Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 23/11/13 06:14, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:15:21 + > Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:09:23 +1100 >> Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >>> On 22/11/13 08:50, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 22/11/13 06:39, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> Try #2 :/ >>> >>> Try

Re: CIFS mount hangs

2013-11-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
This is why some (me) people dislike top posters and prefer to ignore them over posters who make the effort to interleave their replies. Not only does it require extra work to read the post and put it into context - it 'seems' to also encourages posters to *not* read what they are replying to. I c

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 23/11/13 01:13, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:15:21 + > Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:09:23 +1100 >> Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >>> On 22/11/13 08:50, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 22/11/13 06:39, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> Try #2 :/ >>> >>> Try

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/11/13 23:15, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:09:23 +1100 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 22/11/13 08:50, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 22/11/13 06:39, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >>> >>> Try #2 :/ >> >> Try #3 (no sleep last night - trees and power lines down across the >> proper

Re: MIT discovered issue with gcc

2013-11-22 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, The following link shows the issue in a nutshell: http://www.securitycurrent.com/en/research/ac_research/mot-researchers-uncover-security-flaws-in-c [it refers to the PDF that I mentioned] -- Kind Regards AndrewM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a s

MIT discovered issue with gcc

2013-11-22 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, I understand that Debian has a bunch of vulnerabilities as described in the following PDF. http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/~xi/papers/stack-sosp13.pdf Just a small quote: "This paper presents the first systematic approach for reasoning about and detecting unstable code. We implement this approach

Re: NAS hdd's in Debian desktop computer?

2013-11-22 Thread Jon N
On Nov 22, 2013 7:42 PM, "Kelly Clowers" wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Jon N wrote: > > > > > > Which leads to my questions. If the NAS drive is installed in a > > desktop computer running Debian Linux what is the result of this? > > Will this command just be ignored? Will the sh

Re: NAS hdd's in Debian desktop computer?

2013-11-22 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Jon N wrote: ​​ > > Which leads to my questions. If the NAS drive is installed in a > desktop computer running Debian Linux what is the result of this? > Will this command just be ignored? Will the shorter time the drive > spends trying to perform whatever opera

Re: Script to tell if Qpopper is running.

2013-11-22 Thread Pol Hallen
Has anyone written a script that will run under a cron job that checks to make sure that the pop3 server is running and if not will restart it? apt-get install mon Pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas..

Re: Script to tell if Qpopper is running.

2013-11-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 13:13:54 -0800 (PST) Account for Debian group mail wrote: > > > On Fri, 22 Nov 2013, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > > > On 11/22/2013 3:54 PM, Account for Debian group mail wrote: > >> >> >> Hello all, > >> >> Once in a while the Qpopper on our mail server will just die. I > >> >>

Re: Script to tell if Qpopper is running.

2013-11-22 Thread Account for Debian group mail
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013, Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 11/22/2013 3:54 PM, Account for Debian group mail wrote: Hello all, Once in a while the Qpopper on our mail server will just die. I have to go in and issue a "/etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart" and it will be backup and running. Has anyone writ

Re: Script to tell if Qpopper is running.

2013-11-22 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/22/2013 3:54 PM, Account for Debian group mail wrote: Hello all, Once in a while the Qpopper on our mail server will just die. I have to go in and issue a "/etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart" and it will be backup and running. Has anyone written a script that will run under a cron job th

Script to tell if Qpopper is running.

2013-11-22 Thread Account for Debian group mail
Hello all, Once in a while the Qpopper on our mail server will just die. I have to go in and issue a "/etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart" and it will be backup and running. Has anyone written a script that will run under a cron job that checks to make sure that the pop3 server is running an

Read clipboard?

2013-11-22 Thread Antispammbox-debian
Hi all On my Squeeze using parcellite clipboard manager. Do know if it is possible, through a bash program, or compiled with gcc/mingw-linux, read the contents of the clipboard? Thanks Regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: QT through ssh tunnel

2013-11-22 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 11/22/2013 03:11 PM, Dan wrote: Hi, I have gnome and I use a QT application (virtualbox) with a ssh tunnel in the same computer. I use a different user than the user that I use with Gnome. The problem is that I get the old QT theme (Windows 95/motif style) when I run virtualbox with a ssh t

Re: NAS hdd's in Debian desktop computer?

2013-11-22 Thread Jon N
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > For MythTV storage, you either value the video data enough to > have multiple copies, or you don't. > > (I assume you value the database enough to run the standard > backup job daily, and store it on a disk that is not running > your database.)

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:15:21 + Sharon Kimble wrote: > On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:09:23 +1100 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > On 22/11/13 08:50, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > On 22/11/13 06:39, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > > > > > > Try #2 :/ > > > > Try #3 (no sleep last night - trees and power l

Re: message formatting [was Wheezy/XFCE/VNC}

2013-11-22 Thread Andre Majorel
On 2013-11-20 17:45 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 02:26:21PM +0100, Andre Majorel wrote: > > > An attribution wouldn't have hurt but it's plain to see that Jon > > was replying to Emilio's message, not Ron's. Or don't mailers > > show threads any more ? > > Mutt, the one

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Linux-Fan
On 11/22/2013 03:13 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I've been doing some more testing and now got the 'submenu' being > generated at the end, which is good. But, the sed lines are also > stripping out *all* of the [end] lines which separate the sections of > the menu, which are needed for it to function

Re: CIFS mount hangs

2013-11-22 Thread assmann
Hi, so I did some testing with a clone of the machine restored to the state before the upgrade to wheezy. Squeeze: - Mount the share - Disable the share on windows host - Try to access the share with 'ls' results in 'no such device' - Enable the share on windows host - Try to access the share wit

Re: NAS hdd's in Debian desktop computer?

2013-11-22 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 08:13:56AM -0500, Jon N wrote: > desktop system. So far, about the only potential issue I can see is > something called "(...) Error Recovery Control". > > If I have this correct, if a desktop drive is having problems reading > something it just keeps trying for a long tim

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:15:21 + Sharon Kimble wrote: > On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:09:23 +1100 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > On 22/11/13 08:50, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > On 22/11/13 06:39, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > > > > > > Try #2 :/ > > > > Try #3 (no sleep last night - trees and power l

NAS hdd's in Debian desktop computer?

2013-11-22 Thread Jon N
Hi, I've been shopping around for new hardware to build a new desktop computer for myself. This would be both a MythTV frontend/backend, as well as for general purpose computing (which for me means mostly internet browsing and email, but occasionally I use LibreOffice, view PDF's and similar non-

QT through ssh tunnel

2013-11-22 Thread Dan
Hi, I have gnome and I use a QT application (virtualbox) with a ssh tunnel in the same computer. I use a different user than the user that I use with Gnome. The problem is that I get the old QT theme (Windows 95/motif style) when I run virtualbox with a ssh tunnel. In the other hand, if I run a

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:09:23 +1100 Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 22/11/13 08:50, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > On 22/11/13 06:39, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > > > Try #2 :/ > > Try #3 (no sleep last night - trees and power lines down across the > property in last nights storms) Sorry. > This time I r

Re: CPU frequency and custom kernel

2013-11-22 Thread Sean Alexandre
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 03:03:33AM -0500, ken wrote: > I've found cpuspeed to be buggy... the speed at which the cpu runs > seems to have little to do with the conditions specified in the > config file. Recent kernel upgrades have improved cpuspeed somewhat > (without any changes to the config file

Re: CPU frequency and custom kernel

2013-11-22 Thread Sean Alexandre
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 11:06:14AM +0100, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Check the files in this directory: > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq > > Especially scaling_available_frequencies, scaling_max_freq and > scaling_min_freq. I've been using the cpufreq-info, which I think reports what's in t

Re: does grub support wireless keyboard?

2013-11-22 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 11/22/2013 12:01 AM, Long Wind wrote: > another question: how to find out if my PC support USB keyboard? > does grub support USB keyboard? > if it support USB KB, does that mean it support wireless keyboard? > I am considering logitech wireless keyboard > I am running wheezy > Thanks! > > I am r

(solved) Re: does grub support wireless keyboard?

2013-11-22 Thread Long Wind
Thank all those who reply! Info provided by Atle Solbakken confirm my guess. On 11/22/13, Atle Solbakken wrote: > Hi > > My MB is about 1-2 years old, and has native support for USB keyboards > which works with the wireless Logitech MK250. Most newer motherboards > support USB-keyboards. > > T

Re: CPU frequency and custom kernel

2013-11-22 Thread Jochen Spieker
Sean Alexandre: > > I can't figure out why it's faster. Everything I've checked is the same > between > the two kernels. If I boot to the Debian provided kernel the CPU runs at 800 > MHz, but if I boot to my custom kernel it runs at 1.8 GHz. (These are baseline > speeds, after boot without runnin

Re: does grub support wireless keyboard?

2013-11-22 Thread Atle Solbakken
Den 22. nov. 2013 06:01, skrev Long Wind: another question: how to find out if my PC support USB keyboard? does grub support USB keyboard? if it support USB KB, does that mean it support wireless keyboard? I am considering logitech wireless keyboard I am running wheezy Thanks! Hi My MB is abo

Re: CPU frequency and custom kernel

2013-11-22 Thread ken
On 11/21/2013 07:42 PM Sean Alexandre wrote: I've built my own kernel, but the CPU runs faster (hotter, more fan noise, etc.) I can't figure out why it's faster. Everything I've checked is the same between the two kernels. If I boot to the Debian provided kernel the CPU runs at 800 MHz, but if I