Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-17 Thread hdv@gmail
with the kernel every time there was an update. That really was a major PITA. I don't know if that still is the case with VMWare, but I do know I have no such trouble with libvirt. At all. Grx HdV

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-17 Thread hdv@gmail
and it is speedy and stable enough for my needs (hosting a learning environment for my students). I'd say: give it a go! Grx HdV

Re: Under each of these scenarios, what is the neatest and simplest way to manipulate the /etc/network/interfaces file?

2022-03-19 Thread hdv@gmail
with NM. However, note that the posts are from 2014 and 2018. A lot might have changed since then. I think the chances of that are quite good. If only because I've been using the combination of NM and OpenVPN for about 5 years now and it's been ages ago I've had trouble with it. Grx HdV

Re: Screen goes blank for 1-2 seconds

2022-02-09 Thread hdv@gmail
it is a firmware problem as I am reasonably sure I've eliminated all hardware factors from the equation. Ah well. It isn't a serious issue. I can live with it. Maybe sometime in the future it will be solved. Grx HdV

Re: Screen goes blank for 1-2 seconds

2022-01-28 Thread hdv@gmail
that is quite rare. Up to now I've always been able to solve any trouble. My time as a sysadmin still proves to be useful when I need to do that. ;-) Grx HdV

Re: Screen goes blank for 1-2 seconds

2022-01-28 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2022-01-28 16:48, Bijan Soleymani wrote: On 2022-01-28 10:16, hdv@gmail wrote: About the fan: I seem to remember I had to install amdgpu-fan (needed to look that up, forgot the name) when I got this setup. Not sure if it still is needed or that the driver can control the fan reliably

Re: Screen goes blank for 1-2 seconds

2022-01-28 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2022-01-28 15:31, Bijan Soleymani wrote: On 2022-01-28 08:40, hdv@gmail wrote: I am reasonably sure the problem lies in some form or combination of software. Sadly, my expertise in that area is insufficient to find out what it is exactly. What kernel/OS/driver are you using

Re: Screen goes blank for 1-2 seconds

2022-01-28 Thread hdv@gmail
: what goes in my case is not necessarily valid in yours. Grx HdV

Re: Screen goes blank for 1-2 seconds

2022-01-27 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2022-01-27 11:16, Bijan Soleymani wrote: On 2022-01-27 5:00 a.m., hdv@gmail wrote: My guess is about once every week. The display is on for roughly 16 hours each day. There seems to be no discernable relation to "load". At least not that I could confirm. I haven't fo

Re: Screen goes blank for 1-2 seconds

2022-01-27 Thread hdv@gmail
re, which involves running virtual machines with libvirt, coding in several languages, video editing, graphics editing, sound editing, editing all kinds of documents, and the standard internet stuff. I haven't seen this happening more often with any of these uses. Grx HdV

Re: Screen goes blank for 1-2 seconds

2022-01-27 Thread hdv@gmail
querying a daemon both locally and over a wired network. Grx HdV

Re: OT: Recommendation for a new Debian laptop

2022-01-15 Thread hdv@gmail
do not include the well-known problems with fingerprint readers in this. Those I knew about up front, so that was my own choice. Grx HdV

Re: How to secure access to SD cards a la USBGuard?

2022-01-11 Thread hdv@gmail
to help me with this! Grx HdV

Re: Reasonably simple setup for 1TB HDD and 250GB M.2 NVMe SSD

2021-12-15 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2021-12-15 15:51, Jorge P. de Morais Neto wrote: Hello, Em [2021-12-09 qui 15:00:43+0100], hdv@gmail escreveu: Regarding the swap space: I wouldn't make it so big. That really isn't necessary. I have a 64GB RAM system here, on which I have 2GB of swap. I doubt I have ever seen conky

Re: Reasonably simple setup for 1TB HDD and 250GB M.2 NVMe SSD

2021-12-09 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2021-12-09 15:46, Dan Ritter wrote: hdv@gmail wrote: On 2021-12-08 15:27, Jorge P. de Morais Neto wrote: Hi everyone! I have a Dell Inspiron 5570 laptop with 1TB HDD and 16 GiB RAM (it supports 32 GiB). I am about to buy an M.2 NVMe 250GB SSD---a Regarding the swap space: I wouldn't

Re: Reasonably simple setup for 1TB HDD and 250GB M.2 NVMe SSD

2021-12-09 Thread hdv@gmail
of system resources (much 3D CAD editing, photo editing, video editing and rendering, and often multiple VM's in use). My laptop has 32GB of RAM and 2 GB of swap and on that system I haven't seen much swapping either. Grx HdV

Re: How to secure access to SD cards a la USBGuard?

2021-12-05 Thread hdv@gmail
. Thanks for the hint! Grx HdV

Re: How to secure access to SD cards a la USBGuard?

2021-11-12 Thread hdv@gmail
ing the card reader altogether. Thanks! Grx HdV

How to secure access to SD cards a la USBGuard?

2021-11-11 Thread hdv@gmail
access to specific memory cards. For built-in readers I figure that is because the communication is not USB-based. But that would not be the case for USB-based card readers. Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can achieve this? Many thanks in advance! Grx HdV

Re: vim not seeing many Unicode chars

2021-05-18 Thread hdv@gmail
ll locales you need AND set the default one in this file. There is NO reason to use anything except UTF-8 in 2021 Please, be aware that not all Desktop Environments (like KDE's Plasma) honour this setting. Often, they have their own mechanisms for setting the locale within the DE itself. Grx HdV

Re: About mouse settings

2021-01-31 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2021-01-31 00:16, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2021-01-30 19:58:13 +0100, hdv@gmail wrote: I use xinput and xbindkeys to solve issues with mice and keyboards. Had to to get my Logitech MX Ergo Trackball and MX Keys to do what I wanted them to do. Works remarkably well, ... if the mouse

Re: About mouse settings

2021-01-30 Thread hdv@gmail
to supply a paste function is quite annoying. I use xinput and xbindkeys to solve issues with mice and keyboards. Had to to get my Logitech MX Ergo Trackball and MX Keys to do what I wanted them to do. Works remarkably well, ... if the mouse and keyboard events are recognized that is. Grx HdV

Re: Looking for help with locale configuration

2021-01-14 Thread hdv@gmail
Qt for its locale settings. This does *not* correspond with the "plain" locale setting of your system outside of KDE, hence the differences. Grx HdV

Re: Monitor Problem???

2021-01-03 Thread hdv@gmail
in my system: MoBo = ASUS PRO WS X570-ACE CPU = AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Graphics = ASUS AREZ-RX560-4G-EVO Debian version is Bullseye following testing very closely. Sorry I can't help you with this. Grx HdV

Re: setting the date for testing

2020-12-13 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2020-12-13 16:34, Michael Grant wrote: and now it appears to stick. So I'm good. Thanks for your help though! Michael Grant Glad to read you have solved it. Grx HdV

Re: setting the date for testing

2020-12-13 Thread hdv@gmail
.  Setting the system using the date command, it just resets itself back to the current date/time after a few seconds.  How can I stop this? Thanks! Michael Grant *From: *hdv@gmail <mailto:hdv.ja...@gmail.com> *Sent: *07 December 2020 07:53 *To: *debian-user@lists.debian.org <mail

Re: setting the date for testing

2020-12-06 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2020-12-06 21:56, hdv@gmail wrote: > # timedatectl set-ntp true I am sorry for the typo. This should of course have been "false"! Grx HdV

Re: setting the date for testing

2020-12-06 Thread hdv@gmail
the following command too: # systemctl restart systemd-timedated.service HTH Grx HdV

Re: swamp rat bots Q

2020-12-04 Thread hdv@gmail
will never visit (e.g. because they do not see the link and thus will never click on it), but will show up in a bot's analysis? That way you can monitor your logs for entries containing that page. Every entity requesting that specific URL is blocked. HTH HdV

Re: Hardware for Debian

2020-02-12 Thread hdv@gmail
ble and everything seems to work just fine. And in case you consider virtualisation: libvirt is seriously flying on this platform! No compatibility problems there either. I can really recommend it. However it was a bit on the pricey side and budget is always something to consider. Grx HdV

Re: Something wakes my laptop from suspend to ram and I don't know what it is

2020-01-22 Thread hdv@gmail
re putting the laptop to sleep and it doesn't happen anymore. Maybe something you could try? Grx HdV

Re: Top 7 Programming Languages That Employers Really Want

2019-10-18 Thread hdv@gmail
too much for me to deal with. Maybe there is > some kind of automated system for doing this, but I don't know > of it. This admission proves I am becoming an old fart, but I just can't give up my precious perl... I like Python a lot, but perl is still my goto language. Grx HdV

Re: testing: weird resume (black or frozen screen)

2019-04-21 Thread hdv@gmail
On 21/04/2019 10.42, Andrea Borgia wrote: > Il 20/04/19 18:16, hdv@gmail ha scritto: > > >> I see the same type of problems. > > Hmm, I'm not so sure about it: in my case the sytem works except (parts of) X > and it is most likely not kernel-related. In your cas

Re: testing: weird resume (black or frozen screen)

2019-04-20 Thread hdv@gmail
happens. I still haven't found the culprit causing this, so I'll be watching this thread with interest. Grx HdV

Re: putting config files under revision control

2019-04-09 Thread hdv@gmail
On 09/04/2019 23.09, Lee wrote: > On 4/9/19, hdv@gmail wrote: >> On 09/04/2019 21.23, Lee wrote: >>> On 4/9/19, Dan Ritter wrote: >>>> Lee wrote: >>>>> What are people doing for putting config files in [under?] git? >>>>> >>>&g

Re: putting config files under revision control

2019-04-09 Thread hdv@gmail
king for. Think of it as a visudo-style tool for config files (really just any file you can edit with vim). Just use the --manual option to read its man page. Basically it copies the file before editing to a location of your choosing, keeping its attributes if you want it to. Grx HdV #!/usr/bin/per

Re: Laptop still extremely slow after replacing msata ssd and putting old one back

2019-03-07 Thread hdv@gmail
sting on it. Anyone have any experiences with this laptop to share? I'd appreciate to hear about it. P.S. This will be my fourth Thinkpad. All have been serving me for years before being replaced. This was the first that has ever given me any trouble. As a matter of fact all of them do still work. I do like those darn machines! Grx HdV

Re: Laptop still extremely slow after replacing msata ssd and putting old one back

2019-03-06 Thread hdv@gmail
On 06/03/2019 02.04, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > hdv@gmail wrote: >> On 05/03/2019 04.28, Paul Ezvan wrote: >>> Le 04/03/2019 à 13:32, deloptes a écrit : >>>> double check - I had similar observation when trying to setup USB stick >>>> boot >>

Re: Laptop still extremely slow after replacing msata ssd and putting old one back

2019-03-05 Thread hdv@gmail
old one that I never had any trouble with before this and that hasn't been changed (by me that is). In both cases the slowness begins immediately after boot. Possibly after the BIOS has run, but definitely before the kernel gets loaded or otherwise during the earliest stages of loading it. Thanks for the pointer to the cooling. I will check that. Grx HdV

Re: Laptop still extremely slow after replacing msata ssd and putting old one back

2019-03-04 Thread hdv@gmail
On 04/03/2019 16.14, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > On 04.03.2019 19:40, hdv@gmail wrote: >> On 04/03/2019 15.36, Ric Moore wrote: >>> On 3/4/19 9:19 AM, hdv@gmail wrote: >>>> ame day, no old image was used. >>> Right, but if you didn't use a

Re: Laptop still extremely slow after replacing msata ssd and putting old one back

2019-03-04 Thread hdv@gmail
On 04/03/2019 15.36, Ric Moore wrote: > On 3/4/19 9:19 AM, hdv@gmail wrote: >> ame day, no old image was used. > > Right, but if you didn't use a "clean install" more than likely an old > configuration might be at fault. I don't have an SSD but during the install &g

Re: Laptop still extremely slow after replacing msata ssd and putting old one back

2019-03-04 Thread hdv@gmail
On 04/03/2019 13.53, Hans wrote: > Am Montag, 4. März 2019, 13:04:53 CET schrieb hdv@gmail: > Hi, > > try to start with a livefile system, then check the ssd speed. Thus you see, > if > the problem is by the operating system or by the hardware. > > If it is same slow,

Laptop still extremely slow after replacing msata ssd and putting old one back

2019-03-04 Thread hdv@gmail
any wiser (timed cache read value is about 1.1 GB/s). Google didn't point me to anything I could use either. I would be very glad to just get the old speeds back, let alone to get the new disk running at somewhat adequate speeds on a mSATA II port). Thanks in advance. Grx HdV

Re: Looking for advise to replacy Pan newsreader

2019-02-17 Thread hdv@gmail
On 17/02/2019 11.58, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 17.02.19 10:16, hdv@gmail wrote: >> On 17/02/2019 05.05, Juan R. de Silva wrote: >>> Can your share with me what do you use for newsgroups reading. I do not >>> care >>> about binaries. All I want to follow se

Re: Looking for advise to replacy Pan newsreader

2019-02-17 Thread hdv@gmail
sgroups. Plain > text reading. For text-only groups I use mutt. Grx HdV

Re: How to ensure that old kernel does not get removed

2019-01-05 Thread hdv@gmail
On 05/01/2019 14.45, songbird wrote: > hdv@gmail wrote: > ... >> So how do I make sure that 4.18.0-2 does not get removed from the boot menu >> after the next kernel upgrade? I'd like to keep it until I have verified >> that an >> upgrade does work. However, as far

Re: How to ensure that old kernel does not get removed

2019-01-05 Thread hdv@gmail
On 05/01/2019 11.19, Reco wrote: > On Sat, Jan 05, 2019 at 11:16:23AM +0100, hdv@gmail wrote: >> On 05/01/2019 08.52, Reco wrote: >>> Hi. >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 05, 2019 at 03:41:05AM +0100, hdv@gmail wrote: >>>> So how do I make sure that

Re: How to ensure that old kernel does not get removed

2019-01-05 Thread hdv@gmail
On 05/01/2019 08.52, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sat, Jan 05, 2019 at 03:41:05AM +0100, hdv@gmail wrote: >> So how do I make sure that 4.18.0-2 does not get removed from the boot menu >> after the next kernel upgrade? > > Do not uninstall this version of kerne

How to ensure that old kernel does not get removed

2019-01-04 Thread hdv@gmail
a setting for this in /etc/default/grub or /etc/grub.d/. As a matter of fact I am not even sure grub is the proper place for this. Grub only builds a boot menu, but it does not remove kernels (as far as I am aware). Any pointers in the right direction will be appreciated! Grx HdV

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread hdv@gmail
> Thank you. You're welcome. Grx HdV

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread hdv@gmail
On 12/7/18 10:50 AM, Joe wrote: > On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 19:46:42 -0500 > Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Thursday 06 December 2018 17:48:21 hdv@gmail wrote: >> > >>> >>> Some time ago I tried LibreCAD as well and soon had to conclude >>> there were

Re: librecad

2018-12-07 Thread hdv@gmail
On 12/7/18 1:46 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 06 December 2018 17:48:21 hdv@gmail wrote: > >> On 12/6/18 11:31 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> Greetings all; >>> >>> The librecad in the debian repos for wheezy is nearly a decade old, >>> v-1

Re: librecad

2018-12-06 Thread hdv@gmail
trial machinery) and have been able to do almost everything I needed it to do. Mind you it is 2D only, but as far as I can remember the same was true of LibreCAD. I think it might not satisfy the DFSG, as there are proprietary modules in it, but most of the code is licensed under GPLv3. Grx HdV

Re: Distinguish instances of GUI file manager by color

2018-09-26 Thread hdv@gmail
usader for similar purposes. It is like a GUI version of Midnight Commander (mc). If needed just open multiple instances. When performing actions within one instance you can do almost everything purely by keyboard, which is great (to me) and speeds up things as well. No need to grab the mouse all the time. HTH Grx HdV

Re: Buster: KDE still broken in testing?

2018-09-05 Thread hdv@gmail
y functional again. However, the desktop is not. It will not act on mouse clicks at all. Still, it is workable again (at least for me). I haven't noticed any other problems (apart from pan, but I suspect that problem is not related and just coincidentally appeared at the same time). Grx HdV

Re: [Buster]: KDE wierdness: missing window titlebars + more

2018-08-28 Thread hdv@gmail
at the 27th. Hans Ulrich and I are experiencing the same type of trouble in testing at the moment. Grx HdV

Re: lots of issues with KDE after update

2018-08-27 Thread hdv@gmail
e/apt-get dist-upgrade being run once every few (about 3) days, so no significant backlog in updates. Therefore I presume the problems must originate in a library that was updated last Thursday of Friday. Grx HdV

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-23 Thread hdv@gmail
e list. Why don't you? Grx HdV

Re: software to do drawings of houses, gardens, etc.

2017-11-22 Thread hdv@gmail
res, I am just a happy customer. ;-) ) If you think this type of software is what you need, then I would try out QCAD instead of LibreCAD. I've been subscribed to their mailing list for almost a year now and I don't think I've seen more than 3 messages on it. I might be missing things, but I am inclined to think that LibreCAD is "dead". Grx HdV

Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System

2017-08-31 Thread hdv
gt;> reason to learn some perl. > > I'm interested as well, if you could send a copy to me. > > @Ray: And even more so, Ray, after you modify it. > Hi rhkramer, I sent it to this list yesterday. If you missed it I can send it again. Just let me know. Grx HdV

Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System

2017-08-31 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2017-08-31 04:39, ray wrote: > On Sunday, August 27, 2017 at 6:50:06 AM UTC-5, hdv@gmail wrote: >> On 2017-08-26 05:14, ray wrote: >>> I would like to find a way to keep track of changes I make to my system. >>> ...snip >> Hi Ray, >> >> I just retu

Re: How to Keep Track of Changes to the System

2017-08-27 Thread hdv@gmail
you define yourself (in that directory the full path of the original is preserved). You use it like visudo, you just call it like this: vicf All the rest happens automagically. Of course this will only help for plain-text files and it doesn't provide for the annotations you mentioned. But if y

Re: pdf file editieren mit dicken Pinsel

2017-04-20 Thread hdv
für Ihnen. I am quite satisfied with PDF Studio from Qoppa, but it is a proprietary progam, so I don't know if that is acceptable to you. Mit freundliche Gruß, HdV

Re: Duplicating a partition's directory structure - How?

2017-01-03 Thread hdv
ll be an educational experience as I expect the answer will be > elegant in its simplicity and point me towards chasms in my understanding of > Linux. > > Thank you. Oops! I just noticed a solution was already given and accepted. Sorry for the noise. Grx HdV

Re: Duplicating a partition's directory structure - How?

2017-01-03 Thread hdv
build the input file with find -type d Sometimes I need to add a new directory structure to systems. In those cases I just write the wanted dirs to a file and run this script. Maybe you can adjust it to your needs. HTH Grx HdV

Re: gathering system information

2016-06-02 Thread hdv
criticism are greatly appreciated (no matter how > small you think they are). Part of what you want was already done by Karsten M. Self. I remember using a shell script by him in around 2002. You might try Google if you can find a copy of that script. I think it was called systeminfo. Grx HdV

Re: apttude program list

2016-02-24 Thread hdv
they start out all the same? > > Many TIA! > Dennis > dpkg --get-selections might be what you're looking for. Grx HdV

Re: self-encrypting drives (SED)

2015-11-21 Thread hdv
ry easy to set up. I'd think it might even be a cheaper solution too (if you don't have to put in too much time for configuration and maintenance). Just my $0.02 Grx HdV

Re: Linux based cellphones?

2015-01-30 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2015-01-30 10:47, Karen Lewellen wrote: Now that seems nifty. Don't know what your timeframe is, but have you considered the Neo900? See neo900.org. It is not out yet, but it seems promising. Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Question about an attempt to upgrade CUPS and cups-filters

2014-11-30 Thread hdv@gmail
happening on my systems. Do a dpkg --configure --pending and all should be fine again. Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/547b7024.7080

Re: Lost high res desktop settings on vbox upgrade to 4.3.14

2014-07-23 Thread hdv@gmail
. It could be your problem is related to this. Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53d029f1.7040...@gmail.com

Re: Cropping a large collection of .PNG screenshots

2014-04-09 Thread HdV
not mistaken. Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5399901.fbWuAp8zDb@odin

Re: saslauthd? I can't seem to get it installed for postfix..

2004-12-22 Thread hdv
250 Ok 250 Ok 221 Bye I've been thinking of putting this mini-howto online, as this question pops up quite often. But I'd probably need to clean it up a bit before I do that though... Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: how to sweep hard disk of confidential data

2004-07-19 Thread HdV
in the subject you should read the current thread on the full-disclosure list about this topic. It is quite informative! Here's the archived version for you perusal. I highly recommend you read it. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/fulldisc/full-disclosure/23767 Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Can I execute keys on the keyboard from .xsession?

2004-07-09 Thread HdV
prove difficult if it is not under your control... Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can I execute keys on the keyboard from .xsession?

2004-07-08 Thread HdV
JavaScript to put the focus at the line you want? That is asuming this page is under your control. Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Moving to a dedicated host...

2004-06-23 Thread HdV
My next choice is NetSonic (see http://www.netsonic.net/debian-linux-pkgs.php for their offer). Does anyone on the list know them? Any comments on their service? Any experiences with other providers of decent non-managed Debian boxes with a monthly datalimit of about 100GB? Grx HdV

Re: Anyone else suddenly got debian-user-digest messages?

2004-06-21 Thread HdV
On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, Aaron Maxwell wrote: I haven't. Based on the lack of response, probably not many others have either. Smile, you're special. Ah, I must be the chosen one then... }:-) Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: Anyone else suddenly got debian-user-digest messages?

2004-06-21 Thread HdV
but less than 100), that made me wonder as well. So it wasn't just me after all. Oh well, I'll just delete them and see if it happens again. Maybe it was just a fluke... Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wput? automatic ftp login/upload?

2004-06-21 Thread HdV
xfer script could be of use to you. Haven't written an webpage for it yet, but the code is available from this URL: http://huizen.dto.tudelft.nl/devries/files/xfer HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Anyone else suddenly got debian-user-digest messages?

2004-06-19 Thread HdV
Hi all, Starting yesterday I suddenly started to receive debian-user-digest messages from murphy. I most surely didn't subscribe myself to the digests, so something else must have happened. Anyone else experienced the same? Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Website creating software

2004-06-07 Thread HdV
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Nick Smith wrote: forget frontpage, what about a dreamweaver alternative? You might want to check out N-View, see http://www.nvu.com/ for more info. Haven't use it myself though, I am just too fond of vim and more recently the Template Toolkit. Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Monitoring debian server

2004-05-09 Thread HdV
with nagios I have them satisfying all my monitoring craves... [1] http://www.orcaware.com/orca/ [2] http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/ Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: HP Glance 4.00

2004-04-16 Thread HdV
/libncurses.so.4 oldlibs/libncurses4 The other library is found in stable, but not in testing: FILE PACKAGE usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 oldlibs/libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: QT not found problem

2004-03-22 Thread HdV
-2Qt Library ii libqt3c102-mt 3.2.3-2Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime version) Debian stores Qt in another location than the author of the program anticipated. Try using /usr/share/qt3 as a prefix in the config options. HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: PPD files

2004-03-16 Thread HdV
text files, so if you want to know what's in them just fire up vim and take a look. One of the packages using ppd files is cups, might that be the one you're thinking about? Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PKI and SSH

2004-02-26 Thread HdV
you http://huizen.dto.tudelft.nl/devries/security/ssh2_pubkey_auth_config.html as it could very well be that this is not the information you're looking for. HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: problem with awstats

2004-01-05 Thread HdV
to me too. So, then I started using -dir and/or -date and everything was fine again. This is with a pure awstats install from Sarge. Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing with apt-get?

2003-12-30 Thread HdV
for testing... Most of the time that isn't too much of a problem as apt-get source from unstable usually works if you add deb-src lines for unstable in your source.list . HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A good book on C Programming?

2003-12-28 Thread HdV
like it better, but for the few large projects I did I chose C++ because I feel that OOP lends itself better for that (reusablilty and so on). However there have been fought mighty flame-wars over that so don't just take my word for it... HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Advice on usb pendrive purchase

2003-12-27 Thread HdV
filesystem on it (as I don't have to use Windows at work and I certainly don't own it at home), so I can't tell if a FAT filesystem would give more trouble, although I can't imagine why it would. I guess I have been quite lucky or you have just gotten the bad one from the batch... Grx HdV

Re: Installing Enigmail

2003-12-17 Thread HdV
? Another thing I seem to remember is that enigmail is quite picky when it comes to using the correct version with mozilla or thunderbird. Did you check you are using the version that is meant for your mozilla? See mozdev.org for more info on that. HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Installing Enigmail

2003-12-16 Thread HdV
be a security problem on a multi-user system. Fill in the propper username and display and your good to go. HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ipchains HowTo

2003-12-09 Thread HdV
? Well, its not a reference but it is a good tutorial: http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/ HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: shell script question

2003-12-05 Thread HdV
, but I'd suggest you take a look at the eval built-in function of the shell. I think it is what you need. The bash advanced scripting guide might be of help to you: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: base64 translation

2003-12-02 Thread HdV
aren't too big you could do something like this: perl -MMIME::Base64 -le 'print decode_base64(encoded_text)' Otherwise you might want to write a 5-line perl script for it. HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: base64 translation

2003-12-02 Thread HdV
the documentation (see perldoc MIME::Base64): perl -MMIME::Base64 -ne 'print decode_base64($_)' your_file With this you shouldn't have any problem decoding the file. HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: base64 translation

2003-12-02 Thread HdV
On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Bill Goudie wrote: Which is included in libmime-base64-perl. Visit /usr/share/doc/libmime-base64-perl/examples. Right. Forgot all about the examples. Silly me... Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: splitting mbox files

2003-11-29 Thread HdV
weird ideas about this. Although I have to admit that I haven't had a problem with it in a while now. Maybe it's fixed. Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Which package has Perl:XML::Simple?

2003-11-27 Thread HdV
. libxml-simple-perl - Perl module for reading and writing XML This is on a box running testing. Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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