On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 23:14 +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> Recently (in the past couple of weeks) my laptop with Debian squeeze
> installed starting getting epilepsy when I close the lid and open it
> again. By epilepsy I mean the screen flashes as everything redraws
> constantly and the mouse cursor j
Tomislav Butkovic wrote:
Hello,
I have been for the last few months trying to figure out how to increase
the screen resolution on my Dell Inspiron 5150 running Debian Lenny with
a GeForce FX Go5200 64mb.
The maximum screen resolution is currently 1024x768.
I have entered '1280x1024' into
Tomislav Butkovic wrote:
Hello,
I have been for the last few months trying to figure out how to increase
the screen resolution on my Dell Inspiron 5150 running Debian Lenny with
a GeForce FX Go5200 64mb.
The maximum screen resolution is currently 1024x768.
I have entered '1280x1024' into
On Fri December 4 2009 08:07:42 pm Tomislav Butkovic wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been for the last few months trying to figure out how to increase
> the screen resolution on my Dell Inspiron 5150 running Debian Lenny with a
> GeForce FX Go5200 64mb.
>
> The maximum screen resolution is currently 102
Hello,
I have been for the last few months trying to figure out how to increase the
screen resolution on my Dell Inspiron 5150 running Debian Lenny with a
GeForce FX Go5200 64mb.
The maximum screen resolution is currently 1024x768.
I have entered '1280x1024' into the xorg.conf file under Screen
On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 05:07:45PM -0800, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:34:33 -0800, Tech Geek wrote,
> > The source of your NIC driver should be in all kernel sources for each of
> > the kernel that is installed on your system. Does that help?
>
> Yes. Thanks.
>
> pc:/us
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:34:33 -0800, Tech Geek wrote,
> The source of your NIC driver should be in all kernel sources for each of the
> kernel that is installed on your system. Does that help?
Yes. Thanks.
pc:/usr/src# ll l*r
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 345210880 2009-09-25 15:23 linux-source-2.6.
On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 01:45:37PM -0800, Tyler MacDonald wrote:
> Tom H wrote:
> > RAID0 is a truly silly misnomer. But many people use it because it
> > gives them "one large and fast HD" on Windows, OS X, and Linux. If
> > that is what Mathieu wants to do in spite of the lack of redundancy...
>
Tudod Ki wrote:
> but what's with cam attack?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAM_Table#Attacks
>
> they could attack a switch, and it will act as a hub? and then they can
> set promiscuous mode on their cards and sniff
Hmm. I didn't know about that one! I suppose it's possible. Of course, i
but what's with cam attack?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAM_Table#Attacks
they could attack a switch, and it will act as a hub? and then they can set
promiscuous mode on their cards and sniff
--- On Fri, 12/4/09, Tyler MacDonald wrote:
From: Tyler MacDonald
Subject: Re: two questions about
Tudod Ki wrote:
> if I:
>
> ssh -fND localhost:6000 someb...@192.168.56.5 -p PORTNUMBER
>
> from computer "A" to computer "B" [B = 192.168.56.5] then I can set the SOCKS
> proxy for e.g.: Firefox to use "localhost:6000" on computer "A". Ok. I can
> surf the web through "B".
>
> But:
> - Can
if I:
ssh -fND localhost:6000 someb...@192.168.56.5 -p PORTNUMBER
from computer "A" to computer "B" [B = 192.168.56.5] then I can set the SOCKS
proxy for e.g.: Firefox to use "localhost:6000" on computer "A". Ok. I can surf
the web through "B".
But:
- Can anyone sniff the traffic of "A"? [e.g.
Tom H wrote:
> RAID0 is a truly silly misnomer. But many people use it because it
> gives them "one large and fast HD" on Windows, OS X, and Linux. If
> that is what Mathieu wants to do in spite of the lack of redundancy...
Agreed -- if you can afford 4x1.5TB drives, you can afford a fift
>> That's extremely clear indeed ! The issue is that I was confusing
>> software RAID and hardware RAID. So I rebooted the system and in the
>> BIOS I setup the RAID0.
>> It now shows up as "DELL Virtual Disk" with 6Tb of disk (4 * 1.5Tb).
>> What I do not understand is why the very first disk is
>> SGD only works with grub legacy.
> SGD works with grub2 since 1.21 (for sure, maybe before that), grub
> "legacy" edition is now deprecated (but still available). SGD is also
> now included in boot menu of SystemRescueCD and PartedMagic maintenance
> live-cd.
My mistake. Checked the home page
Hi
I have installed stable and i have to change to testing but i always get
this error
sysresccd:/# aptitude install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading
On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:13:26 -0800, Tudod Ki wrote:
> as we can do a check on e.g.: routerOS:
>
> interface ethernet monitor ether1
> status: link-ok
> auto-negotiation: done
> rate: 100Mbps
> full-duplex: yes
> default-cable-setting: stand
Tom H wrote:
>>> I am using Squeeze. I booted successfully many times using the
>>> chainloaded grub2. So, I thought it would be safe to replace grub with
>>> grub2.
>
>>> So, I tried running update-from-grub-legacy but this command was not
>>> present even while logged in as root.
>
>>> So, I ra
Mathieu Malaterre put forth on 12/4/2009 2:55 AM:
> That's extremely clear indeed ! The issue is that I was confusing
> software RAID and hardware RAID. So I rebooted the system and in the
> BIOS I setup the RAID0.
>
> It now shows up as "DELL Virtual Disk" with 6Tb of disk (4 * 1.5Tb).
> What I
as we can do a check on e.g.: routerOS:
interface ethernet monitor ether1
status: link-ok
auto-negotiation: done
rate: 100Mbps
full-duplex: yes
default-cable-setting: standard
how could I check that is there a link under "Linux"? [to get in
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:40:26 +
Lisi wrote:
...
> > Just run the tail command with '-n +143' instead of 141 and you'll get
> > a valid gzip archive; I haven't gone further than that.
> >
> > FTR, what I did was simple enough: just open the file using, say,
> > 'view' ('vi -R'), and skim throug
>> As much as I hate Apple, they got some of the boot loader right.
> Easy with total control of the hardware.
That's just an excuse: from my Grub2 prompt, I can list the contents of
just about all my partitions, so obviously there's no hardware issues in
the way to let Grub2 look for target kerne
>> I am using Squeeze. I booted successfully many times using the
>> chainloaded grub2. So, I thought it would be safe to replace grub with
>> grub2.
>> So, I tried running update-from-grub-legacy but this command was not
>> present even while logged in as root.
>> So, I ran upgrade-from-grub-leg
On Friday 04 December 2009 18:25:58 Celejar wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:30:09 +
>
> Lisi wrote:
> > On Friday 04 December 2009 13:54:22 Celejar wrote:
> > > On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:40:30 +
> > >
> > > Lisi wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > > > But I came unstuck at:
> > > > $ tar -xvzf install.tar.gz
On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:35:16 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote:
> Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón:
>
>> In what way removing clamav you are closing a "potencial security
>> hole"? :-?
>
> My worries come from the fact that many email-related services are run
> w/ root privileges - therefore, i
Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón:
> In what way removing clamav you are closing a "potencial security
> hole"? :-?
My worries come from the fact that many email-related services are run w/ root
privileges - therefore, if a security issue occurs - there is not problem to
compromise
vr wrote:
> I am having trouble getting apache2 recognizing directory protection.
> I understand that .htpasswd should reside someplace else and even moved it
> to rule this out but is the above not enough on a default installation of
> apache2 under lenny to protect a directory?
If you look at
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:30:09 +
Lisi wrote:
> On Friday 04 December 2009 13:54:22 Celejar wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:40:30 +
> >
> > Lisi wrote:
...
> > > But I came unstuck at:
> > > $ tar -xvzf install.tar.gz # extract the contents produced by tail
> > > which produced the follow
On 09-12-04 11:14:38, vr wrote:
> I am having trouble getting apache2 recognizing directory protection.
>
> I've created a directory /var/www/mydir and created .htaccess &
> .htpasswd files in there but am never prompted for login.
>
> .htaccess
> AuthUserFile /var/www/mydir/.htpasswd
> AuthType
>On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
>For what it's worth, I have a number of old Macintosh (PowerPC) machines
with similar configurations.
>Works at treat!
--
Perfect, thanks Rick. In addition to my old HP box I recently brought a Mac
G4 PPC back to lif
On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 11:14:38AM -0500, vr wrote:
> I am having trouble getting apache2 recognizing directory protection.
>
> I've created a directory /var/www/mydir and created .htaccess & .htpasswd
> files in there but am never prompted for login.
>
> .htaccess
> AuthUserFile /var/www/mydir/.
On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:14:38 -0500, vr wrote:
> I understand that .htpasswd should reside someplace else and even moved
it
> to rule this out but is the above not enough on a default installation
of
> apache2 under lenny to protect a directory?
I managed to find my answer:
The /var/www has Allo
On Thu,03.Dec.09, 16:01:43, deb...@toursbymexico.com wrote:
> Now I know that not all of the DVDs are necessary. Respect the
> 'expert' mode installation, when booted the DVD #1 it showed only
> "Install" and "Graphic Install" (I have tried both of them), but at
> any moment saw the expert or a
I am having trouble getting apache2 recognizing directory protection.
I've created a directory /var/www/mydir and created .htaccess & .htpasswd
files in there but am never prompted for login.
.htaccess
AuthUserFile /var/www/mydir/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
AuthName "test"
require valid-user
.htpas
Patrick Wiseman writes:
> there being some 32 packages associated with OO.o!! I knew it was
> bloatware, but 32?!
Openoffice.org is a metapackage. Its function is to pull in those other
packages by depending on them. It's a convenience feature for people
who don't want to figure out exactly whi
> Actually, if you've ever used lilo, it will bring back memories: they
> were days when you made your changes, hit Ctrl-Al-Delete and oh, shoot,
> I forgot to run lilo yet again. With grub-legacy you edited menu.lst,
> saved your changes, and you were good to go.. not any more.. now you
> make you
On 2009-12-03, deb...@toursbymexico.com wrote:
>
> 2) How can I install KDE? Currently it is running with Gnome... I've just
> download all 5 DVDs plus the updates one... the gnome (un)install shows
> most KDE applications to install, but not the full window manager... and,
> once installed, is it
On Friday 04 December 2009 13:54:22 Celejar wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:40:30 +
>
> Lisi wrote:
> > I downloaded the tarball from Lexmark and have been following these
> > instructions:
> >
> > $ mkdir lexmark
> > $ mv CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz lexmark # move the package to a folder.
> >
Updating my testing system this morning, I noticed that OpenOffice was
being upgraded, so I shut down my open spreadsheet. When configuring
openoffice.org-writer2latex, aptitude complained "OpenOffice.org is
running right now. This can cause problems with (de-)registration of
components and extens
On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:08:14 -0500
Chris Jones wrote:
Hello Chris,
> make your changes in /etc/grub.d but then you have to update-grub to
> rebuild grub.cfg - it's called progress :-)
(Noting your smiley) It's not progress, it's change. :-(
--
Regards _
/ ) "The blindi
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:40:30 +
Lisi wrote:
> I downloaded the tarball from Lexmark and have been following these
> instructions:
>
> $ mkdir lexmark
> $ mv CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz lexmark # move the package to a folder.
> optional, but recommended.
> $ tar -xvzf CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TA
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Johannes Wiedersich
wrote:
> Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>> That's extremely clear indeed ! The issue is that I was confusing
>> software RAID and hardware RAID. So I rebooted the system and in the
>> BIOS I setup the RAID0.
>
> I would advice to use software RAID ins
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> After setting up RAID0 using DELL SAS utility, I could try another
>> installation of a debian stable 503 from USB Stick.
>> I could not get GRUB to install on the "DELL Virtua
I downloaded the tarball from Lexmark and have been following these
instructions:
$ mkdir lexmark
$ mv CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz lexmark # move the package to a folder.
optional, but recommended.
$ tar -xvzf CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz # extract the driver.
$ tail -n +143 z600cups-1.0-1.gz.sh
Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> That's extremely clear indeed ! The issue is that I was confusing
> software RAID and hardware RAID. So I rebooted the system and in the
> BIOS I setup the RAID0.
I would advice to use software RAID instead. As pointed out before, that
requires the extra effort of mainta
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
Hi,
After setting up RAID0 using DELL SAS utility, I could try another
installation of a debian stable 503 from USB Stick.
I could not get GRUB to install on the "DELL Virtual Disk", I could
however install lilo + large disk option. All went well
Hi,
After setting up RAID0 using DELL SAS utility, I could try another
installation of a debian stable 503 from USB Stick.
I could not get GRUB to install on the "DELL Virtual Disk", I could
however install lilo + large disk option. All went well, until I
rebooted.
At boot time I am getting
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 05:19:56PM EST, Chris Jones wrote:
> I'm playing with the idea of copying my laptop's debian lenny partition
> to a USB stick that I can take with me when traveling.
>
> Since I can't be sure I'll have a machine with available space on the
> HDD or be allowed to partition t
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Mathieu Malaterre put forth on 12/3/2009 3:08 PM:
>
>> Ok so the issue is that /boot needs to be contiguous ? Hum, the error
>> message is not as explicit as that...
>
> If you think about this for more than 30 seconds it's perfectly clear
> w
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 10:55:29PM EST, John Hasler wrote:
> Stefan Monnier writes:
> > As much as I hate Apple, they got some of the boot loader right.
>
> Easy with total control of the hardware.
Spoilsport ;-)
Wouldn't it be nice if you powered the PC and were immediately presented
with a ni
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