Problem with compiling

2007-12-03 Thread Erik Jakobsen
I am trying to install a webcam on my etch dist. I get this: # make make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-486/build SUBDIRS=/opt/pwc-10.0.11 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-5-486' CC [M] /opt/pwc-10.0.11/pwc-if.o /opt/pwc-10.0.11/pwc-if.c:164: error: variable ‘pwc_temp

Syncable finance app?

2007-12-03 Thread John Miller
Hello everyone, There are plenty of personal finance applications out there for Linux (GNUCash, gAcc, etc.), but with all of them, you must make entries on your PC. When I eat out at a restaurant, I'd like to be able to enter the amount of the bill, plus a little note, in my Palm IIIxe (yes,

Pluggable auth module - pam_exec ou autre

2007-12-03 Thread Anthony BERGER
bonjour, je souhaiterais utiliser le module pam_exec afin de tester si je suis sur le réseau. ceci me permetterait d'utiliser pam_ldap.so ou de "sauter" (default=1) ce module dans la pile pam au cas ou je ne peux pas "pinger" le serveur ldap. mais je ne le trouve plus sous etch. a t-il été sup

Re: ftp.debian.org update

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 13:52, Josip Rodin wrote: > Hi, > > We're going to be changing ftp.debian.org setup a bit... but first, > a friendly reminder. > > Many people seem to think that ftp.debian.org is the canonical location of > Debian packages and that it wi

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/04/07 00:51, NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:11:04PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 09:27:14PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/03/07 21:22, Michael Pobega wrote: > Actually I think the probl

Re: ftp.debian.org update - Problem solved.

2007-12-03 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 09:52:33PM -0800, David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On 12/3/07, David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Previously: > > > > OK, I got bitten and just checked my /etc/apt/sources.list, and > > noticed all my debian references were to ftp.debian.org. I beg

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:11:04PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 09:27:14PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 12/03/07 21:22, Michael Pobega wrote: > >>> Actually I think the problem is that I'm trying to initialize the > >>> framebuffer from within Screen; Is there any way

Re: ftp.debian.org update

2007-12-03 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 09:33:52PM -0800, David Fox wrote: > Fetched 23.8kB in 4s (5406B/s) > Segmentation faultsts... 95% > I'm going to clean /var/cache/apt/archives just in case. This is better: rm /var/cache/apt/*pkgcache.bin -- Chi usa software non libero avvelena anche te. Digli di smette

Re: ftp.debian.org update - Problem solved.

2007-12-03 Thread David Fox
On 12/3/07, David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Previously: > OK, I got bitten and just checked my /etc/apt/sources.list, and > noticed all my debian references were to ftp.debian.org. I beg > penance. snip explanation and aptitude output. Found what I think is the issue. I still had a few ft

Re: Mediawiki from testing install tips anyone???

2007-12-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 08:29:06PM -0600, John W. Foster wrote: > I am trying to install Mediawiki1.1.11xxx from testing. There seems to be NO > installation instructions at all. In the stable version there was enough to > get started, however the current testing version is way differtent as far

Re: ftp.debian.org update

2007-12-03 Thread David Fox
On 12/3/07, Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > We're going to be changing ftp.debian.org setup a bit... but first, > a friendly reminder. OK, I got bitten and just checked my /etc/apt/sources.list, and noticed all my debian references were to ftp.debian.org. I beg penance. So I swit

Re: wajig < > apt-get

2007-12-03 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 02:13:41PM -0500, Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Soon I plan on designing a good front-end for aptitude (Or perhaps I'll > just work on Aptitude itself, I've yet to decide). Waiting for winter > break from college before I start anything. I look f

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 21:58, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 09:27:14PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 12/03/07 21:22, Michael Pobega wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 02:09:25PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] Maybe you've mis-configured

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 09:27:14PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/03/07 21:22, Michael Pobega wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 02:09:25PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 12/03/07 13:39, Michael Pobega wrote: > >>> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:24:3

Mediawiki from testing install tips anyone???

2007-12-03 Thread John W. Foster
I am trying to install Mediawiki1.1.11xxx from testing. There seems to be NO installation instructions at all. In the stable version there was enough to get started, however the current testing version is way differtent as far as the way it seems to be set up. Much more like apache2 maybe. Are t

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 21:22, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 02:09:25PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 12/03/07 13:39, Michael Pobega wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:24:38PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/03/07 13:15, Michael Pobega

Re: OT: Socket A motherboard

2007-12-03 Thread Jacob S.
> Jacob S. wrote: >> Howdy list, >> >> Sorry this is a bit OT, but the motherboard just died in one of my >> computers. I was hoping to simply replace it, since I do not have enough >> money to build a new computer right now. But, I can't find any good >> sources for a socket A motherboard w/SATA (

Re: [OT] Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 21:17, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:27:35 -0800 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 12:48:59AM +0100, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: [snip] >>> Yes, that's a nice idea. I myself would

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 02:09:25PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/03/07 13:39, Michael Pobega wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:24:38PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 12/03/07 13:15, Michael Pobega wrote: > >>> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:07:4

Re: OT: Socket A motherboard

2007-12-03 Thread Jacob S.
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/03/07 19:16, Sam Leon wrote: >> Jacob S. wrote: >>> Howdy list, >>> >>> Sorry this is a bit OT, but the motherboard just died in one of my computers. I was hoping to simply replace it, since I do not have enough >>> money to build a new co

Re: Download Opera brower package

2007-12-03 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:29:22 + (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 Just add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list, update, and then you'l

[OT] Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-03 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:27:35 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 12:48:59AM +0100, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > > On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:56:56 -0500 > > Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Samuel Bächler wrote: > > > >> Is the vfat module loaded? Y

Re: OT: Socket A motherboard

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 20:59, Sam Leon wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> >> And *none* will have SATA. >> > > > Do you mean sataII? There are alot of socket A boards that have sata, > the nf7-s v2 included. I'm surprised. But then Wikipedia tells me that it'

file server admin.

2007-12-03 Thread David
Greetings all. I'm about to attempt configuring my first ever file server. It's based on an old HP E200 with three equally old SATA drives. I've done package searches on package descriptions and got a plethora of package names that may or may not have application to the situation. Has anybody

Re: OT: Socket A motherboard

2007-12-03 Thread Sam Leon
Ron Johnson wrote: And *none* will have SATA. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Do you mean sataII? There are alot of socket A boards that have sata, the nf7-s v2 included. Sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: OT: Socket A motherboard

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 20:01, Brian wrote: > Jacob S. wrote: >> Howdy list, >> >> Sorry this is a bit OT, but the motherboard just died in one of my >> computers. I was hoping to simply replace it, since I do not have enough >> money to build a new computer right

Re: OT: Socket A motherboard

2007-12-03 Thread Brian
Jacob S. wrote: Howdy list, Sorry this is a bit OT, but the motherboard just died in one of my computers. I was hoping to simply replace it, since I do not have enough money to build a new computer right now. But, I can't find any good sources for a socket A motherboard w/SATA (the computer curr

Re: mount USB drive at boot: fsck failure

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 18:51, Bogart Salzberg wrote: > Ron, > > I'm running the original Etch kernel on this machine, "Linux version > 2.6.18-4-amd64 (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12)". Upgrade to the latest kernel. If for no other reason than you shouldn't be running

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 12:48:59AM +0100, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:56:56 -0500 > Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 t

Re: mount USB drive at boot: fsck failure

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 18:56, Bogart Salzberg wrote: > Ron, > > Interesting: when the USB drive is on, the box stalls during POST. It is > apparently some kind of deadlock, because when I power down the drive > POST completes immediately. What motherboard? -

Re: OT: Socket A motherboard

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 19:16, Sam Leon wrote: > Jacob S. wrote: >> Howdy list, >> >> Sorry this is a bit OT, but the motherboard just died in one of my >> computers. I was hoping to simply replace it, since I do not have enough >> money to build a new computer ri

Re: OT: Socket A motherboard

2007-12-03 Thread Sam Leon
Jacob S. wrote: Howdy list, Sorry this is a bit OT, but the motherboard just died in one of my computers. I was hoping to simply replace it, since I do not have enough money to build a new computer right now. But, I can't find any good sources for a socket A motherboard w/SATA (the computer curr

OT: Socket A motherboard

2007-12-03 Thread Jacob S.
Howdy list, Sorry this is a bit OT, but the motherboard just died in one of my computers. I was hoping to simply replace it, since I do not have enough money to build a new computer right now. But, I can't find any good sources for a socket A motherboard w/SATA (the computer currently has an Athlo

Re: UPS

2007-12-03 Thread David Brodbeck
On Dec 3, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Nate Duehr wrote: My BackUPS does a daily load test. The first indication that batteries are dead is when it tries to move the load to the battery and the alarm starts screaming bloody murder. Is it a BackUPS Pro, by any chance? They sort of straddled the two

Re: mount USB drive at boot: fsck failure

2007-12-03 Thread Bogart Salzberg
Ron, Interesting: when the USB drive is on, the box stalls during POST. It is apparently some kind of deadlock, because when I power down the drive POST completes immediately. Bogart On Dec 3, 2007, at 5:50 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07

Re: mount USB drive at boot: fsck failure

2007-12-03 Thread Bogart Salzberg
Ron, I'm running the original Etch kernel on this machine, "Linux version 2.6.18-4-amd64 (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12)". The POST bomb did happen only once, so far. Another time it was slowed down significantly. Thanks, Bogart On Dec 3, 2007, at 5:50 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP

Re: UPS

2007-12-03 Thread Nate Duehr
David Brodbeck wrote: For home use the BackUPS models are fine, but for important servers I prefer the SmartUPS models due to their self-test capabilities. With a BackUPS your first clue that the battery has worn out is usually when the power fails and the UPS drops the load. My BackUPS doe

Re: random keystrokes ignored on console

2007-12-03 Thread Owen Heisler
On Sat, 2007.12.01 06:27, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > El vie, 30-11-2007 a las 17:16 -0600, Owen Heisler escribió: > > On Thu, 2007.11.29 22:39, Owen Heisler wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007.11.29 21:32, Owen Heisler wrote: > > > > Sometimes, when I type in the console, about 40% of the keystrokes are > >

Re: scroll mouse quits working

2007-12-03 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Dec 1, 2007, at 2:02 PM, 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/i

Re: "link up" (was Re: PII fast enough for firewall)

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 16:59, David Brodbeck wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> >> On 12/03/07 16:11, Ralph Katz wrote: >> [snip] >>> >>> Maybe check your NIC. What do you get for this (etch): >>> $ grep 'link up' /var/log/dmesg >>>

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-03 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:56:56 -0500 Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 n

Re: "link up" (was Re: PII fast enough for firewall)

2007-12-03 Thread David Brodbeck
On Dec 3, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 16:11, Ralph Katz wrote: [snip] Maybe check your NIC. What do you get for this (etch): $ grep 'link up' /var/log/dmesg Maybe the ancient PII has an ancient ethernet card! My (just pur

Re: mount USB drive at boot: fsck failure

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 16:39, Bogart Salzberg wrote: > Dear Debian Users, > > I partitioned and installed an ext3 filesystem on an external 250 GB > Western Digital USB 2.0 drive. It mounts OK manually and I can > read/write it. I added this line to /etc/fstab i

"link up" (was Re: PII fast enough for firewall)

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 16:11, Ralph Katz wrote: [snip] > > Maybe check your NIC. What do you get for this (etch): > $ grep 'link up' /var/log/dmesg > > Maybe the ancient PII has an ancient ethernet card! My (just purchased) system running kernel 2.6.22 descri

mount USB drive at boot: fsck failure

2007-12-03 Thread Bogart Salzberg
Dear Debian Users, I partitioned and installed an ext3 filesystem on an external 250 GB Western Digital USB 2.0 drive. It mounts OK manually and I can read/ write it. I added this line to /etc/fstab in order to mount the drive at boot time: /dev/sdc1 /archiveext3defaults

Re: How does GMail know I use Firebug extension in Iceweasel?

2007-12-03 Thread Scott Gifford
"Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > So how big is the sandbox? What is the worst that a mal JS could do? I don't know the exact details, but in general JavaScript is limited to accessing its own browser window, the window that created it, any windows it creates, and a few sma

Re: UPS

2007-12-03 Thread David Brodbeck
On Dec 3, 2007, at 3:16 AM, Tom Allison wrote: So -- what's a working combination of UPS and software? What to avoid? I've had good results with APC UPSs and Network UPS Tools (NUT). APC has two model lines. Their BackUPS models give you basic functionality and a contact-closure interfac

Re: UPS

2007-12-03 Thread David Brodbeck
On Dec 3, 2007, at 5:36 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I have a Back-UPS LS 500 that uses the Debian apcupsd package. It gets excellent support: http://www.apcupsd.org/ It also is a need of a new battery. And getting that in Oaxaca, Mexico is quite another story. If it helps, gelled lead acid b

Re: Apache and perl CGI

2007-12-03 Thread Misko
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Re: PII fast enough for firewall

2007-12-03 Thread David Brodbeck
On Dec 2, 2007, at 8:22 PM, 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 that is running on a PII -- 400 MHz box wi

Re: PII fast enough for firewall

2007-12-03 Thread Ralph Katz
On 12/03/2007 02:03 PM, Peter Teunissen wrote: > > On 3-dec-2007, at 7:25, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 12/02/07 22:22, John Schmidt wrote: >>> When I do a speed test from my box behind my IPCOP firewall, I get >>> about 10K >>> Mbs up/down. >

Re: UPS

2007-12-03 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 3 2007, Paul Csanyi wrote: > >> does your apcupsd start at boot? I can't seem to get mine to work, I > >> have to manually start it with apcupsd & > > > > Yes, on my Debian Etch system apcupsd start at boot. > > I edited the > /etc/default/apcupsd > > to > > ISCONFIGURED=yes mine i

Re: Mailman and postfix (debian etch)

2007-12-03 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Márcio Luciano Donada wrote: > > Hi, > Now I have the mail server using debian etch with postfix. This same > server have installed mailman and I have noticed that many times the > mailman take long to deliv

Re: UPS

2007-12-03 Thread Paul Csanyi
Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:01:49 +0100 keltezéssel Paul Csanyi azt írta: > 2007/12/3, Paul Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On Mon December 3 2007, Paul Csanyi wrote: >> > I use Back-UPS CS 500 with apcupsd debian package. >> >> does your apcupsd start at boot? I can't seem to get mine to work, I have

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 13:39, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:24:38PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 12/03/07 13:15, Michael Pobega wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:07:42PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] Wouldn't it be better to ju

ftp.debian.org update

2007-12-03 Thread Josip Rodin
Hi, We're going to be changing ftp.debian.org setup a bit... but first, a friendly reminder. Many people seem to think that ftp.debian.org is the canonical location of Debian packages and that it will be best for them to use that site for apt or for mirroring. This is *not true*. ftp.debian.org

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 11:22:47AM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > Michael, you said you use sudo for Wesnoth, but it seems to run fine > as a normal user for me. I am using 1.2.x on sid. > I forgot to mention I'm running it on the Linux framebuffer

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:24:38PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/03/07 13:15, Michael Pobega wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:07:42PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 12/03/07 10:47, Michael Pobega wrote: > >>> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 05:27:1

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 13:15, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:07:42PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 12/03/07 10:47, Michael Pobega wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 05:27:17PM +0100, Dan H wrote: On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:47:09 +0100 Joste

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Dec 3, 2007 9:10 AM, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote: > > ... sudo is in NO WAY a replacement for su. > > Three (possible) Ways that come to mind: > > 1. It's my understanding that sudo commands are logged, whereas su > commands may not be. (This may be old or inaccur

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:07:42PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/03/07 10:47, Michael Pobega wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 05:27:17PM +0100, Dan H wrote: > >> On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:47:09 +0100 Jostein Elvaker Haande > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: wajig < > apt-get

2007-12-03 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 09:43:40PM +0100, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > > I prefer wajig to other package tools because: > > 1. It has a cli. > For those out there who are interested in having a CLI interface without having to install Wajig, check out aptsh.

Re: UPS

2007-12-03 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
strawks wrote: On lun, 2007-12-03 at 06:16 -0500, Tom Allison wrote: [...] So -- what's a working combination of UPS and software? What to avoid? I have two machines connected to a Back UPS RS 800, one with a nut server and the other a nut client, all working fine. You can find a list of comp

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 10:47, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 05:27:17PM +0100, Dan H wrote: >> On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:47:09 +0100 Jostein Elvaker Haande >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> erikALL=(ALL) ALL >> I've always heard people di

Re: PII fast enough for firewall

2007-12-03 Thread Peter Teunissen
On 3-dec-2007, at 7:25, Ron Johnson wrote: -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 th

Re: UPS

2007-12-03 Thread Paul Csanyi
2007/12/3, Paul Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon December 3 2007, Paul Csanyi wrote: > > I use Back-UPS CS 500 with apcupsd debian package. > > does your apcupsd start at boot? I can't seem to get mine to work, I have to > manually start it with apcupsd & Yes, on my Debian Etch system apcu

Mailman and postfix (debian etch)

2007-12-03 Thread Márcio Luciano Donada
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Now I have the mail server using debian etch with postfix. This same server have installed mailman and I have noticed that many times the mailman take long to deliver messages, sometimes even more than an hour. I wonder what you have when using th

Re: I have a problem with Courier Imap

2007-12-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
Don't reply directly to me. Please reply only to the list. Also, I've fixed the top-posting here. > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 08:08:33AM -0800, Nevruz Mesut Sahin wrote: > > > > I have problem with installing Courier Imap . when I try to install > > courier-imap-pop3-1.5.3-5.i386.rpm but it con

Re: results: debian-user's favourite FLOSS

2007-12-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 07:36:08PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi debian-user, > > Here is a summary of the mini-poll that I conducted recently on Debian-user: Very interesting results, and thanks for doing this. > > Firefox/Iceweasel and GIMP reign supreme for the third year running

Re: Dual EMC Installation

2007-12-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 05:09:25AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> >> Two thirds of that email was useless nonsense crap. >> > Right. pile on... looks like it was cut-n-pasted from a website. A signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: I have a problem with Courier Imap

2007-12-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 08:08:33AM -0800, Nevruz Mesut Sahin wrote: > > I have problem with installing Courier Imap . when I try to install > courier-imap-pop3-1.5.3-5.i386.rpm but it conflicts Cyrus Sasl and needs > courier-imap-common. then I tried to install courier-imap-common but > this

Re: I have a problem with Courier Imap

2007-12-03 Thread Ishwar Rattan
Why not try a FC list?? -ishwar On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Nevruz Mesut Sahin wrote: I have problem with installing Courier Imap . when I try to install courier-imap-pop3-1.5.3-5.i386.rpm but it conflicts Cyrus Sasl and needs courier-imap-common. then I tried to install courier-imap-common but thi

Re: Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Jon Dowland
Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've always heard people discouraging root logins or "su" > and using sudo instead. I know how sudo works and how to > fine-tune system access with it, but is the above > suggestion in any way different or safer than a root > login? If it discourages

Re: I have a problem with Courier Imap

2007-12-03 Thread Jon Dowland
> I have problem with installing Courier Imap . when I try > to install courier-imap-pop3-1.5.3-5.i386.rpm snip Are you sure you are asking the right list? .rpm is the native package format for Redhat-derived distributions (RHEL, Fedora, SUSE, Mandriver, etc.), not Debian, which uses .deb, but rar

Re: Apache and perl CGI

2007-12-03 Thread Patter
On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:40:16 +0100, Bogart Salzberg wrote: > Perl has a "taint" mode (add switch "-T" to the command line or > shebang line, as in "#!/usr/bin/perl -T"). The taint mode, I think, > prevents user input from being used in unsafe operations until it is > filtered by a regular exp

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 11:10:44AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote: >> ... sudo is in NO WAY a replacement for su. > > Three (possible) Ways that come to mind: > > 2. There's the (very) slight psychological reminder that you're potential

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Kent West
Michael Pobega wrote: ... sudo is in NO WAY a replacement for su. Three (possible) Ways that come to mind: 1. It's my understanding that sudo commands are logged, whereas su commands may not be. (This may be old or inaccurate information.) 2. There's the (very) slight psychological reminder

Re: Einstein broken by recent upgrades on Sid

2007-12-03 Thread Joe
David Baron wrote: 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? No. Fully patched as of about an hour ago, and it starts OK. I haven't actually played through a game, but it

Re: Re: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate

2007-12-03 Thread Jon Dowland
... > run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return > code 1 ... > if ps cax | grep -q mysqld; then > exit 1 > fi This is one possible candidate; is there a mysqld process running? Try running "sh -x /etc/cron.daily/logrotate". This will print out the lines as it executes, which means

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 05:27:17PM +0100, Dan H wrote: > On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:47:09 +0100 Jostein Elvaker Haande > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > erikALL=(ALL) ALL > > I've always heard people discouraging root logins or "su" and using >

I have a problem with Courier Imap

2007-12-03 Thread Nevruz Mesut Sahin
I have problem with installing Courier Imap . when I try to install courier-imap-pop3-1.5.3-5.i386.rpm but it conflicts Cyrus Sasl and needs courier-imap-common. then I tried to install courier-imap-common but this time it needs rc-scripts then I tried to install rc-scripts but it gives erro

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Dan H
On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:47:09 +0100 Jostein Elvaker Haande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > erik ALL=(ALL) ALL I've always heard people discouraging root logins or "su" and using sudo instead. I know how sudo works and how to fine-tune system access with it, but is the above suggestion in any way d

Re: Something accessing hard drive

2007-12-03 Thread JoseC . Rodriguez
On 2 Dec, 02:30, "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 03:24:02AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have set myharddriveto standby after a given time through laptop- > > mode. The hd actually passes to standby mode but only for half a > > second or so after whi

Re: UPS

2007-12-03 Thread strawks
On lun, 2007-12-03 at 06:16 -0500, Tom Allison wrote: [...] > So -- what's a working combination of UPS and software? What to avoid? I have two machines connected to a Back UPS RS 800, one with a nut server and the other a nut client, all working fine. You can find a list of compatible UPS here

I have a problem with Courier Imap

2007-12-03 Thread Nevruz Mesut Sahin
I have problem with installing Courier Imap . when I try to install courier-imap-pop3-1.5.3-5.i386.rpm but it conflicts Cyrus Sasl and needs courier-imap-common. then I tried to install courier-imap-common but this time it needs rc-scripts then I tried to install rc-scripts but it gives erro

Re: changing font for xclock

2007-12-03 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Mike Polyakov wrote: On Dec 3, 2007 8:37 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mike Polyakov wrote: 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 dif

Re: PII fast enough for firewall

2007-12-03 Thread John Schmidt
On Sunday 02 December 2007, Andrei Popescu wrote: > 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

Re: Apache and perl CGI

2007-12-03 Thread Bogart Salzberg
Perl has a "taint" mode (add switch "-T" to the command line or shebang line, as in "#!/usr/bin/perl -T"). The taint mode, I think, prevents user input from being used in unsafe operations until it is filtered by a regular expression. Taint mode is not as comprehensive as PHP's safe mode. T

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Henning Follmann
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 04:14:31PM +0100, Erik Jakobsen wrote: > Hi. > > I have just installed Debian. > > I get this when I want to install: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install pico > Password: > erik is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. > > How can I get rid

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Erik Jakobsen
Jostein Elvaker Haande wrote: Erik Jakobsen wrote: I get this when I want to install: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install pico Password: erik is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. How can I get rid of that problem ? Hello Erik The problem resides in the fa

Re: USB pendrive name in nautilus

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 09:05, Miguel J. Jiménez wrote: > El lun, 03-12-2007 a las 08:10 -0600, Ron Johnson escribió: > >> Both computers using GNOME? Both with hal installed? >> > > AFAIK yes Now that I look, I see that my Nautilus also just says "disk" i

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Jostein Elvaker Haande
Erik Jakobsen wrote: > I get this when I want to install: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install pico > Password: > erik is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. > How can I get rid of that problem ? Hello Erik The problem resides in the fact that your user 'erik' is not

Re: USB pendrive name in nautilus

2007-12-03 Thread Miguel J.
El lun, 03-12-2007 a las 08:10 -0600, Ron Johnson escribió: > Both computers using GNOME? Both with hal installed? > AFAIK yes -- .-. | Miguel J. Jiménez | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Erik Jakobsen
Kent West wrote: As root, run "visudo"; add "erik" to the file; you can simply duplicate the line for "root", although that might be a bit too "open" technically. Then log erik out and log back in as erik. (Actually, I'm not sure the log out/in is necessary. Now that I think about it, I don't

Re: fglrx-driver 8.43.2-1 doesnt detect FireGL5200 on Thinkpad Z61p

2007-12-03 Thread Bruno Voigt
robin putters wrote: > Not yet, but work has started on 2D acceleration, and the driver is > developing rapidly. In a couple of months(weeks?) time, you will have > much better driver than vesa ever was, and probably better in 2D than > fglrx. And you will be doing the radeonhd driver developers a

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 09:14, Erik Jakobsen wrote: > Hi. > > I have just installed Debian. > > I get this when I want to install: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install pico > Password: > erik is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

Re: SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Kent West
Erik Jakobsen wrote: Hi. I have just installed Debian. I get this when I want to install: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install pico Password: erik is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. How can I get rid of that problem ? As root, run "visudo"; add "erik" to the f

Re: changing font for xclock

2007-12-03 Thread Mike Polyakov
On Dec 3, 2007 8:37 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mike Polyakov wrote: > > 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

Re: Einstein broken by recent upgrades on Sid (solved?)

2007-12-03 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? OK after reboot. Live and learn. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

SUDO

2007-12-03 Thread Erik Jakobsen
Hi. I have just installed Debian. I get this when I want to install: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install pico Password: erik is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. How can I get rid of that problem ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

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