Re: wait until swapoff is *actually* finished (it returns too early)?

2024-08-23 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Pierre-Elliott Bécue dixit: >> In a cronjob, I basically do swapoff && cryptdisks_stop && \ >> cryptdisks_start && swapon for both swaps individually to throw away >> the old encryption key regularily (but not too frequently). > >Ooc, what do you expect to actually gain from this setup? Encryptio

Re: wait until swapoff is *actually* finished (it returns too early)?

2024-08-22 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Mike Castle dixit: >Exactly. In my experience, running swapoff(8) _will_ take a long time >if the swap area has a lot of content. Yes. >It will block until everything is moved out. Unfortunately not. It will block until *almost* everything is moved out. I think what we’re seeing is that the re

Re: wait until swapoff is *actually* finished (it returns too early)?

2024-08-22 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Mike Castle dixit: >Does cryptdisks have the ability to display what is in use at the >moment? Maybe polling that before executing the stop? That’s what I would like to ask and why I sent this eMail. >I suspect that the race is that, when the the swapoff() syscall >returns, the kernel has indee

Re: wait until swapoff is *actually* finished (it returns too early)?

2024-08-21 Thread Thorsten Glaser
(Please Cc me on replies.) Franco Martelli dixit: > interrupt it when a condition is satisfied, e.g.: > > while true > do >/usr/bin/grep lv-swp1 /proc/swaps >/dev/null 2>&1 Not the right condition though… it’s absent there but still in use. I am looking for the right thing to check… bye

wait until swapoff is *actually* finished (it returns too early)?

2024-08-20 Thread Thorsten Glaser
(Please d̲o̲ Cc me on replies, I don’t subscribe to this list. Thanks!) Hi, this is a bit curious problem: I have a setup with swap devices on dmcrypt: $ cat /etc/crypttab # crtpv LABEL=fooclvm nonediscard,luks,initramfs cswp1 /dev/vg-f

Re: Debian DSA-5095-1 : linux - security update

2022-03-18 Thread Thorsten Glaser
>"apt-get upgrade” doesn’t upgrade the linux-headers to the latest >fixed version You need “apt-get upgrade --with-new-pkgs” at the very least to keep a stable system up-to-date. I use “apt-get --purge dist-upgrade” myself while keeping an eye on what packages apt wants to remove with that. bye,

Re: How automatic are backport package updates?

2021-01-09 Thread Thorsten Glaser
On Sat, 9 Jan 2021, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > In practice several important packages are updated quite regularly: […] Note that packages being updated is not always a good thing. Having the stability of a tested set to rely on is also appreciated. It’s also more important to have the security and

Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s

2019-06-06 Thread Thorsten Nicklaus
Hi Brad, that is exactly what I am looking for. Could not explain why my search where so unprofessional. I have to see whats happen Thank you On 06.06.19 13:18, Brad Rogers wrote: On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 12:54:28 +0200 Thorsten wrote: Hello Thorsten, if nobody has a answer or idea. Can

Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s

2019-06-06 Thread Thorsten
Hi, if nobody has a answer or idea. Can somebody tell me which debian package has the error? Is it a mate error or the x-server? I want to report the bug. Thorsten On 02.06.19 12:30, Thorsten wrote: Hi, my desktop is mate on a Thinkpad T480s. Under preferences system->preferences-&g

Re: Docking station with thinkpad T480s

2019-06-06 Thread Thorsten
Hi Kenneth, that is exactly the same problem. I want create a bug-report. Could anybody suggest the correct package? Or is it impossible for the debian team to fix that? Thorsten On 02.06.19 18:24, Kenneth Parker wrote: On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 6:35 AM Thorsten <mailto:deb_t...@posteo

Docking station with thinkpad T480s

2019-06-02 Thread Thorsten
Hi, the docking station work well except one situation. If I get my laptop FROM the docking station, the screen is black. System work well, with ALT-F1 the console work. But the X-Server don't refresh the screen. Any ideas? regards Thorsten

Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s

2019-06-02 Thread Thorsten
bug, or how can I configure that right? regards Thorsten

Switching between init systems

2014-11-21 Thread Thorsten Holzman
/wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser#How_can_I_prevent_systemd_to_run_as_PID_1_.28init.29_on_Jessie.3F , I thought that the simple "install the new init system while running the old one and then reboot"-method was supposed to work. Thanks, Thorsten Holzman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.

Re: containers/chroot to allow ABI breakage is the wrong approach

2014-10-24 Thread Thorsten Glaser
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014, Thomas Goirand wrote: > > OpenBSD’s libc.so major number is 50 or something like that right now, > > because they – correctly – increment it on every incompatible change. > > The correct thing to do is to not do incompatible change. No, in the interest of software hygiene it

Re: containers/chroot to allow ABI breakage is the wrong approach

2014-10-23 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Gregory Smith dixit: >They say you're a hard nose, skeptical, untrusting, old unix admin and >programmer from the old days and you do not take one ounce of My old days were on DOS¹. I am a relative newcomer to the Unix world, starting about 1999. But I grew up with the “old values”, including the

Re: containers/chroot to allow ABI breakage is the wrong approach

2014-10-21 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Konstantin Khomoutov dixit: >Sometimes we have to run software which is neither Open Source nor Free >on our systems which are (luckily) Open Source and Free. Things like f-prot are shipped statically linked, when in their binary form for OpenBSD. And binary compatibility only goes so far either

Re: LSB headers and other junk, how do you hack a quick init script in debian these days?

2014-10-21 Thread Thorsten Glaser
On Tue, 21 Oct 2014, Michael Ole Olsen wrote: > suddenly I couldnt just place a script in rc2.d folder anymore, needed to > symlink > needed to add an lsb header too it seems Indeed. It took me quite some effort to learn about LSB headers, exit codes, SYSV init scripts, and all that, in order t

Re: piece of mind (Re: Moderated posts?)

2014-10-13 Thread Thorsten Glaser
On Mon, 13 Oct 2014, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Those who are most impacted are sys admins of servers, and upstream developers I’m both, and I joined Debian to try to make an impact… > - the two communities most impacted, but that seem to have no say in the > matter. … but even then, am drowned by

perf interrupt took too long

2014-09-22 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Hi, just got this vomited onto the console and into dmesg: [ 998.354300] perf interrupt took too long (2516 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 5 What sort of problem is this, and why is it so important that it occurs basically on every boot, and what can I do to “fix” i

Re: Dependency-based boot ordering and sysvinit in unstable

2012-06-10 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Roger Leigh dixit: >However, if you have any lingering scripts without any LSB headers, >you'll need to fix them up or remove them to allow dynamic boot >ordering to be enabled. This is obviously not too desirable, since sudo apt-get --purge install file-rc insserv- bye //mirabilos -- 16:47⎜«m

Re: preseeding/partman-auto: LVM expert recipe problem

2011-10-27 Thread Thorsten Sperber
> > Oct 25 13:48:03 partman-auto: Available disk space (31457) too small for > expert recipe (4400010064); skipping > > > ehm, bump? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: preseeding/partman-auto: LVM expert recipe problem

2011-10-25 Thread Thorsten Sperber
On 25.10.2011 15:38, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Thorsten Sperber wrote: > > (You don't need the "\" within the recipes) Thank you, I read about that and wasn't sure, because so many people's examples contained them. > > Can the i

Re: preseeding/partman-auto: LVM expert recipe problem

2011-10-25 Thread Thorsten Sperber
On 25.10.2011 14:44, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:49:52AM BST, Thorsten Sperber wrote: >> 100 1000 100 ext3 \ >> $lvmok{ } \ >>

preseeding/partman-auto: LVM expert recipe problem

2011-10-25 Thread Thorsten Sperber
-installer:$doc/debian-installer/devel files (which could really need some more examples and rules description), The basic problem is the wrong calculation of the minimum size. I already tried it with different priorities to see their effect on the result, but no change. Thorsten -- To

Re: [Sarge] XFree86 does not start

2006-11-27 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Thorsten Haude wrote (2006-11-27 16:33): >* Sven Arvidsson wrote (2006-11-27 15:54): >>You can use "dpkg -S /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/mga_drv.o" to find >>out which package a file belongs to, and reinstall it. > >Thanks for the hint! It's xserver-xfr

Re: [Sarge] XFree86 does not start

2006-11-27 Thread Thorsten Haude
o removed three files left in the directory after the purge which I thought could not possibly do any harm (mga_drv.o.xf86, mga_drv.0.matrox and mga_hal_drv.0). Obviously, they did, now I have my X back in all its non-Xinerama glory. The rest should be piecocake. Thanks! Thorsten -- Why s

Re: [Sarge] XFree86 does not start

2006-11-27 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Thorsten Haude wrote (2006-11-27 15:24): >after a recent upgrade, my X server will not start up. Log entries seem >to indicate that X chokes on the Matrox drivers for my G550 DH AGP. Forgot something: A logfile can be found here: http://www.vranx.de/XFree86.0.log.gz Thorsten

[Sarge] XFree86 does not start

2006-11-27 Thread Thorsten Haude
of my old X server? I tried to purge a number of packages (x-window-system, x-window-sytem-core, xserver-common and xserver-xfree86), but I get the same error after reinstalling them. tia, Thorsten -- As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others we should be glad of an opportunity to

Font settings for Gvim on Sarge

2006-01-27 Thread Thorsten Kohl
get the same wrong font. Obviously Gvim can't access the X fonts and falls back to some of its own (?) fonts. I did not have this problem with elderly versions of Gvim, e.g. on Woody. Can anybody help ? Thorsten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2005-11-23 Thread Thorsten Rump
audio editor [ audacity ] audio player [ xmms, mp3blaster ] ripper [ dagrab ] pdf [ xpdf ] disc burner [ xcdroast, cdrecord ] e-mail client[ thunderbird, M2 ] file manager [ mc, emelfm ] image editor [ gimp ] image viewer [ GQview,imgSeek, browser] package manager [ synaptic ]

Re: WElche Version?

2005-08-10 Thread Thorsten Zantis
ert auch [EMAIL PROTECTED] i386 ist aber richtig für alles Intelbasierte. > Eberhard Momberger -- mfg, Thorsten signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Lilo warning about /dev/mapper/control

2004-11-09 Thread Rissland, Thorsten
and save your settings by leaving the kernel-builder menu. make dep clean bzImage modules make modules_install copy your new kernel to /boot make your settings in lilo.conf and do an "lilo" :-) Thorsten Rißland

[F] Probleme mit Debian-Server

2004-10-20 Thread Thorsten Fricke
Das kommt mir bei Linux SEHR spanisch vor... Irgendwelche Tips, wo ich heute abend mal mit dem Suchen anfangen kann? var/log/messages hilft mir nicht wirklich weiter, da ich es wohl nicht gut genug lesen kann Vielen Dank fuer Tips Thorsten P.S. Mir wuerde auch schon helfen, wenn ich wuesste, we

Re: Using ATI driver on Radeon 9600

2004-07-20 Thread Thorsten de Jong
any agp, dri and drm modules via modconf. i built my new xf86config-4 with the fglrxconfig tool. i know this is not the professional way, but it worked for me and maybe it's also helpful for you. cheers, thorsten. --- End Message ---

Re: Using ATI driver on Radeon 9600

2004-07-20 Thread Thorsten de Jong
l. i know this is not the professional way, but it worked for me and maybe it's also helpful for you. cheers, thorsten. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OpenOffice 1.1.1 (Testing) loses settings ...

2004-04-16 Thread Thorsten Ebeling
Uwe Dippel wrote: > On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 00:05:11 +0200, Thorsten Ebeling wrote: > >> I use aptitude on Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable. > > Gimme the *soft cushion* to poke him ! > Debian installs the local settings into ~/office > On Sarge and Sid. > Sorry,

Re: Help installing a JVM

2004-04-15 Thread Thorsten Ebeling
Freivald, Joseph A, GVSOL wrote: > Okay, > > How do I get a JVM to install? I have only found dummy packages, and when > I downloaded and ran Sun's SDK, it didn't seem to install properly - or at > least the Java apps don't see it. > > Thanks in advance. > > --JATF I added this line to my /et

Re: OpenOffice 1.1.1 (Testing) loses settings ...

2004-04-15 Thread Thorsten Ebeling
Uwe Dippel wrote: > On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:10:42 +0200, Thorsten Ebeling wrote: > >> After an upgrade from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1 >> I found the directories: /1.1.0 and /1.1.1 >> in /.openoffice in my home directory. >> /1.1.0 contains the settings I made. > > Confe

Re: OpenOffice 1.1.1 (Testing) loses settings ...

2004-04-15 Thread Thorsten Ebeling
Uwe Dippel wrote: > FYI. > > Did the usual update / upgrade. When starting, the 'reading script' dialog > came up and I smelled trouble. I could still select 'upgrade from 1.0.3' > or 'new' and clicked 'upgrade ...'. > But, alas, everything gone and I had to enter name, etc. blabla once > again.

Re: Stumped with a Posix/Perl Question

2004-04-01 Thread Thorsten Haude
ther it's fixed I would use either printf or something with join. Thorsten -- Once upon the time, the music industry had something to offer to us - they distributed the music we would have never heard without them. Now, they need laws that prevent us to do ourself what they do for money. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian on a SUSE computer

2004-02-18 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Colin Watson wrote (2004-02-18 10:45): >On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 09:13:25AM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: >> * Colin Watson wrote (2004-02-18 01:59): >> >On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 02:33:38PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 05:17:23PM -0500

Re: Debian on a SUSE computer

2004-02-18 Thread Thorsten Haude
or additional >hardware support. Those patches should be available. Thorsten -- The history of Liberty is a history of the limitation of government power. - Woodrow Wilson pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian on a SUSE computer

2004-02-17 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * . wrote (2004-02-17 23:17): >What is the likelyhood that the hardware in these computers is 100% >compatible with Debian Very high. >and all it takes is the regular Debian installation procedure ? Quite high. Thorsten -- Why waste time learning, when ignorance is inst

Re: recommended reading?

2004-02-16 Thread Thorsten Haude
Moin, * Rob Weir wrote (2004-02-16 15:20): >On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 10:17:09PM +0100, Thorsten Haude said >> Hi, >> >> * Rob Weir wrote (2004-02-15 07:44): >> >On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 07:16:54AM +0100, Thorsten Haude said >> >> * s. keeling wrote

Re: recommended reading?

2004-02-15 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Rob Weir wrote (2004-02-15 07:44): >On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 07:16:54AM +0100, Thorsten Haude said >> * s. keeling wrote (2004-02-09 06:44): >> >Just because it doesn't mention kde 3.x doesn't mean it's obsolete. >> >> The book is 20 years o

Re: recommended reading?

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * s. keeling wrote (2004-02-09 06:44): >Incoming from Thorsten Haude: >> * Paul E Condon wrote (2004-02-08 05:15): >> >Start with Kernighan and Pike, The UNIX Programming Environment. >> >> Please don't. This might have been a good book twenty years

Re: recommended reading?

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Paul Morgan wrote (2004-02-08 16:37): >On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 13:38:57 +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: >> I use Linux for a couple of years now, and usually know my way around on >> various Unix systems. Most of the tools described in the book were unknown >> to me because th

Re: OT: list-etiquette and cross-posting

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
ist or forum) for your question. Use it. Thorsten -- All generalizations are false. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: watching DVD movies on Linux

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
for > DVDs. > >So, with xine and libdvdcss, I don't have to worry about RPC-1/2 DVD >players. This is correct? I guess so, but I don't use Xine. MPlayer, Ogle and VLC do work fine here, so you might try one of those if Xine does not. Thorsten -- A witty saying proves noth

Re: watching DVD movies on Linux

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
any case. Thorsten -- Politik kann man in diesem Lande definieren als die Durchsetzung wirtschaftlicher Zwecke mit Hilfe der Gesetzgebung. - Kurt Tucholsky pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: recommended reading?

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Paul Morgan wrote (2004-02-08 12:50): >On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 11:28:58 +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: >> * Paul E Condon wrote (2004-02-08 05:15): >>>Start with Kernighan and Pike, The UNIX Programming Environment. >> >> Please don't. This might have been a

Re: Has anyone ever thought of getting the reply-to changed?

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
Moin, * Steve Lamb wrote (2004-02-08 12:04): >Thorsten Haude wrote: >>Do you suffer from cognitive dissonance? Don't you see how many people >>use Mutt and are quite happy with it? Do you think they get money to >>say so? > >No. But they suffer from cognitiv

Re: Has anyone ever thought of getting the reply-to changed?

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Steve Lamb wrote (2004-02-08 11:57): >Thorsten Haude wrote: >>* Steve Lamb wrote (2004-02-08 11:29): >>>1: The person has access to install a decent MDA on said machine. >>>2: The person has access at ALL to configure said MDA in the first place. > >>I

Re: Has anyone ever thought of getting the reply-to changed?

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
The same >amount of work that would take me maybe 20m on a complette client. Yes, it took me more than a few hours to fine-tune Mutt. Yes, Mutt did save me much more time than this by being much more efficient. Thorsten -- Im übrigen gilt ja hier derjenige, der auf den Schmutz hinweist, für

Re: Has anyone ever thought of getting the reply-to changed?

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Steve Lamb wrote (2004-02-08 11:32): >Thorsten Haude wrote: >I said clearly No you didn't. >getting mail from a system that does not have procmail. You know, >that whole POP and IMAP thing? I see. As soon as I *get* mail, I may filter it, don't I? Why would f

Re: Has anyone ever thought of getting the reply-to changed?

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Steve Lamb wrote (2004-02-08 11:34): >Thorsten Haude wrote: >>Funny you see it that way. For years Mutt's feature list was copied to >>the other clients todo list almost verbatim. > >Funny? That would kind of be the definition of a tech. demo. "Look,

Re: Has anyone ever thought of getting the reply-to changed?

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Steve Lamb wrote (2004-02-08 11:29): >Thorsten Haude wrote: >>Nope, you could also use a *good* MDA instead of Procmail. Which shows >>why the modular Unix approach is much more powerful than any catch-all >>application. > >You're presuming 2 things

Re: recommended reading?

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Paul E Condon wrote (2004-02-08 05:15): >Start with Kernighan and Pike, The UNIX Programming Environment. Please don't. This might have been a good book twenty years ago but now it's obsolete. Thorsten -- People who thinks quotes are witty are fucking morons. - turmer

Re: Has anyone ever thought of getting the reply-to changed?

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
than lookout. Mutt, on the other >hand, is a nice tech demo but a crappy client. Funny you see it that way. For years Mutt's feature list was copied to the other clients todo list almost verbatim. Thorsten -- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Has anyone ever thought of getting the reply-to changed?

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
ch of them? >Something mutt is utterly incapable of doing in an acceptable manner. What, filtering mails? Accessing multiple accounts? Thorsten -- Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information

Re: Has anyone ever thought of getting the reply-to changed?

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
of Procmail. Which shows why the modular Unix approach is much more powerful than any catch-all application. Thorsten -- Everything below this line is a lie. Everything above this line is a lie. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: references

2004-02-07 Thread Thorsten Haude
sucks, but this is now sigged. >> >> Nice to hear from you, too :-) Glad you liked it. > >Mutt users can fix this for themselves quite easily > >set quote_regexp="^([ \t]*[|>:}#%])+" Yes, David and I had this discussion before. Thorsten -- An idea

Re: Has anyone ever thought of getting the reply-to changed?

2004-02-07 Thread Thorsten Haude
it broken. Well whatever, but it's a fact that many providers don't accept mail with From set to something that is not their own address. This is allegedly done to prevent spam. It is also not broken because you have the Reply-To header to compensate. Thorsten -- The history of Libert

Re: Has anyone ever thought of getting the reply-to changed?

2004-02-07 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Steve Lamb wrote (2004-02-07 01:34): >Thorsten Haude wrote: >>* Steve Lamb wrote (2004-02-07 00:12): >>> IE, name me one case where someone would set reply-to where they would >>>not be able to also set From:. > >>Well, don't think inside a box.

Re: Has anyone ever thought of getting the reply-to changed?

2004-02-07 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, sorry, I accidently replied to your private mail. Please sent me every mail only once. Thorsten -- Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. - Pericles pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Has anyone ever thought of getting the reply-to changed?

2004-02-06 Thread Thorsten Haude
h mobile devices Replying-To their mail to some cheaper address to save expensive bandwith. Thorsten -- Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authorit

Re: references (was "Re: Has anyone ever ...")

2004-02-06 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * David T-G wrote (2004-02-07 00:03): >Basically, any affirming superlative describes mutt accurately and well. Your $indent_string still sucks, but this is now sigged. Thorsten -- Das Briefgeheimnis sowie das Post- und Fernmeldegeheimnis sind unverletzlich. - Grundgesetz, Artikel

Re: Turn Debian into a Desktop-System what to do

2004-02-01 Thread Thorsten Haude
Don't accept help if you want to make Debian as insecure as Windows. (Oh, and Windows logs, too.) Thorsten -- There is no drug known to man which becomes safer when its production and distribution are handed over to criminals. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Turn Debian into a Desktop-System what to do

2004-02-01 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Alex Fitterling wrote (2004-02-01 07:30): >Am Sonntag, 1. Februar 2004 02:04 schrieb Thorsten Haude: >> My advice: If you have to ask, don't try it at all. Logging ist an > >except my english - what else would matter... I don't understand. >(couldn't you

Re: Turn Debian into a Desktop-System what to do

2004-02-01 Thread Thorsten Haude
l be REMOVED: > cron logcheck logrotate > >That doesn't seem to have too much impact. Go ahead and get rid of it. Bad advice. Apt is good, but it does not think for you. In this case, your logfile would grow like weed without something trimming them from time to time. Thorsten --

Re: Email client programs

2004-02-01 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Day Brown wrote (2004-01-31 18:50): >Thorsten Haude wrote: >> * Day Brown wrote (2004-01-31 06:00): >> >Well, now thatcha mention it, I am somewhat bemused by the loss of email >> >functionality since I quit using QWKMAIL and the BBS nets, and went on >> &g

Re: Turn Debian into a Desktop-System what to do

2004-01-31 Thread Thorsten Haude
't try it at all. Logging ist an important base functionality and shouldn't be given up without knowing what you might be up against. Thorsten -- People who thinks quotes are witty are fucking morons. - turmeric pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Email client programs

2004-01-31 Thread Thorsten Haude
single tool can ever be. Thorsten -- The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for the good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Exim vs Procmail (was: Sendmail vs Exim vs Others)

2004-01-31 Thread Thorsten Haude
ocmail filters I did (before finding and using the Perl tool) only took a couple of minutes. >I know it comes with various mail processing utilities (including >MIME processing). I never used anything more than reformail, so I'm not sure about that. Thorsten -- Anyone who is capable o

Re: Exim vs Procmail (was: Sendmail vs Exim vs Others)

2004-01-31 Thread Thorsten Haude
r MIME decoding) would probably better for me. I used Mail::Audit for a year or so. It seems to fit the bill as it is simple a nice Perl interface to Mails. However, there are some serious bugs and it is no longer supported, so I finally switched to Maildrop. Thorsten -- Alles ist richtig, auch das

Re: postfix [was Re: Sendmail vs Exim vs Others]

2004-01-30 Thread Thorsten Haude
requires valid >sender (in reply to RCPT TO command)) I deliver my mails with a valid from address, which [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not. Maybe you should fix your MUA? Thorsten -- Getting a thrill out of some stupid quote is a sign of idiocy. - turmeric pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

MDA (was: Sendmail vs Exim vs Others)

2004-01-30 Thread Thorsten Haude
from my previous Mail::Audit script it couldn't handle with little effort. Thorsten -- A: Top posters Q: What's the most annoying thing about email these days? pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: postfix [was Re: Sendmail vs Exim vs Others]

2004-01-30 Thread Thorsten Haude
Moin, * Nano Nano wrote (2004-01-30 08:52): >On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 08:19:36AM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: >> What's in the log for this message? > >from /var/log/mail.log: > >Jan 29 23:42:00 desk postfix/smtp[4117]: 8AEF514756: >to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, re

Re: postfix [was Re: Sendmail vs Exim vs Others]

2004-01-30 Thread Thorsten Haude
Moin, * Nano Nano wrote (2004-01-30 08:52): >On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 08:19:36AM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: >> What's in the log for this message? > >from /var/log/mail.log: > >Jan 29 23:42:00 desk postfix/smtp[4117]: 8AEF514756: >to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, re

Re: postfix [was Re: Sendmail vs Exim vs Others]

2004-01-30 Thread Thorsten Haude
lways added my "Sender" header for me. > >What to do? What's in the log for this message? Thorsten -- Endorsing products is the American way of expressing individuality. - Calvin pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Email client programs

2004-01-28 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Curtis Vaughan wrote (2004-01-28 06:44): >I know this is not a windows list and I have never yet asked a question >like this on here before, but perhaps there is someone who knows the >answer to this question. How about asking Microsoft support about it? Thorsten

Re: Installation

2004-01-25 Thread Thorsten Haude
en I try to install kernel and base system it give errors. Is there a question implicated? You surely don't expect us to be able to help you without giving any detail. Thorsten -- Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. - Daniel Webster pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: libs

2004-01-25 Thread Thorsten Haude
ges do you need libs for? What is apt-get supposed to find? Please explain what you are trying to do. Thorsten -- If people could put rainbows in zoos, they'd do it. - Hobbes pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: libs

2004-01-25 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, Please don't disturb the threading. * Dr Gavin Seddon wrote (2004-01-25 14:32): >The prob. is, it may not find a so file that I apt-get. What are you trying to do? Thorsten -- There is no drug known to man which becomes safer when its production and distribution are handed

Re: libs

2004-01-25 Thread Thorsten Haude
Moin, * Dr Gavin Seddon wrote (2004-01-25 13:21): >Recently I have been troubled with missing libs. Is there a repository >for Debian libs? What's wrong with Apt? What are you missing? Thorsten -- I fear that Digital Rights Management today is Political Rights Management tom

Re: Derivative effects.

2004-01-25 Thread Thorsten Haude
o replace DOS. The GUI is called Presentation Manager, and the first versions of Windows were in fact called Presentation Manager for DOS. The desktop is Workplace Shell and I'm still missing some of its features. >I kind'a miss DOS. With a decent shell it might have been just endur

Re: Erm, is this spam?

2004-01-24 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Nathan Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-24 03:11]: >In the Reference code: #14715, are all files, that we found on your >computer. My guess is that it's a worm, and something stripped off its dangerous content. Something working like that was pretty successful in Ge

Re: Future of Linux Question

2004-01-22 Thread Thorsten Haude
work neighborhood. For far too long Microsoft has been telling people that you could have both security and convenience with all things. Thorsten -- Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take the time to

Re: Changing language

2004-01-20 Thread Thorsten Haude
>this possible to do? dpkg-reconfigure localeconf Thorsten -- Scully: Do you have a theory? Mulder: I have plenty of theories. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Newbie Install

2004-01-19 Thread Thorsten Haude
oody. That is more work but also more learning. Don't use Sarge or Sid. Thorsten -- The history of Liberty is a history of the limitation of government power. - Woodrow Wilson pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: ssh-askpass ?!

2004-01-19 Thread Thorsten Haude
denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive). >I understand what these mean, but I cannot log in the remote host... :P Sure looks like the password is fed from somewhere. Thorsten -- As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it. - Dick Cavett pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Ctrl - s, s key problem

2004-01-18 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, Please send me every mail only once. * Yan Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-18 21:48]: >Thorsten Haude wrote: >>I don't know about EmacsOS, but the terminal is locked with Ctrl-s. >>Just press Ctrl-q to unlock it. >> >Many thanks for the reply. However, i

Re: Ctrl - s, s key problem

2004-01-18 Thread Thorsten Haude
>reboot the machine to get the s key to work again. But, I do need Ctrl - >s, especially when using Emacs to edit something. Anyone know how to >resolve this problem. I don't know about EmacsOS, but the terminal is locked with Ctrl-s. Just press Ctrl-q to unlock it. Thorsten --

Re: Debian -> Windows | Windows -> Debian

2004-01-10 Thread Thorsten Haude
ave especially exotic hardware for this. >and can i set up a proxy server between Debian and Windows? Between? On a third box? Can't see why you shouldn't. >We are using the same internet connection to host the server and surf the net. > >Is this possible? Of course.

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 Cannot Mount Root FS

2004-01-06 Thread Thorsten Haude
S-DOS partition table support. That solved it for me. Thorsten -- The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience. - Albert Camus pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Kernel 2.6.0 Cannot Mount Root FS

2004-01-04 Thread Thorsten Haude
teps to find the cause of this trouble? Thanks in advance, Thorsten -- Everything below this line is a lie. Everything above this line is a lie. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: XF86Config-4 option for a Wide screen notebook

2003-09-29 Thread Thorsten Haude
er in XF86Config is "nv". I needed a modeline for my 1280:768 notebook running Woody. With Knoppix 3.1 running from CD, I couldn't get any better resolution than 1024x768. So look around for your monitor's type and try to find a modeline for it. Thorsten -- People who

cyrus/sasl: Bad IPLOCALPORT value

2003-09-25 Thread Thorsten Mauch
> ii cyrus21-admin 2.1.15-0woody. Cyrus mail system (administration tool) > ii cyrus21-common 2.1.15-0woody. Cyrus mail system (common files) > ii cyrus21-imapd 2.1.15-0woody. Cyrus mail system (IMAP support) > > that is all i found, i have not idea where the problem is a

arts Server Problem - only running as root

2003-07-19 Thread Thorsten Viel
Hi List, i got a problem ;-). After installation of the necessary packages for a soundsystem, logging in as nonroot user i always get the following error message: Sound server informational message: Error while initializing the sound driver: device: default can't be opened for playback (No such

Re: Has debian an online updater?

2003-07-19 Thread Thorsten Viel
Tamer Higazi wrote: > About Online Update > > Hi! > I am interested to get Debian GNU Linux but i am not sure because i have > asked myself if Debian Linux has a way for updating the system online. I > have on my machine SuSE Linux 8.2 running and i have the chance to > update my system with

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