Re: web/gui network server package?

On 10/03/14 14:14, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 3/10/14, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 10/03/14 10:32, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > 1G RAM, plenty of disk, p4 1.8GHz. > Only one 100Mib NIC but I could (probably should) add another. Thanks > >>> and wanting some gu

Re: IP Blocked in forum.debian.net

On 10/03/14 17:46, Muntasim Ul Haque wrote: > Hi, > While registering in forum.debian.net, I got error message saying my IP > has been blocked for spamming. But I haven't spammed. Who to overcome > this problem? Need help! > > -Muntasim Ul Haque > > forum.debian.net is separate from this mailing

Re: IP Blocked in forum.debian.net

On 10/03/14 19:14, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2014-03-10 at 19:04 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> If you are posting from your own computer you are probably being false >> flagged because your external IP address is dynamic > > Hm? Sure the IP will change when reconnectin

[OT] Re: On why you should volunteer my way(?)

On 11/03/14 01:41, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: > On 03/10/2014 08:29 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 3/10/2014 4:45 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >>> >>> I've been using the phonetic abbreviation "nub" for over 15 years It's commonly used in SMS "new-bee", all over the world. And some people will be offe

Image hosting server

I want to set up a simple image hosting server for private use. No galleries - just something similar to Imgur/ge.tt where people I work with can easily put up an image and provide a link to it in our plain-text email based discussions. The simpler for people to use the better. Even a simple php

Re: Image hosting server

On 14/03/14 05:32, Steve B wrote: > On 03/13/2014 02:09 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> I want to set up a simple image hosting server for private use. >> >> No galleries - just something similar to Imgur/ge.tt where people I work >> with can easily put up an image and

Re: Cherokee web server

On 14/03/14 06:31, John Foster wrote: > Any one know why Cherokee was dropped from Debian. I cant find anything > past Lenny plus I need 64 bit. Apache is just getting too hard to > manage. Looking for something simple to run a single web site directly > from /var/www. With a mediawiki site there.

Re: Security question concerning jail or virtualization

On 14/03/14 13:50, Martin Braun wrote: > Hi > > I have recently experienced a server being "hacked" due to a security > problem with a PHP application that made it possible for the "hacker" to > gain a web shell. Has that problem been rectified? If not then virtualization won't solve the problems

Re: Security question concerning jail or virtualization

On 14/03/14 15:51, shawn wilson wrote: > > On Mar 14, 2014 12:13 AM, "Brad Alexander" > wrote: >> > Due to this experience I would like to know what the best way to > limit such problems is, especially when hosting web servers for users > who may or may not in

Re: Apache default directories

On 15/03/14 12:20, Peter Michaux wrote: > Hi, > > The default virtual host when Apache is installed on Debian has > document root /var/www and a cgi-bin directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin. These > directories do not make intuitive sense to me. That's the problem with intuition (instant understanding). ;

Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password

On 15/03/14 21:45, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm running a series of experiments installing multiple versions of > Squeeze on a dedicated machine. The machine is dedicated to > experimentation and the lifetime of any install may intentionally be > only hours or days. > > The complete hard drive is w

Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password

On 15/03/14 22:29, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 22:09 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> passwd `grep 1000 /etc/passwd | cut -d : -f1` > > Likely that it's 1000, but it could be another uid ;p. > > > Could be, but very unlikely - it's the defaul

Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password

On 15/03/14 22:29, Tom Furie wrote: > On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 10:09:33PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 15/03/14 21:45, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>> If another OS had not been available but I knew the root >>> password, is there some way I could have gained acce

Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password

On 15/03/14 22:43, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 15 March 2014 11:33:50 Tom Furie wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 12:22:10PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 05:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: If another OS had not been available but I knew the root password, is th

Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password

On 15/03/14 22:33, Tom Furie wrote: > On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 12:22:10PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 05:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>> If another OS had not been available but I knew the root >>> password, is there some way I could have gained access as >>> root? >>

Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password

On 15/03/14 22:58, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 22:53 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 15/03/14 22:43, Lisi Reisz wrote: >>> On Saturday 15 March 2014 11:33:50 Tom Furie wrote: >>>> On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 12:22:10PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >

Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password (and disabling root login)

On 15/03/14 23:38, Tom Furie wrote: > On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 12:21:27PM +, Tom Furie wrote: > >> It does seem much more likely that Scott is correct and root >> logins are only disabled at the graphical login - as Scott says, >> that is the default configuration - in which case Richard should

Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password (and disabling root login)

On 17/03/14 04:44, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 16 mar 14, 01:24:03, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> In the spirit of investigation I tried testing a few methods of >> disabling root login (there are likely other methods) > > AFAIK the installer uses 'passsw

Re: providing a static IP/Netmas/Gateway + location of a preseed file at boot prompt.

On 17/03/14 18:48, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > Hi guys, > > I would like to install my Debian machines with the Pressed D-I feature. > > At this moment, I dont have a decent DHCP/BootP server yet, and waiting > for this to be achieved, I want to manually provide the IP address at > the boot

Re: Backup's to DVD

On 17/03/14 08:54, Mr Queue wrote: > Anyone doing anything interesting to backup data to DVD's? > > https://packages.debian.org/sid/dkopp > > ^^ Looks interesting and overall it's a pretty simple task. Suppose > I could even use tar and split but just curious what others may be doing > currently.

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

On 02/03/11 11:59, Chris Jones wrote: > On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 04:10:01AM EST, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Lu, 28 feb 11, 22:47:17, Chris Jones wrote: > >>> So what do I do..? recommend we continue our heated discussion on >>> the OT mailing list..? too bad.. she's not subscribed to D-OT .. and >

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

On 02/03/11 16:41, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > To try to install Debian 6, I downloaded, as advised on the Debian web > site, the Debian 6 netinst iso file, wrote it to a CD, and tried to > install Debian 6, using it. > > However, the computer on which I tried to install it, did not boot from

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

On 02/03/11 16:41, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > To try to install Debian 6, I downloaded, as advised on the Debian web > site, the Debian 6 netinst iso file, wrote it to a CD, and tried to > install Debian 6, using it. > > However, the computer on which I tried to install it, did not boot from

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

On 02/03/11 23:43, Steve Kleene wrote: > In my hands it was uninstallable. With an md5sum-checked CD of this: > Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 "Squeeze" - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 \ > 20110205-14:34 > it booted, got about halfway through the install, and then started giving CD > errors. I tri

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

On 03/03/11 04:19, george.stand...@gmail.com wrote: > I too am having serious issues with the debian-6.0.0-* ISOs on an ASUS > AMD64 system, they don't boot past the initial screen with "ISOLINUX > 4.02 debian-20101014 EHDD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvi et al" > and a flashing "_" > > I te

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

On 03/03/11 05:22, george.stand...@gmail.com wrote: >> Did you verified the checksum of the ISO image before burn it and also >> the whole CD once it was written in the medium? > > MD5 sums of the ISOs are correct, I'm not going to MD5 the burned > images - takes a long time, and I don't believe t

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

On 03/03/11 05:40, Jason Hsu wrote: > I've also had problems installing Debian 6.0.0 on my 10-year-old IBM NetVista > computer using the full CD-1 ISO. When I selected “Install” or “Graphical > Install” on the installer boot menu, the screen froze up and then flickered. > > Further investigatio

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

On 03/03/11 15:50, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <4d6f198b.1080...@gmail.com>, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> AMD - hmmm I've had a few problems with AMD boards - if the NIC requires >> forcedeth I *always* disable it in the BIOS and replace it with a card >>

Re: counter strike

On 03/03/11 20:11, Alex PADOLY wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to know How I can play to counter strike on Debian 6.0. > Thanks. > Regards. > Alex PADOLY > > > > Pieddemail > Apparently PlayOnLinux does the job http:/

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

On 04/03/11 19:31, Bret Busby wrote: > On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Bret Busby wrote: > >> >> On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Camaleón wrote: >> >>> >>> On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:41:54 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >>> To try to install Debian 6, I downloaded, as advised on the Debian web site, the Debian 6 netinst

Re: Please help

On 05/03/11 02:47, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > On Mar 4, 2011, at 7:02 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 04/03/11 16:37, Hal Vaughan wrote: >>> >>> On Mar 4, 2011, at 12:26 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >>> >>>> In <20110303230321.8e7ff1

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

On 05/03/11 03:10, Bret Busby wrote: > On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Bret Busby wrote: > >> >> On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Camaleón wrote: >> I tried installing the 64 bit one, and it does not proceed past the "Configure package manager" >>> >>> Okay. But now at least you reached the installer. That's mak

Re: How do I clone Computer A from Computer B?

On 05/03/11 10:38, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > On Mar 4, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 05/03/11 03:14, Hal Vaughan wrote: >>> >>> On Mar 3, 2011, at 12:42 PM, Jason Hsu wrote: >>> >>>> Computer A is running minimal Debian with a

Re: A dpkg puzzle on debian testing.

On 08/03/11 03:53, R. Clayton wrote: > I'm running a debian testing system updated weekly. In the last update I > noticed samba packages being updated. Because I have no need of samba, I > wanted to get rid of them: > > $ sudo dpkg --purge samba-common samba-common-bin > dpkg: dependency pr

Re: Internet connection sharing?

On 09/03/11 02:29, Joe wrote: > On 08/03/11 10:32, Jari Fredriksson wrote: >> On 8.3.2011 11:52, kuLa wrote: >>> On 08/03/11 09:50, Jari Fredriksson wrote: On 8.3.2011 11:36, kuLa wrote: > On 08/03/11 09:25, hadi motamedi wrote: >> Dear All >>> As I wrote before - DHCP! >>> >> >> Th

Re: Application shortcuts don't work in KDE4?

On 09/03/11 04:29, S D wrote: > --- On Tue, 3/8/11, godo wrote: > >> did you press Save in KDE Menu Editor after shortcuts >> input? >> I made shortcut Ctrl+Alt+C for KWrite and it works. > > Yes, I've saved it and the shortcut key stays there if I close and then > reopen the menu editor. But t

Re: Internet connection sharing?

On 09/03/11 08:42, shawn wilson wrote: > He could just setup debian to be used as it was intended - to be a > server and put windows behind that. Just a thought. > Probably the same thought many readers had... I'm "ass"uming he has his reasons, he was fairly clear in his request. I've come acros

Re: Application shortcuts don't work in KDE4?

On 09/03/11 10:42, S D wrote: > > > --- On Tue, 3/8/11, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> >> Have you tried disabling the KWrite shortcut you've >> configured and >> seeing if Ctrl+Alt+C is assigned to something else >> (already)? > > I've

Re: Squeeze freezes

On 09/03/11 14:10, Aquiles Carattino wrote: > I have just upgraded from Lenny to Squeeze but when surfing internet > (both with Icewasel or Google Chromium) in some sites (like gmail, for > instance) the PC completely freezes (no way of going to console, > rebooting, etc.) I have to turn off the p

Re: unable to install nfs-kernel-server

On 09/03/11 17:45, Liam Cassidey wrote: > > > I'm a bit at a loss here as I've never run into any problems setting up > nfs mounts on other Unices or Linux distros. There is most likely > something fundamental I'm missing, but I just can't put my finger on it. > Any help would be appreciated.

Re: unable to install nfs-kernel-server

On 09/03/11 17:45, Liam Cassidey wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Ron Johnson > wrote: > > On 03/07/2011 06:52 PM, Liam Cassidey wrote: > > I'm running Debian unstable, and I'm interested in simply setting up > an nfs export from t

Re: Application shortcuts don't work in KDE4?

On 08/03/11 16:08, S D wrote: > Hi, > > Can't get application shortcuts to work in KDE 4. > Just check that the following works for you (if it does please post as [SOLVED]) $ cp ~/.kde/share/config/khotkeysrc ~/.kde/share/config/khotkeysrc_before_I_had_a_fiddle $ nano ~/.kde/share/config/kho

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

On 02/03/11 16:41, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > To try to install Debian 6, I downloaded, as advised on the Debian web > site, the Debian 6 netinst iso file, wrote it to a CD, and tried to > install Debian 6, using it. > > However, the computer on which I tried to install it, did not boot from

Re: squeeze on asus 1001px

On 21/03/11 21:19, Frank wrote: > Hello, > � > I try to install squeeze on my little eeepc.�I tried the mini.iso > net-boot on a usb Key but the installation failed with the installation > of the Grub. > Do you have any information about it ? > � > I tried to boot and install it manually but no /ta

Re: What happened to debian - does "stable" keep having any meaning?

On 21/03/11 22:59, Geronimo wrote: > Hello, > > the last update of debian broke my system completely! After dist-upgrade I > got > the advice, that I should reboot the system. Nothing special, so I rebooted > the system. That was the start of the misery. Grub was not able to find its > boot p

Re: What happened to debian - does "stable" keep having any meaning?

On 22/03/11 04:53, Geronimo wrote: > Hello, > > Jochen Schulz wrote: >> Geronimo: >>> the last update of debian broke my system completely! >> >> I am very sorry for your wasted time and loss of data. I see why you >> need to let off steam. > > Thank you very much! - usually I'm not that coarse.

Re: Android Debian - Lets start Debian for Android hw phones

On 22/03/11 08:16, giovanni_re wrote: > Let's start the "Debian distro for Android capable hardware phones". > Please excuse my ignorance but, doesn't Debian already install to mobile phones? > What are the first steps we can easily take, to get started on this? 1. Read the documentation for th

Re: trying to install libxml2-dev package and getting this error ??? help??

On 22/03/11 06:54, Joey L wrote: >(28 No space left on device) df -h to check that Maybe:- #apt-get clean first to make a little space, then:- df -h to see how much you've got free, then:- #apt-get -f install !do not agree to proceed! check the amount of space required - if it is less tha

Re: wmv locks entire system ever since upgrade to 6.0.1

On 22/03/11 06:21, Steven Sciame wrote: > Since upgrading to 6.0.1 playing wmv from iceweasel locks entire > system. The only way to unlock is to hold power button until machine > shuts off and then reboots (not necessarily a good idea) > > Here is one example of a page that did it to me: > > ht

Re: wmv locks entire system ever since upgrade to 6.0.1

on't run Gnome so I can't tell you if Totem will play .wmv files (w32 codecs??). > > --- On *Mon, 3/21/11, Scott Ferguson > //* wrote: > > > From: Scott Ferguson > Subject: Re: wmv locks entire system ever since upgrade to 6.0.1 > To: debian-user@lis

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

On 22/03/11 12:30, Chen Wei wrote: > hi Steven, since the VirtualBox 3.2 cannot built its module on 2.6.38 > source, follow the instruction in "Debian Linux Kernel Handbook", I > rebuild the 2.6.34.7 kernel. It is quite strait forward and works, the > result kernel is also smaller than default kern

Re: wmv locks entire system ever since upgrade to 6.0.1

On 22/03/11 14:07, Steven Sciame wrote: > > > I was not able to play it in Totem. I got the same result as trying to > play it through iceweasel (mouse moves but everything is unresponsive, > with the only way out being a hard power cycle) > > This was fine before 6.0.1 > If the mouse moves

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

.0.2? or sooner maybe? You are several upgrades behind the current, stable virtualbox. Possibly you didn't change your sources.list entry back in November - else you would be running 4.x vb. > > --- On *Mon, 3/21/11, Scott Ferguson > //* wrote: > > > From: Scott Fer

Re: wmv locks entire system ever since upgrade to 6.0.1

On 22/03/11 15:16, Steven Sciame wrote: > > I understand what you are saying, but nothing responds. The mouse > moves, but nothing is able to be clicked on. No menu's, windows, > nothing. I waited for 10 minutes and still nothing. Depending on your system nice settings 10 minutes isn't very

Re: aptitude over-zealous on removals?

On 22/03/11 23:56, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > On 22 March 2011 12:28, Charles Blair wrote: >> I decided I wanted to remove the package cwebx, which is a >> system for documenting C programs. When I put a minus sign >> next to that package, I was told that aptitude wanted to then >> remove a who

Re: How to change the style and background of the Squeeze login screen?

On 23/03/11 17:25, Rick Thomas wrote: > > No offense intended to anyone involved, but I don't like the stars and > spaceships look of the new Squeeze login screen. Tastes differ, and my > taste differs from that. I like it, but I'd like to be able to change it... > > In Lenny I had a bunch of

Re: iceweasel 4 on squeeze?

On 25/03/11 03:10, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/24/2011 10:21 AM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: >> On 24/03/11 14:52, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> Because of the radical changes in v4.0, I *strongly* urge that you >>> install FF 4.0 to /usr/local/bin or ~/bin, since you or your wife might >>> (as I do) dis

Re: iceweasel 4 on squeeze?

On 26/03/11 08:40, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/24/2011 08:41 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 25/03/11 03:10, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 03/24/2011 10:21 AM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: >>>> On 24/03/11 14:52, Ron Johnson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>

Re: iceweasel 4 on squeeze?

On 26/03/11 09:41, Brian wrote: > On Fri 25 Mar 2011 at 14:45:52 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >> and it does not offer to save my setup anymore, so after I quit I have >> to start all over gain... POC > > Mine doesn't offer to save open tabs either but on restarting it does > present a Googl

Re: iceweasel 4 on squeeze?

On 26/03/11 13:13, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/25/2011 06:19 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 26/03/11 08:40, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 03/24/2011 08:41 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> On 25/03/11 03:10, Ron Johnson wrote: >>>>> On 03/24/2011 10:21 AM, T

Re: [OT] compiled kernels do not boot

On 27/03/11 00:29, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:19:11 -0400 (EDT), Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> >> I have tried 3 self-compiled kernels and they do not boot. They compile >> w/o errors. >> >> They are compiled with 'make-kpkg --revision 1 --append-to-version -ck2 >> --initrd kernel

Re: iceweasel 4 on squeeze?

On 27/03/11 07:56, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/26/2011 07:18 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 26/03/11 13:13, Ron Johnson wrote: > [snip] >>> >>> Most probably. A similar addon (Old Location Bar) makes FF3.x >>> tolerable. >> >> Do you

Re: [OT] compiled kernels do not boot

On 27/03/11 10:19, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:31:57 -0400 (EDT), Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 27/03/11 00:29, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:19:11 -0400 (EDT), Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >>>> >http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxm

Re: iceweasel 4 on squeeze?

On 27/03/11 10:50, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On 03/26/2011 08:20 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> I was referring to the most obvious UI change between 3x and 4x - that >> the tabs now appear above the location bar (which means the addons tab >> obscures the location bar). &g

Re: [OT] compiled kernels do not boot

On 27/03/11 12:24, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:49:22 -0400 (EDT), Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 27/03/11 10:19, Stephen Powell wrote: >>>http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm >> >> Unfortunately your page keeps timing out - not sure

Re: adzapper help needed

On 28/03/11 02:14, Paul E Condon wrote: > I've used adzapper long ago, but stopped using it long ago, > and forgotten why I stopped. Now I want to use it again > on a computer running Wheezy, but I can't find information > on how to configure my browser. The Debian documentation > seems to have bee

Re: Cmake on Knoppix

On 28/03/11 07:56, John Culleton wrote: > Knoppix is a Debian derivative so I am asking here. I want to compile > svn versions of programs such as Scribus. Scribus has switched from > conventional ./configure, make, make install sequence to a cmake based > system. I can't seem to be able to down

Re: Serial Connection

On 28/03/11 11:46, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:27:08 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> >> For attaching a terminal all you need to connect are pins 2, 3, and 7 on >> a DB25, or 2, 3, and 5 on a DB9. Reverse 2,3 on one end of each cable >> to get your x-over. All the other pi

dpkg: syntax error

An apt-get update for Squeeze gives the following error message:- dpkg: syntax error in file triggers file `/var/lib/dpkg/triggers//File' E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) The machine is a fairly standard KDE Squeeze i386 - the update is (I believe) the last point release (9

Re: You touched one of my pet peeves (was Re: dpkg: syntax error)(is now OOT)

On 28/03/11 13:12, Ron Johnson wrote: > You touched one of my pet peeves Thanks - I assure you it was unintentional, I have now washed my hands and disinfected the keyboard. :-) > On 03/27/2011 08:35 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> Is the double backslashes a clue? >&

Re: You touched one of my pet peeves (was Re: dpkg: syntax error)

On 28/03/11 13:26, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2011 27 Mar 21:13 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> That's a double *slash*. The backslash (on my US "small " >> kb) is under the pipe. >> >> We know this because typewriter keyboards only had one such key and >> so Lower Left To Upper Right became the

Re: Serial Connection -- shielding

On 30/03/11 01:18, MAROUNI Abbass wrote: > Le 28/03/11 10:30, Russell L. Harris a �crit : >> to: >> CC: >> * Stan Hoeppner [110328 06:24]: >>> Moczik Gabor put forth on 3/28/2011 12:01 AM: Stan Hoeppner wrote: > I think that the discussion diverted somehow from my original question. > > M

Re: Serial Connection

On 28/03/11 19:15, Moczik Gabor wrote: > Actually telephone is balanced. Yes, most of the time. Most commonly through correction > Telephone does not use the local ground > at your house, Correct-ish, they often use ground from the exchange . Though there's often non-copper sections between th

Re: Package ms-windows promoted from non-free to main!

On 01/04/11 17:27, Klistvud wrote: > Howdie, fellow Debianites! > > I'm cross-posting this from debian-project because IMHO it's important > news. > > As of yesterday, the package ms-windows (a virtual package comprising > ms-windows-xp, ms-windows-vista and ms-windows-7) has finally left > non-f

Re: Debian was hacked: The Canterbury Distribution

On 01/04/11 20:17, Lisi wrote: > On Friday 01 April 2011 10:05:54 Liam O'Toole wrote: >> On 2011-04-01, Freeman wrote: >>> On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 05:16:37AM +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello List, right now, the Official Debian site seems hacked by The Canterbury Distribution.

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

On 01/04/11 21:40, Frank Church wrote: > > > On 1 April 2011 09:40, Klistvud > wrote: > > Dne, 01. 04. 2011 10:26:07 je Frank Church napisal(a): > > > As an aside I am leary of motherboards with 2 DIMM slots. If you > > want to go >

Re: Debian was hacked: The Canterbury Distribution

On 02/04/11 05:17, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20110401_051637, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> Hello List, >> >> right now, the Official Debian site seems hacked by The Canterbury >> Distribution. >> >> I guess it is a joke. > > Apparently not a joke. > So, what will change in Debian? Is there there a pla

Re: Package ms-windows promoted from non-free to main!

On 02/04/11 00:11, � wrote: > On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:27:53 +0200, Klistvud wrote: > >> I'm cross-posting this from debian-project because IMHO it's important >> news. > > Hum... this has a weird smell. No sources to the original news? ;-) > Appropriately - ICS (ics.sans.org) labelled the 1st

Re: OpenOffice.org - how to install additional languages?

On 02/04/11 09:00, Lisi wrote: > On Friday 01 April 2011 16:02:53 Camaleón wrote: >> On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:48:25 +0200, Klistvud wrote: >>> Dne, 01. 04. 2011 16:40:37 je Camaleón napisal(a): Check your "thesaurus" packages (dpkg -l | grep -i thesaurus) and look for the OOo's italian one

Re: Debian was hacked: The Canterbury Distribution (howto write the date)

On 02/04/11 13:50, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 07:12, green wrote: >> Aaron Toponce wrote at 2011-04-01 08:11 -0500: >>> For international mailing lists, if you stick with ISO 8601, there should >>> be no ambiguity in the date: >>> >>> 2011-04-01 or 20110401 is defined as Apr

Re: Debian was hacked: The Canterbury Distribution (howto write the date)

On 02/04/11 14:57, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 20:23, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 02/04/11 13:50, Kelly Clowers wrote: >>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 07:12, green wrote: >>>> Aaron Toponce wrote at 2011-04-01 08:11 -0500: >>>>> Fo

Re: Debian was hacked: The Canterbury Distribution (howto write the date)

On 02/04/11 15:40, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/01/2011 11:17 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 02/04/11 14:57, Kelly Clowers wrote: >>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 20:23, Scott Ferguson > [snip] >>>> >>>> Why not use the Debian standard?? >>>> day-

Re: Debian was hacked: The Canterbury Distribution (howto write the date)

On 02/04/11 23:35, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 02:23:31PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> Why not use the Debian standard?? ^ It *was* a question, and I *was* soliciting an answer. >> Reasoning - it's already been extensively debated *and* voted on, it&#

Re: [SOLVED] Serial Connection

On 03/04/11 02:07, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:02:38 -0400 (EDT), MAROUNI Abbass wrote: > I also used to have an IBM PS/2 Model 70. The UART on its motherboard > is a 16550A. According to the manufacturer's specifications, the > 16550A is capable of operating at speeds of up

Re: Debian was hacked: The Canterbury Distribution (howto write the date)

On 03/04/11 16:54, Lisi wrote: > On Sunday 03 April 2011 01:20:10 Scott Ferguson wrote: >> I suspect Liam's response was made in jest :-) > > I'm sure it was - and a successful jest. But mine was not. In that case, > context made the date's form redundant, b

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

On 12/04/11 04:48, Christian Jakob wrote: > Hi @all, > > > Normally I can handle debian problems by my own, but this time I have a > really unusual problem with apt-get. > I use german version of lenny on a 32 bit i386 architecture. > Internet connection works fine and public keys are up-to-date

Re: Problem with time command

On 06/04/11 02:40, Fabio Dellacorte wrote: > Hello everybody , > i want use option for time command but it doesn't work because > �intepreted anything as argument : > > > $time --version > bash: --version: command not found > > > Thank you > Time *requires* a command before any arguments - h

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

On 12/04/11 15:38, Christian Jakob wrote: > Good morning, > > > No, the problem occurs since a few weeks/months and not only with this > package... There's the clue. If you can't remember what happened then (mixed repositories, aborted install, bodgied compile etc) then maybe it's something y

Re: Problem with time command

On 12/04/11 22:40, John Hasler wrote: > Scott Ferguson writes: >> Time *requires* a command before any arguments > > That's the builtin. Try "/usr/bin/time --version". 'Thanks John', but, please, read the original post:- http://lists.debian.org/d

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

On 13/04/11 02:26, Christian Jakob wrote: > Ok, first of all: Thank you for helping me! > >> There's the clue. >> If you can't remember what happened then (mixed repositories, aborted >> install, bodgied compile etc) then maybe it's something you don't know >> about > > Yes, I can not remembe

Re: Issue writing image to disk via dd

On 12/04/11 22:47, Mark Kane wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm trying to write a bootable disk image to a hard drive using dd in > Debian like so: > > dd if=image.img of=/dev/sda bs=1M > > > -Mark > > What commands did you use to create the original image? If image.img was created by simply:-

Re: New to Linux

On 13/04/11 10:17, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > on 17:11 Tue 12 Apr, rishabh animesh (rishabh.anim...@gmail.com) wrote: >> Hello People, > > Um. So, are you asking a question or spamming your website? > :-D A quick look at the about page on the main domain that the poster claims to have created

Re: Issue writing image to disk via dd

On 13/04/11 13:10, Mark Kane wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011, at 10:54:46 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> What commands did you use to create the original image? >> >> If image.img was created by simply:- >> dd if=/dev/sda of=/image.img >> then bs is unnecessary

Re: Issue writing image to disk via dd

On 13/04/11 19:47, Mark Kane wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011, at 14:33:34 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > I could be wrong, but from looking at the script a bit it looks like dd > is used to create the image like this: > > dd of=tmp/disk.img if=/dev/zero count=30720 bs=1k After

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

On 14/04/11 02:59, Christian Jakob wrote: >> scott@work:~$ python -V >> Python 2.5.2 > > this is the same as mine... > > root@debian # python -V > Python 2.5.2 You appear to have all the listed dependancies > >> Have you manually installed scons? >> Did it throw up any errors? > > No I d

Re: Developers, there's a new App Store in town.

On 14/04/11 10:35, Michael Checca wrote: > On 04/13/2011 07:30 PM, Apptown.con wrote: >> > > Who subscribed to this? No one. > I unsubscribed from it, but aren't these lists > moderated for spam? There are spam filters - but they don't always work (better a few slip through than false positiv

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

On 14/04/11 15:46, Christian Jakob wrote: >> Before trying to replace apt... how about trying a manual install of >> scons and posting the output? > > root@debian # dpkg -i scons_1.0.0-1_all.deb Selecting previously deselected package scons. (Reading database ... 175 901 files and directories cur

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

On 15/04/11 01:07, Christian Jakob wrote: > fsck did something, but it doesn't fix the problem ... Um, fsck did what? Did it simply optimise directories - or did the file system need repairing? Did it test the ability of the drive to retain data - find some sections where failing and add them to t

Re: New App. for Debian.

On 16/04/11 02:32, Lisi wrote: > On Friday 15 April 2011 17:11:14 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> To the OP: Your message looked really a lot like SPAM. I almost reported >> it as such. > > +1 Especially as it closely resembled some recent Spam. > > Lisi > > Yes. I'm always suspicious of any

Re: Why is exim installed by default?

On 17/10/11 08:47, Andrew Wood wrote: > Why is an MTA (exim) installed by deafult on Squeeze even if the > 'Mail Server' option is not selected during installation? Old habits die hard ;-) It's there for the same reason nfs is - some people consider it a requirement. Your basic desktop build doesn

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