Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-10 Thread Joel Roth
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 11:56:23PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > Short version: Brother doesn't support linux. I'm considering Lexmark. > > I too am looking for a B+W laser printer. I just got a Brother HL 5450 to > replace a 5150 I had. It fails to print some pages, and I'm sending it > back be

Re: I can't use lenny

2013-09-10 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2013/9/11 Long Wind : > I have installed lenny and put a line in sources.list > > deb http://archive.debian.org/debian lenny main > > When I run "apt-get update" it fails to get Packages > deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security lenny/updates main contrib deb http://archive.debian.org/debian

I can't use lenny

2013-09-10 Thread Long Wind
I have installed lenny and put a line in sources.list deb http://archive.debian.org/debian lenny main When I run "apt-get update" it fails to get Packages -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian

Automatic multipath routes

2013-09-10 Thread Diego Augusto Molina
Hi, please CC me when answering. I have been developing a small program to keep multipath routes. I want to share it and if it's of interest of the community I would improve it (got some new ideas, but don't know if it is worth the effort). The motivation was the following: At work, we have severa

Re: ca-certificates

2013-09-10 Thread Joel Rees
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Gordon Haverland wrote: > The world is in the process of learning just how much the NSA, > GCHQ, and the similar organizations of Canada, New Zealand and > Australia is doing to subvert ALL encrypted traffic. One thing I > read recently, is that it is possible that

Re: Bash variable escaping

2013-09-10 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/11/13, Denis Witt wrote: > I've a problem with a script. It's a wrapper for a program which uses > for example '*' as a parameter. It could also be 'foobar*' and I want > the script user to type in the desired parameter via "dialog > --inputbox". > > The parameter is set correctly: "echo ${pa

Re: building from source for different arch

2013-09-10 Thread ken
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 11:20:34PM +0200, Lucio Crusca wrote: I'm trying to build opus package from source for both amd64 and i386, after having applied the patch by Pino Toscano I've found here: Look at the manpage for gcc (which I'm assuming you'll be using) and you'll see switches for diffe

Re: Debian Testing/Jessie and OpenGL

2013-09-10 Thread steef
On 10-09-13 15:36, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariate www.FoundationForChemistry.com (614)312-7528 (c) Skype: smolnar1 -Original Me

Re: nm eth0 connection

2013-09-10 Thread Robert Holtzm
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 04:48:03PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Robert Holtzm wrote: > > Running updated wheezy on a thinkpad T420i w/ xfce DE. > > > > With great embarrassment, after stoutly defending nm, eth0 no longer > > connects. This only happens when I ru

Re: Bash variable escaping

2013-09-10 Thread Chris Davies
Denis Witt wrote: > I've a problem with a script. It's a wrapper for a program which uses > for example '*' as a parameter. It could also be 'foobar*' [...] Do you expect the program to see the asterisk character itself, or an expansion into the corresponding list of files in the current folder?

Re: nm eth0 connection

2013-09-10 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Robert Holtzm wrote: > Running updated wheezy on a thinkpad T420i w/ xfce DE. > > With great embarrassment, after stoutly defending nm, eth0 no longer > connects. This only happens when I run wheezy. The connection is fine > when I run the other distros on the hdd,

nm eth0 connection

2013-09-10 Thread Robert Holtzm
Running updated wheezy on a thinkpad T420i w/ xfce DE. With great embarrassment, after stoutly defending nm, eth0 no longer connects. This only happens when I run wheezy. The connection is fine when I run the other distros on the hdd, squeeze and ubuntu 12.04. Under wheezy it also happens when th

ca-certificates

2013-09-10 Thread Gordon Haverland
The world is in the process of learning just how much the NSA, GCHQ, and the similar organizations of Canada, New Zealand and Australia is doing to subvert ALL encrypted traffic. One thing I read recently, is that it is possible that the NSA (with the other 4 possibly helping) has broken RC4.

Re: Bash variable escaping

2013-09-10 Thread Denis Witt
On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 01:44:33 +1000 Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Show us how you're _trying_ to do it currently, then we might be able > to see what you're doing wrong :) :) Hi, here's the relevant part of the script: machines=$(dialog --inputbox "Choose the minions:" 10 50 "'*'" 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3) di

Re: Bash variable escaping

2013-09-10 Thread Vincent Zweije
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 05:13:01PM +0200, Denis Witt wrote: || I've a problem with a script. It's a wrapper for a program which uses || for example '*' as a parameter. It could also be 'foobar*' and I want || the script user to type in the desired parameter via "dialog || --inputbox". || ||

Re: Debian Testing/Jessie and OpenGL

2013-09-10 Thread Stephen P, Molnar
On 09/10/2013 03:28 PM, steef wrote: On 10-09-13 18:39, steef wrote: On 10-09-13 15:36, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariate www.FoundationForChemistry.com (614)312-7528 (c) Skype: smolnar1 -Original

RE: Debian Testing/Jessie and OpenGL

2013-09-10 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariate www.FoundationForChemistry.com (614)312-7528 (c) Skype: smolnar1 -Original Message- From: steef [mailto:debian.li...@ho

Re: Debian Testing/Jessie and OpenGL

2013-09-10 Thread steef
<.> it seems to be a known issue. look at: http://www.salome-platform.org/forum/forum_10/826530538 regards, steef Very Interesting. Many thanks for the reference. I'll try it in a new implementation in VBox you are welcome, hope it helps. reg., steef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Security?

2013-09-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-09-10 at 18:22 +0200, Slavko wrote: > But i am surprised by the small amount of responses too. Nobody takes > care about this? Or people afraid already? If I would have secret data on my computer that is connected to the Internet, I wouldn't make much noise in the Internet. Here it's

Re: Security?

2013-09-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-09-10 at 17:13 +0530, Kailash wrote: > On Tuesday 10 September 2013 12:27 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 20:20 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> Obama is as evil as a human being can be, it's impossible to be more > >> evil. He is in one league with [...] idiots. > >

Re: Debian Testing/Jessie and OpenGL

2013-09-10 Thread steef
On 10-09-13 18:39, steef wrote: On 10-09-13 15:36, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariate www.FoundationForChemistry.com (614)312-7528 (c) Sk

Re: Security?

2013-09-10 Thread Slavko
Hi, i will respond to two mails in one :-) Dňa Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:13:07 +0530 Kailash napísal: > > We can't protect ourself against living in a country were hunger is > > an issue, we can't protect ourself against wars, but we can protect > > ourself against data robbery, by not providing impo

Bash variable escaping

2013-09-10 Thread Denis Witt
Hi List, I've a problem with a script. It's a wrapper for a program which uses for example '*' as a parameter. It could also be 'foobar*' and I want the script user to type in the desired parameter via "dialog --inputbox". The parameter is set correctly: "echo ${parameter}" gave me exactly what I

vanilla kernel + firmware

2013-09-10 Thread Laurent Debian
Hi all I have recently expereinced kernel oops with vanilla kernel ( from git current version is 3.11.0) and I report a bug here : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60759 . I was respond to check i included properly the last firmware so as stated on the bug's page here basically is w

Re: Security?

2013-09-10 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/10/13, Kailash wrote: > http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-remain-secure-surveillance > > We have some software solutions. Could a system be also compromised when > using a generic hardware layer? And if so, what options exist? > > Any pointers would be appreciated. Reg

Re: Debian Testing/Jessie and OpenGL

2013-09-10 Thread steef
On 10-09-13 13:30, Stephen P, Molnar wrote: I have installed jessie in an Oracle VBox on my laptop tp use as a test bed for new applications software without jeopardizing my native Linux production computer. Unfortunately, some of the candidate software I wish to evaluate appear to require OpenG

Debian Testing/Jessie and OpenGL

2013-09-10 Thread Stephen P, Molnar
I have installed jessie in an Oracle VBox on my laptop tp use as a test bed for new applications software without jeopardizing my native Linux production computer. Unfortunately, some of the candidate software I wish to evaluate appear to require OpenGL for correct operation. Although I have

Re: Security?

2013-09-10 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/10/13, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 20:20 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> Obama is as evil as a human being can be, it's impossible to be more >> evil. He is in one league with [...] idiots. > > Nobody was hooked :), that's good, because it's nonsense, resp. a > provocation. But

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-10 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/10/13, Kailash wrote: > On Thursday 05 September 2013 07:48 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> On 9/5/13, Nate Bargmann wrote: >>> * On 2013 05 Sep 05:48 -0500, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Turns out, they both produce almost identical errors. Gedit error: > > (gedit:15593): Gtk-WARNING *

Re: ssh tunnel delay

2013-09-10 Thread Sean Alexandre
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 02:28:37PM +0200, Juan Sierra Pons wrote: > 2013/9/10 Sean Alexandre > > > > On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 01:11:17PM +0200, Juan Sierra Pons wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I don't see anything strange in the logs provided. Do you see anything > > > strange in your dmesg, /var/log/

Re: ssh tunnel delay

2013-09-10 Thread Juan Sierra Pons
-- Juan Sierra Pons j...@elsotanillo.net Linux User Registered: #257202 http://www.elsotanillo.net GPG key = 0xA110F4FE Key Fingerprint = DF53 7415 0936 244E 9B00 6E66 E934 340

Re: ssh tunnel delay

2013-09-10 Thread Sean Alexandre
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 01:11:17PM +0200, Juan Sierra Pons wrote: > Hi, > > I don't see anything strange in the logs provided. Do you see anything > strange in your dmesg, /var/log/daemon.log, etc? > > Is the DNS on the server's side working properly? Sometimes when the > reverse DNS is not prope

Re: Security?

2013-09-10 Thread Kailash
On Tuesday 10 September 2013 12:27 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 20:20 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> Obama is as evil as a human being can be, it's impossible to be more >> evil. He is in one league with [...] idiots. > > Nobody was hooked :), that's good, because it's nonsense,

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-10 Thread Lucio Crusca
In data lunedì 9 settembre 2013 14:48:18, Beco ha scritto: > I'm using this site to see compatibility. > > http://www.openprinting.org/printers I think openprinting.org is terribly outdated. I prefer googling for " linux" and seeing what people ask in the forums, but please note that I'm skille

Re: XFCE4 - gedit - was Re: Thanks

2013-09-10 Thread Kailash
On Thursday 05 September 2013 07:48 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 9/5/13, Nate Bargmann wrote: >> * On 2013 05 Sep 05:48 -0500, Zenaan Harkness wrote: Turns out, they both produce almost identical errors. Gedit error: (gedit:15593): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:101

Re: ssh tunnel delay

2013-09-10 Thread Juan Sierra Pons
Hi, I don't see anything strange in the logs provided. Do you see anything strange in your dmesg, /var/log/daemon.log, etc? Is the DNS on the server's side working properly? Sometimes when the reverse DNS is not properly configure some TCP based services get some delay on first connection: ssh, m

Re: ssh tunnel delay

2013-09-10 Thread Sean Alexandre
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:25:59PM +0200, Juan Sierra Pons wrote: > Can you launch the tunnel in verbose (-vvv) mode and send the logs? > ssh -vvv -o ExitOnForwardFailure=yes -fN -L1110:localhost:1212 server Here's what I'm seeing with -vvv: http://paste.debian.net/37873/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: ssh tunnel delay

2013-09-10 Thread Juan Sierra Pons
Hi, Can you launch the tunnel in verbose (-vvv) mode and send the logs? ssh -vvv -o ExitOnForwardFailure=yes -fN -L1110:localhost:1212 server Thank you Regards -- Juan Sierra Pons

ssh tunnel delay

2013-09-10 Thread Sean Alexandre
I'm seeing a delay when I attempt a connection through an ssh tunnel. The connection's fast without the tunnel, but has an inital 80 second delay with it. Here's the case that works, without the tunnel. I see lines I type echoed immediately: server> nc -l -p 1212 client> nc server 1212 But if i

Re: block a program from access the Internet.

2013-09-10 Thread Lars Noodén
On 10.09.2013 01:54, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Lars Noodén a écrit : >> >> Vincent's link suggests that --cmd-owner was removed from iptables >> entirely. > > Actually it was removed from the kernel part of iptables, not from the > iptables userland. > >> It would be important to find a more autho

Re: Apache2 neds to ne reset

2013-09-10 Thread Jochen Spieker
John W. Foster: > > […] I want to know first of all if there is a way, > Command line perhaps, to have apt completely reinstall all of Apache2 > with the dist basic files so that it works upon startup, then I can try > to reconfigure it manually. apt-get purge apache2 apt-get install apache2 Bew

Re: building from source for different arch

2013-09-10 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 06:30:41PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 11:20:34PM +0200, Lucio Crusca wrote: > > I'm trying to build opus package from source for both amd64 and i386, after > > having applied the patch by Pino Toscano I've found here: > > You might want to have a

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-10 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 11:56:23PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > Maybe I'll try a color laser, though Consumer Reports says they don't have > good print quality for photos. Maybe a: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye-sublimation_printer :) Also, I think the paper quality is an issue for photo quality

Re: building from source for different arch

2013-09-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Did you google for "debian cross compiling"? Seemingly there are pre build toolchains available. https://wiki.debian.org/BuildingCrossCompilers https://www.google.de/search?q=debian+cross+platform+compiling&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=np&source=hp&gw

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 09 Sep 2013, Ross Boylan wrote: > Short version: Brother doesn't support linux. I'm considering Lexmark. > > I too am looking for a B+W laser printer. I just got a Brother HL 5450 to > replace a 5150 I had. It fails to print some pages, and I'm sending it > back because Brother says they do

Re: building from source for different arch

2013-09-10 Thread Lucio Crusca
In data lunedì 9 settembre 2013 18:30:41, Gregory Nowak ha scritto: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 11:20:34PM +0200, Lucio Crusca wrote: > > I'm trying to build opus package from source for both amd64 and i386, > > after > > > having applied the patch by Pino Toscano I've found here: > You might want t

Re: dbus

2013-09-10 Thread Diogene Laerce
On 09/10/2013 02:27 PM, Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote: I still have this problem... Renaming all dot-files in $HOME I can only login if I use icewm as window manager. All the other will fail. With icewm I can run some programs, while attempting to open others will log me out. Again, this is f

Re: Security?

2013-09-10 Thread davidson
On Mon, 9 Sep 2013, Joel Rees wrote: On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 3:27 AM, wrote: Hello list. What do you think about it? https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/09/the_nsa_is_brea.html "Those that didn't know about it were gobsmacked." NOBODY expects the Span--*cough* National Security

Re: Re: dbus

2013-09-10 Thread Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă
I still have this problem... Renaming all dot-files in $HOME I can only login if I use icewm as window manager. All the other will fail. With icewm I can run some programs, while attempting to open others will log me out. Again, this is for all users. Programs that will crash the window manager ar