Re: installing snort

2010-02-19 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
Sounds like you want the package snort-rules-default. This is in the Q/A section of /usr/share/doc/snort/README.Debian.gz. You should get familiar with searching the /usr/share/doc directory for information such as this. Jordan Metzmeier On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Jari Fredriksson wrote

Re: installing snort

2010-02-19 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
redriksson wrote: > On 19.2.2010 18:00, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: >> Sounds like you want the package snort-rules-default. This is in the >> Q/A section of /usr/share/doc/snort/README.Debian.gz. You should get >> familiar with searching the /usr/share/doc directory for information >

Re: how to convince that debian is one the three major choices for a stable server environment?

2010-02-22 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
> > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2010002338.0ee5f...@pbmiha.malagasy.com > > -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSC

Re: how to convince that debian is one the three major choices for a stable server environment?

2010-02-22 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: >> Jordan Metzmeier : >> Lets just take this example: A new vulnerability is found in kernels >> below version X. In debian often the kernel will get patched to fixed >> said vulnerability and can be installed via the package manager. If it

Re: Graphics Diag Query

2010-02-22 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
d... red-blue- > green-pink-violet  peanut butter  etc > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/20100222134307.3ff6a...@speeduke.volunteerwireless.net > > -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50e5edd51002221205x7dafe469xf208577f661a4...@mail.gmail.com

Re: Kword

2010-02-24 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
eem to find/install it > through 'aptitude install ...". Thanks. > > -- > Regards, > -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.deb

Re: netstat ?

2010-02-24 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
<http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOldStable> > -- > John Hasler > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87eikalion@thu

Re: ext4dev stability

2010-02-24 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
bian Lenny. > > What would you suggest me? > > Thanks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/c28863111002240919q4

Re: netstat ?

2010-02-24 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
. I always open previously captured files in wireshark as an unprivledged user. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50e5edd51002240955n74321097rbcfefc95854b8...@mail.gmail.com

Re: netstat ?

2010-02-24 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:55:31 -0500 > Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI >> wrote: >> > On Qua, 24 Fev 2010, Jon Dowland wrote: >> >> >> >> Wh

Re: Checking which patches was used to compile the kernel.

2010-02-26 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
t;> > Check if the file /proc/config.gz exists, which is the kernel configuration > file. > This is only if the kernel is compiled with CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC. With stock Debian kernels you can find the config in /boot/conig-$(uname -r). -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Re: after upgrade etch -> lenny, problem with vim syntax highlighting in bash scripts

2010-03-01 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
Check `update-alternatives --list vim` to ensure your not running vim-tiny. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.

Re: Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?

2010-03-01 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
I can completely omit this from a fresh Debian > install? When I run: In Lenny (not sure if its changed as of Squeeze), its the "standard system" task that installs exim4. Don't install this task and install your preferred MTA after installation. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- T

Re: Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?

2010-03-02 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCD "Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce anxiety, by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing anxiety, or by combinations of such thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions). " -

Re: Both Abiword and OpenOffice fail to read Word file.

2010-03-03 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
> I believe there's a fair chance that the strings command will extract the > useful stuff. If not, there are free (legal) viewers for Word and Excel > files that may run under Wine, I've never tried. No need for WINE. Can always just upload to google docs. -- Jordan

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
The open source radeon drivers should work without a xorg.conf. Try moving the xorg.conf and running xserver without one. If you are finding that without a xorg.conf it attempts to load radeon, fails, then falls back to vesa you could be looking at an issue of incompatibility. -- Jordan

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:21:18 -0500 (EST), Jordan Metzmeier wrote: >> >> The open source radeon drivers should work without a xorg.conf. Try >> moving the xorg.conf and running xserver without one. If you are >

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
Yes, and none of those resolution even have a 16:10 aspect ratio. I would give fglrx drivers a try before doing something drastic like upgrading to testing. Link: http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: qtparted and kernel disagree about partitions

2010-03-04 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
on? Storage controller type? I find it odd that your disks would be named hdx as modern libata should emulate those drives as scsi. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: How to know if DVI connection is digital or analogue?

2010-03-08 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
put. > DVI-I cables carry both digital and analogue signal. DVI-D carries digital only. This is especially useful when you run into a situation where a video card only has DVI connectors but a monitor only accepts VGA. A converter can easily be used. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_I

Re: OT: wireless b/g/n usb adaptor

2010-03-08 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
t; > -ishwar > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/pine.gso.4.64.1003081225150.27...@cps155.cps.cmich.edu > >

Re: Installing Debian using custom kernel

2010-03-09 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
anks > > Tushar > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100309191437.gb7...@turtle.net > > -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To U

Re: instalation issue

2010-03-15 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
4bit Intel CPUs can run amd64. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50e5edd51003150557x14840ef7n6f4b3cfcd7aa0...@mail.gmail.com

Re: instalation issue

2010-03-15 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
me -r 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem jor...@pc-tesla ~ $ free -m total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 8118 6335 1783 0386 3534 -/+ buffers/cache: 2415 5703 Swap: 4102 0 4101 -- Jordan Metzm

Re: TCP Wrapper Question

2010-03-16 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
Do the machines get PTR records associated with them from the DHCP/DNS server? -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.

Re: (OT) gnash vs. flash (was Re: Why does installing gnome ...)

2010-03-17 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
.org/. >> > > "non-free?" I know that's what it's called, but I wonder how descriptive it > is. > > BTW - hats off to Mr. Marillat! His work is nice. Just curious where > it fits into the linux tradition. > > Debian defines "free" soft

Re: Still Unable To Restart Networking

2010-03-19 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
f "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/d80f793f1003191105u5eabsd3b7ea06f35e9...@mail.gmail.com > > -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a su

Re: Can't install deb kernel in chroot environment

2010-03-23 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
ev for update-grub to function properly. Also, you should mount proc inside of the chroot, not to /proc. `mount -o bind dev /mnt/dev; mount -t proc none /mnt/proc` -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe&

Re: Apache Document Root

2010-03-26 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
rectory /etc/apache2/sites-available. Also, you should read /usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian.gz for some Debian specific information. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Debian Cloaks on Freenode

2010-03-26 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
r developers Can anyone think of an appropriate place to file a wishlist bug on this subject? Even if I can not get this type of cloak myself, I would think the OPs of this channel would deserve the opportunity to have a debian cloak. Thanks, -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debi

Re: Lenny in less than 32 MB of drive space?

2010-03-26 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
ring if anyone lurking here has successfully gotten Debian to > install into less than 32 MB of disk space? Or if it's possible? > If it is possible, I would guess emdebian would be more likely to make it happen. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-r

Re: How to read log files

2010-03-29 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
20.58-generic) Doesn't look like Debian to me... -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50e5edd51003290416g2e5f4d30o1a44bf8d508a4...@mail.gmail.com

Re: How to read log files

2010-03-29 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
e for a newbie. Where >> should I start? >> >> Thanks! >> > You can use "tail" console-command, you can do this: > tail -f /var/log/messages > And this one show you step by step the log line. >> -- >> Dotan Cohen >> We are still supportin

Re: How to read log files

2010-03-29 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:54:40 -0400, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > >> We are still supporting this guy, even though it appears he is not >> running Debian? > > I support the person and his question, he seems to be an active (

Re: [OT] Help for non-Debian distributions (was How to read log files)

2010-03-29 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
207 times, last by remmy, 1d 50m 29s ago. The "ubuntu" factoid is generally presented to direct a user to get help at the appropriate channel (#ubuntu). --- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: OT: Debian Mentors Access

2010-03-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
he #debian-mentors IRC channel is private... -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50e5edd51003300500u1d4c1611r3bbeeb059c04f...@mail.gmail.com

Re: OT: Debian Mentors Access

2010-03-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
it autokicks telling people to go to OFTC. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50e5edd51003300528p6126e973ia5b62fb646e06...@mail.gmail.com

Re: Installing Video Drivers Manually

2010-03-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
gt; > Thanks for any info! > > The nvidia installer from upstream will give you issues. In debian we use module-assistant to install things such as this. You can find a detailed guide specific to nvidia drivers here: http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers -- Jordan Metzme

Re: Installing Video Drivers Manually

2010-03-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
aller is not supported. In general, if you follow documentation from an official Debian source (such as the wiki or reference manual), you will find more people willing and able to support it. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subje

Re: What's a good replacement package for ipmasq?

2010-04-05 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
it will not be nearly as easy as ipmasq, you can get the same functionality by interacting with iptables directly. There is good NAT documentation on the netfilter.org website: http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/HOWTO//NAT-HOWTO.html -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

2010-04-05 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
. > > -- > Bye, > Goran Dobosevic I just had a quick look at the mc manpage and it appear to go into detail on how to configure colors as mentioned by godo. It looks like you can also force it into black and white mode using -b or --nocolor. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: passwordless ssh root logins stopped working after testing dist-upgrade

2010-04-06 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
ou can add a passphrase to your public key so that it requires both a key and password. This also works with without-password but will create issues when you have scripts that need to be able to authenticate non-interactively. The sshd_config manpage does not do a very good job of explaining th

Re: Google repositories

2010-04-12 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
ou enabled contrib in your sources? -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/t2h50e5edd51004121041y52be1f81zb3dc15911ec32...@mail.gmail.com

Re: Google repositories

2010-04-12 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
ou enabled contrib in your sources? Sorry, on the last reply I sent it to you and CC'ed the list by mistake. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.o

Re: Google repositories

2010-04-12 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
0.5.7; squeeze/contrib: 0.5.7 http://packages.debian.org/lenny/googleearth-package -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/q2k50e5edd51004121217o13f25520l62cebae7f9e13...@mail.gmail.com

Re: Connecting to vpn server

2010-04-14 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On 04/14/2010 12:59 PM, Anthony Campbell wrote: I have to find out how to connect to a vpn server. I know nothing about this and have little time to find out, because I need to get it working by Saturday! Can anyone kindly tell me what package(s) to install and point me to a (preferably simple)

Re: Connecting to vpn server

2010-04-14 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On 04/14/2010 01:39 PM, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 14 Apr 2010, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: On 04/14/2010 12:59 PM, Anthony Campbell wrote: I have to find out how to connect to a vpn server. I know nothing about this and have little time to find out, because I need to get it working by

Re: Dovecot *requires* MySQL?

2014-01-02 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
n and libmysqlclient16 is about 5KB of disk space. Regards, Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cad758rho3w4inkhmzsfwvloskkvhjvdrvaeub-9z_vmqrc7...@mail.gmail.com

Re: Slow system and switching tabs on google chome

2012-05-16 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
cement=0 This needs to be ran each time X starts. I haven't tried to find a permanent fix yet. Regards, -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arch

Re: Slow system and switching tabs on google chome

2012-05-16 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: >> The slow problem occurs with more than one tab, but disabling >> flashplayer-nonfree >> everything is ok, chrome and graphics effects back to normal speed. >> It seems like a libcairo issue, I will try downgradin

Re: OT: Compatibility Issues With Windows Files

2011-10-04 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
and directories, regardless of the command in front of it. In bash, you can enable globbing of hidden files with "shopt -s dotglob". dotglob If set, bash includes filenames beginning with a `.' in the results of pathname expansion. Regards, -- Jordan Metzmeier

Re: a submission

2010-04-23 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
system's MTA is properly configured? -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/v2y50e5edd51004230702w48d86f8amd31578bf612ab...@mail.gmail.com

Re: how to setup my environment variable for vim ?

2010-04-24 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
> Try putting this in ~/.bashrc: > > export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim > > Regards, > Andrei > -- You can also make it a system wide configuration with "update-alternatives --config editor". I have not tried it shells other than bash but I assume it is portable.

Re: Ever make your own fstab from scratch?

2010-04-27 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
y not have noticed but this user posted a lot of random one sentence things to the mailing list. I doubt this is a serious question and is probably best left ignored. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: Which remote help solution?

2010-04-28 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
nce they are connected you can interact with them just as if they were on your LAN. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/w2i50e5edd51004280755sfd28859bve67412798e581...@mail.gmail.com

Re: Automated Installation - Copy files from CD?

2010-05-05 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
; --Tim My suggestion is: 1) Use Debian 2) Use the kmuto installer if you need drivers available in a newer kernel: http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/ -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: [Semi-OT] Accessing gmail from Python

2010-05-06 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-> equifax.pem > -rw-r--r--   1 me me  1162 2009-05-04 18:56:06 equifax.pem > -rw-r--r--   1 me me  1224 2010-05-06 10:51:08 gmail.pem > > -- What is the purpose of this? You want to write your own MUA in python? -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ..

Re: What to choose for Core i5 64 bits?

2010-05-11 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
l? > > Could Intel IA-64 work right? > No, IA-64 is for Intel Itanium CPUs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itanium . You want i386 (32bit) or amd64 (64bit). There are still minor issues with 64bit desktops. For example, Adobe's 64bit flash player does not function on all the sites that t

Re: 64 bit-flash failing sites (was: What to choose for Core i5 64 bits?)

2010-05-11 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 11 May 2010 09:56:49 -0400, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > > (...) > >> There are still minor issues with 64bit desktops. For example, >> Adobe's 64bit flash player does not function on all the sites that the &g

Re: 64 bit-flash failing sites (was: What to choose for Core i5 64 bits?)

2010-05-11 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 11 May 2010 10:06:46 -0400, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > >> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Tue, 11 May 2010 09:56:49 -0400, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: >>> >>> (...) >>&

Re: 64 bit-flash failing sites (was: What to choose for Core i5 64 bits?)

2010-05-11 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
> Users having problems with flash plugin on their 64 bits OS can install a > 32 bits browser and run the 32 bits plugin, which is annoying but it > should work. > Does this work natively or does it require a chroot? -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debi

Re: 64 bit-flash failing sites (was: What to choose for Core i5 64 bits?)

2010-05-11 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
first time I attempted to send this. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktil-9d_meocg2yaomy3j99hp3iggy_p_37k_c...@mail.gmail.com

Re: 64 bit-flash failing sites (was: What to choose for Core i5 64 bits?)

2010-05-11 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
y linked binaries could also be used to run 32bit on a amd64 machine. Thanks for the info! -- Jordan Metzmeier

Re: What to choose for Core i5 64 bits?

2010-05-11 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 06:56, Jordan Metzmeier > wrote: > > > > Adobe's 64bit flash player does not function on all the sites > > that the 32bit plugin will. > > [citation needed] > > > Cheers,

Re: What to choose for Core i5 64 bits?

2010-05-11 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 06:56, Jordan Metzmeier > wrote: > > > > Adobe's 64bit flash player does not function on all the sites > > that the 32bit plugin will. > > [citation needed] > > > Cheers, &

Re: What to choose for Core i5 64 bits?

2010-05-11 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
I am curious, did you all receive duplicates of my last reply? -- Jordan Metzmeier

Re: libc6 upgrade lenny to squeeze failed, now dpkg is broken

2010-05-11 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
eleases. I have no advice for fixing the current issue... Only avoiding it in the future. -- Jordan Metzmeier

Re: Lenny to Squeeze upgrade problems

2010-05-12 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
This issue is because the new udev requires a > .31 kernel with sysrq_deprecated=n (I am going off memory here so don't quote me). This means you need to first upgrade to the squeeze kernel, reboot, then upgrade udev and proceed with the "updgrade". -- Jordan Metzmeier

Re: Launch some command and leave the console, the command still being executed

2010-05-17 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On 05/17/2010 11:45 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Hi, I would like to be able to launch some command in the console, and to be able to close the terminal, the command being still evaluated, i.e. if I launch gedit (I'm under GNOME), and that I close the console, gedit closes too. (This is also the ca

Re: Server certificate has expired

2010-05-18 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On 05/18/2010 03:32 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Ter, 18 Mai 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: Well, this is effectively Icedove 2.0.0.22 (20090706). How did you manage to, under Th. 3? I don't remember exactly, but I believe somewhere the was an option

Re: Unable to connect to my home wireless

2010-05-20 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
"aptitude why network-manager-kde" to find out why a package was automatically installed. You also seem to be wanting to complain, instead of asking for support or looking for discussion. IMO complaints should go to bugs.debian.org, not necessarily here. -- Jordan Metzmeier

Re: Unable to connect to my home wireless

2010-05-21 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
) without telling me and c) without being told to do so. From what I understand, all 3 of these are primary goals of the network- manager package. Sometimes referred to as "network-mangler". -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.o

Re: Chromium in Sid

2010-05-21 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
y. There is a Ubutnu PPA that does weekly builds of chromium. I have not tried it personally but am told that those .debs work fine on sid. You might give that a try if you really would like to stay on the bleeding-edge. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: Chromium in Sid

2010-05-21 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On 05/21/2010 11:32 AM, jeremy jozwik wrote: on Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Steve Fishpaste wrote: Why is the Chromium-browser in Sid so old? Chromium has been on the 6.x branch for a couple of weeks now and Debian is still using the 5.x branch. question, on lenny is there a diffe

Re: Unable to connect to my home wireless

2010-05-21 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you don't actually set preferences to install recommends. This is now the Debian default. You have to explicitly turn them off if you don't want them. To avoid this, you should place these lines in /etc/apt/apt.conf: APT::Install-Recommends "0"

Re: Motherboards

2010-05-25 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On 05/25/2010 11:55 AM, David Baron wrote: Anyone with experience and Debian-related information on motherboards by DFI and by Winsonic? Apparently of the few which support modern CPU and memory and still sport as ISA slot or two. I run Debian Lenny on a DFI Lanparty DK p45-t2rs. I really l

Re: Motherboards

2010-05-25 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On 05/25/2010 01:03 PM, Jean-François wrote: Hello, I might be wrong, but I guess the exact name for your motherboard is DFI Lanparty DK p45-t2rs PLUS (as opposed to the Elite or Turbo models), which has 8 SATAII ports, and I also guess you have used the two yellow ports? If so, plug your dri

Re: Ports like system for debian.

2010-05-26 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
n use apt-build to recompile all packages on a system using different optimization flags: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/apt-build . -- Jordan Metzmeier

Re: Force reinstall of /etc files without purge/install cycle?

2010-05-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On 05/30/2010 07:57 PM, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: I can't find an option within aptitude to force a reinstall of /etc files. I know that aptitude will not overwrite them by default, but isn't there a way to force a package's conf files back to a pristine state? The purge/install cycle isn't always a

Re: Force reinstall of /etc files without purge/install cycle?

2010-05-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On 05/30/2010 07:57 PM, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: I can't find an option within aptitude to force a reinstall of /etc files. I know that aptitude will not overwrite them by default, but isn't there a way to force a package's conf files back to a pristine state? The purge/install cycle isn't always a

Re: Screen width on Knoppix install.

2010-06-02 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On 06/02/2010 10:04 AM, John Culleton wrote: Thanks for your reply. I used Knoppix because it was very easy to install and came with a lot of useful software already, such as Open Office. The install program is called 0wn which stands for zero work needed. My earlier experiences with e.g. Kubun

Re: dependency based boot + update-rc.d

2010-06-02 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On 06/02/2010 12:28 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Before dependency based boot I added my own boot scripts with update-rc.d, like: update-rc.d faketty start 29 2 3 4 5 . and the update-rc.d man page still refers to sequence numbers (NN=29): "NN is the two-digit sequence number that determi

Re: Working around missing VRDP in VirtualBox debian package

2010-06-07 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On 06/07/2010 11:42 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: Hi there, I'd like to know how are people working around the missing VRDP feature in debian VirtualBox package ? If one cannot use rdesktop, what are people using ? Thanks ! I use ssh to access the guests. This is not necessarily a limitatio

Re: Debian on a Dell r310?

2010-06-07 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
there myself – I just need a signpost. > > > > Justin C. Sherrill - American Rock Salt > > p: 585-991-6825 f: 585-991-6926 c: 585-298-6826 > > There are installers with backported kernels at http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/. He also has a hardware compatibility list. -- Jordan Me

Re: What files are required to run Openfire XMPP server on Lenny?

2010-06-09 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/09/2010 11:41 AM, surreal wrote: > Can someone send me a list of required files needed to run Openfire xmpp > server? > > I want to use open source openjdk on lenny. > Why not use one of the existing XMPP servers that are packaged for debian

Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?

2010-06-09 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/09/2010 04:10 PM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:33:02 +0200 > Johannes Rohr wrote: > > Hello Johannes, > >> does anyone know, what has happened to debian-multimedia.org? The web >> page is gone and the repository is empty. Has

Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?

2010-06-09 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 If someone needs a work-around, a friend on IRC found that this German mirror is still up: http://debian-multimedia.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http:

Re: Lenny / Pidgin / Msn

2010-06-10 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/10/2010 07:08 AM, Frederic Robert wrote: > Hello, > > Msn's protocol is not supported by pidgin? Why? > If you are running stable, you need to install the pidgin from lenny-backports in order to get MSN support. Instructions on setting up an

Re: Lenny / Pidgin / Msn

2010-06-10 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/10/2010 08:41 AM, Frederic Robert wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 08:34:29AM -0400, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: >> If you are running stable, you need to install the pidgin from >> lenny-backports in order to get MSN support.

Re: Web browsers, Adobe Flash & Debian

2010-06-10 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/10/2010 09:01 AM, Erwan David wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:46:11PM CEST, John Hasler > said: >> Alexander Batischev writes: >>> Iceweasel (Debian clone of Firefox)... >> >> Iceweasel is not merely a clone of Firefox. It _is_ Firefox.

Re: ls -alR with wd?

2010-06-10 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/10/2010 04:58 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Hi, > > I find `find' very inefficient when trying to find some files. I prefer > using `ls -alR | grep stuff' The problem is that the related output does > not give me the directory where `stuff' is f

Re: debian architecture history question

2010-06-11 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/11/2010 12:42 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > I'm in the process of working a bug on my desktop PC. The CPU is a > Semperon (32bit AMD). I recall that I once used i686. But now I think > I am using i386. When I make a bug report, reportbug include

Re: turn off all logging

2010-06-15 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/15/2010 04:04 PM, Jozsi Vadkan wrote: > /etc/init.d/rsyslog stop > chmod -x /etc/init.d/rsyslog > > is that enough? or the system logs somewhere else? > > >> Can anyone post a link, to a good howto, how to: >> >> - turn off logging to consol

Re: usage of ifconfig

2010-06-16 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/16/2010 08:51 AM, J.Hwan.Kim wrote: > Hi, everyone > > When I change IP address and netmask via "ifconfig", > the netmask is set incorrectly. > > For example, when I command in shell > "ifconfig netmask 255.255.255.0 70.7.44.102", > the IP ad

Re: make not compiling

2010-06-18 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/18/2010 11:20 AM, prakhar gaur wrote: > > > Dear All, > > This is my first week with Debian 504. I am using it as a host system to > build LFS(Linux From Scratch). > I ran a script which checks whether all prerequisites are there on the hos

Re: How to replace a bugged version of a package?

2010-06-22 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/22/2010 11:08 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Here: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=431388 > > it is reported a bug in Lenny's gopchop package. On my system I have the > bugged version already installed. How can I replace

Stable volatile versions

2010-06-24 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Last night I was attempting to install spamassassin on my Lenny box. I had some difficulty doing so because it turned out that the volatile version had a lesser version number. The only ways I found to get the volatile version to install was to pin

Re: How 'stable' is squeeze?

2010-06-24 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/24/2010 09:44 AM, Amar Cosic wrote: > > Thank you all for info. Will upgrade tonight.. Just to be sure.. right way > to do this is just to replace 'lenny' with 'squeeze' in sources.list && > apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade ? Or there i

Re: How 'stable' is squeeze?

2010-06-24 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/24/2010 02:17 PM, Amar Cosic wrote: > And proper way to do this is apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686 ? > tnx. Yes, and then reboot. However, I recommend using aptitude for all functionality that aptitude allows for. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATU

Re: how to start xfce in etch

2010-06-24 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
ported. You want "exec startxfce4" in your ~/.xinitrc. On Lenny (possibly also etch) you can make this global with update-alternatives --config x-session-manager. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe&quo

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