Re: Please stop using Horrendous Coloring (or coloring period)

2007-01-12 Thread Raquel
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:55:02 -0800 "Francisco Zabala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/12/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 19:20 -0800, Raquel wrote: > > > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:10:59 -0500 > > > Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > PLEASE ST

Re: Please stop using Horrendous Coloring (or coloring period)

2007-01-12 Thread Raquel
On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:50:00 -0500 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 19:20 -0800, Raquel wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:10:59 -0500 > > Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > PLEASE STOP USING COLORING. It is exceptionally offensive. > > > Especially YO

Re: Please stop using Horrendous Coloring (or coloring period)

2007-01-12 Thread Francisco Zabala
On 1/12/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 19:20 -0800, Raquel wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:10:59 -0500 > Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > PLEASE STOP USING COLORING. It is exceptionally offensive. > > Especially YOUR choices. > > > > When correspond

Re: alsaconf needed every boot

2007-01-12 Thread Francisco Zabala
On 1/12/07, Mark Grieveson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello. Yes, I did search the mail archives, and found lots of potential answers in the search results. However, the web-server could neither find nor display them; so, I am putting forward this (sadly) common question here: is there a wa

Re: Please stop using Horrendous Coloring (or coloring period)

2007-01-12 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 19:20 -0800, Raquel wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:10:59 -0500 > Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > PLEASE STOP USING COLORING. It is exceptionally offensive. > > Especially YOUR choices. > > > > When corresponding on public mailing lists, Teenage Coloring is an

RE: For the 4th time please remove the thread from server please

2007-01-12 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 20:19 -0700, Kevin Chichak wrote: > THANKS!FOR NOTHING! What's the purpose of keeping the thread. I did not send > the thread some other crack pot did. Public record, that is all. Are you DAFT? Did you READ the DISCLAIMER from Debian? http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/disc

alsaconf needed every boot

2007-01-12 Thread Mark Grieveson
Hello. Yes, I did search the mail archives, and found lots of potential answers in the search results. However, the web-server could neither find nor display them; so, I am putting forward this (sadly) common question here: is there a way to just have good ol' debian load the sound drivers fo

Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List

2007-01-12 Thread Kevin Ross
Here's a code snippet from ne2k-pci.c, the NE2000-clone NIC driver: static struct { char *name; int flags; } pci_clone_list[] __devinitdata = { {"RealTek RTL-8029", REALTEK_FDX}, {"Winbond 89C940", 0}, {"Compex RL2000", 0}, {"KTI ET32P2", 0}, {"NetVin NV5000SC", 0}, {"Via 86C926", ONLY_16

Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List

2007-01-12 Thread John Hasler
Grok Mogger writes: > Is it safe to say that drivers are really for a chipset, not a device? > And so therefore, support for a device really boils down to "is the > chipset supported?" not "is the device supported"? Fairly safe. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List

2007-01-12 Thread John Hasler
sdpatt2 wrote > The kernel comes with it's own documentation section. Some good reading > there. Grok Mogger writes: > Sounds great. Where can I find that? Install the kernel source package for your kernel and look in /usr/src/linux/Documentation. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List

2007-01-12 Thread Grok Mogger
Thanks to everyone who's taken the time to respond. It's helped a lot. I'd still like some more help though if you can spare it. =) My goal is ultimately the following. I want to be able to say "I'm interested in getting a Super Device 4000" and then go through whatever steps I need to ve

Re: Please stop using Horrendous Coloring (or coloring period)

2007-01-12 Thread Raquel
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:10:59 -0500 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PLEASE STOP USING COLORING. It is exceptionally offensive. > Especially YOUR choices. > > When corresponding on public mailing lists, Teenage Coloring is an > unacceptable habit/practice. > > Please use only straight te

Can't not see my desktop icon and desktop background.

2007-01-12 Thread Surachai Locharoen
I use debian etch. I close nautilus while it working. afterthat gnome desktop not show icon and background. Do you know how to fix it? kan Screenshot.png Description: PNG image

compiz: no spencil buffer

2007-01-12 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, yesterday my compiz install worked well: I decided to give a try to the last release version, but as I got into troubles, I came back the the distributed version as Packaged by Debian. But now, I got the message: no spencil-buffer Since a while I have goolgled to figure out how to m

Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List

2007-01-12 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 22:01 -0500, Grok Mogger wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > "The kernel comes with it's own documentation section. Some > good reading there." > > Sounds great. Where can I find that? =P http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.19.tar.gz Extract it and

Please stop using Horrendous Coloring (or coloring period)

2007-01-12 Thread Greg Folkert
PLEASE STOP USING COLORING. It is exceptionally offensive. Especially YOUR choices. When corresponding on public mailing lists, Teenage Coloring is an unacceptable habit/practice. Please use only straight text, no HTML. or other techniques to "get the cool coloring". Soon, some of the people tha

Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List

2007-01-12 Thread Grok Mogger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 08:47:05PM -0500 Grok Mogger mumbled: Hey everyone, If I want to buy a new piece of hardware, and I want to figure out if it's supported or not (BEFORE I buy it), One good way is to take a knoppix disk to the 'puter store and boot the shiny

Re: IP Address networking - best way?

2007-01-12 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 00:29 +, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Friday 12 January 2007 18:00, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 09:44 +0200, Justin Hartman wrote: > > [...snip...] > > > > > Without making a single change to the interfaces file I issued a > > > /etc/init.d/networking restar

Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List

2007-01-12 Thread John Hasler
Kevin Mark writes: > wizbang 1000 (chipset A) uses kernel module P > wizbang 1000 (rev. 2, chipset B) uses kernel Q. They don't even always bother with changing the revision number. Sometimes they just slipstream the change so that all units after a certain serial number use the new chipset. The

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-12 Thread cga2000
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 11:15:41AM EST, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 01:42:44AM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > · creating/burning iso images > > IIRC, the default on Debian systems is to have the cd burner owned by > group CD-ROM and have the group writable attribute set. So, if

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-12 Thread cga2000
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 08:51:58AM EST, Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 01:42:44AM -0500, cga2000 wrote: Looks like our encodings do not play well with each other - see all the question marks below. > > This is what root's recently been up to on my laptop: > > > > ? manually adjus

Re: drivers in linux

2007-01-12 Thread Paul Johnson
Andrew Critchlow wrote: > Can anyone please explain to me how drivers work in linux/debian? > I am a newbie and have come over from microsoft. So my knowledge is of > drivers and device manager and stuff from windows. > > > Is there such a device manager in linux/debian? No. In fact, forget

Re: For the 4th time please remove the thread from server please

2007-01-12 Thread Paul Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 06:44:31PM -0700, Kevin Chichak wrote: >> >> Here's an idea...go get your site's postmaster to do his job already >> and reject viruses at SMTP time. If he refuses, ask him (and his >> boss) why he can't be bothered to do his job. >> >> http://

Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List

2007-01-12 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 08:47:05PM -0500, Grok Mogger wrote: > Hey everyone, > > If the default kernel that comes with Debian has all these built > in drivers and modules, then shouldn't there be some way to just > get a list of every supported device? > > If I want to buy a new piece of hardwa

Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List

2007-01-12 Thread sdpatt2
on Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 08:47:05PM -0500 Grok Mogger mumbled: > Hey everyone, > > If I want to buy a new piece of hardware, and I want to figure > out if it's supported or not (BEFORE I buy it), One good way is to take a knoppix disk to the 'puter store and boot the shiny new machine off it.

Re: gtk-gnutella problems

2007-01-12 Thread Alan Ianson
On Sat January 13 2007 12:49, operator wrote: > /interesting to note that mine does not work either, and I am using > sarge stable. > operator The version is stable is likely a few versions behind, it did work when sarge was released but that was about 19 months ago. I think the best solution in

Re: For the 4th time please remove the thread from server please

2007-01-12 Thread Paul Johnson
Kevin Chichak wrote: > Can you please Remove the following thread!!! From > your server. No, archives cannot be removed. Plus, this list is archived on literally hundreds of sites: Getting it removed here would not get it removed everywhere. Never post anything you don'

Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List

2007-01-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 08:47:05PM -0500, Grok Mogger wrote: > Hey everyone, > > If the default kernel that comes with Debian has all these built > in drivers and modules, then shouldn't there be some way to just > get a list of every supported device? > Nope. However, with enough work, you ca

Re: gtk-gnutella problems

2007-01-12 Thread operator
/interesting to note that mine does not work either, and I am using sarge stable. operator / Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: >Sid upgraded my gtk-gnutella to gtk-gnutella 0.96.1svn12109-1. And >now it does not work. I appear to be firewalled. AFAIK, I have the >right ports in my firewall forwarded (shor

Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List

2007-01-12 Thread Grok Mogger
Hey everyone, If the default kernel that comes with Debian has all these built in drivers and modules, then shouldn't there be some way to just get a list of every supported device? If I want to buy a new piece of hardware, and I want to figure out if it's supported or not (BEFORE I buy it),

Re: [OT] UK petition against software patents

2007-01-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 01:38:39AM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > > This is just taking a side swipe at Microsoft and only asserts that > patents stifle innovation rather than explain why. > > I think the argument as to why patents are wrong is much more concerned > with > I think that the best

Re: [OT] UK petition against software patents

2007-01-12 Thread Alan Chandler
On Friday 12 January 2007 10:29, marc wrote: I am a UK citizen and have signed the petition. However, the arguments used below seem to be fairly weak. > Extract: > > "Software patents are used by convicted monopolists to threaten > customers who consider using rival software. As a result, patent

PCI-E Gb LAN controller support

2007-01-12 Thread Paul E Condon
My new ASUS motherboard has PCI-E Gb LAN controller on-board. I can't get the Etch installer to recognize it. Should I be able to? Or is it too new for Etch? ( I don't really need 1 Gb ethernet, but I would like to be able to use the PCI slot for something else than an old LAN card. ) TIA -- Paul

Re: My sarge box has an IRC bot

2007-01-12 Thread charles norwood
On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 14:22 +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: Snip > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html#s4.10 Thanks for the link. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IP Address networking - best way?

2007-01-12 Thread Alan Chandler
On Friday 12 January 2007 18:00, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 09:44 +0200, Justin Hartman wrote: > [...snip...] > > > Without making a single change to the interfaces file I issued a > > /etc/init.d/networking restart command and low and behold my > > network just went down again wit

Re: What was SA thinking?

2007-01-12 Thread Łukasz Andrzejak
Hi, On 1/12/07, Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 09.01.07 09:58, Steve Lamb wrote: > Recently a ton of mail running through SA has been hitting the soft-limit > for spam. I have it set tight, 5.0 for mark and pass. 7.0 for reject at > SMTP. Mail from this list, from E

allow normal user to use sched_setscheduler

2007-01-12 Thread as
Hi, I am trying to find out how to let a normal user use sched_setscheduler? Currently I get an error that the process does not have the necessary privileges. I looked around and while I find some references to CAP_SYS_RESOURCE and RLIMIT_RTPRIO, I can't find any information on what exactly to d

Re: How to check installed file integrity?

2007-01-12 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
Richard B Kreckel writes: > I'm recovering from a serious filesystem corruption and wondered if > there is already an interface that checks the files' integrity by > comparing their MD5 fingerprints with those under /var/lib/dpkg/info/? > (This expected this to be a FAQ, but I wasn't able to find

Re: How to check installed file integrity?

2007-01-12 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
Richard B Kreckel writes: > I'm recovering from a serious filesystem corruption and wondered if > there is already an interface that checks the files' integrity by > comparing their MD5 fingerprints with those under /var/lib/dpkg/info/? > (This expected this to be a FAQ, but I wasn't able to find

How to check installed file integrity?

2007-01-12 Thread Richard B. Kreckel
Hi, I'm recovering from a serious filesystem corruption and wondered if there is already an interface that checks the files' integrity by comparing their MD5 fingerprints with those under /var/lib/dpkg/info/? (This expected this to be a FAQ, but I wasn't able to find it out.) TIA -richy. -

Re: [OT] Re:This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-12 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:38:08 -0600 John C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Every authoritative opinion I've read on the subject supports > these points. > > > "authoritative opinion" = the opinion expressed matches the > opinion of the receiver. It has little to do with reality. You know

Re: About apt-get messages

2007-01-12 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
hardik, common etiquette for lists is to inline post, not top post. top posting makes following threads unnecessarily more burdensome. thanks! On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 09:25 -0800, rangalo wrote: > Hi guys, > > thanks all for the help. I did apt-keys add with the downloaded file > and it worked. T

Re: DVD menu creator

2007-01-12 Thread H.S.
andy wrote: >> >> You can take a look at DVD-Styler http://www.dvdstyler.de/ >> >> Kees >> > Thanks Kees - that seems to do the trick. > > Cheers I have been trying out dvdstyler for a few days now. Actually, I have used it to produce to example DVD of my home videos. The basic menu that I m

Re: This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-12 Thread M-L
On Saturday 13 January 2007 03:12, Roberto C. Sanchez shared this with us all: >--} On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 12:57:36AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: >--} > On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 13:54 +1100, M-L wrote: >--} > > Can someone enlighten me please as to why this the URL below crashes >--} > > Konqueror? >-

Re: [OT] Re:This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 12:38:08PM -0600, John C wrote: > > But what has all this got to do with debian? linux? the OP's > question? > Nothing really, other than that all participants in the discussion are users of Debian :-) > If we try real hard maybe we can keep political viewpoints out of

System freeze sometimes when changing CD/DVD media

2007-01-12 Thread andy
Hi all I've been using Etch for a number of weeks now and am *so* really very satisfied and happy with it that I am going to be installing it on my partner's machine, replacing a long tradition of Slackware usage. Well done developers. If I have one snag though it is this: there are occasion

Re: Second sound card is too much hassle?

2007-01-12 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
Bruno Buys writes: > I have the need for a second mic in on my computer, and I was wondering > if I plugging in a spare emu10k1 card was a good idea. The computer has > onboard sound realtek alc658 (so says alsamixer), working ok. With two > cards, how does sound related apps behave? I never did t

Re: cant set group owner cdrom for link /dev/dvd

2007-01-12 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 12:14 Fri 12 Jan , Greg Folkert wrote: > > In any case, if you are using any kind of Debian Linux other than Woody > or before, /dev is managed and should not be messed with directly. Rules > for device file creation need to be made. /etc/udev is where this magic > resides. For info on how-

Re: Problem: N

2007-01-12 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 01:31:18PM -0500, septet wrote: > I'm getting the following problem messages when I try to start a few games > using bash in an xterm or in a virtual terminal? > Problem: No available video device > Problem: No available audio device what games? > > I'm using i386 sarg

Re: DVD menu creator

2007-01-12 Thread andy
Kees de Koster wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, andy wrote: Dear all Although I have been using the command line to write up quick and dirty xml files to use in the process of burning DVD video files to disk, I was wondering if anyone had a recommendation for a (graphical) applicati

Problem: N

2007-01-12 Thread septet
I'm getting the following problem messages when I try to start a few games using bash Problem: No available video device Problem: No available audio device I'm using i386 sarge and video seems fine in GNOME. Soundblaster card installed but how do I get the system to find it? -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: 2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-12 Thread celejar
On 1/12/07, macondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: celejar wrote: > Is there a relatively straightforward way to install a 2.4 series kernel > on Sid? > I currently use unstable repos and would like to do a complete > dist-upgrade, but I still have some old stuff, including a 2.4.27 > kernel which I

Re: [OT] Re:This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-12 Thread John C
Every authoritative opinion I've read on the subject supports these points. "authoritative opinion" = the opinion expressed matches the opinion of the receiver. It has little to do with reality. But what has all this got to do with debian? linux? the OP's question? If we try real hard

Re: USB memory stick and flashcard mount failure

2007-01-12 Thread Wayne Topa
Herb Howe([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > I'm having problems mounting either a memory stick or a flashcard using > Debian, kernel 2.6.8. > > Here's the setup: > > Line from lsusb with usb memory stick inserted: > Bus 004 Device 002: ID 08ec:0008 M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers > >

Re: IP Address networking - best way?

2007-01-12 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 09:44 +0200, Justin Hartman wrote: [...snip...] > Without making a single change to the interfaces file I issued a > /etc/init.d/networking restart command and low and behold my network > just went down again with no access to the server so now I'm wondering > if this has to d

Re: [OT] Re:This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 04:57:08PM +, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > Opinion polls suggest that the US public opposes escalation by a margin > of about 2 to 1. Whether that constitutes "the vast majority" is a > moot point. As for the majority in Congress, it is indeed slim, but > weren't only some o

Re: cant set group owner cdrom for link /dev/dvd

2007-01-12 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 08:44 -0500, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Hi, > > I have noticed that a number of the video programs xine ogle etc > like to use > /dev/dvd as a default > > However they seem to also want the group permission to be > cdrom... > > > Note when i do > ls -l /dev/hdc > brwsrwxrwx

Re: [OT] Re:This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-12 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:11:20 -0500 "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 09:46:59AM +, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > > > A tad unfair. The authors point out that the proposed escalation is > > unpopular, that it will make a bad situation worse, and that the US >

Re: function-hiding feature in Kate rocks...

2007-01-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:44:59 +0200 "Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/12/07, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 10:28:45AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I e

RE: ntfs with encrypted files

2007-01-12 Thread Stephen Yorke
If the computer was part of a Domain...you may be able to use the Domain Administrator certificate to unencrypt the files. -Stephen From: Stephen Yorke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 1/12/2007 11:40 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: ntfs wit

Re: function-hiding feature in Kate rocks...

2007-01-12 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 1/12/07, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 10:28:45AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > > I experienced a nice feature in Kate/KWrite where one can hide certain > functions of a source file. Where else can this

RE: ntfs with encrypted files

2007-01-12 Thread Stephen Yorke
If the User does not have their Cert available (would be on the PC they were using when copying the data), you need to use that PC's Administrator Certificate. If you do not have the PC anymore...you are out of luck. Sorry, Stephen From: Roberto C. Sanchez [

Re: getting xorg working on an old box .....

2007-01-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:24:30 -0500 macondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your main problem is the configuration of xserver-xorg but you don't > offer any of the errors that you should be getting (EE) Actually he did in the first post. > Get rid of gdm and do not install any dm, it's a waste of r

Re: USB memory stick and flashcard mount failure

2007-01-12 Thread Juha Tuuna
On Friday, 12. January 2007 16:47, Herb Howe wrote: > I'm having problems mounting either a memory stick or a flashcard using > Debian, kernel 2.6.8. > ... > There are lots of questions on the web about this problem but few simple > answers. If there is a known workable solution online, could someo

Re: My sarge box has an IRC bot

2007-01-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 02:22:48PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 18:52 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > Yup. While that will thwart the most naïve of attacks, put a binary > > (not a script) in there (something like ls works) and run this: > > > > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 /tm

Re: preventing apt from upgrading postfix

2007-01-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 12:07:31PM +0200, Justin Hartman wrote: > Hi List > > Running an update shows that Etch wants to upgrade my 'postfix' and > 'postfix-dev' packages however I want to keep my current postfix > version as it is heavily patched. > If you patct/customize your version of postfix

Re: What was SA thinking?

2007-01-12 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 09.01.07 09:58, Steve Lamb wrote: > Recently a ton of mail running through SA has been hitting the soft-limit > for spam. I have it set tight, 5.0 for mark and pass. 7.0 for reject at > SMTP. Mail from this list, from Exim's list, mail from an MMORPG I play and > from a motorcycle web sit

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 01:42:44AM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > · creating/burning iso images IIRC, the default on Debian systems is to have the cd burner owned by group CD-ROM and have the group writable attribute set. So, if you add your users to the cdrom group, you should be able to let them burn

Re: This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 12:57:36AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 13:54 +1100, M-L wrote: > > Can someone enlighten me please as to why this the URL below crashes > > Konqueror? > > > > http://www.avaaz.org/en/iraq_campaign_jan_2007/ > > Mainly because of this: > > http://ww

Re: [OT] Re:This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 09:46:59AM +, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > A tad unfair. The authors point out that the proposed escalation is > unpopular, that it will make a bad situation worse, and that the US > Congress can put a stop to it. Every authoritative opinion I've read on > the subject suppor

Re: This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 03:19:07PM +1100, M-L wrote: > > Thanks Roberto, > > I will have to look through Konq to see why it breaks on this. Javascript bug > you reckon..? Will look here first. > Yes. As soon as I click on the link, it comes up blank and performs a couple of redirects. If

Re: 2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-12 Thread macondo
celejar wrote: Is there a relatively straightforward way to install a 2.4 series kernel on Sid? I currently use unstable repos and would like to do a complete dist-upgrade, but I still have some old stuff, including a 2.4.27 kernel which I can't afford to lose, since X doesn't work correctly on

Re: cant set group owner cdrom for link /dev/dvd

2007-01-12 Thread David Jardine
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 08:44:29AM -0500, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Hi, > > I have noticed that a number of the video programs xine ogle etc > like to use > /dev/dvd as a default > > However they seem to also want the group permission to be > cdrom... > > > Note when i do > ls -l /dev/hdc > brw

Re: USB memory stick and flashcard mount failure

2007-01-12 Thread Andrew Perrin
What's the output of (as root): fdisk -l /dev/sda Also, what happens in /var/log/syslog when you insert the device? ap -- Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu Assistant Professor of Socio

Re: light-weight rescue live CD?

2007-01-12 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Douglas Tutty wrote: On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 09:22:00PM -0800, Alan Ianson wrote: On Wed January 10 2007 20:45, Douglas Tutty wrote: On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 11:28:38PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 11:13:38PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: Of co

Re: Re: nohup, but not nohup.out -- how to?

2007-01-12 Thread Nelson Castillo
On 1/12/07, David Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 12:45:44PM +0530, vikrant vig wrote: > Hi! > > > > Nohup.out got larga enough and I don't want to redirect nohup output neither > to nohup.out nor to any other file. > > How can I do it??? nohup > /dev/null nohup >

Re: Re: nohup, but not nohup.out -- how to?

2007-01-12 Thread David Jardine
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 12:45:44PM +0530, vikrant vig wrote: > Hi! > > > > Nohup.out got larga enough and I don't want to redirect nohup output neither > to nohup.out nor to any other file. > > How can I do it??? nohup > /dev/null -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving eve

Re: getting xorg working on an old box .....

2007-01-12 Thread macondo
Jakub Narojczyk wrote: Michael Fothergill napisał(a): I use gdm as the login window. I have never actually seen the window of course because xorg hasn't worked correctly yet. But gdm did try to fire up. However at the terminal prompt after interrupting a failed xorg session I typed in st

USB memory stick and flashcard mount failure

2007-01-12 Thread Herb Howe
I'm having problems mounting either a memory stick or a flashcard using Debian, kernel 2.6.8. Here's the setup: Line from lsusb with usb memory stick inserted: Bus 004 Device 002: ID 08ec:0008 M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Line in fstab: /dev/sda1 /mnt/memstick vfat user,noauto,rw 0 0 Mount co

2.4 series kernel on Sid

2007-01-12 Thread celejar
Is there a relatively straightforward way to install a 2.4 series kernel on Sid? I currently use unstable repos and would like to do a complete dist-upgrade, but I still have some old stuff, including a 2.4.27 kernel which I can't afford to lose, since X doesn't work correctly on 2.6 kernels on my

Re: drivers in linux

2007-01-12 Thread celejar
On 1/12/07, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 08:00:02PM -0500, celejar wrote: [snip] > Module-assistant is a Debian-specific tool for the building and > installing of drivers that Debian packages as source code

Re: Killing a process that doesn't exist!?

2007-01-12 Thread Paul Cager
> Hi, > > It's a shell script. Even though the log file says the script is running > with a particular pid, that pid doesn't exist in the process table. > > > Cheers, > -Glen I would guess that the script creates a file (somewhere) to show it is running, and that file contains the PID of the runn

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-12 Thread David Jardine
On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 07:25:03PM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 04:06:01PM EST, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Upgrading those binaries is a potential security > > problem .. > > So is mopping up the floors in a timely manner.. Doesn't mean you want > the janitor

Re: Killing a process that doesn't exist!?

2007-01-12 Thread Steve Kemp
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 10:10:46AM -0400, Glen Yu wrote: >It's a shell script. Even though the log file says the script is running >with a particular pid, that pid doesn't exist in the process table. Well without seeing the script we can't help you much more. You will need to see whe

Re: Killing a process that doesn't exist!?

2007-01-12 Thread Glen Yu
Hi, It's a shell script. Even though the log file says the script is running with a particular pid, that pid doesn't exist in the process table. Cheers, -Glen On 1/12/07, Steve Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 09:52:00AM -0400, Glen Yu wrote: >I have a script th

Re: Killing a process that doesn't exist!?

2007-01-12 Thread Steve Kemp
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 09:52:00AM -0400, Glen Yu wrote: >I have a script that I normally run (called "extract.sh") but can't seem >to run it today because everytime I run it, it says that it's already >running :| , but if I do "ps -ef | grep extract", nothing shows up. The >log f

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-12 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 01:42:44AM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > This is what root's recently been up to on my laptop: > > ? manually adjusting the system & hardware clock Look at chrony. If you don't want it to sync to an NTP server over the net, it still has the capablility to take your watch time

Killing a process that doesn't exist!?

2007-01-12 Thread Glen Yu
Hi everyone, I have a script that I normally run (called "extract.sh") but can't seem to run it today because everytime I run it, it says that it's already running :| , but if I do "ps -ef | grep extract", nothing shows up. The log file, however, tells a different story: Fri Jan 12 08:03:01 EST

cant set group owner cdrom for link /dev/dvd

2007-01-12 Thread Mitchell Laks
Hi, I have noticed that a number of the video programs xine ogle etc like to use /dev/dvd as a default However they seem to also want the group permission to be cdrom... Note when i do ls -l /dev/hdc brwsrwxrwx 1 root cdrom 22, 0 2007-01-09 10:08 /dev/hdc however when I do as root ln -s /de

Re: My sarge box has an IRC bot

2007-01-12 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 18:52 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Yup. While that will thwart the most naïve of attacks, put a binary > (not a script) in there (something like ls works) and run this: > > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 /tmp/ls That is actually not possible if you have a recent linux kernel.

Re: DVD menu creator

2007-01-12 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 07:41 +, andy wrote: > I was wondering if anyone had a recommendation for a (graphical) > application that would do this for me. A friend in Windows-world is > using something by Nero that provides him with different options to > write chapters and menus, to have a grap

Re: preventing apt from upgrading postfix

2007-01-12 Thread Justin Hartman
On 1/12/07, Jochen Schulz wrote: I would try it the other way round and pin your currently installed Postfix's version to a value > 1000. Pinning it to 1001 didn't work initially but when I changed this: Pin: version 2.3.4-3 To this: Pin: version 2.3.4 All worked ok. Now if I run apt-get upgr

bluetooth headset

2007-01-12 Thread Michael Ott
Hi! I use Skype to call my friends. But at the moment i use a headset with a cable. But my laptop (Thinkpad T43) have a bluetooth adapter. Und now I want to know whether one of you use a bluetooth headset and can me tell which one and how he/she get it to run. Thanks in advance CU

Re: This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-12 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 09:05:29PM +1100, M-L wrote: > On Friday 12 January 2007 18:54, Kamaraju Kusumanchi shared this with us all: > >--> On Thursday 11 January 2007 21:54, M-L wrote: > >--> > Can someone enlighten me please as to why this the URL below crashes > >--> > Konqueror? > >--> > > >-->

Re: partitioning tools for LVM

2007-01-12 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 02:44:59PM -0700, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: > On Thursday 11 January 2007 13:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Are there any partitioning tools that happily deal in LVM on RAID? > > > > parter, gparted, fdisk, cfdisk seem not to, as least fron what parted

Re: preventing apt from upgrading postfix

2007-01-12 Thread Jochen Schulz
Justin Hartman: > > Package: postfix > Pin: version 2.3.4-3 > Pin-Priority: -1 I would try it the other way round and pin your currently installed Postfix's version to a value > 1000. This should do what you want and additionally you will never have to touch this pinning entry again (for example,

Re: Fwd: Bug: funny network problem.

2007-01-12 Thread Waqar Malik
The problem was solved when I purged and reinstalled libnss-mdns On 1/12/07, Torquil Macdonald Sørensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Torquil Macdonald Sørensen wrote: > Waqar Malik wrote: >> On 1/10/07, Michael Biebl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Waqar Malik schrieb: >>> > After update today, I'v

Re: Fwd: Bug: funny network problem.

2007-01-12 Thread Torquil Macdonald Sørensen
Waqar Malik wrote: The problem was solved when I purged and reinstalled libnss-mdns Thanks, I didn't even have that package installed... Everything works now. But if libnss-mdns is so important, shouldn't it already have been installed because of som dependency, e.g. from libc6? Well well, a

Second sound card is too much hassle?

2007-01-12 Thread Bruno Buys
Hi, I have the need for a second mic in on my computer, and I was wondering if I plugging in a spare emu10k1 card was a good idea. The computer has onboard sound realtek alc658 (so says alsamixer), working ok. With two cards, how does sound related apps behave? I never did this before... Thanks! T

Re: Win key to K menu??

2007-01-12 Thread Bruno Buys
Kyle Hamar wrote: > On 1/10/07, Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I was used to open the k menu just by hitting the win key, in kde 3.2.2. >> Now, after upgrading to kde 3.5.0 from sarge-backports, it won't let me. >> When I go to control center and try to enable it, control center only >

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