my kernel.\ |
| 00:33.24 | Seb | OblivionO: k, then follow netgod's instructions :) |
| 00:33.29 | dgbeards | Toshy: When I did lsmod, there were a few iptables modules there |
| 00:33.33 | OblivionO | netgod: Any sights/howto's/faq's/etc. to teach me these secret codes :) :) |
| 00:33.42 | dgbeards | Toshy: And /var/log/messages showed that the two network cards were found |
| 00:33.44 | OblivionO | OK, gonna go follow netgods instructions, be back in a few |
| 00:33.48 | Toshy | dgbeards: it doesn't mean anything... okay |
| 00:33.49 | OblivionO | thank you gentlement |
| 00:33.58 | netgod | OblivionO: Documentation/fb inside the kernel source code tree |
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| 00:34.08 | OblivionO | oh no no no |
| 00:34.12 | XinmingLai | simonrvn: could I talk to you in another window? Or which are you using? ERC or Xchat plz? |
| 00:34.12 | OblivionO | i'm not touching kernel source |
| 00:34.18 | OblivionO | i'm waaaay to unleet for that |
| 00:34.23 | Seb | OblivionO: you're just being asked to read a doc file in there |
| 00:34.29 | netgod | install only the kernel docs then |
| 00:34.29 | simonrvn | gentlemint :P. and there aren't only gentlemints there's also gentleladiesfingers :P |
| 00:34.29 | OblivionO | oh |
| 00:34.30 | Toshy | dgbeards: what does cat /proc/net/dev tell you (don't pas it) |
| 00:34.30 | netgod | wuss :) |
| 00:34.34 | obake | cafuego: don't make fun of us. yep some brazilians use lots of CAPS and punctuation, but not everybody, lol |
| 00:34.38 | dgbeards | Toshy: I don't think lo even gets configured |
| 00:34.46 | simonrvn | XinmingLai: no. and neither. heh |
| 00:35.01 | dgbeards | Toshy: What do you mean "don't pas it"? |
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| 00:35.04 | abrotman | XinmingLai: the apt-get.org gives you the exact line to put in your sources |
| 00:35.08 | Toshy | dgbeards: past* lol |
| 00:35.11 | abrotman | do that before you isntall any X stuff |
| 00:35.19 | abrotman | and you may need an X backport also |
| 00:35.27 | dgbeards | Toshy: Ok. I can't paste. I have to switch monitors and keyboards again. :( |
| 00:35.27 | XinmingLai | simonrvn: this is the sixth time installed Debian.Not work. |
| 00:35.31 | Seb | abrotman: no, he wants g2.4 on woody, but without using apt-get.org. He likes challenges. |
| 00:35.34 | Toshy | dgbeards: lol okay |
| 00:35.56 | XinmingLai | abrotman: PLZ DON'T say that.I've been there,And I got 4 apt source for it... |
| 00:36.00 | abrotman | oh .. get a compiler |
| 00:36.00 | Seb | abrotman: boah, couldn't gnome2.4 run on even xfree3.3 ? |
| 00:36.15 | XinmingLai | abrotman: also also the format... |
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| 00:36.24 | eggsand | whats the name of the ncurses network setup utility that gets run during debian setup? |
| 00:36.26 | abrotman | Seb: i remember when the 2.2 backports came out .. you needed an X backport .. but i dont know the reason |
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| 00:36.31 | XinmingLai | abrotman: It ever worked.I backup my source.lst file |
| 00:36.33 | Seb | abrotman: k |
| 00:36.33 | iNkO | somebody knows how to set up a NIC (that's the second one)? |
| 00:36.34 | sharth | he could use backports.org... |
| 00:36.43 | abrotman | iNkO: nic is? |
| 00:36.44 | Seb | iNkO: man interfaces |
| 00:37.01 | iNkO | ok |
| 00:37.04 | iNkO | ehternet card |
| 00:37.11 | abrotman | iNkO: no .. what kind of NIC |
| 00:37.13 | abrotman | i know what a nic is |
| 00:37.15 | iNkO | SMC |
| 00:37.24 | abrotman | and it shows in lspci? |
| 00:37.26 | obake | amazonia belongs to wich country? |
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| 00:37.41 | iNkO | i have a RLTK one running |
| 00:37.42 | abrotman | like the amazon river basin? |
| 00:38.00 | iNkO | and i have a SMC that it's showed in lspci |
| 00:38.08 | iNkO | but not in ifconfig |
| 00:38.11 | XinmingLai | simonrvn: when I am trying apt-get install gnome there will be unmet dependency problems. |
| 00:38.12 | abrotman | iNkO: you need to find out the card signature .. and find the driver for it .. try google or modconf |
| 00:38.15 | FieldySnuts | ifconfig -a |
| 00:38.22 | dgbeards | Toshy: It shows lo eth0 and eth1 and it has a bunch of zeros |
| 00:38.26 | iNkO | thank's!! |
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| 00:38.41 | Toshy | dgbeards: okay they are configured - congrads ;) |
| 00:38.46 | XinmingLai | simonrvn:This time is unmet problems.And before I got no package found. :-S |
| 00:38.48 | abrotman | XinmingLai: may i ask .. why do you need gnome2.4? |
| 00:38.49 | simonrvn | XinmingLai: don't use the meta-package. it complicates things. install the basics first. better yet, use aptitude or dselect |
| 00:38.50 | dgbeards | Toshy: Good |
| 00:38.52 | Toshy | dgbeards: next step is to get an IP ;) |
| 00:39.01 | Seb | abrotman: cuz it's cool |
| 00:39.04 | Seb | abrotman: :> |
| 00:39.06 | Seb | heh |
| 00:39.07 | abrotman | its not cool .. i have it |
| 00:39.12 | abrotman | i use it |
| 00:39.17 | abrotman | ok .. i lied .. its cool |
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| 00:39.23 | dgbeards | Toshy: Yeah, that time I also tried manually configuring eth1 again, but it didn't work. |
| 00:39.25 | Seb | abrotman: I'm very convinced it's not |
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| 00:39.31 | Seb | abrotman: i was merely ironic :) |
| 00:39.34 | dgbeards | Toshy: ifdown eth1 would say: "...not configured" |
| 00:39.34 | abrotman | Seb: its a POV ... |
| 00:39.41 | Seb | apt, POV ? |
| 00:39.41 | | Point Of View |
| 00:39.46 | abrotman | heh |
| 00:39.47 | Toshy | dgbeards: did you try with ifup/ifdown ? |
| 00:39.50 | dgbeards | Toshy: and ifup would say something about assigning two IP addresses |
| 00:39.58 | XinmingLai | abrotman: that's my main desktop environment |
| 00:39.59 | Mattolz | Does debain show any signifigant speed inprovments over Mandrake? |
| 00:40.07 | Seb | dgbeards: that's when you need to read man interfaces |
| 00:40.07 | dgbeards | Toshy: And ifconfig said that eth1 has the IP 192.168.0.2 |
| 00:40.15 | Seb | Mattolz: no, the linux kernel is still about the same |
| 00:40.16 | abrotman | XinmingLai: ok .. either figure out how to use apt or upgrade to sarge(which has gnome2.4) |
| 00:40.18 | Toshy | dgbeards: well ping 192.168.0.2 ;) |
| 00:40.22 | kev|L | hmm, what group would i add a regular user to so they can poweroff? |
| 00:40.22 | dgbeards | Seb: Already read it. :) |
| 00:40.31 | XinmingLai | simonrvn: Which I should use plz? |
| 00:40.37 | Mattolz | Seb: Ok, thanks |
| 00:40.42 | Seb | dgbeards: heh, well you must have missed something, mustn't ya ? :> |
| 00:40.44 | dgbeards | dgbeards: I did tried pinging another machine from that one and it said something about could not reach network. |
| 00:40.49 | Erik__ | hi |
| 00:40.58 | Mattolz | Erik__: Hey |
| 00:41.08 | Seb | dgbeards: always start by pinging your agteway |
| 00:41.11 | Seb | gateway even |
| 00:41.14 | kev|L | anyone? |
| 00:41.15 | Erik__ | stupid question maybe.. i am new to debian.. but i want to install mrtg.. but apt-get wants to install xfree with it |
| 00:41.20 | Erik__ | but i dont want xfree :) |
| 00:41.28 | Erik__ | its console server only |
| 00:41.30 | FieldySnuts | always start by pinging localhost, make sure tcp/ip isn't totally screwed on your system |
| 00:41.31 | Erik__ | he Mattolz :) |
| 00:41.33 | simonrvn | XinmingLai: uh, none :). gnome-common for a start |
| 00:41.35 | abrotman | Erik__: is it really Xfree? or just some libs? |
| 00:41.37 | dgbeards | Seb: That machine is supposed to be my gateway |
| 00:41.38 | Toshy | dgbeards: ? |
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| 00:41.46 | Mattolz | Not sure about that program, but it may be required |
| 00:41.50 | simonrvn | Erik__: what package is it asking for exactly? |
| 00:41.52 | dgbeards | Toshy: No response from 192.168.0.2 either |
| 00:41.55 | Erik__ | libfreetype6 libgd1 libsnmp-session-perl mrtg xfree86-common xlibs |
| 00:41.58 | Seb | dgbeards: man, every machine has a gateway :) |
| 00:42.02 | Erik__ | mrtg |
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| 00:42.06 | nitronic | i'm running a pretty stable debian box with the 2.6.3 kernel, however, whenever i try and seek through a video file that's stored on CD a lot, with mplayer, it does a complete system lockup: caps lock key wont respond or anything, so i have no logs to check. anyone know how to solve this problem? |
| 00:42.06 | Erik__ | debian/stable woody |
| 00:42.09 | snoke | i get "init_module: no such device" when try insmod radeonfb (radeon 9200), lspci found 2 ati's first is ok but second gives unknown device 5941. what is wrong ? |
| 00:42.10 | abrotman | Erik__: thats not X .. just a few libraries |
| 00:42.10 | Seb | or it doesn't go further than its own subnet |
| 00:42.12 | netgod | the full X shouldn't be required -- that is definitely odd |
| 00:42.13 | Erik__ | ah ok |
| 00:42.19 | Erik__ | thx |
| 00:42.19 | abrotman | thats not full X |
| 00:42.22 | Erik__ | ill try |
| 00:42.23 | netgod | oh xlibs |
| 00:42.28 | Seb | nitronic: use 2.4.25 |
| 00:42.29 | abrotman | full X would include xserver-xfree86 |
| 00:42.32 | simonrvn | Erik__: just libs, no biggy |
| 00:42.56 | dgbeards | Seb: It can't get its gateway because it cannot get the gateway through dhcp |
| 00:42.56 | Erik__ | ok :) |
| 00:42.56 | Erik__ | thank you all |
| 00:42.56 | Toshy | dgbeards: are you on a 192.168.0.x network ? |
| 00:42.56 | Seb | dgbeards: why not ? |
| 00:42.56 | simonrvn | and xserver-common, xfree86-common, .... |
| 00:42.57 | dgbeards | Toshy: Yes. |
| 00:42.58 | netgod | actually xlibs is huge, like 6MB :P |
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| 00:43.04 | dgbeards | Seb: Because I can't get either of my interfaces to come up. |
| 00:43.18 | K-sPecial | You realize the X Windows source code is larger than linux itself? |
| 00:43.23 | K-sPecial | I find that obtuse. |
| 00:43.24 | Seb | dgbeards: so what you're merely saying is that you cannot get either of this interface to pick up a DHCP address ? |
| 00:43.28 | XinmingLai | ts console server only |
| 00:43.28 | XinmingLai | [08:41] <FieldySnuts> always start by pinging localhost, make sure tcp/ip isn't totally screwed on your system |
| 00:43.28 | XinmingLai | [08:41] <Erik__> he Mattolz :) |
| 00:43.30 | Seb | these interfaces |
| 00:43.31 | simonrvn | K-sPecial: indeed |
| 00:43.35 | FieldySnuts | cough |
| 00:43.36 | XinmingLai | oops.Sorry |
| 00:43.38 | netgod | K-sPecial: fear |
| 00:43.47 | simonrvn | ph34r |
| 00:43.50 | K-sPecial | netgod oh, i do, I do... |
| 00:43.51 | FieldySnuts | do read what i said that got pasted though. |
| 00:43.52 | obake | lol |
| 00:43.53 | Seb | fir ? |
| 00:43.56 | netgod | X is old school, it goes way back before linux |
| 00:43.57 | XinmingLai | simonrvn: I can't install it either. |
| 00:43.58 | dgbeards | dgbeards: I'm saying that and I'm also saying that I can't get either of them to get a static IP on my local network by manually configuring them. |
| 00:44.05 | obake | simonrvn: don't confuse me with l337 speak again ;p |
| 00:44.05 | XinmingLai | simonrvn: unmet dependency |
| 00:44.06 | simonrvn | netgod: exactly |
| 00:44.15 | abrotman | XinmingLai: how about a specific error? |
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| 00:44.20 | abrotman | which package can't it find? |
| 00:44.22 | simonrvn | XinmingLai: are you using apt-get, or dselect /aptitude? |
| 00:44.22 | Seb | dgbeards: well assigning a static IP can't possibly fail, dude |
| 00:44.36 | FieldySnuts | !lart dgbeards |
| 00:44.56 | Seb | 450ft, not bad |
| 00:44.58 | dgbeards | Seb: It still is not talking to the network. |
| 00:45.04 | simonrvn | . o O ( i bet he's using apt-get still... ) |
| 00:45.13 | Toshy | dgbeards: what's the route |
| 00:45.13 | Seb | simonrvn: of course he is :) |
| 00:45.18 | abrotman | 450ft? |
| 00:45.32 | Seb | a nice homerun, 450 feet |
| 00:45.35 | Seb | :) |
| 00:45.37 | dgbeards | Toshy: Don't know. How do I find that out? |
| 00:45.54 | simonrvn | Toshy: i don't know. could you explain it? |
| 00:45.56 | abrotman | damn it .. i wanted to watch the redsox/yankees yesterday .. but i was stuck with phillies .. blah |
| 00:45.57 | simonrvn | j/k |
| 00:46.03 | Seb | simonrvn: hah |
| 00:46.08 | Toshy | dgbeards: route |
| 00:46.16 | Toshy | simonrvn: whhhhattt ? |
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| 00:46.23 | FieldySnuts | dgbeards: do this. ping 127.0.0.1. works? ok, 2) ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.100 3) ping 192.168.1.100 4) ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.200 and ping each of them through the other interface.. time for me to go. also, dhcp might now work because you don't have a socket set in the kernel, i'm sure somebody here can recall better than me. bbl |
| 00:46.24 | Seb | Toshy: he';s impersonating apt ;) |
| 00:46.26 | simonrvn | Toshy: i was imitating one of the bots ;) |
| 00:46.32 | Toshy | simonrvn: oh |
| 00:46.40 | FieldySnuts | s/now/not/ |
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| 00:47.12 | Seb | damn FieldySnuts is useless |
| 00:47.24 | Seb | routing with 2 interfaces on the same subnet is a bad idea |
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| 00:48.22 | OblivionO | OK, Switching to 'ask' and 'extended' seemed to have no effect on Lilo.Conf. |
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| 00:48.38 | Seb | OblivionO: you did rerun lilo after modifying lilo.conf, right ? |
| 00:48.40 | Toshy | OblivionO: did you lilo after ? |
| 00:48.41 | XinmingLai | simonrvn: I've install x-window-system-core xlibs xserver-xfree86 first,and then using apt-get install gnome-core.Not work. |
| 00:48.46 | OblivionO | All I want is the console to use my entire screen.. instead of a little box in the center.. any other insight? |
| 00:48.58 | OblivionO | Seb/Toshy: no... |
| 00:49.02 | Seb | OblivionO: do that |
| 00:49.03 | abrotman | XinmingLai: what is the error? |
| 00:49.06 | OblivionO | OK, so I['m an idgit |
| 00:49.07 | Seb | OblivionO: otherwise it won't do much indeed |
| 00:49.07 | abrotman | what package is missing? |
| 00:49.13 | Seb | OblivionO: yeah :> |
| 00:49.19 | OblivionO | Thanks again guys.. I'm gonna owe you a lot. |
| 00:49.21 | simonrvn | XinmingLai: use. dselect. or. aptitude. it will rsolve the deps much better than apt-get |
| 00:49.23 | abrotman | ~doesn't work |
| 00:49.24 | | Look buddy, doesn't work is an ambiguous statement. Does it sit on the couch all day? Does it want more money? Does it waste its time on IRC all day long? Please be specific! Define 'it' and what it isn't doing. |
| 00:49.26 | netgod | OblivionO: use vga=[secret hexadecimal code for running in 800x600] |
| 00:49.27 | XinmingLai | simonrvn: Ok,Sorry,I must using Linux.Or I can't go anywhere.here is scrolling too fast.bbl.Sorry. |
| 00:49.38 | netgod | OblivionO: which is in Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt |
| 00:49.52 | OblivionO | nedg: I shall find it inded |
| 00:50.00 | abrotman | simonrvn: my crap doesn't work .. can you help? |
| 00:50.03 | Vladkao | simonrvn did you understand that ? |
| 00:50.04 | netgod | luckly the stock kernel has vesafb in it |
| 00:50.11 | Vladkao | nevermind |
| 00:50.17 | simonrvn | abrotman: crap? |
| 00:50.23 | abrotman | simonrvn: it was a joke |
| 00:50.29 | irssi-tester | 800x600/16M = 0x315 |
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| 00:50.45 | simonrvn | abrotman: duh :) |
| 00:50.52 | Seb | yeah, irony is all about facial expressions and voice intonations :) |
| 00:51.01 | abrotman | simonrvn: it was crap doesn't work like XimingLai |
| 00:51.04 | Seb | ok, I'm off |
| 00:51.07 | Seb | see ya guys |
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| 00:51.25 | g4lt | abrotman your crap doesn't work? that rules out 10% of everythin.... |
| 00:51.35 | abrotman | g4lt: it also saves the water bill :) |
| 00:51.43 | Toshy | with all this I still don't have GLX or DMA on hdds... |
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| 00:52.23 | b00 | Toshy: you still cant make you nvidia work ? :) |
| 00:52.46 | Toshy | b00: well, I have X, I jsut don't have GLX |
| 00:52.49 | dgbeards | Toshy: Ok, I rebooted the machine and on bootup, it said "configuring network interfaces: ifconfig: only one address allowed for interface 'lo'" |
| 00:53.02 | abrotman | glx on your hdds? |
| 00:53.05 | OblivionO | netgod: am I reading this wrong?: "if yous et the 0x infront of the numbers"... 0x860 0x640? |
| 00:53.14 | irssi-tester | 800x600/16M = 0x315 |
| 00:53.21 | dgbeards | Tohsy: Then, when bringing up eth0 with dhcp, it said "ifconfig: can not resolve 'up': Host name lookup failure" |
| 00:53.22 | netgod | 0x315 |
| 00:53.31 | Toshy | dgbeards: your /etc/network/interfaces is bad |
| 00:53.39 | Toshy | abrotman: no... GLX in X, DMA on HDDs |
| 00:53.43 | OblivionO | hm.. I must have that file wrong.. |
| 00:53.56 | OblivionO | I didn't have hte package on my system, so I looked on the net. |
| 00:54.00 | maher | dgbeards: is there something wrong with your interfaces file? why is lo getting more than one address? |
| 00:54.05 | abrotman | Toshy: ive foudn DRI is black magic .. my just one day magically worked |
| 00:54.17 | OblivionO | gona go give it a shot, be back in a bit. |
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| 00:54.32 | abrotman | Toshy: did you try xfree86 or dri channels? |
| 00:54.35 | dgbeards | Toshy: It says "auto lo/iface lo inet loopback/auto eth0/iface eth0 inet dhcp/auto eth1/iface eth1 inet static/...followed by the address and netmask lines for eth1 |
| 00:54.47 | Toshy | abrotman: No, I just noticed actually... |
| 00:54.56 | dgbeards | maher: I have no idea. I can't see anything wrong with the interfaces file |
| 00:55.02 | hackeron | how can I get total free space left on drive (free to create new partition) to use in script?, I got cfdisk -P s /dev/hda which shows 947835 empty sectors, so can someone give me a way to get size in MB or a conversion rate to convert to MB? |
| 00:55.06 | b00 | Toshy: weird.. i never had problem with nvidia glx |
| 00:55.08 | Toshy | dgbeards: Can I query you I'll past my interface file |
| 00:55.11 | b00 | getting glx |
| 00:55.24 | dgbeards | Toshy: Sure. |
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| 00:55.58 | dgbeards | Toshy: There are also # commented lines in my interface file, but that shouldn't be a problem. |
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| 00:56.38 | K-sPecial | how do I make ls always be colorful? |
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| 00:56.41 | K-sPecial | can I make an alias to ls ? |
| 00:56.46 | caphuso | K-sPecial: http://www.linuks.mine.nu/debian-faq/ |
| 00:56.49 | K-sPecial | alias ls='ls --color' |
| 00:57.01 | netgod | K-sPecial: alias ls='ls --color=auto' |
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| 00:57.17 | K-sPecial | thanks netgod |
| 00:57.20 | dgbeards | Toshy: Yeah, That's exactly what I have. |
| 00:57.23 | dgbeards | Toshy: Maybe I |
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| 00:57.34 | dgbeards | Toshy: ...I'll just trash that file and make a new one. |
| 00:57.40 | dgbeards | Toshy: Let me try that. |
| 00:57.43 | simonrvn | ls -lAhF --color=auto ;) |
| 00:57.45 | Toshy | dgbeards: yeah |
| 00:57.51 | Toshy | dgbeards: okay |
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| 00:59.18 | {Shadow} | after installing debian (1st cd only...) how do i connect over the internet using dsl? is there a command, files to configure, maybe a graphical x window tool? |
