Re: EXIM SPAM filtering

2003-11-05 Thread Nate Duehr
Exim's default debian configs have procmail support set up -- and there are some good examples of using procmail to feed spamassassin out on the web. It's more system resource intensive than say getting exim to talk to spamd, but also nicely portable to other systems you might have that use

Re: setting hardware clock from NIST

2003-11-05 Thread Nate Duehr
hwclock Haines Brown wrote: I'm a RedHat refugee, and sometimes I can just transfer things to debian, and sometimes not. I have an executable script, time.rc which has: #! /bin/bash rdate -s time-b.nist.gov clock -w I installed rdate, and that seems to work fine to set the system clock

Re: The Unix Philosophy (was Re: POP3 mail fetcher that supports unreliable connections?)

2003-11-05 Thread Nate Duehr
I am not disputing unix philosophy. I am disputing the if I pipe data to another program, I am not responsible for what happens non-sense. It's not nonsense. fetchmail's authors can't be held responsible for you not configuring your MTA correctly. And they certainly shouldn't try to check for

Re: The Unix Philosophy (was Re: POP3 mail fetcher that supports unreliable connections?)

2003-11-06 Thread Nate Duehr
for it. Then when you have users on your systems someday you can forget to announce an MTA change to them too! ;-) Nate Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2003-11-05 11:52:37 -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: It's not nonsense. fetchmail's authors can't be held responsible for you not configuring your MTA correctly

Re: chkrootkit

2004-01-21 Thread Nate Duehr
commands. :-) Catch-22, but you get a feel for it after a while. Especially if you know how chkrootkit behaves on your favorite kernel/distro after a fresh load of software. -- Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: ipaq on debian

2004-01-23 Thread Nate Duehr
also put Debian *on* your iPaq... www.handhelds.org ;-) -- Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: zero swap free

2004-01-23 Thread Nate Duehr
would have to reboot (don't bother) or disable and re-enable swap (even sillier). -- Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Derivative effects.

2004-01-24 Thread Nate Duehr
if you're willing to run testing or unstable for the later versions of KDE/Gnome. So most of your arguments about those items will just make people who know they're available on other distros chuckle. It just makes you look like you haven't done your homework/research lately. Nate Duehr, [EMAIL

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Nate Duehr
poster's comment... if realistically the job is always going to be there, those that have an issue with how it's being done should search for those who will do it the way they want or do it themselves. Eh? Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Derivative effects.

2004-01-24 Thread Nate Duehr
Alan Shutko wrote: Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The big problem with Corel is their relationship to SCO, who are actively trying to kill Linux as we all now know it. Of course, they won't be successful, but who wants to be in bed with the enemy. What relationship does Corel have

Re: Email client programs

2004-01-28 Thread Nate Duehr
in the future when people think things are working and they start using the network for other things besides mail. Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Email client programs

2004-01-31 Thread Nate Duehr
, not because it was designed for email and the clearest presentation of text possible, but that it was designed to mimic commercial messages, flyers, and other forms of what we all now know as spam. Kmail from KDE supports multiple color quoting. Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Scary df output

2004-02-02 Thread Nate Duehr
big is the filesystem and how much does that 49% represent. -- Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: recommended reading?

2004-02-08 Thread Nate Duehr
. Admittedly, that's dated too, but I didn't find anything on Debian that's newer. The Linux Administration Handbook has quite a bit on Debian, though, and it's a lot more recent. Evi's books are very good. Buy them. Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Knoppix is Not Debian

2004-02-08 Thread Nate Duehr
it or not. If F/OSS isn't popular, so what? Let the guy be a fool - the world loves fools. Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Knoppix is Not Debian

2004-02-09 Thread Nate Duehr
... is a rediculous added expense they can neither justify nor should they have to. They really should be able to *DEMAND* decent quality secure software and get it at this point in the computing timeline. Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Knoppix is Not Debian

2004-02-09 Thread Nate Duehr
you'd like to run their software on a good quality OS! Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Comcast has IPv6, when will Debian?

2004-02-12 Thread Nate Duehr
. ;-) -- Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Project collaboration pkg.

2004-02-13 Thread Nate Duehr
On Feb 11, 2004, at 5:42 AM, Katipo wrote: Hello, I'm in the throes of developing an open source project collaboration site. I'm fairly certain of what else I require, but I have had no experience with collaboration software. You should look at GForge. It's packaged for Debian testing/unstable.

Re: Troubles to install debian in a Machintosh

2004-02-13 Thread Nate Duehr
On Feb 13, 2004, at 1:03 PM, Fernando R. Fernandes wrote: Hello, I have a problem about Debian installation in a macintosh performa 6360. I have installed the system to run in text mode, but I cant install graphic model that are into Debian CD. While basic installation, I couldnt obtain access

Re: Why Linux, Why Debian

2004-02-13 Thread Nate Duehr
On Feb 13, 2004, at 12:22 PM, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:15:34PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 09:59:25AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:09:46PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: 7) are security patch mechanisms convenient for

Re: Troubles to install debian in a Machintosh

2004-02-13 Thread Nate Duehr
On Feb 13, 2004, at 7:01 PM, Clive Menzies wrote: That is [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;) Ooops. (Face is red now.) Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Unofficial HP/Compaq Drivers/Config Utilities for Debian

2004-02-16 Thread Nate Duehr
sure. Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is MySQL available in Testing?

2004-02-17 Thread Nate Duehr
: Package mysql has no installation candidate mysql-server Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Irresponsible user stories!

2007-04-23 Thread Nate Duehr
On 4/23/07, Michael Pobega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 03:25:20PM -0500, Gnu_Raiz wrote: [ Snip Story ] That's pretty awesome, one of the best stories I've heard in a long while. Did you end up figuring out who this person is, or not? I would have had a look through his

RE: [OT] Best of UNIX/Linux Books that you can't stop reading

2007-05-23 Thread Nate Duehr
Unix System Administration Handbook, Evi Nemeth et. al. Prentiss-Hall (And her Linux-specific book is even better.) Nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: backup script modification help

2007-06-05 Thread Nate Duehr
the configuration files... they were simple enough that I've never needed to do that. I've found it very useful. Hope that helps. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Removing redundant kernels

2006-11-03 Thread Nate Duehr
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Following updates I find I have several redundant kernels and corresponding entries in GRUB. Is there a preferred method of removing these, once I have established stability with later versions, or is my first thought of 'rm'ing the relevant files and editing

Re: what's up with all the attitude

2006-11-05 Thread Nate Duehr
Pollywog wrote: On Monday 06 November 2006 03:47, Kent West wrote: ChadDavis wrote: But what's with all the attitude people flash around here. We're people; people are imperfect. It's nothing the Debian developers can't fix ;) ... In time for all us users to file many many bug reports

Re: What is this in my syslog????????

2006-11-05 Thread Nate Duehr
M-L wrote: I have this in my syslog while downloading the latest updates from Debian? My computer drops off the modem. the modem is still connected but ppp is not, the computer doesn't respond to being on the net/ I don't use chat and wonder if the machine is actually breached by intruders?

Re: what's up with all the attitude

2006-11-06 Thread Nate Duehr
David A. wrote: BUT.. There is some sour itchy feelings regarding some plicy/political stuff and diffrences in opinion. I've also felt debian morale going down. But my impression is that the huge bulk, the big momentum of Debian keeps on turning and monving in the right direction. No medium

Re: what's up with all the attitude

2006-11-06 Thread Nate Duehr
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: If that is the case, the developers need to rewrite the manual in a way which is understood by others. The content is probably OK but may need reorganization. Getting RTFM questions does not always mean that the reader is/was lazy to search for answers... Feel

Re: what's up with all the attitude

2006-11-06 Thread Nate Duehr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's something that's always bothered me -- how many developers write usable documentation? And how many technical writers are capable of digging through code and descussions on -devel mailing lists to extract the information that needs to be written? I suspect

Re: what's up with all the attitude

2006-11-06 Thread Nate Duehr
Kevin Mark wrote: Hi Greg, I read a blog post which I think can enlighten the 'I googled and found nothing' issue. The post pointed out that two people google differently because not all of us have the same 'skill' at it. Thus if you google and get the answer, it is because you may have more

Re: what's up with all the attitude

2006-11-06 Thread Nate Duehr
Nate Bargmann wrote: As others have alluded to already, this list is subscribed to by many people from many different walks of life who hold many differing viewpoints. A great many of these subscribers live in the USA and with another election cycle in progress a number of people have their

Re: what's up with all the attitude

2006-11-07 Thread Nate Duehr
Hans du Plooy wrote: On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 12:33 -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: serious money, serious effort, serious uptime -- similar to the Dilbert Unix cartoon where the guy with the white hair, suspenders, and a smug expression says, Here's a nickel kid, get yourself a better computer

Re: apache 2 php5 issue

2006-11-08 Thread Nate Duehr
rocky wrote: Hey, In my Debian sid box I installed apache2, PHP5, libapache-mod-php5 without any problem. But I could not even view the html file saved in /var/www. Though http://localhost redirects me to http://localhost/apache2-default/ and the browser says It Works. I've a2enmod php5 and

Re: Getting both TLS and SSL working for exim4 smtp.

2006-11-08 Thread Nate Duehr
Chris Searle wrote: In the exim4 server log I see 2006-11-08 20:53:42 TLS recv error on connection from dhcp57.home.chrissearle.org [192.168.1.57]: A TLS fatal alert has been received.: Bad record MAC 2006-11-08 20:53:42 TLS send error on connection from dhcp57.home.chrissearle.org

Re: Debian Weekly News?

2006-11-09 Thread Nate Duehr
Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2006-10-13 20:40:55, schrieb Roberto C. Sanchez: With Planet Debian and the rest, you can just use RSS aggregation. This would be quiet expensive over GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS while iMode and Mailaccess (IMAP/POP3/SMTP) is free at my GSM provider. So they'll let you

Re: GPL Java

2006-11-14 Thread Nate Duehr
Kelly Clowers wrote: I forgot about the Java Coffee cup logo, and I can't find any new info on it. You also forgot about the little triangle shaped guy that the Java JRE has included with it. (e.g. Task-tray Java guy logo on Windows machines that are running the JRE -- or whatever they

Re: Default apache2 configuration files

2006-11-14 Thread Nate Duehr
Zuliani Alexander wrote: Is there any way for me to restore the original apache2 configuration files (/etc/apache2)? I deleted them by accident :-s Maybe someone could tar them or something? Um, you could download the appropriate apache2 package for whatever version of Debian you're running

Re: Which firewall?

2006-11-22 Thread Nate Duehr
Ken Irving wrote: I seem to recall a thread about this a month or two back, where the position was put forth that the KISS principle would argue for directly using iptables instead of one of the wrappers, since the poster claimed to be able to put up a working firewall in 5 or 6 lines vs 10's

Re: Trouble browsing secure web sites (scotiaonline.com)

2006-11-26 Thread Nate Duehr
Winston Smith wrote: you're not alone: http://www.oclug.on.ca/archives/linux/2006-July/000920.html http://reporter.mozilla.org/app/report/?report_id=RMO11314606252824 One of those pages mentions fiddling with mtu settings. I second that. I had a problem like yours that I fixed by changing the

Re: My first apt-get upgrade casualty - phpmyadmin

2006-11-29 Thread Nate Duehr
Kevin Mark wrote: On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 06:22:22PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: Geoffrey R Thompson wrote: After updating phpmyadmin, I got a dialog box saying there is a conflict between my config file and the new one being offered. I selected the `keep my config file' option - hoping

Re: apt-get reports no new packages

2006-11-29 Thread Nate Duehr
William Jensen wrote: I'm following Etch and apt is reporting no new packages for a touch over a week. From past experience I know that this is highly unlikely. Also, a friend runs nearly the same setup as I have and he is still getting daily updates. Any ideas what I could check/do? Make

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-11-30 Thread Nate Duehr
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: Hi, A killer app is an application that compels one to use a certain system. On Debian lists, someone mentioned that meld, a GUI diff utility, was killer. I can't think of any I have because I moved to GNU/Linux for its said overall magnificence, instead of a

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-01 Thread Nate Duehr
Matthew Krauss wrote: Nate Duehr wrote: Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: Hi, A killer app is an application that compels one to use a certain system. On Debian lists, someone mentioned that meld, a GUI diff utility, was killer. I can't think of any I have because I moved to GNU/Linux for its said

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-01 Thread Nate Duehr
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 02:30:54PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: The *real* killer app was Linus' decision to develop Linux openly. I took a software engineering class where the professor maintained that the only notable contribution that Linus Torvalds has made to the

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-01 Thread Nate Duehr
Francis Healy wrote: The classic definition of the killer app is the one program that justifies the entire cost of the computer. NICE answer. Wish more people in business would figure that one out. Nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-01 Thread Nate Duehr
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/01/06 12:30, Nate Duehr wrote: Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 02:30:54PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: The *real* killer app was Linus' decision to develop Linux openly. I took a software engineering

Re: Large file uploads via PHP

2006-12-01 Thread Nate Duehr
John Miller wrote: After all this mucking around, the file still took 20 minutes to upload--over our LAN, no less! While the file was being written to the upload_tmp_dir (/tmp), the php4 process gobbled over 100MB RAM. If this only happened once a day, we might be able to live with it, but

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-01 Thread Nate Duehr
Ron Johnson wrote: And has *kept* them working on it, without turning it into a huge ball of legacy crud, without forking or general worker revolution. However he does it, he *has* done it, and that is his genius. Some might argue these days with the ball of legacy crud part. :-)

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-01 Thread Nate Duehr
M-L wrote: The genius is that Linus got people involved and the allowed it to run without taking it back or stifling it in any way. As for timing, that's another genius in itself. So maybe Linus was two geniuses? Item one isn't genius, it's good people management skills. Item two: You're

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-01 Thread Nate Duehr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My assertion: The kernel is more important than the license. Code trumps license. No code, no need to even use or have a license... whatever it is. Code without licence tends not to propagate. Linux wasn't the first Unix-compatible one to have been written. It

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-05 Thread Nate Duehr
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 09:52:16PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: Both the GPL *and* commercial licenses are ultimately based on FUD. If you're scared of the consequences of simply taking some code and using it as you please and/or the consequences of doing so: You want

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-05 Thread Nate Duehr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 09:52:16PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My assertion: The kernel is more important than the license. Code trumps license. No code, no need to even use or have a license... whatever it is. Code without licence tends

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-05 Thread Nate Duehr
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: Gorgeous stuff... Shouldn't this kind of stuff be posted to some advocacy site somewhere? Sure. Why not? Go ahead. Nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-05 Thread Nate Duehr
John Hasler wrote: If you give or sell me a copy of a work of yours I own that copy and can do as I please with it (that includes running it if it is a computer program) with no need for a license. However, copyright law forbids me to make and distribute copies of it without your permission.

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-05 Thread Nate Duehr
Douglas Tutty wrote: On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 11:02:12AM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 09:52:16PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: I can send you some non-GPL'ed non-Copyrighted code right now. Would you like some? You're adding things that simply

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-05 Thread Nate Duehr
Douglas Tutty wrote: On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 03:03:53PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: Thus, copyright in the real world only matters if the author chooses to exercise it. Since copywrite exists unless released within a licence, who would want to open themselves (or their company) to the risk

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-05 Thread Nate Duehr
John Hasler wrote: Copyright law is what it is, not what we want it to be. Agreed, but that doesn't require us to pay any attention to it, or give it more than it deserves. Nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: How to Play Two Audio streams to two different outputs?

2006-12-12 Thread Nate Duehr
Kent West wrote: Dave Thayer wrote: On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 03:42:02PM -0600, Kent West wrote: We're wanting to use one Debian box to play two different audio streams to two different systems: one playing music-on-hold for our general telephone system, and one playing tips-and-updates for

Re: Linux on a Router

2007-07-10 Thread Nate Duehr
of the web interface, etc... But they're both good options. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: undeleteable file

2007-07-17 Thread Nate Duehr
++, etc... can help here), and generally abuse it and see if it holds up to the stress. Welcome to the I've had an important disk fail merit badge club! (GRIN) -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Nate Duehr
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 05:15:42PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: from the RM bug report: - The final step in converting a filesystem, reordering the blocks of the target filesystem, is apparently programmed in a very inefficient way, and it can take weeks

Re: ext3fs errors with kernel 2.6.18 but not with 2.4.27

2007-08-03 Thread Nate Duehr
Francois Duranleau wrote: On 8/3/07, Brad Sawatzky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps I misunderstood, but I thought he got the errors with the old kernel (and had for a long time) but they did not trigger a filesystem check. My hunch was that the 2.6.x IDE driver (or ext3 driver) is handling

Re: Virtual Machines/Emulators

2007-08-07 Thread Nate Duehr
with the distro, it's a defect in the original package. There is a version for FC, which I use, but not for FC2, the support starts with FC5. But the original Makefile needs to be fixed. Send 'em a patch. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-07 Thread Nate Duehr
experience is that folks that need to get something done, pick a language and do it. They end up either enjoying writing code and learn multiple languages over time, or they quit. They don't ask others to tell them what to do or learn. Thanks in advance, Manon. Quite welcome. -- Nate Duehr

Re: How to prevent LVM disk spinup at shutdown

2007-08-08 Thread Nate Duehr
the next boot. In other words, it's not a bug, it's actually doing something -- something that has to be done. It's a feature. :-) -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Nate Duehr
Steve Lamb wrote: Quick, take your one liner, have it traverse an entire directory tree converting all the wavs (regardless of capitalization) to mp3s, oggs and flac, sorting all 4 into their own directory trees. For me I just need to change my small script into a function, wrap it

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-10 Thread Nate Duehr
to try a few and see what they like. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Recomendations - becoming a C soldier.

2007-08-10 Thread Nate Duehr
Orestes leal wrote: QUESTION: Studying C 'every day' 4 hours with good understanding, writing at least 10 programs to test this knowledge every day, the question it: How Long Can I become a very 'very' good C programmer to the point to hack in some kernel of some system or writing good apps

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-18 Thread Nate Duehr
been written in both languages by now to do whatever anyone wanted. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wireless keyboard encryption

2007-09-21 Thread Nate Duehr
out in public... that's a completely different story. Again, wireless may not be the correct technical solution for you.. :-) -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: baffling ssh problem

2007-09-21 Thread Nate Duehr
after cup 3-4. It must be in the AUTHENTICATION section. man formats things to your particular page size on-screen in most setups, so referring to things in man pages by page number, is almost universally -- worthless. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

2007-10-10 Thread Nate Duehr
are you seeing them on, specifically? The history of the Ice named versions is here; there's virtually no difference of any consequence between them and the Mozilla branded versions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_conflict_between_Debian_and_Mozilla -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: migration and installation 50 THOUSAND machines

2007-10-12 Thread Nate Duehr
to monitor the desktops? Are all of the servers critical for the business need? Do you have some url more suitable for reading? Something that explains the KISS principal, perhaps. This screams, Over-engineered to me. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

2007-10-16 Thread Nate Duehr
Bret Busby wrote: The web addresses, or, URL's, that are involved with the unauthorised untitld windows being opened, vary, from addresses to which I have previously been, to addresses that I regularly visit, inclusing the two below, with such addresses being unlikely to involve malicious

Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

2007-10-16 Thread Nate Duehr
Bret Busby wrote: Before I go purging and reinstalling software, and trying to rebuild associations (or whatever they are named), like when I click on a link to a .pdf file and it is opened by a PDF viewer (not Adobe Acrobat - that is not installable), and then trying to again configure the

Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

2007-10-17 Thread Nate Duehr
On Oct 17, 2007, at 8:08 AM, Daniel Burrows wrote: On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:48:40PM -0700, Steve Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: Nate Duehr wrote: Perhaps you might argue that the software should handle it perfectly, but at that level of insanity, I certainly don't care

Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

2007-10-18 Thread Nate Duehr
Bret Busby wrote: I hope that my apology is accepted, and that we can move on. For what it's worth Bret, I apologize for blowing up on you also. I won't apologize for being angry at the rest of the folks who dog-piled on, who still aren't attempting to help you in any way, but had plenty

Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

2007-10-18 Thread Nate Duehr
Steve Lamb wrote: Nate Duehr wrote: I didn't start the insults, please look back through the thread. The original poster gets more and more agitated that people aren't testing correctly without fully defining his problem from the beginning. I did, I started from the beginning

Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude

2007-10-27 Thread Nate Duehr
added for packages requested and if no package needs the dependency anymore, it can remove it. apt-get isn't that smart. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Telnet/SSH Terminal Help

2007-10-28 Thread Nate Duehr
find a combination that works properly though, if you hunt a bit. Don't forget to reset in the shell each time you change your terminal emulation on your machine you're testing from, if you're not disconnecting and reconnecting. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude

2007-10-28 Thread Nate Duehr
packagename aptitude update aptitude upgrade aptitude remove packagename -- Added benefit, cruft goes away too. All work just fine... and don't launch the CUI. (Character User Interface?) -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Help With Dependencies

2007-10-29 Thread Nate Duehr
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Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude

2007-10-29 Thread Nate Duehr
On Oct 29, 2007, at 6:00 PM, Celejar wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:14:18 -0600 Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 28, 2007, at 11:06 AM, Daniel Burrows wrote: [snip] I'd say the main difference is that apt-get is a command-line tool, whereas aptitude is an interactive tool

Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude

2007-10-30 Thread Nate Duehr
management tools out there. Newbies and folks really stuck in the graphic-oriented/desktop user world may like synaptic better, but for just getting things done -- aptitude wins hands down, almost all the time. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Charging iPod / Listening to music

2007-10-30 Thread Nate Duehr
not seems to be charging... That makes sense. USB devices have to request how much power-draw they want to pull from the host. If you kill the stuff that talks to USB devices, they can't request power. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Charging iPod / Listening to music

2007-10-31 Thread Nate Duehr
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: Then how does my USB light get power; surely it doesn't request enough power to run an LED? I can also charge my Palm with the computer off; there's nothing running to receive any request. The USB spec allows a certain amount of power to be sent (below 200 mA I

Re: Charging iPod / Listening to music

2007-10-31 Thread Nate Duehr
Richard Lyons wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 08:41:38AM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 06:14:49PM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote: On Oct 30, 2007, at 4:01 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: It works, I can listen to music again, but even if the cable is pluged it does not seems

Re: Charging iPod / Listening to music

2007-10-31 Thread Nate Duehr
David Brodbeck wrote: On Oct 30, 2007, at 4:43 PM, steve wrote: its not possible to listen and charge an ipod on any platform with the ipod firmware. Not true. If I plug my iPod mini into my MacOS X machine, then eject it in Finder, it will continue to charge but I'll have control again.

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Nate Duehr
while/if I'm thinking about what to do next and know I need to go to command mode before doing it. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Nate Duehr
of the screen. Perhaps you were using nvi or some older version that doesn't have a visual indication of mode? -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-07 Thread Nate Duehr
that writes code for free and gives it away -- huge kudos and bravo! games: Real-life... oops... N/A non-free: Mac OSX :-) -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-07 Thread Nate Duehr
the list messages amount to. No one cares, we all just shake our heads and say, There goes a very troubled person. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-07 Thread Nate Duehr
... complaining about something neither one of us can change. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: why does the shell show commands foolishly when I press UP key?

2007-11-08 Thread Nate Duehr
of options! -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: why does the shell show commands foolishly when I press UP key?

2007-11-08 Thread Nate Duehr
all these neat opportunities to try out other shells, and bash already has the feature that was requested. Darn(?). :-) I'm not sure if that makes me happy for bash, or sad that the other shells won't have been tried, just for fun! -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: kernel headers and vmware

2007-11-19 Thread Nate Duehr
scanners is unpredictable.' in the Readme and ship that crap. I need a new Porsche. :-) -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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