iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility

2011-06-08 Thread Bret Busby
Hello. I am running iceape 1.0.9 on Debian 5, and I am wondering whether anyone can tell me whether it is compatible with IPv6. Similarly with the version of iceape that is available for Debian 6. Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you d

Re: is this hard disk failure?

2011-06-08 Thread Miles Fidelman
Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/07/2011 08:02 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: [snip] - install SMART utilities and run "smartctl -A /dev/ -- the first line is usually the "raw read error" rate -- if the value (last entry on the line) is anything except 0, that's the sign that your drive is failing, if it's

Re: Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/06/11 01:58, Frank McCormick wrote: > > Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when > trying to look inside deb files ? This has been going on , in my case > for two months now. Is there a solution ? > > > No problems here Squeeze with Iceweasel and Icedove backpor

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Justin The Cynical
On 6/8/2011 15:15, Ron Johnson wrote: What's "bluetrack"? I agree with not wanting wireless, though. Bluetrack in mice is a proprietary Microsoft made tracking method for their optical mice. Physically, they have larger holes for the emitter and the light is blue instead of red. A quick s

Re: is this hard disk failure?

2011-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/07/2011 08:02 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: [snip] - install SMART utilities and run "smartctl -A /dev/ -- the first line is usually the "raw read error" rate -- if the value (last entry on the line) is anything except 0, that's the sign that your drive is failing, if it's in the 1000s, failur

Setting up networking on eth0

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Panen
Hi I am using KDE on 6.0.0, knetworkmanager uses auto eth0 to get a DHCP address. I have added a wired connection for a static address, but each time i reboot it uses the auto eth0 and i want a static address. Here is my setup: # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system

Re: Synaptic options will not tick

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Panen
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Lisi wrote: > Putting back on list, having erroneously taken it off.  Sorry Mark. :-( > > On Wednesday 08 June 2011 17:59:58 Mark Panen wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Lisi wrote: >> > On Wednesday 08 June 2011 14:41:36 Mark Panen wrote: >> >> I don't un

Re: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse

2011-06-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:05:30 -0400 (EDT), Ralf Mardorf wrote: > ... > Does Debian drop valid hardware, that isn't brand new? I use a PS/2 mouse with Debian, but it does not have a wheel; so I can't address your specific situation. But as to your more general question about hardware support, I dou

Re: x-terminal-emulator does not appear to accept comand line args

2011-06-08 Thread briand
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 14:59:03 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:04:02 -0700, briand wrote: > > > x-terminal-emulator is a script stand-in that simply redirects the > > command line + options to gnome-terminal. > > > > if you try, for example, > > > > x-terminal-emulator --geom

Re: x-terminal-emulator does not appear to accept comand line args

2011-06-08 Thread briand
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 14:04:22 -0400 William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/08/11 at 07:26am, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:14:35 -0400 > > William Hopkins wrote: > > > > > On 06/07/11 at 10:04pm, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > x-terminal-emulator is a scr

Git and gpg agent issues

2011-06-08 Thread Nate Bargmann
This is strange and perhaps someone has an answer. I tried to create a signed tag in a Git repository today on my desktop and I get the following: gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use error: gpg failed to sign the tag error: unable to sign the tag The tag message has been left in .gi

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/08/2011 06:32 AM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I use alcohol to clean the ball and internal rollers. But I'm afraid laser based mice get also dirty (bottom surface has also to be cleaned for fast sliding). Once a year. Maybe. But as I said on my previous post to Ron, I c

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/08/2011 06:16 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces I can't remember the last time I

Re: [OT] Native Oberon

2011-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/08/2011 02:41 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 14:07 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: ETHNO can easily be installed from a diskette in an evening. I experienced having a disk notcher at hand is very comfortable http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/foto/cip/mix_disk_notcher_01.jpg Bah.

Re: Synaptic options will not tick

2011-06-08 Thread Lisi
Putting back on list, having erroneously taken it off. Sorry Mark. :-( On Wednesday 08 June 2011 17:59:58 Mark Panen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Lisi wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 June 2011 14:41:36 Mark Panen wrote: > >> I don't understand why "aptitude update" shows 560 new updates b

Iceweasel's security.checkloaduri; was Re: File URIs;

2011-06-08 Thread peasthope
* From: Liam O'Toole * Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 09:09:58 + (UTC) > ... opening file:// links from > http:// documents. That is disabled by default for security reasons, but > can be enabled by toggling the value of the "security.checkloaduri" > configuration preference. Go to the spec

Re: Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Frank McCormick
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:43:41 +0200 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-06-08 19:51 +0200, Brian wrote: > > > On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 11:58:42 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > >> > >> Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when > >> trying to look inside deb files ? This has b

Fwd: Re: problems with Gnome and KDE

2011-06-08 Thread Vladimir Kerka
Sorry, I sent it to Modestas only, not to the list Vlada Original Message Subject:Re: problems with Gnome and KDE Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:12:25 +0200 From: Vladimir Kerka Reply-To: ke...@dinmont.cz Organization: Dinmont To: Modestas Vainius On 06/

Re: problems with Gnome and KDE

2011-06-08 Thread Modestas Vainius
Hello, On pirmadienis 06 Birželis 2011 00:44:59 Vladimir Kerka wrote: > 2. major problem: I use KDE 4.6.X from Sid, but the session crashes > immediately after start (this is the reason, I sent the copy to > debian-kde). I tried to rename .kde in the home, no luck. More than that, > when I try to

Re: problems with Gnome and KDE

2011-06-08 Thread Vladimir Kerka
On 06/08/2011 03:26 AM, Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer wrote: On Lun 06 Jun 2011 16:08:17 Vladimir Kerka escribió: Hi, Lisandro, thanks for your reply. I am using Sid for several years, with no major problems, I didn't notice crashing window manager before. I was not sure what to report for

Re: Debian Questions on apt-get

2011-06-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 22:08 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 06 iun 11, 14:39:40, Matt wrote: > > > > I gather in the apt-get world the equivalent is: > > > > apt-get update > > apt-get upgrade > > > > I think anyway? Being used to yum I like there way better. ;-) > > Just out of curiosit

[OT] Native Oberon

2011-06-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 14:07 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > ETHNO can easily be installed from a diskette in an evening. I experienced having a disk notcher at hand is very comfortable http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/foto/cip/mix_disk_notcher_01.jpg :D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Problems installing grub/lilo with RAID1 on /

2011-06-08 Thread Felix Natter
"tv.deb...@googlemail.com" writes: > Hi, > > 06/06/2011 20:16, Felix Natter wrote: >> Tom H writes: >> >> hello Tom, >> >>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Felix Natter >>> wrote: >>> >>> I am trying to install squeeze (from live DVD[1]) with a RAID1 root filesystem (/dev/md0). >>>

Re: Debian Questions on apt-get

2011-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 06 iun 11, 14:39:40, Matt wrote: > > I gather in the apt-get world the equivalent is: > > apt-get update > apt-get upgrade > > I think anyway? Being used to yum I like there way better. ;-) Just out of curiosity: is there an equivalent for 'apt-get update' (checking for updates without

Re: Re (2): Native Oberon

2011-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/08/2011 12:02 PM, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: From: Ron Johnson Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:38:28 -0500 And it runs Firefox? Reference the last topic in this message. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/06/msg00521.html The best it can do is FF on another machine via VNC. ETHNO can

Re: laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:27:44 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 16:06:34 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> It seems it can fail, at least under some scenarios ;-) >> >> ifupdown: /etc/init.d/networking should support allow-hotplug >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550014 >

Re: [OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 11:32 +, Camaleón wrote: > What happens is that modern mice are a bit "ostentatious" and > full of buttons (or they're targeted to notebook users and are a bit > small). > > Yes, I'm very picky with my input peripherals :-) +1 > > > As for not working on clear surf

Re: Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-06-08 19:51 +0200, Brian wrote: > On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 11:58:42 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > >> >> Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when >> trying to look inside deb files ? This has been going on , in my case >> for two months now. Is there a solution ?

Re: Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Mittwoch, 8. Juni 2011 schrieb Brian: > On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 11:58:42 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when > > trying to look inside deb files ? This has been going on , in my case > > for two months now. Is there a solution ? >

Re: Time Issues

2011-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 06 iun 11, 21:24:33, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > After installing Debian I had to correct /etc/default/rcS too, I'm > from the same time zone. > I'm not sure if I randomly made a mistake when the installer asked me, > or if it's a bug. On recent installers the question is not asked anymore (

Re: Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Brian
On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 11:58:42 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when > trying to look inside deb files ? This has been going on , in my case > for two months now. Is there a solution ? It's the time to use ar -x. Or be patient. htt

Re: x-terminal-emulator does not appear to accept comand line args

2011-06-08 Thread William Hopkins
On 06/08/11 at 07:26am, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:14:35 -0400 > William Hopkins wrote: > > > On 06/07/11 at 10:04pm, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > x-terminal-emulator is a script stand-in that simply redirects the > > > command line + options to gno

Re: x-terminal-emulator does not appear to accept comand line args

2011-06-08 Thread Tom Furie
On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 07:26:02AM -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > aha, I did this : > > which x-terminal-emulator > > and got this : > > /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator > > which is a script. Hmm, I would expect that to be a link to /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator. Cheers, Tom --

Re: laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop

2011-06-08 Thread Brian
On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 16:06:34 +, Camaleón wrote: > It seems it can fail, at least under some scenarios ;-) > > ifupdown: /etc/init.d/networking should support allow-hotplug > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550014 This isn't a failure of allow-hotplug but a perceived defect

Re: Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-06-08 17:58 +0200, Frank McCormick wrote: > Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when > trying to look inside deb files ? No, you're not alone. > This has been going on , in my case > for two months now. Is there a solution ? See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/

Re: Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Frank McCormick wrote: Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when trying to look inside deb files ? This has been going on , in my case for two months now. Is there a solution ? You're certainly not the only one. I have not found a solution: it does not seem to be de

Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Frank McCormick
Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when trying to look inside deb files ? This has been going on , in my case for two months now. Is there a solution ? -- -- Frank -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:09:41 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Tue 07 Jun 2011 at 19:03:28 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > >> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch05.en.html#list-of- stanzas-in-eni >> >> refers to man 5 interfaces which doesn't seem to explain what software >> is doing the work af

Re (2): Native Oberon

2011-06-08 Thread peasthope
From: Ron Johnson Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:38:28 -0500 > And it runs Firefox? Reference the last topic in this message. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/06/msg00521.html The best it can do is FF on another machine via VNC. ETHNO can easily be installed from a diskette in an evening.

Bad links; was Re: Re (4): Capability of Iceweasel to open a local file.

2011-06-08 Thread peasthope
Scott, > These are the links that don't work (for one reason or another):- Thanks, I'll repair, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 450 2132. bcc: peasthope at shaw.ca Shop pages http://carnot.yi.org/ accessible as long as the old drives survive. Personal pages http://members.shaw.ca/pe

Re: Native Oberon; was Re: Re (4): Capability of Iceweasel to open a local file.

2011-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/08/2011 11:25 AM, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: * From: Ron Johnson * Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:37:25 -0500 By the way, "Native Oberon" the Niklaus Wirth OS? "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Oberon"; And it runs Firefox? -- "Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest l

Re: laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop

2011-06-08 Thread Brian
On Tue 07 Jun 2011 at 19:03:28 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch05.en.html#list-of-stanzas-in-eni > > refers to man 5 interfaces which doesn't seem to explain what software > is doing the work after the plugin of the ethernet cord... and only > if auto

Native Oberon; was Re: Re (4): Capability of Iceweasel to open a local file.

2011-06-08 Thread peasthope
* From: Ron Johnson * Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:37:25 -0500 > By the way, "Native Oberon" the Niklaus Wirth OS? "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Oberon"; Regards, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 450 2132. bcc: peasthope at shaw.ca Shop pages http://carnot.yi.org/

Re: Synaptic options will not tick

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Panen
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Mark Paten wrote: >> >> Just installed Debian 6.0.0 and synaptic. The "Officially supported >> (main) etc on the first tab cannot be checked. They where checked when >> i first installed synaptic but after i changed mirrors they will not >>

File URIs; was Re (6): Capability of Iceweasel to open a local file.

2011-06-08 Thread peasthope
Scott & others, From: Scott Ferguson Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:07:01 +1000 > I seem to remember a number of URL handling exploits that could cause a > problem (if they still exist). All the admonitions about security have been hypothetical. Nobody has painted a convincing picture of a possi

Re: x-terminal-emulator does not appear to accept comand line args

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:04:02 -0700, briand wrote: > x-terminal-emulator is a script stand-in that simply redirects the > command line + options to gnome-terminal. > > if you try, for example, > > x-terminal-emulator --geometry=80x50 > > it doesn't seem to work. > > bug ? Hum... here (lenny) n

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
>08/06/2011 15:42, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:00:24 +0200, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > 08/06/2011 13:16, Camaleón: On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> I can't remember the last time I put my mouse on a clear (glass?) surface. But if

Re: Synaptic options will not tick

2011-06-08 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Mark Paten wrote: Just installed Debian 6.0.0 and synaptic. The "Officially supported (main) etc on the first tab cannot be checked. They where checked when i first installed synaptic but after i changed mirrors they will not be checked. I still have the correct mirrors in sources list but canno

Re: Synaptic options will not tick

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Panen
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:49 PM, wrote: > Hm in that case, what does "aptitude full-upgrade" do? > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Mark Panen wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Mark Panen wrote: >> > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:59 AM,   wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> You might want to try

Re: x-terminal-emulator does not appear to accept comand line args

2011-06-08 Thread briand
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:14:35 -0400 William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/07/11 at 10:04pm, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > x-terminal-emulator is a script stand-in that simply redirects the command > > line + options to gnome-terminal. > > > > if you try, for example, > > > > x-terminal

Re: Synaptic options will not tick

2011-06-08 Thread titantoppler
Hm in that case, what does "aptitude full-upgrade" do? On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Mark Panen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Mark Panen wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:59 AM, wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> You might want to try the following: > >> - Disabling the CD-ROM as an apt

Re: USB stick no longer automounting at boot

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:36:28 +0100, Russell Gadd wrote: > I have today set up a new installation of Linux Mint and it is > exhibiting the same symptoms as my installation of Squeeze as follows - > I have a USB stick permanently plugged in (for backup purposes) and when > the system boots the stick

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:00:24 +0200, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: >>08/06/2011 13:16, Camaleón: >>> On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> >>> I can't remember the last time I put my mouse on a clear (glass?) >>> surface. But if I did, then I'd use a mousepad. >> >> And wha

Re: Synaptic options will not tick

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Panen
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Mark Panen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:59 AM,   wrote: >> Hi, >> >> You might want to try the following: >> - Disabling the CD-ROM as an apt source by commenting them out (add a # sign >> before deb cdrom...) >> - Changing your mirror to the Debian CDN - http:

Re: Set Up a server using Public IP Addresses on debian

2011-06-08 Thread nhadie ramos
i would suggest you troubleshoot your network first. if you have a laptop/pc, configure the IP to: IP Address 41.134.19.90 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.248 Default Gateway 41.134.19.89 then connect the laptop/pc directly to the router and ping 41.134.19.89 if 41.134.19.89 responds, try to

Re: Problems with cron-apt in Lenny

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:27:46 +0300, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > 7.6.2011 17:25, Camaleón kirjoitti: >> On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:00:21 +0300, Jari Fredriksson wrote: >> >>> aptitude update && aptitude upgade works fine (this is lenny, where >>> aptitude is the better). >> >> I'm afraid cron-apt uses

Re: Set Up a server using Public IP Addresses on debian

2011-06-08 Thread Christian Simo
I don't have access to my Cisco router, only my ISP. When I ping for e.g 41.134.19.90 host, the destination is unreachable. I already contact them to configure the router from their are side On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:26 AM, kuLa wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/

Re: Preseed and host based varaibles

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:08:50 +0100, Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: > On 06/06/11 18:34, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:02:49 +0100, Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: > [...] >> Hum... how could the installer get access to the current installed >> system to fetch the hostname from there? Le

Re: Set Up a server using Public IP Addresses on debian

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:28:32 +0200, Christian Simo wrote: > On 6/7/11, Camaleón wrote: (...) >>> It is my first time to use a public IP on the private network >> >> I would first ask your provider to check if it is possible to have the >> configuration you want with the service they provide. Yo

Re: How to stop receiving xorg-related mails

2011-06-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Tshepang Lekhonkhobe, Am 2011-06-08 07:52:00, hacktest Du folgendes herunter: > I've unsubscribed from xorg-related mailing lists, but I'm getting some > xorg-related bug reports (e.g. xterm and xserver-xorg). What am I > missing? Which mailinglists? Mailheader? Do you have send bugreport

Re: Missing device nodes

2011-06-08 Thread titantoppler
My /proc/partitions (edited to keep only the relevant parts): 8 48 976762584 sdd 8 80 976762584 sdf 8 81 976760001 sdf1 8 96 976762584 sdg 8 64 976762584 sde My /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf looks like this: DEVICE partitions ARRAY /dev/md0 UUID= On Wed,

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/06/11 21:32, � wrote: > On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:06:16 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: [cut] >>> >> As for not working on clear surfaces, consider yourself lucky. Sun >> optical mice (e.g. http://www.memoryxsun.com/3701398.html) requir

Re: Services Monitoring

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/06/11 20:11, Yashar Amirabedin wrote: > Hi everybody, > > > > How can I monitor the services that have been installed on the Debian 6? > > I mean, I have got a SolarWinds Orion server to monitor all node and > services in my network. > > So, I would like to monitor the services on the d

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/06/11 20:06, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +, Camale�n wrote: > [cut] >> > As for not working on clear surfaces, consider yourself lucky. Very > Sun optical mice (e.g. http://www.memoryxsun.com/3701398.html) require a > specific mousepad with a calibrated g

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
>08/06/2011 13:16, Camaleón: >> On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] >>> >>> I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: >>> >>> 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces >>> >>> >> I can't remember

Re: laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:03:28 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > On 11:39 Tue 07 Jun , Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:10:48 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: >> >> > The following is a problem I have on all laptops, I dont know how to >> > configure to connect when the ethernet cable is attach

Re: [OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:06:16 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: [cut] >> >> I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: >> >> 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces >> >> 2/ I find batteries (even rechargable) a

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] >> >> I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: >> >> 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces >> >> > I can't remember the last time I put my mouse on a clear (g

Re: Set Up a server using Public IP Addresses on debian

2011-06-08 Thread Per Carlson
Hi > after changed gateway to router IP (41.134.19.89), the command > ifconfig it showing eth1 now but; ping doesn’t work The use of "eth1" suggests that you have more than one Ethernet-port in your server (the first one usually is eth0). Are you sure you have plugged the cable into the correct p

Re: Set Up a server using Public IP Addresses on debian

2011-06-08 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 08:58:23PM +0200, Christian Simo wrote: > I wanna run DNS and Web Servers > my ISP give to me a following IP: > > Router IP 41.134.19.89 > Network Mask 41.134.19.88 255.255.255.248 > Broadcast Address 41.134.19.95 > Network Address 41.134.19.88 > WAN IP Range 41.134.19.88/2

Re: Services Monitoring

2011-06-08 Thread kuLa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/11 11:11, Yashar Amirabedin wrote: > Hi everybody, > How can I monitor the services that have been installed on the Debian 6? > > I mean, I have got a SolarWinds Orion server to monitor all node and > services in my network. > > So, I would

Re: Services Monitoring

2011-06-08 Thread David Sastre
On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 02:41:46PM +0430, Yashar Amirabedin wrote: > How can I monitor the services that have been installed on the Debian 6? > I mean, I have got a SolarWinds Orion server to monitor all node and > services in my network. > So, I would like to monitor the services on the debian ser

Re: Services Monitoring

2011-06-08 Thread Kousik Maiti
Try webmin... http://www.webmin.com/ On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Yashar Amirabedin wrote: > Hi everybody, > > > > How can I monitor the services that have been installed on the Debian 6? > > I mean, I have got a SolarWinds Orion server to monitor all node and > services in my network. > > S

Re: Problems with cron-apt in Lenny

2011-06-08 Thread Jari Fredriksson
7.6.2011 17:25, Camaleón kirjoitti: > On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:00:21 +0300, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > >> 7.6.2011 16:07, Camaleón kirjoitti: > >>> How does your cron-apt sources list file look like? Have you try by >>> setting another package repository mirrors, different than the current >>> ones

Services Monitoring

2011-06-08 Thread Yashar Amirabedin
Hi everybody, How can I monitor the services that have been installed on the Debian 6? I mean, I have got a SolarWinds Orion server to monitor all node and services in my network. So, I would like to monitor the services on the debian servers. (e.g. Database, Web, etc) Regards,

Re: [OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-08 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: [cut] > > I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: > > 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces > > 2/ I find batteries (even rechargable) a PITA :-) > > 3/ There are also some security concerns in using

Re: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse

2011-06-08 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 08 June 2011 00:37:05 Ron Johnson wrote: > >> You *like* ball mice? > > > > Yes - I find the extra traction far better.  I have difficulty > > controlling a laser mouse because there is virtually no traction.  I am > > slightly handicapped, so YMMV. > > Four little rubber "feet" on the

Re: Wrestling with Dell Precision laptop. You too? Discuss tips & experience

2011-06-08 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 08:00:16PM +0200, Paul Johnson wrote: > If you have one of these new-ish Dell laptops, maybe we can help each other. I have a Dell Lattitude E6410. > > 1. Don't bother with Debian Squeeze. The newer kernel from Mine is a bit older so Squeeze works and putting the laptop

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 06 iun 11, 01:02:18, William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/05/11 at 03:59pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Sb, 04 iun 11, 22:56:19, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > > (I'd suggest that you give static IP addresses to your desktop > > > machines and use the /etc/hosts file -- yes, even Windows has one -

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 05 iun 11, 10:09:33, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/05/2011 07:59 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >On Sb, 04 iun 11, 22:56:19, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> > >>(I'd suggest that you give static IP addresses to your desktop > >>machines and use the /etc/hosts file -- yes, even Windows has one -- > >>to gi

Re: Preseed and host based varaibles

2011-06-08 Thread Wawrzek Niewodniczanski
On 06/06/11 18:34, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:02:49 +0100, Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: [...] Hum... how could the installer get access to the current installed system to fetch the hostname from there? Let's imagine there are 4 linux installations in several disks or partitions...

Re: Missing device nodes

2011-06-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach titantopp...@gmail.com [2011.06.08.0317 +0200]: > I don't have access to the file server at this moment, but > /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines just the array (via UUID). I was under the > impression that md would automatically assemble the array based on the > information in the superbl