Re: Confusion on how to do it.

2020-10-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, John Brumby wrote: > Is there such a thing as a Full Debian Os ISO to be downloaded. Afaik, there is no single ISO which contains all packages. The usual advice is to download the first three DVD sized ISOs. In case of 64-bit x86 computers: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd

Re: confusion in /etc/network/interfaces

2017-03-06 Thread Dominik George
>> "ifconfig" can not handle multiple IPv4 addresses on one interface >and >> needs this kind of crutch. >> >> The far more modern command "ip" has no such limitations. > >I've found my own brain to have a similar limitation, and find >interface >aliases useful for clarity even when I have ip(8)

Re: confusion in /etc/network/interfaces

2017-03-06 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sat, Mar 04, 2017 at 09:10:16PM +0100, Sven Hartge wrote: > Worth noting: the interface:alias notation was introduced because > "ifconfig" can not handle multiple IPv4 addresses on one interface and > needs this kind of crutch. > > The far more modern command "ip" has no such limitations. I'v

Re: confusion in /etc/network/interfaces

2017-03-04 Thread Sven Hartge
Dominik George wrote: >> I need to know that what is the difference b/w eth1.0101 and eth:1. >> actually i need to know what is the main difference in "." and ":". >> any suggestion will be highly appreciated. > : denotes an alias (second address on same interface), . denotes a VLAN, and > eth:

Re: confusion in /etc/network/interfaces

2017-03-04 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
sorry what i meant is eth1:1 sorry my mistake. but thanks for the clarification. On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 12:45 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > sorry what i meant is eth1:1 sorry my mistake. > but thanks for the clarification. > > > On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 11:40 PM, Pascal Hambourg > wrote: > >>

Re: confusion in /etc/network/interfaces

2017-03-04 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 04/03/2017 à 18:40, Dominik George a écrit : eth:1 is nonsense. Why ? There could be an interface named "eth".

Re: confusion in /etc/network/interfaces

2017-03-04 Thread Dominik George
Hi, >I need to know that what is the difference b/w eth1.0101 and eth:1. >actually i need to know what is the main difference in "." and ":". >any suggestion will be highly appreciated. : denotes an alias (second address on same interface), . denotes a VLAN, and eth:1 is nonsense. Cheers, Nik

Re: Confusion

2014-05-13 Thread Ric Moore
On 05/13/2014 01:42 AM, Joshua Anthony wrote: My apologies to those who feel that I have wasted their time and thanks to those who have tried to help. I don't know how I managed to start two threads but this whole business well illustrates the confusion that I originally wrote about. The 'techn

Re: Confusion

2014-05-13 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:42:10PM -0700, Joshua Anthony wrote: > My apologies to those who feel that I have wasted their time and > thanks to those who have tried to help. > > I don't know how I managed to start two threads but this whole > business well illustrates the confusion that I originally

Re: Confusion

2014-05-13 Thread Paul Lewis
On 13/05/14 06:42:10, Joshua Anthony wrote: > I don't know how I managed to start two threads but this whole > business well illustrates the confusion that I originally wrote > about. You are registered on the mailing list from two distinct email address. That takes some effort. > The 'techn

Re: Confusion

2014-05-13 Thread ken
On 05/13/2014 01:42 AM Joshua Anthony wrote: My apologies to those who feel that I have wasted their time and thanks to those who have tried to help. I don't know how I managed to start two threads but this whole business well illustrates the confusion that I originally wrote about. The 'techni

Re: Confusion

2014-05-12 Thread Ric Moore
On 05/10/2014 10:14 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 06:03:35PM -0700, Joshua Anthony wrote: I have used GNU Linux for years - trying out several distros, all by downloading the Iso file and writing to CD. Ubuntu, Slackware, Puppy, and Gnewsense all install just fine after simp

Re: Problems getting Debian DVD to work (Re: Confusion)

2014-05-11 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 10:57:38AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > I'm trying to suppress laughter while I type this. Are you saying that > there was a suspicion that somebody used what, xfburn, to put a single > file on an optical disc, and that single file was the .iso intended to > put an iso9660 or

Re: Problems getting Debian DVD to work (Re: Confusion)

2014-05-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 11 mai 14, 10:57:38, Steve Litt wrote: > > I'm trying to suppress laughter while I type this. Are you saying that > there was a suspicion that somebody used what, xfburn, to put a single > file on an optical disc, and that single file was the .iso intended to > put an iso9660 or UDF filesys

Re: Problems getting Debian DVD to work (Re: Confusion)

2014-05-11 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/11/2014 10:57 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sun, 11 May 2014 12:40:58 +0300 Andrei POPESCU > wrote: > >> On Vi, 09 mai 14, 19:50:18, Steve Litt wrote: >>> At this point, I think we should all forget I asked that >>> question, because neither y

Re: Problems getting Debian DVD to work (Re: Confusion)

2014-05-11 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 11 May 2014 12:40:58 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 09 mai 14, 19:50:18, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > > I think John is asking whether Josh burned the ISO file onto the > > > DVD rather than (correctly) the DVD image contained in the ISO > > > file. > > > > Thanks Testosticore, > >

Re: Confusion

2014-05-11 Thread Paul Lewis
On 11/05/14 11:01:30, Brian wrote: > it would have allowed things to move on. Instead of which > we get a portion of your life story. :) > > We still do not know at what stage the install failed and what came > up on the screen at the time. The advice to boot from a USB stick > is also good. T

Re: Confusion

2014-05-11 Thread Brian
On Sat 10 May 2014 at 18:03:35 -0700, Joshua Anthony wrote: > For those who didn't notice, I downloaded the file twice, making two > CD's from the first download and one from the second - just in case > anything was corrupted. All the CD's can be opened and their contents > displayed - and all fil

Re: Problems getting Debian DVD to work (Re: Confusion)

2014-05-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 09 mai 14, 19:50:18, Steve Litt wrote: > > > I think John is asking whether Josh burned the ISO file onto the DVD > > rather than (correctly) the DVD image contained in the ISO file. > > Thanks Testosticore, > > At this point, I think we should all forget I asked that question, > because

Re: Confusion

2014-05-10 Thread Joel Rees
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Joshua Anthony wrote: > > Hi all, > > Thanks for your responses - even from those who can't resist the opportunity > for rudeness. Unfortunately, we are not always in good moods, I guess. > > (I do NOT use microsoft windows in any form,) > > I confess to much i

Re: Confusion

2014-05-10 Thread Charlie
On Sat, 10 May 2014 18:03:35 -0700 (PDT) Joshua Anthony sent: > Doesn't anyone have a simple answer? > > Josh I will give it a go. Download the netinstall .iso file for the Debian version you want. Check the authenticity of the .iso file with md5sum Then, using whatever application you use to

Re: Confusion

2014-05-10 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 06:03:35PM -0700, Joshua Anthony wrote: > I have used GNU Linux for years - trying out several distros, all by > downloading the Iso file and writing to CD. Ubuntu, Slackware, Puppy, > and Gnewsense all install just fine after simply right-clicking on the > file and selectin

Re: Problems getting Debian DVD to work (Re: Confusion)

2014-05-09 Thread Joel Rees
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > [...] > At this point, I think we should all forget I asked that question, > because neither your explanation nor Joel Rees' explanation caused me > to understand this distinction, and yet: > Saying this kind of thing to a guy like me is just l

Re: Problems getting Debian DVD to work (Re: Confusion)

2014-05-09 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 5/9/2014 7:50 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Sat, 10 May 2014 05:44:11 +0800 Testosticore wrote: On Saturday, 10 May, 2014 12:13 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Fri, 09 May 2014 09:54:04 -0500 "John W. Foster" wrote: On Thu, 2014-05-08 at 16:31 +0930, josh wrote: Hi, When one has a problem with a

Re: Problems getting Debian DVD to work (Re: Confusion)

2014-05-09 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 10 May 2014 05:44:11 +0800 Testosticore wrote: > > On Saturday, 10 May, 2014 12:13 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Fri, 09 May 2014 09:54:04 -0500 > > "John W. Foster" wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 2014-05-08 at 16:31 +0930, josh wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> When one has a problem with any GNU/L

Re: Problems getting Debian DVD to work (Re: Confusion)

2014-05-09 Thread Testosticore
On Saturday, 10 May, 2014 12:13 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Fri, 09 May 2014 09:54:04 -0500 "John W. Foster" wrote: On Thu, 2014-05-08 at 16:31 +0930, josh wrote: Hi, When one has a problem with any GNU/Linux distribution and goes to [clip] Am I missing something obvious here? Regards, Jo

Re: Confusion

2014-05-09 Thread Curt
On 2014-05-08, Glenn English wrote: > > On May 8, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Testosticore > wrote: > >> I hope you get to solve that CD problem soon. >> >> As said earlier, it may be that the CD ISOs you downloaded were corrupted in >> the process of downloading. > > You might try: > > https://www.deb

Re: Confusion

2014-05-09 Thread Joel Rees
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 1:13 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Fri, 09 May 2014 09:54:04 -0500 > "John W. Foster" wrote: > > > On Thu, 2014-05-08 at 16:31 +0930, josh wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > When one has a problem with any GNU/Linux distribution and goes to > > [clip] > > > > Am I missing something

Re: Confusion

2014-05-09 Thread John W. Foster
On Fri, 2014-05-09 at 12:13 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Fri, 09 May 2014 09:54:04 -0500 > "John W. Foster" wrote: > > > On Thu, 2014-05-08 at 16:31 +0930, josh wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > When one has a problem with any GNU/Linux distribution and goes to > > [clip] > > > > Am I missing so

Re: Confusion

2014-05-09 Thread Joe
On Fri, 09 May 2014 09:54:04 -0500 "John W. Foster" wrote: > > Well I'm gonna ask the obvious: > Did you burn it as a ".iso file" or did you burn it as an image, > which is what should have been done. Hope this helps, as Ive made > than error before my self. john > > That was my first thought

Re: Confusion

2014-05-09 Thread Curt
On 2014-05-09, Steve Litt wrote: >> Well I'm gonna ask the obvious: >> Did you burn it as a ".iso file" or did you burn it as an image, >> which is what should have been done. Hope this helps, as Ive made >> than error before my self. john > > Hi John, > > Apparently, so have I, because I've thou

Re: Confusion

2014-05-09 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 09 May 2014 09:54:04 -0500 "John W. Foster" wrote: > On Thu, 2014-05-08 at 16:31 +0930, josh wrote: > > Hi, > > > > When one has a problem with any GNU/Linux distribution and goes to [clip] > > Am I missing something obvious here? > > > > Regards, > > > > Josh. > > Well I'm gonna

Re: Confusion

2014-05-09 Thread John W. Foster
On Thu, 2014-05-08 at 16:31 +0930, josh wrote: > Hi, > > When one has a problem with any GNU/Linux distribution and goes to the > Internet for help, one is always a. assured that there is loads of help > available and b. directed to a maze of mailing lists where any search > immediately returns a

Re: Confusion

2014-05-08 Thread alex . andreotti
On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 04:31:03PM +0930, josh wrote: > Hi, [snip] > I have downloaded 'wheezy' and created a CD from the Iso image. When I > attempt to boot from the CD the screen image comes up, I respond to a > few options, then the system reports unable to read from the CD - which > it has, o

Re: Confusion

2014-05-08 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20140508_1631+0930, josh wrote: > Hi, > > When one has a problem with any GNU/Linux distribution and goes to the > Internet for help, one is always a. assured that there is loads of help > available and b. directed to a maze of mailing lists where any search > immediately returns at least a mil

Re: Confusion

2014-05-08 Thread Brian
On Thu 08 May 2014 at 14:07:12 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 08 May 2014 16:31:03 +0930 > josh wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > When one has a problem with any GNU/Linux distribution and goes to the > > Internet for help, one is always a. assured that there is loads of > > help available and b. di

Re: Confusion

2014-05-08 Thread Stephen Allen
On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 02:18:49PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > I think we're doing a disservice to the OP by merely replying to a post with > a subject line like: "Confusion". Sorry, that is not a proper subject line > for a post to a tech list. Someone else started a thread with a proper > subject

Re: Confusion

2014-05-08 Thread Ric Moore
On 05/08/2014 02:07 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Thu, 08 May 2014 16:31:03 +0930 josh wrote: Hi, When one has a problem with any GNU/Linux distribution and goes to the Internet for help, one is always a. assured that there is loads of help available and b. directed to a maze of mailing lists wher

Re: Confusion

2014-05-08 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 08 May 2014 16:31:03 +0930 josh wrote: > Hi, > > When one has a problem with any GNU/Linux distribution and goes to the > Internet for help, one is always a. assured that there is loads of > help available and b. directed to a maze of mailing lists where any > search immediately returns

Re: Confusion

2014-05-08 Thread Glenn English
On May 8, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Testosticore wrote: > I hope you get to solve that CD problem soon. > > As said earlier, it may be that the CD ISOs you downloaded were corrupted in > the process of downloading. You might try: https://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ to buy a professionally cut, (pro

Re: Re: Confusion

2014-05-08 Thread Testosticore
Hey, Josh. As a side note, you might be getting flooded by email from debian-user@lists.debian.org. A solution is to subscribe to debian-user-dig...@lists.debian.org, which sends you messages from the debian-user list in bulk, instead of sending you a message every time someone emails debian-

Trouble shooting an install from ISO problem - was [Re: Confusion]

2014-05-08 Thread Richard Owlett
josh wrote: Hi, [SNIP] Look at my latest frustration: I have downloaded 'wheezy' and created a CD from the Iso image. When I attempt to boot from the CD the screen image comes up, I respond to a few options, then the system reports unable to read from the CD - which it has, of course, been doin

Re: Confusion

2014-05-08 Thread Klaus
On 08/05/14 08:01, josh wrote: > Hi, > > When one has a problem with any GNU/Linux distribution and goes to the > Internet for help, one is always a. assured that there is loads of help > available and b. directed to a maze of mailing lists where any search > immediately returns at least a million

Re: Confusion

2014-05-08 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 08:41:59AM +0100, Paul Lewis wrote: > On 08/05/14 08:01:03, josh wrote: > Hi Josh, > > It sounds to me as if the ISO isn't loading the correct CD/DVD driver > during the install. > > Given that you have downloaded three ISO images, I presume using the > network (internet

Re: Confusion

2014-05-08 Thread Weaver
On Thu, May 8, 2014 12:01 am, josh wrote: > Hi, > > When one has a problem with any GNU/Linux distribution and goes to the > Internet for help, one is always a. assured that there is loads of help > available and b. directed to a maze of mailing lists where any search > immediately returns at leas

Problems using the installation CD [Was: "Re: Confusion"]

2014-05-08 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri
josh writes: > Worse, almost every entry in those lists refers to attempting to perform > some complex technical activity, usually with a root terminal, and is > studded with abstruse technical terms. Foreword: Sorry, computers are complex machine, it was so when Linus Thorvalds started workin

Re: Confusion

2014-05-08 Thread Paul Lewis
On 08/05/14 08:01:03, josh wrote: > Hi, > > > Look at my latest frustration: > > > My CD readers are obviously working just fine. > > Is there any way to find the answers to simple, basic problems > without becoming immersed in millions of abstruse technical queries > by people who ar

Re: confusion on KVM virtualization (debian admin handbook)

2014-03-24 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Thanks for sharing your thought. just learn from some where, that "creating disk with virt-install can only create raw on the other hand qcow2 first needs to be initiated as volume" Thanks, On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:45:26AM +0500, Mu

Re: confusion on KVM virtualization (debian admin handbook)

2014-03-24 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:45:26AM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Book teaches us to create volume first then assign it to vm with > Virt-install command however, we can also create image on runtime with > virt-install command. we do not need volume to be set before creating a VM. > so my que

Re: Confusion with Etc/GMT-8 time zone

2013-01-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Amit wrote: > Currently, my time zone is set to 'America/Los_Angeles': > > $ cat /etc/timezone > America/Los_Angeles > > $ date > Mon Jan 28 11:12:01 PST 2013 It is easier to work with these by using the TZ variable while developing and debugging. It avoids the need to change anything perma

Re: Confusion with Package Name

2010-09-13 Thread Bob Proulx
PRAKHAR gaur wrote: > For that I need certain packages, I know about "build-essentials", > "module-init-tools". > The author mentions "kernel-devel"in Fedora, what is the equivalent one in > Debian? The kernel is extra special. But for normal packages you can install all of the build dependenc

Re: Confusion with Package Name

2010-09-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:43:28 -0400 (EDT), PRAKHAR gaur wrote: > > I am learning how to write Module and Compile the Kernel. > http://www.linux.com/learn/linux-career-center/23685-the-kernel-newbie-corner-your-first-loadable-kernel-module > > For that I need certain packages, I know about "build-e

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-11 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:48:49PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > Rob Starling wrote: >> the blog post seems too troll-y to me. maybe we should wait >> for Ken to reply to all the "did this really happen" comments >> before getting too worked up. lines like "no software is free", >> and "I along with

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-11 Thread Napoleon
Rob Starling wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 07:08:48AM -0600, Bryan Bishop wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Tom Ashley wrote: http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.html ... All joking aside, this does strike me as peculiar. Not because it's yet another

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 14:19, Christopher Judd wrote: On Wednesday 10 December 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/10/08 10:46, Bob Cox wrote: [snip] Agreed. And wouldn't a teacher know how to spell "conference"? Ok, it could be a typo, but there is also another line with some rather dodgy grammar, which d

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Christopher Judd
On Wednesday 10 December 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/10/08 10:46, Bob Cox wrote: > [snip] > > > Agreed. And wouldn't a teacher know how to spell "conference"? > > Ok, it could be a typo, but there is also another line with some > > rather dodgy grammar, which does not really ring true eithe

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Steve Lamb
Nate Bargmann wrote: > I do hope that she comes away from this experience not embarrassed and > angry, but rather with an appreciation of the path of learning that her > students would like to voluntarily take. Maybe I haven't mellowed out as much with age as I thought but I hope to hell she g

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/12/10 Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [...] > In any event, from the information given in the blog, it would seem in > any case that she had neither the right to confiscate the disks nor > immunity from any libel or slander action brought by Ken Stark. Hear, hear. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/12/10 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 12/10/08 11:55, Sam Kuper wrote: >> >> 2008/12/10 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> On 12/10/08 10:06, Jeff Soules wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > after all, is the priority of a scho

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Did the alleged demonstration of Linux and free distribution of Linux disks actually take place: a) in a school classroom or other space for pedagogic activities under the jurisdiction of a school during a period when such activities were: 1)

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread John Hasler
Sam Kuper writes: > Gosh, that sounds awful. High grades don't justify violence against > children, IMO. I suggest that you not send your children to that school then. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Sam Kuper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Dec 10 11:56 -0600]: > 2008/12/10 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On 12/10/08 10:06, Jeff Soules wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> after all, is the priority of a school to educate or to discipli

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 11:55, Sam Kuper wrote: 2008/12/10 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 12/10/08 10:06, Jeff Soules wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: after all, is the priority of a school to educate or to discipline? For an American public school? Unfortu

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/12/10 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 12/10/08 10:06, Jeff Soules wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> after all, is the priority of a school to educate or to discipline? >> >> For an American public school? Unfortunately, probably the lat

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 10:46, Bob Cox wrote: [snip] Agreed. And wouldn't a teacher know how to spell "conference"? Ok, it could be a typo, but there is also another line with some rather dodgy grammar, which does not really ring true either. I think you expect too much from American teachers. -- Ron

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 10:06, Jeff Soules wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: after all, is the priority of a school to educate or to discipline? For an American public school? Unfortunately, probably the latter. Pray forgive my cynicism... Discipline a priority in

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Bob Cox
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 08:34:23 -0800, Rob Starling ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 07:08:48AM -0600, Bryan Bishop wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Tom Ashley wrote: > > > http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.html > ... > > All jo

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Rob Starling
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 07:08:48AM -0600, Bryan Bishop wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Tom Ashley wrote: > > http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.html ... > All joking aside, this does strike me as peculiar. Not because it's > yet another uninformed indiv

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Jeff Soules
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > after all, is the priority of a school to educate or to discipline? For an American public school? Unfortunately, probably the latter. Pray forgive my cynicism... On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread marc
Nate Bargmann said... > * Sam Kuper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Dec 10 06:54 -0600]: > > 2008/12/10 Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > My feeling is that she should have investigated whether this really > > was a "disturbance" before intervening. It is not clear to me that the > > action she took

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Sam Kuper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Dec 10 06:54 -0600]: > 2008/12/10 Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Sam Kuper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Dec 10 05:52 -0600]: > > > 2008/12/10 Tom Ashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.htm

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Bryan Bishop
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Tom Ashley wrote: > http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.html As a student resident in Austin, and debian fanatic, I'm disappointed. Should I show up for some physical backup support at the school, or send some free CDs over to AIS

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/12/10 Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Sam Kuper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Dec 10 05:52 -0600]: > > 2008/12/10 Tom Ashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.html > > "After confiscating the disks I called a confrence with the s

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Sam Kuper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Dec 10 05:52 -0600]: > 2008/12/10 Tom Ashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > This link was recently posted to the Ubuntu Users list and I thought you > > might find it worth reading. > > > > http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.html

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/12/10 Tom Ashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This link was recently posted to the Ubuntu Users list and I thought you > might find it worth reading. > > http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.html > "After confiscating the disks I called a confrence with the student

Re: Confusion between hde1 and hda1

2007-04-16 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 04:00:52PM +0100, Steven Maddox (Architect) wrote: > > My first message, be kind! > > When I installed debian etch several weeks ago (the XFCE CD), the > installer believed it could see hda and thus / became hda1. When > booting debian for the first time it saw it as h

Re: Confusion between hde1 and hda1

2007-04-16 Thread Steven Maddox (Architect)
Thanks for that! I wouldn't never have thought of it as it looked like it was commented out! Obviously two hashes are better than one! Sincerely... Steven Maddox (Architect) Function Office http://www.functionoffice.com Greg Folkert wrote: On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 16:00 +0100, Steven Maddox

Re: Confusion between hde1 and hda1

2007-04-16 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 16:00 +0100, Steven Maddox (Architect) wrote: > Lo, > > My first message, be kind! > > When I installed debian etch several weeks ago (the XFCE CD), the > installer believed it could see hda and thus / became hda1. When > booting debian for the first time it saw it as hd

Re: confusion over firewalling

2004-07-19 Thread John Summerfield
Will Parsons wrote: I have a desktop machine onto which I installed woody, which originally ran a 2.2.20 kernel and was configured using heimdall to use ipchains for firewalling. (There is a script /etc/heimdall/firewall.sh which invokes ipchains rules.) Awhile ago, I built a custom 2.4.18 kern

Re: confusion over firewalling

2004-07-18 Thread Robert William Hutton
Will Parsons wrote: I have a desktop machine onto which I installed woody, which originally ran a 2.2.20 kernel and was configured using heimdall to use ipchains for firewalling. (There is a script /etc/heimdall/firewall.sh which invokes ipchains rules.) Awhile ago, I built a custom 2.4.18 kern

Re: Confusion about X in woody

2002-01-10 Thread Randy Orrison
On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 11:07, Randy Orrison wrote: > Thanks to everyone who replied! I've done apt-get install > xserver-xfree86; configuration with debconf handled everything just > fine. (Almost -- I'm going to have to tweak my keyboard: I'm using a > Microsoft Natural keyboard with UK layout, an

Re: Confusion about X in woody

2002-01-10 Thread Randy Orrison
On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 01:12, Adam Majer wrote: > Get rid off the 3.3.6 stuff - install xserver-xfree86 package. > It will provide all the necessary drivers. Thanks to everyone who replied! I've done apt-get install xserver-xfree86; configuration with debconf handled everything just fine. (Almost

Re: Confusion about X in woody

2002-01-09 Thread Adam Majer
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 07:24:53PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: > Note that testing and unstable contain packages for the nvidia drivers > that will download the drivers and create Debian packages out of them. > They're a bit more convenient than messing with the tar.gz's manually. Oh yeah, I've hea

Re: Confusion about X in woody

2002-01-09 Thread Brian Nelson
Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 07:52:55AM +, Randy Orrison wrote: > > I figured that the two v 3.3.6 packages (note that I've added the "-v3" > > to the appropriate line, that was quite confusing for a while) were > > obsolete, and deleted them (while X was no

Re: Confusion about X in woody

2002-01-09 Thread Adam Majer
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 07:52:55AM +, Randy Orrison wrote: > I figured that the two v 3.3.6 packages (note that I've added the "-v3" > to the appropriate line, that was quite confusing for a while) were > obsolete, and deleted them (while X was not running). Ha! xdm wouldn't > start! I put t

Re: Confusion about X in woody

2002-01-09 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Randy Orrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I installed Potato from CDs, and have since done an apt-get dist-upgrade to woody, and have been following woody since (with apt-get upgrade and install as needed when new packages arrived). I've recently noticed that I appear to be using X version 4.1,

Re: Confusion over library names

2000-12-28 Thread Colin Watson
"Michael and Ricia Banther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've just recently started using Debian Linux. I've been trying out a >"Hello, world" C++ program, and I've noticed what seems to be an odd naming >disconnect with the files in /usr/lib. > >The ld program supports a -l command line option. T

Re: Confusion over library names

2000-12-28 Thread D-Man
When libraries are named, the developer picks some sort of version number for it. That version number goes after the .so part of the filename. My guess for that libstdc++ you have is that it is for g++ 2.7.2 (old!). You probably have another one for 2.95.2. If you need to build a program yours

Re: Confusion over library names

2000-12-28 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Thursday, December 28, Michael and Ricia Banther did write: > The ld program supports a -l command line option. Why are you calling ld directly? g++ should do that for you--especially with respect to libstdc++ (see below). (Of course, gcc/g++ supports the same parameter.) > Playing arou

Re: confusion over tcl/tk packages

1997-08-31 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Sat, 30 Aug 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Michael, > > > I give up. What's the difference between > > > > tk4.2_4.2p2-6.deb and tk42_4.2p2-6.deb > > Well the package names usually go by: > Name_Version-DebianPackageVersion > > So they are _probably_ the same thing. It is just that they in

Re: confusion over tcl/tk packages

1997-08-31 Thread Michael Harnois
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > tk4.2_4.2p2-6.deb and tcl76_7.6p2-6.deb. That line was a brain fart. Should have been tcl7.6_7.6p2-6.deb and tcl76_7.6p2-6.deb. No, they're not the same. One depends on the other. -- Michael D. Harnois, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Washburn, IA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: confusion over tcl/tk packages

1997-08-31 Thread shawn . fumo
Michael, > I give up. What's the difference between > > tk4.2_4.2p2-6.deb and tk42_4.2p2-6.deb Well the package names usually go by: Name_Version-DebianPackageVersion So they are _probably_ the same thing. It is just that they included the version in package name, and listed it two different w