Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

> This is not about "security" at all. This is about MSFT marginalizing > and eliminating a serious competitor. It's MSFT's DNA. Nate, I perfectly agree: this MS role and attitude is so deeply radicated that, sadly, we're getting used to it, eventually forgetting its real meaning in terms of f

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:03:54 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: >> Camaleón wrote: > Microsoft (I can't tell for the rest of the hardware manufacturers > because their position is not mentioned in detail in the blog post) is > forcing a needing for s

Re: System crashes for no apparent reason

Hello Marc, maybe this is a hardware problem? I'm not a hardware guru, but in the past I've had problems with power supply units getting unstable and causing the system to crash (with subsequent reboot) with no apparent reason: replacing the power unit solved the problem. I had also defective har

Re: wpa_supplicant.wlan1.pid

[QUOTE]Toshiba laptop with an Intel wireless adapter that I'm unable to get to work[/QUOTE] Is it dead or, maybe, it just needs some firmware to be installed. On 05/06/2012, Charlie wrote: > On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:41:57 + (UTC) "Camaleón noela...@gmail.com" > suggested this: > >>Okay, let'

Strongswan GMP plugin: Why enabled? How to disable it?

Hey Users, reguarding the Strongswan GMP-Issue (DSA-2483-1) I have two questions: 1. Debian says the GMP-Plugin is not used. But why is it enabled by default? 2. Is there any way to disable it in shorewall.conf or somewhere else without recompiling Strongswan? The only way we found to "disabled"

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Roger Leigh wrote: > On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 07:26:55PM +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: >> However, I welcome the fact that attacks on Windows will be made more >> difficult, since that also means smaller botnets, fewer vulnerable >> computers etc. > > It will have ze

Re: System crashes for no apparent reason

I would open the box & ensure all connections are secure, re seat the ram, close the box, check the ram; then look elsewhere. On 06/06/2012, ACro wrote: > Hello Marc, > > maybe this is a hardware problem? I'm not a hardware guru, but in the > past I've had problems with power supply units gettin

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Ma, 05 iun 12, 20:26:03, Slavko wrote: > > in our country is more and more difficult to buy computer (specially > notebook) without Windows included. In one shop they are telling me, that > it si not possible. If you have such an answer on paper you *might* be able to request a refund for th

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 12:52:22PM +0530, Harshad Joshi wrote: > i was reading this article - http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12368.html > > It is written by someone related to redhat He's also a former Debian developer, and a former Ubuntu developer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ.

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 11:02:49PM -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > >> You can't disable the code signing requirement on ARM. > > > > Really?  So the Raspberry Pi requires signed code?  The Freedom Box > > on ARM hardware requires signed code? > > Secure boot is about future devices, not current

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On 06/06/12 18:44, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 05 iun 12, 20:26:03, Slavko wrote: >> >> in our country is more and more difficult to buy computer (specially >> notebook) without Windows included. In one shop they are telling me, that >> it si not possible. > > If you have such an answer on pap

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Ma, 05 iun 12, 18:55:59, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > And remember > > Debian has not a time-based schedule for their releases > > That's awkward, i was under the impression there was a change some > years back so that the stable branch would chan

Re: wifi cards

It is a far better solution to use your mobo-down 10/100/1000 port or PCI wired NIC with a wireless access point, such as: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704048 This architecture eliminates all potential Debian wireless NIC headaches. It works in any mode: AP, client,

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 5:04 PM, ACro wrote: >> >> I won't send them a gift but if Fedora's the only distribution to >> support Secure Boot, then it's the only one that I'll recommend to >> friends (independently from installing and providing support for >> Debian servers at some of my jobs) becaus

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > ;consider also that Fedora has *not* said they won't be sharing the key They won't share their Secure Boot key in the same way that they don't share their RPM-signing key(s). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian

Re: alsa

2012/6/5 john gennard > ** > Thank you very much. That cures the problem. I would not have been > able to work out that it was due to the motherboard having a non > supported chip. > > I am most grateful to you for taking the time to sort things out. > > Kind regards, > > John. > Glad you can li

Re: System crashes for no apparent reason

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 06:14:33AM +0100, Marc Shapiro wrote: > I am running a reasonably up-to-date Squeeze box (it has been a few days > since I did an aptitude update and safe-upgrade). This problem has > actually been occurring sporadically for a few weeks now. The system > will simply die

Re: what did hwinfo do to my machine? - SOLVED

On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 03:29:12PM +0100, Camaleón wrote: > > The CSI people always say that evidence never lie. I'd say the same > stands for logs and messages :-) Unless you're working with custom-written in-house applications written by developers who unwittingly aspire to have their work exh

Re: alsa

> 2012/6/5 john gennard > >> ** >> Thank you very much. That cures the problem. I would not have been >> able to work out that it was due to the motherboard having a non >> supported chip. >> >> I am most grateful to you for taking the time to sort things out. I have almost exactly the same prob

building and running openGL programs from a schroot

Hello all, I'd like to use schroots to build and use openGL programs (openscenegraph, ogre, and some proprietary scientific software which use these libs) under different releases of debian/ubuntu, for both 32 and 64 bits. I've already used schroot before, and I'm quite familiar with it, but I do

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On 06/06/12 19:23, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> >> ;consider also that Fedora has *not* said they won't be sharing the key > > They won't share their Secure Boot key in the same way that they don't > share their RPM-signing key(s). I'm unable to fin

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

There has to be some monopoly abuse scenario here. How is Microsoft permitted to own the BIOS? Garbage. This is a clear cut denial of natural justice. Regards, Weaver. -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Sen

Re: building and running openGL programs from a schroot

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 12:00:28PM +0200, Sébastien Barthélémy wrote: > I'd like to use schroots to build and use openGL programs > (openscenegraph, ogre, and some > proprietary scientific software which use these libs) under different releases > of debian/ubuntu, for both 32 and 64 bits. > > I've

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 06/06/12 19:23, Tom H wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Scott Ferguson >> wrote: >>> ;consider also that Fedora has *not* said they won't be sharing the key >> >> They won't share their Secure Boot key in the same way that they

Re: alsa

2012/6/6 Weaver > > > 2012/6/5 john gennard > > > >> ** > >> Thank you very much. That cures the problem. I would not have been > >> able to work out that it was due to the motherboard having a non > >> supported chip. > >> > >> I am most grateful to you for taking the time to sort things out. >

Any command to control the upload bandwidth of a running program

Dear list, I wonder if there is any linux command which can decrease / reshape the bandwidth usage of a running program. Say upload via scp.. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Any command to control the upload bandwidth of a running program

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 2:26 PM, J. Bakshi wrote: > > Dear list, > > I wonder if there is any linux command which can decrease / reshape > the bandwidth usage of a running program. Say upload via scp.. > > Thanks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subj

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On 06/06/12 20:47, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 06/06/12 19:23, Tom H wrote: >>> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Scott Ferguson >>> wrote: > > ;consider also that Fedora has *not* said they won't be sharing the key >>> >>> They won't share t

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On 06/06/2012 11:47, Tom H wrote: Nowhere is the proposed Fedora 99-dollar-key being offered to other distributions. Since it only costs USD 99 it wouldn't make sense for Debian, for example, not to get its own rather than use Fedora's. And Fedora wouldn't want to take the risk of loaning its ke

Re: Any command to control the upload bandwidth of a running program

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 12:26:46PM +0100, J. Bakshi wrote: > > Dear list, > > I wonder if there is any linux command which can decrease / reshape > the bandwidth usage of a running program. Say upload via scp.. This will largely be application specific - unless you want to go the traffic shapin

Re: Any command to control the upload bandwidth of a running program

On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 12:57:35 +0100 "Karl E. Jorgensen" wrote: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 12:26:46PM +0100, J. Bakshi wrote: > > > > Dear list, > > > > I wonder if there is any linux command which can decrease / reshape > > the bandwidth usage of a running program. Say upload via scp.. > > This w

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

* On 2012 05 Jun 23:04 -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > Please articulate what freedoms, exactly, you're losing through the > availability of UEFI secure boot (a feature you are in no way > compelled to use). Let's not blindly assume that all hardware manufacturers will follow the spec and *all

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 06/06/12 20:47, Tom H wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Scott Ferguson >> wrote: >>> On 06/06/12 19:23, Tom H wrote: On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > ;consider also that Fedora has *not* s

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On 06/06/12 22:14, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2012 05 Jun 23:04 -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote: >> Please articulate what freedoms, exactly, you're losing through the >> availability of UEFI secure boot (a feature you are in no way >> compelled to use). > > Let's not blindly assume that all har

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On 06/06/12 22:51, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 06/06/12 20:47, Tom H wrote: >>> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Scott Ferguson >>> wrote: On 06/06/12 19:23, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: > >

Re: wpa_supplicant.wlan1.pid

On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 09:10:30 +0100 "Keith McKenzie km3...@gmail.com" suggested this: >[QUOTE]Toshiba laptop with an Intel wireless adapter that I'm unable >to get to work[/QUOTE] > >Is it dead or, maybe, it just needs some firmware to be installed. I have installed all the firmware and other pac

Re: Solved sort of - Re: Waiting for xserver to begin looking for connections........

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 09:16:56AM +1000, Charlie wrote: > Apologies especially to Chris and Brian, for my tardiness in the follow > up to this post. > > I didn't reinstall the system. Good. > What I did what was almost as "sledge hammer to crack a nut" though. > > I just removed all my "." [do

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:07:42 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:26:55 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: >>> >>> However, I welcome the fact that attacks on Windows will be made more >>> difficult, since that also means smaller botnets, fewer

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 11:31:11PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > Not immediately it's not (W7). Perhaps >W7. How about Apple? The irony here is that Apple hardware might end up being the easiest for a beginner to install Linux on. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.o

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 09:56:07PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > the only things stopping Debian from getting a key is that not many > manufacturers would use it They wouldn't have to: they have to trust anything signed with a private key that MS/Versign hold, so if Debian paid the 99$ and got a

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:40:23 -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:26:55 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: (...) >>> However, I welcome the fact that attacks on Windows will be made more >>> difficult, since that also means smal

Turn Off Screen Saver

Hi, I would like to disable my screensaver. I have turned off the screen saver via the preferences menu, however the screen is still being blanked after the computer is idle for 10 minutes. How can I completely disable the screen saver? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:55:59 +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> And remember >> Debian has not a time-based schedule for their releases > > That's awkward, i was under the impression there was a change some years > back so that the stable branch wou

Re: Solved sort of - Re: Waiting for xserver to begin looking for connections........

On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 01:46:06 +1200 "Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz" suggested this: >I'd just like to point out that "the system¹" doesn't touch the >"." [dot] files/directories in your home directory on an upgrade. Each >individual program might and a few of them definitely do, but y

Re: Turn Off Screen Saver

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Paul Nulandorn wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to disable my screensaver. I have turned off the screen > saver via the preferences menu, however the screen is still being > blanked after the computer is idle for 10 minutes. > > How can I completely disable the screen

Re: Turn Off Screen Saver

On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 10:13 -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Paul Nulandorn > wrote: > You don't tell us what display manager you're using, but there's > probably a "power management" function which is turning the screen off > after a period of idleness. I'm using

User logins not appearing in wtmp?

Today I see from logwatch report 28 sshd logins from one user at an IP address in a different continent than usually seen here. When I look up this user with last command to see if this is part of a travel pattern or perhaps their account is compromised, I don't get any matches. I've used last and

Re: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i hangs system at boot

It's me again. After several unsuccessful tries to update the BIOS I brought it back to my dealer to let him do it. He now says that the mainboard is broken and I get my money back. Now my question is should I go for the same mainboard again or what do you recommend? I suppose the LSI problem was

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On 06/06/2012 14:56, Jon Dowland wrote: and it'd require resources to manage and maintain, something better suited to a commercial enterprise. That's the big deal. Fedora seem to believe they can manage maintaining closed and signed bootloaders, kernel and kernel modules. That would be very di

Re: Turn Off Screen Saver

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 03:21:52PM BST, Paul Nulandorn wrote: > On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 10:13 -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Paul Nulandorn > > wrote: > > > You don't tell us what display manager you're using, but there's > > probably a "power management" functio

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:01:53 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Camaleón wrote: (...) >>> http://blog.canonical.com/2011/10/28/white-paper-secure-boot-impact- on-linux/ >> >> That white paper points to Canonical and Redhat companies. >> >> I wonder if they tried to contact th

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 03:40:13PM +0100, Laurence Hurst wrote: > I can see this turning into a support nightmare for Fedora when, > inevitably, some hardware or firmware comes along which (at least as > an interim measure until "official" fixes are released) requires the > use of a newer kernel an

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:37:31 -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Camaleón wrote: (...) Repeat with me: we-don't-need-Windows-anymore. > > This has absolutely *nothing* to do with a dependency on Windows. Yes, it is. And more specifically with Windows 8. >

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 09:40:23PM -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > > > That's the problem: we don't have to care about Windows security, it's > > not our business! That's a problem for the Windows users not for us. > > If you don't care abou

What could a regular user do with a .rpmdb directory uploaded?

I think I've found a compromised user account. This is on Debian but alien is installed. The attackers have not made a move yet, but have done some tests and kept their connections to scp/sftp to be unnoticed by last. There is a directory .rpmdb uploaded to their home directory. How could this

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 03:13:23 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:03:54 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: (...) >>> UEFI has many benefits over the traditional BIOS, secure boot being >>> one of them. Why do you think there is no technical r

Re: Email headers in the digest

On 05.06.2012 20:27, Curt Howland wrote: > Dear Debian-User, > > Maybe I'm the only person getting the group though debian-user-digest, > and maybe I'm the only one reading it in plain text, but has anyone > else noticed the HUGE increase in the quantity of digests, which > consist mostly of the e

Re: wifi is not working now

On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:00:21 +0300, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: (please, turn off html... thanks) > Hi there I am using debian sid w/ kde ..The driver is http:brcm80211 The driver is "what"? You mean "brcmsmac"? And how do you know that's the driver to use? :-? > just I rebooted and I t

Re: xml editor ?

On 06.06.2012 04:23, istimsak abdulbasir wrote: > Try out LXDE. Its Window manager is openbox and the configuration file > is xml based. However, I found little difficulty configuring it for > special cases. > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Frank McCormick > wro

Re: wpa_supplicant.wlan1.pid

On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:59:53 +1000, Charlie wrote: > On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:41:57 + (UTC) "Camaleón noela...@gmail.com" > suggested this: >>1/ Despite the warning on the PID, is the wireless connection still >>available and working? > > Yes, it appears to pick it up on the second try as show

Default sound for alarm-clock 0.3.1 in Squeeze.

Does anyone use alarm-clock? When an alarm is created, the sound menu is empty. Shouldn't there be a default alarm sound at least? Is there a package providing sounds? Thanks,... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 639 0202. Bcc: peter at easthope.ca "http://carnot.yi.org/ " "http://

Re: Turn Off Screen Saver

On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:06:08 +1000, Paul Nulandorn wrote: > I would like to disable my screensaver. I have turned off the screen > saver via the preferences menu, however the screen is still being > blanked after the computer is idle for 10 minutes. > > How can I completely disable the screen sav

Re: alsa

On 06.06.2012 14:14, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > 2012/6/6 Weaver mailto:wea...@riseup.net>> > > > > 2012/6/5 john gennard > > > > >> ** > >> Thank you very much. That cures the problem. I would not have been > >> able to work out that it was

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

Hi Andrei, Dňa Wed, 6 Jun 2012 11:44:27 +0300 Andrei POPESCU napísal: > > in our country is more and more difficult to buy computer (specially > > notebook) without Windows included. In one shop they are telling me, > > that it si not possible. > > If you have such an answer on paper you *migh

Re: User logins not appearing in wtmp?

On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:36:09 -0300, francis picabia wrote: > Today I see from logwatch report 28 sshd logins from one user at an IP > address in a different continent than usually seen here. > > When I look up this user with last command to see if this is part of a > travel pattern or perhaps the

Re: Default sound for alarm-clock 0.3.1 in Squeeze.

On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:00:55 -0800, peter wrote: > Does anyone use alarm-clock? Mmm, never heard about it before :-) > When an alarm is created, the sound menu is empty. Shouldn't there be a > default alarm sound at least? There's a "ring.wav" file under "/usr/share/alarmclock" folder :-? >

Re: What could a regular user do with a .rpmdb directory uploaded?

On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:20:51 -0300, francis picabia wrote: > I think I've found a compromised user account. Wow :-( How they got into (unpatched application, password steal...)? > This is on Debian but alien is installed. The attackers have not made a > move yet, but have done some tests and k

Re: Any command to control the upload bandwidth of a running program

On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:56:46 +0530, J. Bakshi wrote: > I wonder if there is any linux command which can decrease / reshape the > bandwidth usage of a running program. Say upload via scp.. Something in the line of wondershaper or trickle? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to de

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Laurence Hurst wrote: > On 06/06/2012 11:47, Tom H wrote: >> >> Nowhere is the proposed Fedora 99-dollar-key being offered to other >> distributions. Since it only costs USD 99 it wouldn't make sense for >> Debian, for example, not to get its own rather than use Fed

Re: User logins not appearing in wtmp?

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:36:09 -0300, francis picabia wrote: > >> Today I see from logwatch report 28 sshd logins from one user at an IP >> address in a different continent than usually seen here. >> >> When I look up this user with last command to s

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:07:42 -0400, Tom H wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:26:55 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: However, I welcome the fact that attacks on Windows will be made more

Re: What could a regular user do with a .rpmdb directory uploaded?

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:20:51 -0300, francis picabia wrote: > >> I think I've found a compromised user account. > > Wow :-( > > How they got into (unpatched application, password steal...)? In many cases, phishing - simply asking for the password a

Re: Strongswan GMP plugin: Why enabled? How to disable it?

On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:13:46 -0400, gregslists wrote: > reguarding the Strongswan GMP-Issue (DSA-2483-1) I have two questions: Let's see: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2483 > 1. Debian says the GMP-Plugin is not used. But why is it enabled by > default? Why not? If I read it correctl

Re: Any command to control the upload bandwidth of a running program

J. Bakshi wrote: > I wonder if there is any linux command which can decrease / reshape > the bandwidth usage of a running program. Say upload via scp.. If you know that you want to limit the bandwidth when you start the program, "trickle" may work for you: scp -p netinst.iso other_host:DELET

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:11:26 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> Can you guarantee that there isn't and will never be a BIOS rootkit >>> that affects Linux? >>> >>> Can you guarantee that Windows botnets don't/won't attack Linux boxes? >> >> Tom, that's irre

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

* On 2012 06 Jun 12:13 -0500, Tom H wrote: > It's not irrelevant. Irrespective of Linux using or not using Secure > Boot, I want Microsoft to take every measure the it can take to reduce > the number of compromised Windows boxes and therefore reduce the > number of attacks on my Linux boxes. What

Re: wpa_supplicant.wlan1.pid

[QUOTE]I have installed all the firmware and other packages that might work I think. If you have an idea about what I might have left out please don't hesitate to say. Thank you, Charlie --[/QUOTE] If you haven't tried 'firmware-non-free', it may be in there, mine was. -- Sent from FOSS (Free O

Re: Turn Off Screen Saver

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Re (2): Default sound for alarm-clock 0.3.1 in Squeeze.

From: Camaleon Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 16:32:44 + (UTC) > There's a "ring.wav" file under "/usr/share/alarmclock" folder :-? Our folders are different. peter@dalton:~$ ls -dl /usr/share/alar* drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 1 11:20 /usr/share/alarm-clock-applet No sounds in mine. peter@

Mac Pro, Debian/OS X dual boot, EFI - I'm missing something

Hello, I've been trying a while to get linux running on my Mac Pro (Intel, not powerpc). Specific model is MacPro1,1. I tried just installing Debian alone, but couldn't get it to boot alone or with rEFIt. Others have suggested keeping OS X on the system for Apple updates and now I'm trying that

netinst + wifi = catch22

I've been experimenting with installing Debian on a laptop dedicated to experimentation. The results have been satisfactory enough that when I discovered it had a very dead battery, I took my general usage laptop to library (only dial-up available at home). I've run the live-CD on this machine

[Solved] Re: Wheezy as internet gateway: lost connections

Hi again, I'll post the solution here as I'm quite confident some will find it useful. In my searches for several things, I keep bumping into my own mails to this list. On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 21:48 +0200, Steven Post wrote: > Hello list, > > I have a small home network and using a Wheezy install

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 01:07:23PM -0400, Tom H wrote: > > What's non-free about signing the "boot-chain"? Do I have the freedom to build and install and boot my own kernel? No? Looks like I lost the freedom to have any semblance of control over my own hardware. Regards, Roger -- .''`. R

Re: Mac Pro, Debian/OS X dual boot, EFI - I'm missing something

Hi Brian, How many disks do you have in the machine? I'm just wondering if you have a time machine disk in it that might be the source for your hd2. Also --- have you thought about using the OSX time machine to keep backups for your ubuntu partition? I'd certainly appreciate hearing how the sto

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2012 06 Jun 12:13 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> It's not irrelevant. Irrespective of Linux using or not using Secure >> Boot, I want Microsoft to take every measure the it can take to reduce >> the number of compromised Windows boxes and theref

Re: netinst + wifi = catch22

> 1. What is command to identify the WiFi hardware? Try "lspci -v". You should see your WiFi controller among other devices. > 2. Once I've identified the required driver, how do I install it when > I can not connect to the internet in first place ;< Try "modprobe " first, to see if the module

Re: what did hwinfo do to my machine? - SOLVED

Curt wrote: On 2012-06-05, Dan B. wrote: What the heck did hwinfo do to my machine? Thanks to some suggestions that somehow caused me to check basic floppy access, I discovered that the problem was ... (get ready for a big letdown) ... a loose floppy cable. So you're saying when you typed "h

Re: netinst + wifi = catch22

On Wed 06 Jun 2012 at 14:24:13 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I've been experimenting with installing Debian on a laptop dedicated to > experimentation. > The results have been satisfactory enough that when I discovered it had a > very dead battery, I took my general usage laptop to library (onl

Re: Apache, mod_rewrite and directory context

On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 06:40:10PM +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: > Hello Jimmy, > > Jimmy Thrasibule wrote: > > > > > > > > RewriteEngine On > > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f > > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d > > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ic

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 06:04:12PM +0200, Slavko wrote: > Hi Andrei, > > Dňa Wed, 6 Jun 2012 11:44:27 +0300 Andrei POPESCU > napísal: > > > > in our country is more and more difficult to buy computer (specially > > > notebook) without Windows included. In one shop they are telling me, > > > that

Re: wpa_supplicant.wlan1.pid

On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 19:45:13 +0100 "Keith McKenzie km3...@gmail.com" suggested this: >If you haven't tried 'firmware-non-free', it may be in there, mine was. It's a wheezy [testing] system and aptitude search firmware doesn't off me that package? Be well, Charlie -- ** ** ** ** ** ** **

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

There are two issues only to consider here: (1) Who controls the keys and who controls them. (2) I resent any degree of control of the open source software movement being given over into the control of anybody else. Recognise this for what it is. Microsoft fears us. Gates admitted this in a rece

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On 07. 06. 12 00:33, Weaver wrote: > There are two issues only to consider here: > > (1) Who controls the keys and who controls them. > > (2) I resent any degree of control of the open source software > movement being given over into the control of anybody else. > > Recognise this for what it is.

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Roger Leigh wrote: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 01:07:23PM -0400, Tom H wrote: >> >> What's non-free about signing the "boot-chain"? > > Do I have the freedom to build and install and boot my own kernel? > > No?  Looks like I lost the freedom to have any semblance of c

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

On 06/06/2012 08:43 PM, Christofer C. Bell wrote: On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Roger Leigh wrote: On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 01:07:23PM -0400, Tom H wrote: What's non-free about signing the "boot-chain"? Do I have the freedom to build and install and boot my own kernel? No? Looks like I los

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

> On 07. 06. 12 00:33, Weaver wrote: > > There are two issues only to consider here: > > > > (1) Who controls the keys and who controls them. > > > > (2) I resent any degree of control of the open source software > > movement being given over into the control of anybody else. > > > > Recog

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

Scott Ferguson writes: >>> You can't disable the code signing requirement on ARM. >> >> ... which is a great deal more worrying. > > Yes. And no. > I'd hate to see a situation where it was impossible to buy an ARM (or > other CPU based board) without UEFI that can be disabled - but I support > de