Re: ath5k-based card not working

2008-08-07 Thread Chris Howie
/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg00955.html I didn't know madwifi was non-free... ? -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ath5k-based card not working

2008-08-07 Thread Chris Howie
do to power it up, but I have no clue what. Hints? I am running 2.6.26-1-amd64. According to the HCL this card should work since 2.6.25. Thanks, -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: Palm not being identified (no ttyUSB* being created)

2008-04-09 Thread Chris Howie
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Chris Howie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks: > > A few days ago my Palm (Tungsten T) was syncing just fine using > gnome-pilot, and today it simply will not. I've tried a myriad of > things, from rebooting Linux to soft rese

Re: Palm not being identified (no ttyUSB* being created)

2008-04-08 Thread Chris Howie
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:48 AM, Chris Howie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Mumia W.. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm having problems syncing my Palm TX. I started using kernel 2.6.24 > > (under Etch), and I see that the

Re: Palm not being identified (no ttyUSB* being created)

2008-04-08 Thread Chris Howie
n successfully talk to it using "-p usb:" but gpilotd cannot -- in fact it cannot seem to talk to it no matter what device I use (ttyUSB0, ttyUSB1, pilot, usb:). -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Palm not being identified (no ttyUSB* being created)

2008-04-07 Thread Chris Howie
he Palm. udevmonitor.txt - One connect/disconnect while running udevmonitor. Tips are very appreciated; I have a few files I need to install on it soon. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and addre

Re: Nice GUI/CLI Password Manager for Linux

2008-01-25 Thread Chris Howie
ol...so I could remote login using SSH and > look at some passwords that I have forgotten. > > Any ideas? vim + encfs. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Etch to Lenny, two kernel options now, why?

2008-01-16 Thread Chris Howie
ooted and built the module for the new kernel. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

Re: Change default directory in a package

2008-01-16 Thread Chris Howie
tool for this work ? The only mechanism I can think of would be to download the source package and reconfigure it with a different prefix. This can break other packages that depend on it, however. Generally you should not ever need to do this anyway. -- Chris Howie http://www

Re: how to install sun java plugin for iceweasel in Debian?

2008-01-16 Thread Chris Howie
On Jan 13, 2008 1:56 PM, Amogh Hooshdar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I forgot to mention that I use Debian AMD 64 bit. Is this the cause of > the problem? Yes it is. Sun has still not distributed a Java browser plugin for 64-bit on any OS. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrisho

Re: Getting older debian packages

2008-01-14 Thread Chris Howie
> only contain the most recent packages. I've alredy looked though the web > but > haven't found any place where I can download older testing packages. So my > question is, is there a place, where I can download older packages such as > the > mentioned version 2.6 of glibc?

Re: Perl realted..?

2008-01-11 Thread Chris Howie
right to me. Scope doesn't change in a loop. All > of this code is in the same scope, so the print statement will work > fine. > Try again. 8< $ perl -le 'my $last = 1; while (true) { my $last = 2; last; } print $last;' 1 8< -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

Re: Perl realted..?

2008-01-10 Thread Chris Howie
entical to "my" except that you *can* reach that variable from other packages. A "my" declaration inside of a function just limits the scope and lifetime of the variable to that function. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

Re: Etch: emacs or emac21?

2008-01-10 Thread Chris Howie
(Resending to the list. Sorry for the duplicate, Rodolfo.) On Jan 10, 2008 11:18 AM, Chris Howie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 10, 2008 10:58 AM, Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In Sarge there was only the package `emacs21'. Now in Etch we h

Weird keymapping going on with VNC

2008-01-10 Thread Chris Howie
ard scancodes somewhere, which would explain why 5 acts like backspace if keyboard scancodes are based on position instead of the ASCII chart. (I must admit my ignorance on the topic.) However, this idea does not make sense given that "a" registers correctly in every situation I ha

Re: Perl realted question..

2008-01-09 Thread Chris Howie
On Jan 9, 2008 10:04 PM, ISHWAR RATTAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to place the last line read > when reading from a file? My suspicion is there > is no such thing but i do want to confirm.. > What do you mean by "place?" -- Chris Howie ht

Re: How to filter out mailing list spam with bogofilter

2008-01-09 Thread Chris Howie
t; question. > I understand this, but your reaction was akin to a slap in the face after I simply tried to be somewhat humorous while providing what I thought was a helpful suggestion. I ask you to reread my post in this light. > Also please don't top post. Reading an answer before

Re: How to filter out mailing list spam with bogofilter

2008-01-09 Thread Chris Howie
ing a certain lightness to the topic. Apparently that did not work, but holy crap man... did you think I was making fun of you or something? On Jan 9, 2008 3:03 PM, Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 09 January 2008 19:58, Chris Howie wrote: > > On Jan 9, 2008

Re: How to filter out mailing list spam with bogofilter

2008-01-09 Thread Chris Howie
given to a similar site has eaten over 3,200 messages since the same date, which is ~4 per day. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

Re: Absolutely cannot write to USB drive

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Howie
; > Thanks in advance. > > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > http://gibberish.co.il > א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

Re: What is going on in debian-user?

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Howie
On Jan 8, 2008 2:32 PM, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe it's time to revisit the idea of allowing only members to post? > Or people could stop talking about it and get back to their lives, since it was fixed some hours ago. -- Chris Howie http://www.ch

Re: DVD image download issue Opera, Konqueror, and Firefox/iceweasel

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Howie
it i > did not check all the mirrors, though stopping at the > same spot is certianly odd > Jigdo? -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

Re: Goodbye

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Howie
On Jan 8, 2008 10:45 AM, Joel Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, it hasn't. I've continued getting them right up until I sent the > unsubscribe message. > About 20 minutes ago this was posted: http://cord.de/blog/index.php?entry=entry080108-144

Re: Goodbye

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Howie
rganizers can > implement some anti-spam measures, I'll be happy to join again in the > future. There's no reason for this quantity of spam to be making it through > on a mailing list. > It's already been fixed. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

Re: Another flood of spam

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Howie
d blame you if you unsubscribed until the spam stops. I considered doing the same thing but really it doesn't take that much time to flag the spam, and this is the only list I'm on that seems to be getting hit this hard (or at least the only list that lets this much through). -- Chris Howie ht

Re: Archiuves for debian-user missing?

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Howie
; Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian > http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, > on-line books and sceptical articles) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] &g

Re: Another flood of spam

2008-01-07 Thread Chris Howie
On Jan 7, 2008 4:09 PM, Quincy Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Spam here too! > > I notice no spam in the Ubuntu users list maybe they have a better filter? > Or nobody cares about Ubuntu? He shoots, he scores! :) -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.

Re: Another flood of spam

2008-01-07 Thread Chris Howie
have probably flagged the same messages too, causing gmail to retroactively classify them as spam for you. (Maybe, not sure if that's how their filter works, but it'd be cool.) -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

Re: ttys1 displaying odd output

2008-01-06 Thread Chris Howie
rstanding the meaning of this output > Maybe the cat got loose while that VT was active? Just kidding... kinda. Anyway, those also look suspiciously like console escape sequences for e.g. changing color, clearing the screen, and whatnot. `man console_codes`. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

Re: chown all files on a data drive

2008-01-05 Thread Chris Howie
7;m not sure exactly what you're trying to accomplish. If you want everyone to have access to the drive you can do something like: # chown -R root:root /share/other # chmod -R o+rwX /share/other If you only want your user account to have access then something like: # chown -R youruser /share/o

Re: strange Shorewall entry

2008-01-04 Thread Chris Howie
:8030/ It could also have been a browser plugin, JavaScript... who knows. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

Re: libqt3c102-mt

2008-01-04 Thread Chris Howie
;libqt-mt", so any > Idea How this problem can be resolved ? > > Thank you in advance, > Gustavo > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

Re: Anyone run nvidia driver + latest xorg 7.3?

2008-01-04 Thread Chris Howie
] > > > > and those need legacy 96xx driver, so no bumping... > > Well, you're screwed. I see three options: > 1. Use nv. > 2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130039 > 3. Use the console. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is w

Re: Anyone run nvidia driver + latest xorg 7.3?

2008-01-04 Thread Chris Howie
On Jan 4, 2008 11:18 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Howie wrote: > > And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why closed source drivers suck. :) > > But economically speaking, while sucking, I go look for the GeForce 6200 > cards and shell out about $

Re: strange Shorewall entry

2008-01-04 Thread Chris Howie
008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 255 -8<- Maybe their download server runs on an alternate port? (Though I cannot seem to telnet to this server on 8030 or 80.) -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

Re: X11 not displaying clearly

2008-01-04 Thread Chris Howie
to fonts at all, since bitmaps are being drawn with the same effect. It looks suspiciously like someone is setting a stencil that everything gets drawn with. (Not saying that's what it is, but that's really what comes to mind.) -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

Xen doesn't boot on sarge

2006-10-13 Thread Chris Howie
86 root=/dev/hda1 ro console=tty0 module /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-2-xen-686 savedefault Working non-Xen entry: title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.17-2-686 root(hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-2-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17

Re: apt-get fails through broken proxy

2006-08-03 Thread Chris Howie
Ottavio Caruso wrote: > I just wonder if anyone has a possible workaround on > my end, before giving up. Maybe you can tunnel out with ssh? -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a-->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++

Re: Windows is the better OS for running a FTP server

2006-05-16 Thread Chris Howie
Dirk wrote: > Chris Howie wrote: >>If you want an answer, ask, don't attack. It sounds like trolling. >> >>Now fuck off. > > I get "421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection" > when I log into my ftp server. > > It worke

Re: Can I stay in testing without going etch?

2006-05-16 Thread Chris Howie
appen on a release that can be skipped if you directly upgrade from a testing distribution to a newer testing distribution. At least it did a fair job of nuking my box. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> U

Re: Windows is the better OS for running a FTP server

2006-05-16 Thread Chris Howie
don't attack. It sounds like trolling. Now fuck off. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- R(+)>- tv-(--)

Re: X freezes after switching back from a VT

2006-05-15 Thread Chris Howie
Chris Howie wrote: > The output of `lspci -v` is attached. Or not. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- R(+)

X freezes after switching back from a VT

2006-05-15 Thread Chris Howie
is locked. (Things are still running, because I can ssh in, but X doesn't even respond to SIGKILL.) The output of `lspci -v` is attached. Googling on the video card does not seem to yield any information on this problem. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK---

Re: Pendrive corrupted filesystem

2006-05-15 Thread Chris Howie
27;re done unmount and > watch Linux throw it all on! Unless you're like me, and you're mounting a volume to put one large file on it and actually want to see a progress bar while the thing writes so you can go do something else. (That was a lot of clauses.) -- Chris Howie http:/

Re: Can I stay in testing without going etch?

2006-05-15 Thread Chris Howie
ware. Can I do that while etch is in freeze? I would highly recommend leaving your sources.list pointing at etch until after the freeze is over, then point at testing. Upgrading across releases (for that is what will happen if you track testing) can cause some bizarre problems now and then. --

Re: copying a 12GB file

2006-03-29 Thread Chris Howie
mode. Is there a reason you cannot use scp? Even with an old 766MHz I was able to image a 10gb hard drive with a chain of 'cat | ssh "cat > file"' in around a half hour over 100mbit. If you set up ssh keys you won't need a password and can thus automate it if required

Re: apache-ant deb package ?

2006-02-26 Thread Chris Howie
Mehmet Fatih Akbulut wrote: > is there an apache-ant deb package ? couldnt find with apt-cache search :'( That's because it's just called ant. apt-cache search apache ant apt-get install ant -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3

Re: Watch out! In Etch, apt-get upgrade breaks KDE on every machine I upgraded...

2006-02-20 Thread Chris Howie
s well. Note that you'll want to unhold libxft2 (echo libxft2 install | dpkg --set-selections) after this is fixed. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o+

TwinView dead space -- restrict cursor?

2006-02-13 Thread Chris Howie
the meta modes, and this is what X sees as the display size. But is there a way to keep the cursor from entering the dead space? Possibly with a release key combination (e.g. holding Shift while moving the mouse would allow it to enter dead space). -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -

Re: Modifying the title of a Firefox window?

2006-02-13 Thread Chris Howie
s where someone is logged in, their name, what WM/DE they are running, etc -- even for the console VTs. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE

Re: ntp strangeness

2006-02-09 Thread Chris Howie
Chris Howie wrote: > Jacob S wrote: > >>After I did an apt-get update/upgrade Monday I've had problem keeping >>the time set properly on my computer. I have both ntpdate and >>ntp-server installed, running a strictly Sid machine. > > > Welcome to the

Re: ntp strangeness

2006-02-09 Thread Chris Howie
e symptoms I've been having. Try booting the kernel with the "noapic nolapic" parameters. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(-

Re: ntp strangeness

2006-02-09 Thread Chris Howie
acpi' but that does nothing. =( -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- R(+)>- tv-(--) b- DI+> D++ G>+++ e

Re: Any way to play AAC streams?

2006-02-07 Thread Chris Howie
rick? I'm running Sid with > everything up to date. I find the easiest way to play those is to convert them to WAVs with faad, then to something more suitable, like Ogg Vorbis. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--

Re: vi trying to connect to X

2006-02-06 Thread Chris Howie
Kumar Appaiah wrote: > I think vim is trying to change the title of the Konsole window to > Vim. Setting the title is done through escape codes, not X: echo -e '\033]2;Hello, World!\a' -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS

Re: vi trying to connect to X

2006-02-06 Thread Chris Howie
Karsten M. Self wrote: > You've apparently got the gvim variant of vim installed, and it may be > doing stupid things presuming it's got an X display active. vim tries to connect X for access to the X clipboard. :help x11-selection -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com

Re: module load sequence

2006-02-02 Thread Chris Howie
Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote: > Chris Howie escribe: > >>Lei Kong wrote: >> >>>How do I make sure ide_generic module is loaded before libata and >>>ata_piix? I need to do this on my thinkpad z60t, because the dvd rom >>>won't be recognize

Re: module load sequence

2006-02-01 Thread Chris Howie
Lei Kong wrote: > How do I make sure ide_generic module is loaded before libata and > ata_piix? I need to do this on my thinkpad z60t, because the dvd rom > won't be recognized otherwise. echo ide_generic >> /etc/modules -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -B

Re: k3b in etch?

2006-02-01 Thread Chris Howie
to testing. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- R(+)>- tv-(--) b- DI+> D++ G>+++ e>++ h(--)>--

Re: nForce AC97 equalizer

2006-02-01 Thread Chris Howie
Philippe Grenard wrote: > You should try to install the nforce modules (go to the nvidia web site to > retrieve them), then you could launch "nvmixer" if this is what you seek ? I downloaded nvmixer and compiled it (it's available separately) and it doesn't have equa

Re: /dev/sequencer, 2.6.15, CMI8738

2006-02-01 Thread Chris Howie
s even dumber. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- R(+)>- tv-(--) b- DI+> D++ G>+++ e>++ h(--)>--- !r

Re: /dev/sequencer, 2.6.15, CMI8738

2006-02-01 Thread Chris Howie
one and actually renders the file in software and gives the card the wave. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- R(+)

Re: /var becomes read-only every day

2006-01-31 Thread Chris Howie
Hans Ekbrand wrote: > Every day /var (which is on its own partition) becomes read-only. If /var is on a separate partition and is mounted with '-o errors=remount-ro' then check dmesg and see if some error is triggering the remount. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BE

Re: Kernel Source

2006-01-31 Thread Chris Howie
install the NVidia drivers after doing all of the above...? That's what m-a does. You just have to reconfigure X, which is what the dpkg-reconfigure is for. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL

Re: Kernel Source

2006-01-31 Thread Chris Howie
r can I not download the 2.6.x kernel source > via apt...? Again, you only need the headers. # apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) module-assistant # m-a a-i nvidia # apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-settings # modprobe nvidia # echo nvidia >> /etc/modules # dpkg-reconfigure xse

Re: Azureus and the TCP port 6881

2006-01-31 Thread Chris Howie
ntional (it's happened before). -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- R(+)>- tv-(--) b- DI+> D++ G>+++ e&g

Re: Azureus and the TCP port 6881

2006-01-30 Thread Chris Howie
John Hasler wrote: > Chris Howie writes: >>Watch ISPs try to filter that. The TLS/SSL wrapper keeps them from >>filtering by analyzing the protocol. > > They may simply block anything they can't analyze. That's a recipie for disaster for any ISP -- they

Re: Azureus and the TCP port 6881

2006-01-30 Thread Chris Howie
oughly the same schedule. Watch ISPs try to filter that. The TLS/SSL wrapper keeps them from filtering by analyzing the protocol. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o+

nForce AC97 equalizer

2006-01-30 Thread Chris Howie
media controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d0) :02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 GT] (rev a2) -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+

Re: Azureus and the TCP port 6881

2006-01-30 Thread Chris Howie
(some implementations of passive FTP, for example). It also makes p2p traffic more difficult to track (though still relatively simple). -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E

Re: unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2006-01-30 Thread Chris Howie
Read the mailing list signature and save yourself the hassle and us the meaningless messages. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE

Re: Azureus and the TCP port 6881

2006-01-30 Thread Chris Howie
our router/modem and make sure it's forwarding the port to your machine. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5?

Re: Xvnc giving errors after kernel upgrade

2006-01-28 Thread Chris Howie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Chris Howie said: >>Fatal server error: >>could not open default font 'fixed' > > Well, obvious question; is the fixed font somewhere on your system? If > so, can Xvnc find it? I mean if the server's giving a clear indication

Xvnc giving errors after kernel upgrade

2006-01-28 Thread Chris Howie
t! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' ---->8 -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C+

Re: THE END OF THE WAR IN IRAQ!

2006-01-26 Thread Chris Howie
been sent to hundreds of organizations throughout >> the U.S. and it?s territories. >> >> PLEASE join us by signing this petition for the power of, WE THE >> PEOPLE--- > > > No one gets my support by spamming. Or by not being able to spell. "it&

Re: Newbie needs help with LAN set up

2006-01-26 Thread Chris Howie
ble-check that. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- R(+)>- tv-(--) b- DI+> D++ G>+++ e>++ h(--)>--- !

Re: debian 3.0 r4

2006-01-21 Thread Chris Howie
oncerned about storage space. +2gb should be plenty. (My sarge server is using ~700mb and it's got a lot of big stuff installed, like Sun's JRE.) -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$

Re: Linux Distribution Chooser

2006-01-07 Thread Chris Howie
uld we stop with two bloated environments when we can have two bloated environments and a million lightweight ones? Are we trying to see how much space we can burn? How hard can it be to give the user a choice during the install, and why is that such a stupid idea according to you? -- Chris How

Re: Linux Distribution Chooser

2006-01-06 Thread Chris Howie
e. A choice during the install would be more than welcome. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- R(+)>- tv-(--)

Re: Exim using incorrect hostname [SOLVED]

2006-01-05 Thread Chris Howie
omething. It shouldn't do it automatically, but some notice about it would help exim novices like myself. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V-

Re: Re: Exim using incorrect hostname

2006-01-04 Thread Chris Howie
ing, and doesn't document any different steps than I took when configuring Exim. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++

Exim using incorrect hostname

2006-01-04 Thread Chris Howie
marthost' CFILEMODE='644' dc_use_split_config='true' dc_hide_mailname='false' dc_mailname_in_oh='true' ### /etc/hostname ### foobar ### /etc/mailname ### foobar.com ### -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version:

Re: [OT] IRS tax forms can finally be saved

2006-01-03 Thread Chris Howie
t of debian users won't be switching to superfluous non-free software like Adobe Reader when a free alternative exists. My two cents. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E-

Re: How to tell a CD's filesystem format?

2006-01-02 Thread Chris Howie
ecial (11/0) `man file`, or `file --help`. Use -s: Audio CD: pyromaniacs:~# file -s /dev/hdc /dev/hdc: ERROR: cannot read `/dev/hdc' (Input/output error) Data CD: pyromaniacs:~# file -s /dev/hdc /dev/hdc: ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data 'LABEL ' Where &qu

Re: nvidia vs. nv drivers

2006-01-02 Thread Chris Howie
& dpkg-reconfigure xserver-(xfree86|xorg) && /etc/init.d/[xkg]dm restart -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+

Re: can't mount my root partition (rescue mode)

2006-01-02 Thread Chris Howie
d? Usually if you can't mount a filesystem it's because it got corrupted somehow, in this case it might be a "bad superblock" like it says. dmesg will provide info on exactly why the mount is failing. If you haven't done so, try using '-t auto' or not usin

Re: removing autofs from sarge installation

2006-01-01 Thread Chris Howie
debian release, or "testing/unstable" if running testing or unstable. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X-

Re: Partimage in stable (sarge)

2006-01-01 Thread Chris Howie
ebs in ~/partimage-build. As root, 'dpkg -i' the ones you want. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- R(

Re: console tool for checking web sites

2006-01-01 Thread Chris Howie
write a Perl script to parse it. No fancy API, and you get the results in exactly the format you want them in. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--

Re: Compatible VoIP software on Debian [SOLVED]

2005-12-31 Thread Chris Howie
peals to me, the Linux client crashes quite frequently. I've been playing around with Gizmo for about 10 minutes and I think it's exactly what I've been looking for. Sure, open-source would be *great*, but in while OpenWengo is still in early development stages Gizmo will work.

Re: Firefox and Flash

2005-12-31 Thread Chris Howie
file the bug or comment on an existing one? Well I am using a self-built backport of 1.5 from sid, and it's pretty wacked out too. So the problem doesn't lie in the build process but possibly in one of the debian patches. - -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com - -BEGIN GEEK C

Re: Using USB pen drive

2005-12-31 Thread Chris Howie
parently partitions in it... Those "partitions" are the misinterpretation of the filesystem data as a partition table. There is a very good chance that /dev/sdb contains a file system. Try it before saying it won't work. - -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com - -BEGIN GEE

Re: Where's the [EMAIL PROTECTED] GUI?

2005-12-31 Thread Chris Howie
LAY and XAUTHORITY environment variables to the same settings your regular user had them set to before you did "su -". But I could be misinterpreting what you're saying, too. - -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:-

Re: Compatible VoIP software on Debian

2005-12-31 Thread Chris Howie
a chore to use, and (b) it cannot be installed alongside KDE 3.4, which I plan to dist-upgrade to soon (I'm holding back until amarok is installable). - -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P++

Re: Using USB pen drive

2005-12-30 Thread Chris Howie
ou information about connected USB devices by presenting it as part of the filesystem. Try mounting /dev/sdb. I've seen Windows format the raw device without setting up a partition table -- this is how floppies work usually, so Windows probably carried the concept over to other removable media

Re: Where's the [EMAIL PROTECTED] GUI?

2005-12-30 Thread Chris Howie
ng KDE before I > started the upgrade. I'm sure it's some simple little thing, but I can't > seem to find it in the rams of reference material :-( As root: dpkg-reconfigure debconf - -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 G

Compatible VoIP software on Debian

2005-12-30 Thread Chris Howie
27;t found any Windows software yet that will "play nice" with it. Can anyone recommend a good pair? I've been looking at OpenWengo as a possible choice -- same client on both systems. Is the .deb release on their site stable enough for voice chat? (Not interested in their vid

Re: Determine system ver (Debian vs. other Linuxes) at runtime?

2005-12-30 Thread Chris Howie
(Redhat vs SuSE > vs. Debian) and revision (Debian Woody/3.0, Sarge/3.1, etc). If /etc/debian_version exists, then it's debian, and the file contents should be the version number (which will be "testing/unstable" if the user is not running a stable release). - -- Chris Howie ht

Re: Firefox and Flash

2005-12-30 Thread Chris Howie
problems with plugins on Firefox? Which version of Firefox? Which plugins? Sarge, Etch, or Sid? What video card? etc. Tabulate the results, look for a common factor. Or we could all strace. - -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--

Re: Re: Firefox and Flash

2005-12-30 Thread Chris Howie
to be fixed. Soon. - -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL P$ L+++> E--- W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- R(+)>- tv-(--) b- DI+> D++ G>+++ e>

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