Rescue CDs.

2003-10-15 Thread David Palmer.
Hello, I've seen a few references to this subject line, but I haven't seen one to this particular utility, so I thought I would drop off the URL. The screenshots look good. Has anybody tried it? Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Re: Rescue CDs.

2003-10-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 11:32:29 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > I've seen a few references to this subject line, but I haven't seen > one > > to this particular utility, so I thought I would drop off the URL. > > The screenshots look good. > > Has anybody tried it? > > Tried what? >

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 03:22:34 -0700 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: > > After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning > > to find 40 helpful "MS security updates" in my inbox. > > > > How are other people dealing w

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r1

2003-10-18 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:54:07 +0100 "brian.huckstep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a copy of Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r1 on CD-Rom 7 discs in fact. > Unfortunately my computer bios only provides boot facility from either > my "A" or "C" Drives is there any possibility for me to boot up the > Debi

Re: A newbie's confusion about GPL

2003-10-19 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:57:12 -0400 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > klaus imgrund wrote: > Anyplace where there is a large group of young males who express a > > > desire to kill Americans AND is unchecked by their government is a > > > legitimate target. It's the "uncheck

Re: A newbie's confusion about GPL

2003-10-20 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:28:52 -0700 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 06:08:33PM -0700, Tom wrote: > > I'll repeat: anyplace people want to kill us, we want to kill them. > > And just so there's no confusion: > We want to kill members of the group Bin Ladan is inciting only

Re: A newbie's confusion about GPL

2003-10-20 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:00:38 +0800 csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 01:07:12 -0700, Tom wrote: > > > > > [...] > > > Maybe in 50 years the Muslims will be turning out killer cars > > like Germany or killer stereos like Japan. > > Well, Muslims are turning out cars, and not j

Re: A newbie's confusion about GPL

2003-10-20 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:44:08 +0200 Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 05:31:33PM +0200, Henning Moll wrote: > > On Saturday 18 October 2003 17:09, Paul Smith wrote: > > > If you use GPL'd code and you distribute the results, you have to > > > give the source code, ei

Epiphany.

2003-10-20 Thread David Palmer
Hello, What risk do I run with apt-get remove epiphany (the game), without disturbing epiphany the browser (with bookmarks). Regards and thanks, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Epiphany.

2003-10-20 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:00:59 -0600 "Jamin W. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 10:22:34PM +0800, David Palmer wrote: > > > > What risk do I run with apt-get remove epiphany (the game), without > > disturbing epiphany the bro

Re: Epiphany.

2003-10-20 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:23:30 -0400 David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What risk do I run with apt-get remove epiphany (the game), without > > disturbing epiphany the browser (with bookmarks). > > What

Re: A newbie's confusion about GPL

2003-10-21 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 03:45:51 +0100 Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 10:48:07AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > Could this thread please be taken to some other list or private > > mail? I think it's clear that it's got hopelessly off-topic. > > It's a bit far out for -cur

Re: Epiphany.

2003-10-21 Thread David Palmer.
Thanks to all that responded. Appreciated. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: please read this

2003-10-24 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:21:07 -0400 (EDT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, trevor brooks wrote: > > > > > > > Hi my name is Trevor Brooks. I go to Gardner middle school in Lansing Michigan. > > We have to do a project with donating a dollar to an organization. we have to

Re: Gender in language (was Re: way-OT: regularity of german v. english [was: ])

2003-10-24 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 04:49:14 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 19:58, Cam Ellison wrote: > > * Erik Steffl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > ... > > > > > > > > > - Why English doesn't have gender, since it's predecessor, > > > > German,

Re: Using BitchX safely

2003-10-24 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:33:32 -0700 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I used to use mIRC a lot, but I knew Windows expertly enough that > things like DCC didn't scare me. I'm scared I'll open a security hole > on my system if I use BitchX and install identd. > > (1) Is BitchX secure by default? >

PrepCom3 report SI UN - WSIS - Working Group -

2003-10-24 Thread David Palmer.
This is interesting. It represents everything I have been saying in a number of forums concerning corporate enclosure of the public domain. http://www.wsis-si.org/si-prepcom3-report.html Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: A newbies confusion about GPL(BS)

2003-10-24 Thread David Palmer.
I understand exactly what you are saying, Arnt. I have always believed in giving social law the first opportunity, without this we have chaos. Unfortunately, in a war situation, we are no longer in an environment where the normal standards apply. Oh yes the geneva convention standards apply, and s

Re: Gender in language (was Re: way-OT: regularity of german v. english [was: ])

2003-10-25 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 08:00:53 +0100 Oliver Elphick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 12:12, David Palmer. wrote: > ... > > Most of our modern knowledge of the Celts > > comes from the Roman campaigners' reports, in particular Julius Caesar > &g

Re: Nics.

2003-10-25 Thread David Palmer.
There was a thread on this subject approximately a week ago. The recommendation was for the 3COM 3C905B. I should like to advise that this model has now been deleted. Its' replacement is part number 3C905CX-TX-M. It is Linux compatible, with downloadable drivers on site. Test Lab specifies 97-98mb

Re: Insidious Spam/swen/Garbage

2003-10-26 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 17:41:12 +0100 David Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 04:50:35AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-10-26 at 04:37, Andre Kalus wrote: > > > On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:33:30 +0100, Pigeon wrote: > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 10:28:26PM +

Re: A newbies confusion about GPL (BS)

2003-10-26 Thread David Palmer.
Pigeon scratched with his claw: "I think we've crossed wires a bit here; I was talking about the modern State of Israel having been established after WW2 by the military strength of the victors, mainly the USA, and maintained similarly. The Isaiah passages basically say "don't rely on military al

Re: [OT] Internet time (Biel Mean Time)

2003-10-26 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:21:22 -0700 Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 06:39:21PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > What's the point of it? > > > > According to http://www.luvit.se/stefanp/lec_35_manual/swatch.html , > > "As a result Internet Time is the sa

Re: Insidious Spam/swen/Garbage

2003-10-27 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 04:05:58 -0500 (EST) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, David Palmer. wrote: > > > > > -- > > > David Jardine > > > > > > The way I see it is that with all the separate componentry availab

Re: Mutt displays mail twice... :-s

2003-10-27 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:20:10 +0100 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but Mutt displays some mail twice, > which is quite annoying. I was only getting started with > exim/procmail/mutt, and it worked correctly for about two days. Exim > hands mail over to pro

Re: Mutt displays mail twice... :-s

2003-10-27 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 19:06:20 -0500 "Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 11:23:35PM +0100, Tom wrote: > > | However, the longer this takes, the more I'm beginning to feel a > | little nervous, since it undoubtedly has to do with some > | misconfiguration of

Re: remote update -> how to re-enforce

2003-10-28 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:10:09 +0100 Lukas Ruf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-28 03:11]: > > > > > > When I logged in again on the remote boxes I simply restarted the > > > update process, but then I realized that dse

Re: netiquette: CCing on lists

2003-10-28 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:37:49 +0100 Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 28 October 2003 20:30, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > [...] > > Hrm.. Does debian-user not set the reply-to to the list, or is this my > [...] > Apparently not. I wonder why not. It would surely be a good idea

Re: netiquette: CCing on lists

2003-10-28 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 20:28:12 -0600 Ron Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 17:10, David Palmer. wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:37:49 +0100 > > Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday 28 O

Re: Time is runnign too fast

2003-10-29 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:07:03 -0500 Mental Patient <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > oh my god, i can't decide if that link is hilarious or what ... > > > > "Barbie Wizards guide girls through the process of partitioning > > their disks, formatting volumes, mounting Samba

Re: netiquette: CCing on lists

2003-10-29 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 20:18:27 + Richard Kimber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:37:25 -0500 > Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If sylpheed can't handle that, then that is a bug and ought to be > > fixed. > > Well ... my track record on persuading them

Re: netiquette: CCing on lists

2003-10-29 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:36:06 + Richard Kimber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 07:10:57 +0800 > "David Palmer." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Sylpheed has 'reply to > all > >

Re: Converting a partition from NTFS to Ext3

2003-10-29 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:08:55 -0500 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nathan Poznick wrote: > > Thus spake Frederico Rodrigues Abraham: > > > >>Hi. > >>How can i do this without losing the data on my NTFS partition? > >>This is the final step for moving completely from windo

Re: Getting HP to support Debian

2003-10-29 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:19:55 -0500 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > > They employ many people to develop Debian GNU/Linux and have donated > > quite a bit of our core infrastructure. Their Linux Chief Technology > > Officer is a former Debian Project Leader and

Re: Horizontal Sync

2003-10-30 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:42:50 - "Tom Hinkley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > > i need to specify my HorizSync in the above configuration file so that > i can have the resolution 1024x768. I am runiing debian linux version > 3.0 (woody). I have a Blade T64 AGP graphics car

Re: Converting a partition from NTFS to Ext3.

2003-10-30 Thread David Palmer.
This may not be exactly what you are looking for, but here is the link to the utility I was referring to in an earlier post:- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=321792 Hope this helps. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Microsoft good press over Longhorn

2003-10-30 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 11:18:56 -0600 Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 30 October 2003 10:41, Tom wrote: > > Has anybody else been surprised by the amount of good press MS is > > getting this week over longhorn? I think people are looking at the > > Mac OS9 -> OSX total rewrite and proje

Re: Microsoft good press over Longhorn

2003-10-30 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 08:34:38 +1100 "Joyce, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Microsoft's software has always sucked, so I can't imagine > > they're losing too much sleep over quality or security, their Trusted > > Computing(tm) initiative notwithstanding. > > > > Excel is pretty n

Re: How to Eliminate Popups?

2003-11-03 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 09:03:00 -0500 "Thomas H. George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a setting in Mozilla to eliminate popups? I am running testing > and have the latest release of Mozilla for testing but a search of the > index finds nothing regarding popups. > > Tom George > Pop-up

Re: Some newbie questions

2003-11-05 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 12:18:53 +0200 "Alexey Buistov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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-installation. Pleas

Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

2003-11-05 Thread David Palmer.
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 19:58:05 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 10:27:32PM -0500, Mike Mueller wrote: > > Mr. RH CEO tastes sour grapes because IBM dropped US$50M into Novell > > > > effectively choosing SuSE's dance card over the RH's. Mr. RH CEO > > peed into the OSS

Re: Help!

2003-11-05 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 01:48:03 - "Dan Huddart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know you guys don't want to hear this and I apologise but: > > I have never heard of this list or anything about it, yet somehow I've > been subscribed and I can't get off. I've sent the usual unsubscribe > email and

Separate /home drive?

2003-11-06 Thread David Palmer.
Hello, I've been reading different partitioning howtos but can't find any reference to a situation I thought I would like to install. It's probably a newbie idea, but I wondered if it would be possible to have system partitions on one drive, and posting to /home on another. If it is possible, doe

Re: Separate /home drive?

2003-11-06 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 15:38:06 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 15:24, David Palmer. wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've been reading different partitioning howtos but can't find any > > reference to a situation I thought I

Re: Separate /home drive?

2003-11-06 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 15:46:03 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Palmer. wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've been reading different partitioning howtos but can't find any > > reference to a situation I thought I would like to install. > &g

Re: Separate /home drive?

2003-11-06 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:53:39 -0500 "Jason Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ahh... reminds me of that old adage: > Home is where your fstab tells it to be. > > (Hint: man fstab) > > Regards, > Jason Thank you, Jason. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

Re: Separate /home drive?

2003-11-06 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 22:57:50 +0100 Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > David Palmer. (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > I've been reading different partitioning howtos but can't find any > > reference to a situation I though

Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

2003-11-06 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 17:58:51 -0700 David Millet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Complain to the store's owner that his employees overwrote your > >data, and demand compensation. Contact the BSA, and tell them > >about the unlicensed Windows. > > > > > hell ya! > > Contact MS and tell them ab

Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

2003-11-07 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:28:57 -0500 Mike Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 07 November 2003 13:27, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 11:45, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 11:01:58AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > As in "proprietary, closed-source app

Re: No to wine! (was:"Red Hat recommends...")

2003-11-08 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 15:24:45 +0100 Christian Schnobrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 00:52, David Millet wrote: > > > > > > Or not until wine begins running these and every windoze app that > > everyone uses flawlessly, which hopefully happens soon. > > No! > please

Re: X-skins?

2003-11-09 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 13:32:08 +0800 tshuyang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Francisco Castellon wrote: > > > Hello list: > > > > I was wondering where I can get skins for windows-X? I am just > > trying to get the desktop to look pretty snazzy, I know I seen some > > people’s desktops where their wi

Re: Motherboard ASUS a7v600: is anybody using this?

2003-11-09 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 16:37:29 +1000 Alan Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have ordered this motherboard, with 3c940 Gigabit ethernet (with a > "Linux" driver on the ASUS website(?!)); and AD1850 "AC'97" etc.) > sound. I would appreciate hearing about any issues people have > encountered. > >

Re: Motherboard ASUS a7v600: is anybody using this?

2003-11-09 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 16:37:29 +1000 Alan Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have ordered this motherboard, with 3c940 Gigabit ethernet (with a > "Linux" driver on the ASUS website(?!)); and AD1850 "AC'97" etc.) > sound. I would appreciate hearing about any issues people have > encountered. > >

Re: Motherboard ASUS a7v600: is anybody using this?

2003-11-09 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 12:49:07 -0600 Hanasaki JiJi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could I ask about the complete specs and costs of what you put > together? > I have been eye'ing the Asus A7V600 also. These are the parts I was > > looking at.. Off www.newegg.com > > $130 SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9

Re: Need to resolve booting problem

2003-11-10 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 09:48:17 -0500 (EST) Parfait BINI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good morning Sir, > My name's Parfait BINI, I got a boot problem with my computer. I had > a new RAM for playing Playstation games,when I start by Win98 iI don't > have no problem but when I start by WindowsXP it s

Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

2003-11-10 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 20:24:14 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 11:11:04PM -0500, Vikki Roemer wrote: > > > Paying the occasional "sysadmin bill" might well come out to less > > > than what these people spend on the software itself now. > > People cost a ton -- $100g +

Re: understanding Fetchmail

2003-11-11 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:23:09 +0100 Kordula Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi fellow Debian fans, > > I'm having a problem understanding fetchmail. > I've got fetchmail 5.9.11 which I installed from the stable package > collection. I also have Exim 3.35 installed (which was a default > instal

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

2003-11-11 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:48:14 -0800 (PST) Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi ya scruloose > > -- list of "who exactly is doing all this" > - providing linux support, training, etc > ( you can search for it ) > - there's a whole list of consultants for most distributi

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 03:51:10 +0200 Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem > to fit the bill yet. > I need a window manager with the following > - As li

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:34:19 + Jonathan Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:51:10AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none > > se

Swen on the come back trail.

2003-11-13 Thread David Palmer.
Is it my imagination, or is it really happening? Seem to be new headers involved, too. The rumoured new one should be easy to deal with, headers are obvious, called mimail with an attachment. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

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

2003-11-13 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:15:18 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:18:34PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 04:04:57PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:36:29AM -0800, Tom wrote: > > > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:35:39P

Re: i keep getting e-mails from Mailer Daemon

2003-11-14 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 02:10:37 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi.keep getting e-mails from a MAILER DAEMON, sayin that > an e-mail that i sent out didnt go through, i looked in my mail sent > box and it was full of Sent mail with a subject i never heard of sent > to over 40 people...

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

2003-11-14 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:41:32 -0800 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 01:35:20PM -0500, Alfredo Valles wrote: > > On Friday 14 November 2003 1:14 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > On the upside, those with the brains to move > > > themselves up on the socioeconomic ladder w

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

2003-11-14 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:44:33 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 14:48, David Palmer. wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:41:32 -0800 > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 01:35:20PM -0500,

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

2003-11-14 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:55:58 -0800 Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 15:12, David Palmer. wrote: > ... > >>These potentially highly dangerous individuals are confined to > >>institutions known as 'res

Re: Anaconda, where's the beef?

2003-11-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 01:30:12 -0800 "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 10:05:59PM -0500, Fraser Campbell > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Apologies since this isn't really a Debian question but does anyone > > know where a person can download the ana

Re: Debian based working distribution

2003-11-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 11:53:24 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss) wrote: > Since the current Debian sarge installation doesn't work (see > "debian-boot" list) and I need an installation fast I'm looking for > alternatives. So far I've tested Knoppix from the newspaper ct (has no > root access), Mor

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

2003-11-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 14:09:56 + ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 02:05:15 -0600 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 23:07, ben wrote: > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:14:38 -0800 > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 20

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

2003-11-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 10:52:43 -0500 TR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Its not often that I agree with Tom. Should I be worried? > > > > > > Holy crap! I would! > Be afraid. Be very afraid. Regards David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

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

2003-11-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 19:23:51 +0800 csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:35:54 -0600, > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 15:31, Alfredo Valles wrote: > > > On Friday 14 November 2003 3:48 pm, David Palmer. wrote: > > [sn

Re: [OT] Re: Opium

2003-11-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 19:09:20 +0800 csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:09:37 +0100, > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:39:31 -0600, > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 02:22, Arnt Ka

Re: maybe I missed a thread

2003-11-15 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 13:01:10 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 07:09, Tom Allison wrote: > > I have been unsubscribed from 'debian-user' for a bit so I may have > > missed a thread on this one. > > > > But there has been a lot of discussion on other distro-list

debootable.

2003-09-10 Thread David Palmer
Hi, I noticed some reference to debootable here the other day. Tried a google-no data, and just tried an onsite Debian package search,-no luck there either. Would someone be good enough to point me in the right direction? Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Windoze multiboot etc.

2003-09-10 Thread David Palmer
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 12:07:08AM +1200, cr wrote: > This may seem an odd place to ask this, but I'll bet some of the folks on > this list know more about the technicalities of booting Windoze than Windoze > users do   ;) Sometimes I do it through the bios, but here's a newbie trick. Install

Re: Open-source opportunuity?

2003-09-10 Thread David Palmer
On Thursday 11 September 2003 07:36, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (10/09/03 15:29), Pigeon wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 05:21:56PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:21:23 +0100, > > > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 04:

Re: SCO invites open source people to 'monetize' Linux

2003-09-11 Thread David Palmer
On Thursday 11 September 2003 13:55, Sourian wrote: > Here we go again... > > http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?news/news_story.php?id=47107 > > > This is like a bad ongoing dream... > > Best regards, > Sourian Hello, No, it's not just a bad dream, this is the strategy becoming apparent. SCO are not alone

Re: Open-source opportunuity?

2003-09-11 Thread David Palmer
On Thursday 11 September 2003 15:09, Oliver Elphick wrote: > I'm an accountant by training, but technical by long-settled choice. > > Making a tender is very much a business and marketing exercise.  We > would need to convince the customer not only of the technical merits of > our proposal but also

Re: SCO v open-source community

2003-09-11 Thread David Palmer
On Thursday 11 September 2003 17:50, Clive Menzies wrote: > Thought this may be of interest to the list - worth a read, if you > haven't seen it: > > http://linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2003091001926OSCDCY > > Regards > > Clive Hello Clive. Yes it was a powerful answer, but now I believe two day

Re: SCO v open-source community

2003-09-11 Thread David Palmer
On Thursday 11 September 2003 19:09, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (11/09/03 18:31), David Palmer wrote: > > On Thursday 11 September 2003 17:50, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > Thought this may be of interest to the list - worth a read, if you > > > haven't seen it: &

Fw: Re: SCO v open-source community

2003-09-11 Thread David Palmer .
Begin forwarded message: Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:46:27 -0400 From: Glanz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: David Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: SCO v open-source community > If they own your freedom they possess your independent individuality. > If you are interested in thi

Re: problems with Via AC97 controller

2003-09-12 Thread David Palmer
On Friday 12 September 2003 19:37, Richard Shepherd wrote: > I am running 3.0r1+g2.2 Woody on a DFI ad77 with KT400 chipset. On > startup, I get a sound device not detected error. 'sndconfig' detects a > > Via Technologies VT8233 AC97 Audio controller > > But when I try the test I hear no sound an

Roadrunner dial-up problem.

2003-09-12 Thread David Palmer
/quote: I am trying to dial into RoadRunner dialup service. They unfortunately only support Windows and won't help me with Linux. My Thinkpad WinModem is working fine and I have tested it by dialing up to other dialup ISP accounts./unquote. Hello Andy, Yes I had exactly the same problem with my

Re: Roadrunner dial-up problem.

2003-09-12 Thread David Palmer .
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 20:16:13 -0400 Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Palmer wrote: > > /quote: I am trying to dial into RoadRunner dialup service. > > They unfortunately only support Windows and won't help me with Linux. > > My Thinkpad WinModem is w

Re: Video Card for Woody

2003-09-13 Thread David Palmer
On Sunday 14 September 2003 00:10, Brian C wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having trouble getting my Matrox G550 working with Debian, because > it is not supported in the version of XFree86 that is installed with > Woody. I've successfully upgraded XFree86 to unstable but X still barfs > when I try to start i

Re: FTP only with windows, why not...

2003-09-14 Thread David Palmer
On Saturday 13 September 2003 10:01 pm, Juri Haberland wrote: > Peter Christensen schrieb: > > But recently I wanted to FTP a photo to the "personal web space" that my > > ISP provides.  I've been unable to do this, and have not found any > > information on what is going wrong.  I wonder if some

Not a speed reader.

2003-09-15 Thread David Palmer
Hello everyone, I'm experimenting on my Libranet setup, and I've got things in a bit of a mess. Never mind it matches the rest of the house. When I was in my Windows days, there was an obscure setting that would slow down the start up graphics to a pace that you had time to read them. Is there a

Re: Not a speed reader.

2003-09-16 Thread David Palmer
g for stuff as well of course :). > > Pim > > On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 15:47, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 09:27:30PM +0800, David Palmer wrote: > > > I'm experimenting on my Libranet setup, and I've got things in a bit of > > > a mess. &g

Re: Q: Oracle vs Debian?

2003-09-16 Thread David Palmer
On Tuesday 16 September 2003 20:45, Kent West wrote: > thread he was otherwise not involved in.> > > > For clarity and to support conversational discussion style, please use > > bottom-posting format: your reply goes below the material cited. > > Trim your quotes appropriately and ensure your attr

Re: Non-US Packages

2003-09-18 Thread David Palmer
On Thursday 18 September 2003 11:04, Juan Pablo wrote: > It's not clear to me what does Non-US mean? > I read at > http://www.debian.org/mirrors/list-non-US.html and I > conclude it's about software wich is restricted to US > (i.e. prohibited to export but available from other > countries) > But th

Re: OT: Martin Krafft - mail bouncing

2003-09-21 Thread David Palmer
On Monday 22 September 2003 05:23, Christoph Simon wrote: > On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 22:06:53 +0200 > > Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any company in the world which can > > > > > do that without having the status of a monopoly? > > > > ..www.telenor.no ? It "only" has the copper.

Re: having reponse problem

2003-09-21 Thread David Palmer
On Monday 22 September 2003 10:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > every time i turn on the computer. I think you are going to experience another one here. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: RH and Debian brothers now?

2003-09-23 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:51:36 -0500 Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 03:55:47PM -0400, Alfredo Valles wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > Seems to me that for the first time debian is going to have real > > competition in its own field. > > Red Hat announced that they wi

Total Mess.

2003-09-25 Thread David Palmer
I just installed Libranets' 2.8.1 (latest version). After apt-get update, and then apt-get -u dist-upgrade, and configuring Debconf. and resultant install, I get menu items like Eterm not available anymore. At the end of the install in Eterm I get:- 'Errors were encountered while processing: /va

Re: re-installation snag wrong mouse selected

2003-09-25 Thread David Palmer.
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:46:56 +0100 Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:35:28AM -0800, J Y wrote: > > Thanks..yes I know the command to reconfigure the xserver & mouse. I > > just can't get a terminal window to open. Well I did actually in > > Gnome but there was a

Re: Unidentified subject!

2003-09-27 Thread David Palmer.
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 01:20:28 -0700 (PDT) April Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello.. can i ask a question on here by anychance.. paul wade?? my question is do i > know you?? i truly hope so... but the names april and i havebeen trying to find you > for like six years now.. > > >

Re: Debian Desktop for a Joe Average

2003-09-27 Thread David Palmer.
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 21:46:11 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 19:13, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (28/09/03 00:39), Peter Nuttall wrote: > > > On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 12:19 am, Edward Murrell wrote: > [snip] > > > If you are looking for these things, could I recomm

Compatability.

2003-09-28 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, alex wrote: > Not exactly a Debian only topic but where else is the degree of > experience and expertise available besides this Debian list? > > Suppose someone wants to put together or buy a computer ---something > that is fully compatible with Linux.no makedo patches s

Black Holes.

2003-09-28 Thread David Palmer.
O.K., I'm trying to get on top of a few things here, and am struggling to find directions that make sense. It's got to the point where I have actually got to the point of starting off a series of posts at an open source forum to help out other newbies like myself. But even though I am able to find

Re: Debian Desktop for a Joe Average

2003-09-29 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:49:13 +0200 Martin Jungowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 02:31, Tom wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 11:19:06AM +1200, Edward Murrell wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > A friend of mine has had Windows installed for over a year. He's > > > getting s

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