Re: NX/PAE on i386

2009-02-16 Thread (``-_-´´) -- BUGabundo
Olá John e a todos. On Friday 13 February 2009 22:03:30 John Moser wrote: 1. Ship -generic as an i686 kernel with PAE, so that NX works 2. Ship -legacy as an i486 kernel without PAE From what I've read on the ubuntu-kernel ML the idea is to cut down on the number of available kernels. Your

Re: Fake login screens

2009-02-16 Thread (``-_-´´) -- BUGabundo
Olá Remco e a todos. On Sunday 15 February 2009 14:41:54 Remco wrote: Someone on this list said that the Windows kernel intercepts this key sequence and then tells the login screen that it has been pressed Not sure how safe that was/is. When I used to use windows on my old laptop, I didnt

how to test restricted nvidia drivers on live cd without CAB?

2009-02-16 Thread Odysseus Flappington
One trick I've used quite a few times, was to test to see if the nvidia restricted drivers would work on a machine before installing by doing the following: 1) booting a live cd 2) installing the restricted drivers 3) pressing ctrl+alt+backspace to load them Will this be possible in 9.04 without

Re: how to test restricted nvidia drivers on live cd without CAB?

2009-02-16 Thread Lars Wirzenius
ma, 2009-02-16 kello 11:51 +, Odysseus Flappington kirjoitti: One trick I've used quite a few times, was to test to see if the nvidia restricted drivers would work on a machine before installing by doing the following: 1) booting a live cd 2) installing the restricted drivers 3)

Re: how to test restricted nvidia drivers on live cd without CAB?

2009-02-16 Thread Oliver Grawert
hi, On Mo, 2009-02-16 at 11:51 +, Odysseus Flappington wrote: One trick I've used quite a few times, was to test to see if the nvidia restricted drivers would work on a machine before installing by doing the following: 1) booting a live cd 2) installing the restricted drivers 3)

Re: how to test restricted nvidia drivers on live cd without CAB?

2009-02-16 Thread Odysseus Flappington
2009/2/16 Lars Wirzenius l...@ubuntu.com: ma, 2009-02-16 kello 11:51 +, Odysseus Flappington kirjoitti: One trick I've used quite a few times, was to test to see if the nvidia restricted drivers would work on a machine before installing by doing the following: 1) booting a live cd 2)

Re: how to test restricted nvidia drivers on live cd without CAB?

2009-02-16 Thread Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
Hi Odysseus Odysseus Flappington wrote: I'm just kinda asking how to restart X without rebooting the computer, so that I can test nvidia drivers in a live cd session.. I take it there must be a way from the command-line.. Oliver suggested logging out and back in again.. hopefully that'll

Freeradius with EAP/TTLS supports

2009-02-16 Thread Oliver Buehrig
Hi all, I am looking for a freeradius version with openssl for wpa eap/TTLS authentication, but the Debian policy inhibited the freeradius package with ssl support. So for some tests I build a eap modul for the freeradius by myself, but after the successful wpa2 tests we will start with a

Re: [RFC] apturl repository whitelist application process

2009-02-16 Thread Alexander Sack
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 01:28:53AM +, (``-_-´´) -- BUGabundo wrote: Olá Alexander e a todos. On Thursday 12 February 2009 10:24:49 Alexander Sack wrote: However, if necessary, the repository may actually be removed from the users' sources lists. This may be necessary if there are

RE: how to test restricted nvidia drivers on live cd without CAB?

2009-02-16 Thread Mike Jones
Alex, You should be able to change the configuration settings on the Live cd, and then test it out in that manner. Though there might be a little extra work involved, as my (potentially incorrect) assumption is that a reboot is needed for those configuration settings to take effect. -Mike --

Re: What do you think about the signal:noise ratio? Survey results

2009-02-16 Thread Andrew Sayers
There are a few general points that I thought were worth highlighting: There is a gulf between the way that developers and non-developers see the world. This is reflected in their interests, their speech, and their approach to issues. While Ubuntu has many ingenious technologies to improve

What do you think about the signal:noise ratio? Survey results

2009-02-16 Thread Andrew Sayers
Hi all, The results are now available for a survey looking at the ratio of signal to noise on this mailing list. I'd like to thank the people that responded, and I hope it kicks off a productive debate. The results are available at http://www.pileofstuff.org/ubuntu-survey/ I generally find