Re: Todays apt-get upgrade broke my subversion

n Subversion 1.1 which, AFAICT, is due at the end of the month, but you can try it in 1.1rc1 which is out already (and 1.1.rc2 should be out within a week or so) -- and works great. More info here: http://web.mit.edu/ghudson/info/fsfs Thomas -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in

Re: Crontab last days of the month..

igure out if it's the last day. (Days 1-27 will never be last day of the month.) But, depending on what the OP needed it for, a minute or two after the midnight on the first of the month might also work. Thomas -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo -- To

Re: Caps lock problem

his functionality? Thomas -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ntpd; local clock reference 127.127.1.0

ink is down. Yes, this is how most people should have their network set up. Configure ntp on seal to something like this: server ntp.time0.com server ntp.time1.com server ntp.time2.com and all the other machines should be configured like this: server seal.yourdomain.net See th

Re: This is incorrect advice (Re: ntpdate from cron -- DON'T DO THAT!)

st plain ntpdate, but as in my original posting, and as you mentioned in the second half of your email, ntp is superior to both. thomas -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ntpdate from cron -- DON'T DO THAT!

* Lance Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-21 19:16:56 -0600]: > On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 07:28:20PM -0500, N. Thomas wrote: > > > > Why don't you just run ntpd on the one machine that talks to the > > higher stratum servers and use ntpdate for your internal netwo

Re: ntpdate from cron -- DON'T DO THAT!

* nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-21 16:59:52 -0800]: > N. Thomas said: > > > Why don't you just run ntpd on the one machine that talks to the > > higher stratum servers and use ntpdate for your internal network? > > this is infact, what I do[1] :)

Re: ntpdate from cron -- DON'T DO THAT!

* nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-21 16:15:35 -0800]: > > N. Thomas said: > > Contrary to what you may have heard, ntpdate does not keep your > > system clock synced. > > it can, and does I've been using it for ages. I do not like to run > ntpd on everyt

ntpdate from cron -- DON'T DO THAT!

has deprecated ntpdate, and indeed, he will be removing it completely from a future release. hth, thomas -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] Why /etc?

ry, hence the name /etc. At least I assume that's > > how the name was devised. > > I should have learnt from the history. Now I can read /etc as etcetera > from the bottom of my heart. Note that etc directory in Unix is pronounced "ett-see", it rhymes with the pr

Re: firewall problems !!

to design, implementation details, etc., but giving such advice as you did above is probably not a good idea for people new to the whole thing, as it lulls them into a false sense of security. thomas -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: manual for vim

There are many resident Vim afficionados who post regularly to that group. Use a good search interface like Google Groups, and you will find answers to 99% of your questions. Good luck. thomas -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: funky network slowdown

* Allan Wind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-09 17:16:26 -0500]: > On 2002-11-09 09:45:36, N. Thomas wrote: > > Normally, I would think something is wrong with the NIC on the Debian box, > > but it talks to the OpenBSD box fine. Can anyone explain this anomaly? > > No, b

Re: funky network slowdown

* Edward Guldemond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-09 17:22:50 -0500]: > On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 04:27:27PM -0500, N. Thomas wrote: > > Nov 9 12:54:39 seneca kernel: sis900.c: v1.06.09 09/28/2001 > > Nov 9 12:54:39 seneca kernel: eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xcc

Re: funky network slowdown

* Edward Guldemond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-09 14:57:26 -0500]: > On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 09:45:36AM -0500, N. Thomas wrote: > > Debian <-> RedHat = 200Kbs ??? > > Debian <-> Windows = 200Kbs ??? > > Maybe it's not the Debian box that

funky network slowdown

sure the network cables aren't running parallel and causing interference - checking the NICs, each NIC that touches the switch is set to full duplex, and the one card on the OpenBSD box that talks to the DSL modem is half duplex Any other suggestions? thanks, thomas --

Re: bc

Unless you have a good reason not to, always call bc with that switch enabled. thomas -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: any suggestions on mail client?

lds and ability to import > > > csv format address books > > > > Not directly, you can whip up a quick script to to do this. > > well beyond my abilities! still a newbie! :( You can look around, someone might have done it already. Even better, Python/Perl or Zsh/Bash progra

Re: any suggestions on mail client?

out on that newsgroup. Another good resource if you are new to mutt is Sven Guckes' mutt pages: http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/mutt/ -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: any suggestions on mail client?

address books with custom fields and ability to > import csv format address books Not directliy, you can whip up a quick script to to do this. > is it better to seperate address book from mail program? If you have a good reason to do so. Some people have a common file from which they generate a

Re: shutdown or reboot from gdm

ou can edit gdm.conf (the preferred method). Another way to do this is to run gdmconfig(1) as root, and enable the option "Show System Menu" (or something similar), it is under the "Login Behavior" tab in the "Basic" section of that utility. thomas -- N. Thomas

Re: Whats happened to Arch web site

t I would have really like to have seen come to fruition. If you are interested in next generation version control systems, do take a look at Subversion (first hit on Google), they are nearing a 1.0 release soon. thomas -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo

Re: mutt+Maildir Pros & Cons?

h work fine > if I replace the mbox files with maildirs with the same names. Yup, everything except the folder-type specific commands (i.e. maildir_trash). -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &

Re: Maildir performance & mutt

> > cached. On FreeBSD this tends to cut opening time to about 10% slower > > than mbox. Some people use solution #2, Michael Elkins' header caching patch for maildir: http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~me/mutt/ and they have been very satisfied with the results. I believe you need to

Re: Someone tell me the secret of mutt

ngs with mutt: You really want to read the mutt newsgroup and/or join the mutt mailing lists. The Mutt Handbook would also be a great place to start. -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

bootdisk problem

ybody know what could be wrong? thanks, noble -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]

can't read Creative Labs cdrom

the sbpcd driver (RedHat uses it), but I don't know how I should go about making Debian recognize it. Any suggestions? noble -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]