Re: no printer in latest iceweasel

2008-06-25 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 25 Jun 2008, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > You could always print to the same file, e.g. /tmp/mozilla.ps, and run a > script in the background that waits for the presence of this file, sends > it to your spooler of choice, and removes the file afterwards. > > The manpage of inotifywait (package in

Re: X apps don't launch from Xterm

2008-06-25 Thread Eric d'Alibut
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $DISPLAY >>0:0. > That DISPLAY variable is wrong. It should be :0.0 Bingo. You get the Eagle Eye Award! Sure enough, and Lord Only Knows why, I had put an 'export DISPLAY=0:0.' into my .bash

syslog

2008-06-25 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I am looking at aggregating my syslogs, I have had a quick look at the available packages. syslog-ng dsyslog rsyslog I am wondering what other people are using. I am favouring rsyslog basically because it has a postgres module, but I am not sure yet if I want it in sql yet, I am think 1 serve

Re: Closing laptop without suspending

2008-06-25 Thread Marc Shapiro
Dotan Cohen wrote: 2008/6/25 Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I, too, am interested in the answer, if there is one. I am thinking of using the Asus eee (read "no hard drive") for processing in a robot. It seems to me that if the robot is moving there is less likely to be a problem if the l

Re: Removing selected items from forms in FF

2008-06-25 Thread Marc Shapiro
Mumia W.. wrote: On 06/24/2008 09:09 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: Is there any way to remove selected items from being remembered when filling out forms? [...] Highlight the entry, then press "Delete." Thank you! That was quick and painless. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: A newbie question about competing libs

2008-06-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/25/08 20:38, buyoppy wrote: > When I tried to build some application which requires the > latest version of some other lib, first I installed that > required lib from source into /usr/local/lib and > ldconfiged. Older version of that lib which w

A newbie question about competing libs

2008-06-25 Thread buyoppy
When I tried to build some application which requires the latest version of some other lib, first I installed that required lib from source into /usr/local/lib and ldconfiged. Older version of that lib which was installed from package remains at /usr/lib. Then I tried to build target application,

Re: X apps don't launch from Xterm

2008-06-25 Thread Cameron Hutchison
"Eric d'Alibut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >If >I then start an xterm and attempt to launch an X app, such as gqview, >or evince, from the command prompt in that xterm, no app launches; >this is what I get: >--snip-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gqview >(gqview:26337): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open disp

Re: Root sending messages to users

2008-06-25 Thread s. keeling
Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/6/24 s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > You're that machine's god. That machine's users(! you, her, and root) > > need their god to do the right thing. > > When my users strap bombs to themselves and start blowing up their Trying to think coherently, ..

Re: Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-06-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/25/08 17:33, Mike Mestnik wrote: > Over the past few mouths I've received more unusable PDFs then I've > ever received usable PDFs. Well maybe that's an exaggeration, but it > still doesn't excuse the large number of broken documents in this for

Re: Root sending messages to users

2008-06-25 Thread s. keeling
Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/6/24 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> You're that machine's god. That machine's users(! you, her, and root) > >>> need their god to do the right thing. > >> > >> When my users strap bombs to themselves and start blowing up their > >> neighbors in my n

Re: Root sending messages to users

2008-06-25 Thread s. keeling
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 06/24/08 02:02, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > 2008/6/24 s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> You're that machine's god. That machine's users(! you, her, and root) > >> need their god to do the right thing. > > > > When my users strap bombs to themselves and star

X apps don't launch from Xterm

2008-06-25 Thread Eric d'Alibut
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the output of the following two: > echo $DISPLAY As noted: $ echo $DISPLAY 0:0. > xlsclients $ xlsclients xlsclients: unable to open display "0:0." What scripts might be monkeying with xauth? -- No no no,

Increase of un-usable PDF usage.

2008-06-25 Thread Mike Mestnik
Over the past few mouths I've received more unusable PDFs then I've ever received usable PDFs. Well maybe that's an exaggeration, but it still doesn't excuse the large number of broken documents in this format I've received. I have asked senders to choose a better format, but they keep coming. Ma

Re: An inquiry

2008-06-25 Thread Stephen Mazurek
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The HTML part is gone (thanks!), but now I have to pester you about the > top-posting: http://people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/du-guidelines.html > (point 5 on that page) Let's see if I'm doing this correctly. > Note th

Re: mounting external hard drive at boot up

2008-06-25 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 08:37:53AM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > > i have a card reader in my computer, but want to mount my external hard > drive at boot-up. > Sometimes the external hard drive is on /dev/sdb or /dev/sdf... > > So what is the best way to: > - either make it only use one of

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi! > He's talking out of his bottom. > > I also walk the Dark Path, and I administer a Small Business Server 2003, > based on Windows Server 2003. It has an Etch server, two routers and a > printer in the forward lookup zone of the local domain, absolutely none of > which are domain members, b

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:37:23PM +0100, Joe wrote: > Mirco Piccin wrote: >> Hi all. >> I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows environment. Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. They are configured with a static ip ad

mounting external hard drive at boot up

2008-06-25 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, i have a card reader in my computer, but want to mount my external hard drive at boot-up. Sometimes the external hard drive is on /dev/sdb or /dev/sdf... So what is the best way to: - either make it only use one of these paths? - Tell which one it is on and if it is the external hard drive? -

Cups: Quota limit reached

2008-06-25 Thread Gino Heusdens
Hi, With my new server installation of Etch I've got a problem with cups. I have 2 printers (HP DeskJet 3650 and a Samsung LaserJet 2010-ML). When I try to print a test page I get an error message Quota limit reached. With my previous server everything works/worked fine. I tried using my old

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Joe
Mirco Piccin wrote: Hi all. I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows environment. Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. They are configured with a static ip address and have samba installed and working. Is there some problem with ad

Cups: Quota limit reached

2008-06-25 Thread Gino Heusdens
Hi, With my new server installation of Etch I've got a problem with cups. I have 2 printers (HP DeskJet 3650 and a Samsung LaserJet 2010-ML). When I try to print a test page I get an error message Quota limit reached. With my previous server everything works/worked fine. I tried using my old

Re: Mailbox conversion

2008-06-25 Thread Jochen Schulz
Jan Willem Stumpel: > > After all this smalltalk, my real question: I still have lots of > old e-mail in Microsoft format (with names like in-2005.dbx, > out-2006.dbx, etc; some filenames are in Japanese, and the > messages inside the .dbx files are mostly Japanese). I searched > the web for "conv

Re: Mailbox conversion

2008-06-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/25/08 14:38, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > Finally the motherboard of my wife's computer broke down, so I had > to replace it. I could not just get a new motherboard, because > they do not sell boards with "462" sockets anymore. The cheapest > solu

Re: Which 64 bit cpu assembler to use ?

2008-06-25 Thread owens
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/25/08 02:05, Magnus Therning wrote: >> Star Liu wrote: > [snip] >> >>> i made some thinking on nasm, yasm and gas, finally i think it's a >>> very bad thing for nasm and yasm to come out, for they don't provide >>> much more improvement fo

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi all! > I too ran into that issue with the 2k3 DNS server I use. For me, I just > set up the nsupdate command within a cron job to run weekly. The forced > update resets the time counter on our 2k3 DNS server. I do not know if > it is the same on yours. > > I read the man pages again and did

Mailbox conversion

2008-06-25 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
Finally the motherboard of my wife's computer broke down, so I had to replace it. I could not just get a new motherboard, because they do not sell boards with "462" sockets anymore. The cheapest solution was an MSI motherboard with AMD-64 dual core and one gig of memory. You cannot get anything sim

RE: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Stackpole, Chris
>I am not the Windows Administrator. So i call the man who administer >the DNS and DHCP server. >He tell me that the Windows 2003 DNS service does not allow dns entry >update if the machine is not registered in Active Directory. > >Of course those Debian machine are NOT registered in AD. >So, the w

Re: Debian S390

2008-06-25 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 09:21:02PM +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 07:59:00PM +0100, David Goodenough wrote: > > On Wednesday 25 June 2008, Beard, Rick wrote: > > > I have installed Debian in a Linux image under z/VM. I only have the > > > basic Linux and was wondering where I

Re: [OT]: possible spyware?

2008-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/6/25 Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This is easily verified with (as root, of course) a simple `grep root > /etc/shadow`: > Thank you for correcting me. I thought that the password was randomly generated at install. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה

Re: X apps don't launch from Xterm

2008-06-25 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 02:05:45PM -0400, Eric d'Alibut wrote: > This is a stable install that has been running, er, with great > stability, for well over a year; it was brought up to date with etch > no problemo earlier in the year. A recent routine 'apt-get update', > 'apt-get upgrade' has left m

Re: ps2pdf problem on sid

2008-06-25 Thread Manu Hack
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Florian Kulzer < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > [ Please try to turn off the HTML part of your messages. ] > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 20:28:53 -0400, Manu Hack wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm running sid on two different machines. I just update/up

Re: Debian S390

2008-06-25 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 07:59:00PM +0100, David Goodenough wrote: > On Wednesday 25 June 2008, Beard, Rick wrote: > > I have installed Debian in a Linux image under z/VM. I only have the > > basic Linux and was wondering where I can get JAVA for this install? Do > > you already have a version tha

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi all. > > I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows > > environment. > > Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. > > They are configured with a static ip address and have samba installed and > > working. > Is there some problem with addin

Re: no printer in latest iceweasel

2008-06-25 Thread Mumia W..
On 06/25/2008 05:48 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: * Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Jun 25 02:20 -0500]: This is a retrograde development. A principal advantage of Linux has always been that you had a wide choice, but this restricts choice. It seems that I must either use CUPS, which I do

Re: Debian S390

2008-06-25 Thread David Goodenough
On Wednesday 25 June 2008, Beard, Rick wrote: > I have installed Debian in a Linux image under z/VM. I only have the > basic Linux and was wondering where I can get JAVA for this install? Do > you already have a version that I can just download and install? I have > a version that is in an RPM p

Re: An inquiry

2008-06-25 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 19:10:04 -0700, Stephen Mazurek wrote: > [I am writing in plain text. I hope that eliminates the HTML. If not, > then I'm not sure I know how google formats gmail.] The HTML part is gone (thanks!), but now I have to pester you about the top-posting: http://people.cornell.e

Re: Closing laptop without suspending

2008-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/6/25 Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In any case, the issue is not whether or not to leave it running while > I'm walking across the library. The issue is doing it with the lid up > or down. What can I do to instruct the computer not to suspend in > response to ACPI events for X seconds? >

Re: Closing laptop without suspending

2008-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/6/25 Jochen Antesberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The disk will spin down very quickly. If it took five seconds I'd be > surprised. Also carrying around a laptop while it is running won't be a > problem at all. The drives can take it. Just don't drop it or bang it onto > the table. I once saw a l

X apps don't launch from Xterm

2008-06-25 Thread Eric d'Alibut
This is a stable install that has been running, er, with great stability, for well over a year; it was brought up to date with etch no problemo earlier in the year. A recent routine 'apt-get update', 'apt-get upgrade' has left me with some new, and rather disagreeable, behaviour. This box boots to

Re: ps2pdf problem on sid

2008-06-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/24/08 19:28, Manu Hack wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm running sid on two different machines. I just update/upgrade both > machines. However, I can run ps2pdf successful on one, but get error on > the other. The error I get is > > $ ps2pdf gpcard.p

RE: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Stackpole, Chris
>To be honest, I am not sure why that did not work. To be sure I typed >out everything to you correctly, I just added a Debian Lenny machine to >the Windows 2k3 DNS server at my work with the same (cut and paste) >directions. It worked right off the bat. > >I am 100% certain that this is the utilit

Re: Debian S390

2008-06-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/25/08 12:04, Beard, Rick wrote: > I have installed Debian in a Linux image under z/VM. I only have the > basic Linux and was wondering where I can get JAVA for this install? Do > you already have a version that I can just download and install?

Re: csh: how to use indirect ref to env vars

2008-06-25 Thread ss11223
On Jun 25, 12:40 pm, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ah, I see rather than testing a variable we try and use it and catch any > error... it seems to work as you say... although this seems slightly > more elegant if less easy to add new VarN to: > > if ( $?InMetFiles == 0 || $?InTerFile == 0

Re: ps2pdf problem on sid

2008-06-25 Thread Florian Kulzer
[ Please try to turn off the HTML part of your messages. ] On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 20:28:53 -0400, Manu Hack wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm running sid on two different machines. I just update/upgrade both > machines. However, I can run ps2pdf successful on one, but get error on the > other. The err

Debian S390

2008-06-25 Thread Beard, Rick
I have installed Debian in a Linux image under z/VM. I only have the basic Linux and was wondering where I can get JAVA for this install? Do you already have a version that I can just download and install? I have a version that is in an RPM package and I'm not sure how or if I should convert it.

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Joe
Mirco Piccin wrote: Hi all. I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows environment. Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. They are configured with a static ip address and have samba installed and working. Any tips? Is there some problem

Re: no printer in latest iceweasel

2008-06-25 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 08:18:03 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 24 Jun 2008, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > Correct, I have lpr. > > > > I have the impression that the support for piping the print job to lpr > > (or an equivalent command) has been removed or at least reduced > > significantly.

Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-25 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 21:21:23 -0300, tyler wrote: > Bob Cox writes: > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 15:35:00 -0300, tyler wrote: > > > >> A typical result is burning the CD with KB3, which appears to work, but > >> then complains that the disk image does not match the downloaded ISO > >> when the ve

Re: Debian Etch Default Gateway

2008-06-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/25/08 09:26, Chris Robinson wrote: > Hi Ron Andre > > Many thanks for all your help. It is now fixed I uninstalled > network-manager. The other packages were not installed. Chris, Google for "Network Mangler". - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson

Re: csh: how to use indirect ref to env vars

2008-06-25 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 08:03 -0700, ss11223 wrote: > On Jun 25, 9:40 am, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I have acshscript in which I'd like to do set up a list of vars > > and then to chk each of these are set, something like the below. > > However, I can't find the magic incantation tha

Re: [OT]: possible spyware?

2008-06-25 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 04:42:25PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/6/25 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Maybe it changed, but there used to be no password for the root > > account... > > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo > > > > no, it hasn't changed. > > Nowhere does that do

Re: [OT]: possible spyware?

2008-06-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 04:42:25PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/6/25 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Maybe it changed, but there used to be no password for the root > > account... > > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo > > > > no, it hasn't changed. > > > > Nowhere does tha

Re: CUPS and Device Permissions

2008-06-25 Thread Nathaniel Homier
Jamie Thompson wrote: Hey. I've been trying to get the printer working on my parent's PC, which is now actually using their Debian install now that their XP install has died and I'm in no hurry to reinstall it. ;) Interesting issue though, namely, the printer device and cups. Basically, I h

Re: Closing laptop without suspending

2008-06-25 Thread Jochen Antesberger
Am Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:10:08 +0300 schrieb Dotan Cohen: > 2008/6/24 Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I do not know the solution to your problem. >> >> But first of all is it advisable to move a computer while it is running? You >> can induce a lot of vibration into the electrical/mech

Re: [OT]: possible spyware?

2008-06-25 Thread Lee Glidewell
On Wednesday 25 June 2008 07:42:25 am Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/6/25 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Maybe it changed, but there used to be no password for the root > > account... > > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo > > > > no, it hasn't changed. > > Nowhere does that documen

Re: Xen. Ohm ohm

2008-06-25 Thread thveillon.debian
Damon L. Chesser wrote : I feel so dirty. I am using vmworkstation because at the time I wanted to learn Linux server things, not vm things. Now I am looking at Xen and it seems interesting. However, I am having a hard time on finding good info (I admit, I am not putting in hours of research

Re: csh: how to use indirect ref to env vars

2008-06-25 Thread ss11223
On Jun 25, 9:40 am, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I have acshscript in which I'd like to do set up a list of vars > and then to chk each of these are set, something like the below. > However, I can't find the magic incantation that allows to to check > ${$Vars} eg if $InMetFiles is set o

Connection reset by peer

2008-06-25 Thread Heitor Faria
Hi, I'm having some "Connection reset by peer" from some aplications runnind under debian (virtual machine). Any help?--Heitor Medrado de Faria 71 2102-7989 / 9983-3833 / 3234-0116MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: heitolatra _ Instale a

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi all! On 6/25/08, Stackpole, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris understand well my situation. > So i try his suggest: > # apt-get install dnsutils > # touch /etc/nsupdate.conf > > edit that file in this way: > > update delete HostName.DomainName.com. A > update add HostName.DomainNam

RE: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Stackpole, Chris
Chris understand well my situation. So i try his suggest: # apt-get install dnsutils # touch /etc/nsupdate.conf edit that file in this way: update delete HostName.DomainName.com. A update add HostName.DomainName.com. 86400 A 192.168.1.1 show send quit (where HostName.DomainName.com is my Debian

Re: [OT]: possible spyware?

2008-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/6/25 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Maybe it changed, but there used to be no password for the root > account... > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo > > no, it hasn't changed. > Nowhere does that document say that there is no password for root. what it does say is this: """B

Re: All graphics browsers locking up with print, print preview etc -Solved

2008-06-25 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 25 Jun 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I've posted elsewhere about printing problems with Firefox 3 but this is > different. > > On my Thinkpad Z61M *all* graphics browsers (Iceweasel, Opera, Epiphany) > lock up if I try to print, print preview, or use Page Setup. I have to > kill them from a d

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi and thanks all. > Ahhh, the Socrates method, my fav form of instruction. > > Mirco, as Ron is hinting at and as I said (see the "first idea" I had) run a > DNS server. DNS came about because sys admin became to in shape and > physically dangerous to there managers from all the running around t

Xen. Ohm ohm

2008-06-25 Thread Damon L. Chesser
I feel so dirty. I am using vmworkstation because at the time I wanted to learn Linux server things, not vm things. Now I am looking at Xen and it seems interesting. However, I am having a hard time on finding good info (I admit, I am not putting in hours of research, just 20 min here and the

Re: Debian Etch Default Gateway

2008-06-25 Thread Chris Robinson
Hi Ron Andre Many thanks for all your help. It is now fixed I uninstalled network-manager. The other packages were not installed. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: csh: how to use indirect ref to env vars

2008-06-25 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 15:02 +0100, Wackojacko wrote: > michael wrote: > > Hi, I have a csh script in which I'd like to do set up a list of vars > > and then to chk each of these are set, something like the below. > > However, I can't find the magic incantation that allows to to check > > ${$Vars} e

Re: csh: how to use indirect ref to env vars

2008-06-25 Thread Wackojacko
michael wrote: Hi, I have a csh script in which I'd like to do set up a list of vars and then to chk each of these are set, something like the below. However, I can't find the magic incantation that allows to to check ${$Vars} eg if $InMetFiles is set on the first loop - suggestions welcome! #!/

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Wednesday 25 June 2008 09:59:33 am Ron Johnson wrote: Snip > > > > Yes, i know, if i modify hosts file both in linux and in windows machine > > i will not have more problems to ping those 2 new Debian servers. > > But there are a lot of people (and computer) that use services running > > on tho

Re: unexpected csh behaviour

2008-06-25 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 15:10 +0100, michael wrote: > In the below, I was expecting $#test to return 1 and $%test to return 7 > - can somebody clarify why this isn't so? Ta, $test > > > > ratty:~/models-3/mcip3> setenv test michael > ratty:~/models-3/mcip3> echo $test > michael > ratty:~/models-3/

unexpected csh behaviour

2008-06-25 Thread michael
In the below, I was expecting $#test to return 1 and $%test to return 7 - can somebody clarify why this isn't so? Ta, $test ratty:~/models-3/mcip3> setenv test michael ratty:~/models-3/mcip3> echo $test michael ratty:~/models-3/mcip3> echo $?test 1 ratty:~/models-3/mcip3> echo $#test michael rat

RE: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Stackpole, Chris
Hi all. I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows environment. Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. They are configured with a static ip address and have samba installed and working. Any tips? Thanks! Regards M Hello, I believe you are

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread elijah r.
Hi Mirco, Unless I am mistaken, if you don't have a DNS Server then winbind should do the trick. -Elijah On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Mirco Piccin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. > I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows > environment. > Servers work like a cha

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/25/08 08:51, Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi! >> Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. > > Thanks Bob: >> You may need to add relevant entries to the hosts file in each windows > machine > > ...and Damon for yours repl

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi! > Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. Thanks Bob: > You may need to add relevant entries to the hosts file in each windows machine ...and Damon for yours replies > If you put those entries into another hosts hosts file, then you can ping this > host from tha

Re: Closing laptop without suspending

2008-06-25 Thread elijah r.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I, too, am interested in the answer, if there is one. I am thinking of > using the Asus eee (read "no hard drive") for processing in a robot. It Hello, If you are running Debian on your EeePC and are using the eeepc-acpi

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Wednesday 25 June 2008 09:14:42 am Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi all. > I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows > environment. > Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. > They are configured with a static ip address and have samba installed an

csh: how to use indirect ref to env vars

2008-06-25 Thread michael
Hi, I have a csh script in which I'd like to do set up a list of vars and then to chk each of these are set, something like the below. However, I can't find the magic incantation that allows to to check ${$Vars} eg if $InMetFiles is set on the first loop - suggestions welcome! #!/bin/csh foreach V

Re: [OT]: possible spyware?

2008-06-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 03:01:02PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/6/22 H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > So looks like in Ubuntu root login via SSH is not disabled. But IIRC root > > account itself is disabled in Ubuntu. So this warning also is benign ... > > looks like. > > > > The root account in

Re: Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Bob Cox
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 15:14:42 +0200, Mirco Piccin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all. > I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows > environment. > Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. > They are configured with a static ip address and

Re: What we want from software vendors

2008-06-25 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
On 24/06/2008, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/6/24 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On 23/06/2008, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 2) I must be interoperable with the other engineers running Solidworks. > > > > Your definition of interoperable

Debian Server hostname and Win 2003 DNS server

2008-06-25 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi all. I have 2 new running Debian Etch :-) server into an (old) Windows environment. Servers work like a charm, but i am not able to ping them by hostname. They are configured with a static ip address and have samba installed and working. Any tips? Thanks! Regards M

Re: Wacom and WINE

2008-06-25 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 03:29:18PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello. I am new to Linux, and I wish to use my Bamboo Tablet in Linux and > have WINE set up for quick access to Windows. However, I can't really make > heads or tails of the instructions. Any help would be appreciated. > I hav

Re: [OT]: possible spyware?

2008-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/6/22 H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > So looks like in Ubuntu root login via SSH is not disabled. But IIRC root > account itself is disabled in Ubuntu. So this warning also is benign ... > looks like. > The root account in Ubuntu is not disabled. It is given a random password at install, but that

Re: seg fault Firefox

2008-06-25 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Wednesday 25 June 2008 06:44:24 am Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 08:27:20PM -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > On Tuesday 24 June 2008 05:08:23 pm Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > > > What happens if you run iceweasel -safe-mode? If it works, then the > > > problem is in one of y

Re: Debian Etch Default Gateway

2008-06-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 01:04:59PM +0100, Chris Robinson wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> Let's see the whole /etc/networking/interfaces. Also, is >> network-manager (a.k.a. network-mangler) installed? > eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:A7:0D:4E:1E > inet addr:169.254.124.1

Re: Alternative for fetchmail

2008-06-25 Thread Paulo
Title: Manfra & Cia. Ltda. getmail have a script called getmail_fetch to use in your own scripts. It doesn't need config files, just command line parameters. I used it to make a "multithreaded" email fetching script, which is working pretty good. Michael Pobega escreveu em 24/06/2008 19:

Re: Total confusion with aptitude. Help, please!

2008-06-25 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Daniel! On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 09:14:10PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 03:00:52PM +, Alan Mackenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 08:54:55PM -0700, Daniel Burrows > wrote: > > > > In the real world, nobody I know has got any

Re: Debian Etch Default Gateway

2008-06-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/25/08 07:04, Chris Robinson wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/25/08 06:38, Chris Robinson wrote: > Hi I have just installed etch from floppy. I have the desktop coming up. I can not access the internet. Every time I

Re: no printer in latest iceweasel

2008-06-25 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 25 Jun 2008, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Jun 25 02:20 -0500]: > > > This is a retrograde development. A principal advantage of Linux has > > always been that you had a wide choice, but this restricts choice. It > > seems that I must either use CUPS, which

Re: Debian Etch Default Gateway

2008-06-25 Thread Chris Robinson
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/25/08 06:38, Chris Robinson wrote: Hi I have just installed etch from floppy. I have the desktop coming up. I can not access the internet. Every time I restart the machine I have to go to desktop/administration/networ

Re: Debian Etch Default Gateway

2008-06-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/25/08 06:38, Chris Robinson wrote: > Hi > > I have just installed etch from floppy. I have the desktop coming up. > > I can not access the internet. Every time I restart the machine I have > to go to desktop/administration/networking and set

Re: Which 64 bit cpu assembler to use ?

2008-06-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/25/08 02:05, Magnus Therning wrote: > Star Liu wrote: [snip] > >> i made some thinking on nasm, yasm and gas, finally i think it's a >> very bad thing for nasm and yasm to come out, for they don't provide >> much more improvement for gas, just s

Debian Etch Default Gateway

2008-06-25 Thread Chris Robinson
Hi I have just installed etch from floppy. I have the desktop coming up. I can not access the internet. Every time I restart the machine I have to go to desktop/administration/networking and set the gateway which is blank to eth0. Then the internet works. I have 3 network cards,2 are disa

CUPS and Device Permissions

2008-06-25 Thread Jamie Thompson
Hey. I've been trying to get the printer working on my parent's PC, which is now actually using their Debian install now that their XP install has died and I'm in no hurry to reinstall it. ;) Interesting issue though, namely, the printer device and cups. Basically, I have cups using the defau

Re: Alternative for fetchmail

2008-06-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 06:12:30PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > Getmail is pretty good, it's a bit slower than fetchmail but it works. Did you test or is this just anecdotal evidence? Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)

Re: no printer in latest iceweasel

2008-06-25 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Jun 25 02:20 -0500]: > This is a retrograde development. A principal advantage of Linux has > always been that you had a wide choice, but this restricts choice. It > seems that I must either use CUPS, which I don't want to do, or print to > file and the

Re: Closing laptop without suspending

2008-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/6/25 Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I, too, am interested in the answer, if there is one. I am thinking of > using the Asus eee (read "no hard drive") for processing in a robot. It > seems to me that if the robot is moving there is less likely to be a problem > if the lid is shut, than

Re: seg fault Firefox

2008-06-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 08:27:20PM -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > On Tuesday 24 June 2008 05:08:23 pm Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > > What happens if you run iceweasel -safe-mode? If it works, then the problem > > is in one of your extensions. > Works fine in -safe-mode. I will now uninstall

uh, resolved! Re: frustrated webcam help.

2008-06-25 Thread i'll teach you to turn away.
i'll teach you to turn away. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: lish> something got half installed in an upgrade the other day, borked lish> apt-get, & i had to remove a bunch of testing stuff which didn't seem wow, ok. weirdest timing in the world, but the damn cam is dead. forget it!

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