Re: PHP3 + Mysql -> connecting problems

2000-01-27 Thread Saisanthosh B
> "Fatal error: Call to unsupported or undefined function mysql_connect() in > /home/www/projectoX/teste.php3 on line 11" add the following line to your .php3 code: dl ("mysql.so"); -- saisanthosh

Re: problem with lilo.conf

2000-01-27 Thread Saisanthosh B
Joseph de los Santos wrote: > > I have installed debian to coexist with windows 98 but I can no longer > boot windows. my lilo.conf only shows linux.it automatically boots linux and > the windows partition is no where to be found. worse, I even forgot to label > my windows partition. is ther

Re: keyboard repeat rate

2000-01-29 Thread Saisanthosh B
Attila Csosz wrote: > How could I set the keyboard repeat rate and the speed? kbdrate -r -d -- saisanthosh

spammer lurking

2000-01-29 Thread Jim B
This list is definitely being used to harvest e-mail addresses. [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are two of the addresses from which I supposedly received mail on this address, which obviously I only used for subscription to this list. I'm not on the list at the moment, if anyone needs to

standard filepermissions

2001-06-19 Thread bernd b
Hi, In DEBIAN new directories are made drwxr-sr-x. Of course this can be changed with umask But where is the default file permission and the setgid bit set? How should i create dirs which are default drwxr-xr-x; without the gid bit set? Also some dirs do not have execute permission for group a

Re: ProFTPd and NIS problems

2001-08-28 Thread Jeremy B
I've experienced similar problems with ProFTPd not honoring the PAM authentication via LDAP and those having to be compiled with the ProFTPd mod_ldap module included... I think it is just bad coding on the part of ProFTPd as everything else seems fine... Jeremy On Tue, Aug 28, 200

got a little problem in Gnome

2002-02-18 Thread Andrew B.
 Hello there everybody,   I just installed Debian 2.2r5 and Gnome. For some reason though, I can't seem to be able to move some application windows!!! The menubar is there on top-left part of my screen but I cannot drag and move it. It just detaches and moves without the rest of the window.  

konqueror can't talk to klauncher

2001-04-29 Thread B Thomas
err Description: application/text

apt error : too many open files

2001-04-29 Thread B Thomas
Hi, I am using debian 2.2 with kernel 2.2.19 and am having the folling problem : when I log in as root and use dpkg or apt every thing works fine . But if I log in a normal user and "su -" to root the dpkg or apt gives errors as below. Could you please point me to what is going wrong and how may

How to NOT start X-Windows @ Boot?

2001-11-14 Thread Rafe B.
o go about this? In any case, I assumed it would all be much simpler and safer in text mode. rafe b.

Matrox G-450 Under X Vers. 3.3.6

2001-11-14 Thread Rafe B.
"Woody?" What is the minimal kernel version to support the newest version of X? Hints, suggestions appreciated. I'd rather not do a major upgrade of debian quite yet, being rather a newbie. rafe b.

Way Confused about Version Numbers

2001-11-14 Thread Rafe B.
" begin? What's with the 2.4.x kernels? Where do they stand in relation to "potato" and "woody?" Is there a FAQ or URL that might help to understand any of this? Thanks! rafe b.

Segmentation Fault w/ XF86Setup

2001-11-16 Thread Rafe B.
inimim base for running XF86 version 4.1.0-9? Or is "apt-get" supposed to deal with such dependencies? 5. Suggestions on where to go from here... Whew! Many thanks in advance. I'm way over my head here, I guess . rafe b.

XF86 4.1.0-9

2001-11-17 Thread Rafe B.
) part of the 4.1.0-9 distribution or will I need to add by hand the small Linux distro from the Matrox website? Many thanks in advance. rafe b.

Man pages to PDF or RTF?

2001-11-17 Thread Rafe B.
stallation, not some generic page off the web. rafe b.

Small-Text console Tweaks?

2001-11-17 Thread Rafe B.
windowing system that works entirely in text mode (eg., similar to some pre-Win-3.1 tools from the mid 1980s.) rafe b.

XF86 4.1 on potato

2001-11-17 Thread Rafe B.
l XF4 on potato with apt-get. Nothing at that link relating to the problem at hand. Or else I'm blind. Thanks for the reply, tho. I guess I'll just keep plodding along. Feel free to respond privately, if this is something better taken offline. Sorry if my attitude is showing. rafe b.

Blindly Installing...

2001-11-17 Thread Rafe B.
[rafe b:] > How is a newbie expected to avoid this situation? > You know, I've been around the block a time or two, > but getting a wee bit frustrated with debian install > issues. > [sean:] I don't see how blindly attempting to install unstable packages into a stable

File attribute 's' ??

2001-11-17 Thread Rafe B.
#x27; or a hyphen. None of my manuals talk about this particular attribute. What does it mean, and more importantly, how do I get rid of it?? Thanks in advance rafe b.

How to copy the binary image of a dos floppy ?

2001-05-04 Thread B Thomas
Hi, I have dos and debian installed on my system . I would like to backup the ddevice drivers that came on dos floppies with my system. I know I need to use the dd command to make a binary image of the floppy. But I do not know the exact parameter to pass . Could you please show me a sample comm

Lynx proxy server, How to ?

2001-05-10 Thread B Thomas
Hi, Could you please post a sample of what one my add to the local lynxrc file so that it is able to use a proxy server with user ID and passwd authentication. I would be grateful if you could also let me know of how one may set this up to be able to switch it on and off. sincerely b thomas

debian-user@lists.debian.org

2001-06-08 Thread bernd b
Hi, I am having a problem with a Primary/DOS partition. (Debian 2.2r3) With cfdisk this partition was made. Both cfdisk and MSDOS fdisk report that this partition is WINDOWS FAT32 and 13.9 Gb large. However dir c: as well as format only see 5.66 Gb and after formatting the partition is only 5.66

debian-user@lists.debian.org

2001-06-08 Thread bernd b
Hi, I am having a problem with a Primary/DOS partition. (Debian 2.2r3) With cfdisk this partition was made. Both cfdisk and MSDOS fdisk report that this partition is WINDOWS FAT32 and 13.9 Gb large. However dir c: as well as format only see 5.66 Gb and after formatting the partition is only 5.66

Theme's (gnome) terribly wrong

2004-10-24 Thread B-Fly
I recently installed a clean gnome (unstable) on my knoppix 3.6 hdinstall,and the result is just terrible. I selected the gnome simple theme, but somehow this does not change the dropdown lists, menu, etc. See also the screenshot at: https://b-fly.homeip.net/images/Screenshot.png It looks

Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

2004-07-17 Thread Daniel B.
[Note implementation question near end.] Michael Graham wrote: > > Michael wrote: > > ...about shell environment initialization. ... > > ... at no time is a login shell > > created which is necessary to trigger profile initialization. > > Although it's annoying that this is the way *dm work it i

Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

2004-07-17 Thread Daniel B.
Michael B Allen wrote: > > ... > > Look, conceptually what needs to be done is simple. The purpose of the > login option of a shell is to say "Hey, I'm logging in, initialize my > environment." Subsequent shells do not use the login option which is > to me

Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

2004-07-17 Thread Daniel B.
r). A login shell should be started when the user logins in, and ONLY when the user logs in (or explicitly requests a login shell). Therefore: - The display manager (whichever parts logs the user in) should start a login shell. - Other parts of X should NOT start a login shell (unless req

Re: bash profile not working

2004-07-18 Thread Daniel B.
Marc Wilson wrote: > .. > > Debian's X doesn't source those files because it's NOT SUPPOSED TO. Why > would it? Those are files related to shells. > > If you're using startx to launch X, then they're already read. Right. > If you're > using a display manager (xdm/gdm/kdm/wdm/whatever), t

Help with samba 3

2004-07-23 Thread Aaron B
Hi everyone. I'm trying to set up samba 3 to be a client on a Windows NT network. I have smbd running and my hostname ( foo ) configured- not much else. My box appears in the Network Neighborhood on the Windows machines just fine. Also, my workstation has been "allowed" on the network. What ba

Help with samba 3

2004-07-24 Thread Aaron B
Hi everyone. I'm trying to set up samba 3 to be a client on a Windows NT network. I have smbd running and my hostname ( foo ) configured- not much else. My box appears in the Network Neighborhood on the Windows machines just fine. Also, my workstation has been "allowed" on the network. What baffl

Re: Help with samba 3

2004-07-24 Thread Aaron B
On Saturday 24 July 2004 02:52 pm, David Sanders wrote: > On Saturday 24 July 2004 12:57 pm, Aaron B wrote: > > Hi everyone. I'm trying to set up samba 3 to be a client on a Windows NT > > network. I have smbd running and my hostname ( foo ) configured- not much > > else.

Re: Upgrade to latest firefox deleted all my bookmarks

2004-07-26 Thread Aaron B
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 26 July 2004 07:58 am, Lukas Ruf wrote: > After I have changed the owner of the bookmarks to myself and > restarted firefox, it has deleted all my bookmarks. I believe that firefox changed the places it kept the bookmarks several times in

Help Installing / Upgrading Cron

2004-07-28 Thread Aaron B
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all. I've recently had problems installing / upgrading cron from apt-get. It seemed to be a problem with not being able to find /usr/bin/crontab while upgrading - so I removed cron, and then attempted to install it. Here is the output: [EMAIL PR

Re: Getting photos from USB compactFlash into linux

2004-07-29 Thread Aaron B
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 29 July 2004 01:05 am, J F wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /usb > mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# ls -lad /usb > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 28 19:47 /usb Sounds like a probl

Re: Migration: Mozilla Mail to Mozilla Thunderbird

2004-08-04 Thread Aaron B
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 04 August 2004 11:16 am, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List, > > is there a secure (and easy) to migrate from Mozilla Mail to Mozilla > Thunderbird ? > > Thanks in advance, > Jerome Yes, in fact, Mozilla Mail and Mozilla Firefox use the sa

is ${PATH} in pam_env.conf supposed to see PATH set by login.defs?

2004-01-03 Thread Daniel B.
In /etc/security/pam_env.conf, is ${PATH} supposed to "see" the value of PATH set by /etc/login.defs? If I set PATH in login.defs (using ENV_PATH=xxx) and set PATH=${PATH}:yyy in pam_env.conf, the setting from login.defs doesn't show up (PATH gets set to ":yyy"). If I remember correctly (I looke

Re: emu10k1 WILL NOT load!

2003-06-29 Thread B P
Hey, As far as I know the emu10k1 drivers that are included in the kernel will not work for the audigy. Go here for an explanation of the emu10k1 alsa drivers: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php3?company=Creative+Labs&card=Soundblaster+Audigy+Platinum&chip=Audigy&module=e

Sid IMAP & PHP4, TWIG: cannot login

2003-07-01 Thread b . w
Hi, Since I upgraded to sid (unstable) 10 days ago, I cannot log into TWIG any more. But I believe it is not TWIG that's at fault, because after installing aeromail I got exactly the same problem and message. Here are the versions: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed

Re: via-rhine & dhclient

2003-07-02 Thread B P
Piero wrote: Each time I turn onmy computer, I have to give commands: modprobe via-rhine dhclient How can I have them authomatically executed at every boot? I guess it's simple, but I cannot find the solution in any handbook or any man page. Thanks. About dhclient I'm not too sure, but for via-r

local mirror based on APT source.list format?

2003-07-04 Thread Daniel B.
For maintaining a local partial Debian mirror, is there any tool that takes an APT-style sources.list file as the specification of things to mirror? And does it download packages _before_ you decide to install them (as opposed to archiving packages after downloading them on demand)? What I'd l

Re: local mirror based on APT source.list format?

2003-07-04 Thread Daniel B.
Allister McRae wrote: > > read into the dpkg and apt-get (maybe even apt-* files). There must be a > way with those...you can do almost anything like you describe once you > figure em out :) Last I knew, apt-get didn't have any mirroring capability like I described. Do you know of some changes,

Re: local mirror based on APT source.list format?

2003-07-06 Thread Daniel B.
Alexander Schmehl wrote: > > * Daniel B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030705 00:08]: > > > What I'd like to have it this: > > ... > > - A cron job updates my local mirror. > > - When I decide to install a package, APT installs from the local > > mir

Re: local mirror based on APT source.list format?

2003-07-06 Thread Daniel B.
Shri Shrikumar wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 02:04, Daniel B. wrote: > > Allister McRae wrote: > > >... There must be a > > > way with those...you can do almost anything like you describe ... > > > > Last I knew, apt-get didn't have any mirrorin

Re: local mirror based on APT source.list format?

2003-07-06 Thread Daniel B.
Alex Malinovich wrote: > > But if all you > want to do is have a full debian mirror (sid, sarge, and woody) ... No, I want a partial mirror (woody plus Gnome 2.2 backport and probably plus sarge or sid source). Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: New IDE drive dramatically slow system?

2003-07-07 Thread Daniel B.
Alvin Oga wrote: > >... > - similarly, you cannot mix 2MB buffer disks with 8MB buffer disks Unless someone can confirm that, I believe that statement is bogus. How would different buffer sizes cause incompatibility? The IDE controller doesn't care whether a requested sector comes from

Installing Intel Fortran on debian - db3 errors ?

2003-07-12 Thread B Thomas
pointer on what may be wrong and if it is possible to install these rpm packages on debian. I am not familiar with rpm but know dpkg and alien well. Please note I am using the free (i.e. "free for personal use") version of intel compilers. b thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

moving menu panel in Gnome 2.2 (on woody)

2003-07-21 Thread Daniel B.
In Gnome 2.2 (the woody backport), can the menu panel be placed other than at the top of the screen? If not, why not? Thanks, Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

setting window manager in Gnome 2.2 (on woody)

2003-07-21 Thread Daniel B.
How does one change the window manager in the Gnome 2.2 backport for woody? I couldn't find anything relevant in the Desktop Preferences. Thanks, Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: New IDE drive dramatically slow system?

2003-07-22 Thread Daniel B.
Alvin Oga wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > > ... > > > -- dont mix drives unless they are both ata-100 > > > and both have 2MB disk buffers .. etc.etc.. > > > > > > c ya > > > alvin > > > > > > > I've never heard of matching buffers before. > > mixing w/ 8MB buffer

How to force a module to load at boot

2003-07-31 Thread Rich B
This has to be an easy one, but I'm lost. I don't know the correct way to force a kernel module to load at boot. I got a new PCMCIA network card for my laptop. The old one loaded the correct module automagically, but the new one doesn't. I have to eject the card and re-insert it before the xircom_

Re: [OT Why GB English is different] Re: Mozilla firefox en-gb

2004-06-04 Thread Daniel B.
William Ballard wrote: On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 06:36:48PM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: ... "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this That's poetical language. I don't think so. Numbers were said differently in the past. (Remember "four and twenty blackbirds..."?) A

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-18 Thread Daniel B.
Micha Feigin wrote: ... and they do require more cpu, eye candy takes cpu power to draw (either real cpu or graphic card cpu, either way, battery power). What fraction of CPUs these days can switch to low-power mode when idling and what fraction use the same amount of power regardless of whether t

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-18 Thread Daniel B.
Paul Scott wrote: Steve Lamb wrote: ... Pisses me off to no end when i want to copy from folder A to folder B which are both in folder C and I have to open two windows and drill both windows down to that one subfolder and then split when I can just drill once, split from there, copy the

Apache2 problem with Include statements in apache2.conf

2004-08-21 Thread B-Fly
Hello, Since yesterday I restarted apache2 and since then it didn't start anymore: iserver:/etc/apache2# /etc/init.d/apache2 start Starting web server: Apache2apache2: could not open document config file /etc/apache2/conf.d/\x88A\x0f\b\x90`\v\b\x01 I am currently running testing,

Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

2004-08-23 Thread Daniel B.
Michael Graham wrote: Daniel wrote: It would be sensible if logging in via a display manager included the same shell login initialization that logging in on a virtual console performed. (Or via telnet, rlogin, ssh, etc.) ... Why should logging into X have the same behaviour as running a bash (or w

Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

2004-08-23 Thread Daniel B.
Matthias Czapla wrote: On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 01:20:13PM -0400, Daniel B. wrote: It would be sensible if logging in via a display manager included the same shell login initialization that logging in on a virtual console performed. (Or via telnet, rlogin, ssh, etc.) I agree, that would be most

Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

2004-08-23 Thread Daniel B.
Jamin W. Collins wrote: I'll admit I too don't know the internals of it but I would think that the solution proposed previously would work for at least some of the cases: Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 07:58:56PM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote: There are n

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-08-23 Thread Daniel B.
dircha wrote: Steve Lamb wrote: ... I mean like a list of, 2-300 files which have no common denominator. Suddenly the globbing gets rather convoluted or you need to go through several passes whereas in a GUI selection you can just go down the list holding CNTL and SHIFT-select ranges and then exe

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-08-23 Thread Daniel B.
Kirk Strauser wrote: At 2004-06-18T14:34:27Z, "Daniel B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Has anyone every tried _combining_ a graphical view with a command line in the window? Open Konqueror. Select "Window -> Show Terminal Emulator". It opens a small shell window t

building or obtaining debian non-free CDs ?

2004-08-24 Thread B Thomas
help/advice ? sincerely B Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: building or obtaining debian non-free CDs ?

2004-08-24 Thread B Thomas
vailable with lot of vendors and at many mirrors. But not a single Non-Free CD. B Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: building or obtaining debian non-free CDs ?

2004-08-24 Thread B Thomas
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 06:10:48AM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > if i understand it correctly, jigdo is nice if it allows one to d/l > only the new changed files on the cdrom (i have yet to play and test it ) > but you could download full cds with jigdo too. > > why not just d/l the entire cdro

Re: building or obtaining debian non-free CDs ?

2004-08-24 Thread B Thomas
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 06:10:48AM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > why not just d/l the entire cdrom collection onto the new debian.osu.edu > connection and burn your own cd's ? debian.osu.edu is either not up or access restricted even from within osu.edu. bt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: Problem with apache installation..!

2004-08-24 Thread B-Fly
Based on the version number of apache2 I expect you are using testing? I had the same problem a few days ago when installing apache2. I did get it installed in the end. I do not know exactly anymore what I did to get it to install. I believe that I manually unpacked apache2-common with dpkg to g

Re: Hard Drive Limitations

2004-09-16 Thread Daniel B.
Andreas Janssen wrote: ... It is not a configuration problem. Support for LBA48 (which allows more than 137 GB the way the manufacturers count, 128 GB otherwise)... By the way, the manufacturers use the standard set of S.I. prefixes (in which G corresponds to 10). If you want to talk about

Re: Global Env Variables

2004-09-16 Thread Daniel B.
John Patterson wrote: So the earliest place I guess you could get it in would be to stick the "export VARNAME=VALUE" lines at the begining of /etc/rc.d/rc That would be fairly global. Look at the PAM configuration files (looking for something like pam_env or pam_login). Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

hardcoded shared library path

2004-04-20 Thread B Thomas
the library at any location. sincerely B Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian 11 is released!

2021-08-14 Thread James B
Well done to all - long live Debian!. Heartfelt congratulations and thanks from a long term user who wishes he could contribute more back :( -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Sáb, 14 Ago ʼ21, às 22:54, piorunz escreveu: > Thanks all Debian devs and users, after over 2 ye

Re: Relatively boring bullseye upgrade reports

2021-08-20 Thread James B
Another for the list, Dell/WYSE Zx0 box, with AMD G-T56N cpu and 8gb flash drive.Used for offsite playback of my home media via DWService and as a gateway to my home network.Installation worked perfectly - no issues at all. -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Sex, 20 Ago ʼ21, às 10

Re: usb audio interface recommendation

2021-09-29 Thread James B
) and the little 2 in 2 out version of it (think it's the 202) that both perform well in Linux.I use both Audacity and Ardour, and have used Qtractor.Ardour does work on a multichannel basis with the UMC1820.You really need to get to grips with Jack for more serious audio work though J --

Re: openssh server remote access

2021-10-21 Thread James B
Hi Semih, Could you post the exact wording of the error message please? Best JB -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Qui, 21 Out ʼ21, às 21:41, Semih Ozlem escreveu: > Hi everyone, > > I set up an openssh server and I am trying to access that machine remotely > (

Re: openssh server remote access

2021-10-21 Thread James B
ng.So, run (with sudo privileges or root and presuming you're on a normal variant of Debian and not one with an alternative init system such as SysV) 1) systemctl status ssh Post the result please JB -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Sex, 22 Out ʼ21, às 00:05, David escreve

Re: openssh server remote access

2021-10-21 Thread James B
That's 'systemctl status ssh' without the 1) of course.I meant to put more steps but decided not to -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Sex, 22 Out ʼ21, às 00:18, James B escreveu: > Hi Semih, > > In my opinion, I would go back to basics first.You may have ins

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread James B
th no screws to remove at all when you push aside the two thumb sliders - then, everything upgradeable is exposed. What a brilliant idea - why don't more manufacturers do that? The business docks for these are fairly common on the *bay - I got one for about £40 and it's so useful. --

Information about security

2020-11-04 Thread steph b
Hi, I'm a french student in security, and i have a question : I recently audit my company and see in the server response the http server version (eg for debian buster : apache v2.4.38). 1st I know that : this response must not contain this information. 2nd When i search CVE about this versio

Re: drives spin 100% of the time, idle down?

2020-11-12 Thread James B
f you enter 'hdparm -h' Hope that helps! -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Qui, 12 Nov ʼ20, às 12:18, Thomas Anderson escreveu: > Hello List, > > I have two drives (setup in a RAID 1 array). > > The drives are mostly for archive purposes, and accessible via SMB

Re: drives spin 100% of the time, idle down?

2020-11-12 Thread James B
Sorry it's 'hdparm -S' to set sleep time, not small s! -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Qui, 12 Nov ʼ20, às 12:25, James B escreveu: > You can set the sleep time in the firmware of most drives, although > some respond better than others. I've been able t

Re: drives spin 100% of the time, idle down?

2020-11-12 Thread James B
forever unless you tell them to stop.I have two brand new 1TB Blue turning up today so will see how they work. -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Qui, 12 Nov ʼ20, às 14:47, Stefan Monnier escreveu: > > You can set the sleep time in the firmware of most drives, althoug

Re: Cron Jobs and Time Zones Has Anything Changed?

2020-12-02 Thread James B
hread) possible? I'm currently learning how to manage these things with systemd rather than crontab and mount but still not quite up to speed with it, so may be overestimating the possiblities available. -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Qua, 2 Dez ʼ20, às 13:53, Dan Ritter escrev

Re: Cron Jobs and Time Zones Has Anything Changed?

2020-12-02 Thread James B
Apols..I hadn't read the original post, just saw this one from today! -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Qua, 2 Dez ʼ20, às 16:26, Andy Smith escreveu: > Hello, > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 01:58:45PM +, James B wrote: > > This might be wrong, but as far as

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread James B
also be a persistent change. James -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Ter, 23 Fev ʼ21, às 19:29, Tom Browder escreveu: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:59 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > ... > > Nothing I do survives a reboot, so what do I do to actually rename the > > machine

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-23 Thread James B
To my mind, getting familiar with the newer 'ctl' commands that come with systemd is no bad idea.I like the consistency, personally.The 'systemctl' command is one to be used all the time particularly. -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Qua, 24 Fev ʼ21, às 00:

Re: Looking for a "text mode browser" (good description????)

2021-02-25 Thread James B
Browsh was reviewed in one of the linux magazines recently.It uses firefox behind the scenes and renders the pages to ASCII for display in a terminal, which is a novel approach.I've tried it and it works well.. https://www.brow.sh/ -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Qui, 2

Re: Looking for a "text mode browser" (good description????)

2021-02-25 Thread James B
I'm not sure if Browsh works with SeaMonkey- there's many reasons why I imagine it should work, but it depends on whether or not the differences present would be critical.Would be interesting to know -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Qui, 25 Fev ʼ21, às 15:06, Th

RE: Realplayer seg.fault

2022-11-16 Thread Joe B
ew normally when looking through a quote so it looks more professional. IF you don't reply i understand this is 19 year old thread lol. but if you do please let me know Thanks Joe B

Strange error!

2022-11-24 Thread Joe B
r *m) - | ^~ - make: *** [Makefile:18: dwm.o] Error 1 --- I know how to patch a little I've patched about 4 layouts already. Never ran into this The guys over at #suckless take a while to respond on irc so I decided to reach out Thanks Joe B [Joe B - Chat @ Spike](https://

Re: no sound after installing pulseaudio

2022-12-23 Thread Joe B
What worked for me was running alsamixer from the terminal and unmuteing the main control and turning the volume all the way up. rebooted then tested with pavucontrol.. Hope this helps > On Dec 23, 2022, at 5:42 AM, lou wrote: > > Christoph, your "pactl list" command didn't work because i di

Lspci

2019-03-26 Thread Joe B
Hello I just downloaded the iso for Buster and im running it in a virtualbox. I purposely disabled networking so I can learn how to find the firmware and learn how to load it/use it I tried to run lscpi or even lspci -vv same thing but the command is not found. I looked at https://manpages.debia

Re: Lspci

2019-03-27 Thread Joe B
VM has a PCI bus configured? > If not, I'm not confident that pciutils would have been installed. Or > maybe, suppose you have networking disabled but the NIC is the only device > on PCI bus. Would pciutils find a bus without an active virtual device on > it? I don't know. >

Liveusb w/ persistent data

2019-03-30 Thread Joe B
Hello, I’ve asked this on irc a number of times but links and answers I try are usually outdated or simply don’t work I want to make a bootable buster with persistent data so it saves my settings whenever I reboot. Looking for links I haven’t tried or steps that could help out. Any help is appr

Apt error

2019-04-03 Thread Joe B
Hello, I added a link to sources.list when I run apt update the link is dead and doesn’t resolve. I removed link from sources.list and ran apt update and it keeps looking for the dead link. How do I make this stop? Reboot didn’t resolve Thanks

Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-02-26 Thread Daniel B.
Wulfy wrote: Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Ooh. Don't even get me started on nuclear power. Cheap, clean, virtually unlimited. We can't use it *because* of the conservationists and environmentalists. Regards, -Roberto Decommissioning nuclear plant... storage of nuclear waste... clean? h

Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-02-27 Thread dd-b
> Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 02/26/07 14:38, Paul Johnson wrote: >>> Stephen wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 09:34:12AM -0600 or thereabouts, Kent West wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> [snip] >>> How many hydro dams are on the Mississippi, anyway? It would be a >>> waste >>> to be u

Re: Linux and firewire drives

2007-03-01 Thread dd-b
> Hi there, > > What is the current state of support for firewire attached drives within > Linux .. > I would like to use Sarge, standard PC - and attach something like the WD > My > Book Pro 1TB drive, ideally via firewire... I'm using individual drives in external cases attached to a Sarge syste

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-03-07 Thread Daniel B.
Greg Folkert wrote: DO NOT USE THE TERM "ex-Marines" it insults. The correct term is "Former-Marines". Sorry. You don't get to re-define English. "Ex-something" means "former something." If someone's a former Marine, he or she is also an ex-Marine. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-03-07 Thread Daniel B.
Chris Bannister wrote: On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 09:54:19PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: That is not it. The point is that if a fetus at 22 weeks can survive, who gets to decide when the fetus is actually alive. I say we err on the side of caution and say that it is alive from the moment of

Re: Best File System for partitions over 600GB

2007-03-28 Thread Daniel B.
Mike McCarty wrote: ... If power fails during a write, and the drive scribbles on the disc in a spiral pattern as the head moves toward the parking area, that particular disc is hosed. But the disks almost surely don't scribble on the disk in a spiral pattern. (They'd detect that power is fail

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-03-28 Thread Daniel B.
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: yeah, but Oregon still doesn't trust me to pump my own gas. Of course, with some of the crap I see around here, that's probably a good thing. Is it that they don't trust you to pump the gas safely, or is it protectionism for gas-station worker as I think it was in

Re: OT: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-03-28 Thread Daniel B.
Greg Folkert wrote: ...> The Celsius Thermometer wil drop significantly slower the the Fahrenheit one. Only if it has more insulation. Otherwise, the temperature drops at the same speed. Of course, yes, the _numbers_ change at different rates. :-) Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: OT: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-03-28 Thread Daniel B.
Paul Johnson wrote: Cloudless sky with negligable wind is an absence of weather. Nope. That sounds like clear weather to me. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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