Re: Sony PCI Memory Stick Reader

2004-01-18 Thread ben_foley
i remember seeing something about a patch for some particular vaio model for the card reader, while searching for pcmcia config info for my own machine. sorry, i can't remember where it was, but it's out there somewhere. maybe that can help. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: Sony PCI Memory Stick Reader

2004-01-17 Thread ben_foley
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 01:03:11PM +0100, John L. Fjellstad wrote: > Andrew Perrin wrote: > > > Has anyone got one of these to work? Note that this is *not* a USB reader, > > but the built-in one in a Vaio PCG-Z505HS notebook computer. Output from > > lspci -vv is below, but note that there's no

Re: RH Veteran is now a Debian Newbie

2004-01-06 Thread ben_foley
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 06:16:09PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 04:09:16PM -0200, Leandro Guimar?es Faria Corcete Dutra > wrote: > > Em Ter, 2004-01-06 ?s 08:18, Michael B Allen escreveu: > > > Is 3.0r1 glibc 2.3. > > > > Don't remember. But I guess you will upgrade

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 11:09:31PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 at 06:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > > On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 08:07:30PM -0800, Anita Rohani wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> A few hard disk partitions on our current Debian system are close to > >> becoming fu

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 08:07:30PM -0800, Anita Rohani wrote: > Hi > > A few hard disk partitions on our current Debian > system are close to becoming full. I would like to > install an addtional hard disk and extend the > partitions on the current disk to the new disk. Is it > possible to do so a

Re: 2.6.0 + where is /etc/modules?

2004-01-04 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 05:29:34PM +0100, Pascal Seiler wrote: > As a not for long time Linux (debian) user I'm totally confused about > loading kernel modules in Kernel 2.6.0. I figured out that Kernel 2.6.0 > uses module-init-tools. I dought that this will autodetect needed > modules at boot time

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-19 Thread ben_foley
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 10:09:26PM +0100, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: > Hi, > > Am Do, den 18.12.2003 schrieb Karsten M. Self um 02:56: > > In practice, most "dynamic" IPs are in use by 24/7 connections which > > will hold that IP for days, weeks, or months at a time. > > Incorrect. > > Most germ

Re: Groundhog day (was Galeon 1.3.10 on sid (ppc)

2003-12-16 Thread ben_foley
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 04:32:03PM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > Hi > > Sorry to re-post but I'm really stuck (I've been reduced to reinstalling > woody on another partition, just to be able to function). > > To recap, using aptitude, I installed Galeon 1.3.10 (which seems to run > although there

Re: /var/cache/apt (was Re: don't have enough free space)

2003-12-16 Thread ben_foley
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:37:02PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > >- You can also extend your archive space, in a pinch, by creating a > symlink to a larger partition. Say you've only got 250 MiB on /var > and a 5 GiB /home. Create, say, /home/admin, and under that: > links/v

Re: changing roots on: dpkg -i

2003-12-15 Thread ben_foley
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 10:50:17AM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > Rob Benton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm trying to install the xfree86 packages with the /opt directory as > > root. I've tried using --instdir but the install fails on the > > pre/postinst scripts. Is there an easy way to d

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-14 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 06:41:59PM +0100, Magnus von Koeller wrote: Content-Description: signed data > On Sunday 14 December 2003 17:21, Al Davis wrote: > > It is worth putting up with some spam to get a free, uncensored, > > fast email system. > > Free, uncensored and worthless would be a better

Re: scott wiseman is pissing me off

2003-12-14 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 09:10:54AM -0800, Scott M. Wiseman wrote: > To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RESUME - Client Development Specialist for Technology firms > > IF this resume reaches you in Error. > > Please forward to your Human Resources Department > > > > > > Resume > > > >

Re: Easing the load.

2003-12-14 Thread ben_foley
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 04:36:05AM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 19:35:58 + > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [huge snippage] > > very disappointed to see anyone receive those as a response to a > > genuine query on this list. while independent inititiative is well > > recommend

Re: Easing the load.

2003-12-14 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 07:48:26AM -0600, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "David Palmer." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 23:16 > Subject: Re: Easing the load. > > > > On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:16:24 -0500 > > Paul Morga

Re: Anfrage f?r einen Linktausch an debian-user@lists.debian.org

2003-12-08 Thread ben_foley
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 11:35:31PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 10:11:29AM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > on Thu, 04 Dec 2003 11:49:51PM -0800, Paul Johnson insinuated: > > > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 12:48:48PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > I do about 50% comprehens

Re: [OT] voting (was: Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications))

2003-12-07 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 11:23:31AM -0800, Tom wrote: > On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 09:57:49AM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > > > > Anyway, I have definitely had dogs who had a sense of torture -- lock > > them outside for a few hours and they would whine, and whine, and whine > > about being tortur

Re: [OT] voting (was: Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications))

2003-12-06 Thread ben_foley
On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 02:25:18PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 at 21:13 GMT, csj penned: > >> > >> As usual, science fiction was here before. C.F., _The Songs of > >> Distant Earth_ by Arthur C. Clarke. > > > > You do remember that the first generation colonists in the

Re: [OT] Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications)

2003-12-05 Thread ben_foley
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 04:49:33PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote: > scripsit Tom: > > (dating from the 17th century; their descendents are today's Lib-Dems) > or with a rather na?ve progressive view of history as the story of > continual progress. The latter is the way the term tends to be used >

Re: [OT] Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications)

2003-12-05 Thread ben_foley
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 10:42:33AM -0600, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > I believe Mr sanders is a member of the socialist party. > > check out bernie.house.gov while he lends himself to socialist issues, bernie is an independent. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: [OT] Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications)

2003-12-05 Thread ben_foley
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 10:15:11PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote: > scripsit Tom: > > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 02:32:15PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote: > > > > > a system (I did the math a while ago) we'd have a small but nonzero > > > number of (at least) Greens and Libertarians in the House, even

Re: serial modem + wvdial

2003-12-04 Thread ben_foley
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 09:23:49PM -0500, David Morse wrote: > [Modem0] > Modem = /dev/ttyS2 > Baud = 115200 > SetVolume = 2 > Dial Command = ATDT > Init1 = ATZ > [Dialer speakeasy] > Phone = XXX > Password = XXX > Username = XXX > Inherits = Modem0 > first off, nobody likes html arou

Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??

2003-12-04 Thread ben_foley
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 05:59:34PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote: > scripsit Monique Y. Herman: > > > I find this to be unlikely. I mean, look at the risk vs. reward. > > > > Reward: they cause a very temporary disruption to some trusted sources > > and cause some folks to maybe worry about how

Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??

2003-12-04 Thread ben_foley
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 04:04:26PM -0800, Tom wrote: > > almost five years, since i first came across debian. i have no reason > > not to trust them now. > > I like them too but faith like that is just made to be broken. > well, i am hoping for eventual disclosure, but willing to understand obvi

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread ben_foley
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 02:42:21PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 at 17:14 GMT, H. S. penned: > > Oh boy. I can understand that. I went through the same thing myself a > > few weeks ago. But then I was not new to the world of Linux so it > > didn't take me 4 days :) But I ag

Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??

2003-12-04 Thread ben_foley
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 04:57:55PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 01:50:35PM -0700, Dave wrote: > > On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:20:21 +0100, Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [...] > > >There is also the point that *somebody* found this bug. Just not the > > >folks we w

Re: Godel [was Re: qmail Re: freebsd - Re: recommended Virus Scanner?]

2003-11-30 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 10:19:28AM -0800, Deryk Barker wrote: > enough to contain the axioms of arithmetic, then there are statements > which can be made but not proved within that system. It is possible to > add further axioms to prove the statements, but then this richer > axiomatic base will lea

Re: XDM can't shutdown

2003-11-27 Thread ben_foley
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 08:04:42PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 03:19:49AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > use "update-alternatives --config x-window-manager" to get to a menu that > > will allow you to select between what you've got available. then use > > startx to fire

Re: XDM can't shutdown

2003-11-26 Thread ben_foley
On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 11:09:48PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote: > I've installed XDM to get directly into X after starting but XDM doesn't > allow for a shutdown. How can this be changed or are there better > alternatives to start X without installing Gome or KDE? > > unless you're totally fixated on s

Re: Recognizing URL's in Mutt

2003-11-26 Thread ben_foley
On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 07:00:34AM -0500, Michael W. Cole wrote: > I am using mutt with vim as the editor. I have seen in the past where > the url's on a line in xterm will be underlined when the mouse moves > over it. You could then double click the mouse and the web browser > would open that ur