Re: Ctrl+alt+Fn not showing consoles

2010-04-26 Thread rudu
Le 26/04/2010 20:55, Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : rudu wrote: Le 26/04/2010 19:43, Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : rudu wrote: Hi, Running squeeze on AMD64 arch, my system recently stopped to let me get my consoles after I hit the ctrl+alt+Fn keys (n = 1 to 6). When did it stop? I can't be sure b

Re: Questions about RAID 6

2010-04-26 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Mark Allums put forth on 4/26/2010 12:51 PM: > Put four drives in a RAID 1, you can suffer a loss of three drives. And you'll suffer pretty abysmal write performance as well. Also keep in mind that some software RAID implementations allow more than two drives in RAID 1, most often called a "mirr

using samba with unix acls

2010-04-26 Thread andy baxter
hi all, I am setting up a file server for a small company. The people who will be using it want to be able to control who accesses particular directories on a user/group basis. I originally thought that it would be enough to set up a standard samba system with unix home directories, plus shar

Re: Questions about RAID 6

2010-04-26 Thread Mike Bird
On Mon April 26 2010 12:29:43 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Mark Allums put forth on 4/26/2010 12:51 PM: > > Put four drives in a RAID 1, you can suffer a loss of three drives. > > And you'll suffer pretty abysmal write performance as well. Write performance of RAID-1 is approximately as good as a simple

Re: The future of "nv" driver (was: Linux compatible mainboards -another thought)

2010-04-26 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:03:24 -0400 "James P. Wallen" wrote: > > > On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, Celejar wrote: > > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:53:27 -0400 > > "James P. Wallen" wrote: > > > > ... > > > >> Heck, I haven't even installed the non-free firmware to make wireless > >> work in a couple of th

Re: Filesystem recommendations

2010-04-26 Thread B. Alexander
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. < b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > I'm also a current reiser3 user. I find the ability to shrink the > filesystem > to be something I am not willing to do without. > You know, I said the same thing, but then as the kernel and GRUB and the l

Re: The future of "nv" driver (was: Linux compatible mainboards -another thought)

2010-04-26 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 26 April 2010 15:09:57 Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:03:24 -0400 > "James P. Wallen" wrote: > > On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, Celejar wrote: > > > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:53:27 -0400 > > > "James P. Wallen" wrote: > > >> Heck, I haven't even installed the non-free firmware to make

Re: Resources for learning Linux

2010-04-26 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 26 April 2010, James Stuckey was heard to say: > I would like to do a little > reading/studying of linux to get a better understanding of some of > the more advanced topics, or to see if I have learned a lot of the > things that might be ta

[UNICOLOMBIA] Matriculas abiertas

2010-04-26 Thread ADMISIONES UNICOLOMBIA
Cordial saludo, Este correo es para informarle que desde este Lunes 26 de Abril hasta el día 29 de abril , estaremos recibiendo las matrículas para los Estudiantes que desean iniciar Diplomados el 03 de Mayo. NOTA : Si formaliza su matrícula antes del 28 de abril tiene el 20% de descuento :

Re: Filesystem recommendations

2010-04-26 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 26 April 2010 16:05:31 B. Alexander wrote: > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. < > b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > > I'm also a current reiser3 user. I find the ability to shrink the > > filesystem > > to be something I am not willing to do without. > > You know,

Re: The future of "nv" driver (was: Linux compatible mainboards -another thought)

2010-04-26 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:16:32 -0500 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: > On Monday 26 April 2010 15:09:57 Celejar wrote: ... > > What makes the non-free firmware question particularly interesting is > > that the alternative is often to hardcode the functionality into the > > hardware. Now, if you

Re: Cyrus 2.2 imapd in AMD64

2010-04-26 Thread Kris Deugau
Carlos Bergero wrote: Apparently for what i read in list and in web pages/lists/readme it might be a compatibility problem in Berkeley DB use by Cyrus. Mmm, possible but IME BDB has an unfortunate tendency to create files that are not cross-version-compatible. Upstream supposedly provides an

Re: Resources for learning Linux

2010-04-26 Thread Tom Ashley
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:30:27 +0200 James Stuckey wrote: > Hello, > > I've been using linux (debian) for about a year now, and although I'm > no longer scared of the command line I would like to do a little > reading/studying of linux to get a better understanding of some of > the more advanced t

Re: Resources for learning Linux

2010-04-26 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On Mon, Apr 26 at 17:01, Curt Howland penned: > > On Monday 26 April 2010, James Stuckey was > heard to say: > > I would like to do a little reading/studying of linux to get a > > better understanding of some of the more advanced topics, or to > > see if I have learned a lot of the things that mi

Re: Questions about RAID 6

2010-04-26 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 26 April 2010 09:29:28 Tim Clewlow wrote: > I'm getting ready to build a RAID 6 with 4 x 2TB drives to start, > but the intention is to add more drives as storage requirements > increase. Since you seem fine with RAID 6, I'll assume you are also fine with RAID 5. I don't know what your

Re: using samba with unix acls

2010-04-26 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 26 April 2010 14:00:51 andy baxter wrote: > I am setting up a file server for a small company. The people who will > be using it want to be able to control who accesses particular > directories on a user/group basis. > [T]hey are > keen to have a system which allows them to make some part

Re: Filesystem recommendations

2010-04-26 Thread B. Alexander
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. < b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > On Monday 26 April 2010 16:05:31 B. Alexander wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. < > > b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > > > I'm also a current reiser3 user. I find the abilit

Re: The future of "nv" driver (was: Linux compatible mainboards -another thought)

2010-04-26 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 26 April 2010 16:34:36 Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:16:32 -0500 > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: > > On Monday 26 April 2010 15:09:57 Celejar wrote: > > > What makes the non-free firmware question particularly interesting is > > > that the alternative is often to hardcode the

Re: Filesystem recommendations

2010-04-26 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 26 April 2010 16:48:09 B. Alexander wrote: > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. < > b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > > On Monday 26 April 2010 16:05:31 B. Alexander wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. < > > > b...@iguanasuicide.net> wr

Re: Icedove/Thunderbird 3.0 (was Re: The future of "nv" ...)

2010-04-26 Thread Clive McBarton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kevin Ross wrote: > "Reply to List" button (which I know > was available as an add-on before) You remember what the add-on is called? Searching for "reply to list" in add-ons didn't give me anything. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9

Re: VM software for personal use?

2010-04-26 Thread Clive McBarton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Allums wrote: > Some people are scared of shared folders as possible attack vectors, thus > security risks. What exactly are those risks? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://

RE: Icedove/Thunderbird 3.0 (was Re: The future of "nv" ...)

2010-04-26 Thread Kevin Ross
> From: clivemcbar...@web.de [mailto:clivemcbar...@web.de] > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 3:14 PM > > Kevin Ross wrote: > > "Reply to List" button (which I know > > was available as an add-on before) > > You remember what the add-on is called? Searching for "reply to list" > in add-ons didn't giv

backing up LVM volumes

2010-04-26 Thread Bernard
Hi to Everyone ! On my previous systems, I used to create overall backups of partitions, using 'SystemRescueCD'. This is no longer possible ever since 2007 that I have a RAID1 mirroring system on my Debian. SystemRescueCD does not backup LVM volumes, or, if it does, that must be a very new fea

RE: Icedove/Thunderbird 3.0 (was Re: The future of "nv" ...)

2010-04-26 Thread Kevin Ross
> From: Kevin Ross [mailto:ke...@familyross.net] > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 3:31 PM > > > From: clivemcbar...@web.de [mailto:clivemcbar...@web.de] > > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 3:14 PM > > > > Kevin Ross wrote: > > > "Reply to List" button (which I know > > > was available as an add-on befo

Re: Cyrus 2.2 imapd in AMD64

2010-04-26 Thread Carl Johnson
Carlos Bergero writes: --snip-- > Apparently for what i read in list and in web pages/lists/readme it > might be a compatibility problem in Berkeley DB use by Cyrus. --snip-- > So far im focused in trying to get this DB to the proper format > version 9 in the standard Lenny install, and see what

Re: Questions about RAID 6

2010-04-26 Thread Mike Bird
On Mon April 26 2010 14:44:32 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > the chance of a double failure in a 5 (or less) drive array is minuscule. A flaky controller knocking one drive out of an array and then breaking another before you're rebuilt can really ruin your day. Rebuild is generally the period o

Re: Problem with me Modem Huawei on Debian Lenny

2010-04-26 Thread Dale
On 26 April 2010 17:30, Christian Simo wrote: > Hi > > Thank you for your response. > before try all this solution. > Please found attach all following command shell: > > Script started on Sun 25 Apr 2010 23:25:36 SAST > gaelle:/media/TUX-FOR-KOM# lsusb > Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Fou

Re: Resources for learning Linux

2010-04-26 Thread Miles Fidelman
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: They used to say - you're not a real linux admin until you've completely borked your system and had to wipe and reinstall from scratch at least once. And then recover all your user data, from your hopefully good backup. It gets really entertaining when a RAID array

Re: The future of "nv" driver (was: Linux compatible mainboards -another thought)

2010-04-26 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:03:07 -0500 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: > On Monday 26 April 2010 16:34:36 Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:16:32 -0500 > > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: > > > On Monday 26 April 2010 15:09:57 Celejar wrote: > > > > What makes the non-free firmware question

Re: Ctrl+alt+Fn not showing consoles

2010-04-26 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
rudu wrote: Le 26/04/2010 20:55, Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : rudu wrote: Le 26/04/2010 19:43, Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : rudu wrote: Hi, Running squeeze on AMD64 arch, my system recently stopped to let me get my consoles after I hit the ctrl+alt+Fn keys (n = 1 to 6). When did it stop? I ca

Re: Resources for learning Linux

2010-04-26 Thread godo
On 04/26/2010 08:59 PM, thib wrote: Can't miss the Debian Reference by Osamu Aoki (青木 修): http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#quick-reference It covers a lot of topics and provides up-to-date pointers to other resources. -thib Yes it is really great and you can apt-get'it! apt-get debian

tool tips remaining after window switching

2010-04-26 Thread Celejar
This looks like a bug, but I'm not sure what to file against. I use a number of applications that implement tool tips, those little boxes that come up explaining some on screen widget. Very often, when one comes up and I then switch to a different window (using Xfce4 on Sid, all window maximized,

Re: 32000 directories (somewhat OT)

2010-04-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/26/2010 08:32 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: John Hasler put forth on 4/26/2010 7:07 AM: Fortunately, they did not decide to label disk drives "drawers". Heh, IBM calls their server drive trays "drawers", and calls their CPU cards "books". Motherboards are mainboards and files are library

Re: Questions about RAID 6

2010-04-26 Thread Tim Clewlow
> I don't know what your requirements / levels of paranoia are, but > RAID 5 is > probably better than RAID 6 until you are up to 6 or 7 drives; the > chance of a > double failure in a 5 (or less) drive array is minuscule. > . I currently have 3 TB of data with another 1TB on its way fairly soon,

Re: xorg synaptics driver no longer working with udev?

2010-04-26 Thread francis southern
On 14 April 2010 17:09, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 22:06 +0200, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: >> After a large set of updates today on testing, xorg no longer picks up >> my udev rules file. A few months ago hal stopped working, as a change to >> udev was required (see also the lis

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