Re: New list debian-user-dutch started

Paul Wise schreef: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Paul van der Vlis wrote: > >> If you have an idea how to give this more publicity, I am interested to >> know how. > > Mention it on debian lists whenever a user uses Dutch on the wrong list. I will do when I see it. > Mention it on the Debi

--initrd

According to the kernel-package README.gz one can use the following command to compile a kernel with an initrd.img: $Get_Root make-kpkg --initrd --revision=3:custom.2.0 kernel_image In the past I could compile a kernel like that and when I install the package an initrd image would be generated in

Re: New list debian-user-dutch started

Hugo Vanwoerkom schreef: > Paul van der Vlis wrote: >> Hello, >> >> There is a new mailinglist: debian-user-dutch >> >> You can subscribe here: >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-dutch/ >> >> If you have an idea how to give this more publicity, I am interested to >> know how. >> > > Does not

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

So how does one use the latest version of this web browser on Stable ? If I were you, I would temporarily enable testing, unstable and experimental repos, grab iceweasel and dependencies from experimental and then disabling the repos. Hm sounds like a plan. Do you know offhand which Debian dist

Re: fetchmail socket error

On 2009-08-11 17:17 (-0400), Paul Cartwright wrote: > I have fetchmail set to fetchall. If I set it to keep, can I use a > laptop, setup that account as IMAP on the laptop and also retrieve > that same email? I mean setup a kmail account as IMAP.. on the laptop. Yes, you can. The mail will be kept

rmadison (was: Iceweasel 3.5)

On 2009-08-11 23:19:37 -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Use the rmadison command The rmadison command isn't reliable. For instance: $ rmadison subversion subversion | 1.4.2dfsg1-2 | etch-m68k | source, m68k subversion | 1.4.2dfsg1-2 | oldstable | source, alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i38

If you're so cool...

If you're so cool, why do you need an explanation how to remove HAL? Who's the Windows user now... So, you think HAL should not be enforced. Petition the Debian people, it's your right to do so! Don't insult others who like to use it!:) I <3 HAL -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ.

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On 2009-08-12 10:35:07 +0200, Johan Grönqvist wrote: > So how does one use the latest version of this web browser on Stable ? > >>If I were you, I would temporarily enable testing, unstable and > >>experimental repos, grab iceweasel and dependencies from experimental > >>and then disabling the

Re: fetchmail socket error

On Wed August 12 2009, Teemu Likonen wrote: > Yes, you can. The mail will be kept on the server but it will be marked > as "old" or "already seen" when you read it through fetchmail or > laptop's IMAP connection. Already seen "old" mail won't be fetched twice > with fetchmail, unless you use --fetc

Re: If you're so cool...

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:26 +0200, Amir Dizdarević wrote: > If you're so cool, why do you need an explanation how to remove HAL? > Who's the Windows user now... So, you think HAL should not be > enforced. Petition the Debian people, it's your right to do so! Don't > insult others who like to use

Re: --initrd

Johann Spies wrote: According to the kernel-package README.gz one can use the following command to compile a kernel with an initrd.img: $Get_Root make-kpkg --initrd --revision=3:custom.2.0 kernel_image In the past I could compile a kernel like that and when I install the package an initrd image

Re: libdvdcss availability?

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 13:26 +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote: > On 2009-08-11 12:05 (+0200), Olivier Cailloux wrote: >> - How can I install libdvdcss on my system? (Preferably through >> aptitude, although if not possible advices on how to do it >> differently would be appreciated.) I installed them d

After upgrade to lenny, the filecopy-speed are slow

Hallo, I have a VMWare ESXi-Server with 3xLenny, 1xEtch, 1xWinXP. Befor i upgrade Etch to Lenny, the filecopy-speed on the harddisk are fast. After the upgrade i can count the bytes... "hdparm -tT /dev/sda" on Lenny display: - kronos:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Tim

Re: libdvdcss availability?

Wolodja Wentland wrote: I would be quite happy though if someone could make some comments on the situation with d-m since June 2008. Is it worth to include it again? I've never had a problem. knock on wood. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "

Re: Can't upgrade: "Couldn't configure pre-depend libc6-i386..."

(I'm using amd64 unstable, current kernel 2.6.30-1-amd64) I assume this is a 32bit package which i'll (pobably) only need if i want to compile stuff for i386, right? I have these: dpkg -l |grep libc6 ii libc6 2.9-18 ii libc6-dev 2.9-18 ii libc6-dev-i386 2.9-18 ii libc6-i386 2.9-18 and i a

Re: Unable to install mencoder debian package from debian-multimedia.org.

>> I have the following entry in my sources.list file: >> >> deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main >> >> But I cannot install any package from that repository. I get this error >> message: >> >> # apt-get install mencoder >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Rea

Re: problem with installing wifi driver from source

In The Name Of God The compassion merciful Good day every body , Don't have anybody any opinion ? Regards dehqan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: 60 console-kit-daemons

Michael Biebl wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Since upgrading to the latest Xorg htop shows 60 console-kit-daemons. Do I need all 60? What do they do? Actually there are 64 threads all the time. This describes the phenomenon: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?i

Re: problem with installing wifi driver from source

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 6:26 AM, a dehqan wrote: > In The Name Of God The compassion merciful > > Good day every body , Don't have anybody any opinion ? U . . . Chicago pizza is the best. Red is pretty. The Phish show that I went to last night was awesome! . . . need more? > > Regards dehqan

how to generate random negative numbers

I know I could generate numbers like: 0; 1; 2 with: $[ ( $RANDOM % 3 ) + 0 ] But how could I generate numbers like: 0; 1; 2; -1; -2; etc? So negative+positive numbers too + zero thank you

Re: how to generate random negative numbers

Soren Orel wrote: I know I could generate numbers like: 0; 1; 2 with: $[ ( $RANDOM % 3 ) + 0 ] But how could I generate numbers like: 0; 1; 2; -1; -2; etc? So negative+positive numbers too + zero thank you $[ ($RANDOM % 5 ) -2 ] ? (I have no idea if I have the bash syntax right) -- Alan Ch

Re: Unable to install mencoder debian package from debian-multimedia.org.

On Wed, 2009-08-12 at 13:23 +0200, Thomas Anderson wrote: > >> I have the following entry in my sources.list file: > >> > >> deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main > > > > shouldn't it be: deb http://debian-multimedia.org lenny main ??? > > The instructions on http://debian-multimed

live-helper

I'm tinkering with building a live system targeting a usb thumb drive. I'm failing and could use a second set of eyes.. here is what I have. The package list is very incomplete, but I wanted to toss a few for my testing run. I'm using sid, i386. live-helper 1.0.5-1 # lh_config -a i386 --categ

Re: Unable to install mencoder debian package from debian-multimedia.org.

On 2009-08-12 06:19, Thomas Anderson wrote: I have the following entry in my sources.list file: deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main But I cannot install any package from that repository. I get this error message: # apt-get install mencoder Reading package lists... Done Building dep

Re: After upgrade to lenny, the filecopy-speed are slow

On 2009-08-12 05:58, Mario Batz wrote: Hallo, I have a VMWare ESXi-Server with 3xLenny, 1xEtch, 1xWinXP. Befor i upgrade Etch to Lenny, the filecopy-speed on the harddisk are fast. After the upgrade i can count the bytes... "hdparm -tT /dev/sda" on Lenny display: - kron

Re: Unable to install mencoder debian package from debian-multimedia.org.

>> >> I have the following entry in my sources.list file: >> >> >> >> deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main >> > >> > shouldn't it be: deb http://debian-multimedia.org lenny main       ??? >> >> The instructions on http://debian-multimedia.org/ says that the >> "www."-part should be inclu

Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

I don't know and there are many other choices I wonder about. It would be nice if there was a page somewhere discussing the choices of default packages, and reasons thereof. For example, why old vi (nvi?) over vim. --kj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: Unable to install mencoder debian package from debian-multimedia.org.

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 14:24, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-12 06:19, Thomas Anderson wrote: I have the following entry in my sources.list file: deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main But I cannot install any package from that repository. I get this error >

Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

kj wrote: I don't know and there are many other choices I wonder about. It would be nice if there was a page somewhere discussing the choices of default packages, and reasons thereof. For example, why old vi (nvi?) over vim. --kj Agree.. the vi-vim gizzy would go on forever however.. lol

Re: RAID questions (again)

ghe wrote: I've partitioned a server disk fairly heavily, and I want to RAID1 it. I see on the 'Net that there's such a thing as "partitionable RAID arrays". But I also read that this isn't such a good idea. Seems pretty good to me: build an array of unpartitioned drives, and slice it up. Is t

Re: color management?

Others have discussed the importance of colour calibrating your monitor - also important if you intend to print and expect to get on paper what you see on screen. I'll just add the following: 1. Not all browsers support colour profiles. IE doesn't. Firefox does since 3.0 but it's disabled

Re: Unable to install mencoder debian package from debian-multimedia.org.

On 2009-08-12 07:43, Thomas Anderson wrote: [snip] todu:/home/tommy# Seems ok to me. The I get this: todu:/home/tommy# apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now -1 http://debian-multimedia.org lenny/main Translation-en_US -1 http://debian-multimedia.org le

Re: Whats the best way to upgrade tools from source?

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:36:04 +0100, Brian wrote in message <20090728153604.ga25...@desktop>: > http://people.connexer.com/~roberto/howtos/debcustomize ..this great flame warrior's ;o) URL is actually: http://people.connexer.com/~roberto/howtos/debcustomize/ without that final slash, it throws

Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

kj wrote: > I don't know and there are many other choices I wonder about. It > would be nice if there was a page somewhere discussing the choices of > default packages, and reasons thereof. For example, why old vi (nvi?) > over vim. In Sid vim-tiny is "Priority: important" which I assume is what

Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

On 2009-08-12 13:11 (+0100), kj wrote: > I don't know and there are many other choices I wonder about. It would > be nice if there was a page somewhere discussing the choices of > default packages, and reasons thereof. For example, why old vi (nvi?) > over vim. I don't know about your system but V

Re: live-helper

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 08:20:24AM -0400, Tim Tebbit wrote: > I'm using sid, i386. live-helper 1.0.5-1 > > # lh_config -a i386 --categories "main contrib non-free" -p gnome -b > usb-hdd --debian-installer netinst -d stable -e aes256 -memtest > memtest86+ --packages "nmap firmware-bnx2 firmware

Re: xserver-xorg won't start

Le lundi 10 août 2009 15:02:20, S. Fishpaste a écrit : > On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:46:58 +0200, Thomas Preud'homme in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > > Le dimanche 09 août 2009 19:38:53, S. Fishpaste a écrit : > >> On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 16:33:27 +0200, Thomas Preud'homme in > > > > gmane.linux.debian.u

Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

Teemu Likonen wrote: I don't know about your system but Vim has been the default since Debian Etch. Since I don't have it on my system anymore, I couldn't check :) John Hasler corrected me: vim.tiny, not nvi. Either ways vim.tiny to me is as frustrating as nvi, It's the first thing I remove

Re: RAID questions (again)

kj wrote: ghe wrote: I've partitioned a server disk fairly heavily, and I want to RAID1 it. I see on the 'Net that there's such a thing as "partitionable RAID arrays". But I also read that this isn't such a good idea. Seems pretty good to me: build an array of unpartitioned drives, and slice

Re: cups help

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:38:16AM -0400, I Rattan wrote: > System is sidux-2009-2 (debian based). > > I can configure the cupsd for local printer but can't make it > visible on the local-network. What is the correct incantation > to make it work. The /etc/cups/cupsd.conf is given below. Configura

Re: Debian Lenny install failing on Dell Latitude CPi A366ST during hardware detect phase

Kyle Barbour wrote: Hello everyone,/ I'm trying to install Debian Lenny on an old Dell Latitude CPi A366ST, currently running Win98. KNOPPIX boots on it fine, as does Win98. However, when I try to install Debian on it, the install hangs right after "Detecting PC card services". At first, I thoug

cups help

System is sidux-2009-2 (debian based). I can configure the cupsd for local printer but can't make it visible on the local-network. What is the correct incantation to make it work. The /etc/cups/cupsd.conf is given below. -ishwar --- # # # Sample configuration file for the Common UNIX Printing

contacts via LDAP

Hi In which e-mail client it is possible that import contacts via LDAP. For example from Active Directory or eDirectory or from OpenLDAP. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

In <4a82e547.3050...@koffiejunkie.za.net>, kj wrote: >Anyway, my post was not meant to be a debate about vi - just an example >of something I'd like more information on. Smaller, fewer dependencies. Both factors make the basic install faster and make replacing the default take less time for user

Re: xfce menus

Alex Samad wrote: Hi I am playing with the freedesktop menu'ing system now used in xfce. I have built my own alex.menu and added some .desktop file, I have a panel menu plugin but it seems to be static, when I update my .desktop files or my menu file it isn't reflected in the menu and I am not

RE: how to start a delayed shutdown over ssh and disconnect immediately?

Alex Samad wrote: > try sudo shutdown -h +1 \& > the & is being gobbled by the shell you are in not the sudo shell Thank you for your response. :-) 2009-08-12 08:38:37 dpchr...@p43400e /cygdrive/u $ ssh p3450 sudo shutdown -h +1 \& 2009-08-12 08:39:47 dpchr...@p43400e /cygdrive/u

Re: how to start a delayed shutdown over ssh and disconnect immediately?

Hi, On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 09:52:45AM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: > > try sudo shutdown -h +1 \& > > the & is being gobbled by the shell you are in not the sudo shell > Nope -- that also blocked. I think root cause is SIGTERM (just guessing) ... > carries out the

Re: Is there a reason why dhclient is Debian's default DHCP client instead of dhcpcd?

kj writes: > Either ways vim.tiny to me is as frustrating as nvi, It's the first > thing I remove after an install and replace with vim.basic No need to remove vim-tiny. Whatever vi clone you have most recently installed will be linked to /usr/bin/vi (you can change the link with the update-alter

Re: xserver-xorg won't start

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:37:04 +0200, Thomas Preud'homme in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > Le lundi 10 août 2009 15:02:20, S. Fishpaste a écrit : >> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:46:58 +0200, Thomas Preud'homme in > gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: >> > Le dimanche 09 août 2009 19:38:53, S. Fishpaste a éc

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:26:47 +0200, Vincent Lefevre in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > On 2009-08-12 10:35:07 +0200, Johan Grönqvist wrote: >> So how does one use the latest version of this web browser on Stable ? >> >>If I were you, I would temporarily enable testing, unstable and >> >>exper

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:35:07 +0200, Johan Grönqvist in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > So how does one use the latest version of this web browser on Stable ? >>> If I were you, I would temporarily enable testing, unstable and >>> experimental repos, grab iceweasel and dependencies from experi

Re: how to start a delayed shutdown over ssh and disconnect immediately?

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 23:05 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > debian-user: > > Is there a way to start a delayed shutdown over SSH and disconnect > immediately (e.g. non-blocking)? > > > I've tried: > > ssh u...@host sudo shutdown -h +1 & > > but shutdown blocks until it finishes. > >

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:52:27 -0400, Charlie Kroeger in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: >> So how does one use the latest version of this web browser on Stable ? > > > You could put these sources in your /etc/apt/sources.list and do an #apt-get > update > > deb http://ftp.tiscali.nl/debian/ sid main

Re: make deb file

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 06:54:42PM +0200, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > > > to make a deb file from source i have to run make checkinstall, but how > > about a deb files containing scripts to be distributed to various > > directories? > > > > read the documentation and ask ag

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:22:16 -0500, Ron Johnson in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > On 2009-08-11 22:04, S. Fishpaste wrote: >> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:24:44 -0500, Ron Johnson in gmane.linux.debian.user >> wrote: >>> On 2009-08-11 16:44, S. Fishpaste wrote: >> >> [ ...] >> I have checked b

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On 2009-08-12 13:23:08 -0400, S. Fishpaste wrote: > That's the problem I'm running into Vincent; XUL libs with the > binary I downloaded from Mozilla.org Do you have a $LD_LIBRARY_PATH? -- Vincent Lefèvre - Web: 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog:

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

In , S. Fishpaste wrote: >Well I was primarily wanting to stay with stable as this is an older > laptop and other than wanting an uptodate browser *always* I'd prefer to > use backports. Wonder why either backports or volatile don't carry the > latest versions of Iceweasel|Firefox. I thought that w

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

S. Fishpaste writes: > Speaking of Volatile isn't this the purpose of it; For packages like > web browsers which are updated frequently ? No. It is for packages such as antivirus programs that must be updated frequently to be useful. Upstream hyperactivity does not justify putting a package in v

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On 2009-08-12 19:15 +0200, S. Fishpaste wrote: > Well I was primarily wanting to stay with stable as this is an older laptop > and other than wanting an uptodate browser *always* I'd prefer to use > backports. Wonder why either backports or volatile don't carry the latest > versions of Iceweasel|F

Re: how to generate random negative numbers

u...@debian:~$ $[ ($RANDOM % 30 ) -30 ] bash: -26: command not found u...@debian:~$ $[ ($RANDOM % 30 ) -30 ] bash: -3: command not found u...@debian:~$ $[ ($RANDOM % 30 ) -30 ] bash: -23: command not found u...@debian:~$ $[ ($RANDOM % 30 ) -30 ] bash: -2: command not found u...@debian:~$ $[ ($RANDO

Re: --initrd

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Johann Spies wrote: According to the kernel-package README.gz one can use the following command to compile a kernel with an initrd.img: $Get_Root make-kpkg --initrd --revision=3:custom.2.0 kernel_image In the past I could compile a kernel like that and when I install the

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On 2009-08-12 12:27, S. Fishpaste wrote: On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:22:16 -0500, Ron Johnson in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: On 2009-08-11 22:04, S. Fishpaste wrote: On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:24:44 -0500, Ron Johnson in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: On 2009-08-11 16:44, S. Fishpaste wrote: [ ..

Re: how to generate random negative numbers

Soren Orel writes: > u...@debian:~$ $[ ($RANDOM % 30 ) -30 ] > bash: -26: command not found [...] > it still doesn't work, and it gives only negative numbers when using e.g.: > 30-30 First, it's giving an error because it's generating a random number, then trying to run a program with that

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:27:05 -0400 "S. Fishpaste" wrote: > Yup that was what I was doing to get the error message initially; > > :~/firefox-3.5.2$ ./firefox-bin > ./firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: > libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directo

Re: live-helper

Tzafrir Cohen wrote: "emtest"? -m is short for --mirror-bootstrap Thanks for that. Adding -m http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ Getting closer, but still no .img to be found. And I don't have an error msg as to why. http://pastebin.com/f416c0c8d -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: how to generate random negative numbers

In <60f50c4a0908121232p4635c385m1d9e0d9b2d935...@mail.gmail.com>, Soren Orel wrote: >u...@debian:~$ $[ ($RANDOM % 30 ) -30 ] >bash: -26: command not found >u...@debian:~$ $[ ($RANDOM % 30 ) -30 ] >bash: -3: command not found >u...@debian:~$ $[ ($RANDOM % 30 ) -30 ] >bash: -23: command not found >u

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On 2009-08-12 15:11, Graham wrote: On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:27:05 -0400 "S. Fishpaste" wrote: Yup that was what I was doing to get the error message initially; :~/firefox-3.5.2$ ./firefox-bin ./firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libxul.so: cannot open shared obje

Re: how to start a delayed shutdown over ssh and disconnect immediately?

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 02:14:33AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 09:52:45AM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > Alex Samad wrote: > > > try sudo shutdown -h +1 \& > > > the & is being gobbled by the shell you are in not the sudo shell > [snip] > yes I did sil

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:45:46 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > --nextPart1623703.JhhgrbnWO2 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Content-Disposition: inline > > In , S. Fishpaste wrote: >>Well I was prima

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:39:51 -0500, John Hasler in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > S. Fishpaste writes: >> Speaking of Volatile isn't this the purpose of it; For packages like >> web browsers which are updated frequently ? > > No. It is for packages such as antivirus programs that must be update

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:23 PM, S. Fishpaste wrote: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:26:47 +0200, Vincent Lefevre in > gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: >> On 2009-08-12 10:35:07 +0200, Johan Grönqvist wrote: >>> So how does one use the latest version of this web browser on Stable ? >>> >>If I were you,

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:41:59 +0200, Sven Joachim in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > On 2009-08-12 19:15 +0200, S. Fishpaste wrote: > >> Well I was primarily wanting to stay with stable as this is an older laptop >> and other than wanting an uptodate browser *always* I'd prefer to use >> backports

Re: how to generate random negative numbers

echo $(( $(( $RANDOM - $RANDOM )) % 3 )) -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Odd RAID failure

Hi guys, I have a little storage box. It has an IDE with the OS on (Debian Lenny) and four SATA discs in a software RAID5. Every now and then, one disc (sdb) fails. The first time it happened, I replaced it, but the replacement does the same. When this happens, I fail it, remove it, add

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

In , S. Fishpaste wrote: >In a normal laptop/workstation GUI environment few applications are as >important as a web browser (especially these days). A web worker for > example relies on a web browser pretty heavily. Not everyone using Debian > is using it on a server, you know. ;-) I have been qu

Entropy (was Re: how to generate random negative numbers)

On 2009-08-12 16:00, John Hasler wrote: echo $(( $(( $RANDOM - $RANDOM )) % 3 )) Does this burn through entropy faster than other methods? -- Scooty Puff, Sr The Doom-Bringer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > Volatile is for software that fails to achieve its goal if it is not updated [snip] the contents of this post would make a good FAQ. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkqDNKw

Re: Entropy (was Re: how to generate random negative numbers)

Ron, John Hasler: ] echo $(( $(( $RANDOM - $RANDOM )) % 3 )) Ron Johnson: ] Does this burn through entropy faster than other methods? Yes. Twice as fast. And, more importantly, it's mathematically incorrect. It does not have the same probability density function as: echo $(( $(($RANDOM % 5)

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

> Well I was primarily wanting to stay with stable as this is an older laptop Hummm..well you could try Opera. They have a lighter faster up-to-scratch browser. Put this in your sources.list: deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ sid non-free #apt-get update #apt-get install opera Can't hurt. If y

Re: Entropy (was Re: how to generate random negative numbers)

Eric De Mund wrote: Ron, John Hasler: ] echo $(( $(( $RANDOM - $RANDOM )) % 3 )) Ron Johnson: ] Does this burn through entropy faster than other methods? Yes. Twice as fast. And, more importantly, it's mathematically incorrect. It does not have the same probability density function as: ec

RE: contacts via LDAP

> From: pch0317 [mailto:pch0...@gmail.com] > > Hi > In which e-mail client it is possible that import contacts via LDAP. > For > example from Active Directory or eDirectory or from OpenLDAP. Icedove (Thunderbird) has good LDAP support. It can even auto-complete email addresses as you type them.

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:53:56 -0500, Ron Johnson in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > On 2009-08-12 12:27, S. Fishpaste wrote: [ ...] Yeah I know, nevertheless that's the error message. >>> What *exactly* is the error message? Run it from an xterm (AFTER >>> having removed Lenny's iceweasel

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:11:09 +0100, Graham in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:27:05 -0400 > "S. Fishpaste" wrote: > >> Yup that was what I was doing to get the error message initially; >> >> :~/firefox-3.5.2$ ./firefox-bin >> ./firefox-bin: error while loading sh

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:31:25 +0100, Tim Beauregard in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> Volatile is for software that fails to achieve its goal if it is not updated > > [snip] > > the contents of this post would make a good FAQ. Indeed it would. Is there a cite

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:30:47 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > --nextPart4349252.rWh3h2apeg > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Content-Disposition: inline > > In , S. Fishpaste wrote: >>In a normal lapt

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:57:19 -0300, Cassiano Leal in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:23 PM, S. > Fishpaste wrote: [ ...] >> I just got Google Chrome going -- OK can't use Flash yet, but at least it's >> pretty fast on this old laptop; faster than on my dual core x64 >>

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On 2009-08-12 19:39:10 -0400, S. Fishpaste wrote: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:11:09 +0100, Graham in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:27:05 -0400 > > "S. Fishpaste" wrote: > > > >> Yup that was what I was doing to get the error message initially; > >> > >>:~/firefox-3.5.

Re: make deb file

Eric Gerlach ha scritto: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 06:54:42PM +0200, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > >> Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: >> >> >>> to make a deb file from source i have to run make checkinstall, but how >>> about a deb files containing scripts to be distributed to various >>> directories? >>

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:39:10 -0400 "S. Fishpaste" wrote: > > You're not meant to run ./firefox-bin, you're meant to run ./firefox > > Try that and it should work. > > Really ?! > > I had tried that; didn't seem to do anything just exited without > echoing any error message in xterm. Too tired

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

In , S. Fishpaste wrote: >On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:31:25 +0100, Tim Beauregard in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: >> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >>> Volatile is for software that fails to achieve its goal if it is not >>> updated >> the contents of this post would make a good FAQ. >Indeed it would.

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:49:07 -0400, Charlie Kroeger in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: >> Well I was primarily wanting to stay with stable as this is an older laptop > > Hummm..well you could try Opera. They have a lighter faster up-to-scratch > browser. LOL Geez browser choice is almost religous

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:21:00 +0200, Vincent Lefevre in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > On 2009-08-12 19:39:10 -0400, S. Fishpaste wrote: >> On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:11:09 +0100, Graham in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: [ ...] >> > You're not meant to run ./firefox-bin, you're meant to run ./firef

RE: how to start a delayed shutdown over ssh and disconnect immediately?

Osamu Aoki wrote: > By the way, test following to understand real reason why you had > trouble ... > Your console is used by shutdown and upon killing ssh connection, > shutdown program get signal since its connected terminal dies. > Test1: > redirect STDOUT/STDERR > $ sudo shutdown -h +1 >/dev/nul

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

> For e-mail; mutt is my preferred MUA. Now there's a thread. Know of any clearly written logical progressive steps for setting up mutt or is it a life's work? Does it require an excessively high IQ fish? -- CK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

RE: contacts via LDAP

On Wed, 2009-08-12 at 16:40 -0700, Kevin Ross wrote: > > From: pch0317 [mailto:pch0...@gmail.com] > > > > Hi > > In which e-mail client it is possible that import contacts via LDAP. > > For > > example from Active Directory or eDirectory or from OpenLDAP. > > Icedove (Thunderbird) has good LDAP

Re: contacts via LDAP

On Thursday 13 August 2009 11:16:31 am Paul Johnson wrote: > What would the best way to go about setting up a server to manage such > contacts? Zimbra ? www.zimbra.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...