RE: Veritas Remote Unix Agent

2007-02-28 Thread Julian De Marchi
> Ok, next questions: What have you tried? What error codes? Have you put > the agent into debug mode? Has the server logs given you any errors? Are > you getting "permission" denied or access invalid... what? > Have not tried anything (have not installed it), have finally convinced my work to let

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/01/07 00:56, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/28/07 23:25, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 09:39:58PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:35:24PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrot

Re: Is my libpcap properly installed?

2007-02-28 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 23:29 -0800, anonymous wrote: > I am trying to compile a package which requires libpcap. When I > do the following: *WHAT* are you trying to compile? Don't be ashamed to tell us. We can only help you if you give us info. more than likely you need the libpcap-dev package. Y

Re: Veritas Remote Unix Agent

2007-02-28 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 15:58 +1000, Julian De Marchi wrote: > Hi All, > > I was wondering if anyone has had any luck getting the Veritas Remote Unix > Agent working under debian. So far my google searches have told me that it > is not supported in debian. Any work around ideas if that is the case?

Is my libpcap properly installed?

2007-02-28 Thread anonymous
I am trying to compile a package which requires libpcap. When I do the following: dpkg -l 'lib*' | grep libpcap I get the following result: ii libpcap0.7 0.7.2-7 System interface for user level ... I also checked this by using: ls -l /usr/lib/libpcap* and it produced the following res

Re: ssh

2007-02-28 Thread Francesco Pietra
Hi Guillermo: No, I have the two machines (deb32 and deb64 are their hostnames) attached to the same router. The router is in front of me, the two machines behind the wall. The router (Xyxel Prestige 66H, ADSL 2+ 4 Port Gateway) is connected to ADSL, which line is separated by the teleph line by a

Re: Newie questions about security

2007-02-28 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 22:50 -0800, Jordi wrote: > Hello Paul > > > RFC says stealth should never be used. > > And if I don't use stealth, what do I use? I thought by what we talked > here that ports in linux are closed if I don't forward them. > > > Firestarter and other Linux based firewalls ar

Re: how to send files from a pc to my home server and viceversa

2007-02-28 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 22:44 -0800, Jordi wrote: > Thanks for the replies > > Tell me if I don't understand. > I use that shared folder to pass files from one computer to another by > hand. But as they cross the router, they are exposed to internet > without any security. > So: > 1) Must I disable

Re: Newie questions about security

2007-02-28 Thread Jordi
Hello Paul > RFC says stealth should never be used. And if I don't use stealth, what do I use? I thought by what we talked here that ports in linux are closed if I don't forward them. > Firestarter and other Linux based firewalls are when you want to build a > firewall for your network. You can

Re: What's the best way to backup to dvd?

2007-02-28 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 08:14 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > A better question to ask myself is why do I need all this music and > video in the first place? Because. Its available. Its cheap. Because it cheaply available and its there. I know, I have 4.4TB on one machine, 1.2TB on another machine. I st

Re: What's the best way to backup to dvd?

2007-02-28 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/28/07 12:59, Joe Hart wrote: >> Bob McGowan wrote: >>> Caoilte O'Connor wrote: Hi, I'm looking to backup my mp3 collection (50gig or so) to dvds. I'll have to tar it all because some of the filenames are too lo

Re: how to send files from a pc to my home server and viceversa

2007-02-28 Thread Jordi
Thanks for the replies Tell me if I don't understand. I use that shared folder to pass files from one computer to another by hand. But as they cross the router, they are exposed to internet without any security. So: 1) Must I disable this shared folder? 2) Must I remove samba from my server? 3) Sh

Re: static IP

2007-02-28 Thread Jordi
Ok, Andrew So I leave it that way. Why I saw sometimes in some web sites this kind of static ips starting by 10.xxx.xxx.xxx and /number ? Jordi On 28 feb, 23:00, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 12:41:19PM -0800, Jordi wrote: > > Hi Andrew > > > Lucky th

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 23:25, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 09:39:58PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:35:24PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: Hybrids are not supposed to get grea

Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-02-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Michael M. wrote: > Thank you, Mr. Lamb, for telling me I don't > value my time because I use public transport (and bicycle). I just > never would have know otherwise. First off I didn't name you specifically so get off your "boo-hoo, he insulted me" trip. People is a generalization. There'

Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-02-28 Thread Michael M.
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 22:17 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > Now the question is, do you really need three motor vehicles, or are two > > of 'em a crutch for not leaning on your local officials to fix public > > transport? > > Paul, public transportation is a farce, plain and

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Ron Johnson wrote: > As in, the difference in speed between you and the tree you just > smashed into after losing control because you were fiddling with the > stereo. *eyes his motorcycle* Uh, what stereo? Besides, you know full well that the speed here isn't the problem, it is the inattenti

Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-02-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Paul Johnson wrote: > Now the question is, do you really need three motor vehicles, or are two > of 'em a crutch for not leaning on your local officials to fix public > transport? Paul, public transportation is a farce, plain and simple. It comes down to one simple fact. Personal transportat

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 23:25, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 09:39:58PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:35:24PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> Hybrids are not supposed to get great mileage on the highway. The

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Greg Folkert wrote: On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 09:09 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 05:27:00AM -0800, Freddy Freeloader wrote: Also, this idea that having a large vehicle is all related to ego is pure bull. I know of lots of people who drive small cars that drive

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Paul Johnson wrote: Freddy Freeloader wrote: Mitja Podreka wrote: It can comfortably run at speeds which are within the speed limits and is probably as safe as Hummer and similar monsters. U Have a head-on crash with a Hummer, or 3/4 ton 4-wheel drive pickup and see wh

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Paul Johnson wrote: Freddy Freeloader wrote: When did this change? I lived in Oregon for more than 20 years and at that time all you had to do to be required to pay Oregon's income tax was to live in Oregon. I lived in the Milton-Freewater area for years and worked just across the border i

Veritas Remote Unix Agent

2007-02-28 Thread Julian De Marchi
Hi All, I was wondering if anyone has had any luck getting the Veritas Remote Unix Agent working under debian. So far my google searches have told me that it is not supported in debian. Any work around ideas if that is the case? http://forums.veritas.com/discussions/thread.jspa?threadID=49292&mes

Re: Emailing the system messages to me

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 12:49:52AM -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote: > On 3/1/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 00:36 -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have a Debian Etch as my desktop PC, and i want to configure it so > >> the system messages could

Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
two for one: On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 09:38:24PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 03:58:10PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > Now the question is, do you really need three motor vehicles, or are two > > of 'em a crutch for not leaning on your local officials to fix publ

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:38:08PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > I wonder: > > > Fedora/RedHat/Suse user -> drives Hummer, big SUV, Lincoln towncar-type > > Debian/Ubuntu user -> drives mid-sized or compact SUV or car > > Gentoo/LFS user -> drives riced Japanese impor

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 09:39:58PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:35:24PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > Hybrids are not supposed to get great mileage on the highway. Their > > forte is stop-and-go city/suburb driving. > > > Which is why I said that they were su

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-28 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2007-02-28, Dan H. wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> I hate gmane (or maybe just it's web interface). d-u is dual-ported >> to news:linux.debian.user. That's what I'd use. > > Is it really dual-ported? Some months ago I posted stuff there that > obviously nobody saw. See http://lists.bofh.it/

Re: how to send files from a pc to my home server and viceversa

2007-02-28 Thread Marty
Jordi wrote: Hi again. It took me some time but finally I did folder sharing between my server and the windows pc with samba. This is how I did: 1) I created a working group in XP as Joe said. 2) I rebooted the XP machine 3) I loaded the package list in Synaptic on Xubuntu, that was outdated. 4

Re: Upgraded to 2.6.18-4-686, trouble.

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:25:32PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:04:02PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:05:30PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > > Whenever I boot into the 2.6.18-4-686 kernel everything works fine, > > > but when it st

Re: Emailing the system messages to me

2007-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 22:49, Guillermo Garron wrote: > On 3/1/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 00:36 -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have a Debian Etch as my desktop PC, and i want to configure it so >> > t

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 22:34, Steve Lamb wrote: > Mitja Podreka wrote: >> It can comfortably run at speeds which are within the >> speed limits and is probably as safe as >> Hummer and similar monsters. > > If you think "well within speed limits" and "safe"

Re: Fonts from GDM?

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:12:10PM -0500, Matthew K Poer wrote: > An odd situation: When I start Fluxbox (or any other WM) from GDM, I get > to use the font and cursor set by GDM. > > If I start fluxbox with 'startx' I am given another font and cursor. > > If I knew which font and cursor GDM was

Re: Squid strange logrotate scrip.

2007-02-28 Thread Guillermo Garron
On 3/1/07, Guillermo Garron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/1/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 00:40 -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My etch has this squid logrotate script. > > > > > > # > > # Logrotate fragment for squ

Re: Squid strange logrotate scrip.

2007-02-28 Thread Guillermo Garron
On 3/1/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 00:40 -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote: > Hi, > > My etch has this squid logrotate script. > > > # > # Logrotate fragment for squid. > # > /var/log/squid/*.log { > daily > compress >

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 22:25, Steve Lamb wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 06:26:44PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> It would be pretty difficult for a dirt-poor Mexican to sneak into >>> Sweden... > >> Sweden at least enforces their i

Re: Emailing the system messages to me

2007-02-28 Thread Guillermo Garron
On 3/1/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 00:36 -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Debian Etch as my desktop PC, and i want to configure it so > the system messages could be sent to my personal email, not to the > root mailbox on that system, it has e

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Ritchie
Steve Lamb wrote: Mitja Podreka wrote: It can comfortably run at speeds which are within the speed limits and is probably as safe as Hummer and similar monsters. If you think "well within speed limits" and "safe" are one and the same, you're sorely mistaken. What a lot of politicians and

Re: REALLY OT: News Flash

2007-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 22:14, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 02/28/07 09:17, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>> On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:54:51AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/28/07 08:13, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at

Re: Squid strange logrotate scrip.

2007-02-28 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 00:40 -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote: > Hi, > > My etch has this squid logrotate script. > > > # > # Logrotate fragment for squid. > # > /var/log/squid/*.log { > daily > compress > delaycompress > rotate 10 >

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Mitja Podreka wrote: > A car is a tool to drive from point A to point B. Sad is the mind that defines a vehicle only as a tool. -- Steve C. Lamb | But who decides what they dream? PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | And dream I do... ---+--

Re: Emailing the system messages to me

2007-02-28 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 00:36 -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Debian Etch as my desktop PC, and i want to configure it so > the system messages could be sent to my personal email, not to the > root mailbox on that system, it has exim any ideas? > > or I better install postfix? >

Squid strange logrotate scrip.

2007-02-28 Thread Guillermo Garron
Hi, My etch has this squid logrotate script. # # Logrotate fragment for squid. # /var/log/squid/*.log { daily compress delaycompress rotate 10 missingok nocreate sharedscripts prerotate test ! -x /u

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > I wonder: > Fedora/RedHat/Suse user -> drives Hummer, big SUV, Lincoln towncar-type > Debian/Ubuntu user -> drives mid-sized or compact SUV or car > Gentoo/LFS user -> drives riced Japanese import Er, I'm a Debian/KUbuntu user and drive a Japanese import An

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Mitja Podreka wrote: > It can comfortably run at speeds which are within the > speed limits and is probably as safe as > Hummer and similar monsters. If you think "well within speed limits" and "safe" are one and the same, you're sorely mistaken. What a lot of politicians and public safety o

Emailing the system messages to me

2007-02-28 Thread Guillermo Garron
Hi, I have a Debian Etch as my desktop PC, and i want to configure it so the system messages could be sent to my personal email, not to the root mailbox on that system, it has exim any ideas? or I better install postfix? best regards, -- Guillermo Garron "Linux IS user friendly... It's just s

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-02-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Paul Johnson wrote: > Barry Goldwater is conservative, not neoconservative. The former is > somewhat centerist, the latter is not. If you need to understand the > distinction, read his book "The Conscience of a Conservative" and compare > it to Reagan/Bush/Cheney style neoconservativism. Fun

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-02-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 06:26:44PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> It would be pretty difficult for a dirt-poor Mexican to sneak into >> Sweden... > Sweden at least enforces their immigration policy. Sweden, hell, Mexico enforces their immigration policy! --

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-02-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Paul Johnson wrote: > I'm pretty sure the Swedes, Dutch and Canadians of the world would disagree > about their situation as being poorer than ours. And yet the numbers don't line. > I think it says something > that we only get appreciable immigration from third world countries. And we

Re: Upgraded to 2.6.18-4-686, trouble.

2007-02-28 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:04:02PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:05:30PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > Whenever I boot into the 2.6.18-4-686 kernel everything works fine, > > but when it starts loading hald I get: > > > > Buffer I/O error on device sr0 > > af

Re: sound in iceweasel

2007-02-28 Thread Mark Grieveson
> Hi all > My wife has run into a problem using iceweasel to access a site like > 123greetings.com - none of the cards are playing a sound. She is using > KDE. When she's tried using konqueror it simply borks and displays a > dialog box asking whether she wants to use gxine to load the swf file

Re: OT

2007-02-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Paul Johnson wrote: > I'm also willing to take a less lucrative offer for a more comfortable work > environment. There's something to be said about the ease of which one's > livelihood is made after all: Why take a job that makes life miserable if > another will pay almost as well and give you so

Re: REALLY OT: News Flash

2007-02-28 Thread Marc Shapiro
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 09:17, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:54:51AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/28/07 08:13, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:50:27AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wr

Re: OT

2007-02-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Celejar wrote: > Someone like Joey [a DD who reads and posts to the list] > obviously has much stronger grounds for irritation. Which I think was reflected in not one of the people listed earlier as contributors who also "OT" giving Joey the slightest bit of grief over his position. --

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-02-28 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070228 18:21]: > > I remember reading an article in a German audiophile magazine about a > > device to demagnetize CDs. The author claimed the sound to be much > > better after demagnetizing. > > Demagnetize something that relies on lasers? With a mass-produced

Re: Upgraded to 2.6.18-4-686, trouble.

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:05:30PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > Whenever I boot into the 2.6.18-4-686 kernel everything works fine, > but when it starts loading hald I get: > > Buffer I/O error on device sr0 after this, I assume the boot continues normally? > > It says this about 8 times. I

Re: usb audio device & sound card

2007-02-28 Thread Mark Grieveson
Mark Grieveson wrote: > > Hi. I have a cheap usb audio device for Skype, and a regular sound > > card for the rest of the computer. I'm using Etch. I would like to > > be able to get sound when browsing the internet, or listening to > > music, or watching movies, from the soundcard, while simult

solved: updated iceweasel firefox goes to nonexistent http://firefox

2007-02-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
I reolved annoying bug behavior of 1. firefox startup looking for http://firefox/ which was redirected by my ISP to an ad company site. 2. firefox ignored home page preference on restart of firefox. Solution: replace icon shortcut from firefox %u to firefox http://yourchosenhomepage thus

Please Help Me

2007-02-28 Thread 6622925157
My son had his phone stolen and i can not afford another1 my number is 662 292 4661 -- === Brought to you by, Cingular Wireless Messaging http://www.CingularMe.COM/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: updated iceweasel firefox now hijacked from homepage to ads!

2007-02-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
Ok the bug report text solves the problem! i replace the startup shortcut firefox with firefox file://www.google.com and now it starts properly. thank you all. By the way. I thank everyone for answering: that shows respect. but I do find that anyone who wrote "hardy har har har -> its s

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-28 Thread Matthew K Poer
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 01:21 +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > Thanks for the concern and warning though. I didn't take it > negatively. Just that I haven't seen a Linux installation corrupting > the other OS. > > The worst that could happen is what? Partitions getting deleted or is > there anything else mor

Fonts from GDM?

2007-02-28 Thread Matthew K Poer
An odd situation: When I start Fluxbox (or any other WM) from GDM, I get to use the font and cursor set by GDM. If I start fluxbox with 'startx' I am given another font and cursor. If I knew which font and cursor GDM was using, I would like to have fluxbox use them, but I don't. And I can't find

Upgraded to 2.6.18-4-686, trouble.

2007-02-28 Thread Michael Pobega
Whenever I boot into the 2.6.18-4-686 kernel everything works fine, but when it starts loading hald I get: Buffer I/O error on device sr0 It says this about 8 times. I tried reinstalling hal but that didn't seem to change anything either. I'm wondering if this is a serious issue (I still have 2.

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 21:39 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:35:24PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > Hybrids are not supposed to get great mileage on the highway. Their > > forte is stop-and-go city/suburb driving. > > > Which is why I said that they were surprised

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Michael M.
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 09:09 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 05:27:00AM -0800, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > > > > Also, this idea that having a large vehicle is all related to ego is > > pure bull. I know of lots of people who drive small cars that drive > > them for ego

Re: What's the best way to backup to dvd?

2007-02-28 Thread Paul Johnson
Caoilte O'Connor wrote: > I'm looking to backup my mp3 collection (50gig or so) to dvds. I'll > have to tar it all because some of the filenames are too long and a > few have strange accents. > > What would people suggest is the best way to go about doing this? I > guess I need to find the best w

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-02-28 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 21:32 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 06:37:34PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 02/28/07 14:37, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > >> > > > Except that they all come in unskilled. All the commercials for the > > > Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines talk

Re: Newie questions about security

2007-02-28 Thread Paul Johnson
Jordi wrote: > Hello, > > I just managed to configure my server and router and ips yesterday and > now I have questions about security. I did a scan of ports and saw the > only open are the ones I opened. I also set my router firewall to > "standard". > > 1) Must I CLOSE the ports that I don't u

Microsoft soft *CAN NOT* acquire Linux...

2007-02-28 Thread Greg Folkert
>From you article at: http://www.cooltechzone.com/Departments/Featured_Story/Why_Microsoft_Should_Acquire_Linux_200702262810/ Your article is indented my responses are not: Alright, I’m going to say this. I think Microsoft should acquire Linux. They already *CAN* acquire

Re: question about dns server at home

2007-02-28 Thread Paul Johnson
Jordi wrote: > Hello. > > I would like to ask questions about DNS servers: > > 1) What is needed to host my own domain name at home? Do I need 2 > static public ip? Or just one? If I need 2, do I need 2 dsl > connections? Two IPs, though most registries and many registrars require that these tw

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:35:24PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Hybrids are not supposed to get great mileage on the highway. Their > forte is stop-and-go city/suburb driving. > Which is why I said that they were surprised when the hybrid did not live up to the manufacturer's outrageous claims

Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-02-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 03:58:10PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Now the question is, do you really need three motor vehicles, or are two > of 'em a crutch for not leaning on your local officials to fix public > transport? > Now the question is, do you really understand that in much of America p

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 20:24, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 07:16:52PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: [snip] >> > I know what you mean. I drive a '97 Mazda. I get 33-36 MPG in mixed > city/highway (daily commute and such) and closer to 40 MPG

Re: can't browse samba network

2007-02-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 09:20:58AM +0800, Ken Hu wrote: > Dear All: > > My platform is Debian etch with gnome as desktop environment. > I can mount samba shared folder manually , but I don't know why I can > not browse samba network by using Location/Computer/Network. > > Did I miss some necessar

Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-02-28 Thread Paul Johnson
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > I see a future for me where we have a gas mini-van for the family to go > visit the coast once or twice a year and for those occasional trips where > we all go somewhere together and 1 or 2 electric vehicles for the vast > majority of our drives as its all well wi

Re: Ethernet card Marvell

2007-02-28 Thread Rob Sims
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:09:30AM +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote: > I have a Marvell Ethernet card (on motherboard) model 88E8053. > It is not recognized by Etch (however the CD I tried to install from > is rather old +- 1 year). > (note: under Fedora 6 it is recognized and works fine with driver

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-02-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 06:37:34PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/28/07 14:37, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >> > > Except that they all come in unskilled. All the commercials for the > > Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines talk about joining up and they will > > *Not* the Marines. > > Marines ar

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-02-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 06:26:44PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/28/07 12:36, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 03:48:10PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > >>> Given that America's catching up politically to the rest of the world, > >>> yes, those *

Re: Free Physics Textbook (was: Re: REALLY OT: News Flash)

2007-02-28 Thread hendrik
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 05:34:37PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:26:42PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > physics: > > > > http://www.motionmountain.net/ > > > > cool thanks You are very welcome. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Undigesting digests (was: Number of OT Posts)

2007-02-28 Thread Paul Johnson
Jim Hyslop wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: >> You're supposed to undigest digests back into their component messages >> after receiving the digest > > Interesting. I didn't know that (and I suspect most people like me who > are learning to kick the Windows dependency habit probably don't know > that

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 07:16:52PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > Every single car I own gets 23MPG or better in city, if I keep my foot > out of it. It is amazing what fuel injection, modestly high compression, > a 5-speed manual transmission and a 2.93:1 axle ratio can do in those > older cars.

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 05:34:45PM -0600, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Either way, you are an enemy of the planet. > > YIKES! First we should ascertain which of those he drives regularly, > don't you think? I've a couple of old guzzlers, myself, but

Re: question about dns server at home

2007-02-28 Thread Paul Johnson
Håkon Alstadheim wrote: > Jordi wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I would like to ask questions about DNS servers: >> >> 1) What is needed to host my own domain name at home? Do I need 2 >> static public ip? Or just one? If I need 2, do I need 2 dsl >> connections? >> > A zone needs 2 or more name-servers

Re: old packages

2007-02-28 Thread Paul Johnson
Petra Kabayo wrote: > Is there any place I can get old packages? Like for example, the latest > stable mysql-server package is 4.1.11a-4sarge7. Where can I get 4.1.11a-4? > or older versions? Have you taken a look at snapshot.debian.net to see if it's in the archives? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

RE: how to send files from a pc to my home server and viceversa

2007-02-28 Thread Julian De Marchi
> > FTP is obsolete, it sends passwords in plaintext, don't use it. Install > SSH > instead, that will give you both SSH and SFTP. > Use WINSCP. That is the easiest way to transfer file from M$ to your server. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Re: how to send files from a pc to my home server and viceversa

2007-02-28 Thread Paul Johnson
Jordi wrote: > Hello > > Yesterday I was able to run my server. I have 2 computers at home, one > is server and the other is not. Both are connected to router. One uses > Xubuntu and the other Windows XP. > I know Xubuntu is not Debian but it is based on it. Few people in > Xubuntu know how to do

Re: smtp time spam filtering

2007-02-28 Thread Paul Johnson
David Hart wrote: > On Mon 2007-02-26 14:26:58 -0800 Paul Johnson wrote: >> David Hart wrote: >> > On Sat 2007-02-24 21:03:11 -0500 Greg Folkert wrote: >> >> >> >> Bouncing... bingo. If the sender doesn't handle it properly, it isn't >> >> my problem. >> > >> > You've already outlined a case whe

Re: No Mouse in X

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 06:42:47PM -0600, Dave Walker wrote: > > re-booted, logged in as root > cd to /etc/x11/ > > less XF86Config-4 to confirm that there were 2 serarate mouse sections > for "InputDevice" and that 2 input devices were present in > "ServerLayout" > one was "Configured Mouse" - t

Free Physics Textbook (was: Re: REALLY OT: News Flash)

2007-02-28 Thread hendrik
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 04:37:06PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 05:46:15PM -0600, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > It turns out that when you add the mass of the matter in the universe > > > to the gravitational potential energy (which happen

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1r5 booting process aborted during installation.

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 10:25:41AM +0900, KUMANOSUKE wrote: > Dear Debian Guys > > I've tried to install Debian GNU/Linux 3.1r5 with install > CD-ROM, but my PC doesn't reboot during the installation. > > After finished the primary installation process, I removed > CD-ROM and tried to restart my

Re: Free Physics Textbook (was: Re: REALLY OT: News Flash)

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:26:42PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > physics: > > http://www.motionmountain.net/ > cool thanks A signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1r5 booting process aborted during installation.

2007-02-28 Thread KUMANOSUKE
Dear Debian Guys I've tried to install Debian GNU/Linux 3.1r5 with install CD-ROM, but my PC doesn't reboot during the installation. After finished the primary installation process, I removed CD-ROM and tried to restart my PC. But the following message appears on the display and the Linux booting

can't browse samba network

2007-02-28 Thread Ken Hu
Dear All: My platform is Debian etch with gnome as desktop environment. I can mount samba shared folder manually , but I don't know why I can not browse samba network by using Location/Computer/Network. Did I miss some necessary packages ? Ken -- 研發部 胡重威 Ken Hu

Re: No Mouse in X

2007-02-28 Thread Cameron L. Spitzer
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Walker wrote: > The Problem: > > When I run X (startx) from any user account, it begins, loads Gnome (just > today downloaded it) but the mouse does not move. I found out that > quits X, thankfully, so

Re: What's the best way to backup to dvd?

2007-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 18:30, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 18:18 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 02/28/07 12:59, Joe Hart wrote: >>> Bob McGowan wrote: Caoilte O'Connor wrote: > Hi, > I'm looking to backup my mp3 collection (50gig or s

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-02-28 Thread John Hasler
Ron Johnson writes: > Demagnetize something that relies on lasers? This is aimed at the people who buy special low-noise gold-plated power cords. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sound in iceweasel

2007-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 15:26, andy wrote: > Hi all > > My wife has run into a problem using iceweasel to access a site like > 123greetings.com - none of the cards are playing a sound. She is using > KDE. When she's tried using konqueror it simply borks and displ

No Mouse in X

2007-02-28 Thread Dave Walker
If it is a PS/2 mouse you should not have that /dev/input/mouse section. For PS/2 you should be fine with just /dev/psaux. Use dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 to reconfigure X again and just choose PS/2 when selecting mouse. let us know if the problem still exists. Couple of other things: 1. P

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 15:25, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 14:33 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:25:27AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >>> we already went throught the mean/median thing so, >>> >>> median house

Re: REALLY OT: News Flash

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 05:46:15PM -0600, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > It turns out that when you add the mass of the matter in the universe > > to the gravitational potential energy (which happens to be negative), > > that the sum of the two is "suspiciously close to zero"

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