full control of connections

2008-05-03 Thread frits
Hello, I used to run kernel 2.6.13 because it had the old iptables, that allowed to include the applications in the firewall rules. Since 2.6.13 is a bit old I decided to leave it behind. However, I like the functionality. I want to be able to select which applications can connect to the Internet

Booting kernel 2.6.25 from Debian40r3 prompts: Waiting for root file system

2008-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, It presents the following error when I'm booting kernel 2.6.25 from Debian40r3 with built-in kernel 2.6.18-6-486 in VMWare: >Begin: Waiting for root file system... ... >Done. > Check root= bootarg cat /proc/cmdline > or missing modules. devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev >ALERT! /dev/sda1

Re: usb to serial

2008-05-03 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Sunday 04 May 2008, NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 01:49:24PM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > - a supported usb to serial cable for linux that works with the > > kernel? - If the kernel supports it will a software daemon (brltty) > > support it? > > I have never used such c

Re: HELP - Can't boot - I/O error reading swsusp.image

2008-05-03 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 05:23:46PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > attempt to access beyond end of device > hda2: rw=16, want=8, limit=2 > I/O error reading swsusp image. one case where "access beyond end of device" can happen is this: You delete a partition on a disk where also other partition

Re: How and where do i remove old kernel images to make space for new ones :o)

2008-05-03 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 01:35:32AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/03/08 15:52, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 02:49:02PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> > >> On 05/03/08 14:40, Mr Smiley wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I'm do

Re: usb to serial

2008-05-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/04/08 00:54, Charlie wrote: [snip] > > I have used a USB to RS232 Cable for some years with Linux Debian, coupled to > an external dialup modem and it worked a treat without fault. It was not a > fancy brand named cable, just one that I picked

Re: making a fileserver

2008-05-03 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:14:53AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Saturday 03 May 2008 02:17:30 am LÉVAI Dániel wrote: > > Currently, I'm thinking of Samba, > > because the win clients can only use that; is this correct? > Why not use something real on the clients? What does it mean "something r

Re: How and where do i remove old kernel images to make space for new ones :o)

2008-05-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/08 15:52, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 02:49:02PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> >> On 05/03/08 14:40, Mr Smiley wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm doing my daily apt-get update and updating my >>> kernal-image is reporting the fol

Re: Clearing SWAP

2008-05-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/04/08 00:49, Marc Shapiro wrote: [snip] >> >> In this configuration, X does *not* start on boot. The wife and >> daughter must log in at the Scary Black Screen Of Doom. >> > That is correct. We boot to the console and login from there, then

Re: Clearing SWAP

2008-05-03 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 02:06:22PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat May 3 2008, Marc Shapiro wrote: > >     alias startx='startx -- :0 vt07' > >     alias startx='startx -- :1 vt08' > >     alias startx='startx -- :2 vt09' > so, you don't automagically start the X server on bootup, if you RE

fstab: mounting external hard drive

2008-05-03 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, How can I mount my external hard drive on boot up? I assume with /etc/fstab? If so what is the line I should add? The fs type: ext3 Its on /dev/sdb1 and I want to mount it to /media/daniel-external Also it should be read and writeable by all users... I tried something like: /dev/sdb1 /m

Re: usb to serial

2008-05-03 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 4 May 2008, Celejar shared this with us all: >--} On Sun, 4 May 2008 13:49:24 +1000 (EST) >--} Daniel Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--} >--} > I'm a blind debian user and therefore use a braille display. >--} > So I need to connect it somehow. >--} > The display is a piece of hardware

Re: Clearing SWAP

2008-05-03 Thread Marc Shapiro
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/08 13:06, Paul Cartwright wrote: On Sat May 3 2008, Marc Shapiro wrote: Sure. This is my alias for startx: alias startx='startx -- :0 vt07' My wife and daughter use: alias startx='startx --

Re: Which distro for workstations?

2008-05-03 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 09:32:48PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:24:39AM -0700, Mike Bird wrote: > > Any non-flaming thoughts as to which distro to use for > > workstations? > What software do these workstations use? > then OBSD either may not work at all, or be less e

Re: usb to serial

2008-05-03 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 4 May 2008 13:49:24 +1000 (EST) Daniel Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a blind debian user and therefore use a braille display. > So I need to connect it somehow. > The display is a piece of hardware that is usually connect with a serial > cable, but since my new box only has a us

Re: usb to serial

2008-05-03 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 01:49:24PM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > - a supported usb to serial cable for linux that works with the kernel? > - If the kernel supports it will a software daemon (brltty) support it? I have never used such converters, but some info can be found in Linkname: Device ca

annoying setkeycode messages

2008-05-03 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, When I hit a button that isn't on standard keyboards (I think they are special hotkeys) I get the following message: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xbc on isa0060/serio0). atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e03c ' to make it known. atkbd.c: Unknown key re

Re: usb to serial

2008-05-03 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 01:49:24PM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > I'm a blind debian user and therefore use a braille display. > So I need to connect it somehow. > The display is a piece of hardware that is usually connect with a serial > cable, but since my new box only has a usb available, no

usb to serial

2008-05-03 Thread Daniel Dalton
I'm a blind debian user and therefore use a braille display. So I need to connect it somehow. The display is a piece of hardware that is usually connect with a serial cable, but since my new box only has a usb available, no serial I must use usb to serial. So does anyone know of the following:

Re: HELP - Can't boot - I/O error reading swsusp.image

2008-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 5/3/08, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 05:23:46PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Help! I rebooted my Etch server (was not having problems prior), and > > it stops early with: > > > > Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount . . . > > kinit: name_to_dev_

Re: HELP - Can't boot - I/O error reading swsusp.image

2008-05-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 05:23:46PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Help! I rebooted my Etch server (was not having problems prior), and > it stops early with: > > Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount . . . > kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/hda2) = hda2 (3,2) > kinit: trying to resume from /dev/hda2

Re: How and where do i remove old kernel images to make space for new ones :o)

2008-05-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 12:40:25PM -0700, Mr Smiley wrote: > I'm doing my daily apt-get update and updating my > kernal-image is reporting the following. [snip] > No space left on device > > > df -alh says > > > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda5 250M

Re: Which distro for workstations?

2008-05-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:24:39AM -0700, Mike Bird wrote: > Updating Testing workstations has proved to be much more > time-consuming than expected. > Unfortunately, we only have one workstation that can run > Stable. Some need Testing and most need a combination > We could (a) continue using

Re: gvim question

2008-05-03 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 08:43:46PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: > > > My problem is when i start gvim now, it starts in a weird screen > > position, doesn't matter what changes I make to the window size and > > position. it always reopens in the weird spot. > > > > so w

Re: Clearing SWAP

2008-05-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 02:12:37PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > In this configuration, X does *not* start on boot. The wife and > daughter must log in at the Scary Black Screen Of Doom. Is __that__ what people mean by getting a Black Screen? I thought they meant they got a totally blank black s

Re: device names

2008-05-03 Thread Martin Kraus
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 05:31:48PM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > ChadDavis wrote: >> After a new lenny installation on a new motherboard, my PATA drive came >> up as 'sdb'. I expected hda. I don't really care, but it does lead me >> to wonder how these names get doled out by the system. Can some

Re: gvim question

2008-05-03 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Alex Samad wrote: > My problem is when i start gvim now, it starts in a weird screen > position, doesn't matter what changes I make to the window size and > position. it always reopens in the weird spot. > > so where do I look next The placement of a window is determined by the window manager. W

gvim question

2008-05-03 Thread Alex Samad
Vim/Gvim always seem to be an eternal mystery to me I have been using gvim for a while. I have just started to look at vim-addons and vim-scripts, I liked the idea of the gnupg module. There was some discussion of it before on the ml. My problem is when i start gvim now, it starts in a weird sc

Re: device names

2008-05-03 Thread Mark Allums
ChadDavis wrote: After a new lenny installation on a new motherboard, my PATA drive came up as 'sdb'. I expected hda. I don't really care, but it does lead me to wonder how these names get doled out by the system. Can someone explain, or refer me to a good explanation, of how hardware is di

device names

2008-05-03 Thread ChadDavis
After a new lenny installation on a new motherboard, my PATA drive came up as 'sdb'. I expected hda. I don't really care, but it does lead me to wonder how these names get doled out by the system. Can someone explain, or refer me to a good explanation, of how hardware is discovered and named.

Re: Which distro for workstations?

2008-05-03 Thread Michael C
Mike Bird wrote: Updating Testing workstations has proved to be much more time-consuming than expected. In the last four months there have been approx 13,000 package updates in Testing, of which approx 1,000 applied to a typical workstation here. During the same period there were approx 800 pac

Re: Which distro for workstations?

2008-05-03 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Mike Bird wrote: > Updating Testing workstations has proved to be much more > time-consuming than expected. > > In the last four months there have been approx 13,000 > package updates in Testing, of which approx 1,000 > applied to a typical workstation here. > > During the same period there wer

HELP - Can't boot - I/O error reading swsusp.image

2008-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help! I rebooted my Etch server (was not having problems prior), and it stops early with: Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount . . . kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/hda2) = hda2 (3,2) kinit: trying to resume from /dev/hda2 Attempting manual resume attempt to access beyond end of device hda2: rw=16, w

Re: How and where do i remove old kernel images to make space for new ones :o)

2008-05-03 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 02:49:02PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/03/08 14:40, Mr Smiley wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm doing my daily apt-get update and updating my > > kernal-image is reporting the following. > > > > > > Unpacking replace

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Re: How and where do i remove old kernel images to make space for new ones :o)

2008-05-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/08 14:40, Mr Smiley wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm doing my daily apt-get update and updating my > kernal-image is reporting the following. > > > Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archive

Re: watching Netflix on Debian

2008-05-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/08 14:29, Sven Joachim wrote: [snip] > the country where I chose to be born That's impressive! - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIHL/KS9

How and where do i remove old kernel images to make space for new ones :o)

2008-05-03 Thread Mr Smiley
Hi all, I'm doing my daily apt-get update and updating my kernal-image is reporting the following. Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-6-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch3_i386.deb (--unpack): failed in buffer_write(fd) (9,

Re: watching Netflix on Debian

2008-05-03 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-05-03 21:14 +0200, Joey Hess wrote: > Or you could crack the DRM. Which, depending on your location, may be illegal even for private use of material you legally bought. For instance, such is the situation in the country where I chose to be born and to live. > Which is, after all, the on

Re: sigill (illegal instruction) in latest nvidia 169.12 in lenny

2008-05-03 Thread David Fox
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have a look at the documentation under > /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.txt.gz and at bug #462429¹ how to > disable instructions your processor does not have. Thanks for that info. I stumbled upon that info after looki

Re: watching Netflix on Debian

2008-05-03 Thread Joey Hess
Russ Cook wrote: > Or you could tilt at windmills and complain to Netflix, your > congressmen, the media, and anyone else who will smile > pleasantly, nod, and then ignore you. I hate DRM. Or you could crack the DRM. Which is, after all, the only way that all us linux netflix subscribers are able

Re: Clearing SWAP

2008-05-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/08 13:06, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat May 3 2008, Marc Shapiro wrote: >>> >> Sure. This is my alias for startx: >> >> alias startx='startx -- :0 vt07' >> >> My wife and daughter use: >> >> alias startx='startx -- :1 vt08' >>

Re: sigill (illegal instruction) in latest nvidia 169.12 in lenny

2008-05-03 Thread Sven Joachim
Hi David, On 2008-05-03 20:50 +0200, David Fox wrote: > But the GL code (which I suspect is nvidia-glx) doesn't work anymore. > Even things like glxgears fail now with "illegal instruction". Have a look at the documentation under /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.txt.gz and at bug #462429¹ how to

sigill (illegal instruction) in latest nvidia 169.12 in lenny

2008-05-03 Thread David Fox
Today's dist-upgrade included nvidia-glx 169.12, which obsoleted my previous install of 100.14.12. This meant that I could upgrade (finally) to kernel 2.6.24-1 which i previously installed the nvidia-kernel 169.12 from nvidia-kernel-source, after doing the module-assistant thing with the 2.6.24.1 k

Re: making a fileserver

2008-05-03 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 03 May 2008 02:17:30 am LÉVAI Dániel wrote: > Hi! > > I'm in a need of a file/printer server, which I'll be deploying to serve > win and linux clients. My plan is to use Debian stable as the server > and I need some advices/experiences on what protocol/filesystem should > I use to make

Which distro for workstations?

2008-05-03 Thread Mike Bird
Updating Testing workstations has proved to be much more time-consuming than expected. In the last four months there have been approx 13,000 package updates in Testing, of which approx 1,000 applied to a typical workstation here. During the same period there were approx 800 package updates in Sta

Re: Errors on upgrading from etch to lenny

2008-05-03 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 10:28:33 -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote: > > May I ask how to resolve errors (sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned > error code 1) about > > exim4-daemon-light > at > exim4 > bsd-mailx > mailx > > as the result of upgrading i386 from etch to lenny. Can't find which > program

Re: watching Netflix on Debian

2008-05-03 Thread Russ Cook
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/08 01:50, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: I have read somewhere online that you can't do this in Linux. The problem is not on the Debian side (not even on the Linux side). It was to do with the proprietary DRM authentica

Re: Clearing SWAP

2008-05-03 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat May 3 2008, Marc Shapiro wrote: > >   > > Sure.  This is my alias for startx: > >     alias startx='startx -- :0 vt07' > > My wife and daughter use: > >     alias startx='startx -- :1 vt08' >     and >     alias startx='startx -- :2 vt09' > > The sessions usually get started in that order, b

Errors on upgrading from etch to lenny

2008-05-03 Thread Francesco Pietra
May I ask how to resolve errors (sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned error code 1) about exim4-daemon-light at exim4 bsd-mailx mailx as the result of upgrading i386 from etch to lenny. Can't find which program is affected (mail from gnome, ssh, in situ compiled graphic programs, programs drive

Re: Various questions on encrypted partitions

2008-05-03 Thread Dennis Furey
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 08:00:39AM -0500, Jordi Guti?rrez Hermoso wrote: > So when I installed Debian, I told d-i to wipe the hard disk and > encrypt my lappy's hard drive. My tinfoil-hatted heart loves it. > They'll never take me or my data alive. Hee hee. I'm more paranoid than you because I don

Re: sync ftp-folders (rsync?)

2008-05-03 Thread Matthew Moore
On Saturday 03 May 2008 04:44:16 am Jan Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > I want to sync my Pocket PC with etch, and I have all data on a storage > card. So I want to run an ftp-server an the Pocket PC (I use a > network-card) or simply sync via cardreader, because this is more > "universal", easier and mor

Re: Clearing SWAP

2008-05-03 Thread Marc Shapiro
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Sat May 3 2008, Marc Shapiro wrote: I have three X sessions running on my box. All started with startx. Each user has an alias for startx that uses a specified VT. It makes no difference what order the sessions are started in, ech person gets a session on the sam

Re: libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9' not found

2008-05-03 Thread mathieu
On May 2, 2:10 pm, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > > Hi, > > > I am trying to figure out how to compile a program using an older > > GLIBC / GLIBCXX API so that I can send the compiled program to someone > > using an older gcc version. This seems like

Re: Grub question..

2008-05-03 Thread Paul Csanyi
ISHWAR RATTAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I did Linux install on a Vista machine but wrote the grub > info to partition (and not MBR) - I want to dual boot using > grub on bootable CD. > > /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2 are NTFS partitions > /dev/sd3 (Linux swap), /dev/sda4 (Linux /, all there) > > I copi

probs installing vmplayer on Debian Etch on AMD64

2008-05-03 Thread michael
Just wondering if anybody here had had success downloading & installing VMware's "vmplayer" for amd64/etch? I get problems with libX11 shared libs even though it is installed... thanks, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

Re: remove /boot by mistake, /,/usr and /home on partitions with LVM and crypt

2008-05-03 Thread Pigeon
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 05:21:08PM +0800, Yahong Chen wrote: > I tried to make a new installation of basic Debian/Linux system on > another hard disk and attached the hard disk which the broken system > on as a mobile hard disk (use USB line). The sub-directories and > files of /boot of the new sy

Re: Clearing SWAP

2008-05-03 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat May 3 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > How can a process be in the middle of something, yet the system is 49% > idle with 0% wait, while ffmpg is 100%.  Or is this a multi-core system > and ffmpeg isn't multi-threaded? yes and yes. Intel Core Duo and ffmpeg is multi-threaded.. Multiple CPUs

Grub question..

2008-05-03 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I did Linux install on a Vista machine but wrote the grub info to partition (and not MBR) - I want to dual boot using grub on bootable CD. /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2 are NTFS partitions /dev/sd3 (Linux swap), /dev/sda4 (Linux /, all there) I copied the grub menu.lst entry from /boot/grub/menu.lst (on

Re: Newbie trying to configure his hardware (video, sound and wifi).

2008-05-03 Thread Ivan Alameda
Hi again! Sorry, answering you was a mistake when pushing the wrong button. Thats why I write it again to the list. Sorry. Last day I executed "updated-pciids" but obtained an error, most surely because I have not internet... Thats why I sent that file with lot of unknowm devices. Now I execut

Re: Clearing SWAP

2008-05-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 08:18:25AM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Fri May 2 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > I'm in the middle of a movie conversion using ffmpeg and I am getting: > top - 08:17:17 up 19:26, 4 users, load average: 1.04, 1.36, 1.45 > Tasks: 174 total, 3 running, 169 sleeping

Re: growisofs not writing dual-layer DVDs on Philips PBDV1640P

2008-05-03 Thread Pigeon
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 10:39:52AM +1000, Rich Healey wrote: > Pigeon wrote: > > ...cdrecord doesn't work either: > > > Do you run X? > > If yes, for experiments sake try K3b? > > It's never failed to burn a DVD for me. Thanks for the suggestion, but k3b is simply a very friendly graphical fro

Re: growisofs not writing dual-layer DVDs on Philips PBDV1640P

2008-05-03 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 06:27:02PM +0100, Pigeon wrote: > ...cdrecord doesn't work either: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/lpntv/dvd/tmp/lpntv-15.01$ cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=1,0,0 > dvd.iso > Sense Code: 0x72 Qual 0x01 (session fixation error writing lead-in) Fru 0x0 ...I have discovered that there is

Re: (visual) diff for large files

2008-05-03 Thread michael
On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 18:54 -0500, Sergio Cuéllar Valdés wrote: > 2008/5/2 michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I had a quick try (before above patch) but it fails on headers: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/src/bsd-diff/bin$ gcc --version > > gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)

Re: Clearing SWAP

2008-05-03 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri May 2 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > I don't think anyone said that XFCE4 used as much CPU power as KDE, its > the memory thing that makes GTK2 a pain for me.  While I use Konq for > most browsing there are a couple of websites I use that have bugs that > only Iceweasel can ignore.  I need

Re: remove /boot by mistake, /,/usr and /home on partitions with LVM and crypt

2008-05-03 Thread paragasu
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Yahong Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > A lap-top with two OSes: WindowsXP and Debian/Linux R4.0 Ecth. Under > Debian, I removed all the sub directories and files of /boot by > mistake, and want to rescue the system. The hard disk partitions of > the intere

Re: making a fileserver

2008-05-03 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Sat, 3 May 2008 11:17:30 +0200 LÉVAI Dániel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I'm in a need of a file/printer server, which I'll be deploying to > serve win and linux clients. My plan is to use Debian stable as the > server and I need some advices/experiences on what > protocol/filesystem s

Re: watching Netflix on Debian

2008-05-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/08 01:50, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Rogelio wrote: > >> Has anyone here been able to view Netflix movies on Debian? (It requires >> Internet Explorer, and I'm wondering what the workaround is for Firefox) > > I have read somewhere onli

Re: making a fileserver

2008-05-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/08 04:17, LÉVAI Dániel wrote: > Hi! > > I'm in a need of a file/printer server, which I'll be deploying to serve > win and linux clients. My plan is to use Debian stable as the server > and I need some advices/experiences on what protocol/f

sync ftp-folders (rsync?)

2008-05-03 Thread Jan Schmitt
Hi, I want to sync my Pocket PC with etch, and I have all data on a storage card. So I want to run an ftp-server an the Pocket PC (I use a network-card) or simply sync via cardreader, because this is more "universal", easier and more reliable than using something like synce, and I don't want to sy

Re: security best practice

2008-05-03 Thread phobot
On May 2, 8:20 pm, ChadDavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like some advice from the admins. I'm a developer who admins my own > environment in a home office. I get things done, but perhaps not in the > best fashion. > > For instance, I just installed the tomcat server via the debian > reposit

Re: Problemi al riavvio di Lenny

2008-05-03 Thread Salvatore Bonaccorso
Ciao I exlain him, to contact debian-italian for the italian spoken list, to send the message below. Questa e una lista parlata in inglese. Per discutere sul problema in italiano, esiste una lista [EMAIL PROTECTED] Saluti, Salvatore On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 09:28:41AM +0200, GbMax78 wrote: > Sal

Problemi al riavvio di Lenny

2008-05-03 Thread GbMax78
Salve, su un vecchio computer (IBM 310-8639 0E6, P-200 mmx, 4gb di hd scsi etc.) Debian Etch funziona perfettamente, riesco ad eseguire correttamente la netinstall (senza specificare alcun parametro di installazione), il reboot finale per terminare con il login alla console, senza caricare, v

making a fileserver

2008-05-03 Thread LÉVAI Dániel
Hi! I'm in a need of a file/printer server, which I'll be deploying to serve win and linux clients. My plan is to use Debian stable as the server and I need some advices/experiences on what protocol/filesystem should I use to make the fileserver part. Currently, I'm thinking of Samba, because

remove /boot by mistake, /,/usr and /home on partitions with LVM and crypt

2008-05-03 Thread Yahong Chen
Hi, A lap-top with two OSes: WindowsXP and Debian/Linux R4.0 Ecth. Under Debian, I removed all the sub directories and files of /boot by mistake, and want to rescue the system. The hard disk partitions of the interest system on is ##BEGIN Disk /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes 255 heads, 63 se