Re: Re: RAID w/ Adaptec 2120S

On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 18:03 -0700, David Wright wrote: > Thanks for the answer. In addition to dtp_i2o, I notice there is also a > driver called aacraid. From poking about on the web, it appears that > both are from Adeptec. The discover package actually chooses the latter. > Do you (or does anyone

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steef van duin wrote: Adam Aube wrote: steef van duin wrote: how do i get cdrecord to recognize my cd-writer under sarge? What kernel - 2.4 or 2.6? cdrecord dev=ATAPI recognizes my cdrom but not the writer. scsi-emulation and sg are (automatically) installed as modprobe tells me. guess i

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Re: Unofficial binary Debian packages considered insecure?

Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's the reason why Debian has a maintainer application process, > requires new maintainer gpg keys to be signed by existing developers, > and requires all uploads to be gpg signed by a key in the Debian > keyring. Of course this doesn't prevent a Debian

Re: Unofficial binary Debian packages considered insecure?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Niels L. Ellegaard) writes: > I have been looking at a few of the the sites that offer unofficial > debian packages, and I am somewhat confused about the security > issues. And that's a healthy attitude to take with unofficial packages (or even official ones if you run sid, whi

Re: X fails to find my vidio card

Adam Aube wrote: Maurice helwig wrote: I have a Shuttle MN31N mothetboard with integrated sound and video ( Nvidia GeForce 4MX ) which works well on Windows. Knoppix 3.3 live distro worked well so I decided to try Debian Linux. The Install went well and the base system worked. In

Re: scsi under sarge

Adam Aube wrote: steef van duin wrote: how do i get cdrecord to recognize my cd-writer under sarge? What kernel - 2.4 or 2.6? cdrecord dev=ATAPI recognizes my cdrom but not the writer. scsi-emulation and sg are (automatically) installed as modprobe tells me. guess i must grub tell someth

Re: TMDA and other challenge-response systems considered harmful

"s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Incoming from Paul Johnson: >> Spam Interceptor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > This is Skot Oakley. I am running Spam Interceptor to get rid of >> > junk email. Please follow this link to verify that the message you >> >> Now for anybody else consi

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Re: Unofficial binary Debian packages considered insecure?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Niels L. Ellegaard) writes: > I have been looking at a few of the the sites that offer unofficial > debian packages, and I am somewhat confused about the security issues. > I am not a great Linux guru, so I wonder how easy it would be to hide > a rootkit in a binary package and

Re: X fails to find my vidio card

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Re: scsi under sarge

steef van duin wrote: > how do i get cdrecord to recognize my cd-writer under sarge? What kernel - 2.4 or 2.6? > cdrecord dev=ATAPI recognizes my cdrom but not the writer. > scsi-emulation and sg are (automatically) installed as modprobe tells > me. guess i must grub tell something. lilo did not

Re: OT - Tabs vs. Spaces in a Debian system

Micha Feigin wrote: On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 12:00:03PM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: On 2004-05-28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: Your editor may not display tabs as the same number of characters as my editor does. Then set it to that if you wish to read the file. Both vim and emacs as examples also

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Re: OT - trivial programming language

On 2004-05-29, Micha Feigin penned: > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 01:32:24PM -0600, s. keeling wrote: >> >> And if it's python, we're hosed. >> > Since I am not a python user, why so? Because in python, scope is determined entirely by indentation. >> Here's another: displaying a file in less/more/p

Re: OT - trivial programming language

On 2004-05-29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > What if the editor you're using actually puts five spaces when you hit > tab? In that case, just about any editor should display it correctly. > Then you're not using tabs and no one cares. I don't care if you type alt-ctrl-apple-B to insert your 5 space

Re: OT - trivial programming language

Once upon a time Micha Feigin said... > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 12:00:03PM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > > On 2004-05-28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > > > s. keeling wrote: > > >> > > >> However, this is likely only a problem for those of us who hate tabs. > > >> Those who like tabs are blissfu

Re: OT - trivial programming language

Is it perhaps time to take this argument off-list? Just a thought. Patrick On Fri, 28 May 2004, Steve Lamb wrote: :s. keeling wrote: :> Indentation is syntactical in python. No, I don't know why. : :Better to ask why in most other languages there are two syntaxes. One for :the computer, o

Re: OT - trivial programming language

s. keeling wrote: > Indentation is syntactical in python. No, I don't know why. Better to ask why in most other languages there are two syntaxes. One for the computer, one for the human. This is legal: if (foo){bar;}lese{baz;} So is this: if (foo) { bar; } else { baz; } But we

Re: OT - trivial programming language

Incoming from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > What if the editor you're using actually puts five spaces when you hit > tab? In that case, just about any editor should display it correctly. My editors (emacs & vim) do. Display is not the only problem. What happens in vi(m) when you're sitting on a tab char

Re: OT - trivial programming language

Incoming from Micha Feigin: > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 01:32:24PM -0600, s. keeling wrote: > > > > And if it's python, we're hosed. > > Since I am not a python user, why so? Indentation is syntactical in python. No, I don't know why. > > Here's another: displaying a file in less/more/pg/most ma

Re: OT - trivial programming language

Incoming from Micha Feigin: > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 12:00:03PM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > > On 2004-05-28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > > > s. keeling wrote: > > >> > > >> However, this is likely only a problem for those of us who hate tabs. > > >> Those who like tabs are blissfully ignora

Re: OT - trivial programming language

On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 01:32:24PM -0600, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Monique Y. Mudama: > > On 2004-05-28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > > > > > > s. keeling wrote: > > >> > > >> However, this is likely only a problem for those of us who hate tabs. > > >> Those who like tabs are blissfully ig

Re: OT - trivial programming language

On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 12:00:03PM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2004-05-28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > > > > > > s. keeling wrote: > >> > >> However, this is likely only a problem for those of us who hate tabs. > >> Those who like tabs are blissfully ignorant of the problems they > >> cau

Re: OT - trivial programming language

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Re: Re: RAID w/ Adaptec 2120S

Thanks for the answer. In addition to dtp_i2o, I notice there is also a driver called aacraid. From poking about on the web, it appears that both are from Adeptec. The discover package actually chooses the latter. Do you (or does anyone else) know the difference? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

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Re: Unofficial binary Debian packages considered insecure?

On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 09:57:33PM +0200, Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: > > I have been looking at a few of the the sites that offer unofficial > debian packages, and I am somewhat confused about the security issues. > I am not a great Linux guru, so I wonder how easy it would be to hide > a rootkit i

Re: Debian downgrade from unstable to testing

Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't have this manual 5 apt_preferences installed. When I create > the preferences file name, I get: E: Invalid record in preferences > file... My guess is that you have to create the file /etc/apt/preferences, but I don't know much about knoppix. Anyway

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Unofficial binary Debian packages considered insecure?

I have been looking at a few of the the sites that offer unofficial debian packages, and I am somewhat confused about the security issues. I am not a great Linux guru, so I wonder how easy it would be to hide a rootkit in a binary package and submit it to apt-get.org or backports.org. Is this a se

Re: Moving Package List

On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 14:57, Sam Halliday wrote: > i have a machine running Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable with a package list i > am very happy with. i would like to move this configuration to another machine > which i am performing a fresh install on. how can i get a list of all the > packages

Moving Package List

hello, i know this is probably somthing which is discussed often on the list... but i was unable to find anything in the archives, the apt FAQ or several google searches... so i'm posting to the list. i have a machine running Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable with a package list i am very happy w

Re: RAID w/ Adaptec 2120S

Hi, On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 01:33 -0700, David Wright wrote: > Can anyone who has experience with this card recommend a driver? dpt_i2o in Linux 2.4. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: TMDA and other challenge-response systems considered harmful

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Re: cdrom does not un-mounts

On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 19:14, David Fokkema wrote: > > If you are running Gnome you could try something like > > gksu "/etc/init.d/fam stop" > > umount the cd followed by > > gksu "/etc/init.d/fam start" > > My brother has problems unmounting his zip drive. It is _always_ famd > which is bl

Re: OT - trivial programming language

Incoming from Monique Y. Mudama: > On 2004-05-28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > > > > s. keeling wrote: > >> > >> However, this is likely only a problem for those of us who hate tabs. > >> Those who like tabs are blissfully ignorant of the problems they > >> cause. Thankfully, we've found ways to d

can't upgrade to gnome2.6 on sid

all my gnome packages fail to install because of this error: /var/lib/dpkg/info/libgnome2-common.postinst: line 28: 18203 Segmentation fault HOME=/root GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`gconftool-2 --get-default-source` gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule /etc/gconf/schemas/$FILES >/dev/null how can i

Re: OT - trivial programming language

On 2004-05-28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > > > s. keeling wrote: >> >> However, this is likely only a problem for those of us who hate tabs. >> Those who like tabs are blissfully ignorant of the problems they >> cause. Thankfully, we've found ways to deal with this ridiculous >> preference of you

Re: cdrom does not un-mounts

On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 06:54:14PM +0100, Iain Mac Donald wrote: > On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 18:23, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > man fuser > > man lsof > > > > IIRC: > > The commands above *might* mean you're getting logged out of X at times > > .. not being sure ... :) > > Most of the time is FAMD,

Re: TMDA and other challenge-response systems considered harmful

On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 10:45:57AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Spam Interceptor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This is Skot Oakley. I am running Spam Interceptor to get rid of > > junk email. Please follow this link to verify that the message you > > sent me isn't junk email. > > > > http://si

Re: Bind9/named/DNS help needed

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Re: Samba in unstable?

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Re: cdrom does not un-mounts

On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 18:23, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > IIRC: > lsof /dev/cdrom > or > fuser /dev/cdrom > > and then doing a > kill -s 9 > as root helps here. > Not being sure whether that's sane, safe, whatever. But it often helps > here. I often find it is because I am sitting in the /cdrom

Re: where are my posts?

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TMDA and other challenge-response systems considered harmful

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Re: OT - trivial programming language

s. keeling wrote: However, this is likely only a problem for those of us who hate tabs. Those who like tabs are blissfully ignorant of the problems they cause. Thankfully, we've found ways to deal with this ridiculous preference of yours (man expand, man unexpand, perldoc Text::Tabs, ...). What k

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Re: cdrom does not un-mounts

On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 06:52, J.S.Sahambi wrote: > I am using Debian/sid. Same here, on ppc ... :) > Some times when I mount a cdrom and try to > unmount it immediately, it gives the following error on the terminal: > > umount: /cdrom: device is busy > umount: /cdrom: device is busy [

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Re: Multiple linux systems..

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On Fri, 28 May 2004 17:03:00 +0200 Thomas S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for answering but No ! The problem is that for my kind of > upgrade card (Sonnet Crescendo G3 for old Power PC), there's nothing > about on this debian's manual ! So if someone can help, thank's. You may want to

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Re: OT - trivial programming language

Incoming from Micha Feigin: > On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 05:56:00PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > > No self respecting programmer should ever use tabs. Ever. And yeah, I > > know certain people (*cough*Linus*cough*) does, doesn't mean the rest of us > > It doesn't really matter what method yo

Re: Hello

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Re: Compromised-machine?? netbus- request from my debian-sid machine to outside IP to port 12345

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Re: Compromised-machine?? netbus- request from my debian-sid machine to outside IP to port 12345

hi ya "quadpolar" :-) On Thu, 27 May 2004, tripolar wrote: > I dont think so- The only thing I know of is firestarter (firewall). I > received some more messages the same except this time ports 1234 ( > service subseven) but going to a different outside IP. post your logs (unedited, except fo

Re: Compromised-machine?? netbus- request from my debian-sid machine to outside IP to port 12345

Alvin Oga wrote: hi ya "quadpolar" :-) On Thu, 27 May 2004, tripolar wrote: I dont think so- The only thing I know of is firestarter (firewall). I received some more messages the same except this time ports 1234 ( service subseven) but going to a different outside IP. post your logs (uned

Any comments on Advance Bash-Scripting Guide?

Hi, all What do you think about the abs-guide package in debian distro? How about a `better` book on bash scripting? Hui -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

testing

testing -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

testing open ports on the user's side

Hi everyone, I'm working on a web site that includes streamed rich media files. I need a way to test to see which ports the user can access if they're behind a firewall. I'm guess that I need to try and send them an object (a picture maybe?) on one of the ports I need information about and then se

Xvideo not working with ATI drivers under Debian

Hi, I've attached my XFree configuration and log file. The problem is that my ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP card does not work with Xvideo under X11 under Debian. The same card worked correctly under Mandrake. When I run "xvinfo" I get: X-Video Extension version 2.2 screen #0 no adaptors present I've

Re: testing open ports on the user's side

On Friday 28 May 2004 16:25, Emma Jane Hogbin hurled the following on the wire: > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 07:08:24AM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > grab the plug-info from the users browser ( if its setup to tell you ) > > > > use nmap or any port scanner to see if you can scan that port you > > want

Re: testing open ports on the user's side

On Fri, 28 May 2004, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > > any secure site will only allow port 80 or port 443 for web ... > > It's not the server I'm testing, it's the user. Some streaming video that "secure site" works both ways ... user or server .. > (RealPlayer) doesn't come through on regular port

Re: testing open ports on the user's side

On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 07:08:24AM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > grab the plug-info from the users browser ( if its setup to tell you ) > > use nmap or any port scanner to see if you can scan that port you > want on their machine This is the one I need to know about. Sorry to be so dense, but if I g

Re: testing open ports on the user's side

On Fri, 28 May 2004 09:59:20 -0400 Emma Jane Hogbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 10:32:20PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > I'm working on a web site that includes streamed rich media files. > > > I need a way to test to see which ports the user can access if > > > they're be

Re: testing open ports on the user's side

On Friday 28 May 2004 15:59, Emma Jane Hogbin hurled the following on the wire: > On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 10:32:20PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > I'm working on a web site that includes streamed rich media files. I > > > need a way to test to see which ports the user can access if they're > > > b

Re: 7zip

> Is there a .deb version of 7-Zip? > I have googled, and apt-cache search'd but couldn't find anything other than > it may be a "removed" package... Oops - sorry. Just found that it is a Windows-only tool (even though it's GPL) and requires the Windows SDK to compile. [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi

Re: Using rsync over SSH

Yes - I see what you're saying. I think when I realised you can rsync through ssh with out setting/using up the rsync server, I made a few assumptions - perhaps this man page would bear a re-reading. thanks for filling me in Glenn On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 23:13, Bill Moseley wrote: > On Fri, May 28, 2

Re: testing open ports on the user's side

On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 10:32:20PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > I'm working on a web site that includes streamed rich media files. I need > > a way to test to see which ports the user can access if they're behind a > > firewall. I'm guess that I need to try and send them an object (a picture > > may

7zip

Hi there, Is there a .deb version of 7-Zip? I have googled, and apt-cache search'd but couldn't find anything other than it may be a "removed" package... If not, I'll grab the source... Cheers, Pete. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: XMMS Plays Really Slow

On Thu, 27 May 2004 23:11:19 -0700 Jake Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 04:50:56PM -0500, Jacob S. wrote: > > On Tue, 25 May 2004 13:13:29 -0700 > > Jake Johnson wrote: > > > > > How does the new kernel work without running esd? I still stay

Samba in unstable?

A couple days ago I ran a dist-upgrade and samba just went away. It seems that the latest version of samba requires an update to libcupsys2-gnutls10 but: {100}:/var/cache/apt/archives>apt-get install libcupsys2-gnutls10 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The followi

Re: How long can we avoid using kernel 2.6.x ?

* Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Mon, May 24, 2004 at 04:56:16PM +0100]: > I've tried kernel 2.6.6 and encounter various problems: one is that > magicfilter no longer works properly and another is that I don't find a > config entry for my usb Epson scanner. It seems that there is no modul

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