Re: password protect file befor emailing

On 13/10/2007, Giorgos Pallas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Juha Tuuna wrote: > > On Friday, 12. October 2007 15:48, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > > This way you must of course deliver the password in a secure way. > > > > Not necessarily. The password could be delivered using the telephone > accord

Re: password protect file befor emailing

Juha Tuuna wrote: > On Friday, 12. October 2007 15:48, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > >> I want to send a longish pdf file to an unsophisticated Windows user. >> >> If possible I would like to password protect it. >> >> Is there a way to password protect files on Etch? >> >> Thanks, >> >> rd >>

Re: world clock for gnome (like the one in KDE)

* Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071013 00:49]: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 01:20:40PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > Just wondering if Gnome has a world clock like the one KDE has. I mainly > > use KDE, and I can configure the clock applet to show other timezones. > > These show up whe

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I tried to install mysql-server-5.0 using apt-get and I got the following error- localhost:~# apt-get install mysql-server-5.0 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Suggested packages: tinyca The following NEW packages will be installed: mysql-server-5.0 0 upgraded, 1

Re: Listing packages

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 04:58:12PM -0500, Miguel Cobá wrote: > I have a mixed installation with packages from stable and testing and I want > to > list the packages and what version (stable, testing, unstable) of debian are > they from. > > I have searched the web for a solution, but nothing unti

Re: digital album making choices and photo management

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 08:29:33PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > David Fox wrote: > > On 10/12/07, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> Could some users share their photo management experiences in Debian > >> here? I have this little project at hand. The objective is to make a > >> digital

Re: world clock for gnome (like the one in KDE)

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 01:20:40PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > > Hello, > > Just wondering if Gnome has a world clock like the one KDE has. I mainly > use KDE, and I can configure the clock applet to show other timezones. > These show up when I move my mouse over the clock. In Gnome, however, I > haven'

Re: libdvdcss installation

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 08:53:59PM +0100, Pantor wrote: > Thank you very much lads. DVD plays OK now after simplified metod of > installation. Minor correction: Debian has non-lads in the ranks of developers and users. -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :'

Re: How to detect whether your machine is compromised?

On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 07:18:12PM +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > > >http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/05/1234217 > >http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/CD0B9D97EE6FE411CC25736A000E4723 > > > > Those were the very links with which this thread was starte

Re: Can I schede a command to be run when I have log out?

Thanks! I will try nohup later on. PS: I received 3 copies of your mail. --- Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Serena Cantor wrote: > > I use sarge and crontab. > > If I log out, what happen to the program I started ? > > > > Can you be more clear? If you want to run a command eve

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Hello, I am trying to follow instructions to install TrueType mathml fonts in Debian Testing from this web page: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/mathml/fonts/ I think I have succeeded in installing the fonts (see the output of some commands below). But I am not able to get proper rendering on thi

Re: where did restart go?

Marty wrote: > I recently upgraded to Etch, and noticed that the restart command seems to > be missing: > > # restart > bash: restart: command not found > > I don't think this a path problem, since there seems to be no executable > by that > name. Is it a bash builtin problem? Thanks for any a

Re: debian kernel bugs / or is it grub?

On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 09:56:58AM +0800, Richard wrote: ... > > No difference: no changed cables, no changed BIOS settings etc. > > > > PS Since I used Lilo last time to boot I guess I can say grub is not the > cause of the problem. Now I suspect it is udev and/or the lack of support > for the

Re: Regarding tar and split

On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 02:59:32AM +, Sean Zimmermann wrote: > I have one final question: some people have brought up the strength of > programs like afio that compress files individually to protect against > corruption. Most of the things I archive are large image or movie files > (which ty

Re: Regarding tar and split

Paul E Condon mesanetworks.net> writes: > > The difference is that afio compresses each input file individually, so > if there is a read/write error, only one file is lost from the archive. > (Actually, there are a lot more differences - to start with the options > are totally different syntax an

Re: debian kernel bugs / or is it grub?

David Brodbeck wrote: On Oct 12, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: I ask because all those errors you posted make me still think you've got some hardware problem. BUt I'm no expert by far. Just as an aside, I've had occasional problems with Linux on machines that had IDE hard

Re: debian kernel bugs / or is it grub?

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 02:03:05PM +0800, Richard wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: I find it hard to understand how ubuntu can boot when debian can't. I'm willing to be that if you end up reinstalling debian again, it just works. shrug. A Back in Ubuntu a

Re: Can I schede a command to be run when I have log out?

Serena Cantor wrote: I use sarge and crontab. If I log out, what happen to the program I started ? Can you be more clear? If you want to run a command every time you logout, you can add it to ~/.bash_logout file (Assuming bash is your login shell). If you are running a command in the backgro

Re: booting from DVD? SOLVED

Miles Fidelman([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Miles Fidelman wrote: >> Wayne Topa wrote: >>> >>> If you have k3b installed you could try usig it to create a bootable >>> dvd. >>> >>> >> just tried k3b, and it wasn't bootable either >> >> I've tried burning several images that pur

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Re: where did restart go?

On Friday 12 October 2007 18:15, Marty wrote: > I recently upgraded to Etch, and noticed that the restart command seems to > be missing: > > # restart > bash: restart: command not found > > I don't think this a path problem, since there seems to be no executable by > that name. Is it a bash builti

where did restart go?

I recently upgraded to Etch, and noticed that the restart command seems to be missing: # restart bash: restart: command not found I don't think this a path problem, since there seems to be no executable by that name. Is it a bash builtin problem? Thanks for any assistance. -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Listing packages

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 04:58:12PM -0500, Miguel Cobá wrote: > I have a mixed installation with packages from stable and testing and I want > to list the packages and what version (stable, testing, unstable) of debian > are they from. > > I have searched the web for a solution, but nothing until n

Re: booting from DVD? SOLVED

Miles Fidelman wrote: Wayne Topa wrote: If you have k3b installed you could try usig it to create a bootable dvd. just tried k3b, and it wasn't bootable either I've tried burning several images that purport to be bootable, but I'm guessing there are some parameters I have to set as well.

Re: digital album making choices and photo management

David Fox wrote: > On 10/12/07, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Could some users share their photo management experiences in Debian >> here? I have this little project at hand. The objective is to make a >> digital album of family pictures to be given to family members on a CD. > >

Re: debian kernel bugs / or is it grub?

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 03:14:36PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > On Oct 12, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> I ask because all those errors you posted make me still think you've >> got some hardware problem. BUt I'm no expert by far. > > Just as an aside, I've had occasional

Re: debian kernel bugs / or is it grub?

On Oct 12, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: I ask because all those errors you posted make me still think you've got some hardware problem. BUt I'm no expert by far. Just as an aside, I've had occasional problems with Linux on machines that had IDE hard drives set to "cable s

Re: Regarding tar and split

On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 11:09:04PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:48:10 +0200 > "Manon Metten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Sean, > > > > You might consider using Lha. It does the same as tar and bzip2 together > > Tar itself integrates bzip2 via the 'j' switch. > > > Man

Listing packages

I have a mixed installation with packages from stable and testing and I want to list the packages and what version (stable, testing, unstable) of debian are they from. I have searched the web for a solution, but nothing until now. With dpkg -l or apt-show-versions I can find the version numbe

Re: up to how many cores

Gilles Mocellin writes: > I think it's 32 With the right hardware it can be thousands. Here's a reference: . -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: booting from DVD?

Wayne Topa wrote: If you tried using the prior udf dvd then I would think it wouldn't work. Did you try formating that dvd before you tried burning to it? I always use a cd/dvd R/W to check the iso out before I burn to a cd/dvd R, just in case. now THAT's a great idea - guess I'll have to go

Re: migration and installation 50 THOUSAND machines

On Oct 11, 2007, at 4:38 PM, andremachado wrote: >As PART of a viability study about using Debian GNU / Linux for a >massive deployment from 5 thousand >up to 50 thousand machines (desktops AND servers) geographically >distributed across a country, >I searched for some installation, configurati

Re: booting from DVD?

Miles Fidelman([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Wayne Topa wrote: >> >> If you have k3b installed you could try usig it to create a bootable >> dvd. >> >> > just tried k3b, and it wasn't bootable either > If you tried using the prior udf dvd then I would think it wouldn't work. D

Re: digital album making choices and photo management

On 10/12/07, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > Could some users share their photo management experiences in Debian > here? I have this little project at hand. The objective is to make a > digital album of family pictures to be given to family members on a CD. Would you be wanting to j

Re: kernel 2.6.18+ SMP question

On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 22:02 +0200, Robert Cates wrote: > Hi all, > > just a general question - I'm interested in getting a motherboard that > supports 4 of the new AMD Quad Core CPUs. That would be effectively 16 > CPUs. My question is, with the 2.6.18-5-686 kernel from etch, will the > SMP ker

Re: up to how many cores

Le Friday 12 October 2007 21:55:00 Robert Cates, vous avez écrit : > Hi all, > > just a general question - I'm interested in getting a motherboard that > supports 4 of the new AMD Quad Core CPUs. That would be effectively 16 > CPUs. My question is, with the 2.6.18-5-686 kernel from etch, will the

Re: password protect file befor emailing

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:36:37 -0400 Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/12/2007 01:16 PM, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > BartlebyScrivener wrote: > >> I want to send a longish pdf file to an unsophisticated Windows user. > > > >> If possible I would like to password protect it. > > > >>

up to how many cores

Hi all, just a general question - I'm interested in getting a motherboard that supports 4 of the new AMD Quad Core CPUs. That would be effectively 16 CPUs. My question is, with the 2.6.18-5-686 kernel from etch, will the SMP kernel work with all 16 cores? What is actually the current limit of c

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kernel 2.6.18+ SMP question

Hi all, just a general question - I'm interested in getting a motherboard that supports 4 of the new AMD Quad Core CPUs. That would be effectively 16 CPUs. My question is, with the 2.6.18-5-686 kernel from etch, will the SMP kernel work with all 16 cores? What is actually the current limit of c

Re: booting from DVD?

Wayne Topa wrote: If you have k3b installed you could try usig it to create a bootable dvd. just tried k3b, and it wasn't bootable either I've tried burning several images that purport to be bootable, but I'm guessing there are some parameters I have to set as well. When I burn CDs, the

Re: libdvdcss installation

Thank you very much lads. DVD plays OK now after simplified metod of installation. Alan Ianson wrote: On Fri October 12 2007 10:10, Pantor wrote: Lads, would you be able, please, to advice how to install libdvdcss for VideoLAN. Linux knowledge almost zero. There is latest version libdvdcss-1

Re: booting from DVD?

Miles Fidelman([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > steve wrote: >> ill assume you are using gnome, all I do is right click on the iso file, >> then choose write to disc. has always worked fine for me. >> > yup >> did you burn the dvd on the pc your trying to boot from, and is the fil

Re: booting from DVD?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pantor wrote: > Unfortunatelly there are errors. What to do in this way? > hi, you need to install gcc, and kernel headers in order to build programs from source. search for these in synaptic and install those first, then proceed as before. -BEG

Re: password protect file befor emailing

On 10/12/2007 01:16 PM, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > BartlebyScrivener wrote: >> I want to send a longish pdf file to an unsophisticated Windows user. > >> If possible I would like to password protect it. > >> Is there a way to password protect files on Etch? > > $ aptitude install pdftk > > #

Re: password protect file befor emailing

>encrypted zip >and >pdftk Thank you all. Perfect. rd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: world clock for gnome (like the one in KDE)

Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Yes it actually does exist and in fact I think it is a better implementation > than the one in KDE. Here is a screenshot of it. > > http://en.opensuse.org/Image:103-World-Clock.jpg This looks neat! > > It is a GNOME Applet but I don't know if it is available anywher

Re: Konqueror File Association Pattern

Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 17:57:35 +0200, Peter Robinson wrote: Dear all, in a fit of "click before you think" I mistakenly assigned a file association pattern to Kile for directories (thinking I was clicking on a .tex file). Now, when I click on a directory, Kile is op

Re: migration and installation 50 THOUSAND machines

On Oct 11, 2007, at 4:38 PM, andremachado wrote: Hello, As PART of a viability study about using Debian GNU / Linux for a massive deployment from 5 thousand up to 50 thousand machines (desktops AND servers) geographically distributed across a country, I searched for some installation, confi

Re: texmaker bug?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Lyons wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 04:48:57PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > > [...] >> I didn't even know what texmaker was until today. > > It's surprisingly unknown: people are always complaining about learning > latex, but with texmaker yo

Re: debian kernel bugs / or is it grub?

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 02:03:05PM +0800, Richard wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > I find it hard to understand how ubuntu can boot when debian > > can't. I'm willing to be that if you end up reinstalling debian again, > > it just works. shrug. > > > > A > > Back in Ubuntu again a

Re: world clock for gnome (like the one in KDE)

* H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071012 12:42]: > > Hello, > > Just wondering if Gnome has a world clock like the one KDE has. I mainly > use KDE, and I can configure the clock applet to show other timezones. > These show up when I move my mouse over the clock. In Gnome, however, I Search the Debian

Re: world clock for gnome (like the one in KDE)

Yes it actually does exist and in fact I think it is a better implementation than the one in KDE. Here is a screenshot of it. http://en.opensuse.org/Image:103-World-Clock.jpg It is a GNOME Applet but I don't know if it is available anywhere for download. Good Luck, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: libdvdcss installation

Alan Ianson wrote: > On Fri October 12 2007 10:10, Pantor wrote: > >> Lads, >> >> would you be able, please, to advice how to install libdvdcss for >> VideoLAN. Linux knowledge almost zero. There is latest version >> libdvdcss-1.2.9.tar.gz on the Desktop. What to do now? >> > > An easier wa

digital album making choices and photo management

Hello, Could some users share their photo management experiences in Debian here? I have this little project at hand. The objective is to make a digital album of family pictures to be given to family members on a CD. I am thinking on the lines that the CD should have self contained digital album.

Re: libdvdcss installation

On Fri October 12 2007 10:10, Pantor wrote: > Lads, > > would you be able, please, to advice how to install libdvdcss for > VideoLAN. Linux knowledge almost zero. There is latest version > libdvdcss-1.2.9.tar.gz on the Desktop. What to do now? An easier way is to add the debian multimedia archive

world clock for gnome (like the one in KDE)

Hello, Just wondering if Gnome has a world clock like the one KDE has. I mainly use KDE, and I can configure the clock applet to show other timezones. These show up when I move my mouse over the clock. In Gnome, however, I haven't been able to find similar functionality in the clock. Does it exis

Re: booting from DVD?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Miles Fidelman wrote: >> > after a little research, I'm starting to conclude that either I need to > update the firmware in my cd/dvd drive, or figure out how to burn the > dvds with book-type set to dvd+r (the default burning software seems to > b

Re: libdvdcss installation

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pantor wrote: > Lads, > > would you be able, please, to advice how to install libdvdcss for > VideoLAN. Linux knowledge almost zero. There is latest version > libdvdcss-1.2.9.tar.gz on the Desktop. What to do now? > > Thank's. > > Andrius > > dou

Re: Konqueror File Association Pattern

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 17:57:35 +0200, Peter Robinson wrote: > Dear all, > > in a fit of "click before you think" I mistakenly assigned a file > association pattern to Kile for directories (thinking I was clicking on a > .tex file). Now, when I click on a directory, Kile is opened, which of > c

Re: booting from DVD?

steve wrote: good question - my other main machine is a PowerPC Mac, so that's no help; just tried it on the kids' Windows box - same symptom - seems to try to read the DVD, then boots from the hard drive (into Windows) I guess I must be missing something about making the DVDs bootable Thoughts

Re: password protect file befor emailing

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 BartlebyScrivener wrote: > I want to send a longish pdf file to an unsophisticated Windows user. > > If possible I would like to password protect it. > > Is there a way to password protect files on Etch? $ aptitude install pdftk # pdftk file.pdf outp

libdvdcss installation

Lads, would you be able, please, to advice how to install libdvdcss for VideoLAN. Linux knowledge almost zero. There is latest version libdvdcss-1.2.9.tar.gz on the Desktop. What to do now? Thank's. Andrius -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: booting from DVD?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> > good question - my other main machine is a PowerPC Mac, so that's no > help; just tried it on the kids' Windows box - same symptom - seems to > try to read the DVD, then boots from the hard drive (into Windows) > > I guess I must be missing s

Re: Konqueror File Association Pattern

On 10/12/07, Peter Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > in a fit of "click before you think" I mistakenly assigned a file > association pattern to Kile for directories (thinking I was clicking on > a .tex file). Now, when I click on a directory, Kile is opened, which of > course make

Re: password protect file befor emailing

BartlebyScrivener wrote: I want to send a longish pdf file to an unsophisticated Windows user. If possible I would like to password protect it. Is there a way to password protect files on Etch? # apt-get install pdftk $ pdftk input_file.pdf output encrypted.pdf user_pw password $ man pdftk

Re: mdadm, partitioned array

estone.ca> writes: > Running some bonnie++ benchmarks gave extra slow write results on > /dev/md_d0p1. > but the same tests on /dev/md_d0p2 are normal. Read results are approx > the same on both partitions, but only writes are half as fast on p1 > then p2. Same problem. But I wasn't as bad as y

Re: Regarding tar and split

On Oct 11, 2007, at 2:53 PM, Carl Johnson wrote: Are you sure that you are not talking about afio? I looked at the documentation for cpio, and there is no mention of compression (for etch). You're probably right. I tend to conflate the two in my mind. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

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apropos my earlier query regarding not being able to boot from a DVD, it's been suggested to me that I might need a firmware update to my DVD/RW drive unfortunately, all the manufacturer doesn't directly support anything except windows so.. can anybody suggest utilities I can use, under Debi

Konqueror File Association Pattern

Dear all, in a fit of "click before you think" I mistakenly assigned a file association pattern to Kile for directories (thinking I was clicking on a .tex file). Now, when I click on a directory, Kile is opened, which of course makes no sense, especially because I cannot open directories with

Default Gnome2 Font

Hi all. Few days ago it's arrived my new laptop :-D I install on it the debian lenny via netinstall. This time i choose "Desktop Environment" from the installer cd (usually start with "base system" and then upgrade with window manager packages - of course, only on user laptop :-D). All work good.

Re: DISK MIGHT NOT BE SPUN DOWN PROPERLY ...

On Fri October 12 2007 07:46, Gerard Robin wrote: > Hello, > when I stop my box (sid amd64) with: > sudo halt (or shutdown -h now) > I get this message: > > DISK MIGHT NOT BE SPUN DOWN PROPERLY UPDATE SHUTDOWN UTILITY > > Why do I get this message and what does it mean ? I get this message too, al

DISK MIGHT NOT BE SPUN DOWN PROPERLY ...

Hello, when I stop my box (sid amd64) with: sudo halt (or shutdown -h now) I get this message: DISK MIGHT NOT BE SPUN DOWN PROPERLY UPDATE SHUTDOWN UTILITY Why do I get this message and what does it mean ? tia -- Gérard

Re: booting from DVD?

steve wrote: ill assume you are using gnome, all I do is right click on the iso file, then choose write to disc. has always worked fine for me. yup did you burn the dvd on the pc your trying to boot from, and is the file actually an .iso ? yes, and looks like it - at least it mounts and

Re: cant i mount fixed drive with write access??

Hi, On 10/12/07, Mike Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 12 October 2007 00:32, P Kapat wrote: > > I have been banging my head for quite a few hours now. Can't I mount a > > fixed (internal SATA) drive with write access as a normal user? Here > > is the relevant line from fstab: > > > > /

Re: booting from DVD?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Miles Fidelman wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I've been trying to get my system to boot from a DVD, and it's not > working. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong (or more likely, stupid). > > The system: > - Foxconn motherboard (681 something) > - Phoenix B

Re: cant i mount fixed drive with write access??

Hi, On 10/12/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/12/2007 05:03 AM, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > P Kapat wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have been banging my head for quite a few hours now. Can't I mount a > >> fixed (internal SATA) drive with write access as a normal user? Here > >> is th

Re: cant i mount fixed drive with write access??

Hi, Thanks for the response.. On 10/12/07, Jörg-Volker Peetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P Kapat wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been banging my head for quite a few hours now. Can't I mount a > > fixed (internal SATA) drive with write access as a normal user? Here > > is the relevant line from fs

booting from DVD?

Hi Folks, I've been trying to get my system to boot from a DVD, and it's not working. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong (or more likely, stupid). The system: - Foxconn motherboard (681 something) - Phoenix BIOS - E-IDE CDROM/DVD+RW drive - boot order set to CD, HDD If I stick in a bootab

Re: Re: problem with hard disk geometry

On 15.08.07 03:10, Diego Brouard wrote: > The hardware is a PIV 2.8 ( is not "so" old :) ) > > I've made my homework ( http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/Large-Disk.html > ) and AFAIK, all that > "CHS" stuff is not applyable for modern hard drives and it seems that > Linux just ignores it. > >

Re: password protect file befor emailing

On Friday, 12. October 2007 15:48, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > I want to send a longish pdf file to an unsophisticated Windows user. > > If possible I would like to password protect it. > > Is there a way to password protect files on Etch? > > Thanks, > > rd In my opinion GPG/PGP would be an optimal

Re: adduser not interactive

On Friday, 12. October 2007 15:24, Florian Lindner wrote: > Hello, > is it possible to use adduser non interactive? I've searched the manpage > but found no switch. > I know about useradd but I've read that adduser tries to be more Debian > like. > > Thanks, > > Florian sudo adduser foo --disabled-

password protect file befor emailing

I want to send a longish pdf file to an unsophisticated Windows user. If possible I would like to password protect it. Is there a way to password protect files on Etch? Thanks, rd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: "gshadow" file does not get synced automatically in Etch while edited manually with "vigr"

(I see I'm a bit late) On 14.08.07 16:40, Siju George wrote: > I get the following messages after I edit "/etc/group" file with "vigr" > manually and save it > > You have modified /etc/group. > You may need to modify /etc/gshadow for consistency. > Please use the command `vigr -s' to do so. > >

Re: cant i mount fixed drive with write access??

On Friday 12 October 2007 00:32, P Kapat wrote: > I have been banging my head for quite a few hours now. Can't I mount a > fixed (internal SATA) drive with write access as a normal user? Here > is the relevant line from fstab: > > /dev/sdb1 /media/backup ext3user,noauto,rw0

adduser not interactive

Hello, is it possible to use adduser non interactive? I've searched the manpage but found no switch. I know about useradd but I've read that adduser tries to be more Debian like. Thanks, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

I have some question about your Dell Laptop.

Hi, I don't know who you are. I was just checking the web. I saw that you have a Dell Inspiron 640m (Core2Duo). Right? I am going to buy one. Is it a good one? How mych did you buy it? By the way. Where are you from? I am from IOran IAm a 25 yar old boy. I teach English at university. Bye

Re: cant i mount fixed drive with write access??

On 10/12/2007 05:03 AM, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: P Kapat wrote: Hi, I have been banging my head for quite a few hours now. Can't I mount a fixed (internal SATA) drive with write access as a normal user? Here is the relevant line from fstab: /dev/sdb1 /media/backup ext3user,noauto,r

Re: dhelp issue

On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 19:08:03 -0500, Michael D. Norwick wrote: > Good Day; > > During recent apt-get upgrades on etch testing, I have been receiving the You probably mean Lenny? > following warnings(errors?). Can someone please advise me as to what to

Re: xfce window manager

On 10/10/2007 03:25 PM, Adam Hardy wrote: I have just one question about xfce, which I'm now using as my window manager of choice: is it possible to tell it to start windows maximized? Thanks Adam Try out some of these packages: xwit, xautomation, wmctrl and nawm. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

[solved] Re: apt-get question

Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: >> ; but then, when I tried to install libopensync-plugin-syncml with: >> >> # apt-get install libopensync-plugin-syncml >> >> , I got error: >> >> The following packages have unmet dependencies. >> libopensync-plugin-syncml: Depends: libs

Re: cant i mount fixed drive with write access??

P Kapat wrote: > Hi, > > I have been banging my head for quite a few hours now. Can't I mount a > fixed (internal SATA) drive with write access as a normal user? Here > is the relevant line from fstab: > > /dev/sdb1 /media/backup ext3user,noauto,rw0 0 > > $ ls -l /media

Re: Cannot read DVD

> Conclusion: >Excellent disc! > > In the same computer (dual boot) I can read the DVD under Windows. > Is a data-DVD made under Windows Vista? I didn't succeed in reading any CD/DVD mastered with Windows Vista Filesystem (aka: "Live File System"). It seems that is a version of UDF (2.01).

Re: Cannot read DVD

Hi, On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, Dimitrios Eftaxiopoulos wrote: > I use Debian Lenny, on an i386 laptop. I try to mount a dvd and I get > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mount /dev/hdc -t iso9660 /media/cdrom0 > mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only > mount: wrong fs type, ba

cant i mount fixed drive with write access??

Hi, I have been banging my head for quite a few hours now. Can't I mount a fixed (internal SATA) drive with write access as a normal user? Here is the relevant line from fstab: /dev/sdb1 /media/backup ext3user,noauto,rw0 0 $ ls -l /media/backup drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 40

Re: Cannot read DVD

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [NB: Please do not cross-post] Dimitrios Eftaxiopoulos wrote: > I use Debian Lenny, on an i386 laptop. I try to mount a dvd and I get > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mount /dev/hdc -t iso9660 /media/cdrom0 Why don't you $ mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /m

Re: gnome alarm clock / egg timer?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I haven't used it, but the following app (on a sid box) sounds like it fits the criteria: $ apt-cache search timer ... timer-applet - timer applet - a countdown timer apple