Re: Re: Modem Net Access.

2008-09-24 Thread David Palmer
O.K., Kent and Celejar. Sorry for the delay, but I've got to shutdown, remove the drive, put another in, reboot, install gpmand then hit the logs to find any discrepancies anywhere. Type up what I find, then do the procedure in reverse. Anyway, here I am: Nothing I can spot in syslog. The ke

Re: howto post configure a debian installation

2008-09-18 Thread David Palmer
did use it a long time ago. Something like "baseconfig?" Regards, David Palmer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Colours in VIM-AbiWord

2008-02-04 Thread David Palmer
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Mon February 4 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: AbiWord is much lighter & smaller than OOo. I saw AbiWord when I installed ... another distro ( Pu..y ...) but I never used it. is abiword just a word processor, as opposed to a full suite, like OO ?? does it do .DOC con

Re: Buying debian compatible laptop.

2008-02-04 Thread David Palmer
wifi etc I'd also like it to have DVI, SPDIF, USB2, FireWire, jumbo frame GbE, Infrared and eSATA ports Has anyone seen one? At present, I'm looking (but only looking), at the M59 SLI here: http://www.pioneercomputers.com.au/products/products.asp?c1=3&c2=15 Regards,

Re: exim4 localhost prefix problem

2008-02-03 Thread David Palmer
Jude DaShiell wrote: I got the following error messageError sending: No such host as localhostoutgoing.verizon.net] It looks like strange terminology to me, but you may need a fullstop/period between localhost and outgoing. As in: localhost.outgoing.verizon.net Regards, David Palmer

Re: Modem in Debian

2008-02-03 Thread David Palmer
local mailbox. I read it with mutt and hear the message like any multi-media email message. Then I delete it or save it like any email message. Or provide yourself with a fax facility. Regards, David Palmer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: low-MHz server

2008-01-30 Thread David Palmer
ols at budget time. Last time I scored two 486s and three pentium 1s for nothing. Good for firewalls and mail servers, or just mucking around. Regards, David Palmer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Trying to get on the web with wvdial.

2008-01-28 Thread David Palmer
modem for fax. > > It did it all in the install procedure, detected the serial port the > > modem was on, installed the strings, ready to go. > > If your only need for a POTS ("plain old telephone service") modem is > to send and receive faxes, wvdial is not requir

Re: Trying to get on the web with wvdial.

2008-01-28 Thread David Palmer
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:45:08 -0600 John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Palmer writes: > > [Wvdial] is handy for a newbie. > > Only when it works. Oh, I can remember when it didn't, don't worry. But that was a couple of years back. I thought I'd g

Re: random mouse hangs

2008-01-28 Thread David Palmer
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:20:37 -0500 Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm running etch on amd64. The last few weeks, my mouse would stop > responding for a few seconds. I switched to another mouse - same thing. Now > i have to unplug (it's usb) and plug it back in to get the pointer to move > a

Re: upgrading X in sid

2008-01-28 Thread David Palmer
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:05:06 -0800 "Kelly Clowers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 28, 2008 8:06 AM, Kelly Clowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 28, 2008 6:29 AM, charlie derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a laptop with a native resolution of 1900x1200 which has been > > > w

Re: Brief question as to the Linux kernel in use in the Stable version of Etch

2008-01-27 Thread David Palmer
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:41:43 +0100 Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-01-27 08:23 +0100, David Palmer wrote: > > > On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:48:52 -0500 > > dick thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> My ethernet adapter is an ATT

Re: Brief question as to the Linux kernel in use in the Stable version of Etch

2008-01-26 Thread David Palmer
nd of staid personality that still has tea and scones with his maiden aunts every Sunday afternoon at the age of forty. And he makes the scones. Live a little > Thanks in advance. No worries. Regards, David Palmer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Creative Commons Metamorphosis

2004-08-18 Thread David Palmer
There's a new style of licence happening at Creative Commons. It is typified by the policy of attempting to meld closed and open source, particularly in relation to software. Is this where this project was heading all along? This same proposition is one that has been previously touted by such ent

[Fwd: New Bitstream technology comes to Linux and Desktop/LX]

2004-06-14 Thread David Palmer
This is a newsletter from the Lycoris Linux commercial distribution, concerning something new in font/font management. I'm not aware of the licencing details (I would be very surprised if it could be classified as 'free'). Point the first. Point the second: There seems to be an ever accelerating in

Re: Booting w/ dual CPUs hangs

2003-12-28 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 03:37:00 -0600 "Jeffrey L. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting David Palmer. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > You could also put a couple of Athlon 2000s on that board. It was > > actually made with AMD in mind, specifically MP processors,

Re: Booting w/ dual CPUs hangs

2003-12-28 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 22:00:08 -0600 "Jeffrey L. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Greg Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Saturday 27 December 2003 06:36 pm, Greg Madden wrote: > > > On Saturday 27 December 2003 02:28 pm, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > > > I have a box

Re: WAS "A good book on C programming", now an APPOLOGY

2003-12-28 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:45:15 -0600 Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 15:43, Gavin Henry wrote: > --snip-- > > What is Fedora then? > --snip-- > > Fedora is for people who don't know any better. Those who do know > better, of course, use Debian. :) > > And not to

Re: debian on my athlon?

2003-12-24 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:01:20 -0600 Forest Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just got a new laptop for x-mas that runs on an AMD Athlon XP-M > processor. It's a new processor designed specifically to minimize > energy use for laptops. I was hoping to run Debian GNU/Linux on my > laptop, but t

Re: network install via dialup?

2003-12-18 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:52:06 -0700 "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incoming from James Miller: > > I'm thinking of recommending Debian to someone who has only a dialin > > connection to the 'net. For various reasons, a network install would be > > Isn't cheapbytes still out there? The

Re: Any Linux-oriented hardware-review sites?

2003-12-17 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:42:15 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > Kent West wrote: > > > >> Roberto Sanchez wrote: > >> > >>> Kent West wrote: > >>> > > > > > The nForce is the mobo chipset (not the graphics chip). If I had it > > to do over, I would ge

Re: Any Linux-oriented hardware-review sites?

2003-12-16 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:55:48 -0500 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kent West wrote: > > Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > > >> Kent West wrote: > >> > >>> Anyone know of any hardware-review sites from a Linux perspective? > >>> > >>> I'm looking to buy a replacement motherboard . . . . > >>

Re: Need install help -mig from RedHat to Debian

2003-12-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 04:35:43 -0800 "Gruessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, Hello, > > I hat problems installing my mouse, video card and monitor with Debian > > So what I did is I installed RedHat and got the config for those: > > Monitor: > DDC Probed Monitor = Compac V70 > Horizont

Re: Easing the load.

2003-12-14 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 19:35:58 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 07:48:26AM -0600, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > > > - Original Message ----- > > From: "David Palmer." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >

Re: Easing the load.

2003-12-14 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:25:11 -0500 Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 13:16:05 +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > > [snip] > > Perhaps you'll follow your own advice and seek three votes to throw > yourself off the list for your inability to use

Re: Easing the load.

2003-12-13 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:16:24 -0500 Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:50:15 +0800, David Palmer wrote: > > > I have seen what I believe is a need for an additional mailing list, not > > so much for the benefit of the developers' list, bu

Re: Can we tag [T]echnical posts?

2003-12-12 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:20:07 -0700 "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incoming from Monique Y. Herman: > > > > There is absolutely a learning curve to every community, and > > long-standing members deservedly get more respect and slack. I do > > think that I've been lurking and posting lo

Re: Can we tag [T]echnical posts?

2003-12-11 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:24:46 -0800 "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 01:13:47PM -0800, Tom Ballard, MSFT shill > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I don't expect this to be adopted, > > Right. This is an unmoderated list of volunteers. Many of whom can't > get

Re: Linux is not for consumers!

2003-12-11 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 18:47:15 -0500 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > s. keeling wrote: > > Incoming from Richard Kimber: > > > >>On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:07:23 -0600 > >>"Michael Martinell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>That's why the people doing the documentation should be

Re: Linux is not for consumers!

2003-12-11 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:36:32 -0700 Thanasis Kinias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > scripsit David Palmer.: > > > If you request help, terminologies like 'chown' and chmode' or > > somesuch are thrown at you without any effort toward fuller > > exp

Re: Linux is not for consumers!

2003-12-11 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:21:01 -0700 Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > David Palmer. wrote: > > > If you request help, terminologies like 'chown' and chmode' or > > somesuch are thrown at you without any effort toward fuller > > expla

Re: Linux is not for consumers!

2003-12-11 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:50:11 -0500 "H. S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: > > > Documenting software is like writing a good text book. The author > > must get in touch with his "inner Dummy" and speak to his needs. > > Some geeks have this ability, but many do not. > > > This

Re: Debian for Dual Opterons...

2003-12-11 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:51:17 -0600 Michael Kahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone tried installed Debian on a dual Opteron system? I am > thinking of building a new server based on this technology, any > thoughts? Would I use the IA64 branch? > Hello Michael, Here is the mailing list:-

Easing the load.

2003-12-11 Thread David Palmer
I have seen what I believe is a need for an additional mailing list, not so much for the benefit of the developers' list, but most definitely for the sake of sanity on debian-user. I have posted to curiosain recognition of their patience with an O.T. situation. The following layout is for initial

Re: New Debian installer?

2003-12-10 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 04:22:35 +0100 Alexander Fitterling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 10. Dezember 2003 03:41 schrieb Paul Johnson: > HI. > > Nope, that's it. That's how you get it. > What FS actually are supported? > Hello Alex. For detailed information, you may well be better off

Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??

2003-12-09 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:58:34 +0100 Burkhard Woelfel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 09 December 2003 01:55, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > > From: ScruLoose [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, 5 Decem

Re: Mimail-L

2003-12-08 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 23:30:10 + Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 12:24:09PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > > I have just received a copy of the new variant of the Mimail worm. > > Would anyone like a free sample? > > As new condition.

Re: Unidentified subject!

2003-12-07 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 03:35:12 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 07:39:18PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > > Have you asked Tom if he knows anything about this? > > I'd rather be me than you. There's a lot of you. > Oh... Hello, Tom.

Re: Unidentified subject!

2003-12-07 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 12:15:50 +0100 Nicos Gollan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 16:33:45 -0800 > "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > A spammer harvesting replies. > > > > Any particular reason to feel that's the case? Are you seeing this > > behavior elsewhere? >

Re: [OT] voting (was: Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications))

2003-12-07 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 00:32:46 -0700 "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 at 05:57 GMT, Paul E Condon penned: > > > > As the most recent user of this phrase on this list, let me join > > this discussion: > > > > The sense in which I meant 'know history' was to know w

Re: [OT] voting (was: Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications))

2003-12-07 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 23:14:16 -0700 Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 05:40:32AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 02:25:18PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > > > On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 at 21:13 GMT, csj penned: > > > >> > > > >> As usual, sc

Re: Installing on a GRUB system?

2003-12-06 Thread David Palmer.
will have to install & configure grub after the fact. > > On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 22:48, David Palmer. wrote: > > On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 04:37:09 +0100 > > Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 10:09:59 -0500, > >

Re: Installing on a GRUB system?

2003-12-06 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 04:37:09 +0100 Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 10:09:59 -0500, > lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > i'm downloading the debian-installer beta. i intend to install on a > > > > spare partition on my GRUB-base

Re: LP -> CD

2003-12-06 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 12:31:59 +0100 Luis Fernando Llana Díaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I have several LP's that I would like to transfer to CD's. I have already > connected a LP player to my sound card and I cad heard it. I am searching > programs to: > 1. Record the LP in the hard

Re: Linux Kernel Security - Can it ever be 100%

2003-12-06 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 02:29:29 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 03:04:22PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > > > > For a start, please allow me to refer you to Emmanuel Kant with > > reference to 'a priori.' > > 'a pr

Re: Linux Kernel Security - Can it ever be 100%

2003-12-06 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 02:39:38 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 10:55:23PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > [This rant is probably full of shit] :-) > > > > > Yes. ;-) > > The reason it sounds so dumb is everybody would be out of a job. > I've never met a single per

Re: error

2003-12-05 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 23:16:07 -0600 "Norman Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I attempted to file a complaint on line. Each time I was informed that the phone > number (my phone number) was incorrect; yet, my phone number, 972 727 7260 is > registered on the Do Not Call list. I could not file my

Re: [OT] Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications)

2003-12-05 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 21:00:02 -0800 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:19:25PM -0800, Tom wrote: > > The unfortunate thing about people like you is you go from this bizarre > > self-loathing to crass commercialis

Re: Linux Kernel Security - Can it ever be 100%

2003-12-05 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 20:58:40 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:43:23PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > [great stuff which is absolutely correct] > > However, I "Tom Ballard" have figured it all out. > The problem with all of computer science is the left hand doesn't know

Re: Unidentified subject!

2003-12-05 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:32:37 -0800 (PST) bob nole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you are a animal raper > > How did he find out? Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mail Consolidation

2003-12-05 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:06:40 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Where do I go to modify this setting to make it Digest version. > > The same page you subscribed to the list on. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

Re: [OT] Slashdot and media accuracy

2003-12-05 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 23:05:39 -0500 ScruLoose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 09:50:35PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > David Palmer. wrote: > > > > Put all politicians on a wage of $500.00/week, and make it a > > > capital offense to take

Re: [OT] Slashdot and media accuracy

2003-12-05 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 21:50:35 -0600 John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Palmer. wrote: > > Put all politicians on a wage of $500.00/week, and make it a capital > > offense to take a political bribe, and you would get the ones that > > want to do the job for

Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??

2003-12-04 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 00:48:58 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 04:57:55PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 01:50:35PM -0700, Dave wrote: > > > On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:20:21 +0100, Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > who benefits from the publicit

Re: Gentoo compromised too

2003-12-04 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 14:15:50 -0600 John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Flo writes: > > But even worse, about the Savannah crack > > Once is happenstance. > Twice is coincidence. > Three times is enemy action. > > I suspect that all these attacks are not unrelated. Someone is out to > get u

Re: Kernel upgrade time

2003-12-04 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 05:10:31 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 06:41:30AM -0600, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 03:15:06PM -0800, Tom wrote: > > > > Fact: Closer to 5 pints than 5 gallons. > > > > > > gallons of blood. A swimming pool holds abo

Re: Kernel upgrade time

2003-12-04 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 04:29:04 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 07:16:48PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > > Tommy boy, you haven't got what it takes to screw with my head. > > Okay. Just out of curiousity, are you older or younger than 30:

Re: Kernel upgrade time

2003-12-04 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 23:09:44 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 12:46:06PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > > > > I don't know what you are talking about. > > I'm fucking with your head by appearing to argue with you while offeri

Re: [OT] Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications)

2003-12-04 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 23:01:13 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 12:53:29PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > > > Two parties, sharing power, no difference between the two other than > > name. > > I used to be like that, all mad at every

Re: Kernel upgrade time

2003-12-04 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 15:15:06 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 06:54:54AM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > > > This is just the manifestation of a career CIA mentality torturing > > itself. > > George H.W. Bush was CIA director

Mimail-L

2003-12-03 Thread David Palmer.
Hello, I have just received a copy of the new variant of the Mimail worm. Would anyone like a free sample? As new condition. I haven't even clicked the attachment. Going cheap. Information on the Sophos website concerning the followup message if you don't reply to the initial one. Have copied and

Re: Kernel upgrade time

2003-12-03 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 00:19:08 +0100 Andreas von Heydwolff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom wrote: > > > Let's see, what's something I know but I don't know that I know? > > > > > > > An archetype before it becomes conscious. > > > > -- AvH > You think there might be one lurking in there so

Re: [OT] Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications)

2003-12-03 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 13:14:24 -0700 "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 at 20:04 GMT, Tom penned: > > On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 07:12:33AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > >> > >> And everyone seems to SHOUT on Fox. > > > > I like it when we take turns. I hope the left w

Re: Kernel upgrade time

2003-12-03 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 13:57:07 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 06:35:05AM -0600, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 03:00:13PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > > > >> "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always > > > >interesting> to me,

Re: EXT3 File system recovery

2003-12-01 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 22:58:37 -0500 "Matthew Kopishke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am in desperate need of help. I had two 60gb disks running in a > RAID 1 using a Promise FastTrack IDE RAID card and the linux ATARaid > support with a EXT3 FS (2.4.18). Over the weekend, as far as I

Re: RFC: Create d-user-woody, d-user-sarge maillists, deactivate d-user

2003-12-01 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 02:28:52 -0800 "Hereon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Request For Comment on: > Enhancing the Debian mailing lists by: > Creating debian-user-woody and debian-user-sarge mailing lists, > and deactivating debian-user. > And the people running mixed systems? I'm running sta

Re: Slasdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications)

2003-11-30 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:01:22 -0800 "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 09:53:37PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 03:22 GMT, John Hasler penned: > > > Monique wrote: > > >> The difference is that, by allowing repli

Re: recommended Virus Scanner?

2003-11-28 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 22:06:54 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 09:33:45PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 11:57:26PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > > > I've gotta say that md5-encrypted shadow passwords, chkrootkit, > > > integrit, SYN cookies, iptab

Re: OT, proper phone wire question?/Twists & Guage ?

2003-11-28 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:30:00 -0500 lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 18 November 2003 15:36, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > > > Why are twists so important and why do the faster technologies need > > more twists in the cable? As an electric signal varies along a pair > > of wires, a m

Re: recommended Virus Scanner?

2003-11-27 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 06:57:18 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 05:39:05AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > Thanks for the excellent answers. > > > ...you don't need to worry about viruses for GNU/Linux. > > >GNU/Linux has a security profile. It's generally mar

Re: Modems-dialup.

2003-11-27 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:51:22 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Hi folks.. > >apologies getting off topic a bit but really would like to hear > >everyone's opinion if there's particular modem that stands above and > >beyond the rest..sort of like say a Courier modem would for dial-up. > >If I go

Re: Learning debian Linux

2003-11-26 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:33:04 -0700 "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 at 10:10 GMT, David Palmer. penned: > > On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 21:00:00 +0100 "John L. Fjellstad" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: kernel 2.6

2003-11-26 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:24:02 -0500 Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom Allison wrote: > > > Is there a test package of kernel-image-2.6 ?? > > > > I thought I read once there was, but the search engine is down right > > now on the debian site. > > > > > > apt-cache search kernel-image|

Debian Community Security, was Re: recommended Virus Scanner?

2003-11-26 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 00:07:05 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > >Non-issue if you don't use Windows. > > This is totally piling on, but given this recent security compromise, > I think the whole Linux community needs to reevaluate its "can't > happen here" mentality.

Re: Anaconda, where's the beef?

2003-11-25 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:11:01 -0500 Fraser Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 15 November 2003 07:00, David Palmer. wrote: > > > I don't know why we have to go to Red Hat for something that Debian > > requires. > > My reason for being interes

Re: Learning debian Linux

2003-11-25 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 21:00:00 +0100 "John L. Fjellstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 20 November 2003 22:27, David Palmer. wrote: > > David Palmer? As in President David Palmer? What are you doing

Re: test

2003-11-24 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 19:01:15 -0500 Alexander Winston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 18:45, iain d broadfoot wrote: > > Hmm, is lists.d.o up again? > > Apparently so, but it seems that debian-user is the only active mailing > list. > No, I'm getting AMD64, also. Regards, Dav

Re: *plonk* Re: Code of Conduct (was Re: Totally [OT] Re: Opium)

2003-11-21 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:24:16 + ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:50:09 -0800 > "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > on Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 04:49:14AM +, ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:23:48 +0800 > > > csj <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: README What up with www.debian.org ?

2003-11-21 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 05:09:13 -0500 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul William wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 19:54, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > > >>Hello All, > >> > >>What happens to www.debian.org ? > > > > > > Seems to be down but http://debian.org/ is working. This means it >

Re: evolution usability (somewhat OT)

2003-11-21 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:27:54 -0800 Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 22:50, David Palmer. wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:58:24 -0800 > > Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >(unstable debian, evolution) >

Re: evolution usability (somewhat OT)

2003-11-20 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:58:24 -0800 Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >(unstable debian, evolution) > >I find evolution to be fairly nice MUA but: > >- is there a way for it to move deleted mails to trash? > >- is there a way for it not to show deleted emails (it shows them

Re: Learning debian Linux

2003-11-20 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:36:34 +0100 "John L. Fjellstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 20 November 2003 16:51, Stephen wrote: > > > What's with you? I mean, Debian because of the text installer may be > > a little intimidating, but it'

Re: Procmail virus recipies (was Re: Mimail Virus.)

2003-11-19 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:58:05 -0800 "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 06:42:40AM +0800, David Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Just saw this in Eweek, so I thought that I would forward it to the &g

Re: (no subject)

2003-11-19 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:33:53 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > HELLO THERE > > IM WONDERING IF YOU COULD E-MAIL ME YOUR DRIVER > FOR > WINDOWS > XP??? >

Re: epson

2003-11-19 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:51:06 +0100 steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The black ink on my epson 870 does not print. The colors print. > I have run the nozzle check, etc., several times and it still doesn't > print. I have a new black cartridge and it still doesn't print in > black. > > Can anyon

Re: Scripting Manuals

2003-11-18 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:47:39 -0800 shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 06:15:30PM -0600, Anil Gupte wrote: > > Where can I find some good scripting manuals that will teach me (a newbie) > > to write bash shell scripts? > the advanced bash scripting guide (assumes no pr

Disc Systems.

2003-11-18 Thread David Palmer.
Hello, I've mentioned this one before, but I've just come across the link again, so I thought I would forward it to the list for those that may be interested in this sort of thing. http://www.gnoppix.org/ Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: ISP and DNS port scanning!

2003-11-18 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:50:02 + Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 03:43:15PM -0600, Rthoreau wrote: > > Hello: fellow Debian users > > > > I was going over my router logs and noticed that I am getting port > > scanned from my ISP, this has been happening for

Re: A idea for newbies.

2003-11-18 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:39:03 -0600 "Hoyt Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you have a machine that is newer than "Woody" you may run into > difficulties that you cant solve. This list is a great help but it > takes time. After spending a couple of weeks resolving X wont boot > and Modem wo

Mimail Virus.

2003-11-18 Thread David Palmer
Hello, Just saw this in Eweek, so I thought that I would forward it to the list. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1383915,00.asp Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems partioning XP disk

2003-11-17 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:05:58 -0500 "Eric Dickner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All. > > Starting right off the bat in the set of instructions for installing on an > existing disk running Windows I have a problem. Section 3.6.1.1 tells you > to create a bootable floppy with the "sys a:" com

Re: [OT] RE: Opium (Proposal?)

2003-11-17 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:32:09 -0500 Alfredo Valles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 17 November 2003 11:33 am, Colin Watson wrote: > > > > No, the way to avoid the flamewars is for you to be less selfish and > > have them somewhere else where they might actually be approximately > > on-topic.

Re: maybe I missed a thread

2003-11-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 13:01:10 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 07:09, Tom Allison wrote: > > I have been unsubscribed from 'debian-user' for a bit so I may have > > missed a thread on this one. > > > > But there has been a lot of discussion on other distro-list

Re: [OT] Re: Opium

2003-11-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 19:09:20 +0800 csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:09:37 +0100, > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:39:31 -0600, > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 02:22, Arnt Ka

Re: Social Engineering. {was: Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]

2003-11-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 19:23:51 +0800 csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:35:54 -0600, > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 15:31, Alfredo Valles wrote: > > > On Friday 14 November 2003 3:48 pm, David Palmer. wrote: > > [sn

Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]

2003-11-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 10:52:43 -0500 TR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Its not often that I agree with Tom. Should I be worried? > > > > > > Holy crap! I would! > Be afraid. Be very afraid. Regards David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]

2003-11-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 14:09:56 + ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 02:05:15 -0600 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 23:07, ben wrote: > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:14:38 -0800 > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 20

Re: Debian based working distribution

2003-11-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 11:53:24 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss) wrote: > Since the current Debian sarge installation doesn't work (see > "debian-boot" list) and I need an installation fast I'm looking for > alternatives. So far I've tested Knoppix from the newspaper ct (has no > root access), Mor

Re: Anaconda, where's the beef?

2003-11-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 01:30:12 -0800 "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 10:05:59PM -0500, Fraser Campbell > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Apologies since this isn't really a Debian question but does anyone > > know where a person can download the ana

Re: Social Engineering. {was: Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]

2003-11-14 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:55:58 -0800 Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 15:12, David Palmer. wrote: > ... > >>These potentially highly dangerous individuals are confined to > >>institutions known as 'res

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