Re: sid: yaird: -t invalid flag option in kernel image install

2010-10-04 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-10-05 08:11 +0200, Joel Roth wrote: > This problem has been dogging me for months. > I have a different, working kernel, but each apt-get install > is delayed as apt-get tries to configure > the linux-image package. > > Setting up linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 (2.6.32-15) ... > R

Re:[Closure] [Lenny] KVM hosted lenny starts all processes with high priority

2010-10-04 Thread Didar Hossain
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Didar Hossain wrote: > Hi all, > > I am currently attending a training session and have installed Lenny > as a KVM guest. > I just noticed that all the process are being assigned high priority > (-2) - even the ones > I invoke from the shell. > > Is there a kernel

Re: deluge to handle torrents

2010-10-04 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:20:09 -0700, briand wrote: > On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 06:49:16 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > >> Mmm, it's a very big UI issue, not sure how a user setting could >> prevent the proper windows prompt from appearing, but testing may not >> hurt. You can rename your current Iceweasel

Re: how to find the device name of my wireless card

2010-10-04 Thread godo
On 10/05/2010 03:53 AM, Long Wind wrote: I have aironet 350 pci wireless card Which command can show the device name of the wireless card? Here is a list by iwconfig: eth4 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"tsunami" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Invalid Bit Rate:

sid: yaird: -t invalid flag option in kernel image install

2010-10-04 Thread Joel Roth
Hi all, This problem has been dogging me for months. I have a different, working kernel, but each apt-get install is delayed as apt-get tries to configure the linux-image package. Setting up linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 (2.6.32-15) ... Running depmod. Running /usr/sbin/mkin

Re: perforated letters (not only in) iceweasel

2010-10-04 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:17:02 +0200 Christoph Groth wrote: > Camaleón writes: > > > On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:16:22 +0200, Christoph Groth wrote: > > > >> since several months I observe a strange problem mostly in iceweasel > >> (from current Debian testing), but also occasionally in other > >> app

Re: deluge to handle torrents

2010-10-04 Thread briand
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 06:49:16 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:19:16 -0700, briand wrote: > > > On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 20:33:05 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > >> Then check for any available update of Icewasel (xulrunner) because > >> that looks not normal (at least I get that op

Re: Installation issues of Debian 5.0.6 "Lenny"

2010-10-04 Thread David Shum
Hi Klistvud, Strange! But this time, when I successfully installed Debian 5.0.6 "Lenny" into my AMD 880G chipset with AMD Athlon II x4 processor, and I loaded the OS in normal mode, it went into the desktop, instead of going into screensaver mode and then freezing. By the way, I do use the proper

Re: Re: need advice on a solution

2010-10-04 Thread Miles Fidelman
Long Wind mailto:longwind2009%40gmail.com>> wrote: I trade stocks. I put stock prices in file. Often I need compute PE for each day. To cope with stock split, I need to recompute prices as if un-split. Sometimes to compute PE, I want to use average of the last three years' earning To complete

how to find the device name of my wireless card

2010-10-04 Thread Long Wind
I have aironet 350 pci wireless card Which command can show the device name of the wireless card? Here is a list by iwconfig: eth4 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"tsunami" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Invalid Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=0/655

Re: need advice on a solution

2010-10-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On 10/04/2010 04:20 PM, Long Wind wrote: I have heard that sql can do all tasks that a procedural programming language can do so That is manifestly *incorrect*, since SQL is a declarative domain-specific language. However... RDBMSs like PostgreSQL and Oracle offer procedural language extens

Re: is there program that decipher wireless password

2010-10-04 Thread Thierry Chatelet
Some more help: Installing Drivers Linux As of now, Aireplay-ng only supports injection on Prism2, PrismGT, Atheros, Broadcom (with the b43 driver), Intel IWL, RTL8180, RTL8187, Ralink, ACX1xx and Zydas. Injection on Hermes, Aironet and Marvell is not supported because of firmware and/or driver

Re: is there program that decipher wireless password

2010-10-04 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Tuesday 05 October 2010 03:02:31 Long Wind wrote: > I use etch > maybe my version of aircrack is too old I will look at trouble shooting tomorrow, sorry,but i have to go now. In the mean time give the output of lspci so we know which chipset is in your card. Sorry for the previous mail, I did

Re: is there program that decipher wireless password

2010-10-04 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Tuesday 05 October 2010 03:02:31 Long Wind wrote: > I use etch > maybe my version of aircrack is too old Your card must be named something else than rausb0, I would guess wlan0. Try ifconfig or iwconfig as root to get the name of the card Thierry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: is there program that decipher wireless password

2010-10-04 Thread Long Wind
I use etch maybe my version of aircrack is too old -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimvftreftdjecmwplnpuk7j4yhtrnyprrob2...@mail.gmail.com

Re: is there program that decipher wireless password

2010-10-04 Thread Long Wind
Thank Thierry Chatelet very much! I have just installed airo net 350 wireless card but can't enter monitor mode with command: airmon-ng start rausb0 usage: airmon-ng [channel] Interface Chipset Driver eth4Unknown Unknown (MONITOR MODE NOT SUPPORTED) I change

Re: is there program that decipher wireless password

2010-10-04 Thread Thierry Chatelet
Here is the how to: Using the Aircrack-ng Suite You should always start by confirming that your wireless card can inject packets. This can be done by using the injection test. Then start by following the Simple WEP Crack Tutorial. Once you have mastered that technique, you can follow the other

Re: is there program that decipher wireless password

2010-10-04 Thread Long Wind
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Tuesday 05 October 2010 01:57:38 Long Wind wrote: >> >> It seems that the Chinese government has blocked www.aircrack-ng.org > > It's packaged in debian. Can they blocked that? > Thierry > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-re

Re: is there program that decipher wireless password

2010-10-04 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Tuesday 05 October 2010 01:57:38 Long Wind wrote: > > It seems that the Chinese government has blocked www.aircrack-ng.org It's packaged in debian. Can they blocked that? Thierry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: Where is Applications>Wine>Configure Wine

2010-10-04 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 08:10:43PM +, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > I've just installed wine [1], but I can't find the menu > Applications>Wine>Configure Wine. Do you have such menu entry? > Try running from the command line 'winecfg' -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.

Re: is there program that decipher wireless password

2010-10-04 Thread Long Wind
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Angus Hedger wrote: > On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 17:11:05 -0400 > Long Wind wrote: > >> On the Chinese market there is some wireless card that's very popular >> now It claims that it can offer FREE Internet access. >> It has very good antenna >> I guess that it has a progr

Re: Squeeze. Can't cd in directory which begin with .[dot]

2010-10-04 Thread Aidan Gauland
Mark Goldshtein gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Kousik Maiti gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello Mark > > Try from $HOME directory > > $cd .wine > > > > Oh, Thanks! It works! > > What was that? :) . (dot) is the current working directory and / (slash) is the pathname separator

Re: Postgrad research tools - any recommendations

2010-10-04 Thread Arthur Machlas
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 3:33 PM, James Allsopp wrote: > Instead of Word and Endnotes, use Latex and bibtex, bit of a learning > curve, but much better results, > James I'd recommend iceweasel with the zotero extension, and openoffice with the zotero plugin. There is always R for your statistical

Re: What controls font settings?

2010-10-04 Thread Phil Requirements
On 2010-10-03 18:44:17 -0400, vr wrote: > > I was using wmaker on Debian unstable. During my netinst > installation I did not use tasksel to pick "desktop" or "base > system". I've manually installed xserver-xorg, etc., to get my > desktop going. > > Eventually I installed emelfm and its fonts

Re: is there program that decipher wireless password

2010-10-04 Thread Angus Hedger
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 17:11:05 -0400 Long Wind wrote: > On the Chinese market there is some wireless card that's very popular > now It claims that it can offer FREE Internet access. > It has very good antenna > I guess that it has a program that search wireless Internet > To guess password, the prog

Re: 2 identical GSM-modem discern.

2010-10-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Sthu Deus, Am 2010-10-05 04:17:52, hacktest Du folgendes herunter: > Good day. > > I have 2 similar GSM-modems - both are connected at once having diver > ISP SIM in each. Same here, but with 8 USB HSPA GSM-Modems... > At connection time how I can easily discern between > them? > > At my

Re: need advice on a solution

2010-10-04 Thread Long Wind
I have heard that sql can do all tasks that a procedural programming language can do so I'll try sql -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlkti=cymy0n77a

Re: Multimedia - aptitude message...........

2010-10-04 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:55:41 +0200 godo shared this with us all: >> Wondering what the problem might be? >It is fixed I am just upgraded my Squeeze. Thank you, so it is with me. -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** There is no right or wrong, you t

2 identical GSM-modem discern.

2010-10-04 Thread Sthu Deus
Good day. I have 2 similar GSM-modems - both are connected at once having diver ISP SIM in each. At connection time how I can easily discern between them? At my opinion it discerns only by its IMEI. But AFAIK I can retrieve it only inside of minicom - that makes impossible to use in a connection

is there program that decipher wireless password

2010-10-04 Thread Long Wind
On the Chinese market there is some wireless card that's very popular now It claims that it can offer FREE Internet access. It has very good antenna I guess that it has a program that search wireless Internet To guess password, the program can take a long time Is there any Linux program that can d

Re: Postgrad research tools - any recommendations

2010-10-04 Thread James Allsopp
Instead of Word and Endnotes, use Latex and bibtex, bit of a learning curve, but much better results, James On 04/10/10 21:11, Angus Hedger wrote: > On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:12:04 +0100 > AG wrote: > >> Greetings list >> >> I have just started a Ph.D. program and want to check out the >> availabi

Re: squeeze /etc/kbd/remap replace caps with ctrl

2010-10-04 Thread Volkan YAZICI
On Sun, 03 Oct 2010, Volkan YAZICI writes: > In Squeeze, despite I removed the comment prefix of > > s/keycode 58 = Caps_Lock/keycode 58 = Control/; > > line, neither "/etc/init.d/kbd restart", nor "restart" makes any > difference in the caps lock key. Am I missing something or the > configura

Re: Postgrad research tools - any recommendations

2010-10-04 Thread Angus Hedger
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:12:04 +0100 AG wrote: > Greetings list > > I have just started a Ph.D. program and want to check out the > availability of the following two software apps that the university > uses on their Windows machines: > > SPSS > EndNotes > > The

Where is Applications>Wine>Configure Wine

2010-10-04 Thread T o n g
Hi, I've just installed wine [1], but I can't find the menu Applications>Wine>Configure Wine. Do you have such menu entry? Thanks [1] $ aptitude install wine The following NEW packages will be installed: libwine{a} libwine-alsa{a} libwine-cms{a} libwine-gl{a} libwine-gphoto2{a} libwine-ldap

Re: squeeze /etc/kbd/remap replace caps with ctrl

2010-10-04 Thread David Jardine
On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 10:11:17AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Volkan YAZICI wrote: > > Bob Proulx writes: > > > Volkan YAZICI wrote: > > >> In Squeeze, despite I removed the comment prefix of > > >> > > >> s/keycode 58 = Caps_Lock/keycode 58 = Control/; > > >> > > >> line, neither "/etc/init.

Re: how to insert a cd without running a program

2010-10-04 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:41:11 -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 04:23:32PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> It is indeed there (Multimedia tab), at least in Lenny/GNOME. >> >> Mine is setup for DVD video: >> >> [x] Auto-launch inserted media and "play with Totem". > > Well, yes, I s

Re: courier certificate regeneration.

2010-10-04 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:26:24 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: >> BTW, what is the exact error message you are getting? Did you create >> the new certificate with updated data? > > My mailer says that current certificate is expired - it gives me the > finger prints and other certificate information as to:

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Postgrad research tools - any recommendations

2010-10-04 Thread AG
Greetings list I have just started a Ph.D. program and want to check out the availability of the following two software apps that the university uses on their Windows machines: SPSS EndNotes The first is a statistical package for social science and the second

My X environment has become "magnified" [SOLVED]

2010-10-04 Thread Spiros Bousbouras
I don't seem able to reply to my previous thread titled My X environment has become "magnified" < http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/browse_thread/thread/3b64dae082545c18 > so this is just to say that doing xrandr --rate 60 solved the problem. Thanks to Andrew Sackville-West. --

Re: Looking for a free SMTP service that does not filter outgoing messages

2010-10-04 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 31 aug 10, 11:53:48, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > I'll use GMX for a while, because it's easiest to integrate in my setup, > (the postfix part is already there, only mutt needs some work), but #2 > could be an option as well, if it doesn't hit #402411 or #456320 JFTA: I'm posting my mutt ho

Re: Security and dual booting/running in VM Windows and Linux

2010-10-04 Thread Angus Hedger
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 18:59:36 +0200 Simon Brandmair wrote: > > In the very least, a Windows rootkit or virus could potentially > > mess up your partition table, or the master boot record; but there > > are certainly other equally risky scenarious that other list > > memebers will most certainly com

Re: how to insert a cd without running a program

2010-10-04 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 04:23:32PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:05:46 -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > > I have some cds I want to rip. When I insert a cd, gxine runs which I > > then have to cancel. How can I prevent gxine (or any other program) from > > running? I don't see anyt

Re: courier certificate regeneration.

2010-10-04 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You, Camaleón, again: > BTW, what is the exact error message you are getting? Did you create > the new certificate with updated data? My mailer says that current certificate is expired - it gives me the finger prints and other certificate information as to: who signed, when, etc. Sorry, I

Re: Security and dual booting/running in VM Windows and Linux

2010-10-04 Thread Simon Brandmair
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:00:02 +0200 Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 04. 10. 2010 10:39:00 je Lisi napisal(a): [...] >> >> If I set up a computer to dual boot Windows and Linux (specifically >> Debian >> Lenny) does the fact that Windows is sharing the computer in any way >> jeopardise the security of the L

Re: My X environment has become "magnified"

2010-10-04 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 04:58:14PM +0100, Spiros Bousbouras wrote: > Hi folks. > > I downloaded some new levels for the arcade game supertux. I tried > supertux -d . > on the directory where I had downloaded the levels but presumably I > used the option incorrectly because the programme exited imm

Re (4): Configuration for a Linux router with a client having a public address

2010-10-04 Thread peasthope
* From: Bob Proulx * Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:45:50 -0600 > Since those are old diagrams they don't show where carnot fits into > things. * From: "Jesús M. Navarro" * Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 23:47:48 +0200 > There's neither "carnot" nor "Allied Telesis 3612TR" in your prov

Re: how to insert a cd without running a program

2010-10-04 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:05:46 -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > I have some cds I want to rip. When I insert a cd, gxine runs which I > then have to cancel. How can I prevent gxine (or any other program) from > running? I don't see anything under 'System->Preferences->Preferred > Applications' or 'Syste

/dev/videoN, vloopback & applications

2010-10-04 Thread peasthope
Folk, coriander, vloopback-source, motion and skype are installed in Squeeze here. vloopback.c compiled and the module loaded with no obvious problems. I used "modprobe vloopback" interactively. How should the module be loaded automatically at startup? joule:/# lsmod | grep vloop vloopbac

My X environment has become "magnified"

2010-10-04 Thread Spiros Bousbouras
Hi folks. I downloaded some new levels for the arcade game supertux. I tried supertux -d . on the directory where I had downloaded the levels but presumably I used the option incorrectly because the programme exited immediately. The problem is that my X environment is now "magnified". By this I me

Re: squeeze /etc/kbd/remap replace caps with ctrl

2010-10-04 Thread Bob Proulx
Volkan YAZICI wrote: > Bob Proulx writes: > > Volkan YAZICI wrote: > >> In Squeeze, despite I removed the comment prefix of > >> > >> s/keycode 58 = Caps_Lock/keycode 58 = Control/; > >> > >> line, neither "/etc/init.d/kbd restart", nor "restart" makes any > >> difference in the caps lock key

Re: question/answer website for user support: shapado.debian.net

2010-10-04 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 17:33 +0200, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 04. 10. 2010 17:07:51 je T o n g napisal(a): > > > > OMG, I hope that is NEVER possible. Why? Take a look at, or > > participate > > in ubuntu forum and you will know why. You'll get endless flood in > > nonsense replies, "I agree", "bump

how to insert a cd without running a program

2010-10-04 Thread Rick Pasotto
I have some cds I want to rip. When I insert a cd, gxine runs which I then have to cancel. How can I prevent gxine (or any other program) from running? I don't see anything under 'System->Preferences->Preferred Applications' or 'System->Preferences->Removable Drives and Media'. -- "To know the ro

Re: question/answer website for user support: shapado.debian.net

2010-10-04 Thread Angus Hedger
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 15:07:51 + (UTC) T o n g wrote: > OMG, I hope that is NEVER possible. Why? Take a look at, or > participate in ubuntu forum and you will know why. You'll get endless > flood in nonsense replies, "I agree", "bump", etc etc, and there are > actually good ones, in the sense th

Re: A simple GUI volume control tool for fluxbox

2010-10-04 Thread T o n g
On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:45:22 +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote: >> I do almost everything on command line. Maybe the only GUI tool I >> need is the sound volume control tool, but I don't have it any more >> -- I used to use tkmixer. Now that it's obsoleted, I'm yet to find >> a GUI sound m

Re: question/answer website for user support: shapado.debian.net

2010-10-04 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 04. 10. 2010 17:07:51 je T o n g napisal(a): OMG, I hope that is NEVER possible. Why? Take a look at, or participate in ubuntu forum and you will know why. You'll get endless flood in nonsense replies, "I agree", "bump", etc etc, and there are actually good ones, in the sense that the

Re: Squeeze. Can't cd in directory which begin with .[dot]

2010-10-04 Thread Mark Goldshtein
> > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Mark Goldshtein > wrote: >> >> Hello, list! >> >> After recent dist-upgrade was surprised with a loss of an ability to >> change a directory, which begin with dot. For example, home dir in >> gnome-terminal: >> $ cd ./wine >> bash: cd: ./wine: No such file or di

Re: Squeeze. Can't cd in directory which begin with .[dot]

2010-10-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On 10/04/2010 10:09 AM, Mark Goldshtein wrote: Hello, list! After recent dist-upgrade was surprised with a loss of an ability to change a directory, which begin with dot. For example, home dir in gnome-terminal: $ cd ./wine bash: cd: ./wine: No such file or directory Meanwhile, I did it success

Re: Squeeze. Can't cd in directory which begin with .[dot]

2010-10-04 Thread Robson Roberto Souza Peixoto
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Mark Goldshtein wrote: > Hello, list! > > After recent dist-upgrade was surprised with a loss of an ability to > change a directory, which begin with dot. For example, home dir in > gnome-terminal: > $ cd ./wine The correct way is without '/'. The name of director

Re: Squeeze. Can't cd in directory which begin with .[dot]

2010-10-04 Thread Kousik Maiti
Hello Mark Try from $HOME directory $cd .wine On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Mark Goldshtein wrote: > Hello, list! > > After recent dist-upgrade was surprised with a loss of an ability to > change a directory, which begin with dot. For example, home dir in > gnome-terminal: > $ cd ./wine > bash

Squeeze. Can't cd in directory which begin with .[dot]

2010-10-04 Thread Mark Goldshtein
Hello, list! After recent dist-upgrade was surprised with a loss of an ability to change a directory, which begin with dot. For example, home dir in gnome-terminal: $ cd ./wine bash: cd: ./wine: No such file or directory Meanwhile, I did it successfully just one reboot ago. Autocomplete is gone

Re: question/answer website for user support: shapado.debian.net

2010-10-04 Thread T o n g
On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:35:34 +0200, Klistvud wrote: > the application would > transparently integrate the two, sending any new forum post to the > relevant mailing list OMG, I hope that is NEVER possible. Why? Take a look at, or participate in ubuntu forum and you will know why. You'll get endle

Re: Security and dual booting/running in VM Windows and Linux

2010-10-04 Thread godo
On 10/04/2010 10:39 AM, Lisi wrote: I have no metrics myself against which to measure this. I have Googled, but have found it difficult to distinguish the FUD and biased/inaccurate information from the "real" - and reliable - information. I would be glad of some opinions from the list. If I se

Re: X & radeon & flash & youtube problem

2010-10-04 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:38:31 +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > I recently caved and installed flashplugin-nonfree on my squeeze system > (once the 64-bit player was re-released). > > However, when I watch some (not all) youtube videos, the screens (2) > first go black, then (possibly triggered by sw

Security and dual booting/running in VM Windows and Linux

2010-10-04 Thread Lisi
I have no metrics myself against which to measure this. I have Googled, but have found it difficult to distinguish the FUD and biased/inaccurate information from the "real" - and reliable - information. I would be glad of some opinions from the list. If I set up a computer to dual boot Window

Re: LibreOffice repositories

2010-10-04 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 22:29, Rob Owens wrote: > On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 05:56:36PM +0100, AG wrote: >> Hey list >> >> As many here are probably already aware, due to Oracle buying out Sun, >> the OOo developer community has forked the project as a pre-emptive >> protection against Oracle doing th

Re: need advice on a solution

2010-10-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On 10/04/2010 02:33 AM, Doug wrote: On 10/04/2010 03:15 AM, Doug wrote: On 10/04/2010 02:59 AM, Long Wind wrote: I'm rather confused. Another user Ron just say the opposite. Suppose stock prices in an array (or table or database) and annual earnings of 10 years in another array (or table or dat

Re: need advice on a solution

2010-10-04 Thread John Hasler
Ron Johnson writes: > PostrgeSQL is *the* way to go... For his purpose sqlite might be better. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87vd5ij

Re: Security and dual booting/running in VM Windows and Linux

2010-10-04 Thread Jan Ingvoldstad
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:07, Lisi wrote: > I have no metrics myself against which to measure this. I have Googled, > but > have found it difficult to distinguish the FUD and biased/inaccurate > information from the "real" - and reliable - information. I would be glad > of > some opinions from

Re: question/answer website for user support: shapado.debian.net

2010-10-04 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 11:24, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Dear followers of the -user mailing list, >  you might be interesting in knowing that since yesterday there's a new > Debian experiment ongoing in the area of user support: > >  http://shapado.debian.net/ > > which is a multi-language quest

Re: question/answer website for user support: shapado.debian.net

2010-10-04 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:31, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 11:24, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >> Dear followers of the -user mailing list, >>  you might be interesting in knowing that since yesterday there's a new >> Debian experiment ongoing in the area of user support: >>

Re: Security and dual booting/running in VM Windows and Linux

2010-10-04 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:39:00 +0100, Lisi wrote: (...) > If I set up a computer to dual boot Windows and Linux (specifically > Debian Lenny) does the fact that Windows is sharing the computer in any > way jeopardise the security of the Linux installation? No, unless you are runing WINE inside Lin

Re: Installation issues of Debian 5.0.6 "Lenny"

2010-10-04 Thread David Shum
Hi Klistvud, Thanks for your replies. I will try and iterate with more information. I install Debian Lenny 5.0 (Update 6) using the CD ISO image downloaded from debian.org. I burn the image to a DVD, put DVD into my Hewlett Packard dv6-3030tx notebook (Intel i5-540M on Intel HM55 chipset), then

Re: need advice on a solution

2010-10-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On 10/04/2010 07:08 AM, John Hasler wrote: Ron Johnson writes: PostrgeSQL is *the* way to go... For his purpose sqlite might be better. I thought about that, but it's datatypes are only notional. $ sqlite3 foo.db SQLite version 3.7.2 Enter ".help" for instructions Enter SQL statements termi

Security and dual booting/running in VM Windows and Linux

2010-10-04 Thread Lisi
I have no metrics myself against which to measure this. I have Googled, but have found it difficult to distinguish the FUD and biased/inaccurate information from the "real" - and reliable - information. I would be glad of some opinions from the list. If I set up a computer to dual boot Window

Re: Installation issues of Debian 5.0.6 "Lenny"

2010-10-04 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:28:58 +1100, David Shum wrote: (...) > However, I could not install Debian into my Hewlett Packard dv6-3030tx > notebook with a Intel i5-540M processor (dual core). What error/behaviour are you getting? The more information you provide, the better people could help. Gr

Re: Installation issues of Debian 5.0.6 "Lenny"

2010-10-04 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 04. 10. 2010 12:36:20 je David Shum napisal(a): I install Debian Lenny 5.0 (Update 6) using the CD ISO image downloaded from debian.org. I burn the image to a DVD, put DVD into my Hewlett Packard dv6-3030tx notebook (Intel i5-540M on Intel HM55 chipset), then via the HP BIOS, I boot m

Re: Security and dual booting/running in VM Windows and Linux

2010-10-04 Thread Angus Hedger
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 09:39:00 +0100 Lisi wrote: > I have no metrics myself against which to measure this. I have > Googled, but have found it difficult to distinguish the FUD and > biased/inaccurate information from the "real" - and reliable - > information. I would be glad of some opinions from

Re: Security and dual booting/running in VM Windows and Linux

2010-10-04 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 04. 10. 2010 10:39:00 je Lisi napisal(a): I have no metrics myself against which to measure this. I have Googled, but have found it difficult to distinguish the FUD and biased/inaccurate information from the "real" - and reliable - information. I would be glad of some opinions from th

Re: Printing - CUPS and Canon laser printer

2010-10-04 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:12:19 +1100, Rob Hurle wrote: (...) > In response to another suggestion, there is no postscript module for > this printer as it uses CAPT, the Canon printer driver. The software > provided by Canon puts "pstocapt3" in /usr/lib/cups/filter. I notice > that there is a rep

Re: What controls font settings?

2010-10-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:44:17 -0400, vr wrote: (...) > Aside from configuring each app to use specific fonts, what's > controlling this 'under the hood' font activity so to speak? Font setting and look are in charge of DE or window manager, so if you are using Xfce, you'll have to configure fon

Re: need advice on a solution

2010-10-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On 10/04/2010 01:05 AM, Long Wind wrote: (sorry, this is not Linux specific) I trade stocks. I put stock prices in file. Often I need compute PE for each day. To cope with stock split, I need to recompute prices as if un-split. Sometimes to compute PE, I want to use average of the last three yea

Re: need advice on a solution

2010-10-04 Thread Doug
On 10/04/2010 03:15 AM, Doug wrote: On 10/04/2010 02:59 AM, Long Wind wrote: I'm rather confused. Another user Ron just say the opposite. Suppose stock prices in an array (or table or database) and annual earnings of 10 years in another array (or table or database) to compute PE using average

Installation issues of Debian 5.0.6 "Lenny"

2010-10-04 Thread David Shum
Hi, Ever since the university I attend for my postgraduate course in Information Technology introduced me to Debian, I have been an avid user of the operating system as a desktop environment. I have been able to successfully install Debian 5.0.6 "Lenny" in an old Compaq desktop with Pentium III p

Re: deluge to handle torrents

2010-10-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:19:16 -0700, briand wrote: > On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 20:33:05 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: >> Then check for any available update of Icewasel (xulrunner) because >> that looks not normal (at least I get that option under Squeeze that >> has iceweasel 3.5.13-1) :-? >> >> > That'

Re: need advice on a solution

2010-10-04 Thread Long Wind
Thank Ron Johnson ! I probably won't waste time on learning spreadsheet. I am new to Perl and Python. (A lot of training required!) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://li

Re: need advice on a solution

2010-10-04 Thread Doug
On 10/04/2010 02:05 AM, Long Wind wrote: (sorry, this is not Linux specific) I trade stocks. I put stock prices in file. Often I need compute PE for each day. To cope with stock split, I need to recompute prices as if un-split. Sometimes to compute PE, I want to use average of the last three yea

Re: Multimedia - aptitude message...........

2010-10-04 Thread godo
On 10/03/2010 10:45 PM, Charlie wrote: This error message: Get:1 http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing/main libx264-104 i386 1:0.svn20100918-0.1 [486kB] Fetched 486kB in 26s (18.6kB/s) E: Failed to fetch http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/x/x264/libx264-104_0.svn20100918-0.1_i386.de

Re: X & radeon & flash & youtube problem

2010-10-04 Thread Richard Hector
On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 09:49 +, Camaleón wrote: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Testing/GEMLeak I don't think so. My problem happens as soon as I open that youtube video - well, actually I think when it starts to play video, which is maybe half a second after I click the link. And that's immediatel

Re: squeeze /etc/kbd/remap replace caps with ctrl

2010-10-04 Thread Volkan YAZICI
On Sun, 3 Oct 2010, Bob Proulx writes: > Volkan YAZICI wrote: >> In Squeeze, despite I removed the comment prefix of >> >> s/keycode 58 = Caps_Lock/keycode 58 = Control/; >> >> line, neither "/etc/init.d/kbd restart", nor "restart" makes any >> difference in the caps lock key. Am I missing s

need advice on a solution

2010-10-04 Thread Long Wind
(sorry, this is not Linux specific) I trade stocks. I put stock prices in file. Often I need compute PE for each day. To cope with stock split, I need to recompute prices as if un-split. Sometimes to compute PE, I want to use average of the last three years' earning To complete these tasks Solut

Re: Installation issues of Debian 5.0.6 "Lenny"

2010-10-04 Thread Michael Schmitt
hi David, maybe you can ask someone with the same problem here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1521022 good luck! bye 2010/10/4 David Shum > Hi, > > Ever since the university I attend for my postgraduate course in > Information Technology introduced me to Debian, I have been an avid u

Re: debian lenny installation issues

2010-10-04 Thread vishnu vardhan
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:31:46 +0530, vishnu vardhan wrote: > > > almost six months ago, i have installed debian lenny on my machine. at > > the time of installation i have faced three issues : > > > > issue 1 : after configuration of dhcp server,

Re: question/answer website for user support: shapado.debian.net

2010-10-04 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:44:04 +0200, Jesús M. Navarro wrote: > On Sunday 03 October 2010 20:10:28 Camaleón wrote: >> > Thus disgregating limited "work force" between two competing >> > environments. Remember web forums (and spam) was what killed NNTP as >> > a general usage tool (and I don't think

Re: need advice on a solution

2010-10-04 Thread Doug
On 10/04/2010 02:59 AM, Long Wind wrote: I'm rather confused. Another user Ron just say the opposite. Suppose stock prices in an array (or table or database) and annual earnings of 10 years in another array (or table or database) to compute PE using average of last 3 years is like writing a pro

Re: need advice on a solution

2010-10-04 Thread Long Wind
I'm rather confused. Another user Ron just say the opposite. Suppose stock prices in an array (or table or database) and annual earnings of 10 years in another array (or table or database) to compute PE using average of last 3 years is like writing a program Can spreadsheet really do the job?

Re: unable to run gsynaptics on lenny

2010-10-04 Thread vishnu vardhan
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 09/29/2010 12:54 AM, vishnu vardhan wrote: > > but, when i try to run # dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, i am > > receiving the following error : > > > > xserver-xorg postinst w

X & radeon & flash & youtube problem

2010-10-04 Thread Richard Hector
Hi all, I recently caved and installed flashplugin-nonfree on my squeeze system (once the 64-bit player was re-released). However, when I watch some (not all) youtube videos, the screens (2) first go black, then (possibly triggered by switching to a text console), get corrupted and start flashing

Re: Installation issues of Debian 5.0.6 "Lenny"

2010-10-04 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 04. 10. 2010 09:28:58 je David Shum napisal(a): However, I could not install Debian into my Hewlett Packard dv6-3030tx notebook with a Intel i5-540M processor (dual core). I have been able to install Ubuntu 10.04.1 "Lucid Lynx" albeit without the software driver for the ATI graphics c

Re: courier certificate regeneration.

2010-10-04 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:30:18 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: >> My Cyrus (pop3/imap server) login messages fall under >> "/var/log/syslog". You can grep that file for "pop". > > Well. In the file I see a connection info only - but no a word on > certificate expiration. > > Any ideas? - Why new certifica

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