migrating /home to a new partition

2003-11-13 Thread ben
anyone know how to safely migrate /home to a new partition? i've googled and checked the archives but can't find appropriate info. all clues gratefully appreciated. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread ben
used. > right now i've got pwm using 1.2% of 64meg, and there are no toolkit libs involved, unless you count X itself, hogging 24%. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

was Re: migrating /home to a new partition

2003-11-14 Thread ben
o > > reboot for normal maintainance. > > Randy > thanks to all of you. it seemed a trifle risky initially but turned out just fine. thanks to your combined help the migration has been achieved. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]

2003-11-14 Thread ben
ll serve as a means for the u.s. to find its way back to the original idea. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]

2003-11-15 Thread ben
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 02:05:15 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 23:07, ben wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:14:38 -0800 > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:39:31AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrot

Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]

2003-11-15 Thread ben
sorry, that should have been www.usconstitution.net/jeffwall.html ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]

2003-11-15 Thread ben
of the world will always talk of one year and another, in terms of harvest anticipated, compared to achieved. we're all just guessing here. our only hope, given that possible latent tendency to violence, is that we continue to talk amongst ourselves, wherever we are or come from, and keep i

Re: Debian for enterprise

2003-11-15 Thread ben
run it on a quirky-ass persnickety sony laptop, a pcg-z505, renowned for being just plain difficult, but stable (woody) lives up to its appellage as such. ben and, now, back to the rest of the program: > [Links]== > == > >

Re: moved main boot hardrive to knew machine from old, lilo gives Int 0x13...blah head/sector diff. message

2002-10-04 Thread ben
don't conform to the physical truth. you need to edit those. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Slow Win2k after Debian install

2002-10-05 Thread ben
t;Manage, Logical disk > manager service) to remove the drive letter from drive G:. > > This process will not affect the data on the partition. > this definitely has nada to do with debian. there's a point in time where even the most considerate advice outlives its place on this list. you've hit it, you win-nazis. do i have to wait for someone else to invoke godwin's law, or is this enough? ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Process accounting paused

2002-10-05 Thread ben
root partition to the same disk area as the swap space. hope my previous stupidity helps. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Slow Win2k after Debian install

2002-10-05 Thread ben
isunderstanding of godwin's law, i'm equally open to edification. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Slow Win2k after Debian install

2002-10-05 Thread ben
On Saturday 05 October 2002 03:36 am, ben wrote: > On Saturday 05 October 2002 03:20 am, Peter Whysall wrote: > [snip] > > > Excuse me, but I think that preventing someone from inadvertently nuking > > their whole Debian installation might have something to do with Debian. &

Re: Slow Win2k after Debian install

2002-10-05 Thread ben
On Thursday 03 October 2002 08:38 pm, Leo Spalteholz wrote: > On Sat, 5 Oct 2002 03:36:35 -0700 > > ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 05 October 2002 03:20 am, Peter Whysall wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > Excuse me, but I think that preventi

Re: Slow Win2k after Debian install

2002-10-05 Thread ben
On Saturday 05 October 2002 04:14 am, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 03:53:21AM -0700, ben wrote: > > On Saturday 05 October 2002 03:36 am, ben wrote: > > > On Saturday 05 October 2002 03:20 am, Peter Whysall wrote: > > [...] > > > btw, you'r

Re: gpg: invalid subkey binding

2002-10-05 Thread ben
duct of googling suggests that it's due to a missing or invalid self-signature. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Slow Win2k after Debian install

2002-10-05 Thread ben
On Saturday 05 October 2002 04:44 am, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 04:38:53AM -0700, ben wrote: > > On Saturday 05 October 2002 04:14 am, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 03:53:21AM -0700, ben wrote: > > > > btw, you're (moc)k

Re: USB problem

2002-10-05 Thread ben
indows 98 > with two different computers and also with a digital camera. Has > anybodyelse experienced the same kind of problems. try chmod 777 /dev/usb/lp0 ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Netscape 7.0

2002-10-06 Thread ben
run the latest linux-compatible version of netscape, which will, nonetheless, be unfree software. as in, ain't no debs for netscape. ben p.s. maybe "ain't no debs for" should be the standard for distinguishing between free and unfree. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: Netscape 7.0

2002-10-06 Thread ben
t; -----Original Message- > From: ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, 6 October 2002 4:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern > Subject: Re: Netscape 7.0 > > On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:31 pm, lameth wrote: > > Has anyone gotten netscape 7.0 t

Re: Repartioning NTFS

2002-10-07 Thread ben
ystem you're working with, take the time to consider the implications to them of what you want to do. bottom line is save unreproducible data. as long as you do that, you can't go wrong. btw, welcome to freedom. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian 3 Woddy und Geforce 4MX

2002-10-07 Thread ben
geforce uberhaupt keine ahnung habe. bei uns, hier auf debian-user, kommt man besser zu recht biem ausdrucken auf englisch. hier gibt's doch wohl einige die behillflich sein koennten. trotzdem, auf englisch waere besser. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Xfree86 Problem

2002-10-07 Thread ben
nfiguration. post a description of your actual hardware config along with a paste of the mouse-significant part of your X config file. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Netscape 7.0

2002-10-07 Thread ben
On Monday 07 October 2002 03:04 am, David Pastern wrote: > whatever Ben. I hit reply to all, big deal. If I remember correctly you > didn't seem to think it was on Debian' package list either. So don't > lecture me on being incorrect, and there's no ne

/dev/modem permissions rewritten

2002-10-13 Thread ben
cured when installing gnu libs of any sort, in the event that gworkspace isn't the only likely culprit. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Linux: a gentle, growing approach

2002-10-13 Thread ben
#x27;s all gold around here, and it sounds like you're asking for silver. lurk awhile, and you'll discover that gold is what you wanted, all along. that's really not a put-down. hang out and you'll learn how to do whatever you want. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Linux: a gentle, growing approach

2002-10-13 Thread ben
it's great to read that someone whose cunning (welches wissen (?)) i respect has the same opinion of dselect and tasksel. maybe the banishing of those two crapapples would help demystify debian for many more tentative users. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread ben
internal network. that way, you get to control update intervals and you have less to worry about anything going wrong on the isp's dns config. given that you'll only have to suffer the tedium of the intitial config (hopefully) once, if the physics exist to enhance your independence, exploit that. ben ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: virus killers?

2002-10-14 Thread ben
have is only worth as much effort as you put into protecting its ability to serve your interest. i guess this has been a really long-winded way of saying i don't really get the point of your question. sorry, but i'm going to post this, anyway. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian Linux Compatability

2002-10-14 Thread ben
a lot of independent research. in fact, do a google search for 'debian 98 dual boot' or some such to get acquainted with the issue. again, don't take this as a snub. while it may not seem apparent now, it really is helpful advice. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: Linux: a gentle, growing approach

2002-10-14 Thread ben
se days, perhaps in a year, you'll be feeling pretty much the same about those tools as they are now. even given martin's observation that tasksel serves the ends of those requiring a quickly installed bootstrap system, i'm also pretty damn sure that it doesn't take muc

Re: Name resolution on internal network

2002-10-14 Thread ben
gt; simple setting somewhere that governs this, but as I have no idea where > it might be, finding it is somewhat difficult. :) TIA for any help. > use the hosts file for translation. just tab separate the fqdn name and the host name. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: .."respawning too fast.."

2002-10-14 Thread ben
o with fixed irq assignments on net cards. these were isa cards. if my memory serves me well, putting the card in the last available slot solved the problem. are you running two net cards in the one box, by any chance? if so, try configuring one first, and reboot to make sure it's avail

Re: treason uncloaked!

2002-10-23 Thread ben
n, and doesn't mean that any actual harm is being done. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: convert html to text

2002-10-19 Thread ben
On Friday 18 October 2002 02:56 pm, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 01:54:43PM -0300, Rogerio Acquadro wrote: > > Try html2txt7 > > > > On Thu, 30 May 2002, ben wrote: > > > i seem to remember somebody mentioning an app or script that converts > &g

your post to debian-user

2002-10-19 Thread ben
it sounds like your kernel can't accommodate ext3. do a google search on the assertion failure message to get more specific information. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A few questions about settings

2002-10-19 Thread ben
%c%a%M %p #%D %I %v%V > ^^ ^^ > to get download size and installed size displayed. > do apt-cache show , and you don't have to change anything. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cannot connect to ISP

2002-10-24 Thread ben
you're not connecting to anywhere that can respond. from the log messages you included, i'd say that you're not getting a ppp connection on the other end. your isp may have different numbers for different modem speed connections, or you may need to insert a pause before sending

Re: Home and end keys (was Re: Make Debian better)

2002-10-24 Thread ben
ine. > > As far as I can tell on many machines xterms in stable work fine. > Perhaps they got broken in testing now fixed in unstable? > on my sid box, home/end work just fine, in xterm, eterm, and aterm. file a bug for testing. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

dual boot debian on a 6100/60 mac

2002-10-28 Thread ben
e the system disks for the mac os, so i need to do it right, or not, at all. all hints and clues greatly appreciated. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Please Help

2002-10-29 Thread ben
laborate on the problem a bit? you're not giving us much to work with. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

way indulgent on my part--was Re: paint

2002-10-29 Thread ben
ing potentially injurious content, why can't we get it together, on this list, to agree on a commonly appropriate filtering apparatus to eliminate obvious spam from this list? ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: way indulgent on my part--was Re: paint

2002-10-29 Thread ben
On Tuesday 29 October 2002 02:32 am, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 01:00:23AM -0800, ben wrote: > > on the other hand, isn't there more that can be done to spare us all from > > this crap? if the f*ckin' big interrogators and the corporate insulation >

Re: Using LP as LP

2002-10-29 Thread ben
the text to > the printer? check out cups, at www.cups.org. i've yet to hear about a printer or printing task that cups can't enable. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-29 Thread ben
On Tuesday 29 October 2002 02:31 am, Jean Christophe ANDRÉ wrote: > Hi Ben, > > ben écrivait : > > you're missing the point. running a portmap daemon is the only > > vulnerability that the 111 port scans are attempting to exploit. > > We are not looking for vulnerab

Re: way indulgent on my part--was Re: paint

2002-10-29 Thread ben
at i concede i don't understand. ben On Tuesday 29 October 2002 03:44 am, Craig Genner wrote: > Is the list not restricted to posting from only those that are subscribed > then? I don't see the advatages of having it this way. > Prehaps you could let me in on your reasons for hav

Re: dual boot debian on a 6100/60 mac

2002-10-29 Thread ben
On Tuesday 29 October 2002 06:44 am, Amal Phadke wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 09:20:21PM -0800, ben wrote: > > yo list, > > > > i've got 48 hours to mess with someone else's 6100/60 mac box and need to > > know if debian can be dual-booted on that arch,

mac-binhex translation

2002-10-30 Thread ben
is there an app or a process to translate mac-binhex docs into a linux-readable format? ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ot: german isp's

2002-11-13 Thread ben
can anybody recommend a cheap linux-friendly isp in germany? ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: rms on debian

2003-08-17 Thread ben
Howell Evans wrote: Steve Lamb wrote: On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 15:26:43 -0400 Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What's ironic is that Linex is a Debian derivative. See http://www.debian.org/misc/children-distros#linex So, how many people upon reading this lost a bit of r

Re: OT: Re: rms on debian : background noise

2003-08-18 Thread ben
Rob VanFleet wrote: On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 08:19:37PM -0400, J.F.Gratton wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 22:07, ben wrote: be fair. if it wasn't for rms, there might very well not be a linux, much less a debian. A zealot is a zealot is a zealot. He might have been usefull, but past a ce

Re: OT: Re: rms on debian : background noise

2003-08-18 Thread ben
inge", though, which is irritating. http://www.australianbeers.com/culture/whinge.htm not that i'd advocate the site as the hub of anglistic ethnography, but the euro-antipodeans source the act, if not the word, a tad south of hadrian's wall. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: OT: Re: rms on debian : background noise

2003-08-18 Thread ben
Ron Johnson wrote: On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 10:40, ben wrote: Rob VanFleet wrote: On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 08:19:37PM -0400, J.F.Gratton wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 22:07, ben wrote: be fair. if it wasn't for rms, there might very well not be a linux, much less a debian. A zealot is a z

dpkg in woody -- signed, unsigned

2003-08-21 Thread ben
e, put me out of my misery/ignorance. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dpkg in woody -- signed, unsigned

2003-08-21 Thread ben
Joey Hess wrote: ben wrote: i've lurked the list, scoured the archives, but still can't find a decisive cure for the signature deal with dpkg in woody. it's becoming a huge pain to have to --force-bad-verify every deb i apt-get. there has to be a better way, and i've obvi

Re: dpkg in woody -- signed, unsigned

2003-08-21 Thread ben
Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 04:39:29AM +, ben wrote: i've lurked the list, scoured the archives, but still can't find a decisive cure for the signature deal with dpkg in woody. it's becoming a huge pain to have to --force-bad-verify every deb i apt-get. the

Re: dpkg in woody -- signed, unsigned

2003-08-21 Thread ben
d to run sid on a desktop a year back and was never confronted with the issue. nowadays i've got woody on a quirky sony laptop. while the stability is cool, the default debsig deal took me by surprise. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: Finishing the Install: Packages

2003-08-23 Thread ben
7;re already on the road. think about the questions, search the archives for answers. by then, if you haven't found the solution, you'll at least have found the question. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: from `zip' to sid via network - A general outline needed

2002-09-03 Thread ben
stable/non-US main contrib non-free [this is all one line] deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free this is for a sid installation. change unstable to testing or stable, as necessary. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: Why mailing-lists? Usenet have been invented, I hear. ;-)

2002-09-10 Thread ben
in. the good thing about mr. d's outburst is that it gives me the opportunity to muse on how great debian is, and on how much i appreciate the work of the developers and maintainers, and all the help i've had from the list. as much as i try no to, i can't help but pity the fool who

Re: OT: storing laptop (Li-ion) batteries

2002-09-10 Thread ben
my own machines back when i got them. so, although i'm not talking about laptop batteries, in my experience, the theory holds. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: modem <-> performance weirdness

2002-09-10 Thread ben
oller? have you checked the write permissions on /dev/modem? is the user in the approriate group? just guessing, since you seem to be struggling. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pppd

2002-09-11 Thread ben
ssion somewhere but, I can't figure out where. > > I made the user a member of dip.. > check the group of /dev/modem, and make your user a member of that. i think that it's dialout by default. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Canon LBP-660

2002-09-12 Thread ben
, using cups, i managed to get an epson stc580, also allegedly windoze-only, up and running. it may take a bit of tweaking to get it right. in my case, it took maybe an hour to achieve my end, after a couple of months of trying other options without success. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Need witnesses

2002-09-17 Thread ben
h to challenge bruce, sending email to the wrong address is so far off the list, it doesn't bear mention. btw, i'll bear witness. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: about out-of-box

2002-09-18 Thread ben
On Tuesday 17 September 2002 07:48 pm, John Joe wrote: > could you explain out-of-the-box and stock in the > following? > > transforming a stock "out of the box" Red Hat > installation into ... > a custom installation. but what's this redhat thing...? ben --

Re: Using LILO to boot Linux/Win98

2002-09-27 Thread ben
explain to you what lba32 is all about. it has nothing to do with that other operating system. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Setting up Sendmail

2002-09-27 Thread ben
spend the time it will cost you. personally, i'd recommend moving to exim and enjoying the time saved. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Setting up Sendmail

2002-09-27 Thread ben
On Friday 27 September 2002 10:50 pm, Justin Ryan wrote: > On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 22:07, Jason Majors wrote: > > Try exim. It's easier to set up. > > Anyone know if exim supports SMTP AUTH? > yes. check out www.exim.org. it's worth the visit. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: OT: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-03 Thread ben
n contrary to the conditions of the license, in order to justify a claim that that was the object of the manipulation. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-03 Thread ben
On Thursday 03 October 2002 03:06 pm, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 17:02, ben wrote: > > On Thursday 03 October 2002 11:31 am, Jamin W.Collins wrote: > > > On 03 Oct 2002 09:58:59 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > >

Re: OT: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-03 Thread ben
On Thursday 03 October 2002 03:46 pm, Jamin W.Collins wrote: > On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:02:25 -0700 ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > surely, m(acro)$ would have to show that martin's manipulation of the > > xbox caused them real financial loss in order to prove a v

Re: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

2002-10-03 Thread ben
; other day and have been trying them out. The > gworkspace project homepage is linked from > gnustep.org. > what's the sources.list line for the gworkspace deb? ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

2002-10-03 Thread ben
On Thursday 03 October 2002 07:35 pm, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > Hello ben, > > On Oct 3, ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | what's the sources.list line for the gworkspace deb? > > I got mine from a standard mirror. Perhaps it's only in unstable, though. th

Re: Windows Metafiles

2002-10-03 Thread ben
y to manipulate a document corrupted by proprietary software. how's that inappropriate? ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

man pages: dangling symlinks

2002-10-03 Thread ben
is there any kind of process by which dangling symlinks can be resolved? ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: man pages: dangling symlinks

2002-10-03 Thread ben
On Thursday 03 October 2002 10:19 pm, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 09:25:00PM -0700, ben wrote: > > is there any kind of process by which dangling symlinks can be resolved? > > Er, that depends. Which ones? Either remove them or get them to point > som

Re: man pages: dangling symlinks

2002-10-04 Thread ben
st from 6/98. is this going to be sorted any time in the near future? ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-04 Thread ben
ailing list debian-user is. > [snip] have you checked out xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/articles.php? there's also www.xboxhacker.net ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

2002-10-04 Thread ben
seen it > take up a ton of resources either. > > Richard > thanks richard. i got them from unstable, as well. i run unstable, so everything loaded and ran just fine--apart from the fact that gnustep appears to want to do its own window management on top of fluxbox. as i mentioned befo

Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]

2003-11-15 Thread ben
son why the return of dead troops to dover air base is off-limits to the press, at the moment, for fear of shocking the domestic audience, in that manner. i'm old enough to remember when the press had the courage to record the return of the remains of those who died in vietnam. that was also a reality check. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]

2003-11-16 Thread ben
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 21:23:26 -0800 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > Norman Podhoretz said only ex-communists can talk intelligently about > anti-communism. > i'm trying to imagine a bunch of ex-capitalists down in cuba intelligentlly discussing anti-ca

Re: Totally [OT] Re: Opium

2003-11-16 Thread ben
saw in Europe are > indeed terrorists, especially when THEY LOOK AND ARE OBVIOUSLY ACTING > EXACTLY LIKE IT. > what? you mean they didn't say "have a nice day." bastards. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: splitting mbox files

2003-11-16 Thread ben
On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 12:44:02 + (GMT) Rus Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Is there a program on debian that would let me split an mbox file > into a > series of single files each containing an email? I've looked and found > mboxgrep but not sure if there is something else that would

Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]

2003-11-16 Thread ben
On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 12:43:23 -0800 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 03:06:13AM +, ben wrote: > > in fact, i remember that the father-son assault of a baseball > > umpire som

Re: instaleren op 486 met 128 mb hd

2003-11-17 Thread ben
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:15:14 GMT Ken Gilmour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wot? > > On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:45:39 +0100, E. Tijseling wrote: > > ik heb een vraag over het instaleren van debian op een 486 met een > > 128 mb hd. maximaal heb ik drie dimm sloten , voor een totaal van > > 48 mb geheuge

Re: how can I change the language from the prompt(loadkeys doesn't work)

2003-11-17 Thread ben
ument that will allow me to view the install > screens in english. what can I ??? > > i'm not getting what you mean here. is the installation media in japanese or what? ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how can I change the language from the prompt(loadkeys doesn't work)

2003-11-18 Thread ben
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 02:04:10 -0500 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Ben...this is a Japanese laptop that requires a Japanese Debian > install...so yes it's all in Japanese the whole distro. After I load > the rescue and root floppies I can get a terminal that has an english

Re: instaleren op 486 met 128 mb hd

2003-11-18 Thread ben
t of cross-border interaction where many on both sides are bi-lingual. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: *plonk* Re: Code of Conduct (was Re: Totally [OT] Re: Opium)

2003-11-18 Thread ben
we can arrive at a rule whereby the third, fourth, or fifth response to an off-topic thread would be directed--on the list--to make use of debian-curiosa as a more appropriate venue. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Trying to get modem to work with Debian

2003-11-18 Thread ben
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:35:24 -0500 ScruLoose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 08:09:01PM -0500, JAMES MERRITT wrote: > > (Please set your linewraps to something between 72 and 80 chars) > > > I have a US Robotics USR5699B PCI modem and I am trying to get it > > installed unde

Re: Learning debian Linux

2003-11-20 Thread ben
e mentioned above? i think the best answer overall would be to say, yes, it's theoretically possible, although a bit more information about the compaq and about what you mean by "minimal" would make it easier to be more supportive. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: *plonk* Re: Code of Conduct (was Re: Totally [OT] Re: Opium)

2003-11-21 Thread ben
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:50:09 -0800 "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 04:49:14AM +, ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:23:48 +0800 > > csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > &

Re: Keine Umlaute auf der Konsole

2003-11-25 Thread ben
g darueber haben wuerden, dann erstmals besser bei debian-de (oder wie es heisst) mal fragen. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Programming Backwards (was Re: Top posting (a different point of view))

2005-06-11 Thread Ben
ere's too much intolerance out there in the world today already. Ben

xbase setup after xserver! now libXext.so.6 can't be found

1996-12-14 Thread ben
n't know. I will try successively purging as much of the x11 stuff as I can and manually reinstalling things in the right order, from the stable Debian 1.2 distribution until I get it right. In the mean time, does anyone have any clues about what might have gone wrong, her

Re: xbase setup after xserver! now libXext.so.6 can't be found

1996-12-14 Thread ben
ks also to the other respondents who also gave me this fix. My system is now back on its feet again. Ben. On Sat, 14 Dec 1996, David Ogilvie wrote: > i believe this has already been mentioned a few times on the mailing list, > although it's easy enough to miss the root of the problem. >

Re: FWD: FVWM95 Configuration File Wanted

1996-12-16 Thread ben
Here's mine, Victor. Ben. On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote: > Here's another problem from Victor. Can someone give him a hand? > > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Dec 15 20:14:12 1996 > Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 19:12:44 -0500 > From: Victor Torrico <[EMAIL

Re: How to convert attached files - Question

1996-12-16 Thread ben
Pine, which is quite a fine mail reader. It is available in the non-free area. Ben. On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Terry Eck wrote: > Hi- > In the post "Re: FWD: FVWM95 Configuration File Wanted", and other there is > an attached file of the format: > > ---1950339284-1924296

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2000-07-05 Thread ben
did u sort out the problem with the CR-563-B drive as i have the same problem?

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