X-Config...

2006-04-21 Thread Andrea Venanzi
Hello! I have a Nvidia Geforce 5200, what driver and bus must I set in x-config in Debian 3.1r1 install? Many Thanks Bolletta salata? Passa a Yahoo! Messenger with Voice

Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-21 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 11:37:08AM +0100, Wulfy wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: > >Which was my point. Using "Jaegermeister" is locale independent. > So? A misconfigured system is no reason for changing the spelling of > something. Change the cause not the effect... Well, it's not really a *mis*s

Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-21 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 02:52:17PM +0100, Wulfy wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: > >Wulfy wrote: > >>Digby Tarvin wrote: > >> > >>>ISO is not the same as text. Most character sets only display ASCII > >>>in a standard way. > >>> > >> > >>Unicode is text... just not ASCII. > > > >So is Hiragana. So

Re: Re: snd-azx.o was removed from the testing distro

2006-04-21 Thread David
Hey florian,   I’m having issues also. I’ve got an LG LW60 Express (Fairly new notebook) the sound works in FC4 but not in Debian or Novell,   It says I need snd-azx as snd-intel-hda will not work.   Lost… truly lost… comes with the inexperience J   Cheers, David

mirror trouble

2006-04-21 Thread Glenn English
I'm trying to mirror sarge and etch, i386, main contrib non-free. apt-get update (on any etch system on the LAN -- don't know about sarge yet) says: > pblinux:~# apt-get update > Errhttp://log.slsware.dmz etch Release.gpg > Bad header line > Ign http://log.slsware.dmz etch Release.gpg > Ign h

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
lmyho wrote: Yes it's a workstation, to be some kind of app server, but not mail server. But why a workstation doesn't need anti-virus stuff? Doesn't the Internet connection unsafe? Actually, I should asy, I want to find anti-spyware/adware/virus stuff, just to make the workstation safe when c

Re: X-Config...

2006-04-21 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 09:10:32 +0200, Andrea Venanzi wrote: > Hello! I have a Nvidia Geforce 5200, what driver and bus must I set in > x-config in Debian 3.1r1 install? Configuration should be more or less automatic when you install XFree86, using the packages "discover", "mdetect" and "xrespro

Re: package proxying

2006-04-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Lukas Ruf wrote: Dear all, is there a toolset that allows for package being proxied/cached on a second host? The reason for my question: a set of computers is connected to a server that runs 7*24h. Instead of having all the computers download the packages individually, the server should fetch a

Re: Thought on receiving two answers...

2006-04-21 Thread Philippe De Ryck
On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 23:10 +0100, Magnus Therning wrote: > I am sure I'm not the only one who gets mildly irritated with people > sending replies both to the sender (my personal email address) and to > the list. I am also sure I'm not the only one who accepts this practice, > especially on mailing

Re: grub-install in chroot not respected? [solved]

2006-04-21 Thread Philippe De Ryck
On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 18:03 -0700, Christopher Nelson wrote: > On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 11:21:20PM +0100, Wackojacko wrote: > > Christopher Nelson wrote: > > > >this appeared to have worked, as did subsequent 'grub-install's, but > > >when I rebooted, I was back in my debian setup on hdb, not the

Re: Grabbing a RM stream for offline viewing

2006-04-21 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 20 April 2006 14:59, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > mplayer -ao pcm:file=filename.wav -vo dummy -vc dummy > rtsp://host.domain/dir/file > > The above assumes you only want to capture the audio.  Otherwise do > the -vo di

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

2006-04-21 Thread Andrew Schulman
> I am new to LINUX and somewhat dismaid/confused about the various > distributions. Maybe the Linux Distribution Chooser can help: http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?firsttime=true . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

skype too slow..

2006-04-21 Thread Pol Hallen
Hi everyone :-) i downloaded i deb package from skype web site and bzip2 package too. But when i start a skype it's too slow.. what i'll do 4 resolve my problem?! I use debian etch. Thanks :-) Pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

2006-04-21 Thread Lynn Kilroy
From: Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tuesday 18 April 2006 05:31, Willie Wonka wrote: > Maybe I'm dense, but; > kb = kilobit > KB = KiloByte > mb = megabit > MB = MegaByte > > 1 bit * 8 = 1 byte > 1 Byte / 8 = 1 bit That's right, except it's kb or kB (for kilobits and kilobytes respective

Re: skype too slow..

2006-04-21 Thread Frank Lanitz
Zitat von Pol Hallen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > i downloaded i deb package from skype web site and bzip2 package too. I have no idea how to install skype, but why both of them? > But when i start a skype it's too slow.. What do you mean, Skype is too slow? Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: How do you grow brocolli?

2006-04-21 Thread Lynn Kilroy
From: Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 09:36 +0900, Miles Bader wrote: > steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> frightening amounts of processed and "fast" food. And possibly worse, > >> frightening *quantities* of it. The US obesity pandemic occasionally > >> makes the news

Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-21 Thread Matthias Julius
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Only if they want "most" people to read what they write. > Should people who use Hindi characters change? > How about Arabic? Hebrew? How about Linear B? If someone posts Arabic text then he might use Arabic characters with a proper encoding. Do you wan

Re: CUPS with Samba and Debian

2006-04-21 Thread Matthias Julius
Raleigh Guevarra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Any1 here knows how to setup cups with samba and debian and print to a > printer from a windows client pc? Read the samba documemtation. There is a lengthy chapter about this subject. See /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/CUP

Re: CUPS with Samba and Debian

2006-04-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Raleigh Guevarra wrote: Any1 here knows how to setup cups with samba and debian and print to a printer from a windows client pc? google: howto debian windows printing First hit is what you'd want to read :-) http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing.html Johannes

Re: Make HAL leave my CD-ROM alone

2006-04-21 Thread Linas Žvirblis
> in terminal type "hal --molest-cdrom=false" (without quotes) Ha ha. Any real ideas? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-21 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 01:09:08PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > Why do we even want people only to post in English? Because this is an English-language mailing list. There are other mailing lists for other languages. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Problems compiling (any) modules

2006-04-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, This may be related to the verion of kernel-package yuo are using, and the version of kernel-package used to build the headers package. There were bugs in kernel-package in unstable, fixed now, but if your headers package was built in that interval ... BTW, I always use ma

Re: Firefox Acroread plugin not working

2006-04-21 Thread Chris Lale
Chris Lale wrote: I cannot view PDFs using Firefox in Etch (Testing). I get: "There was an error while loading the plugin - ewh.api. The plugin failed to initialize." I have these packages installed: acroread 7.0.5-0.0 mozilla-acroread 7.0.5-0.0 According to http://plugindoc.mo

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

2006-04-21 Thread Richard Lyons
+++ Matus UHLAR - fantomas [21/04/06 08:54 +0200]: >On 16.04.06 22:56, Willie Wonka wrote: >>Explained another way (hopefully); >>If you bought a 1,000 Byte (1KB) HDD - you'd lose 24 *Bytes* Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: >No. The big 'K' stands for 1024, 1000 is small 'k'. >The big 'K' was ch

Re: How do you grow brocolli?

2006-04-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:57 +, Lynn Kilroy wrote: > >From: Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 09:36 +0900, Miles Bader wrote: > > > steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> frightening amounts of processed and "fast" food. And possibly worse, > > > >> frightening *qu

Re: How do you grow brocolli?

2006-04-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-04-16 20:47:30, schrieb Adam Funk: > On 2006-04-15, Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Am 2006-03-31 16:14:05, schrieb Adam Funk: > >> On 2006-03-31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > How do you grow brocolli? > >> > >> If you really want to upset a fe

Re: lists.debian.org vs google groups

2006-04-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-04-12 04:15:59, schrieb Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much): > That makes sense to me. I think that some people are confused about the > difference between spam sent to their inboxes and spam sent the list. Ack > Some people don't know how to filter list messages to a separate folder, >

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color? IS THERE A MODERATOR FOR THIS LIST???

2006-04-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-04-11 23:37:59, schrieb tom arnall: > IS THERE A MODERATOR FOR THIS LIST??? NO, because it is and not ;-) Greetings Michelle Konzack -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ # Debian GNU/Linux Consultant # Miche

Re: lists.debian.org vs google groups

2006-04-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-04-12 12:57:56, schrieb Mike McCarty: > Apropos of this, it could be done better. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > has a valid domain, which results in actual sending and delivery > of an e-mail. Robots which mine this address will flood the net > with e-mails which must be discarded by earthli

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-04-11 16:40:59, schrieb Ron Johnson: > > .us = 300,000,000 Not right, because the there are 150,000,000 illegal mexicans in the USA and 50,000,000 illegal prisoners in US-Teritory like Guantanamo. =8 .uk + .ca + .au + .nz = 60,600,000 + 33,000,000 + 20,200,000 + > 4,100,000 = 117,90

Re: ATTN: Barbara Oncay

2006-04-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hi Gene an *, Am 2006-04-14 03:45:06, schrieb Gene Heskett: > All you protestors might want to be aware that as I see your pgp signed > messages here, without your keys, the added stuff about unsubbing is > not visible here even if I view the pgp signature. So I have to assume > that when the

Re: Building packages with apt-src with --enable-debug?

2006-04-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-04-12 04:23:17, schrieb Adam Porter: > I'm trying to debug some annoying Jabber problems in Kopete. I need to > build Kopete with --enable-debug. Naturally, Kopete is part of kdenetwork, > which is a huge package. I'd like to build it with apt-src, but I can't > find any way to use confi

Re: /tmp/dbprof prevents login via kdm

2006-04-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-04-13 11:40:51, schrieb David Jarvie: > I am trying to set up a second user on my system (Debian Etch, running > a self- > compiled KDE 3.5.2, but using the default Etch version of kdm). I find > that when > using kdm to log in to KDE, only the first user to log in actually > succeeds. Whe

Re: SATA RAID 0 in Debian

2006-04-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-04-14 13:00:20, schrieb Michael Schurter: > Michael Schurter wrote: > >I've never worked with SATA RAID's in Debian (or Linux in general), so > >I'm sorry if this is a stupid question. > > Let me rephrase: how do I setup SATA RAID 0 in Debian? Simply forget it. If the Array was created

Re: Re: Adaptec 2940 UW

2006-04-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-04-14 16:56:03, schrieb vatch23: > hi, I`ve got an 2940UW in my sytem , but I cant boot Debian from it , > the installation goes perfect, everything is recognized, but reboot , > no-no-no! Can anyone help me Sorry, I have lost my Crystalball... How dou you have configured your 2940? I ru

Re: Big fonts (audacity and xmms)

2006-04-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-04-16 06:25:44, schrieb Benjamí Villoslada: > Audacity and XMMS shows big and ugly not anti-aliasing fonts ( > http://bitassa.com/stuff/audacitybigfonts.png ). Other GTK programs such as > Gimp have fine fonts ( http://bitassa.com/stuff/gimpfonts.png ). Xmms can setup to use another Font

Re: How to compare the output of two commands?

2006-04-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-04-17 08:07:16, schrieb Sonixxfx: > Hi, > > I am using two large commands that both output a pretty large amount of > text. I want to compare these two lists of text, but I do not want to > redirect it to textfiles to be able to do that. I have tried to compare the > output with diff, by u

Onboard Modem

2006-04-21 Thread Fernando Augusto Bender
Fellows! Just to know it: Does somebody here experienced putting this onboard modem to work on linux? I connect to Internet through LAN, but I want to try doing it with a cell phone, as we got phone call credits from the Telco every month which we do not use completely. I have find out a equipme

Re: SSH = X11 forwarding?

2006-04-21 Thread Greg Norris
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:43:47AM -0400, Antonio Paiva wrote: > Ryan, > You probably need to run > > xhost > > on the client machine. Someone suggest this virtually every time the topic comes up. It's exceptionally bad advice... DON'T DO IT!!! signature.asc Description: Digital sig

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

2006-04-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Digby Tarvin wrote: > > My personal experience has been that it us much easier and faster to get > a workable system installed using Ubuntu, but Debian is the more versatile > once you have spent the time getting it setup correctly. > That has not been my experience at all. I can get a "workable

Re: Solved! Re: SSH = X11 forwarding?

2006-04-21 Thread Greg Norris
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 12:46:01PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Do I understand correctly that xbase-clients has to be installed on the > machine on which the programs run, not the machine on which the > keyboard, mouse, and screen are? Yes, it needs to be available on the ssh server. The

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

2006-04-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Steve Lamb wrote: > > I agree. I'm all for openness and freedom, don't get me wrong. But I > hardly see how openness and freedom that forces people into a certain position > is either open or free. It's just another close position. If it is our > machine then where's the fault in us doing

Re: package proxying

2006-04-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thursday 20 April 2006 22:32, Lukas Ruf wrote: > >>is there a toolset that allows for package being proxied/cached on a >>second host? > > > apt-proxy does this, though if you use http apt sources, squid will do the > job. > I would prefer apt-proxy. Squid is not apt

Re: Onboard Modem

2006-04-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > Fellows! > > Just to know it: Does somebody here experienced putting this onboard > modem to work on linux? > > I connect to Internet through LAN, but I want to try doing it with a > cell phone, as we got phone call credits from the Telco every month > which we do

Re: skype too slow..

2006-04-21 Thread Fernando Augusto Bender
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 14:59 +0200, Frank Lanitz wrote: > Am Freitag 21 April 2006 14:58 schrieben Sie: > > On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 11:51 +0200, Frank Lanitz wrote: > > > Zitat von Pol Hallen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > i downloaded i deb package from skype web site and bzip2 package too. > > > > > >

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

2006-04-21 Thread Fernando Augusto Bender
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:01 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Steve Lamb wrote: > > > > I agree. I'm all for openness and freedom, don't get me wrong. But I > > hardly see how openness and freedom that forces people into a certain > > position > > is either open or free. It's just another

Re: Onboard Modem

2006-04-21 Thread Fernando Augusto Bender
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:06 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > > Fellows! > > > > Just to know it: Does somebody here experienced putting this onboard > > modem to work on linux? > > > > I connect to Internet through LAN, but I want to try doing it with a > > cell

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

2006-04-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:01 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >>Steve Lamb wrote: >> >>>I agree. I'm all for openness and freedom, don't get me wrong. But I >>>hardly see how openness and freedom that forces people into a certain >>>position >>>is either op

Re: Onboard Modem

2006-04-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > > Fellow! > > Thank you for answering me. You see, I didn't typed the modem model, but > I have described the mother board model in previous email with no > answer; but still: > > My mother board is PC Chips M825 > The modem type is: PC Tel - (HSP 56 Conexant) >

Re: Onboard Modem

2006-04-21 Thread Fernando Augusto Bender
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:24 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > > > > Fellow! > > > > Thank you for answering me. You see, I didn't typed the modem model, but > > I have described the mother board model in previous email with no > > answer; but still: > > > > My m

Re: Onboard Modem

2006-04-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > > Fellow, > > No. It's not a PCMCIA modem. It is an onboard one. It is not listed - I > suppose - because it was not found. > Interesting > What are my alternatives? Not many. I know of some drivers that exist that work with Conexant modems. However, if your s

Re: Debian on an iBook

2006-04-21 Thread James Dunn
I've tried reconfiguring xserver as described below, but no luck. I looked at lspci, and it says: :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's > different security approach. Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Linux than windows? raju -- http://kamaraju.googlepages.com/cornel

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > >>Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's >>different security approach. > > > Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Linux than > windows? > > raj

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

2006-04-21 Thread Chris Lale
Andrew Schulman wrote: I am new to LINUX and somewhat dismaid/confused about the various distributions. Maybe the Linux Distribution Chooser can help: http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?firsttime=true . Ha! This put Debian 4th on my list - use with caution. Chris. -- To U

Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you are using a graphical display, then UTF provides a good way to > avoid the problem if your mail reading software can do the translation. > But I don't think you can assume everyone on a public mailing list is > going to have that. > > Regards, > Di

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

2006-04-21 Thread Chris Lale
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: 6) Have something up and running in no time for a desktop Ubuntu wins over debian any moment. I don't follow this. Install just one package (KDE or Gnome) and you have an instant, fully functional desktop. Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Onboard Modem

2006-04-21 Thread Fernando Augusto Bender
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:38 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > > > > Fellow, > > > > No. It's not a PCMCIA modem. It is an onboard one. It is not listed - I > > suppose - because it was not found. > > > Interesting > > > What are my alternatives? > > Not many.

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Michael Schurter
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's different security approach. Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Linux than windows? While Linux is more

the official debian sarge dvd torrent

2006-04-21 Thread Scott Degenhardt
hi. i usually leave my computer running to seed the debian sarge dvd torrents (disc 1 and 2) on bittorrent. there are usually 200-300 peers downloading the dvds at any given time. i noticed that over the last week or 2 the number of peers has grown to over 3000.  today, the connection is being refu

Re: Debian on an iBook

2006-04-21 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 14:21:16 +0100, James Dunn wrote: > I've tried reconfiguring xserver as described below, but no luck. I > looked at lspci, and it says: > > :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon > Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] (prog-if 00 [VGA]) > Sub

3.2 Testing - 04/17/06

2006-04-21 Thread JD
I downloaded the weekly build CDrom images and burned the cdroms and tried to install. I delayed configuring the network because my wireless interface requires the windows ndis wrapper (there is no native linux driver for the inprocomm IPN2220 wireless interface). The installation fails during th

Re: Installation DVDs - Questions

2006-04-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
"Carlos E. S. Mazzini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, I'm kind of new in the linux world and I need some help, I hope > you'll answer my questions... > > I've heard a lot about debian and decided to use it... Now, I'm donwloading > the DVD .ISO file number 1. My question are: > > 1) Can

Re: Installation DVDs - Questions

2006-04-21 Thread Raquel Rice
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:28:36 + (GMT) "Carlos E. S. Mazzini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, I'm kind of new in the linux world and I need some help, I > hope you'll answer my questions... > > I've heard a lot about debian and decided to use it... Now, I'm > donwloading the DVD .ISO file

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

2006-04-21 Thread Mike McCarty
Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: That's right, except it's kb or kB (for kilobits and kilobytes respectively), never KB or Kb. k is "kilo," K is "Karat." Paul just mistook prefixes and units... "mm" is milimeter, where first 'm' means "mili" and second 'm' means "meter". O

Re: updating with aptitude

2006-04-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:32:38PM +, lostson wrote: > > Hello > > I have a laptop and a desktop machine running sarge. I would like to > > update them to etch. I am thinking I have heard I can do this with > > aptitude, is this possible and if

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

2006-04-21 Thread Mike McCarty
Steve Lamb wrote: Digby Tarvin wrote: Consequently I think Debian's more restrictive policy on hardware support during and after installation is a disadvantage. By all means give preference to free and open software where there are alternatives, but the time to worry about the open source frien

Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-21 Thread Mike McCarty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 11:37:08AM +0100, Wulfy wrote: Mike McCarty wrote: Which was my point. Using "Jaegermeister" is locale independent. So? A misconfigured system is no reason for changing the spelling of something. Change the cause not the effect... Wel

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 21 April 2006 06:54, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's > > different security approach. > > Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Li

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 21 April 2006 07:32, Michael Schurter wrote: > Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > >> Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's > >> different security approach. > > > > Could it be because there are les

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's > > different security approach. > > Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Linux than

Re: 3.2 Testing - 04/17/06

2006-04-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
JD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I downloaded the weekly build CDrom images > and burned the cdroms and tried to install. > I delayed configuring the network because > my wireless interface requires the windows > ndis wrapper (there is no native linux driver > for the inprocomm IPN2220 wireless int

Fonts changed after X upgrade in unstable

2006-04-21 Thread Nate Eldredge
[Note: I would appreciate a personal CC on any replies since this will make it easier for me to find them. But don't bother if not convenient.] Hi folks, The other day I upgraded my unstable to get the new X.org packages. Most everything seems okay except that the fonts in many applications

i868, qemu and install arm netinstaller

2006-04-21 Thread Michael Ott
Hello! I try to install the arm netinstaller cd under qemu on my laptop. But i cannot. Does anybody did this before. Using SID CU Michael -- ,''`. Michael Ott, e-mail: michael at zolnott dot de : :' : Debian SID on Thinkpad T43: `. `'http:/

Re: Fonts changed after X upgrade in unstable

2006-04-21 Thread Michael Marsh
On 4/20/06, Nate Eldredge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Note: I would appreciate a personal CC on any replies since this will > make it easier for me to find them. But don't bother if not convenient.] The one time Gmail's behavior is reasonable! > The other day I upgraded my unstable to get the

Re: i868, qemu and install arm netinstaller

2006-04-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Michael Ott wrote: > Hello! > > I try to install the arm netinstaller cd under qemu on my laptop. > > But i cannot. > > Does anybody did this before. > > Using SID I've not done this myself. However, some error messages might be helpful so we can see what is going on. -Roberto -- Roberto

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Linux than windows? No. There were viruses in Windows at a time when there were less windows users than there are linux users today and when most M$-users (at that time including myself) were still ru

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Mike McCarty
Paul Johnson wrote: Yes, but who runs that 5%? Businesses you want to compromise? Government agency you dislike? There are a number of reasons a platform is targeted. On the other hand, I feel that Windows gets targeted more because it's an easy target: Which would you rather try to crac

Re: Fonts changed after X upgrade in unstable

2006-04-21 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 17:21:10 -0700, Nate Eldredge wrote: > [Note: I would appreciate a personal CC on any replies since this will > make it easier for me to find them. But don't bother if not convenient.] > > Hi folks, > > The other day I upgraded my unstable to get the new X.org packages.

Re: Onboard Modem

2006-04-21 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:54 -0300, Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > Fellows! > > Just to know it: Does somebody here experienced putting this onboard > modem to work on linux? > > I connect to Internet through LAN, but I want to try doing it with a > cell phone, as we got phone call credits from

Re: Debian on an iBook

2006-04-21 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 02:21:16PM +0100, James Dunn wrote: > I've tried reconfiguring xserver as described below, but no luck. I > looked at lspci, and it says: > > :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon > Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] (prog-if 00 [VGA]) > S

Re: SSH = X11 forwarding?

2006-04-21 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 07:52:39AM -0500, Greg Norris wrote: > On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:43:47AM -0400, Antonio Paiva wrote: > > Ryan, > > You probably need to run > > > > xhost > > > > on the client machine. > > Someone suggest this virtually every time the topic comes up. It's > ex

Re: X-Config...

2006-04-21 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 10:27:56AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 09:10:32 +0200, Andrea Venanzi wrote: > > Hello! I have a Nvidia Geforce 5200, what driver and bus must I set in > > x-config in Debian 3.1r1 install? > > Configuration should be more or less automatic when

Re: updating with aptitude

2006-04-21 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:13:10AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 02:44:06PM -0700, Christopher Nelson wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:32:38PM +, lostson wrote: > > > Hello > > > I have a laptop and a desktop machine running sarge. I would like to > > > update them t

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

2006-04-21 Thread Joey Hess
Steve Lamb wrote: > Digby Tarvin wrote: > > Consequently I think Debian's more restrictive policy on hardware support > > during and after installation is a disadvantage. By all means give > > preference > > to free and open software where there are alternatives, but the time to > > worry > > abo

Relay over SSH tunnel with Postfix?

2006-04-21 Thread Magnus Therning
Currently I'm experiencing some problems with sending emails from work. The mail server seems to let through some emails, but not all. Most irritating of all emails to this list don't seem to reach the list :-( This has given me enough incentive to look into solutions that would let me send emails

Re: updating with aptitude

2006-04-21 Thread Magnus Therning
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 10:06:19AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:13:10AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 02:44:06PM -0700, Christopher Nelson wrote: >> > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:32:38PM +, lostson wrote: >> > > Hello >> > > I have a lap

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

2006-04-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mike McCarty wrote: I can show you a meters tall stack of Electronics Magazines which dispute that. Convention since I got involved (in about 1964 or so) is "k" and "K" both mean 1000 when referring to electronics units. It's no good looking there for rigor: capitals for big numbers (but only ov

Re: Relay over SSH tunnel with Postfix?

2006-04-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Magnus Therning wrote: > Currently I'm experiencing some problems with sending emails from work. > The mail server seems to let through some emails, but not all. Most > irritating of all emails to this list don't seem to reach the list :-( > This has given me enough incentive to look into solutions

xhost (was: SSH = X11 forwarding?)

2006-04-21 Thread Luis Finotti
Hi, Greg Norris wrote: On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:43:47AM -0400, Antonio Paiva wrote: Ryan, You probably need to run xhost on the client machine. Someone suggest this virtually every time the topic comes up. It's exceptionally bad advice... DON'T DO IT!!! Just out of curiosit

Re: updating with aptitude

2006-04-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 21 April 2006 08:19, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On my sid system there are still packages from stable and testing, > though I do a dist-upgrade at least every week. This is why I consider > it best to keep sources also for stable and testing and just change > your default release in apt.conf

google_desktop_tool

2006-04-21 Thread steef
let us all be warned! steef The Register » Internet and Law » Digital Rights/Digital Wrongs » [Print][Mobile][NewsAlerts] EFF issues Google Desktop warning Configure it carefully, or forget it By John Leyden Published Friday 10th February 2006 15:36 GMT New year, new job? Click here for thousan

debian installer and automatic partition option

2006-04-21 Thread Go do
Hello. Does debian installer permit only "automatic partition"? I want to do my own partitions and even when I try "expert mode" the installer doesn't permit me to do them. Before, I could choose how I would want to part my disk... I think that someone have wanted to do the installation proce

Re: SSH = X11 forwarding?

2006-04-21 Thread Greg Norris
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 09:55:04AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 07:52:39AM -0500, Greg Norris wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:43:47AM -0400, Antonio Paiva wrote: > > > Ryan, > > > You probably need to run > > > > > > xhost > > > > > > on the client

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2006-04-21, Michael Schurter penned: > > Think of it this way: if you were a virus/spyware/malware writer who > would you target? 95% of the market or 5% of the market? Well, if *I* were a virus writer, I'd want to target linux because it's more of a challenge. The only reason I can see for w

Re: i868, qemu and install arm netinstaller

2006-04-21 Thread Michael Ott
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Michael Ott wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I try to install the arm netinstaller cd under qemu on my laptop. > > > > But i cannot. > > > > Does anybody did this before. > > > > Using SID > > I've not done this myself. However, some error messages

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 10:11:26PM -0700, lmyho wrote: > Hi Paul and Linas, > > Thanks for the good to know information and nice suggestions! Makes me happy > to hear > these.;) Thanks! Hate those viruses, worms, Trojan horses and dialers, nice > to > know Debian is immune (at least a great po

Re: Thought on receiving two answers...

2006-04-21 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:30:37AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > A quorum? The list administrator(s) form a quorum. They rarely > interfere in anything unless they see action is needed to maintain the > freedom of the list. Correction: not > And about CCing: You can CC: the person you

Re: debian installer and automatic partition option

2006-04-21 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 09:10:52PM +0200, Go do wrote: > Hello. > > Does debian installer permit only "automatic partition"? I want to do my own > partitions and even when I try "expert mode" the installer doesn't permit me > to do them. > > Before, I could choose how I would want to part my d

problems with syntax highlighting in vim

2006-04-21 Thread Glenn Becker
Apologies if this has been posted already. I am trying to use vim to edit some html files. Never had a problem setting the syntax before, but on my Debian install (testing), I get this when I am inside a simple index.html file and type the ex command: :syntax on Error detected while process

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