Re: security (malware) issues in Linux bases OSes

2009-02-16 Thread JoeHill
H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > In the last some weeks I recall reading in one of the mailing lists that > it is just a matter of popularity that we are not seeing bad intentioned > debs or rpms on the internet. If Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora were to become > sufficiently popular, the claim is that it would b

Re: Wlan and IBM Thinkpad T41 - 2nd

2009-02-16 Thread Alokat MacMoneysack
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Celejar wrote: > [Once again, please reply to the list and don't cc. me, as per the > list code of conduct.] > > On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:44:36 +0100 Alokat MacMoneysack > wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> >> Celejar wrote: >>

New Debian Wiki online with lot of working howtos

2009-02-16 Thread Christoph Pilka
Hi folks, I am working for several weeks on a new wiki containing lot lof interesting and _working_ howtos. You can find it at http://debian.asconix.com. The howtos explain step-by-step the setup of server or desktop installations. The first howtos I published cover topics like Lighttpd (+PHP/MyS

Re: unzip -a strange behavior

2009-02-16 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/16/2009 06:50 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote: dgwicks:~# unzip -v UnZip 5.52 of 28 February 2005, by Debian. Original by Info-ZIP. It doesn't look like it has changed in the past five years, which makes me think it might be something else that unzip interacts with. But I have no idea what it mi

Re: security (malware) issues in Linux bases OSes

2009-02-16 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:05:27 -0600 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/16/2009 03:55 PM, H.S. wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > >> Sure. The keylogger would have to add itself to the "autostart folder", > >> but that's no mean feat. > >> > > > > I am sorry, what is an auto start folder in relation to

Re: security (malware) issues in Linux bases OSes

2009-02-16 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/16/2009 06:55 PM, JoeHill wrote: [snip] No, popularity has very little to do with it. Windows is compromised a lot because it is trivial to do so. Linux could have twice the market share as Windows, and it would still be less prone to invasion, simply because it is more difficult to do so.

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Ink Bottle-- > > > I've found this little script around something > I've heared about recently; it's a command dedicated > to check dependencies. > I don't know it it can be of some use. > It's been hard to make it work (that's the bad part :)

Grub error 18

2009-02-16 Thread Jason Millis
Hi, I'm currently trying to install Debian (4.0) onto a 2.5" Seagate 60GB hard drive in a usb caddy (which is detected as a SCSI drive). Debian installs fine but then I get back an "Error 18" (which I've looked up, is due to a larger hard drive than the motherboards bios recognises). I've tri

Can't update Testing system

2009-02-16 Thread JoeHill
Came back tonight and of course I've got 200 or so packages to update after Saturday's release of Lenny. The update errors out, however, and tells me to run aptitude install -f to correct the problem, but that results in: node1:/home/joehill# aptitude install -f Reading package lists... Done Bui

Older Debian Linux version hangs when detecting hardware

2009-02-16 Thread Martin Willcocks
I have an older Debian Linux version that came with Corel WordPerfect 8, and it had been working satisfactorily on my somewhat ancient 170MHz Pentium computer system with 128Mb RAM, but Lilo stopped working about a year ago. Despite several attempts, I've been unable to run it since this happe

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 16 February 2009 16:13:29 S D wrote: > (EE) Failed to load module "ait" (module doesn't exist, 0) For the "ati" module, you need the package: p xserver-xorg-video-ati - X.Org X server -- ATI display driver -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasu

Re: Is there any replacement product for Keil uVision3

2009-02-16 Thread Leniy Tsan
2009/2/15 Leniy Tsan > May wine keil work? > > > > 2009/2/15 Leniy Tsan > >> And Orcad Family Release 9.2 >> >> Thanks >> >> 2009/2/15 Leniy Tsan >> >>> used for coding in mcs-51 >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Do not , for one repulse , give up the purpose that you resolved to >>> effect . >>> >> >> >> >>

Re: Older Debian Linux version hangs when detecting hardware

2009-02-16 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/16/2009 08:03 PM, Martin Willcocks wrote: I have an older Debian Linux version that came with Corel WordPerfect 8, and it had been working satisfactorily on my somewhat ancient 170MHz Pentium computer system with 128Mb RAM, but Lilo stopped working about a year ago. Error message?

KDE

2009-02-16 Thread Jimmy Johnson
While using aptitude to remove a package from my KDE install aptitude wants to remove all of KDE, how do I stop this behavior? -- Jimmy Johnson Bakersfield, CA. U.S.A. Registered Linux User #380263 K.I.S.S. (Keep it simple stupid) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.or

Hard freezes upon hotplugging a USB keyboard

2009-02-16 Thread Celejar
Hi, Running uptodate Sid. I used to be able to hotplug my USB keyboard into my laptop while running without any problems. Recently, doing this often, but not always, causes the system to lock up (screen freeze, no response to keyboard / mouse). I've never got Magic SysReq working properly, and

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-02-16 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/16/2009 08:33 AM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: [snip] Hi Ron, just to let you know, if you have /home installed to /root and you have another OS installed or a Live CD to use you can delete all files except /home and then install no-format, if you get a warning after partit

Re: KDE

2009-02-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 16 February 2009 21:02:55 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > While using aptitude to remove a package from my KDE install aptitude > wants to remove all of KDE, how do I stop this behavior? Short answer: You can't and you don't want to. Medium answer: Use aptitude 'unmarkauto' on the packages or m

Re: KDE

2009-02-16 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/16/2009 09:02 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: While using aptitude to remove a package from my KDE install aptitude wants to remove all of KDE, how do I stop this behavior? Insufficient data for non-facile response. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Supporting World Peace Through Nuclear P

Re: New Debian Wiki online with lot of working howtos

2009-02-16 Thread green
On Mon, 2009-02-16, 047, Christoph Pilka wrote: > The first howtos I published cover topics like Lighttpd (+PHP/MySQL/ > SSL), Awesome Window Manager, Zattoo IPTV, KeePassX as password > manager, effective backups running on rsync, keybased SSH- > authentication, VMware Workstation and Debian on NS

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-16 Thread S D
--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > For the "ati" module, you need the package: > p xserver-xorg-video-ati - X.Org X server -- > ATI display driver Installed the xserver-xorg-video-ati package and it did resolve the issue somewhat. I was able to start X and KDE, KD

DVD install question

2009-02-16 Thread M. Lewis
Prior to the release of Lenny, I downloaded one of the Lenny release candidate DVD's and installed via a network install from DVD #1. Is this still possible with the released version of Lenny? Or do I need all 5 of the DVD's? Thanks, Mike -- IBM: Irresponsibility Behaved Multinational 2

Re: request to try something with midori

2009-02-16 Thread Chris Burkhardt
Ink Bottle wrote: > Thank you very much for your help :) > I found exactly the same results. > So now, though it's not a solution, we have > a very reproducible problem. And even different > cases where it behave the same or not the same. > Since you English is far much better than mine > maybe you

Re: DVD install question

2009-02-16 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/16/2009 11:03 PM, M. Lewis wrote: Prior to the release of Lenny, I downloaded one of the Lenny release candidate DVD's and installed via a network install from DVD #1. Congrats. None of the Lenny DVDs I downloaded ever succeeded in doing a proper install. Only the CDs worked. Is th

Re: Can't update Testing system

2009-02-16 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 09:18:55PM -0500, JoeHill was heard to say: > dpkg: error > processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libsox-fmt-base_14.2.0-1_i386.deb > (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/sox/libsox_fmt_sndfile.so', which is > also in package libsox-fmt-sndfile That's your bug. It lo

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 16 February 2009 21:58:13 S D wrote: > The picture now, for some reason, doesn't use the whole available screen > space but leave unused areas about 3-5 cm from the left, right, top and > bottom monitor edges. It looks something like this: > > I usually run my monitor in 1600x1200 mode an

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-16 Thread S D
--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > Probably need to add some modes or modelines to your > xorg.conf. Might try > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (or sth like that) to get the > resolution you > want. I checked xorg.conf, it already has 1600x1200 line entries. Besides, the K

Re: Problems with Lenny Installer

2009-02-16 Thread Adrian Levi
2009/2/17 Khristian : > (re-sending the e-mail to the list as well, I always forget to hit the > 'reply to all' button :/ ) Standard practice on this list is to reply only to the list unless explicetly requested to cc someone. > Yes, I've installed linux some times before, and what I'm trying to

Re: Iceweasel blocking pop-ups

2009-02-16 Thread Jonathan Kaye
tyler wrote: > Dennis Wicks writes: > >> Greetings; >> >> I turned off the popup blocker in IW but it seems to still be blocking >> them. >> >> I tried it in Iceweasel 3.0.6-1 and it doesn't work at all, even with >> the popup blocker turned off. No messages or anything. It shows the >> URL when

Re: "On battery power, so skipping file system check" when in AC power

2009-02-16 Thread Virgo Pärna
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:32:25 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > IOW, does "apt-get install powermgmt-base" fix it? > Nope, I had powermgmt-base already installed and it is in latest version. Anyway - it seems, that it takes too long for system to figure out, that it is running on AC power. D

Downgrade libc6

2009-02-16 Thread Adrian Chapela
Hello, I want to install the stable version (etch not lenny) of libc6. I have installed a testing version of the package ( it is needed by ext4 utils...) and now I want to downgrade. My problem is, if I try to uninstall this package, I will lost apt utility, then I can't reinstall anything m

[Solved] X11 keyboard behaving strangely since update

2009-02-16 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Marc Talder wrote: > On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Stefan Bellon wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm happily running Debian GNU/Linux unstable on my IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad >> T60 (and on all my other machines as well). >> >> Yesterday I did an update with the notebook in question (the last >> update was e

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