Security - trust etc.. (Was: Reading e-mails on text mode)

2000-08-21 Thread hogan
p but think that all of this is placing a lot of trust in people one will never meet and may indeed never communicate with. Anyway - I have to finish wallpapering my unit with aluminium foil to stop signals escaping (*just kidding :) *) ADF Hogan - Original Message - From: "John And

Configuring two of same network card + keyboard not working in X

2000-08-22 Thread hogan
Debian unstable Kernel 2.2.17 Two SMC-ULTRA cards, configured for IRQs 10 and 11 (can't remember IO bases off hand - not near machine right now). How do I get both cards recognised? I tried two lines in /etc/modules quoting IRQs and IOs (as it wouldn't autodetect them).. Only first card is loade

Re: Win & Potato on LAN

2000-08-23 Thread hogan
> cabling problem or a hub problem. id try swapping the cables around to > see if the problem shows up on the linux box with the cable from the > win* box. if it doesn't im not sure what to suggest other then Just a suggestion... If you have DOS utility disk for both network cards and a DOS boot

Re: ISP server assigned nameserver addressing - how?

2000-08-23 Thread hogan
> To know YOUR DNS's when you use Windows, go to www.anonymizer.com (in > Windows) and click "This is what we know about you" or something like that. > In most cases somewhere near the end of the page it will tell your DNS > addresses. Worked for me!! To get DNS servers out of windows.. Go to st

PPP logs analysis.. recommended options?

2000-08-24 Thread hogan
I'd like to start analysing my PPP connections.. How often they drop out, how many bytes they transfers in a session, how many errors they encounter. I'm sure someone's already made a package to analyse one's log files - what are the recommended options? Running (/proc/version): Linux version 2.

Re: How to convert multiple pages html doc to other formats?

2000-08-24 Thread hogan
> i wish ALL this linux documentation were in searchable, browsable html format > without having to learn info commands, manpage constructs, & so forth. HTML I can handle.. man I can handle.. vi I'm learning.. but the info command - I much prefer man pages to be quite honest. Maybe if the interfac

Unattended cable modem server - APM required...

2000-09-01 Thread Hogan
able with debian -Get APM powerdown working (Pentium II class machine) -Getting SOCKS working I'm thinking administration via SSH would be good option - though it could be possible to run a serial lead from the machine to one of the demo boxes. Anthony Hogan ... The software is willing, but t

Re: keyboardless operation

2000-09-02 Thread Hogan
Cheaper to buy an el-cheapo keyboard and disable it internally, than trying to develop a null keyboard adapter.. > Yes it is and AT keyboard, and there is no problem with BIOS as far as I > understand, because it starts to load the kernel. If a keyboard must be > present, does any one know who to

Re: Installing Debian

2000-08-17 Thread hogan
Consult the instructions at: http://www.au.debian.org/releases/potato/#new-inst Or your local mirror.. - Original Message - From: "Tancock, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 12:48 AM Subject: Installing Debian > Ok, I've only ever installed Redhat before,

Re: KDE-->GNOME, how to switch

2000-08-17 Thread hogan
Check /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager symlink.. - Original Message - From: "Greg Strockbine." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 2:48 AM Subject: KDE-->GNOME, how to switch

Re: crystal soundcard module fail

2000-08-17 Thread hogan
> /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol ad1848_init_Re5f86f0c > /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol schedule_timeout_R17d59d01 > /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol probe_uart401_R6467f99b > /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/cs4232.o: unresolved symbol unload

Looking for..

2000-08-19 Thread hogan
Looking for Debian package which would contain necessary files + documentation for C "fork()" and "pipe()" functions if indeed they're available..

Re: New outlook Virus

2001-02-13 Thread hogan
Examine the code - reformat it.. You'll notice it does a basic deciphering by subtracting two from the ascii value of a character unless it's 15, 16 or 17, in which case it translates to LF, CR and Space accordingly.. As it does this decoding, it appends this deciphered code to the currently runni

Re: get list of packages for future installs

2001-02-14 Thread hogan
>From what I've read here: on old machine dpkg --get-selections > filenametosaveto on new machine dpkg --set-selections < filenametosaveto dpkg dselect-upgrade - Original Message - From: "Matheson Cameron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User List" Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 2

Re: get list of packages for future installs

2001-02-14 Thread hogan
> dpkg dselect-upgrade apt-get dselect-upgrade Ooops :)

XFree86 4.0.2 - Very low resolution - how to increase?

2001-02-15 Thread hogan
Ok.. I've finally got XFree86 4.0.2 to the point where it will go into X :) Only problem - it shows stuff in 320x240 - and only half the screen.. Have attached my config file + log.. Any ideas? It says my card (actually on board S3) isn't supported but that SVGA driver should handle it.. I told

Re: Slow SSH responses from server

2001-02-15 Thread hogan
> > For some reason, it's taking 30+ seconds to SSH into a server that's > > powering a small LAN to respond to my SSH attempts with the UserID and > > password prompt. I don't really remember it taking this long before, > > but I'm not sure. Takes a decent amount of time to respond even after I

Serial ports - how to get them to coexist peacefully...

2001-02-16 Thread hogan
P133, 48MB RAM, Debian Testing/Unstable (some bits from unstable) 2.2.17 (move to 2.4.1 on hold for time being whilst I read Rusty's howtos on netfilter etc. :) ). Have two onboard ports - ttyS0 and ttyS1 (IRQ 4&3 respectively) Have an ISA IO card (everything disabled on card save ttyS3 and "lpt3"

Re: Serial ports - how to get them to coexist peacefully...

2001-02-17 Thread hogan
> What I did when presented with this problem was to do a bit of surgery on the old > ISA board and change its IRQ to a spare in the computer I was using. I cut one > track solder a wire the new interrupt pad to get it to work. With setserial and > this setup I was able to run four Serial Terminals

Re: A debian-based distro for the New

2001-02-17 Thread hogan
> I did my time with a Coco and OS9 as well. I can relate utterly to OS9? Geez.. Awhile since I booted the old TRS80 and CoCo3 with that :) - I should dig them up for old times sake - had fun playing Kings Quest under OS9 on CoCo3 :) I had to laugh when Apple brought out OS9 :) ... had more caus

Re: DVD-ROM drive recommendations

2001-02-18 Thread hogan
> Checked with the driveinfo.exe -> region free! :) How does this "region free" patch handle R1 RCE (Region Code Enhancement) discs?

Re: napster.. where is napster?

2001-02-18 Thread hogan
> Napster is a very good example about how large monopolies are able to rule > the entire internet.. ... > Wee need a Free Information Service. We could do something similar to > napster.. > > Yes.. I know.. this wont happen... all is ok how is today and how it > will be tomorrow... The thing is -

Re: resolv.conf gets modified on boot

2001-02-22 Thread hogan
> search .co.nz co.nz > nameserver 192.168.123.1 Using ppp? Set static DNS/resolv.conf in pppconfig Using cable/other high bandwidth link? Using DHCP? If so, it's obtaining DNS stuff via DHCP and overwriting your resolv.conf.. Not sure on option to stop DHCP doing this but can think of some hacks

Re: Newbie Debian Networking Question (perhaps an easy one for a techie!)

2001-02-23 Thread hogan
vi /etc/network/interfaces - Original Message - From: Martin Marconcini To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 5:51 PM Subject: Newbie Debian Networking Question (perhaps an easy one for a techie!) Now the question is: In red hat i had linuxconf. In debian i t

Re: Newbie Debian Networking Question (perhaps an easy one for a techie!)

2001-02-23 Thread hogan
Not networks, network (no s) > ops.. i don't even have /etc/networks :(( > > vi /etc/network/interfaces

Re: Newbie Debian Networking Question (perhaps an easy one for a techie!)

2001-02-23 Thread hogan
> Neither.!! :( > > (i assure you!) Remember i did not configure network while installing the > OS. apt-get install netbase

Re: KDE2 install

2001-02-25 Thread hogan
> ftp://security.debian.org/debian testing main non-free contrib I thought security only had stable? Took a peek... Seems it does have more.. HOWEVER.. There is no ftp://security.debian.org/debian There is ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security potato|sid|slink|stable There is http://security.

Re: how do you find out what your sound card is

2001-03-09 Thread hogan
> The person that sold the system to me said its a soundblaster on board.. > there is no bios setting with any info... it worked under win 95/98 > > 1.how does one find out what is installed? > 2. if it is a sound blaster, what insmod will make it work? Look at the motherboard at the large black c

Re: vi/emacs: Loging shell command and output

2001-03-09 Thread hogan
ls -la > outputToThisFileOverwritingExisting ls -la >> outputToThisFileAppendingToExisting - Original Message - From: "Osamu Aoki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 6:42 PM Subject: vi/emacs: Loging shell command and output > - something I want --- > [EMAIL PROTE

PPP weirdness

2001-03-10 Thread hogan
Noticed that recently that I don't always get assigned an IP when I dial up What would be causing this? Would it be my end or remote end? Debian (unstable) - Linux 2.2.17 Mar 11 00:32:47 daserver chat[14579]: Password: Mar 11 00:32:47 daserver chat[14579]: -- got it Mar 11 00:32:47 daserver

That damn spammer!

2001-03-18 Thread hogan
Exported it without viewing from pine, zipped it, emailed it to my work machine and examined it in a text editor.. This email appears to be MIME/Base64 encoded.. and crashes both pine and Outlook Express.. Looks like a very obvious spammer from the headers "X-AD2000-" Received: from murphy.debia

Re: That damn spammer!

2001-03-18 Thread hogan
> The fact that it crashes pine and outlook, IMHO, means, that those > programs are buggy. A mail program shouldn't crash just because it > receives garbage that is meant to resemble an E-Mail. Turns out it only crashed pine, not outlook express.. > hogan> Looks like a

Debian box sick... "hda lost interrupt" "Unknown vector 67"

2000-10-16 Thread hogan
I have a 486DX4/100 (Overdrive) with 32MB of RAM that I run Debian on.. Up until yesterday it was running like a dream.. Now it does stuff like "Unknown vector 67 in CPU#0" and after that and something about idling says "hda interrupt lost" over and over and over again. The motherboard is ISA/PCI

Re: Debian box sick... "hda lost interrupt" "Unknown vector 67"

2000-10-18 Thread hogan
> >I have a 486DX4/100 (Overdrive) with 32MB of RAM that I run Debian on.. > > > >Up until yesterday it was running like a dream.. Now it does stuff like > >"Unknown vector 67 in CPU#0" and after that and something about idling says > >"hda interrupt lost" over and over and over again. > > I had th

How to test HDD thoroughly? (Debian Linux "unstable" 2.2.16 kernel)

2000-10-25 Thread hogan
I have a 486DX4/100 (kinda) running Debian Linux "unstable" 2.2.16 kernel.. A week or two back it started misbehaving and I asked a few of you guys about the place about what "Unknown vector XXX in CPU#0" and "hda interrupt lost" meant.. Some people said that it sounds like the hard disk is on th

Re: Basic Kernel Question

2000-10-25 Thread hogan
> you should do mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /floppy. Replace vfat with whatever > format your floppy is in -- minix, ext2, msdos, etc. > > There is a auto option you can place in /etc/fstab for the floppy device. > However for that to work you need to either a) compile support for the common > file sys

Re: How to install a .deb from floppy???

2001-01-18 Thread hogan
man dpkg Specifically -i switch from memory. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 11:52 AM Subject: How to install a .deb from floppy??? > Until newbie can connect to net under linux, he > is stuck with having to use win3.1 machine to downlo

Problems with IPmasq'ing server

2001-01-18 Thread hogan
Recently dumped my 486DX4/100 configuration for: Pentium 133 Debian Linux (Unstable* w/2.2.17) 48MB RAM 2GB Fujitsu HDD RTL8139B* 10/100 NIC S3 ViRGE PCI video SB16 sound (not set up - doing nothing) 56K V.90 external Rockwell chipset onboard I/O /dev/modem -> /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS1 -> Wyse

Re: Problems with IPmasq'ing server

2001-01-20 Thread hogan
> :SSH'd to linux box, ran ping flood test.. 6% loss on 100 meg full duplex > :ethernet - is this right? > NO! ... > 13053 packets transmitted, 12939 packets received, 0% packet loss ... > round-trip min/avg/max = 0.2/0.2/8.7 ms I have removed ipmasq module, disabled syncookies and ipforwarding f

How to obtain a listing of packages installed that may be used to clone config

2001-01-20 Thread hogan
I've seen some vague reference to this before. But can't figure out when or where. A friend is going to switch from Debian to Win2K (I know - completely evil) for their cable modem sharing machine. I set up the Debian box and would like to take a snapshot of the config.. They're happy to get rid o

Re: Bug#82710: A version for testing, please.

2001-01-22 Thread hogan
> > Moral of the story: Read the update_execuses if you want to know why ... > Ah. I was not aware of such a document. perhaps in the next weekly news? Umm.. update_excuses HAS been in weekly news.

Re: Problems installing Netgear FA311 Ethernetcard.

2001-01-23 Thread hogan
> Enable the National Semiconductor (natsemi.c) ethernet driver in the kernel > under network devices. Install the new kernel, then add a line to > /etc/network/interfaces for eth0. Boot back up and it should be > working. Promise it'll work, I just got through doing it. So does newer kernel ha

Re: packages have been kept back?

2001-01-23 Thread hogan
What's the difference between: apt-get dist-upgrade apt-get upgrade in English? :) Does apt-get dist-upgrade do the same as apt-get upgrade and more? ADFH - Original Message - From: "Nathan E Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User Mailing list" Sent: Wednesday, January 24

Re: Console question (2x)

2001-01-24 Thread hogan
> 1. I have heard that its possible to run console in multiple resolutions. > How do I do this in debian, specifically? Add/Change the "vga" line in lilo.conf to say "extended" (will give you 80x50 columns) man lilo for more information where it should go

Debian - Testing network (FS105/FA311/10T-2)? CMD/SiS IDE?

2001-01-26 Thread hogan
I'm convinced there's something fishy going on with either my Windows98 machine, or some of the network components I'm using.. My network consists of: -Compaq 575e Pentium 75 w/ Win95 + 10Base2/T card -PPro 200 w/ Win98SE + 10/100BaseT FA311 card -P133 w/ Debian Linux 2.2.17 (Testing) + 10/100 RTL

Re: wish list -> My personal Debian User Manual Generator

2001-01-28 Thread hogan
> the boot floppy disk)). Most documents found do not suite debian to > 100%, that would not be the case in that generator. ... > and as you said is you said, the scripts searching for valid information > is pretty easy, but the structure of the database will have the most > importance for the whol

Re: wish list -> My personal Debian User Manual Generator

2001-01-30 Thread hogan
> out I haven't been bothered to set up my Olivetti JP190 yet (indeed, > I haven't even looked whether it is supported). I suspect the Olivetti may be a rebated lexmark.

Default apache configs in testing

2001-01-31 Thread hogan
Umm.. someone else notice something mighty fishy with the default conf's in testing's apache? Missing directory names in some sections - modules used in default config commented out..

Re: Apache manual

2001-01-31 Thread hogan
> right now, and some of it's beginning to sink in! boy, there's > not much you CAN'T do with apache and perl... ! Death to IIS/ASP! ;-)

Re: Toy Story???

2001-01-31 Thread hogan
> And wondering what came before HAMM and what comes after SID - the > DEBIAN way??? > (For those who donĀ“t know: hamm - slink - potato - woody - sid) Zurg! :)

Re: apache: AddDefaultCharsetName "invalid command"

2001-01-31 Thread hogan
I found when I recently installed Apache, I had to go into configuration file and uncomment all the modules the default configuration quoted.. Ie. It used directives it had commented out the loading of the modules for. - Original Message - From: To: "debian-user" Sent: Thursday, Februar

Modem funkiness ... again

2001-02-05 Thread hogan
Ok.. Debian system, running testing, kernel 2.2.17 For some strange and unknown reason, the great modem slowdown has happened again. The machine had been up for close on 12 days - and had been connecting everywhere without a problem. Today I went to go poll my mail from my windows machine, and it

Re: virus detection

2001-02-06 Thread hogan
> However, there is no such word as 'virii'. There is one virus and two viruses. > The word virus is like the english work fish. "Mice or mouses" Mk. II :)

IP masq'ing with 2.4.1 - FA311 (83810 vs. 83815) - Kernel module symbol versionning

2001-02-10 Thread hogan
Well folks, I'm pretty much convinced that my past problems with my box are wholely based on the duty cycle of the modem (I gotta turn it off when it's not online or it overheats and slows down to a crawl - yay Auslinx :) Currently running 2.2.17 prepackaged (semi testing/unstable :) debian kernel

Re: DNS Records - changing programmatically?

2001-02-11 Thread hogan
> These services enable You to change Your IP with a simple HTTP GET string > like : > > GET www.dyndns.org/sgi-bin/update?user=USER&pass=PASS&host=HOST&ip=IP Not via HTTPS? Sending stuff like this in cleartext surely is a security hazard!?

Re: PS/2 mouse mystery

2001-02-12 Thread hogan
Are you running gpm? Trying turning gpm off.. /etc/init.d/gpm stop - Original Message - From: "Tom Schuetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 2:00 AM Subject: PS/2 mouse mystery > I have a PS/2 mouse. My XF86config file is set to /dev/psaux. > My mouse doesn't d

Re: pon and user in debian

2001-03-26 Thread Hogan
she can go into my bedroom and power down the modem so she can yap to her friends on my phone! :/ :) ) Anthony Hogan ... The software is willing, but the flesh is weak ... If thought persists, consult your favourite lifestyle program ... If we're alone in the universe, then it's an awful waste of space

Debian server NOT responding to SYN packets (randomly)

2008-08-07 Thread Emmett Hogan
Hi Folks, I am seeing some extremely strange behavior between my front end webserver (Sun Java Web Server V7.0U1) on Solaris 10 and a JBoss Server (JBoss 4.2.2) on a Debian box). Every once in a while, the web server will have a connection time out with the jboss server (which is part of a 3 mach

Re: How do I setup wireless network

2009-07-20 Thread Neal Hogan
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Ogya Chief wrote: > > >> From: amalgam.s...@gmail.com >> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:42:26 +0800 >> Subject: Re: How do I setup wireless network >> To: ogyach...@hotmail.com >> >> lspci -nn >> and show the results >> Cheers >> swhe >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at

Re: How do I setup wireless network

2009-07-22 Thread Neal Hogan
Get a computer witha wireless card and configure it. On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Ogya Chief wrote: > > > _ > Share your memories online with anyone you want. > http://www.microsoft.com/southafrica/windows/windowslive/products/pho

Re: How do I setup wireless network (READ THE DOCUMENTATION or be more specific with your questions)

2009-07-23 Thread Neal Hogan
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:47 AM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, thirstyh2o wrote: > >> On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:57:07 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, thirstyh2o wrote: >>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:56:51 +0200, Ogya Chief wrote: > __

Re: [OT] GNU - Linux and Debian.......

2009-07-23 Thread Neal Hogan
> And thanks for reminding us of the essential role of gcc, glibc, and > binutils.  I'm too new to GNU/linux to remember.. but would anything > have been possible without them? yes > > CJ > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-28 Thread Neal Hogan
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:00 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,27.Jul.09, 16:53:54, Tim Beauregard wrote: >> I recently re-subscribed having been off for about four years.  The >> changes I have noticed are: >> >> 1. Much less traffic.  I previously got 250+ posts per day.  Now 50-100. >>  Could t

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-28 Thread Neal Hogan
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:19 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 28 July 2009 11:59:00 Neal Hogan wrote: >> Why? What's the problem? A >> thick skin is an attribute, not a detrimment. > > Maybe.  But it is still not really reasonable to poke fun at someone and then > if

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-28 Thread Neal Hogan
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Neal Hogan [2009 Jul 28 06:01 -0500]: > >> I appreciate the OP's sentiment that the lack of flaming is good . . . >> but, a good (hearted) laugh at another's expense is . . . fun . . . >> and seems

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-28 Thread Neal Hogan
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Mark wrote: > Interesting thread.  From a Debian/Linux and Debian email list newbie's > perspective: I spent several months researching Debian (actually tried > openSUSE before Debian), printing/reading manuals, wiki's, doing multiple > installations trying differe

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-28 Thread Neal Hogan
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-07-29 00:20, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jul 28 2009, Ron Johnson wrote: >> >>> On 2009-07-28 13:09, Mark wrote: >>> [snip] When I feel adventurous one weekend I'll try a Debian install without the desktop

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-30 Thread Neal Hogan
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Girish Kulkarni wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Neal Hogan wrote: >> >> ... I think Mark has hit the proverbial nail-on-the-head ... > > Yes, with a top-posted HTML message, sent using Gmail.  :-) okay . . . maybe he bent the nail a bit. At lea

Re: Installing via NFS - I think?

2009-08-01 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 2:37 PM, AG wrote: > Hi all > > I'm happy to follow up with the relevant reading, but I want some help in > defining the question so that I know what it is that I am looking at: > > I have an old laptop that runs Slackware 10.1 and its CD-R is kaput, and > Slackware 10.1 was

Re: A Laptop where all hardware is perfectly supported

2009-08-02 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:34 PM, fred basset wrote: > Hi All, > > I'll soon be able to spec. a new laptop for my new job.  Can anyone > recommend any systems that can run the latest Debian > and support all the hardware out of the box?  I prefer IBM and Dell > laptops myself. > It would be great to

Re: Xfce (was Re: Musings on debian-user list) (now: waaay OT)

2009-08-03 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-02 12:21, Ron Johnson wrote: >> >> On 2009-08-02 05:59, Andrei Popescu wrote: >>> >>> On Sun,02.Aug.09, 03:45:58, Ron Johnson wrote: > > My Xfce setup would be very familiar for a Windows 2k user ;) Can you send me (

Re: Xfce (was Re: Musings on debian-user list) (now: waaay OT)

2009-08-03 Thread Neal Hogan
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-03 06:05, Neal Hogan wrote: > [snip] >> >> Mr. Popescu has kindly pointed out basic point-drag, drop, GUI-click >> help, which should have been found and "played with" upon install. >> There is

Re: A Laptop where all hardware is perfectly supported

2009-08-03 Thread Neal Hogan
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Scott Gifford wrote: > "Todd A. Jacobs" writes: > > [...] > >> Dell purportedly sells a netbook with Ubuntu on it, but I haven't tried >> it myself. > > I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 that came with Ubuntu pre-installed, and > it works quite well.  The only thing that

Re: Xfce (was Re: Musings on debian-user list) (now: waaay OT)

2009-08-03 Thread Neal Hogan
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,03.Aug.09, 06:05:46, Neal Hogan wrote: > > [...] > >> Mr. Popescu > > You're kidding, right? :) nah . . . you deserve respect! what do you want to be called? > > Regards, > Andrei > -- &g

Re: Xfce (was Re: Musings on debian-user list) (now: waaay OT)

2009-08-03 Thread Neal Hogan
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-03 11:59, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> >> On Mon,03.Aug.09, 06:05:46, Neal Hogan wrote: >>  [...] >> >>> Mr. Popescu >> >> You're kidding, right? :) > > Unless Andrei is a fema

Re: Xfce (was Re: Musings on debian-user list) (now: waaay OT)

2009-08-03 Thread Neal Hogan
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,03.Aug.09, 23:57:06, Aioanei Rares wrote: >> > >> >Depending on country and/or language there can be rules to >> >determine if a name is female or male. For example in my language >> >I don't know of any male name that ends in "a". > >>

Re: Xfce (was Re: Musings on debian-user list) (now: waaay OT)

2009-08-03 Thread Neal Hogan
I referred to you as "it." On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,03.Aug.09, 17:03:01, Neal Hogan wrote: >> >> ok ,ok . . . I'll just be gender neutral from now on. I apologize for >> offending anyone. I wasn't referring to Mr

Re: problem with installing wifi driver from source

2009-08-12 Thread Neal Hogan
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 6:26 AM, a dehqan wrote: > In The Name Of God The compassion merciful > > Good day every body , Don't have anybody any opinion ? U . . . Chicago pizza is the best. Red is pretty. The Phish show that I went to last night was awesome! . . . need more? > > Regards dehqan

Re: installing a realtek 8139 lan card on 2.4.18

2009-08-13 Thread Neal Hogan
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Sandip Sandip wrote: > I am trying to install a realtek 8139 lan card on an old debian machine - > 2.4.18-bf2.4 > > The card is properly installed - as in when I connect the lan cable it the > lights on the card start blinking. > > However, I am unable to access int

Re: installing a realtek 8139 lan card on 2.4.18

2009-08-15 Thread Neal Hogan
> What else have you done? Did you just plug it in? > > > I also read up the network howto and tried things like putting eth0 in > /etc/network/interfaces, trying eth0 up, etc. > > No use - till now. > > > What does you system think of the card (eg, what is the output of > lspci | grep Realtek of d

Re: installing a realtek 8139 lan card on 2.4.18

2009-08-15 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Sandip Sandip wrote: > > > From: Neal Hogan > To: Sandip Sandip > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: Saturday, 15 August, 2009 6:44:26 PM > Subject: Re: installing a realtek 8139 lan card on 2.4.18 >

Re: Installing a Wireless Card

2009-08-17 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:30 PM, wrote: > I would like some help in completing the installation with a wireless pcmia > card. > I just installed 502 from CDs on a Dell laptop. I did not have the Belkin > wireless pcmcia card (HSM model no. F5D7011. Chipset BCM4306/BCM2050) in > place during the in

Re: Installing Lenny

2009-08-19 Thread Neal Hogan
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Roman Gelfand wrote: > I have vista 64 and fedora 10 installed  The bootloader is GRUB.  I am > looking to install Lenny in place of fedora.  What would be the right > way to approach it? Back-up current stuff, d'load the .iso, burn it to cd and boot off of that d

Re: OT: TV Tuner

2009-08-19 Thread Neal Hogan
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Thomas H. George wrote: > I recently emeraged from the dark ages and purchased a 23" LCD monitor. > Now I am wondering about purchasing a TV tuner and connecting the cable > box (Comcast) to the pc rather than replacing my 15 year old analog tv > set.  Nothing large

Re: List Ettiquette

2009-08-29 Thread Neal Hogan
get over the email format! gmail provides a nice gui-riffic format that many feel comfortable using. I don't get where this complaining about client usage is going. If you a want more "pure" OS, then . . . u . . . go somewhere else. Ron (et al) . . . you seem to have no problem responding

Re: List Ettiquette

2009-08-29 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-29 22:31, Neal Hogan wrote: >> >> >> >> get over the email format! > > I know.  Lost that war a long time ago... > >> gmail provides a nice gui-riffic format that many feel comfortable &g

Re: Reason #14749 to hate gmail (was Re: List Ettiquette)

2009-08-29 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-29 22:45, Neal Hogan wrote: >> >> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Ron Johnson >> wrote: >>> >>> On 2009-08-29 22:31, Neal Hogan wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >

Re: List Ettiquette

2009-08-29 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 11:02 PM, JoeHill wrote: > Neal Hogan wrote: > >> >> >> get over the email format! > > It's called being polite, and putting other people's needs ahead of your own. > It's not a bad thing, it's a human thing. > &

Re: List Ettiquette

2009-08-29 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-29 23:02, JoeHill wrote: >> >> Neal Hogan wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> get over the email format! >> >> It's called being polite, and putting other people'

Re: Reason #14749 to hate gmail (was Re: List Ettiquette)

2009-08-29 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-29 23:06, Neal Hogan wrote: >> >> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Ron Johnson >> wrote: >>> >>> On 2009-08-29 22:45, Neal Hogan wrote: > > [snip] >>>> >>>>

Re: List Ettiquette

2009-08-29 Thread Neal Hogan
>> >> I forget when we made this agreement :) > > Well before you started using the internet on a regular basis. Well, it must have been against my will. > >>> If someone comes on here and starts asking us to forgive the >>> fact that they use different letters than we do, we're gonna say 'go f >

Re: List Ettiquette

2009-08-29 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-29 23:25, Neal Hogan wrote: > [snip] >> >> We don't have to think > > Arrrghhh!  The dumbing-down of American civilization!! > > Must... end... thread... now... before... write... mile... lo

Re: List Ettiquette

2009-08-30 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-29 23:34, Neal Hogan wrote: >>>> >>>> I forget when we made this agreement :) >>> >>> Well before you started using the internet on a regular basis. >> >> Well, it must h

Re: Reporting List Mail As SPAM

2009-09-01 Thread Neal Hogan
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > I think someone is reporting valid list mail as SPAM.  I got notified today > that one of the mails I sent to the list was identified as SPAM.  The Return- > Path on the message was: user=harvenahump=gmail@lists.debian.org>; the M

Re: Getting network connection

2009-09-06 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-09-05 21:24, Jason Hsu wrote: >> >> I successfully installed Debian on a laptop, but it's refusing to >> connect to the Internet.  It had no difficulty connecting during >> the installation process, but it's not connecting now.  How do I

Re: Switching from GNOME to another window manager

2009-09-06 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Jason Hsu wrote: > I used the default install to install Debian on a laptop as the sole OS. > > It boots up in GNOME, which is too slow and sluggish.  How can I switch to > XFCE, Fluxbox, or some other lightweight window manager? You d'load/install the wm/de you wa

Re: [ANN] New mailing list for offtopic stuff

2009-09-13 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Hello, > > As some of you might recall I have been pushing for quite some time for > a debian-offtopic list (#425439, #427218). > > It seems I have managed to convince Holger Levsen, responsible for the > www.debian-community.org project, th

Re: using hotmail.com ...

2009-09-13 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Peter Crawford wrote: > > September 10, 2009 1:06:03 PM Ron wrote, > "Did you forget to write something?"Well I've updated the version number in > about:config > general.useragent.extra.firefox ... Firefox/3.0.9 > >                         ... Peter Do you have

Re: using hotmail.com or mail.live.com (movin' OT)

2009-09-13 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-09-13 16:33, Peter Crawford wrote: >> >> September 10, 2009 1:06:03 PM Ron wrote, >> "Did you forget to write something?" >> >> >> Well I've updated the version number in about:config >> general.useragent.extra.firefox ... Firefox/3.0.9

Re: using hotmail.com or mail.live.com (movin' OT)

2009-09-14 Thread Neal Hogan
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 21:00 -0500, Neal Hogan wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: >> > On 2009-09-13 16:33, Peter Crawford wrote: >> >> >> >> September 10, 2009 1:06:03 PM

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