fan toshiba l670 squeeze

2011-10-28 Thread yannickcattai
Hello to all I conf:squeeze toshiba satellite pro l670 The fan of my pc turns constantly, I don't know what to do. The helps of the net not worked. I have to start all over again. Thank you for your help. see you soon see linux and die -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debi

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-28 Thread Doug
On 10/28/2011 07:04 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 23:27 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: On 28 October 2011 15:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote I don't know PCLinuxOS, but I'm sure it won't work OOTB for all needs. People might read the list's archive, so please don't write such careless general

Re: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, driver ipw not supported? CLI only

2011-10-28 Thread J. Bakshi
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:54:38 -0700 kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > Thanks Brian- > > I installed ifplugd. Still, the wireless does not work if I unplug the > Ethernet, assuming you have ifplugd + guessnet edit * /etc/default/ifplugd * INTERFACES="eth0 wlan0" HOTPLUG_INTERFACES="" #ARGS="-q -f

Re: What to do with a DVD-RW +VR disk? UDF file system

2011-10-28 Thread Dom
On 28/10/11 21:12, Hendrik Boom wrote: (snip lots of stuff I can't help with) notlookedfor:/home/hendrik# ls -al /mnt/DVD_RTAV/ total 3301448 d- 2 4294967295 4294967295 2048 Dec 31 2001 . drwxrwxrwx 3 4294967295 4294967295 2048 Oct 2 17:52 .. -rw-rw-rw- 1 4294967295 4294967

Re: Compiz effects not working

2011-10-28 Thread ZykoticK9
On 29/10/11 12:07 AM, Russell Schoen wrote: So I've installed Compiz with all of the necessary packages, and I just can't get it to work. I have installed all of the nvidia drivers. Do you have the compiz-gnome package installed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.or

Compiz effects not working

2011-10-28 Thread Russell Schoen
So I've installed Compiz with all of the necessary packages, and I just can't get it to work. I have installed all of the nvidia drivers. here are some outputs so you know what I'm working with -- Output of "lspci | grep -i vga" 00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce

Re: Icedove & attachments

2011-10-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Mark Panen wrote: > I am having problems with *.jpg and *.pdf attachments in icedove. > Some open some don't, i use okular for the pdf's but sometimes > icedove asks me to save the file, which i don't want to do. The behavior depends upon the content type associated with the attachment. For examp

RE: CA Issues

2011-10-28 Thread Paddy Tollan
Hi this is the contents of the file openssl.cnf as I have typed it: #---Begin- # #OpenSSL configuration file. [ ca ] default_ca = CA_default [ CA_default ] dir= /root/CA serial = $dir/serial database = $dir/index.txt new_certs_dir = $dir/newcerts certificate = $dir/cacert.pem priva

Icedove & attachments

2011-10-28 Thread Mark Panen
Hi, I am having problems with *.jpg and *.pdf attachments in icedove. Some open some don't, i use okular for the pdf's but sometimes icedove asks me to save the file, which i don't want to do. The preferences are set up correctly. Debian 6.0.3, amd64, KDE 4.4.5 -- Cheers Mark -- To UNSUBSCR

Icedove & attachments

2011-10-28 Thread Mark Panen
Hi, I am having problems with *.jpg and *.pdf attachments in icedove. Some open some don't, i use okular for the pdf's but sometimes icedove asks me to save the file, which i don't want to do. The preferences are set up correctly. -- Cheers Mark Debian Squeeze 6.0.3 amd64, KDE 4.4.5 -- To

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 15:50 +0100, Richard wrote: >02 0 Conexant CX8801: CX88 Digital (hw:0,0) >12 8 HDA ATI SB: ALC892 Analog (hw:1,0) >22 2 HDA ATI SB: ALC892 Digital (hw:1,1) >3 1210 M Audio Del

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 23:44 +0100, Richard wrote: > a bug against alsa ? Ubuntu does use ALSA 1.0.24 for a long time, AFAIK it's also the version used by new kernels. I don't think ALSA is buggy regarding to the issue you're experiencing. I'm subscribed to many Linux audio lists and never heard a

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-28 Thread francis picabia
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:55 PM, francis picabia wrote: > I can't find docs which say you can do a major version upgrade without booting > installation media in SUSE. > > I do see this: > > http://www.novell.com/documentation/opensuse114/book_opensuse_reference/?page=/documentation/opensuse114/bo

Re: Getting sound working

2011-10-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/10/11 01:01, Harry Putnam wrote: > Scott Ferguson writes: > > [...] > >> If you still have KDE installed... >> use the Kmixer - it should be under the Multimedia section of Klauncher >> (your menu) - or you can start it using:- >> $ kmix >> >> It'll appear in the systray - right-click on i

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 01:04 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 23:27 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On 28 October 2011 15:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote > > > I don't know PCLinuxOS, but I'm sure it won't work OOTB for all needs. > > > > > > People might read the list's archive, so please don

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 23:27 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On 28 October 2011 15:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote > > I don't know PCLinuxOS, but I'm sure it won't work OOTB for all needs. > > > > People might read the list's archive, so please don't write such > > careless generalisations. > > Yours is the car

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 20:23 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:50:41 +0100, Richard wrote: > > > I've just downloaded another batch of updates including alsa-tools. Now > > when I start an app I have a huge list of cant find this ect. Is there > > anyway I can suppress them Since I f

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-28 Thread Richard
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:23:52 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:50:41 +0100, Richard wrote: > > > I've just downloaded another batch of updates including alsa-tools. Now > > when I start an app I have a huge list of cant find this ect. Is there > > anyway I can suppress them >

USB access as user

2011-10-28 Thread Richard
Hi, I'm using piklab on wheezy, the binary for squeeze gives no functional problems. The app runs fine as root, but does not find the USB programmer as a user. I've added a file to /etc/udev/rules.d which should allow it to function, it does on fedora, 026_microchip.rules #PICKit SYSFS{idVendor}=

Re: bootlogd

2011-10-28 Thread Bob Brewer
Camaleón wrote: >> On my up-to-date sid distro, my /var/log/boot hasn't been updated >> since 13 April 2011 (BOOTLOGD_ENABLE is set to Yes in >> /etc/default/bootlogd). >> >> This looks to be the same as Bug 624289 which was raised against the >> sysvinit-utils package but perhaps should have bee

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On 28 October 2011 15:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote > I don't know PCLinuxOS, but I'm sure it won't work OOTB for all needs. > > People might read the list's archive, so please don't write such > careless generalisations. Yours is the careless generalisation. This was in reply to a specific poster and i

Re: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, driver ipw not supported? CLI only

2011-10-28 Thread keitho
Thanks Brian- I installed ifplugd. Still, the wireless does not work if I unplug the Ethernet, but now if I do a ifdown eth1 | ifup eth1 the wireless will now connect (most of the time). Following is a session where the process worked, followed by my interfaces and ifplugd files. Note a couple of

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Camaleón wrote: > For such "big jumps" the official supported method is using the DVD (off- > line upgrade) but AFAIK, it is the same here in Debian, only "one jump" > is supported which does not mean that you cannot upgrade from Debian 4 to > Debian 6, but like openSUSE, that scenario is noy "of

Re: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, driver ipw not supported? CLI only

2011-10-28 Thread Brian
On Fri 28 Oct 2011 at 18:38:05 +0100, Brian wrote: > The other > commands not working is puzzling. Much too hasty a statement. When the ethernet cable is unplugged the eth0 interface remains configured. '/sbin/route -n' and '/sbin/if

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-28 Thread francis picabia
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:10:53 -0300, francis picabia wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:41:46 -0300, francis picabia wrote: >> However I don't use Suse so I wouldn't be on top of the lates

Re: Observing IP Conflicts

2011-10-28 Thread Volkan YAZICI
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:36:51 +0100, Raf Czlonka writes: > Or "ucarp". I guess "keepalived" has been mentioned already and since > you're not running a cluster it might be an overkill. Really good stuff! I didn't know them. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Observing IP Conflicts

2011-10-28 Thread Volkan YAZICI
On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:46:51 -0500, green writes: > I have not used it, but you might want to look at the vrrpd package. Interesting... I didn't know that. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@list

Re: What to do with a DVD-RW +VR disk? UDF file system

2011-10-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:12:32 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > Ouch! That was formatted so badly (though it looked fine in the editor) > that I'm trying to replace the uglies now. > > -- hendrik Sorry, no better. ls listings still illegible. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-re

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-28 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:50:41 +0100, Richard wrote: > I've just downloaded another batch of updates including alsa-tools. Now > when I start an app I have a huge list of cant find this ect. Is there > anyway I can suppress them (...) Are they still present? And now they look to be even more verbo

Re: What to do with a DVD-RW +VR disk? UDF file system

2011-10-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
Ouch! That was formatted so badly (though it looked fine in the editor) that I'm trying to replace the uglies now. -- hendrik On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:10:57 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:24:11 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:19:49 +, Hendrik Boom wro

Re: Network Manager in Debian and modem with non-standard init strings

2011-10-28 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:59:08 +0200, Wojciech Zabołotny wrote: > Yes, but when I set up connection with wvdial, then other application do > not know, that network connection is active. For example Empathy refuses > to work in this condition... You mean that Empathy cannot recognize there is a netw

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-28 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:10:53 -0300, francis picabia wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:41:46 -0300, francis picabia wrote: > >>> However I don't use Suse so I wouldn't be on top of the latest here. I >>> am talking about major upgrades, like 11 t

Re: Why diffutils.deb is essential and priority required?

2011-10-28 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-10-28 21:21 +0200, Regid Ichira wrote: > Why does diffutils.deb priority required? > Why is it an essential package? The answer to first question is easy: because it is an Essential package, and all Essential packages are of Priority: required. For the second question, dpkg calls dif

Re: Why diffutils.deb is essential and priority required?

2011-10-28 Thread Erwan David
Le Fri 28/10/2011, Regid Ichira disait > Why does diffutils.deb priority required? > Why is it an essential package? > dpkg needs diff utilities for handling configuration files. That seems a good reason. -- Erwan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a s

Re: Sharing files on a local network

2011-10-28 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:33:29 +0100, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 05:12:20PM BST, Camaleón wrote: >> > Too many 3rd party software programs required, most of them don't >> > integrate with the rest of the system nicely or at all, e.g. >> > explorer, cmd.exe. >> >> "One" program is

Why diffutils.deb is essential and priority required?

2011-10-28 Thread Regid Ichira
Why does diffutils.deb priority required? Why is it an essential package? -- 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/1319829686.18846.yahoomailclas...@web120

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-28 Thread francis picabia
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:41:46 -0300, francis picabia wrote: >> However I don't use Suse so I wouldn't be on top of the latest here. I >> am talking about major upgrades, like 11 to 12, not 11.3 to 11.4. > > For such "big jumps" the official suppo

problem upgrading texlive-base in sid missing modes file which is input by /usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/config/mf.ini

2011-10-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
Hi, I am running sid and I am trying to upgrade and it wants to instal texlive-base which is version number 2009-14 and i have troubles with texlive-base texlive-latex-base feynmf texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-latex-recommended texlive texlive-generic-recommended texlive-luatex

Re: problem mounting usb thumb drive

2011-10-28 Thread John S.
On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:42:11 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at 11:35:36 -0400, John S. wrote: > > > Thanks for the info. But Having done all that, ie. > > > > 1. inserted (as suggested) the line: session optional pam_loginuid.co > >in /etc/pam.d/common-session just before session o

Re: How to listen to abel prize lectures of 2007 in iceweasel. lectures are in mp4 format but are not opening even with vlc installed

2011-10-28 Thread Brian
On Fri 28 Oct 2011 at 09:57:32 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > I am trying to listen to some Abel Prize math lectures > > the urls are located on these pages > > http://www.abelprisen.no/en/multimedia/2004/index.html > > I cannot listen to the lectures by atiyah, bismut singer or witten This is

Re: Sharing files on a local network

2011-10-28 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 05:12:20PM BST, Camaleón wrote: > > Too many 3rd party software programs required, most of them don't > > integrate with the rest of the system nicely or at all, e.g. explorer, > > cmd.exe. > > "One" program is "too many" for you? ;-) If it's not available through easy ins

Re: Software Raid, recovery after drive broke

2011-10-28 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:50:05PM BST, Tom H wrote: > Given your posts, you're clearly confused... Would you care to elaborate? -- Raf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: What to do with a DVD-RW +VR disk? UDF file system

2011-10-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:24:11 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:19:49 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > (...) > >> Playback failure: >> DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd". Your input can't be opened: >> VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/dvd'. Check the log for >> detail

Re: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, driver ipw not supported? CLI only

2011-10-28 Thread Brian
On Fri 28 Oct 2011 at 10:01:41 -0700, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: [Snip] > If I boot the machine with the Ethernet connected, the system uses that > connection via eth0. If I unplug the Ethernet I then can't get the > wireless to work unless I reboot. I have tried: > > /etc/init.d/networking st

Re: Software Raid, recovery after drive broke

2011-10-28 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 06:12:37PM BST, Tom H wrote: >> >> I'm sorry that I've confused you. I was just pointing out that the >> demarcation line between mdraid and dmraid isn't as straightforward as >> you made it out to be because mdadm (whic

Re: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, driver ipw not supported? CLI only

2011-10-28 Thread Brian
On Fri 28 Oct 2011 at 12:36:26 +0100, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 09:46:25AM BST, Brian wrote: > > As Raf Czlonka has already said, using /etc/network/interfaces and its > > integration with wpa_supplicant is the way to go. You do not even need a > > wpa_supplicant.conf file. > >

Re: CA Issues

2011-10-28 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:40:07 +, Paddy Tollan wrote: >> > Hi I am trying to generate a self signed CA certificate for a debian >> > mail server I am able to start the process but when it comes to >> > signing >> > the certificate eg running the command openssl ca -out cert.pem >> > -config .

RE: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, driver ipw not supported? CLI only

2011-10-28 Thread keitho
Thank you Brian and Raf- I learned several things from both of you, and I really appreciate it :-) It took me several hours with your help- without your help I would still be struggling with it. Turns out, Brian was right to warn me about making sure I was using the correct interface- I was not.

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-28 Thread Bob Proulx
poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > Ubuntu asked for the ESSID and WPA2 password and connected fine. > > Debian squeeze installer asked for firmware to be installed from > removable media > but failed to load the files from CD-ROM. So wifi does not work. Unfortunately at this time (as far as I know)

Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-28 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 on one partition and Debian squeeze on another. Ubuntu asked for the ESSID and WPA2 password and connected fine. Debian squeeze installer asked for firmware to be installed from removable media but failed to load the files from CD-ROM. So wifi does not work. I have

Re: Fetchmail certificate problem

2011-10-28 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:19:46 +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > With the following fetchmail config: > > poll protocol imap: >no dns > # port 993 >user johann.sp...@alterit.co.za js here password "xxx" > # ssl > # sslcertck# Check the certificates #

Re: bootlogd

2011-10-28 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:30:18 +0100, Bob Brewer wrote: > On my up-to-date sid distro, my /var/log/boot hasn't been updated since > 13 April 2011 (BOOTLOGD_ENABLE is set to Yes in /etc/default/bootlogd). > > This looks to be the same as Bug 624289 which was raised against the > sysvinit-utils pack

Re: CA Issues

2011-10-28 Thread Chris Davies
Paddy Tollan wrote: > first sorry for the HTML the output from the output of ls -l /root/CA/* is [...] > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2110 openssl.cnf It seems that your keyboard has run out of fullstops and commas. Can I please suggest that you get it filled up again, so that your writing becomes eas

Re: How to listen to abel prize lectures of 2007 in iceweasel. lectures are in mp4 format but are not opening even with vlc installed

2011-10-28 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:57:32 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > I am trying to listen to some Abel Prize math lectures > > the urls are located on these pages > > http://www.abelprisen.no/en/multimedia/2004/index.html > > I cannot listen to the lectures by atiyah, bismut singer or witten (...) You

Re: Sharing files on a local network

2011-10-28 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:01:46 +0100, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 03:15:09PM BST, Camaleón wrote: >> SSH is still the winner, IMO: Solaris and linux include ssh client >> facilities and windows has WinSCP or FileZilla that allow SFTP >> connections. > > Too many 3rd party software

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-28 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:46:45 -0400, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: > On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:58:51 + (UTC) Camaleón > wrote: (...) >> I'm not sure that "stability" and "freedom" were inside the "novice" >> part but anyway, openSUSE is also stable (rock solid) and cares about >> your freedom ;

Re: Sharing files on a local network

2011-10-28 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 03:15:09PM BST, Camaleón wrote: > SSH is still the winner, IMO: Solaris and linux include ssh client > facilities and windows has WinSCP or FileZilla that allow SFTP > connections. Too many 3rd party software programs required, most of them don't integrate with the rest o

Re: Sharing files on a local network

2011-10-28 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 04:33:55AM BST, yudi v wrote: > Samba looks like the best option as I will be adding windows clients and a > solaris file server. You hadn't mentioned Windows previously. Had you provided that information at the beginning I would've suggested Samba as well. Regards, -- Ra

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-28 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:41:46 -0300, francis picabia wrote: > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> Maybe you think that because you see openSUSE as a "transient" step to >> finally reach Debian but it is not: openSUSE is powerful enough to fit >> any requirements, from the

Re: Sharing files on a local network

2011-10-28 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 11:46:54PM BST, Arno Schuring wrote: > > SSH (Secure Shell) - you don't need security on home-only network. > That depends. If you're running a wireless setup, even with WPA2 > protection, I'd still advise security. Let's not get paranoid - firewall + RSN should be enough o

Re: How to listen to abel prize lectures of 2007 in iceweasel. lectures are in mp4 format but are not opening even with vlc installed

2011-10-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 10:26 Fri 28 Oct , John L. Cunningham wrote: > It looks like the problem is on the server side. Can you confirm that > these specific videos can be viewed in Quicktime? > I actually never thought of that! Oops - I dont run windows or mac! I will try to ask friends what they see. Thank yo

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-28 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:53:17 +0530, Linux Tyro wrote: (...) > However, I have not understood the meanings of all these packages (this > is what people say here), I guess, openSUSE is good to start with. > While, Debian too could be a rock solid, but I don't know why I am going > to try (with a Li

Re: Sharing files on a local network

2011-10-28 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 04:39:28PM BST, Claudius Hubig wrote: > >SSH (Secure Shell) - you don't need security on home-only network. > > That at least explains the millions of bots out there. Of course you > need security on a home-only network, even if it is not accessible > from the internet. And

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
OT: Just for entertainment. Some guys of my age might be accustomed to the Fairlight CMI's OS, based on a 68000 as the Atari is based too, but a little bit more expensive than the Atari. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5C4VF7xdcc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Broken packages............

2011-10-28 Thread Wu-Kung Sun
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Charlie wrote: >  On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:25:18 +0200 "Arno Schuring >  aelschur...@hotmail.com" suggested this: > >>Charlie (aries...@skymesh.com.au on 2011-10-27 16:35 +1100): >>> >>> libavcodec52: >>>   Depends: libavutil50 (<4:0.6.2-99) but 5:0.7.1-0.1 is to be

alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-28 Thread Richard
Hi, I've just downloaded another batch of updates including alsa-tools. Now when I start an app I have a huge list of cant find this ect. Is there anyway I can suppress them Yer tis richard@debian:~/SDR/wsjt-rev2454$ Gowsjt jackd: no process found *

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 16:20 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I didn't read the thread, just this mail. > Suse Yes, I read about one point of a second mail, but I didn't read anything more. Note, people searching the archive might do the same as I did. Don't care to much about migrating from one OS t

Re: gtk theme problem

2011-10-28 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:03:43 +0200, DebianTR.WP wrote: > On Thu, 2011-10-27 at 16:34 +, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> Anyway, what's the exact error you are experiencing (a wrong theme, a >> warning message)? And how can you reproduce the error (it happens when >> opening an application...)? >>

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 17:56 +0530, Linux Tyro wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:25 AM, Patrick Bartek > wrote: > > If you are truly a Linux tyro. . . . In my opinion, PCLinuxOS > is one of the best distributions to start with simply because > it's designed from the groun

Re: How to listen to abel prize lectures of 2007 in iceweasel. lectures are in mp4 format but are not opening even with vlc installed

2011-10-28 Thread John L. Cunningham
It looks like the problem is on the server side. Can you confirm that these specific videos can be viewed in Quicktime? John On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 09:57:32AM -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > I am trying to listen to some Abel Prize math lectures > > the urls are located on these pages > > http:/

Re: Getting sound working

2011-10-28 Thread Harry Putnam
Scott Ferguson writes: [...] > If you still have KDE installed... > use the Kmixer - it should be under the Multimedia section of Klauncher > (your menu) - or you can start it using:- > $ kmix > > It'll appear in the systray - right-click on it, Show Mixer Window => > Mixer => Settings => Config

How to listen to abel prize lectures of 2007 in iceweasel. lectures are in mp4 format but are not opening even with vlc installed

2011-10-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
I am trying to listen to some Abel Prize math lectures the urls are located on these pages http://www.abelprisen.no/en/multimedia/2004/index.html I cannot listen to the lectures by atiyah, bismut singer or witten or http://www.abelprisen.no/en/multimedia/2007/index.html or http://www.abelp

Re: iptables limitations

2011-10-28 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 06:39:42PM BST, Jim Pazarena wrote: > I have been using debian as a border router, and using > iptables to "drop" connections to various IPs which hit my honeypot. > > I am wondering, if there is a point where too many iptables rules > impede the speed of the network? > >

Re: Software Raid, recovery after drive broke

2011-10-28 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 06:12:37PM BST, Tom H wrote: > I'm sorry that I've confused you. I was just pointing out that the > demarcation line between mdraid and dmraid isn't as straightforward as > you made it out to be because mdadm (which is an mdraid tool) can be > used to manage dmraid arrays.

Re: Getting sound working

2011-10-28 Thread Harry Putnam
Lorenzo Sutton writes: > Q W E Increase left/both/right volumes > Z X C Decrease left/both/right volumes > > You can only set left/right volume if the soundcard supports it for > that channel. This usually doesn't work e.g. for master, it usually > does for PCM. You can easily test out

bootlogd

2011-10-28 Thread Bob Brewer
On my up-to-date sid distro, my /var/log/boot hasn't been updated since 13 April 2011 (BOOTLOGD_ENABLE is set to Yes in /etc/default/bootlogd). This looks to be the same as Bug 624289 which was raised against the sysvinit-utils package but perhaps should have been raised against the initscript

Re: how to fix dpkg error about

2011-10-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
The answer to how to fix dpkg errors caused by faulty entries in the available file is the following see this url for the solution http://www.bitsbythepound.com/fix-dpkg-available-file-in-ubuntu-364.html Symptom: Every time an apt-get command is run, some sort of error or warning is reported

Re: Observing IP Conflicts

2011-10-28 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 03:46:51AM BST, green wrote: > Volkan YAZICI wrote at 2011-10-27 12:16 -0500: > > I have two servers A and B, where both knows the IP address of itself > > and the other. Assume A goes down (that is, A is not reachable via > > ping), then B temporarily takes the IP address o

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-28 Thread Linux Tyro
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:25 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: If you are truly a Linux tyro. . . . In my opinion, PCLinuxOS is one of the > best distributions to start with simply because it's designed from the > ground up for those coming from another OS like Windows, or who have no > Linux or OS admi

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-28 Thread Linux Tyro
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:11 PM, francis picabia wrote: I think you read something into that which wasn't stated. I never > mentioned openSUSE. > You might have never used that, that's why, I guess you didn't mention. > In Debian it requires only a quick couple of reboots to load the newer >

Re: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, driver ipw not supported? CLI only

2011-10-28 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 07:04:10AM BST, J. Bakshi wrote: > How can I remove the wpa related entry from rc.local and add directly at > /etc/interfaces ? Please read /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.Debian.gz - you can find all the answers there. A couple of hints: wpa-driver nl80211 wpa-conf

Re: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, driver ipw not supported? CLI only

2011-10-28 Thread J. Bakshi
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:36:26 +0100 Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 09:46:25AM BST, Brian wrote: > > As Raf Czlonka has already said, using /etc/network/interfaces and its > > integration with wpa_supplicant is the way to go. You do not even need a > > wpa_supplicant.conf file. > > Y

Re: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, driver ipw not supported? CLI only

2011-10-28 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 09:46:25AM BST, Brian wrote: > As Raf Czlonka has already said, using /etc/network/interfaces and its > integration with wpa_supplicant is the way to go. You do not even need a > wpa_supplicant.conf file. You don't, for simple setup that is indeed enough. If you have severa

RE: Fetchmail certificate problem

2011-10-28 Thread Arno Schuring
> From: jsp...@sun.ac.za [..] > fetchmail: Server certificate verification error: self signed certificate > fetchmail: This means that the root signing certificate (issued for > /C=US/ST=Someprovince/L=Sometown/O=none/OU=none/CN=localhost/emailAddress=webaster@localhost) > is not in the trusted

Re: Debian on Nokia N900?

2011-10-28 Thread Johann Spies
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 09:22:53AM +0200, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > > Nokia released some time ago some smartphones using a Debian-based > > OS, which they called Maemo. > > I was wondering if anybody on this list had any previous experience > > with the N900, trying to setup a > > vanilla Debian

Icedove & attachments

2011-10-28 Thread Mark Panen
Hi, I am having problems with *.jpg and *.pdf attachments in icedove. Some open some don't, i use okular for the pdf's but sometimes icedove asks me to save the file, which i don't want to do. The preferences are set up correctly. -- Cheers Mark Debian Squeeze 6.0.3 amd64, KDE 4.4.5 -- To

RE: CA Issues

2011-10-28 Thread Paddy Tollan
Hi first sorry for the HTML the output from the output of ls -l /root/CA/* is -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1419 cacert.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 index.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 887 key.pem drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 newcerts -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2110 openssl.cnf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 priva

Re: Fetchmail certificate problem

2011-10-28 Thread Chris Davies
Johann Spies wrote: > I get this error message: > fetchmail: Server certificate verification error: self signed certificate > fetchmail: This means that the root signing certificate (issued for > /C=US/ST=Someprovince/L=Sometown/O=none/OU=none/CN=localhost/emailAddress=webaster@localhost) > is n

Re: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, driver ipw not supported? CLI only

2011-10-28 Thread Brian
On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at 17:42:18 -0700, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > BUT... I had actually tried the wext driver as well...and it had failed > with this output: > > root@eve:~# wpa_supplicant -Dwext -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -ieth0 -d > Initializing interface 'eth0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.co

Re: Dual monitor setup

2011-10-28 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 01:49:23AM +0100, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 07:51:02AM BST, Johann Spies wrote: > > > I tried to check the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. > > > But it's not there. > > > > > > Why is there no /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, then what configuration file is > > > the X

Re: Debian on Nokia N900?

2011-10-28 Thread Victor Nitu
On 10/28/2011 10:22 AM, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: Ask the debian-arm list too. Thanks. I'm on my way. Kind regards, Victor

Re: Debian on Nokia N900?

2011-10-28 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Victor Nitu, 27.10.2011: > Hi there, > > Nokia released some time ago some smartphones using a Debian-based > OS, which they called Maemo. > I was wondering if anybody on this list had any previous experience > with the N900, trying to setup a > vanilla Debian system. The arch used would be armel,

Re: Getting sound working

2011-10-28 Thread Lorenzo Sutton
On 28/10/2011 01:09, Harry Putnam wrote: Celejar writes: [...] Run a mixer (e.g., alsamixer) and check to make sure nothing's muted and that the volumes are set to reasonable levels. Egad, that was it, alsamixer showed the volume being really low. OK now I've got sound and happily listing