Re: Debian Developers Have Been Listening!

2017-05-20 Thread Cat
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 02:20:15PM +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > If this is true and it is a doddle to convert an ordinary debian install > with systemd running on it to the old sysvinit format then why is there all > this sturm und drang and spam on this subject...?? Fanaticism. For some

Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive?

2015-08-30 Thread CaT
On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 09:34:41PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > On Aug 30, 2015, at 9:12 PM, CaT wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 08:21:26PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > >> Am I missing a driver for the USB3 card? > >> Are some USB3 chipsets not supported? > &g

Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive?

2015-08-30 Thread CaT
On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 08:21:26PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > Am I missing a driver for the USB3 card? > Are some USB3 chipsets not supported? > Am I missing something important? Does 'dmesg' show that the drive is seen and a /dev device is allocated to it when you plug it into the USB3 card? >

Re: should I get rid of pulse audio ?

2015-08-17 Thread CaT
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 07:10:34PM -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > I was just wondering if I _really_ needed it. You don't -really- need it. I haven't seen it bring anything of worth to me yet other than bluetooth audio. If it wasn't for that I'd ditch it as it just adds complexity. Since you'

Re: What package contains the time daemon?

2015-07-25 Thread CaT
On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:32:53PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > It is, once ntpdate has slammed the correct time into the system at boot > time, then ntp takes over. Unless I misremember, you don't even need ntpdate. Starting ntp with -g will do just fine (and it's the default config - I add -N).

Re: internet traffic does not traverse openvpn server

2014-07-15 Thread Kitty Cat
I saw this thread and thought I would throw this in. When you want to check your VPN is working correctly, this tool comes in handy... https://www.dnsleaktest.com/ It checks to see if your DNS traffic is leaked to your ISP or if it goes through your VPN. On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Bzz

PuTTY SSH client security

2014-07-10 Thread Kitty Cat
I use PuTTY to connect to my Debian boxes. I was concerned about whether PuTTY is susceptible to the Heartbleed bug, etc. as I noticed that the program has not had any updates in quite some time. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Is this software still considered to be secure?

What debian ISO's people download most

2014-07-10 Thread Kitty Cat
At the end of last April, I decided to operate a Debian torrent seedbox server. This is a picture of my RuTorrent screen ranking the downloads by upload ratio since then. https://debian.srv.sn/seedbox.png I am currently operating two servers, both of which are located in Europe because these ser

Re: Can't install Debian - USB keyboard doesn't turn on until Windows loads

2014-07-09 Thread Kitty Cat
I have two questions: 1. Would anyone be willing to give me a link to a simple USB keyboard that you think would work with this machine at boot time? Perhaps on Amazon.com or Newegg.com, etc.? 2. Do you know of a Debian CD of some type that will load a kernel without the need of a key press befor

Re: Can't install Debian - USB keyboard doesn't turn on until Windows loads

2014-06-28 Thread Kitty Cat
imply does not power up the USB ports at boot. But then that doesn't really make any sense either. This is the strangest computer that I have worked with. On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 1:56 AM, Tom Furie wrote: > On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 01:39:45AM -0600, Kitty Cat wrote: > > > I'

Re: Can't install Debian - USB keyboard doesn't turn on until Windows loads

2014-06-28 Thread Kitty Cat
My USB keyboard is connected directly to the computer. I have also tried it in every USB port on the computer. The keyboard doesn't even work at the Windows bootloader menu or the Grub menu or the menu I get when I boot the Debian DVD. I did manage to get Debian installed as I said in my other me

Re: Can't install Debian - USB keyboard doesn't turn on until Windows loads

2014-06-28 Thread Kitty Cat
eyboard is not working during boot. On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 11:11 PM, Kitty Cat wrote: > Yes. I have previously searched and found such things like this: > > http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-023466.htm > > It says... > > Check for and enable USB Leg

Re: Can't install Debian - USB keyboard doesn't turn on until Windows loads

2014-06-27 Thread Kitty Cat
USB keyboard will work. However, if the keyboard doesn't start working after the kernel loads, then I'm stuck and won't be able to do anything with the computer. On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 8:32 PM, B wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 20:12:11 -0600 > Kitty Cat wrote: > > >

Can't install Debian - USB keyboard doesn't turn on until Windows loads

2014-06-27 Thread Kitty Cat
I can't install Debian. The USB keyboard doesn't turn on until Windows loads. I bought a used MPC computer that only has USB ports -- No PS/2 ports. The machine currently has Windows installed. When installing Debian, it is required to press a button during the boot sequence in order to load a k

Re: iptables and redirection traffic from one PC to another

2014-02-14 Thread Brixton Cat
I think you miss accept input traffic from port 81. You can add logging messages or run tcpdump to see what traffic are dropped. Regards. Fernando. El 14/02/2014 14:44, "Aleksander Kurczyk" escribió: > Hello, > > This is my firewall script: > > sudo iptables -F > sudo iptables -A INPUT -m connt

Re: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-28 Thread CaT
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 05:30:09PM -0400, To Ro wrote: > What would be the best course of action to switch my system to lvm? This is > what I have: > > Filesystem Size Used Avail > Use% Mounted on > rootfs

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased

2013-05-05 Thread CaT
On Sun, May 05, 2013 at 07:11:40PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Sun, May 05, 2013 at 03:44:35PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > > It's very easy to install XFCE. Drill down in the graphical installer > > to other desktops and make your selection > > Or: > > sudo apt-get install xfce4 x

Re: [1/2OT] how to delete ??? file

2013-01-18 Thread CaT
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 01:29:35PM +0800, lina wrote: > -? ? ? ? ?? XX.tar > -? ? ? ? ?? try.pdb > -? ? ? ? ?? try-c.pdb > -? ? ? ? ?? test_xtc2pdb.f > -? ? ? ? ?? SUB_UTILITY.o > -? ? ? ? ?

Re: debian 64 or 32 bit

2013-01-18 Thread CaT
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:26:17PM +0200, Andrei Hristow wrote: > Hi, I have 8 GB RAM Which version will be better for my i381 or amd64 amd64. Go native and get full access to your ram at full speed. If you need i386 for anything you can go multiarch (you may aswell install wheezy at this stage I

Re: multiarch - please do not force users to change a running system!

2012-12-08 Thread CaT
On Sat, Dec 08, 2012 at 02:17:55PM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Thanks for the answer, Andrei, > but something is still not completely clear. > > > > When you purge a package (any package) all its files should be removed > > by dpkg, but sometimes packages generate files on install and don't >

Re: multiarch - please do not force users to change a running system!

2012-12-08 Thread CaT
On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 03:18:32PM +1100, CaT wrote: > Felt that was a bit too many packages (182 new i386 packages) to be installed > so: > > apt-get purge ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk > > For you this will get rid of more packages than you may want. Make a note. > For me skyp

Re: Squeeze boots into my LVM over RAID, but wheezy won't.

2012-10-01 Thread CaT
On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 10:48:53AM -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:08:43 -0400, Tom H wrote: > >> > >> How big's your post-MBR gap? > > > > I gather that's the so-called embedding region. I don't know. How do I > > go about fi

Re: join 2 contiguous ext3 partitions

2011-07-01 Thread CaT
On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 02:45:15PM +0100, Joao Ferreira Gmail wrote: > Hello, > > can I somehow join 2 ext3 partitions ? > > /dev/sda6 28G 15G 12G 56% /media/armazem > /dev/sda7 19G 8.2G 9.3G 47% /media/despensa > > they both contain data. It's fun danger time. :) They're sma

Re: Restarting network

2010-07-06 Thread CaT
On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 09:15:35AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > Apparently '/etc/init.d/networking restart' is depricated. It is not > doing the job any more on squeeze. > > '/etc/init.d/ifplugd restart' ignores virtual interfaces defined in > /etc/network/interfaces. > > So how do I get my vir

Re: Debian support on newer 4K Advanced format drives (rather than 512 bytes)

2010-07-03 Thread CaT
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 05:31:22PM -0400, Mike Viau wrote: > Hello List, > > I was just wondering what some of the debian community users has been > experiencing in regards to the new Western Digital 4K Advanced format > drives? Has any one tried using one of these drives on the 2.6.26 > (64/32 bi

Re: Running GNOME with 128 MB RAM - Painfully slow?

2010-04-05 Thread CaT
On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 08:33:05PM -0700, Tech Geek wrote: > Anybody's input who has expereince running GNOME on a low end system like > this would be helpful. Whilst not an direct answer to your question, try xfce. It's meant to be lightweight and, on my EEE it works great. You can install gnome

Re: Iceape Problems - Is there hope for Squeeze?

2009-10-18 Thread CaT
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 08:35:24PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > I decided to give your approach a try. The installation of Thunderbird > went well and on start up it recovered all my saved emails and my > account settings. The Firefox installation has not been so successful. > The program sta

Re: Reason to not upgrade to 5.0 - was Re: Problem with Debian 4.0 security

2009-08-01 Thread CaT
On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 02:02:56PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > On Sat, 1 Aug 2009, Brian Marshall wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 10:00:44AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >>> The problem with downloading the applications from seamonkey, is >>> that they are .tar.gz files, rather than .deb packages, and

Re: sha1summ of complete directory?

2009-07-06 Thread CaT
On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 07:30:19PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > How would one go about computing a *single* hash value for a complete > directory tree? hash everything and then hash the result? (if you don't care about metadata that is - if you do add a nice stat of everything into the final hash)

Re: Etch (7.4) -> Lenny (8.3) PostgreSQL upgrade issues

2009-04-19 Thread CaT
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 05:51:17AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > So, what do I need to do to recover from this? Not had this problem myself but at a guess... put a deb-src line for etch in your sources.list file, then apt-get -b source postgresql-server-7.4 Install all the needed things, then o

Re: date - if - bash

2009-04-17 Thread CaT
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 04:59:39PM +0200, Erik Xavior wrote: > > why isn't working? :S > > if [ $(date +%H) > 10 ]; then echo "later then 10h"; else echo "before 10h"; > fi; Because > is a string comparison. Do help test in bash or man test -- "A search of his car uncovered pornograph

Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

2009-04-16 Thread CaT
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 04:26:57PM +0200, Dirk wrote: >> Install nullmailer, I'm pretty sure that's what you're looking for. > > i thought so too.. but it doesn't seem to do what it name implies... > it's config kept asking where to redirect the mails too... and > "/dev/null" wasn't an option :

Re: lenny upgraded but some 50 packages not upgraded?

2009-04-15 Thread CaT
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 03:24:29PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote: > Just done etch -> lenny upgrade and wondering why apt-get upgrade won't > upgrade the following, when some of them might be nice to have (and > synaptic seems to find no reason not to give them to me): Try apt-get dist-upgrade instead

Re: top-posting

2009-03-07 Thread CaT
On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 08:32:27AM +0100, karun wrote: > Top Posting is an unfortunate side effect, of Microsoft Outlook becoming > the standard for non Opensource computer software users. Actually, I'd say it was a side-effect of pine in the unix world and any graphical client everywhere else. I

Re: [OT]I just got a phish call!!!

2008-12-19 Thread CaT
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 08:15:11PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > An automated voice told me that my (non-existant, of course) > Jefferson Parish[0] Credit Union Visa card has been blocked. > > I immediately hung up on it, of course, and am slightly unnerved > that "they" are now calling people at

Re: 64-bit Flash Player

2008-12-15 Thread CaT
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:07:06AM +0530, Girish Kulkarni wrote: > You're probably right. But I was expecting at least the > lobflashplayer.so (v10) from Adobe's site to work! Adobe didn't compile it with the libs that are avail in etch. -- "A search of his car uncovered pornography, a homema

Re: flashplayer v10

2008-11-06 Thread CaT
On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:03:28AM -0600, gary turner wrote: > The only things I found were > /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so > /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/npwrapper.libflashwrapper.so > /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/npwrapper.libflashwrapper.so Try running ldd on them. --

Re: Why the BLEEP was my sound removed?

2008-10-19 Thread CaT
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:12:08PM +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > Can someone please explain why the BLEEP support was removed? It was probably removed because the BLEEP is mostlikely non-BLEEP and as such would violate the BLEEP. But that's just a BLEEP. -- "Police noticed some rustling sounds f

Re: ??: Stunned by aptitude.

2008-07-07 Thread CaT
On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 06:12:51PM -0400, Barclay, Daniel wrote: > However, since my MUA is _not_ sending HTML out of my computer (my BCC copy > from my mail server confirms that), my MUA's HTML vs. text settings and my use > of them are not the problem. > > I suspect that a mail server or gateway

Re: 答复 : Stunned by aptitude.

2008-07-07 Thread CaT
On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 04:03:04PM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > Hah!, my mail client is stupid, it responds in kind, so my last message > (and this one, too) may have been sent in MIME and HTML as well. Sorry No, no they haven't. :) > about this, I will try to fix it, so that it won't happen ag

Re: How to add a mount point in fstab?

2008-07-03 Thread CaT
On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 12:55:56AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Changing topic: what ensures that the kernel will always see that > device as sda, instead of sdb? udev afaik. -- "Police noticed some rustling sounds from Linn's bottom area and on closer inspection a roll of cash was found prot

Re: Stunned by aptitude.

2008-07-01 Thread CaT
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 08:22:59AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > Still there should be an option to turn this behavior off, since it is > very annoying for people with low bandwith and frequent network > problems. In apt-get you can set APT::Get::List-Cleanup=false to avoid > erasing the list files

Re: 答复 : Stunned by aptitude.

2008-07-01 Thread CaT
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 06:41:09AM +, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 16:19 +1000, CaT wrote: > > > I believe that would be the point the original poster was getting at. If > > aptitude is really doing that then it is in the wrong. > > I understood it, bu

Re: 答复 : Stunned by aptitude.

2008-07-01 Thread CaT
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 06:06:56AM +, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 14:01 +0800, Magicloud wrote: > > I don't think so. Obviously, if the network is broken, it absolutely does > > not mean that there is NO packages, just aptitude can not know. > > That's by far the most round log

Re: 64bit vs i386

2008-05-13 Thread CaT
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 01:14:38AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> You may also not be able to access all your RAM, > >> Sure, on the 80486 or early Pentia. But everything since then has PAE. > > > > With a performance hit. :) > > You conveniently snipped the part where I agreed with the RAM > p

Re: 64bit vs i386

2008-05-13 Thread CaT
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:31:40AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/13/08 22:15, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 09:45:48AM -0700, Abraham Chaffin wrote: > > > >> wondering if it makes a difference if I install the 64bit version of > >> the debian vs the i386 version of debian?

Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

2008-05-05 Thread CaT
t's what I use (infact for me it's mutt in screen over ssh in urxvt :) and the above looks like what may well be Hebrew. The other thing you may wish to make sure of is that you are using a UTF-8 locale. For me that's en_AU.UTF-8. If you don't you'll probably see a lot of

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-03 Thread CaT
On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 12:16:56PM +1100, Owen Townend wrote: > a distro debate. I have used something similar as such with a gentoo mate. So how did mating Gentoo go for you? cat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian is losing its users

2008-03-27 Thread CaT
losing its users, > >> e.g. about 50% in the last 3 years. > > > > Link to this statistics? > > Oh. Sorry. This page: http://www.google.com/trends?q=debian *looks outside* It's dark! This can only mean the sky has fallen! Eep! cat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Merging all 30+ Debian CD's onto hard drive

2008-03-21 Thread CaT
you go to work or other fun stuff (and set apt-get to download only). For really common stuff you might just want to grab the first dvd too. Sure it's not the instant access the monkey within craves but it works and I always found it not to be that much of a hassle. Generally you don

Re: RAID suggestions?

2008-03-20 Thread CaT
mix and match controllers, hd types and even network hds and it'll just deal. Hope this helps. :) cat. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to use ``nice'' on a pipe?

2008-03-09 Thread CaT
"$@" > } > runprogram command1 | command2 This is one of those, once you see it it'll be the most bleedingly obvious things I think. :) runprogram command1 | runprogram command2 :) -- CaT -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to use ``nice'' on a pipe?

2008-03-09 Thread CaT
trange for me, so I changed to what you have :) > mentioned... Thank you :) A better way to do the above, if you must, would be to use renice on $$. -- CaT -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] Re: Burn CD

2008-01-22 Thread CaT
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 11:04:11PM +0100, s. keeling wrote: > right (to your tastes)? Why spin off instead into this silly "I'm > right and everyone else is evil!" diatribe? It's hard to stop breathing. ;) -- "To the extent that we overreact, we proffer the terrorists the greatest tribu

Re: (Partly solved)Re: why does the shell show commands foolishly when I press UP key?

2007-11-09 Thread CaT
On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 05:43:21AM -0800, Serena Cantor wrote: > Are you kidding? I think you meant: "Wow. Thanks. That does exactly what I need." Or similar. -- "To the extent that we overreact, we proffer the terrorists the greatest tribute." - High Court Judge Michael Kirby

Re: automatically loading iptables

2007-10-06 Thread CaT
On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 08:21:30AM -0400, Peter Smerdon wrote: > Hello everyone. > > What is the preferred method of starting an iptables script at boot time > on Debian hosts? I have come across two common ways, one with a pre-up > command that calls the script from /etc/network/interfaces and th

Re: Mounting an ext2 filesystem at mount point with specific uid, gid

2007-09-21 Thread CaT
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 03:15:49PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > drwxr-xr-x 2 storage storage 4096 2007-09-19 17:42 store > > Which is of course empty. After the mount, which is successfull, the command > "ls -al /home/storage" yields: > > drwxrwsr-x 10505505 4096 2007-09-21 16:03 st

Re: big brother yahoo

2007-08-26 Thread CaT
On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 04:47:52PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: > So it looks as though they are objecting to Linux per se, rather > than to the browser. I'm not sure what url you accessed as you did nto state but watching a video off video.yahoo.com.au wfm using Seamonkey under Debian. -- "T

Re: Why this crontab does not work?

2007-07-18 Thread CaT
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 12:13:42PM +0800, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: > Dear all, >I have a crontab like this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] # crontab -l > # m h dom mon dow command > * 0,12* * * root/root/update.sh If this is in roots personal crontab then you don'

Re: RTF - proprietary or open?

2007-06-25 Thread CaT
On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 02:31:09PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > >SQL in the early 1970s. It just didn't become an ISO standard until 1987. > > > >Follow the link I gave you. > > I replied to your message AS WRITTEN. If you don't mean to imply > that MicroSoft doesn't predate 1987, then you should

wajig (was: Re: Printing with lprng; no CUPS! :-))

2007-06-17 Thread CaT
On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 09:10:15AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I gave up on aptitude long ago because it kept trying, and sometimes > succeeding, to remove lots of things it shouldn't. I now use apt-get > via wajig, which seems to be one of the best-kept Linux secrets. Interesting. I'll try t

Re: Printing with lprng; no CUPS! :-)

2007-06-15 Thread CaT
On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 09:05:59AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 10:50:58PM +1000, CaT wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 08:17:45AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > Could some of that problem be having aptitude treat recommends as > >

Re: Printing with lprng; no CUPS! :-)

2007-06-15 Thread CaT
On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 08:17:45AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > Could some of that problem be having aptitude treat recommends as > required? Or something similar. I gave up on aptitude within a few minutes of trying to use it during my upgrade to sarge. It completely refused to, getting lo

Re: Printing with lprng; no CUPS! :-)

2007-06-14 Thread CaT
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 05:51:00PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > s. keeling wrote: > > (0) heretic /home/keeling_ aptitude -s install foomatic-gui > > ... > > The following packages will be automatically REMOVED: > > lprng > > ... > > ... > > toncho/~ sudo apt-get -s install foomatic-gui Thank yo

Re: Printing with lprng; no CUPS! :-)

2007-06-13 Thread CaT
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 01:29:49AM +, s. keeling wrote: > > > aptitude -R install foomatic-filters-ppds > > > > And what does apt-get install foomatic-filters-ppds get you? > >--- > (0) heretic /home/keeling_ dpkg -L foomatic-filters-ppds | wc -l > 2696 That

Re: Printing with lprng; no CUPS! :-)

2007-06-13 Thread CaT
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 10:36:57PM +, s. keeling wrote: > This is on Etch with "Desktop Environment" de-selected on install (no > Gnome or KDE :-). Perhaps my mistake was in installing xserver-xorg > before printer configuration. Surely then, it would notice there'd be > no web browser it cou

Re: Objective data instead of subjective wooliness (was Re: Slow web browsing redux)

2007-06-04 Thread CaT
On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 12:56:33AM -0400, Roberto C. S?nchez wrote: > Try http://bugs.debian.org/wnpp > > That is a great "benchmark" page for any browser. That took 10 seconds from the moment it got over its data gathering hump (ie the download). Using SeaMonkey 1.1.2 under Linux here. Still on

Re: Upgrade of kernel fails due to lack of space

2007-05-21 Thread CaT
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:19:34AM +0800, Uwe Heinz Rudi Dippel wrote: > I know, you can always scold me for not enough space. But this is an old box > with a small hard disk: > df -h > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda7 133M 93M 33M 74% / ... > /de

Re: securing desktop

2007-05-20 Thread CaT
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 01:38:51AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > It's not a big deal, but undoing her mucking of the desktop is > > something I'd rather not have to waste time with. > > What if you have the login script recreate /home/guest each time? Indeed, though I'd rsync on logout from somep

Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-19 Thread CaT
On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 06:05:10PM -0500, Gnu_Raiz wrote: > I personally think that everyone has a right to post, and who am I to tell > someone else not to exercise their right to freedom of speech. I You know... we should just merge every mailing list on the net into one list and see just how

Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-19 Thread CaT
On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 03:12:51PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Saturday 19 May 2007, Joey Hess wrote: > > There exists a gentoo-user mailing list. If a post to debian-user > > would be exactly as on-topic if posted to gentoo-user, then it is > > offtopic on *both* lists, and belongs on neither.

same problem

2007-05-02 Thread cat Behemoth
Hi guys, funny but i am experiencing the same problem with my fujitsu-siemens pc. I can only open few sites: www.google.com, www.ya.ru. I've tried all advices listed above and it aint help:( I wonder where else i can have a look for the answer... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Disabling Write-Caching

2007-04-09 Thread CaT
On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 01:43:54AM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 15:39 +1000, CaT wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 01:28:38AM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > > DB monkies generally like turning it off as it has proven to cause data > > loss in certain

Re: Disabling Write-Caching

2007-04-09 Thread CaT
On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 01:28:38AM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > caching is still okay to use. Why else would manufacturers put cache > ON-BOARD the hard-drives if it was BAD... do you think they LIKE > SPENDING MONEY on things that won't be used? They would rather just not > include it and save mo

Re: Replacing a HD

2007-04-08 Thread CaT
On Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 12:07:35AM +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: > > My system boots from hda3 using grub. hda1 and hda5 are swap partitions. > > > > Whats the best way to get an exact copy of my two Linux systems onto the > > new drive? > > Put the new drive into your PC and use dd to copy the w

Re: Desktop user: Etch or the next testing?

2007-04-02 Thread CaT
On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 02:10:08PM +0800, Wei Chen wrote: > You know that Etch is about to release. This means that new features and > software will not get into it any more. > > So what is a better choice now, to stick to Etch or to switch to the > next testing? I am not sure which is more import

Re: Pronunciation of common Linux-related words

2007-04-02 Thread CaT
On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 08:34:53AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 04/02/07 03:19, Dave Ewart wrote: > > On Sunday, 01.04.2007 at 16:12 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > Most people I know pronounce this "post-gress" (dropping/ignoring >

Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux

2007-03-30 Thread CaT
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 01:11:06AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > tech support folks stop saying 'but you need to use windows for us to > > > diagnose the problem before we can authorizes this' or similar. > > > > FWIW, the diagnostics, etc CD that Dell ships with servers is Linux > > based. > >

Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux

2007-03-30 Thread CaT
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 01:13:44AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 02:38:04PM +1000, CaT wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:19:39AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > > The sensible way to handle hardware support independent of any installed > > > &g

Re: Bread (was Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

2007-03-30 Thread CaT
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 06:49:35PM -0300, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > quality), and I tried again. Then with a better recharger. I eventually gave > up and put the batteries away. One year later, I looked at the batteries and > realized why they did not work. > They were Sony batteries. O

Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux

2007-03-29 Thread CaT
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 02:38:04PM +1000, CaT wrote: > On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:19:39AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > The sensible way to handle hardware support independent of any installed > > > software would be to ship each pc with a bootable CD with custom Dell test &

Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux

2007-03-29 Thread CaT
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:19:39AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > The sensible way to handle hardware support independent of any installed > > software would be to ship each pc with a bootable CD with custom Dell test > > software. Linux would make a convenient base for such a CD. > This is somethin

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-25 Thread CaT
On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 10:56:42AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > All in all I think you're making a mountain out of flat grass-plains > > here. There is nothing inherently faulty, false or wrong in what the > > zebra do there. For one, it makes sure that it is truly temporary. If > > the app exits

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-25 Thread CaT
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 11:25:08PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > tmpfile() > Return a new file object opened in update mode ("w+b"). > The file has no directory entries associated with it and > will be automatically deleted once there are no file > descriptors for

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread CaT
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 08:38:54PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > However, realize that some programs create a file /tmp and then promptly > > unlink it, thus causing the file to take up space even though it does > > not have a directory entry. > > How's that? UNIX does not deallocate disk space u

Re: Sad...

2007-03-11 Thread CaT
On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 12:00:22AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Let me show you what your message looks like on a plain text client > > (for example). Your paragraphs are single lines, but that's not much of > > a problem in the end. What is more of a problem is that your mail client > > does not

Re: Sad...

2007-03-11 Thread CaT
e only logical conclusion I can come > >to, and this is that your end has nothing to do with the situation and > >it must be my lousy email client. > > > Oops. Sorry, CaT. I meant to post that last message to Ben, not you. Hehe. No worries and it's not your client. Mine dis

Re: Sad...

2007-03-10 Thread CaT
On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 09:56:51PM +0100, Ben Humpert wrote: > > Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:44:46 +0200> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ben > > Humpert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > > > I'd love to use the Etch > > installer...if I could ever get it.> > I> > > > used the etch installer > > last nig

Re: Apache dying weekly

2006-11-26 Thread CaT
On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 01:23:59PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > I'm running 1.3.33-6sarge3, and have been noticing that apache is not > restarting when the logs are rotated every week. The logrotate script > doesn't seem to be directly at fault, but I can't understand why it's > not restarting. >

Re: gcc-4.1

2006-09-11 Thread CaT
On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 12:58:49AM -0400, H.S. wrote: > Others have given you good replies. I would add that do not name your > output file (the executable) as "test". A "test" command already exists > in Linux. I don't believe it matters much. Only the crazy and the inept have . in their $PATH

Re: (OT) Prejudice against sendmail?

2006-09-09 Thread CaT
On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 11:04:36PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thursday 07 September 2006 18:51, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: > > [This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] > > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > qmail has the least Debian support, due

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-08 Thread CaT
On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 01:20:35PM +0200, Jordi Carrillo wrote: > I'm using Debian testing and I was thinking about switching to unstable. Is > Debian unstable, stable enough for a Desktop system? Are there broken > dependencies in unstable? There might not be today but there may be tomorrow. I th

Re: Beta-3 Etch install avoiding commandline?

2006-09-08 Thread CaT
On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 11:52:45AM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > Unless the ncurses installer is *deficient* in some manner, the mere > "GUI-ness" of the other installer does not enhance the installation in any > way. They both do exactly the same job in exactly the same way. If they > don't, then

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread CaT
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 07:00:09PM -0600, edwardsa wrote: > He should get a clue, and you should get a life! > > If you look at this > list over time, you will find a rich history of OT threads. They can be > cathartic, offering another kind of support-- relief from boredom and > a place to run y

Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!

2006-08-20 Thread CaT
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 01:15:06AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Sunday 20 August 2006 23:43, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Sunday 20 August 2006 18:47, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > >> I heard the purpose of the law was to create jobs. > > > > > > Nope. By order of the Department

Re: Installer error: Failure trying to run: chroot /target mount -t proc proc /proc

2006-04-22 Thread CaT
On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 11:20:27PM +1000, CaT wrote: > On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 12:27:30PM +0100, Robert Hulme wrote: > > If I do 'chroot /target mount -t proc proc /proc' I get: chroot: > > cannot execute mount: No such file or directory > > > > If I just

Re: Installer error: Failure trying to run: chroot /target mount -t proc proc /proc

2006-04-22 Thread CaT
On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 12:27:30PM +0100, Robert Hulme wrote: > If I do 'chroot /target mount -t proc proc /proc' I get: chroot: > cannot execute mount: No such file or directory > > If I just 'mount' it lists the mounts ok. If I /target/mount it also > lists the mounts ok. > > 'chroot /target' r

Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-16 Thread CaT
On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 02:52:25PM +0100, Doofus wrote: > Nate Bargmann wrote: > >* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Apr 16 04:13 -0500]: > >>On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 09:13 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > >>>Ron Johnson wrote: > And "c" will still be needed for "ch" (as in "church", not the k > >>

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

2006-04-14 Thread CaT
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 09:18:17AM -0400, Matthias Julius wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 12:32 -0400, Matthias Julius wrote: > >> > >> Yes, there is. As example here is part of the output of mdadm: > >> > >> Array Size : 468872448 (447.15 GiB 480.13 GB) > >> Device Size : 156290816 (149.05

Re: / full?

2006-04-10 Thread CaT
On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 02:16:25PM -0400, Chris Parker wrote: > I have filled up the / partition. a copy of fstab is below: Without actually knowing what you did to full up / I recommend two things: 1. clean out /root if you're using it and don't use it again for anything but the bare minimum. i

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