Re: Installation

On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 02:26:11 AM Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 04:12:31PM +, Camaleón wrote: > > Okay, I agree the user does not need to hold a MS in Computer Science as > > a previous requirement for installing an OS and managing a computer. > > But an MS in Astro

Re: Installation

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 06:33:02PM +0200, lee wrote: > They even have begun to use different keys to get into the BIOS quite > some time ago. Really? Have you got a source for that allegation? > That's just retarded, stupid and braindead. Why don't > they make computers easier to use by always

Re: Installation

On Mon, September 24, 2012 10:33 pm, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 02:15:23PM -0700, Weaver wrote: >> >> On Mon, September 17, 2012 8:11 am, Chris Bannister wrote: >> > >> > Unless you submit it against d-i as a patch, there *is* no onward. If >> it >> > gets rejected, there sho

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

Am 21.09.2012 um 06:43 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: On 9/20/2012 8:43 PM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: Everybody has to start somewhere Yes, but people don't start with a quad socket DL580. Why not? AFAIR it was with the release of Squeeze that I did my first 64 bit installation after using Debian >

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

Am 21.09.2012 um 22:53 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: On 9/21/2012 10:06 AM, Camaleón wrote: Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no gain) to say this on the list. We all can think whatever we want -and we can be wrong or right as we don't have all the details over the t

PerlMagick (was ... Re: Installation)

On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 06:36:48PM +0200, lee wrote: > Crop a picture with imagemagic? I just found out you can actually do > that, and it starts a lot faster than gimp. I sometimes use it to > display an image or for converting images and taking screenshots. It's Huh! All you need is perlmagic

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

Am 21.09.2012 um 23:16 schrieb Neal Murphy: If one cannot respond with civility and respect, one shouldn't respond at all. Attitudes like yours drive people away from OSS. Fully ACK. Open Source needs open communication. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-re

Re: What is playing videos in web browsers?

Celejar writes: > On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 23:22:28 +0200 > lee wrote: > >> Celejar writes: >> >> > On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:49:59 +0200 >> > lee wrote: >> > >> >> Celejar writes: > > ... > >> >> like someone else would and it doesn't work, so I have no reason to >> >> believe that it would work fo

Re: Installation

Celejar writes: > On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:52:38 +0200 > lee wrote: >> >> [shrugs] I don't know about that and I don't care. If someone would >> buy it, it's not up to me what they do with it. > > I'm not sure if you're expressing your personal morality here, or your > understanding of the law.

Re: Installation

Camaleón writes: > I think an OS should cost even more (yes, also Linux, why not?). You only > need to compare what it can be done with a car and an OS. There's no > comparison. Why should it cost more? And why compare it with a car when there is no comparison? -- Debian testing amd64 --

Re: What is playing videos in web browsers?

Camaleón writes: >>> Then install Adobe Flash Player and problem solved. >> >> It doesn't solve the problem. > > It will solve the problem of displaying Flash Player videos in the > browser, what makes you think it won't? That isn't the problem. I removed the flashplayer library from ado

Re: Installation

Camaleón writes: > On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 23:10:19 +0200, lee wrote: > >> Camaleón writes: >> >>> On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:41:46 +0200, lee wrote: >>> Companies may have resources they could use to provide support. Simply having them doesn't mean that they do. >>> >>> They do provide supp

Re: Installation

Celejar writes: > On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:24:22 +0200 > lee wrote: > >> Celejar writes: >> >> > You do not cite any sources for your various assertions, and I believe >> > you are incorrect as a matter of US law. >> >> American law doesn't apply here. Letting that aside: What is a copy? >> Wh

RE: IA64 or AMD64?

>> Yes, but people don't start with a quad socket DL580. You're right! Some people starts biger than a DL580 :D Ezen üzenet és annak bármely csatolt anyaga bizalmas, jogi védelem alatt áll, a nyilvános közléstől védett. Az üzenetet kizárólag a címzett, illetve az általa meghatalmazottak használ

Re: Installation

On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 18:38 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > Tell that to Mr Balmer, but don't stand too close. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S30WdoEHCH4&feature=related -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listm

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:53 AM, Tóth Tibor Péter wrote: >>> Yes, but people don't start with a quad socket DL580. > You're right! > Some people starts biger than a DL580 :D > > > Ezen üzenet és annak bármely csatolt anyaga bizalmas, jogi védelem alatt áll, > a nyilvános közléstől védett. Az üzen

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

> > Am 21.09.2012 um 22:53 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > >> On 9/21/2012 10:06 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> >>> Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no >>> gain) >>> to say this on the list. We all can think whatever we want -and we >>> can be >>> wrong or right as we don't have all

Decompressing .m4a .

Good time of the day. I can not decompress .m4a files w/ mplayer2: /usr/bin/mplayer2 -nolirc -vo null -vc dummy -cache 32768 -cache-min 99 -ao pcm:waveheader:file=./1.wav ./01\ Waiting.m4a [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0xab6f00]max_analyze_duration reached Cannot find codec matching selected -vo

Re: privoxy kinda slowish

Good time of the day, Lou. You wrote: > If I run privoxy with filtering disabled in the webinterface it still > feels a lot slower compared to surfing without a proxy at all. > > Is this to be expected, and can speed improve with config adjustments? > > I just use the default actions on debia

Re: Apt-get autoremove question

Good time of the day, Gábor. You wrote: > I run the autoremove and I reinstall packages which I need again so > this question not question now. Or You could simply mark them as being manually installed. Sthu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

/var/spool/mail ?

Dear All On my server , the /var/spool/mail/root is getting very big in size. To free up more space, can you please let me know how can I solve the problem ? Thank you

Re: /var/spool/mail ?

Hi On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:47:44AM +0100, Hadi Motamedi wrote: > Dear All > On my server , the /var/spool/mail/root is getting very big in size. To free > up > more space, can you please let me know how can I solve the problem ? Sounds like you have lots of mail accumulated in root's mailbox.

RE: /var/spool/mail ?

> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:13:38 +0100 > From: karl.jorgen...@nice.com > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: /var/spool/mail ? > > Hi > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:47:44AM +0100, Hadi Motamedi wrote: > > Dear All > > On my server , the /var/spool/mail/root is getting very big in

Re: /var/spool/mail ?

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:19:06 + Hadi Motamedi wrote: > Thank you for your reply. Can you please let me know how can I delete > them automatically or preventing from accumulating huge amount of > mails there ? Depending on your system configuration you can try this, put the following line in y

Fwd: RE: /var/spool/mail ?

Wolf Halton http://sourcefreedom.com Apache developer: wolfhal...@apache.org -- Forwarded message -- From: "Wolf Halton" Date: Sep 25, 2012 6:50 AM Subject: RE: /var/spool/mail ? To: "Hadi Motamedi" , # echo "" > /var/spool/mail/root will replace the content of the file with an e

RE: /var/spool/mail ?

Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:52:24 -0400 Subject: Fwd: RE: /var/spool/mail ? From: wolf.hal...@gmail.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Wolf Halton http://sourcefreedom.com Apache developer: wolfhal...@apache.org -- Forwarded message -- From: "Wolf Halton" Date: Sep 25, 2012

Re: /var/spool/mail ?

25.09.2012 11:47, Hadi Motamedi: > On my server , the /var/spool/mail/root is getting very big in size. To free > up more space, can you please let me know how can I solve the problem ? > Thank you Probably the best way to solve the problem is to find out what the *real* problem is. I. e. if roo

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 03:53:21PM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 9/21/2012 10:06 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > > Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no gain) > > to say this on the list. We all can think whatever we want -and we can be > > wrong or right as we don't have

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 04:54:26PM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 9/21/2012 4:16 PM, Neal Murphy wrote: > > On Friday, September 21, 2012 04:53:21 PM Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> It's not writing style but attitude. My attitude is that people should > >> be self reliant. Only when they search and

Re: Installation

lee writes: > I've bought something, so I can sell it. I haven't signed any > contract whatsoever that says that I can't sell it. That's all there > is to it. That is the law here in the USA as well, though Microsoft et al. seem to have convinced some that it isn't. -- John Hasler -- To UNSU

Re: Installation

lee writes: > You are talking about some law that involves "copies" without > explaining what a "copy" is. Under USA copyright law a "copy" is a tangible object which embodies a "work" (an intangible). Subject to some limitations, the creation of "copies" is the exclusive right of the owner of th

Not able to access anything beyond the PPP server.

Hi All, I'm Sai Krishna. I have a very fundamental problem. I'm trying to establish a connection from a client to LAN using PPP, where my machine is the client. Actually, I was able to ping the PPP server but not able to ping other machines in that network beyond the PPP server. I have done "route

Re: pppd shutdown

Have you found the problem yet? On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 01:21:33PM -0700, Mike McClain wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm on dialup using pppd and loosing the connection often in the > middle of fetching mail or loading some URL in the browser. I'm hoping > for suggestions to help me debug the problem.

Re: Installation

On 09/25/2012 03:25 AM, Weaver wrote: On Mon, September 24, 2012 10:33 pm, Chris Bannister wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 02:15:23PM -0700, Weaver wrote: On Mon, September 17, 2012 8:11 am, Chris Bannister wrote: Patches are still being accepted against d-i, but hurry. Done! Ummm, can

Re: Installation

On 09/25/2012 02:56 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 06:33:02PM +0200, lee wrote: They even have begun to use different keys to get into the BIOS quite some time ago. Really? Have you got a source for that allegation? http://www.mydigitallife.info/comprehensive-list-of-ho

Re: Installation

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:28:58 +0200 lee wrote: > Celejar writes: > > > On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:52:38 +0200 > > lee wrote: > >> > >> [shrugs] I don't know about that and I don't care. If someone would > >> buy it, it's not up to me what they do with it. > > > > I'm not sure if you're expressin

Re: Installation

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:18:25 -0500 John Hasler wrote: > lee writes: > > I've bought something, so I can sell it. I haven't signed any > > contract whatsoever that says that I can't sell it. That's all there > > is to it. > > That is the law here in the USA as well, though Microsoft et al. seem

Re: What is playing videos in web browsers?

On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:52:10 -0400 Rob Owens wrote: > On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 02:22:11PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:49:59 +0200 > > lee wrote: > > > > > > > I've used it many times to watch / download media that I > > > > couldn't access any other way. > > > > > > How did

Re: What is playing videos in web browsers?

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:11:22 +0200 lee wrote: > Celejar writes: > > > On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 23:22:28 +0200 > > lee wrote: > > > >> Celejar writes: > >> > >> > On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:49:59 +0200 > >> > lee wrote: > >> > > >> >> Celejar writes: > > > > ... > > > >> >> like someone else would a

Re: Decompressing .m4a .

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 04:14:00PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good time of the day. > > > I can not decompress .m4a files w/ mplayer2: > > /usr/bin/mplayer2 -nolirc -vo null -vc dummy -cache 32768 -cache-min 99 > -ao pcm:waveheader:file=./1.wav ./01\ Waiting.m4a > > [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x

Re: Installation

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:41:04 +0200 lee wrote: > Celejar writes: > > > On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:24:22 +0200 > > lee wrote: > > > >> Celejar writes: > >> > >> > You do not cite any sources for your various assertions, and I believe > >> > you are incorrect as a matter of US law. > >> > >> Ameri

Re: Decompressing .m4a .

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:14:00 +0700 Sthu Deus wrote: > Good time of the day. > > > I can not decompress .m4a files w/ mplayer2: > > /usr/bin/mplayer2 -nolirc -vo null -vc dummy -cache 32768 -cache-min 99 > -ao pcm:waveheader:file=./1.wav ./01\ Waiting.m4a > > [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0xab6f0

Re: Installation

On 09/23/2012 12:42 PM, Celejar wrote: On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:57:35 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 20 sep 12, 06:31:52, lee wrote: Why not? I haven't signed any agreement with them. You agreed to the EULA on install or first boot, same thing. Additionally, IIUC, Microsoft retains

Re: command line interface tool question

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 07:13:10AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > What command line interface tool or tools does Linux have available to > snag a graphical image of what's on the screen and save that image in a > file? If you're running lynx and you come up on a website with a captcha > on a for

Re: Installation

The Wanderer writes: > The only potential angle I can see is the fact that, in the case of > software, you actually do have to copy it (at least into RAM) to be > able to use it. I personally think that that's a flaw in the design of > copyright law USA copyright law explicitly grants that right.

Re: Using wget to fill in a form

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 10:01:51AM -0500, cr...@gtek.biz wrote: > Greetings, > > I have a small book collection (~150) that I thought would be neat to catalog > by the Library of Congress catalog numbers. I have found a LOC search form > that will allow me to input the ISBN, and it will return t

Re: Using wget to fill in a form

> Have a look at: > http://search.cpan.org/dist/WWW-Mechanize/ > > Have a read of: > http://www.perl.com/pub/2003/01/22/mechanize.html > > Do a google search on "perl www::mechanize" Thanks for the reply (and to the other kind folks that took time to reply). I will have to put this quest off

Re: Decompressing .m4a .

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 04:14:00PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good time of the day. > > > I can not decompress .m4a files w/ mplayer2: Can you play it back with anything else? m4a implies an iTunes-style AAC-encoded file. VLC should be able to decode it, plus anything linking to libfaad, such as

Re: Fwd: RE: /var/spool/mail ?

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 06:52:24AM -0400, Wolf Halton wrote: > # echo "" > /var/spool/mail/root > will replace the content of the file with an empty string The smiley of death is better: # :> /var/spool/mail/root -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Installation

On 09/25/2012 10:14 AM, John Hasler wrote: The Wanderer writes: The only potential angle I can see is the fact that, in the case of software, you actually do have to copy it (at least into RAM) to be able to use it. I personally think that that's a flaw in the design of copyright law USA cop

Re: Fwd: RE: /var/spool/mail ?

I like the smiley of death! Wolf Halton http://sourcefreedom.com Apache developer: wolfhal...@apache.org On Sep 25, 2012 10:35 AM, "Jon Dowland" wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 06:52:24AM -0400, Wolf Halton wrote: > > # echo "" > /var/spool/mail/root > > will replace the content of the file wit

Re: Decompressing .m4a .

Good time of the day, Rob. Thank You for Your time and answer. You wrote: > It could be that the file is corrupted. Or it could be some whacky > new codec. I don't think it's required, but just in case you might > want to make sure w32codecs is installed. No. In this case it was not the case.

Re: Decompressing .m4a .

Good time of the day, Celejar. Thank You for Your time and answer. You wrote: > As noted ad infinitum on this list, mixing and matching A/V stuff from > the official repos and dmo can cause just these sorts of headaches. > Are you doing that? Does playback work using official Debian packages? Y

Re: Installation

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:48:47 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > On 09/23/2012 12:42 PM, Celejar wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:57:35 +0300 Andrei POPESCU > > wrote: > > > >> On Jo, 20 sep 12, 06:31:52, lee wrote: > > >>> Why not? I haven't signed any agreement with them. > >> > >> You agreed

Re: Re: privoxy kinda slowish

Thank you both Sthu and John for your replies. Can you tell me what version of privoxy you both are using in debian/squeeze? There is the repository version (3.0.16), and then there is the deb you can download from the privoxy sourceforge website (3.0.19). None of them load sites reasonable w

Sound very *very* quiet on Debian.

Hello everyone! I have a conundrum for you. Today I had rebooted into Windows to take care of something and when I booted right back into debian, my sound became very very very quiet. To confirm my hardware wasn't on the fritz, I rebooted back into Windows to be greeted with normal volume. Ba

Re: Installation

On Tue, September 25, 2012 6:02 am, The Wanderer wrote: > On 09/25/2012 03:25 AM, Weaver wrote: > >> On Mon, September 24, 2012 10:33 pm, Chris Bannister wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 02:15:23PM -0700, Weaver wrote: >>> On Mon, September 17, 2012 8:11 am, Chris Bannister wrote: >

Re: Looking for an emacs replacement

Hi, Subject: My app-defaults won't work for emacs any more Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 01:25:20 + (UTC) I haven't updated my emacs for quite a while and today when I update it, I notice that the new emacs is not following my app-defaults settings, which has been working for quite a long time.

Slow boot when network up

Hi, I have noticed recently when my DSL router is on and connected and i power on my machine, it's gets to the part (after i hit enter on my kernel of choice) where a message appears "loading please wait" and this goes on for a few minutes. However if my router is powered down Debian

monstermarketplace malware for linux?

I use up-to-date Debian testing (wheezy), amd64 architecture. When I do a Google search, I sometimes get a window asking if I want to do a search at monstermarketplace.com. For Windows, there is a piece of malware with this name. Does this malware now exist for linux systems? If so, how do

Re: Looking for an emacs replacement

Are you using GNU emacs? Then how about Xemacs (formely Lucid emacs)? or vice-versa. -- 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.org/20120925191858.GA26155@debian

Re: Looking for an emacs replacement

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Jon Dowland wrote: > > Are you using GNU emacs? Then how about Xemacs (formely Lucid emacs)? Actually, i guess somebody should bring up SXemacs. This variant has lots of goodies in it (e.g., quaternion support and lots of other stuff you wouldn't expect in an ed

Checksum for iso image netinst i386

Hi Members I just downloaded the netinst (stable) release of Debian for i386 architecture. The file will fit on one CD as it is only 180MB. Before I burn the iso image to a CD, I'd like to verify that it was downloaded without errors. Can anyone point the way to the checksum number? source: http

Re: Checksum for iso image netinst i386

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:30:45 +0200, Wally Lepore wrote: Hi Members I just downloaded the netinst (stable) release of Debian for i386 architecture. The file will fit on one CD as it is only 180MB. Before I burn the iso image to a CD, I'd like to verify that it was downloaded without errors.

Re: Sound very *very* quiet on Debian.

On Sep 25, 2012 12:18 PM, "Conrad Nelson" wrote: > Any ideas on why ALSA is suddenly outputting my sound so very quietly despite my volume levels being all the way up? Annoyingly, this has always been a problem for me with a Thinkpad T400. I'd be interested in a fix, too.

Re: icedove and IceOwl: ICS attachment

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 02:29:21PM -0400, Worrier Poet wrote: > On 09/24/2012 01:56 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 02:30:00PM +, Camale�n wrote: > > > >snip... > >> > >> P.S. Consider a replacement for IceOwl (Sunbird) because AFAICT is not > >>

Re: Slow boot when network up

Marek Pawinski wrote: Hi, I have noticed recently when my DSL router is on and connected and i power on my machine, it's gets to the part (after i hit enter on my kernel of choice) where a message appears "loading please wait" and this goes on for a few minutes. However if my router

Re: Slow boot when network up

On 26/09/2012 01:33, hvw59601 wrote: Marek Pawinski wrote: Hi, I have noticed recently when my DSL router is on and connected and i power on my machine, it's gets to the part (after i hit enter on my kernel of choice) where a message appears "loading please wait" and this goes on for

Re: Slow boot when network up

On 9/25/2012 1:33 PM, Marek Pawinski wrote: > Hi, > > I have noticed recently when my DSL router is on and connected and i > power on my machine, it's gets to the part (after i hit enter on my > kernel of choice) where a message appears "loading please wait" > and this goes on for a few mi

Re: Slow boot when network up

On 26/09/2012 03:23, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 9/25/2012 1:33 PM, Marek Pawinski wrote: Hi, I have noticed recently when my DSL router is on and connected and i power on my machine, it's gets to the part (after i hit enter on my kernel of choice) where a message appears "loading please wait..

Re: Sound very *very* quiet on Debian.

On 09/25/2012 04:21 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sep 25, 2012 12:18 PM, "Conrad Nelson" > wrote: > Any ideas on why ALSA is suddenly outputting my sound so very quietly despite my volume levels being all the way up? Annoyingly, this has always been a problem for me wi

Re: Installation

Celejar writes: > In this context, any problem with the definition of "copy" is > irrelevant; you cannot legally (under US law) transfer *any* version of > the software, "original" or "copy", to anyone else without the > copyright holder's permission, as you have not purchased the software > but

Re: What is playing videos in web browsers?

Celejar writes: > http://www.iba.org.il/gimmel/?entity=869508&type=269&page=248 > > Clicking the little red headphone-with-emanating-sound-waves brings up > this message: > > "You must install the Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin. > > Click here to download and install the plugin. > > Or click

Re: ntpd crashes.

On 22 September 2012 15:51, Camaleón wrote: > El 2012-09-21 a las 22:13 +0200, Mauro escribió: > > (resending to the list) > >> On 21 September 2012 16:30, Camaleón wrote: >> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:05:01 +0200, Mauro wrote: >> > >> >> On 20 September 2012 22:20, Mauro wrote: >> >>> On 20 Septe