On Fri, 22 May 2009 06:14:59 -0400, George posted:
> You have to install the sudo package to be able to use sudo.
>
>
>
> If you want to install sudo you will first need to open a terminal and
> type:
>
> $ su
>
> $
>
> # aptitude update <- let it do it’s thing and it will tell you if there
On Sun, 17 May 2009 12:31:05 -0700, Freddy Freeloader posted:
[...]
>
> I have to ask why. Why is this left up every user of testing to fix
> this problem themselves when the fix is so simple?
>[...]
One possible answer to this question would be that users of "testing" are
supposed to be able t
On Sun, 17 May 2009 14:25:20 +, Andrew Malcolmson posted:
> I had a working Lenny install which I somehow hosed while experimenting
> with Grub. On boot, the message displays 'Grub loading stage 1.5' then
> 'Error 2'.
>
It might be easier to speculate if you'd tell exactly what you did whil
On Mon, 18 May 2009 09:01:34 +0200, Klistvud posted:
[...]
> The first thing I'd try is make the SATA drive bootable (or "active") and
> clearing the "active/bootable" flag from the ATA drive. This is easiest
> done by means of a partition editor. But first, check your boot sequence
> in the BIOS:
On Sat, 02 May 2009 06:15:04 -0400, Paul Cartwright posted:
[...]
> what I want is a rule tht allows http for my web page to port forward from
> my router to my desktop, and also allow me to ssh into my desktop from my
> laptops.
If I understand correctly what you asking:
You will need to option
On Fri, 01 May 2009 05:36:06 -0400, Paul Cartwright posted:
> I seemed to have a problem with my static setup of eth0 that stopped my
> debian lenny setup from coming up correctly.
This doesn't tell us anything that we could use to troubleshoot. Do you
mean the system doesn't come up or just does
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:48:48 -0400, Rob McBroom posted:
> On 2009-Apr-29, at 2:40 AM, Magnus Pedersen wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't mix stable and testing, get XFCE from backports if it is
>> available or run testing.
>
> Someone on another list once told me:
>
> "As long as you can install the p
On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:17:37 -0500, Mark Allums posted:
[...]
> :)
;)
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On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:40:47 -0500, Mark Allums posted:
> paragasu wrote:
>> ubuntu == debian testing,
>>
>> if you think debian outdated, try debian unstable.
>>
>>
>
> ubuntu = debian unstable
Ubuntu=(a snapshot of Debian unstable at the time)!=Debian unstable.
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On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:31:47 -0400, machiner posted:
> Reply to: edua...@kalinowski.com.br
> Original Message Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:21:51 -0300 RE: Re: regarding
> upgrade [See Original Message Below]
>
> They do "reappear" after a grub update. Personally, I "usually" remove an
> unused ke
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:51:38 -0700, Don Raikes posted:
> Hi all:
>
> Sorry for the cross-posting, but I wasn't sure which list would be better
> for this question.
>
> Does the current i386 livecd have any accessibility support enabled in it?
> Is either orca, or brltty installed and/or running
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:48:55 -0700, Don Raikes posted:
> Hi all,
>
> I am a blind user of lenny. I installed lenny using my braille display
> without a problem onto my gateway desktop system.
>
> However, when I boot the lenny dvd or cd on my dell latitude d600
> laptop, it is not recognizing th
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:59:04 +0100, Lisi Reisz posted:
> I am planning to install Sid on a test machine. I may set up a dual or
> triple boot with other distros I want to look at, so being able to control
> the partitions is important.
>
> Googling, and searching the Debian site, seem to suggest
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:36:59 +0200, Erik Xavior posted:
>[...]
> 1) First I removed the network-manager, to be sure, it doesn't do
> anything:
>
> apt-get remove --purge -y network-manager-gnome
> network-manager-openvpn-gnome network-manager-pptp-gnome
> network-manager-vpnc-gnome
>
This look
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:22:59 +0200, Dirk posted:
> Randy Kramer wrote:
>> On Tuesday 14 April 2009 05:49:48 am Dirk wrote:
>>> some true asshole decreased linux' value as an alternative to windows
>>> by making hal a dependency(!) of xorg now...
>>
>> Just for clarification, is this in Debian sta
On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:02:23 +0300, Dotan Cohen posted:
>>> Thank you, Ken, I am aware of that list and subscribe to it. That list
>>> is great for Microsoft bashing, discussing animal-themed backgrounds
>>> twice a year, and bikesheding. Technical issues are understood by a
>>> overwhelmed and ou
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:44:42 +1000, Graham Williams posted:
> Received Thu 09 Apr 2009 9:12pm +1000 from Thorny:
>> On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:10:41 +1000, Graham Williams posted:
>>
>> > Have just upgraded a fairly vanilla etch install on a Dell Precision
>> > 69
On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:50:37 -0700, tony mollica posted:
> Thorny wrote:
>> On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:38:26 -0700, tony mollica posted:
>>
>>> Thorny wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:29:16 -0700, tony mollica posted:
>>>>
>>>&
On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:10:41 +1000, Graham Williams posted:
> Have just upgraded a fairly vanilla etch install on a Dell Precision 690
> (AMD64) with an nvidia graphics chip. All seemed to proceed well, but on
> reboot and starting up GDM, most key presses result in the screen
> resolution changin
On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:38:26 -0700, tony mollica posted:
> Thorny wrote:
>> On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:29:16 -0700, tony mollica posted:
>>
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> Need a little help with a disk drive.
>>>
>>> Until today, my external storage
On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:50:03 -0400, Ken Heard posted:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> Thorny wrote:
>
>
>
>> Close to release time, Debian "testing" does become very stable and easy
>> to use, after a new "stable"
On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:18:58 +0300, Dotan Cohen posted:
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/
>>
>>
> Thank you, Ken, I am aware of that list and subscribe to it. That list is
> great for Microsoft bashing, discussing animal-themed backgrounds twice a
> year, and bikesheding. Technical issues are understoo
On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:52:57 +0800, jidanni posted:
>> How do the pros keep up with the latest kernel? Depending on
>> linux-image-686 isn't working these days.
> (it depends on a package no longer available)
>
> $ cat sources.list
> deb http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib n
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:30:08 -0400, Miles Fidelman posted:
> Thorny wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:36:45 -0400, Miles Fidelman posted: [...]
>>
>>> Yeah, but it's a feature that's not well publicized and causes
>>>
>> confusing
>>
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:29:16 -0700, tony mollica posted:
> Hello.
>
> Need a little help with a disk drive.
>
> Until today, my external storage drive was working fine using Debian 4.0
> (latest updates)
> and ext2 file system. It's a 180Gig drive divided into 3 partitions, 1
> primary and 2 lo
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:15:07 -0400, Frank McCormick posted:
> Running Squeeze - tried to add a user today using the graphical front end
> under Gksudo ...everything except properties was grayed out.
>
Graphical front end to what, what graphical front end? KDE? Gnome? Other?
> I have implemented
On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:36:45 -0400, Miles Fidelman posted:
[...]
> Yeah, but it's a feature that's not well publicized and causes
confusing
> behavior.
>
> Standard behavior, for years, has been to expect eth0 to be assigned to
> a machine's primary network interface. udev's behavior is more than
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:40:19 +0800, jidanni posted:
> How do the pros keep up with the latest kernel? Depending on
> linux-image-686 isn't working these days.
>
> # aptitude -F %p search ?obsolete | xargs -n 1 echo aptitude why|sh -x +
> aptitude why linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 i linux-image-686 D
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:56:41 +1000, Daniel Dalton posted:
> On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 12:02:50PM +0200, Cassiel wrote:
>> Another thing is if more people would submit bugs. Really help the
>> maintainers. Help the project and community.
>
> That's a valid point.
>
> Thanks to everyone th
[...]
> deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib deb
> ftp://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ lenny contrib main
See the way my lines wrapped.
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On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:30:43 +0530, Abhishek Amberkar[ अभिषेक]
posted:
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 6:02 PM, orange wrote:
>> It seems that apt(itude) has stopped updating my (testing) Debian
>> system. I press 'u', and then 'U' but nothing is marked for update (and
>> it has been like that for sever
> Who'd have thunk that two identical chassis aren't quite identical.
> Sigh
>
The chassis are the same but each NIC has a unique MAC address, that's the
purpose of MAC addressing. That was the source of the problem you had. Of
course the MAC of a NIC can be spoofed, but that is another top
On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:58:50 +0530, Foss User posted:
> Trying to change the IP address in /etc/network/interfaces and then
> /etc/init.d/networking restart does not really change my IP. I am having
> to do a reboot to really change the IP. Could someone please help me in
> understanding why resta
On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:21:27 -0400, Miles Fidelman posted:
> Here it is, Friday, and my birthday to boot, with one fire on my desk
> already, when I discover that a critical server has crashed
>
> The server is running Sarge (I know, I was just about to upgrade, but if
> it ain't broke, why f
[...]
> I know how to use and edit the /etc/fstab file to mount the drives after
> each boot.
OK, I will assume you are correct with this statement.
> However, that's not what I'm looking at.
Perhaps it should be where you are looking.
> I'm looking to be able to use my other partitions just li
[...]
> So now I am a bit confused. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Can any
> one advice me on what to try next? Should I try to reinstall with a /boot
> partition and a / partition? Is there something I need to do for the CF
> card?
>
Did you write a GRUB MBR to the drive, Chris?
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On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:41:16 +1100, Daniel Dalton posted:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the gpg help, it's working well now.
>
> One question I still have, am I somehow meant to somehow get people to
> sign my signature if so, how does this work?
>
> Daniel.
To give you a simple answer, use a search en
[...]
> Testing is pretty darn manageable, even for those of us who aren't
> compiling our own kernels. No offence meant, but you might want to
> recalibrate your ideas about the expertise required to run it.
>
I hear your opinion, however, from my experience with questions that have
been asked o
[...]
> And why does it say
> "install GRUB images under the directory ..."?
>
> Isn't it installing something in the MBR? Not is a directory? Or do I
> *really* misunderstand what grub-install does? What is a "GRUB image"? Or
> am I parsing this incorrectly?
>
In the documentation that you are
On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:54:57 +0300, Kybernetiker posted:
> I have Debian Lenny basic system with X Window, Ice WM, and xdm installed.
> When I try to configure Xterm, X.org seems to ignore the "~/.Xresources"
> file.
>
> The command xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources doesn't do any good.
>
> I also tried
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:01:57 -0700, consultores1 posted:
> I am in need of a translator tool, because i have to write in different
> languages; something that writing a "word", it translates it to other
> different languages at once.
>
This kind of word-for-word translation is not always going t
> [...]
> t60[~]$ cat /etc/apt/preferences
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=lenny
> Pin-Priority: 900
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=sid
> Pin-Priority: 300
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=experimental
> Pin-Priority: 101
>
> [...]
As Osamu pointed out you are using codenames. However I thought t
> [...]
> What I want to know is what kinds of problems I might experience when I
> move to a 'free' kernel? Are these problems easily discoverable when I
> switch? I'm most concerned about two possibilities - my system becomes
> inoperable due to some dependency on binary firmware; or the absence
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:59:43 -0700, Vwaju posted:
> For months, I have been booting Debian 3.1 every day and experimenting
> with networking tools.
> [...]
I'd suggest you consider upgrading because Sarge has not been receiving
security updates since last March. Of course, it might not matter t
On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:01:17 -0600, Paul E Condon posted:
> I see a list of rsync mirrors for an install CD at www.debian.org. I am
> running Lenny and have rsync installed. I have successfully used rsync to
> do backups locally between hosts on the same LAN. But I don't know what to
> do to use t
[...]
>>I wonder, why does aspell get removed here.
>
> Because it is marked as "automatically" installed. When there are (or
> will be) no more packages that depend on automatically installed packages,
> the automatically installed packages are automatically removed.
>
>>And, how do I prevent a
Please don't top post. I have rewritten this to conform to suggested list
standard and replied at bottom.
Kousik Maiti:
> In my system there are two ethernet card. I can't ping to other machine
> via eth0 but eth1 is working fine. My ethernat controller is Ethernet
> controller: Broadcom Corporati
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:49:37 -0400, Randy Kramer posted:
>[...]
> I reported this as a bug, and got back a "works for me" response from
> someone using 3.5.9 on Debian Squeeze.
>
Not sure if confirmation is what you want, for me in Konq 3.5.9 on
Lenny, select all works properly.
> They said t
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:13:41 -0700, Thorny posted:
[...]
> What you describe doesn't like any of your machines are "forgetting"
> your IP address. But you could check that with the command ipconfig eth2
> (since you mentioned eth2 as the interface involved) before issuin
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:26:33 +, Lisi Reisz posted:
> I am trying to test a microphone by some method other than ringing the
> same poor person repeatedly by VOIP.
>
> I have tried to run record applications, but cannot seem to get the
> applications going (so far Audacity and KRec).
>
Hi Lisi
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:11:53 -0700, postid posted:
> I'm working on our school's computer system and discovering that the
> internet access is really a pain. I can log on to the wireless network
> and get a strong signal, but internet access comes and goes. I just
> discovered that if I try to do
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:19:53 +1030, Matthew Smith posted:
> Hi Folks
>
> Don't know if this is a Debian issue or a Firefox issue - having only just
> switched from Gentoo+FF2 to Debian+FF3/Iceweasel.
>
> * Try to follow a link to a PDF document. * Get a message that the helper
> application (xpdf
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:00:30 +0100, Gerard Robin posted:
> Hello,
> iceape is no more part of debian, I would like to know if is it possible
> to install the package seamonkey of ubuntu in sid ?
>
It was dropped from Debian because no one stepped up to act as maintainer,
you may be able to do yo
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:32:49 -0700, dbpbandit posted:
> I've been experimenting with several distributions of Linux over the past
> few months and I finally decided on Debian for many reasons. Currently I
> have it running on a couple of laptops and an old PC. The PC has two HDD,
> one has Debian
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:30:50 +0530, Amey Parulekar posted:
[...]
> Now, cyphesis doesn't build unless it finds an installed copy of
mercator,
> so this is not a problem with cyphesis. The fact that it is a runtime
> error suggests that it has something to do with the directory structure
> that debi
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:50:32 -0400, Stefan Monnier posted:
>> Discussing this has inspired me to put another line on my hobby list, I
>> will eventually drag out an old P1 100MHz I have and try loading Lenny
>> on it. Or, maybe I shouldn't thank you for that, it's not like I don't
>> already have
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:19:23 -0400, Rick Pasotto posted:
> This morning rkhunter found three new hidden files:
>
> Warning: Hidden directory found: /etc/.java Warning: Hidden directory
> found: /dev/.udev Warning: Hidden directory found: /dev/.initramfs
>
> Is this anything to worry about?
You
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:59:33 -0400, Celejar posted:
[...edit just to save bandwidth]
> But this equivalence between insecure systems and those likely to fall
> victim to an accidental "rm -rf /" breaks down for the above case, since
> accidents become much less likely, but a virus can still do wha
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:30:35 +, Lisi Reisz posted:
> On Saturday 21 March 2009 10:21:24 Thorny wrote:
>> If I remember correctly, Sarge security support ends at the end of
>> March, this year.
>
> They announced that it had ended last year. As I understand it, they to
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:30:07 -0600, Robert Hodgins posted:
> On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 14:13 -0600, Robert Hodgins wrote:
>> Thank you to everyone who has offered suggestions. I'll keep fiddling
>> around with this computer. If something works, I'll let you know.
>>
>>
> Turns out the problem was li
On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:17:28 -0700, hadi motamedi posted:
> Dear All
> Can you please do me favor and provide me with the answer for the
> following case at hand :
> "We have one HP t5725 server with Debian Linux 3.1 installed but the
> operator is getting the following message on the console port
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:57:50 +0800, 明覺 posted:
> you are right, it should not be a viruses, maybe it's because my harddisk
> is broken, how to check my harddisk? now I have installed a new system on
> it and it is working fine now, but I'm afraid it will be broken suddenly
> again after a few day
On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:09:13 +, Avi Greenbury posted:
>>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Virus#Threats
Good grief, since when has wikipedia become the ultimate resource. Do you
notice how many of the references are to anti-virus labs, who have a
vested interest in selling software?
Nat
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:37:56 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. posted:
> While they have been seen in the wild, ...
Please cite examples and/or documentation so I may learn. I know from your
other posts that you give good advice but I am not willing to accept this
statement on that basis.
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>
>[T]> A simple answer is that Linux "virus" exist as a proof-of-concept,
>there
>> aren't any "in the wild". If you think about it, there isn't a
>> mechanism for propagation. You don't run as root do you? You can find
>> out lots more about the concept with your favourite search engine.
>
>[C]
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:58:32 -0500, M. Lewis posted:
>
> I'm trying to install Lenny on a Dell Power Edge 2970 with little success.
> The problem I'm running into is installing grub. My .iso images check with
> md5sum correctly. With three different DVDs, I get the error:
>
> Unable to install g
[...]
> If it's not a virus, why my computer suddenly become broken, I do not
> understand, i guess it should be a virus.
>
A simple answer is that Linux "virus" exist as a proof-of-concept, there
aren't any "in the wild". If you think about it, there isn't a mechanism
for propagation. You don't
> It all happened suddenly. I was editing a file in gedit 3 minutes ago, and
> when I was saving it, it said "readonly filesystem". then i restarted my
> machine, it ccould not shutdown for it said it's a readonly file system.
> then i pressed reset to force it restart, then it stopped at "grup
>
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:17:29 -0400, Michael Yang wrote:
>[...]
> That's when I found the problem of acpid.
> Then I went back to .24 kernel, the problem still exists. That's why I
> thought if it could be problems related to lenny dist.
Naturally, after sending the last post I did have another ide
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:17:29 -0400, Michael Yang wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 3:51 AM, Thorny wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:39:05 -0400, Michael Yang wrote:
>>
>> > After recent upgrade, my system becomes kind of mess up.
>> >
>> > My
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:39:05 -0400, Michael Yang wrote:
> After recent upgrade, my system becomes kind of mess up.
>
> My story is that I did a apt-get upgrade of some packages to squeeze/sid
> by accident(I didn't change the 'testing' in my source.list). So I
> downgrade most of packages back to
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:42:54 -0700, NFN Smith wrote:
[...]
>
> Following this downgrade, libc6 (and related dependencies) are all still
> at etch versions.
>
>
This from Chapter 4 of the Lenny release notes may be of interest to you,
especially the part at the bottom since you are using Aptitude
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:11:55 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> Hello!
>
> is it possible to put to work a 120 GB Iomega Portable Hard Drive (usb
> powered) under Lenny? I own one myself, but I can't mount it. I googled a
> bit too, but without success besides the fact that there is no direct
>
> thanks. I post message in my mail client that puts quotes below reply.
It would also be a good idea to post in text only for this list.
> I've been happily using 2.6.24 kernel without meeting much problems.
> Recently just out of curiosity I did a upgrade (not dist-upgrade yet).
> Is there out
On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:45:02 +0800, linux china wrote:
>From your subject line "3.1 to 5.0".
I'm fairly sure the upgrade from Sarge to Lenny is not supported. For one
thing, the upgrade from Sarge to Etch was problematic for many people,
especially those who didn't read the release notes before t
I have reordered your post to be in chronological order, suggestion below.
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Michael Yang
> wrote:
>
>> I have a Debian/Lenny 2.6.24 installed on my laptop (D630). I did a
>> software upgrade just now (apt-get upgrade) and the keyboard doesn't
>> work after tha
On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:50:07 -0600, Robert Hodgins wrote:
> As various modules were being loaded in, I noticed some had "2.6.28-1-486"
> as a part of their name. I assume if these were being loaded, then the
> correct kernel was selected?
It is my understand that the installer will choose the cor
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:47:13 -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> Jimmy Johnson wrote:
>> Hey Guy's I have Lenovo laptop, new "Lenny install" and I'm having to
>> type control+d to continue boot, I looked at "dmesg" and I can't make
>> what the problem is, so I post and maybe someone can figure the probl
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:47:11 -0600, Robert Hodgins wrote:
[...]
> Right after selecting Install, the installer printed the screen
(Photo 2)
[...]
ACPI on a P1 75MHz class machine?
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:17:25 -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> Hey Guy's I have Lenovo laptop, new "Lenny install" and I'm having to type
> control+d to continue boot, I looked at "dmesg" and I can't make what the
> problem is, so I post and maybe someone can figure the problem.
>
> If more info is n
Steven,
As Aneurin has pointed out, you seem to have responded to the wrong
thread, that doesn't relieve the confusion for those of us who use a list
reader which threads correctly. And that is a part of what you are
complaining about. I expect that you've reacted emotionally, and that is
human and
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:11:20 +1100, Robert S wrote:
> I have replaced the stock etch kernel with 2.6.26-bpo.1-686 by adding
> backports to my sources.list and the following to /etc/apt/preferences:
>
> Package: linux-image-2.6-486
> Pin relase a=etch-backports
> Pin-Priority: 999
>
> If I run ap
On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:31:15 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> That is a pretty persuasive argument. I can see the plug being pulled by
> accident fairly often in the long run. ;-)
>
>
Suggest you mount that drive with the sync option. Might make it a little
less likely that you'll pull the plug whi
On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:57:42 +0900, Bret Busby wrote:
> Well, after having been advised on the list, to upgrade to Debian 5,
> from Debian 4, I have done it, on my laptop, to trial Debian 5.
>
>
As Lisi pointed out, I too didn't find an overwhelming number of
suggestions to do as you have chose
>[Lisi] The reason that there is currently a little bit of confusion on
>websites
> is that the shunt Squeeze -> testing, Lenny -> stable, Etch -> old
> stable and Sarge -> somewhere-off-the-cliff only happened less than 3
> weeks ago on 14th February. The websites are being updated in roughly
> o
> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
> you'll know what the answer means."
> - Deep Thought,
Being a fan of Adams myself, I gave a bit of thought to your sig lines.
You may want to investigate Chapter 3 from the Debian FAQ:
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-choosing.en.html#s3
On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:57:48 +0900, Bret Busby wrote:
> I had delayed upgrading to Debian 5.0, as people appear to still have
> problems with upgrading to Debian 5.0, so I thought that it would be
> better to wait until things had settled, with Debian 5.0, perhaps, when
> release 2 appears, or some
On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:51:16 +, Nuno Magalhães wrote:
> From the Debian manual, a minimal install for X
> requires 512MB.
Where did you find this? Can you provide a link so I can look at it?
In the Debian Installation Guide I can find it as a recommenced amount but
not as a required amount,
> Yes; each workstation installation that we have, whilst it has more than
> one user account, is used by only one person at a time, and is primarily a
> single-user system (but, I really don't like the pseudo thingy that Ubuntu
> uses, rather than having a root account. I much prefer having a roo
On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:41:06 +0900, Bret Busby wrote:
> One major problem with Ubuntu, apart from the pseudo thingy, is the
> colour. I much prefer the blue colour of Debian (kind of like some people
> and cars; "What kind of car do you drive?" - "A red one" ; "what kind of
> linux do I prefer? - "
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:58:35 -0800, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
[...]
> I agree with what you say, but is not the case with Debian-Live it only
> covers amd64 and i386.
Great for a desktop system Jimmy, however, Debian is for more than just
desktop systems. You have stated a preference for live CDs and
>> Also, I had (apparently, completely wrongly) understood that, when
>> installing a package with Synaptic, it was the role of Synaptic, as the
>> package manager, to ensure that the package was added to the relevant
>> menu, in the Applications menu hierarchy.
>>
>>
As I mentioned previously, no
On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:26:33 +0900, Bret Busby wrote:
> Synaptic installs then loses packages; it downloads and installs a package
> and its dependencies, and then, when queried, it shows the package and its
> dependancies to be installed, but it does not add the packages to the
> menu, and, in th
On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:28:33 +0100, Emanoil Kotsev wrote:
> I'm not really sure that partitions on modern pc has to be made bootable
> for grub to work
>
Correct, GRUB doesn't care if a partition is marked as the active
partition(bootable), that is something that matters to a DOS(Windows) MBR.
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:24:53 -0800, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
[...]
> Friendly,
Sure, no problem! A piece of advice for you, don't let your ego get
involved when posting, some call that wearing a flamesuit on the 'Net.
What I did was give you my opinion of your actions, in the hope that the
data might
Jimmy Johnson wrote:>>> Why do you flame me, maybe you think it's better
to recommend Sidux or
>>> Ubuntu?
>>
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:>> I didn't intend to flame you, I am sorry if I
sounded like that.
>>
>> If you don't want a flame, please stop yours as well. I just gave my
>> opinion, you
On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:10:01 +0200, Emanoil Kotsev wrote:
>> On Fri,17.Oct.08, 18:10:26, Emanoil Kotsev wrote:
>>
>>> > this doesn't seem to be true the job runs and produces output
>>> > and root mail is (via /etc/aliases - thanks to Doug!) sent to me but
>>> > yet I don't get any o/p from
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:34:18 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> No such luck. I'd be concerned that the broadband modem would produce too
> much interference with my wife (remember my low-MHz thread). I know that
> a DSL filter causes problems.
>
Of course, I don't know your wife, but around her
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