Re: Held Packages on Sid

2011-09-12 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 13 September 2011 14:05, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: David Baron wrote: Subject: Re: Held Packages on Sid There seem to be more and more of them. What's the score? I have a Sid system freshly updated and upgraded today and I see no packages held back on my desktop system with a

Re: OT - Frequency of unsolicited emails

2011-09-11 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 12 September 2011 05:19, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: On 09/11/2011 11:23 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:58:30 -0700, MR ZenWiz wrote: I've noticed since joining this list a number of weeks back that it is the only technical/OS discussion list to which I subscribe

Certificate failures on apt servers

2011-09-10 Thread Heddle Weaver
Hello, Am receiving certificate failure readouts off the server. I'll approach them directly, but I thought I'd let the list know as well. I've recently changed to using https off the server, but I've already had several downloads without this reaction. root@192-168-1-1:/home/nomad# aptitude

Re: Certificate failures on apt servers

2011-09-10 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 10 September 2011 22:36, Scott Ferguson prettyfly.producti...@gmail.comwrote: On 10/09/11 21:33, Heddle Weaver wrote: Hello, Am receiving certificate failure readouts off the server. I'll approach them directly, but I thought I'd let the list know as well. I've recently changed to using

Re: Rethinking Personal Information Management - Advice and Ideas needed

2011-09-08 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 8 September 2011 18:27, Alan Chandler a...@chandlerfamily.org.uk wrote: I've been using KDEs kdepim package for a while now and it's fairly comprehensive. I know the word is Evolution, but I find KDE's apps a little more complete and you have an efficient server-side, groupware scenario with

Re: Dual Boot.

2011-09-01 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 1 September 2011 13:33, jeremy jozwik jerjoz.for...@gmail.com wrote: just got my duel boot machine running. works great with xp installed then debian with grub. works very great. Well, thanks, but it doesn't really tell me much does it? I've already said I've been able to do it in the

Re: Dual Boot.

2011-09-01 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 2 September 2011 02:30, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 September 2011 13:09, Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca wrote: If your windows install uses the entire drive for one partition

Re: Dual Boot.

2011-09-01 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 2 September 2011 01:13, Bruno Martins bmomart...@gmail.com wrote: On 09/01/2011 10:23 AM, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 1 September 2011 13:33, jeremy jozwik jerjoz.for...@gmail.com wrote: just got my duel boot machine running. works great with xp installed then debian with grub. works

Re: Dual Boot.

2011-09-01 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 2 September 2011 01:00, Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday 01 September 2011 10:23:11 Heddle Weaver wrote: I've already said I've been able to do it in the past, but it's not happening this time. Perhaps if you didn't break the threading people could follow you better

Re: sources.list directory specification

2011-09-01 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 2 September 2011 01:13, rlhar...@hal-pc.org wrote: I am trying to compose a sources.list file for each of three machines; one is for Lenny (oldstable), one is for Squeeze (stable), and one is for Wheezy (testing). snip You could just install and run netselect-apt from each machine?

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-31 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 31/08/2011, D G Teed donald.t...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Andrew McGlashan I cannot believe this thread is still going -- it is way beyond funny now it's ludicrous to say the least Your Ethernet device is broken and if it is not broken, then get someone

Re: Dual Boot.

2011-08-31 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 1 September 2011 13:09, Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.cawrote: snip If your windows install uses the entire drive for one partition, then there isn't really anything the installer can do for you other than to wipe out windows. If on the other hand you have windows on a

Re: Billion 7800N

2011-08-29 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 29 August 2011 22:56, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.brwrote: On Dom, 28 Ago 2011, Heddle Weaver wrote: O.K.I removed ppp, as it wasn't required, which, of course, removed pppoe and pppoeconf, because they depend on it and now I have: Bandit:/home/weaver# route -n Kernel

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-29 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 29 August 2011 13:05, D G Teed donald.t...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.comwrote: On 27 August 2011 11:41, D G Teed donald.t...@gmail.com wrote: I started another reply, and it had lots of steps to try to repair this situation

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-28 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 27 August 2011 06:10, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.brwrote: On 08/26/2011 04:08 PM, Heddle Weaver wrote: All ISPs in Australia employ PPPoE. PPPoA is available, in many instances also. And elsewhere too, but your modem appears to be a router. In this case, it handles

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-28 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 27 August 2011 11:41, D G Teed donald.t...@gmail.com wrote: I started another reply, and it had lots of steps to try to repair this situation, but then I rethought. If this is a fresh install, and you have no data to keep on the Debian system, here is a bulletproof solution:

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Email on the FreedomBox Discussion

2011-08-28 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 24 August 2011 16:19, John Walsh fiftyf...@waldevin.com wrote: ** Hi Everybody, Hello John, snip The FreedomBox (FBX) IRC Chat on the 2011-08-15 15:00UTC raised the possibility that the FBX will not have email. This is the discussion that bdale requested. I am a user who wants my

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-26 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 26 August 2011 05:05, D G Teed donald.t...@gmail.com wrote: On a re-read of what I wrote earlier, it might be a little confusing where I say you need static network set up and then instruct on how to do DHCP. Perhaps I can just make an assumption or two and give you some simple steps.

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-24 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 22 August 2011 22:02, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:27:57 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 21 August 2011 21:20, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: But do you really need it? I mean, does your ISP require you to use a PPP connection with your router? I also

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-23 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 22 August 2011 22:02, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:27:57 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 21 August 2011 21:20, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: But do you really need it? I mean, does your ISP require you to use a PPP connection with your router? I also

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 21 August 2011 13:28, Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au wrote: Hi, Heddle Weaver wrote: So it looks more and more like hardware. Regards, I don't agree. The 7800N is one of Billion's best modems, it may be faulty, but I don't think so reading through all

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 21 August 2011 19:51, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:11:19 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 20 August 2011 05:56, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Wait... what are those pppx connections? Where are they coming from? Are you using another device to get

Fwd: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Heddle Weaver
I'll be glad when I can get away from web mail and post directly to the list instead of sending them direct by mistake. -- Forwarded message -- From: Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com Date: 22 August 2011 10:09 Subject: Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N To: Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglas

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 21 August 2011 21:03, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.brwrote: On 08/21/2011 07:53 AM, Heddle Weaver wrote: We have already done this and access is not available by way of telnet or wget. But, you would know this, having read the thread. This thread is far too long

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 21 August 2011 21:20, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:07:50 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 21 August 2011 19:51, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: (ppp are a different method to get a connection over Internet, nowadays mostly used for dial-up modems or USB

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-20 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 20 August 2011 05:56, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Wait... what are those pppx connections? Where are they coming from? Are you using another device to get connected on Internet? The only other device I've used is the borrowed XP laptop I used to set up the modem in the first place.

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-20 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 20 August 2011 06:07, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:02:17 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: I don't know what's happening any more. I think I'm being haunted. Greemlins are anywhere and they like computers so much, keep your eyes opened! X-) I've just reset

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-20 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 20 August 2011 05:50, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:18:37 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 16 August 2011 22:12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: weaver@Bandit:~$ su Password: Bandit:/home/weaver# wget 192.168.1.254 --2011-08-16 06:06:49-- http

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-18 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 16 August 2011 22:12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:18:01 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 16 August 2011 05:51, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: How about a simple wget 192.168.1.254? weaver@Bandit:~$ su Password: Bandit:/home/weaver# wget

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-17 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 16 August 2011 22:12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:18:01 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 16 August 2011 05:51, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: How about a simple wget 192.168.1.254? weaver@Bandit:~$ su Password: Bandit:/home/weaver# wget

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-17 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 16 August 2011 22:12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:18:01 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 16 August 2011 05:51, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: How about a simple wget 192.168.1.254? weaver@Bandit:~$ su Password: Bandit:/home/weaver# wget

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-15 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 15 August 2011 21:34, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:28:26 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 14 August 2011 14:42, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 August 2011 01:44, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: After configuring the modem through

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-15 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 16 August 2011 05:51, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:56:46 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 15 August 2011 21:34, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, so it seems there is no telnet service available in route :-) How about a simple wget 192.168.1.254

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-14 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 14 August 2011 14:42, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 August 2011 01:44, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: After configuring the modem through XP laptop, I can now access the net through my Debian laptop. The connection is very glitchy - lots of 'time-outs

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-13 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 13 August 2011 01:44, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:51:25 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 11 August 2011 00:01, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: then point your web browser to http://192.168.1.254;. With two separate browsers, the same message

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-13 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 13 August 2011 01:44, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: After configuring the modem through XP laptop, I can now access the net through my Debian laptop. The connection is very glitchy - lots of 'time-outs' - but a definite improvement. At least I have access. I'll just have to iron out the

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-11 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 11 August 2011 00:01, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: snip then point your web browser to http://192.168.1.254;. With two separate browsers, the same message - Network is unreachable Restarted the modem, same result. (...) That's very weird... can you access to that same IP

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-09 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 9 August 2011 18:51, Darac Marjal mailingl...@darac.org.uk wrote: Here's your problem. eth0 has no address. The only IPv4 connectivity you have is to 127.0.0.1/255.0.0.0 via lo (below). Your computer has no way to reach 192.168.1.254 so is legitimately returning Network is unreachable.

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-08 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 9 August 2011 01:37, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:14:29 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: (...) Tried to ping and tcptraceroute with the only reaction either way 'No network present'. Then you seem to have a network configuration problem. Your router should

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-07 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 6 August 2011 01:25, Gavin Elliot Jones ga...@grassfield.co.uk wrote: I'm not sure I understand when you mean was it detected during the install procedure. What I was asking was if it was detected during a new install of Debian, or was it connected to an already established O.S.? For

Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-04 Thread Heddle Weaver
I keep neglecting to forward these to the list. Hopefully I'll be back on-line sometime and won't continue to blow it. Sorry for the personal replies. -- Forwarded message -- From: Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com Date: 5 August 2011 11:43 Subject: Re: Billion 7800N

Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-04 Thread Heddle Weaver
-- Forwarded message -- From: Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com Date: 5 August 2011 11:50 Subject: Re: Billion 7800N To: Gavin Elliot Jones ga...@grassfield.co.uk On 4 August 2011 18:19, Gavin Elliot Jones ga...@grassfield.co.uk wrote: I also have a Billion 7800N and can

Re: Billion 7800N

2011-08-04 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 5 August 2011 00:55, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:48:35 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: I've run into a few hiccups with a new modem, as specified in the subject line. This one? http://au.billion.com/product/wireless/bipac7800n.php Yep! That's the one. I

Billion 7800N

2011-08-03 Thread Heddle Weaver
Hello everyone, I've run into a few hiccups with a new modem, as specified in the subject line. I simply can't access the modem interface with a browser, in order to configure it and yes, I've tried four different browsers. At this rate SID is going to be frozen before I get back online. I

Re: WARNING: Stay off Sid /lib upgrades!

2011-06-20 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 20 June 2011 17:57, Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de wrote: On 2011-06-20 09:38 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 15 iun 11, 17:55:56, David Baron wrote: [snip sid problems] I don't have these issues and I think messing with packages under the package managers control just asks for

Re: WARNING: Stay off Sid /lib upgrades!, more

2011-06-16 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 17 June 2011 03:37, David Baron d_ba...@012.net.il wrote: ** On Wednesday 13 Sivan 5771 17:55:56 you wrote: Since this is now a mixed-up system (until Sid's maintainers get stuff together, completely, responsibly (posting defective /lib upgrades is inexcusable because of the mess

Re: WARNING: Stay off Sid /lib upgrades!

2011-06-15 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 16 June 2011 01:59, Wayne Topa linux...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/15/2011 10:55 AM, David Baron wrote: After being assured by a maintainer that the problems in upgrading were fixed in -7, I upgraded, without a hitch ... except now everything segfaults, even after reboot. I had also

Re: Subscription

2011-06-11 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 11 June 2011 13:13, Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com wrote: On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:50:28 -0400 (EDT), Morning Star wrote: i want to join this mailing lists because i have a question about debian. See http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/ for instructions on how to subscribe. Yes,

With ref. to earlier zfs commentary.

2011-06-07 Thread Heddle Weaver
Greetings, Interesting developments. Being in a spot of bother, let's hope it has a re-licencing potential hovering in the future: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/33gsu0/www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-zfs/index.html?cmp=dwcpb=dwlinct=dwgracr=twitterccy=zzcrs=lxzfzfuseit Regards,

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-07 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 8 June 2011 05:28, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces I can't remember the last time I put my mouse on a clear

Medical Icons.

2011-05-22 Thread Heddle Weaver
Hello, Free medical icons, anybody? http://www.goomedic.com/free-60-medical-icons-for-medical-apps-developers-and-designers.html?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+Goomedic+%28GooMedic.com%29 From my Egyptian doctor friend currently caring for the rebel forces in Libya,

Re: Re (3): diamondcard (so much for Skype.)

2011-05-17 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 18 May 2011 01:30, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: From: Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 12:37:16 +1000 I'm in Australia, but I can't see how it would be any different. Open http://www.diamondcard.us/did Look under Personal Phone Number. Example 1: Set

Re: Re (2): diamondcard (so much for Skype.)

2011-05-16 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 17 May 2011 10:54, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: Green, From: green greenfreedo...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 17:43:35 -0500 ... it must be called DID ... Yes. Ref. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/05/msg01246.html; Unfortunately, diamondcard's pricing for those is

Re: Access to non-free from aptitude?

2011-05-12 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 12 May 2011 21:25, Charles Blair c-bl...@illinois.edu wrote: Somewhere I read that this should be done by modifying the /etc/apt/sources.list file. I tried changing this to: deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny non-free

Re: access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?

2011-05-12 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 13 May 2011 01:38, Charles Blair c-bl...@illinois.edu wrote: [Sorry, I'm using claws-mail and it doesn't seem to let me post follow-ups] Thanks to everyone for the prompt responses, but I still have a problem. My /etc/apt/sources.list includes deb

Re: So much for Skype.

2011-05-11 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 12 May 2011 05:18, shawn wilson ag4ve...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Curt Howland howl...@priss.com wrote: So Skype has been bought by Microsoft. I expect the Linux version of Skype to be abolished in short order. Oh well, thus the fate of proprietary software.

Re: So much for Skype.

2011-05-11 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 12 May 2011 06:11, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 May 2011 05:18, shawn wilson ag4ve...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Curt Howland howl...@priss.com wrote: So Skype has been bought by Microsoft. I expect the Linux version of Skype

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-06 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 6 May 2011 21:02, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Big snip I appreciate your willingness to help, don't get me wrong. But just as I am here to learn, I thought that you might also be interested in learning the error of using url-shortening services. Oh, I remember you now. I

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-05 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 5 May 2011 18:04, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously I've done something wrong because on a virgin Squeeze install /etc/apt/sources.list has no repos other than the disc! Can someone please send to me a copy of this file. Custom added repos are fine, I'll be able to figure

Re: Customising Debian install

2011-05-05 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 6 May 2011 06:08, Tom Furie t...@furie.org.uk wrote: On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 07:21:22PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 05 May 2011 18:12:47 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote: For certain things like removing OpenOffice and replacing it with LibreOffice this approach works but is time

Re: Poll - What Smartphone do you use?

2011-05-03 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 4 May 2011 03:13, Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 03 May 2011 16:55:40 shawn wilson wrote: On May 3, 2011 11:06 AM, green greenfreedo...@gmail.com wrote: giovanni_re wrote at 2011-05-02 22:35 -0500: What Smartphone do you use? Probably the Nokia N810 does not

Re: Poll - What Smartphone do you use?

2011-05-02 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 3 May 2011 14:05, shawn wilson ag4ve...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 11:35 PM, giovanni_re john...@fastmail.us wrote: Isn't it great to get to know your Debian community members, things about them, like what kind of stuff they use? Maybe that would be good stuff for _you_

Re: file systems

2011-04-26 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 27 April 2011 10:11, PMA peterarmstr...@aya.yale.edu wrote: I'm missing a detail here. Was the assertion re FSCK specifically that XFS doesn't call this exec during boot, or was it that under XFS, FSCK can't be called at all? (And -- for whichever -- why so?) No, it's because somebody

Fwd: Where do I get a list of all the fonts in my system?

2011-04-24 Thread Heddle Weaver
Did it again. Getting rid of gmail soon anyway. -- Forwarded message -- From: Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com Date: 24 April 2011 18:12 Subject: Re: Where do I get a list of all the fonts in my system? To: John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net On 24 April 2011 16:09, John

Re: Please recommend an external HDD enclosure

2011-04-23 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 24 April 2011 10:05, William Cooper wkcoo...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 April 2011 17:56, Panayiotis Karabassis pan...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/23/2011 06:04 PM, Leonardo Ruoso wrote: Sounds like the problem is in your host, can you try the same pieces in another box? Actually I tried on

Re: Please recommend an external HDD enclosure

2011-04-23 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 24 April 2011 14:01, Zoran Kolic zko...@sbb.rs wrote: But with the BSDs? Not a chance! With FreeBSD and PC-BSD it is dropped at the USB register stage of both the install and all consequent boots after O.S. install - so it's in the mothercode. I assume the topic is on install to

Fwd: file systems

2011-04-21 Thread Heddle Weaver
Sorry. This one should have gone to the list also. -- Forwarded message -- From: Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com Date: 21 April 2011 22:13 Subject: Re: file systems To: Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com On 20 April 2011 19:57, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote

Re: New to Linux

2011-04-21 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 22 April 2011 02:31, Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Sat, 4/16/11, foldingst...@theowned.org foldingst...@theowned.org wrote: Like I said, A Lot has changed in 12 years. Debian is more friendly today than yesterday as are most distros, but there are others that

Re: file systems

2011-04-21 Thread Heddle Weaver
Another one that should have gone to the list. On 22 April 2011 07:52, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: On 22 April 2011 05:27, prad p...@towardsfreedom.com wrote: prad p...@towardsfreedom.com writes: are there any feelings or recommendations regarding the above? one

Re: Libre Office Impress.

2011-04-21 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 22 April 2011 09:42, godo go...@dobosevic.com wrote: On 2011-04-18 22:20, Heddle Weaver wrote: Using this programme on a Debian SID base. When I used OO Impress, I had access to a full range of presentation backgrounds, which I believe came by way of a separate package install. I can't

Re: New to Linux

2011-04-21 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 22 April 2011 10:39, Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Thu, 4/21/11, Alan McConnell a...@patriot.net wrote: A couple of comments. On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 01:15:08PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: It's been my experience that most users never read the manual.

Re: Why does Linux crash?

2011-04-20 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 20 April 2011 14:16, Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net wrote: Enormous snip Probably the second largest one I've done since I've been back! But given your experience with Eclipse, I hope you are developing a healthy scepticism about proposals to have elections voted and votes

Re: file systems

2011-04-19 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 20 April 2011 06:50, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: On 04/19/2011 03:18 PM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 19. 04. 2011 20:45:38 je prad napisal(a): we are thinking of redoing our existing servers and workstations in june. our servers is low volume and run out of our home via cable. right

Re: Libre Office Impress.

2011-04-19 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 20 April 2011 03:23, Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Dne, 19. 04. 2011 04:42:40 je Heddle Weaver napisal(a): On 19 April 2011 10:34, Greg Madden gomadtr...@gci.net wrote: On Monday 18 April 2011 12:20:13 pm Heddle Weaver wrote: Using this programme on a Debian SID base

Re: web page image alignment

2011-04-19 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 20 April 2011 07:33, Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph. provi...@telusplanet.net wrote: Hello: I'm trying to use the Writer program to put a web page together. I want to include some images, and I'd like to cut back on the document length. I tried placing the PNG images side by side (I

Libre Office Impress.

2011-04-18 Thread Heddle Weaver
Using this programme on a Debian SID base. When I used OO Impress, I had access to a full range of presentation backgrounds, which I believe came by way of a separate package install. I can't see an equivalent package for LO Impress in Aptitude. No news from an extremely slow Freenode #libreoffice

Fwd: New to Linux

2011-04-18 Thread Heddle Weaver
Sorry. That should have gone to the list. -- Forwarded message -- From: Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com Date: 19 April 2011 10:33 Subject: Re: New to Linux To: Steven Rosenberg stevenhrosenb...@gmail.com On 19 April 2011 09:58, Steven Rosenberg stevenhrosenb...@gmail.com

Re: New to Linux

2011-04-18 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 19 April 2011 10:06, Steven Rosenberg stevenhrosenb...@gmail.com wrote: Practicing installing the system and doing it a bunch of times also helps a lot. Massive snip A bunch? I've done it a million times more than necessary and everytime I've learnt something. I've fallen asleep over

Re: Libre Office Impress.

2011-04-18 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 19 April 2011 10:34, Greg Madden gomadtr...@gci.net wrote: On Monday 18 April 2011 12:20:13 pm Heddle Weaver wrote: Using this programme on a Debian SID base. When I used OO Impress, I had access to a full range of presentation backgrounds, which I believe came by way of a separate

Re: When installing from a CD image How to Gain Internet Access using a router and What is to Enter as Proxy information?

2011-04-18 Thread Heddle Weaver
2011/4/17 Varuna Seneviratna varunasenevira...@gmail.com: I am trying to install from a CD image of 180MB, On the way I am asked to select a Mirror and also a proxy, This may sound basic, but have you undertaken an agreement with an Internet Service Provider? Did you fill in all the equired

Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-17 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 18 April 2011 05:34, Jonathan Matthews cont...@jpluscplusm.com wrote: On 16 April 2011 18:39, Pierre Frenkiel pierre.frenk...@laposte.net wrote: On Sat, 16 Apr 2011, Lisi wrote: quote To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. /quote

Re: Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-17 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 18 April 2011 06:41, Jonathan Matthews cont...@jpluscplusm.com wrote: On 17 April 2011 21:19, PMA peterarmstr...@aya.yale.edu wrote: Dear List, My cat, much enjoying this thread, would like to know: What please, referencing particular persons, is a 'git'? Tell it to have a look at

Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-17 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 18 April 2011 11:50, sal migondis salmi...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 17 April 2011 14:40:46 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Osamu Aoki wrote: ... Hi Osamu, thank you for taking time to write a long answer, Nonetheless, there is a basic misunderstanding of my post:for

New App. for Debian.

2011-04-15 Thread Heddle Weaver
Greetings all. IBM have just come up with something that I think we could probably use. I'll just supply the link here and then sit back and see who's going to take a punt on clicking on it. *http://tinyurl.com/3dau4ly *Regards Weaver.* * -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true,

Re: [OT] English language

2011-04-04 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 4 April 2011 22:41, Nate Bargmann n...@n0nb.us wrote: * On 2011 04 Apr 03:21 -0500, Lisi wrote: On Monday 04 April 2011 01:24:03 David Jardine wrote: I just love the spelling of Advertiser. ;) Do Americans spell it with a zed? Mostly, yes. No, they spell it with a 'zee'. Regards,

Server down?

2011-04-04 Thread Heddle Weaver
Hello, After a successfull update/upgrade last night, I know get messages pertaining to: ftp.au.debian.org being 'unavailable'. Anybody got any word on this? Have received nothing from Debian-announce, seen nothing on-site. Can't access it by browser so it looks like a mirror down. Just wondering

Re: Server down?

2011-04-04 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 5 April 2011 02:35, Estelmann, Christian c.estelm...@gmx.net wrote: Server is pingable, but does not reply to HTTP and FTP. debian-mirrors is CCd. Perhaps somebody can inform the admins. Am 04.04.2011 18:26, schrieb Heddle Weaver: Hello, After a successfull update/upgrade last night

Re: Debian was hacked: The Canterbury Distribution (howto write the date)

2011-04-03 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 3 April 2011 19:06, Scott Ferguson prettyfly.producti...@gmail.comwrote: On 03/04/11 16:54, Lisi wrote: On Sunday 03 April 2011 01:20:10 Scott Ferguson wrote: I suspect Liam's response was made in jest :-) I'm sure it was - and a successful jest. But mine was not. In that case,

Re: [OT] English language [was:Re: OpenOffice.org - how to install additional languages?]

2011-04-03 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 4 April 2011 06:17, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: On 04/03/2011 02:54 PM, David Jardine wrote: On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:08:55PM -0400, Doug wrote: This is grossly off topic, but since it's here, i _must_ answer: Thank God there is no English Academy. As a native English

Re: OT: crypto, auth, CAs, web-of-trust, and phony certs

2011-03-23 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 24 March 2011 11:18, Dr. Ed Morbius dredmorb...@gmail.com wrote: Apropos some of the recent discussion we've had here of various Debian signing keys. A major CA (certificate authority) has issued fake SSL certs for Google.com, Yahoo.com, and Skype.com (and apparently 6 other sites) after

Re: SPAM SPAM SPAM !!! Re: Sip?

2011-03-16 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 17 March 2011 08:37, Dr. Ed Morbius dredmorb...@gmail.com wrote: on 07:34 Wed 16 Mar, Heddle Weaver (weaver2wo...@gmail.com) wrote: On 15 March 2011 23:40, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 03:11, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: I've seen posts like

Re: SPAM SPAM SPAM !!! Re: Sip?

2011-03-16 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 17 March 2011 06:04, Dr. Ed Morbius dredmorb...@gmail.com wrote: on 22:36 Tue 15 Mar, Heddle Weaver (weaver2wo...@gmail.com) wrote: On 15 March 2011 18:52, Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Lu, 14 mar 11, 21:11:47, Rob Owens wrote: I've seen posts like

Re: SPAM SPAM SPAM !!! Re: Sip?

2011-03-15 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 15 March 2011 18:52, Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Lu, 14 mar 11, 21:11:47, Rob Owens wrote: I've seen posts like this on Freecycle, and they're almost always spam or malware. I haven't looked at this link, and I suggest you don't either. -- Religion is

Re: SPAM SPAM SPAM !!! Re: Sip?

2011-03-15 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 15 March 2011 23:40, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 03:11, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: I've seen posts like this on Freecycle, and they're almost always spam or malware. I haven't looked at this link, and I suggest you don't either. The problem

Re: SPAM SPAM SPAM !!! Re: Sip?

2011-03-15 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 16 March 2011 09:13, Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 15 March 2011 12:36:52 Heddle Weaver wrote: On 15 March 2011 18:52, Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Lu, 14 mar 11, 21:11:47, Rob Owens wrote: I've seen posts like this on Freecycle, and they're almost

Fwd: Seagate Barracuda drives?

2011-03-14 Thread Heddle Weaver
Sorry. That should have gone to the list. I omitted to say that the drive was a Seagate also. -- Forwarded message -- From: Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com Date: 15 March 2011 07:23 Subject: Re: Seagate Barracuda drives? To: Marc Shapiro marcns...@gmail.com On 14 March

Sip?

2011-03-14 Thread Heddle Weaver
With reference to some of the posts I have seen here lately, this looks interesting: *http://tinyurl.com/4syb4j9 *Regards,* *Weaver.* * -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion.

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-03-01 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 1 March 2011 13:47, Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:34:04AM EST, Andrei Popescu wrote: [Cross-posted to: d-community-offtopic, debian-user] [For those who don't know what I'm talking about, please see #425439

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-02-28 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 1 March 2011 01:34, Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: [Cross-posted to: d-community-offtopic, debian-user] [For those who don't know what I'm talking about, please see #425439 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=425439] Hi, Being the stubborn person that I am,

Fwd: selecting old machines for firewall/router use

2011-02-20 Thread Heddle Weaver
Got to get away from gmail. No list reply feature. -- Forwarded message -- From: Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com Date: 21 February 2011 13:41 Subject: Re: selecting old machines for firewall/router use To: Greg Madden gomadtr...@gci.net On 21 February 2011 12:26, Greg

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