Re: insserv + apache2 + bind9 = pain

2010-12-27 Thread Arthur Machlas
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Mike Bird wrote: > If the Apache configuration needs DNS to start, Apache silently > and without logging anything fails to start in Squeeze.  This > used to work correctly under the old startup mechanism in Lenny. Create a new group in /etc/insserv.conf, and name

Re: Power-down/halt problem in Debian Squeeze

2010-12-27 Thread Неумник Некий
> Looks like the system is doing it's thing, but fails to actually power > down the hardware. This could indicate some ACPI problems. You could > search for ACPI related problems with your mainboard. Also a BIOS update > might help. It started happening after a kernel upgrade. Before that everythi

Re: Monitor question

2010-12-27 Thread George
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Mark Neidorff wrote: > I'm tempted by the crop of wide screen 25" monitors on the market. snip > 2. Are there monitors that do not support text mode out there?  I'm asking > because I do as much work on my server as possible in text mode, only using X > when abs

Re: Any kmail filtering advice?

2010-12-27 Thread Steve McCarthy
On Monday 27 Dec 2010, Camaleón wrote: > Hum... maybe you are looking for a way of telling Kmail that e-mails > coming from selected users (in address book or by manually selection) > is "ham" (and never tagged as spam, kinda whitelisting in SA > parlance). > > This should be easy to achieve by

Re: RLIMIT_MEMLOCK prevents burning CDROM

2010-12-27 Thread shawn wilson
First, I would burn something to see if it works. Look at the bottom of the wodim man page for examples of the process. Then dd the cd back to a file (ex - dd if=/dev/cdrom of=copy.iso). Then ls -l and compare sizes and do a diff if they compare ok. Then let us know. Btw, your options *look* correc

Re: RLIMIT_MEMLOCK prevents burning CDROM

2010-12-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 06:13:15PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 03:21:11PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: > > That is just an example. > > You need to replace cdimage.raw with the image you wish to burn to CD. > > I have finally just now tried what you

Re: Any kmail filtering advice?

2010-12-27 Thread Steve McCarthy
On Friday 24 Dec 2010, Chris Davies wrote: > To do this is straightforward if somewhat fiddly. > > - Enable junk/spam processing (I assume KMail can do this) > - Create a filter for each of the known shops and mailing lists Yes, I think this is essentially the Thunderbird approach. Each accepta

Re: Activating Emacs packages without restarting Emacs

2010-12-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: > No, this has got nothing to do with system-wide locations or Debian > packaging. :-( > > I've tried things like looking at the .el files that a Debian package > provides and try to execute them, but that's error-prone. I was hoping > for a method like "eval this el

Re: chronyc settime and digital clock in LXDE in Squeeze

2010-12-27 Thread John Hasler
Slicky Johnson writes: > Perhaps when evoking 'settime' chrony adds it's own format. Chrony does nothing that has anything to do with formats. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.deb

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Russell L. Harris put forth on 12/27/2010 7:10 PM: > Ah-so! Now I see your point of confusion. At the start of the > thread, I mentioned two motherboards -- a P5Q-EM and a M3A78-T. With > the M3A78-T there were line artifacts. But with the P5Q-EM, the > problem was simply that the display went

Re: chronyc settime and digital clock in LXDE in Squeeze

2010-12-27 Thread John Hasler
peasthope writes: > "Clock Format" is set to %R, which according to strftime.man specifies > a 24 hour format. Try %H:%M:%S > After chronyc settime 16:50 the clock displays 4:50. What did it display before the chronyc command? > Am I misusing chronyc? Chronyc merely talks to chronyd which mes

Re: Monitor question

2010-12-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Chris Jones put forth on 12/27/2010 7:00 PM: > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 10:57:31AM EST, Camaleón wrote: >> On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:30:57 -0500, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > [..] > >> When it comes to LCD/TFT, you have to pay attention to native >> resolution. > > I agree. And the highest you can get.

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Stan Hoeppner [101228 00:28]: > consider 10 years of pretty harsh duty a "long life". Who knows how > many years my BP6 has left in it. Hopefully at least a few, as I still > love this board, and it works great in its current role. When one speaks of the lifetime of a capacitor, the usual mea

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Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Stan Hoeppner [101228 00:28]: > Paul I get the feeling you've read a lot of forums and magazines, and > know some people who might know their stuff, but that you personally > don't really have any experience as a PC/server hardware tech. Is this > an accurate assessment? I am not a technician;

Re: whats wrong with my internet connection checker script?

2010-12-27 Thread shawn wilson
On Dec 27, 2010 7:54 AM, "Joe" wrote: > > On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:57:42 + > Chris Davies wrote: > > > S Mathias wrote: > > > ping -W 1 -c 4 google.com >& /dev/null | grep "100% packet loss" > > > ping -W 1 -c 4 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null | grep "100% packet loss" > > > > > both sides "false",

Re: chronyc settime and digital clock in LXDE in Squeeze

2010-12-27 Thread Slicky Johnson
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:01:19 -0700 peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Folk, > > "Clock Format" is set to %R, which according to strftime.man > specifies a 24 hour format. > > After chronyc settime 16:50 the clock displays 4:50. > > Am I misusing chronyc? Is the digital clock in LXDE unable > to di

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Stan Hoeppner [101228 00:28]: > The line artifacts you describe, if you are indeed describing them > accurately, are nearly always caused by static stray magnetic fields. > Something as innocuous as a small decorative refrigerator magnet stuck > to the PC case can cause things like this. > > I

Re: Monitor question

2010-12-27 Thread Chris Jones
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 10:57:31AM EST, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:30:57 -0500, Mark Neidorff wrote: [..] > When it comes to LCD/TFT, you have to pay attention to native > resolution. I agree. And the highest you can get. > Look, 17" displays tend to use the same resolution (dot

chronyc settime and digital clock in LXDE in Squeeze

2010-12-27 Thread peasthope
Folk, "Clock Format" is set to %R, which according to strftime.man specifies a 24 hour format. After chronyc settime 16:50 the clock displays 4:50. Am I misusing chronyc? Is the digital clock in LXDE unable to display the 24 hour format? Thanks for any ideas, ... Peter E. -- Te

Re: Activating Emacs packages without restarting Emacs

2010-12-27 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
On 12 December 2010 10:02, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:03:09 -0600, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: > >> If I install an Emacs package with apt, how do I make it take hold in >> Emacs without restarting Emacs? Does it vary per package? > > Maybe this helps: > > How To Install Emacs Pac

Re: RLIMIT_MEMLOCK prevents burning CDROM

2010-12-27 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 03:21:11PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: >> I assume that at some point during the burn process 'cdimage.raw' is >> created by wodim from the files selected for burning. If it had been > > wodim -v speed=2

insserv + apache2 + bind9 = pain

2010-12-27 Thread Mike Bird
If the Apache configuration needs DNS to start, Apache silently and without logging anything fails to start in Squeeze. This used to work correctly under the old startup mechanism in Lenny. In order to make Apache startup under insserv in cases where the Apache config needs DNS information I eve

Re: curator replacement

2010-12-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
godo put forth on 12/27/2010 2:01 PM: > http://bins.sautret.org/ > http://marginalhacks.com/Hacks/album/ Camaleón put forth on 12/27/2010 2:01 PM: > I dunno if "photon" (python based), "imageindex" (perl) or "jigl" (perl) > can make use of multi-core/multi-threading capabilities but their > fea

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 27/12/2010 19:45, Stan Hoeppner a écrit : > tv.deb...@googlemail.com put forth on 12/27/2010 3:24 AM: > >> Frankly, I am not sure those technos are worth it on mother/gfx boards >> unless you're a keeper, it will probably be replaced long before it >> bursts a capacitor, much cheaper boards wit

Re: curator replacement

2010-12-27 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 08:01:24PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:09:26 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > > What's a good replacement for the curator photo album generating > > package? It was dropped from Debian at least a couple of years ago. > > (...) > > I dunno if "photon" (

Re: Problems download images in cdimage.debian.org

2010-12-27 Thread Santiago José López Borrazás
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 El 27/12/10 21:47, godo escribió: > I just tried it and works, I guess it was temporary error. It is done. And work. There are only errors that I have mentioned before to do with jigdo-lite. The rest is all right. - -- Slds. de Santiago José Lóp

Re: Problems download images in cdimage.debian.org

2010-12-27 Thread godo
On 12/27/2010 07:34 PM, Santiago José López Borrazás wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi: There is a problem, I do not know if it's widespread or not. When I download something, for example here: http://hammurabi.acc.umu.se/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Russell L. Harris put forth on 12/27/2010 4:40 AM: > In view of the fact that capacitors are the Achilles Heel of the PC > motherboard Cheap case designs and motherboard designs with poor ventilation around the CPU socket VRM mosfets are, not caps. Far more motherboards fail due to VRM fets burn

Re: curator replacement

2010-12-27 Thread godo
On 12/27/2010 08:09 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: What's a good replacement for the curator photo album generating package? It was dropped from Debian at least a couple of years ago. I'd like something that doesn't suck performance wise due to python code that can't be optimized by psyco. Something

Re: curator replacement

2010-12-27 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:09:26 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > What's a good replacement for the curator photo album generating > package? It was dropped from Debian at least a couple of years ago. (...) I dunno if "photon" (python based), "imageindex" (perl) or "jigl" (perl) can make use of multi

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Russell L. Harris put forth on 12/27/2010 4:28 AM: > None of these are a factor; the nearest potential source of > interference is a ceiling fluorescent fixture. And I see the same > pattern with the machine in different rooms. The line artifacts you describe, if you are indeed describing them a

Re: Problems download images in cdimage.debian.org

2010-12-27 Thread Santiago José López Borrazás
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 El 27/12/10 19:34, Santiago José López Borrazás escribió: More: I download the debian-testing packages with jigdo-lite just gives me this error: FINISHED --2010-12-27 20:27:24-- Downloaded: 5 files, 3,9K in 0s (42,7 MB/s) Found 5 of the 5 files re

Re: matching udev attribute keys

2010-12-27 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:20:37 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:58:08 -0800, briand wrote: >> >>> how do I know that "SerialNumber" is a valid udev key other than the >>> fact that it is listed in dmesg when the device is plugged in.

curator replacement

2010-12-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
What's a good replacement for the curator photo album generating package? It was dropped from Debian at least a couple of years ago. I'd like something that doesn't suck performance wise due to python code that can't be optimized by psyco. Something that uses multiple processes or threads would

Problems download images in cdimage.debian.org

2010-12-27 Thread Santiago José López Borrazás
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi: There is a problem, I do not know if it's widespread or not. When I download something, for example here: http://hammurabi.acc.umu.se/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso The system shows me this

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
tv.deb...@googlemail.com put forth on 12/27/2010 3:24 AM: > Frankly, I am not sure those technos are worth it on mother/gfx boards > unless you're a keeper, it will probably be replaced long before it > bursts a capacitor, much cheaper boards with whatever capacitors can > last for a couple of yea

Re: matching udev attribute keys

2010-12-27 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:58:08 -0800, briand wrote: > >> how do I know that "SerialNumber" is a valid udev key other than the >> fact that it is listed in dmesg when the device is plugged in. > > For instance, my USB key has at least one "ATTRS{ser

Re: matching udev attribute keys

2010-12-27 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 7:07 PM, wrote: > On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:17:01 + (UTC) > Camaleón wrote: >> On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:58:08 -0800, briand wrote: >> >> > how do I know that "SerialNumber" is a valid udev key other than the >> > fact that it is listed in dmesg when the device is plugged i

Re: dpkg upgrade: no query to proceed with upgrade

2010-12-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > My Sid upgraded dpkg from 1.15.8.6->1.15.8.7 and now apt-get > dist-upgrade no longer asks if I want to proceed, but starts the > upgrade immediately. > > Anybody else notice this, or is it just me? I have: ii apt0.8.10 Advanced front-end for dpkg

Re: Re: whats wrong with my internet connection checker script?

2010-12-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Jasper Noë wrote: > >$ ping -c 4 -w 4 google.com &> /dev/null && ping -c 4 -w 4 www.yahoo.com &> > >/dev/null || echo "no internet connection" > > But, but, ... if the ping to google succeeds, and the ping to yahoo > fails, it prints "no internet". > > $ ping -c 4 -w 4 google.com &> /dev/null ||

Re: o/t ipod

2010-12-27 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:32:34 -0600, Ted Wager wrote: > My son has bought me an ipodtouch for Xmas..Anyone tell me how I can > transfer the music files on his ipod to mine ?..I only have Linux on my > machines but can get access to a Winbox at a neighbours... Beside all the good advice you got, yo

Re: Debian Squeeze and Intel 82830 GC on Thinkpad X30

2010-12-27 Thread Richard Riley
Stefan Monnier writes: >> Possibly someone out there has a working xorg.conf for this amazingly >> long lived little laptop? > > I use Debian testing on my X30 with an empty xorg.conf. > The switch to "kernel mode setting" (KMS) seems to have brought its > share of problems, tho: without KMS the

Re: Debian Squeeze Cannot Paste From Epiphany Browser to Evolution or Gnome Terminal

2010-12-27 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:10:19 +0800, Jackie Wang wrote: > I'm using Debian Squeeze on my laptop (Upgraded from Lenny 5.0.4 to > Squeeze). I cannot paste some text from epiphany to evolution or Gnome > terminal. I first select some text from the browser then use right-click > and select command copy

Re: Debian Squeeze and Intel 82830 GC on Thinkpad X30

2010-12-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Possibly someone out there has a working xorg.conf for this amazingly > long lived little laptop? I use Debian testing on my X30 with an empty xorg.conf. The switch to "kernel mode setting" (KMS) seems to have brought its share of problems, tho: without KMS the i810 driver won't start any more,

RE: PPTP Issues in Debian Testing/Squeeze

2010-12-27 Thread Roland Rosier
Hello Russell, Thank you for your reply, I have got the old firewall running (possibly briefly - I think the HD is nearly dead). It still gets full speed on my Internet connection. I do get 2 log messages in syslog, they are a pair: Dec 27 16:25:26 OLD pptp[4373]: anon log[ctrlp_rep:p

Re: erratum

2010-12-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 27 dec 10, 10:19:15, green wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote at 2010-12-27 04:40 -0600: > > On Sb, 18 dec 10, 21:01:12, Frank McCormick wrote: > > >Use it for a while...you just may change your mind. Speedier than > > > the foxand enough extensions to make your head swim > > > > Unfortu

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Russell L. Harris wrote: * Hugo Vanwoerkom [101226 22:56]: No Asus? Too bad. I really like my Asus M4N98TD EVO. First mobo I bought that worked out-of-the-box. Hi, Hugo, Thanks for the recommendation. I suppose that I should look again at Asus, now that Squeeze has X working on the M3A78-T.

dpkg upgrade: no query to proceed with upgrade

2010-12-27 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, My Sid upgraded dpkg from 1.15.8.6->1.15.8.7 and now apt-get dist-upgrade no longer asks if I want to proceed, but starts the upgrade immediately. Anybody else notice this, or is it just me? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsub

Re: matching udev attribute keys

2010-12-27 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:09:06 -0800, briand wrote: > On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:17:01 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > >> On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:58:08 -0800, briand wrote: >> >> > how do I know that "SerialNumber" is a valid udev key other than the >> > fact that it is listed in dmesg when the device is

Re: erratum

2010-12-27 Thread green
Andrei Popescu wrote at 2010-12-27 04:40 -0600: > On Sb, 18 dec 10, 21:01:12, Frank McCormick wrote: > >Use it for a while...you just may change your mind. Speedier than > > the foxand enough extensions to make your head swim > > Unfortunately vrome is no match for vimperator :( Then perh

Re: whats wrong with my internet connection checker script?

2010-12-27 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:30:36 -0800, S Mathias wrote: (...) > ping -W 1 -c 4 google.com >& /dev/null | grep "100% packet loss" $ > ping -W 1 -c 4 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null | grep "100% packet loss" $ > > > > ...both sides "false", because they have no output, because google.com > and www.yahoo

Re: matching udev attribute keys

2010-12-27 Thread briand
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:17:01 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:58:08 -0800, briand wrote: > > > how do I know that "SerialNumber" is a valid udev key other than the > > fact that it is listed in dmesg when the device is plugged in. > > (...) > > Available information for the

Re: matching udev attribute keys

2010-12-27 Thread briand
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:17:01 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:58:08 -0800, briand wrote: > > > how do I know that "SerialNumber" is a valid udev key other than the > > fact that it is listed in dmesg when the device is plugged in. > > (...) > > Available information for the

Re: Monitor question

2010-12-27 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:30:57 -0500, Mark Neidorff wrote: > Running Lenny updated. > I'm wondering what I lose if I switch to a large wide screen monitor. I > currently have a "regular" 17" Viewsonic (VP171s). Works fine, but > since my eyes are getting older, I'm tempted by the crop of wide scre

Re: Re: whats wrong with my internet connection checker script?

2010-12-27 Thread Jasper Noë
$ ping -c 4 -w 4 google.com &> /dev/null && ping -c 4 -w 4 www.yahoo.com &> /dev/null || echo "no internet connection" But, but, ... if the ping to google succeeds, and the ping to yahoo fails, it prints "no internet". $ ping -c 4 -w 4 google.com &> /dev/null || ping -c 4 -w 4 www.yahoo.com

Re: what process is sending this packet?

2010-12-27 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:29:54 -0800, S Mathias wrote: > I can see, that theres a program that keeps sending packets on port 25: > > Dec 27 14:11:46 a kernel: [ 6336.992320] O_D_LOG: IN= OUT=lo > SRC=127.0.0.1 DST=127.0.0.1 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=61533 DF > PROTO=TCP SPT=37263 DPT=25 W

Debian Squeeze and Intel 82830 GC on Thinkpad X30

2010-12-27 Thread Richard Riley
Evening all, I've been running Testing on my Thinkpad X30 for a few years now and the video set up has often to be tweaked - it even worked once with NO xorg.conf which I believe is the ultimate aim for the developers of Xorg. That is fine and why we use Testing ;) I am now having to use a defau

Re: matching udev attribute keys

2010-12-27 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:58:08 -0800, briand wrote: > how do I know that "SerialNumber" is a valid udev key other than the > fact that it is listed in dmesg when the device is plugged in. (...) Available information for the sysfs attributes can be fetched (if present): http://reactivated.net/wri

Re: what process is sending this packet?

2010-12-27 Thread Jerome BENOIT
quit all unnecessary applications as firefox, and as root enter: lsof -i it may give an idea. On 27/12/10 22:29, S Mathias wrote: I can see, that theres a program that keeps sending packets on port 25: Dec 27 14:11:46 a kernel: [ 6336.992320] O_D_LOG: IN= OUT=lo SRC=127.0.0.1 DST=127.0.0.

what process is sending this packet?

2010-12-27 Thread S Mathias
I can see, that theres a program that keeps sending packets on port 25: Dec 27 14:11:46 a kernel: [ 6336.992320] O_D_LOG: IN= OUT=lo SRC=127.0.0.1 DST=127.0.0.1 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=61533 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=37263 DPT=25 WINDOW=32792 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 Dec 27 14:12:01 a kernel: [ 6

Re: dual monitor setup fails (xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default; warning: output LVDS not found; ignoring; warning: output VGA not found; ignoring)

2010-12-27 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:51:22 +0900, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > Hi Camaleón, > > I am very grateful for your engagement and help! People like you make > the Open Source world such an enjoyable experience! Trying to help others is the best way for learning :-) > On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 12:48 +,

Re: dual monitor setup fails (xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default; warning: output LVDS not found; ignoring; warning: output VGA not found; ignoring)

2010-12-27 Thread Dietrich Bollmann
Hi Camaleón, I am very grateful for your engagement and help! People like you make the Open Source world such an enjoyable experience! On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 12:48 +, Camaleón wrote: > Better if you upload the whole file ("/var/log/Xorg.0.log") to any online > service, like www.pastebin.com

Re: PPTP Issues in Debian Testing/Squeeze

2010-12-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Roland Rosier [101227 13:14]: > I have been using Debian for many years as a Firewall for my > family's computers. ... > I am using the Shorewall firewall with the "two-interfaces" > configuration.  You might get a clue as to what is happening by installing another system such as SmoothWall

PPTP Issues in Debian Testing/Squeeze

2010-12-27 Thread Roland Rosier
Hello, I am wondering if anyone has come across a similar issue to one I am encountering with Debian Testing/Squeeze. I have been using Debian for many years as a Firewall for my family's computers. I have a ppp interface as the Internet interface and another Ethernet / WiFi interface with

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:12:17 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > I am tossing into the dumpster the last two motherboards which I > purchased -- Asus M3A78-T (AMD64) and Asus P5Q-EM (i386) -- because of > video problems. I purchased the boards because of the long-life solid > capacitors. (Motherbo

Re: whats wrong with my internet connection checker script?

2010-12-27 Thread Joe
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:57:42 + Chris Davies wrote: > S Mathias wrote: > > ping -W 1 -c 4 google.com >& /dev/null | grep "100% packet loss" > > ping -W 1 -c 4 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null | grep "100% packet loss" > > > both sides "false", because they have no output, because google.com > > an

Re: dual monitor setup fails (xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default; warning: output LVDS not found; ignoring; warning: output VGA not found; ignoring)

2010-12-27 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:19:37 +0900, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: >> On Sat, 2010-12-18 at 15:17 +, Camaleón wrote: >> > On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:06:25 +0900, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: >> > >> > Since a couple of weeks my dual monitor setup fails: >> > >> > # xrandr --output LVDS --output VGA --righ

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Russell L. Harris [101227 00:28]: > Finally, I was in error regarding the P5Q-EM; it employs solid > capacitors only in the critical power supply circuitry surrounding the > processor; other capacitors on the board are electrolytic. This is > typical of the garden-variety motherboards which I s

Re: Any kmail filtering advice?

2010-12-27 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:13:21 -0800, Steve McCarthy wrote: > On Thursday 23 Dec 2010, Lisi wrote: >> On Thursday 23 December 2010 21:48:26 Steve McCarthy wrote: >> > Has anyone else found a way to defer junk (not SPAM) mail in kmail? >> >> It can use Spamassassin. (It can integrate it.) But I do

Re: Keeping Lenny via /etc/apt/sources.list when Squeeze becomes stable

2010-12-27 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:08:12 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Lu, 20 dec 10, 14:41:48, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:17:06 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> > >> > This will work for a while, but eventually the 'lenny' directory will >> > be moved off the main mirror system ont

Re: Safe and easy ipgrade to unstable/testing.

2010-12-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 21 dec 10, 10:24:47, Alexander Batischev wrote: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 07:27:37AM +, r...@upp.pt wrote: > > I'm searhcing for the safe way to upgrade my current debian to > > testing/unstable in order to install the newset verion of OpenAFS > > (1.4.12.1). I don't want to fully upgrad

Re: lenny squeeze etc etc

2010-12-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 22 dec 10, 08:27:38, John Hasler wrote: > Lisi writes: > > It is, however, easier if the names are in some easily remembered > > progression (e.g. Hardy, Intrepid, Jaunty etc.) than if they are > > random (Woody, Sarge, Etch, Lenny ...) > > They are characters from the movie "Toy Story". I

Re: Experimental kernel on sid

2010-12-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 20 dec 10, 09:20:31, Brad Alexander wrote: > It's been a long time since I went off-grid and used a kernel from > experimental. So forgive me, my memory is not what it used to be. > > Here is my problem: > > I don't see a 2.6.36 kernel for amd64, however the kbuild for 2.6.36 > is availabl

Re: Keeping Lenny via /etc/apt/sources.list when Squeeze becomes stable

2010-12-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 20 dec 10, 14:41:48, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:17:06 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > > > This will work for a while, but eventually the 'lenny' directory will be > > moved off the main mirror system onto the archives and the 'oldstable -> > > lenny' will be updated.

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* tv.deb...@googlemail.com [101227 09:28]: > Asustek uses what they call "military grade" technology (chokes, > capacitors and mofsets) on some boards (SABERTOOTH's at least), it's not > tantalum but claimed to be at least as reliable. ... > Having lost two expensive Samsung screens to crappy (C

Re: erratum

2010-12-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 18 dec 10, 21:01:12, Frank McCormick wrote: > > >Use it for a while...you just may change your mind. Speedier than > the foxand enough extensions to make your head swim Unfortunately vrome is no match for vimperator :( Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users a

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Stan Hoeppner [101227 08:28]: > I seriously doubt a DIMM is the problem. I can physically see what you > describe with words, but it sure sound like an EMI/RFI issue, not the > hardware, _especially_ after swapping mobo guts twice. >From amateur radio experience in years past, I know a little

Re: Tool to perform same task over several hosts at same time.

2010-12-27 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
thaks for suggestions, I'll look at dsh and cssh, though from what i've read I prefer dsh, but i'll give css chance.. Regards Roman

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
>26/12/2010 21:55, Doug wrote: >> On 12/26/2010 11:19 AM, Joe wrote: >> I've had a Giga GA-MA74GM-S2H for a year now. It hasn't died yet, and >> I can't really say more than that. The most exotic stuff I do is gEDA >> PCB layout, and I'm not aware of any performance problems. Built-in >> sound and

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Russell L. Harris put forth on 12/26/2010 5:46 PM: > If the problem indeed is in the video ram, am I correct in assuming > that I should have no great concern regarding data integrity in the > other systems of the motherboard? I seriously doubt a DIMM is the problem. I can physically see what yo