Well that's cos Yahoo is *ucked - I won't use or recommend their services
ever again. I just had my ex g/f crack my yahoo account, because of a
weakness in their setup. When you forget a p/w, you can do the secret
question routine, and if someone knows you well enough there's a chance that
they'l
previously said...
>I don't consider it a flaw at all. Yahoo was one of the best free
>pop mail providers, and I have probably tried every provider
>listed in emailaddresses.com (IIRC). Yahoo has since done away
>with the free pop, so I have reduced my account to sucking email
>alerts (like the De
Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"?
BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker
operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos
Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. It is based on a program
called "xenix", which was written by Microsoft f
My deepest commiserations to the US, NASA and all families involved over the
space shuttle Columbia tragedy. I believe that they were using Debian GNU
Linux for the first time onboard the shuttle :-(
Dave W Pastern
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i'm sure I read somewhere only 2 or 3 days ago (from slashdot news...) that
they were using Debian GNU Linux...either way it's very sad :(
Dave
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pain
for a long time at their loss.
Dave
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> -Original Message-
> From: Bob Paige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
;ve no experience with putting linux
onto a mac though.
Dave
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Subject: Debian on Macintosh
It is not my intention to cause a discussion ab
David Turetsky said:
> I'm looking for the debian linux kernel source
> Apparently it's not kept at /usr/src/linux
Nate said:
>apt-cache search kernel-source-`uname -r`
>
>or just apt-cache search kernel-source
>once you find the package you want, apt-get install it,
>I think that will create a
age-
From: Seneca
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern
Sent: 6/10/2002 7:53
Subject: Re: More stuff in dmesg - I would like to supress but am not sure
how
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 10:52:03PM +0100, Paul Lewis wrote:
> In my start up logs I get a whole load of stuff for equipment I am
> pretty
2002 4:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern
Subject: Re: Netscape 7.0
On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:31 pm, lameth wrote:
> Has anyone gotten netscape 7.0 to install yet? When I tried I received
> the error message;
> ./netscape-installer error while loading shared libraries:
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On Monday 07 October 2002 01:40 am, David Pastern wrote:
> mm it's apt-cache search kvirc :P and it ain't my fault that it ain't
> offered as a software package by debian either.
t: Thursday, 10 October 2002 3:19 AM
To: Debian User; David Pastern
Subject: The only thing I miss about Windows
... is being able to capture the contents of a window with something
like Ctrl+PrtScn and then paste it into a Word document. It was a
nice way to keep track of changes to some grap
ns don't really appeal to me. Plus the Debian user lists
are such an awesome wealth of information and help.
Dave
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From: martin f krafft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 11 October 2002 4:57 PM
To: Debian; David Pastern
Subject: Re: New Debian User - Totall
Ben said:
excellent advice. in fact, i found myself in an involuntary chuckle before i
got to the end of it. it's great to read that someone whose cunning (welches
wissen (?)) i respect has the same opinion of dselect and tasksel. maybe the
banishing of those two crapapples would help demystif
Ben and Colin said
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 05:33:19PM +1000, David Pastern wrote:
> Ben said:
>
> excellent advice. in fact, i found myself in an involuntary chuckle before
i
> got to the end of it. it's great to read that someone whose cunning
(welches
> wissen (?)) i
Ben said (snipped not in rudeness but to keep it short):
just a rant. don't be offended.
ben
I did speaketh:
Ben I totally understand your point. I actually do agree with a lot of what
you say. Good life story as well :-) I know that microsoft makes its users
dumb and preys on that. Micros
john gennard said:
I'd like to try using IRC. There seems a wide variety of programs
available and I wonder what is the one most commonly chosen
by list members. I'm running Woody.
Thanks.
John.
I doth speaketh: many to choose from John - xchat, ksirc, kvirc (my fave),
bitchx, iirc are ones
Adrien Verlee said:
To use GDM configurator, you must be root. But the session manager
(GDM) says: System Adminstrator is not alloweded tot login as root.
How can I use GDM configurator as superuser?
Adrien
Dave says: This is a good one...i've got the same issue (had it with gnome
1.4 and als
Mark said:
Subject: RE: gdm, log in as root?
understand that sudo or fakeroot would be an even better solution, as
sudo use is logged as security concerns.
Dave : I know that Mark. It more annoys me not having the ability there.
Even if I had it there i'd very rarely log on as root, but use fa
of Dizma a few days ago)
dave
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Sent: Tuesday, 15 October 2002 12:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern
Subject: Re: gnome2
Bruce Park said:
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone know if gnome 2 will be integrated in the ne
to the other users subscribed to this list for my rant ;-)
Dave
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Subject: (no subject)
Not to start any flames or ask any specifi
Steve said:
I know apt-get works great for installing remote files, but how could you
install a deb file you have installed on you local machine. Looking in the
man page for apt-get I didn't see an option for installing a local file.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Dave says: Li
Geno said:
A 7-disk set of Debian costs approximately one-third the $50. price of the
comparable low-documents SuSE package.
Other than price, what is the attraction of Debian over Red Hat, SuSE or
Mandrake?
Thanks.
geno
I'll babble about: Debian is slim, stable, and reliable. Need I say
a
On Saturday, 19 October 2002 10:09 AM Bruce Park said:
>Hello debian users,
>
>Can anyone tell me which one of these two desktop is better? I've been
using
>gnome eversince I've been using linux and I am told that KDE is a better
>desktop by people yet they can't give me a solid reason as to why
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry said on 25 October 2002 4:39 AM
>The executive summary goes like this:
>
>Programmer A sees the code to MS foo. A year later while working on a
project
>(open or not) he ends up implementing something resembling foo. MS now
>claims copyright/trademark on the code.
>
>This s
Edward Guldemond said on 26 October 2002 6:32 AM
>On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 08:12:44PM +, Angles Puglisi wrote:
> Join a RedHat users list and you'll find the same percentage of RH users
thinks RH
> sucks. People like to bitch.
>
>Please do not feed the trolls.
That's the best laugh i've h
Mark Copper said on 26 October 2002 7:59 AM
>I'm trying to reinstall Debian. It's a 3 yr old PC but I put in a new
>hard disk drive and power supply. I've told the BIOS to boot from the CD,
>but I get the message "disk boot failure, insert system disk and press
>enter". I tried 3 cd drives, tri
messmate said on 30 October 2002 7:52 PM
>Hi experts,
>I have a little pb with un update I made of my BIOS.
>Bios is a AWARD and did a flash update, after that I get always the error :
>
>'Keyboard error or keyboard not connected'.
>
>When looking at the site of award (phoenix) the say :
>'Look t
Hi guys,
Hopefully simple question that sort of has me stumped. I have a Compaq
Armada 1750, that i've installed Debian Woody bf24 kernel onto. I've chosen
the ATI module for Xfree86 (which is the correct module I believe).
Interestingly at bootup the LCD screen flashes white, making text or
any
Olivier Esser said on 2 November 2002 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: video on laptop - Compaq Armada 1750
>video="vga16:off" disable the framebuffer (a mean to use the console in
>graphic mode; which allow to see the linux pinguin).
>
>To disable it permanently put
>
>append="video=vga16:off"
>
>just aft
website previously posted on Sunday 03/11/2002
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/tcpa-faq.html
Very interesting read. I don't know about America, but Australia has things
called referendums. They're hard to force, but if public opinion is strong
enough the Australia government generally will
Ian said on 3 November 2002 9:32 PM
>micro$oft to go opensource...hehe.
>http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=478
further proof of a corrupt and evil US government. Just remember that
microsoft pays a lot of US taxes and brings a lot of money into the US
econo
Oh i'm on a roll, call it a hat trick ;-)
This site article rocks:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=528&u=/ap/20021031/ap_on_hi
_te/reporting_hackers&printer=1
Another idea of control gone wrong. Hell - if I own shares in a company I
sure as hell want to know if it fucks up on
Matthew Joyce said on 11/5/02 10:09 AM
>Perhaps people will start to use the existing cpus for longer, and
>recycle older ones, distributed processing etc, instead of feeling they
must
>upgrade their hardware because there is an upgrade available.
>However, emailing all my friends and family and
Colin Watson said on 5 November 2002 1:38 PM
>Why, thank you so much. I generally don't complain publicly about this
>sort of thing, and don't propose to change that because I'm no good at
>it and would generally just be counter-productive. I take offence at the
>suggestion that I'm "[sitting] on
Harvey Kelly said:
>You could try Debian, but I fear it'll be too much for you (sorry, that
>ounded patronising), I would recommend SuSE over Mandrake, only 'cause
>my father tried switching to Linux and he found Mandrake to be more
>trouble than it's worth, he's now running SuSE 8.0. And this is
Andre Douglas said on Friday, 29 November 2002 6:41 PM:
>na I tryed that and it didnt work.
>here is what it says when i log in.
>
>..a bunch of crap saying ive loged in etc...
>
>
>then if ive gone into user its
>andre2@andre:~$here i can type commands (andre is my name)
>
Hi guys and gals,
Anyone tried the latest development kernels of their Debian machines (I
presume so)? I was going to have a fiddle with 2.5.50 (this baby is huge,
37mb for the src). I know its development tree, but i've been hearing very
good things about it since 2.5.45 or so and I don't thin
Mark L. Kahnt said on Saturday, 30 November 2002 2:50 PM
>Would you run a beta of the next version
>of Windows on your only box? That is what running a development kernel
>at this point involves.
I see your point Mark, but this is my only box (hey i'm poor and can't
afford a 2nd box). If it stuf
Harold Henderson said on Wednesday, 4 December 2002 4:55 PM
>Hello Debian gurus!
>Well, I'm new here and
>I must apologize
>in advance for my
>naivity in the world of
>Linux. Please forgive
>any questions that
>may seem a bit gullible.
Welcome to Debian Harold. Best place to learn Linux is
Imagine
how many people linux/open source is losing due to poor attitude. If you
don't believe me ask newbies for their opinion on this subject. Most are
too scared to admit it, so they keep their mouths shut. Some are outspoken,
like myself.
Dave W Pastern
-Original Message-
From
Ok for those that have replied to my post -
1. I'm relatively new to linux in general and totally new to Debian
2. I don't think what the original poor guy wrote in his email (to which
some peoples responses upset me and let me to post my reply) deserved what
he got
3. I haven't posted any h
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From: Bob Nielsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, 9 September 2002 3:44 PM
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Subject: Re: Installing new kernel
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 09:54:10AM +0530, J.S.Sahambi wrote:
> Sorry, I meant kernel-image-2.4.19-686 (I think this is the latest!)
>
for
advice, much appreciated.
Dave
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On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 02:01, David Pastern wrote:
> Bob,
>
>
that I do make before resorting to asking for help.
Oh and if i want to quote the lyrics from a song, then that's my goddamn
right. If you don't like it tough.
Dave
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pite seeing the same questions being asked time and time again.
I maintain that RTFM is not a suitable response.
Tchau,
Dave
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Amen. Good points Matthias.
Dave
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From: Matthias Szupryczynski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 11 September 2002 12:22 AM
To: Debian User; David Pastern
Subject: [STOP THIS] Why mailing-lists? Usenet have been invented, I
hear.;-)
He list,
just a
.
Dave
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-> > Why on earth (to stay local) doesn&#
se matters, and you have yours.
Best wishes,
Dave
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On Tue, Se
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From: Pierre Dupuis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 11 September 2002 8:55 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern
Subject: Litle query :)
Hi everyone :)
To load my dsl ECI Hi focus usb modem, i must use a kernel >=2.4.0. So i
must compile it and replace t
I'm not 100% sure on this but i'll give it a shot and suggest something:
apt-cache search
Dave
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From: Phil Reardon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2002 7:40 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern
Subject: finding the right package
Hi guys,
Well - i'm at a loss with this. I'm running Woody, kernel 2.4.18 (bf24) and
it was all working ok. I needed to get my soundcard working (via82cxxx
chipset - onboard sound). I had the modules compiled in the kernel for
this. I did an apt-get install sndconfig and installed that to hel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Subject: Re: Linux won't boot
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On Wednesday 11 September 2002 06:55 am, Jerry Gaiser wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-09-1
Hi again,
I am not able to get sound working via sndconfig on my debian system. I'm
running woody, 2.4.18 kernel, i've compiled a kernel with modules for my
sound card ((via82cxxx chipset - onboard sound). Previously I hadn't loaded
the OSS modules, so as per advice from a friend, I loaded them
Original Message-
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Sent: Wednesday, 11 September 2002 4:30 AM
To: Debian users; David Pastern
Subject: 2.4.18 doesn't find my root device.
Simple description: 2.4.18 kernel panics and says it can't find the root
device on 03:06.
nal and su to root.
Dave
-Original Message-
From: Pierre Dupuis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 11 September 2002 7:37 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern
Subject: user not root cause problem
Good evening everyone :)
First, i would like to thanks everyone for answers,
x27;t know if any of these links will solve your problem, but reading them
may shed some further light on what is happening.
Best wishes,
Dave
-Original Message-
From: David Teague [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 12 September 2002 6:13 AM
To: Jamin W.Collins; David Pastern
Hi guys,
Whilst looking around, I found this page:
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/
Looks good. Hopefully other newbies out there can take advantage of the
information present on these pages. Have fun.
Dave
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r 2002 3:48 AM
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Subject: Re: apt-build and Athlon question
Thanks, Travis.
I can't look at anything written, I would have to take down the cooler and
reassemble my computer... better not. I don't want to destroy my processor.
joerg
T
ptember 2002 2:00 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern
Subject: modules
Hi,
Like a new user of Debian(Woody) I dont know how it works with modules.
For example my box(celeron 500 with sound card isa?) doesnt play, it
seem that the sound card wont work(kernel 2.2.20-idepci).How could Ifix
thi
Damn I hate it when people post with unreliable email addresses, makes it
kinda hard to help them when they don't have accurate addresses...
Dave
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he right stuff,
if I haven't I apologise. I'm sure someone will correct my faux pais. Good
luck, hope I helped.
Dave
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From: David Sanders
To: Debian Users; David Pastern
Sent: 26/09/2002 6:30
Subject: smb.conf on Debian
I set up a SMB share on a Debian 3.0
people in the
checkouts - without the terminal they are mathematically lost.
Best wishes whatever your choose Rick,
Dave
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From: Rick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 1 October 2002 11:36 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern
Subject: The Real Problem With Debi
iour. The way they
contractually bully vendors.
Dave
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From: nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 2 October 2002 3:18 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern
Subject: Re: The Real Problem With Debian
Ron Johnson said:
> What are you talking about???
e, Matthew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 3 October 2002 9:13 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern
Subject: Kde or gnome
So, before I do something irreversable, which is the preferred desktop ?
Some peolle seem not to like kde (3) and other seems to love it.
Any advice please
ing to kde 3.0.3 and this
suggestion worked for me.
-Original Message-
From: Issac Trotts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 2 October 2002 4:48 AM
To: Debian User; David Pastern
Subject: apt-get has turned against me
Ever since I ran apt-get dist-upgrade on my newton installa
f i'm wrong guys, i'm
not sure if Debian patches stuff like that into the kernel, or if it uses
stock standard kernels).
Dave
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Sent: Thursday, 3 October 2002 9:56 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern
Subject:
.so...). If I have
missed something, my apologies. Email me. Ask me, if I know the answer
i'll help.
7. KDE rocks! Enjoy.
Dave
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From: suresh kumar sharma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 3 October 2002 4:1
2002 12:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern
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Subject: Re: (X 4.0 problem )Re: pls help or i will switch to other
distro
John Joe wrote:
>Thanks for your reply!
>
>i have Trident 9680 and Woody and upgrade kernel to
>2.4 but still can't use X 4.0
&
With the risk of sounding rude, that's what you get for using a
proprietary system. Do NOT support Apple, and their usage of DRM
protected, user screwed systems that are iTunes etc.
Dave
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
matter.
--Martin Luther King Jr.
On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 13:19 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 07:16:08AM -0500, Eric wrote:
> > I recently upgraded testing and receive the new apt (version 0.6.41).
> > I have not been able to get it to stop nagging.
>
> > "apt-key add /usr/share/apt/debian-arc
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