Re: fsck on vfat usb drive

2009-01-29 Thread Adrian Levi
2009/1/30 Oscar Corte : > Hi all: > I'm trying to use fsck to check my usb device. > > According to the man page for fsck there should be available vfat type > through the –t option. > > However I receive the next error: > fsck: 1-40-WIP (14-NOV-200) > fsck: fsck.vfat: not found > fsck: Error 2 whi

Re: Messed up window after gparted

2009-01-29 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Frank McCormick wrote: > OK. Nobody has any ideas. Well...is there an aptitude command that > will reinstall a program ALONG WITH all its dependencies ?? > > > Cheers Have you tried aptitude reinstall ? I can't swear to it but I would guess it would fix or at least mention any dependencies i

MIT Kerberos won't start at boot.

2009-01-29 Thread Louis Opter
Hello, I have installed MIT Kerberos in conjunction with OpenLDAP and OpenAFS on Debian Etch 'n half with this excellent howto : http://techpubs.spinlocksolutions.com/dklar/kerberos.html But Kerberos won't start at boot : Jan 30 07:39:47 coconutcrab krb5kdc[2417](info): setting up network... Jan

Re: usb hard drive diagnosis

2009-01-29 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
David Fox wrote: > But why wouldn't things like smartmontools work through the USB? From [1]: "As for USB and FireWire (IEEE 1394) disks and tape drives, the news is not good. " It seems to be improving, though. Cheers, Johannes [1] http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/faq.html#testinghelp

Re: usb permissions (?)

2009-01-29 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/1/30 Tamas Hegedus > Hi, > > I reinstalled lenny. > Before that I could get the pics from my camera. with gtkam? > > > Now I get the message: > > """ > An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not claim the USB device'): > Could not claim interface 0 (Operation not permitted). Make sure

Re: Cmd Line not wrapping in gnome terminal window

2009-01-29 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 09:21:21PM -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote: > Greetings; > > I have just discovered that the command line in a gnome terminal window > doesn't wrap correctly. Instead of doing a line feed and continuing on > the next line it just returns to the beginning of the current line and

usb permissions (?)

2009-01-29 Thread Tamas Hegedus
Hi, I reinstalled lenny. Before that I could get the pics from my camera. Now I get the message: """ An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not claim the USB device'): Could not claim interface 0 (Operation not permitted). Make sure no other program or kernel module (such as sdc2xx, stv6

Re: NVIDIA Twin View

2009-01-29 Thread Julian De Marchi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Have you configured it as $USER? > I had to run: > > and then configure everything for the configuration to carry through. I ran the config util via the system-tools menu on my GNOME desktop. - -- Cheers, Julian De Marchi - -- OpenNIC user - http

Re: [OT] from LGPL to dual-license?

2009-01-29 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 2009 January 29 22:39:51 Ron Johnson wrote: >On 01/29/2009 10:32 PM, Jeff Soules wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 01/29/2009 05:27 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >>> [snip] >>> The FSF's interpretation is basically that anytime GPL lic

Re: [OT] from LGPL to dual-license?

2009-01-29 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 2009 January 29 21:14:39 Ron Johnson wrote: >On 01/29/2009 05:27 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >[snip] > >> Still, that's much easier than building proprietary or dual licensed work >> on top of GPL software. The FSF's interpretation is basically that >> anytime GPL licensed code i

Re: NVIDIA Twin View

2009-01-29 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
Julian De Marchi said: > Hey All, > > I have hooked up a second monitor to my Debian Lenny system. It is > using the NVIDIA driver on the 2.6.27 kernel. When I use the NVIDIA > system util to activate the second display, the configuration does not > stick. By this, I mean if I go back into the N

Re: Cmd Line not wrapping in gnome terminal window

2009-01-29 Thread Dennis Wicks
Ron Johnson wrote the following on 01/29/2009 10:33 PM: On 01/29/2009 10:00 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote: Ron Johnson wrote the following on 01/29/2009 09:56 PM: On 01/29/2009 09:52 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote: Ron Johnson wrote the following on 01/29/2009 09:36 PM: On 01/29/2009 09:21 PM, Dennis Wicks

Re: Jigdo can't get past 9 files

2009-01-29 Thread Daryl Styrk
> Any advice? What am I doing wrong? I'm using Sarge and am on DSL. It doesn't > seem to matter whether whether the firewall is on or not. I tried Bittorrent, > but experienced incredibly slow downloads. Jigdo is faster, but aborts like > this. > > > postid > > > > I just tried to replic

Re: [OT] from LGPL to dual-license?

2009-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/29/2009 10:32 PM, Jeff Soules wrote: On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/29/2009 05:27 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: [snip] Still, that's much easier than building proprietary or dual licensed work on top of GPL software. The FSF's interpretation is basically

Re: Cmd Line not wrapping in gnome terminal window

2009-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/29/2009 10:00 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote: Ron Johnson wrote the following on 01/29/2009 09:56 PM: On 01/29/2009 09:52 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote: Ron Johnson wrote the following on 01/29/2009 09:36 PM: On 01/29/2009 09:21 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; I have just discovered that the comma

Re: [OT] from LGPL to dual-license?

2009-01-29 Thread Jeff Soules
> Note that Linus doesn't agree with that idea, which is why, for example, the > nvidia driver is allowed. I think I'm confused -- in that case, wouldn't Linux be the larger work, and the driver be a work that's linked in? nVidia of course has the right to license their software however they like

NVIDIA Twin View

2009-01-29 Thread Julian De Marchi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey All, I have hooked up a second monitor to my Debian Lenny system. It is using the NVIDIA driver on the 2.6.27 kernel. When I use the NVIDIA system util to activate the second display, the configuration does not stick. By this, I mean if I go back

Re: Cmd Line not wrapping in gnome terminal window

2009-01-29 Thread Dennis Wicks
Ron Johnson wrote the following on 01/29/2009 09:56 PM: On 01/29/2009 09:52 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote: Ron Johnson wrote the following on 01/29/2009 09:36 PM: On 01/29/2009 09:21 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; I have just discovered that the command line in a gnome terminal window doesn't w

Re: Cmd Line not wrapping in gnome terminal window

2009-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/29/2009 09:52 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote: Ron Johnson wrote the following on 01/29/2009 09:36 PM: On 01/29/2009 09:21 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; I have just discovered that the command line in a gnome terminal window doesn't wrap correctly. Instead of doing a line feed and continui

Re: Cmd Line not wrapping in gnome terminal window

2009-01-29 Thread Dennis Wicks
Ron Johnson wrote the following on 01/29/2009 09:36 PM: On 01/29/2009 09:21 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; I have just discovered that the command line in a gnome terminal window doesn't wrap correctly. Instead of doing a line feed and continuing on the next line it just returns to the be

Re: Cmd Line not wrapping in gnome terminal window

2009-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/29/2009 09:21 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; I have just discovered that the command line in a gnome terminal window doesn't wrap correctly. Instead of doing a line feed and continuing on the next line it just returns to the beginning of the current line and writes over it. As you

Re: [OT] C++ templates and debugging (limitations) in Linux

2009-01-29 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 01:47:27PM -0500, "H.S." was heard to say: > This is related to templates in C++ and debugging tools we have in Linux > (I use gdb, is there any other comparable open source tool?). Not that I know of. > I recall that a few years ago (a few version of gdb and gcc ago)

Re: Messed up window after gparted

2009-01-29 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Frank McCormick wrote: > Running Sid - yesterday I moved a couple of partitions on my HD (without > a backup, yeah I know ) and today discovered the gnome-control-center > and update-manager is rather flaky. > > This is what I get: > > http://imagebi

Cmd Line not wrapping in gnome terminal window

2009-01-29 Thread Dennis Wicks
Greetings; I have just discovered that the command line in a gnome terminal window doesn't wrap correctly. Instead of doing a line feed and continuing on the next line it just returns to the beginning of the current line and writes over it. As you might suspect, this does not result in a val

Re: usb hard drive diagnosis

2009-01-29 Thread David Fox
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > I'm a bit concerned about the health status of my usb based hard disk > backup. One of my recent backups (rsync) prematurely exited with I/O > errors in syslog. I fsck'ed the drive, fixing some 2000 errors like Ow. That seems like a l

Re: [OT] from LGPL to dual-license?

2009-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/29/2009 05:27 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: [snip] Still, that's much easier than building proprietary or dual licensed work on top of GPL software. The FSF's interpretation is basically that anytime GPL licensed code is integral to the functioning of the larger work (dynamic linki

Re: [OT] from LGPL to dual-license?

2009-01-29 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 2009 January 29 07:52:28 Antonio Diaz Sanchez wrote: > Sorry, this is an off-topic question but I'm sure that Debian people know > a lot about this issue. I would be better discussion for debian-legal, but they aren't likely to take it up without more specifics. > I know some peo

Re: fsck on vfat usb drive

2009-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/29/2009 08:27 PM, Oscar Corte wrote: Hi all: I’m trying to use fsck to check my usb device. According to the man page for fsck there should be available vfat type through the –t option. However I receive the next error: fsck: 1-40-WIP (14-NOV-200)fsck: fsck.vfat: not foundfsck: Error 2

Re: Which FS for USB Flash Drive

2009-01-29 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Do you know any resource where I can find the steps on how to install > on JFFS2? In http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~monnier/gnu-linux/debian-live-usb I outlined the steps I took to create my "Debian on flash" rescue key. It would probably need a little bit of updating, but the core part should wo

fsck on vfat usb drive

2009-01-29 Thread Oscar Corte
Hi all: I’m trying to use fsck to check my usb device. According to the man page for fsck there should be available vfat type through the –t option. However I receive the next error: fsck: 1-40-WIP (14-NOV-200)fsck: fsck.vfat: not foundfsck: Error 2 while executing fsck.vfat for /media/usbdi

Jigdo can't get past 9 files

2009-01-29 Thread
Greetings: I've been trying to download Lenny CD-1. Jigdo gets the jigdo and template files, fetches a few more, then quits, leaving the following message: FINISHED --13:49:36-- Downloaded: 7,720,762 bytes in 9 files Found 9 of the 1145 files required by the template Corrupted input data jigdo-

Re: FQDN vs. domain in /etc/hosts

2009-01-29 Thread Stefan Schmidt
So both addresses are unambiguous. For what reason now would I need a FQDN? Why wouldn't a domain name suffice? Typically, I see it that a domain refers to an entity, whereas a FQDN refers to a host or service within that entity. For your purposes the following sdhould be sufficient:

Re: Fsck encrypted filesystem

2009-01-29 Thread Richard Hector
On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 23:33 +0100, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > Alex Potter wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:50:08 +0100, Richard Hector wrote: > > > >> I think it's the normal Ubuntu way, right? > > > > It is. > > > > I don't understand why ubuntu users keep coming to debian forumes with their

exim4 as a client of a smarthost w/o TLS

2009-01-29 Thread Jeff Chimene
Hi, I've been trying to get exim to send mail via a smarthost that doesn't use TLS. I've set the AUTH_CLIENT_ALLOW_NOTLS_PASSWORDS = 1 to no avail: exim4 does not fall back to AUTH LOGIN or AUTH PLAIN. I can get exim4 to send mail via mail.gmail.com Any help would be appreciated. -- To UNS

Re: OT: Need Printer Reset Command

2009-01-29 Thread microwaverich
Thomas H. George wrote: Occasionally something in a .ps document fails to translate (gs?) into a printable document and my printers then spit out hundreds of pages each containing one line of jibberish. It does no good to clear the print queue, to turn the printer on and off or even to re-boot t

Re: Fsck encrypted filesystem

2009-01-29 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Ron Johnson wrote: > Let's not forget NetworkMangler. I installed dual-boot Ubuntu on my > kids's computer because of the handy gui partition resizer tool, but > *hated* the actual Ubuntu installation. Must be too used to the CLI. > long lives cli, amen! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: USB disk fails when accessed after idle for some hours

2009-01-29 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
>> >> Log excerpt 1 (failure during stat()): >> >> Jan 29 02:27:07 reidster kernel: [7125216.194039] usb 4-4: USB >> disconnect, address 12 Jan 29 02:27:07 reidster kernel: [7125216.198039] >> sd 23:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT >> driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK > [snip] >> Jan 27

Re: init problems

2009-01-29 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Maria McKinley wrote: > I have a machine that I am attempting to boot over the network. I have > compiled a kernel for it, Debian Lenny Linux version 2.6.26, with nfs > file system and root file system support. For a complete rundown on how > I have created the setup, please see: > > http://www.s

Re: Fsck encrypted filesystem

2009-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/29/2009 04:33 PM, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: Alex Potter wrote: On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:50:08 +0100, Richard Hector wrote: I think it's the normal Ubuntu way, right? It is. I don't understand why ubuntu users keep coming to debian forumes with their ubuntu problems. besides the explanat

Re: init problems

2009-01-29 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Maria McKinley wrote: > I have a machine that I am attempting to boot over the network. I have > compiled a kernel for it, Debian Lenny Linux version 2.6.26, with nfs > file system and root file system support. For a complete rundown on how > I have created the setup, please see: > > http://www.s

setuid safe for df?

2009-01-29 Thread Richard Hector
Hi all, I'm having a problem at the moment with nagios monitoring of disk space. When a filesystem is mounted in a directory that's inaccessible to the nagios user, df doesn't work for it. Is df considered safe to be setuid? Any other suggestions? Thanks, Richard signature.asc Description:

Re: Command line sendmail client

2009-01-29 Thread Eric Gerlach
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 04:38:12PM +0100, Amar Cosic wrote: > Hello list > > I am looking for some command line mail client that will allow me to send > mail using some other smtp server instead of local one. For ex. I need > something like 'mail -server smtp.gmail.com -to s...@email.com -subject

Re: Fsck encrypted filesystem

2009-01-29 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Alex Potter wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:50:08 +0100, Richard Hector wrote: > >> I think it's the normal Ubuntu way, right? > > It is. > I don't understand why ubuntu users keep coming to debian forumes with their ubuntu problems. besides the explanation given by ubuntu for dropping the r

re: postgresql setup

2009-01-29 Thread Jude DaShiell
Okay, I figured all of it out. postgresql is uninstallable because postgresql-common requires postgresql79 and that's uninstallable. That sets up a situation almost similar to what I encountered when I tried installing emacs and gnus but at least gnus is already in the current version of emac

Re: postgresql setup

2009-01-29 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 04:19:40PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > I found out a little more just now. Having failed to find the debian > packager's installation instructions for postgresql I removed the > packages from this system. Later I figured to install everything and > take another look.

postgresql setup

2009-01-29 Thread Jude DaShiell
I found out a little more just now. Having failed to find the debian packager's installation instructions for postgresql I removed the packages from this system. Later I figured to install everything and take another look. I used the current sid tasksel and checked data base and hit ok. The

Re: USB disk fails when accessed after idle for some hours

2009-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/29/2009 10:52 AM, Reid Priedhorsky wrote: All, I have a USB disk (a 320GB Western Digital My Passport) which is exhibiting the following problem. When first hooked up and mounted, it works fine. I've successfully transferred 100's of GB onto the disk. However, if left idle for some hours

Re: USB disk fails when accessed after idle for some hours

2009-01-29 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:52:08AM -0600, Reid Priedhorsky wrote: > I wonder if the computer can't provide enough power to run the device (it > exceeds the 500mA/port limit, though that was NOT clear in the newegg > description). However, if that's true, why does it only fail after a long > idle?

Re: Problems with installation of OpenOffice 3.0

2009-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/29/2009 12:23 PM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: [snip] $ uname -r 2.6.18-4-k7 $ dpkg-architecture DEB_BUILD_ARCH=i386 DEB_BUILD_ARCH_OS=linux DEB_BUILD_ARCH_CPU=i386 DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU=i486 DEB_BUILD_GNU_SYSTEM=linux-gnu DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE=i486-linux-gnu DEB_HOST_ARCH=i386 DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS=linux

Streamripper Bind relay to interface other than lo

2009-01-29 Thread Adrian Levi
I want to run streamripper to record a radio station on one machine and connect to the relay it provides on another. Does anyone know how to massage streamripper into binding to an interface other than the localhost interface? Adrian -- 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? hm. I've lost a m

Re: Old fglrx not at snapshot.debian.org?

2009-01-29 Thread Davide Mancusi
Jonathan Kaye wrote: > >> I need to downgrade my fglrx driver to version 8-7-3 but I > >> can't find the package at snapshot.debian.org nor at > >> packages.debian.org. Could anyone please give me a clue? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Davide > >> > > Hi Davide, > > You can find older versions of fglrx

Re: flash / iceweasel / all that

2009-01-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:23:04PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/28/2009 07:52 PM, Glenn Becker wrote: >> >> Hi all - >> >> I should probably admit that I haven't been booting my Debian install >> lately, and it has mainly been due to irritation with Iceweasel and not >> doing anything const

Re: USB disk fails when accessed after idle for some hours

2009-01-29 Thread Clifford W. Hansen
On Thursday 29 January 2009 18:52:08 Reid Priedhorsky wrote: > ClamAV 0.94.2 signatures . > > All, > > I have a USB disk (a 320GB Western Digital My Passport) which is > exhibiting the following problem. > > When first hooked up and mounted, it works fine. I've successfully > transferred 100's of G

Re: [OT] C++ templates and debugging (limitations) in Linux

2009-01-29 Thread H.S.
Mike Bird wrote: > > Maintaining one copy instead of two is (almost) always a good idea, > and one of the reasons why templates are so valuable. Yes, it is. But here there is this other factor of the suitability of gdb with templates and STL for debugging. I not sure I know the intricacies invol

Re: Serious aptitude upgrade problem

2009-01-29 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Flo wrote: >> there may again appear files in this directory. I would expect to see >> there >> files only in the case the "update" command is interrupted. But may be >> something >> is wrong with apt-get. Time to file a bug report? > > I definitely did this sometimes. Not recently though. I will

Re: [OT] C++ templates and debugging (limitations) in Linux

2009-01-29 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > This is related to templates in C++ and debugging tools we have in Linux > (I use gdb, is there any other comparable open source tool?). > > > What do C++ programmers here think about the usefulness of using > templates in C++ while keeping in mind how it would work with

Re: [OT] C++ templates and debugging (limitations) in Linux

2009-01-29 Thread Mike Bird
On Thu January 29 2009 10:47:27 H.S. wrote: > Can C++ programmers here share their recent experience in this regard? I > have a program for an engineering problem of around 5000 lines and I > need to change some of the data variable from one type to another. > Currently I am of the mind to just cha

Re: Scim does not work with openoffice

2009-01-29 Thread H.S.
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > On Sunday 25 January 2009 15:56:20 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >>> But, all I want is to use scim within openoffice writer: it's for my >>> sister, she speaks Chinese and >>> needs writing chinese characters. >>> >>> With gedit, she simply does: >>> >>> $ GTK_IM_MODULE="scim"

Re: [OT] C++ templates and debugging (limitations) in Linux

2009-01-29 Thread Nelson Castillo
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:47 PM, H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > This is related to templates in C++ and debugging tools we have in Linux > (I use gdb, is there any other comparable open source tool?). > > > What do C++ programmers here think about the usefulness of using > templates in C++ while keeping

[OT] C++ templates and debugging (limitations) in Linux

2009-01-29 Thread H.S.
Hello, This is related to templates in C++ and debugging tools we have in Linux (I use gdb, is there any other comparable open source tool?). What do C++ programmers here think about the usefulness of using templates in C++ while keeping in mind how it would work with debugging that program usin

Re: Problems with installation of OpenOffice 3.0

2009-01-29 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > $ uname -r > 2.6.18-4-k7 > That's a k7 kernel (optimized for Athlons). 32-bit. > $ dpkg-architecture > DEB_BUILD_ARCH=i386 > And a matching architecture. > So, am I running 64 bit Debian? > Definitely not. -- Let the machine do the dirty work.

Re: Dump and Restore Utility

2009-01-29 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin McCormick wrote: > Nicolas KOWALSKI writes: >> Yes, dump is working well with ext3 filesystems, as long as they >> are not actively modified. LVM may come to help here. > > Many thanks. That is a problem more or less with any backup method > th

Re: Problems with installation of OpenOffice 3.0

2009-01-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >>> How can I know if I'm running 64 bit Debian? Javier Barroso wrote: >> just run "uname -r" Eduardo M KALINOWSKI writes: > This will return the architecture of the kernel, but it is possible to > run a 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userland. > > dpkg-architecture wi

USB disk fails when accessed after idle for some hours

2009-01-29 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
All, I have a USB disk (a 320GB Western Digital My Passport) which is exhibiting the following problem. When first hooked up and mounted, it works fine. I've successfully transferred 100's of GB onto the disk. However, if left idle for some hours, it fails when accessed, with a spontaneous USB d

Re: Who is allowed to help on this list. was: Re: Scim does not work with openoffice -- off-line

2009-01-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Lisi Reisz writes: > I am bringing this back online because I would like the opinions of the rest > of you. I greatly appreciated Lisi's help. Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian

Re: from LGPL to dual-license?

2009-01-29 Thread Bill Six
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGPL On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Antonio Diaz Sanchez wrote: > >Sorry, this is an off-topic question but I'm sure that Debian people > know a lot about this issue. > >I know some people who is trying to license their software as > dual-license. Their int

Messed up window after gparted

2009-01-29 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Running Sid - yesterday I moved a couple of partitions on my HD (without a backup, yeah I know ) and today discovered the gnome-control-center and update-manager is rather flaky. This is what I get: http://imagebin.ca/view/uciB1Q.html I have reinst

OT: Need Printer Reset Command

2009-01-29 Thread Thomas H. George
Occasionally something in a .ps document fails to translate (gs?) into a printable document and my printers then spit out hundreds of pages each containing one line of jibberish. It does no good to clear the print queue, to turn the printer on and off or even to re-boot the system. After all this

Re: Dump and Restore Utility

2009-01-29 Thread Martin McCormick
Nicolas KOWALSKI writes: > Yes, dump is working well with ext3 filesystems, as long as they are not > actively modified. LVM may come to help here. Many thanks. That is a problem more or less with any backup method that doesn't unmount and convert to read-only a given file system.

Re: Command line sendmail client

2009-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/29/2009 09:38 AM, Amar Cosic wrote: Hello list I am looking for some command line mail client that will allow me to send mail using some other smtp server instead of local one. For ex. I need something like 'mail -server smtp.gmail.com -to s...@email.com -subject hello - text some text' .

Re: Command line sendmail client

2009-01-29 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Hello Amar, Amar Cosic wrote: > I am looking for some command line mail client that will allow me to send > mail using some other smtp server instead of local one. For ex. I need > something like 'mail -server smtp.gmail.com -to s...@email.com -subject > hello - text some text' . I have looked at

Re: Old fglrx not at snapshot.debian.org?

2009-01-29 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Jonathan Kaye wrote: > Davide Mancusi wrote: > >> I need to downgrade my fglrx driver to version 8-7-3 but I >> can't find the package at snapshot.debian.org nor at >> packages.debian.org. Could anyone please give me a clue? >> >> Cheers, >> Davide >> > Hi Davide, > You can find older versions

Command line sendmail client

2009-01-29 Thread Amar Cosic
Hello list I am looking for some command line mail client that will allow me to send mail using some other smtp server instead of local one. For ex. I need something like 'mail -server smtp.gmail.com -to s...@email.com -subject hello - text some text' . I have looked at mailx but cant seem to find

Re: Dump and Restore Utility

2009-01-29 Thread Nicolas KOWALSKI
On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Martin McCormick wrote: > While looking on dselect, I saw there is a port of the BSD > package of dump and restore but it says it is for the ext2 file > system. Is there a Linux dump and restore utility anywhere that > is safe to use with ext3? Yes, dump is working well with

Dump and Restore Utility

2009-01-29 Thread Martin McCormick
While looking on dselect, I saw there is a port of the BSD package of dump and restore but it says it is for the ext2 file system. Is there a Linux dump and restore utility anywhere that is safe to use with ext3? The issue is that we have a mixed Unix environment. There is a number of Free

Re: flash / iceweasel / all that

2009-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/29/2009 07:47 AM, Osamu Aoki wrote: Hi, On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:23:04PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: You mean install_flash_player_10_linux.deb? I got that, installed it with "dpkg -i", and now have (squeezing out spaces): $ dpkg -l | grep flash ii adobe-flashplugin 10.0.15.3-1hardy1

Re: flash / iceweasel / all that

2009-01-29 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:23:04PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > You mean install_flash_player_10_linux.deb? I got that, installed it > with "dpkg -i", and now have (squeezing out spaces): > > $ dpkg -l | grep flash > ii adobe-flashplugin 10.0.15.3-1hardy1 Adobe Flash Player plugin > versio

Re: Who is allowed to help on this list. was: Re: Scim does not work with openoffice -- on-line

2009-01-29 Thread Osamu Aoki
Anyone is allowed to help on this list within the ML rule. Your posting was completely within rule. On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 04:41:21PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 28 January 2009 16:15:18 you wrote: > > Please be careful to tell some info like this to others.  I know I fail > > someti

from LGPL to dual-license?

2009-01-29 Thread Antonio Diaz Sanchez
Sorry, this is an off-topic question but I'm sure that Debian people know a lot about this issue. I know some people who is trying to license their software as dual-license. Their intention is to be also able to release a propietary version of their software. However, I know that they ha

Re: flash / iceweasel / all that

2009-01-29 Thread Kevin Philp
Glenn Becker wrote: You mean install_flash_player_10_linux.deb? I got that, installed it with "dpkg -i", and now have (squeezing out spaces): $ dpkg -l | grep flash ii adobe-flashplugin 10.0.15.3-1hardy1 Adobe Flash Player plugin version 10 Flash works perfectly. http://members.cox.net/

Re: flash / iceweasel / all that

2009-01-29 Thread Glenn Becker
You mean install_flash_player_10_linux.deb? I got that, installed it with "dpkg -i", and now have (squeezing out spaces): $ dpkg -l | grep flash ii adobe-flashplugin 10.0.15.3-1hardy1 Adobe Flash Player plugin version 10 Flash works perfectly. http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson/Iceweasel

Re: flash / iceweasel / all that

2009-01-29 Thread Glenn Becker
I've searched around and couldn't find an adobe-flashplugin package. Which repo is it from? I'm using the flashplayer-mozilla package from the Lenny repo at www.Debian-Multimedia.org and YouTube, etc., works great for me. Ah, sorry. It wasn't from a repo ... I went to Youtube, clicked the li

Re: several webs in teh same apache

2009-01-29 Thread Jochen Schulz
Jesus arteche: > > I'd like to know how i could redirect several webs to same Apache server, > now what I've got is several webs in the same apache server, and i can > access to them by the following way: Your terminology is *really* weird. If you learn the common terms, it is easier to help you.

usb hard drive diagnosis

2009-01-29 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm a bit concerned about the health status of my usb based hard disk backup. One of my recent backups (rsync) prematurely exited with I/O errors in syslog. I fsck'ed the drive, fixing some 2000 errors like /- Free inodes count wrong for g