Re: replying to a message ... again.

From: PETER EASTHOPE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Andrei, Mumia & others, At Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:57:52 -0500 Mumia Paduille wrote, "I'm assuming you're subscribed, ..." Not subscribed. The volume is overwhelming. I read the Web based archive. At Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:40:14 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote, "

Re: debian kernel bugs / or is it grub?

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 10:15:35AM +0800, Richard van der Veen wrote: >> Hi >> I am not sure how to send a bug report about this because it seems to >> be in several different kernels from Debian. (maybe it even is not >> kernel specific but it's grub which is doing

Re: replying to a message ... again.

On 10/10/2007 07:03 PM, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: Andrei, Mumia & others, At Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:57:52 -0500 Mumia Paduille wrote, "I'm assuming you're subscribed, ..." Not subscribed. The volume is overwhelming. I read the Web based archive. Normal replying is difficult through the web based a

Re: Dell Vostro 1700 sound problem

On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 23:18 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > cat /dev/sndstat > asterix:~# cat /dev/sndstat Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.14 emulation code) Kernel: Linux asterix 2.6.22-2-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Aug 30 23:43:59 UTC 2007 x86_64 Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 10: ALSA e

Re: Untrusted Source

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 07:47:22PM -0700, Raquel wrote: > On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:11:13 -0700 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 06:38:36PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 03:31:16PM -0700, Raquel wrote: > > > > I'm wanting

Re: Simultaneous AC3/DTS passthrough & stereo analog output

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 09:39:41AM +0100, Bob wrote: Bob wrote: I'm using an Audigy2 in one PC and an SB Live value in another and I output to a 5.1 speaker system over S/PDIF coax and to my headphones (via the TV) over analogue stereo. I have AC3 passthr

Re: Untrusted Source

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 07:47:22PM -0700, Raquel wrote: > On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:11:13 -0700 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 06:38:36PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 03:31:16PM -0700, Raquel wrote: > > > > I'm wanting

Re: Installation question

On Oct 10, 2007, at 6:57 AM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 09:41:06PM -0700, jekillen wrote: Is apt-cdrom add a command line program? I did not see it in administration menu, only Synaptic which when launched presented dialogs about Debian site files being no existent. I am n

Re: Untrusted Source

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:11:13 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 06:38:36PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 03:31:16PM -0700, Raquel wrote: > > > I'm wanting to install a package from outside Debian, Symfony. > > > It's > > >

Re: lenny nvidia-glx

On 10/10/07, Bill Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I was running etch, the directions here worked. But when I try to > install in nvidia-glx in testing, I get the following: > > debian:/home/bill# apt-get install nvidia-glx > Reading package lists... Done What you may need to do includes ge

Re: Selinux

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 10:01:17PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 11:10:26AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > Hi > > > >

Local secured webserver

Hey All, I enabled the ssl module for apache2, created a key by "openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024" and use "openssl req -new -key server.key - out server.csr" to created a CSR. Afterwards created a self signed certificate by "openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key

Re: Untrusted Source

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:11:13 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 06:38:36PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 03:31:16PM -0700, Raquel wrote: > > > I'm wanting to install a package from outside Debian, Symfony. > > > It's > > >

Re: Selinux

On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 11:10:26AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > Hi > > >

Re: How to launch installed chess game

The Debian menu entry for eboard should be in Games/Board. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installation question

On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 02:35:50PM -0700, jekillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Greetings: > I am impatient and am having a problem with my installation of > etch. I purchased a commercially available Debian cd package > and installed the system without a problem. But I am tying to > us

Re: apt-get question

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 08:48:37PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ; but then, when I tried to install libopensync-plugin-syncml with: > > # apt-get install libopensync-plugin-syncml > > , I got error: > > The following

replying to a message ... again.

Andrei, Mumia & others, At Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:57:52 -0500 Mumia Paduille wrote, "I'm assuming you're subscribed, ..." Not subscribed. The volume is overwhelming. I read the Web based archive. At Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:40:14 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote, "P.S. Could you please not start a new thread

Re: Dell Vostro 1700 sound problem

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 22:36:31 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 21:32 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > Do the sound device nodes exist at all? What do you see with > > > > ls -ld /dev/snd/ /dev/snd/* > > > ls -ld /dev/snd/ /dev/snd/* > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2

Re: Is there a Vtubes solution for debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I found the answer to your question. i talked today with to MF system team members and i got the next info : Vtubes is in application on the MainFrame that create sevral virtual connection on the MF itself so all communication between Vtubes and Serve

Re: [OT] Saving the CMOS

Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 12:31:59AM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: I want to save the CMOS data in my computer to disk. Under DOS, there was a program called cmoser that I could use for this purpose. Is there something equivalent for Linux? My Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe MB has a func

Re: Untrusted Source

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 06:38:36PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 03:31:16PM -0700, Raquel wrote: > > I'm wanting to install a package from outside Debian, Symfony. It's > > a PHP framework. However, I got scared because of all the warnings > > that aptitude showed me.

Re: new kernel problem when doig upgrade

On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 11:48:15AM -0400, Jody Gugelhupf wrote: > hi there :) > i run debian etch on a pentium 3 desktop machine, i did a fresh install a > couple weeks ago and was > doing 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get upgrade' but when it wants to install the > new kernel it is [..] > Reading pa

Re: How to launch installed chess game

On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 01:30:45PM +, Oscar Corte wrote: > > Hello: > > I used Synaptic Package Manager to install ?eboard? (described a A Graphical > Chess program). > > The installation finished successfully but I can't find any option menu to > launch it. Could somebody give me any hint

Re: [OT] Saving the CMOS

On 10/10/2007 09:01 AM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 12:31:59AM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: I want to save the CMOS data in my computer to disk. Under DOS, there was a program called cmoser that I could use for this purpose. Is there something equivalent for Linux? My Asus M2N-

Re: Untrusted Source

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/11/2007 12:31 AM, Raquel wrote: > I'm wanting to install a package from outside Debian, Symfony. It's > a PHP framework. However, I got scared because of all the warnings > that aptitude showed me. Do I really need to be careful of > installin

Re: Untrusted Source

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 03:31:16PM -0700, Raquel wrote: > I'm wanting to install a package from outside Debian, Symfony. It's > a PHP framework. However, I got scared because of all the warnings > that aptitude showed me. Do I really need to be careful of > installing something like this? Since

Re: texmaker bug?

On 10/10/2007 08:17 AM, fabien wrote: Dear list, I run Texmaker under Wmaker /Debian / testing on my laptop since couple of months without any unsolvable problem. I updated the Texmaker version this morning (to 1.6), and there is no way for a user to start it anymore... An icon is docked, b

Untrusted Source

I'm wanting to install a package from outside Debian, Symfony. It's a PHP framework. However, I got scared because of all the warnings that aptitude showed me. Do I really need to be careful of installing something like this? -- Raquel ==

Re: [OT] Saving the CMOS

On 10/10/2007 06:59 AM, Simon Jolle "sjolle" wrote: On 10/10/2007 07:31 AM, Mumia W.. wrote: I want to save the CMOS data in my computer to disk. Under DOS, there was a program called cmoser that I could use for this purpose. Is there something equivalent for Linux? Hi Mumia Search for close

Re: xfce window manager

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 04:53:55PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:36:38 -0700 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 09:25:07PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote: > > > I have just one question about xfce, which I'm now using as my window > > > mana

Re: xfce window manager

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:36:38 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 09:25:07PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote: > > I have just one question about xfce, which I'm now using as my window > > manager of choice: is it possible to tell it to start windows maximized?

getlibs-all.deb => resolving dependencies

I'm currently using kubuntu 7.04 64-bit (Deb was my first choice, but couldn't get it to install). My question is really about a utility written for debian based systems: see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=474790#9 I was sent this link as a possible solution for some problems installin

Re: xfce window manager

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 09:25:07PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote: > I have just one question about xfce, which I'm now using as my window > manager of choice: is it possible to tell it to start windows maximized? > I don't think so. You'll have to tweak the launchers to call the apps with a size that

Re: Dell Vostro 1700 sound problem

On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 21:32 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > Do the sound device nodes exist at all? What do you see with > > ls -ld /dev/snd/ /dev/snd/* > ls -ld /dev/snd/ /dev/snd/* drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2007-10-10 19:08 /dev/snd/ crw-rw 1 root audio 116, 33 2007-10-10 19:08 /dev/s

xfce window manager

I have just one question about xfce, which I'm now using as my window manager of choice: is it possible to tell it to start windows maximized? Thanks Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dell Vostro 1700 sound problem

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 21:16:26 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 20:45 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 23:22:28 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > > > > lspci | egrep -i 'audio|sound|media' > > > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Fa

Re: open-ssl certificate authority

harland christofferson wrote: > is there any way to have the certificate authority recognized by > browsers ... other than the browser user using the wizard when > connecting to our server. > > the only option we have found is to purchase a certificate ... but we > don't want to do this if we ca

Re: Backspace doesn't work with xfce4

Now fixed, thanks Andrew. On 10/10/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 01:44:36PM -0500, Alejandro Aguila Sáinz wrote: > > Hi, I'm running irssi 0.8.10 (20051211 0941) on a xfce4-terminal in > Debian > > SID, and the backspace is not working, if I run

Re: Dell Vostro 1700 sound problem

On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 20:45 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 23:22:28 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > > > lspci | egrep -i 'audio|sound|media' > > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio > > Controller (rev 02) > > I have the same card, and I

Re: Dell Vostro 1700 sound problem

On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 23:22:28 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > > lspci | egrep -i 'audio|sound|media' > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio > Controller (rev 02) I have the same card, and I also run Sid-amd64. > > lsmod | grep snd > snd_hda_intel 311

Re: apt-get question

Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In order to catch the newer version of opensync, I added to sources.list the > following lines: > > #opensync > deb http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/repo/opensync-0.21/ etch main > deb-src http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/repo/opensync-0.21/ etch

Re: Problem with Lenny / Intel 82801G (ICH7) and line-in

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 19:29:51 +0200, Peter Gruener wrote: >> >> [...] >> >> > I am using audacity, there it works in the meanwhile (somehow). I had to >> > select "Mic" as input source with alsamixer and audacity is using "OSS: >> > /dev/dsp " as input source and "ALSA: HDA Intel: STAC92xx Di

Re: Backspace doesn't work with xfce4

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 01:44:36PM -0500, Alejandro Aguila Sáinz wrote: > Hi, I'm running irssi 0.8.10 (20051211 0941) on a xfce4-terminal in Debian > SID, and the backspace is not working, if I run it on a gnome-terminal or > xterm is running well, any idea? xfce4-terminal includes a preferences

Backspace doesn't work with xfce4

Hi, I'm running irssi 0.8.10 (20051211 0941) on a xfce4-terminal in Debian SID, and the backspace is not working, if I run it on a gnome-terminal or xterm is running well, any idea? Alejandro Aguila Sáinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP KEY: 14D45A26 Fingerprint: 9670 F4A3 0568 42AF DF1A 2429 C1D3 D6A6 1

lenny nvidia-glx

Hi, I'm running Debian testing, and am trying to install the NVIDIA driver. When I was running etch, the directions hereworked. But when I try to install in nvidia-glx in testing, I get the following: debian:/home/bill# apt-get

Postfix x postfix-policyd

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I installed in debian etch postfix-policyd, only that not yet I obtained to understand what I have that to make in postfix (main.cf and master.cf) or is not necessary. Which is process of it? thx!!! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4

Re: HELP! can't become root

On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 05:25:17PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > Well, I got a list of perm's for stuff in /dev (from a sarge system. I'm on > etch). There were only two diff's: two sound devices. But there are lots of > insane permissions throughout the rest of the system. Is this because when I

Re: apt-get question

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 06:34:59PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > In order to catch the newer version of opensync, I added to sources.list the > following lines: > > #opensync > deb http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/repo/opensync-0.21/ etch main > deb-src http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/rep

How to wifi with ipw3945 on Dell Vostro ???

Hi, I am running Debian Lenny on a Dell Vostro laptop which has a ipw3945 wifi card. The card is recognised by the software and it even works somehow (I can see all the wifi networks in my building using wifi-radar). But whatever I do I cannot get a (DHCP) ip address from my Zyxel AP which is u

apt-get question

In order to catch the newer version of opensync, I added to sources.list the following lines: #opensync deb http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/repo/opensync-0.21/ etch main deb-src http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/repo/opensync-0.21/ etch main and then did: `apt-get update'. Then I did: `ap

Re: Re: Problem with Lenny / Intel 82801G (ICH7) and line-in

[...] > I am using audacity, there it works in the meanwhile (somehow). I had to > select "Mic" as input source with alsamixer and audacity is using "OSS: > /dev/dsp " as input source and "ALSA: HDA Intel: STAC92xx Digital > (hw:0,1)" as output device. Complex programs, such as audacity, a

Missing Symbol g_once_init_enter_impl (repost)

There is still a lot of this going around on Sid: ... symbol lookup error: ... undefined symbol: g_once_init_enter_impl Called from x stuff, pango stuff, etc. Disable numerous programs from Mozilla to Lilypond. A real pain. Any fix? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: HELP! can't become root

Well, I got a list of perm's for stuff in /dev (from a sarge system. I'm on etch). There were only two diff's: two sound devices. But there are lots of insane permissions throughout the rest of the system. Is this because when I did 'chmod -R 777 /dev' I also in effect did 'chmod -R 777 /dev/hd

Re: open-ssl certificate authority

harland christofferson wrote: > is there any way to have the certificate authority recognized by > browsers ... other than the browser user using the wizard when > connecting to our server. > > the only option we have found is to purchase a certificate ... but we > don't want to do this if we can

Re: mdadm, partitioned array

also sprach David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.10.10.1731 +0100]: > Although I've seen more people (including myself) shoot themselves in the > foot with lvreduce than with any other utility. After I did it I > immediately realized it was my own fault, but I still felt kind of > like this:

Re: Installation question

On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 09:41:06PM -0700, jekillen wrote: > Is apt-cdrom add a command line program? I did not see it in > administration > menu, only Synaptic which when launched presented dialogs about > Debian site files being no existent. I am not sitting at the machine at > this moment so I c

Re: Regarding tar and split

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 09:43:33AM +, Sean Zimmermann wrote: > Also, is there some way to index a large tar file, so if I want to extract a > file at the end of a large archive, tar doesn't have to seek through the > entire > archive to get the file? Tar archive isn't designed for this, s

Re: [OT] Saving the CMOS

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 12:31:59AM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > I want to save the CMOS data in my computer to disk. Under DOS, there > was a program called cmoser that I could use for this purpose. Is there > something equivalent for Linux? My Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe MB has a function in the BIOS itse

Re: umask don't change

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 09:03:37AM -0400, Roberto D'Oliveira wrote: > 2007/10/10, Florian Lindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello, I have uncommented and modified to umask setting in > > ~/.bash_profile to: > > > > umask 077 > > > > although I exit and re-login (with SSH) the umask stays 0022. What'

Re: mdadm, partitioned array

On Oct 9, 2007, at 6:32 PM, martin f krafft wrote: LVM is fine. I don't see a reason not to use it. Although I've seen more people (including myself) shoot themselves in the foot with lvreduce than with any other utility. After I did it I immediately realized it was my own fault, but I st

Re: udev and automounting

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:55:23 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 11:27:35AM -0400, Max Hyre wrote: > > Andrei Popescu wrote: > >> The package usbmount might be what you need. > > > >The description of usbmount says: > > > > This package automati

Re: umask don't change

Am Mittwoch, 10. Oktober 2007 schrieb Roberto D'Oliveira: > 2007/10/10, Florian Lindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello, > > I have uncommented and modified to umask setting in ~/.bash_profile to: > > > > umask 077 > > > > although I exit and re-login (with SSH) the umask stays 0022. What's > > wro

open-ssl certificate authority

is there any way to have the certificate authority recognized by browsers ... other than the browser user using the wizard when connecting to our server. the only option we have found is to purchase a certificate ... but we don't want to do this if we can find a way w/ open-ssl.

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 04:04:52PM -0300, loos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Em Qui, 2007-10-04 às 15:32 -0700, David Brodbeck escreveu: > > I find that LVM-over-RAID is not autodetected by most rescue disks. > > It's necessary to first bring up the RAID array manually with mdadm, >

texmaker bug?

Dear list, I run Texmaker under Wmaker /Debian / testing on my laptop since couple of months without any unsolvable problem. I updated the Texmaker version this morning (to 1.6), and there is no way for a user to start it anymore... An icon is docked, but nothing else happens. However, the

Work online from home and get over $4000 Monthly !!!

We got your email address from the Chamber of Commerce for trust worthy individuals. This job would be based on commission and will take only very little of your time. All that is needed from you is honesty and strict adherence to instructions. If you would be interested in including a good payin

Re: umask don't change

2007/10/10, Florian Lindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > I have uncommented and modified to umask setting in ~/.bash_profile to: > > umask 077 > > although I exit and re-login (with SSH) the umask stays 0022. What's wrong > there? > > Thanks, > > Florian > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

umask don't change

Hello, I have uncommented and modified to umask setting in ~/.bash_profile to: umask 077 although I exit and re-login (with SSH) the umask stays 0022. What's wrong there? Thanks, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Regarding tar and split

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/10/07 04:43, Sean Zimmermann wrote: > Hello. > > I frequently work with large tar archives that often need to be split into > smaller pieces. Up until now, I've used tar -m to create multi-part archives. > I - -M > recently read that I can us

Re: [OT] Saving the CMOS

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/10/2007 07:31 AM, Mumia W.. wrote: > I want to save the CMOS data in my computer to disk. Under DOS, there > was a program called cmoser that I could use for this purpose. Is there > something equivalent for Linux? Hi Mumia Search for closed so

Re: Regarding tar and split

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/10/2007 11:43 AM, Sean Zimmermann wrote: > Hello. Hi Sean > I frequently work with large tar archives that often need to be split into > smaller pieces. Up until now, I've used tar -m to create multi-part archives. > I > recently read that I c

Re: Cannot install kernel headers package

On martedì 9 ottobre 2007, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > > > > My question is: how can I correctly make a cross-system (Ubuntu/Debian) > > kernel compilation/installation? > > Any help will be highly appreciated! > > Build inside an etch chroot. > > > Thiemo > Do you mean I have to make a local cop

Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

On 10/09/2007 11:56 PM, Bret Busby wrote: Who is responsible for Iceape and Iceweasel? apt-cache show iceweasel | grep Maintainer I am running Debian 4.0, which came with these two applications rather than the Mozilla applications, and the two applications appear to be quite buggy and unst

the problem with rogue crackers

Their "work" imposes opportunity costs on software development efforts. They by themselves don't have the ability to defend a statement like "fixing this security hole will be more economically beneficial to society than those features software development people were working on implementing".

Regarding tar and split

Hello. I frequently work with large tar archives that often need to be split into smaller pieces. Up until now, I've used tar -m to create multi-part archives. I recently read that I can use split to do the same thing. Is there an advantage or disadvantage to using split over tar -m? Also, is th

Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

On Oct 10, 2007, at 12:20 AM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Both Iceape and Iceweasel, open up "untitled windows" when trying to open web pages at all kinds of locations, and, trying to close one of these "untitled windows" when it is initially displayed, crashes the application, including

Re: which initrd to pur on USB memory stick?

> > > > I'm trying to put debian installer on an USB memory stick. Even if > > > > there is > > > > space for full ISO, I'd like to have possibility of installing from > > > > CDROM > > > > or network, if possible. Is this possible? which initrd to use for this > > > > case? > > > > > > > > Altho

Fwd: How to access RS-232 console from terminal?

On 05/10/2007, Bob McGowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > >> You may also find a UNIX/Linux port of Putty, if you want to use a > >> "familiar" interface, as the Debian package 'putty' ( what else? ;) > >> > >> However, you will still need something like minicom to make th

Re: which initrd to pur on USB memory stick?

> > > On Tuesday 09 October 2007 08:43, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > > > > Do you think this information from > > > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s04.html.en is > > > > incorrect? > > > > > > > > > > > > If you want to install over the network, without using an ISO image, > >

Re: Cannot apt-get update

Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 09/10/2007, Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 08:06:39PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: >>> Thank you Gerard. OT, but is there a general way to check what >>> distro/version any *nix installation is? Today I'm playing with a >>> friend's Debian s

Re: On defense of the sshd crackers

Celejar wrote: > Note that shorewall itself (now?) supports portknocking natively - see > shorewall-doc/html/PortKnocking.html Hmm, I'll have to look into that. Thanks! Now that I have access to my boxes with ssh and for completeness' sake for those who might not be using Shorewall to ma