Re: Bug#312669: /sbin/ifconfig: Add ifconfig to user path
Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 01:24:43PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > And anyway ifconfig is deprecated, > > While I don't have a very strong opinion on this matter either way, I > feel I should point out that > a) ifconfig is an application that exists not only on Linux, but on many >other (free or non-free) unices as well; it would be fair to say >that it's a good thing to keep it so that people with past >experiences on these operating systems will have a more easy time >getting to know the system. > b) The mere fact that there is something newer which performs the same >function does in no way imply that the older implementation is >"deprecated". This is true for many things -- kernels, network >configuration software, /dev implementations. Although I agree at least with a), ifconfig is just unmaintained and broken in many ways. You haven't be able to get even accurate info about interfaces with netkit ifconfig (like several ip addresses on interface etc.). I call this situation dangerous. -- Hasso Tepper -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disk Performance
Gordon Russell wrote: > I guess hdparm -c 1 -m 16 might improve things, but why does it go faster > when I use the scsi disk?? -c 1 certanly will help but I don't know about -m 16. Just try out and will see (hdparm -t /dev/hdc). Hasso
Re: how can Euro symbol be displayed under X [4.0.3]?
Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > And also the Euro key doesn't work at all (it is not only the > problem of not having any font wich displays this symbol, something > which also must be worked). Ville Hallik modified some fonts to display all Latin0 glyphs and euro symbol as well for Estonian users. These are working fine for me in Potato (both 3.3.6 and unofficial 4.0.2). Fonts can be downloaded from http://linux.ee/~ville/vh-fonts-0.99.2.tar.gz If you will need more info about these fonts please contact Ville Hallik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. regards, Hasso Tepper KDE Estonian Team
Re: how can Euro symbol be displayed under X [4.0.3]?
Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > El 09 May 2001 15:36:59 -0500, David Starner escribió: > > This is a volunteer organization. No one's going to object if you > > submit bugs on the packages with patches to make iso-8859-15 > > versions. (Remember that iso-8859-15 differs from iso-8859-1 by > > more than just the Euro.) (Bugs without patches aren't going to > > be helpful.) But most of us don't have the knowledge or interest > > to make iso-8859-15 fonts, so we aren't going to do it. (Note > > that Debian has no decent tools to edit Type 1 or Speedo fonts.) > > If you're really concerned about it, then you need to fix it > > yourself, or find someone who can who will. > > I know that Debian is a volunteer organization. After all I'm in > the middle of the NM process ;-) I only want to ask people (or at > least European people) if someone is doing something, or thinks > that something must be done. What I don't want to do is to start > fixing those things by hand, and start thinking how this could be > done in spanish debian lists, while the Germany or French people > are doing the same. What I want is that if something is going to be > made, be made by everyone altogether. As I said something is done already. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0105/msg00712.html iso-8859-15 is very important for Estonian users as well. Of course there is euro and s with caron and z with caron are also needed in Estonian. regards, Hasso Tepper KDE Estonian Team
Re: how can Euro symbol be displayed under X [4.0.3]?
Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > El 09 May 2001 23:27:39 +0200, Hasso Tepper escribió: > [...] > > > As I said something is done already. > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0105/msg00712.html > > Oh, sorry. I read your mail, and later I forgot it. > > > iso-8859-15 is very important for Estonian users as well. Of > > course there is euro and s with caron and z with caron are also > > needed in Estonian. > > Perhaps these fonts could be built as a package: xfonts-euro or > xfonts-ISO885915, or something like this. I don't know. This only > are some crazy ideas (but crazyness can make us more clever ;-) Sure. Please contact author - Ville Hallik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. I'm sure he will be glad to see his work in Debian. He is Debian user as well. regards, Hasso Tepper KDE Estonian Team
