Other than sifting through the archives of debian-testing-changes, might
there be a way of tracking the introduction of updated versions of a
particular package into Testing?
AFAIK, http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/... only tracks Unstable.
TIA,
Michael
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Mike Bird wrote:
Updating Testing workstations has proved to be much more
time-consuming than expected.
In the last four months there have been approx 13,000
package updates in Testing, of which approx 1,000
applied to a typical workstation here.
During the same period there were approx 800 pac
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Michael C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sorry Andrew --- I didn't make myself nearly clear enough --- is the
Lenny d-i *net* install CD able to provide for a KDE-only installation?
The net install includes on
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 01:51:48PM +0100, Michael C wrote:
Hi,
Does the current build of the Lenny d-i allow users to specify a
KDE-only desktop installation?
the lenny beta1 release includes a kde version of cd 1:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage
Hi,
Does the current build of the Lenny d-i allow users to specify a
KDE-only desktop installation?
Thanks in advance,
Michael
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Subject:Rethinking Gobuntu
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:49:22 +0100
From: Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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The "current and future" thread on this list has got me thinking.
Perhaps we really are on the wr
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
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Michael C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Many swear seem to swear by sidux, though its claim to turn "unstable
into a stable and reliable operating system for every-day usage" seems
at odds with common sense,
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:29:19PM +0100, Michael C wrote:
Haines Brown wrote:
Michael,
I wanted to put Debian on a new Thinkpad X61s, and to achieve that with
minimal pain, I went with sidux. I created a USB-stick to install it,
and it went as smooth as
Haines Brown wrote:
Michael,
I wanted to put Debian on a new Thinkpad X61s, and to achieve that with
minimal pain, I went with sidux. I created a USB-stick to install it,
and it went as smooth as can be. I'm using the machine with wifi.
All hitches were simply the result of my ignorance. The
Many swear seem to swear by sidux, though its claim to turn "unstable
into a stable and reliable operating system for every-day usage" seems
at odds with common sense, especially given its own advice to avoid
dist-upgrades in the middle of "serious work" because "any package in
sid can break at an
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Ivan Savcic wrote:
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I have a problem wit
Hal Vaughan wrote:
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Ivan Savcic wrote:
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I have a problem with this. Debian, in it's default install is
almost assuredly GNU free. And it has the
Ivan Savcic wrote:
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I have a problem with this. Debian, in it's default install is almost
assuredly GNU free. And it has the additional freedom of allowing the
user to choose to use non-free software within the s
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
I am not sure if I understand correctly: What are your objections
against debian's way of security fixes?
Let's take the example of Seamonkey/Iceape. Officially EOL'd as of May,
the 1.0.x branch's security status is no longer being actively
investigated by upstream d
Hi,
After returning to Linux last year as my main desktop OS, I've been
wanting to migrate to Debian. However, put off by the prospect of having
to use backported security fixes on officially retired development
branches such as Thunderbird/Icedove 1.5 (for up to two years!), I'd far
rather b
tting /boot on /dev/hd[a-d]. I have no idea of Grubs
limitations as I've been happy with lilo.
GL,
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stuff was.)
What package(s) did you have to apt-get install? I didn't see a message
stating which package from Steef. BTW, please don't start multiple
threads for the same problem, use reply/follow up whichever is
appropriate.
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package, I don't know for sure which package, and
it's probably moderately large.
Hopefully someone can give you details on which package and how to force
it.
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In linux.debian.user,
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> > You realize of course that probably 60-70% are dynamic IPs. For example:
> >
>
e
init 3
when it stops spitting messages out,
xf86config
answer the questions, save, and use
startx `which twm`
to test.
HTH,
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them even if they were never vulnerable to begin with.
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Such an MUA wouldn't be designed for us, but for clueless newbies that
believe that it's supposed to work that way. And the people who know
better will run, but it will in fact attract idiots that think, "Wow,
it's just as easy as windows!", and the idiots will always hold the
m
lilo.conf contains
more comments than you'll need to tweak it however you want.
I don't recall if grub is available when installing, if not, installing
it after the fact is trivial anyway.
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xists on Windows, I've never seen an example of what
> it is for.)
I've seen plenty of examples of what this feature is used for, which is
one of several reasons that I typically avoid MS. How else is a virus
supposed to propagate?
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his virus has sent me anything as addressed to me from me,
but I still wouldn't count on the headers being authentic.
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wi
and seperated all the machines, verified they were clean, patched them.
And educated the users, before putting them back on line. It would have
eliminated the need to reinstall multiple times on the same machine, and
it needed to be done anyhow.
I hope your boss authorized it, preferably in writing, or
In linux.debian.user, Jacob Anawalt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael C. wrote:
>
> >I asked this on alt.os.linux. I was told to search freshmeat.net for a
> >perl script called "poppy." It will get headers only, and ask what you
> >want to do with t
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:30:16 +0200, csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At Sat, 20 Sep 2003 06:16:31 -0400,
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> >
> > In linux.debian.user, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 00:22, Steve Lamb wrote:
>
In linux.debian.user, Andy Firman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 01:54:55PM -0400, Michael C. wrote:
> > Does anyone else use slrn to read this list? If so,
> > are ther any suggestions on how to cleanup the posts.
> >
> > I see a lot of
raffic had been 23-30 messages a day for about two weeks,
it was close to half that 2 months ago. I know I've topped 350 in the
last 24 hours.
I wonder if this is a particularly nasty bug, or we're feeling the
effects of Verisign's decision to claim *.com and *.net?
Michael C.
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ntire post to see what was
added based on context.
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Does anyone else use slrn to read this list? If so,
are ther any suggestions on how to cleanup the posts.
I see a lot of lines that end in '=20', and that looks
like something that outlook used to do(does?).
TIA
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Regist
[gkx]dmrc, your window manager's rc file, or you
start your programs from an xterm.
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f you're not serving the internet,
I'd drop incoming traffic as opposed to rejecting it, that way you are
stealth.
Just my $0.02.
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>
> Well, Kevin has fixed it, so he is not indifferent.
>
> But there is another case of the same misconfiguration on the list.
> But since I now know it is not a conscious attempt to use my domain, I
> am way more relaxed than before :)
>
I hope this fixes it.
you might want to join the debian-pilot mailing lists :)
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Hi!!
im planning to buy a webcam, which one is th "best" for linux? and what
software should i use to set it up? is there something like a netmeeting
for linux? i heard of gnomemeeting, is it as good as netmeeting and
compatible with other netmeeting clients?
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, I would advice to investigate the first and look into
> Mutt's mailbox-hooks.
do you have an example?
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ething like:
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Good Day!
is this possible? how? can i setup a chroot'd environment so i can
install windows inside linux(debian)?
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yo
Osamu Aoki wrote this message last Sun, May 19, 2002 at 06:17:29AM -0700:
> On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 08:56:32PM +0800, Michael C Alonzo wrote:
> > Good Day,
> >
> > How do i block mails(through procmail) with a subject line of 'unsubcribe'?
>
> # blackhole
Good Day,
How do i block mails(through procmail) with a subject line of 'unsubcribe'?
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[We] use bad software and
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:28:40PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 11:04:11AM +0800, Michael C. Alonzo wrote:
> > i dont know if this is debian-specific but it
> > seems that i am the only one with this problem(i think).
> > i looked at lkml but it seems th
On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 10:34:50AM -0500, Kurt Lieber wrote:
> On Saturday 06 April 2002 10:41 am, Neal Lippman wrote:
> > My present monitor is a 19" CRT, but I am strongly considering a move to
> > one, maybe two LCD panels - so a card that supports dual monitors would be
> > great, but at the le
i dont know if this is debian-specific but it
seems that i am the only one with this problem(i think).
i looked at lkml but it seems that they dont have any
problems with pre5. when i boot to pre5, it doesnt boot
with devfs=mount, but it boots with nomount. is this a devfs
problem? or debian? im r
On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 02:33:05PM -0600, Gary Turner wrote:
> It's hard to believe, but I haven't done chat (and I've been 'online'
> since Genie in '90 or '91). I don't even have a chat client installed
> on any of my machines.
>
> So, I figure -- let's stick one on the Debian box. A quick
>
On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 03:32:28PM -0600, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I have a 1.9 Gig install of Debian I would like to copy to a second
> computer. Further more, I would like to format the hard disk on the new
> computer with ReiserFS rather than ext2. Is there a simple way to d
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 09:24:09PM +0800, Michael C. Alonzo wrote:
> my /usr is currently in xfs.. now, i want to turn it
> back to ext2/ext3... how should i do this?
>
> is cp -a enough? or is there a debian/xfs way to do
> this? tnx
> --
> "When you have eliminate
my /usr is currently in xfs.. now, i want to turn it
back to ext2/ext3... how should i do this?
is cp -a enough? or is there a debian/xfs way to do
this? tnx
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On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 01:30:01PM -0800, David Wright wrote:
>
> > How can I let a normal user use the "halt" or "shutdown" command?
>
> All the responses to this query have been ugly hacks. The right way to do
> this this (put on flame-retardant suit here) is the way RedHat does: make
> the h
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 10:54:52PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 01:23:33AM -0500, Allan M. Wind wrote:
> > On 2002-02-16 22:11:04, Eric G. Miller wrote:
> > > Use a different font for your terminal (want one with graphic
> > > characters, like the default X fixed font).
>
i have mutt sort my mails by threads, the arrow (--->) now appears
to be garbled(squares, unknown chars)... what should i do?
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hi! a friend of mine is asking me if i can make an installer
which will be KDE-centric. i want to know where will i start? im
thinking of just modifying the current debian installer... any
suggestions? can someone point me to the right direction? tnx
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hi! a friend of mine is asking me if i can "make" a debian installer
specific for KDE only. is there an available installer for woody
already? how should i do this? can someone point me to the right
direction please... thanks.
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how
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 04:09:53PM +, J.A.Serralheiro wrote:
> try /dev/hdc instead
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Patrick Kirk wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a second hard drive installed and in the Dell BIOS its seen as a 40
> > Gig hard drive which is correct.
> >
> > The system runs De
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 09:01:22AM -0800, Harris, Jason wrote:
> on an already running system ? I'm getting a fair amount of disk seek
> timeout messages in the kernel log and I'd like to rebuild the system with a
> new HD. But I'd also like to have it down for the least amount of time
> possibl
im getting, "devfs: devfs-register(a8): could not append to parent,
err: -17". what does that mean?
TIA
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On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 01:55:57PM +1100, Joel Mayes wrote:
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> G'day Debianites
>
> Just a quick question,
>
> I use Debian at home and windows at work, and often carry floppies to
> and fro, I'm fine if I bring a win formated floppy home, but i
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 12:43:23AM -0600, Deva Seetharam wrote:
> Hi,
> i would like to install JDK 1.3 on my machine.
> is there a java debian package available?
>
> i see that javasoft has tarball available.
> what do i need to do/know to convert that tarball into .deb format?
>
> thanks,
> dev
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:24:53AM -0500, Matt wrote:
> Forget support and distro discussion for a second..
>
> Who are we here? I'm curious about what the Debian demographic is. I
> know this is sort of an impossible thing to answer, but it'd be
> interesting to explore in vague terms who uses D
On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 10:48:03PM +0800, Paolo Falcone wrote:
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>
> - --- wrote:
>
> >im going to transfer my debian to a new disk.
> >i read the Hard-Disk Upgrade HOWTO and my situation is
> >different from the HOWTO. right now im using
> >
>
im going to transfer my debian to a new disk.
i read the Hard-Disk Upgrade HOWTO and my situation is
different from the HOWTO. right now im using
devFS
ext3FS
and here is how my disk is partitioned
/dev/discs/disc0/part1 mandrake /
/dev/discs/disc0/part2 mandrake
-/dev/
On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 04:37:44PM -, Ben Hill wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can noone help me solve a=the problem with PPP in my new Debian 2.2 with
> Kernel 2.4.14 build?
>
> It seems that as soon as I have built the kernel and installed 2.4.0-3 PPP
> it has broken.
>
>
> Please can someone help, this
im using blackbox as my WM. i want gkrellm to load whenever i `startx`
and i want it (gkrellm) to appear on all virtual desktops. is this
possible? how?
TIA
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may i propose that the debian-RFC package should be divided by subject,
e.g, all RFC(standard) concerning mail should be in RFC/standard/mail/
subdirectory and
RFCs(best-current-practice) concerning TCP should be in
RFC/best-current-practice/networking/tcp folder. reading RFCs
(especially if you
Hi. I live here in the Philippines and i'm planning to put up an All-Linux
Message Board specifically for filipino linux users but other linux
users from other countries may post as well... is there a HOWTO on how
to build such a site? books? suggestions?
these are my thoughts:
php + mysql + apa
i was able to print yesterday with mutt but today i wasnt able to...
i run lprngtool and can print directly to the lpt port but with mutt i
cant.. mutt says 'messageis printed' but printer doesnt print?
what could be the problem? tnx
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this is my setup:
2.4.12/2.4.13
devfs
XF4.1.0-6 or XF4.1.0-7
i noticed that when i run xterm (using either kernel) it hangs along
with X, so i ctrl-alt-bckspce, doesnt return my prompt,ctrl-alt-del,
then it hangs again so i press the reset button. But eterm and rxvt runs
fine though.. it seems th
im goin to get a cable connection and im goin to connect this to a
standalone workstation. what files should i modify to turn my cable
connection on? how should i do this?
btw, this is not goin to be an always-on connection..
TIA
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hi. i want to move my debian partition to another disk..
here's my "fstab":
/dev/hda1 --> mandrake
/dev/hda2 --> extended
|_ /dev/hda5 --> mandrake swap
|_ /dev/hda6 --> mandrake /usr
|_ /dev/hda7 --> mandrake /home
|_
i have posted this problem a week ago and still finding solutions
everyday. i have kernel 2.4.12, Xfree-4.1.0-7 and nvidia-kernel-1541. i have a
problem
with X particularly xterm. when i start and exit eterm, it works. but
when i start xterm and exits, either by typing exit or pressing the
close b
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 06:45:19PM +0200, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently got a 3dfx Voodoo3 card and thus enabled framebuffer support
> in the kernel. I would like to have my Debian system come up in
> 1024x764 mode with maximum vertical sync frequency, so according to
> Document
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 04:19:51PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am running debian sid, and have fetchmail and exim installed.
>
> I collected my mail from an ISP's pop server using fetchmail, and it runs
> through
> and collects it OK, but then the mail seems to just
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 01:41:48PM +0200, THIVENT Pascal wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using potato with a 2.4.12 kernel.
> At boot time, I can see a message like this one :
>
> #dmesg
> ...
> cat /etc/modules: no such file
> ...
>
> I don't remember having deleted this file but, indeed, this file is
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 09:57:06AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> I've been having some trouble with netscape connecting to sites that I've
> connected to before. Mozilla connects with them just fine, and after
> talking with several webmasters on the sites I've had trouble with, it
> looks like Nets
On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 04:24:09PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> * David ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> ...
> > I'm using 1541 + vesafb successfully so I doubt it's that.
> >
> > Have you tried just grabbing the tarballs direct from nVidia's servers and
> > installing them by hand? Works e
On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 04:24:09PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> * David ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> ...
> > I'm using 1541 + vesafb successfully so I doubt it's that.
> >
> > Have you tried just grabbing the tarballs direct from nVidia's servers and
> > installing them by hand? Works e
On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 03:12:01PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote:
> On Sun, 2001-10-14 at 15:14, Michael C. Alonzo wrote:
> > im having problems with nvidia-*-1541*. i compiled 2.4.12 then
> > dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-2.4.12*.deb nvidia-glx-*1541*.deb. I started X,
> > works but
im having problems with nvidia-*-1541*. i compiled 2.4.12 then
dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-2.4.12*.deb nvidia-glx-*1541*.deb. I started X,
works but when i exit out of X, after xserver shutdown, it won't display
any prompt anymore that's why i have to resort in rebooting, but it
won't reboot. it hangs..
On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 12:29:39PM -0400, Brad R wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> Forgive me if my first several questions sound stupid, I've just begun with
> Linux and have tried to learn what I can, but there is so much to learn.
> I'm familiar with Unix protocols on the wire, but have never worked
On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 02:15:15PM +0800, JimmyMah wrote:
> I am a new user to debian linux. I have install the os (version-potato) in my
> laptop recently. However I could not activate the sound system.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thank you and regards
>
>
>
> Jimmy Mah
what is your sound c
On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 07:46:57PM -0500, Jeremy wrote:
>
> I'm running into a strange occurance. I evidentally have something that is
> creating error files in my / directory. They're usually named something
> like "errs9vkVeD" or "errskFcjY", always beginning with "errs", ending in a
> seemin
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 01:20:51AM -0400, Akintayo Holder wrote:
> Hi,
> Could some one tell me what is initrd-2.X.X.gz, and how do i go about
> creating a new one. I just compiled my kernel and i can't seem to find
> any docs that explain this file, and how you create it.
>
> thanks
>
>
Well, I got it to boot by running LILO again. The reason I didn't in
the first place is because of this line in the installation
instructions:
"Your new kernel-image-2.0.36 package is also clever enough to
automatically use lilo to update the kernel image information allowing
you to boot, so there
Hi,
I just compiled my first custom kernel last night. Now, when I reboot,
my computer freezes after LILO (I assume) prints out "Loading Linux" It
never gets to "Uncompressing kernel"
Originally, I installed Debian 2.1-stable, kernel 2.0.36, from CD.
Then, in order to g
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