Re: debian testing with 2.6 and cdrecord

2006-09-14 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Fred J. schreef: > Hi > I need to use my dvd-rw to backup some data, so before installing > cdrecord, I googled and found > http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/cdrecord.html > where it says > [ > Warning: do not use Debian binaries as they include many Debian > specific bugs and still do not run

Re: debian testing with 2.6 and cdrecord

2006-09-14 Thread KS
Fred J. wrote: > Hi > I need to use my dvd-rw to backup some data, so before installing > cdrecord, I googled and found > http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/cdrecord.html > where it says > [ > Warning: do not use Debian binaries as they include many Debian > specific bugs and still do not run c

Re: mounting a dvdrw

2006-09-14 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Fred J. schreef: > Hi > I am missing dvdrw in my / dir, however I got cdrom which is link to > /media/cdrom > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2006-03-19 03:46 cdrom -> media/cdrom > but my fstab does not have media/cdrom but rather /media/cdrom0 and 1. > here is my #fstab > **

Re: debian testing with 2.6 and cdrecord

2006-09-14 Thread Fred J.
I just un-installed cdrecord and installeddvd+rw-tools which seam to have an intense commands, so I am still reading the man pages here to copy some files from my home dir to the dvdrw in /media/cdrom1. KS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fred J. wrote:> Hi> I need to use my dvd-rw to backup some

Re: mounting a dvdrw

2006-09-14 Thread Fred J.
I am trying to mount the dvd-rw but getting some errors. ~$ sudo mount -iso9660 -noatime /media/cdrom1mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd,   missing codepage or other error   In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try   dmesg | tail  or soPaul van der Vl

Re: alternative for rdiff-backup

2006-09-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 10:34:30PM -0700, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: > [This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > > --ABTtc+pdwF7KHXCz > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Content-Disposition: inline > > Content-T

Re: alternative for rdiff-backup

2006-09-14 Thread Daniel Baumann
Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: > We did not use the rdiff-backup package from Debian > because it's too old. rdiff-backup is and was always uptodate in Debian testing and unstable. However, in sarge it is outdated, something I can't fix, but aside of the unstable version, I also maintain the backport o

Kernel 2.6.18-rc7 Debian

2006-09-14 Thread Jan Dinger
Hey, Ill compiling my own kernel. i´ve downloaded the archive and unpacked the archive. This is my directory: rwxrwsr-x 5 root src 4096 Sep 14 11:35 . drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Jul 19 14:08 .. drwxr-sr-x 2 root src 4096 Sep 14 11:54 kernel-patches lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src

Re: Kernel 2.6.18-rc7 Debian

2006-09-14 Thread Guillaume
Jan Dinger a écrit : Hey, Ill compiling my own kernel. i´ve downloaded the archive and unpacked the archive. This is my directory: rwxrwsr-x 5 root src 4096 Sep 14 11:35 . drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Jul 19 14:08 .. drwxr-sr-x 2 root src 4096 Sep 14 11:54 kernel-patches lrwx

Re: Kernel 2.6.18-rc7 Debian

2006-09-14 Thread Jan Dinger
Guillaume wrote: Jan Dinger a écrit : Hey, Ill compiling my own kernel. i´ve downloaded the archive and unpacked the archive. This is my directory: rwxrwsr-x 5 root src 4096 Sep 14 11:35 . drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Jul 19 14:08 .. drwxr-sr-x 2 root src 4096 Sep 14 11:54 k

Re: mounting a dvdrw

2006-09-14 Thread Justin Piszcz
First off its mount -t iso9660 and secondly, you should not use ISO9660 for DVDs, only use UDF, otherwise, you will face some major problems. One of which is you cannot have > 2GB files on an ISO9660 formatted DVD. On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Fred J. wrote: I am trying to mount the dvd-rw but getti

Etch: can I install xorg without all of those drivers

2006-09-14 Thread Robert S
I've just tried to install xorg using # apt-get install xserver-xorg I get prompted to install a huge number of input and video drivers (see below). I want this to be a minimal installation. Is there any way of avoiding installing all of these drivers? # apt-get install xserver-xorg Reading

Re: mounting a dvdrw

2006-09-14 Thread Fred J.
I must be doing some wrong. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mount -t UDF /media/cdrom1Usage: mount -V : print version   mount -h : print this help   mount    : list mounted filesystems   mount -l : idem, including volume labelsSo

Re: Etch: can I install xorg without all of those drivers

2006-09-14 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello Robert. > I've just tried to install xorg using > > # apt-get install xserver-xorg > > I get prompted to install a huge number of input and video drivers (see > below). > > I want this to be a minimal installation. Is there any way of > avoiding installing all of these drivers? No; not

Re: mounting a dvdrw

2006-09-14 Thread Justin Piszcz
Try lowercase. $ cat /proc/filesystems |grep -i udf udf $ On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Fred J. wrote: I must be doing some wrong. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mount -t UDF /media/cdrom1 Usage: mount -V : print version mount -h : print this help mount

Re: alternative for rdiff-backup

2006-09-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:04:27PM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: > > We did not use the rdiff-backup package from Debian > > because it's too old. > > rdiff-backup is and was always uptodate in Debian testing and unstable. > However, in sarge it is outdated, something I

Protection against SuckIt rootkit

2006-09-14 Thread Markus Wetzel
Dear NG, last week my server got infected with the SuckIt rootkit (Debian with 2.4 kernel). Fortunately I have discovered this rootkit (chkrootkit) and reinstalled the system because I didn't know what else has been compromised. Is there a way to protect my server against a new infection with

Re: Etch: can I install xorg without all of those drivers

2006-09-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 08:26:47PM +1000, Robert S wrote: > I've just tried to install xorg using > > # apt-get install xserver-xorg > > I get prompted to install a huge number of input and video drivers (see > below). > > I want this to be a minimal installation. Is there any way of > avoidi

Re: Hot to get the original version of a conffile?

2006-09-14 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 11:07:59PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 06:33:10PM -0300, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I was looking at bug #247336, and wondering if it's possible at all > > to get the original conffile for an installed .deb. > > > > Is this informatio

Re: Kernel 2.6.18-rc7 Debian

2006-09-14 Thread Guillaume
Jan Dinger a écrit : Guillaume wrote: Jan Dinger a écrit : Hey, Ill compiling my own kernel. i´ve downloaded the archive and unpacked the archive. This is my directory: rwxrwsr-x 5 root src 4096 Sep 14 11:35 . drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Jul 19 14:08 .. drwxr-sr-x 2 root src

package gnat-gps in stable and not in testing?

2006-09-14 Thread Roberto Nunnari
Hello list. Here we are evaluating the migration of our multiuser workstations from Redhat to Debian among others. I first tried to install sarge, but the monitor resolution was very bad (640x480 16 colors) e I noticed that it still uses XFree86. So, I installed the etch and everything went fin

Re: Etch: can I install xorg without all of those drivers

2006-09-14 Thread Albert Dengg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 08:26:47PM +1000, Robert S wrote: > I've just tried to install xorg using > > # apt-get install xserver-xorg > > I get prompted to install a huge number of input and video drivers (see > below). > > I want this to be a mini

Re: mounting a dvdrw

2006-09-14 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Fred J. schreef: > how do I make my fstab correct in this case? Your fstab is OK. It should work if you do: mount /dev/hdd Maybe it's a bit better to use udf as Justin says, I don't know. With regards, Paul van der Vlis. > */Paul van der Vlis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > Fred J. schr

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-14 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2006-09-10 06:02:57 -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > That's a nonsense statement. Whether or not something is "up-to-date" > has zero to do with whether or not it's more or less "buggy". Well, in the past, I had mail lost due to the spamassassin from the stable distribution. The maintainer (or some

Re: alternative for rdiff-backup

2006-09-14 Thread Ralph Katz
On 09/13/2006 01:00 PM, Michael Ott wrote: > Hello! > > rdiff-backup crashed every second use. > > And now I want a new backup system which work nearly like rdiff-backup: > Copy only last changed data to another box. But no problems when the > boxes lost the connection or something like that > >

Re: a good Video cut & scale program?

2006-09-14 Thread Wackojacko
Dave Thayer wrote: On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 06:33:27PM +0200, Raphael Brunner wrote: Yes, its a Sony-T3 Digicam (normally for still-pictures, but it can also record animated pictures (not good, but good enough) :-) And I must cut the under half of this movie because it's not nessessary and cut t

udev or hal problem with device name ending with a number?

2006-09-14 Thread H.S.
Hello, I recall that I read someplace via google that udev or hal have problem automounting devices that have device names ending with a number. For example, my external USB DVD writer, detected as /dev/scd0, doesn't make a disc icon on the KDE desktop as is done by my internal writer (/dev/

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-14 Thread Adrian Midgley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>Boycoting is a good idea, but only if everyone else follows with it. If >> the movie companies keep getting the sales, nothing will change. It needs >> to be a joint effort to take back our FREEDOM to own what we BUY! >> >> It doesn't really need that. Taken to

Re: Mouse Problem with kernel 2.6.x

2006-09-14 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 12.09.06 20:25, ferrangu z wrote: > Got a strange Problem. The lights of my optical mouse just shuts of while > just booting into kernel 2.6.x, and it stops working. > > The mouse works fine in 2.4.x kernels. is it USB mouse? Do (and did) you use debian kernels? Do you use hotplug, do you have

Re: Hot to get the original version of a conffile?

2006-09-14 Thread Wayne Topa
Jeronimo Pellegrini([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi. > > I was looking at bug #247336, and wondering if it's possible at all > to get the original conffile for an installed .deb. > > Is this information stored in the installed system somewhere? (Other > than /var/cache/apt/archi

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-09-10 06:02:57 -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > > That's a nonsense statement. Whether or not something is "up-to-date" > > has zero to do with whether or not it's more or less "buggy". > > Well, in the past, I had mail lost due to the spamassassin

udev fails to start at boot with my kernel.

2006-09-14 Thread Basanta Shrestha
Dear List, This is my first mail to the list. I am trying to get udev started automatically. I need this in order to enable automounting of thumb/pen drive. It doesn't start automatically. (It gives following error while system is booting: "udev requires a mounted sysfs, not started" --failed"). I

Debian hangs while booting

2006-09-14 Thread Stefan Burkard
hi all I installed debian etch beta 3 on a dell poweredge 1950 server and it worked just fine (except that I wasn't able to install GRUB, therefore I installed LILO). but after the installation, debian hangs while booting. the last line of the output is something like: low speed USB device

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-14 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Mike McCarty wrote: > > If Apple is going to start shipping > machines with UNIX pre-installed, and with a nice support package > to go with it, and make it "user friendly", then it might overtake > Linux. Excuse my ignorance, but what is ... Linucs? A kernel, an operating system, what? I have b

Re: mounting a dvdrw

2006-09-14 Thread Wayne Topa
Fred J.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > I must be doing some wrong. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mount -t UDF /media/cdrom1 > Usage: mount -V : print version >mount -h : print this help >mount: list mounted filesy

Re: Hot to get the original version of a conffile?

2006-09-14 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 11:08:59PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > Jeronimo Pellegrini([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > (I'd like to back up diffs of modified files, as opposed to a full dump > > of /etc). > > Not sure if I am understanding exactly what you want. I _think_ you > are l

Re: Mouse Problem with kernel 2.6.x

2006-09-14 Thread ferrangu z
On 9/14/06, Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 12.09.06 20:25, ferrangu z wrote:> Got a strange Problem. The lights of my optical mouse just shuts of while> just booting into kernel 2.6.x, and it stops working.>> The mouse works fine in 2.4.x kernels.is it USB mouse? Do (and did)

Re: alternative for rdiff-backup

2006-09-14 Thread Daniel Baumann
Kevin Mark wrote: > I would never suggest a takeover of a package that is being > maintained, only one that was not being maintained enough for the users > for a forthcomming release. Glad to hear that you are not MIA and that > you are keeping backports! as I said, I know you didn't know, so I do

Re: Protection against SuckIt rootkit

2006-09-14 Thread Mike Bird
On Thursday 14 September 2006 03:43, Markus Wetzel wrote: > last week my server got infected with the SuckIt rootkit (Debian with > 2.4 kernel). Fortunately I have discovered this rootkit (chkrootkit) and > reinstalled the system because I didn't know what else has been > compromised. > > Is there

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2006 #1987

2006-09-14 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If, for example, X is broken (which can and did happen), how is he > supposed to write to d-u? I cant imagine the average cluebie to be > able to use TUI mailers. One of the first lessons any Linux newbie de

GNOME update and mouse cursor

2006-09-14 Thread Aleksej
Hello. I've been using mixed GNOME for some time -- 2.8+2.12+2.14 etc. Yesterday I updated all the GNOME packages to 2.14, and got some mouse problems. I'm using a graphic tablet, and the mouse is on the left, and is configured to be left-handed. In GNOME 2.8, it all worked fine, but in 2.14, GNOM

Re: system is up 1 year

2006-09-14 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-09-10 14:12:51, schrieb Hugo Vanwoerkom: > Hi, > > http://klive.cpushare.com/2.6.11.6-procmail/ > shows that the system is up one year. > Not bad. FALSE! - Realy Bad! I run a Router/Firewall with Linux 2.4.32 and its uptime is currently 55 days 22 hours which is the highest uptime I ev

Re: system is up 1 year

2006-09-14 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-09-10 16:45:04, schrieb Ron Johnson: > That is if the kernel is at (more than slight) risk of infection. Right > If you sit behind a firewalling router, don't run an httpd, an ftpd, > etc, how much at risk are you? Extremly High! Since the Router/Firewall (AS) is currently a Debian sys

Re: system is up 1 year

2006-09-14 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-09-10 18:32:09, schrieb Ron Johnson: > On 09/10/06 17:54, Marc Wilson wrote: > > Depends. Is the "firewalling router" the Linux box with the year uptime? > > No, it's a little Netgear RP614v2. The 614 have security problems... I prefer the 834 since it run Linux... (source tarball avail

Re: /dev/hda cannot be found after upgrading my debian

2006-09-14 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-09-11 01:29:26, schrieb Mauricio Lin: > So following your suggestion the following message is: > > dpkg-query: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line > 4308 package 'wml': 'Suggests' field, invalid package name > 'imagemagéck' character 'é' not allowed (only letters. dig

Re: dri disabled on Etch / Xorg

2006-09-14 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-09-10 15:40:46, schrieb David E. Fox: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log$ grep DRI Xorg.0.log > (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI > (EE) MGA(0): [drm] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. Same problem here, Etch AND Sid. Under Sarge I can not activate DRI too. > I'm using a Matrox G450 card.

Re: Installing from source a la Gentoo / BSD

2006-09-14 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Rickardo, Am 2006-09-11 01:34:36, schrieb Rickardo Branco: > I'm a FreeBSD/NetBSD user wanting to run Linux using I run netBSD on some machines and... > the same sources that I'm using on these two systems. ...using some "BSD" software on my Linux machines too. IF your sources can be co

Re: Odp: Re: is it possible to create a black box with debian?

2006-09-14 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-09-12 10:07:25, schrieb Zbigniew Wiech: > Hi, > > Do I understand well, this blacbox would act as a private http server > located near end customer ? > > Why not set a real website, with cheap internet access and "thin" discless > client in untrusted location ? Possible he is working f

Re: is it possible to create a black box with debian?

2006-09-14 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-09-11 21:59:36, schrieb Ron Johnson: > > Ha Ha Ha !!! > > Local access ? > > Game over. > > You lose. > > Sure, if it's a cheap plastic case. I'm sure there are heavy-duty > cases with stronger locks. ...with activated detection of case manipulation and automatic self-destruction using

ls sort order

2006-09-14 Thread Eric d'Alibut
I just noticed on a brand new install of testing that ls has begun to sort alphabetically, but mixes uppercase and lowercase together i.e. 'Pearl' comes before 'pearl' but after 'otter'. otter Pearl pearl A stable Debian version I maintain behaves the good old-fashioned way: Pearl otter pearl

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-14 Thread T.J. Duchene
Hi everyone: I will not respond to this on the user list after this post, unless I deem it absolutely necessary. It could easy develop into a flame war, and so I won't encourage it. In my opinion, this topic has nothing to do with Debian specifically, so this discussion has no place on a deb

Re: ls sort order

2006-09-14 Thread Derek Martin
On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 01:01:25PM -0400, Eric d'Alibut wrote: > I just noticed on a brand new install of testing that ls has begun to > sort alphabetically, but mixes uppercase and lowercase together i.e. > 'Pearl' comes before 'pearl' but after 'otter'. [...] > A stable Debian version I maintain

Re: Odp: Re: is it possible to create a black box with debian?

2006-09-14 Thread enediel gonzalez
"La imaginación es más importante que el conocimiento." Einstein SCJP 1.5 ( Sun Certified Java Programmer) Linux user 300141 Am 2006-09-12 10:07:25, schrieb Zbigniew Wiech: > Hi, > > Do I understand well, this blacbox would act as a private http server > located near end customer ? > > Why no

Re: is it possible to create a black box with debian?

2006-09-14 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/13/06 07:47, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2006-09-11 21:59:36, schrieb Ron Johnson: > >>> Ha Ha Ha !!! >>> Local access ? >>> Game over. >>> You lose. >> Sure, if it's a cheap plastic case. I'm sure there are heavy-duty >> cases with stronger

Sendmail in Sarge and Etch

2006-09-14 Thread T.J. Duchene
What is the appropriate list for this? Bugs? I'm not sure if you would really consider this a flaw or not. I do, but then I've had more experience with Sendmail than most. The Debian package installers in Sarge and Etch contain a serious flaw in the setup scripts that place FEATURE() afte

Re: system is up 1 year

2006-09-14 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/13/06 07:21, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2006-09-10 18:32:09, schrieb Ron Johnson: >> On 09/10/06 17:54, Marc Wilson wrote: >>> Depends. Is the "firewalling router" the Linux box with the year uptime? >> No, it's a little Netgear RP614v2. > >

Re: system is up 1 year

2006-09-14 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/13/06 07:19, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2006-09-10 16:45:04, schrieb Ron Johnson: > >> That is if the kernel is at (more than slight) risk of infection. > > Right > >> If you sit behind a firewalling router, don't run an httpd, an ftpd, >> e

Re: mounting a dvdrw

2006-09-14 Thread Fred J.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/filesystems  |grep -i udf[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mount /dev/hddmount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd,   missing codepage or other error   In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try   dmesg | tail  or so[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Justi

Re: mounting a dvdrw

2006-09-14 Thread Justin Piszcz
You do not have support to mount a udf filesystem. Recompile with UDF & packet cd/dvd support. Justin. On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Fred J. wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/filesystems |grep -i udf [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mount /dev/hdd mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd

Re: mounting a dvdrw

2006-09-14 Thread Fred J.
do you mean kernel recompile?Justin Piszcz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You do not have support to mount a udf filesystem. Recompile with UDF & packet cd/dvd support.Justin.On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Fred J. wrote:> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/filesystems |grep -i udf> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mount /dev/

Re: mounting a dvdrw

2006-09-14 Thread Justin Piszcz
Yep. On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Fred J. wrote: do you mean kernel recompile? Justin Piszcz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You do not have support to mount a udf filesystem. Recompile with UDF & packet cd/dvd support. Justin. On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Fred J. wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/filesy

Re: Sendmail in Sarge and Etch

2006-09-14 Thread Richard A Nelson
On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, T.J. Duchene wrote: What is the appropriate list for this? Bugs? Yes, bugs, or directly to the maintainer I'm not sure if you would really consider this a flaw or not. I do, but then I've had more experience with Sendmail than most. A flaw, but a cosmetic one This,

Re: mounting a dvdrw

2006-09-14 Thread Fred J.
does the following change the situation *** [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ growisofs -Z /dev/hdd -R -J myPc Executing 'mkisofs -R -J myPc | builtin_dd of=/dev/hdd obs=32k seek=0' INFO: ISO-8859-1 character encoding detected by locale settings. As

Re: Sendmail in Sarge and Etch

2006-09-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
"T.J. Duchene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the appropriate list for this? Bugs? > > > > I'm not sure if you would really consider this a flaw or not. I do, but > then I've had more experience with Sendmail than most. > > The Debian package installers in Sarge and Etch contain a ser

Re: ls sort order

2006-09-14 Thread Eric d'Alibut
On 9/14/06, Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this some utf-8 mutation? Yup. If you want the old behavior, use this: export LC_COLLATE=C Bingo. Thank you sir! -- No no no, my fish's name is Eric, Eric the fish. He's an halibut. I am not a looney! Why should I be tarred with the

Re: system is up 1 year

2006-09-14 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-09-14 12:36:05, schrieb Ron Johnson: > Who's router is running Linux 2.4.32? 2.4.32 is much more stable then a 2.6.18 has less bugs and can run with 12 MB of memory in embedded Systems for example. If you want to run a 2.6 then you need at least 24 MByte of memory and forced to upgrade s

Re: system is up 1 year

2006-09-14 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/14/06 13:39, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2006-09-14 12:36:05, schrieb Ron Johnson: > >> Who's router is running Linux 2.4.32? > > 2.4.32 is much more stable then a 2.6.18 has less bugs and can > run with 12 MB of memory in embedded Systems for

Re: getting nforce4 NIC to work with forcedeth driver.

2006-09-14 Thread Wackojacko
Ragu apologies for the off list communication, redirected to list. Raghavendra Bhat wrote: Ramesh wrote: wondering if things have changed and I should try getting new image. Or something is specifically wrong with my MB that prevents forcedeth to work properly Possibly you can try out com

RE: is it possible to create a black box with debian?

2006-09-14 Thread Seth Goodman
On Wednesday, September 13, 2006 7:47 AM -0500, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2006-09-11 21:59:36, schrieb Ron Johnson: > > > > Ha Ha Ha !!! > > > Local access ? > > > Game over. > > > You lose. > > > > Sure, if it's a cheap plastic case. I'm sure there are heavy-duty > > cases with stronger loc

Re: punctuation in Epiphany

2006-09-14 Thread Mark Grieveson
Mark Grieveson wrote: > Hello. On some pages, quotation marks and apostrophes are not rendered > with Epiphany browser on my computer. Most frequently this occurs on > large sites which use a content management system of some sort. For > example, the Toronto Star's site, at www.thestar.co

Re: is it possible to create a black box with debian?

2006-09-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
"Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday, September 13, 2006 7:47 AM -0500, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > > Am 2006-09-11 21:59:36, schrieb Ron Johnson: > > > > > > Ha Ha Ha !!! > > > > Local access ? > > > > Game over. > > > > You lose. > > > > > > Sure, if it's a cheap plastic c

Re: Linux Will Get Buried

2006-09-14 Thread Gnu-Raiz
High in his ivory tower one hot afternoon "T.J. Duchene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We have already lost respected members of the Debian community in >the last year or so, because of debates on the use of the lists. >I don't want to see that trend continue. If you actually read some of the

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-14 Thread Derek
I dont see how anything apple puts out can bury linux.Ive been using OS X  since 10.1 came out,its really nothing special.I much prefer my Linux box.

Re: ndiswrapper for Debian using 2.4 kernels

2006-09-14 Thread Chris Lale
Glen Yu wrote: Hi everyone, I recently installed Debian on an old Pentium II laptop which won't run with the 2.6 kernel (which is fine). However, I seem to have trouble trying to get the wireless card to work. It's a Linksys Wireless-B Notebook Adapter (WPC11). I found that I had no choice

Re: aptitude update and pdiff files

2006-09-14 Thread celejar
On 13 Sep 2006 20:47:24 +0200, Urs Thuermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Apt is configurable in this respect, it just isn't documented yet (see > Bug #376158): > > apt-get update -o Acquire::Pdiffs=false > > or, to make this setting permanent, put the f

Adaptec Hardware Raid Controller

2006-09-14 Thread Gary Catalano
Title: Adaptec Hardware Raid Controller Is the Adaptec hardware raid controller (I'm thinking of getting a 2410SA) supported in the 2.6 kernel?  Gary Catalano IT Manager Cryptic Studios

rails not starting any more

2006-09-14 Thread Julien Motch
Hi everybody, I have been switching from a dedicated server celeron to a amd64 one 2 days ago. The migration has been ok except for rails. I had a rails application running fine both with the embedded server and throught apache. I have re-instaled rails but I can not make it work except if I am

How upgrade kernel 2.4.31 on dell server?

2006-09-14 Thread Arnau
I've got two powerdege 2850 with 5 disks to configure:) I've installed the iso debian-dell-2.4.31.iso downloaded from http://staff.osuosl.org/~kveton/debian/debian-dell-2.4.31.iso. The installation has been very smooth, the problems arised when I tried to upgrade to the latest kernel available

Etch keyboard mappings

2006-09-14 Thread Wolfe, Robert
Good evening everyone! Installed Etch on one of my 2 Sun Ultra 5 boxes and even though the computer boots up and gives me a GUI login as it should, whenever I go to enter something in on the keyboard I get something different that what I typed. For instance, pressing Backspace gives me an = symb

Re: Hot to get the original version of a conffile?

2006-09-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 11:57:14AM -0300, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 11:08:59PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > > Jeronimo Pellegrini([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > (I'd like to back up diffs of modified files, as opposed to a full dump > > > of /etc). > >

Re: Protection against SuckIt rootkit

2006-09-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:43:49PM +0200, Markus Wetzel wrote: > Dear NG, > > last week my server got infected with the SuckIt rootkit (Debian with > 2.4 kernel). Fortunately I have discovered this rootkit (chkrootkit) and > reinstalled the system because I didn't know what else has been comprom

Emacs newbie question

2006-09-14 Thread Paolo Pantaleo
Hi, if i issue emacs I get the X interface for emacs. What can I do if I want Emacs to start with console interface? PAolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: udev fails to start at boot with my kernel.

2006-09-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 08:48:54PM +0545, Basanta Shrestha wrote: > Dear List, > > This is my first mail to the list. > I am trying to get udev started automatically. I need this in order to > enable automounting of thumb/pen drive. It doesn't start automatically. > (It gives following error while

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-14 Thread M-L
On Friday 15 September 2006 07:03, Derek shared this with us all: >--> I dont see how anything apple puts out can bury linux.Ive been using OS > X --> since 10.1 came out,its really nothing special.I much prefer my Linux > box. --> Support OS X as well as Linux? Sounds fair. -- Registered Linux

Re: Emacs newbie question

2006-09-14 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:34:02 +0200 "Paolo Pantaleo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > if i issue > > emacs > > I get the X interface for emacs. What can I do if I want Emacs to > start with console interface? > > PAolo man emacs is your friend ;-) emacs -nw -- Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL P

Re: Emacs newbie question

2006-09-14 Thread Alfredo Finelli
On Friday 15 September 2006 00:34, Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > Hi, > > if i issue > > emacs > > I get the X interface for emacs. What can I do if I want Emacs to > start with console interface? $ emacs -nw -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

purge hot plug

2006-09-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
Earlier I tried upgrading from kernel 2.6.12-speakup-686 to kernel 2.6.17-speakup-686 and was told I'd need to purge hot plug. The kernel upgrade failed one of the things that ended up happening was all of the kernel's downloaded modules were deleted as the install errored out. I don't yet kn

Re: Emacs newbie question

2006-09-14 Thread John Hasler
PAolo writes: > What can I do if I want Emacs to start with console interface? 'emacs -nw' -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How upgrade kernel 2.4.31 on dell server?

2006-09-14 Thread Arthur Marsh
Arnau wrote, On 2006-09-15 07:38: I've got two powerdege 2850 with 5 disks to configure:) I've installed the iso debian-dell-2.4.31.iso downloaded from http://staff.osuosl.org/~kveton/debian/debian-dell-2.4.31.iso. The installation has been very smooth, the problems arised when I tried to upgr

Re: Protection against SuckIt rootkit

2006-09-14 Thread Markus Wetzel
Actually the problem has been caused by an old openssl version. Now everything is fixed, thank you! Markus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Web listing of repository

2006-09-14 Thread Andrew J. Barr
Hi, Does anyone know of available web scripts (perl, python, php, whatever) that can parse a Packages.gz and/or Sources.gz file for an APT repository and output to HTML? Something similar to what packages.debian.org does. I've got an unofficial repository I'm thinking about making public and I'd l

intel imacs

2006-09-14 Thread Greg Harris
Is there a port of Debian to the new intel imacs? will i386 Debian work? Currently I run PPC Debian on my (old) Mac Cube. Sorry if this is mentioned somewhere on your website. I looked and didn't see anything. Thanks. -- ___ Greg Har

Re: debian testing with 2.6 and cdrecord

2006-09-14 Thread Kelly Clowers
On 9/14/06, Fred J. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just un-installed cdrecord and installed dvd+rw-tools which seam to have an intense commands, so I am still reading the man pages here to copy some files from my home dir to the dvdrw in /media/cdrom1. I don't know if you are using Sarge or Et

Re: Web listing of repository

2006-09-14 Thread Mumia W.
Andrew J. Barr wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of available web scripts (perl, python, php, whatever) that can parse a Packages.gz and/or Sources.gz file for an APT repository and output to HTML? Something similar to what packages.debian.org does. I've got an unofficial repository I'm thinking about

Re: Etch keyboard mappings

2006-09-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 06:12:10PM -0400, Wolfe, Robert wrote: > > Good evening everyone! Installed Etch on one of my 2 Sun Ultra 5 boxes > and even though the computer boots up and gives me a GUI login as it > should, whenever I go to enter something in on the keyboard I get > something differen

Re: purge hot plug

2006-09-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 06:54:57PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Earlier I tried upgrading from kernel 2.6.12-speakup-686 to kernel > 2.6.17-speakup-686 and was told I'd need to purge hot plug. The kernel > upgrade failed one of the things that ended up happening was all of the > kernel's downl

Re: intel imacs

2006-09-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 07:16:51PM -0500, Greg Harris wrote: > > Is there a port of Debian to the new intel imacs? will i386 Debian work? > > Currently I run PPC Debian on my (old) Mac Cube. > > Sorry if this is mentioned somewhere on your website. I looked and didn't > see anything. Hi Gre

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-14 Thread David E. Fox
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:24:40 -0700 "K. Richard Pixley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The linux market hasn't really ever competed in those markets. There > aren't any serious photography apps, video editing apps, etc. What will > hurt linux in the market place is DRM. I can play dvd's on my m

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-14 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wednesday 13 September 2006 20:51, Steve Lamb wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Wednesday 13 September 2006 19:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Big Brother!! > > > > Yes indeed. You should be concerned about such things or they become the > > norm for worse. A great man once told me, "O

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-14 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wednesday 13 September 2006 20:13, Steve Lamb wrote: > K. Richard Pixley wrote: > > The linux market hasn't really ever competed in those markets. There > > aren't any serious photography apps, video editing apps, etc. What will > > hurt linux in the market place is DRM. I can play dvd's on m

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