Re: Sarge GPG Release signature

2006-02-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
-; I use apt-check-sigs, and it barks (with reason, since the 2005 key the current file is signed has expired - see below). http://people.debian.org/~ajt/apt-check-sigs Note you need *both* the 2006 *and* 2005 keys. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp

Re: cannot move file /var/log/XFree86.1.log.old

2006-02-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
to review the output of 'dmesg' or /var/log/messages for any errors or messages related to the disk in question. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Information is not power after all: Old-fashioned

Re: How do I check if Spamassassin bayes' learning works?

2006-02-07 Thread Karsten M. Self
. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Play it once, Sam, for old time's sake. - Casablanca signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Looking for a comment editor

2006-02-07 Thread Karsten M. Self
Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? gconf-editor: reimplementation of the MS Windows Registry for GNU/Linux, with the concommitant problems of undocumented settings, cryptic keys, inability

Re: UNRESOLVED: Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?

2006-02-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? We implemented our scatter/gather I/O server in Simula-67, augmented with opportunistically pipelined extensions. - Stribling, et /dev/random, Rooter signature.asc

Re: vi trying to connect to X

2006-02-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
foo ... and see if that resolves the issue. If it doesn't, post the output of 'dpkg --get-selections | grep ^vi' ... which should show what version(s) of vi(s) you have install. Hrm Would that be a word to the vi(s)? ... nevermind. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.com

Re: ssh keys

2006-02-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
and having nothing to go on is a markedly worse situation. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? MX Radio - With Bob Edwards, who needs NPR? http://www.xmradio.com/ signature.asc Description: Digital

Spam reporting tools (was: Re: UNRESOLVED: Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?)

2006-02-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:47:47AM +, Clive Menzies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On (06/02/06 01:05), Karsten M. Self wrote: I'd tag the messages and move them to a folder. That folder would automatically get a spam run against it periodically which would: 1. Move

Re: Spam reporting tools (was: Re: UNRESOLVED: Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?)

2006-02-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 12:18:37PM +, Clive Menzies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On (06/02/06 04:07), Karsten M. Self wrote: Clive Menzies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On (06/02/06 01:05), Karsten M. Self wrote: Do you have a suitable script to share? http://linuxmafia.com

Re: how to change number of saved lines on console

2006-02-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
(possibly a dedicated logging server). This should capture *everything* that crosses the console, including BIOS, POST, bootloader, kernel, and init messages. It can even be used for debugging. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part

Re: display popup message on X with crontab

2006-01-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 06:00:27AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: on Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 03:41:52PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: How would I popup an informative message on X from a crontab entry? /usr

Re: display popup message on X with crontab

2006-01-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 09:29:54AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: on Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 03:41:52PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi, How would I popup an informative message

Re: display popup message on X with crontab

2006-01-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 08:28:03AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: on Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 03:41:52PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi, How would I popup an informative message on X from a crontab entry? There is xmessage

Re: display popup message on X with crontab

2006-01-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
work, if not in your crontab entry itself then in a script called by same. :0.0 should work for most circumstances. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Remember that the objective of any Microsoft

Re: Tripwire and /proc

2006-01-05 Thread Karsten M. Self
project servers: http://linuxgazette.net/issue98/moen.html Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve

Re: / suddenly Read-only

2006-01-05 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 04:59:41PM -0700, jonathan ferguson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: on Wed, 4 Jan 2006 19:06:46 -0800 Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: For mysterious reasons a Dual-boot (Windows/Linux) Toshiba 5105-s901 running Debian/GNU 3.1 Sarge 2.6.8 (with updates

Re: / suddenly Read-only

2006-01-04 Thread Karsten M. Self
it and seeing if the problem disappears. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? If you ever wanted to know what a person with acute paranoia looks like, just keep watching. signature.asc Description

Re: How to get new Debian gpg keys?

2006-01-04 Thread Karsten M. Self
hints as always. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? America Trans Air (ATA) customer service sucks: http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Rants/ata-sucks.html signature.asc Description: Digital

Re: how to design a protocol to help 1000 PCs know whether online or not

2005-12-30 Thread Karsten M. Self
A clearer description of what your systems are running (OS and software), what your detection latency requirements are, network topology, and bandwidth constraints, would be helpful. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't

Re: Re: recover ext3 deletion

2005-12-30 Thread Karsten M. Self
breaks several characteristics which allow this at times under ext2. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? I thought about it all night. Since I came here I said there were two things that concerned me

LVM on loopback FS, mounting, access

2005-12-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
fc4.img2 20884512273659 6032407+ 8e Linux LVM I *can* mount ordinary filesystem partition (using mount's 'offset' argument). LVM's a bit of a stumper. Any hints greatly appreciated. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com

Re: Xorg leaking

2005-12-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
also an absolute performance masochist. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? gconf-editor: reimplementation of the MS Windows Registry for GNU/Linux, with the concommitant problems

Re: Galeon / Firefox print issues, very large fonts, unusable

2005-12-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
Stumpel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: For the past week or more, testing/unstable, I've had unusable print output from Galeon and Firefox browsers. Sample output at http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten/galeon-print-bug/hello.html http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten

Re: Xorg leaking

2005-12-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 12:26:25AM +0200, Micha Feigin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:48:38 -0800 Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 01:22:39PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: on Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 01:09:55PM -0800, Bill Moseley ([EMAIL

Re: Un-bootable kernel due to bad initrd

2005-12-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
as necessary, rebuild your initrd, etc. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Any time a business operation fails to meet its objective, it is the management team's failure

Re: LVM on loopback FS, mounting, access

2005-12-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 12:14:34PM -0800, Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: I'm playing with partitioned filesystem image files (result of, say, doing a fresh OS install using qemu), and need to be able to mount and access such images which contain LVM groups and volumes. How

Re: sane access for non-root user

2005-12-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
if you want to avoid losing your X session and can stand winning just one shell at a time. 'sg' is somewhat analagous to 'su', though at atomic number 106. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Yes sir

Galeon / Firefox print issues, very large fonts, unusable

2005-12-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
and printed output. Galeon and Firefox's print preview feature shows appropriate output. Any troubleshooting suggestions appreciated. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Never try to outstubborn a cat

Re: [OT] Good book about GNU/Linux structure

2005-11-04 Thread Karsten M. Self
... -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Ahh the price of entropy! Too bad markets don't yet exist for this all-important commodity. - Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal - discussion of datamining and privacy

Re: Any recomendations on C/R spam tools for Debian

2005-11-04 Thread Karsten M. Self
://mla.libertine.org/tmda-workers/2005-04/msg0.html Considered harmful is now considered dead. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Confusion is permanent; its focus shifts with time. - Karsten M

Re: Cups: canon backend hanging

2005-07-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 06:22:02PM -0700, Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: on Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 11:22:19AM -0500, John Foster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sunday 17 July 2005 04:41 am, Karsten M. Self wrote: I've got a problem with the canon backend (which I don't use

Re: Wmaker Nautilus (in only one window)?

2005-07-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
to override the behavior, but the user cannot (and should not) be expected to know of this and supply it themselves. Particularly as nautilus is invoked by default from several applications (Mozilla / Firefox IIRC), and conflicts with WindowMaker functionality there as well. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self

Re: Neighbour table overflow (No buffer space available)

2005-07-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
bytes:778152216 (742.1 MiB) Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? D00D PL33Z 1 N33D CH347 C0D35 FOR GC0NF !!! signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: OT: Windoze spyware?

2005-07-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
leading spam source (following KORnet). I managed to bring this to Disney's attention, the situation's improved markedly. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? NBC will not be able predict the winner

Cups: canon backend hanging

2005-07-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
in the first place? Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? You're not a user, nitwit. - Jeff Waugh, describing GNOME users. http://zgp.org/pipermail/linux-elitists/2004-January/008588.html

The art of turboing (was: Re: OT: Windoze spyware?)

2005-07-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 11:47:17AM -0500, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 02:32 -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 11:34:53PM -0400, Marty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Carl Fink wrote: On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 08:52:55PM -0400, Marty wrote

Re: Cups: canon backend hanging

2005-07-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 11:22:19AM -0500, John Foster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sunday 17 July 2005 04:41 am, Karsten M. Self wrote: I've got a problem with the canon backend (which I don't use) hanging in CUPs. My load average is currently 13+, and there's nothing I can kill to bring

Re: The art of turboing (was: Re: OT: Windoze spyware?)

2005-07-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 06:19:41PM -0700, Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: on Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 11:47:17AM -0500, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 02:32 -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 11:34:53PM -0400, Marty ([EMAIL

Re: Remote administration of a server

2005-07-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
the ability to transfer files back and forth) and you've got the makings of highly doable remote admin. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Necessity knows no law. signature.asc Description: Digital

Re: Top posting (a different point of view)

2005-06-19 Thread Karsten M. Self
in which this mode of communications is commonplace. It's too much work, s/n is way low, and the population tends not to be trainable. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Sony-Betamax / did not rule

Re: what is using my swap

2005-06-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Manners maketh man. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Request for window manager recommendations

2005-06-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
to be pretty sweet. My _recommendation_ is that you install and try a few WMs. It's trivial to install a WM via aptitude. And you can either run these on their own X session or via Xnest: Xnest :1 1024x768 window-manager-of-choice -display :1 ...etc. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself

Re: Slow Firefox performance on P4 1.7 GHz 1 GB system

2005-05-30 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, May 28, 2005 at 04:33:53PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 12:03:21PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: I'm trying out Firefox again, and am dogged by slow performance, particularly on startup and window/tab operations. The browser lags

Slow Firefox performance on P4 1.7 GHz 1 GB system

2005-05-28 Thread Karsten M. Self
Adapter - Current display resolution is set to 1280x960. - Stock Firefox theme. Numerous extensions loaded. System load is ~0.5. Suggestions? Anyone else having similar issues? Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt

Re: html to pdf conversion

2005-05-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
just learned some stuff :-) Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Free Software Primer -- concepts you need to understand http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/FreeSoftwarePrimer signature.asc

Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!

2005-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
it on the wall with a thumbtack. I create a script to document system settings, then post that to my Wiki: http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/LinuxSystemInfoScript ...and have even used same to reconstruct a partition table. Once. Bindered hardcopy is also tres helpful. Peace. -- Karsten M

Re: group web software

2005-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
-oriented CMS. Drupal is both very nice and (for web-based forum/group software) very easy to set up. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? You can quote me if you want. - simonrvn signature.asc

Re: Network scan

2005-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
for MAC, though these may exist. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Obviously it's not going to be trivial to run GNOME apps outside of GNOME. - Adam Hooper, clarifying the topic of GNOME

Re: can't the shell do a better job

2005-01-03 Thread Karsten M. Self
match. Very useful that. I'd actually used bash for a few years before having it pointed out to me. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? My nation is silent right now. - Sri Lankan survivor

Re: cd burning oddities

2005-01-03 Thread Karsten M. Self
the BTS (bugtracking system: http://bugs.debian.org/). If you don't see a bug filed, file one. No clue WRT your groisofs bug. FWIW: it's generally better to keep one topic per mail, and indicate the problem in your subject line. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp

Re: Backup-software FTP

2004-12-30 Thread Karsten M. Self
/ download (mirror, mirror -R). Can you run that noninteractively? I use lftp but haven't found a good way to script it. Would be useful for a few websites I manage. Otherwise, of course, rsync rocks, but a lot of ISPs haven't caught up with the 20th Century yet. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself

Re: Displayed Image Quality

2004-12-30 Thread Karsten M. Self
TIFF files? Possibly. Online vs. printed appearance can vary greatly. Have you compared printed output? I realize this may not be fully sufficient for your needs. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand

Re: Package to block random SSH login attempts?

2004-12-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
based on a given IP logic. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? We're not going to fix this by getting the pilots to be more careful. - Aviation industry approach to systemic improvement

Re: Console Password Manager?

2004-12-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 12:04:42AM -0500, Ben Bettin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:10:38 -0800, Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: on Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 10:56:25AM -0600, Jacob S ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: The only problem I have with it is I can't carry my

Re: Script to build system information. Guru needed :)

2004-12-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
, will the due command be executed if it's natural time has expired ? 4) What is the easiest way to keep the last N versions of such files ? Search Google for a script called system-info by Karsten M. Self. He posted it a long time ago, but it still is very useful. Start from there and add

Re: Why Grub? Must I Switch?

2004-12-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
and respects the modifications to its config file. [Deletia of correct and significant GRUB advantages]. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Hollings: bought, paid for, but couldn't deliver

Re: swap space size

2004-12-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 04:33:45AM -0800, Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: on Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 07:21:20AM +, Alexis Huxley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On 2004-10-21, Gilbert, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Think about it, if you want to dramatically improve

Re: Console Password Manager?

2004-12-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
in vim (with some hacks) and accessed via a shell script or bash function. http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IwtNix#Use_vim_to_edit_an_encrypted_fil Crude, but effective. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt

Re: Console Password Manager?

2004-12-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
the lists, though. In JPilot, you can access Keyring as a plugin. Not console, but It Works[tm]. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Free Software Primer -- concepts you need to understand http

Re: OT: Re: Hardware hassles: Linux vs. Windows

2004-12-20 Thread Karsten M. Self
. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Linux: Good, fast, _and_ cheap. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: pdftohtml

2004-12-19 Thread Karsten M. Self
file-new.ps file-new.pdf pdftohtml file-new.pdf file-new.html ...might get you somewhere. Most likely, a really broken hash of a file. Alternatively, if the source of the PDF file is available, converting *it* to HTML directly should provide far superior results. Peace. -- Karsten M

Re: Window sizing on Windowmaker

2004-12-19 Thread Karsten M. Self
this (set this through the WPrefs utility). So if I get a small window a quick tap fills my monitor vertically. Very useful. I've also got altF10 set to maximize fully, though that's something used less often. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What

Re: Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

2004-12-19 Thread Karsten M. Self
at it. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Napa Small Animal Hospital: good folks, healthy pets. http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Rants/nsah.html signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Hardware hassles: Linux vs. Windows

2004-12-19 Thread Karsten M. Self
. There are FAQs for most of these (official or otherwise) on making such conversions. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? KQED FM: The DUMB spot on the dial: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=rhpdc

Re: Hardware hassles: Linux vs. Windows

2004-12-19 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 08:00:17PM -0500, William Ballard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 04:32:25PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: advances. Pretty much all the Live CD distros (Knoppix, Mepis, Gnoppix, LNX-BBC, Damn Small Linux, etc.) automatically detect hardware

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
on these characteristics. I'd like to see MTAs and firewalls pick up similar capabilities. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? MX Radio - With Bob Edwards, who needs NPR? http://www.xmradio.com/ signature.asc

Re: Chroot Debian

2004-11-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 08:22:12PM +0100, Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 07:44:02PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: While I find chroot _installs_ of Debian, as a way of getting the distro onto a computer, useful, I wouldn't run a production system as a whole

Re: swap space size

2004-11-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
. What! Users? Who're thay? ;-) Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? I could give you my word as a Spaniard? No good. I've known too many Spaniards. - Princess Bride signature.asc

Re: Who maintains orphaned packages?

2004-11-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
: http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-pkgs.en.html#s-nmu-who If debs are ready, he should write to debian-mentors, asking to sponsor an upload. Any old Joe can't upload packages to a distribution mirror. Patches can be filed through the BTS however. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self

Re: Chroot Debian

2004-10-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
of the others. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Bush: All we have to sell is fear itself. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: How to shut down all X apps?

2004-10-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
run your update there, or exit immediately ensure you're not running any X display managers, and update. Then you're golden. ...and you keep your uptime ;-) Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? zignig

Re: CPU and Other Information ?

2004-09-29 Thread Karsten M. Self
://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/LinuxSystemInfoScript There's a Debian package as well that does something similar, though I can never remember its name. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Bush/Cheney '04

Re: partition /var is full

2004-09-29 Thread Karsten M. Self
~US$1/GiB, you can almost certainly afford it. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? bob2 beef-fed tofu tastes better, anyway. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: debian on floppy disks

2004-08-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
, as well as SLIP and PLIP (good for about 40 Kbps) running. Slow, but serviceable point-to-point connections over null serial or parallel cables. Alternatively, many laptops will accept an external CD drive. You might look into buying or borrowing one for your system. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self

Re: OT: Winblowz antivirus management on Linux

2004-08-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
management tool. I think it would be great if there's any You need to do your research before posting. There are many products providing these capabilities. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est

Re: Configuration DB

2004-08-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
and clearly. This will get you the best and fastest help. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I/O Errors

2004-07-30 Thread Karsten M. Self
. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Howto make root commands available to any user

2004-07-30 Thread Karsten M. Self
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Re: Desktop

2004-07-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
monitors for my networked systems. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Judicial election/appointment

2004-07-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
. You might want to read the US Constitution some time. It's packaged for Debian: apt-get install miscfiles; zless /usr/share/state/us-constitution.gz Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
who know how to admin it? It just doesn't make sense. Largely: they're not. Wouldn't hurt to ask some pointed questions at a board meeting though. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 07:08:46AM -0700, Ryo Furue ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... [...] I'm not sure whether I understand every point you make (I read your message twice but there are still points I don't understand

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
over RH than it does over a community-oriented distro. OTOH, HP's involvment appears guided by different logic. Or it could just be institutional culture. Notoriously slow, hard, and painful to change. HP again comes to mind. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http

OT: Judicial election/appointment (was Re: Is Linux Unix?)

2004-07-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
by jurisdiction. Superior (county) judges are frequently elected. State/Federal judges are appointed by governors and presidents, respectively. I don't believe any state has an elected judiciary, although California has recalled Supreme Court justices through plebiscite. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 03:07:08PM -0600, Paul E Condon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 10:40:10AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 12:03:54AM -1000, Ryo Furue ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Paul, Thanks for your comments. snip lots of stuff

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
doing some fiddling with Intel-specific x86 microcode, which may not be fully compatible either. But for large classes of needs, it's sweet. See also: xen, a virtual machine monitor. Both are packaged for Debian in the standard archive. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
a proprietary ISV. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to edit a pdf file in linux

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 06:28:15AM -0500, Nate Bargmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: * Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004 Jul 22 06:09 -0500]: The point should be reiterated, however, that PDF is a *display* format, not a preferred for for modifying texts, and in general, your best bet

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
incentives to key aquisition (and resultant discomfort) makes me *exceptionally* wary. Color me dubious (and leave me my digits and irises). Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 11:02:11PM -0700, Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: on Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:24:01PM -0700, Scarletdown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Paul Stolp wrote: I second that recommendation. I always prefer to have passwords with the following features

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
architectures than closed ones. No one organization controls the whole domain. So the players within it must work together. Not an iron rule, but *far* more likely than in proprietary space. http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/FreeSoftwarePrimer Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: some kind kiosk system

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
of a Linux Kiosk configuration is JWZ's DNA Lounge systems. San Francisco nightclub, typically filled with several hundred highly individualistic patrons under varying influences astrological to zoological, and overall both reliable and usable. GIYF. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
is technically better than Debian. I'm not saying Windows XP is better than Linux. I'm trying to explain why commercial vendors are reluctant to develop software to run on all Linuxes, or on all Unixes, for that matter. Darwinian selection at work. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL

Re: some kind kiosk system

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 08:15:36AM -0400, Steve Glines ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 01:13:53AM -0700, Paul Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Justinas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There is an computer game club with 49 computers running

Re: how to edit a pdf file in linux

2004-07-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 10:17:18AM +0200, John L Fjellstad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I was wondering if Linux can be considered Unix? No. Unix is an early primitive precursor to GNU/Linux. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo

Re: X freezes, chvt hangs.

2004-07-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 04:55:06PM -0400, Greg Folkert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 05:56, Karsten M. Self wrote: Problems with X locking up. Different box from the slow drive problem posted earlier. I've got a CappuccinoPC Mocha mini-ITX format system. Pretty

Re: X freezes, chvt hangs.

2004-07-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 11:34:24AM +0100, Thomas Adam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: --- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Typically, X freezes. Mouse responds, but keyboard doesn't, including modifier keys such as capslock, numlock, and scroll/lock. ctrlaltF[1-6] doesn't take me

Re: Resolution recovery: Re: Slow disk - hdparm, S.M.A.R.T, badblocks, what else?

2004-07-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 12:03:10AM -0700, Brian Nelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Jacob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:03:32 -0500 Jacob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:41:58 -0700 Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip

Re: Using Debian / iptables to block outbound MSIE via headers?

2004-07-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 04:52:30PM -0400, Adam Aube ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: Are there any tools which can block outbound web traffic via headers? I've taken steps to minimize users' use of MSIE, but it's still possible to acccess it on desktops I pretty

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