Re: one process occupying the whole cpu

2010-11-25 Thread George
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > At 16.10 this afternoon I started a process via a shell script  which > is nso resource-hungry > that absolutely  nothing else on the computer (amd64 laptop, cpu with > two cores) got done . > Even the clock stands frozen at 16.

Re: grub boot control from an usb-keyboard.

2010-11-25 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 25. 11. 2010 12:06:17 je Andrei Popescu napisal(a): > > Good point! Is there any chance of /etc/default/grub being overwritten when > the Grub package is updated? You're prompted whether to install the maintainer's version or keep your own

one process occupying the whole cpu

2010-11-25 Thread Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen
At 16.10 this afternoon I started a process via a shell script which is nso resource-hungry that absolutely nothing else on the computer (amd64 laptop, cpu with two cores) got done . Even the clock stands frozen at 16.10 for many hours! I thought that with a modern, time-sharing OS like linux t

Re: run program with another user how?

2010-11-25 Thread Arthur Bela
gksu -u mm5-user -l -d -w xcalc it worked!!! thank you!! On 25 November 2010 19:17, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:52:23 +0100, Arthur Bela wrote: > > >> On 25 November 2010 16:59, Camaleón wrote: > > (...) > >>> gksu -u user -l -d xcalc > >> $ gksu -u mm5-user -l -d xcalc >> No ask_pa

Re: Rules to .procmailrc

2010-11-25 Thread Simon Hollenbach
> So what is the rule to put in to .procmailrc to short all of these  > mails sent to some user. In this case debian-user@lists.debian.org :P Hi, You could have really used google on this one. Even bing should find sth... http://userpages.umbc.edu/~ian/procmail.html Under recipes there is a sa

Rules to .procmailrc

2010-11-25 Thread Ilari Oras
Hello, It seems like someone keep sending mails to mailing-lists via CC. I got this procmailrc that should short all my incoming mails to folders, if needed to keep inbox clear of all these mailing-list mails. So what is the rule to put in to .procmailrc to short all of these mails sent to so

Re: switching between amd64 + i386

2010-11-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:41:38 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Since I have a new amd64 mobo, M4N98TD EVO, I am about to do an amd64 install. Up to now I have run from partitions that were 1386. And a question: how does switch between an amd64 and an i386 partition work? You mea

Re: btrfs on an external HD?

2010-11-25 Thread Wayne Topa
On 11/25/2010 01:26 PM, green wrote: Sven Joachim wrote at 2010-11-25 10:40 -0700: On 2010-11-25 18:18 +0100, Wayne Topa wrote: On 11/25/2010 11:40 AM, green wrote: I suppose we all know about this already: http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org It is probably noteworthy that btrfs does not yet have a f

Re: Bonded NIC's did not come up at boot?

2010-11-25 Thread vr
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:13:18 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Camaleón put forth on 11/24/2010 8:29 AM: > >> If you know a better tool for this then just tell and take our "poor >> minds" from our big ignorance but let me to complain about something I >> consider it should be warned or better yet, c

Re: btrfs on an external HD?

2010-11-25 Thread green
Sven Joachim wrote at 2010-11-25 10:40 -0700: > On 2010-11-25 18:18 +0100, Wayne Topa wrote: > > On 11/25/2010 11:40 AM, green wrote: > >> I suppose we all know about this already: http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org > >> It is probably noteworthy that btrfs does not yet have a fsck tool. > > > > Really?

Re: run program with another user how?

2010-11-25 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:52:23 +0100, Arthur Bela wrote: > On 25 November 2010 16:59, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> gksu -u user -l -d xcalc > $ gksu -u mm5-user -l -d xcalc > No ask_pass set, using default! > xauth: /tmp/libgksu-8oLjeq/.Xauthority STARTUP_ID: > gksu/xcalc/10131-0-g_TIME24032970 cmd[

Re: btrfs on an external HD?

2010-11-25 Thread Brad Alexander
Um, isn't that kind of like a steering wheel that won't turn the car? :) Actually, I understand. the filesystem is a work in progress. Besides, I've been using reiserfs for at least 8 years, and can probably count the number of times I have fscked it on two hands. But then again, when I needed to,

Re: btrfs on an external HD?

2010-11-25 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-11-25 18:18 +0100, Wayne Topa wrote: > On 11/25/2010 11:40 AM, green wrote: >> I suppose we all know about this already: http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org >> It is probably noteworthy that btrfs does not yet have a fsck tool. > > Really? That's not what the package description says.. > > Packa

Re: btrfs on an external HD?

2010-11-25 Thread Wayne Topa
On 11/25/2010 11:40 AM, green wrote: Stan Hoeppner wrote at 2010-11-24 21:31 -0700: It seems you are placing a desire to run what you believe is a "cool neat new etc" filesystem ahead of all other considerations. Brad has already considered the safety of his data. So if he wants to try out bt

Re: btrfs on an external HD?

2010-11-25 Thread Brad Alexander
Well, yes and no, Stan. As a professional sysadmin, I don't particularly want to endanger data or make radical changes to production (or in many cases, even development or test) systems. While yes, it may sound like a "when all you have is a hammer" approach, it is an opportunity to learn the ins a

Re: switching between amd64 + i386

2010-11-25 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 25. 11. 2010 17:12:30 je Hugo Vanwoerkom napisal(a): I don't get the 'daisy-chaining' is that explained somewhere? The old Grub Legacy used the 'chainload' command for that; with a bit of Googling, you should be able to find out whether Grub2 still has that functionality or not. B

Re: switching between amd64 + i386

2010-11-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Simon Hollenbach wrote: On 25/11/10 16:12, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I don't get the 'daisy-chaining' is that explained somewhere? Hugo Hi Hugo, daisy-chaining just describes the technique of one thing pointing to another that points to something else thats got a cousin that... I think u get w

Re: switching between amd64 + i386

2010-11-25 Thread Simon Hollenbach
On 25/11/10 16:12, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I don't get the 'daisy-chaining' is that explained somewhere? Hugo Hi Hugo, daisy-chaining just describes the technique of one thing pointing to another that points to something else thats got a cousin that... I think u get what I mean. Nevertheless:

Re: run program with another user how?

2010-11-25 Thread Arthur Bela
$ gksu -u mm5-user -l -d xcalc No ask_pass set, using default! xauth: /tmp/libgksu-8oLjeq/.Xauthority STARTUP_ID: gksu/xcalc/10131-0-g_TIME24032970 cmd[0]: /usr/bin/sudo cmd[1]: -H cmd[2]: -S cmd[3]: -p cmd[4]: GNOME_SUDO_PASS cmd[5]: -u cmd[6]: mm5-user cmd[7]: -- cmd[8]: xcalc buffer: -GNOME_SUDO

Re: btrfs on an external HD?

2010-11-25 Thread green
Stan Hoeppner wrote at 2010-11-24 21:31 -0700: > It seems you are placing a desire to run what you believe is a "cool > neat new etc" filesystem ahead of all other considerations. Brad has already considered the safety of his data. So if he wants to try out btrfs, great; sounds fun. I suppose w

Re: grub boot control from an usb-keyboard.

2010-11-25 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Klistvud: > Well, if you just took the trouble, you would see that update-grub2 > is a shell one-liner which executes update-grub. So OK, it's not a > symlink, but it might as well be. I think that you're safe either > way. When you installed Grub2, it should

Re: switching between amd64 + i386

2010-11-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Klistvud wrote: Dne, 25. 11. 2010 16:37:17 je Hugo Vanwoerkom napisal(a): So say I install squeeze amd64 in partition sdb3. But want to boot partition sdb6 which is i386 and older than partition sdb3. Then the grub that is called is the amd64 grub that was installed with squeeze amd64, but

Re: switching between amd64 + i386

2010-11-25 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:48:18 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> You can install two GRUBs (inside the first sector of each boot >> partition) and mark the default one with the bootable flag. >> >> I prefer avoiding installing GRUB in the MBR and let each installation >> has its o

Re: switching between amd64 + i386

2010-11-25 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 25. 11. 2010 16:37:17 je Hugo Vanwoerkom napisal(a): So say I install squeeze amd64 in partition sdb3. But want to boot partition sdb6 which is i386 and older than partition sdb3. Then the grub that is called is the amd64 grub that was installed with squeeze amd64, but will it correc

Re: run program with another user how?

2010-11-25 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:06:08 +0100, Arthur Bela wrote: > On 25 November 2010 11:52, Michal wrote: >> What happens if you su to that user, or even login as that user, does >> it work then? > When i log in with the ANOTHERUSER, and start the app, it works. > > http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=v00dEE

Re: switching between amd64 + i386

2010-11-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:41:38 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Since I have a new amd64 mobo, M4N98TD EVO, I am about to do an amd64 install. Up to now I have run from partitions that were 1386. And a question: how does switch between an amd64 and an i386 partition work? You mea

Re: switching between amd64 + i386

2010-11-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Klistvud wrote: Dne, 25. 11. 2010 15:41:38 je Hugo Vanwoerkom napisal(a): Hi, Since I have a new amd64 mobo, M4N98TD EVO, I am about to do an amd64 install. Up to now I have run from partitions that were 1386. And a question: how does switch between an amd64 and an i386 partition work? B

Re: switching between amd64 + i386

2010-11-25 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:41:38 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Since I have a new amd64 mobo, M4N98TD EVO, I am about to do an amd64 > install. > > Up to now I have run from partitions that were 1386. > > And a question: how does switch between an amd64 and an i386 partition > work? You mean "/"

Re: switching between amd64 + i386

2010-11-25 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 25. 11. 2010 15:41:38 je Hugo Vanwoerkom napisal(a): Hi, Since I have a new amd64 mobo, M4N98TD EVO, I am about to do an amd64 install. Up to now I have run from partitions that were 1386. And a question: how does switch between an amd64 and an i386 partition work? By "switch" you

Re: grub boot control from an usb-keyboard.

2010-11-25 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 25. 11. 2010 12:06:17 je Andrei Popescu napisal(a): Just a side-note. If one just wants to 'insmod' additional modules for grub2 it is possible to add them in /etc/default/grub: GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="uhci usb_keyboard" (I don't like changing too many files, /etc/default/grub is already cu

switching between amd64 + i386

2010-11-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, Since I have a new amd64 mobo, M4N98TD EVO, I am about to do an amd64 install. Up to now I have run from partitions that were 1386. And a question: how does switch between an amd64 and an i386 partition work? Now I am running i386 and grub i386. But when I want to boot the amd64 partiti

Re: run program with another user how?

2010-11-25 Thread Arthur Bela
When i log in with the ANOTHERUSER, and start the app, it works. http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=v00dEEtF when i log in with USER, i can't even start xcalc with gksu, so the problem is not with wine, or the program On 25 November 2010 11:52, Michal wrote: > On 25/11/10 10:51, Arthur Bela wrote: >

Re: have to switch windows back and forth after firefox, gimp, etc. exit

2010-11-25 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Tue, 23 Nov 2010, Thomas Dickey wrote: On Tue, 23 Nov 2010, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: Help, whenever I close firefox, gimp, etc. (emacs is OK though.) I have to switch windows back and forth before I can continue typing into the window I am left starting at. Else my keystrokes are ignored.

Re: question regarding SSL

2010-11-25 Thread Jochen Schulz
Arthur Bela: > > If i use https, then my connection "is safe", ok. Safe against earthquakes? -No. Safe against a malicious server admin? -No Safe against a man in the middle? Yes, but only under certain circumstances. Never say something is generally safe (or secure). Always mention which ris

Re: question regarding SSL

2010-11-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 24 nov 10, 22:45:59, Arthur Bela wrote: > If i use https, then my connection "is safe", ok. > > I just want to know, that can someone see that what link i'm exactly visiting? > > I mean, it can only see, that i'm visiting THISSITE.COM, or it can see > THISSITE.COM/SOMELINK.html ? > > than

Re: question regarding SSL

2010-11-25 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:07:16 +0100, Arthur Bela wrote: > On 25 November 2010 12:01, Camaleón wrote: >>> I mean, it can only see, that i'm visiting THISSITE.COM, or it can see >>> THISSITE.COM/SOMELINK.html ? >> >> Well, I think yes, the URI could be displayed/retrieved. It is >> registered in pla

Re: ssh and OpenGL

2010-11-25 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, On 25/11/10 18:52, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:08:51 +0800, Jerome BENOIT wrote: On 25/11/10 17:49, Camaleón wrote: is it possible to have OpenGL through a ssh connection ? I googled, but I found no clear answer, hence my question. Try it :-) ssh -X u...@host glxgears

Re: run program with another user how?

2010-11-25 Thread Michal
On 25/11/10 10:51, Arthur Bela wrote: I want to use an application with wine, but not with the user logged in -> with another user [it would be a """chroot""" ~like "thing" :D - because i don't trust the app...]: i set the permissions: chmod 705 -R ANOTHERUSER/ gksu -u ANOTHERUSER xcalc it a

Re: question regarding SSL

2010-11-25 Thread Arthur Bela
"Well, I think yes, the URI could be displayed/retrieved. It is registered in plain text in web server logs." I meant someone is sniffing the "connection" between my pc, and the server, not the server admin. :O So if someone is sniffing the connection it can only see that, i'm visiting https://TH

Re: grub boot control from an usb-keyboard.

2010-11-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 24 nov 10, 18:13:03, Klistvud wrote: > > I just skimmed over the link I gave you. I thought it was dealing > with Grub configuration files, but now I see it's not ... > Essentially, what you want to do is enter the specified commands > > insmod uhci; insmod usb_keyboard; terminal_input usb

Re: question regarding SSL

2010-11-25 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:45:59 +0100, Arthur Bela wrote: > If i use https, then my connection "is safe", ok. Your connection is encrypted, which means if someone can get a raw dump of the transaction data, it will have to decypher the chunk of code. > I just want to know, that can someone see th

Re: ssh and OpenGL

2010-11-25 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:08:51 +0800, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > On 25/11/10 17:49, Camaleón wrote: >>> is it possible to have OpenGL through a ssh connection ? >>> >>> I googled, but I found no clear answer, hence my question. >> >> Try it :-) >> >> ssh -X u...@host glxgears >> > > Indeed I can run gl

Re: question regarding SSL

2010-11-25 Thread Arthur Bela
Thank you for the answer! On 25 November 2010 00:50, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:45:59 +0100 > Arthur Bela wrote: > >> If i use https, then my connection "is safe", ok. >> >> I just want to know, that can someone see that what link i'm exactly >> visiting? >> >> I mean, it can only

run program with another user how?

2010-11-25 Thread Arthur Bela
I want to use an application with wine, but not with the user logged in -> with another user [it would be a """chroot""" ~like "thing" :D - because i don't trust the app...]: i set the permissions: chmod 705 -R ANOTHERUSER/ gksu -u ANOTHERUSER xcalc it asks for a password, i type in the correct

Re: ssh and OpenGL

2010-11-25 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 25/11/10 17:49, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:39:24 +0800, Jerome BENOIT wrote: is it possible to have OpenGL through a ssh connection ? I googled, but I found no clear answer, hence my question. Try it :-) ssh -X u...@host glxgears Greetings, Indeed I can run glxgears via

Re: ssh and OpenGL

2010-11-25 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 25. 11. 2010 10:45:32 je Jerome BENOIT napisal(a): On 25/11/10 17:37, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 25. 11. 2010 07:39:24 je Jerome BENOIT napisal(a): Hello List, is it possible to have OpenGL through a ssh connection ? I googled, but I found no clear answer, hence my question. Would this be

Re: grub boot control from an usb-keyboard.

2010-11-25 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 25. 11. 2010 07:48:54 je Sthu Deus napisal(a): > I *think* the second one should be just a softlink to the second I thought the same - but it is not - that's why I asked here. Well, if you just took the trouble, you would see that update-grub2 is a shell one-liner which executes update

Re: ssh and OpenGL

2010-11-25 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:39:24 +0800, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > is it possible to have OpenGL through a ssh connection ? > > I googled, but I found no clear answer, hence my question. Try it :-) ssh -X u...@host glxgears Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@li

Re: ssh and OpenGL

2010-11-25 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 25/11/10 17:37, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 25. 11. 2010 07:39:24 je Jerome BENOIT napisal(a): Hello List, is it possible to have OpenGL through a ssh connection ? I googled, but I found no clear answer, hence my question. Would this be X forwarding? Because AFAIK X forwarding (as in client-to

Re: ssh and OpenGL

2010-11-25 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 25. 11. 2010 07:39:24 je Jerome BENOIT napisal(a): Hello List, is it possible to have OpenGL through a ssh connection ? I googled, but I found no clear answer, hence my question. Would this be X forwarding? Because AFAIK X forwarding (as in client-to-server) won't work through ssh. -

Re: btrfs on an external HD?

2010-11-25 Thread Jochen Schulz
Brad Alexander: > > I was thinking about setting up a btrfs filesystem on this drive since > it will be mainly be data from my home workstation that I will be > using on my work laptop, so the data will be safely elsewhere. Both > the home workstation and the work laptop are running sid > (2.6.32-

Re: Debian (2.6.35) on Mac Mini (late-2010)

2010-11-25 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:18:06 -0800, w f wrote: >> I used kernel image "linux-image-2.6.35-stlee-mac-mini-i686" that I got >> from the installer at http://wiki.debian.org/MacMiniIntel As I said, >> everything (included GRUB) seemed to install successfully. After >> speaking with a colleague about

Re: Distorted picture in openarena.

2010-11-25 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:12:23 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: >> If your VGA card is not very powerful, you can first try by lowering >> the requirements of openarena itself (textures and rendering details or >> screen size -not fullscreen-). > I have tried - does not help. > > On the same hardware at ear