Exim4 Administration

I used to be able to do certain things like removing troublesome messages and such using webmin. Is there any other way? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.o

Re: Exim4 Administration

> David Baron : > Is there any other way? Yes. -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme, Recherche & Developpement +261 3456 000 19 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Exim4 Administration

Mihamina Rakotomandimby schreef: David Baron : Is there any other way? Yes. Of course it's list policy to ask smart questions, but it's also list policy not to give useless answers (well, not policy, but it's certainly recommended). @David: read http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/htm

Re: [SOLVED] New 3-button serial mouse not detected by Lenny

On Monday 17 May 2010 12:50:49 Chris Austin wrote: > > Do you have some reason for not wanting to use a scrollwheel? > > Not really, but looking on Google for 3-button mice, I saw a message that > said a scroll-wheel mouse is fiddly to use, and the scroll-wheel has to be > clicked accurately, or so

Re: Is there a workaround for bug #578937 [SOLVED]

On 18/05/10 06:03, Ron Johnson wrote: Hmmm. Just occurred to me that maybe I don't have fam installed. Yup, not installed. gamin 0.1.10-2+b1 is, though. Bingo libfam0 had been installed automatically by courier-imap and/or courier-base I manually switched over the libgamin0 and the probl

Dual Monitors Twin View on Nvidia

Hi, I've a small 4:3 monitor which was working fine with Debian at about 1152x864 (VGA connection) on a nvidia 9500GT with the proprietary drivers (sorry want to experiment with CUDA so non-free wasn't an option). However, I've just bought a new 1080p TV and connected it to the computer via HDMI. T

Re: Dual Monitors Twin View on Nvidia

One possible solution is using the "nvidia-settings"-Tool. You can configure your display-settings in a GUI and save it permanently to an xorg file. I'm using this method since years and it works very well and flawlessly. [Screenshot] http://ourcraft.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/nvidia-settings

Re: Is there a workaround for bug #578937 [SOLVED]

On 05/18/2010 04:50 AM, Alan Chandler wrote: On 18/05/10 06:03, Ron Johnson wrote: Hmmm. Just occurred to me that maybe I don't have fam installed. Yup, not installed. gamin 0.1.10-2+b1 is, though. Bingo libfam0 had been installed automatically by courier-imap and/or courier-base I manua

Re: Dual Monitors Twin View on Nvidia

On Tue, 18 May 2010 11:02:50 +0100, James Allsopp wrote: > Hi, > I've a small 4:3 monitor which was working fine with Debian at about > 1152x864 (VGA connection) on a nvidia 9500GT with the proprietary > drivers (sorry want to experiment with CUDA so non-free wasn't an > option). However, I've jus

debian installer ISO: customizing with new packages

Hi, I would like to add two packages to the netiso installer. I have found this link, but I think I need more detailed instructions: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Modify/CD Do you know a web resource that describes the necessary steps to create a new debian installer ISO including

[SOLVED] network printer and Cups

Hi!! I already can print with my network printer, this is a Canon iR3570/4570. I download the driver from Canon: CQue1.0-9 in tar.gz format, i follow the instructions in the manual and great!! i could print, but for OpenOffice i have to take one more step, but nothing i can not find in the manual

Re: debian installer ISO: customizing with new packages

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 06:39 -0700, Antonio Diaz Sanchez wrote: > I would like to add two packages to the netiso installer. I have > found this link, but I think I need more detailed instructions: > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Modify/CD > Do you know a web resource that describes t

Re: How to keep debian current??

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:07:10AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > On 5/17/2010 10:43 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >On Mon,17.May.10, 10:29:57, Mark Allums wrote: > > > >>Backwards. Sid gets no security, AT ALL. Testing get some. > > > >If some issue is fixed for stable the fix is also applied for uns

Re: Dual Monitors Twin View on Nvidia

This tool is really useful. I am using two screens with a Nvidia GeForce FX5700 on this computer. I do not use `twin view' but `dual screen.' Here is my whole xorg.conf. You might notice that nvidia-settings did the whole stuff for me. == # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia

X11 just froze, and /var/log/syslog (dmesg)'s output seems to mean something

Hi, I realized that my computer (this one, Debian Lenny, w. k. 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem) was frozen. I tried escaping from the screensaver, but nothing worked, except launching another tty, and restarting gdm. Here is the interesting output I obtained by looking at /var/log/syslog and dmesg: == [24892

Re: How to keep debian current??

On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 00:34 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:07:10AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > > On 5/17/2010 10:43 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > >On Mon,17.May.10, 10:29:57, Mark Allums wrote: > > > > > >>Backwards. Sid gets no security, AT ALL. Testing get some. > > > > >

Re: MD subsystem is not loaded

Stan Hoeppner wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom put forth on 5/15/2010 9:50 AM: Trouble is that years ago when I started compiling my own kernel, I did not start a file with 3 columns: date - function - reason for adding, so now I have a kernel that keeps getting bigger and I don't know specifically why t

Re: How to keep debian current??

John A. Sullivan III writes: > Hmm . . . to someone not more familiar with Debian practices, the new > version seems more confusing. I would read that and think that Sid is > very secure because it always has the latest security fixes. If > that's not what we mean, then perhaps the current version

Re: How to keep debian current??

On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 01:59 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:11:20PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 00:34 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:07:10AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > > > > On 5/17/2010 10:43 AM, Andrei Pop

Re: How to keep debian current??

2010/5/18 Osamu Aoki : > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:07:10AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: >> On 5/17/2010 10:43 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> >On Mon,17.May.10, 10:29:57, Mark Allums wrote: >> > >> >>Backwards.  Sid gets no security, AT ALL.  Testing get some. >> > >> >If some issue is fixed for stable

Re: How to keep debian current??

Hi, On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:11:20PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 00:34 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:07:10AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > > > On 5/17/2010 10:43 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > >On Mon,17.May.10, 10:29:57, Mark Allums wrote:

Re: X11 just froze, and /var/log/syslog (dmesg)'s output seems to mean something

On Tue, 18 May 2010 18:08:24 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > I realized that my computer (this one, Debian Lenny, w. k. > 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem) was frozen. I tried escaping from the screensaver, > but nothing worked, except launching another tty, and restarting gdm. > Here is the interesting output

Re: Diskless notebooks with Debian Lenny or Squeeze?

> are there any advices for diskless notebooks that is compatible with > Debian Lenny or Squeeze? What means "diskless"? Do you mean "without a harddrive" or "without removable media (like CD/DVD/floppy)"? Something else? Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.

Re: How to keep debian current??

On Wed,19.May.10, 00:34:02, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > New: > If "sid" is used in the above example instead of "lenny", the "deb: > http://security.debian.org/ …" line for security updates in the > "/etc/apt/sources.list" is not required. This is because "sid" > (unstable) is always updated whenever se

Re: Aargh! I hate the fglrx driver!

> Anyone have any idea why compiz won't work with newer fglrx drivers? I don't. But I have use the `radeon' driver with compiz. Have you tried it? It's better for your karma and won't suffer from those kinds of problems you're experiencing. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia

Re: How to keep debian current??

On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 20:30 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed,19.May.10, 00:34:02, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > > New: > > If "sid" is used in the above example instead of "lenny", the "deb: > > http://security.debian.org/ …" line for security updates in the > > "/etc/apt/sources.list" is not requi

How to run an X program as a different user?

Hello all, my question is already in the subject line. Also I think that I've got the basics figured out, it's just that I don't understand the details. Essentially I want user A to run a specific X app as user B. So I think I need to write a tiny shell script like this: #!/bin/sh xhost +B sudo

Re: X11 just froze, and /var/log/syslog (dmesg)'s output seems to mean something

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón writes: > On Tue, 18 May 2010 18:08:24 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> I realized that my computer (this one, Debian Lenny, w. k. >> 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem) was frozen. I tried escaping from the screensaver, >> but nothing worked, except laun

Re: How to keep debian current??

Osamu Aoki writes: > Sid is secure since security team usually upload fixed packages to > both stable/updates and unstable. The security team does not support Sid. That's up to the individual package maintainers. > Or simply uploading updated upstream fixes unstable... That's what the package m

Accelerating directory's content's viewing: how, is directory is huge?

Hi, I have many media files in some specific directory (folder, call it as you want). Loading the folder takes ~30 sec., even if I am using quite fast HDDs, etc. They're all on the same partition. I have disabled previewing, or thumbnails. How can I do to make this process faster? Thanks. -- M

Re: Accelerating directory's content's viewing: how, is directory is huge?

On Tuesday 18 May 2010 13:16:27 Merciadri Luca wrote: > Hi, > > I have many media files in some specific directory (folder, call it as > you want). Loading the folder takes ~30 sec., even if I am using quite > fast HDDs, etc. They're all on the same partition. I have disabled > previewing, or thum

Re: Still can't read DVDs/CDs

On 05/17/2010 01:35 AM, James Stuckey wrote: > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Zoran Kolic > wrote: > > > > *What I'm doing to mount the media: * > > > r...@debian:/home/stuckey# mount /dev/sr0 > > > mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mountin

Re: How to manage multiple Internet connections?

Andrei Popescu wrote: Probably a good start (whatever technology you end up using) is a GNU/Linux (preferably Debian) machine connected to both internet links and your internal network since consumer gateways don't even have more than one WAN port[2]. I would like to point out that Cradlepoin

Re: Accelerating directory's content's viewing: how, is directory is huge?

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 18 May 2010 13:16:27 Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have many media files in some specific directory (folder, call it as >> you want). Loading the folder takes ~30 sec., even if I am using quite >> fast HDDs, etc. They're all on the same partiti

Re: How to manage multiple Internet connections?

Mark Allums wrote: >> Andrei Popescu wrote: > >>> Probably a good start (whatever technology you end up using) is a >>> GNU/Linux (preferably Debian) machine connected to both internet links >>> and your internal network since consumer gateways don't even have more >>> than one WAN port[2]. > > I w

Re: How to keep debian current??

On 5/18/2010 10:34 AM, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:07:10AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: >> Thank you. This is contrary to what the main Debian site says in >> multiple places, but it is plausible. Good to know. > > Could you be more specific where you saw them or where you got t

Server certificate has expired

Hi, I am getting some Thunderbird message for an IMAP account of mine. This message tells me that the server's certificate associated to the IMAP account has expired since ... 2007. I know, it's already far from here, but I cannot change the server's certificate. How can I get rid of this message?

Re: Server certificate has expired

On Ter, 18 Mai 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: Hi, I am getting some Thunderbird message for an IMAP account of mine. This message tells me that the server's certificate associated to the IMAP account has expired since ... 2007. I know, it's already far from here, but I cannot change the server's ce

Re: Server certificate has expired

Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On Ter, 18 Mai 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am getting some Thunderbird message for an IMAP account of mine. This >> message tells me that the server's certificate associated to the IMAP >> account has expired since ... 2007. I know, it's already far from

Re: Server certificate has expired

On Ter, 18 Mai 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: Well, this is effectively Icedove 2.0.0.22 (20090706). How did you manage to, under Th. 3? I don't remember exactly, but I believe somewhere the was an option to accept the security exception permanently. -- The first duty of a revolutionary is to

Thunderbird's WebMail addon (used together with `-Hotmail' extension of it) download sometimes all the e-mails since some date, even if they have already been retrieved at another period

Hi, As explained in the title, I am using Icedove 2.0.0.22 (20090706) with some add-ons, such as `WebMail'. This add-on lets it fetch your e-mails from mail servers only dealing with special protocols (not as POP, IMAP, etc.). I use it together with `WebMail -Hotmail', that is, to check my Hotmail

Re: Server certificate has expired

Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On Ter, 18 Mai 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: >> Well, this is effectively Icedove 2.0.0.22 (20090706). How did you >> manage to, under Th. 3? > > I don't remember exactly, but I believe somewhere the was an option to > accept the security exception permanently. Thanks. I

Re: How to run an X program as a different user?

> Essentially I want user A to run a specific X app as user B. So I > think I need to write a tiny shell script like this: > > #!/bin/sh > xhost +B > sudo -u B /path/to/app arg1 arg2 arg3 > xhost -B Alternatively, sux B /path/to/app arg1 arg2 arg3 Needs user B's password. Requires package sux.

Re: Server certificate has expired

On 05/18/2010 03:32 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Ter, 18 Mai 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: Well, this is effectively Icedove 2.0.0.22 (20090706). How did you manage to, under Th. 3? I don't remember exactly, but I believe somewhere the was an option

Re: Server certificate has expired

Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > On 05/18/2010 03:32 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: >> Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: >> >>> On Ter, 18 Mai 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: >>> Well, this is effectively Icedove 2.0.0.22 (20090706). How did you manage to, under Th. 3? >>> I don't remember

Re: How to keep debian current??

On Tue,18.May.10, 13:49:11, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > > > May I suggest: > > --- > > If "sid" is used in the above example instead of "lenny", the "deb: > > http://security.debian.org/ …" line for security updates in the > > "/etc/apt/sources.list" is not required as there is no need to have

Re: X11 just froze, and /var/log/syslog (dmesg)'s output seems to mean something

On Tue, 18 May 2010 20:08:02 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Camaleón writes: >> Just review your "/var/log/Xorg.0.log". If X crashed there must >> something there :-? > Nothing really interesting there. Just: > > == > AUDIT: Tue May 18 18:01:04 2010: 3716 X: client 33 rejected from local > host

Re: How to keep debian current??

On 5/18/2010 2:21 PM, Mark Allums wrote: On 5/18/2010 10:34 AM, Osamu Aoki wrote: On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:07:10AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: Thank you. This is contrary to what the main Debian site says in multiple places, but it is plausible. Good to know. Could you be more specific wh

Re: Server certificate has expired

On Tue, 18 May 2010 21:53:55 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Jordan Metzmeier wrote: >> You are better off using the upstream tarball of thunderbird then >> trying to backport Icedove from squeeze/lenny. Install to your homedir >> or /opt. As long as your user has write perms to file, it has an up

Re: Thunderbird's WebMail addon (used together with `-Hotmail' extension of it) download sometimes all the e-mails since some date, even if they have already been retrieved at another period

Le 18/05/2010 21:30, Merciadri Luca wrote: Hi, As explained in the title, I am using Icedove 2.0.0.22 (20090706) with some add-ons, such as `WebMail'. This add-on lets it fetch your e-mails from mail servers only dealing with special protocols (not as POP, IMAP, etc.). I use it together with `We

Re: Dual Monitors Twin View on Nvidia

Hi, Here's my xorg. If I manually try to change the resolution the small Dell E175FP turns off, and can only be reactivated by going into nvidia-settings and setting either 640x480 or 320xsomething low. Wonderinf it's a dpi issue, as my other screen's a bit big. Any suggestions gratefully receive

Re: Accelerating directory's content's viewing: how, is directory is huge?

On Tue, 18 May 2010 20:16:27 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > I have many media files in some specific directory (folder, call it as > you want). Loading the folder takes ~30 sec., even if I am using quite > fast HDDs, etc. They're all on the same partition. I have disabled > previewing, or thumbnai

ONDULEUR pour serveur GNU LINUX DEBIAN

Bonjour, Auriez-vous un retour d’expérience concernant un onduleur pour un serveur DEBIAN. FACILE A INSTALLER ET FIABLE ! Connexion USB ou serie Cordialement. Franck

Re: Thunderbird's WebMail addon (used together with `-Hotmail' extension of it) download sometimes all the e-mails since some date, even if they have already been retrieved at another period

tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > Le 18/05/2010 21:30, Merciadri Luca wrote: >> Hi, >> >> As explained in the title, I am using Icedove 2.0.0.22 (20090706) with >> some add-ons, such as `WebMail'. This add-on lets it fetch your e-mails >> from mail servers only dealing with special protocols (not a

Re: ONDULEUR pour serveur GNU LINUX DEBIAN

Bonjour, Vous êtes sur une /mailinglist/ en langue anglaise, et non pas française. Ce n'est pas grave, je parle français, mais personne ne va vous comprendre. Vous auriez plus de succès sur une liste francophone. Hi, You're on an english-speaking mailinglist. This is not a problem, I can speak F

Re: Accelerating directory's content's viewing: how, is directory is huge?

On 05/18/2010 02:15 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Tuesday 18 May 2010 13:16:27 Merciadri Luca wrote: Hi, I have many media files in some specific directory (folder, call it as you want). Loading the folder takes ~30 sec., even if I am using quite fast HDDs, etc. T

Re: ONDULEUR pour serveur GNU LINUX DEBIAN

On Tue, 18 May 2010 16:29:16 -0400 (EDT), franck dufau wrote: > > Bonjour, > > Auriez-vous un retour d’expérience concernant un onduleur pour un serveur > DEBIAN. > > > FACILE A INSTALLER ET FIABLE ! > > Connexion USB ou serie > > > Cordialement. > > Franck mailto:debian-user-fre...@lists.d

Globally map to

How can i globally map to work as ? It is default in rxvt-unicode and vimperator, but i want it to work this way with any X application. I tried xbindkey with 'xdotool key Return', but it is too slow - about 1 sec delay, useless. Maybe it should be solved via WM (xmonad), but anyway i don't know h

Re: How to run an X program as a different user?

On 2010-05-18, Robert Latest wrote: > Hello all, > > my question is already in the subject line. Also I think that I've got > the basics figured out, it's just that I don't understand the details. > > Essentially I want user A to run a specific X app as user B. So I > think I need to write a tiny

Re: Server certificate has expired

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón writes: > On Tue, 18 May 2010 21:53:55 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > >>> You are better off using the upstream tarball of thunderbird then >>> trying to backport Icedove from squeeze/lenny. Install to your homed

Re: Accelerating directory's content's viewing: how, is directory is huge?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson writes: > Don't use Nautilus, or reorganize your directory structure. Okay. Then, for browsing big directories with a GUI, which GUI do you advice to use? Thanks. - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri

Re: X11 just froze, and /var/log/syslog (dmesg)'s output seems to mean something

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón writes: > On Tue, 18 May 2010 20:08:02 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> Camaleón writes: > >>> Just review your "/var/log/Xorg.0.log". If X crashed there must >>> something there :-? >> Nothing really interesting there. Just: >> >> == >> A

Re: How to keep debian current??

Op 18-05-10 21:21, Mark Allums schreef: > On 5/18/2010 10:34 AM, Osamu Aoki wrote: >> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:07:10AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > >>> Thank you. This is contrary to what the main Debian site says in >>> multiple places, but it is plausible. Good to know. >> >> Could you be mor

hald start problem

Hello, On my Debian system hald fails to start randomly. Logs do not show any errors. When I restart it and it does start, the output looks like this: r...@laptop:~# /etc/init.d/hal restart Restarting Hardware abstraction layer: hald. r...@laptop:~# When I restart it and it does NOT start, the

shoe horn KDE3.5 system

Hi it sounds a bit weird but its pretty close to what I need to do. As you can see from my footer I use mandriva and I like it. I have however an app which does not. It needs QT3 and KDE3.5 to run, anfd it has to be run in a KDE DM. It crashes when run on gnome.I have made space in the middle of o

Re: How to keep debian current??

On Tue,18.May.10, 22:59:46, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > > So yes, testing *does* receive security support http://lists.debian.org/debian-testing-security-announce/2008/12/msg00019.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-testing-security-announce/2010/01/msg0.html Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discus

Re: Accelerating directory's content's viewing: how, is directory is huge?

On 05/18/2010 03:56 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson writes: Don't use Nautilus, or reorganize your directory structure. Okay. Then, for browsing big directories with a GUI, which GUI do you advice to use? Thanks. I wouldn't. (Real Men us

Re: How to keep debian current??

Andrei writes: > Please note that the Security Team does not monitor unstable. It is up > to the individual maintainer to fix the issue. ^ Please. It's a bug or a problem. Microsoft has "issues". -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-

Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat,15.May.10, 10:32:36, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, (on Sid) I pinned grub-legacy, to avoid going to grub2. [...] So why does aptitude pay no attention to my pin? Please post the output of 'apt-cache policy grub'. h...@debian:~$ apt-cache policy grub grub: In

Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

Sven Joachim wrote: On 2010-05-15 17:32 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: (on Sid) I pinned grub-legacy, to avoid going to grub2. Then when I do 'apt-get dist-upgrade' I see: The following packages have been kept back: grub and The following packages will be upgraded: ... grub-legacy ... but

Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

Daniel Burrows wrote: On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:32:36AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom was heard to say: but when I do 'aptitude full-upgrade' I see: The following packages will be REMOVED: ... grub-legacy{a} ... and The following NEW packages will be installed: ... grub-pc{a} ... So why does apt

Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

Freeman wrote: On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:32:36AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, (on Sid) I pinned grub-legacy, to avoid going to grub2. Then when I do 'apt-get dist-upgrade' I see: The following packages have been kept back: grub and The following packages will be upgraded: ... grub-l

Re (5): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 10:08:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Stephen Powell > ... my employer has [carnot.yi.org] blocked as a "dating" site. ?! yi.org provides an server for dynamically updated addresses. Among the thousands of clients, a few could be distributing "colorful" data. http://carnot.pa

Re: Accelerating directory's content's viewing: how, is directory is huge?

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: > I have many media files in some specific directory (folder, call it as > you want). Loading the folder takes ~30 sec., even if I am using quite > fast HDDs, etc. They're all on the same partition. I have disabled > previewing, or thumbnail

Re: How to keep debian current??

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:58:24PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Osamu Aoki writes: > > Sid is secure since security team usually upload fixed packages to > > both stable/updates and unstable. > > The security team does not support Sid. That's up to the individual > package maintainers. True. But

Re: How to keep debian current??

Hi, There are 2 different topics. * Which is better shape "testing" or "unstable" for security issues? (original question) * What dees security team do and ensures? On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 02:21:20PM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > On 5/18/2010 10:34 AM, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > On Mon, May 17, 2

Chromium Xperience

Hi all, I have been an Iceweasel user since it entered Debian repositories. A few days ago I discovered that Chromium was also available for Debian and installed it. I feel it is more responsive and is "faster" than Iceweasel This could be due to Chromium using different task for every tab it ope

Re: Chromium Xperience

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 19:15, KS wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been an Iceweasel user since it entered Debian repositories. A > few days ago I discovered that Chromium was also available for Debian > and installed it. > > I feel it is more responsive and is "faster" than Iceweasel This could > be d

Scripting gnome-panels

I have a small bashscript which prepares a dual-monitor setup for my laptop, since i'm moving in and out of the office and meetings, I tend to attach and disconnect the monitor a few times a day. That works fine with xrandr, but the issue is that I would like some gnome panels to move, and add