Re: IPV6 causes slow internet access

2009-01-03 Thread Thilo Six
Mackenzie Morgan wrote the following on 02.01.2009 19:09 > On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 10:34 -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote: >> On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 20:12:04 +0530 >> shirish wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I just wanna direct your attention to a bug filed >>> >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/

Re: passwd -l

2008-08-01 Thread Thilo Six
Matt Zimmerman wrote the following on 01.08.2008 13:05 <- *snip* -> > The bug is targeted for fixing in 8.04. Thanks Matt. -- bye Thilo key: 0x4A411E09 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/

Re: passwd -l

2008-07-28 Thread Thilo Six
hi https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/238755 summary: * cronjobs are broken for system that has a 'passwd -l root' with hardy http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/330437 * the implematation of the patch that changed 'passwd -l' is broken: http://bugs.debian

Re: passwd -l

2008-07-26 Thread Thilo Six
Thilo Six wrote the following on 24.07.2008 11:28 > Hello > > pls someone take a look at: > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/330437 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/238755 > > specifically: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s

passwd -l

2008-07-24 Thread Thilo Six
Hello pls someone take a look at: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/330437 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/238755 specifically: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/238755/comments/7 Is that change wanted in Ubuntu? -- bye Thilo key: 0x4A

Re: What happened to IcedTea in Hardy?

2008-03-23 Thread Thilo Six
Conrad Knauer wrote the following on 23.03.2008 19:46 > I installed Hardy about a week ago and installed from Hardy's repos: > > icedtea-java7-bin (7~b24-1.5+20080118-1) > icedtea-java7-jre (7~b24-1.5+20080118-1) > icedtea-java7-plugin (7~b24-1.5+20080118-1) > > But today I noticed that those pa

Re: Proposal: cdrkit vs. cdrtools

2008-01-13 Thread Thilo Six
Stephan Hermann wrote the following on 13.01.2008 20:20 Hi Stephan >> according to packages.ubuntu.com cdrtools isn´t in the archive since edgy and >> even in edgy it is only a transitional package only iirc. > > This is not correct...according to soyuz: > https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour

Re: Proposal: cdrkit vs. cdrtools

2008-01-13 Thread Thilo Six
Stephan Hermann wrote the following on 13.01.2008 15:17 > Dear Colleagues, > > as I wrote on http://www.sourcecode.de/content/cdrkit-vs-cdrtools I > really wonder what way we should go. > > Regarding the non-freeness of cdrtools, we should concentrate on getting > the cdrkit binaries to the upst

Re: Failure starting X on hp 6715s laptop, ati x1250 graphics card, with alpha2

2007-12-30 Thread Thilo Six
Pär Lidén wrote the following on 30.12.2007 14:48 > So there is no mailing-list devoted to testers of the current > development version then? sorry that´s the bit i missed. according to: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-devel-discuss <

Re: Failure starting X on hp 6715s laptop, ati x1250 graphics card, with alpha2

2007-12-30 Thread Thilo Six
Pär Lidén wrote the following on 30.12.2007 01:29 > By the way, is this the right mailing-list to ask these kind of > questions? This seemed to be the most suitable, but after looking around > I start to think that maybe it isn't? > > /Pär ubuntu-user is better suited for questions like this. Yo

Re: Changing dpkg-deb default compression from gzip to lzma for Hardy

2007-12-18 Thread Thilo Six
Emmet Hikory wrote the following on 18.12.2007 01:51 > On Dec 18, 2007 9:09 AM, Thilo Six wrote: >> comparation of a whole install (download time + extract time): >> >> download time gz (39084/384)= 101.78s + 14.278s = 116.06s >> download time 7z (27358/384)=

Re: Changing dpkg-deb default compression from gzip to lzma for Hardy

2007-12-17 Thread Thilo Six
Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote the following on 17.12.2007 23:56 > We are talking about a 10x increase in the time it takes to create > DEBs if moving from gz -> lzma. Is this acceptable? deb creation aka compression shouldn´t bother us as much as installing aka extraction. buildds should have eno

Re: Changing dpkg-deb default compression from gzip to lzma for Hardy

2007-12-17 Thread Thilo Six
Thilo Six wrote the following on 17.12.2007 15:54 > atached is a more detailed analysis trying to compare gz, bz2 and 7z (aka > LZMA). > I tried it once for (mostly) textfiles as source and once on a binary file in > both compressing and extraction. I did the comparion on binaries

Re: Changing dpkg-deb default compression from gzip to lzma for Hardy

2007-12-17 Thread Thilo Six
Krzysztof Lichota wrote the following on 17.12.2007 13:05 recently i also tried 7z for my backups and in comparation to bz2 it seems to take a bit longer during compressing but is faster on extraction. Also the compressed file with 7z is ~30% compared to a bz2 one. > It is hard to judge best

Re: RFC: Thunderbird, mail.prompt_purge_threshhold=true

2007-12-07 Thread Thilo Six
Alexander Sack wrote the following on 07.12.2007 10:54 > On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 08:22:40PM +0100, Thilo Six wrote: >> started TB - retrived mails, clicked on all folders (no dialog appeared), >> closed TB >> >> $ dum >> 4 ./extensions >>

Re: [Fwd: Re: Appropriateness of posts to this list (Was Re: evince crash)]

2007-12-06 Thread Thilo Six
Sarah Hobbs wrote the following on 06.12.2007 12:47 > According to [2], the point of contact for users to get in touch with > developers is ubuntu-devel-discuss. > That being said, there are a number of developers who choose not to read > this list, for various reasons. one contradict th

report(ed)bug(s) slipped through

2007-12-06 Thread Thilo Six
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/126515 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/124895 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/126118 http://www.google.com/search?as_q=reportbug&hl=de&num=30&btnG=Google-Suche&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&cr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&

Re: RFC: Thunderbird, mail.prompt_purge_threshhold=true

2007-12-05 Thread Thilo Six
Alexander Sack wrote the following on 05.12.2007 00:30 > From what I know, thunderbird compacts folders automatically for some > time now. It might however be the case that old profiles still rely on > manual compacting. > > Are you sure that new profiles are not getting cleaned up > automaticall

Re: RFC: Thunderbird, mail.prompt_purge_threshhold=true

2007-12-05 Thread Thilo Six
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=406848 > > i could create a launchpad bug, too. If that´s desired. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/174207 -- Thilo key: 0x4A411E09 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscri

Re: RFC: Thunderbird, mail.prompt_purge_threshhold=true

2007-12-05 Thread Thilo Six
Alexander Sack wrote the following on 05.12.2007 00:30 > > >> > Are you sure that new profiles are not getting cleaned up >> > automatically? >> > >> > - Alexander > > actually i am not sure about newly created profiles. > I will check that out and report back here. preconditions: =-=-=-=-=-

Re: RFC: Thunderbird, mail.prompt_purge_threshhold=true

2007-12-05 Thread Thilo Six
Alexander Sack wrote the following on 05.12.2007 00:30 > Are you sure that new profiles are not getting cleaned up > automatically? > > - Alexander actually i am not sure about newly created profiles. I will check that out and report back here. -- Thilo key: 0x4A411E09 -- Ubuntu-devel-d

Re: RFC: Thunderbird, mail.prompt_purge_threshhold=true

2007-12-05 Thread Thilo Six
Jan Claeys wrote the following on 05.12.2007 01:09 > Op dinsdag 04-12-2007 om 21:46 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Thilo Six: >> 2 gig is approximately where we come to filesystem limitations (max >> size per file) > > Actually, the (default) filesystem file size limit is at

Re: RFC: Thunderbird, mail.prompt_purge_threshhold=true

2007-12-05 Thread Thilo Six
Thilo Six wrote the following on 04.12.2007 21:46 > I have searched bugzilla.mozilla.org for bugs like that and coulnd´t find > one. Also on launchpad is no similar bug report it seems. > > So i would like to know is it feasible to solve that somehow? > > > TIA just fo

RFC: Thunderbird, mail.prompt_purge_threshhold=true

2007-12-04 Thread Thilo Six
Hi With a recent thread on ML i came again across a problem with Thunderbird that i had myself 1 or 2 years ago. Thunderbird uses mailbox files to store mails and an aditionally *.msf file for meta data of that mbox-file. Now when you delete a mail in TB it only disappears in the mail pane but is

Re: Password-protect grub interactive commands (was: rationale of root access from boot)

2007-11-12 Thread Thilo Six
Nicolas Deschildre wrote the following on 12.11.2007 11:04 <<-snip->> > This is EOT for me. > > Nicolas Nicolas if i sound rude in my last mail i apologize for that. bye -- Thilo key: 0x4A411E09 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or

Re: Password-protect grub interactive commands (was: rationale of root access from boot)

2007-11-11 Thread Thilo Six
Nicolas Deschildre wrote the following on 11.11.2007 07:22 > On 11/10/07, Thilo Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Nicolas Deschildre wrote the following on 10.11.2007 07:06 >> >> <<-snip->> >> >>> Thanks for the pointer. >>> But the

Re: Password-protect grub interactive commands

2007-11-10 Thread Thilo Six
Milan wrote the following on 10.11.2007 16:56 <<-snip->> > All in all, I'd rather suggest to activate password-locked GRUB, but I > understand this question is hard to decide. Does anybody see other > agruments on both sides? against: helping users on mailing lists or irc, with boot problems.

Re: Password-protect grub interactive commands (was: rationale of root access from boot)

2007-11-10 Thread Thilo Six
Nicolas Deschildre wrote the following on 10.11.2007 07:06 <<-snip->> > Thanks for the pointer. > But then, why not use this password feature by default to avoid anyone > to edit boot parameter and become root? because it´s as easy as to plugin a LiveCD and overcome that. -- Thilo key: 0x4A4

Re: Processing triggers .... ?

2007-10-01 Thread Thilo Six
Aurelien Naldi wrote the following on 01.10.2007 22:07 <<-snip->> > Some package installed a lib and require ldconfig to be run, thanks to > the trigger system ldconfig is now ran only once, when all packages have > been installed (same for the update of the initramfs). > This should make large u

Processing triggers .... ?

2007-10-01 Thread Thilo Six
after upgrading du gutsy i now got these messages everytime when doing aptitude things: < Processing triggers for libc6 ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place > Anyone knows about that? I have heard

Re: regular fsck runs are too disturbing

2007-10-01 Thread Thilo Six
Sitsofe Wheeler wrote the following on 01.10.2007 21:10 <<-snip->> > Here's a variation on your theme. There are three types of people in the > world: > Those who don't do backups. > Those who do backups. <<-snip->> you seem to miss the important point > > second ones never had a harddisc fai

Re: regular fsck runs are too disturbing

2007-10-01 Thread Thilo Six
Waldemar Kornewald wrote the following on 01.10.2007 00:08 <<-snip->> > If you want fsck then you should be able to turn it on, but please > don't assume that anyone else wants to have fsck enabled, by default. > As many people have reported, it takes awfully long to boot with fsck > and that's i

Re: regular fsck runs are too disturbing

2007-09-30 Thread Thilo Six
Sitsofe Wheeler wrote the following on 30.09.2007 19:14 > On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 09:46 +0200, Waldemar Kornewald wrote: >> I once reported a bug about this, but Justin Wray suggested that I >> discuss this on a mailing list, first. > > Curious. I filed a bug about disabling periodic fscks (as most

Re: update-db cron job: solving a long-standing issue

2007-09-17 Thread Thilo Six
> I don´t know if that already happens, but the same way updatedb could be > instructed to do a 'delta' only and leave unchanged files alone (instead of > update the whole db each time). # time /etc/cron.weekly/slocate real1m6.354s user0m0.247s sys 0m0.581s # time /etc/cron.weekly/s

Re: update-db cron job: solving a long-standing issue

2007-09-16 Thread Thilo Six
Milan wrote the following on 15.09.2007 16:54 > 3) when not on battery Just for the record. On feisty the cron is not started when on battery here, unless i plug the power cable in. > Milan -- Thilo key: 0x4A411E09 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubunt

Re: update-db cron job: solving a long-standing issue

2007-09-16 Thread Thilo Six
Scott Kitterman wrote the following on 16.09.2007 00:43 > I use locate regularly on desktops and servers. If there are locate > variants that update synchronously rather than once a day, I say looking > into that is the best answer. would that slowdown file operations (mv, rm, cp)? > It w

Re: xmms into universe?

2007-07-03 Thread Thilo Six
Thilo Six wrote the following on 27.05.2007 15:11 > even Gentoo has purged xmms from their tree (i think half year ago). > But when we decide to go for removing xmms we probably want to make a > corresponding announce via UWN in advance to prepare users for it. > > http://www.

Re: Launchpad bug workflow change

2007-06-19 Thread Thilo Six
(``-_-´´) -- Fernando wrote the following on 19.06.2007 18:50 > I'm sorry, but I like the old status name better!! > Cant we keep them or at least have a poll about it? >> * Unconfirmed -> New >> * Needs Info -> Incomplete >> * Rejected -> Invalid Just because you get used to it doesn´t make

Re: URGENT !!! : [USN-464-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

2007-05-27 Thread Thilo Six
Matt Zimmerman wrote the following on 27.05.2007 22:48 >> now i >> $ aptitude install linux-image-2.6.20-16-generic >> >> and now nvidia is broken !! > > You installed the new kernel, but forgot to install the corresponding > restricted-modules package. sorry if i exaggerated a bit but i got thi

Re: xmms into universe?

2007-05-27 Thread Thilo Six
Stephan Hermann wrote the following on 27.05.2007 11:08 since my mail to devel got stock at the listmaster i resend here. (pls note i have added an other important link) >> >> I'd like to propose moving xmms into universe. There is no longer >> >> any upstream development[1] (and as such, securi

Re: URGENT !!! : [USN-464-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

2007-05-27 Thread Thilo Six
Thilo Six wrote the following on 27.05.2007 10:31 > Thilo Six wrote the following on 26.05.2007 23:27 >> Hello >> >> The kernel security update [USN-464-1] is missing s.th. >> >> $ sudo aptitude show linux-generic | grep depend >> Depends: linux-image-ge

URGENT !!! : [USN-464-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

2007-05-27 Thread Thilo Six
Thilo Six wrote the following on 26.05.2007 23:27 > Hello > > The kernel security update [USN-464-1] is missing s.th. > > $ sudo aptitude show linux-generic | grep depend > Depends: linux-image-generic, linux-restricted-modules-generic > > $ sudo aptitude show linux-im

Re: [USN-464-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

2007-05-26 Thread Thilo Six
Hello The kernel security update [USN-464-1] is missing s.th. $ sudo aptitude show linux-generic | grep depend Depends: linux-image-generic, linux-restricted-modules-generic $ sudo aptitude show linux-image-generic | grep depen Depends: linux-image-2.6.20-15-generic ^

Re: apport feature request

2007-05-23 Thread Thilo Six
Brian Murray wrote the following on 23.05.2007 22:36 >> Hello >> >> Today i did some triage a came across apport generated bugs. >> Following request/suggestion: >> apport adds some environment data to the bug report (ExecutablePath, $PATH >> kernel). >> I was told that in some circumstances an a

apport feature request

2007-05-23 Thread Thilo Six
Hello Today i did some triage a came across apport generated bugs. Following request/suggestion: apport adds some environment data to the bug report (ExecutablePath, $PATH kernel). I was told that in some circumstances an apport bug can have less usefull information e.g. when that report was gen

Re: Broken Packages & Dependencies

2007-05-19 Thread Thilo Six
Alec Wright wrote the following on 19.05.2007 12:46: >> Since developers only can work serial on packages these things get usually >> (from my experience) sorted out in a short days. > I've been getting these messages for weeks now, so I'll file a bug > report. $ aptitude update $ aptitude in

Re: Broken Packages & Dependencies

2007-05-19 Thread Thilo Six
Alec Wright wrote the following on 19.05.2007 12:10: > Is anyone else having these problems in gutsy: http://pastebin.ca/496576 > Should I file a bug report? Broken dependencies are quite usual in development releases. e.g. package A gets updated and now has new dependencies (higher versions or e

Re: [RFC] ShipIt CD-RW

2007-04-18 Thread Thilo Six
Thilo Six wrote the following on 18.04.2007 19:05: > John Richard Moser wrote the following on 18.04.2007 04:50: > >> snip> > >> o ShipIt can ship CD-RWs during the development cycle. These CD-RWs >> would use special ShipIt-RW art, indicating the disc ut

Re: [RFC] ShipIt CD-RW

2007-04-18 Thread Thilo Six
John Richard Moser wrote the following on 18.04.2007 04:50: >snip> > o ShipIt can ship CD-RWs during the development cycle. These CD-RWs > would use special ShipIt-RW art, indicating the disc utilizes CD-RW > storage to house the Ubuntu Operating System. > > o ShipIt-RW artwork woul

Re: hwdb

2007-04-14 Thread Thilo Six
Jonathan Jesse wrote the following on 14.04.2007 23:06: > If I recall correctly that placeholder existed for Edgy as well placeholder means the data gets received correctly? That´s what i am wondering about. bye Thilo -- i am on Ubuntu 2.6 KDE - some friend of mine gpg key: 0x4A411E09 --

hwdb

2007-04-14 Thread Thilo Six
hello not sure if this is intended or a bug therefore asking here: since i have installed feisty and open up the online hwdb record for my machine it allways tells me: < Ubuntu hardware database entry : xxx This is an interim pa

Re: Firefox 2.0 in Dapper?

2007-03-18 Thread Thilo Six
Mehdi wrote the following on 18.03.2007 13:16: > no ... i didn't because it's no so important .. asher does only compile > packages for dapper and other versions, he did not change the source > code ! so in case of bugs, you'll refer to mozilla ! that's my point of > view ! sorry i think you didn´

Re: Firefox 2.0 in Dapper?

2007-03-18 Thread Thilo Six
Mehdi wrote the following on 18.03.2007 12:32: > oh yes i didn't mentioned it but you can also install a language > extension ! and you'll have your firefox with what ever language you want. > > -- > Mehdi Dogguy ...and you forget to mention that users who install that firefox should request sup

Re: nice webpage :)

2007-03-18 Thread Thilo Six
Thilo Six wrote the following on 18.03.2007 12:21: > hi > > http://www.ubuntu.com > > is realy neat. and what realy good is that visited links are much better readable even when "underline links" is turned off. Thanks ;) > > > bye Thilo -- i am on Ub

nice webpage :)

2007-03-18 Thread Thilo Six
hi http://www.ubuntu.com is realy neat. bye Thilo -- i am on Ubuntu 2.6 KDE - some friend of mine gpg key: 0x4A411E09 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discus

Re: nano

2007-02-07 Thread Thilo Six
Colin Watson wrote the following on 07.02.2007 11:25: > Looks reasonable. I've synced this; thanks. I´ve to say: thank you! bye Thilo -- i am on Ubuntu 2.6 KDE - some friend of mine gpg key: 0x4A411E09 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify setti

nano

2007-02-06 Thread Thilo Six
hello since i do not exactly where to adress this i post here (since it is in main) nano needs a sync i think. currently in feisty: nano (2.0.1-1) here is the changelog from debian unstable: nano (2.0.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium * The "Compromís pel País Valencià" release. * New upstre