Re: Running fsck automatically on boot

2009-12-07 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 12:37:08PM -0800, Sergio Padrino wrote: > > Hi! > > I have Debian Unstable and sometimes there are some (typical) errors in my > partitions: > > /dev/sda7: Superblock last mount time is in the future > /dev/sda7: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY > > and I was

Re: weird networking issue on lenny!

2009-11-11 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, Zachary Uram wrote: > Greetings! > > I just did fresh install of lenny, I have a DSL modem and run a static > IP setup so I manually set up my route (DHCP was enabled by default) > by killing the dhclient process and then setting up /etc/resolv.conf > and /etc/network/interfaces and doing "

Re: deadkeys with openoffice

2009-10-29 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, Tony Baldwin wrote: > green wrote: > >Please reply to the list! > > doh...I hate this list sometimes. > Why can't it function normally, like every other list > on the gods' green earth? > > /tony > It does. You just need a proper MUA. -- http://fuzzydev.org/~pobega http://id

Re: dependency problem

2009-10-14 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, graham wrote: > > [...] > libhdf4-alt-dev: Depends: libhdf4-0-alt (= 4.2r4-6) but 4.2r4-5 is > to be installed > E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or > specify a solution). > [...] > The first thing to do would be to try a dist-upgrade. If that still fails,

Re: NFS or SSHFS?

2009-10-13 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, Israel Garcia wrote: > Hi list, > > Do you know pros and cons of using SSHFS instead NFS to share a lot of > debian folders? I know NFS is proven and has good performance with a > lot of shares and intensive use. BUT I don't know if SSHFS have been > proven to work under this circumstances.

Re: need help with awk

2009-10-06 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, Guillaume CHARDIN wrote: > Hi, > > In a backup process of some xen virtual machine, i need to extract in > the config file some informations (in fact the disk line) . > The line look like this : > disk = [ file:/path/to/file,sda1,w ] > my goal is to isolate le `file` part to us

Re: dhclient DHCPREQUEST loop

2009-09-29 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List, > > on my Lenny box, the message > > dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to n.n.n.n port 67 > > is printed continuously on the syslog file. > > [...] > > Thanks in advance, > Jerome > I get this problem on some networks; it seems to me that some routers just do

Re: xorg still locking up for me on testing

2009-09-29 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, Frank wrote: > I had high hopes this morning when xorg-xserver-video-intel got updated > but no such luck. Since then my machine has locked up tight (alt-sysreq tight) > about 5 times. > [...] > What kernel are you running? I remember reading that on Intel video cards there are a lot of pr

Re: Can't boot custom compiled 2.6.30 amd64 kernel

2009-09-26 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, Andrew Perrin wrote: > kernel panic: no init found. Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(0,0). > Have you tried actually building an initrd? I always get a problem mounting root until I build my initrd. (man mkinitramfs, or just `mkinitramfs -o initrd.2.6.30-amd64 2.6.30-amd64`, ass

Re: how to generate random negative numbers

2009-08-14 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, Soren Orel wrote: >I know I could generate numbers like: 0; 1; 2 >with: >$[ ( $RANDOM % 3 ) + 0 ] >But how could I generate numbers like: 0; 1; 2; -1; -2; etc? So >negative+positive numbers too + zero >thank you echo $[ ($RANDOM % 5 ) -2 ] That would generate -2 th

Re: Building Arora deb

2009-07-31 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: > > On 2009-07-30 23:41 +0200, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > > >> I just downloaded the source for Arora (a webkit-based browser) > >> because the version available to me through aptitude doesn't like my > >> ELF64 s

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-28 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, Mark wrote: > Good point, maybe I'm in the minority of Debian users as I'm not a > programmer.  Anywho, I'm just trying to make the Linux desktop environment as > comfortable for my friends as possible, and they've already used my Clearlooks > desktop so I try and keep their setup the same.

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-28 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, Mark wrote: > If it's any consolation, I'm a newbie and I actually chose Debian as my first > real Linux install even though I heard it was tougher for newbies to learn.� > To me it represented one of the purest distros of Linux and I don't mind > putting in the time/research.� A few days a

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-28 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, Javier Barroso wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Tim Beauregard wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I recently re-subscribed having been off for about four years.  The > > changes I have noticed are: > > > > 1. Much less traffic.  I previously got 25

Re: Reinstall packages

2009-07-13 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Kenyon wrote: > > I am in the process of recovering from having a very damaged filesystem. > > > > Is there a method using either dpkg or apt/aptitude to get packages to > > refresh their files? > > > > The packages i

Re: Is a Universal Desktop Experience possible?

2009-07-13 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, SteveM wrote: > Fellow Debians, > > I have seven systems scattered around the house. I thought a NFS and a > shared /home would solve my file sharing problems but it doesn't help > with desktop app configs. > > What I'd like is a Universal Desktop Experience, i.e. same kicker applets,

Re: How to improve performance on laptop?

2009-06-06 Thread Michael Pobega
On 0, Michael Yang wrote: >Hi, > > [...] >fine, although some problems happened and got fixed. (Now is Lenny, >2.6.24, Xfce4). The system has been very stable, but just with performance >issues now. The time to start the system is OK (usually about 22secs in >bootchart). The

Re: updated Testing and Ekiga segfaults

2009-05-11 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:32:25AM -0400, H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > I did an upgdate of my Debian Testing machine earlier today and now when > I start Ekiga, it segfaults. > > The debugging info from Ekiga is: > [... $> ekiga -d4 ...] > > This is on Ekiga version 2.0.12-1+nmu1+b1. Anybody have an

Re: Laptop woes - Black background is now pure red.

2009-05-08 Thread Michael Pobega
On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 03:21:18PM -0400, Chris Jones wrote: > This happened over the last couple of days. on a laptop that spends all > its time on a desk .. didn't drop it, spill fluids or anything. > > [...] > > To clarify, I have uploaded a few screenshots at: > > www.geocities.com/fcky1000/f

Re: Wine and itunes

2009-05-06 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 08:56:15AM -0400, Christopher Judd wrote: > Hi, > > My son is fed up with Windows and wants to purge it from his system, > and run ubuntu or debian. The only thing holding him back at this time > is itunes. Like most teenagers, he uses it regularly and has a rathe

Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-06 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 07:42:36AM +0200, Leonardo Canducci wrote: > 2009/5/6 Michael Pobega : > > On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:39:06PM +0200, Leonardo Canducci wrote: > >> > >> 1. cheap, light and small, otherwise no use for a netbook :) > >> > > >

Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Michael Pobega
On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:39:06PM +0200, Leonardo Canducci wrote: > > 1. cheap, light and small, otherwise no use for a netbook :) > Eee PC 901 :D 8.9" screen, 2.1 lbs weight > 2. linux friendly I'm running Debian Squeeze on mine right now > 3. usable (decent keyboard, 9" screen minimum) Tru

Re: Backing Up CMOS Settings Under Linux

2009-05-03 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 03:19:50PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > I first thought it was my imagination, but I have had > two Dell Dimension computers change their boot drive order. I > don't know when it happens because they change to boot the hard > drive just after trying the floppy such that

Re: kernel-package??

2009-04-30 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 09:24:43AM -0500, Randy Patterson wrote: > I'm looking to start using my own custom kernels for various reasons. At this > point I'm just researching the various options or ways in going about this > and > in the process installed kernel-package. I learned the hard way a

Re: Getting the ATL2 kernel module to work with Xen

2009-04-27 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 08:27:04AM +0200, Jeroen Steenbeeke wrote: > Yup, that did it! > Booted with the regular 2.6.26-2-amd64 kernel, did m-a a-i -l > 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 atl2-source, and then rebooted with the amd64 kernel - > and the network worked! > Thanks a lot! > - Jeroen > No problem, gla

Re: Getting the ATL2 kernel module to work with Xen

2009-04-26 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:50:05PM +0200, Jeroen Steenbeeke wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I am having some problems with my server setup, and I'm starting to go crazy > trying to figure this out. I want to use my computer to host a couple of Xen > guests, but no matter what I do, I keep running into

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-25 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 01:12:35PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > Check out the FreeBSD handbook at: > >  http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ > > It is also available as a pdf which is >1000 pages!  It doesn't cover > > everything, but it does cover a lot.  They also have othe

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-23 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 07:43:55AM -0400, machiner wrote: > > I thought I asked you a question. > There's no reason to be rude. All we're saying is that instead of running your own site, why not contribute to a pre-existing site? I'm personally hoping that one day I can say that Debian's Wiki tr

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-21 Thread Michael Pobega
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 05:45:43PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue,21.Apr.09, 08:58:13, machiner wrote: > > > Recently I set up a blog for a couple site members and one older > > fellow in particular is going gang-busters! I would like to expand > > the site to include any of you that can

Re: Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server?

2009-04-17 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:39:25AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <20090416152722.ga23...@greedo>, Michael Pobega wrote: > >On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 09:50:46PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > >> Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server? &g

Re: Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server?

2009-04-16 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 09:50:46PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good day. > > Is it secure to use testing/backport repos for production server? > > Thank You for Your time. > It's really your choice. Backports is probably a lot safer than testing, but personally I haven't had a real problem in my

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

2009-04-15 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11:28:26AM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 09:59:52AM +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > > MTAs, afaik, are useful for multiuser systems and/or systems that > > actually handle mail. (Most (i should say 'most' otherwise some > > nitpick will say "But i do!"

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

2009-04-14 Thread Michael Pobega
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:26:17AM +0200, Dirk wrote: > (see subject) > > i don't want an MTA running on a system... but many programs require it > as dependency to spam me with their stuff (which should belong into just > a log file (IMO))... > > > Dirk > Install nullmailer, I'm pretty sure t

Re: Can you recommend a game in etch?

2009-04-03 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 09:38:55AM +0800, Long Wind wrote: > I like simple action games > Below are the kind of games I like: > lbreakout2 > tetris > wolf3d for DOS from 3drealms > raptor for DOS from 3drealms > > top-down shooters: rrotage torus-trooper gunroar (my favorite) tumiki-fighters fi

Re: media player with NFS cacheing?

2009-03-31 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 07:09:27PM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > > Is there a media player out there that is NFS-aware, and can be > configured to cache an entire media file locally before playing? > She's running KDE on her desktop but a gnome app would do as well so > long as it's easy enough f

Re: how make my laptop beep when low battery?

2009-03-28 Thread Michael Pobega
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 04:52:52AM -0700, paragasu wrote: > i am using openbox , btw, how to do it in KDE? maybe the same can be > done on openbox? > I know a guy who did it using KPowerSave, I think he set up the rules and then let it run as a daemon. I'm not 100% sure though, so I'll have to as

Re: need help on shell programming

2009-03-08 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 08:50:25PM +0100, Michael Wagner wrote: > * Michael Pobega 08.03.2009 > > > #! /bin/sh > > > > if [ $(ps aux | grep script.sh | grep -v grep) ]; then > > > > Hello Michael, > > what about "pgrep"? > > --

Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

2009-03-08 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 03:52:54PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > Probably because they want to let us know what in their opinion is wrong. > > They probably want to hear "Oh, thanks for that bug report, I just fixed > > that for you, now you can return!" We should take these messages and put the >

Re: Lenny upgrade: Is there a way to reconfigure video card in lenny?

2009-03-07 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 02:56:20PM -0800, S D wrote: > > I'm trying to resolve "Desktop is not using full screen" problem that > appeared after upgrade from etch to lenny. More info about the issue > can be found at: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515840 > > http://groups.goog

Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

2009-03-07 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 09:22:08AM -0400, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo wrote: > Well, a fun time (one week), sweating it up to make my ATI and Wifi work > in Lenny AMD64 but nothing. With old fedora wifi works from the live cd > and ATI with the update. No need even to try it with my dell or my > Aspir

Re: problem with IPTABLEs

2009-03-07 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 07:28:35PM -0500, Long Wind wrote: > I want to specify a domain name in rules but the domain name often > changes IP Is there anything I can do about it? > Cronjob, every four hours or so gets the current IP of the domain. Then, in iptables, do something like iptables -ar

Re: Instaling Debian in netbooks

2009-03-07 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:29:26PM -0200, Luis M. A. Ruiz wrote: > Hi. I'm wondering about instaling Debian GNU/Linux in a LG X110 > netbook (no CD drive). What is the best way to perform this? The > netbook specs are: > > Intel Atom N270 @ 1.6 Ghz > 1 Gb RAM > 120 Gb HDD > 1 SD card RW > 3 USB

Re: need help on shell programming

2009-03-07 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 04:54:28PM -0500, Long Wind wrote: > I want a script. > The script run a command, wait one minute, > then run the command again, wait one minute again > ... again and again ... > > Thanks! > Just to bring this back up, you can use a mix of shell programming and Cronjobs.

Re: Can one install "lenny" from live cd's ?

2009-03-07 Thread Michael Pobega
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:03:46PM +0100, baldyeti wrote: > I must have been looking in the wrong places, but I can't figure out > whether this is possible and supported. Beta notes said the release > version would include the installer but it certainly isn't prominently > featured and easy to acti

[OT] Re: top-posting and iTouch

2009-03-06 Thread Michael Pobega
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 06:14:35PM -0700, Glenn English wrote: > And it's next to impossible not to with the lame email client on this > iTouch... > It even top posts your signature? Wow, that's pretty bad. No one's bothered to port any good e-mail clients to the touch yet? --

Re: Why did you chose Debian over CentOS?

2009-03-06 Thread Michael Pobega
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 02:06:29PM -0500, Joe McDonagh wrote: > Hey Steve, I love that just by typing up here above e-mails I can make > smug users like you go postal. I feel powerful. > Actually, bottom posting is common in e-mail etiquette. A: Because it's easier to read Q: Why should I botto

Re: Will this program run under wine? or Crossover Office?

2009-03-05 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 10:04:47AM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > The program in question is "Who do you think You Are? Family Tree Maker". > Has > anyone got this going successfully? If so, how? And on what hardware? > > I have successfully installed it on Lenny, but it seems not actually to run

Re: running gedit as su brings error

2009-03-02 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 01:23:15PM +0700, Dave Patterson wrote: > Hello * > > Recently I've been getting an error I've not seen before in Gnome: when > I run Gedit from a terminal as su, I get the following: > > Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that > you need to e

Re: How to automount USB disks at boot-up?

2009-03-01 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 01:56:12PM +0100, Robert Latest wrote: > Hello people, > > the subject says it all. I (often, but not always) have a portable USB > disk connected to the computer that I would like to have automounted > on boot. I could just knit some init script for this task, but before >

Re: netbook for debian

2009-03-01 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 10:17:00AM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: > Hi all, > > I am thinking of buying a netbook and would like to ask for opinions > about good options for use with debian (preferably, alternatively > Ubuntu). At the moment, I have been looking at > Samsung NC10-anyNet KA06DE 10

Re: need help on shell programming

2009-02-26 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 04:54:28PM -0500, Long Wind wrote: > I want a script. > The script run a command, wait one minute, > then run the command again, wait one minute again > ... again and again ... > > Thanks! > > Sounds like a job for Cron! -- http://pobega.wordpress.com

Re: Linux desktop without mouse acceleration. Is it possible?

2009-02-26 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 07:44:58PM +0100, Dirk wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: If you have a problem with trolling... well... let me welcome you to the internet. >>> Well, then please go to the internet. We are not the internet, we are >>> debian-user, a mailing list that just happens to be m

Re: Linux desktop without mouse acceleration. Is it possible?

2009-02-26 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 04:19:36PM +0100, Dirk wrote: > Is it possible to permanently(!) disable mouse acceleration without > having a cronjob running "xset m 0 0" every minute? > > It would really make Linux a better gaming system if this ^%$!@ mouse > acceleration would be permanently(!) disabled

Re: I look for a tool to archive mail older than 1 year or other value from imap accout

2009-02-26 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:30:51AM +, KLEIN Stéphane wrote: > Hi, > > I wounder if someone know one tool to archive mail older than some date > value from imap account ? > > Thanks for your information, > Stephane > 'archivemail' is a pretty good program if you want to archive client-side

Re: how to find why packages are automatically installed?

2009-02-24 Thread Michael Pobega
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 05:17:50PM +, Graham wrote: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:14:37 -0500 > Michael Pobega wrote: > > > aptitude search ~A > > I think you meant: aptitude search ~M > > aptitude search ~A is used to search within an archive, like unstable,

Re: how to find why packages are automatically installed?

2009-02-24 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 05:34:09PM -0800, Michael M. Moore wrote: > I thought I had this down by now, but I'm lost. > > I am in the process of removing much of GNOME, so I removed > gnome-desktop-environment, which also removed gnome-core, and a whole > bunch of other things. I also removed ev

Re: Java in Debian 5

2009-02-19 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 04:07:05PM +0900, Bret Busby wrote: > > On the web page at > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#id2794519 > > is stated: > > "2.7. Java now in Debian > > The OpenJDK Java Runtime Environment openjdk-6-jre and Development Kit >

Re: New Debian Wiki online with lot of working howtos

2009-02-17 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 04:48:34PM -0800, Christoph Pilka wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am working for several weeks on a new wiki containing lot lof > interesting and _working_ howtos. You can find it at > http://debian.asconix.com. > The howtos explain step-by-step the setup of server or desktop > i

Re: Install Debian GNU/Linux

2009-02-16 Thread Michael Pobega
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 02:29:06PM +0700, Cahaya Lilin wrote: > Hello all.. > > I want to know is there Debian linux can install by copy the entire files > in the hard disk to another hard disk ?? > > Because i already install linux in my computer and now i want to install > linux in another com

Re: Orphaned packages & libs removal question

2009-02-15 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:24:50AM -0600, John W Foster wrote: > I want to clean up my system as best I can. I have installed the > gtkorphan and deborphan for this purpose. My question is will these ONLY > remove .deb installed libs. I have several non-debian apps that I use > and do NOT want to r

Re: ALSA devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

2009-02-15 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 04:25:19PM +, T o n g wrote: > [warning, long post] > > Hi, > > My recent upgrade caused my sound card not working any more. Checking back > at my packages version log, the only related upgrade is that > alsa-base_1.0.17.dfsg-2 is upgraded to alsa-base_1.0.17.dfsg-4.

Re: "On battery power, so skipping file system check" when in AC power

2009-02-14 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 07:15:46AM +, Virgo Pärna wrote: > Does anyone else also receives "On battery power, so skipping file > system check" warning, when starting up a laptop with AC power > connected? Especially in Lenny. > Is your ACPI working properly? There may be an ACPI problem that c

Re: Upgrading kernel on a system that won't boot

2009-02-12 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 08:50:19PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > Michael Pobega writes: > > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 06:16:32PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > > > >> Now one thing about my system is that mounting /usr will be a bit > >> awkward, since i

Re: Upgrading kernel on a system that won't boot

2009-02-12 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 06:16:32PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > Michael Pobega writes: > > > What I would do is put a live system on a USB flash drive (System Rescue > > CD is what I usually use) and mount the unbootable hard drive from > > within the live system. At t

Re: Upgrade Debian testing to stable at Sunday

2009-02-12 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:09:33AM -0500, Jason Voorhees wrote: > Hi people: > > I got a business with one of my customers to install him a > Firewall+Proxy+VPN running Debian this Saturdary 14th. I was thinking > about installing Debian Etch because I din't know that Lenny was so > close to come.

Re: Upgrading kernel on a system that won't boot

2009-02-12 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:39:18PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > I have a system running etch. I believe it has this kernel installed: > > linux-image-2.6.18-5-k7 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2 > > The motherboard failed a few days ago, and I've just got a new > motherboard and cpu. However, the m

Re: Which programming Language

2009-02-08 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 08:13:13AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 12:56:48AM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 08:20:30PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 11:40:29AM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: >

Re: Which programming Language

2009-02-07 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 08:20:30PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 11:40:29AM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 09:39:20AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 06:25:31PM +0100, Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: &

Re: Which programming Language

2009-02-07 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 09:39:20AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 06:25:31PM +0100, Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: > > HI, > > There are many and many programming languages (mainly : C,C++,java, > > Shell, Perl, python, php). which learn and use, in which circonstances > > us

Re: Which programming Language

2009-02-06 Thread Michael Pobega
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 10:39:58PM +, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: > On 06/02/09 21:40, jatos.softw...@gmail.com wrote: >> I have to say, if you want to get into programming seriously DO NOT >> start with Python or BASIC. Why? Because their syntax is very >> different to the languages (such as C)

Re: social networks

2009-01-28 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 08:01:28PM +0100, Jesus arteche wrote: > hey, > > some time ago i heard that there was some proyect in open source about > social networks...someone knows wher can find about it? > > > thanks http://identi.ca ? Or do you mean something else? -- http:/

Re: [Offtopic?] IRC blocked at school

2009-01-21 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 09:00:28AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote: > > I just got into my new dorm room, only to find out that they block all > > IRC clients. I find this pretty disheartening since I often lurk on > > #debian and #debian-eeepc > > &

Re: [Offtopic?] IRC blocked at school

2009-01-21 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 09:58:04AM +0530, Kousik Maiti wrote: > Hello everybody, > For IRC check http://www.mibbit.com/.. > Enjoy > I don't know if you read the rest of the thread but I stated at one point that I'd like to avoid web-based IRC services. I appreciate the effort though. --

Re: [Offtopic?] IRC blocked at school

2009-01-20 Thread Michael Pobega
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:25:04AM -0600, Stackpole, Chris wrote: > > From: Michael Pobega [mailto:pob...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 4:47 PM > > Subject: Re: [Offtopic?] IRC blocked at school > > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 05:11:44PM -0500, P

Re: [Offtopic?] IRC blocked at school

2009-01-19 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 02:56:42PM -0800, L Glidewell wrote: > On Monday 19 January 2009 14:48:37 Michael Pobega wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 02:32:35PM -0800, L Glidewell wrote: > > > On Monday 19 January 2009 14:08:56 Michael Pobega wrote: > > > > I just got

Re: [Offtopic?] IRC blocked at school

2009-01-19 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 05:11:44PM -0500, Paul Gupta wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote: >> I just got into my new dorm room, only to find out that they block all >> IRC clients. I find this pretty disheartening since I often lurk on >> #debian and #debian-eeepc >> >> I

Re: [Offtopic?] IRC blocked at school

2009-01-19 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 02:32:35PM -0800, L Glidewell wrote: > On Monday 19 January 2009 14:08:56 Michael Pobega wrote: > > I just got into my new dorm room, only to find out that they block all > > IRC clients. I find this pretty disheartening since I often lurk on > > #deb

[Offtopic?] IRC blocked at school

2009-01-19 Thread Michael Pobega
I just got into my new dorm room, only to find out that they block all IRC clients. I find this pretty disheartening since I often lurk on #debian and #debian-eeepc Is there any good way to tunnel or encrypt my data, or something similar? I am looking for something feasible, considering I can't af

Re: Help with u tube video streaming

2009-01-11 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:14:31AM +1000, Adrian Levi wrote: > 2009/1/10 Michael Pobega : > > On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 10:38:34PM +, Chris S wrote: > >> Hello everyone genius type people, > >> Can you help, I don't know much about computers (in comparis

Re: Help with u tube video streaming

2009-01-09 Thread Michael Pobega
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 10:38:34PM +, Chris S wrote: > Hello everyone genius type people, > Can you help, I don't know much about computers (in comparison to you guys) > and nearly zero about linux/debian, however after my friend had a rather > fatal problem with windows recently I decided to t

Re: Debian way to set up iptables rules?

2009-01-06 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 08:59:54PM +0100, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > Hi. > > Which is the default/designated way in Debian to set up iptables rules > on system boot? > > I mean the /etc/init.d scripts is long gone... ;) > > Thanks, > Chris. I used to use iptables, until I found Shorewall

Re: Debian way to set up iptables rules?

2009-01-06 Thread Michael Pobega
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Re: OT: laptop recomendations

2009-01-04 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:45:09AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > Hello, > > Sorry for being a bit off topic but it's time for a new laptop that > will run linux solely and I'm looking for recomendation on what has a > good build quallity (will travel), descent battery life, although more > importan

Re: receive system mail into inbox?

2008-11-23 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 01:14:43PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Jack wrote: > > Hello, > > > > is it possible to receive system user mail (the mail one can usually read > > using the command line "mail" program, for example system error reports) as > > normal mail through kmail or any other desktop

Re: How to send tunes to MP3 player?

2008-11-19 Thread Michael Pobega
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 06:40:52PM -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote the following on 11/16/2008 05:28 PM: >> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 05:08:42PM -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote: >>> Michael Pobega wrote the following on 11/16/2008 03:36 PM: >>>> On Sun, No

Re: OT: Looking for free email service with disposable email addresses

2008-11-17 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 07:51:42PM -0500, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:11:13 -0500 Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Well, are there any good alternatives to Gmail? I can't really afford to > > purchase mail space, or a web host, so

Re: OT: Looking for free email service with disposable email addresses

2008-11-17 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:32:31PM +, Ananda Samaddar wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote: > >> >> That's a matter of opinion. I use Google's IMAP services and I love it, >> especially because all of the filtering is done server-side so it saves >> me time

Re: OT: Looking for free email service with disposable email addresses

2008-11-17 Thread Michael Pobega
> > > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:16 AM, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > By default, original emails to the list are not echoed. This may be > > > > list wide or is a google policy to prevent duplicate mails. > > Google gets your message back from the list server, but it hides it by > d

Re: index.php does not open instead download

2008-11-17 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:54:12PM +0100, Lars Kuppert wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 09:49:34PM +0100, Lars Kuppert wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > > > > > just setting up my vmware server (just for testing). > > > I put an

Re: index.php does not open instead download

2008-11-17 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:54:12PM +0100, Lars Kuppert wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 09:49:34PM +0100, Lars Kuppert wrote: > > > > > > Hi everybody, > > > > > > just setting up my vmware server (just for testing). I pu

Re: OT: Looking for free email service with disposable email addresses

2008-11-17 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 09:45:00PM +, Ananda Samaddar wrote: > David Fox wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:16 AM, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By default, original emails to the list are not echoed. This may be > > list wide or is a google policy to prevent duplicate mails. > > It's

Re: index.php does not open instead download

2008-11-17 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 09:49:34PM +0100, Lars Kuppert wrote: > Hi everybody, > > just setting up my vmware server (just for testing). > I put an index.php into the server folder. But instead of opening it, > firefox wanna download the index.php. > Why that? > Greetings, > lars > Do you have PHP

Re: Firewall Utilities

2008-11-16 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 05:59:50PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Sunday 16 November 2008 12:00, Michael Pobega wrote: > > > > Do you know of any reliable way to make sure my firewall is working? > > I'm behind a router so I don't think any of those TC

Re: How to send tunes to MP3 player?

2008-11-16 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 05:08:42PM -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote the following on 11/16/2008 03:36 PM: >> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 03:29:23PM -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote: >>> Greetings; >>> >>> Is there a program on Debian/lenny that will send

Re: How to send tunes to MP3 player?

2008-11-16 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 03:29:23PM -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote: > Greetings; > > Is there a program on Debian/lenny that will send/write tunes onto an MP3 > player? It is one of those little ones that you plug into a USB port. On > windows we use Win. Media Player but haven't found anything shat se

Re: 8x12 inch images

2008-11-16 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:50:20AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I was asked to provide jpeg images that are 8x12 inch prints. > > But I don't have a printer, only the images. > > How can I make sure the images print @ 8x12 inch. > > Does that make sense? > > Hugo > > You could use The G

Re: Firewall Utilities

2008-11-16 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 06:56:48PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 01:59:43PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > > For about ten years I've been writing my own firewall directives and > > today I started setting up a new firewall box. For the past year I've > > been using ipcop

Re: eeepc

2008-11-16 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:30:48AM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 06:01:52PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:12:03PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am considering a eeepc, and need wireless

Re: eeepc

2008-11-15 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:12:03PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > > I am considering a eeepc, and need wireless. How is wireless support > with lenny on the latest eeepc? And what is the process of configuring > wireless? > > Thanks, > > Danny > > I'm on an Eee PC 900 now, and I can say

Re: Talking with Yahoo Messenger

2008-11-11 Thread Michael Pobega
On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 11:16:49PM -0500, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Martin wrote: > > > Hello, > > I find out that gaim is able to use text messaging with many > > programs. I want to use voice messaging (use it as phone) > > when other person is using Yahoo Messenger on MS Windows. > > Is th

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