Re: Sharing a directory

r users default file permissions. If you put: umask 0022 in the .bashrc and .bash_profile, any new files and dirs will be group writable by default. The only problem with this is that it applies to *ALL* files that user creates, not just the files in the sgid directory. Hope this helps, Thanks, Martin OConnor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to get a clean xserver-xorg installation?

; And I don't really want to use GDM. > > There's always XDM. I use both KDE and GNOME so GDM seemed a logical > choice. > > I had the same problem with gnome upon upgrading from stable to testing. Here is something simple to try: Create a new user and login as

Re: jackd to be uninstall, do I need it?

On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 23:00 -0500, H.S. wrote: > I am in the process of upgrading selected packages in my Testing > machine, running 2.6.12 kernel. For the time being, I am not touching > kde (since it wants to remove k3b). But if I try to upgrade alsa > packages, jackd is to be uninstalled: > > $

Re: Support for usb digital cameras in sarge 2.6.8-2-386 kernel

On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 18:43 -0800, Wu-Kung Sun wrote: > When I switched from Knoppix to Debian when Sarge went stable, I lost > the ability to use my usb digital camera (neither usb-uhci or usb-ohci > modules were installed). Several months ago I asked and someone said > I have to recompile the ke

Re: alternative to packages.debian.org

On 18/01/06, Gabriel Parrondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: icmp wrote:> Hi,>> is there packages.debian.org alternative> anywhere ? >I miss it too :(>> --> http://www.axeltabs.com/> http://roundhound.com/> http://linuxarcher.net/bb/ > http://di

Re: Re: su/sudo cannot X

On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 20:55 -0500, Lei Kong wrote: > thanks, sux works beautifully. > but still I don't understand why sudo -s has problems, > and on my desktop, on problem at all, and I don't remember > doing special thing on it. > > As about the security concern, why is it more secure not to > l

Re: linux 2.6.15 and overheating

On 18/01/06, John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did some more investigation, added a temperature measurer in one ofthe superkaramba themes.  Seems like, if I don't close the lid of thelaptop, the temperature never goes above 75 C (in 2.6.15).  The reason I close the lid is because I put

Re: xkbcomp - bad length in Geometry

On 18/01/06, David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 18 January 2006 14:23, David Goodenough wrote:> I have a sacrificial machine which I update to the latest sid every> morning. This morning is pulled in bunch of X updates, and after the> upgrade startx complains that xkbcomp foun

Re: su/sudo cannot X

nlighten me? > > Thanks. > > Lei Kong > > This should be considered to be a security feature. X generally does not permit root logins and for the same reason, root (via sudo) cannot access the X system. Thanks, Martin OConnor signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Debian Book

for the > individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > I would like to reccommend The Debian System: Concepts and Techniques by Martin F. Krafft ISBN: 1-59327-069-0 Thanks, Martin OConnor signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part