IO Error during APT use

Hi Normally I would consider an IO error as a hardware error, but I don't think that is the case in this situation. The last two days when I has been running "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade" I get the following error: I/O error : Input/output error /usr/share/omf/gnome-netstatus/gnome-n

Bus error trying to start Quanta

Hi After my last upgrade of Debian, running testing, I get the error "Bus Error" when I try to start Quanta og KDevelop. I don't believe it's a hardware error. Any sugestions? Rico. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: IO Error during APT use

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 19:55:05 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: Thanks Bob! > Rico Secada wrote: > > Normally I would consider an IO error as a hardware error, but I > > don't think that is the case in this situation. > > Agreed. This is a userland progr

Re: How to use GNUPG to sign and encrypt emails?

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:33:26 + (UTC) Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I've thought a lot about security lately and one of the "items" on my > list is signing and encrypting my mail using gnupg. Now how is this > done? I am currently using the sylpheed 2.4.5 client

Setting up a HA server with limited resources

Hi. A customer with very limited resources needs to set up a high available system running apache, mysql, postfix and dovecot and I have gotten the task. I have only two Pentium 4 machines at my disposal, and I have begun researching how to make them work with load balancing and fail safe operati

Comments on testing in production

Hi. I am setting up a couple of Debian Etch boxes for production and I am using DRBD 7 in a cluster setup. Now DRBD 8 some more advanced features which will improve the system, so I am stuck with a choice of how to deploy DRBD 8 on the system. I don't like to use backports of any kind because th

Thank you for keeping stable just the way it is!

This goes out to all Debian developers/advocates. Despite my other post with a question about using testing in production, I fully understand the way stable is, and I greatly appreciate it! Being able to run a stable environment without having to worry about updated packages that suddenly change

Re: Debian is losing its users

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 02:43:37PM +0800, Wei Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The search volume for Debian has been continuously decreasing in the > recent years, as shown in the search trend statistics of one of the > most famous search engines. This indicates that Debian is losing > its users,

Re: Recording TV with Debian

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:04:29 +0930 Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank you Dale, and others. Dale I also tried using mencoder, but the result was very poor quality. After some testing I managed to get a very clean and good quality recording using transcode instead. > 2008/7/2 <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: pc compatibility

On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:29:26 -0700 (PDT) remigio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I'd like to buy an Acer Aspire m1610 for a very convenient low price, > but before this I want to know the Debian Etch compatibility on this > pc. Have someone had an experience in this way? > Thanks very much.

Re: Need to reboot Debian frequently

On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 20:13:23 -0700 "Pete Kay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Pete. > Can someone tell me what problem is it? This is my test environment, > but I don't want the same thing to happen in our production server. > Therefore, I am thinking whether Debian is suitable for production > use

Re: Konqueror and wikipedia-math

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:53:49 +0200 Torquil Macdonald Sørensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Konqueror does not display all the math symbols in wikipedia articles > that Iceweasel can display. Does anyone know why? You have to make sure that you have installed a font that supports the s

Re: Why Installing php and pecl so difficult in Debian?

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:10:33 +1000 hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I thought PHP is very common now days, but I found so difficult to > install it in debian. The apt-get install can't find any php, pecl, > php-xml packages. > > So, I have to downloaded php5_5.2.0-8+etch10_all.deb, > php

Re: sidux

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:35:56 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 06:25:11PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > The crucial bit that many miss is that new packages don't move > > > into testing unless they've sat in unstable w

Re: sidux

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:04:38 +0100 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:04:48 +0100 > Michael C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Many swear seem to swear by sidux, though its claim to turn > > "unstable into a stable and reliable operating system for every

Re: sidux + a word on Debian

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:40:26 +0100 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:25:20 +0200 > Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How do you make something a bit more stable!? > > More testing?!! :oP And this make

Re: sidux + a word on Debian

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:03:52 -0400 Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:47:08 +0200 > Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > The unstable isn't really unstable per say, but it just breaks from > > time to time b

Forced filesystems check on a HA server

Hi. What is the best way to avoid a forced file systems check, the one that runs on about each 30'th boot, on a HA server where there is only SSH access? I still need to be able to run the check manually, but I cannot boot the machine into single user mode. And I also want it to run if the machin

Problems with SPAM on a Debian with Postfix, amavis and spamassasin

Hi. I have setup Debian Etch with Postfix, Amavis and Spamassasin. My problem is that a LOT of SPAM mail gets trough the system. I have taken a look at the headers of the SPAM mail, and they score between 0.232 to 2.354 and I have set the sa_tag2_level_deflt and 7.5. I have followed this guide i

Spamassain sa-update fails

Hi. I tried to use the sa-update Debian script for Spamassasin to download the latest set of rules. I get the following error: Can't locate Net/DNS.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/share/perl5 /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/s

Re: Spamassain sa-update fails

On Wed, 14 May 2008 17:04:07 +0200 Kim Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rico Secada wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > I tried to use the sa-update Debian script for Spamassasin to > > download the latest set of rules. > > > > I get the follow

Recommendations on forced disk check

Hi. What are your recommendations on using tune2fs to turn off the forced HD check on a server that needs to be available as much as possible? If the forced check is shut off, should one run some manual check? Also I don't have physical access to the machine only SSH. Best regards Rico. -- T

Re: checking which ports iptables is blocking

On Thu, 15 May 2008 18:16:37 +0100 Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to check whether some particular ports on my home > gateway machine are blocked by iptables. > > I tried 'nmap -v -A 192.168.0.2' and 'netstat -an' but I'm not > getting far. > > I originally set up

Re: checking which ports iptables is blocking

On Fri, 16 May 2008 13:33:12 +0100 Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Hardy on 15/05/08 18:16, wrote: > > I would like to check whether some particular ports on my home > > gateway machine are blocked by iptables. > > > just for the record, sendip is what I needed. You still need to t

Problems with amavis and clamav

Hi. I have set up amavis with spamassassin on Debian Etch but I want to disable clamav. There is no clamav packages installed. My /etc/amavis/conf.d/15-content_filter_mode looks like this: use strict; # You can modify this file to re-enable SPAM checking through # spamassassin and to re-enabl

Re: Problems with amavis and clamav

On Fri, 16 May 2008 15:42:25 +0100 kj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rico Secada wrote: > > # Default antivirus checking mode > > # Uncomment the two lines below to enable it back > > # > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] = ( > > # \%bypass_virus_checks, [EMAI

Debian secure by default?

Hi. Why is Debian not setup to be secure be default? Not everyone is a security expert so imho the system should be fully secured out-of-the-box. Best regards. Rico. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian secure by default?

On Fri, 16 May 2008 19:47:10 -0500 "Christofer C. Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:41 PM, Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Why is Debian not setup to be secure be default? > > > > Not eve

Re: Debian secure by default?

On Sat, 17 May 2008 06:42:57 +0530 Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rico Secada wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Why is Debian not setup to be secure be default? > > > > Not everyone is a security expert so imho the system should be fully > > sec

Re: Debian secure by default?

On Fri, 16 May 2008 19:47:10 -0500 "Christofer C. Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:41 PM, Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Why is Debian not setup to be secure be default? > > > > Not eve

Re: Debian secure by default?

On Sat, 17 May 2008 06:42:57 +0530 Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rico Secada wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Why is Debian not setup to be secure be default? > > > > Not everyone is a security expert so imho the system should be fully > > sec

Re: Debian secure by default?

On Sat, 17 May 2008 08:23:41 -0700 Mike Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat May 17 2008 02:32:29 Rico Secada wrote: > > I am not saying that Debian isn't secure per say, but things like > > removing SUID and SGID from files where they generally aren't > >

Re: RAID Question

On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:45:05 -0700 Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't know, but maybe you can use this: http://www.rigacci.org/wiki/doku.php/doc/appunti/linux/sa/raid#checking_health_of_a_raid_volume > I am running a software RAID on my Debian Lenny system. I have two > hard drives

Recommendation for an E-commerce solution on Etch

Hi. I would like to hear if anyone could recommend a specific e-commerce solution (in PHP) running on an Etch production machine? I have been looking at the Wordpress E-commerce plugin, and on the Drupal plugin, but the Drupal plugin is still in Alpha stage. I have also been looking at PHPShop, w

Using dfsbuild to make a debian livecd

) dfsbuild: /proc/mounts: createSymbolicLink: already exists (File exists) What exactly is dfsbuild trying to do here? The symbolic link /proc/mounts exists, on the harddrive, but not on the dfs directory. How do I solve this problem if possible? -- Best and kind regards Rico Secada -- To

Help needed with server setup at work

on a single machine which then serves as the access point, but I am affraid if that particular machine crashes, then no one can get to their files. Good ideas and experiences are greatly appreciated! -- Best and kind regards Rico Secada -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Help needed with server setup at work

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:26:42 -0400 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 05:24 +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > > Hi. > > > > At work we have a bunch of NFS servers. The servers provide the home > > directories for all the employees clien

Re: Help needed with server setup at work

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:52:58 -0400 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 19:39 +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:26:42 -0400 > > Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > About the union thing I first t

Re: Help needed with server setup at work

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:52:58 -0400 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 19:39 +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:26:42 -0400 > > Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > About the union thing I first t

Re: Help needed with server setup at work

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:35:04 -0400 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 22:22 +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:52:58 -0400 > > Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 19:39 +0200, Rico

Re: Help needed with server setup at work

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:07:04 +0100 "Karl E. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 05:24:35AM +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > > Hi. > > > > At work we have a bunch of NFS servers. The servers provide the home > > direct

Re: Help needed with server setup at work

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:05:22 -0400 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 22:58 +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:35:04 -0400 > > Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 22:22 +0200, Ri

Remote HOME with SSHfs

Hi all. I would like to mount my HOME directory from work, using SSH/SSHfs directly on top of my local HOME, and then start a KDE session. By that all my changes will be the same both places, my mailbox will be the same and so forth. So far I have been trying but I keep getting this error: Co

Re: Remote HOME with SSHfs

On Sat, 5 May 2007 07:43:44 +1000 Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 10:59:09PM +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > I would like to mount my HOME directory from work, using SSH/SSHfs directly > > on top of my local HOME,

Problems with KDE on mounted home

Hi I have been testing KDE on a mounted home directory. I am using sshfs. I have changed the different KDE variables so everything point to the mounted home directory. I have also made sure that both uid and gid are the same on the local and remote machine. When I try to start KDE I get this e

Re: Problems with KDE on mounted home

On Wed, 09 May 2007 00:06:51 -0400 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 04:31 +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have been testing KDE on a mounted home directory. I am using sshfs. > > > > I have changed the differe

Re: Is this a bug?

On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 22:06:26 +0530 "Mahesh M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Once I tried using the deluser commmand and while trying to see how well it > works, I tried the following command: > deluser root > And to my surprise, root was deleted. Is that good? Self-termi

Re: firefox slows system

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:14:35 -0500 "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Over the past few weeks, all the tasks on my desktop machine (Debian > Etch, Gnome desktop, typically booted twice daily) have been getting > ever more sluggish. > > I typically keep open several instances of Fi

Users and groups in Debian

Hi. I was reading up on "Users and groups in Debian" and a friendly guy on IRC pointed my to this document: /usr/share/doc/base-passwd/users-and-groups It is also found here online: http://vmlinux.org/cgi-bin/dwww/usr/share/doc/base-passwd/users-and-groups.html Now, maybe its just me, but why

Signing mail using DKIM

Hi. What is the preferred way to implement DKIM on a Debian SMTP server using Postfix? As I can see no packages (dk-filter or dkim-filter) are build for Etch. What solutions have you (admins on SMTP servers running Postfix) implemented? Best regards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

Several users need to work in the same directory

Hi. Currently I am setting up a webserver and several people (developers) need access to the /var/www/our_domain directory. There also exists other users which shouldn't have access to the web files. Now first I thought about making the "our_domain" directory owned by "www-data" and "developer"

MySQL goes away?

Hi, I keep getting this from Amavis about MySQL: **Unmatched Entries** NOTICE: reconnecting in response to: err=2006, S1000, DBD::mysql::st execute failed: MySQL server has gone away at (eval 40) line 153, line 3.: 2 Time(s) NOTICE: reconnecting in response to: err=2006, S1000, DBD::mysql::st e

Re: MySQL goes away?

On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:14:37 -0400 Miles Fidelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rico Secada wrote: > > I keep getting this from Amavis about MySQL: > > > > **Unmatched Entries** > > NOTICE: reconnecting in response to: err=2006, S1000, DBD::mysql::st > > exe

Re: MySQL goes away?

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:37:04 + Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 09:53:42PM +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > > On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:14:37 -0400 > > Miles Fidelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Rico Secada wrot

Re: MySQL goes away?

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:05:39 +0100 kj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rico Secada wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I keep getting this from Amavis about MySQL: > > > > **Unmatched Entries** > > NOTICE: reconnecting in response to: err=2006, S1000, DBD::mysql:

Why the BLEEP was my sound removed?

Hi, I just upgraded from Etch to Lenny on my laptop. Normally I get sound working using the snd-maestro3 module, but I can see that support has been removed. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464191 This is something that is affecting a lot of users. Yes, I can use 2.6.18 inste

Re: Why the BLEEP was my sound removed?

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:18:31 +1100 CaT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:12:08PM +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > > Can someone please explain why the BLEEP support was removed? > > It was probably removed because the BLEEP is mostlikely non-BLEEP and > a

Re: Why the BLEEP was my sound removed?

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:56:33 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/19/08 05:12, Rico Secada wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just upgraded from Etch to Lenny on my laptop. > > > > Normally I get sound working using the snd-maestro3 module, but I &g

Re: Why the BLEEP was my sound removed?

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:04:11 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/19/08 20:33, Rico Secada wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:56:33 -0500 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Like I wrote: "yes I can download and inst

Re: Why the BLEEP was my sound removed?

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:46:55 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/20/08 17:25, Rico Secada wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:04:11 -0500 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You can't have Cheap, Easy and Secure. Choose two,

Re: postfix can't send and receive mails

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:38:21 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/10/08 04:19, Stephen Liu wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > > > Debian Etch > > > > > > Postfix can't send and receive mails. > > > > > > On running; > > # /etc/init.d/postfix check > > > > # tail /var/log/mail.log

Re: Windows to Debian secure data transfer over internet

On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:08:33 -0500 "H.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am in a situation where a friend of mine wants to send tons of > photos to me. Internet connection being what it is regarding > stability, I am aiming to a method where the photos' transfer can be > resumed if the

Memcached is driving me nuts

Hi. I have two different Debian Etch machines running with the exact same packages installed, when I use PHP memcached with compression (zlib) it works at one machine but not the other. No errors are thrown. I need to know why it is only working on one machine and not the other. I am talking ab

Re: Grub boot loader?

On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:59:44 + hadi motamedi wrote: > Dear All > On my Debian server , the '/boot/grub/menu.lst' has the right > configuration but when I reboot my Debian server I cannot enter to > grub edit menu to edit my boot kernel by pressing the 'e' key . Can > you please confirm if I ca

Getting segmentation faults with glxinfo, mplayer and others

Hi. I am running Debian stable. Suddenly when I run mplayer, xine, xmms, glxinfo and other I get segmentation fault. I have tried running both with and with Nvidia drivers. I have run a memtest without any errors. What can be causing this? Best regards. Rico. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: Getting segmentation faults with glxinfo, mplayer and others

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:39:11 +0100 Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Solution found! Can someone please explain why doing this: touch /etc/ld.so.nohwcap Solves the problem? > Hi. > > I am running Debian stable. > > Suddenly when I run mplayer, xine, xmms, gl

Re: Getting segmentation faults with glxinfo, mplayer and others

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:57:16 -0600 "Sergio Cuéllar Valdés" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/12/13, Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:39:11 +0100 > > Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Solution f

Seg faults on mplayer, xine, vlc, xmms and wine

Hi. I am running testing with kernel: 2.6.22-3-686. For a couple of month I have experienced continuous segmentation faults with Mplayer, Xine, VLC and XMMS. I get segmentation fault every time I try to use them. To be on the safe side I have diagnosed my memory, but have found no errors. Now,

Re: Seg faults on mplayer, xine, vlc, xmms and wine

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:46:02 -0430 Jose Luis Rivas Contreras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Rico Secada wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I am running testing with kernel: 2.6.22-3-686. > > > > For

Re: How to start X as a user?

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:42:53 +0100 Dan H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > back in the olden days I used to be able to log in on a text console > and then use "startx" to start an X session. I just tried that > (without X running of course) but was rebuffed with the message that > I wasn't

Converting 3gp to avi

Hi. Does anyone know if there is a tool to convert 3gp format to avi? I haven't been able to find any particular working solution. Rico. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Converting 3gp to avi

On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:03:21 +0100 Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rico Secada: > > > > Does anyone know if there is a tool to convert 3gp format to avi? > > Canonical answer: ffmpeg. Or mencoder, but I prefer ffmpeg because its > command line interface

Re: Converting 3gp to avi

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:35:14 + Mark Clarkson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 20:59 +, Mark Clarkson wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 19:48 +0100, Rico Secada wrote: > > > Thanks, but this seems to need some unsupported codecs or > > > s

Recommendations on groupware

Hi. I'm currently looking into groupware solutions on Debian mainly for sharing a calendar such as Thunderbird + Lightning. Anyone who can provide some real life experience of pros and cons? Kind regards Rico -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Why is Debian not secure by default?

Hi. After having brushed up on some technical aspects of security I would like to understand why Debian isn't secure be default. As we all know a lot of security breaches occur because of overflow errors. Difference protective measurements has been developed for example such as "executable space

What no Quanta in Squeeze!?

I was just about to upgrade to squeeze on my laptop, but a quick search in the debian package repo shows still no quanta package.. now, thats going to be a problem for quite a lot of people. Anyone who knows the status of quanta in squeeze? I'll have to stick with Lenny or change the distro if qu

Squeeze freezes

Hi. I have installed a fresh Debian Squeeze on several different laptops and desktops. On my own machines I haven't seen this problem, but on two different machines installed for family members they both complain about Squeeze freezing up completely. The problem is that there is nothing in the l

Re: Squeeze freezes

On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:24:14 +0100 Rico Secada wrote: Apparently it's a browser problem, but the strange part is that it's happening with several browsers. When the freeze happens Caps-lock doesn't work any longer. Also I can't do ALT+F1 or ALT+Backspace I have removed gnas