Re: How to mount solaris from linux

2007-11-03 Thread Terence
On 04/11/2007, Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The latest version on solaris aka "project indiana" uses zfs as its default > filesystem. There is no implementation of linux or any other unix (except > maybe freebsd 7.0) that can read/write to zfs partitions. > Answered my questio

Re: Intel Deluxe PC Camera

2007-11-03 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Sunday 04 November 2007 07:35, John Schmidt wrote: > On Sunday 04 November 2007, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > It looks like the driver module that I need is spca501. There is a > > source package for Etch: > > > > spca5xx-source > > > > What is the best way to compile this? I generally just use

Re: How to mount solaris from linux

2007-11-03 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 07:55:43 +0100 "abdelkader belahcene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I ve just install the indiana in-preview version of opensolaris (Nov 1st). > > The installation was done correctly, in a primary partition declared > as Solaris bf ( with linux and windows OS in same disk

Re: Intel Deluxe PC Camera

2007-11-03 Thread John Schmidt
On Sunday 04 November 2007, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > It looks like the driver module that I need is spca501. There is a > source package for Etch: > > spca5xx-source > > What is the best way to compile this? I generally just use stock > kernels and the modules that come with them so I am unfa

Re: How to set up postfix logfile

2007-11-03 Thread hce
On 11/4/07, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 02:54:25PM +1100, hce wrote: > > Thanks Gerard, I tried, but did not give me the informaiotn where is > > the postfix log file. The postfix has been restarted, but I still > > could not send mails from the mutt. > > The defa

Re: Intel Deluxe PC Camera

2007-11-03 Thread Marc Shapiro
Marc Shapiro wrote: I have just become the proud owner of an unused, still in box, Intel Deluxe PC Camera. This camera is dated 2001 and claims it requires Windows 98, 98SE, or Millennium Edition. Does anyone know if there are currently Linux drivers for this? I am running Etch with a 2.6.1

Re: Debian Failure Setting Password

2007-11-03 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Redefined Horizons wrote: Andrew, You are probably correct. I didn't think about encryption. I'm going to give the system rescue cd another shot. usermod --password would be useful in a script. If you are going to do it manually, just use "passwd " as root. Scott Huey On 11/3/07, Andrew

reading email from gmail account with gnus in Emacs22

2007-11-03 Thread Alexandru Cardaniuc
Hi All! Does anybody here use gnus from Emacs22 to read mail from gmail account? I managed to make it work with Emacs21. Recently I tried Emacs22 and my old config from Emacs21 doesn't work. I get some errors when fetching from gmail with pop. Did anybody here manage to make gnus in Emacs22 work

Re: Debian Failure Setting Password

2007-11-03 Thread Redefined Horizons
Andrew, You are probably correct. I didn't think about encryption. I'm going to give the system rescue cd another shot. Scott Huey On 11/3/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 08:47:27PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > > I've run into a problem after

Re: Debian Failure Setting Password

2007-11-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 08:47:27PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > I've run into a problem after I performed the following: > > [1] Changed the password for my root user with the usermod command. > [2] Changed the password of a non-root user with the usermod command. according to man usermod,

Re: How to set up postfix logfile

2007-11-03 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 02:54:25PM +1100, hce wrote: > Thanks Gerard, I tried, but did not give me the informaiotn where is > the postfix log file. The postfix has been restarted, but I still > could not send mails from the mutt. The default location is /var/log/mail.log. Please don't top-post. -

Re: "Waiting for root file system..." hang solved

2007-11-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 02:38:36AM +, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > I've had to learn my > > way around that having just reconfigured my laptop. The critical item > > is the contents of $ROOT. The value of $ROOT gets set by the k

Re: Thinkpad T20 wireless troubles - revisited

2007-11-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 12:46:45AM +0100, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > Op Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:23:11 -0400 Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:10:48 +0100 Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > > > Following the directions at [2], the entry for wifi0 > > > in /etc/network/interfaces now looks like this: > > >

Re: How to set up postfix logfile

2007-11-03 Thread hce
Thanks Gerard, I tried, but did not give me the informaiotn where is the postfix log file. The postfix has been restarted, but I still could not send mails from the mutt. Thank you. Kind Regards, Jim On 11/4/07, Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 10:50:56AM +1100,

Debian Failure Setting Password

2007-11-03 Thread Redefined Horizons
I've run into a problem after I performed the following: [1] Changed the password for my root user with the usermod command. [2] Changed the password of a non-root user with the usermod command. [3] Added a new user with a password using the useradd command. After making these changes I could no

Re: firewall installation question

2007-11-03 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 01:53:57AM +, Steve Kemp wrote: > On Sat Nov 03, 2007 at 19:49:40 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > > You must chmod +x this script: > > > # chmod +x script_name > > > > > > > Thanks, but I was forced to +x the script in order to run it manually. > > Something else is

Re: Connect to remote CVS server

2007-11-03 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Rocky, On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 01:11:54AM -, rockymaxsource wrote: > Can any of you tell me how to use SSH to connect to remote CVS > repository with user name and password please? Set the CVS_RSH variable to 'ssh' and then use :ext:username as your username in the cvs root specification.

Re: Which browser is better, firefox?

2007-11-03 Thread Jose Luis Rivas Contreras
hce wrote: > Hi, > > Is the firefox the best browser? The "best" word is a relative-word, not absolute. If you like it better then is the best for _you_. > > When I installed the Debian, it automatically included iceweasel. I > removed it and tryed to install firefox by "apt-get install firefox"

Re: Quota Headache

2007-11-03 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Brian, On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 09:22:41AM +, Brian Platt wrote: > I'm having bit of a nightmare trying to get quota to work with > directadmin and debian sarge Server is VPS /etc/fstab > shows/dev/xvda1 / ext3 rw,noatime 0 1/dev/xvdb1 none swap defaults > 0 0I tried adding usrquota,grp

Intel Deluxe PC Camera

2007-11-03 Thread Marc Shapiro
I have just become the proud owner of an unused, still in box, Intel Deluxe PC Camera. This camera is dated 2001 and claims it requires Windows 98, 98SE, or Millennium Edition. Does anyone know if there are currently Linux drivers for this? I am running Etch with a 2.6.16-2-k7 stock Debian k

Re: Installer stops (freezes) when scanning hardware

2007-11-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 10:02:20AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > As Kamaraju suggests, a LiveCD such as Knoppix will go a long way toward > indicating if the hardware is at fault or not. I suspect you do have a > hardware problem, since you're having trouble with both Mandriva and the > Debian ins

Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude

2007-11-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 06:38:36AM -0700, Michael M. Moore wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 19:02 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:33:00PM -, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > > > > > So exercising an abundance of caution I usually stick with synaptic. > > > Maybe on my

Re: home network behind a firewall/router

2007-11-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 07:46:20PM +0100, P?l Cs?nyi wrote: > > I have a Cable Modem connection to my ISP. > > my ISP >| > Cable Modem connection to my ISP >| > PC box-1 firewall/gateway > = > |

Re: firewall installation question

2007-11-03 Thread Steve Kemp
On Sat Nov 03, 2007 at 19:49:40 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > You must chmod +x this script: > > # chmod +x script_name > > > > Thanks, but I was forced to +x the script in order to run it manually. > Something else is the problem. Files in that directory are executed by 'run-parts'. That

Re: firewall installation question

2007-11-03 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 10:32:29PM +0100, Pál Csányi wrote: > 2007/11/3, Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I use Etch. I want to install a firewall script. I found one in > > www.debian-administration.org that establishes a transparent proxy for > > web browsing. It is a script that seems to d

Re: Which browser is better, firefox?

2007-11-03 Thread Miles Bader
Claudius Hubig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Debian just "re-branded" the Firefox because the name and the logo > are not accepted as "free" by Debian. (or something like this...) The mozilla corp would not let them use the firefox name/logo without (unacceptable) restrictions. -Miles -- "Though

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Eric Brooks
On Debian I think Eclipse is the best bet for Java development. It is available as a standard Debian package. I found that I like to use the Sun Java platform more than the alternatives mostly because the stuff I write has to run on a number of platforms all of which run the Sun virtual machine.

Re: Which browser is better, firefox?

2007-11-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/03/07 18:59, hce wrote: > Hi, > > Is the firefox the best browser? > > When I installed the Debian, it automatically included iceweasel. I > removed it and tryed to install firefox by "apt-get install firefox", > but it it got iceweasel gain. H

Re: Which browser is better, firefox?

2007-11-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 04/11/2007, hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is the firefox the best browser? > > When I installed the Debian, it automatically included iceweasel. I > removed it and tryed to install firefox by "apt-get install firefox", > but it it got iceweasel gain. How can I install the firefox? >

Re: How to set up postfix logfile

2007-11-03 Thread Gerard Robin
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 10:50:56AM +1100, hce wrote: From: hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: How to set up postfix logfile X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.75 tagged_above=3.6 required=5.3 tests=[AWL=0.614, BAYES_00=-2, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, SARE_MSGID_LONG40=0.637,

Re: Which browser is better, firefox?

2007-11-03 Thread Claudius Hubig
hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is the firefox the best browser? Nope, the best browser is Opera!11oneeleven!!!11 >When I installed the Debian, it automatically included iceweasel. I >removed it and tryed to install firefox by "apt-get install firefox", >but it it got iceweasel gain. How can

Re: Could not adjust time

2007-11-03 Thread hce
Thanks Gérard, that works. Jim On 11/4/07, Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 10:20:06AM +1100, hce wrote: > >From: hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >Subject: Could not adjust time > >X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.647 tagged_above=3.6 requ

Which browser is better, firefox?

2007-11-03 Thread hce
Hi, Is the firefox the best browser? When I installed the Debian, it automatically included iceweasel. I removed it and tryed to install firefox by "apt-get install firefox", but it it got iceweasel gain. How can I install the firefox? Thank you. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Could not adjust time

2007-11-03 Thread Gerard Robin
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 10:20:06AM +1100, hce wrote: From: hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Could not adjust time X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.647 tagged_above=3.6 required=5.3 tests=[AWL=0.717, BAYES_00=-2, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, SARE_MSGID_LONG40=0.637

How to set up postfix logfile

2007-11-03 Thread hce
Hi, I sent emails from mutt, but does not seem work. Where can I check postfix logfile? The postfix is called from booting, I could not find config file from postfix? Thank you. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Thinkpad T20 wireless troubles - revisited

2007-11-03 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Op Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:23:11 -0400 Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:10:48 +0100 Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > > Following the directions at [2], the entry for wifi0 > > in /etc/network/interfaces now looks like this: > > > > iface wifi0 inet dhcp > > wireless-essid <> > > wireles

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Marty
Richard wrote: Looking to get into programming for linux, would like to do: Java, Perl & Lisp What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too. (please no: emacs or vi (or command line apps) wanting something th

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Richard
On Saturday 03 November 2007 5:49:04 pm Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Nov 3, 2007 2:02 PM, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Looking to get into programming for linux, > > would like to do: Java, Perl & Lisp > > > > What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work > > or if needed to r

Could not adjust time

2007-11-03 Thread hce
Hi, I press the right button of the mouse to the clock time on the panel, but there is not adjust time to change the time. What is missing ... Thank you. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: home network behind a firewall/router

2007-11-03 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Pál Csányi wrote: Hello! I have a Cable Modem connection to my ISP. my ISP | Cable Modem connection to my ISP | PC box-1 firewall/gateway = | | LAN DMZ |

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
A development platform like eclipse might be just the ticket here. You can't run it in a command line environment; it's a single development environment you use, and just select what will be used to do the development and have eclipse take care of the development cycle for you as you write. h

test

2007-11-03 Thread Frank McCormick
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Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Nov 3, 2007 2:02 PM, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Looking to get into programming for linux, >> would like to do: Java, Perl & Lisp >> >> What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work >> or if needed to

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Nov 3, 2007 2:02 PM, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looking to get into programming for linux, > would like to do: Java, Perl & Lisp > > What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work > or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too. > > (please no: emacs

Re: firewall installation question

2007-11-03 Thread Pál Csányi
2007/11/3, Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I use Etch. I want to install a firewall script. I found one in > www.debian-administration.org that establishes a transparent proxy for > web browsing. It is a script that seems to do what I want when I run > it manually. debadmin article says to put

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread John Masters
On 17:02 Sat 03 Nov , Richard wrote: > Looking to get into programming for linux, > would like to do: Java, Perl & Lisp > > What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work > or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too. > > (please no: emacs or vi (or comm

Vá: firewall installation question

2007-11-03 Thread Pál Csányi
2007/11/3, Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I use Etch. I want to install a firewall script. I found one in > www.debian-administration.org that establishes a transparent proxy for > web browsing. It is a script that seems to do what I want when I run > it manually. debadmin article says to put

Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Richard
Looking to get into programming for linux, would like to do: Java, Perl & Lisp What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too. (please no: emacs or vi (or command line apps) wanting something that would be better

firewall installation question

2007-11-03 Thread Paul E Condon
I use Etch. I want to install a firewall script. I found one in www.debian-administration.org that establishes a transparent proxy for web browsing. It is a script that seems to do what I want when I run it manually. debadmin article says to put it in /etc/network/if-up.d/ and it will be run automa

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:19:28PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:22:17PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 02:29:29PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > > > - do 'dpkg --set-selections < mypackages' for setting packages > > > - do 'aptitu

home network behind a firewall/router

2007-11-03 Thread Pál Csányi
Hello! I have a Cable Modem connection to my ISP. my ISP | Cable Modem connection to my ISP | PC box-1 firewall/gateway = | | LAN DMZ | | PC box-2

questions about compiz

2007-11-03 Thread Neil Watson
Hello all, I've experimented with compiz a bit and had limited success. I have some questions that I hope can be answered here. 1. Can compiz be run on its own? 2. Can it be configure with hot keys for starting applications similar to Openbox? 3. I started compiz and had a running xterm

Re: risks of using net apps as a user in wheel or adm?

2007-11-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 10:41:35AM +, Joe wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 09:29:51PM +, Joe wrote: >>> Microsoft Update and apt-get are probably as close as you get, and I >>> wouldn't bet a large amount of money that either is 100% safe. One day MU >>> wi

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-03 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 14:57 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:49:10 -0300 > Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And > > Try 'grep UTC /etc/default/rcS' > > > how can I switch from one

Re: Installer stops (freezes) when scanning hardware

2007-11-03 Thread Augustin
Hello Kamaraju, Thank you very much for your reply. I'll take the time to investigate all the avenues you suggest and see what I can learn. On Saturday 03 November 2007 21:35, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > memtest - to check for bad memory. > badblocks - to check for bad blocks on the hard d

Re: Installer stops (freezes) when scanning hardware

2007-11-03 Thread Kent West
Augustin wrote: On Saturday 03 November 2007 21:35, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: memtest - to check for bad memory. badblocks - to check for bad blocks on the hard drive. I dont know how check faults in other hardware other than replacing it with a different one testing them. Pop in a Knoppi

Re: I value your time :) - Re: Other avenues to get help

2007-11-03 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: Augustin wrote: So, if today I come to you with this new hardware problem This indicates that you have a question. But you never asked it (as far as I can tell). Ah; I see you've asked it in another thread: "Installer stops (freezes) when scanning hardware". Never mi

Re: I value your time :) - Re: Other avenues to get help

2007-11-03 Thread Kent West
Augustin wrote: 3) I value your time. I really do :) As a proof, I can tell you the following story Interesting story. So, if today I come to you with this new hardware problem, it's because I have RTFM'ed and searched for a long time without finding a solution. This problem (I think it'

Re: webcam Philips SPC210

2007-11-03 Thread Bruno Costacurta
On Saturday 03 November 2007 11:02, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Saturday 03 November 2007 10:18, Bruno Costacurta wrote: > > Hello, > > > > is someone using a Philips SPC210 webcam ? > > I would to check its working status under Etch. > > > > Thanks, > > Bye, > > Bruno > > It is working under Etch

Re: how do i go back to stable? [was: reverting to 'standard' etch installation]

2007-11-03 Thread Winston Smith
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:53:52PM +, michael wrote: > I can give that a try but anybody else have any suggestions? (I've > removed some packages I'd installed under sid so now it's probably > not as clean/obvious as above suggests)... > > I guess I could remove lots of things and then se

Re: Manage message threads in icedove/thunderbird

2007-11-03 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Kent West wrote: Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Hi, Is there an extension/configuration parameters for working with message threads in icedove? For instance, I would like to be able to move an entire thread to a specific folder, or delete an entire thread without having to select the individual me

Re: Manage message threads in icedove/thunderbird

2007-11-03 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Ron Johnson wrote: On 11/02/07 22:07, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Hi, Is there an extension/configuration parameters for working with message threads in icedove? For instance, I would like to be able to move an entire thread to a specific folder, or delete an entire thread without having to select

Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude

2007-11-03 Thread Martin Waller
Michael M. Moore wrote: On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 19:02 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:33:00PM -, BartlebyScrivener wrote: So exercising an abundance of caution I usually stick with synaptic. Maybe on my next install I'll look into Aptitude. What do

Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude

2007-11-03 Thread Michael M. Moore
On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 19:02 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:33:00PM -, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > > > So exercising an abundance of caution I usually stick with synaptic. > > Maybe on my next install I'll look into Aptitude. > > What do you do when X dies or need

Re: Installer stops (freezes) when scanning hardware

2007-11-03 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Augustin wrote: > This machine is a desktop computer (7VT600P-RZ(-C) mainboard with VIA > KT600 chipset). I think I have only mainstream hardware (this is no > laptop!), yet I always have had some problems with it with different > versions of different distros. memtest - to check for bad memory.

Re: Using backports after upgrade

2007-11-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:33:26PM -0400, John Fleming wrote: > Hello - I was running Sarge with SpamAssassin upgrades from backports.org. > Then I upgraded to Etch. I have backports in my sources.list, but I don't > seem to be getting SA updates. (My SA is 3.1.7, and latest seems to be > 3.2.

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 04:09:57AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:19:28PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:22:17PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 02:29:29PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > > > > > - do 'dpkg --s

Re: risks of using net apps as a user in wheel or adm?

2007-11-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 10:41:35AM +, Joe wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 09:29:51PM +, Joe wrote: > >>Microsoft Update and apt-get are probably as close as you get, and > >>I wouldn't bet a large amount of money that either is 100% safe. One day > >>MU wi

Re: Other avenues to get help

2007-11-03 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Augustin wrote: > > Besides this list, which other avenues exist where I could get expert > advice? Debian IRC ( http://www.debian.org/support ) is good if you like instant answers. The downside is that your message is read by only couple of people active on the IRC channel at that time. Then th

Re: etch apt - Failed to fetch kernel, Size Mismatch error

2007-11-03 Thread Siju George
> Inspect the output of > > $ apt-cache show linux-image-2.6.18-5-486 --no-all-versions > > and > > $ wget --spider \ > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_i386.deb > > Compare the "Size" field of apt-cache output with the "Length"

I value your time :) - Re: Other avenues to get help

2007-11-03 Thread Augustin
Hello again, 1) Thank you to all who replied both on the list and off list :) See number 4) at the bottom for specific replies. 2) I am glad that nobody took my post as a troll :) It was not intended that way. I truly appreciate the people who spend time answering question to so many users o

Re: risks of using net apps as a user in wheel or adm?

2007-11-03 Thread Joe
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 09:29:51PM +, Joe wrote: Microsoft Update and apt-get are probably as close as you get, and I wouldn't bet a large amount of money that either is 100% safe. One day MU will get hacked, and the whole world will collapse. wow, that's qu

Re: WINE under Lenny

2007-11-03 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 23:22:06 -0400 Carl Fink wrote: > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:10:22PM +0100, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:10:21 -0400 Carl Fink wrote: > > > Is anyone having any luck with WINE? > > > > Yes, I have a few programs running successfully with Wine on Lenny. > > I

Re: fglrx upgrade to 8.42.3

2007-11-03 Thread Davide Mancusi
Jonathan Kaye ha scritto: Hi Davide, I've installed it and it's BRILLIANT Three cheers for ATI they've got it right! fgl_glxgears ran around 380fps under 8.39. Now, under 8.42 it's over 500! So I'd say go for it. Cheers, Jonathan Thank you all for the feedback. I have tried to install the

Re: webcam Philips SPC210

2007-11-03 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Saturday 03 November 2007 10:18, Bruno Costacurta wrote: > Hello, > > is someone using a Philips SPC210 webcam ? > I would to check its working status under Etch. > > Thanks, > Bye, > Bruno It is working under Etch with the latest update of gspca. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Using backports after upgrade

2007-11-03 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 23:33:26 -0400 "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello - I was running Sarge with SpamAssassin upgrades from > backports.org. Then I upgraded to Etch. I have backports in my > sources.list, but I don't seem to be getting SA updates. (My SA is > 3.1.7, and latest seem

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2007-11-03 Thread Bruno Costacurta
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Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-03 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:19:28PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:22:17PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 02:29:29PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > > > - do 'dpkg --set-selections < mypackages' for setting packages > > > - do 'aptitu