Re: Preferred Backup Method?

2007-12-05 Thread s. keeling
Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 12/04/2007 05:19 PM, Michael Pobega wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 04:04:47PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 12/04/07 15:09, Michael Pobega wrote: > >>> What is d-u's preferred method of backups? Now that I'm running servers > >>> on my system (Apache, M

Re: Dual EMC Installation

2007-12-04 Thread s. keeling
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Two thirds of that email was useless nonsense crap. :%s/Two thirds/95\%/# dunno if "%" is special here. better safe, ... # Cf. cron. EMC Storage Array?!? Electro-myocardiogram? Geez. -- Any technology distinguishable

Re: vi issue in etch

2007-12-04 Thread s. keeling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Vim really is Improved. I agree. However, that can be a feature or a detriment, depending on the situation. Don't expect vim features in all instances where you'd expect vi to fill the bill. Bare metal commercial Unix comes to mind. /bin/bash isn't

Re: wajig < > apt-get

2007-12-04 Thread s. keeling
Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > For those out there who are interested in having a CLI interface without > having to install Wajig, check out aptsh. > [snip] > Also, for those out there that like aptitude, look into `feta`. aptsh looks interesting, based on the manpage. feta looks blo

Re: Conversion of file Contacts.cdb into other format

2007-12-02 Thread s. keeling
Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 12/01/07 18:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> From my Nokia mobile phone's filesystem I fetched the file > >> Contacts.cdb, containing the addressbook. > >> > >> Can anyone suggest how to convert it into a readable format, e.g. > >> text? > > Ron Jo

Re: Is it exist a mailing-list for console only users ?

2007-11-30 Thread s. keeling
Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Am 2007-11-24 00:39:21, schrieb s. keeling: [I've always enjoyed seeing that word "schrieb" in posts by German speakers. It's always seemed so deliciously exotic. :-) ] > > You're defining what you wan

Re: Is it exist a mailing-list for console only users ?

2007-11-30 Thread s. keeling
Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 09:56:52PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Hard drives aren't *that* expensive, are they? > > This is a pervasive attitude. Yes, unless you have a recent box, adding > reliable drive space can be a pain. Where can I buy a new

Re: LDAP - howto get linux to talk to exchange/AD

2007-11-29 Thread s. keeling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Nov 28, 8:40 pm, "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bob Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > at the end of the day, this is what I want: my > > > debian(etch)/exim machine to a

Re: [OT] Re: How do you make your life secure (software based)?

2007-11-29 Thread s. keeling
Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > s. keeling: > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >> e) Skype seems secure, but the Germans[1] might have cracked > >> it and be blowing smoke in order to get Bad Guys to use > >> encryp

Re: LDAP - howto get linux to talk to exchange/AD

2007-11-28 Thread s. keeling
Bob Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > at the end of the day, this is what I want: my debian(etch)/exim machine to > accept all internet Email to my domain, ignore all else, and relay on to my > exchange 5.5 server. This means I want exim to validate email recipients > thru ldap lookups. Have

[OT] Re: How do you make your life secure (software based)?

2007-11-27 Thread s. keeling
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > e) Skype seems secure, but the Germans[1] might have cracked > it and be blowing smoke in order to get Bad Guys to use > encrypted Skype, > > [1] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10477899 "Might have cracked it and be blo

Re: wget initialization syntax errors

2007-11-25 Thread s. keeling
Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I created ~/.wgetrc and put into it simple options such as: > >--mirror That's not how my .wgetrc looks. I have (eg.): passive_ftp = on You need to man wget and learn what rc file option does what you want, if wget can be used that way. "--mirror"

Re: command line wordperfect

2007-11-23 Thread s. keeling
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 11/23/07 14:37, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > I don't think such can be installed on debian. Probably not on freebsd > > either, so I'm curious have any of the emacs experts ever put together a > > key bindings package for emacs that can make a wordperfect user fe

Re: Is it exist a mailing-list for console only users ?

2007-11-23 Thread s. keeling
SPKills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > All is in the question... No, it never is. > As i don't (almost) ever used the X server then i'm not really able to > help others and not really interested in their problems, i would like to > know if it exists a list of this kind. You're defining what you wa

Re: Is it exist a mailing-list for console only users ?

2007-11-23 Thread s. keeling
Paul Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri November 23 2007, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > When was the last time we had a questio from someone wondering how do do > > something in ed? > > maybe BUT... when you use VI, you can still do the ":" commands that are ed > based.. > I use them all

Re: listening to radio stations

2007-11-23 Thread s. keeling
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 11/23/07 11:30, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 11/23/07 08:17, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >>> Do any command line tools exist in debian that will allow a user to > >>> listen to a streaming broadcast say from > >>> http://sc1.liquidviewer.co

Re: Xresources not read at startup

2007-11-21 Thread s. keeling
Kumar Ravichandran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I am running Debian Etch on a Macbook, and I have a simple problem, > namely, that my $HOME/.Xresources file, which has a few colour options > for xterm, is not read at startup. I need to manually xrdb load it I have it in ~/.xinitrc -- Any techno

Re: .xsession-errors servicetype

2007-11-20 Thread s. keeling
Paul Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > not sure what all this means, should I be worried? > > $ tail -50 .xsession-errors > kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/share/applications/banshee.desktop' specifies > undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/x-mpeg-3' > [snip] > kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Graphic

Re: debian ISO question

2007-11-20 Thread s. keeling
Mark Quitoriano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > im new to debian im looking which version should i download. i can see > the stable version is 4.0 but when i look for the ISO i only see > debian-4.0r1? is this the latest? or is it a release candidate? http://www.debian.org/CD/ "Latest official

Re: [OT?] Replying to posts in debian-user

2007-11-19 Thread s. keeling
Kelly Clowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Nov 18, 2007 9:12 AM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 03:34:27PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > > > > > There is one tip I have for you: use a mailer that has better support > > > for mailing lists than your current one,

Re: Is there a "quick" how-to or "getting started" for exim?

2007-11-17 Thread s. keeling
Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 02:42:02PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote: > > > > On Nov 16, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > > >On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 04:04:00PM -0600, Bob Goldberg wrote: > > >>running etch in console (no X); > > >> > > >>I just wa

Re: 64 bits or 32 bits? How to define?

2007-11-14 Thread s. keeling
Pantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > s. keeling wrote: > > Jerome BENOIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Pantor wrote: > >>> anybody can tell me how to define is my system 64 bits or 32 bits? > >> what do you really mean by `system' ? hardware ? or ke

Re: Request information

2007-11-13 Thread s. keeling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I want to leave windows and start with linux so I need some > assistance. Which Intel mother board I can use (last models) and I've never considered Linux (any flavour) to have any problem with stock PC hardware. It's what Linus built it for. Whiz-bang

Re: 64 bits or 32 bits? How to define?

2007-11-13 Thread s. keeling
Jerome BENOIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Pantor wrote: > > > > anybody can tell me how to define is my system 64 bits or 32 bits? > > what do you really mean by `system' ? hardware ? or kernel ? Don't you mean CPU? If the CPU's 64 bit, and the Debian installer has any clue (and we chose the right

Re: chmod 670

2007-11-13 Thread s. keeling
Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Is there some reason why you would "chmod 670" and not "chmod 770"? To cause filesystem breakage? :-) It's not a bright thing to do. Users do a lot of not bright things. We should know what's going to happen when they do this. It's interesting pheno

Re: chmod 670

2007-11-13 Thread s. keeling
Owen Townend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 13:25 -0300, Patricio Rojo wrote: > > > > I recently noticed that strange things happen if you do 'chmod 670' on > > a directory that you own, and whose group is set to one you belong. > > > > - If you try 'ls', then its contents ar

Re: any pages listing text mode resolutions of video cards?

2007-11-13 Thread s. keeling
Daniel B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > However, I'd like to be able to know what text mode a card supports > the next time I buy a video card in case I don't want to use > framebuffer mode. Find a machine with that card, boot from a live CD, give it vga=ask for a kernel boot parm, and test. I bel

Re: dhcp-client, dhcp3-client and pump

2007-11-12 Thread s. keeling
gusti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I have all the packages up-to-date, I'm using official kernel 2.6.18 > for debian stable. I already tried 'dhclient' from the packages > 'dhcp-client' and 'dhcp3-client' and 'pump' from the package 'pump' and > still after few minutes my network die and I mus

Re: Newsgroup

2007-11-11 Thread s. keeling
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Darko wrote: > > > I'snt better to convince some one from debian.org to make news grop > > debian.user on server debian.public.org rather then this overcapacity's > > mailing list > > debian-user mailing list can be accessed as a news group. You can

Re: Telnet/SSH Terminal Help

2007-11-07 Thread s. keeling
Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > s. keeling wrote: > > Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >>> Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 06:03:01AM -0700, Jeff Grossman wrote: > >&g

Re: lprng + magicfilter + hpijs => hp deskjet 680c

2007-11-07 Thread s. keeling
Javier Vasquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 11/4/07, Javier Vasquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a HP-680C deskject printer that I wanted to make it work with > > lprng + magicfilter + hpijs. So far no luck. I seems like I'm able > > to use the filter: > > > > /etc/magicfilter/dj550c-f

Re: how to read http mails in mutt mail reader (vim)?

2007-11-07 Thread s. keeling
hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I've just installed mutt in Debian, one problem is there are some > mails from news lists with HTTP format, it was fine when I use Mozilla > mail reader, but with mutt and vim, I could not read the HTTP format > mails. One solution I can think of is to use lynx, bu

Re: [Fwd: Re: Installing Packages From Source]

2007-11-05 Thread s. keeling
Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 05:19:49PM -0700, Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: > >> Manually installed packages have status "i " while automatically > >> installed ones have "i A". > > > > They have a "c" next to them. > >So what you di

Re: [OT] Scripting question: the length limit of a list?

2007-11-05 Thread s. keeling
Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 01:49:03PM -0700, Mike Bird wrote: > > On Thursday 01 November 2007 13:07, Wei Chen wrote: > > > I would like to write a bash script like the following one: > > > > > > for i in `some program that outputs a word list` > > > do > > > ec

Re: Telnet/SSH Terminal Help

2007-11-04 Thread s. keeling
Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 06:03:01AM -0700, Jeff Grossman wrote: > >>> > >>> If I do an 'export LC_ALL=C' then term=linux and term=screen appear to > >>> act the same. The display is much better but still not perfect. I > >>> have

long lines of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@^@ ... in messages and syslog?!? Etch, Sun Sparc U30.

2007-10-30 Thread s. keeling
This is on a Sun Ultra 30 running Debian Etch Sparc, all SCSI interfaces and Sun hardware (incl. kb & mouse), 256 (?) Mb RAM, 9 Gb HD. (0) deviant /home/keeling_ free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem:255584 238952 16632 0

Re: Log Question

2007-10-30 Thread s. keeling
Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I just upgraded the following packages this morning from testing: > > [UPGRADE] console-data 2:1.02-2 -> 2:1.03-1 > [UPGRADE] dictionaries-common 0.85.2 -> 0.86.2 > [UPGRADE] razor 2.810-2 -> 1:2.84-1 > > I am using MIMEDefang with Sendmail to do mail fil

Re: DHCP & apache errors. [was: Many problems.......]

2007-10-14 Thread s. keeling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > recently installed Debian Eatch and I'm getting following problems- > > 1. Some times my IP number is getting changed to some unknown IP > numbers and after that I'm not able to connect to Internet. (we are > having DHCP) Where is the dhcp server?

Re: Regarding tar and split

2007-10-14 Thread s. keeling
Sean Zimmermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Paul E Condon mesanetworks.net> writes: > > > > The difference is that afio compresses each input file individually, so > > if there is a read/write error, only one file is lost from the archive. > > I have one final question: some people have brought up

Re: Help Please

2007-09-30 Thread s. keeling
Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > (I can only confirm that the 2.6.22 version of sc92031.c has the text > "Rsltek 8139D PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver" in the source code.) ^^ Is that a typo, or is a wishlist bug in order? -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insuff

Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?

2007-09-30 Thread s. keeling
Martin Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > s. keeling wrote: > > Martin Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlity? I cannot > >> work out what package it's in. > > > > (0) hereti

Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?

2007-09-30 Thread s. keeling
Martin Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlity? I cannot > work out what package it's in. (0) heretic /home/keeling_ apt-file search xf86config doc-linux-html: usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Xinerama-HOWTO/editxf86config.html doc-linux-html: usr

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2007-09-30 Thread s. keeling
Cord Beermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hallo! Du (Mumia W..) hast geschrieben: > > > I'm getting multiple duplicate messages from [EMAIL PROTECTED] . At > > Do I understand correctly that this bot sends out this message when > you post to d-user? linux.debian.* are mail to news gateways to the

Re: xmodmap again - not solved after all

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 09/25/2007 09:25 AM, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I've twice thought I'd solved this one but no. To recap: my .xinitrc > > contains the line: "xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap". which has worked for many > > months or even years. In the last couple of weeks the command is not

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Sep 26 04:27 -0500]: > > > > Btw, THIS IS ALL VOLUNTEER WORK HERE. fyi. > > Yup. And I for one appreciate our Debian Volunteer Overlords. ;-) Ah geez. You made me laugh. I even

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Sid Arth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ahh you will have to excuse me, but what exactly is top posting and > what do you mean by trimming? > Ill try to fix it myself if I can. > > On 9/26/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 06:12:50PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > > >

Re: syslog recommendations?

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Michael Shuler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 09/28/2007 11:29 PM, Rogelio Bastardo wrote: > > I'm looking for a few F/OSS syslog programs -- one easy to use (sort of > > like Kiwi syslog) and another that's much more scalable and would let > > me, say, aggregate logs from lots of different boxes and m

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
s/Jones/West/g You gotta change your name to Steve. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.htmlPlease, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Repost of some earlier described "challenges"

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > You need a more compliant girlfriend. Lucy Liu-bot comes to mind. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dated_a_Robot wtf did I just waste fifteen minutes reading? You do not point at wikipedia articles citing toons. Geez. It may have been an enjoyable episod

Re: Newbie help with simple C program, USB device under Debian

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Nick Lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Kevin Mark wrote: > > > > Please refrain from your attacks. 'Be nice to folks' is a general rule. > > Your right. My apologies to Oleg and the list. Quite right, and thanks. Done it before myself and hope to minimize its ocurrence in the future. [EMAIL PROT

Re: efficiency of windows managers

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Pál Csányi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What about stumpwm? > > http://www.nongnu.org/stumpwm/ > > Use this window manager somebody on Debian Etch? You could (aptitude search): p stumpwm - a Common Lisp window manager and no I never have. -- Any technology distinguishable fro

Re: xmodmap again - not solved after all

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 27 Sep 2007, s. keeling wrote: > > Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On 09/25/2007 09:25 AM, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > I've twice thought I'd solved this one but no. To recap: my .xinitrc &g

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Nate Bargmann wrote: > >keeling: > >> Plenty of stuff, lots of replies and multipost threads. Can't see any > >> bug reports. Guess it's off to the BTS to search there. Drat. > >> > >> How 'bout that? Search of the BTS for submitter reports no reports > >> f

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Roger B.A. Klorese wrote: > > > > a lot of time working on non-goals; the question at hand is > > whether adoption by the level of user in question is or is not a > > goal. I'm satisfied to leave that up to the individual. It's none of my business. Caveat em

Re: Stupid question (was Re: Repost of some earlier described "challenges")

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I don't like it, but I also don't like reloading. :-) Ah, ya puss! Burn a backup CD and do it. Think of all those doors opening up for you. You can try anything! =[8]-) -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)ht

Re: syslog recommendations?

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Michael Shuler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 09/28/2007 11:29 PM, Rogelio Bastardo wrote: > > I'm looking for a few F/OSS syslog programs -- one easy to use (sort of > > like Kiwi syslog) and another that's much more scalable and would let > > me, say, aggregate logs from lots of different boxes and m

Re: efficiency of windows managers

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Pál Csányi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What about stumpwm? > > http://www.nongnu.org/stumpwm/ > > Use this window manager somebody on Debian Etch? You could (aptitude search): p stumpwm - a Common Lisp window manager and no I never have. -- Any technology distinguishable fro

Re: Newbie help with simple C program, USB device under Debian

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Nick Lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Kevin Mark wrote: > > > > Please refrain from your attacks. 'Be nice to folks' is a general rule. > > Your right. My apologies to Oleg and the list. Quite right, and thanks. Done it before myself and hope to minimize its ocurrence in the future. [EMAIL PROT

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Sid Arth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ahh you will have to excuse me, but what exactly is top posting and > what do you mean by trimming? > Ill try to fix it myself if I can. > > On 9/26/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 06:12:50PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > > >

Re: Stupid question (was Re: Repost of some earlier described "challenges")

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I don't like it, but I also don't like reloading. :-) Ah, ya puss! Burn a backup CD and do it. Think of all those doors opening up for you. You can try anything! =[8]-) -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)ht

Re: xmodmap again - not solved after all

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 27 Sep 2007, s. keeling wrote: > > Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On 09/25/2007 09:25 AM, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > I've twice thought I'd solved this one but no. To recap: my .xinitrc &g

Re: Repost of some earlier described "challenges"

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > You need a more compliant girlfriend. Lucy Liu-bot comes to mind. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dated_a_Robot wtf did I just waste fifteen minutes reading? You do not point at wikipedia articles citing toons. Geez. It may have been an enjoyable episod

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
s/Jones/West/g You gotta change your name to Steve. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.htmlPlease, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Roger B.A. Klorese wrote: > > > > a lot of time working on non-goals; the question at hand is > > whether adoption by the level of user in question is or is not a > > goal. I'm satisfied to leave that up to the individual. It's none of my business. Caveat em

Re: xmodmap again - not solved after all

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 09/25/2007 09:25 AM, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I've twice thought I'd solved this one but no. To recap: my .xinitrc > > contains the line: "xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap". which has worked for many > > months or even years. In the last couple of weeks the command is not

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Sep 26 04:27 -0500]: > > > > Btw, THIS IS ALL VOLUNTEER WORK HERE. fyi. > > Yup. And I for one appreciate our Debian Volunteer Overlords. ;-) Ah geez. You made me laugh. I even

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Nate Bargmann wrote: > >keeling: > >> Plenty of stuff, lots of replies and multipost threads. Can't see any > >> bug reports. Guess it's off to the BTS to search there. Drat. > >> > >> How 'bout that? Search of the BTS for submitter reports no reports > >> f

Re: syslog recommendations?

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Michael Shuler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 09/28/2007 11:29 PM, Rogelio Bastardo wrote: > > I'm looking for a few F/OSS syslog programs -- one easy to use (sort of > > like Kiwi syslog) and another that's much more scalable and would let > > me, say, aggregate logs from lots of different boxes and m

Re: efficiency of windows managers

2007-09-29 Thread s. keeling
Pál Csányi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What about stumpwm? > > http://www.nongnu.org/stumpwm/ > > Use this window manager somebody on Debian Etch? You could (aptitude search): p stumpwm - a Common Lisp window manager and no I never have. -- Any technology distinguishable fro

Re: Newbie help with simple C program, USB device under Debian

2007-09-27 Thread s. keeling
Nick Lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Kevin Mark wrote: > > > > Please refrain from your attacks. 'Be nice to folks' is a general rule. > > Your right. My apologies to Oleg and the list. Quite right, and thanks. Done it before myself and hope to minimize its ocurrence in the future. [EMAIL PROT

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-27 Thread s. keeling
Sid Arth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ahh you will have to excuse me, but what exactly is top posting and > what do you mean by trimming? > Ill try to fix it myself if I can. > > On 9/26/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 06:12:50PM -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > > >

Re: xmodmap again - not solved after all

2007-09-27 Thread s. keeling
Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 27 Sep 2007, s. keeling wrote: > > Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On 09/25/2007 09:25 AM, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > I've twice thought I'd solved this one but no. To recap: my .xinitrc &g

Re: Stupid question (was Re: Repost of some earlier described "challenges")

2007-09-26 Thread s. keeling
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I don't like it, but I also don't like reloading. :-) Ah, ya puss! Burn a backup CD and do it. Think of all those doors opening up for you. You can try anything! =[8]-) -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)ht

Re: Repost of some earlier described "challenges"

2007-09-26 Thread s. keeling
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > You need a more compliant girlfriend. Lucy Liu-bot comes to mind. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dated_a_Robot wtf did I just waste fifteen minutes reading? You do not point at wikipedia articles citing toons. Geez. It may have been an enjoyable episod

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-26 Thread s. keeling
s/Jones/West/g You gotta change your name to Steve. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.htmlPlease, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-26 Thread s. keeling
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Roger B.A. Klorese wrote: > > > > a lot of time working on non-goals; the question at hand is > > whether adoption by the level of user in question is or is not a > > goal. I'm satisfied to leave that up to the individual. It's none of my business. Caveat em

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-26 Thread s. keeling
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Nate Bargmann wrote: > >keeling: > >> Plenty of stuff, lots of replies and multipost threads. Can't see any > >> bug reports. Guess it's off to the BTS to search there. Drat. > >> > >> How 'bout that? Search of the BTS for submitter reports no reports > >> f

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-26 Thread s. keeling
Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Sep 26 04:27 -0500]: > > > > Btw, THIS IS ALL VOLUNTEER WORK HERE. fyi. > > Yup. And I for one appreciate our Debian Volunteer Overlords. ;-) Ah geez. You made me laugh. I even

Re: xmodmap again - not solved after all

2007-09-26 Thread s. keeling
Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 09/25/2007 09:25 AM, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I've twice thought I'd solved this one but no. To recap: my .xinitrc > > contains the line: "xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap". which has worked for many > > months or even years. In the last couple of weeks the command is not

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-25 Thread s. keeling
Roger B.A. Klorese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Kent West wrote: > > Like he said, he's not complaining, or asking for help, or asking for > > information; he's just saying that we have room for improvement. > > Well, yes, but it remains to be seen whether everyone considers this > "room for improv

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-25 Thread s. keeling
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Martin Marcher wrote: > > Why is it that simple statments, preceded by disclaimers > indicating that they are not complaints, get treated as > complaints? > > > Hello, > > > > I'm interested in the job offer you posted on > > Sarcasm is unbecoming, espec

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-25 Thread s. keeling
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Mike Bird wrote: > > On Tuesday 25 September 2007 12:45, Mike McCarty wrote: > >> I'm not trying to be mean, either. I'm reporting a single event. > > > > We're all volunteers here. You too. If you find time I guess > > some of us would appreciate your postin

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-25 Thread s. keeling
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Mark Phillips wrote: > > > > Mike, you have to realize that support is provided by volunteers who > > have lives (families, children, jobs, little league, etc.) outside of > > supporting the software. There is no guarentee of any support when you > > install De

Re: binary packages versus source

2007-09-25 Thread s. keeling
pietia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > s. keeling pisze: > > pietia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Joey Hess pisze: > >> > >>> No, the debian buildds run unstable (except for the buildds used to build > >>> updates for stable). > >>

Re: How to reply in the mailing lists

2007-09-24 Thread s. keeling
Sid Arth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Im sorry if this isnt the best place to voice such a question, but I Perfect place. > am a bit new to mailing lists and so on. I was wondering how to > reply to a message but in a way so everybody in the list gets it, > but without starting a whole new thread.

Re: binary packages versus source

2007-09-24 Thread s. keeling
pietia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Joey Hess pisze: > > > No, the debian buildds run unstable (except for the buildds used to build > > updates for stable). > > for whitch architecture are optimized ? less /boot/config-$(uname -r) -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently ad

Re: binary packages versus source

2007-09-24 Thread s. keeling
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > THe binaries you download from debian repositories are built using an > > automatic system. THat system must be stable and reliable. So, it uses > > and older, more tested and stable version of gcc to compile.=20 > > No, the de

Re: ls sort order: new, bad, behaviour

2007-09-23 Thread s. keeling
Eric d'Alibut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 9/23/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > namely, an 'ls' that sorts directories first, and > > > ordinary files afterwards? Do others actually see that behaviour in > > > terminals? > > > Sure. That's how it works for me. Not for me. I ge

Re: ls sort order: new, bad, behaviour

2007-09-22 Thread s. keeling
Eric d'Alibut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Last night I installed, and then removed, the ftpd and proftpd debs, Glad I don't use 'em. > in that order. Now I cannot by hook or crook get 'ls' to behave as it > did before those ftp experiments. 'ls' now sorts strictly by filename > -- including direct

Re: How encrypt cron output mail [was: exim4 with gpg?]

2007-09-22 Thread s. keeling
Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 06:17:38PM +0200, Peter Jordan wrote: > > Douglas A. Tutty, 09/22/07 17:24: > > > On Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 04:42:25PM +0200, Peter Jordan wrote: > > >> > > >> i run debian etch with exim4 (smarthost configuration) for > > >> outbound e

Re: where is kernel-headers for etch

2007-09-21 Thread s. keeling
Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > etch use kernel 2.6.18 > where is its kernel header? > > I've been trying compiling driver for rt2500-based card, Certainly, > the card does not work "out of the box on etch" as some said. I've > been taken in. aptitude update && aptitude search $KEYWO

Re: [for the moderators] I'm sorry

2007-09-21 Thread s. keeling
Lo'oris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I was really believing I was posting to the debian/Italian mailing > list, sorry for bothering you twice. > > Have a good work. Belissimo? I've no idea what you're talking about, but non-native English speakers with your ability with English are welcome here. Yo

Re: LPR and CUPS

2007-09-20 Thread s. keeling
Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 06:35:15PM -0500, cothrige wrote: > > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > cupsys-bsd package provide /usr/bin/lpr. you should not need to > > > install an additional package to get lpr functionality.=

Re: Sex spam again on the list

2007-09-18 Thread s. keeling
Peter Teunissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tue, September 18, 2007 04:39, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > > > > Such a system is implemented by spamcop (www.spamcop.net). Their block > > list, > > For directly blocking mail however, you'd be better of using the > zen.spamhaus.org combined bloc

Re: cdrecord problem - Correction

2007-09-17 Thread s. keeling
Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Joerg Schily's original cdrecord works perfectly. > > Apparently I have a box of bad blank cdrw disks, 100 of them unfortunately. > I tried cdrw disks from another box and cdrecord ran the Lite-On drive at > 25x with no problems. fwiw, I've heard a

Re: mail messages with only html

2007-09-15 Thread s. keeling
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 09/13/07 17:36, Richard Lyons wrote: > > This is becoming more of a problem. There is a growing number of firms > > that are incapable of sending out normal emails. They insist on sending > > blank messages with an html attachment only. Of course this is

Re: Problems regarding sound ... Or udev?

2007-09-05 Thread s. keeling
Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > vivek shah wrote: > > > > I am using Debain Etch on my Acer laptop and it was running > > fine till the sound stopped working suddenly. I was playing a movie on > > [snip] > > Please note I did no upgrade or package install when this problem > > occured.

Re: What uses xorg process?

2007-09-02 Thread s. keeling
Thomas Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > According to "top", the "xorg" process uses ~25-40% of my AMD 3000+ CPU > several times a minute for several seconds at a time. I suspect some > other program uses xorg to execute its code for it. > > How do I find out what process uses the xorg proces

Re: Help! Update screwed my box up 'automagically'!

2007-09-02 Thread s. keeling
Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > For your video problem, you can try : > dpkg-reconfigure xorg-xserver Just a nit; that should be "xserver-xorg". -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - -

Snmpwalk: Timeout: No Response from 192.168.1.36 (was: "Re: I hope You are satisfied now :))

2007-09-01 Thread s. keeling
dunkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > The original problem was: > "However if I run "snmpwalk -v 1 -c public 192.168.1.36 system" on the > stable box, with 192.168.1.36 the IP address of the testing box, i get: > Timeout: No Response from 192.168.1.36 > > snmpd is up and running, I can ping both w

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