Japanese characters in firefox

2004-09-24 Thread ScruLoose
Hi all, I'm trying to get Firefox set up so it'll display Japanese pages properly, but I don't seem to be having any luck. I'm using Firefox 0.9.3 in Sarge. Whenever I view a page with Japanese characters in it, they get represented as a box with a four-character alphanumeric (hex?) code in i

Re: mysterious X lockups on Sarge

2004-08-31 Thread ScruLoose
On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 11:18:45AM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 02:26:12PM -0300, ScruLoose wrote: > > For several weeks now, I've been having X lock up on me occasionally, > > and I'm a bit stumped as to where to start debugging it... >

mysterious X lockups on Sarge

2004-08-31 Thread ScruLoose
Hi all, For several weeks now, I've been having X lock up on me occasionally, and I'm a bit stumped as to where to start debugging it... I'm running Sarge on a P4 3.2 HT, and my video card is a GeForce FX 5200 using the nvidia binary driver. I've had this problem on both a home-rolled 2.4.22

Re: Exim, Cyrus, Mutt + what?

2004-03-23 Thread ScruLoose
On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 06:21:33PM +, steve downes wrote: > I am using debian testing with:- > > Exim 3.36 > Cyrus 1.5 > Mutt 1.5.5 > > Very happy with it but want to add an auto mail sort to pre sort > mailing lists out from work mail into other boxes to read at my > leisure. Also a bit of

Re: SoundBlaster Audigy under OSS?

2004-03-23 Thread ScruLoose
On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 11:43:24AM +, Brian Brazil wrote: > On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 05:22:12PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 05:36:33PM -0500, Paul Galbraith wrote: > > > I have a soundblaster audigy gamer, and am running sarge with a 2.4.24 > > > kernel. Has anyone g

Re: [OT] Microsoft's teeny punishment by the EU

2004-03-23 Thread ScruLoose
On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 07:37:10AM -0800, Number Six wrote: > Even though I still have a bunch of stock, and I'm a linux lover now, so > I cheer if it goes up and I cheer if it goes down, I was expecting > Europe to really nail Microsoft to the wall. I dunno, I expected some > surrogate America

Re: alsa modules problem on Debian Woody 3.0 r2

2004-03-22 Thread ScruLoose
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 03:07:03AM +1200, Ashley Noel Hinton wrote: > I tried recently installing alsa-modules from the alsa-source (stable > package) using make-kpkg. I compile a kernel image using make-kpkg > kernel_image and then the alsa modules using make-kpkg modules_image. > > I'm making

Re: dhcp

2004-03-22 Thread ScruLoose
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 06:19:45AM -0600, Ronin wrote: > Before upgrading my kernel, my dhcp worked..as it should during the > installation... > However, after upgrading the kernel (currently using 2.4.24).. my pcmcia > nic was recognized during boot (NE2000 compatible) but it did not pick > up

Re: Sound problem when two sound devices

2004-03-21 Thread ScruLoose
On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 06:25:41PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > I have a motherboard which has an intel810 audio chipset on it AND an > Soundblaster Live card. My loadspeakers are connected to the Soundblaster > (emu10k1) > > When I boot up, something is loading the sound modules for both chi

Re: problem with keys in shell

2003-12-19 Thread ScruLoose
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 10:13:23AM +0100, Jeroen Keppens wrote: > Hi, > > I've been looking for a solution for something (I think) must be easily > solved. On a few of our servers when we type up/down we scroll in a list of > previous command, home/end brings us to the beginning and the end of the

Re: Alsa+xmms+kde

2003-12-18 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 01:39:13PM -0200, uGAH man! wrote: >Hi. >I have a Creative Live Value (driver emu10k1) and am using debian > unstable and kernel 2.4.22-k7-1. >I've been using the OSS output plugin for XMMS on KDE and have been > able to play music, although having low quality

Re: sound volume too low

2003-12-18 Thread ScruLoose
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 07:28:12AM +0700, Le Hoang Anh wrote: > Hi all > > I have a trouble with sound volume in my woody box > > The volume is too low though I have 'cdvolume' to > the maximum level (255), I `cdplay` the volume is only > a bit louder. > > My sound stuff: > 82820 Camino 2, AC'9

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-17 Thread ScruLoose
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 10:13:35PM +0100, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: > Am Di, den 16.12.2003 schrieb ScruLoose um 21:36: > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 09:08:12PM +0100, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: > > > > A mailserver can harm _others_. > > > > > > I sai

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-16 Thread ScruLoose
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 03:42:07PM -0500, charlie derr wrote: > Debian User wrote: > >maybe i missed something in a previous post... isn't it the purpose > >to soecify hosts you are allowing to relay w/ the host_accept_relay > >setting in exim.conf? this will allow you not to be an open relay >

Re: Tarballs, backports... and dist-upgrade?

2003-12-16 Thread ScruLoose
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 02:10:34AM +0100, Christian Schnobrich wrote: > Hello, > > The topic says it all... > I'm using woody on all machines here. Ofc, I'm tempted to install > backports of some software, or sometimes from tarballs. > > How will this affect the eventual dist-upgrade once sarge g

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-16 Thread ScruLoose
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 09:08:12PM +0100, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: > Am Mo, den 15.12.2003 schrieb Wesley J Landaker um 02:55: > > Local software is childish, dangerous and nonsense. > > Local software can destroy (your) local stuff. > > A mailserver can harm _others_. > > I said that yesterd

Re: OT:Message to all computer vendors

2003-12-16 Thread ScruLoose
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 07:34:05PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:26:49 -0500, alex wrote: > > [snip] > > we tell which ones? My guess is that there just hasn't been any incentive > > for manufacturers to 'bother' with even trying them on Linux. Could it > > be that > > they

Re: Sreelal Chandrasenan

2003-12-16 Thread ScruLoose
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 06:27:44AM -0500, Ricky Taylor wrote: > I second this. Getting tired of seeing his inter-company mail. Just my .02. 1) Please don't top-post. It screws up the readability of threads. 2) I think you mean "intra-company mail". 3) Unless my .forward logging is badly b0rken,

Re: What is going on here?

2003-12-16 Thread ScruLoose
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 05:31:35AM +0100, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, ScruLoose wrote: > > > I sent him a brisk note and promptly killfiled him. ;-) > > You killfiled him ... how does it look like ... what weapons did you use > ... was he bleeding ... he sho

Re: Sreelal Chandrasenan

2003-12-15 Thread ScruLoose
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 03:07:19PM -0800, Raquel Rice wrote: > On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:04:53 -0500 > charlie derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jonathan Melhuish wrote: > > > WTF is going on? Why is this guy bombarding the list with junk? > > > It's > > > not even proper spam! > > > > > > Ca

Re: What is going on here? Re: FW: eject won't work any more

2003-12-15 Thread ScruLoose
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 03:05:21PM -0500, H. S. wrote: > > What is this going on? How come my mail is being forwarded by this guy > "Sreelal Chandrasenan"? Or is it something to do with his procmail rules > or something similar? From the looks of it, yes. It looks like he's somehow managed to s

Re: Could someone boot the spamming asshat? (nt)

2003-12-15 Thread ScruLoose
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 10:00:18AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > (Yes, killfiles and all, but still...) Personally, I sent a quick off-list message before I killfiled him. I suspect that if a few hundred (or thousand) other readers do the same, he'll get motivated to fix his setup pretty quic

Re: ooh! debian jewelry

2003-12-10 Thread ScruLoose
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 05:37:01PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > I just found this ... and want it ... bad. > > Thought some of you might find it of interest: > > http://www.linuxjewellery.com/catalogue/DBV/ That's pretty sweet. "Geek chic" to a whole new level! Cheers! --

Re: Mutt, stop CC-ing the list

2003-12-10 Thread ScruLoose
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 07:08:51PM -0800, Nunya wrote: > > I'd like to be able to sit a single key, and be prompted "Narrow or > Wide ?" with a default of Wide. > > Wide means "reply to group" in my Inbox and "reply only to list, unless > sender has requested a CC" for lists. Narrow means "re

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill

2003-12-09 Thread ScruLoose
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 02:07:17PM -0800, Tom wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 04:23:36PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > > > > I will admit that I have pretty much given up on any expectation that > > you have anything useful to add to this forum > > I'm totally okay

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread ScruLoose
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:37:04PM -0800, Tom wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 02:18:55PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > > What the fuck are you ranting about? Um, no. I did not write this. LEARN. TO. QUOTE. Are you making a deliberate attempt to mis-attribute your inane blather to me, o

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread ScruLoose
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:35:40AM -0800, Tom wrote: > On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 11:25:33PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > Peace. > > What the fuck are you ranting about? Ah, there's a surefire way to bolster your credibility. Clearly the mark of a mature mind: As soon as somebody hits a litt

Re: Mutt, stop CC-ing the list

2003-12-07 Thread ScruLoose
On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 03:54:44AM -0800, Tom wrote: > What can I do to mutt to make it stop CC-ing the list when I hit "g" and > only want to reply to the sender? I always forget to check the CCs > before I hit Y. If you just want to reply to the sender, the key you want is "r". The "g" key i

Re: silly ALSA sound problem

2003-12-07 Thread ScruLoose
On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 04:46:28AM -0500, michelle wrote: > > I can't get any sound to play. I'm using sarge, with ALSA 0.96 > /proc shows 3 "sound cards" > 0 Dummy > 1 Virtual MIDI > 2 Live > > 2 is my SBLive card. However, there's no sound, perhaps because it's muted

Re: Using aide for detection

2003-12-06 Thread ScruLoose
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 09:36:07AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > 1) For a machine that doesn't have a cdrom and/or is physically > available to me, is there any other trick to make sure the database is > secure? The machine I'm thinking about doesn't have nfs mounts > available to it, either.

Re: Security question

2003-12-06 Thread ScruLoose
On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 06:36:55PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > At the risk of starting a flamefest, what is a good IDS? I ask because > the recent compromises have got me thinking. I have a couple of > web/mail servers I am adminning at school, and I really have no way of > knowing if they ha

Re: [OT] Slashdot and media accuracy

2003-12-04 Thread ScruLoose
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 a political bribe, and you would get the ones that want > > to do the job for the right reasons. > > No. You'd get the

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

2003-12-04 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 05:07:59PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 at 00:48 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > > > > given the regular stream of ridiculous garbage coming from redmond > > about linux, while new holes are found in their os and apps on an > > almost weekly basis,

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 05:57:43PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 at 23:04 GMT, ScruLoose penned: > > > > They don't have to. They can use Libranet or Xandros or Knoppix if > > they want an "easy" way (on x86 systems). If you choose Debia

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 06:00:18PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > Thanasis Kinias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > scripsit Bijan Soleymani: > > > > I was under the impression that Knoppix, as ia32-only, was just in a > > different category than Debian, with (including stuff under development) >

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 05:29:02PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Many people, including me, would not recommend debian for a linux > > novice, though there are debian-based distros that some might recommend. > > It would be nice if we could

Re: only allow password change with SSH

2003-12-04 Thread ScruLoose
(Please post in plain text, not HTML) On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 08:31:17PM +0100, Robert Cates wrote: >Hi, > >my ISP allows me to use SSH to logon (port 22), but only to change my >account password. > >I am running a Debian Woody server with SSH 3.7.1 (using protocol 2 >only) a

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

2003-12-04 Thread ScruLoose
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: > [...] > >There is also the point that *somebody* found this bug. Just not the > >folks we were hoping would. ;-) Letting real crackers hammer your > >system is a

Re: ALSA + KMix not working

2003-12-04 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 08:34:23PM +, Danilo Raineri wrote: > Magnus von Koeller wrote: > > > The KMix Handbook, section 1 (Introduction): > > > > "KMix supports several platforms and sound drivers. Version 1.9 works > > with: > > [...] > > - The ALSA soundcard driver. > > [...]" > > > > But

Re: Gentoo compromised too

2003-12-04 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 09:02:34AM -0800, Tom wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 11:42:37AM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > > > > I didn't know of a particular security issue with Gentoo, actually. > > > > And since you haven't provided a reference or a link to any a

Re: Gentoo compromised too

2003-12-04 Thread ScruLoose
On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 12:29:34PM -0800, Tom wrote: > Gentoo has now had a security issue too (as I'm sure you know). I didn't know of a particular security issue with Gentoo, actually. And since you haven't provided a reference or a link to any actual information, I can't say as I really know

Re: Swap Distribution

2003-12-04 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 12:14:03PM -0200, Leandro Guimar?es Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > Em Thu, 04 Dec 2003 10:46:12 -0300, Mariano Wahlmann escreveu: > > > i want to know if debian > > has the an automatic update tool (like up2date), i read that debian use > > apt > > Which is much bette

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

2003-12-01 Thread ScruLoose
On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 08:52:23PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > 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 deactiv

Re: SA, Debian Woody, Exim3, help

2003-11-30 Thread ScruLoose
pamd daemon running, right? If you call spamassassin by the name "spamassassin" it's self-contained, but kinda hard on resources. If you call it by "spamc" you need to have spamd _already_ running. Cheers! -- ,----

Re: [solved, testing] OK, I want to join the PGP World, but need help.

2003-11-30 Thread ScruLoose
at has subkeys. Some of the other servers can't be trusted not to (thus resulting in retrieving keys that then don't work). Cheers! -- ,-. > -ScruLoose- | If I had a dog as daft as you,

Re: Linux Sound Issues

2003-11-30 Thread ScruLoose
your HD performance pretty hard... But it's definitely not a question of needing more processor, RAM, or sound card. Cheers! -- ,-----. > -ScruLoose- | I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours

Re: Help w/Spamassassin via apt-get

2003-11-29 Thread ScruLoose
your .forward file, or look into an MDA such as procmail. Cheers! -- ,-----. > -ScruLoose- | Now I realize that just getting through the day < >Please | without killing someone can be an achie

Re: messed up mbr- unable to boot

2003-11-28 Thread ScruLoose
. Not that I'm upset about it or anything, just letting you know the local etiquette. On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 03:22:10PM +0100, tripolar wrote: > On Friday 28 November 2003 10:00 pm, ScruLoose wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 02:26:33PM +0100, tripolar wrote: > > > can I

Re: messed up mbr- unable to boot

2003-11-28 Thread ScruLoose
reboot. Cheers! -- ,-----. > -ScruLoose- | < >Please |Bwahahaha-- I mean, oop

Re: location of checksum file when using Aide

2003-11-28 Thread ScruLoose
ted except by rebooting into single-user mode. You might also want to set the AIDE binary immutable, too... for even better paranoia. And for even _more_ paranoia, make sure it's statically compiled so it can't be compromised by an attacker screwing with libs... Cheers! -- ,---

Re: Future transit from testing to stable with sarge possible?

2003-11-27 Thread ScruLoose
easy-to-use interface that lets you browse and search the package listing visually. It has other advantages, too... better handling of suggests and recommends... keeps a log of what it does... It's a cool toy. Cheers! -- ,-----

Re: Future transit from testing to stable with sarge possible?

2003-11-27 Thread ScruLoose
Yep. Well, as soon as you issue an "upgrade" or "dist-upgrade" command, that is. Or if you use aptitude... That's why I specify "woody" in my sources.list instead of "stable". I probably will switch to sarge as soon as it gets released as "stable&q

Re: after changing IP and ifup --all, SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument

2003-11-27 Thread ScruLoose
elp me? I think you'll have to give us more info... What exactly are the new values for all those things you changed? How about posting your /etc/network/interfaces, and the output of ifconfig and route, too... Cheers! -- ,---

Re: HELP...Updating libc6 to newer version on debian woody...

2003-11-27 Thread ScruLoose
the whole system, including newer versions of libc6... Note that sarge (testing) and sid (unstable) do experience some brokenness sometimes. OR you could compile those things yourself, I suppose. -Cheers -- ,-----. >

Re: recommended Virus Scanner?

2003-11-26 Thread ScruLoose
s Paul has mentioned, they do. Security is a huge part of the development cycle. Why do you think kernels go through so many "test" versions before they get called "stable"? I'd be interested to know on what particular factors you base your conclusions of "inevitable&

Re: NIC problem

2003-11-25 Thread ScruLoose
rd issue by removing it, although it was with a totally different card. Cheers! -- ,-. > -ScruLoose- | Why can't we ever attempt to solve a problem < >Please | in this country

Re: apt-get update not working properly 11/21/03

2003-11-25 Thread ScruLoose
his compromise!" ...which seems to me to indicate there's no need to get all paranoid about trojaned packages and such. Cheers! -- ,-----. > -ScruLoose- | Forward he cried from the rear; and the front rank d

Re: running script from cdrom fails

2003-11-25 Thread ScruLoose
gt; that did work. Any idea? Just a guess here, but is your cdrom mounted with exec permissions? Cheers! -- ,-----. > -ScruLoose- | I do not agree with what you have to say, < >Please |bu

Re: finding what is using a mount point

2003-11-25 Thread ScruLoose
t is using that mount point? I believe fuser may be the tool for this job. Cheers! -- ,-. > -ScruLoose- |You don't *have* a soul. You *are* a soul. < >Please | Y

Re: Learning debian Linux

2003-11-25 Thread ScruLoose
bit the bullet and bought a NIC for it... Cheers! -- ,-----. > -ScruLoose- | I do not agree with what you have to say, < >Please |but I'll defend to the death your r

Re: samba printer

2003-11-20 Thread ScruLoose
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 12:57:53PM +0100, Martin Sengstschmid wrote: > Hallo! > I found your Email-address in the Mailinglist of debian. Note that I'm sending this message to the list as well. If this isn't enough to get you going, please direct further questions to the list. > I have now > the

Re: SpamZilla

2003-11-20 Thread ScruLoose
You might want to keep an eye on the Adblock plugin. They aren't there yet, but the homepage http://adblock.mozdev.org/index.html mentions under "And we're targeting these items for future builds:" "Bayesian probability analysis, for minimal-interation bl

Re: Spamassassin daemon running aimlessly

2003-11-20 Thread ScruLoose
fig_docs/exim-spamassassin/ but I'm afraid I have no experience with postfix)... Or set up two rules in procmail... one to pipe the message through spamc, then a second to sort based on the headers. Cheers! -- ,-----.

Re: exim4-spamassassin individual user prefs

2003-11-20 Thread ScruLoose
sin (or spamc) with the -u option, it'll use the prefs for the specified user. Using -u $local_part will supply the username of the local user the mail is being delivered to. Cheers! -- ,-. > -ScruLoose- |

Re: Trying to get modem to work with Debian

2003-11-18 Thread ScruLoose
odem will work or not, but I do know that since Windows starts counting at 1, where Linux starts at 0, you're probably looking for /dev/ttys4. Cheers! -- ,-----. > -ScruLoose- | Do not meddle in the affair

Re: splitting mbox files

2003-11-16 Thread ScruLoose
aildir Maildir format (by definition) has one message per file. There are probably scripts/utilities to do the job right at the command line, but like I say... that's what worked for me. Cheers! -- ,-----. > -

Re: Totally [OT] Re: Opium

2003-11-16 Thread ScruLoose
ve or meaningful discussion. So I'll stop adding to it. And to the general readership: sorry for dragging down the signal-to-noise ratio... I got a bit carried away. Cheers! -- ,-----. > -ScruLoose- | Wha

Re: Totally [OT] Re: Opium

2003-11-16 Thread ScruLoose
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 11:47:03PM -0800, Tom wrote: > On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 02:31:36AM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > [a bunch of horseshit] Hehe! Now, that's funny. I bring you references from your own country's press, reporting that your government is detaining people indef

Re: Totally [OT] Re: Opium

2003-11-16 Thread ScruLoose
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 01:02:43AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 00:21, ScruLoose wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 02:49:28PM -0600, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > > > > > The reason the 2nd is there is so that King xyz or our own goverment will > >

Re: Totally [OT] Re: Opium

2003-11-16 Thread ScruLoose
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 10:42:57PM -0800, Tom wrote: > On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 01:21:55AM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > > Great theory. Shame it's such a dismal failure in practice. > > People have been getting "disappeared" lately in The States. Somebody > >

Re: mutt, key bindings and debian mailing lists

2003-11-15 Thread ScruLoose
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:10:25AM +0100, Florian Ernst wrote: > Hello 'ScruLoose'! Howdy, Flo! > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:13:31PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > >I wonder whether the .muttrc is flexible enough to support something > >like looking for known "li

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

2003-11-15 Thread ScruLoose
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 08:06:15PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 15:41, ScruLoose wrote: > > > > Well, when you look at the US figures on "firearm-related fatalities" > > being up in the tens of thousands per year... > > compared to

Re: Totally [OT] Re: Opium

2003-11-15 Thread ScruLoose
istance is suicide. In the meantime, making guns easily accessible to the general public just makes it that much easier for your citizens to blow each other away when they get pissed off. I don't see how all this makes you any freer than me. Cheers! -- ,

Re: OT: Drugs (was Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong --)

2003-11-14 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 08:56:51PM -0800, Tom wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 09:39:56PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > > Now you're just contradicting yourself. You're also handing me the > > point I've been trying to make on a platter. > > After claiming

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

2003-11-14 Thread ScruLoose
ink _about_ is moot. The current culture (including shitty schools, the media, etc) seems to be pretty effectively designed to teach "the people" _not_ to think. -- ,-. > -ScruLoose- | Never eat more than yo

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

2003-11-14 Thread ScruLoose
ericans are somewhere on the order of ten _times_ as likely to blow each other away. Does it take "multiple Columbines on a daily basis" to constitute a problem? Somewhere close to a hundred Americans blow each other away _per_day_ and you want this to lead me to the conclusion that things ar

Re: (newbie) Still no network...

2003-11-13 Thread ScruLoose
there are some nifty kernel-building helper tools in Debian. The above-linked guide assumes you want to use them. make-kpkg in particular. Cheers! -- ,-. > -ScruLoose- | You don't *have* a soul. Y

Re: Stock 2.4.16 kernel, initrd and ext3 [SOLVED]

2003-11-13 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:25:42PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > ScruLoose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've been wanting to switch from ext2 to ext3 on this machine, including > > the root filesystem. > > > > I'm using the stock Debian 2.4.16-i68

Re: freelance sysadmining - other thread went bonkers

2003-11-13 Thread ScruLoose
arge. > And charge extra for anything else. Sounds good. Better PR to call it a discount on the Debian ones, though. Likewise, you could offer a "discount" on the maintenance of the Debian boxen. Cheers! -- ,---

OT: Drugs (was Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong --)

2003-11-13 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 02:38:12PM -0800, Tom wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 04:04:57PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > > Regarding any one drug as being just the same as any other makes no more > > sense than prescribing morphine for an infection or penicillin for a > > migra

Re: mutt, key bindings and debian mailing lists

2003-11-13 Thread ScruLoose
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 05:03:35PM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:42:09AM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > > > Wouldn't it be easier to use mutt's builtin support for mailing lists? > > > > Add the line > > subscribe [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: apt-get unstable question

2003-11-13 Thread ScruLoose
with an incredible mess of dependency problems. Cheers! -- ,-----. > -ScruLoose- | If we do not believe in freedom of speech < > Please do not | for those we despise

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

2003-11-13 Thread ScruLoose
he nameserver addresses go in /etc/resolv.conf Cheers! -- ,-----. > -ScruLoose- | Forward he cried from the rear; and the front rank died< > Please do not | and the General sat, and the lines on the map &

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

2003-11-13 Thread ScruLoose
dividual_ drugs and you enable them to make smarter, informed decisions. Regarding any one drug as being just the same as any other makes no more sense than prescribing morphine for an infection or penicillin for a migraine. Cheers! -- ,-

Stock 2.4.16 kernel, initrd and ext3

2003-11-13 Thread ScruLoose
is such a pain... Cheers! -- ,-----. > -ScruLoose- | Reporter: What do you think of western civilization? < > Please do not | Ghandi: I think it w

Re: freelance sysadmining - $50k [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread ScruLoose
a lot more per year (not necessary if you go with the $n*100/year formula I guess) - Maybe cover additional machines in same household for a discounted rate? Home LAN packages with file- and printer-sharing? Cheers! -- ,---

Re: freelance sysadmining [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]

2003-11-11 Thread ScruLoose
t my DSL company waived when I signed up. (That "promotion" has been running for at least two years.) In terms of making a monthly support plan, I'd say the best bet is to design the system to need as little maintenance as possible and keep the monthly fee _really_low_. Maybe e

Re: regarding kernels

2003-11-11 Thread ScruLoose
kernel-source package which is listed as sid and sarge but works fine on woody too)... Cheers! -- ,-. > -ScruLoose- | Why can't we ever attempt to solve a problem < > Please do not | i

Re: mutt, key bindings and debian mailing lists

2003-11-11 Thread ScruLoose
#x27;s builtin support for mailing lists? Add the line subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] somewhere in your .muttrc, and then use L for "reply-to-list"... I _think_ this setup will even respect the mail-followup-to header and automatically cc people when they have that header set (not sure,

Re: fetchmail, when does one loose email?

2003-11-11 Thread ScruLoose
okay I handled that successfully" SMTP codes from the MTA before it deletes the message off the POP server. If it gets a failure code from the MTA it will _not_ delete the mail. So really, the only way you're likely to lose your mail with fetchmail is if your MTA is so misconfigured tha

Re: understanding Fetchmail

2003-11-11 Thread ScruLoose
you need is a POP and/or IMAP server. There are various choices out there... Courier's implementations seem to be pretty popular, though they do require the maildir format. Cheers! -- ,-. > -ScruLoose-

Re: got my woody working, wanted to upgrade, already ruined my system

2003-11-09 Thread ScruLoose
;re familiar with how debian does things, how apt handles dependencies, etc. Cheers! -- ,-. > -ScruLoose- | I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad< > Please do not | the

Re: heres my noob install questions, smart people please help

2003-11-07 Thread ScruLoose
instead of FAT, that's a different story entirely. The linux drivers for NTFS are experimental and it's recommended to mount those drives read-only. Cheers! -- ,-. > -ScruLoose- | Reporter: What do you think

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

2003-11-07 Thread ScruLoose
ess right. And the google search would fail because the filename is actually kernel-source-2.4.22_2.4.22-3_all.deb Don't ask me about that naming scheme! ;-) Cheers! -- ,-. > -ScruLoose- |

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

2003-11-07 Thread ScruLoose
people have been suggesting. I used this method to install all the tools that are called for in the Very Verbose Guide to Compiling a Debian Kernel. Cheers! -- ,-----. > -ScruLoose- | If we do not believe

Re: Single-use root account?

2003-11-07 Thread ScruLoose
he machine and do the maintenance yourself. Cheers! -- ,-----. > -ScruLoose- | I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours < > Please do not | but I think that God's got a s

Re: An apology

2003-11-06 Thread ScruLoose
as far as I'm concerned. Cheers -- ,-----. > -ScruLoose- |They that can give up essential liberty< > Please do not | to obtain a little temporary safety < > reply off-list. | deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Re: heres my noob install questions, smart people please help

2003-11-06 Thread ScruLoose
esn't _have_ permissions, so those programs may barf. It's just going to be less of a headache for you to leave /home/david on an appropriate linux filesystem, and mount your windows partition someplace else. Cheers! -- ,---

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

2003-11-06 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 04:51:54PM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: > On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:09:24 -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > > First off. I am doing this because none of the kernels on the cds > support my nic. Consequently, any suggestions that involve using > apt-get show that the

Re: What's the best package manager for single-package upgrades?

2003-11-06 Thread ScruLoose
o > choice, now would we? If having sid's version of mozilla is more important to your needs than having a rock-solid system, AND the latest backport is not a good enough compromise for your needs, AND you don't want to run a non-debian

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