RE: SMTP and ports 25 and 1025.

2007-03-24 Thread Seth Goodman
port is usually harder to configure, > detect etc etc... so better us well-known (assigned) ports. Actually, there is a standardized way to communicate ports for a given service via DNS: SRV records. Except that almost nobody uses them :) Since this mechanism did not exist until recently,

RE: How to cool my cpu temperature?

2007-01-06 Thread Seth Goodman
uction quality. Even on well-designed power supplies, the fan is far more likely to fail than any other component. It is not difficult to have the supply gracefully shut down if the airflow stops for any reason, but this feature is often absent from consumer-grade PC power supplies. -- Seth G

RE: How to cool my cpu temperature?

2007-01-06 Thread Seth Goodman
r a package like a processor. The primary failure mode is bond wires opening, and it is strongly temperature dependent. A typical power device has 3 bond wires, while a processor has several hundred, so the overall failure rate for this type of package gets too high at a much lower temperature. -- Seth Goodman

RE: How to cool my cpu temperature?

2007-01-07 Thread Seth Goodman
ronment, we normally assume 40 degrees max ambient, which means the air and all surfaces surrounding the case. Industrial electronics are often designed for 50 degrees ambient with the case interior being 15 degrees higher. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

RE: How to cool my cpu temperature?

2007-01-08 Thread Seth Goodman
Douglas Tutty wrote on Monday, January 08, 2007 8:02 AM -0600: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 11:52:57PM -0600, Seth Goodman wrote: > > Douglas Tutty wrote on Sunday, January 07, 2007 4:20 PM -0600: > > > > > Most electronics are designed for an ambient (to them, not the >

RE: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Seth Goodman
;t_ have a 'Reply to List' button. There are a lot more of them than 'nix systems. If you'd like to see that change, as I would, perhaps we could be a little more accommodating and take the operation of their MUA's into account when deciding how this list operates. We are j

RE: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Seth Goodman
On Thursday, June 22, 2006 5:53 PM -0500, Steve Lamb wrote: > Seth Goodman wrote: > > I'd say it's quite a stretch to say that Elm is at the forefront > > of MUA technology. > > But who was talking elm? Last I checked we had references to > mutt and Thunder

RE: Sarge Kernel Image Package Question

2006-06-29 Thread Seth Goodman
or not to use a given piece of software because of how much it improves their productivity and how much trouble it is. After using it for a while, _some_ of them will figure out that the reason it works as well as it does is because of the open-source development model, and will decide that&#x

RE: Sarge Kernel Image Package Question

2006-06-29 Thread Seth Goodman
t; It does. Great news. Thank you. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: OT : need advice on bluebottle

2006-06-29 Thread Seth Goodman
f that account starts to receive a significant amount of spam, I will abandon it. Same for gmail and any other provider that fails to reject most spam during SMTP. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: No kernel update yet?

2006-06-30 Thread Seth Goodman
des have not downloaded it or indicated > that is is available. > > Is it coming? See http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/06/msg02743.html -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Open Source Supported Graphics Cards

2006-08-08 Thread Seth Goodman
are ever to break out of the expert niche, will run X and use GUI's for everything, being limited to low-end 2D performance will be an ongoing problem. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Open Source Supported Graphics Cards

2006-08-11 Thread Seth Goodman
On Tuesday, August 08, 2006 6:43 PM -0500, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 08 August 2006 10:38, Seth Goodman wrote: > > Since the end-users we need to interest, if we are ever to break > > out of the expert niche, will run X and use GUI's for everything, > > b

RE: Open Source Supported Graphics Cards

2006-08-11 Thread Seth Goodman
On Friday, August 11, 2006 6:23 PM -0500, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Friday 11 August 2006 14:41, Seth Goodman wrote: > > On Tuesday, August 08, 2006 6:43 PM -0500, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Tuesday 08 August 2006 10:38, Seth Goodman wrote: > > > > Since the end-us

RE: Open Source Supported Graphics Cards

2006-08-12 Thread Seth Goodman
omputers accessible to people who are not technically inclined. More than accessible, people (sometimes) enjoy using them. Building in that degree of user accommodation does not make something a Windows clone. It just makes it a better product. Especially if you can still drive it from a terminal to do things no one ever thought of. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Open Source Supported Graphics Cards

2006-08-14 Thread Seth Goodman
On Monday, August 14, 2006 11:52 AM -0500, Albert Dengg wrote: > On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 02:07:43AM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > > On Friday, August 11, 2006 10:39 PM -0500, Anthony M Simonelli > > wrote: > > <...> > > > You can get books that help

RE: Open Source Supported Graphics Cards

2006-08-14 Thread Seth Goodman
ore profitable. Where does that leave open-source software? Well, I guess that will stay limited to the 10% market share reserved for any product designed for the cognoscenti. We can keep our install CD's right next to our Sony Beta-Max tapes. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

RE: Open Source Supported Graphics Cards

2006-08-14 Thread Seth Goodman
On Monday, August 14, 2006 5:48 PM -0500, Katipo wrote: > Seth Goodman wrote: > > If that were true, the vast majority of us, who used to be Windows > users, wouldn't be here. Right. I use Windows for most of my work projects, and before that, I used Unix for many years.

RE: Open Source Supported Graphics Cards

2006-08-14 Thread Seth Goodman
On Monday, August 14, 2006 6:23 PM -0500, Katipo wrote: > Seth Goodman wrote: > > > You are the sysadmin for these two Windows-type users, which is > > the only environment in which they can realistically use Debian. > > Take away the sysadmin or Linux mentor and the c

RE: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-17 Thread Seth Goodman
ire product line. There was no option of speaking to anyone in the U.S. concerning these products, and calls made to U.S. offices were quickly referred back to Bangalore. HP apparently doesn't want to know. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: is it possible to create a black box with debian?

2006-09-14 Thread Seth Goodman
ase. I'm sure there are heavy-duty > > cases with stronger locks. > > ...with activated detection of case manipulation and > automatic self-destruction using a half pound C4? This might make service calls more stressful. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-15 Thread Seth Goodman
nnounced political affiliation pretty much is > all that is need to be known about you. I don't think that turning a political affiliation into a dirty word benefits anyone. It certainly prevents rational discourse. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

RE: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-15 Thread Seth Goodman
On Friday, September 15, 2006 3:58 PM -0500, Curt Howland wrote: > On Friday 15 September 2006 16:46, "Seth Goodman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > I don't think that turning a political affiliation into a dirty > > word benefits anyone.  I

RE: Woohooo! Dell + Linux

2007-03-29 Thread Seth Goodman
7;t turn out right, their first call is to the people who sold them the hardware, even though that's the least likely place to have a problem. Technically sophisticated users do not tend to do this, but that's a pretty small market. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

RE: Woohooo! Dell + Linux

2007-03-30 Thread Seth Goodman
Paul Walsh wrote on Friday, March 30, 2007 2:23 AM -0600: > Seth Goodman wrote: > > > Most people could not complete a Linux install without a phone call > > to tech support. I suspect that's one part of the reason there are > > so few no-OS boxes. When the install

RE: [ML ISSUE] reply-to field ?

2007-03-30 Thread Seth Goodman
iling lists and a small number of others. It's not important to the majority of other mailing lists, and that's probably why Google and many others don't bother supporting that function. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ML ISSUE] reply-to field ?

2007-03-30 Thread Seth Goodman
y a generally unsuccessful attempt to convince the questioner that everyone else does it wrong, is the price of doing things this way. -- Seth Goodman

RE: Debian Exim SPF howto?

2007-03-30 Thread Seth Goodman
for several MTA's based on these implementations are in the works. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ML ISSUE] reply-to field ?

2007-03-30 Thread Seth Goodman
go. Continuing to insist that things _should_ have been different, long past the point where that is feasible, only makes us look foolish. In that, we have been successful. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ML ISSUE] reply-to field ?

2007-03-30 Thread Seth Goodman
Ron Johnson wrote on Friday, March 30, 2007 4:42 PM -0500: > On 03/30/07 16:33, Seth Goodman wrote: > > That's a large enough hurdle that I think it safe to say the horse > > has left the barn on this one a long time ago. Continuing to insist > > that things _should_

RE: [ML ISSUE] reply-to field ?

2007-03-30 Thread Seth Goodman
its behavior on something that is not important. Besides, you rejected popularity as an argument. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ML ISSUE] reply-to field ?

2007-03-31 Thread Seth Goodman
Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote on Saturday, March 31, 2007 6:03 AM -0500: > On 30.03.07 16:33, Seth Goodman wrote: > > That's a large enough hurdle that I think it safe to say the horse > > has left the barn on this one a long time ago. Continuing to insist > > that

RE: GPG and Signing

2007-04-01 Thread Seth Goodman
ho claims it. This is how keys inherit trust. The more signatures on your public key, the more likely it is that a random third party knows either someone who signed your key, or knows someone who knows someone who signed your key, etc. As others have pointed out, this is not a guarantee of identit

RE: GPG and Signing

2007-04-04 Thread Seth Goodman
stead, they built native S/MIME support into their MUA's, built a certificate store into their operating system and bought VeriSign. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: GPG and Signing

2007-04-05 Thread Seth Goodman
John L Fjellstad wrote on Thursday, April 05, 2007 10:43 AM -0500: > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Instead, they built > > native S/MIME support into their MUA's, built a certificate store > > into their operating system and boug

etch upgrade problem

2007-04-09 Thread Seth Goodman
hird variable. It's all on the terminal display behind the screensaver :) TIA. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: etch upgrade problem (SOLVED)

2007-04-09 Thread Seth Goodman
ere before I go off and break things further :) As I recall, these locale errors also occurred during the Sarge install long ago, so it is more likely a Sarge problem than an Etch problem. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: etch upgrade problem

2007-04-09 Thread Seth Goodman
AGE(0): Option "UseFBDev" is not used (==) RandR enabled (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE (WW) SAVAGE(0): Direct rendering disabled (WW) SAVAGE(0): Option "UseFBDev" is not used (==) RandR enabled (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE (II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE (EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable (II) Loading local sub module "GLcore" (II) LoadModule: "GLcore" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so (II) Module GLcore: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3 (II) GLX: Initialized MESA-PROXY GL provider for screen 0 (**) Option "CoreKeyboard" (**) Generic Keyboard: Core Keyboard (**) Option "Protocol" "standard" (**) Generic Keyboard: Protocol: standard (**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg" (**) Generic Keyboard: XkbRules: "xorg" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104" (**) Generic Keyboard: XkbModel: "pc104" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us" (**) Generic Keyboard: XkbLayout: "us" (**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off" (**) Generic Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled (**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Device: "/dev/psaux" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "PS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psaux No such device. (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse" (II) UnloadModule: "mouse" (WW) No core pointer registered (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD) xkb_keycodes { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)" }; xkb_types{ include "complete" }; xkb_compatibility{ include "complete" }; xkb_symbols { include "pc(pc105)+us" }; xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc104)" }; No core pointer Fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: etch upgrade problem

2007-04-09 Thread Seth Goodman
ay4:~# lsmod Module Size Used by <...> psmouse20360 0 <...> cray4:~# cat /etc/modules <...> ide-cd ide-disk ide-generic psmouse -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: etch upgrade problem

2007-04-09 Thread Seth Goodman
Andrei Popescu wrote on Monday, April 09, 2007 5:28 PM -0500: > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > packages, /usr/X11R6/bin contains only a lib directory with a few > ^ > I guess you mean /usr/X11R6/ Yes, sorry. /usr/

RE: etch upgrade problem

2007-04-10 Thread Seth Goodman
Andrei Popescu <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 2:54 AM -0500: > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Fatal server error: > > > > failed to initialize core devices > > > ^^

RE: etch upgrade problem

2007-04-10 Thread Seth Goodman
Andrei Popescu wrote on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 9:05 AM -0500: > Are you using gpm? IIRC the xorg.conf must be setup differently if you > use gpm. gpm package is not installed. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

RE: etch upgrade problem

2007-04-10 Thread Seth Goodman
Andrei Popescu <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:35 AM -0500: > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In another thread, someone suggested "dpkg-reconfigure udev" for > > other hardware detection problems,

RE: etch upgrade problem

2007-04-12 Thread Seth Goodman
Andrei Popescu <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:35 AM -0500: > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In another thread, someone suggested "dpkg-reconfigure udev" for > > other hardware detection problems,

RE: spamcop

2006-09-20 Thread Seth Goodman
willing to look into a solution if nobody else is interested. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: spamcop

2006-09-20 Thread Seth Goodman
ammers who would like to curtail the use of DNSBL's in general and spamtraps in particular. I don't think that responding as the spammers would like is in our interest. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: spamcop

2006-09-20 Thread Seth Goodman
On Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:19 PM -0500, John Kelly wrote: > On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:33:05 -0500, "Seth Goodman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Did anyone investigate the problem and make this request? > > If they're not self motivated,

RE: spamcop

2006-09-21 Thread Seth Goodman
On Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:48 PM -0500, John Kelly wrote: > On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:01:38 -0500, "Seth Goodman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > require matching DNS, forward and reverse <...> > > some large servers won't use it. >

RE: closing mailing lists (was: spamcop)

2006-09-21 Thread Seth Goodman
mail to post, so is it really a burden to first confirm your email address? Isn't it worth one confirmation message to be able to ban an address that spams? -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: spamcop

2006-09-21 Thread Seth Goodman
p. If this is correct, it had to be a confirmation message :) Spam trap addresses are secret, so there's no way to stop this except by talking to the DNSBL maintainers. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: spamcop

2006-09-21 Thread Seth Goodman
On Thursday, September 21, 2006 2:33 PM -0500, John Kelly wrote: > On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:53:28 -0500, "Seth Goodman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The improper DNS false positive rate is low, less than 2%. > > > It's a pity, but very few p

RE: closing mailing lists (was: spamcop)

2006-09-21 Thread Seth Goodman
is no reason the web portal couldn't have the nomail option as well. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: spamcop

2006-09-22 Thread Seth Goodman
On Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:49 PM -0500, John Kelly wrote: > On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:33:26 -0500, "Seth Goodman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > But once you get a grip and hang on for a while, you realize > > > that sacrificing 2% is a p

RE: closing mailing lists (was: spamcop)

2006-09-23 Thread Seth Goodman
On Friday, September 22, 2006 12:15 PM -0500, Andrei Popescu wrote: > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thursday, September 21, 2006 3:38 PM -0500, Andrei Popescu > > wrote: > > > > > It's not nice to require *everybody* to re

RE: closing mailing lists (was: spamcop)

2006-09-25 Thread Seth Goodman
On Sunday, September 24, 2006 8:34 AM -0500, Stephen wrote: > On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 01:22:30PM -0500 or thereabouts, Seth > Goodman wrote: > > > You are right in saying there is no apparent way to subscribe > > without getting all the list traffic. Without this feature,

RE: Mouse Problems with KVM Switch

2006-09-25 Thread Seth Goodman
t doesn't work. What if the next time would be the one that succeeds? -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: closing mailing lists (was: spamcop)

2006-09-26 Thread Seth Goodman
eceive list mail. This can be controlled from both the web interface and via email. There is also an administrative feature to require subscription before posting. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: closing mailing lists (was: spamcop)

2006-09-26 Thread Seth Goodman
On Tuesday, September 26, 2006 1:17 PM -0500, David Jardine wrote: > On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 07:53:21PM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > > > [...] > > > I think the following would make Debian lists better for everyone: > > > > [...] > > > > 3) allow users

RE: spamcop

2006-09-27 Thread Seth Goodman
her people like SpamCop or not, to arrange to get murphy whitelisted. Complaining that SpamCop is cluelessly administered won't convince many to stop using SpamCop, yet will convince some that the Debian community has an attitude problem. Either way, the people perpetrating the DoS win, though it turn

RE: MOBILE PHONES AT VERY LOW PRICE OFFER. (reporting list spam)

2006-09-28 Thread Seth Goodman
nism, ignoring recipient's opt-out declarations and distributing addresses of people who opt out without indicating that fact. As a practical matter, your chances of being prosecuted for any of these are remote. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &qu

RE: spamcop

2006-09-28 Thread Seth Goodman
y review every listing/delisting event. Nor is it possible to avoid all errors in an automated process where forgery is possible. Mistakes will occur from both ends and both parties have to cooperate. Thumbing our noses at a DNSBL that many people consider worthwhile is not good policy. -- Seth

RE: MOBILE PHONES AT VERY LOW PRICE OFFER. (reporting list spam)

2006-09-28 Thread Seth Goodman
On Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:48 PM -0500, David E. Fox wrote: > On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:47:39 -0500 > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Spamming activities that are now illegal in the U.S.: sending > > UBE to electronically harvested a

RE: Yes! a free legal source for downloadable music!

2006-10-05 Thread Seth Goodman
That's an interesting service, thanks for the link. For some Creative Commons licensed music (also film and audio books), try http://legaltorrents.com. You need a bittorrent client. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Linux and Newest Hardware

2006-10-12 Thread Seth Goodman
eaper, even with the preloaded throw-away O/S. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Linux and Newest Hardware

2006-10-12 Thread Seth Goodman
le income for that purpose. The bottom line is that unless you have too much spare time, or are willing to use obsolete used machines (my personal choice), you're going to pay more for a lot less hardware. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Linux and Newest Hardware

2006-10-12 Thread Seth Goodman
chines and Microsofts of the world. They can only do so by not making much profit, or being subsidized by their customers' good will. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Petition about the Firefox trademark problem

2006-10-14 Thread Seth Goodman
e problem. How much Debian must something use before using the logo? Asking that differently, how much can you change before you must take the Debian logo off? -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Petition about the Firefox trademark problem

2006-10-17 Thread Seth Goodman
their trademark > if they don't like the code, or for any other reason. My question as well. If someone starts with a snapshot of an official Debian release, follows the Debian packaging guidelines and fully complies with the GPL, is there any basis for denying their continued use of the off

RE: NTP weirdness

2006-10-17 Thread Seth Goodman
t file declared, ntp doesn't write this out at shutdown and must start over each time the machines reboots. To do the peering that Henrique suggested, you declare the other server as a peer. Here's what ntp.conf would look like for yauco.connexer.com: driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift server n

RE: Petition about the Firefox trademark problem

2006-10-26 Thread Seth Goodman
o protect its trademarks (I believe it is), than so it is for Mozilla. Replacing the graphics with your own and tacking on a name formulated as a slight is very poor press for FLOSS. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

RE: timezone and clock error

2006-11-05 Thread Seth Goodman
ect the only workaround is to ask Linux to treat the hardware clock as local time and enable ntp in both operating systems. This fails if the time servers are unreachable at boot time right after Windows updates the hardware clock for a change to or from DST. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIB

RE: RAR under linux: any alternative?

2005-12-14 Thread Seth Goodman
't argue or attempt to "educate" him on the merits of GPL'd software, I just gave him what he needed. Same goes for what my clients request. Zealotry is bad for business. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: RAR under linux: any alternative?

2005-12-14 Thread Seth Goodman
> From: Seth Goodman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:02 PM > > > I know this is a Debian list, but there is Windows tool called 7-zip There is a port of this tool in Debian unstable http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/p7zip so hopefull

RE: RAR under linux: any alternative?

2005-12-14 Thread Seth Goodman
tter MAC's. That makes the main advantage of RAR only that the PAR file generation is conveniently built-in. If a customer asks for RAR, I don't argue, so the fact that some people like it is also an advantage. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: RAR under linux: any alternative?

2005-12-16 Thread Seth Goodman
re and hidden, so much the better. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: How to play these files on Debian (Sarge)

2006-01-03 Thread Seth Goodman
gt; MPlayer 1.0cvs > VLC 0.8.2-svn > RealPlayer 10.0.6.776 (Gold) for Linux Minor update to Bob's fine summary: VLC 0.8.4 plays .mov files with both audio and video (at least under Win2K, I assume the Linux version is the same) -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Back to original topic [Was: [Poll: debian-newcomer list [Was: Re: newbies needing help for graphic login]]

2006-01-09 Thread Seth Goodman
nch is also > the one that will receive the most newbies. I would put a +1 on this, as it would help everyone, not just noobs. There is no reason for any distro to _not_ do the best job of hardware detection possible. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

RE: Azureus and the TCP port 6881

2006-02-06 Thread Seth Goodman
IP, most routers will forward to the machine name. If it won't, you'll need to assign the machine a static IP to permit port forwarding. Since the way you do this is different for every router, I can't really give you anything more specific. Let us know how it works out. -- Se

RE: i want spam

2006-03-21 Thread Seth Goodman
> > It's quite possible that a malicious third-party sent that > message in order to inconvenience the "real" Sara Baker... I no longer recall, but doesn't this list require that you respond to a confirmation email to prove that you control the address you are subscri

odd problem with CDROM drive

2005-09-11 Thread Seth Goodman
ny insight or suggestions. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: odd problem with CDROM drive

2005-09-11 Thread Seth Goodman
As an additional piece of information, I have changed to the testing distribution and upgraded the kernel to 2.6.11. No difference. The Knoppix disk still boots and can read the CD once booted, while Sarge (testing, 2.6.11) cannot read the same physical CD. Any ideas? -- Seth Goodman -- To

RE: Debian Compatable UPS?

2005-09-20 Thread Seth Goodman
arge and need to be "topped off" periodically - never let a lead-acid battery sit around discharged, as it will gradually suffer a permanent loss of capacity -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Debian Compatible UPS?

2005-09-20 Thread Seth Goodman
stereo, espresso machine), you may wish to consider a two-step charger. This charges a battery at a higher rate until it is fully charged, then switches over to float mode to maintain that charge. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

unable to install from CD: failure to mount once kernel installed

2005-09-21 Thread Seth Goodman
that it doesn't matter, if that's the general case. Thanks in advance for any advice. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: unable to install from CD: failure to mount once kernel installed

2005-09-21 Thread Seth Goodman
e first > time? First time: Debian flaming noob. During this process of elimination, I did about ten full installs from boot floppies using different setups (all default, then expert26 with various answers to questions asked). Still, blazing noob to Debian. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCR

RE: unable to install from CD: failure to mount once kernel installed

2005-09-21 Thread Seth Goodman
o /etc/modules for future > boots. > > HTH Thank you! I have attached the output of the two lsmod queries. I would feel a lot better if someone who knew more about Debian than me were to suggest which modules are needed before I modprobe my system to death. -- Seth Goodman Module

RE: unable to install from CD: failure to mount once kernel installed

2005-09-21 Thread Seth Goodman
> From: Seth Goodman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 3:53 PM <...> > I have attached the output of the two lsmod queries. For two systems that are supposedly closely related, there is not a lot in common between the loaded modules. The hardware de

RE: unable to install from CD: failure to mount once kernel installed

2005-09-22 Thread Seth Goodman
e of the daily boot floppy sets, but that seems extreme. I would prefer to stay with Debian, as it is the basis for many of the other distro's and has a well-developed updating mechanism, but I would also like the use of my CDROM. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

RE: unable to install from CD: failure to mount once kernel installed

2005-09-22 Thread Seth Goodman
d the full output of dmesg from the most recent boot. It looks like it finds and correctly identifies the CD (the model number appears right), so I'm really at a loss. > > If you still cant solve it post back as much detailed H/W information as > you can including the output of lspci. A

RE: unable to install from CD: failure to mount once kernel installed

2005-09-22 Thread Seth Goodman
error=0x30 { LastFailedSense=0x03 } ide: failed opcode was: unknown end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 64 isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=hdc, iso_blknum=16, block=16 It tries, but it really doesn't want to mount. Your hypothesis of an extra driver that interferes is reasonable.

RE: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread Seth Goodman
rtain other OS that none of us wishes to use automatically remembers the setting each user chooses for the NUMLOCK key. Some might say, "But you can put it in an init script". I say, "why?". -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

RE: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread Seth Goodman
want Linux to be the ubiquitous OS, and not just for the cognoscenti, we can't ignore details like this. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: NUM Lock , Home, End

2005-09-22 Thread Seth Goodman
> From: Marty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:47 PM <...> > Sounds like a good reason to file a wishlist bug report. I'd be happy to do so. Where do I file this type of feature request, and do I need to know the name of the package to do it

RE: unable to install from CD: failure to mount once kernel installed

2005-09-23 Thread Seth Goodman
cause this trouble so try > stopping haldeamon if installed. I didn't try this, but I bet it would work. It's not as good a workaround, though, as you would want to start it again each time you were done reading a CD. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Responses to the list (oops)

2005-09-23 Thread Seth Goodman
-To: header so that the most commonly deployed MUA's will perform the preferred action when the recipient hits reply. In short, you need a good reason _not_ to do something the same way as the rest of the world when it comes to email. The site referred to above does not make a compelling case gi

RE: unable to install from CD: failure to mount once kernel installed

2005-09-23 Thread Seth Goodman
to disable DMA on that drive without an explicit call to hdparm? -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Responses to the list

2005-09-23 Thread Seth Goodman
you are certainly aware that your suggestion is insulting to any non-developers. Why would you want to do that? -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: unable to install from CD: failure to mount once kernel installed

2005-09-23 Thread Seth Goodman
> From: Seth Goodman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:45 PM <...> > eject is not there, nor are its man pages. I installed the eject package > and now "eject -r" works, as does the gnome eject command! Looks > like this is a thir

RE: Installing without CD

2005-09-25 Thread Seth Goodman
anyway, so it's not a wasted expense.   --Seth Goodman -Original Message-From: Mike S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 8:00 AMTo: debian-user@lists.debian.orgSubject: Re: Installing without CDNo comment. On 9/24/05, James Sweet <[EMAIL PROT

RE: exim4-light vs exim4-heavy

2005-09-25 Thread Seth Goodman
AV/content filtering, to the point that it is much less of a load on the system. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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