Re: why so hard to decline recommend packages dselect/apt
On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 03:40:09PM -0700, John L. Fjellstad wrote: > Well, take this 'problem' I recently had. I just upgraded from RedHat > to Debian. My /home directory was kept, and the rest blown away. Anyways, > I ran into a problem with during the configuration (after installation), > and because I had monitored this list for awhile, remembered that someone > had mentioned the solution somewhere on the list. So I needed access > to my mails. The problem is, I wanted to install mutt, mutt is dependent > on smtp-mailer-daemon (or something like that). I was going to install > qmail later, but didn't want to do it at that moment. > > So, basically, I ended up installing exim and mutt. Find the solution > to my problem, and then uninstalling exim (I wanted to know how to > break dependencies, and I found out what the package that allows that > was called: equivs). There are programs, like mutt, that depend on a smtp-mailer-daemon. You installed exim to satisfy this dependency. Now if you prefer using qmail instead of exim, just install qmail, and afaik exim will be automatically removed. At least this worked for me the other way round using apt-get. qmail was installed. apt-get install exim // removed qmail and installed exim -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpK5kJtcEgzy.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Modprobe and modules - is this a problem?
On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 08:53:28PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I thought I had better reply to my own message as I've discovered > that the crontab does unload the unused ppp modules if they were > loaded by kmod. > > If I load the modules manually the crontab apparently does not > unload them. Can someone tell me why? If you load modules with 'modprobe module_name' they will not be automatically removed. 'modprobe -k modules_name' will enable this feature. (--> man modprobe) -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpupPeaCKu8J.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Recommended File and User sharing between Debian systems?
On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 05:44:13PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > one problem i have had with NFS (kernel space nfsd) with exported > /home is mutt. i use mutt's mailboxes feature which lets me know when > new mail is delivered into a mailbox (say in-debian-user) then i only > have to hit `c' to change to that mailbox, read the mail and hit `c' > again to switch to the next mailbox with new mail. the problem is > with NFS mounted /home (where ~/Mail and all my in-* mailboxes are) > once new mail has been noticed by mutt in a mailbox it always thinks > there is new mail there, even when i delete all of it and the mailbox > is empty, this causes mutt to simply go in circles when i change > mailboxes, new mail in foo -> new mail in bar -> new mail in foo... i > have not found a solution to this other then sshing into the server > and use mutt there. I'm also using mutt with nfs mounted home and the mailbox option. It works fine with the following mount options: rsize=8192,wsize=8192,retry=1,hard,intr,actimeo=3,bg,retrans=1 I think the actimeo=3 is the one solving your problem. With default settings nfs caches file/dir information up to 60 seconds. (--> man nfs) > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? > > i would say what your looking for is NFS for file sharing, just read > up on it and do what you can to maintain security. There is nothing I can add. -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpvd3Ru1DHDH.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: why so hard to decline recommend packages dselect/apt
On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 02:01:21AM -0700, John L. Fjellstad wrote: > Well, the problem was that I wanted to install qmail from the author's > pristine sources, so it couldn't really be under dpkg management. > > Basically, I needed equivs to satisfy the dependencies. > > What was weird is, you can force a installation of mutt using > dselect, but after that, unless this particular dependency is > satisfied, apt-get refuse to install any other packages, even if they > are unrelated. installing qmail under debian: - just install qmail-src (using apt-get/dpkg/dselect), it won't conflict with exim - same with ucspi-tcp-src and if you need serialmail-src - run build-qmail, you will get a debian package which you can install as I discribed in my last mail (see above) - same with ucspi-tcp and serialmail -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgphl6IAarFUC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Question about kernels and packages
On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 08:53:24AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The last few times I redid my kernel I did it with the help of a linux > kernel cd that a friend of mine lent me rather than using debian's > package system. I'd like to use the package system to handle my > kernel while/after I upgrade to potato. What is the most appropriate > FM or section of some FM for me to read to get an idea on how to > deal with kernels through the package system? Install kernel-package and have a look on /usr/share/doc/kernel-package -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpKJyKAuKnMG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: XFree4.0.1 on potato
On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 09:47:15PM +0200, Tibor D. wrote: > Hi, > what is the correct or best way to install XFree86 4.0.1 on Debian 2.2 > or - to replace the included XFree 3.3.6? > Are there somewhere installable .deb's, or when I have to get the > tar-files: how do I install it without breaking dependencies (I think > lots of packages depend on X)? Have look at http://www.debian.org/~branden/. -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpBQIfqNIpOr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: trouble with fetchmail via exim
On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 02:32:49AM +0200, Andreas Hetzmannseder wrote: > Dear debian-users, > > I ran fetchmail, it read the first incoming message, but then it stopped > and told me the following: > ..exim: neither action flags nor mail addresses given. > fetchmail terminated with signal 13 > > My ~/.fetchmailrc looks like this: > > poll pop.netway.at > proto pop3 > user my-remote-username > password my-password > is andy here > mda /usr/bin/exim I just switch over from qmail to exim. my fetchmailrc looks very similar, except I'm not using the "mda" option. Somehow fetchmail knows how to contact exim. But if you use the mda option, I think it should be mda /usr/bin/exim -bs That's the way exim gets called from inetd. -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgp6NMnwzL1QI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Kernel parameter (hisax) lets kernel hang
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 12:12:25AM +0200, Matthias Jordan wrote: > Hi, folks. > > I have a self-compiled kernel (2.2.15 or 2.2.16 doesn´t matter) with > HiSax support for Teles-S0-16 ISDN cards enabled. When I call the > kernel from LILO with the parameter "hisax=1,2,11,0xd,0xf80" > the kernel hangs immediately after uncompressing the kernel > image. The only chance to boot the kernel is to patch > drivers/isdn/hisax/config.c and code the above parameters into the > defaults. Is there anything I can do to bypass this ugly patching > and use LILO to do the same thing? I´d love to get a hint. Compile Hisax as a module and use modconf to set the parameters. Works fine for me. -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpzOUhnGVG5R.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Debian packages..
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 08:50:01AM +1000, Michael Fox wrote: > Hi, > > Problem I am having is with packages. I have an old machine that is still > running Slink, and at this time I do not wish to upgrade it. > > With potato changing to stable, I have since modified my sources.list to > reflect the fact that stable is not what I want, but rather slink > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian slink main etc etc > > I then do a apt-get update and to update my package lists. > > This works somewhat fine, the problem happens when I wish to install a > package for slink, > > apt-get install package > > At this point it fails badly, because the stuff that I downloaded with > apt-get update, all the paths in this file contain the path > blah/dists/stable/binary-i386-package/net/ntop-3-4.deb > > Which means it will fail, as stable of course is now the potato tree, > shouldn't the package list files change to reflect the codename of the > release, rather then stable. As I wouldn't be having this problem. > > Can anyone tell me if the maintainers expect to update the package lists > files for slink, so that the paths are right, as since potato is out, it > FAILS big time. > > Please email me anyone if you can help me out. from debian-mirrors-- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:31:03 -0600 (MDT) From: Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-mirrors@lists.debian.org Subject: Potato Release and Slink Hi, As you know probably know, Debian 2.2 has been released. This means we will be moving our previous release to the archive site, archive.debian.org. If you are mirroring Debian and wish to keep a copy, please move slink out of the archive and and an exclusion rule to your mirror script. I am tentatively schedualing slink's erasure for Thursday the 24th. Finally, please be sure that your slink package files have been updated so they do not have a reference to stable in the File: section. Fixed versions are propogating right now, and it may take a day. Thanks, Jason Debian Mirroring end debian-mirrors -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpsA9vlkqKOd.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: installing Netscape Navigator 4.75
On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 08:12:31PM -0500, Brad wrote: > On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 11:07:04PM +0200, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > > > > If you can wait a day or two: the deb packages for 4.75 are in > > incoming just now. > > Do they have strong encryption yet? I installed the debs from potato-proposed-updates and they have strong encryption. (checked with www.fortify.net) Does anybody know, why this is possible now? -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpA98RKB8rQR.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: exim headaches
On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 05:53:01PM -0500, David Bellows wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've been banging my head against the wall on this one. Here's what I'm > trying to do. > > I have exim installed > I want local mail delivered locally like: > MAIL TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In other words all local mail stays local. This is currently working > with all the addresses being formed correctly so that a reply stays > local. > > I want outgoing mail to be delivered > MAIL TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED] # my real email > address > > This is where the system fails. It uses my local address as the origin > and REPLY field instead of my email address: > FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > So what I'm asking is how do I get exim to use my email address > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on outgoing mail but not on local mail? I just installed the exim package and chose dialup site. After telling it the corresponding values it worked fine. I think you can run the configuration again, using eximconfig. -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpalnwWmGpUg.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Loading modules at boot time.
On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 06:16:52PM -0500, luke b wrote: > I have an isa plug 'n' play sound card which requires modules to be loaded > at boottime. In what file should I put the lines to load the modules? I'm > running debian potato. Every module listed in /etc/modules is loaded at boottime. options and pre/post-installs are taken from /etc/modules.conf. btw: /etc/modules.conf is generated by update-modules from files in /etc/modutils -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgp80DZuprJoT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Realtek 8129/8139 support
On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 06:56:44PM -0500, Paul T. McNally wrote: > I'm running make xconfig on kernel source 2.2.17 > and the line in the subject line is an option > in Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit section). I need this for > my ethernet cards but I can't figure out how to > get the option to bold (ungrey). Maybe I can't. > I was able to get this to work using source 2.3.xx > when I was running redhat. Say yes to experimental drivers (first kernel configure option). Good Luck! I got nightmares from this driver. Now I'm running 2.4.0-test7 and everything seems stable (at least the last to hours). (driver: 8139too) I copied approx. one gig over the network and the driver was going two times faster than the old 2.2.17 rtl8139. The old one always died after some time and needed an ifconfig eth0 down - ifconfig eth0 up. -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpGCB1yHOwJc.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: nVidia geForce + X == error?
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 08:38:55AM +0200, J.T. Wenting wrote:
> Is there an X server for geForce cards (specifically Asus V.6600)?
> Probing during Debian install did not detect a compatible card, it said...
xfree86 3.3.6 - xserver-svga works fine with my geforce 256
I tried the experimental xfree86 4.0.1 deb packages (I think phase1v18 -
http://www.debian.org/~branden) with kernel 2.4.0-test7 and the current nvidia
drivers (0.9-4), but wasn't able to compile the nvidia kernel module.
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Re: Source directory
On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 01:49:02PM +0200, Juli-Manel Merino Vidal wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Which is the proper place to uncompress and compile source code that > will be installed on /usr/local without any deb? It's /usr/src or > /usr/local/src? > > For example, any program that I download from internet in .tar.gz file > where should be uncompressed to follow debian policy (one of the two > directories said above)? I am not sure what the debian policy exactly says about sources. I am using a user "build" who owns /usr/local/src to configure/compile sources. > Just an example, the linux kernel... I have never used the debian > packages and I have always used a .tar.gz. But where should I place > it? Will it work under /usr/local/src? My kernel sources are in /usr/local/src and I use "build" for them, too. /usr/src belongs to root except for the modules dir hierarchy which is owned by build. with kernel-package I also make a kernel-headers debian package which installs to /usr/src/kernel-header.. /usr/src/linux points to the headers of the running kernel (in /usr/src/, so I can "mess up" my kernel-sources while keeping the correct header files) -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgp9QyvPqZKMo.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Debian vs. Red Hat
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 11:49:04PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > Shoot, I ran from Buzz to Potato on one system until its disk died. Never > even rebooted except when the power failed. btw: Is it possible to switch kernels without rebooting. I cannot believe that's possible, however I cannot believe you were running the same kernel version for that long, either. (not offending, just curious) -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpDenJjKBvK3.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Filesystem layout and hi everybody
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 09:49:18PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> and add this to your /etc/apt/apt.conf to make the remount automatic
> when you use apt-get to install or upgrade something:
>
> // Auto re-mounting of a readonly /usr
> Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";};
> Post-Invoke {"suidregister";};
> Post-Invoke {"mount -o remount,ro /usr";};
>
> the suidregister thing fixes my customized permissions for
> suidregister unaware packages so the cron job don't complain about
> failing to do so at 6:25.
This posting is rather old, but for completeness:
I needed to put an DPkg:: in front of the lines, to make them work.
DPkg::Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";};
DPkg::Post-Invoke {"suidregister";};
DPkg::Post-Invoke {"mount -o remount,ro /usr";};
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Re: A series of newbieite questions
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 09:46:42AM +0200, Helgi Ãrn wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Matthew Dalton wrote: > > ObeseWhale wrote: > > > > > 1. Debian keeps starting X as soon as I boot into linux. It give me the > > > graphical login screen and everything. This is annoying because I don't > > > seem to be capable of exiting X... Is there any way to stop Debian from > > > running xdm on startup? > > You can uninstall xdm (apt-get remove xdm). > > > Uninstalling xdm is a drastic solution if you still want to X-window, I > usually > change the default runlevel in /etc/inittab so that I boot up in text mode and > am still able to to use startx to get into X. Well, I don't think it's that drastic. AFAIK you don't need xdm installed in order to use startx. At least it works for me. -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpOrG99V9Lbv.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Setting up IP aliasing, cannot find kernel modules
On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 08:25:09AM -0500, Gordon Pedersen wrote: > I need to set up IP aliasing and per the (aging but probably still > sound) IP-Alias-Mini-HOWTO, I need the .../ipv4/ip_alias.o module. I'm running potato with customized 2.2.17pre6 or something like that. And here cannot be compiled as a module but compiled into the kernel. > It's not on my system. It doesn't appear to be in > kernel-source-2.2.15--I downloaded but did not untar it, just peeked > inside with 'tar -t'. You need to unpack those sources, configure and compile them I suggest you use the kernel-package to build a customized kernel. There is a good documentation to it. the kernel configure option is IP aliasing support under Networking options. > Or is aliasing handled differently in 2.2 than earlier kernels? I don't know how it is handled in earlier kernels, but afaik in 2.2.x it is as said above compiled into the kernel and not a module. -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpBeO7oO6cQy.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: xscreensaver
On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 08:11:04AM -0700, Dale Morris wrote: > If I am running a gnome session, my gnome screensaver will shutdown the > monitor, but it doesn't display a screensaver. If I am in the default > debian (fvvm?) window manager, and I execute the command > xscreensaver-demo, it will display a screensaver. But it doesn't > automatically turn the monitor off after running the screensaver. Also, > I have to re-run xscreensaver each time I log into X or else it doesn't > work. What do I do to get a fully functioning screen saver? my .xsession file looks like this. xscreensaver & exec wmaker it first starts the screensaver in the bg and then gives control to the window manager. when you log in there pops up a screensaver window for a few seconds where you can configure the screensaver. I just looked where the screen standby is configured, but I think this is, at least on my system, done by the bios. c'ya flo -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpr5YsIQSCBj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How can I make new partitions available? (maybe repost)
On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 03:04:43AM +0200, Moritz Schulte wrote: > On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 12:21:35AM +0200, Christian Pernegger wrote: > > > When I've created a new partition using cfdisk, how can I make the kernel > > "see" it without rebooting? > > hmm. doesn't this work with fdisk? try running fdisk and let it write > the partition table. imho, it 'reloads' the table... afaik, if there are any mounted partitions on the disk, the kernel won't be able to reload the partition table. c'ya flo -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgplYGDVJIcGI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: DNS conflicts telnet
On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 03:12:19PM -0300, Alceu Rodrigues de Freitas Junior wrote: > I had installed GNU Debian Linux 2.1 as a DNS server, but I´m having > problems with telnet. I configured the machine accept telnet requisitions, > I have telnetd installed in the machine, but the problem is, when I have > named running, and try to connect remotely in the machine using telnet, I > don´t receive a prompt. Is your name server already functioning? at least in 2.2 there is a line in /etc/hosts.deny, that prevents "any host whose name does not match its address" to login. ALL: PARANOID So you installed the name server, during installation "nameserver 127.0.0.1" was put at the top of /etc/resolv.conf. If named is up telnet contacts it and hangs, because of a potential misconfiguration. If named is down telnet picks up the next nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf > If I stop named, and try again, I receive the prompt, but doesn´t how I > tried, I can´t login, because the system sends me a "password is not > correct". And when I go locally to logon, my user receive a message that > "x" times he had a problem to login. I don't know what's happening here > The strange is, when I running named, and try a connection by telnet, I can > see the process in.telnetd running, responding to the requisition, but no > prompt!!! that would fit into the above scenario. c'ya flo -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpjXuMGuBiwh.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [OFFTOPIC] BIOS Password defeat
Have a look at: http://www.pwcrack.com/BIOS/bios.html (Sorry, don't have the original posting so I replied to this one) c'ya flo On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 04:27:36AM -0400, Simon Law wrote: > (...) > better have that information handy. You may find it sitting on a label on > your physical hard disk. > > On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Ethan Pierce wrote: > > > (...) > > password, which will always work? > > The BIOS is a Phoenix version 4.04. -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpOgzGSkpall.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Mail configuration and setup
On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 12:09:30PM +0100, Geir Erik Nielsen wrote: > > The company "Smallandnice" has this box in their office. Every user has an > email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The email gets sent to a server, and all of it gets put into one mailbox > called > smallandnice. This is also a user on the system. > > Once every hour the debian box should connect to the other system, log in as > smallandnice and get the mail. Once the mail is downloaded, it should > distribute the mail in the smallandnice mailfile to the local users mailboxes. > > I have read Olafs book, but I cannot see an answer to this there. All I need > is > some documentation, so if somebody could point me in the right direction, I > will be able to do the reading myself. You can achieve this with fetchmail+qmail. Depending whether you want to send mails all the time or collect them until the dial-on-demand is up, you need serialmail, too. Have a look at the qmail FAQ. c'ya flo -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpixpMbtpczr.pgp Description: PGP signature
procmail - filtering already received mails
Hello all, I'm trying to filter already received mails (in a maildir) through procmail. My latest "approach" is executing for i in `ls`; do echo -n "$i: "; procmail < $i && rm $i; echo "done."; done in SomeMaildir/cur advantage: it is working disadvantage: it is incredibly slow (5 seconds per mail) Does anybody know a better solution. tia ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgppfPVmeO5Eb.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: procmail - filtering already received mails
On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 03:28:48AM +0200, Florian Friesdorf wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to filter already received mails (in a maildir) through procmail. > My latest "approach" is executing > > for i in `ls`; do > echo -n "$i: "; > procmail < $i && rm $i; > echo "done."; > done > > in SomeMaildir/cur > > advantage: it is working > disadvantage: it is incredibly slow (5 seconds per mail) > > Does anybody know a better solution. After hanging around in front of my computer, getting tired, watching the mails drop into their folders, I backgrounded the script and a few seconds later all my mails were filtered. I still don't understand what was going on, but with this one it worked fine. (for i in `ls`; do echo -n "$i: "; procmail < $i && rm $i; echo "done."; done) > ../log 2>&1 & c'ya ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpwy8mw3DGZZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: still unable to get kernel source
On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 10:21:43PM -0500, John Reinke wrote: > > Dumb question: should all the documentation within > /usr/share/doc/kernel-package be .gz files? Is there an easier way to view > all the documenation here without having to gunzip them first? > I think zless displays either gzipped and plan text files. So if you put an alias less="zless" into somewhere it gets executed, your less will work for both. -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpUiQwuOWM9n.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: procmail - filtering already received mails
On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 03:54:22PM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote: > Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > for i in `ls`; do > > > echo -n "$i: "; > > > procmail < $i && rm $i; > > > echo "done."; > > > done > > > > I still don't understand what was going on, but with this one it worked > > fine. > > > > (for i in `ls`; do echo -n "$i: "; procmail < $i && rm $i; echo "done."; > > done) > ../log 2>&1 & > > Not to say that this is the cause of slowness, but you may still want > to change the `ls` to *. This will save running ls, and opening and > closing a pipe: > > for i in *; do > ... > -- > Arcady Genkin > Don't read everything you believe. Thanks for the hint. It seems, I was little bit tired. The second time it was running on the server where the mail folder was saved locally. Not on my nfs mounted box. But I still don't understand, why it was that slow over nfs (100BaseT). -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpPmxgo71fw1.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: need to constantly force-reload networking
On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 06:15:24PM -0400, Richard E. Hawkins wrote: > I have just turned off telnet, wu-ftpd, and apache. I now lose my router > rapidly--loading some pages does it, apt-getupdate does it, some > webpages do it. My connection was stable for weeks before this. > > I've tried to go to the search at www.debian.org, but it is one of the > pages that seems to kill me. Help! > > hawk What kind of network adapter do you have? I expierenced similar problems with the rtl8139 driver. -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpidakiJBTe5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: need to constantly force-reload networking
On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 05:41:30PM -0400, Richard E. Hawkins wrote: > Florian finagled, > > > What kind of network adapter do you have? > > I expierenced similar problems with the rtl8139 driver. > > It's an etherexpress, I believe an etherexpress 10. It worked for a > month or two under FreeBSD, and then under debian for a couple of weeks > without a problem. But now it doesn't :( > > I am not sure, but I think the etherexpress driver in recent kernels (2.2.x) was also affected. Have a look at the mail archive at http://www.scyld.com/mailman/listinfo/ -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpt5GwATuDY4.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: xfs servers
On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 12:44:43PM -0400, Brian Schramm wrote: > I am not able to get the xfs or xfs-xtt packages to work on Potato. They > load but when I try to test them with "fslsfonts -server localhost:7100" > it fails. Also, my xterm tells me it cannot get the fonts. What do I > need to do in order to get this working? > > Thanks > > Brian Schramm > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.linuxexpert.org AFAIk it's only possible to access the server with superuser rights and you have to access it through a unix socket. fslsfonts -server unix/:7100 To enable the use of xfs-xtt in X the first FontPath line in /etc/X11/XF86Config should be Section "Files" FontPath "unix/:7101" FontPath... ... -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgp9x9bYp9kbN.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: xfs servers
On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 04:40:59AM +0200, Florian Friesdorf wrote: > To enable the use of xfs-xtt in X the first FontPath line in > /etc/X11/XF86Config should be > > Section "Files" > FontPath "unix/:7101" Sorry. FontPath "unix/:7100" -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgphqZjcpen1i.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Where does Debian usually install stuff?
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 10:59:27PM -0500, Daniel E. Baumann wrote: > Oh o.k.. The reason being is that I read in the manual the apt's cahe is on > /var, but this is going to be my partitioning scheme (6.0GB drive on my > laptop): > > mount point size > > swap 80MB > /boot 10MB (I like to compile kernels ;P) > / 3.5GB > /usr/local1.0GB > /usr/src 500MB > /home 500MB > Debian GNU/hurdletfover ~400MB > > What do you think? Well, imho it makes no sense splitting of /usr/src. Everthing in there is under package control. /boot80MB /60MB /usr2GB /usr/local 1GB /var1GB /home 500MB I think it's better to not have /tmp on the same partition than /, because / is static and /tmp is frequently written to. If you don't have enough space, I'd link /tmp to /var/tmp and create /var/tmp with /var not mounted, so you also have a /tmp, in case /var isn't mounted. There are so many programs in Debian (all of them going into /usr), so there isn't much in /usr/local, except for kernel-sources (/usr/local/src). -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgp7h70WreRUQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: unzipping tar.bz2 files
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 09:19:58AM -0400, John Anderson wrote: > I downloaded the kernel source through dselect, but I can't seem to unzip > the kernel source because it has a tar.bz2 ending. How does someone > unzip this type of file? tar xvfI filename.tar.bz2 at least the tar version shipping with potato supports this. -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpHnQygONEUm.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Where does Debian usually install stuff?
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 04:18:37PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:57:58PM +0200, Florian Friesdorf wrote: > > > > Well, imho it makes no sense splitting of /usr/src. > > Everthing in there is under package control. > > > > /boot80MB > > /60MB > > why do this? just make / 60MB (or maybe 70/80) and lose the /boot > partition, since / will fall completely under the 1024 cylindar mark > there is no longer a point in a /boot partition. 80MB for /boot is > rediculous anyway, unless you compile 1 kernels or keep the source > code in there... Sorry typing error, I meant /boot 10MB. I think you are right. It's just, I'm used to seperate /boot from /, so I can move around root, if neccessary. But with the lba32 lilo-option, this isn't necessary anyway. --> /70MB > > I think it's better to not have /tmp on the same partition than /, > > because / is static and /tmp is frequently written to. If you don't > > have enough space, I'd link /tmp to /var/tmp and create /var/tmp > > with /var not mounted, so you also have a /tmp, in case /var isn't > > mounted. > > or make /var/tmp a symlink to /tmp and make /tmp the seperate > partition instead of /var/tmp. almost nothing uses /var/tmp whereas > almost everything uses /tmp so this would seem more logical IMO. I had in mind, using the /var partition also for temporary files, because it is nearly as often frequented as /tmp. Having a seperate partition for /tmp and linking /var/tmp is definitely the better way, if you don't have to care about disc space. -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgp9GqDYZkCY3.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: ALSA and SB Live
On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 03:13:07PM +, David Bellows wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to get my SB Live to work with Debian 2.2 and ALSA. The ALSA > that ships with Debian 2.2 doesn't appear to have the driver I need for > the SB Live. So I have a few questions. > > 1. I directed apt to get stuff from the unstable branch which has an > ALSA that has my driver. Unfortunately there were so many dependencies > that kept popping up that I gave up -- at one point it just kept showing > the same screen over and over regardless of what I selected. Has > anybody succeeded in installing ALSA this way and how? Or has anyone > succeeded in installing the newest ALSA using just dpkg? I did the dpkg way. Wasn't to much work. I wasn't sure whether it's a good idea to point apt to the unstable, because imho apt will try to update my hole system to woody. But anyway I succeeded, by installing the necessary packages with dpkg. -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpFX78ai5O5c.pgp Description: PGP signature
xclients through ssh and docking in windowmaker
I'm trying to start xclients on my router (potato) through a ssh connection and docking those to windowmaker dock. I'm executing 'ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin/X11/wterm' in a terminal on my machine. Then I dock the appearing icon. Now the problem is, somehow my commandline is cutted off to '/usr/bin/X11/wterm'. The ssh is missing in the settings of the docked app. Same happens with 'ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin/X11/wmnet -W ippp0'. I also tried 'ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] '/usr/bin/X11/wmnet -W ippp0'' with no success. I'm using windowmaker 0.62.1-0.1 ssh 2.2.0p1-1 wterm 6.2.6-10 wmnet 1.05-4 Am I doing something wrong, or is this a windowmaker bug? regards florian -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgphp6x4tF4np.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Mutt's alias file
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 06:24:55AM -0400, Cancer Omega wrote: > I have the following in my .muttrc : > set alias_file=~/.mail_aliases > > and the following in my ~/.mail_aliases : > alias debian-user Debian User List > > Now, when I fire up Mutt and send an email to "debian-user", exim sends it > right back to me, complaining that the local user "debian-user" doesn't exist. > > What am I doing wrong ? You have to source your alias file in .muttrc, too. set alias_file="~/.mutt_aliases" source ~/.mutt_aliases florian -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgptfQ4WVdTmG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: alsa-base
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 09:03:22PM -0500, Kevin C. Smith wrote: > I attempted an apt-get install alsa-base, however this failed. > Received the message stating that alsa-base_0.5.9c-8.deb is not available, > which is true. It should be getting alsa-base_0.5.9d-1.deb. > How to I fix this? Do I need to report it to someone? I'm also using woody, and alsa-base_0.5.0d-1 came with the last apt-get upgrade. Perhaps, an apt-get update helps. -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpHUZ4ESzcDA.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: xclients through ssh and docking in windowmaker
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 10:24:41AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 12:54:05PM +0200, Florian Friesdorf wrote: > > Am I doing something wrong, or is this a windowmaker bug? > > As far as I can tell, it's a windowmaker bug. Fortunately, you can edit the > "Application path and arguments" by hand to make it work after putting it on > the dock. I tried that. Now the icon gets grayed out, the programs are started server side, but nothing appears on my screen. Executing the same command (ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin/X11/wmnet -W ippp0) in a wterm is working fine. regards ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgp6xh4h70M1Q.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: alsa-base
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 09:48:28AM -0500, Kevin C. Smith wrote: > On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 03:55:40PM +0200, Florian Friesdorf wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 09:03:22PM -0500, Kevin C. Smith wrote: > > > I attempted an apt-get install alsa-base, however this failed. > > > Received the message stating that alsa-base_0.5.9c-8.deb is not available, > > > which is true. It should be getting alsa-base_0.5.9d-1.deb. > > > How to I fix this? Do I need to report it to someone? > > > > I'm also using woody, and alsa-base_0.5.0d-1 came with the last apt-get > > upgrade. 0.5.9d-1, of course. > > Perhaps, an apt-get update helps. > > > > -ff > > > I am running Woody. Odd that yours upgraded, and mine does not with apt-get. > I do have everything pointed to woody in the sources.list. Had a similar > problem > again yesterday with another alsa related package. I've just downloaded the > packages and dpkg -install(ed) them. Still currious as to why this would > happen. > > Sources.list > deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free > deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib non-free I'm in Germany. my /etc/apt/sources.list: deb ftp://ftp.debian.cz/debian woody main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.debian.cz/debian dists/potato-proposed-updates/ deb ftp://ftp.debian.cz/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib non-free But this one seems to have problems today. -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpjQBxum7bNJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Vim vs Elvis
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 11:57:47AM -0500, will trillich wrote: > Dwight Johnson wrote: > > Try this: > > > > $ vim .vimrc > > > > Place 'syntax on' in your .vimrc. In command mode, enter ':syntax on' and > > start to experience syntax highlighting. > > wholly khow. > > newest vim fan, here. hiya! seeya, elvis -- wow. And one more :-) Even my procmailrc is colorized. Just found 2 interesting pages vim and latex http://www.math.rochester.edu/u/cmlr/vim/ vim page http://members.home.com/tsurban/vim/index.html -ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpFjJoNJC4M3.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: XFree 4.0.1 and Quake
On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 11:17:18PM -0500, Brandt Dusthimer wrote: > I'm having problems with XFree 4.0.1, NVidia drivers (I have a TNT2 Elsa > Erazor III, not available in the XF86Config), and Quake III. Quake 3 runs > fine until I try to start a game. It load game media and all that other > stuff, but as soon as I go into the real game it dumps me with a GLX error. > I compiled the garbage myself and had to do a little editing (comment out the > modversions.h because it isn't in kernel 2.2.17), and after I did that it ran > everything fine. In fact, everything seems to run fine except for quake III > ( and a little bit of X with the window managers and the screensavers not > working.) Anyone know anything about this or had something like it happen to > them? I'm using nvidia drivers 0.9-5 with my geforce256 and works really fine. - use brandens experimental packages, if not already done so - search debian-x@lists.debian.org for details - install kernel-headers package to get modversions.h (/usr/src/kernel-headers- should be linke to /usr/src/linux) I think the problem could be in /usr/lib/: You have some other libGL around (e.g. libGL.so.1.2 symlinked by libGL) In this case, quake3 kills x-server. /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions: there is a libglx.a in addition to your libglx.so -> libglx.so.1.0.5 the xserver loads this one instead crashing your glx subsystem I diverted (man dpkg-divert) this lib to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a.distrib I hope this helps. Next time, perhaps, try debian-x. regard ff -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpMnsw667i0e.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: NVidia kernel module won't compile
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 10:05:00PM +, Matthew Sackman wrote: > Dear all (again)! > > I'm using a 2.4.0 test 5 kernel, which is working fine, > I've build and installed kernel headers, and set up > /usr/src/linux to point to the headers. Hi Matthew (again) I think a newer kernel could be the solution (test10) > I am doing this as root. you only need root to install stuff. for compilation, a normal user is fne. > I have the XFree 4.0.1 debs installed, and am trying to make use > of the specific kernel modules supplied by NVidia. According to your previous mail and this one, you aren't that far away from it ;-) regards florian -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpuAllbztktL.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Quake 3 still not running
On Sun, Jan 02, 2000 at 02:04:57AM -0600, Brandt Dusthimer wrote: > It's me again still complaining about Quake 3. I did a fresh install of > Debian-potato and then installed the official XFree 4.0.1 .deb packages (I > know, its the easy way. .. ) Now, when quake starts up, it gives this as it > kills X (this is just a snippet of the full log) : > > (**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > > (**) Mouse1: Protocol: "PS/2" > > (**) Option "CorePointer" > > (**) Mouse1: Core Pointer > > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > > (==) Mouse1: Buttons: 3 > > (**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" > > (**) Mouse1: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 > > (II) Keyboard "Keyboard1" handled by legacy driver > > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE) Could not > init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list! > SwitchToMode _ scrn: 0 clock: 25200 > > hdsp: 640 hbeg: 656 hend: 752 httl: 800 > > vdsp: 480 vbeg: 490 vend: 492 vttl: 525 flags: 10 > > Fatal server error: > > Caught signal 11. Server aborting > > It happens whenever I start Quake. I now have a generic TNT2 Vanta card > installed. Well, afaik the problem is not in this part of the log (no Errors or Warnings). Full Server.log would be helpful florian -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpUkNELDnto9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: question about my 2.4 test10 kernel
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 11:18:31PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i make 2.4.0 test 8 kernel before,by the common steps below: > make dep;make clean;make bzImage;make modules;make modules_install > but i met problem in my new compiled 2.4.0 test 10 kernel,after reboot,i > cannot > insmod any modules,i check the /lib/modules/2.4.0test10 dir,it seems that > this version kernel's module directory is so special > soany way to resolve it?? I'm running tes10 on woody. Except for some bugs (loop, nfs, alsa<->kernel) it's running fine. You need at least: mount 2.10o-1 (nfs) modutils 2.3.19-1 list might be incomplete. I'm not sure which version of gcc ships with potato, but remember reading something about needing uptodate gcc. I recommend compiling kernels with make-kpkg (kernel-package deb (woody version)) See package documentation for more information. florian -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgp9NVnziZT78.pgp Description: PGP signature
file too large to delete
Hi,
I have done something really stupid.
I wanted to test the 'record avi' funtion of xawtv and when I realized
that it was still recording, there was a 6GB file.
xawtv crashed and ls and rm are also crashing and the file is still
there.
help appreciated
regards
florian
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Re: file too large to delete
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 08:26:48PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > on Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 04:08:02AM +0100, Florian Friesdorf ([EMAIL > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have done something really stupid. > > I wanted to test the 'record avi' funtion of xawtv and when I realized > > that it was still recording, there was a 6GB file. > > xawtv crashed and ls and rm are also crashing and the file is still > > there. > > Posted here recently: > > $ cat /dev/null > mybigfile > $ rm mybigfile Thanks for the fast reply. The file is gone. florian -- Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP key available on public key servers --> Save the future of Open Source <-- -> Online-Petition against Software Patents <- --> http://petition.eurolinux.org <--- pgpNVxuHXbfSG.pgp Description: PGP signature
