Re: Aptitude package installation order (Squeeze)

2010-11-03 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-11-04 05:27 +0100, Nick wrote: > A pretty simple question: Does the order packages to install are > listed on the aptitude command line matter? Yes it does: http://bugs.debian.org/401835. The same is true for apt-get, BTW: http://bugs.debian.org/122304 and siblings. Sven -- To UNSUBS

Ecartis command results: -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis --

2010-11-03 Thread Ecartis
>> The original message was received at Thu, 4 Nov 2010 12:13:51 +0800 Unknown command. >> from 206.142.53.6 Unknown command. >> - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - Unknown command. >> Unknown command. --- Ecartis v1.0.0 - job execution complete. -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Aptitude package installation order (Squeeze)

2010-11-03 Thread Nick
Hello, A pretty simple question: Does the order packages to install are listed on the aptitude command line matter? This is on an updated but very bare-bones Squeeze installation (pretty much nothing installed but the base system). I've always thought it didn't and that dependency resolution wou

Re: minimum number of days between password change

2010-11-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/03/2010 10:41 AM, Robert Brockway wrote: [snip] Personally I don't think much of keeping a record of old password hashes but for a different reason: they are easily circumvented by the user changing their password several times until they can reuse the old one again. Then, instead of ret

Re: help with rtorrent

2010-11-03 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 06:19:58 -0400 Rob Owens wrote: > On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 09:50:50PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:35:24 -0400 > > Rob Owens wrote: > > > > > I'm new to bittorrent. I'm using rtorrent to download > > > debian-506-i386-CD-1.iso. I set my firewall to forward

Re: minimum number of days between password change

2010-11-03 Thread John Hasler
Mark Allums writes: > Not a pattern in the hashes. A pattern in the history. What history? There is no need to save anything but the last N hashes. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@li

Re: minimum number of days between password change

2010-11-03 Thread Mark Allums
On 11/3/2010 10:41 AM, Robert Brockway wrote: On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Mark Allums wrote: You can't reverse the hash, but a pattern in the history file might tell someone something you don't want them to know. Granted, you could keep the If the hash algorithm is worth its salt (pun intended) then

Re: [Partially solved] Re: OpenOffice and the GTK file dialog box

2010-11-03 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:16:03 -0500 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 11/03/2010 06:33 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > On 2010-11-03, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 11/02/2010 08:04 PM, Celejar wrote: > >>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 14:46:01 + (UTC) > >>> Camaleón wrote: > Not sure if already mentioned in this

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Re: [Partially solved] Re: OpenOffice and the GTK file dialog box

2010-11-03 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:28:11 -0500 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 11/02/2010 08:04 PM, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 14:46:01 + (UTC) > > Camaleón wrote: ... > >> You can try with another variant: using env. variables (i.e., > >> OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome) that I guess it should be defined

Re: [Partially solved] Re: OpenOffice and the GTK file dialog box

2010-11-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/03/2010 06:33 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote: On 2010-11-03, Ron Johnson wrote: On 11/02/2010 08:04 PM, Celejar wrote: On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 14:46:01 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: Not sure if already mentioned in this thread, but IIRC that option is only available/visible for users running OOo und

How can I get the currently running kernel version's source ?

2010-11-03 Thread yamada hiroyuki
Hello, I built the kernel with debug information for systemtap. But, systemtap says Error inserting module '/tmp/staplTSL5T/stap_c7ba0a7f4c2310db9aea2545f5537756_433.ko': Invalid module format when insmod is internally called. I think it is from version conflict between the one currently runn

Re: [Partially solved] Re: OpenOffice and the GTK file dialog box

2010-11-03 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2010-11-03, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 11/02/2010 08:04 PM, Celejar wrote: >> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 14:46:01 + (UTC) >> Camaleón wrote: >>> Not sure if already mentioned in this thread, but IIRC that option is >>> only available/visible for users running OOo under KDE/GNOME/XFCE. >> >> I'm runni

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Chris Davies
> On 03/11/2010 11:42, Chris Davies asked: >> Do you have a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf? Johan Scheepers replied: > No. Not such file. Right. Try creating the file with the attached content. I tested it on my laptop, and it appears to work for me. Chris cut-here Section "ServerLayo

Re: what is the use of -c parameter of column(1), can you demonstrate with an example?

2010-11-03 Thread Phil Requirements
On 2010-11-03 15:05:55 +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > On 11/03/2010 01:44 PM, Phil Requirements wrote: > > I find that the column utility belongs to bsdmainutils package, so > > it's a BSD application, not a GNU one. I think it would make sense to > > file a bug, since you want to offer an improvemen

Re: dovecot imapd on network

2010-11-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Rob Owens put forth on 11/3/2010 5:09 PM: > On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 02:56:13PM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> The Debian Lenny Dovecot 1.0.15 dovecot.conf disables plain text login >> by default as a security measure. Look for the following in >> /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: >> >> # Disable LOGIN co

Re: dovecot imapd on network

2010-11-03 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 05:16:34PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On 11/03/2010 03:56 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > In essence Debian Dovecot is broken out of the box, WRT remote clients, > > intentionally. You must manually enable plain text auth and/or SSL/TLS > > auth. This is one of the good

Re: dovecot imapd on network

2010-11-03 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 02:56:13PM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > The Debian Lenny Dovecot 1.0.15 dovecot.conf disables plain text login > by default as a security measure. Look for the following in > /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: > > # Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications un

Re: dovecot imapd on network

2010-11-03 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 11/03/2010 03:56 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > In essence Debian Dovecot is broken out of the box, WRT remote clients, > intentionally. You must manually enable plain text auth and/or SSL/TLS > auth. This is one of the good traits of Debian. It tries to keep you > from getting yourself into trou

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 22:03, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:01:40 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: Now that remains is a big thank you for a big effort from you to solve this. It was a learning experience for me. Thank you to other list members who suggested some tweaks. Regards Hey, do

Re: Screen clear on terminal logout (was Re: Orphaned User Accounts?)

2010-11-03 Thread Bob Proulx
James Zuelow wrote: > >But it won't have effect for any network access. > > The only network access I typically do is ssh, and when I'm done I > just close the konsole window. If I am working from a console I > could just type `clear` when I'm done if I want to clear the screen. Exactly my point

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Richard Hector
On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 20:03 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:01:40 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > > > Now that remains is a big thank you for a big effort from you to solve > > this. It was a learning experience for me. > > Thank you to other list members who suggested some tweaks.

Re: [Partially solved] Re: OpenOffice and the GTK file dialog box

2010-11-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/02/2010 08:04 PM, Celejar wrote: On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 14:46:01 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:18:03 -0400, Celejar wrote: On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 09:16:32 -0400 Celejar wrote: On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 09:31:59 + (UTC) Liam O'Toole wrote: ... What I would try next is

RE: Screen clear on terminal logout (was Re: Orphaned User Accounts?)

2010-11-03 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: Bob Proulx [mailto:b...@proulx.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 11:35 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Screen clear on terminal logout (was Re: Orphaned User Accounts?) > James Zuelow wrote: >>> Carlos Mennens wrote: I always wanted to te

Re: dovecot imapd on network

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:56:13 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Camaleón put forth on 11/3/2010 2:37 PM: >> On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:37:12 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: >> >>> I have dovecot imapd setup & working on my Lenny box, and I have a >>> local user account setup in thunderbird & have IMAP fold

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:01:40 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Now that remains is a big thank you for a big effort from you to solve > this. It was a learning experience for me. > Thank you to other list members who suggested some tweaks. Regards Hey, don't give up so easily! :-) Let's return to

Re: dovecot imapd on network

2010-11-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Camaleón put forth on 11/3/2010 2:37 PM: > On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:37:12 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > >> I have dovecot imapd setup & working on my Lenny box, and I have a >> local user account setup in thunderbird & have IMAP folders. I am trying >> to setup my laptop to that IMAP account work

Re: dovecot imapd on network

2010-11-03 Thread Jochen Schulz
Paul Cartwright: > > I have dovecot imapd setup & working on my Lenny box, and I have a > local user account setup in thunderbird & have IMAP folders. > I am trying to setup my laptop to that IMAP account working, but it is > refusing connections... > do I need to do something to iptables? or am I

Re: minimum number of days between password change

2010-11-03 Thread Lukas Baxa
Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:35:20 +, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 12:49 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > However, I'm able to change my password when logged in as guest as many times I want the same day >>> If someone learns my password on day 2, they

Re: dovecot imapd on network

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:37:12 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > I have dovecot imapd setup & working on my Lenny box, and I have a > local user account setup in thunderbird & have IMAP folders. I am trying > to setup my laptop to that IMAP account working, but it is refusing > connections... > do I

Re: Screen clear on terminal logout (was Re: Orphaned User Accounts?)

2010-11-03 Thread Bob Proulx
James Zuelow wrote: > > Carlos Mennens wrote: > >> I always wanted to tell them I hate the fact that when 'root' logs > >> out, the terminal / bash window doesn't clear like it does for normal > > Here's a workaround. This will clear the screen for all users: > > mv /etc/issue /etc/issue.origin

Re: Orphaned User Accounts?

2010-11-03 Thread Bob Proulx
Carlos Mennens wrote: > I always wanted to tell them I hate the fact that when 'root' logs > out, the terminal / bash window doesn't clear like it does for > normal users. I think this should be a Debian default behavior. I > can't see a reason beyond over looking it as to why all my commands > are

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 19:46, Morgan Gangwere wrote: On 11/2/2010 12:20 AM, Johan Scheepers wrote: [stuff] I've had exactly similar problems... And mine were solved by building my own Xorg configuration. Part of this was by going around and doing VERY general google searches about my laptop and linux/X.

Re: [solved] Re: Ethernet port dead

2010-11-03 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 03. 11. 2010 19:13:02 je Rodolfo Medina napisal(a): A few weeks ago I started the present thread. The messages from this list seemed to conclude that it was a hardware problem and no remedy to make it work. Then I bought a new usb ethernet port and upgraded the kernel to linux-imag

Re: debian list problem

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:55:55 +0100, godo wrote: >> Mmm... maybe the mailing list server does not like your IP >> (93.139.23.178) because it appears as blacklisted under some rbl :-? >> >> > Thanks for answer. Yes, I'm on http://www.mail-abuse.com/ and I don't > know why. It's quite common to get

dovecot imapd on network

2010-11-03 Thread Paul Cartwright
I have dovecot imapd setup & working on my Lenny box, and I have a local user account setup in thunderbird & have IMAP folders. I am trying to setup my laptop to that IMAP account working, but it is refusing connections... do I need to do something to iptables? or am I missing something else.. --

Re: removing postgres

2010-11-03 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Jochen: > Ok, so the installed package is broken. What message do you get when > you try to reinstall that package? Well. I have installed again: postgresql-client-common postgresql-common , did change ownership (user and group to postgres) of my cluster and

Re: Graphical diff/patch viewer

2010-11-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Rob Gom wrote: >There is kompare for KDE, but it is unreliable - produces false >results for specific patches. Odd. I use it all the time and haven't seen it be inconsistent. It fails indicate files have changed when git uses "Binary files a and b differ." as the patch text, but it shows

Re: Orphaned User Accounts?

2010-11-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Carlos Mennens wrote: >I would think developers could better configure the package >installer (apt) to assign standard UID / GID once that time comes the >user elects to install the software rather than pre-loading them but >that's just me. Patches welcome. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.

Re: apt-get install -- packet list from a file

2010-11-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Felipe Sateler wrote: >On 11/03/2010 03:01 AM, Brian Ryans wrote: >> Quoting kuLa on 2010-11-01 06:02:50: > apt-get install `sed "s/\n/ /" /your/listfile` > is much better. >>> >>> cat file-list|xargs apt-get -y install >> >> apt-get -y install foo >> (read db; grab foo; install foo;

[solved] Re: Ethernet port dead

2010-11-03 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina writes: > The ethernet port of my Hyundai laptop, that used to work fine, seems to be > dead. At boot, I get the following message: > > Setting up networking > Configuring network interfaces...SIOCSIFADDR: No such device > eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such dev

Re: debian list problem

2010-11-03 Thread godo
Mmm... maybe the mailing list server does not like your IP (93.139.23.178) because it appears as blacklisted under some rbl :-? Greetings, Thanks for answer. Yes, I'm on http://www.mail-abuse.com/ and I don't know why. I contacted them and hope that I will soon be removed. -- Bye, Gora

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Morgan Gangwere
On 11/2/2010 12:20 AM, Johan Scheepers wrote: [stuff] I've had exactly similar problems... And mine were solved by building my own Xorg configuration. Part of this was by going around and doing VERY general google searches about my laptop and linux/X. The other part of it was going and getting an

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Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 18:09, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:47:08 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 03/11/2010 17:15, Camaleón wrote: So jump to a tty (Ctrl+Alt+F1), login as root and run: init 1 Re-type root's password to get into maintenance console and follow the last steps:

RE: Screen clear on terminal logout (was Re: Orphaned User Accounts?)

2010-11-03 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: Morgan Gangwere [mailto:0.fracta...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 8:42 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Screen clear on terminal logout (was Re: Orphaned User Accounts?) > On 11/3/2010 9:30 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote: >> I always wanted to

Re: apt-get install -- packet list from a file

2010-11-03 Thread Felipe Sateler
On 11/03/2010 03:01 AM, Brian Ryans wrote: > Quoting kuLa on 2010-11-01 06:02:50: >>> cat file-list|xargs apt-get -y install apt-get install `sed "s/\n/ /" /your/listfile` >>> is much better. >> >> From my experience it's doing lookup only once cause you're passing >> package names only o

Screen clear on terminal logout (was Re: Orphaned User Accounts?)

2010-11-03 Thread Morgan Gangwere
On 11/3/2010 9:30 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote: > I always wanted to tell them I hate the fact that when 'root' logs > out, the terminal / bash window doesn't clear like it does for normal > users. I think this should be a Debian default behavior. I can't see a > reason beyond over looking it as to why

Re: Orphaned User Accounts?

2010-11-03 Thread Brian Ryans
Quoting Carlos Mennens on 2010-11-02 16:09:41: > I de-select EVERYTHING and after logging in I find: (snip: list of static static uids from /etc/passwd) > understand why those accounts would appear but why do these accounts > appear in a fresh minimal installation with no trace of their > Is the

Re: apt-get install -- packet list from a file

2010-11-03 Thread Brian Ryans
Quoting kuLa on 2010-11-01 06:02:50: > > cat file-list|xargs apt-get -y install > >> apt-get install `sed "s/\n/ /" /your/listfile` > > > >> is much better. > > From my experience it's doing lookup only once cause you're passing > package names only once at start. ACK. > cat file-list|xargs apt

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:47:08 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 03/11/2010 17:15, Camaleón wrote: >> So jump to a tty (Ctrl+Alt+F1), login as root and run: >> >> init 1 >> >> Re-type root's password to get into maintenance console and follow the >> last steps: >> >> cd /etc/X11/ >> Xorg -configur

Re: minimum number of days between password change

2010-11-03 Thread Robert Brockway
On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Mark Allums wrote: I know it is the hashes. Everything leaves tracks. It's not the passwords that might be compromised, it's the privacy. I expect this is an example of extreme paranoia, but still... An unrelated example: Incognito mode (AKA, porn mode) of Google Chrom

Re: Trying to use a Nokia N95 as a modem over USB

2010-11-03 Thread Andrew Malcolmson
For anyone still following this thread, Bluetooth tethering from the N95 works using the Bluetooth DUN wizard in Ubuntu 10.10 which uses a development version of Network Manager 8.1. No doubt these changes will hit Debian soon in NM 8.2. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.deb

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 17:15, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:26:33 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 03/11/2010 14:25, Camaleón wrote: My bad. In squeeze it is called gdm3: /etc/init.d/gdm3 stop And follow the rest of the steps.. ** (gdm3 : 2656) : Warning : Failed to a

Re: Orphaned User Accounts?

2010-11-03 Thread Carlos Mennens
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Camaleón wrote: > You should forward your query/proposal to Debian devel mailing list where > "food is being cooked" :-) Thanks for the info and I will forward it to the developer list. I always wanted to tell them I hate the fact that when 'root' logs out, the te

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:26:33 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 03/11/2010 14:25, Camaleón wrote: >> My bad. In squeeze it is called gdm3: >> >> /etc/init.d/gdm3 stop >> >> And follow the rest of the steps.. > > ** (gdm3 : 2656) : Warning : Failed to aquire org.name.displaymanager > "

Re: Orphaned User Accounts?

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:14:38 -0400, Carlos Mennens wrote: > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 4:18 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> 12.1.12.1 Are all system users necessary? >> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch12.en.html#s- faq-os-users > > I guess I'm still puzzled. That link is a great expl

Re: Orphaned User Accounts?

2010-11-03 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 03. 11. 2010 15:15:40 je Carlos Mennens napisal(a): On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:50 AM, John Hasler wrote: > Carlos Mennens writes: > The entries you are complaining about are > placeholders.  The idea is to standardize the UIDs of the various system > users.  See section 9.2 of the Debian

Re: Orphaned User Accounts?

2010-11-03 Thread B. Alexander
Here is an idea...Just throwing this out there. If the accounts are placeholders, why not set them up on install with a shell of /bin/false and then when a package that needs them is installed, one of the steps would be to chsh to /bin/sh or whatever. Obviously, this would be something to be accep

Re: Orphaned User Accounts?

2010-11-03 Thread Carlos Mennens
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:50 AM, John Hasler wrote: > Carlos Mennens writes: > The entries you are complaining about are > placeholders.  The idea is to standardize the UIDs of the various system > users.  See section 9.2 of the Debian Policy manual. Not so much of a complaint rather than just try

Re: Orphaned User Accounts?

2010-11-03 Thread John Hasler
Carlos Mennens writes: > I never installed Apache so why would there be a '/var/www' directory > or for that matter a 'www-data' user in '/etc/passwd'? So that if you ever do install Apache or any other Web server it will get UID 33 and GID 33. The entries you are complaining about are placeholde

Re: where is kedit?

2010-11-03 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <> Guess, development ceased for KEdit, so did packaging. So for simple writing needs use KWrite, for advanced ones - Kate. Regards Roman On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > Kedit, the KDE text editor disappeare

where is kedit?

2010-11-03 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, Kedit, the KDE text editor disappeared from Sid. Anybody know what the KDE text editor is now? Hugo -- 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/iarp7u$nr.

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 11:42, Chris Davies wrote: lee quoted the pastbin: (II) VESA(0):: Using default hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz ... (WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying less strict filter... (II) VESA(0):: Using hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz ... (II) VESA(0): Not

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 14:25, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:00:55 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 03/11/2010 00:58, Camaleón wrote: O.k. Try to let Xorg to generate by itself a "xorg.conf" file. If you are under gnome, go to a tty (ctrl+alt+f1) and then as root run: /etc/init.

Re: Orphaned User Accounts?

2010-11-03 Thread Carlos Mennens
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 4:18 AM, Camaleón wrote: > 12.1.12.1 Are all system users necessary? > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch12.en.html#s-faq-os-users I guess I'm still puzzled. That link is a great explanation to what each user does and it's fairly common sense that no

Re: Graphical diff/patch viewer

2010-11-03 Thread Jochen Schulz
Rob Gom: > > do you know/is there any graphical patch/diff viewer in Debian (or for > Linux in general)? Such a tool would produce side by side view of > changes/deletions/inserts. Apart from vimdiff: have you tried Kdiff3? J. -- I can tell a Whopper[tm] from a BigMac[tm] and Coke[tm] from Pepsi

Re: help with rtorrent

2010-11-03 Thread Artifex Maximus
Hello! On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:35 AM, Rob Owens wrote: > When I go to "Info" on this torrent, rtorrent says "Connection type: > leech".  What do I need to do to be a good bittorrent citizen? As long as you do not have each chunks of a torrent rtorrent says you are leech. If you download torrent

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Steven
On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 12:25 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:00:55 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > > > On 03/11/2010 00:58, Camaleón wrote: > [...] > > > > Question..: Once in tty, how to return to gnome grafical. > > Ctrl+Alt+F7 > > :-) > Might need Ctrl + Alt + F8 instead

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:00:55 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 03/11/2010 00:58, Camaleón wrote: >> O.k. Try to let Xorg to generate by itself a "xorg.conf" file. >> >> If you are under gnome, go to a tty (ctrl+alt+f1) and then as root run: >> >> /etc/init.d/gdm stop >> > Report no such file

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 00:58, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:02:52 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 02/11/2010 22:02, Camaleón wrote: Again, you'll have to create the file "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" and put in there: *** Section "Device" Driver "sis671" EndSection *** Don

Re: Graphical diff/patch viewer

2010-11-03 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 09:08:13AM +0100, Rob Gom wrote: > Hi all, > do you know/is there any graphical patch/diff viewer in Debian (or for > Linux in general)? Such a tool would produce side by side view of > changes/deletions/inserts. > There is kompare for KDE, but it is unreliable - produces fa

Re: VMware install bi-passes iso file

2010-11-03 Thread Chris Davies
> Chris Davies writes: >> The host hardware's largely irrelevant. What is important is the virtual >> hardware offered within the VM. I successfully run a 686 based kernel, >> here. Harry Putnam wrote: > What ISO did you use? The most recent from which I've installed is debian-505-i386-netinst.

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Chris Davies
lee quoted the pastbin: > (II) VESA(0): : Using default hsync range of > 31.50-37.90 kHz ... > (WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying less strict filter... > (II) VESA(0): : Using hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz ... > (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) It seem

Re: help with rtorrent

2010-11-03 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 09:50:50PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:35:24 -0400 > Rob Owens wrote: > > > I'm new to bittorrent. I'm using rtorrent to download > > debian-506-i386-CD-1.iso. I set my firewall to forward TCP 6890-6999 to > > my bittorrent machine, per my .rtorrent.rc

Re: Graphical diff/patch viewer

2010-11-03 Thread Javier Barroso
Hi, On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Rob Gom wrote: > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Volkan YAZICI wrote: >> On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Rob Gom writes: >>> do you know/is there any graphical patch/diff viewer in Debian (or for >>> Linux in general)? Such a tool would produce side by side view of >>> c

Re: what is the use of -c parameter of column(1), can you demonstrate with an example?

2010-11-03 Thread Javier Barroso
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Zhang Weiwu wrote: >  On 11/03/2010 01:44 PM, Phil Requirements wrote: >> >> I find that the column utility belongs to bsdmainutils package, so >> it's a BSD application, not a GNU one. I think it would make sense to >> file a bug, since you want to offer an improve

Re: removing postgres

2010-11-03 Thread Jochen Schulz
Sthu Deus: > Jochen: >> >> Why do you use dpkg for that? Have you tried apt-get or aptitude? I >> guess they will do what you want to achieve. >> >> J. > > I've tried that already. Please check this: > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > postgresql-8.3 [8.3.11-0lenny1] postgresql-cli

Re: Does Icedove have a "system tray" function?

2010-11-03 Thread AG
On 03/11/10 08:56, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:47:00 +, AG wrote: On 02/11/10 19:36, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: Have you tried Alltray? Thanks - I now have .. how does one apply it to Icedove? Maybe this helps: alltray: fails when started from "run

Re: Graphical diff/patch viewer

2010-11-03 Thread Rob Gom
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Volkan YAZICI wrote: > On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Rob Gom writes: >> do you know/is there any graphical patch/diff viewer in Debian (or for >> Linux in general)? Such a tool would produce side by side view of >> changes/deletions/inserts. >> There is kompare for KDE, but

Re: Does Icedove have a "system tray" function?

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:47:00 +, AG wrote: > On 02/11/10 19:36, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: >> Have you tried Alltray? > Thanks - I now have .. how does one apply it to Icedove? Maybe this helps: alltray: fails when started from "run application" or "startup applications" http://bugs.debian.o

Re: OT:Gmail and console-kit-daemon

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:10:10 -0700, Arthur Barlow wrote: > I believe that this has been mentioned before, but I still haven't heard > a credible argument. If I monitor the processes on my when I first open > a browser, not much changes, expect maybe a few added processes for the > browser. If I

Re: Graphical diff/patch viewer

2010-11-03 Thread Volkan YAZICI
On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Rob Gom writes: > do you know/is there any graphical patch/diff viewer in Debian (or for > Linux in general)? Such a tool would produce side by side view of > changes/deletions/inserts. > There is kompare for KDE, but it is unreliable - produces false > results for specific pat

Re: Orphaned User Accounts?

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:09:41 -0400, Carlos Mennens wrote: > I am researching or trying to understand how I can understand why Debian > developers decided to implement a fresh installation of Squeeze > specifically with orphaned users listed in '/etc/passwd' file. What I > mean is if I do a fresh '

Graphical diff/patch viewer

2010-11-03 Thread Rob Gom
Hi all, do you know/is there any graphical patch/diff viewer in Debian (or for Linux in general)? Such a tool would produce side by side view of changes/deletions/inserts. There is kompare for KDE, but it is unreliable - produces false results for specific patches (bug not reported yet, as I have t

Re: debian list problem

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:37:50 +0100, godo wrote: (...) > : > 82.195.75.100 does not like recipient. Remote host said: 550 5.7.1 > : Recipient address rejected: Mail > appeared to be SPAM or forged. Ask your Mail/DNS-Administrator to > correct HELO and DNS MX settings or to get removed from DNSBLs

Re: what is the use of -c parameter of column(1), can you demonstrate with an example?

2010-11-03 Thread Zhang Weiwu
On 11/03/2010 01:44 PM, Phil Requirements wrote: > > I find that the column utility belongs to bsdmainutils package, so > it's a BSD application, not a GNU one. I think it would make sense to > file a bug, since you want to offer an improvement. Thanks for point that bsdmainutils out. I had been