Re: time zone and UTC issue [rant]

2012-11-28 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
On 28 November 2012 09:04, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 08:45 -0800, unruh wrote: >> In linux.debian.user, you wrote: >> > On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 08:44 -0300, Eike Lantzsch wrote: >> >> Yep. Unfortunately Microsoft never learned in > 25 years that the >> >> world has more time zones

Re: Is 1600x1200 screen better than 1440x900?

2012-04-24 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
On 24 April 2012 10:39, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > When I replaced my desktop with a new computer, I kept my TFT screen. It has > the non-standard size of 1440x900. > > Recently, I have been wondering if it would be better for me to have > 1600x1200 screen. Would this be better for Linux software?

Re: Xen vs KVM

2012-03-30 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
On 29 March 2012 22:59, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:32 PM, francis picabia wrote: >> >> Xen requires a patched kernel.  It is unstable.  It crashed on >> me randomly before I got as far as configuring any VM stuff. >> The system which experienced this returned to a standard >> Debia

Re: Xen vs KVM

2012-03-28 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
On 28 March 2012 06:43, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 09:35:25AM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: >> For me, it became yesterday's technology when it became apparent that >> the hypervisor model (putting an entirely new kernel between Linux and >> the hardware) created all sorts of perfo

Re: [OT] British vs. American English

2011-10-02 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
On 2 October 2011 16:09, John Hasler wrote: > Hilco Wijbenga writes: >> Actually, no, we (Canadians) call them "First Nations" (or, at least, >> that's the PC term). It does have a nice ring to it. > > But that refers to their political units.  It doesn

Re: [OT] British vs. American English (was Re: Wow, Evolution left me with eggs in my face)

2011-10-02 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
On 2 October 2011 08:47, consul tores wrote: > Canadians use "native" and USians "indians" i think; we say > "indigenous"; and in general American natives or ancestors. Actually, no, we (Canadians) call them "First Nations" (or, at least, that's the PC term). It does have a nice ring to it. And i

Re: How do you save passwords for Git/GitHub?

2011-07-21 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
On 21 July 2011 10:06, Jason Hsu wrote: > I have a script that uses "git clone" multiple times to download all of the > repositories I need for my project Swift Linux. (Each major task has its own > repository.)  The code is at > https://github.com/swiftlinux/1-build/blob/master/get_reps_diet.s

Re: Firewall/iptables question

2011-05-03 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
On 3 May 2011 16:21, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm attempting to set up a simple firewall on a virtual server. I have > the following: > > iptables --flush > iptables -t nat --flush > iptables -t mangle --flush > iptables --policy INPUT DROP > iptable

Firewall/iptables question

2011-05-03 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
Hi all, I'm attempting to set up a simple firewall on a virtual server. I have the following: iptables --flush iptables -t nat --flush iptables -t mangle --flush iptables --policy INPUT DROP iptables --policy OUTPUT ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -i venet0 -m state --s

Re: How to automate the upgrade of openssh-server?

2011-04-17 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
2011/4/17 Bjørn Michelsen : > On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 05:49:08PM -0700, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > It's possible to pass these options to apt, for instance > >  apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" upgrade Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

How to automate the upgrade of openssh-server?

2011-04-17 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
Hi all, I'm trying to automate the setup of an Ubuntu Server 10.04 64bit system. I am unable to run apt-get upgrade sucessfully (i.e. without manual intervention). Every time it blocks because of openssh-server (and portmap): Setting up openssh-server (1:5.3p1-3ubuntu6) ... Configuration file `/

Re: su?

2010-09-11 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
On 11 September 2010 13:36, Doug wrote: > Is there no su in Debian?  If not what replaces it? Yes there is. There's also 'man'. :-) Try 'man su' and you'll see you need -c if you want to run a command. Maybe you are confused with 'sudo'? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.deb

Re: is it possible to install a desktop-manager without python and perl?

2009-06-23 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
2009/6/23 Micha Feigin : > On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:41:44 -0700 > Hilco Wijbenga wrote: >> "A similar study was later made of Debian Linux version 2.2 (also >> known as "Potato"); this version of Linux was originally released in >> August 2000. This study fo

Re: is it possible to install a desktop-manager without python and perl?

2009-06-23 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
2009/6/21 明覺 : > I want to keep the programs in my system all written in c/c++, no > python or perl or any other programming languages, is it possible to > reach it? I removed the 2 packages, python and perl, from my system, > and of cause, I losed my desktop, is it possible to install a desktop >

Re: Rogue Filename - Can't Do A Thing With It

2009-05-21 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
2009/5/20 Hal Vaughan : > Recently I started getting errors from rsync on a machine I don't tend to > have to log on to very often.  I checked the bad directory and get this: > > [...@scarecrow:threshNet]$ ls -l reportX > total 0 > ?- ? ? ? ?                ? reportX/2009-r...@? > [...@s

Re: Rogue Filename - Can't Do A Thing With It

2009-05-21 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
2009/5/21 Hilco Wijbenga : > 2009/5/20 Hal Vaughan : >> Recently I started getting errors from rsync on a machine I don't tend to >> have to log on to very often.  I checked the bad directory and get this: >> >> [...@scarecrow:thre

Re: Rogue Filename - Can't Do A Thing With It

2009-05-21 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
2009/5/20 Hal Vaughan : > Recently I started getting errors from rsync on a machine I don't tend to > have to log on to very often.  I checked the bad directory and get this: > > [...@scarecrow:threshNet]$ ls -l reportX > total 0 > ?- ? ? ? ?                ? reportX/2009-r...@? > > Is the