On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 04:47:14PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 09/03/12 02:40, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Jo, 08 mar 12, 12:52:01, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >>
> >> You can post them here as long as they are Debian related[2]. If there
> >> is a better list for any specific question you wi
On 09/03/12 02:40, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Jo, 08 mar 12, 12:52:01, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>>
>> You can post them here as long as they are Debian related[2]. If there
>> is a better list for any specific question you will get hints.
>
> Sorry list, I didn't expect what was about to come...
>
On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:30:59 +0300, Stayvoid wrote:
>> I wonder why the OP didn't keep all the questions in just one thread if
>> they are addressed to the same subject.
> Sorry again. I've though it was a good idea to split those because some
> issues may lead to a long discussion.
I have no pr
> Why do you think debian-security was the wrong list? You even got answers to
> some questions you posted there, what's wrong with those?
People told me (in private) that my questions are not connected with
security and I shouldn't post them there. I've also been told that
debian-security is used
> nobody did
Sorry. I learned my lesson.
> Most of them could be
> answered with the right google search.
It's true, but most of the answers you get will be something like "do
foo because foo is a Good Thing."
I want to know the reason for doing foo.
> Also, Im happy to see you are eager to learn
> I wonder why the OP didn't keep all the questions in just one thread if
> they are addressed to the same subject.
Sorry again. I've though it was a good idea to split those because
some issues may lead to a long discussion.
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On Qua, 07 Mar 2012, Stayvoid wrote:
Hi there.
I've recently read Securing Debian Manual and I have some newbie
questions connected with security.
I've thought that debian-security is the right list
for them, but I was wrong.
What is the proper list for such questions?
Why do you th
On 08/03/12 16:40, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 12:52:01, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
You can post them here as long as they are Debian related[2]. If there
is a better list for any specific question you will get hints.
Sorry list, I didn't expect what was about to come...
nobody did
On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:40:26 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Jo, 08 mar 12, 12:52:01, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>>
>> You can post them here as long as they are Debian related[2]. If there
>> is a better list for any specific question you will get hints.
>
> Sorry list, I didn't expect what was a
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 12:52:01, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>
> You can post them here as long as they are Debian related[2]. If there
> is a better list for any specific question you will get hints.
Sorry list, I didn't expect what was about to come...
Kind regards,
Andrei
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On Jo, 08 mar 12, 14:56:03, Stayvoid wrote:
> > A machine (including any virtual hosts on it) can not be 100% secured
> > from people having physical access to it.
> So the only solution in this case is to run the server at my place. Right?
Depends on your paranoia, since your place is not 100% se
> A machine (including any virtual hosts on it) can not be 100% secured
> from people having physical access to it.
So the only solution in this case is to run the server at my place. Right?
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On Jo, 08 mar 12, 05:42:51, Stayvoid wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I've recently read Securing Debian Manual and I have some newbie
> questions connected with security.
> I've thought that debian-security is the right list
> for them, but I was wrong.
> What is the
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Stayvoid wrote:
>
> What is more secure: dedicated server or VPS?
> I've been told that a hoster has an ability to look through the files on the
> VM.
> Why people use this solution for MTAs? Do they care about privacy? Is
> it possible to hide your data from the
Hi there.
I've recently read Securing Debian Manual and I have some newbie
questions connected with security.
I've thought that debian-security is the right list
for them, but I was wrong.
What is the proper list for such questions?
Here is an example:
What is more secure: dedicated
On Ma, 04 oct 11, 12:32:29, kei...@strucktower.com wrote:
>
> I would also like to know how I can configure a console laptop (one with
> no gui- CLI only) to access wireless in the same manner- automatic
> detection of available wireless networks and a way to enter a key when
> necessary. Can some
On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:32:29 -0700, keitho wrote:
>> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:02:37 -0700, keitho wrote:
(...)
>> BTW, the package which contains the applet is "network-manager-gnome"
>> which you seem to have installed so you should be able to launch it by
>> running "nm-applet --sm-disable".
>
On Tue 04 Oct 2011 at 12:32:29 -0700, kei...@strucktower.com wrote:
> I would also like to know how I can configure a console laptop (one with
> no gui- CLI only) to access wireless in the same manner- automatic
> detection of available wireless networks and a way to enter a key when
> necessary.
Thank you for replying.
It turns out that I did have the applet, but still could not connect. I
finally figured out that the problem was due to my misunderstanding the
difference between "managed" and "not managed"... I had inadvertently left
some configuration info in my /etc/network/interfaces f
On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:02:37 -0700, keitho wrote:
> I hate to say this, but I am confused about how to configure wireless on
> my Wheezy laptop system.
(...)
> But I can't seem to figure out which software packages I need to do
> this. I am downloading the deb packages on a different computer th
I hate to say this, but I am confused about how to configure wireless on
my Wheezy laptop system.
I originally installed Wheezy from a weekly net install, which means that
I had to add components I wanted. At one point I had the wireless working
through trial and error configuring the /etc/network
On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:37:11 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-10-01 at 17:33 +, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:06:31 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote:
>>
>> > I thought Wheezey was still on Gnome 2.30, not even 2.32?
>>
>> I guessed the OP was using an Evolution from another dist
On Sat, 2011-10-01 at 17:33 +, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:06:31 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote:
>
> > I thought Wheezey was still on Gnome 2.30, not even 2.32?
>
> I guessed the OP was using an Evolution from another distribution.
Current Evolution for testing's GNOME 2.30.2 is 3.0.3
On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:33:48 +, Camaleón wrote:
> If you like GNOME 3 + gnome-shell then you're fortunate.
I switched from GNOME to LXDE when Fedora 15 emerged with GNOME3, and
have never looked back. I was a happy enough GNOME 2 user, but with
hindsight wish I had moved sooner.
I now us
On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:06:31 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote:
> I thought Wheezey was still on Gnome 2.30, not even 2.32?
I guessed the OP was using an Evolution from another distribution.
> Im hoping Gnome 3.4 or 3.6 will be polished enough to make it into
> Wheezey when it goes stable.
GNOME 3 is al
I thought Wheezey was still on Gnome 2.30, not even 2.32?
Im hoping Gnome 3.4 or 3.6 will be polished enough to make it into Wheezey when
it goes stable.
Ive been trying 3.0 out on Fedora and think its great ( Gnome 3 that is not
Fedora ;) A few rough edges on the new System Prefs app but noth
> Hi
> I've taken refuge from Kernel 3.0 and gnome3.
> can someone point me to where I can find libdvdcss and the w32/mpeg4
> codecs.I can find reference to 32bit, but not amd64
I get these from debian-multimedia.org.
> And is firefox in a repo somewhere ?, ice weasle hasn't so opened as the
>
On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:36:35 +0100, Richard Bown wrote:
> I've taken refuge from Kernel 3.0 and gnome3.
I also have problems with kernel 3.0. It -somehow- breaks my wifi card,
still investigating... Wheeze's GNOME 3 is still manageable :-)
> can someone point me to where I can find libdvdcss a
Am Samstag, 1. Oktober 2011 schrieb Richard Bown:
Hi Richard,
> Hi
> I've taken refuge from Kernel 3.0 and gnome3.
> can someone point me to where I can find libdvdcss and the w32/mpeg4
maybe you find the required things here.
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
> codecs.I can find reference to 32bit, but no
Hi
I've taken refuge from Kernel 3.0 and gnome3.
can someone point me to where I can find libdvdcss and the w32/mpeg4
codecs.I can find reference to 32bit, but not amd64
And is firefox in a repo somewhere ?, ice weasle hasn't so opened as the
lock file is set, is that in .mozilla ???
Thanks
Ric
Randy Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am in the process of RTFM, I'm in chapter 4 :-) and have googled
> without really finding an answer. When installing non-Debian packages
> (EsayEclipse for PHP) from tar.gz files, where is the best place to
> put them in the dir structure so that all
On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 05:37:28PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> Randy Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am in the process of RTFM, I'm in chapter 4 :-) and have googled
> > without really finding an answer. When installing non-Debian packages
> > (EsayEclipse for PHP) from tar.gz file
On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Gilles Mocellin wrote:
Le jeudi 05 avril 2007 23:15, Randy Patterson a ?crit?:
I am in the process of RTFM, I'm in chapter 4 :-) and have googled without
really finding an answer. When installing non-Debian packages (EsayEclipse
for PHP) from tar.gz files, where is the best
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 04:15:31PM -0500, Randy Patterson wrote:
> I am in the process of RTFM, I'm in chapter 4 :-) and have googled without
> really finding an answer. When installing non-Debian packages (EsayEclipse
> for PHP) from tar.gz files, where is the best place to put them in the dir
On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, Randy Patterson wrote:
I am in the process of RTFM, I'm in chapter 4 :-) and have googled without
really finding an answer. When installing non-Debian packages (EsayEclipse
for PHP) from tar.gz files, where is the best place to put them in the dir
structure so that all users
Le jeudi 05 avril 2007 23:15, Randy Patterson a écrit :
> I am in the process of RTFM, I'm in chapter 4 :-) and have googled without
> really finding an answer. When installing non-Debian packages (EsayEclipse
> for PHP) from tar.gz files, where is the best place to put them in the dir
> structure
I am in the process of RTFM, I'm in chapter 4 :-) and have googled without
really finding an answer. When installing non-Debian packages (EsayEclipse
for PHP) from tar.gz files, where is the best place to put them in the dir
structure so that all users will have access to them? Is there a 'right
On Thursday 23 March 2006 08:34, patrick bourne wrote:
> Can I use this version along with Windows 98 or would you
> recommend installing debian by itself.
Windows 98 being as old and unsupported as it is, you'll probably find it
easier and your experience to be a much more positive one if you in
Am 2006-02-25 17:16:25, schrieb Curt Howland:
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> I've been reading your notes to debian-users with interest, and I'd
> like to put in .02 FRNs or so.
>
> I realize that people have suggested lots of "package management"
> tools, I would like to
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I've been reading your notes to debian-users with interest, and I'd
like to put in .02 FRNs or so.
I realize that people have suggested lots of "package management"
tools, I would like to suggest "dselect". The granularity of control
is greater, in
Charles wrote:
I've just downloaded and installed the "sarge" distribution on a
computer I use for a test bed. Since I'm used to hosing this box and
reinstalling to learn more, most of the hardware present is fairly
generic and well supported across both Linux and Windows.
So far, I have ne
Charles wrote:
I've just downloaded and installed the "sarge" distribution on a
computer I use for a test bed. Since I'm used to hosing this box and
reinstalling to learn more, most of the hardware present is fairly
generic and well supported across both Linux and Windows.
So far, I have ne
On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 12:12:12PM -0700, Charles wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Andrei Popescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 10:48 AM
> Subject: Re: New install and newbie questions
>
>
> >
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:12:12 -0700
"Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I also did my first
> reinstall and watchd it closely.
It is said there are Debian users than didn't reinstall in 10 (ten) years.
Debian supports direct upgrading from one release to another (stable or not). I
remember
- Original Message -
From: "Andrei Popescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: New install and newbie questions
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:00:32 -0700
"Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So I should 1) Ad
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:00:32 -0700
"Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So I should 1) Add the 14 CD's and the two update CD's via "apt-cdrom add",
> 2) activate all sources in Synaptic, 3) run "apt-get update" and "apt-get
> upgrade" and I'll have an up-to-date system.
You need at least:
d
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To:
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 3:54 AM
Subject: Re: New install and newbie questions
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 07:46:36PM -0700, Charles wrote:
I've just downloaded and installed the &quo
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 07:46:36PM -0700, Charles wrote:
> I've just downloaded and installed the "sarge" distribution on a computer I
> use for a test bed. Since I'm used to hosing this box and reinstalling to
> learn more, most of the hardware present is fairly generic and well supported
> ac
There are other tools for managing software that are front ends to
apt. I primarily use aptitude. It is powerful interactive, and
available from the command line. It will take some learning though
so you will need to read a significant part of the manual to use it
effectively. synaptic is pro
> the last thing: to find stuff:
> apt-cache search
>
> cheers,
> Kev
>
and... apt-cache show to show a bit more detailed stuff ;)
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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 07:46:36PM -0700, Charles wrote:
> I've just downloaded and installed the "sarge" distribution on a computer I
> use for a test bed. Since I'm used to hosing this box and reinstalling to
> learn more, most of the hardware present is fairly generic and well supported
> ac
I've just downloaded and installed the "sarge"
distribution on a computer I use for a test bed. Since I'm used to hosing
this box and reinstalling to learn more, most of the hardware present is fairly
generic and well supported across both Linux and Windows.
So far, I have network connecti
On (21/01/06 17:22), Koos van der Merwe wrote:
> I recently aquired a new motherboard (Jetway ATi Radeon Xpress 200)
> with onboard sound), new CPU (AMD64) and new graphics card (nVidia
> geForce). I previously preferred Knoppix because of its good hardware
> detection, but this time it let me down
I recently aquired a new motherboard (Jetway ATi Radeon Xpress 200)
with onboard sound), new CPU (AMD64) and new graphics card (nVidia
geForce). I previously preferred Knoppix because of its good hardware
detection, but this time it let me down and I was without sound. Enter
Debian... I installed f
Thanks to all who replied either here or via private emails.
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On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 02:54:24PM +0100, Jeremy C B Nicoll wrote:
> I've a HP B132L which someone else put woody on for me, but I'm nearly
> totally ignorant of how things work in linux. Can anyone tell me how
> to:
>
> a) find out precisely which version of woody it is (if there are
>differ
Jeremy C B Nicoll wrote:
I've a HP B132L which someone else put woody on for me, but I'm nearly
totally ignorant of how things work in linux. Can anyone tell me how
to:
a) find out precisely which version of woody it is (if there are
different versions or patch levels or whatever)? I don't kno
Jeremy C B Nicoll wrote:
I've a HP B132L which someone else put woody on for me, but I'm nearly
totally ignorant of how things work in linux. Can anyone tell me how
to:
a) find out precisely which version of woody it is (if there are
different versions or patch levels or whatever)? I don't kno
Hello
Jeremy C B Nicoll (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> I've a HP B132L which someone else put woody on for me, but I'm nearly
> totally ignorant of how things work in linux. Can anyone tell me how
> to:
>
> a) find out precisely which version of woody it is (if there are
>different versions
I've a HP B132L which someone else put woody on for me, but I'm nearly
totally ignorant of how things work in linux. Can anyone tell me how
to:
a) find out precisely which version of woody it is (if there are
different versions or patch levels or whatever)? I don't know
how to relate "wood
on Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:01:34AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:31:05PM +1300, cr wrote:
> > On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 04:49, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 08:49:48AM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> > > > Alexey Buistov wrote:
> > >
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:31:05PM +1300, cr wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 04:49, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 08:49:48AM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> > > Alexey Buistov wrote:
> > > >Hello Debian fans!
> > > >
> > > >The sixth iso image of binary "woody" is being downloaded
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 04:49, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 08:49:48AM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> > Alexey Buistov wrote:
> > >Hello Debian fans!
> > >
> > >The sixth iso image of binary "woody" is being downloaded to my machine
> > >right now, but I'm still having plenty of qu
On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 at 11:15 GMT, David Palmer. penned:
>
> Partition Magick is a piece of junk. It works, but you will have
> trouble later if you want to do things like resize partitions.
> Partitioning is a subject that is adequately catered for in the
> references I have already given you.
>
gick) before installation?
Yes.
> 3) Where can I ask some other newbie questions? Is this list the right
> place?
Yes.
Bijan
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On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 08:49:48AM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Alexey Buistov wrote:
> >Hello Debian fans!
> >
> >The sixth iso image of binary "woody" is being downloaded to my machine
> >right now, but I'm still having plenty of questions concerning Debian
> >installation and even pre-insta
let the install program do it or use a good partitioning
program like parted. (Unless you need to resize or move an NTFS
partition).
3) Where can I ask some other newbie questions? Is this list the right place?
Yup. http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/ is also an excellent source
of information
on Magick) before installation? 3) Where can I
> ask some other newbie questions? Is this list the right place?
>
> Thanks
>
Hello Alexey,
The Debian.org site is probably the best place to start looking for
information, also here:-
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/categories.htm
rue that Debian has limitation on partition size - 6 gigs? Or any other
size limit?
2) Can I do all partitioning stuff from M$ Window$ (using Partition Magick) before
installation?
3) Where can I ask some other newbie questions? Is this list the right place?
Thanks
>
&g
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:58:39AM +0530, Anand Raman wrote:
| Shouldnt the socket connections be closed the moment rsh completes
| the command execution
No.
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# netstat
| Active Internet connections (w/o servers)
| Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Addre
Hi guys
I am using rsh to execute a command on a remote machine. The command execution happens
fine and the method returns perfectly.
However when I use netstat to view the socket connections on the remote machine I see
multiple connections opened from the source machine.
Why does this happen
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:17:01 -0600
Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> an excellent tip. mind if i append this to my collection? (see
> below...)
>
Umm, thanks. Go right ahead!
Kevin
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On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 05:02:24PM -0500,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 'more' can't go back when reading from standard input. Try
> > installing 'less' instead; it's a better pager in other ways
> > anyway.
>
> Even better, use "most"; it supports color. I would have
> turned my nose up at that, u
* John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Mar 10. 2003 09:48]:
> Anyone tell me how to make the default editor of most to nano? Most is
> using vi at the moment. & I'm not sure where to change it. my default
> editor is:
..snip..
> I also tried:
> # MOST_EDITOR='nano %s'
> and
> # SLANG_EDITOR="nano %s" #
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 04:33:15 -0500
Brian Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Amen! most is more than less! Cool.
>
> It's more or less the most you can get out of a pager.
>
At least until somebody unleashes "least" on an unsuspecting world.
You know this is coming :)
Kevin
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On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 03:04:33PM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> I personally use the arrow-up key. Not entirely sure what that maps out
> as, but it works for me...
More only understands going down. 8:o)
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On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 12:12:03PM +0800, Robert Storey wrote:
> I'm nominating Kevin and Brian jointly to share an award for "Debian's
> hot tip of the month." I unstalled "most," then used
> "update-alternatives" to config my pager, and my man pages now look
> spectacular. Now if only Debian had
* Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Mar 10. 2003 00:44]:
> Amen! most is more than less! Cool.
It's more or less the most you can get out of a pager.
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Robert Storey wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 17:02:24 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Even better, use "most"; it supports color. I would have turned my
nose up at that, until read a few man pages.
Kevin
On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 15:45:02 -0500
Brian Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Now would be a
On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 17:02:24 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Even better, use "most"; it supports color. I would have turned my
> nose up at that, until read a few man pages.
>
> Kevin
On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 15:45:02 -0500
Brian Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now would be a great to mention
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 08:43:24PM +0100, Inge Thorin Eidsaether wrote:
> 1 - I keep getting console messages about
> 'eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full duplex, lpa 0x41E1' and
> 'eth0: link down'. These two messages alternate regularly.
> When the link is down, of course I cannot connect
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 05:26:00PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In order to force the NIC to use a particular mode, you need to pass an option to
> the pcnet32 module when it loads. I looked a while for the syntax but didn't find
> it. Perhaps someone else here knows.
instead of passing it
On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 20:43:24 +0100
Inge Thorin Eidsaether <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> I'm a newcomer to Debian from FreeBSD, and have a couple of questions
> some of you guys may know the answer to:
>
> 1 - I keep getting console messages about
> 'eth0: link up, 100Mbps, ful
> 'more' can't go back when reading from standard input. Try installing
> 'less' instead; it's a better pager in other ways anyway.
Even better, use "most"; it supports color. I would have turned my nose up at that,
until read a few man pages.
Kevin
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On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 08:43:24PM +0100, Inge Thorin Eidsaether wrote:
> 1 - I keep getting console messages about
> 'eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full duplex, lpa 0x41E1' and
> 'eth0: link down'. These two messages alternate regularly.
> When the link is down, of course I cannot connect
* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Mar 09. 2003 15:40]:
> On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 08:43:24PM +0100, Inge Thorin Eidsaether wrote:
> > 3 - How do I go backwards in a man page reading? Looks like 'more'
> > is used to page the ouput to screen, but 'b' or ^B does not work
> > here. Silly question,
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 08:43:24PM +0100, Inge Thorin Eidsaether wrote:
> 2 - Doing a 'man-k ' (or man -f ) does not work.
> Is there a misconfiguration somewhere?
You probably need to run '/etc/cron.daily/man-db' as root. If your
system is on full-time then cron should do this for you; other
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 08:43:24PM +0100, Inge Thorin Eidsaether wrote:
> 3 - How do I go backwards in a man page reading? Looks like 'more' is used to
> page the ouput to screen, but 'b' or ^B does not work here.
> Silly question, maybe...
I personally use the arrow-up key. Not entirely
Hi all!
I'm a newcomer to Debian from FreeBSD, and have a couple of questions
some of you guys may know the answer to:
1 - I keep getting console messages about
'eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full duplex, lpa 0x41E1' and
'eth0: link down'. These two messages alternate regularly.
When t
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 04:05:52PM +0100, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> > On Sunday 26 January 2003 15:32, Dave W wrote:
> > > What I _did_ try was
> > >
> > > mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom
> > >
> > > and that still fails. I still have scsi emulation and the
> like setup so
> > > I guess perhaps at least THA
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 04:05:52PM +0100, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> On Sunday 26 January 2003 15:32, Dave W wrote:
> > What I _did_ try was
> >
> > mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom
> >
> > and that still fails. I still have scsi emulation and the like setup so
> > I guess perhaps at least THAT little bit has cha
On Sunday 26 January 2003 15:32, Dave W wrote:
> What I _did_ try was
>
> mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom
>
> and that still fails. I still have scsi emulation and the like setup so
> I guess perhaps at least THAT little bit has changed. Perhaps it's
> using sr or sg or one of the other scsi alphabet soup
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 00:09, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:
> devfsd creates symlinks from old device names to devfs device names.
> /dev/hda1 will be a symlink to ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1. Your
> /dev/cdrom will be a symlink to /dev/cdroms/cdrom0.
>
> So "mount /dev/fd0 /floppy" will still wor
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 10:44:14PM -0500, Dave W wrote:
> I've been messing around with devfs in sid, trying to learn my way
> around, since this may be the way of the future ... and although
> /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target2/lun0/cd makes good SENSE and is pretty easy
> to figure out, it's not so qui
I've been messing around with devfs in sid, trying to learn my way
around, since this may be the way of the future ... and although
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target2/lun0/cd makes good SENSE and is pretty easy
to figure out, it's not so quick to type when mounting by hand. I'm
used to more or less igno
On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 01:31:51AM +1000, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 11:11:14PM -0700, C. Brewer wrote:
> > through the halt process and stopping with the message : Power Down,
> > without actually killing the power. Looking in my /etc/init.d/ I see
> > the halt and reboot scripts, b
On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 11:11:14PM -0700, C. Brewer wrote:
> Anti-aliasing fonts and icons (through KDE), do I need it? What is the
> purpose? And if it's a good thing,where to find simple info? The technical
> advice on many subjects often leaves me bewildered:(
Fonts are (ideally) made up of
also sprach Wathen, Metherion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.25.1938 +0200]:
> I asked this question for future reference in case I need to increase the
> size. Currently I have a 50Mb swap partition, I have 12Mb of physical ram.
This is fine. Usually twice the size is good up to 256Mb, when you
sho
Hi Chuck,
--- "C. Brewer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I found the a few site on setting up te true-type
> windows fonts, but this
> covers only .ttf. Is it any different to do .fon
> fonts?
>
> Anti-aliasing fonts and icons (through KDE), do I
> need it? What is the
> purpose? And if it's
Wathen, Metherion wrote:
4.) Is it possible to have the cdrom and floopy drives automatically mount
without recompiling the kernel?
man fstab. you will have to edit /etc/fstab
6.) Where is there a mp3 plugin for XMMS? - do it need one?
i think the default debian package installs it. i could
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