Re: Install on new iMac - Ethernet?

2011-08-05 Thread Mike Hore
On 6/08/11 1:01 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:03:26 +1000, Mike Hore wrote: I've tried installing Squeeze (via NetInstall) on a brand new iMac (Intel i5 processor), but early on it tells me it can't find an Ethernet connection. It gives me a big list of drivers to choose from, bu

rhythmbox converting files to ogg

2011-08-05 Thread Rob Owens
I have a bunch of music in encoded in flac. When I drag the files in rhythmbox to my Sansa Clip player, rhythmbox converts them to mp3. I want them to be converted to ogg. I have my preferred format set to ogg in rhythmbox's preferences. Any suggestions on how to get rhythmbox to convert flac t

Re: thunderbird (how to set which application to use which file)

2011-08-05 Thread José Silva
On 05/08/11 20:19, Camaleón wrote: El 2011-08-05 a las 21:16 +0200, Matej Kosik escribió: (resending to the list) On 08/05/2011 08:57 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:00:14 +0200, Matej Kosik wrote: How can I tell Icedove which application it should use to open *.pdf files, when t

install and wireless issues on Dell D600

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Grieveson
Hello. I recently bought a Dell D600 laptop, and installed lxde on it initially. I was unable to get wicd going, so I then reinstalled debian on it with gnome, and this worked. During both installs the debian-installer indicated that some non-free files (specifically ipw2100-1.3.fw) were require

Re: thunderbird (how to set which application to use which file)

2011-08-05 Thread Camaleón
El 2011-08-05 a las 21:16 +0200, Matej Kosik escribió: (resending to the list) > On 08/05/2011 08:57 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:00:14 +0200, Matej Kosik wrote: > > > >> How can I tell Icedove which application it should use to open *.pdf > >> files, when they are attached to

Re: sound bell when 'USB disconnect' in syslog

2011-08-05 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:11:24 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > I am looking for a package that will sound the bell when 'USB > disconnect' appears in syslog. > > I can write it myself, but does it already exist? I'm not aware of any :-? There is one pretty close to what you need but it only gener

Re: thunderbird (how to set which application to use which file)

2011-08-05 Thread Matej Kosik
On 08/05/2011 08:57 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:00:14 +0200, Matej Kosik wrote: > >> How can I tell Icedove which application it should use to open *.pdf >> files, when they are attached to an e-mail and user decides to open >> them? > > (...) > > In GNOME, it uses the default f

Re: Have blkid reports on newly added devices

2011-08-05 Thread Bob Proulx
Tom H wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > //hostname/some/path/file <- not portable > > /some//pathfile<- should be portable > > Thanks. Learning basic stuff after so many years! :) Oh, and I should also say that three or more at the start should be okay too. It is only exactly two at

Re: thunderbird (how to set which application to use which file)

2011-08-05 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:00:14 +0200, Matej Kosik wrote: > How can I tell Icedove which application it should use to open *.pdf > files, when they are attached to an e-mail and user decides to open > them? (...) In GNOME, it uses the default for the DE/WM. In my case, that's an Evince task. What'

Re: Have blkid reports on newly added devices

2011-08-05 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:27 PM, T o n g wrote: > On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:45:32 -0400, Tom H wrote: >> >> What's the output of "blkid -c /dev/null /dev/sdc1" as root? > > Those are actually output that I tried as root. > > So again, what do you get from blkid when inserting a new devices (eg, > usb

Re: Have blkid reports on newly added devices

2011-08-05 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Tom H wrote: >>> >> > $ blkid -c /dev//null -p /dev/sdc1 >> Sorry "/dev/null" not "/dev//null". > > A very, very small tidbit.  As long as the multiple '/' chars are not > at the very start of the string then it doesn't matter and one or more > a

Re: Intrusion Statistics

2011-08-05 Thread shawn wilson
On Aug 5, 2011 12:50 PM, "Walter Hurry" wrote: > > On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:31:37 -0400, shawn wilson wrote: > > imo, meaningless > > Of that I have little doubt. As I said, I was just curious. > > By the way, my router is just a cheap home DLink unit, not anything > running any special software. So

Re: IP geographical address info

2011-08-05 Thread Joe
On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 14:03:21 + (UTC) Walter Hurry wrote: > On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:20:14 +, T o n g wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Given an IP address, how can I know which geographical area it > > originated from? Would that be of to the country or state level? > > > > On the other hand, give

sound bell when 'USB disconnect' in syslog

2011-08-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, I am looking for a package that will sound the bell when 'USB disconnect' appears in syslog. I can write it myself, but does it already exist? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian

thunderbird (how to set which application to use which file)

2011-08-05 Thread Matej Kosik
Hello, How can I tell Icedove which application it should use to open *.pdf files, when they are attached to an e-mail and user decides to open them? At the moment, Icedove offers only the possibily to safe PDF files but in the current state, it does not try to open them directly or does not a

Re: Intrusion Statistics

2011-08-05 Thread Walter Hurry
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:31:37 -0400, shawn wilson wrote: > imo, meaningless Of that I have little doubt. As I said, I was just curious. By the way, my router is just a cheap home DLink unit, not anything running any special software. So I don't set the "rules" - just tell it as part of the norma

Re: Could not perform immediate configuration.

2011-08-05 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón: >apt-get -o APT::Immediate-Configure=false -f install [...] > >But man page says it can be dangerous and "-f" stands for "fix >broken"... so proceed at your own risk O:-) But rather withdraw my design to install from testing. I do not want to risk w/

Re: thread issue

2011-08-05 Thread lina
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:03:28 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> (http://www.sgi.com/products/servers/altix/uv/) > > I think I could afford to be *very* nice if I had one of those ;-) Very very intriguing. I checked yesterday and today I could

Re: Intrusion Statistics

2011-08-05 Thread shawn wilson
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 13:03, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:59:51 -0400, shawn wilson wrote: > >> 1. How are you figuring the source country? If you're looking at the ip >> in the handshake and comparing this to a db of ip / country, you're only >> looking at half of the story. If y

Re: Intrusion Statistics

2011-08-05 Thread Walter Hurry
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:59:51 -0400, shawn wilson wrote: > 1. How are you figuring the source country? If you're looking at the ip > in the handshake and comparing this to a db of ip / country, you're only > looking at half of the story. If you're a bit smarter and have a list of > border routers t

Re: Graphics Driver for XGI Volari Z9M card?

2011-08-05 Thread Tech Geek
> SiS provides an updated driver at their site: > > *** > http://w3.sis.com/download > > Xorg (1.4~1.7) > File Name       2.81.08.zip > Version         v R2.81.08 > Release Date    2010-10-25 > Support Products        Z9s , Z9M , Z11 , Z11M , > File Size       19,925KB > Support OS      Linux , Yes

Re: Graphics Driver for XGI Volari Z9M card?

2011-08-05 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:24:12 -0700, Tech Geek wrote: >> Maybe related to this: >> >> xserver-xorg-video-sis: Black screen on PDX-089T with XGI Volari Z7 >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610710 > Not sure, since I have a Z9m card and I cannot find anywhere in the > package inform

Re: Intrusion Statistics

2011-08-05 Thread John Hasler
Walter Hurry writes: > Am I to infer then, that it is likely than a fair proportion of these > do not emanate directly from the hacker, but from a bot on an innocent > bystander's box which has been compromised? A "fair proportion" as in 99+%. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-

Re: Graphics Driver for XGI Volari Z9M card?

2011-08-05 Thread Tech Geek
> Maybe related to this: > > xserver-xorg-video-sis: Black screen on PDX-089T with XGI Volari Z7 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610710 Not sure, since I have a Z9m card and I cannot find anywhere in the package information whether it supports this card or not. > In the meantime

Re: Debian Xorg server release version confusion

2011-08-05 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:18:55 -0700, Tech Geek wrote: > I think I found out the reason...Every X release i.e. X11RX.X has a X > server version associated with it. For example, X11R7.5 has X Server > version 1.7 and the latest X11R7.6 has X Server version 1.9 [1] which > clears the confusion. > > [

Re: Debian Xorg server release version confusion

2011-08-05 Thread Tech Geek
I think I found out the reason...Every X release i.e. X11RX.X has a X server version associated with it. For example, X11R7.5 has X Server version 1.7 and the latest X11R7.6 has X Server version 1.9 [1] which clears the confusion. [1] ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System#Release_history -

Re: Intrusion Statistics

2011-08-05 Thread shawn wilson
1. How are you figuring the source country? If you're looking at the ip in the handshake and comparing this to a db of ip / country, you're only looking at half of the story. If you're a bit smarter and have a list of border routers that country owns and are looking at that for the source country,

Re: Could not perform immediate configuration.

2011-08-05 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:18:05 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > I try to install perl from testing repo but the following error: > > Could not perform immediate configuration on 'perl'. Please see man 5 > apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. > > I did try to enable/disable the parameter i

ad-hoc wifi - network unreachable

2011-08-05 Thread Robert Blair Mason Jr.
Hi everyone, I am unable to connect to adhoc networks on debian sid using wicd. Whenever I try to connect to an adhoc network (in this case the one broadcast by barnacle on my phone, but the problem is reproducible on any adhoc network), wicd appears to go through all of the steps to connect succe

Re: IP geographical address info

2011-08-05 Thread John Hasler
Tong writes: > Thanks for the hint, Darac. Found it's source. FYI, the geographical > info can be at the state/province level. Note that, while useful, this data is not reliable. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-05 Thread Gavin Elliot Jones
On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 11:52:41AM +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: > Did you get your modem installed onto an already established O.S. or > was it detected during the install procedure. > My /home is on an external expansion drive and I'm considering a > re-install if that detection procedure would pic

Re: Intrusion Statistics

2011-08-05 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:13:02 +, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:34:42 +, Camaleón wrote: (...) >>> I am curious as to why the United Kingdom should figure so highly. It >>> is my own location, which is undoubtedly relevant, but I don't really >>> understand the reason. The

Re: Debian Xorg server release version confusion

2011-08-05 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:56:14 -0700, Tech Geek wrote: > As per the Xorg website [1], the latest stable release is 7.6 which > happened on 20 December 2010 and the next stable release will be 7.7 [2] > somewhere in 2011 (which is not out yet). > > So my question is how come Debian Squeeze (stable)

Re: Intrusion Statistics

2011-08-05 Thread Walter Hurry
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:34:42 +, Camaleón wrote: >> China|483 United Kingdom | >> 455 Russian Federation |167 Germany | >> 74 >> Spain| 68 > > Hey, I'm there (Spain) :-P > > My e-mai

Re: Install on new iMac - Ethernet?

2011-08-05 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:03:26 +1000, Mike Hore wrote: > I've tried installing Squeeze (via NetInstall) on a brand new iMac > (Intel i5 processor), but early on it tells me it can't find an Ethernet > connection. It gives me a big list of drivers to choose from, but I > can't see my Ethernet card t

Re: Intrusion Statistics

2011-08-05 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:29:02 +, Walter Hurry wrote: > More out of curiosity than paranoia, I have carried out a small > geographical analysis of rejected "intrusion attempts" at my home router > (this consists of dropped TCP packets and ICMP (ping) requests). Interesting stats, indeed... > O

Re: IP geographical address info

2011-08-05 Thread Walter Hurry
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:20:14 +, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > Given an IP address, how can I know which geographical area it > originated from? Would that be of to the country or state level? > > On the other hand, given a country or state/province, can I get a list > of IP addresses that belong

Re: IP geographical address info

2011-08-05 Thread T o n g
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:33:19 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: >> On the other hand, given a country or state/province, can I get a list >> of IP addresses that belong to it? > > Not sure if that's possible, but someone else might have ideas. Thanks for the hint, Darac. Found it's source. FYI, the geog

Re: IP geographical address info

2011-08-05 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 01:20:14PM +, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > Given an IP address, how can I know which geographical area it originated > from? Would that be of to the country or state level? # apt-get install geoip-bin $ geoiplookup 1.2.3.4 $ geoiplookup6 2620:0:1cfe:face:b00c::b > > On

Re: Another problem

2011-08-05 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 4 Aug 2011 05:59:03 -0400 (EDT), Robert wrote in message : > On Thu, 4 Aug 2011, Kevin Williams wrote: > > > > > I got past the login but now it shows my username@debian20:$ what I > > do now > > apparently, the feature that lets you choose meaningful subject > lines is also broken.

Re: Have blkid reports on newly added devices

2011-08-05 Thread T o n g
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:33:38 +, Camaleón wrote: > That's weird. Give us the output of "mount" and "dmesg|grep -i sdc" > >> What do you get? Different than mine? > > Yep, sure. As soon as I plug my USB flash key (or my camera) it gets > detected by blkid without needing to make sorcery nor su

Re: Intrusion Statistics

2011-08-05 Thread Walter Hurry
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:29:02 +, Walter Hurry wrote: > More out of curiosity than paranoia, I have carried out a small > geographical analysis of rejected "intrusion attempts" at my home router Sorry for the formatting, but I think it's just about legible, so I won't pollute the list by repos

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-08-05 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Scott: >By default, when a new user is created a new group is also created, >and a home into which the contents of /etc/skel is copied, then >ownership is set to the new user, permissions *don't* change - just >the *ownership* eg.:- chown -R newuser:newuser Oh!

Re: Have blkid reports on newly added devices

2011-08-05 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:32:11 +, T o n g wrote: > On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:00:34 -0400, Tom H wrote: > >>> My newly inserted sdc1 has already been mounted, yet blkid can't >>> report on it: >>> >>> $ df | grep sdc >>> /dev/sdc1              3862528    428384   3434144  12% /mnt/camera >>> >>> $

Re: Have blkid reports on newly added devices

2011-08-05 Thread Peter Wiersig
On Thu, 4 Aug 2011 17:55:19 + (UTC), T o n g wrote: > > $ blkid | grep sdc || echo no found > no found > > Any workaround? sudo blkid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: thread issue

2011-08-05 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 10:56:07AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 8/4/2011 10:33 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 10:28:01AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> On 8/4/2011 9:40 AM, lina wrote: > >>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Robert Baron > >>> wrote: > have you tried

Re: Pidgin questions ...

2011-08-05 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 05.08.2011 01:54, schrieb Dennis Wicks: > Greetings; > > I am being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century! My > kids and grandkids and wife are demanding that I get messaging. > > I don't want to get one for every network or vendor out there and > happened to run across Pidgin,

Re: Install on new iMac - Ethernet?

2011-08-05 Thread lina
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Mike Hore wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've tried installing Squeeze (via NetInstall) on a brand new iMac (Intel i5 > processor), but early on it tells me it can't find an Ethernet connection. >  It gives me a big list of drivers to choose from, but I can't see my > Ether

Install on new iMac - Ethernet?

2011-08-05 Thread Mike Hore
Hi folks, I've tried installing Squeeze (via NetInstall) on a brand new iMac (Intel i5 processor), but early on it tells me it can't find an Ethernet connection. It gives me a big list of drivers to choose from, but I can't see my Ethernet card there (Broadcom 57765-BO). So I can't proceed