Re: [dev] [st] font help

2012-01-23 Thread Christopher Lunsford
I had similar results until I compiled the st terminfo file by running: I've also installed the terminfo for st, but the screen is still garbled. The default font in config.def.h works great however I cannot use anyother font.

[dev] suckless vs. security? - Was: [slock] kill slock with Ctrl+Alt+Multiply

2012-01-23 Thread ilf
On 01-22 21:14, Eckehard Berns wrote: I don't think it's a good idea to add complexity to a suckless program for a _bug_ in X (that is kinda fixed already). This got me tinking: Is there a place in the suckless philosophy for security? (However one wants to define that). Small code base can't

Re: [dev] [st] font help

2012-01-23 Thread Eckehard Berns
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 04:21:20AM -0500, Christopher Lunsford wrote: I've also installed the terminfo for st, but the screen is still garbled. The default font in config.def.h works great however I cannot use anyother font. From your screenshot I would guess that the font pattern you

Re: [dev] [st] font help

2012-01-23 Thread Christopher Lunsford
sorry, this appears to be something wrong with my own setup. Thank you.

Re: [dev] suckless vs. security? - Was: [slock] kill slock with Ctrl+Alt+Multiply

2012-01-23 Thread Nick
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:40:03AM +0100, ilf wrote: This got me tinking: Is there a place in the suckless philosophy for security? (However one wants to define that). Small code base can't mean insecurity. I for one, love suckless software, but I want security as a basic feature, too.

Re: [dev] suckless vs. security? - Was: [slock] kill slock with Ctrl+Alt+Multiply

2012-01-23 Thread dafusser
2012/1/23 ilf i...@zeromail.org: I also really like sic and ii, but without extra code for SSL, I won't use it. there is a ssl patch for ii: http://tools.suckless.org/ii/patches/ssl i'd like one for sic too

Re: [dev] suckless vs. security? - Was: [slock] kill slock with Ctrl+Alt+Multiply

2012-01-23 Thread hiro
Security is not a feature.

Re: [dev] suckless vs. security? - Was: [slock] kill slock with Ctrl+Alt+Multiply

2012-01-23 Thread Nick
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:57:42AM +0100, hiro wrote: Security is not a feature. I thought you were restricting yourself to Sundays.

[dev] install dwm

2012-01-23 Thread Nikolay G. Petrov
Hi! I already tired...I work in dwm on freebsd, but now I need from linux, and cannot install from source dwm. My Os is Ubuntu x64 latest, I unpack and 'make clean install', and nothing. My question, if you have or know a resource that have instruction to install dwm on ubuntu I would be

Re: [dev] suckless vs. security? - Was: [slock] kill slock with Ctrl+Alt+Multiply

2012-01-23 Thread hiro
Certainly it's you who's trolling today.

Re: [dev] install dwm

2012-01-23 Thread hiro
... --- .-. .-. -.-- --..-- / .. / -.-. .- -. .. - / .--. .- .-. ... . / -.-- --- ..- .-. / -- . ... ... .- --. . .-.-.- On 23.01.2012, Nikolay G. Petrov r...@dir.bg wrote: Hi! I already tired...I work in dwm on freebsd, but now I need from linux, and cannot install from source dwm.

Re: [dev] install dwm

2012-01-23 Thread Connor Lane Smith
Hey, On 23 January 2012 11:08, Nikolay G. Petrov r...@dir.bg wrote: Thanks in advance for 'dwm' (very usefull), and not thanks for absent instruction isntall to some famous OS ) . We write software, we don't support distros, famous or otherwise. Grab a tarball [1], and make install. [1]:

Re: [dev] [slock] kill slock with Ctrl+Alt+Multiply

2012-01-23 Thread Roman Z.
I don't think it's a good idea to add complexity to a suckless program for a _bug_ in X (that is kinda fixed already). Even xscreensaver doesn't want to fight X insecurities[1]. Let me throw this in: dmenu_run sleep 1; slock The screen goes black for a moment, but then slock disappears

Re: [dev] install dwm

2012-01-23 Thread Nikolay G. Petrov
23.01.2012 15:27, hiro пишет: ... --- .-. .-. -.-- --..-- / .. / -.-. .- -. .. - / .--. .- .-. ... . / -.-- --- ..- .-. / -- . ... ... .- --. . .-.-.- Wow! It is not right answer, try again?

Re: [dev] install dwm

2012-01-23 Thread Jakub Lach
Wow! It is not right answer, try again? A reply nonetheless.

Re: [dev] install dwm

2012-01-23 Thread Roman Z.
Hi! I already tired...I work in dwm on freebsd, but now I need from linux, and cannot install from source dwm. My Os is Ubuntu x64 latest, I unpack and 'make clean install', and nothing. My question, if you have or know a resource that have instruction to install dwm on ubuntu I would

[dev] [slock] patch for avoiding hardcoded root-check

2012-01-23 Thread Michael Stummvoll
Hi suckless folks, I fresh adopted the maintaince for the suckless-tools package in debian. Its debian-policy to avoid setuid root binaries wherever this is possible, so I patched slock to not demant root-rights, but just checks, if the password-query commands are successfull. I also patched the

Re: [dev] [slock] kill slock with Ctrl+Alt+Multiply

2012-01-23 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:38:04PM +0100, Roman Z. wrote: This is a security hole. For example, my laptop executes slock when I close the lid. If I close the lid while dmenu is running, slock will have no effect. there's another security hole with slock: if I run slock, then type my

Re: [dev] [slock] patch for avoiding hardcoded root-check

2012-01-23 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 01:33:35PM +0100, Michael Stummvoll wrote: I fresh adopted the maintaince for the suckless-tools package in debian. Its debian-policy to avoid setuid root binaries wherever this is possible, so I patched slock to not demant root-rights, but just checks, if the

Re: [dev] [slock] patch for avoiding hardcoded root-check

2012-01-23 Thread Michael Stummvoll
On 23.01.2012 14:28, Kurt H Maier wrote: Not all distributions even have a shadow group. the patch in slock.c is indepedent of this group, it just checks if it can get the password-entry, so it still runs on systems without shadow-group. It doesn't matter at all if you realize the access with

Re: [dev] [slock] patch for avoiding hardcoded root-check

2012-01-23 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 03:03:07PM +0100, Michael Stummvoll wrote: With the Makefile your object may is right. Maybe somebody finds a better solution here than mine The better solution is for distribution packagers to stop trying to push distribution-specific garbage upstream. If there's a

Re: [dev] [slock] patch for avoiding hardcoded root-check

2012-01-23 Thread Michael Stummvoll
Hi, I don't think, that checking if the tool has access to the password instead of assuming this by its effective user is distribution specific. Kind Regards, Michael

Re: [dev] [slock] patch for avoiding hardcoded root-check

2012-01-23 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 03:20:44PM +0100, Michael Stummvoll wrote: I don't think, that checking if the tool has access to the password instead of assuming this by its effective user is distribution specific. It isn't. Using setgid shadow is.

Re: [dev] [slock] patch for avoiding hardcoded root-check

2012-01-23 Thread Michael Stummvoll
than, may we could make the shadow-group configurable in the config.mk or Makefile? Kind Regards, Michael

Re: [dev] [slock] patch for avoiding hardcoded root-check

2012-01-23 Thread Nick
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 03:35:02PM +0100, Michael Stummvoll wrote: than, may we could make the shadow-group configurable in the config.mk or Makefile? No no no, much simpler that debian holds that 1 line Makefile patch, and any other distributions who want to change it from setuid. Such things

Re: [dev] [slock] patch for avoiding hardcoded root-check

2012-01-23 Thread Connor Lane Smith
Hey, On 23 January 2012 14:38, Nick suckless-...@njw.me.uk wrote: No no no, much simpler that debian holds that 1 line Makefile patch, and any other distributions who want to change it from setuid. Such things are very distro-specific, and besides, changing a config.mk setting in a debian

Re: [dev] [slock] patch for avoiding hardcoded root-check

2012-01-23 Thread Michael Stummvoll
On 23.01.2012 15:40, Connor Lane Smith wrote: Hey, On 23 January 2012 14:38, Nick suckless-...@njw.me.uk wrote: No no no, much simpler that debian holds that 1 line Makefile patch, and any other distributions who want to change it from setuid. Such things are very distro-specific, and

Re: [dev] [slock] kill slock with Ctrl+Alt+Multiply

2012-01-23 Thread Roman Z.
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:38:04PM +0100, Roman Z. wrote: dmenu_run sleep 1; slock The screen goes black for a moment, but then slock disappears (without dying) and you can use the computer again. In general, you need to 1. run a key-grabbing program, like dmenu or most games in fullscreen

Re: [dev] suckless vs. security? - Was: [slock] kill slock with Ctrl+Alt+Multiply

2012-01-23 Thread Bjartur Thorlacius
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:04:55 -, Nick suckless-...@njw.me.uk wrote: On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:57:42AM +0100, hiro wrote: Security is not a feature. I thought you were restricting yourself to Sundays. Yes, on Sundays ;) -- -,Bjartur

Re: [dev] [slock] kill slock with Ctrl+Alt+Multiply

2012-01-23 Thread Bjartur Thorlacius
On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:08:03 -, hiro 23h...@googlemail.com wrote: People used to take their steering wheels with them so that nobody drives their car away. So I think your approach should work. Perhaps you could take away the whole keyboard. It's very easy on my thinkpad. Only 7 screws away

Re: [dev] [st] font help

2012-01-23 Thread Aurélien Aptel
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Eckehard Berns ecki-suckl...@ecki.to wrote: From your screenshot I would guess that the font pattern you specified isn't strict enough. St uses the maximum width of all characters in all fonts in the font set to calculate how wide the characters are. That's

[dev] [st] new xft branch (FreeType font rendering)

2012-01-23 Thread Aurélien Aptel
Hi all, Due to popular demand and being fed up with x11 core fonts, I've made a new branch xft. X11 core fonts are still used in the default branch and this new branch is just an experiment. It might be merged back in default depending on how things go. As of now, the code is still a bit messy

Re: [dev] [slock] patch for avoiding hardcoded root-check

2012-01-23 Thread Anselm R Garbe
Hi Michael, On 23 January 2012 15:49, Michael Stummvoll mich...@stummi.org wrote: On 23.01.2012 15:40, Connor Lane Smith wrote: On 23 January 2012 14:38, Nick suckless-...@njw.me.uk wrote: No no no, much simpler that debian holds that 1 line Makefile patch, and any other distributions who

Re: [dev] [st] Drawing optimizations

2012-01-23 Thread Aurélien Aptel
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Peter John Hartman peterjohnhart...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Unfortunately, the tmux-split-pane problem still persists.  The tmux-split-pane problem is this: if one pane in tmux is spitting out a bunch of text (e.g. a sudo cat /var/log/messages or most

Re: [dev] sbase ls patch

2012-01-23 Thread Connor Lane Smith
Hey, On 22 December 2011 22:35, anonymous p37si...@lavabit.com wrote: Tiny cleanup patch.  Now more memory is allocated than necessary. Thanks for the patch, I've applied it to tip. Sorry for the delay, I didn't notice this thread. ;) cls

Re: [dev] dwm: bug in fullscreen mode (SDL?)

2012-01-23 Thread mikshaw
- Original Message - From: Roman Z. Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [dev] dwm: bug in fullscreen mode (SDL?) Games work when the screen resolution of the game is the same as the resolution in dwm.  If the resolution is different, all I get is a black screen

Re: [dev] dwm: bug in fullscreen mode (SDL?)

2012-01-23 Thread Matthew Carter
You could always run fullscreen apps/games on a separate X display using: xinit $(which gameName) -- :8 -Matt On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 02:14:40PM -0800, mikshaw wrote: - Original Message - From: Roman Z. Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [dev] dwm: bug in