Re: How many DDs are there?

On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 03:41:13AM +, s. keeling wrote: > Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I always wondered why I would be motivated to leave Debian :-) > > Over the years, I've thought of lots of them (here's three): > >- Why did /usr/bin/grep disappear ? Yes, /bin/gr

Re: How many DDs are there?

On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 06:52:15AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On 10/18/06, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >- At times, Debian can look like "OS by committee." Eeww. > >> > >> I don't properly understand. Which model do you prefer? > > > >For instance (in no particular or

xorg with higher than 1024 resolution

debian-user@lists.debian.org I got a debian in my box which start xorg with 1024x768. I want to change it to 1280x1024,so I add "1280x1024" in all dispaly. But it don't work. I found some webpages said that I should make a mode line in xorg.conf but so said not ! ( No mode line if

Re: Firefox: Help > Report Broken Website

amateur wrote: > On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 02:43:33AM -0400, KS wrote: >> Hi, >> > >> 1. Open Firefox (opening page is about:blank) >> 2. Help > Report Broken Menu -- disabled >> 3. go to a web site, i.e. browse atleast one website >> 4. Help > Report Broken Menu -- enabled >> > > I think this sho

Re: Starting iptables

* John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > The name is misleading. Ipmasq configures both NAT and firewalling. The > default configuration is suitable for most, but you can tweak the scripts > to do whatever you need. > > However, it is not clear that you need a firewall at all. If you have

Re: How many DDs are there?

On 10/18/06, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >- At times, Debian can look like "OS by committee." Eeww. > > I don't properly understand. Which model do you prefer? For instance (in no particular order), Linus Torvalds, Larry Wall, Steve's Jobs and Wozniak, and Richard Stallman. Ou

Re: modem: internal or external?

On Thursday 19 October 2006 12:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] shared this with us all: >--> I'm building a new computer (Etch is installing over dial up now), >--> but all my modems are internal ISA. So unless I want to have to fire up >--> my 486 just to dial out, I need a new modem. >--> >--> The MB has

Re: modem: internal or external?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I'm building a new computer (Etch is installing over dial up now), > but all my modems are internal ISA. So unless I want to have to fire up > my 486 just to dial out, I need a new modem. > > The MB has a serial port and I have 3 PCI slots, a PCI-E x 16 and 2 > PCI-E x

Re: HELP! No sound in Mozilla w/flashplayer

Jason Dunsmore wrote: On 10/18/06, Rev. John Missing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When I go to a site with Flash video, the video plays but I get no sound. Can anyone suggest where to start looking for the problem? when you start mozilla with "aoss mozilla", does it work? Yeah, it works

Re: modem: internal or external?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/18/06 21:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm building a new computer (Etch is installing over dial up now), > but all my modems are internal ISA. So unless I want to have to fire up > my 486 just to dial out, I need a new modem. That's a perfect

Re: how does ntpdate work ?

Dave Dawson writes: > but if you are using dialup, you could run a crontab every day to execute > ntpdate instead Or you could install Chrony, which does what Ntp does and works fine with dialup. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: modem: internal or external?

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 10:51:25PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm building a new computer (Etch is installing over dial up now), > but all my modems are internal ISA. So unless I want to have to fire up > my 486 just to dial out, I need a new modem. > > The MB has a serial port and I have

Re: HELP! No sound in Mozilla w/flashplayer

On 10/18/06, Rev. John Missing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When I go to a site with Flash video, the video plays but I get no sound. Can anyone suggest where to start looking for the problem? when you start mozilla with "aoss mozilla", does it work? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

modem: internal or external?

I'm building a new computer (Etch is installing over dial up now), but all my modems are internal ISA. So unless I want to have to fire up my 486 just to dial out, I need a new modem. The MB has a serial port and I have 3 PCI slots, a PCI-E x 16 and 2 PCI-E x1 free. (Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe AMD AM2,

Re: Wine doesn't create desktop icons

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:35:29PM -0400, Jos? Alburquerque wrote: > Would anyone know how I might get wine to create icons on my desktop > when I install a new program? I need to install a browser plugin only > available for Windows that will enable me to learn a bit of music > theory. I'd li

Re: HELP! No sound in Mozilla w/flashplayer

L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > > On 10/19/06, *Rev. John Missing* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > When I go to a site with Flash video, the video plays but I get no > sound. > Can anyone suggest where to start looking for the problem? > > I am running both testing and

Re: how does ntpdate work ?

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:08:02PM +, David Dawson wrote: > but if you are using dialup, you could run a crontab every day to execute > ntpdate instead Better still is chrony. It polls ntp sources when you're online, skewing the system time instead of jumping it like ntpdate, and automatical

Re: how does ntpdate work ?

harm wrote: > in good old sarge there was a script in /etc/init.d/ that would check the > clock with the ntp server(s) in /etc/default/ntpdate. But how does it > works in Etch, since the init.d script is gone ? Of course i can execute > ntpdate ntp.xs4all.nl but if i want it to sync every 24hrs sh

Re: AVG anti-virus

Grok Mogger wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: [*snip*] I looked into this and it turns out that they do have a Linux version available. But apparently only as an rpm. Is there any way to install an rpm on Debian...? I guess a good 2nd question to ask would be, if so, does it seem to work w

Re: firewalls and installation stuff....

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 03:37:19PM -0700, P. Johnson wrote: >> Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> >> > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:08:33AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> >> >> >> And don't take this personally, but as a piece of friendly >> > [...] >> > >> >>

Re: 1 CPU or 2 ?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/18/06 20:42, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:37:01PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 10/18/06 20:04, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:02:37PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] > Who spends on ser

Re: 1 CPU or 2 ?

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:37:01PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 10/18/06 20:04, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:02:37PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> There's Xen. And VMware. > >> > >> VMware has been around for years, and is a known, rock-solid > >> hypervisor. > >> >

Re: 1 CPU or 2 ?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/18/06 20:04, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:02:37PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> There's Xen. And VMware. >> >> VMware has been around for years, and is a known, rock-solid >> hypervisor. >> > Actually, I believe that Xen

Wine doesn't create desktop icons

Would anyone know how I might get wine to create icons on my desktop when I install a new program? I need to install a browser plugin only available for Windows that will enable me to learn a bit of music theory. I'd like to be able to install Firefox for Windows and see the icon on my deskto

Re: 1 CPU or 2 ?

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:02:37PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > There's Xen. And VMware. > > VMware has been around for years, and is a known, rock-solid > hypervisor. > Actually, I believe that Xen is a virtualizer. Or do they have different approaches for their workstation and server produc

Re: 1 CPU or 2 ?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/18/06 14:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 01:09:35PM -0500, Jacob S wrote: >> On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:15:53 -0700 "michael" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:04:53 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote On 10/14

Re: firewalls and installation stuff....

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 03:37:19PM -0700, P. Johnson wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:08:33AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> > >> And don't take this personally, but as a piece of friendly > > [...] > > > >> http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-question

Re: HELP! No sound in Mozilla w/flashplayer

On 10/19/06, Rev. John Missing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When I go to a site with Flash video, the video plays but I get no sound.Can anyone suggest where to start looking for the problem?I am running both testing and sarge. In both in firefox also, I don't have sound in flash. I am using KDE. Eve

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

On Wednesday 18 October 2006 20:00, Colin wrote: > Stephen Cormier wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 October 2006 12:45, Yura wrote: > > > > Make sure that you have these set they work for me. > > #UPSTYPE apcsmart > > #DEVICE /dev/ttyS0 > > UPSTYPE usb > > DEVICE /dev/usb/hid/hiddev[0-9] > > You don't ha

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

Stephen Cormier wrote: > On Wednesday 18 October 2006 12:45, Yura wrote: > > Make sure that you have these set they work for me. > #UPSTYPE apcsmart > #DEVICE /dev/ttyS0 > UPSTYPE usb > DEVICE /dev/usb/hid/hiddev[0-9] You don't have to specify the DEVICE setting anymore (at least in the etch and

boot sequence and alsa

Hi all, I am having a problem with alsa modules during boot. The problem is the following: after boot sound card does not work, when I do /etc/init.d/alsa force-reload it works OK. I checked that after boot all the required modules are loaded (via lsmod), so it not the problem of loading the righ

Re: Starting iptables

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 01:32:52PM -0500, cothrige wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Interesting what you say about ipmasq. How automatic is it? I would > have assumed that it had more to do with making your machine a > gateway, which mine isn't, than firewalling it

Re: 1 CPU or 2 ?

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 01:09:35PM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:15:53 -0700 > "michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:04:53 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote > > > On 10/14/06 19:53, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > > On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 05:33:29PM -0700, michael

Re: downloading the files using jigdo

John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mikef writes: >> If you could download just one CD that you can use together with an >> internet install I think this would be the way to go if you have a >> broadband link. > > The netinst CD is exactly that. If you have ANY Debian CD, you don't need to

HELP! No sound in Mozilla w/flashplayer

When I go to a site with Flash video, the video plays but I get no sound. Can anyone suggest where to start looking for the problem? -- Namaste, Rev. John "Yona Gadadoli (Praying Bear)" Missing ([EMAIL PROTECTED] OR [EMAIL PROTECTED]) (http://victims-of-the-state.blogspot.com http://friends-of-hu

Re: firewalls and installation stuff....

"Michael Fothergill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Would that have been enough to include and fire up some kind of > firewall or do I need to install that separately? > > If so what firewall would you recommend and what aptitude command will > fetch me it? > > How do I know that the firewall is on

Re: AVG anti-virus

Grok Mogger wrote: > Is there any way to install an rpm on Debian...? There's rpm, but alien might be better (since it'll try to convert it to a .deb) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

Yura wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:09:15PM +0300, Yura wrote: >> >>> Thank you. I'll try to set it up.If you have some good tutorial, etc. >>> please send. >>> >>> >> >> I'm afraid I don't. Though, the documentation is fine. >> >> Rega

Re: firewalls and installation stuff....

Michael Fothergill wrote: > I also have a broadband connection and the 15 CD set of official Sarge > stuff. Overkill. If you have a broadband connection, for the sake of your time (wasted by downloading more data than you have to and burning CDs you won't need) the Debian mirrors (bandwidth) and

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

Yura wrote: > What is the best program that control/monitor the status of an APC UPS > under Linux? I use apcupsd and it works pretty well for me. Pretty much dropped right in. Config files have great comments and it just works. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: firewalls and installation stuff....

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:08:33AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> >> And don't take this personally, but as a piece of friendly > [...] > >> http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >> > > I hope that didn't come across as harsh as it now looks to m

Re: AVG anti-virus

steef wrote: > thank you all for your comments. i have decided to install AVG because > i function here as mailserver for two maillistst, from - mostly- > windows_machines via my debian-computer to other (mostly) > windows_machines; with the exception of some french farmers who > installed linux

Re: downloading the files using jigdo

Mikef writes: > If you could download just one CD that you can use together with an > internet install I think this would be the way to go if you have a > broadband link. The netinst CD is exactly that. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: how does ntpdate work ?

i noticed that already, its not a daemon. Ive installed the ntp package and that IS a daemon. No more time worries for me anymore :)On 10/18/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1On 10/18/06 14:36, harm wrote:> i think i should read those /usr/share

Re: how does ntpdate work ?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/18/06 14:36, harm wrote: > i think i should read those /usr/share/doc files more often :p > > however, ntpdate is only started once (on bootup) and it never needs to > resync afterwords ? since its not in ps aux... Of course it's not listed in

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/18/06 10:45, Yura wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:09:15PM +0300, Yura wrote: >> >>> Thank you. I'll try to set it up.If you have some good tutorial, etc. >>> please send. >>> >>> >> >> I'

Re: Starting iptables

* H.S. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [snip] > > The line beginning with "pre-up" means to execute the following command > before the current interface (in whose stanza the line is) is brought up. > Very important to know. Many thanks. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: LTO-2 Tape Drive Recommendations

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Tim Boring wrote: I'm looking to get an LTO-2 tape drive/autoloader for doing server backups. I've tried a Dell PV-122 autoloader (8 cartridges) but had issues with it, so I'm thinking about trying something different. (Tried calling Dell tech support but they weren't very

Re: Kernel panic on Dell with Debian

Yes, I was on this way: initrd. But when compiled the new kernel with --initrd parameter, it seems that the initrd isn't in the package. Also, I ran the mkinitrd -o output, and the command doesn't create the output file and doesn't report me any mistakes. So, any suggestions about how to crea

ipsets for shorewall on a Sarge system

Does anyone know whether ipsets will work on Sarge systems and which kernel I should install on a Sarge system to get it to work? I have found information that kernel 2.6.16 is required for ipsets functionality but also read that it can work on 2.6.11 kernels. Is patch-o-matic available for De

Re: Starting iptables

cothrige writes: > Interesting what you say about ipmasq. How automatic is it? I would > have assumed that it had more to do with making your machine a gateway, > which mine isn't, than firewalling itself. I am assuming that it does > both? The name is misleading. Ipmasq configures both NAT an

Re: Frequent kernel crashes on old non-ACPI hardware with 2.6.16+

Thanks for the help. I haven't posted since Thursday because, well, it hasn't crashed! After five crashes by noon Wednesday, I was out most of Thursday, treated it with kid gloves Friday and Monday (minimal interaction, did 99% of my work on the laptop), ramped up a bit yesterday, and today have

Re: how to start the sound system

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 21:54:07 +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:23:31PM +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:17:21PM +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 05:02:23PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 a

RE: downloading the files using jigdo

Hello Martin, I am also new to Debian having only just installed it. But maybe I can help a little bit and others can correct any inaccuracies. I have broadband that is fast enough to have allowed me to download all 15 CDROM images from a mirror site and burn them to CDs. If you do this you

Re: recognition of dkpg file by OS

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 05:27:41PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > I tried to run dkpg. > It's dpkg, not dkpg > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc$ dkpg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > bash: dkpg-reconfigure: command not found > > As you see it didn't work. So I tried using whereis > > [EMAIL PROT

Re: In search of Helvetica

Liam O'Toole wrote: > I used to use Helvetica as the application font, and quite liked it. > What caused me to change was that it kept popping up in web pages at > inappropriate sizes, looking --- as Rick puts it --- seriously ugly. I > never found a way to alias Helvetica to a Truetype font in the

Re: Starting iptables

cothrige wrote: * H.S. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Well, my custom firewall script does take start, stop and restart arguments and so I could call it using the rc method. However, I have thus far used it by calling it with a pre-up line in the stanza for my eth0: pre-up /etc/myfirewall/firewall.

Re: Kernel panic on Dell with Debian

On 18.10.06 15:51, Luiz Felipe wrote: > I've tried to install Debian Sarge in a Dell PowerEdge 1425. The CD > doesn't recognize the SCSI adapter (AIC), but I've found one ISO which > contains the driver needed > (http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/LNX/Debian+on+Dell+Servers). > > After successfully

Re: downloading the files using jigdo

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 05:27:55PM +0100, Martin Smith wrote: > Hi, > > i am currently using Windows XP home and wanted to use Debian to see > what it is like, now i have got Jigdo, and i am not sure what files i > have to download using and how to actully use Jigdo. > > I have read the FAQs an

Re: how to start the sound system

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:23:31PM +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:17:21PM +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 05:02:23PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 14:20:35 +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > > > > > > [ ATI SB450 HDA s

Re: how does ntpdate work ?

apt-get install ntp i will just asume that wil sync every Xtime. Lets read the manpage now, ok :)thnxOn 10/18/06, Roberto C. Sanchez < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:36:08PM +0200, harm wrote: > i think i should read those /usr/share/doc files more often :p>> however, ntpdate i

Re: how does ntpdate work ?

From another of those pesky /usr/share/doc files: che:/usr/share/doc/ntpdate# cat README.Debian ... Note that ntpdate is *not* really intended to be used by hosts with good network connectivity. The "ntp" package, which provides a persistent daemon that does a better job of keeping system time

Re: how does ntpdate work ?

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:36:08PM +0200, harm wrote: > i think i should read those /usr/share/doc files more often :p > > however, ntpdate is only started once (on bootup) and it never needs to > resync afterwords ? since its not in ps aux... > If you want something to resync periodically, then

Re: how does ntpdate work ?

i think i should read those /usr/share/doc files more often :p however, ntpdate is only started once (on bootup) and it never needs to resync afterwords ? since its not in ps aux... On 10/18/06, Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: According to /usr/share/doc/ntpdate/changlog.Debian.gz:   * npd

Re: how does ntpdate work ?

According to /usr/share/doc/ntpdate/changlog.Debian.gz: * npdate is no longer started from an init script but instead by ifup (closes: #56499, #245338, #312576) * Run ntpdate from ifup in the background (closes: #321759, #375280, #382543) The script is now in /etc/network/if-up.d .

how does ntpdate work ?

in good old sarge there was a script in /etc/init.d/ that would check the clock with the ntp server(s) in /etc/default/ntpdate. But how does it works in Etch, since the init.d script is gone ? Of course i can execute ntpdate ntp.xs4all.nl but if i want it to sync every 24hrs should i put it in cro

Re: how to start the sound system

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:17:21PM +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 05:02:23PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 14:20:35 +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > > > > [ ATI SB450 HDA sound card with snd_hda_intel module ] > > > > > > Now i've found out anoth

Re: how to start the sound system

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 05:02:23PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 14:20:35 +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > > [ ATI SB450 HDA sound card with snd_hda_intel module ] > > > > Now i've found out another even more curious thing: everytime i purge > > > alsa-base, alsa-utils and

exim4 outgoing address translation

Hello, I currently have exim4 set up and working fine. Outgoing mail is rewritten from dtutty to [EMAIL PROTECTED] How do I get it to rewrite it to Doug Tutty and Jane Horton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: cdebootstrap, USB-Ethernet

On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 09:58 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The Pegasus driver successfully operates a Belkin > USB-Ethernet adapter on my desktop Pentium system. > Required modules are loaded automatically. > > Recently I installed the base system on the hdd from > a Toshiba Pentium laptop 40

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

On Wednesday 18 October 2006 12:45, Yura wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:09:15PM +0300, Yura wrote: > >> Thank you. I'll try to set it up.If you have some good tutorial, etc. > >> please send. > > > > I'm afraid I don't. Though, the documentation is fine. > > > >

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts in Gnome

On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 11:30 -0500, Carl Greco wrote: > Has anyone got the keyboard shortcut (Applications->Desktop > Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts) assigned to "Take a screenshot" or > "Take a screenshot of a window" to work for Sarge distribution (latest > release with 2.6.8 kernel, gnome 2.8

Re: firewalling, imap, DMZ's etc.

Joe wrote: > George Borisov wrote: >> Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >>> 1. use my smoothwall box as is, portforward IMAP to my server and run >>>with it. potential problems are that my LAN, behind smoothwall, is >>>pretty loosey goosey and I run a pretty good risk of being >>>compromised

Re: how to install ali web cam .

On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 20:14 +0200, Jabka Atu wrote: > Good Evening. > i have debian unstable on acer 5102wlmi. > > it has ali web cam : > Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0402:5602 ALi Corp > > i googled the web and found that the module that shoukd support it the > 560x should be in my kernel allready >

Kernel panic on Dell with Debian

Hi, I've tried to install Debian Sarge in a Dell PowerEdge 1425. The CD doesn't recognize the SCSI adapter (AIC), but I've found one ISO which contains the driver needed (http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/LNX/Debian+on+Dell+Servers). After successfully installed, the system doesn't have support

Re: Starting iptables

* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > As I see it, you have two choices. If you just want something that > should do what you want and don't want to have to set anything up, just > install ipmasq. It determines what the untrusted network is by where > the default route or gateway po

Re: firewalls and installation stuff....

On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 12:21 +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Would that have been enough to include and fire up some kind of firewall or > do I need to install that separately? > > If so what firewall would you recommend and what aptitude command will fetch > me it? > > How do I know that the

cdebootstrap, USB-Ethernet

The Pegasus driver successfully operates a Belkin USB-Ethernet adapter on my desktop Pentium system. Required modules are loaded automatically. Recently I installed the base system on the hdd from a Toshiba Pentium laptop 4000CDS using cdebootstrap. With that system, the indicator light on the

how to install ali web cam .

Good Evening. i have debian unstable on acer 5102wlmi. it has ali web cam : Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0402:5602 ALi Corp i googled the web and found that the module that shoukd support it the 560x should be in my kernel allready but i could not load it : FATAL: Module m560x not found. nor find

Re: 1 CPU or 2 ?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:15:53 -0700 "michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:04:53 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 10/14/06 19:53, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > On Sat, O

Re: gid option on ext3 in fstab[SOLVED]

Bill Marcum wrote: > The gid and uid mount options only work with file systems such > as vfat, which do not have a uid and gid for each file. Instead, you > could use "chmod g+s". Thanks you very much. I only used sticky bit on files and never though of using it on directories. Best Regards /

Re: recognition of dkpg file by OS

From: "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: recognition of dkpg file by OS Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:31:31 -0400 On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 05:27:41PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > I tried to run dkpg. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc$ dkpg-re

Re: Starting iptables

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:06:10AM -0500, cothrige wrote: > * Kevin Mark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > Hi Patrick, > > most folks just run 'shorewall'! And you can add more rules if you need > > to. > > =Kev > > This does seem to be the consensus here. However, as I have never > used this

Keyboard Shortcuts in Gnome

Has anyone got the keyboard shortcut (Applications->Desktop Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts) assigned to "Take a screenshot" or "Take a screenshot of a window" to work for Sarge distribution (latest release with 2.6.8 kernel, gnome 2.8 and keyboard: pc104, us, xfree86)? Default setting has the

downloading the files using jigdo

Hi, i am currently using Windows XP home and wanted to use Debian to see what it is like, now i have got Jigdo, and i am not sure what files i have to download using and how to actully use Jigdo. I have read the FAQs and the help documnet on the website but i am still confused on what i down

Re: recognition of dkpg file by OS

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 05:27:41PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > I tried to run dkpg. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc$ dkpg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > bash: dkpg-reconfigure: command not found > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ which dpkg-reconfigure [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su - Password: miami:~# whi

Re: AVG anti-virus

Raquel wrote: On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:06:11 +0200 steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/17/06 03:21, steef wrote: hi list, AVG (www.grisoft.com) has a in their opinion 'free' anti-virusprogram > AVG

Re: Good photo organizer?

Yura wrote: Good photo organizer for Debian? Thank you! digikam reg. steef :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

recognition of dkpg file by OS

I tried to run dkpg. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc$ dkpg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 bash: dkpg-reconfigure: command not found As you see it didn't work. So I tried using whereis [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc$ whereis dkpg dkpg: Neither did that. I thought, well it must be somewhere so I looked in /etc

Re: AVG anti-virus

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:17:05PM +0200, steef wrote: ...well you made your point clear, and convincingly. i *had* clamav installed but did not do with it what is possible, when i read your email well. so: i gonna read the stuff on clamav and make a as

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:45:56PM +0300, Yura wrote: > > > One more question: Does it work with USB data cable? > For some. You will need to check the documentation. If you are using the version in Sid or Etch, then you should probably have support for even very recent APC models. Regards,

Re: Sound via ssh

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Christian Christmann ??: > Hi, > > I've a Debian machine with a sound card. I can play > mp3 with libOSS.so. When I connect to this machine with > ssh from another machine (it's a Sun terminal) with X > forwarding, I can start xmms and it also starts p

Dymo 320 USB - no writeable port?

I've been playing around with a Dymo label printer, model 320, which is a USB printer. My system recognizes it fine and attaches the usblp driver, but the appropriate port (/dev/usb/lp1) is unwriteable. Yes, I'm sure it's lp1 because lp0 is the regular laser printer on this machine. Here's the s

Re: LTO-2 Tape Drive Recommendations

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Tim Boring wrote: > I'm looking to get an LTO-2 tape drive/autoloader for doing server > backups. I've tried a Dell PV-122 autoloader (8 cartridges) but had > issues with it, so I'm thinking about trying something different. > (Tried calling Dell tech support but they weren

Re: AVG anti-virus

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:17:05PM +0200, steef wrote: > > > ...well you made your point clear, and convincingly. i *had* clamav > installed but did not do with it what is possible, when i read your > email well. > so: i gonna read the stuff on clamav and make a as complete > reconnaissance of

Re: firewalls and installation stuff....

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 04:26:41PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > >From: Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >Subject: Re: firewalls and installation stuff > >Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:43:05 -0700 > > > >On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:08:33AM

Re: AVG anti-virus

Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: On 18.10.06 17:21, steef wrote: thank you all for your comments. i have decided to install AVG because i function here as mailserver for two maillistst, from - mostly- windows_machines via my debian-computer to other (mostly) windows_machines; with the except

RFH: sarge$ ssh etch gthumb -> broken fonts ?

Hello! Please cc: me on replies, since I'm not subscribed to debian-user. I encountered a very strage problem: I have several machines running sarge(stable), etch(testing) and sid(unstable). My main workstation is currently a sarge(stable) one. When I ssh to an etch(testing) workstation and lunch

Re: firewalls and installation stuff....

From: Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: firewalls and installation stuff Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:43:05 -0700 On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:08:33AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > And don't take this personally, but as a piece of

Re: udev and how to find a harddisk

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 02:02:14PM +0200, Goran wrote: > Hello, > > I'm searching for a way to identify my harddisk with a script (somethink > similar to fdisk -l). For that I watched out in /sys/block/hd* > or /sys/block/sd*. But which entry shows me that I've found a read/write > (harddisk) devi

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