Re: mounting Windows problem
Lauri Tischler wrote: freire wrote: For some reason my windowsnt filesystem in may debian istalation is owned by root and is mounted as read only (and tgherefore I cant change anything). Teh line in /etc/fstab is: /dev/hda1 /Winntfsrw,user,noauto 0 0 but... Someone can tell me why? Because NTFS filesystem is undocumented and it is a Really Bad Idea to write into it with Linux. Yes. If you want read/write access to certain files, you could create a vfat partition to store those files. Both OS can read/write vfat. - Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian version and apt.conf
On 6/10/05, David Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 06:31:29PM -0400, Marty wrote:
> > David Jardine wrote:
> > >And I still don't understand where you got your apt.conf file
> > >from - it was you wasn't it, Marty (teacher's pet :{ ).
> > >
> >
> > If I did it was some years ago and I don't recall. But why did you
> > call me a "teacher's pet???"
>
> Because you got an apt.conf file and we didn't .
>
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> David Jardine
>
> "Running Debian GNU/Linux and
> loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895)
>
>
LMAO!
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Re: Top posting
I have an idea! On 6/10/05, Ben Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exactly. Ignore top post messages if they irritate you. Like this one. :-) Why Not > Same approach for people (top posters) who have difficulty strolling down > multiple pages to extract relevant info. Just post > The point is : if you think that the posting has info that is important > enough, you will make the effort to read. All over? If not, you should be doing something else more productive. > > Why even reply to threads? Maybe we could change the subject on each post too > > Ben > > -Original Message- I like chaos and confusion. > From: "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Jun 10, 2005 11:12 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Top posting > > Personally, I don't like it when people top post. But I don't get all > crazy on them about it. I just ignore such messages. It's that easy. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Chris Martin Web Developer Open Source & Web Standards Advocate http://www.chriscodes.com/
Re: OT VPS Hosting
I've been using http://www.vpslink.com/ for the last month. Only complaint I had is that their Debian installs are set to pull down 'stable' or 'testing' (instead of 'sarge', 'etch', etc). So choosing Sarge will get you Etch, choosing Etch will get you Lenny. I signed up for their plan labeled Etch on the day Etch was released which got me an instantly hosed system. It was easy enough to reinstall their Sarge labeled system (which was set to bring down stable, which wound up being Etch) Other than that minor confusion, it's been great. -- Chris Martin Web Developer Open Source & Web Standards Advocate http://www.chriscodes.com/ On 5/20/07, Martin Kenneth Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Everyone, I have an off topic question, I hope that someone help me, I bought a hosting plan with Dreamhost but is just simply anything but a hosting company I have like a day of downtime each week, is horrible that's why I'm looking now for a Virtual Private Server Hosting company does anyone know a good company that really works? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Martin Kenneth Lopez-=|Big_Bang|=- [EMAIL PROTECTED] GNU/Linux User:392011 http://kenneth.tektonlabs.com Tekton Labs <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Pet Owners List
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Fwd: New to debian
Ment to send this to the list. -- Forwarded message -- From: Chris Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jul 12, 2005 11:54 AM Subject: Re: New to debian To: Johan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 7/12/05, Johan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am absolutely new to debian but not to linux. (Mandrake, Suse, > Ubuntu) the easy ones? > > I have debian "sarge" 14 cd's. > > While installing I almost thought that I was installing ubuntu up to a > point. > All cd's is registered in apt-get (2 to 14). > > That point is this installation only go as far as the command line. > > Does not even have startx. > > Usually I end up with a graphical interface. > > Obviously this time not. Ok, I did some surfing but the documentation > tells me to do what actually has already being done by the installer. > > Please I would like to get further than the command line. > > Kindly how to proceed? > Did you select Desktop System while installing? If not you'll need to install X, and your WM of choice (KDE, gnome, etc.). If you get all that installed, and your X configuration is just off, you can boot with a Knoppix CD and copy the XF86Config-4 from that. That usually works for me. -- Chris Martin Web Developer Open Source & Web Standards Advocate http://www.chriscodes.com/
Re: Is NTFS file system (Win2k) stable and usable with debian sarge?
On 9/4/05, Mirco Sippel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: J. Grant schrieb:>> For the other direction there is explore2fs which works about the same>> way. It gives you a somewhat "ftp-like" interface to download files>> from your ext2/ext3 file system into windows. It doesn't allow you to >> delete or modify the ext2/ext3 partition. Then the next time you boot>> Linux you can remove those files if you want. http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm>> Looks good, I'll have to give that a try.There's also a filesystem driver for ext2/ext3 which allows you towrite and delete files on those partitions under windows. Take a look at: http://www.fs-driver.orgThe fs-driver is very cool. It allows you to mount your linux partition to a drive letter of your choice, which makes it available via Windows Explorer. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think it works for ext3. I quickly tried it on a laptop from work, but quickly is the keyword there.I do as the others have said, and just copy from NTFS, and delete from Windows. Although, I rarely boot into Windows ;) When I do I use explore2fs, or more recently the fs-driver. -- Chris MartinWeb DeveloperOpen Source & Web Standards Advocatehttp://www.chriscodes.com/
Re: How do you "move to testing/etch"?
On 9/14/05, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My best guess is to edit /etc/apt/sources.list, and apt-get update, apt- > get dist-upgrade, but can anyone point to a good description of the > process, please. ^^^ pointing to description of the process ^^^ This is out of date? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html It was updated a month ago. > In addition, is there a written example of adding a package from sid? Be sure sid is in apt.sources, then... apt-get install package That should get sid if you have no /etc/apt/preferences or the more sureshot way apt-get -t distribution install package Look at 'Keeping a mixed system' in the doc mentioned above, or search for apt preferences, or apt-pinning to keep control of things -- Chris Martin Web Developer Open Source & Web Standards Advocate http://www.chriscodes.com/
Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird
On 9/23/05, Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Angelo Bertolli wrote: > > Albert wrote: > > > >> michael wrote: > >> > >> > >>> and insults don't generally inspire people to respond in a helpful > >>> manner, but then you prob knew that already ;) > >> > >> > >> > >> Insults? I only responded in kind to Antony, who believes answering a > >> newbie question is 'breast feeding'. > > > > > > Please, not in front of the kids. > > > > Well to bring this back on track (maybe), I also have installed Tbird > > and Ffox from the executables on sarge. One of the reasons is the > > debian packages don't have the cool icons. Ok maybe that's a lame > > reason. The other reason is I have trouble installing themes and > > extensions using the debian packages. Why is this the case? Is it > > because they try to install into the application (/usr) instead of my > > home directory, and then don't have the right permissions? > > I think you brought this up a while back. Most people don't have this > problem. Perhaps you could tell us which extensions you are trying to > install and how you are trying to install them? > I don't have this problem. Although, I do sometimes use the mozilla binaries for the icons, so it's not _that_ lame. ;) -- Chris Martin Web Developer Open Source & Web Standards Advocate http://www.chriscodes.com/
Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird
On 9/23/05, Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fritz Brown wrote: > >>You need to run > >> > >>sudo dpkg -i [whatever it is].deb > >> > > > > Aaaahh. Will try that. Everything else had me doing a dpkg -i | --install > > [whatever].deb. And, it really didn't like that "| --install" part. > > (Running Woody till I get this thing as a going concern. Then I will > > upgrade.) > > You need superuser privileges to install packages. Pacakges deposit > files in /usr, /etc, /var, and lots of places that a normal user > shouldn't be able to affect. Yes. So you should be able to login as root (su), and perform dpkg -i package.deb if you don't want to mess with sudo -- Chris Martin Web Developer Open Source & Web Standards Advocate http://www.chriscodes.com/
Re: Newbie Hostname Change
On 9/23/05, Bill Marcum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 04:50:26PM +0100, Sean Whitton wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My friend installed Debian on his computer and I'm supposed to be > > admining it as a server. THings are going well (except I keep > > mistyping shutdown and killing the server), but there is one problem: > > the hostname. > > > > He typed Ask4 instead of ask4, which is a problem. > > > > I assume I can change this with the hostname command, but I want to be sure > > there arn't any additional steps beyond this. > > > The hostname command will only change it temporarily. For a permanent > change, edit /etc/hostname. > and /etc/hosts -- Chris Martin Web Developer Open Source & Web Standards Advocate http://www.chriscodes.com/
Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird
On 9/24/05, Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thank you for an informative, but unnecessary, HOW-TO, though I > don't know what 'basics' you think I should start with. My > primary working distro for several years has been LFS, and my > 'Linux experience' has been delightful. BTW, the Firefox and > Thunderbird binaries are pretty much self-contained with no > unusual dependencies. > Not trying to flame here, but it seems some of that was, and will prove necessary if you're planning on using debian. Maybe you're familiar with less if you've been using Linux, apt however is debian specific, although it's been ported to other rpm based distros, and even Fink on OS X uses it. IMO (and many others) it's the best tool available for searching for, and installing, packages (and their dependencies). Knowing it will probably make your 'Debian GNU/Linux' experience even more delightful. -- Chris Martin Web Developer Open Source & Web Standards Advocate http://www.chriscodes.com/
