Re: wlan0 + eth0 = br0

2008-12-13 Thread Christopher Zimmermann
Hi! is this even possible? I think I once tried it and found out that its not possible because wlans don't use arp or something like that. Christopher On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:04:05 +0800 Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List, > > on my Lenny laptop I am trying to build a bridge grouping together

Re: Unrestrict chown?

2008-12-09 Thread Christopher Zimmermann
On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:03:38 +0100 Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-12-09 22:56 +0100, Celejar wrote: > > > On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:53:47 -0800 (PST) > > Arc Roca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> That would be a terrible thing to happen, that any one could appropriate > >> your

Unrestrict chown?

2008-12-09 Thread Christopher Zimmermann
Hi! On my debian box using linux kernel its not possible to give away files: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% touch foo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% chown otheruser foo chown: changing ownership of `foo': Operation not permitted only root can change file owners. Is it possible to configure this behaviour and allow

vncviewer messes with input focus in gnome

2008-03-13 Thread Christopher Zimmermann
Hi! I'm having problems using vncviewer (realVNC 3 or 4) in gnome. As long as the user is working with the machine (moving the mouse, keystrokes) everything is fine (switching fullscreen--windowed, switching between windows is no problem). But after some time of inactivity the vncviewer will loo

Re: cleanup a directory

2008-02-27 Thread Christopher Zimmermann
> Hello List, > > to clean some directories of mine, I use > > rm -rf * > > but files named as `.log' are not removed. > > Is there a better way to do so ? > > Thanks in advance, > Jerome Your problem is that the shell doesn't expand the '*' to hidden files. You could do '.*', but that would

Re: e2fsck -c to check for bad blocks

2008-02-13 Thread Christopher Zimmermann
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:12:52 -0500 Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I gather one can use the e2fsck with -c option to have it call > /sbin/badblocks to report bad blocks on an unmounted partition. This option causes e2fsck to use badblocks(8) program to do a read-only scan of the

Re: What package does my bug report belong to?

2008-01-31 Thread Christopher Zimmermann
If it belongs to a debian package it would probably be the xserver-xorg-video-ati. If you use the binary fglrx driver from ati then this bug doesn't belong to debian. However the UseFBDev option might help. But I often read about those console-switching issues and I believe they are already known a

understanding ulimit -r -m -v

2008-01-23 Thread Christopher Zimmermann
ny hints, pointers to documentation or better ideas to solve this problem would be appreciated. regards, Christopher Zimmermann #include #include #include #include int main () { char *mem[4096]; fputs("mallocating 4 gigs...\n", stderr); for(int i=0; i<4096; i++)

Re: ifupdown and nfs mounts

2007-10-08 Thread Christopher Zimmermann
On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:46:42 +0200 Christopher Zimmermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > On my lenny box the /etc/network/if-up.d/mountnfs script runs after > bringing up ath0. But I need it to run only later after tun0 is brought > up. > Is there a nice way to

ifupdown and nfs mounts

2007-10-08 Thread Christopher Zimmermann
Hi! On my lenny box the /etc/network/if-up.d/mountnfs script runs after bringing up ath0. But I need it to run only later after tun0 is brought up. Is there a nice way to do this or do I have to modify the script? Christopher Zimmermann pgp9hreEq2stq.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Iptables & Default policy of Reject

2007-09-11 Thread Christopher Zimmermann
As long as I use iptables I was not able to use policies of reject. I even remember the target 'REJECT' being a selectable kernel option. Reject requires some ICMP action whereas DROP doesn't. > I am just going through my firewall setup and I notice I can no longer > do iptables -P INPUT R

Memory leaks and swap

2007-06-24 Thread Christopher Zimmermann
Hi! Sometimes I experience system hangs because of memory leaks. A process with a memory leak eats all memory till the system starts swapping. Only a few seconds after the process was started the system slows down till it is practically useless. I believe this could be prevented by deactivating sw