Re: Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?

2010-03-02 Thread Carlos Williams
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > The command you ran was not apt-get --purge exim4 but (from your > original post) apt-get remove --purge exim4. Is there any chance apt-get > invoked remove and ignored purge? I just got everything sorted out. If I run: # apt-get remove --

Re: Clearing Screen on Logout?

2010-03-02 Thread Carlos Williams
I found a pretty global / easy resolution. http://www.patoche.org/LTT/screen/0004.html -- 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/d80f793f1003021010uf9e611a

Re: Clearing Screen on Logout?

2010-03-02 Thread Carlos Williams
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:00 PM, ludovico van wrote: > i have this in $HOME/.bash_logout : > # ~/.bash_logout: executed by bash(1) when login shell exits. > > # when leaving the console clear the screen to increase privacy > > if [ "$SHLVL" = 1 ]; then >    [ -x /usr/bin/clear_console ] && /usr/bin

Clearing Screen on Logout?

2010-03-02 Thread Carlos Williams
I noticed that with Debian when I logout of my system, it doesn't clear the screen to the login screen via bash only (non GUI). Normally in RHEL, Arch, Ubuntu, and most other distributions when a user logs out or exits from a shell, their history is not visible on the screen but in Debian, it is. I

Re: Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?

2010-03-02 Thread Carlos Williams
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > It's nothing to do with the order your installed packages.  It is the > difference between removed and purged.  Confiles -- files where changes by the > local administrator are preserved when upgrading -- are kept after removal. > Wh

Re: Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?

2010-03-02 Thread Carlos Williams
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: > Please elaborate.  Which files are left? > > Sven If you remove Exim manually using apt-get --purge exim4 or if you install an alternative MTA and the package manager uninstalls Exim, either way you're left with this much mess & that doesn't i

Re: Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?

2010-03-02 Thread Carlos Williams
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:27 AM, Lisi wrote: > type > aptitude install nullmailer > in a root konsole.  Press . > Lisi Yes I understand now but as I stated before that installing Postfix, Sendmail, or any other alternative MTA has no impact on the real problem at hand. What ever MTA you choose to

Re: Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?

2010-03-01 Thread Carlos Williams
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Richard Hector wrote: > It's just another (very simple) MTA. I don't see that installing that > would do anything that installing Postfix doesn't. It's the usual > suggestion for those who claim not to want an MTA at all. > > Richard Oh I see. I just tested it and

Re: Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?

2010-03-01 Thread Carlos Williams
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Lisi wrote: >> I use nullmailer in these situations > > +1 > Installing nullmailer will remove exim for you. I am sorry but I don't understand what you mean by 'install nullmailer'. Is this something I install before I begin the 'netinst' installation of Squeeze on

Re: Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?

2010-03-01 Thread Carlos Williams
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > In Lenny (not sure if its changed as of Squeeze), its the "standard > system" task that installs exim4. Don't install this task and install > your preferred MTA after installation. In Squeeze if you de-select 'every' task possible during t

Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?

2010-03-01 Thread Carlos Williams
I am trying to install Debian (Testing) via 'netinst' disk and for some reason am completely unable to install Debian w/o Exim. It appears that Cron is a default package and depends on Exim. Does anyone know how I can completely omit this from a fresh Debian install? When I run: apt-get remove --p

Re: Fwd: flash in lenny with iceweasel 3

2008-08-12 Thread Carlos Williams
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Brian Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:16:26 -0400 > Umm... that's swfdec-mozilla. Why is this now standard on a fresh install of Debian / Iceweasel 3? I liked the old traditional flash browser plugin. How do I get that on IW3? Ummm

Fwd: flash in lenny with iceweasel 3

2008-08-12 Thread Carlos Williams
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Steve S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > I'm running a freshly installed lenny (lenny beta2 netinst) + Gnome and > Iceweasel 3.0.1. > > I have 2 questions: > > 1) libflashplayer.so > > On my old system (sarge, dist-upgraded to testing), I had flash working wi

Re: Dual Core processor ?

2008-08-06 Thread Carlos Williams
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:53 PM, hhding.gnu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Account for Debian group mail wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm in the process of replacing one of our mail servers with a new >> machine. Is Debian stable enough on the Intel or AMD dual core 64 bit >> processors for a mail server