Re: Debian 6.0 64 Bit : Putty

2012-05-29 Thread elbbit
On 29/05/12 11:51, Matty H wrote: Hi, I've recently installed a VPS with Debian 6.0 64 bit. You are vague. Do you have Debian installed inside a VM or are you trying to get out of a VM which is running on a Debian host? I'm assuming the former. What virtual software are you using, i.e.

New AlienFX Debian Package

2012-05-29 Thread elbbit
I recently adopted GNU programming concepts and decided to contribute to the community. I have completed my first GNU C++ program for which I include the details. I have developed a working CLI program which allows the user to change the AlienFX light settings on Alienware hardware by accessing

Re: [OT] Mails coming from joe1assis...@gmail.com

2012-05-29 Thread elbbit
I too have now received one of these emails in reply to Message-ID: 4fc5080e.7030...@gmail.com I find this odd as I have replied to the lists several times and only got one of these replies the moment I started a new thread on debian-user. -- elb...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: To paste or not to paste [was: Re: libmx-1.0-2 : Depends: libmx-common (= 1.4.5-1) but 1.4.6-1 is installed]

2012-05-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/05/12 18:59, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 28 mai 12, 20:58:41, Aft nix wrote: Debian should get a pastebin.debian.org Debian does... http://paste.debian.net/ -- elb...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: [Bulk] Re: ssh error - Write failed: Broken pipe

2012-05-24 Thread elbbit
On 23/05/12 22:45, Gary Dale wrote: On 23/05/12 04:53 PM, elbbit wrote: On your server put this line in your sshd_config after Port 22: Port 443 Do a service ssh restart or /etc/init.d/ssh restart. Connect using: ssh -p 443 user@host That has the same issue as the keepalive

Re: ssh error - Write failed: Broken pipe

2012-05-23 Thread elbbit
the bandwidth for phones only. I do -o ServerAliveInterval=5 which has my ssh client ping the server every 5 seconds to keep it alive. To summarise, I get rid of broken pipe errors by using this command line ssh -o ServerAliveInterval=5 u...@server.com Hope this helps, elbbit -- elb

Re: Kernel Oops when closing the lid on Alienware M11xR3 laptop

2012-05-23 Thread elbbit
On 23/05/12 16:55, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 23 May 2012 06:36:24 +0100, elbbit wrote: On 22/05/12 17:37, Camaleón wrote: That's curious because closing the lid and suspending from menu should both trigger the same command unless That's what I thought. I put debugging on for the pm-utils

Re: Kernel Oops when closing the lid on Alienware M11xR3 laptop

2012-05-23 Thread elbbit
Update... With i915 blacklisted or not the problem continues: Full gnome - close lid - kernel oops Compiz - close lid - kernel oops Bare xorg (just an xterm) - close lid - kernel oops On Wed, 23 May 2012 06:36:24 +0100, elbbit wrote: When logged into the laptop by OpenSSH the laptop continues

Re: ssh error - Write failed: Broken pipe

2012-05-23 Thread elbbit
On 23/05/12 20:25, Gary Dale wrote: On 23/05/12 03:07 PM, elbbit wrote: On 23/05/12 19:46, Gary Dale wrote: This is repeatable 100% of the time. I get this error on my ISP. I have found they are inspecting the internet packets and terminating if there is too little back-and-forth traffic

Re: Kernel Oops when closing the lid on Alienware M11xR3 laptop

2012-05-22 Thread elbbit
Sorry to hijack the thread, but I suspect this problem may be related to mine. I've checked the Dell website for OP and our specs are similar from the same manufacturer. On 22/05/12 17:37, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 21 May 2012 20:57:58 -0400, Sylvain Archenault wrote: I'm running Sid on my Dell

Re: something about rm

2012-05-16 Thread elbbit
changes, elbbit -- elb...@gmail.com -- 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/4fb3e38f.1030...@gmail.com

Re: Debian Administrator's Handbook

2012-05-11 Thread elbbit
On 10/05/12 14:21, Lars Noodén wrote: The Debian Administrator's Handbook is available for sale and download: http://debian-handbook.info/ Regards, /Lars Absolutely brilliant. Many thanks for your effort. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: Overcoming Debian(Linux?) paranoia - a gnome-ppp example

2012-05-11 Thread elbbit
should imagine that a regular system user just needs to be added to the dialout group, with command: myhost$ adduser ricky dialout HTH, elbbit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: IPV6 DNS query

2011-03-02 Thread elbbit
address 2001:858:2:2:214:22ff:fe0d:7717 :~$ elbbit -- 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/4d6f1d76.4070...@gmail.com

Re: ssh connection, secondary ok while prime not

2011-02-24 Thread elbbit
/ssh/sshd_config file, and, as a result, not include the PermitRootLogin no directive that you may have. Hope this helps, elbbit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: skip fsck when booting on battery?

2011-02-06 Thread elbbit
are interested in the -c and -i switches. This is assuming of course that the partition being checked is an ext2/3/4. -- elbbit -- 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

Re: DHCP weirdness? broken?

2011-02-03 Thread elbbit
Maybe you could grep the list of open files to see if you can identify what may be overwriting it? lsof | grep resolv On mine, I get: elbbit@inglebop:~$ lsof | grep resolv rtorrent 32274 tibz mem REG146,18 80760 \ 94512234 /lib/libresolv-2.7.so elbbit@inglebop

Re: Testing a network card

2011-01-30 Thread elbbit
an_address_on_the_network With the result you could take the delivered packets divided by 1000ms to equal the amount of packets per second? Or you could do something else to flood the interface and measure with iptraf? iptop and saidar do not seem to show packets/sec. -- elbbit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: How to find (and remove) all installed recommended packages

2011-01-30 Thread elbbit
a package which has recommended dependencies and you later remove the package which sucked in the extra packages, it is possible to remove the packages which are not required by issuing: apt-get autoremove -- elbbit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: VM speed benchmark

2011-01-30 Thread elbbit
are full-sized hard disk files, not the ones which grow with usage. If you need to know my hardware these tests where run on a Dell D430. -- elbbit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/01/11 12:28, Robert Bonomi wrote: Thank you for taking the time to reply Robert. I value your opinion. elbbit wrote: I held off writing back because I have just launched a new website at: http://www.tibble.net/ Wait! Don't go! This isn't spam! Please! Just listen! Yes

Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
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Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
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Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
immediately notify the sender by return email and delete this email from your system. ^^^ How can I delete your words from the internal memory in my brain, once I have read them? Simon -- elbbit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/01/11 16:26, Robert Bonomi wrote: Robert, I appreciate you taking the time to reply. I am not the only one who is interested in this argument. elbbit wrote: I held off writing back because I have just launched a new website at: http://www.tibble.net/ Wait! Don't go! This isn't

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/01/11 16:50, Chris Brennan wrote: Chris: thank you for your reply. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:22 AM, elbbit elb...@gmail.com wrote: I don't work like you do. I live in a world without money, without rules and restrictions, without deadlines and targets. I don't labour anything - I

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/01/11 19:16, Chris Brennan wrote: Off-list, BCC to postmaster@freebsd and debian lists Unfortunately, I think it is best if people see what you are saying. Read on for further understanding. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:56 PM, elbbit elb...@gmail.com wrote: On 28/01/11 16:50, Chris Brennan

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/01/11 22:30, Daniel Andersson wrote: On 01/28/2011 06:14 PM, elbbit wrote: On 28/01/11 16:26, Robert Bonomi wrote: removed 5335 bytes What the hell? Start your own thread next time elbitt. This is not what I wanted to discuss with this thread. /Daniel Thank you for taking

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/01/11 19:02, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In 4d42f987.9050...@gmail.com, elbbit wrote: Yes, *STEALING*. When you 'hijack' the resources the mailing-list owner/ operator has provided _for_a_specific_purpose_, for somethin *unrelated* to that purpose, you _are_ stealing. I would

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 29/01/11 00:38, ow...@netptc.net wrote: removed 3409 bytes elbbit I too am tired of this tripe. However, in a world without money, how do you pay your ISP? L Thank you for asking L. I do not pay for access to the internet; it is provided to me for free. It is unrestricted to the point

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-27 Thread elbbit
On 27/01/11 14:41, Andrew McGlashan wrote: Hi Simon, Thanks for taking the time to reply Andrew. elbbit wrote: I held off writing back because I have just launched a new website at: http://www.tibble.net/ Wait! Don't go! This isn't spam! Please! Just listen! Yes, it looks very spammy

Re: Weird server mystery: self-reset, mostly

2011-01-27 Thread elbbit
reinstall or not. -- elbbit -- 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/4d41a051.1030...@gmail.com

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-27 Thread elbbit
On 27/01/11 17:04, Bill Moran ... Thank you for taking the time to reply Bill. I am glad you challenge me. Someone needs to! In response to elbbit elb...@gmail.com: On 27/01/11 14:41, Andrew McGlashan wrote: Hi Simon, Thanks for taking the time to reply Andrew. elbbit wrote: I held off

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-27 Thread elbbit
On 27/01/11 19:23, Jarrod Slick wrote: Thank you for taking the time to reply Jarrod. I appreciate your argument. On 1/27/11 12:08 PM, elbbit wrote: I am not going anywhere and the world will become self-aware in my presence. It is why I have been born. You sound like a sociopath. You

Re: Weird server mystery: self-reset, mostly

2011-01-26 Thread elbbit
THERE is freaky enough on it's own. Who knows... maybe the internet is becoming self aware. -- elbbit -- 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/4d407ce7.2080...@gmail.com

Why are my emails not making it to the list?

2011-01-26 Thread elbbit
I have replied to several threads now, but my emails are not appearing? According to the mailman page I am supposed to receive my own copies. Did I miss something? Do I need to RTFM somewhere? Thanks in advance. -- elbbit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Mplayer question??

2011-01-26 Thread elbbit
On 26/01/11 22:11, I Rattan wrote: What is the command to .ogg file to .mp3 file? Thanks in advance. -ishwar http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mencoder+ogg+to+mp3 -- elbbit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Why are my emails not making it to the list?

2011-01-26 Thread elbbit
On 26/01/11 22:01, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Mi, 26 ian 11, 21:37:26, Neil Youngman wrote: On Wednesday 26 Jan 2011 20:52:34 elbbit wrote: I have replied to several threads now, but my emails are not appearing? According to the mailman page I am supposed to receive my own copies. Did I miss

Re: Weird server mystery: self-reset, mostly

2011-01-26 Thread elbbit
. Subscribe to security-announce and keep updated. I totally agree with Bob. We know our systems run fine now that Debian is very mature, and the old notion of safeguarding an uptime whilst neglecting security is a bit old fashioned. -- elbbit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-26 Thread elbbit
what is right, you will realise this is bigger than Facebook or Google will ever be. Please forward this message to everyone, even if you know full well they probably won't read or understand it. This message must travel the matrix in order to flourish. Simon Tibble si...@tibble.net -- elbbit

Re: a problem on crontab time format

2011-01-22 Thread elbbit
of month and during every month and on every day of the week please run command my_command Hope this helps. -- elbbit -- 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

Re: squeeze ssd

2011-01-19 Thread elbbit
] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK The last time I had the DID_NO_CONNECT problem I replaced the SATA cables and the problem went away. elbbit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas