Re: How do you grow brocolli?

On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 23:38 -0700, Michael M. wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: > > Miles Bader wrote: > >> steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > frightening amounts of processed and "fast" food. And possibly worse, > frightening *quantities* of it. The US obesity pandemic occasionally > >>

Re: Installation DVDs - Questions

Carlos E. S. Mazzini wrote: Hello, I'm kind of new in the linux world and I need some help, I hope you'll answer my questions... I've heard a lot about debian and decided to use it... Good choice, and welcome! 5) Supposing the answer for 1 is yes, the content od the DVD 2 can be install

Re: Firefox Acroread plugin not working

Chris Lale wrote: > > Jonathan Kaye wrote: > >>I'm also using Etch 2.6.15-i686. I have nppdf.so in my ~/.mozilla/plugins/ >>folder. It is not a link but an actual copy. The Acrobat plugin works fine >>in Firefox. Why not give that a try. >> >> >> > Replacing the symlink with a copy does not w

Re: How do you grow brocolli?

Mike McCarty wrote: Miles Bader wrote: steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: frightening amounts of processed and "fast" food. And possibly worse, frightening *quantities* of it. The US obesity pandemic occasionally makes the news here in Europe. Alas, I think the UK may be heading steadily in the

Re: google_desktop_tool

On Saturday 22 April 2006 02:31, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Friday 21 April 2006 12:09, steef wrote: > > let us all be warned! > > The functionality that you're panicking about is disabled by default. You > have to go out of your way to turn it on. so can to sleep quietly again. steef -- To UNS

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

On Saturday 22 April 2006 00:11, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Friday 21 April 2006 09:53, Chris Lale wrote: > > Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > >6) Have something up and running in no time for a desktop > > > Ubuntu wins over debian any moment. > > > > I don't follow this. Install just one pack

Re: Question about building a Debian package

On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 14:35 -0700, lmyho wrote: > dpkg-buildpackage to build the binary package myself for use. My question > is: for > the built binary package, is there any difference between using the source > file from > the debian archive to build it, and using the source file from its own

FW: Debian From Scratch 0.99.0

I received a comment suggesting that I forward this message on to debian-user. So here goes. Please make sure to CC me on replies as I'm not on this list. Thanks, -- John - Forwarded message from John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 20 A

Re: new question [formerly Re: GRUB will not load]

i do believe that i have discovered why grub will not load, whith my processor being slot one pentium 2 300mhz it is too old, new question to all of this, i have found a slot one pentium 3 500mhz, like my socket p3 same speed exactly, with this computer having loaded grub and successfully loaded de

Re: motorola a780 & storage device

On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 12:03:28PM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > I have a my motorola a780 connected to my debian etch/testing box. > debian knows it's there. > > usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using address 16 > scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > Vendor: Motorola Mode

Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 03:12:16PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > If you are using a graphical display, then UTF provides a good way to > avoid the problem if your mail reading software can do the translation. > But I don't think you can assume everyone on a public mailing list is > going to have

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 22:23 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Christopher Nelson wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 02:21:14PM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > > > >>Or even more often, PHP scripts that you write yourself! > > > > Yes of course, but those aren't usually intentionally insecure ;

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

Christopher Nelson wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 02:21:14PM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > >>Or even more often, PHP scripts that you write yourself! > > Yes of course, but those aren't usually intentionally insecure ;) If > they are, you might want to see someone about it... But I (fooli

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

On Friday 21 April 2006 18:04, Ron Johnson wrote: >On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 15:18 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: >> Michelle Konzack wrote: >> > Am 2006-04-11 16:40:59, schrieb Ron Johnson: >> >>.us = 300,000,000 >> > >> > Not right, because the there are 150,000,000 illegal mexicans in >> > the USA and 5

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Re: please help

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 11:04:36AM +0200, Mamakwa M. Sefiri wrote: > Good day > > I used this command fetchmail -u panic -a, I thought I was only going to > view emails in panic, unfortunately is deleted all the email in the > inbox. Did it delete them or simply fetch them? This incarnation see

Re: updating with aptitude

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 10:06:19AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:13:10AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 02:44:06PM -0700, Christopher Nelson wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:32:38PM +, lostson wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > I have

please help

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Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 02:21:14PM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2006-04-21, Christopher Nelson penned: > > > > Do keep in mind though, that you can still get infected via insecure > > things you add on, like PHP scripts you find online and put on your > > webpage. Doesn't happen often, but

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

On Friday 21 April 2006 16:31, Steve Lamb wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > Instead of ranting at how Debian sucks for taking the moral high ground, > > why not rag on developers that take the moral low ground with inferior > > and proprietary licensing? Why should Debian play nicely with developer

Re: google_desktop_tool

On Friday 21 April 2006 12:09, steef wrote: > let us all be warned! The functionality that you're panicking about is disabled by default. You have to go out of your way to turn it on. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: Because it's time to move forward

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 03:58:20PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > The Ubuntu guys felt that it would be cool to install GNOME without > > bothering > > the user. Both have different goals and are targetted to different users. > > Both > > decisions are good. It is an is

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

Paul Johnson wrote: > Instead of ranting at how Debian sucks for taking the moral high ground, why > not rag on developers that take the moral low ground with inferior and > proprietary licensing? Why should Debian play nicely with developers that > won't play nice themselves? Why should Debia

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 15:58 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > And, of course, why there's UBUNTU and KUBUNTU. Waiting for XUBUNTU > myself. ;) I want IceBUNTU :-) Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Supported Video Cards under Free Software (was: Re: Best Video Card)

On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 03:37 -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Apr 19 2006, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Still, if they come out with reasonably priced cards that can do > > 3D like an NVIDIA FX 5200 using the nvidia binary driver, I'd > > How exactly is the performance of such a beast? I have never had

Re: Supported Video Cards under Free Software (was: Re: Best Video Card)

On Thursday 20 April 2006 23:37, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Apr 19 2006, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Still, if they come out with reasonably priced cards that can do > > 3D like an NVIDIA FX 5200 using the nvidia binary driver, I'd > > How exactly is the performance of such a beast? I have never had the

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

On Friday 21 April 2006 14:03, Steve Lamb wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > What if the not-so-open alternative is not redistributable without some > > sort of licensing agreement.  Then the Debian project can strike an > > agrement with the developers, but then you would not be allowed to

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > The Ubuntu guys felt that it would be cool to install GNOME without bothering > the user. Both have different goals and are targetted to different users. Both > decisions are good. It is an issue with defaults. And, of course, why there's UBUNTU and KUBUNTU. Waiti

Re: O.T. dvd burning from the command line

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:36:14 -0500 Forrest Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 03:18:43PM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > > It's been a while since I attempted to burn a DVD from the command > > line. I'm using Tsunami DVD authoring software under wine, and yes I > > own my

Re: Installation DVDs - Questions

Thanks...On 4/21/06, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 03:28:36PM +, Carlos E. S. Mazzini wrote:> Hello, I'm kind  of new in the linux world and I need some help, I hope you'll answer my questions...>> I've heard a lot about debian and decided to use it... Now, I'm d

Re: Supported Video Cards under Free Software (was: Re: Best Video Card)

On Apr 19 2006, Ron Johnson wrote: > Still, if they come out with reasonably priced cards that can do > 3D like an NVIDIA FX 5200 using the nvidia binary driver, I'd How exactly is the performance of such a beast? I have never had the opportunity of using a binary driver for video, since I don't n

Re: Question about building a Debian package

> > The differences between upstream are usually stored in the .diff.gz file that > you get when you 'apt-get source' the package. The .orig.tar.gz contains the > actual upstream code. > > BTW, what package+version are you working on? Thanks for the info! The package I want to make is freeradiu

Re: Supported Video Cards under Free Software (was: Re: Best Video Card)

On Apr 19 2006, Ron Johnson wrote: > When Intel makes "stand-alone" video cards, they'll get more notice > from those of us who don't want on-board video. Actually, between the choices of being able to use the driver even if the card is on-board or not using it (or it having poor support under Fre

Re: Onboard Modem

On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 23:25 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote: > On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 18:02 -0300, Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > > I have already managed this part. > > I have got the so called converter, the same used to make PABX output > > lines to make calls to cell phones form the same operaotr t

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

On Friday 21 April 2006 09:53, Chris Lale wrote: > Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > >6) Have something up and running in no time for a desktop > > Ubuntu wins over debian any moment. > > I don't follow this. Install just one package (KDE or Gnome) and you > have an instant, fully functional desktop.

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 15:18 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Michelle Konzack wrote: > > Am 2006-04-11 16:40:59, schrieb Ron Johnson: > > > >>.us = 300,000,000 > > > > > > Not right, because the there are 150,000,000 illegal mexicans in the > > USA and 50,000,000 illegal prisoners in US-Teritory lik

Re: updating with aptitude

Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 21 April 2006 08:19, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On my sid system there are still packages from stable and testing, > > though I do a dist-upgrade at least every week. This is why I consider > > it best to keep sources also for stable and testing a

Re: open source Solution for Active Directory Services

Is PDC the same thing as ADS? I thought not. http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2003-October/075779.html Maybe subsequent releases of SAMBA 3.0.x have implemented the capability to become an ADDC, but v3.0.0 can not. On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 07:07 +0200, Jan-David Salchow wrote: > hi > i impleme

Re: Question about building a Debian package

On Friday 21 April 2006 17:35, lmyho wrote: > Assuming I can get the same version of source files from 1) downloading the > source from its website, 2) "apt-get source" from the debian achieve, and > to use dpkg-buildpackage to build the binary package myself for use. My > question is: for the bui

Re: Question about building a Debian package

lmyho wrote: > Hello All, > > I have questions about building a debian package on my own: > > Assuming I can get the same version of source files from 1) downloading the > source > from its website, 2) "apt-get source" from the debian achieve, and to use > dpkg-buildpackage to build the binary p

Re: O.T. dvd burning from the command line

On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 03:18:43PM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > It's been a while since I attempted to burn a DVD from the command > line. I'm using Tsunami DVD authoring software under wine, and yes I > own my copy. > > When it generates the dvd structure, is has the AUDIO_TS & VIDEO_TS > stru

Question about building a Debian package

Hello All, I have questions about building a debian package on my own: Assuming I can get the same version of source files from 1) downloading the source from its website, 2) "apt-get source" from the debian achieve, and to use dpkg-buildpackage to build the binary package myself for use. My qu

Re: Firefox suddenly blocking popups from allowed sites

Patrick Wiseman wrote: My Firefox, as reported by "About: Firefox": Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1 ) Gecko/20060313 Debian/1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-4 Firefox/1.5.0.1 I have some pages which popup information boxes when the mouse is over certain words. These have

Re: Onboard Modem

On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 18:02 -0300, Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > I have already managed this part. > I have got the so called converter, the same used to make PABX output > lines to make calls to cell phones form the same operaotr telephone > number. I am sure it works. My apologies, I assumed t

Firefox suddenly blocking popups from allowed sites

My Firefox, as reported by "About: Firefox":Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060313 Debian/1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-4 Firefox/1.5.0.1I have some pages which popup information boxes when the mouse is over certain words.  These have been working flawlessly, but suddenly Firefox is

Re: Onboard Modem

On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:41 -0500, Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much) wrote: > Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > > Fellows! > > > > Just to know it: Does somebody here experienced putting this onboard > > modem to work on linux? > > [...] > > Check out > http://linmodems.org/ > Fellow, I've f

Re: SSH = X11 forwarding?

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 02:16:51PM -0500, Greg Norris wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 09:55:04AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 07:52:39AM -0500, Greg Norris wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:43:47AM -0400, Antonio Paiva wrote: > > > > Ryan, > > > > You proba

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

> Actually, I should asy, I want to find anti-spyware/adware/virus stuff, > just to make the workstation safe when connect to the Internet. > Dr.Web, well proven for me on Win and Lin. Always has 100% detection rates if you believe the VB tests. Never had a virus on Linux though it seems. But

Problem with boost

Dear list, we are using qt-4, opencv and boost in our project. On my etch box dpkg -l libboost\* says: un libboost-date- (keine Beschreibung vorhanden) ii libboost-dev 1.33.1-4 Boost C++ Libraries development files ii libboost-doc 1.33.1-4 Boost.org libraries documentat

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > What if the not-so-open alternative is not redistributable without some > sort of licensing agreement. Then the Debian project can strike an > agrement with the developers, but then you would not be allowed to make > copies and give them to your friends. I'd be fin

Re: Thought on receiving two answers...

On Friday 21 April 2006 13:16, Mike McCarty wrote: > I can CC: the person I'm replying to, even if he *doesn't* > ask for it! On this mailing list, it's generally considered abusive. See http://lists.debian.org/ -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: Beca

Re: Onboard Modem

On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 18:40 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote: > On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:54 -0300, Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > > Fellows! > > > > Just to know it: Does somebody here experienced putting this onboard > > modem to work on linux? > > > > I connect to Internet through LAN, but I want t

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

Chris Lale wrote: > Ha! This put Debian 4th on my list - use with caution. On the other hand it is how I found about Mepis. :D -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. ---

Re: open source Solution for Active Directory Services

hi i implemented a samba / ldap solution in my school. we have about 200 client computers and 1400 users. it works great. since we have a slave ldap directory and a backup domain controller, we don't have downtimes anymore. the only nast thing is that you will not find a management software for ma

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

On 2006-04-21, Christopher Nelson penned: > > Do keep in mind though, that you can still get infected via insecure > things you add on, like PHP scripts you find online and put on your > webpage. Doesn't happen often, but something to think about. Or even more often, PHP scripts that you write yo

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Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color? IS THERE A MODERATOR FOR THIS LIST???

Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2006-04-11 23:37:59, schrieb tom arnall: IS THERE A MODERATOR FOR THIS LIST??? NO, because it is and not ;-) Greetings Michelle Konzack Why, yes there are list admnistrators which sometimes act as moderators. Just recently, there was one who made some unf

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2006-04-11 16:40:59, schrieb Ron Johnson: .us = 300,000,000 Not right, because the there are 150,000,000 illegal mexicans in the USA and 50,000,000 illegal prisoners in US-Teritory like Guantanamo. Guantanamo is not a territory. It is a base which is leased from

Re: Thought on receiving two answers...

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:30:37AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A quorum? The list administrator(s) form a quorum. They rarely interfere in anything unless they see action is needed to maintain the freedom of the list. Correction: not And about CCing: You can

Re: problems with syntax highlighting in vim

Glenn Becker wrote: Apologies if this has been posted already. I am trying to use vim to edit some html files. Never had a problem setting the syntax before, but on my Debian install (testing), I get this when I am inside a simple index.html file and type the ex command: :syntax on Error

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

Chris Lale wrote: Andrew Schulman wrote: I am new to LINUX and somewhat dismaid/confused about the various distributions. Maybe the Linux Distribution Chooser can help: http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?firsttime=true . Ha! This put Debian 4th on my list - use with caution

problems with syntax highlighting in vim

Apologies if this has been posted already. I am trying to use vim to edit some html files. Never had a problem setting the syntax before, but on my Debian install (testing), I get this when I am inside a simple index.html file and type the ex command: :syntax on Error detected while process

Re: debian installer and automatic partition option

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 09:10:52PM +0200, Go do wrote: > Hello. > > Does debian installer permit only "automatic partition"? I want to do my own > partitions and even when I try "expert mode" the installer doesn't permit me > to do them. > > Before, I could choose how I would want to part my d

Re: Thought on receiving two answers...

On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:30:37AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > A quorum? The list administrator(s) form a quorum. They rarely > interfere in anything unless they see action is needed to maintain the > freedom of the list. Correction: not > And about CCing: You can CC: the person you

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 10:11:26PM -0700, lmyho wrote: > Hi Paul and Linas, > > Thanks for the good to know information and nice suggestions! Makes me happy > to hear > these.;) Thanks! Hate those viruses, worms, Trojan horses and dialers, nice > to > know Debian is immune (at least a great po

Re: i868, qemu and install arm netinstaller

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Michael Ott wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I try to install the arm netinstaller cd under qemu on my laptop. > > > > But i cannot. > > > > Does anybody did this before. > > > > Using SID > > I've not done this myself. However, some error messages

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

On 2006-04-21, Michael Schurter penned: > > Think of it this way: if you were a virus/spyware/malware writer who > would you target? 95% of the market or 5% of the market? Well, if *I* were a virus writer, I'd want to target linux because it's more of a challenge. The only reason I can see for w

Re: SSH = X11 forwarding?

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 09:55:04AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 07:52:39AM -0500, Greg Norris wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:43:47AM -0400, Antonio Paiva wrote: > > > Ryan, > > > You probably need to run > > > > > > xhost > > > > > > on the client

debian installer and automatic partition option

Hello. Does debian installer permit only "automatic partition"? I want to do my own partitions and even when I try "expert mode" the installer doesn't permit me to do them. Before, I could choose how I would want to part my disk... I think that someone have wanted to do the installation proce

google_desktop_tool

let us all be warned! steef The Register » Internet and Law » Digital Rights/Digital Wrongs » [Print][Mobile][NewsAlerts] EFF issues Google Desktop warning Configure it carefully, or forget it By John Leyden Published Friday 10th February 2006 15:36 GMT New year, new job? Click here for thousan

Re: updating with aptitude

On Friday 21 April 2006 08:19, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On my sid system there are still packages from stable and testing, > though I do a dist-upgrade at least every week. This is why I consider > it best to keep sources also for stable and testing and just change > your default release in apt.conf

xhost (was: SSH = X11 forwarding?)

Hi, Greg Norris wrote: On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:43:47AM -0400, Antonio Paiva wrote: Ryan, You probably need to run xhost on the client machine. Someone suggest this virtually every time the topic comes up. It's exceptionally bad advice... DON'T DO IT!!! Just out of curiosit

Re: Relay over SSH tunnel with Postfix?

Magnus Therning wrote: > Currently I'm experiencing some problems with sending emails from work. > The mail server seems to let through some emails, but not all. Most > irritating of all emails to this list don't seem to reach the list :-( > This has given me enough incentive to look into solutions

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

Mike McCarty wrote: I can show you a meters tall stack of Electronics Magazines which dispute that. Convention since I got involved (in about 1964 or so) is "k" and "K" both mean 1000 when referring to electronics units. It's no good looking there for rigor: capitals for big numbers (but only ov

Re: updating with aptitude

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 10:06:19AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:13:10AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 02:44:06PM -0700, Christopher Nelson wrote: >> > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:32:38PM +, lostson wrote: >> > > Hello >> > > I have a lap

Relay over SSH tunnel with Postfix?

Currently I'm experiencing some problems with sending emails from work. The mail server seems to let through some emails, but not all. Most irritating of all emails to this list don't seem to reach the list :-( This has given me enough incentive to look into solutions that would let me send emails

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

Steve Lamb wrote: > Digby Tarvin wrote: > > Consequently I think Debian's more restrictive policy on hardware support > > during and after installation is a disadvantage. By all means give > > preference > > to free and open software where there are alternatives, but the time to > > worry > > abo

Re: updating with aptitude

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:13:10AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 02:44:06PM -0700, Christopher Nelson wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:32:38PM +, lostson wrote: > > > Hello > > > I have a laptop and a desktop machine running sarge. I would like to > > > update them t

Re: X-Config...

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 10:27:56AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 09:10:32 +0200, Andrea Venanzi wrote: > > Hello! I have a Nvidia Geforce 5200, what driver and bus must I set in > > x-config in Debian 3.1r1 install? > > Configuration should be more or less automatic when

Re: SSH = X11 forwarding?

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 07:52:39AM -0500, Greg Norris wrote: > On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:43:47AM -0400, Antonio Paiva wrote: > > Ryan, > > You probably need to run > > > > xhost > > > > on the client machine. > > Someone suggest this virtually every time the topic comes up. It's > ex

Re: Debian on an iBook

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 02:21:16PM +0100, James Dunn wrote: > I've tried reconfiguring xserver as described below, but no luck. I > looked at lspci, and it says: > > :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon > Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] (prog-if 00 [VGA]) > S

Re: Onboard Modem

On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:54 -0300, Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > Fellows! > > Just to know it: Does somebody here experienced putting this onboard > modem to work on linux? > > I connect to Internet through LAN, but I want to try doing it with a > cell phone, as we got phone call credits from

Re: Fonts changed after X upgrade in unstable

On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 17:21:10 -0700, Nate Eldredge wrote: > [Note: I would appreciate a personal CC on any replies since this will > make it easier for me to find them. But don't bother if not convenient.] > > Hi folks, > > The other day I upgraded my unstable to get the new X.org packages.

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

Paul Johnson wrote: Yes, but who runs that 5%? Businesses you want to compromise? Government agency you dislike? There are a number of reasons a platform is targeted. On the other hand, I feel that Windows gets targeted more because it's an easy target: Which would you rather try to crac

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Linux than windows? No. There were viruses in Windows at a time when there were less windows users than there are linux users today and when most M$-users (at that time including myself) were still ru

Re: i868, qemu and install arm netinstaller

Michael Ott wrote: > Hello! > > I try to install the arm netinstaller cd under qemu on my laptop. > > But i cannot. > > Does anybody did this before. > > Using SID I've not done this myself. However, some error messages might be helpful so we can see what is going on. -Roberto -- Roberto

Re: Fonts changed after X upgrade in unstable

On 4/20/06, Nate Eldredge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Note: I would appreciate a personal CC on any replies since this will > make it easier for me to find them. But don't bother if not convenient.] The one time Gmail's behavior is reasonable! > The other day I upgraded my unstable to get the

i868, qemu and install arm netinstaller

Hello! I try to install the arm netinstaller cd under qemu on my laptop. But i cannot. Does anybody did this before. Using SID CU Michael -- ,''`. Michael Ott, e-mail: michael at zolnott dot de : :' : Debian SID on Thinkpad T43: `. `'http:/

Fonts changed after X upgrade in unstable

[Note: I would appreciate a personal CC on any replies since this will make it easier for me to find them. But don't bother if not convenient.] Hi folks, The other day I upgraded my unstable to get the new X.org packages. Most everything seems okay except that the fonts in many applications

Re: 3.2 Testing - 04/17/06

JD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I downloaded the weekly build CDrom images > and burned the cdroms and tried to install. > I delayed configuring the network because > my wireless interface requires the windows > ndis wrapper (there is no native linux driver > for the inprocomm IPN2220 wireless int

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's > > different security approach. > > Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Linux than

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

On Friday 21 April 2006 07:32, Michael Schurter wrote: > Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > >> Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's > >> different security approach. > > > > Could it be because there are les

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

On Friday 21 April 2006 06:54, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's > > different security approach. > > Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Li

Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 11:37:08AM +0100, Wulfy wrote: Mike McCarty wrote: Which was my point. Using "Jaegermeister" is locale independent. So? A misconfigured system is no reason for changing the spelling of something. Change the cause not the effect... Wel

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

Steve Lamb wrote: Digby Tarvin wrote: Consequently I think Debian's more restrictive policy on hardware support during and after installation is a disadvantage. By all means give preference to free and open software where there are alternatives, but the time to worry about the open source frien

Re: updating with aptitude

Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:32:38PM +, lostson wrote: > > Hello > > I have a laptop and a desktop machine running sarge. I would like to > > update them to etch. I am thinking I have heard I can do this with > > aptitude, is this possible and if

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: That's right, except it's kb or kB (for kilobits and kilobytes respectively), never KB or Kb. k is "kilo," K is "Karat." Paul just mistook prefixes and units... "mm" is milimeter, where first 'm' means "mili" and second 'm' means "meter". O

Re: Installation DVDs - Questions

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:28:36 + (GMT) "Carlos E. S. Mazzini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, I'm kind of new in the linux world and I need some help, I > hope you'll answer my questions... > > I've heard a lot about debian and decided to use it... Now, I'm > donwloading the DVD .ISO file

Re: Installation DVDs - Questions

"Carlos E. S. Mazzini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, I'm kind of new in the linux world and I need some help, I hope > you'll answer my questions... > > I've heard a lot about debian and decided to use it... Now, I'm donwloading > the DVD .ISO file number 1. My question are: > > 1) Can

3.2 Testing - 04/17/06

I downloaded the weekly build CDrom images and burned the cdroms and tried to install. I delayed configuring the network because my wireless interface requires the windows ndis wrapper (there is no native linux driver for the inprocomm IPN2220 wireless interface). The installation fails during th

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