Re: PII fast enough for firewall

2007-12-02 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/02/07 22:22, John Schmidt wrote: > Hi, > > I have a 15K Mbs connection (up/down) to my house (fiber to the home). > > I have a Buffalo router that connects to my WAN and then one of the LAN ports > on this router connects to my IPCOP firewall

Re: PII fast enough for firewall

2007-12-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 09:22:44PM -0700, John Schmidt wrote: > Hi, > > I have a 15K Mbs connection (up/down) to my house (fiber to the home). ---^^^ I've never seen this. Do you mean 15 Gbps or what? Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well eno

Re: norton commander

2007-12-02 Thread steef
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 08:39:54AM +, steef wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote: < > this all worked excellent. < > don't know what the other end was running. Doug. that is exactly what i mean and much more precise! steef -- drs. steef van duin p

PII fast enough for firewall

2007-12-02 Thread John Schmidt
Hi, I have a 15K Mbs connection (up/down) to my house (fiber to the home). I have a Buffalo router that connects to my WAN and then one of the LAN ports on this router connects to my IPCOP firewall that is running on a PII -- 400 MHz box with 64 MB of RAM. When I do a speed test from my box be

Re: Download Opera brower package

2007-12-02 Thread Dave Thayer
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 02:39:18AM +0100, Tom Rauchenwald wrote: > hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I tried to install Opera brower packge from the apt-get install, but > > could not find the package? What am I missing? > > It's not available in Debian, you need to download it fr

Re: Why ext3 doesn't need defragmentation ?

2007-12-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Are you sure about that? I've seen some really heavily fragmented NTFS > filesystems. Sure, fragmentation does occur, just like in any other filesystem. > Or are you saying that fragmentation doesn't affect > NTFS's performance? Yup. You can of course build an artificial worst-case test tha

Re: changing font for xclock

2007-12-02 Thread Mike Polyakov
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Mike Polyakov wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been trying to change the font for xclock to something smaller, > > and nothing seems to work. Did anyone ever succeed in setting a > > different font for xclock? Could anyone help me out with this if they > > know how to do it. I've tr

Re: Amarok says xine claim it can't play mp3 after recent upgrade

2007-12-02 Thread Yang, Sheng
On Dec 3, 2007 3:28 AM, Tom Raus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 02 December 2007 16:24:10 Yang, Sheng wrote: > > Hi all > > > > Recently, I found amarok fail to play mp3 again after I had done the > annual > > upgrade. I am using testing version, and amarok said that xine1 claims > it > >

Re: Download Opera brower package

2007-12-02 Thread Tom Rauchenwald
hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I tried to install Opera brower packge from the apt-get install, but > could not find the package? What am I missing? It's not available in Debian, you need to download it from opera.com and install it with dpkg -i for example. > Thank you. > > Jim Tom

Download Opera brower package

2007-12-02 Thread hce
Hi, I tried to install Opera brower packge from the apt-get install, but could not find the package? What am I missing? Thank you. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Apache and perl CGI

2007-12-02 Thread Misko
I am starting creating pages with perl and have some question. I want to know if perl has something similar to PHPs safe mode. Especialy if there are some limitation for how long script can run (PHP has usually 30 second limit) and if perl can have disabled some features (as fsocketopen() and mail(

Tomcat5.5 postgresql, security oh my

2007-12-02 Thread Dancing Fingers
Hi all, I'm trying to get Tomcat5.5 working with Poestgresql. I know I got everything configured right because if I turn Tomcat security off, in / etc/default/tomcat, everything works fine. My application directory is at /usr/share/tomcat5.5-webapps/ROOT/myapp. I want security on so this is my /

synaptics touchpad driver problems

2007-12-02 Thread Steven DuBois
I had the synaptics xorg module working fine, but when i rebooted, it didn't work. I got some help in #debian and my xorg.conf was fine, but i plugged in a USB mouse and i guess that screwed everything up. I ran ls -l /dev/input/by-id; and it said total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2007-12-02 17

Re: Dual EMC Installation

2007-12-02 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/02/07 16:31, Peter Skerda wrote: > > *Dual EMC Installation* > > Dear Folks, > > Presently have a CNC Sherline Mill that I've been trying to set up. > Would like to ask gr

/dev/raw1394 in 2.6.22 kernel and dvgrab

2007-12-02 Thread H.S.
Hello, I have used raw1394 module with kino and dvgrab to grab video from my camcorder in to my Debian Testing to make DVDs of home videos. However, I recall reading someplace that raw1394 module is no longer included in 2.6.22 and up kernels. Consequently, one cannot use dvgrab in these kernels.

Dual EMC Installation

2007-12-02 Thread Peter Skerda
*Dual EMC Installation* Dear Folks, Presently have a CNC Sherline Mill that I've been trying to set up. Would like to ask group if anybody has installed both Debian & Ubuntu EMC to PC?? I can install Debian with CD but not

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS

2007-12-02 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 19:36:08 +0200 "Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Tomboy. The most favourite non-free piece remains Adobe Acrobat, and > one wonders when Evince and other free equivalents will catch up. http://www.linux.com/feature/122195 http://gnupdf.org/ We can hop

Re: vi issue in etch

2007-12-02 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Fox wrote: > On 11/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I tried to use the equivs package to inform Etch that my >> custom vim "provides vi", and link it to the >> /etc/alternatives/v

Re: scroll mouse quits working

2007-12-02 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Dec 02 13:18 -0600]: > On Dec 2, 2007, at 11:10 AM, Kent West wrote: > >> Rodney D. Myers wrote: >>> Every once in a while, when I use my KVM switch, the middle mouse >>> button/scroll wheel, ceases to function. >>> >>> Short of rebooting, not really an

[OT] kitchen sink [WAS] Re: wajig < > apt-get

2007-12-02 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:19:28 + steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > thanks ron and jonathan. gonna try wajig: in fact i did install it. and, > ron, kitchen sink seems indeed an americanism. http://www.wordspy.com/words/kitchen-sink.asp http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=21

Re: Conversion of file Contacts.cdb into other format

2007-12-02 Thread s. keeling
Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 12/01/07 18:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> From my Nokia mobile phone's filesystem I fetched the file > >> Contacts.cdb, containing the addressbook. > >> > >> Can anyone suggest how to convert it into a readable format, e.g. > >> text? > > Ron Jo

Re: wajig < > apt-get

2007-12-02 Thread steef
Jonathan Kaye wrote: steef wrote: hi folks, somebody on this list mentioned wajig. my question: what program is more useful for a user: wajig or (what i have been using for years) apt-get reg., steef Hi Steef, I prefer wajig to other package tools because: 1. It has a cli. 2. Yo

Re: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate

2007-12-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 12:49:20PM +0200, Sebastian Tennant wrote: > Doh! The postrotate script is in /etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server: > > test -x /usr/bin/mysqladmin || exit 0 > > # If this fails, check debian.conf! > export HOME=/etc/mysql/my.cnf > MYADMIN="/usr/bin/mysqladmin --default

Re: norton commander

2007-12-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 08:39:54AM +, steef wrote: > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > >AFAIK, Norton Commander was the inspiration for mc. Note that I haven't > >seen a function for talking to another person. However, this is Unix. > >How did your computer connect with the other? If via a modem

Re: wajig < > apt-get

2007-12-02 Thread Jonathan Kaye
steef wrote: > > hi folks, > > somebody on this list mentioned wajig. > my question: what program is more useful for a user: > > wajig or (what i have been using for years) apt-get > > > reg., > > steef > > Hi Steef, I prefer wajig to other package tools because: 1. It has a cli. 2. You ca

Re: wajig < > apt-get

2007-12-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/02/07 11:58, steef wrote: > > hi folks, > > somebody on this list mentioned wajig. > my question: what program is more useful for a user: > > wajig or (what i have been using for years) apt-get wajig is more than just an apt-get replacement. (In fact, wajig *uses* apt-get.) It's more of

Re: Amarok says xine claim it can't play mp3 after recent upgrade

2007-12-02 Thread Tom Raus
On Sunday 02 December 2007 16:24:10 Yang, Sheng wrote: > Hi all > > Recently, I found amarok fail to play mp3 again after I had done the annual > upgrade. I am using testing version, and amarok said that xine1 claims it > can't play mp3. I've encounter this before, and fix it by install > libxine1-

Re: scroll mouse quits working

2007-12-02 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Dec 2, 2007, at 11:10 AM, Kent West wrote: Rodney D. Myers wrote: Every once in a while, when I use my KVM switch, the middle mouse button/scroll wheel, ceases to function. Short of rebooting, not really an option, what else can I do to get the scroll wheel to function properly again?

Re: scroll mouse quits working

2007-12-02 Thread Kent West
Rodney D. Myers wrote: Every once in a while, when I use my KVM switch, the middle mouse button/scroll wheel, ceases to function. Short of rebooting, not really an option, what else can I do to get the scroll wheel to function properly again? Anything in /etc/init.d/ that I can rerun? PS/

Re: Debian package of Qtopia

2007-12-02 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 06:50:32AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Qtopia ("application framework for single-purpose devices powered by embedded Linux") used to be called "qt-embedded" but now I can't find it as a package. Anyone? Is this it? Sure did n

Einstein broken by recent upgrades on Sid

2007-12-02 Thread David Baron
The installation from Sid brings up a black window, hangs I tried a local compilation with the same result. Must be killed with a signal-9 from top, etc. Any ideas? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

scroll mouse quits working

2007-12-02 Thread Rodney D . Myers
Every once in a while, when I use my KVM switch, the middle mouse button/scroll wheel, ceases to function. Short of rebooting, not really an option, what else can I do to get the scroll wheel to function properly again? Anything in /etc/init.d/ that I can rerun? Thanks --- Rodney D. Myers

wajig < > apt-get

2007-12-02 Thread steef
hi folks, somebody on this list mentioned wajig. my question: what program is more useful for a user: wajig or (what i have been using for years) apt-get reg., steef -- drs. steef van duin publicist, research-journalist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-02 Thread Marty
Samuel Bächler wrote: Is the vfat module loaded? You might want to check the filesystem type with "file -s /dev/sdb1". Also are you able to access the files on any other system? If the data on the usb drive is not important, then try formatting it. "mkdosfs /dev/sdb1" will create a fat16 fil

daap url?

2007-12-02 Thread Adam Hardy
I set up mt-daapd on one server at home for use on one Mac and I was using amorak to access it on my linux box. I'd like to use it in something like xfmedia but there's only the possibility of playing files, or a URL. Does the mt-daapd server have a URL that will be accessible like that? On som

results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS

2007-12-02 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Hi debian-user, Here is a summary of the mini-poll that I conducted recently on Debian-user: Firefox/Iceweasel and GIMP reign supreme for the third year running but are now joined by aptitude, each having 21 votes. I was surprised by Quod Libet receiving one vote but more surprising was F-Spot wh

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-02 Thread Samuel Bächler
Is the vfat module loaded? You might want to check the filesystem type with "file -s /dev/sdb1". Also are you able to access the files on any other system? If the data on the usb drive is not important, then try formatting it. "mkdosfs /dev/sdb1" will create a fat16 filesystem while mke2fs wi

Re: volume mgmt w/o gnome

2007-12-02 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 03:29:52 + (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Auto should work, but the FS should be vfat, so - > > stand alone command: > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/usb > (-t means type; again, paths may be different) > > or in fstab: > /dev/sda1/ /media/usb vfat noauto,users

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-12-02 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Before releasing the results, here's out my own favourites: desktop OR window manager: * GNOME development: * Python, GTK2 finance: * Gnumeric misc utilities: * grep, Sudo, debmirror, Lsof, less, Meld, Uptimed, sort, du, wc, top, svn, mencoder, Tracker, apt-show-source, APTonCD, File-roller pa

Re: Conversion of file Contacts.cdb into other format

2007-12-02 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On 12/01/07 18:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> From my Nokia mobile phone's filesystem I fetched the file >> Contacts.cdb, containing >> the addressbook. >> >> Can anyone suggest how to convert it into a readable format, e.g. >> text? Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > First thing to d

Re: dmcrypt on an existing partition (firewire external disk)

2007-12-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 07:21:26PM +0100, Andrew Henry wrote: > Sorry Andrew for double post...when I hit reply it goes to you and not the > list, so I have now resent the mail to the list... for the second time! The proper thing to do is Reply-to-List. I read the list and don't need a copy sent t

Re: Debian package of Qtopia

2007-12-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 06:50:32AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > Qtopia ("application framework for single-purpose devices powered by > embedded Linux") used to be called "qt-embedded" but now I can't find it as > a package. > > Anyone? Is this it? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache searc

Amarok problem with crossfade

2007-12-02 Thread Kumar Ravichandran
Hi, I am running Etch on my Macbook and of late, am having a problem wherein Amarok throws up a 'Xine could not initialize any audio drivers' message after playing 1 track. Disabling crossfade seems to solve it, for some reason. I tried deleting the xine-config file, .xine folder etc, to no avail.

marking text while reading ebooks

2007-12-02 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
This question seems very rudimentary. But since I could not find answers anywhere else, I thought I would just ask the experts here. While reading a hard copy of a book, people usually highlight important points with a sharpie, so that the important concepts can be glanced through at a later point

Re: volume mgmt w/o gnome

2007-12-02 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Mark Grieveson wrote: > Also, I use kmix for a volume control, because this seems the only > application that provides a small speaker applet on the fluxbox panel > to control sounds. I'd like to get rid of it, and the kde libs that > accompany it. So, is there a fluxbox-specific volume control t

Re: Is it exist a mailing-list for console only users ?

2007-12-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 11:51:44PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2007-11-23 19:42:32, schrieb SPKills: > > All is in the question... > > As i don't (almost) ever used the X server then i'm not really able to > > help others and not really interested in their problems, i would like to > > kn

Amarok says xine claim it can't play mp3 after recent upgrade

2007-12-02 Thread Yang, Sheng
Hi all Recently, I found amarok fail to play mp3 again after I had done the annual upgrade. I am using testing version, and amarok said that xine1 claims it can't play mp3. I've encounter this before, and fix it by install libxine1-ffmpeg package. But this time I have no idea. I've installed almo

Re: emacs22 black text on white bg from menu but white text on black bg from console

2007-12-02 Thread Jens Peter Secher
On 01/12/2007, Tom Rauchenwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have the following in my ~/.Xresources: > > Emacs.foreground: white > Emacs.background: black Alternatively do it from .emacs: ;;; Welcome to the Dark Side. (set-background-color "black") (set-foreground-color "oldlace") Then it is a

Re: volume mgmt w/o gnome

2007-12-02 Thread Matt Everingham
I know the conversation has gone way beyond this at this point (really, brilliant stuff), but I usually just "cheat" and use konqueror. I use it for other tasks too (remote connections, etc.), so I don't worry about the memory usage. I know this is a n00b answer, but thought I would throw it out

Re: norton commander

2007-12-02 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 08:39:54AM +, steef wrote: > >On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 07:27:17PM +, steef wrote: > >> with the norton commander i could talk to a person behind > >>the key-board of another computer and send my workfiles > this all worked excellent. Dos Navigator (a modern clone

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-02 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Samuel Bächler wrote: # tail -f /var/log/syslog Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: SCSI device sdb: 249120 512-byte hdwr sectors (128 MB) Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: sdb: Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08 Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: sdb:

Re: changing font for xclock

2007-12-02 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Mike Polyakov wrote: Hi, I've been trying to change the font for xclock to something smaller, and nothing seems to work. Did anyone ever succeed in setting a different font for xclock? Could anyone help me out with this if they know how to do it. I've tried 7x14 type fonts and fonts from xfontset

Re: Conversion of file Contacts.cdb into other format

2007-12-02 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 04:08:00PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >From my Nokia mobile phone's filesystem I fetched the file > Contacts.cdb, containing > the addressbook. > > Can anyone suggest how to convert it into a readable format, e.g. > text? Did you do some googling? "Contacts.cdb conv

Re: Debian package of Qtopia

2007-12-02 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Qtopia ("application framework for single-purpose devices powered by embedded Linux") used to be called "qt-embedded" but now I can't find it as a package. Anyone? It really does not exist? All I found is a note to convert the rpm: http://www.qtopia.net/modules/

Debian package of Qtopia

2007-12-02 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, Qtopia ("application framework for single-purpose devices powered by embedded Linux") used to be called "qt-embedded" but now I can't find it as a package. Anyone? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-02 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:35:04 +0100 Samuel Bächler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your many inputs so far! > > > Are you sure /dev/sda1 is your usb stick and not your primary hard > > disk? Do a tail -f /var/log/syslog and then plugin your memory > > stick. That will give you some inf

emacs22 black text on white bg from menu but white text on black bg from console

2007-12-02 Thread Micha Feigin
I have a strange setup issue. I removed my emacs settings to redo them so now there are no theme commands (clean .emacs). Now, when I open emacs from the menus or file manager (thunar) it comes up in a dark text on light background theme (not very readable with the match of fonts and colors), and

Re: volume mgmt w/o gnome

2007-12-02 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:29:31 -0800 "Kelly Clowers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 1, 2007 6:03 PM, Mark Grieveson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If it is mass-storage, you just mount it with a command like "mount > > > -t auto /dev/sda1 /media/usb" (mount point and device might be > > > diff

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-02 Thread Samuel Bächler
Thanks for your many inputs so far! Are you sure /dev/sda1 is your usb stick and not your primary hard disk? Do a tail -f /var/log/syslog and then plugin your memory stick. That will give you some info as to what the actual device is. Your are right, Raj, sda* is my harddisk. Shame on me..

Re: Can't to install postgresql-7.4 server on Etch

2007-12-02 Thread Paul Csanyi
Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:48:32 +0100 keltezéssel Paul Csanyi azt írta: > Hello! > > On my Debian Etch server I can't to install postgresql-7.4 server. > > I get the error message: > -> > Setting up postgresql-7.4 (7.4.17-0etch1) ... ... > Error: Could not parse locale

Re: Firestarter

2007-12-02 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun December 2 2007, Darko wrote: > > Kmenu - Debian - Applications - Network - Monitoring - FIRESTARTER > > This part is missing > > Monitoring - FIRESTARTER someone mentioned installing the application call menu: sudo aptitude install menu then run update-menus if firestarter is installed, t

Re: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate

2007-12-02 Thread Sebastian Tennant
Doh! The postrotate script is in /etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server: test -x /usr/bin/mysqladmin || exit 0 # If this fails, check debian.conf! export HOME=/etc/mysql/my.cnf MYADMIN="/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf" if [ -z "`$MYADMIN ping 2>/dev/null`" ]; then

Re: Installing xfce on existing Etch gnome install

2007-12-02 Thread Andrew Henry
Well, I installed the single xfce4 meta package and it dragged in a few extras and it all seems to work great, but I miss some of the Gnome applet stuff, so I guess I will look into the plugins etc that you mentioned Micha. Thanks for the replies. --andrew -- GnuPG Key ID: ECB18ABA Fingerprint:

Re: Firestarter

2007-12-02 Thread Darko
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Sat December 1 2007, Darko wrote: try going to the start menu-Debian-applications-network-monitoring-firestarter I got your same error when I try it from a konsole, but it works from the menu But where from the menu i can't find it on my kde if i try from /

/etc/cron.daily/logrotate

2007-12-02 Thread Sebastian Tennant
Hi all, Just recently started receiving the following error report every morning: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error running shared postrotate script for /var/log/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1

Re: norton commander

2007-12-02 Thread steef
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 07:27:17PM +, steef wrote: a long time ago, in 1993, i had a 386 box with dos, wp51 and the norton commander. with the norton commander i could talk to a person behind the key-board of another computer and send my workfiles (made with wp5