Re: How can I update the pkg lists on a non-networked debian?

2006-11-22 Thread Magnus Therning
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 19:24:53 -0800, Jed R. Mallen wrote: >Hello, > >I have a non-networked debian box at home and a high-bandwidth XP box at work. > >I want to upgrade my Debian box. > >apt-zip says it can upgrade a non-networked box, but you have to have >an updated pkg list for this to work.

Re: Is cdimage.debian.org having trouble?

2006-11-22 Thread Rick Thomas
On Nov 23, 2006, at 2:01 AM, Amit Joshi wrote: On Thursday 23 November 2006 01:34, Rick Thomas wrote: For the last few days, I've had great difficulty downloading from cdimage.debian.org (mostly daily installer images for testing). Bandwidth is highly erratic and overall very slow. I'm in Ne

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Re: Problem with JFS [SOLVED]

2006-11-22 Thread Amit Joshi
On Thursday 23 November 2006 12:39, Amit Joshi wrote: > I recently formatted a couple of my partitions with JFS. Now, the problem > is, they don't get mounted by default on boot-up even though they are > in /etc/fstab. > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/data jfsdefaults 0 0 > /dev/hda2

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Problem with JFS

2006-11-22 Thread Amit Joshi
I recently formatted a couple of my partitions with JFS. Now, the problem is, they don't get mounted by default on boot-up even though they are in /etc/fstab. /dev/hda1 /mnt/data jfsdefaults 0 0 /dev/hda2 /mnt/stuff jfs defaults 00 I format

Re: Dirty spam

2006-11-22 Thread Tim Post
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 21:17 -0800, David E. Fox wrote: > > I've also tried installing the fuzzy OCR plugin, to hopefully combat > the tide of spammers sending phony pump & dump stock spam as attached > gifs/jpgs. But that doesn't seem to work. > > Did it even make a dent? I've been thinking ab

orientation with respect to tex, auctex, tetex, texlive, etc.

2006-11-22 Thread Russell L. Harris
I just discovered a May 2006 announcement by Thomos Esser that he has decided not to make additional new releases of teTeX; he recommends that those interested in teTeX join the TeXlive project. For me, this announcement brings up the question of how teTeX, aucTeX, TeXlive, etc., relate to the rea

Re: Is cdimage.debian.org having trouble?

2006-11-22 Thread Amit Joshi
On Thursday 23 November 2006 01:34, Rick Thomas wrote: > For the last few days, I've had great difficulty downloading from > cdimage.debian.org (mostly daily installer images for testing). > > Bandwidth is highly erratic and overall very slow. > > I'm in New Jersey, USA. If that makes any differen

Re: Weird Upgrade procedure - Debian Testing.

2006-11-22 Thread Amit Joshi
On Wednesday 22 November 2006 22:22, anson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:46:07PM +0530, Amit Joshi wrote: > >> While trying to upgrade my Debian Testing system, it shows me a horde of > >> packages that could be upgraded. But take a look at the bottom of this > >>

Re: Dirty spam

2006-11-22 Thread Bradley Alexander
I do something very similar. In fact, I just had to change out my mailserver, and wound up changing from Kolab/Kroupware to Zimbra (community edition). I highly recommend Zimbra if anyone is looking. --b - Original Message - From: David E. Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.d

Re: SATA PCI

2006-11-22 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 17:30 -0900, Greg Madden wrote: > Quite a comprehensive list. I have to add though that you have to still > check what the chipset is on whatever card you are considering. Well, to that end, the Titan VSCOM cards use a Silicon Imagae 3112 chip (I think - either ways, a suppor

Re: Networking over USB

2006-11-22 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:35:37 -0600 John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Google linux usbnet and it requires a special cable (with a dedicated chip inside) AFAIK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Problem with Xorg on Via Unichrome

2006-11-22 Thread Igor Guerrero Fonseca
When I try to run glxgears or glxinfo I get this error: libGL warning: 3D driver returned no fbconfigs. libGL error: InitDriver failed libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering I use the Unichrome driver from here: http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~mfgalizi/debian/ Do you know where else I can fi

Re: Dirty spam

2006-11-22 Thread David E. Fox
On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:40:00 +0100 Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How many peoples have there OWN mailservers? /me does. Actually I cheat a bit. Most (99%) of mail I just have sent to my dsl address - and that gets processed by my mail server which is slightly to the left of me on

Re: WMP54G under amd64 - anyone got it working?

2006-11-22 Thread H.S.
Anton Piatek wrote: Hi, I am trying to get my WMP54G wireless card working under amd64 (etch). I tried compiling the kernel driver from ralink, but while it compiles ok (lots of warnings but no errors) when I try to load it I get no errors, but when I try to bring up the card I get an error a

Re: How to remove build dependencies ("apt-get build-dep") automatically?

2006-11-22 Thread Deephay
On 11/22/06, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 02:47:53PM +0800, Deephay wrote: > On 11/22/06, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 01:33:08PM +0800, Deephay wrote: > >> Greetings all, > >> > >> Since I have to add a missed configure option

Re: bad text rendering on Acer LCD

2006-11-22 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 11/22/06, Marko Randjelovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > I have an Acer 19" wide screen (AL1916W) which doesn't display text > properly, even on the terminal. I run GNOME on unstable, and this > problem shows in various resolutions I've tried, and the screen's

How can I update the pkg lists on a non-networked debian?

2006-11-22 Thread Jed R. Mallen
Hello, I have a non-networked debian box at home and a high-bandwidth XP box at work. I want to upgrade my Debian box. apt-zip says it can upgrade a non-networked box, but you have to have an updated pkg list for this to work. My problem is doing an update. Because the box has no internet conn

Re: Which firewall can do Bandwidth Shaping

2006-11-22 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 09:37:01PM -0500, T wrote: > On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:46:57 +0100, Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > > > Can anyone recommend to use (or to avoid) any of the following? > > very interesting topic. I wanted to ask too. > > Thanks everyone for the input. Is your suggested firewall

Which firewall can do Bandwidth Shaping

2006-11-22 Thread T
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:46:57 +0100, Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > Can anyone recommend to use (or to avoid) any of the following? very interesting topic. I wanted to ask too. Thanks everyone for the input. Is your suggested firewall wrapper support Bandwidth Shaping/Policing (ie, traffic shaping/

Re: SATA PCI

2006-11-22 Thread Greg Madden
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:16:53 +0200 Hans du Plooy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 16:52 +0100, Martinez Perez Alberto wrote: > > I'm planning to add a SATA PCI card to a system which as no SATA > > support on motherboard. > > > > Does debian support any of these cards or I have

Re: Which firewall?

2006-11-22 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 01:43:37PM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > > I'd call it (shorewall anyway) more of a wrapper than a GUI, but yes. > The actual firewall is the kernel and iptables, but shorewall provides > a way to configure that. > > I seem to recall a thread about this a month or two back, w

Re: CVS Limits

2006-11-22 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 01:28:17AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > We are talking about a transaction limit, not a repository limit. I don't know > if subversion has such limits, but cvs can handle directories with a lot of > files, you just can't update them all at once. > I see. Regards, -Robe

Sound system stopped working

2006-11-22 Thread Bradley Alexander
Having an issue with sound on my sid box. It used to work fine, but now, I get errors, and my sound card is not detected. I tried several approaches to get it to work, including the page at http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/sound.htm It is a SBLive! Platinum running on an Athlon XP1800. lspci shows:

Re: Networking over USB

2006-11-22 Thread John Hasler
Google linux usbnet -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Networking over USB

2006-11-22 Thread Grok Mogger
I've seen some writing on the internet that suggests that it's possible to do networking over USB. Like I could send TCP/IP packets over a USB cable instead of an ethernet cable. Is this actually possible? If so, I don't know where to even begin. I'm not finding much googling. Could someo

Re: Which firewall?

2006-11-22 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:27:36 +0100 Grzegorz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mirto Silvio Busico napisa?(a): > > Hi all, > > I have to setup a firewall for a little network. > > The firewall machine will have multiple ip addresses for a physical lan > > card (eth0 eth0:1 eth0:2). > > > > Looking to th

Re: CVS Limits

2006-11-22 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:23:03 -0500 "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 10:33:45AM -, Pete Clarke wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I have a CVS repository (hosted on Debian Sarge 3.1), and one of the > > directories has grown in size from a few thousand files

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 or

Re: UNSUSCRIBE

2006-11-22 Thread Ken Irving
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 10:01:28PM +, Dave Ewart wrote: > On Wednesday, 22.11.2006 at 20:44 +, Brad Rogers wrote: > > > A suitable mailto link is on the bottom of *every* mail on the list. > > The OP only had to click on it. > > s/every/every non-PGP-MIME/ > > Messages, such as yours and

Re: Which firewall?

2006-11-22 Thread Ken Irving
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 10:27:36PM +0100, Grzegorz wrote: > Mirto Silvio Busico napisa?(a): > >Hi all, > >I have to setup a firewall for a little network. > >The firewall machine will have multiple ip addresses for a physical lan > >card (eth0 eth0:1 eth0:2). > > > >Looking to the packages (for Etc

Re: UNSUSCRIBE

2006-11-22 Thread Raquel
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:01:28 + Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday, 22.11.2006 at 20:44 +, Brad Rogers wrote: > > > A suitable mailto link is on the bottom of *every* mail on the > > list. The OP only had to click on it. > > s/every/every non-PGP-MIME/ > > Messages, suc

Re: UNSUSCRIBE

2006-11-22 Thread Dave Ewart
On Wednesday, 22.11.2006 at 20:44 +, Brad Rogers wrote: > A suitable mailto link is on the bottom of *every* mail on the list. > The OP only had to click on it. s/every/every non-PGP-MIME/ Messages, such as yours and mine, which as PGP-MIME signed do *not* display the list info at the end.

Re: fonts not working in firefox/ icedove

2006-11-22 Thread matthew yee-king
matthew yee-king wrote: matthew yee-king wrote: Hello! I recently did an apt-get upgrade on my i386 etch system and now the font rendering in icedove and firefox seems to be broken. For example, in my list of emails I onlt see the subject and other text information about the email when i click

Re: Which firewall?

2006-11-22 Thread Grzegorz
Mirto Silvio Busico napisa?(a): Hi all, I have to setup a firewall for a little network. The firewall machine will have multiple ip addresses for a physical lan card (eth0 eth0:1 eth0:2). Looking to the packages (for Etch) I see some firewall; so there is the question: Can anyone recommend t

Re: UNSUSCRIBE

2006-11-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:50:46 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei Popescu) wrote: Hello Andrei, > 2. You misspelled 'unsubscribe' A suitable mailto link is on the bottom of *every* mail on the list. The OP only had to click on it. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is

WMP54G under amd64 - anyone got it working?

2006-11-22 Thread Anton Piatek
Hi, I am trying to get my WMP54G wireless card working under amd64 (etch). I tried compiling the kernel driver from ralink, but while it compiles ok (lots of warnings but no errors) when I try to load it I get no errors, but when I try to bring up the card I get an error and the system becomes

Re: Which firewall?

2006-11-22 Thread Manuel Parrilla
El Miércoles, 22 de Noviembre de 2006 12:46, Mirto Silvio Busico escribió: > Hi all, > I have to setup a firewall for a little network. > The firewall machine will have multiple ip addresses for a physical lan > card (eth0 eth0:1 eth0:2). > > Looking to the packages (for Etch) I see some firewall;

Re: bad text rendering on Acer LCD

2006-11-22 Thread Marko Randjelovic
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: Hi, I have an Acer 19" wide screen (AL1916W) which doesn't display text properly, even on the terminal. I run GNOME on unstable, and this problem shows in various resolutions I've tried, and the screen's own resolution of 1440x900 is not available on GNOM's menu. Attac

Re: SATA PCI

2006-11-22 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 16:52 +0100, Martinez Perez Alberto wrote: > I'm planning to add a SATA PCI card to a system which as no SATA > support on motherboard. > > Does debian support any of these cards or I have to take care with the > model I purchase? Take your pick: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/H

Re: UNSUSCRIBE

2006-11-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 06:59:16PM +0100, [Remi] wrote: > This won't work because: 1. You wrote to the wrong address. It should be [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. You misspelled 'unsubscribe' Regards, Andrei P.S. Sorry for writing also to you directly, but sometimes the mail from the list is delayed. --

Is cdimage.debian.org having trouble?

2006-11-22 Thread Rick Thomas
For the last few days, I've had great difficulty downloading from cdimage.debian.org (mostly daily installer images for testing). Bandwidth is highly erratic and overall very slow. I'm in New Jersey, USA. If that makes any difference. Does anybody know of a mirror for cdimage.d.o on this s

Re: Delete Win 2K partition on Debian dual boot to re-use space. (SOLVED)

2006-11-22 Thread del
On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:48:01 + del <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:30:28 -0600 > Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > del wrote: > > > I have a dual boot Debian Sarge/Win 2K box. > > > > > > I would now like to remove the 2K partition to regain the space > > > for

Re: [bug or just us?] nic gets apipa address instead of configured static

2006-11-22 Thread akraix
yes, _many_ thanks! that was it. i thank you a lot! this i would not have found alone. so no real bug, but pretty an annoyance. ;-) akraix > Check if you have the package "zeroconf" installed. It is known to do > this kind of "helpful" automatic reconfiguration of NICs for an ad-hoc > network.

RE: Which firewall?

2006-11-22 Thread David Gluss
I'm using shorewall. It seems to work, and wasn't hard to set up using the sample files. However I'll read the other responses and recommendations with interest, because I've only used that one of the several available. David Gluss -Original Message- From: Mirto Silvio Busico [mailto:

UNSUSCRIBE

2006-11-22 Thread [Remi]

Re: fonts not working in firefox/ icedove

2006-11-22 Thread matthew yee-king
matthew yee-king wrote: Hello! I recently did an apt-get upgrade on my i386 etch system and now the font rendering in icedove and firefox seems to be broken. For example, in my list of emails I onlt see the subject and other text information about the email when i click on the email. In firefox,

Re: xsetup reconfiguration?

2006-11-22 Thread Alan Ianson
On Wed November 22 2006 08:00, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > I am running a debian derivative. I would like to force > a reconfiguration of the xserver, any ideas how? dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg is how I would do it on my etch box, may or may not be useful to you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: Variables in bind

2006-11-22 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-11-20 12:52:31, schrieb José Pablo Fernández: > Hello, is it possible to define variables in Bind9 ? something like: > > $ring=192.168.0.1 > > ring IN A $ring > i4.ring IN A $ring > r0.ring IN A $ring > altring IN A $ring NO! Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Syste

Re: Große s Modelcasting - jetzt als Model bewerben

2006-11-22 Thread Michelle Konzack
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Re: Bitte, nicht schiessen! WAR: Großes Modelcasting - jetzt als Model bewerben

2006-11-22 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-11-19 13:02:23, schrieb Mike McCarty: > Michelle Konzack wrote: > >Am 2006-11-16 17:32:10, schrieb Josh Hurst: > > > >>D'oh > >>The couldn't win WWII and now they're trying to sell their slave porn to > >>us > > > >Why germany has not won? > > Because Germany surrendered. As to why German

Re: how many CDs for v3.1 r3?

2006-11-22 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-11-20 08:54:46, schrieb Matus UHLAR - fantomas: > On 19.11.06 15:20, Kent West wrote: > > Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > > > On 19.11.06 16:00, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > > > > >> better: /var; ext3; 1 GB > > >> /var/log; ext3; 500 MB > > >> > > > > > > I don't see any

Re: how many CDs for v3.1 r3?

2006-11-22 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-11-19 20:25:26, schrieb Matus UHLAR - fantomas: > I do not separate / from /usr, in many cases even from /boot So 100 Mbyte will not enough in any kind > > better: /var; ext3; 1 GB > > /var/log; ext3; 500 MB > I don't see any reason to have them separate. let a process runni

Re: Can't find header files.

2006-11-22 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-11-20 08:04:23, schrieb John L Fjellstad: > Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Am 2006-11-12 22:53:49, schrieb Alan Ianson: > > > >> Do you have the linux-kernel-headers package installed for your kernel > >> version? > > > > Wrong package! - is in "dpkg-dev". > > [EMA

Re: conky deb?

2006-11-22 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-11-20 03:50:25, schrieb s. keeling: > E: Build-Depends dependency for conky cannot be satisfied \ > because the package libxdamage-dev cannot be found In the file debian/rules is a ./configure call which can be used to exlude the use of "xdamage". Thanks, Greetings and nice Day

Re: xsetup reconfiguration?

2006-11-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 11:00:57AM -0500, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > > I am running a debian derivative. I would like to force > a reconfiguration of the xserver, any ideas how? I could give you the commands that work for Debian, but depending on how different your distro is from pure Debian, you cou

Re: dumb question about blind upgrades....

2006-11-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 01:05:37PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Today I typed in apt-get upgrade as root and the machine updated the package > list and > installed 4 more packages and upgraded a lot of security features. > > My fairly dumb question is: did I just get the security package

Re: Paritioning Issue

2006-11-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 06:03:37AM -0800, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > --- Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Trying to install Sarge from DVD on my Thinkpad > > (Z60t). At > > the partitioning prompt - only two options: completely overwrite > > the HD > > (guided?) or manual configuration. Accor

Re: Filter old mail with procmail

2006-11-22 Thread Bud Rogers
On Wednesday 22 November 2006 10:34, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote: > Kevin Mark escribe: > > formail -s procmail < some_mail_box > > This is only useful if mail is stored in mbox format. The bogofilter package has a perl script called printmaildir which will convert a maildir directory to an mb

Re: Which firewall?

2006-11-22 Thread Javier Viegas
On 11/22/06, Javier Viegas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 11/22/06, Mirto Silvio Busico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > I have to setup a firewall for a little network. > The firewall machine will have multiple ip addresses for a physical lan > card (eth0 eth0:1 eth0:2). > > Looking to

Re: Which firewall?

2006-11-22 Thread Stephen
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 08:12:10PM +0800 or thereabouts, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hi, > > what about firehol ? +1 I installed firehol a little while ago, from a recommendation on this list, and am quite happy with it. -- Regards Stephen

Re: Which firewall?

2006-11-22 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:46:57PM +0100, Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > Hi all, > I have to setup a firewall for a little network. > The firewall machine will have multiple ip addresses for a physical lan > card (eth0 eth0:1 eth0:2). > You want shorewall. The documentation (http://www.shorewall.ne

Re: CVS Limits

2006-11-22 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 10:33:45AM -, Pete Clarke wrote: > Hi there, > > I have a CVS repository (hosted on Debian Sarge 3.1), and one of the > directories has grown in size from a few thousand files, to over 11,000. > The result of this is, if a wide ranging change is made, the CVS client >

Re: Am I allowed to add additional info to RFP bugs?

2006-11-22 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 07:12:27AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > I wanted to mention that a new version (0.5.2) has been released > upstream as additional info to this bug; > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=387110 > > I can't wait for tracker to be officially included in De

Re: CVS Limits

2006-11-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >>>Hi there, >>> >>>I have a CVS repository (hosted on Debian Sarge 3.1), and one of the >>>directories has grown in size from a few thousand files, to over 11,000. >>>The result of this is, if a wide ranging cha

Re: Weird Upgrade procedure - Debian Testing.

2006-11-22 Thread anson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:46:07PM +0530, Amit Joshi wrote: While trying to upgrade my Debian Testing system, it shows me a horde of packages that could be upgraded. But take a look at the bottom of this output where it mentions the size et al. The size of the _to_be_fe

Re: Filter old mail with procmail

2006-11-22 Thread Ismael Valladolid Torres
Kevin Mark escribe: > formail -s procmail < some_mail_box This is only useful if mail is stored in mbox format. Cordially, Ismael -- Ismael Valladolid Torres "Il est vain de pleurer sur l'esprit, il suffit de travailler pour lui." Albert Camus http://digitra

Re: Weird Upgrade procedure - Debian Testing.

2006-11-22 Thread hendrik
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 10:07:27AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:46:07PM +0530, Amit Joshi wrote: > > > > While trying to upgrade my Debian Testing system, it shows me a horde of > > packages that could be upgraded. But take a look at the bottom of this > > output

The danger of dishonest disk drives (WAS:Re: Need to remove a ghost file, but can't because it doesn't exist)

2006-11-22 Thread hendrik
On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 10:38:45AM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > All I know is what I've experienced and what I have taken on faith: > > Reiserfs looses files on panic powerdowns (power failure) even if the > filesystem structure survives. Reiserfsck doesn't fix this. This, for > me, has been

Corellating hardware with drivers

2006-11-22 Thread Bradley Alexander
I am hoping there is an easy way to do this. I am looking for a way to map drivers to hardware in a box. I have been tasked with a project at work in which I need to display the driver associated with a piece of hardware in a box. The problem is that we have a variety of platforms, including Del

Re: [bug or just us?] nic gets apipa address instead of configured static

2006-11-22 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 17:36:37 +0100, akraix wrote: > hi, > > we are running two pcs with debian etch which we keep up to date. both have > one strange problem: after booting the nics get assigned an apipa address > instead of the static one from /etc/network/interfaces. > the strange thing is

Re: CVS Limits

2006-11-22 Thread Pete Clarke
>>Is that a cvs-pserver.conf entry? or in the CVSROOT files? > > At the moment it's hard-coded in the source > (src/server.c:serve_argument() ). Please feel free to post a wishlist > bug (ideally with a patch! *grin*) and I'll get it fixed in the Debian > package. Having it as a setting in CVSROOT/

xsetup reconfiguration?

2006-11-22 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I am running a debian derivative. I would like to force a reconfiguration of the xserver, any ideas how? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

SATA PCI

2006-11-22 Thread Martinez Perez Alberto
Hi! I'm planning to add a SATA PCI card to a system which as no SATA support on motherboard. Does debian support any of these cards or I have to take care with the model I purchase? Thank you!

Re: Weird Upgrade procedure - Debian Testing.

2006-11-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:46:07 +0530 Amit Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Amit, > this output where it mentions the size et al. The size of the > _to_be_fetched_ packages is 227MB, while it is gonna use around 1.5MB > of disk-space?? Read the report again; It will say something along the l

Re: Weird Upgrade procedure - Debian Testing.

2006-11-22 Thread hendrik
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:46:07PM +0530, Amit Joshi wrote: > > While trying to upgrade my Debian Testing system, it shows me a horde of > packages that could be upgraded. But take a look at the bottom of this output > where it mentions the size et al. The size of the _to_be_fetched_ packages is

Re: httpS on debian web server

2006-11-22 Thread Dave Ewart
On Wednesday, 22.11.2006 at 16:07 +0100, debian wrote: > I have debian installed on a new server together with apache (installed > via apt-get). > Now i would like to connect to it via HTTPS:// instead of HTTP:// > How can i do that ? Install apache-ssl Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messa

[bug or just us?] nic gets apipa address instead of configured static

2006-11-22 Thread akraix
hi, we are running two pcs with debian etch which we keep up to date. both have one strange problem: after booting the nics get assigned an apipa address instead of the static one from /etc/network/interfaces. the strange thing is that the boxes are available as usual, access to and from the net

Re: CVS Limits

2006-11-22 Thread Pete Clarke
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >>Hi there, >> >>I have a CVS repository (hosted on Debian Sarge 3.1), and one of the >>directories has grown in size from a few thousand files, to over 11,000. >>The result of this is, if a wide ranging change is made, the CVS client >>throws a fit and e

Re: CVS Limits

2006-11-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >Hi there, > >I have a CVS repository (hosted on Debian Sarge 3.1), and one of the >directories has grown in size from a few thousand files, to over 11,000. >The result of this is, if a wide ranging change is made, the CVS client >throws a fit and errors

httpS on debian web server

2006-11-22 Thread debian
Hello, I have debian installed on a new server together with apache (installed via apt-get). Now i would like to connect to it via HTTPS:// instead of HTTP:// How can i do that ? regards, Verus. Disclaimer : This e-mail is intended for the exclusive use by the person(s) mentioned as recip

Re: Paritioning Issue

2006-11-22 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Colin wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> While you should know that it is not recommended to use 'testing' >> on computers connected to the internet, > > Huh? Where did you get that from? I can see "not using it in a > production environment" but connected to the Internet? From http://list

Re: public key warning

2006-11-22 Thread Mark Grieveson
This will fix that: gpg --recv-keys A70DAF536070D3A1 && (gpg --export -a A70DAF536070D3A1 | apt-key add -) something about keys changing... Cheers, Kev Thanks. That solved it -- the warnings are gone. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Re: CVS Limits

2006-11-22 Thread Pete Clarke
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >>Hi there, >> >>I have a CVS repository (hosted on Debian Sarge 3.1), and one of the >>directories has grown in size from a few thousand files, to over 11,000. >>The result of this is, if a wide ranging change is made, the CVS client >>throws a fit and e

Re: disable tooltips in etch

2006-11-22 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 08:42 +, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:02:45 -0600 > "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have been unable to discover how to disable tooltips in X in Debian > > Etch. In particular, I need to disable the rectangular yellow box > > which

Re: Paritioning Issue

2006-11-22 Thread Ottavio Caruso
--- Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Trying to install Sarge from DVD on my Thinkpad > (Z60t). At > the partitioning prompt - only two options: completely overwrite > the HD > (guided?) or manual configuration. According to Martin Krafft's > *The > Debian System*, > I should be seeing a "write

Re: dumb question about blind upgrades....

2006-11-22 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 13:05 +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Dear Debian people, [...snip...] > I would even go as far as to deliberately avoid using any package in any > configuration that would make the upgrade harder. Provided the basic > functions above work well, this could go a long way

Re: Strange system behavior...KDE/GNOME Problem.

2006-11-22 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 11:13:42AM +, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > "startkde" requires a running X server. So you could invoke it like > this: > > startx /usr/bin/startkde > Hmm. that explains all the errors he saw. It shows that I havent used startkde in a long time to know that it requ

Re: localhost in /etc/hosts

2006-11-22 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2006-11-22 13:41:22 +0100, David Jardine wrote: > On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:17:03AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > Well, the result of the hostname command depends on the /etc/hosts > > file and if your configuration is incorrect, it may not give you a > > consistent result. > > Not her

Re: suexec on apache

2006-11-22 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 06:00 -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > I've been told by apachectl that I need > > > ERROR: User directive in requires SUEXEC wrapper. > > > in order to run dspam. > > help? First off, which version of Debian are you using. Second which version of apache are you using. Usin

Re: localhost in /etc/hosts

2006-11-22 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2006-11-21 19:51:49 -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:17:03AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > The machine should always have a FQDN, though it may be resolved > > locally only (in particular if your machine is not on a network). > > Otherwise you'll have problems with so

VIA epia box does not "see" onboard ethernet after reboot (was: mini-itx server)

2006-11-22 Thread Joao Carlos de Lima Roscoe
Dear Srs, I have two VIA epia boxes. One is an epia5000, and is running ipcop, using its onboard ethernet (Via Rhine) and an adittional PCI SiS ethernet board; the other is an epia M6000, and is running sarge, headless - its a disk / subversion server. Both boxes run 24h/day - boots/reboots are

Re: localhost in /etc/hosts

2006-11-22 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:17:03AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > Well, the result of the hostname command depends on the /etc/hosts > > file and if your configuration is incorrect, it may not give you a > > consistent result. On 22.11.06 13:41, David Jardine wrote: > Not here. It uses th

dumb question about blind upgrades....

2006-11-22 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Debian people, I noticed some discussion on the list about blind upgrades. I assume this means that you type apt-get upgrade as root on your machine and let it run as it wishes.. I use Sarge 3.1 r3 on a 1200 MHz AMD Duron chip on a bog standard PC. I loaded it using 15 CD's I downl

Re: Which firewall?

2006-11-22 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Mirto Silvio Busico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061122 06:13]: > Hi all, > I have to setup a firewall for a little network. > The firewall machine will have multiple ip addresses for a physical lan > card (eth0 eth0:1 eth0:2). > > Looking to the packages (for Etch) I see some firewall; so there is the

Re: localhost in /etc/hosts

2006-11-22 Thread David Jardine
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:17:03AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Well, the result of the hostname command depends on the /etc/hosts > file and if your configuration is incorrect, it may not give you a > consistent result. Not here. It uses the /etc/hostname file. I changed the entry in /etc

Re: Which firewall?

2006-11-22 Thread Mirto Silvio Busico
Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hi, > > what about firehol ? Why not? Can you recommend this? In the past I used Turtle firewall ( http://www.turtlefirewall.com/index.en.html ) - a wabmin module. But in Debian webmin and its modules were abandoned because changing too fast. So I'm looking to a firewall that

Re: Strange system behavior...KDE/GNOME Problem.

2006-11-22 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:05:50 +0530 Amit Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 22 November 2006 16:43, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:10:13 +0530 > > > > Amit Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't know what is wrong with my system. I have a system running > > > De

Re: Which firewall?

2006-11-22 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, what about firehol ? Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: Hi all, I have to setup a firewall for a little network. The firewall machine will have multiple ip addresses for a physical lan card (eth0 eth0:1 eth0:2). Looking to the packages (for Etch) I see some firewall; so there is the question:

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