Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/19/08 01:34, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2008-06-19 04:50 +0200, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 06/18/08 21:25, Hubert Chathi wrote: >>> The symlink should be installed in the libssl-dev package. >> Why? Why not in libssl? > > Because it would be wro

Re: correct "Debian" way to log iptables to seperate file

2008-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/19/08 00:16, JW wrote: > Hello, > > Iptables is annoying me by: > > 1) printing logs to the console > > 2) filling my /var/log/messages up with the same logs, which then get picked > up and uselessly emailed to me by logcheck and logwatch. >

Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-06-19 04:50 +0200, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/18/08 21:25, Hubert Chathi wrote: >> The symlink should be installed in the libssl-dev package. > > Why? Why not in libssl? Because it would be wrong. When the library ABI changes, a new libsslx.y.z has to be created _in addition_ to the cur

correct "Debian" way to log iptables to seperate file

2008-06-18 Thread JW
Hello, Iptables is annoying me by: 1) printing logs to the console 2) filling my /var/log/messages up with the same logs, which then get picked up and uselessly emailed to me by logcheck and logwatch. Of course all the logging is controlled by syslog, not iptables. What I really want is for t

Re: usb camera for skype & etc.

2008-06-18 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
On 18/06/2008, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I used Skype video conferencing yesterday and the quality was nowhere near > as good as SIP, though in all fairness it is a bit easier to setup. Yuck, Skype. I've been earnestly looking for free alternatives. wengophone was good before it was abando

Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/18/08 21:25, Hubert Chathi wrote: > On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:00:14 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >> Hi. I am installing ewire on a customers server and it needs a >> symlink from libssl.so.0.9.8 to libssl.so, I am worried if apt updates >> the

Re: usb camera for skype & etc.

2008-06-18 Thread Bob
PETER EASTHOPE wrote: Folk, Video in Skype works well for friends using Imacs and MS-Win. I'm thinking of buying a camera. USB webcams must use USB 2 by now. So does a Firewire camera retain any advantage over current USB cameras. Some, they're apparently better supported and better qualit

Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread Hubert Chathi
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:00:14 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Hi. I am installing ewire on a customers server and it needs a > symlink from libssl.so.0.9.8 to libssl.so, I am worried if apt updates > the version and the symlink suddenly stops working. > Any suggestions as to how to keep track of

Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/18/08 21:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:33:38 -0500 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 06/18/08 19:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I am installing ewire on a customers server and it needs a sym

Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread coolzone
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:33:38 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/18/08 19:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I am installing ewire on a customers server and it needs a symlink > > from libssl.so.0.9.8 to libssl.so, I

Re: reboot problems

2008-06-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:50:09PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > > > But, does a diskless setup have any real advantages given the low price > > of storage these days? IMHO it is much better to have a small disk in > > each node and have the node boot from its ow

Re: eth0: no IPv6 router present

2008-06-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 01:44:40PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:57:35AM -0500, W Paul Mills wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Thomas H. George wrote: [snip] > The network is still unreachable although all the machines > on the lan r

Re: can't print from adobe reader

2008-06-18 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Wed June 18 2008, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > I'm assuming this is because adobe reader is setup with LPR ?? as opposed > > to CUPS?? if so, how do I change it to CUPS ?? > > I see all my defined CUPS printers in the Adobe reader print dialog and > they all work. I think this depends on having "cu

Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/18/08 19:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi. > > I am installing ewire on a customers server and it needs a symlink > from libssl.so.0.9.8 to libssl.so, I am worried if apt updates the > version and the symlink suddenly stops working. On my sys

A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread coolzone
Hi. I am installing ewire on a customers server and it needs a symlink from libssl.so.0.9.8 to libssl.so, I am worried if apt updates the version and the symlink suddenly stops working. Any suggestions as to how to keep track of this? Or another clever solution? I am going to forget about this

selecting desktop when installing

2008-06-18 Thread Jamie Griffin
Hi This is probably a very basic question but i'd appreciate any tips. I installed lenny recently and selected my iso image from here: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-kde-CD-1.iso I didn't have any problem installing it's just the desktop is gno

Re: OpenOffice.org Quick Start

2008-06-18 Thread Cameron Hutchison
David Staer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Cameron Hutchison wrote: >> How do you use the OpenOffice.org quick start functionality? >> >> I have installed the package openoffice.org-gtk [...] >You need to enable it in OpenOffice. Tools > Options > >OpenOffice.org > Memory - then check "Enable syst

Re: cpu constantly busy on debian sid without doing anything...

2008-06-18 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > Any idea what could be the reason? Others have pointed out some of the excellent guesses that could be the possible culprit. My only suggestion is to go back to the command line and disable X. Then verify whether it is an X related problem or a kernel related issue. ht

Re: Mysql fails to install after "aptitude purge mysql-server --purge-unused"

2008-06-18 Thread S D
> That line in the script reads: > > echo -e "# created by > debconf\n[mysqld]\nold_passwords = $RET" > > /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf > > This does not seem to require that old_passwords.cnf exists > beforehand. > Is there still enough space on all the relevant partitions, Yes, free spac

Re: Some images not displayed by Iceweasel

2008-06-18 Thread Edward C. Jones
Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Edward C. Jones wrote: I use Debian unstable, amd64 port, on a PC with a 64 bit AMD chip. The latest version of Iceweasel, iceweasel_3.0~rc2-1, sometimes fails to display images. I suspect that javascript is involved.

Re: Root sending messages to users

2008-06-18 Thread Owen Townend
On 18 Jun 2008 18:00:44 GMT, i'll teach you to turn away. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Owen Townend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OT> On 17 Jun 2008 04:01:26 GMT, i'll teach you to turn away. <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> does no one use 'talk' anymore? > > OT> Talking is a viable

Re: CAD software for PCB engineering and routing

2008-06-18 Thread al davis
On Wednesday 18 June 2008, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2008-06-18 13:24:06, schrieb al davis: > > Yes. Be more respectful of people who are trying to help > > you. > > I have gotten no reponse from Developers and others... Did you ask? You have been on this here list long enough to know what ki

Re: minimalist window managers [was Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.]

2008-06-18 Thread Kevin Monceaux
A, On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: if you decide to investigate other minimalist WM's you might look at xmonad. It's all keyboard controlled, tiled with a variety of customizable tiling layouts. pretty fun(unctional). Actually, I was using xmonad before switching to DWM. I'

Re: Any isencrypted function available?

2008-06-18 Thread James Youngman
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:26 AM, buyoppy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Try this implementation, which I have not tested (or >> even compiled). (I realised subsequently that it reads past the end of the buffer if system memory is low and the input buffer was less than PLANB_BUF_SIZE; oops). > Th

Re: cpu constantly busy on debian sid without doing anything...

2008-06-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 07:10:36PM +0900, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > Hi Ron, > > On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 04:40 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 06/18/08 03:50, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: [snip] > > > > I hate to say this, but what happens i

Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.

2008-06-18 Thread Alan Chandler
On Wednesday 18 Jun 2008, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > I know, it's a religious question and i'm bound to get replies of > different people telling me their choice is the best, but, why not... > > The thing is i have a few requirements: i want applications that are > not desktop-dependant (i.e. Gnome or

Re: Root sending messages to users

2008-06-18 Thread i'll teach you to turn away.
elijah r. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: er> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:00 PM, i'll teach you to turn away. >>i think you're going to have to leave this newsgroup after a >> response like that. er> I don't think that knowing what all the utilities are or how to use er> them should be a prerequis

Re: Root sending messages to users

2008-06-18 Thread elijah r.
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:00 PM, i'll teach you to turn away. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Owen Townend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OT> On 17 Jun 2008 04:01:26 GMT, i'll teach you to turn away. <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> does no one use 'talk' anymore? > OT> Talking is a viable op

Re: usb camera for skype & etc.

2008-06-18 Thread Sam Kuper
On 18/06/2008, PETER EASTHOPE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can a digital still camera with a USB cable be > used for this purpose? Some can, yes. But check first: don't assume that every model is capable of this. I have used a Fujifilm 6900Z as a web cam.

Re: can't print from adobe reader

2008-06-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 14:36:54 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > I wanted to print a 1-page coupon that was a PDF doc. Tried adobe reader and > it gave me a whole error page output. > kpdf printed it just fine > adobe error: > the following error occured while printing... > `usage: lpr [-cdfghlmnp

Re: Root sending messages to users

2008-06-18 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 06:01:21PM +, i'll teach you to turn away. wrote: > Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MK> Am 2008-06-17 04:01:26, schrieb i'll teach you to turn away.: > >> does no one use 'talk' anymore? > MK> Ehm, this is for the console... Better: xtakl or linpopu

minimalist window managers [was Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.]

2008-06-18 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 01:38:42PM -0500, Kevin Monceaux wrote: > Nuno, > > On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > >> The thing is i have a few requirements: i want applications that are >> not desktop-dependant (i.e. Gnome or KDE) and do not rely upon Java. >> This rules out a lot of text

Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.

2008-06-18 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Thank's for all the input Kevin, i'll probably just use a regular systanx-highlight-capable text-editor and rely on the Net for my code-completion ;-) No TiVo on this side of the Atlantic, but musis is music. -- Nuno Magalhães

Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.

2008-06-18 Thread Kevin Monceaux
Nuno, On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Nuno Magalhães wrote: The thing is i have a few requirements: i want applications that are not desktop-dependant (i.e. Gnome or KDE) and do not rely upon Java. This rules out a lot of text editors. For console, i use nano, for GUI i'm using leafpad, any other sugges

can't print from adobe reader

2008-06-18 Thread Paul Cartwright
I wanted to print a 1-page coupon that was a PDF doc. Tried adobe reader and it gave me a whole error page output. kpdf printed it just fine adobe error: the following error occured while printing... `usage: lpr [-cdfghlmnpqrst][-#num][-1234 font][ -C class][-i [numcols]] [-j job][-Pprinter][-T ti

Re: CAD software for PCB engineering and routing

2008-06-18 Thread owens
> Am 2008-06-18 13:24:06, schrieb al davis: >> Yes. Be more respectful of people who are trying to help you. > > I have gotten no reponse from Developers and others... > >> You say "not expensive" indicating your willingness to pay >> something. How about paying for improvements you want? > > I h

Re: Root sending messages to users

2008-06-18 Thread i'll teach you to turn away.
Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: MK> Am 2008-06-17 04:01:26, schrieb i'll teach you to turn away.: >> does no one use 'talk' anymore? MK> Ehm, this is for the console... Better: xtakl or linpopup does no one use CLI anymore? :D lish

Re: Root sending messages to users

2008-06-18 Thread i'll teach you to turn away.
Owen Townend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: OT> On 17 Jun 2008 04:01:26 GMT, i'll teach you to turn away. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> does no one use 'talk' anymore? OT> Talking is a viable option, though less convenient depending on the OT> distance between the computers. My brother and I

Re: CAD software for PCB engineering and routing

2008-06-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-06-18 13:24:06, schrieb al davis: > Yes. Be more respectful of people who are trying to help you. I have gotten no reponse from Developers and others... > You say "not expensive" indicating your willingness to pay > something. How about paying for improvements you want? I have payed a

Re: Mysql fails to install after "aptitude purge mysql-server --purge-unused"

2008-06-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 18:34:53 -0700, S D wrote: > Hi, > > For some reason mysql fails to install after running "aptitude purge > mysql-server --purge-unused". I want a clean, fresh mysql installation > and don't care about what happens to the old mysql data/config > files/etc. It appears the in

Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.

2008-06-18 Thread John Hasler
Nuno writes: > The thing is i have a few requirements: i want applications that are not > desktop-dependant (i.e. Gnome or KDE) and do not rely upon Java. This > rules out a lot of text editors. What editors are depenendent on Gnome or KDE? > At the most basic level i could use a regular graphic

Re: Xorg broken in Lenny

2008-06-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:27:22 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:25:16 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > >> Florian Kulzer wrote: > >>> On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 16:03:33 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > Xorg stopped working after a recent dist-upgrade of Lenny

Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.

2008-06-18 Thread Steve Witt
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Nuno Magalhães wrote: I know, it's a religious question and i'm bound to get replies of different people telling me their choice is the best, but, why not... The thing is i have a few requirements: i want applications that are not desktop-dependant (i.e. Gnome or KDE) and d

Re: eth0: no IPv6 router present

2008-06-18 Thread Thomas H. George
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:57:35AM -0500, W Paul Mills wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Thomas H. George wrote: > | Some Progress. The ifconfig shows that eth0 has been given the address > | 169.254.122.180 and will not allow it to be changed or deleted. However > | if

Re: CAD software for PCB engineering and routing

2008-06-18 Thread al davis
On Tuesday 17 June 2008, Michelle Konzack wrote: > I am using *** but those programs are crap > and you  can not .  Even my 18 years > old MS-DOS software works better. > > So, my requirements are: > > 1)  PCB-Layouts up to Extended ATX and 18x11" > 2)  Only ARM and MIPS CPU's (yeah

Re: cpu constantly busy on debian sid without doing anything...

2008-06-18 Thread Joey Hess
Stackpole, Chris wrote: > I once saw a similar problem. I don't know if this is your case, but I > will explain what I did. > > I checked everything from the hard drive with iostat to the memory, my > cpu was being hammered much like yours but nothing seemed to fess up to > doing it. I installed h

Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.

2008-06-18 Thread Nuno Magalhães
I know, it's a religious question and i'm bound to get replies of different people telling me their choice is the best, but, why not... The thing is i have a few requirements: i want applications that are not desktop-dependant (i.e. Gnome or KDE) and do not rely upon Java. This rules out a lot of

Re: reboot problems

2008-06-18 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > But, does a diskless setup have any real advantages given the low price > of storage these days? IMHO it is much better to have a small disk in > each node and have the node boot from its own disk. Let /, /boot and > swap remain local to each node and nfsmount the rest.

Re: eth0: no IPv6 router present

2008-06-18 Thread W Paul Mills
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas H. George wrote: | Some Progress. The ifconfig shows that eth0 has been given the address | 169.254.122.180 and will not allow it to be changed or deleted. However | ifconfig will create eth0:0 and allow the address of the parent machine | to

usb camera for skype & etc.

2008-06-18 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, Video in Skype works well for friends using Imacs and MS-Win.  I'm thinking of buying a camera. USB webcams must use USB 2 by now.  So does a Firewire camera retain any advantage over current USB cameras.  Can a digital still camera with a USB cable be used for this purpose? Thanks, 

iceweasel 3: favicon while tab is loading

2008-06-18 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, In sid's iceweasel 3 I notice a difference with iceweasel 2: when a tab is loading the favicon shown would slowly rotate in version 2, but in version 3 it stays stuck at the beginning. Searching bugzilla.mozilla.org I find nothing under "favicon", but it clearly is a visible but minor b

CAD software for PCB engineering and routing

2008-06-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, I am using "electic" and "geda" but those programs are crap and you can not design real PCBs for it. Even my 18 years old MS-DOS software works better. So, my requirements are: 1) PCB-Layouts up to Extended ATX and 18x11" 2) Only ARM and MIPS CPU's (yeah, no i386, sparc powerpc) 3) d

Re: Root sending messages to users

2008-06-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-06-16 22:07:45, schrieb Daniel Burrows: > I think he means talk(1). > > Package: talk > State: not installed > Version: 0.17-13 > Description: Chat with another user > Talk is a visual communication program which copies lines from your > terminal to that of another user. > > In ord

Re: Root sending messages to users

2008-06-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-06-17 04:01:26, schrieb i'll teach you to turn away.: > Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DC> The wife uses one computer, I use another. We are both connected to > DC> the internet via a router, as such we can SSH into one another's > DC> boxen. Is there a way to pop up a message on

Re: Root sending messages to users

2008-06-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-06-17 01:24:45, schrieb Dotan Cohen: > The wife uses one computer, I use another. We are both connected to > the internet via a router, as such we can SSH into one another's > boxen. Is there a way to pop up a message on the wife's machine, by > SSHing in and having root access. We both use

Re: Iceweasel upgrade - can I go back?

2008-06-18 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Alan Chandler wrote: On Wednesday 18 Jun 2008, Robin wrote: 2008/6/18 Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I am running Sid, and in the past couple of days it upgraded iceweasel. Now I can't run firebird - essential for development of some facilities on my web site. Can I easily undo that upgrad

Re: eth0: no IPv6 router present

2008-06-18 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 09:04:42PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 08:19:45PM -0400, Will Murnane wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 19:32, Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When the bootup > > > is complete I replace the interfaces file with a copy of the p

RE: cpu constantly busy on debian sid without doing anything...

2008-06-18 Thread Stackpole, Chris
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:51 AM >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: cpu constantly busy on debian sid without doing anything... > >Since some time the two cpu's of my system (Debian sid running on a >thi

Re: Problem switching to static IP address

2008-06-18 Thread Thomas H. George
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 08:56:31AM -0300, Marcos José Sant'Anna Magalhães wrote: > just to be sure, does your firewall rules allows you to ping other computers > ? Yes > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Robert Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Have you tried using ifconfig? > > > > > >

Re: Problem switching to static IP address

2008-06-18 Thread Marcos José Sant'Anna Magalhães
just to be sure, does your firewall rules allows you to ping other computers ? On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Robert Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried using ifconfig? > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008

Sid OpenOffice "user interface language cannot be determined"

2008-06-18 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Up to date Sid. I have tried to open a couple of documents this morning, and for that matter just run OpenOffice writer, and I get a pop-up error message with: OpenOffice.org 2.4 The application cannot be started. The user interface language cannot

Re: Debian (Stable Version)

2008-06-18 Thread Tony R Quilkey
Daniel Ngu wrote: Hi, I've always been a Debian stable user, using Gnome as my desktop manager, currently using Etch and have always wondered about the following: Sometimes there are software that I want to use but they are not yet in the Debian stable repositories. I can compile them from sou

Re: OpenOffice.org Quick Start

2008-06-18 Thread David Staer
Cameron Hutchison wrote: > How do you use the OpenOffice.org quick start functionality? > > I have installed the package openoffice.org-gtk which says in its > description: >It also contains a QuickStarter for the "notification area". > > How do I make this QuickStarter work? I could not see

Re: cpu constantly busy on debian sid without doing anything...

2008-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/18/08 05:10, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > Hi Ron, > > On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 04:40 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 06/18/08 03:50, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: >> Since some time the two cpu's of my system (Debian sid running on a >> thinkpad laptop x6

Re: cpu constantly busy on debian sid without doing anything...

2008-06-18 Thread Dietrich Bollmann
Hi Ron, On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 04:40 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/18/08 03:50, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > > Since some time the two cpu's of my system (Debian sid running on a > > thinkpad laptop x60s) are constantly busy up to the point tha

Re: cpu constantly busy on debian sid without doing anything...

2008-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/18/08 03:50, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > Since some time the two cpu's of my system (Debian sid running on a > thinkpad laptop x60s) are constantly busy up to the point that even the > key-repeat (pushing down some key for repetitious input) doesn

Re: Debian (Stable Version)

2008-06-18 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Daniel Ngu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [18.06.08 08:27]: > Hi, > > I've always been a Debian stable user, using Gnome as my desktop manager, > currently using Etch and have always wondered about the following: > > Sometimes there are software that I want to use but they are not yet in the > Debian stab

Re: Evolution, a Maildir style mailbox, and folders

2008-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/18/08 02:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 09:13:32AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 03:34:31PM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: >>> On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 15:09 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 09/27/06 14:05,

Re: Xorg broken in Lenny

2008-06-18 Thread Chris Lale
Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:25:16 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: >> Florian Kulzer wrote: >>> On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 16:03:33 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: Xorg stopped working after a recent dist-upgrade of Lenny (Testing). The problem seems to be that the package xser

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] iptables configuration drops packets

2008-06-18 Thread Adam Hardy
Jan Psota on 17/06/08 23:01, wrote: I set up iptables myself today after using an obtusely written script for some time. I know, that it is the old mail (so is the problem), but: did You consider using Shorewall (I use it) instead of setting firewall with iptables? Example configuration files ar

Re: video playback and beamers

2008-06-18 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-06-14 19:15, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 18:27:19 +0200, Bernd Kloss wrote: >> Beamer (clone-mode). For instance *.flv: You get the full picture on the lfp > problem when they want to show videos in a beamer-based presenta

cpu constantly busy on debian sid without doing anything...

2008-06-18 Thread Dietrich Bollmann
Since some time the two cpu's of my system (Debian sid running on a thinkpad laptop x60s) are constantly busy up to the point that even the key-repeat (pushing down some key for repetitious input) doesn't work anymore when using an external usb keyboard. the system monitor shows for example: CPU

Re: Portage, RPM or DPKG: number of packaged software comparison

2008-06-18 Thread Mike Bird
Some releases by date and by total size of current i386 binary packages. Number NN under each distro code indicates initial 2.6.NN kernel version. Uh 20 GB . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . D5 .. Ug.

Re: Iceweasel upgrade - can I go back?

2008-06-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-06-18 09:23 +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > There seems to be a version of Firebug compatible with Firefox 3.0: > > Firebug 1.2 requires Firefox 3. Firefox 2 users should install the > older 1.05 version of Firebug. > > It is available on [1], but I did get an error when trying to

Re: Evolution, a Maildir style mailbox, and folders

2008-06-18 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 09:13:32AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 03:34:31PM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 15:09 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On 09/27/06 14:05, Owen Heisler wrote: > > > > I think I've figured out how to get Evolution to work > > > > wi

Re: Any isencrypted function available?

2008-06-18 Thread buyoppy
> > On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 10:56 PM, buyoppy > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I saw a webpage of Solaris's 'isencrypted' > function which > > inspects some data in a buffer is encrypted or not > using > > some algorithm including statistical analysis. But > now I > > cannot find that page on

Re: Iceweasel upgrade - can I go back?

2008-06-18 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi! Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes - sorry my mistake - its firebug. > > It says the version is not compatible with 3.0 - so has been disabled, > and there doesn't seem to be an upgrade version yet. There seems to be a version of Firebug compatible with Firefox 3.0: Firebu

Re: Iceweasel upgrade - can I go back?

2008-06-18 Thread Alan Chandler
On Wednesday 18 Jun 2008, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2008-06-18 01:39 +0200, Alan Chandler wrote: > > I am running Sid, and in the past couple of days it upgraded > > iceweasel. Now I can't run firebird - essential for development of > > some facilities on my web site. > > I suspect that should read

Re: Iceweasel upgrade - can I go back?

2008-06-18 Thread Alan Chandler
On Wednesday 18 Jun 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/17/08 18:39, Alan Chandler wrote: > > I am running Sid, and in the past couple of days it upgraded > > iceweasel. Now I can't run firebird - essential for development of > > some facilities on my web site. > > > > Can I easily undo that upgrade?

Re: Iceweasel upgrade - can I go back?

2008-06-18 Thread Alan Chandler
On Wednesday 18 Jun 2008, Robin wrote: > 2008/6/18 Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I am running Sid, and in the past couple of days it upgraded > > iceweasel. Now I can't run firebird - essential for development of > > some facilities on my web site. > > > > Can I easily undo that upgrade?

Re: Debian (Stable Version)

2008-06-18 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 08:08:37AM +0200, Daniel Ngu wrote: > I've always been a Debian stable user, using Gnome as my desktop manager, > currently using Etch and have always wondered about the following: > > Sometimes there are software that I want to use but they are not yet > in the Debian sta